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Geography1. Consider the following statements I. The part of the Himalayas lying between Satluj and Kali rivers is known as Punjab Himalayas. II. The part of Himalayas lying between Tista and Dihang rivers is known as Assam Himalayas. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 2. The northern part of the western coastal plains of India is also known as (a) Northern Circar (b) Malabar coast (c) Kannad Plain (d) Konkan Which is the largest drainage basin in the world? (a) Nile basin (b) Amazon basin (c) Congo basin (d) Mississippi basin

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Consider the following statements I. The bhabhar belt of the northern plains lies south of the terai belt. II. The streams and rivers re-emerge in the terai belt of the northern plains. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the following is not a tributary of the Indus river? (a) Shyok (b) Zaskar (c) Nubri (d) Lohit Consider the following statements I. Plants take in carbon dioxide through the roots. II. Plants exhibit transpiration through stomata Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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The pattern formed when a river is joined by its tributaries at approximately right angles is known as (a) trellis pattern (b) dendritic pattern (c) rectangular pattern (d) radial pattern Which of the following states does not share its boundary with Nepal? (a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Jharkhand The northern plains of India are formed of (a) alluvial soil (b) red yellow soil (c) black soil (d) laterite soil Which of the following is the highest peak of the Wastern Ghats? (a) Doda Betta (b) Mahendragiri (c) Javadi Hills (d) Shevroy Hills

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Consider the following statements I. The Central Highlands lie north of the Narmada river. II. The Deccan Trap is made up of metamorphic rocks. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Consider the following statements I. Khadar belt of the northern plains of India is formed of older alluvium. II. The Eastern Ghats are higher than the Western Ghats. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which is the outermost Himalayan ranges (towards India)? (a) Shiwaliks (b) Himadri (c) Panjal (d) Dhaula Dhar Consider the following statements A : Plants absorb nitrogen through soil. R : Plants cannot absorb nitrogen in the gaseous form. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) if A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) if A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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The Moho discontinuity is the (a) boundary between earths crust and earths mantle. (b) boundary between earths mantle and earths core. (c) lower layer of the earths mantle (d) upper layer of the earths core. Consider the following statements I. The outer core is solid while the inner core is in liquid state. II. Being composed mainly of non metals like carbon, sulphur and hydrogen, the earths core is also known as the non metallic core. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Consider the following statements I. Density of rocks increases as we do down from the crust to the core of the earth. II. The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. According to the Indus Water Treaty, India can use 60% of the total water carried by the Indus river system. II. Before entering India, the Brahmaputra takes a U turn.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 16. Which of the following is a distributary of river Ganga? (a) Teesta (b) Hooghly (c) Damodar (d) Saraswti Which of the following is mass wasting? (a) the various kinds of uphill movements occurring on earth due to the plate collisions. (b) the various kinds of uphill movements occurring on earth due to the gravitational pull from moon (c) the various kinds of downhill movements occurring under the pull of gravity (d) melting of icebergs due to global warming. 21.

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The most abundant element of the earths crust is (a) Silicon (b) Oxygen (c) Aluminium (d) Iron Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock? (a) Gneiss (b) Slate (c) Granite (d) Marble Consider the following statements I. The continental crust of the earth is thinner than the oceanic crust. II. The asthenosphere is a layer found at the top of the upper mantle. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. Metamorphic rocks are also called primary or basic rocks II. Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the following is the coldest place in the northern hemisphere? (a) Tomsk (b) Verkhoyansk (c) Irkutsk (d) Nunavut Five nautical miles are equal to (a) 8 km (b) 9.26 km (c) 12.6 km (d) 16 km The Exclusive Economic Zone shall not extend beyond (a) 200 km (b) 280.6 km (c) 320.6 km (d) 370.4 km In terms of the installed capacity of wind energy, which of the following states is at the top in India? (a) Gujarat (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh In wind power generation (a) Kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy (b) Potential energy is converted into electrical energy (c) Thermal energy is converted into kinetic energy (d) Potential energy is converted into thermal energy

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Consider the following statements I. Shale is a result of metamorphosis of igneous rocks. II. Himalayas are result of collision of continental plates. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. The San Andreas fault is a result of collision between oceanic and continental plates. II. The inner core of the earth is made mostly of copper and zinc.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 27. Which of the following is the deepest lake in the world? (a) Caspian sea (b) Vostok lake (c) Baikal lake (d) Pinatubo lake Consider the following statements I. The Pamir Knot is the meeting place of many Himalayan rivers. II. The Pamir Knot is located to the south of Mount Everest. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 29. Which of the following is the second highest peak in the world? (a) Kanchenjunga (b) K2 (c) Lhotse (d) Nanga Parbat 35.

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Which of the following Indian states has the highest bauxite reserve? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Jharkhand (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Odisha Which of the following statements is correct? (a) Net Sown Area is known as gross cropped area (b) Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus gross cropped area is also known as Net Sown Area (c) Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as Gross Cropped Area (d) Net Sown Area is more than Gross Cropped Area

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Saurashtra has mostly: (a) red soil (b) alluvial soil (c) black soil (d) laterite soil Consider the following statements I. The total surface area covered by plateaus is more than the total surface area covered by plains in India II. After independence, National Forest Policy was first set up in 1988.

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Consider the following statements I. Fossil fuels are non renewable but recyclable resources. II. All renewable resources are inexhaustible resources. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

45. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 39. Consider the following statements I. The Rose-ringed Parakeet is an endemic bird in India II. Indian wild ass is an endangered species.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 40. The Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in (a) Odisha (b) West Bengal (c) Rajasthan (d) Gujarat Dolomite is an ore of (a) Magnesium (b) Manganese (c) Aluminium (d) Iron Who wrote the book Small is Beautiful? (a) Harlem Brundtland (b) Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Amartya Sen Consider the following statements I. In India hydroelectric power contributes more than half of the total electricity produced II. More than 50 % of worlds total freshwater is stored as groundwater. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Page 4

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Consider the following statements I. The Net Sown Area is just less than 50 % of the total surface area in Punjab and Haryana II. In India, there is no appropriate technology to harness stock resources. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none The headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is in (a) Switzerland (b) Austria (c) France (d) United States of America Which of the following is now on the verge of extinction? (a) Madhuca Insignis (b) Azadirachta Indica (c) Prosopis Juliflora (d) Acacia nilotica Consider the following statements I. The State of Forest Report does not differentiate between natural forests and plantations. II. Indian Rhino is an endangered species. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Mithun a cattle breed is found in (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Kerala The Chipko movement was practised to stop (a) illegal acquisition of land (b) deforestation (c) hunting of tigers (d) illegal indigo plantation. Which of the following former Prime Ministers pronounced the dams as the temples of modern India? (a) Indira Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Lal Bahadur Shastri (d) Morarji Desai Which of the following countries is the largest producer of rice in the world? (a) India (b) China (c) Russia (d) Brazil Who started the Bhoodan-Gramdan movement in 1951? (a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Vallabhbhai Patel

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Which of the following is mined in the Badampahar mines in Odisha? (a) Hematite (b) Bauxite (c) Dolomite (d) Azurite Mica is presently not mined in which of the following states? (a) Rajasthan (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Punjab Anthracite is a kind of (a) iron (b) virus (c) coal (d) pesticide The Musi and the Bhima are tributaries of river (a) Krishna (b) Kaveri (c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra Which of the following is the deepest point in the world? (a) Puerto Rico Trench b Mariana Trench (c) Java Trench (d) Eurasia Basin The Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn all pass through continent X. What is X? (a) Africa (b) Asia (c) Both Africa and Asia (d) None North America is linked to South America by a very narrow strip of land called (a) the Isthmus of Mexico (b) the Isthmus of Panama (c) the Isthmus of Costa Rica (d) the Isthmus of Honduras What is the ascending order of the following in terms of area covered? (a) Indian Ocean - Arctic Ocean - Atlantic Ocean - Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean - Arctic Ocean - Indian Ocean - Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean - Indian Ocean - Atlantic Ocean - Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean - Arctic Ocean - Pacific Ocean - Atlantic Ocean General Knowledge Question Bank

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Rearing of silkworms is known as (a) horticulture (b) apiculture (c) sericulture (d) pisciculture Consider the following statements I. Operation Flood was launched by the Government of India in 1970 to control the damage caused by floods in India II. Rubber plant is an equatorial crop. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Arctic Ocean is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a narrow stretch of shallow water which is known as (a) Strait of Dover (b) Strait of Gibraltar (c) Bab-el-Mandeb (d) Berring Strait Which is the longest mountain range in the world? (a) Andes (b) Rocky Mountains (c) Himalayas (d) Great Diving Range Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia? (a) Andes (b) Alps (c) Ural Mountains (d) Rocky Mountains The Indian Standard Time is calculated from a clock tower located in : (a) Kolkata (b) Bhopal (c) Mirzapur (d) New Delhi Which of the following are found in tropical rain forests of India? (a) Ebony and Teak (b) Ebony and Rosewood (c) Mahogany and Sal (d) Sal and Shisham Sundari is a well-known species of trees found in (a) Mangrove forests (b) Tropical deciduous forests (c) Tropical rain forests (d) Himalayan mountains Wild goats are found in (a) Himalayan region (b) Rann of Kachchh (c) Great Indian Desert (d) Sundarbans What is the third most abundant gas in earths atmosphere? (a) Carbon dioxide (b) Argon (c) Hydrogen (d) Helium

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You are in Karnataka and moving in the direction of the Pole Star. Highest probability is that you will reach X first as you exit from Karnataka What is X? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Arabian Sea Which planet is considered as Earths-Twin? (a) Venus (b) Mercurey (c) Mars (d) Saturn Which of the following rivers are west flowing? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Narmada (d) Krishna The highest waterfall in the world is (a) Iguazu Falls (b) Niagara Falls (c) Victoria Falls (d) Angel Falls Tropical grasslands in Brazil are known as (a) Campos (b) Llanos (c) Pampas (d) Prairie Taiga are found in which of the following places? (a) South Africa (b) Russia (c) Egypt (d) Indonesia Ox-bow is a type of (a) Tree (b) Grass (c) Lake (d) None of the above The waters of the Gangotri glacier flow through Gaumukh, giving rise to the river Bhagirathi. Ganga is formed at the town of Devprayag when Bhagirathi (which is its main source) joins with river: (a) Gomti (b) Son (c) Alaknanda (d) Ghaghara Tawa Matsya Sangh is a cooperative of fisherworkers in (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Orissa (d) Kerala

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Manas Tiger Reserve is located in which Indian state? (a) Assam (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttaranchal Which is the only state in India which has made roof top rainwater harvesting structure compulsory for every single house in the state? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka (d) Orissa Aus, Aman and Boro are crop varieties of (a) Wheat (b) Maize (c) Rice (d) Bajra

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The North-South Corridor highway crosses the East-West Corridor highway in (a) Bhopal (b) Jhansi (c) Jabalpur (d) Gwalior The Indian Railways is divided into how many zones? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16 Which of the following is the premier iron ore exporting port of India? (a) Kandla port (b) Marmagao port (c) Kochchi port (d) Jawaharlal Nehru port Consider the following statements I. Oil India Limited is a wholly public sector undertaking. II. Cryolite is an iron ore. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? (a) Paddy : Kharif (b) Wheat : Rabi (c) Jute : Rabi (d) Cotton : Kharif Which of the following is the largest producer of jowar in India? (a) Maharashtra (b) Punjab (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka Which is the longest national highway in India? (a) National Highway-7 (b) National Highway-8 (c) National Highway-12 (d) National Highway-15 National Highway-1 is also known as (a) Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (b) Qutub Uddin Marg (c) Sher Shah Suri Marg (d) Maharana Pratap Marg The East-West Corridor highway project is from (a) Silcher to Porbander (b) Silcher to New Bhuj (c) Itanagar to New Bhuj (d) Itanagar to Porbander

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Which of the following countries is the largest exporter of jute in the world? (a) India (b) Pakistan (c) Bangladesh (d) Thailand Which of the following countries has the highest average population density in the world (with population above 10 million)? (a) India (b) Bangladesh (c) Japan (d) Pakistan Consider the following statements I. Toothpastes contain fluoride which reduces cavity. II. Odisha is the largest producer of manganese ores in India. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. Lignite is a low grade manganese ore. II. About 300 kg of manganese is required to manufacture one tonne of steel. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. Rabi crops are grown with the offset of monsoon in India II. Barley is a rabi crop. Which of the above statements is/are true? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Where in Rajasthan is the Bhairodev Dakav Sonchuri located? (a) Alwar (b) Ajmer (c) Udaipur (d) Jodhpur Consider the following statements I. Biogas has higher thermal efficiency than kerosene. II. Madhya Pradesh is the biggest producer of copper in India Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Bhangar is a type of (a) Alluvial soil (b) Laterite soil (c) Black soil (d) Red soil The Panchmarhi Biosphere reserve is in (a) Uttarakhand (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh Which Indian state has the largest forest cover in the country? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Punjab (c) Maharashtra (d) Kerala Consider the following statements I. Forest cover in India is less than the net sown area of the country. II. The forest area in India is just above the scientific norm of one-third of the total area Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. Sabarmati is a west flowing river. II. Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of river Kaveri.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 100. Monazite sands rich in thorium are found in (a) Kerala (b) Rajasthan (c) Gujarat (d) Chhattisgarh Which of the following is the highest jute producing state in India? (a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Karnataka Consider the following statements I. Recent years have seen a tendency for the sugar mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states, especially in Maharashtra. This is because the cane produced here has higher sucrose content. II. India is the largest producer of sugar in the world Which of the above statements is/are true? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Page 8

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Rawatbhata power station is a (a) nuclear power station (b) coal based thermal power station (c) hydroelectric power station (d) natural gas based thermal power station

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Which of the following is the oldest petroleum producing state in India? (a) Gujarat (b) Assam (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan


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Red soils are red in colour due to the presence (a) Copper (b) Nickel (c) Iron (d) Manganese Consider the following statements I. In India, the total protected forest area is larger than the total reserved forest area II. Out of the total wasteland area in India, the forest degraded area is larger than the water eroded area Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the countries is at the top of the Human Development Index ranking? (a) Germany (b) United States of America (c) Norway (d) Australia Which of the following is the highest producer of rubber in India? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Tripura (d) Assam According to the Census of India 2011, the Indian state with lowest sex ratio is (a) Rajasthan (b) Haryana (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar Pick the odd one out. (a) Mediterranean sea (b) Caspian sea (c) Aral sea (d) Dead sea Which of the following is the largest fresh water lake in India? (a) Loktak (b) Dal (c) Barapani (d) Wular Which of the following is a man made lake? (a) Loktak (b) Gobind Sagar (c) Chilika (d) Pulicat Consider the following statements I. Forest cover in India is less than the net sown area of the country. II. The forest area in India is just above the scientific norm of one-third of the total area Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the following is not one of the four identified identified Coral Reef areas in India? (a) Gulf of Mannar (b) Gulf of Khambat (c) Gulf of Kutch (d) Lakshadweep Islands Which of the following soils are also known as regur soils? (a) Red soils (b) Black soils (c) Laterite soils (d) Mountain soils Which Indian state has the highest percentage of forest cover? (a) Kerala (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Mizoram (d) Himachal Pradesh

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Van Mahotsav in India is celebrated in the month of (a) May (b) June (c) July (d) August The Government of India launched Project Elephant in the year (a) 1973 (b) 1984 (c) 1992 (d) 2001 The Central Vigilance Commission of India was set up in (a) 1951 (b) 1964 (c) 1975 (d) 1987

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The Kirthar Mountains are located in (a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh (c) Bhutan (d) Pakistan

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Consider the following statements I. River Son joins the Ganga before river Chambal. II. River Chambal originates from the Satpuras.

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Which of the following is the largest peninsular river of India? (a) Kaveri (b) Godavari (c) Krishna (d) Narmada Which of the following rivers makes the Sivasamudram falls? (a) Krishna (b) Kaveri (c) Tungabhadra (d) Bhima Mahanadi originates in (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand The Dhuadhar falls is located on river (a) Krishna (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi Which of the following is not a tributary of river Godavari? (a) Purna (b) Manjra (c) Wardha (d) Koyana Which of the following rivers is also known as Dakshin Ganga? (a) Godavari (b) Kaveri (c) Krishna (d) Mahanadi

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Which of the following rivers is also known as Tsang Po? (a) Indus (b) Ganga (c) Brahmaputra (d) Mahanadi Which of the following is the odd one out as we talk about the Indian states in which these rivers originate? (a) Tapi (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Son

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Declaration signed by world leaders in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to achieve global sustainable development is called (a) Target 21 (b) Agenda 21 (c) Declaration 92 (d) Agenda 92 There is enough for everybodys need and not for any bodys greed. Who said these word regarding conservation of resources? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri

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The Chairperson of a UN commission which introduced the concept of Sustainable Development in 1987 was (a) Javier Perez de Cuellar (b) Mansour Khalid (c) Margaret Thatcher (d) Gro Harlem Brundtland

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What type of soil is the Khadar Soil? (a) Alluvial Soil (b) Laterite Soil (c) Black Soil (d) Red and Yellow Soil Which of the following soils is ideal for cotton cultivation? (a) Alluvial Soil (b) Black Soil (c) Laterite Soil (d) Red and Yellow Soil Which of the following soils is result of intense leaching due to heavy rain? (a) Black Soil (b) Laterite Soil (c) Alluvial Soil (d) Red and Yellow Soil Consider the following statements I. Red and Yellow soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of magnesium in crystalline and metamorphic rocks. II. Black soils are generally rich in phosphoric content. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Red and yellow soil is found in which of the following states? (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Rajasthan (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Gujarat

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Consider the following statements I. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human beings do not have the appropriate technology to access them are known as potential resources. II. Resources which are found in a region, but have not been utilised are known as stock resources. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I only (b) II only (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements regarding India I. About 27% of the area of the country is the plateau region. II. According to the National Forest Policy (1952), forest cover should be 25% of the total geographical area of the country. Which of the above statements is/are are not correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none


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Strip cropping is done to (a) prevent soil erosion caused by water. (b) prevent soil erosion caused by glaciers. (c) prevent soil erosion caused by wind (d) prevent coastal erosion. Which of the following birds falls under normal species category in India? (a) Pink-headed duck (b) Indian cormorant (c) Mountain quail (d) Forest spotted owlet Which of the following is used to make the biggest selling anti-cancer drug in the world? (a) Himalayan Yew (b) Vidanga (c) Poaceae (d) Himalayan oak Belgium does not share its borders with (a) France (b) Luxembourg (c) Austria (d) Germany Most of the Belgian population speaks (a) Dutch and French (b) Dutch and German (c) French and Spanish (d) Spanish and Portuguese The headquarters of the European Union is in (a) Vienna (b) Berlin (c) Zurich (d) Brussels Consider the following I. Providing information to the government about the crops grown in the area concerned II. Organising the collection of land revenue III. Keeping and updating land records like measurement, ownership, etc Which of the above is responsibility of a Patwari? (a) I only (b) II and III (c) I, II and III (d) III only

History159. Which of the following was not occupied by the British or the French and just remained as a buffer state? (a) Thailand (b) Malaysia (c) Indonesia (d) China

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Who took away the Peacock Throne from India? (a) Nadir Shah (b) Ahmed Shah Abdali (c) Mahmud of Ghazni (d) Muhammad Ghori Whom did Chhatrapati Shivaji considered his guru? (a) Chokhamela (b) Ramdas (c) Tukaram (d) Eknath The Treaty of Warna divided the Maratha Kingdom between (a) Sahuji and Sambhaji I (b) Rajaram and Sambhaji I (c) Rajaram and Sambhaji II (d) Sahuji and Sambhaji II

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The Sardeshmukhi, in the Maratha regime, was a (a) tax levied on revenue (b) designation equivalent to Peshwa (c) designation lesser to Peshwa (d) name given to the Chhatrapati Who was the first of the hereditary Peshwas of the Maratha kingdom? (a) Madhav-Rao I (b) Balaji Bajirao (c) Baji Rao I (d) Balaji Vishwanath Consider the following statements I. In the First Carnatic War, the British defeated the Nawab of Arcot. II. Anwar-ud-Din was the Nawab of Arcot in the First Carnatic War. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Consider the following statements I. The French, under Joseph Francois Dupleix, won the Third Carnatic War against the British. II. The Dutch joined the British against the French in the Carnatic Wars. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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The Treaty of Sagauli was signed between the British and the (a) Marathas (b) Nawab of Bengal (c) Nawab of Awadh (d) Gorkhas Who was the Governor-General of India during the First Anglo-Sikh War? (a) Lord Auckland (b) Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning Who among the following Governor-Generals of India introduced modern civil services based on separation of power? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Ripon Consider the following statements I. Maharaja Dalip Singh entered the subsidiary alliance at Lahore in 1846. II. The Second Anglo-Sikh War was the last war fought by the British within the natural frontiers of India for the extension of their empire. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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By the Treaty of Deogaon, Orissa was surrendered to the British by (a) Raghuji Bhonsle I (b) Raghuji Bhonsle II (c) Daulat Rao Sindhia (d) Jaswant Rao Holkar Who was the political agent sent by Lord Hardinge to Punjab to make them break the Treaty of Amritsar? (a) Major Broadfoot (b) Major Bardsley (c) Major Lawrence (d) Mojor Whistler The Gaikwar dynasty was founded by (a) Malhar Rao (b) Raghuji Bhonsle I (c) Raghuji Bhonsle II (d) Damaji I

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Swami Dayanand Saraswatis parental name was (a) Mula Sankara (b) Mula Krishnacharya (c) Om Sankara (d) Narayan Sankara Which Governor-General of India abolished the sati system? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Bentinck After the premature death of Raja Rammohun Roy, the Brahmo Movement was given a new life by (a) Debendranath Tagore (b) Shankar Seth (c) Atmaram Pandurang (d) Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar Who among the following was not a member of the Brahmo Samaj? (a) Keshab Chandra Sen (b) Debendranath Tagore (c) Mahadev Govind Ranade (d) Dwarkanath Tagore Henry Louis Vivian Derozio founded the (a) Deccan Education Society (b) Servants of India Society (c) Young Bengal Movement (d) Theosophical Movement Who was not a member of the Prarthana Samaj? (a) Mahadev Govind Ranade (b) Atmaram Pandurang (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Jyotiba Phule The Deccan Education Society was formed under the spiritual guidance of (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Mahadev Govind Ranade (c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (d) Raja Rammohun Roy

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Whose daughters marriage led to the second split in the Brahmo Samaj? (a) Shivnanda Shastri (b) Anand Mohan Bose (c) Keshab Chandra Sen (d) Raja Rammohun Roy Louis Vivian Derozio was a (a) teacher at Hindu College of Calcutta (b) French General in India in the early eighteenth century (c) Gandhian who actively supported the Indian freedom struggle (d) British General in India during the rebellion of 1857 The Theosophical Movement in India was started by (a) Mahadev Govind Ranade (b) Raja Rammohun Roy (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Annie Besant The Theosophical Society of India was founded at (a) Calcutta (b) Adyar (c) Nasik (d) Allahabad The Theosophical Society was first established in (a) USSR (b) United States of America (c) United Kingdom (d) India Who wrote the book Satyartha Prakash? (a) Swami Vivekanada (b) Ramakrishna Paramhamsa (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) Raja Rammohun Roy The New York Herald, after hearing him in the World Parliament at Chicago in 1893, reported -We feel how foolish it is to send missionaries to to this learned nation. He was (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Raja Rammohun Roy (d) Rabindranath Tagore

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Who wrote the book Anandmath? (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (c) Swami Vivekananda (d) Bhartendu Harishchandra In the 1860s, a popular Bengali play highlighted the atrocities commited on workers by Indigo planters. The play was called (a) Neeldhara (b) Neelgagan (c) Neel Darpan (d) Neelkamal Which of the following was an organisation, during the late 1860s, that proved to be a strong force behind the Indian nationalist movement? (a) Hindu Sabha (b) Hindu Mela (c) Hindu Association (d) Hindu Sangh Which of the following books contains the national song of India? (a) Anandmath (b) Lipika (c) Gitanjali (d) Chokher Bali Who among the following is known as the father of modern Hindi literature? (a) Munshi Premchand (b) Bhartendu Harishchandra (c) Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi (d) Sumitranandan Pant Who among the following was one of the founders of the newspapers the Kesari and Mahratta? (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Pherozeshah Mehta (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Dadabhai Naoroji The Indian League, in 1875, was established in Bengal by (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Surendranath Banerji (c) V.K. Chiplunkar (d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh

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Who among the following was one of the founders of the Indian Association (1876)? (a) Badruddin Tyabji (b) Anand Mohan Bose (c) W.(C) Bonnerji (d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh Who among the following was the editor of Amrit Bazar Patrika? (a) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (b) M.B. Namjoshi (c) V.K. Chiplunkar (d) Pherozeshah Mehta Who among the following was not the founder of the Bombay Presidency Association (1885)? (a) Pherozeshah Mehta (b) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (c) K.T. Telang (d) Badruddin Tyabji

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Which of the following is also known as the Gagging Act? (a) Government of India Act (b) General Service Enlistment Act (c) Arms Act (d) Vernacular Press Act Who was the leader of the Gorkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16)? (a) Samar Singh (b) Amar Singh (c) Digvijay Sigh (d) Shyam Singh According to the Ain-i Akbari, every subadar was supported by other officers such as bakhshi, sadr, etc. Bakhshi and Sadr are (a) a military paymaster and a minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage respectively. (b) a minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage and a military paymaster respectively. (c) a military paymaster and a military commander respectively. (d) a minister in charge of religious and charitable patronage and a military commander respectively. Which Mughal emperor emphasised on the idea Sulh-i kul ? (a) Babur (b) Shah Jahan (c) Humayun (d) Akbar Which of the following temples is not in the UNESCOs World Heritage Sites list? (a) Gangaikondacholisvaram Temple (b) Airavateshvaram Temple (c) Kapaleeshwarar Temple (d) Brihadeeshwara Temple The Mundas and Santhals were tribes from (a) Orissa and Bengal (b) Punjab and Rajasthan (c) Punjab and western Himalayas (d) Punjab and Kashmir

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Who founded the India House in 1905 in London? (a) Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (b) V.D. Savarkar (c) Shyamji Krishna Verma (d) Lala Hardayal The Ghadar Party was founded in 1913 in (a) United States of America (b) England (c) Malaysia (d) Japan The Congress declared Purna Swaraj as its goal in 1929 during its (a) Calcutta session (b) Madras session (c) Lahore session (d) Karachi session Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the tricolour flag of India in December 1929 on the banks of river (a) Narmada (b) Ganga (c) Ravi (d) Sutlej

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Sultan Iltutmish constructed hauz-i Sultani just outside just outside Dehli-i kuhna What is hauz-i Sultani ? (a) a large shrine (b) a large sculpture (c) a mosque (d) a large reservoir Which of the following kings invaded Sri Lanka and defeated Sena I? (a) Shrimara Shrivallabha (b)Vijayalaya (c) Rajaraja I (d) Rajendra I Who was the Statute Destroyer who attacked the famous Somanath temple? (a) Muhammad Ghori (b) Mahmud of Ghazni (c) Aurangzeb (d) Lord Clive of the East India Company What is Chihil Sutun in Mughal architecture? (a) Large balconies (b) Ceremonial Halls or courts (c) Four section gardens (d) Recreation centres What was the importance of Qibla in audience halls of the Mughal emperors? (a) During a court session everybody faced a specific direction called Qibla (b) During a court session everybody had to sit in a circular formation called Qibla (c) During a court session everybody had to share their views over the issues discussed This type of discussion was called Qibla (d) During a court session no woman was allowed to speak inside the court. This rule was called Qibla In Shah Jahans newly constructed court in the Red Fort at Delhi, behind his throne were a series of pietra dura inlays that depicted (a) The legendary Greek god Orpheus playing the lute (b) Aphrodite in front of a mirror (c) Apollo and Daphne together (d) Aphrodite,Cupid and Ares together

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Who was Kunjaramallan Rajaraja Perunthachchan? (a) Son of Chola king Rajaraja (b) Grandson of Chola king Rajaraja (c) Architect of the famous Airavatesvara temple (d) Architect of the famous Rajarajeshvara temple Chola bronze statues were made using the (a) lost clay technique (b) lost wax technique (c) lost wood technique (d) lost metal technique Bhillasvamin is the (a) modern day Bhubaneshwar (b) modern day Belur (c) modern day Vidisha (d) modern day Mahabalipuram X is located in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin. X fell into ruin in 1565 as the Vijayanagara Empire was defeated What is X? (a) Bellary (b) Hampi (c) Davanagere (d) Hubli In the seventeenth century, which city was regarded as the gateway for trade with west Asia? (a) Karachi (b) Surat (c) Poona (d) Bombay Bhils, Cheros and Berads are tribes of (a) Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Western Himalayas respectively (b) Bihar, Gujarat and Western Himalayas respectively (c) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar respectively (d) Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra respectively Which nomadic tribe helped Mughal emperors to transport grain to city markets? (a) Charan (b) Gujjar (c) Banjara (d) Bhil General Knowledge Question Bank

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The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of the provinces of Bengal, by the Mughal emperor, after the death of the then nawab of Bengal (a) Aliwardi Khan (b) Mir Jafar (c) Mir Qasim (d) Sirajuddaulah Consider the following statements I. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third AngloMysore War. II. Subsidiary alliance did not allow the East India Company to have its independent armed forces. Which of the above statements is/are true? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the following Governor-Generals initiated the policy of paramountcy? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Richard Wellesley (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Earl Cornwallis Which of the following was ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty? (a) Hyderabad (b) Awadh (c) Mysore (d) Bengal Consider the following statements I. The Marathas helped Tipu Sultan in the Third Anglo-Mysore war agaisnt the East India Company. II. Tipu Sultan was forced to sign a treaty with the British by which two of his sons were taken away as hostages. Which of the above statements is/are true? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Doctrine of Lapse was the brainchild of (a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Hastings (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Robert Clive Consider the following statements I. From 1772, each district was to have only one court a civil court (diwani adalat). II. Delhi was not a British presidency in the late eighteenth century. Which of the above statements is/are true? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Who was the Governor-General in 1801 when the nawab of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the East India Company in 1801? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Richard Wellesley (c) Earl Cornwallis (d) Robert Clive The Treaty of Salbai was signed between the East India Company and (a) the Marathas (b) the Nizam of Hyderabad (c) the Kingdom of Mysore (d) the nawab of Awadh Which of the following nawabs captured Fort William of Calcutta? (a) Alivardi Khan (b) Sirajuddaulah (c) Mir Jafar (d) Mir Qasim

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Which Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal? (a) Shah Alam (b) Akbar Shah (c) Bahadur Shah (d) Aurangzeb Initially the East India Company purchased goods in India for (a) the revenue generated by the Company from peasants. (b) Gold and Silver (c) the British goods (d) nothing. It used military power to capture the resources Who was the Governor-General of India when the Permanent Settlement was introduced? (a) Warren Hastings (b) Richard Wellesley (c) Earl Cornwallis (d) Lord Dalhousie In British records, what is a Mahal? (a) A palace (b) An army fort (c) A Mosque (d) A revenue estate Consider the following statements I. The Company expected the Zamindars to invest in the improvement of land which would have benefited the Zamindars as well. II. In the permanent settlement system peasants had to pay the revenue directly to the Company. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. The Indigo Commission set up after the Blue Rebellion of 1859 produced a report against the ryots. II. The agents of the East India Company who helped the Company to get agreements signed from peasants, weavers and artisans were known as Gomasthas Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Consider the following statements I. Woad is a better dye plant than indigo because woad gives a rich blue colour while indigo gives pale and dull colour. II. The French produced indigo in the French colony of St Domingue in the Caribbean islands. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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A very special tank, which archaeologists call the Great Bath, was built in (a) Mehrgarh (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Lothal (d) Harappa Which of the following archaeological sites is located on the river Ghod and is known for its special burial system? (a) Lothal (b) Chirand (c) Inamgaon (d) Hungsi Ashwamedha was a ritual in which (a) a horse was gifted to the successor of the king (b) a horse was sacrificed (c) a horse was gifted to a brahmin (d) a ritual made in the name of rain gods Bimbisara was a ruler of (a) Avanti (b) Gandhara (c) Kuru (d) Magadha A cartographer is a person who (a) makes maps (b) makes carts (c) makes chariots (d) makes temples Consider the following statements A : The Nawab of Awadh was forced to give over half of his territory to the Company in 1801 R : The Nawab of Awadh failed to fulfil the terms of subsidiary alliance. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Consider the following statements I. The ryoti system was better than the nij system for the indigo planters as it allowed them to produce indigo on a larger scale without any considerable increase in the cost of production. II. The ryots were benefited from the the ryoti system of indigo plantaion. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none The most primitive stone tools are from (a) Neolithic age (b) Palaeolithic age (c) Mesolithic age (d) Chalcolithic age Consider the following statements A : The subsidiary alliance proved very helpful for the nawabs in protecting their territories. R : The British promised military protection to the nawabs under the terms of subsidiary alliance. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Consider the following statements A : The British fought a long war with Afghanistan between 1838 and 1842 and established indirect rule there. R : If the rulers under subsidiary alliance failed to make the payment for the forces, then part of their territory was taken away by the British as penalty. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Who among the following was not a part of the Rebellion of 1857? (a) Begum Hazrat Mahal (b) Rani Chennamma (c) Birjis Qadr (d) Nana Saheb Bahadur Shah Jafar was sentenced to life imprisonment for supporting the rebellion of 1857. He died in a prison in (a) Hyderabad (b) Rangoon (c) Lahore (d) Bombay Consider the following statements I. Tantia Tope was killed while protecting Rani Laxmi Bai against the British. II. Birjis Qadr was the son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Mangal Pandey was hanged in 1857 for attacking his officers in (a) Benaras (b) Barrackpore (c) Calcutta (d) Allahabad Consider the following statements A : Eighty-five sepoys of the regiment at Meerut in 1857 were dismissed from service and sentenced to ten years in jail. R : When the Company ordered the sepoys to go to Burma for fighting by the sea route, the sepoys refused to follow the order. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Consider the following statements A : After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839, the East India Company took over Punjab in 1849. R : According to the Doctrine of Lapse, if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would become part of Company territory. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

304.

Consider the following statements A : Cloth dyers in Europe preferred indigo over woad as a dye. R : Indigo was cheaper than woa(d) Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Consider the following statements A : In 1824 the Company ordered the sepoys to go to Burma by the sea route but the sepoys refused to follow the order. R : The sepoys were mostly peasants and had families living in the villages. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Governor-General of India when Jhansi was annexed by the British? (a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Richard Wellesley Consider the following statements I. The East India Company was removed from the power in 1858. II. The Doctrine of Lapse was renounced by the Act of 1858. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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In 1801, a subsidiary alliance was imposed on X, and in 1856 it was taken over by the British as they declared that X was being misgoverned and to ensure proper administration British rule was necessary. What is X? (a) Awadh (b) Jhansi (c) Mysore (d) Punjab Sati was banned in British India in (a) 1801 (b) 1809 (c) 1829 (d) 1858 Consider the following statements A : By the end of the eighteenth century, the demand for Indian indigo grew enormously. R : Indian Indigo was better than the indigo produced in the West Indies and America. Choose the correct option out of the following

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(a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Which of the following was not the change introduced by the British in 1858? (a) It was assured to all the ruling chiefs of the country that their territory would never be annexed in future. (b) It was decided to increase the recruitment of soldiers from Awadh, Bihar, central India and south India. (c) Various policies were made to protect the rights of zamindars and landlords. (d) All of the above. Delhi became the capital of British India in (a) 1901 (b) 1905 (c) 1911 (d) 1915 Delhi Durbar was organised by (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Minto (c) Lord Lansdowne (d) Lord Lytton Consider the following statements I. Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker were the architects invited by the British to design New Delhi in 1912. II. The central dome of the Rashtrapati Bhavan was copied from medieval Chola art. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Who founded the Brahmo Sabha? (a) Raja Rammohun Roy (b) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar (c) Swami Dayanand Sarawati (d) Swami Vivekanand Consider the following statements A : Ryoti cultivation was preferred over nij cultivation by the British. R : It was easier to expand the area under indigo cultivation by adopting ryoti cultivation. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

(c) a meeting between the British and the French to decide the future of Canada. (d) an act of dumping tea into Boston Harbor 327. The first war between the 13 British North American colonies and the British Government started in 1775 at (a) Lexington (b) Philadelphia (c) Washington (d) Orlando Which of the following Governor-Generals of the British India surrendered as a British General in the American War of Independence in 1781 (a) Warren Hastings (b) William Bentinck (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Dalhousie Men are born free but everywhere they are in chains. Who said these words? (a) Karl Marx (b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau (c) Friedrich Engels (d) Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel When did France become a republic? (a) 1780 (b) 1784 (c) 1789 (d) 1792 Who devised the system of crop rotation? (a) Thomas Highs (b) Jethro Tull (c) Charles Townsend (d) Lewis Paul Who invented the flying shuttle? (a) John Kay (b) Richard Arkwright (c) James Hargreaves (d) Daniel Bourn Who invented the spinning jenny? (a) Samuel Crompton (b) James Hargreaves (c) Clement Clerke (d) Abraham Darby

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When was the law permitting widow remarriage passed in the British India? (a) 1829 (b) 1839 (c) 1856 (d) 1896 The Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 in (a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Madras (d) Delhi Which Chola king took the title of Maduraikondavan? (a) Vijayalaya (b) Rajaraja I (c) Parantaka I (d) Rajendra The British government headed by George Grenville in 1765 enacted a tax Act in its colonies in North America The Act was called the (a) Stamp Act (b) Currency Act (c) Revenue Act (d) Trade Act The Boston Tea Party was (a) a meeting between the British and the French to decide the future of Canada. (b) the declaration of Independence, by the 13 British North American colonies. 332. 330.

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The first power loom was designed by (a) Richard Arkwright (b) Thomas Highs (c) Lewis Paul (d) Edmund Cartwright Who invented the cotton gin? (a) Henry Maudslay (b) Eli Whitney (c) John Kay (d) Henry Cot Who built the first textile factory? (a) Samuel Slater (b) Richard Arkwright (c) Lewis Paul (d) Thomas Highs

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The Third Estate, in France, declared itself as the National Assembly in (a) 1729 (b) 1789 (c) 1829 (d) 1879 Consider the following statements I. Age of Enlightenment is a term used to describe the age of spiritualism in Europe during the seventeenth century. II. In France, the Third Estate was of the nobles. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Who invented the hot blast process in metallurgy? (a) Clement Clerke (b) Benjamin Huntsman (c) James Beaumont Neilson (d) George Stephenson Consider the following statements I. King Louis XVI fled France with his family at the start of the French Revolution. II. The first French National Assembly took oath in a tennis court. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Who among the following is known for his improvements of the steam engine? (a) James Watt (b) John Kay (c) Samuel Slater (d) Lewis Paul Who among the following made attempts to substitute charcoal by coke to obtain iron from its ore? (a) George Stephenson (b) William Murdoch (c) Chance Brothers (d) Abraham Darby Who invented the puddling process of iron purification? (a) John Smeaton (b) Henry Cort (c) James Watt (d) Thomas Newcomen

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Consider the following statements I. Luther Burbank invented the process of pasteurisation. II. Voltaire was a staunch critic of the church. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Gugliemo Marconi invented the (a) telephone (b) machinery for wireless telegraphy (c) electric bulb (d) television Who laid the first trans-Atlantic cable? (a) Cyrus Field (b) Gottlieb Daimler (c) George Stephenson (d) Joseph Locke

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 353. Britain wrested Canada from France in 1763 after the (a) Six Years War (b) Seven Years War (c) Eight Years War (d) Nine Years War Whom did Guru Nanak appointed as his successor before his death in 1539? (a) Guru Amardas (b) Guru Angad (c) Guru Arjan (d) Guru Ramdas Which of the following Mughal emperors ordered the execution of Guru Arjan? (a) Shah Jahan (b) Aurangzeb (c) Humayun (d) Jahangir Divya Prabandham is a compilation of devotional songs in honour of Hindu god/ goddess (a) Murugan (b) Shiva (c) Durga (d) Vishnu Which Afghan ruler invaded India five times in the mid-eighteenth century? (a) Ahmed Shah Abdali (b) Timur Shah Durrani (c) Nadir Shah (d) Shuja Shah Durrani The iron pillar at Mehrauli, Delhi is said to be built under which of the following rulers? (a) Alauddin Khalji (b) Akbar (c) Chandragupta (d) Vikramaditya The Silappadikaram, a famous Tamil epic, is the story of Kovalan who was a (a) a merchant (b) a King (c) a priest (d) a peasant

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354. 349. Consider the following statements I. The Diesel engine was invented after the World War I. II. The Open-hearth is generally used for the production of fine quality printed textiles.

Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 350. The Luddites in Britain, during the Industrial Revolution, was a name given to the (a) section of the church which opposed the industrial revolution. (b) masked workers taking part in violent strikes. (c) businessmen who invested and helped the innovators of the revolution (d) the countries mainly involved in the Industrial Revolution. The First Opium War, as it is called, was fought in 1840 between the British and (a) China (b) America (c) Malaysia (d) France Consider the following statements I. The Portuguese took control of Malacca, in the East Indies, in the 17th century from the Dutch. II. Hormuz, at the tip of the Persian Gulf, was a strategic base of the Portuguese in the 16th century.

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The manuscripts in early India were usually written on (a) palm leaves (b) ashoka tree leaves (c) cloths made of jute (d) banyan leaves Harishena was the court poet of (a) Chandragupta (b) Samudragupta (c) Ashoka (d) Bindusara Which of the following Chalukya rulers stopped king Harshvardhan of Kanauj from advancing to the Deccan? (a) Vijayaditya (b) Vikramaditya (c) Pulakeshin II (d) Vikramaditya II

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Who was Mehrunnisa? (a) Wife of Emperor Shah Jahan (b) Wife of Emperor Aurangzeb (c) Wife of Emperor Jahangir (d) Wife of Emperor Shah Alam Consider the following statements I. After the defeat Shivaji was honourably treated by the Mughals when he came to accept Mughal authority. II. The term mansabdar refers to an individual who holds a position or rank. III. By Aurangzebs reign, the number of mansabdars decreased immensely. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) II only (b) II and III (c) III only (d) I, II and III Mirza Hakim was half brother of the Mughal Emperor (a) Babur (b) Humayun (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir The Kandariya Mahadeva temple dedicated to Shiva was constructed by King (a) Dhangadeva (b) Harshdev (c) Vijaypal (d) Yashovarman Which Sinhalese ruler tried to find and restore the gold statue of the Buddha which was taken away by the Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha? (a) Udaya I (b) Udaya II (c) Sena I (d) Sena II Chokhamela was a (a) Marathi merchant (b) Marwari merchant (c) Marwari saint-poet (d) Marathi saint-poet The Rashtrakutas were initially subordinate to the (a) Cheras (b) Chalukyas (c) Cholas (d) Pandyas

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Which of the following is not a work of Kalidasa? (a) Abhijnana Shakuntalam (b) Malavikagnimitram (c) Mahavircharitam (d) Vikramorvashiyam

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Buddhacharita, a biography of the Buddha was composed by Ashvaghosha. He was a spiritual counselor in the court of (a) King Ashoka (b) King Harshavardhana (c) King Vikramadtya (d) King Kanishka Who were known as the lords of the dakshinapatha? (a) Pandya rulers (b) Satavahana rulers (c) Chera rulers (d) Chola rulers Dhamma Mahamatta were (a) important teachings of Buddha (b) officials appointed by Ashoka to teach dhamma (c) buddhist philosophers of early medieval India (d) buddhist philosophers of Mughal period in India Vinaya Pitaka is a rule book of (a) Hinduism (b) Sikhism (c) Jain sangha (d) Buddhist sangha

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The Begumpuri mosque was built in the reign of which Delhi Sultan? (a) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (b) Muhammad Tughluq (c) Firuz Shah Tughluq (d) Alauddin Khalji Consider the following statements I. Mughal emperor Babur succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 at the age of 15. II. In 1526 Babur defeated the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi, at Delhi. III. Akbar was 13 years old when he became emperor.

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Who started the Asiatic Society of Bengal? (a) William Carey (b) Thomas Babington Macaulay (c) William Jones (d) William Adam The Hindu College in Benaras was established in (a) 1791 (b) 1820 (c) 1836 (d) 1898 Who among the following was against the promotion of vernaculars in Indian education? (a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke (b) Thomas Babington Macaulay (c) Nathaniel Halhed (d) William Jones Consider the following statements I. The Woods Despatch emphasised on the importance of oriental learning. II. Shantiniketan was established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1901. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I only (b) II only (c) II and III (d) III only 377. Who was the Mughal Emperor during the rebellion of 1857? (a) Akbar Shah (b) Shah Alam (c) Muhammad Shah (d) Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Banabhatta was the court poet of which of the following Indian monarchs? (a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Chandragupta (c) Vikramaditya (d) Harshvardhana Consider the following statements A : The Indian Railways had to turn to TISCO in the 1910s. R : World War I broke out in 1914. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) if A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) if A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A

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Consider the following statements I. Rammohun Roy was keen to spread the knowledge of Western education In India. II. Jyotiba Phule was an ardent supporter of the anti-colonial nationalism. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Keshub Chunder Sen was one of the main leaders of the (a) Satnami Movement (b) Prarthana Samaj (c) Brahmo Samaj (d) Arya Samaj Consider the following statements I. According to the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 no woman below the age of 16 could marry. II. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was founded in 1905. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? (a) Swami Vivekanand (b) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (c) Raja Rammohun Roy (d) Baba Amte

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Who wrote the book Gulamgiri? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jyotiba Phule (c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (d) Vinoba Bhave

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Who started the temple entry movement in 1927? (a) Bhimrao Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Baba Amte Consider the following statements I. E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker was an ardent critic of the Bhagwad Gita and the Ramayana. II. E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker was once a member of the Indian National Congree. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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The Self Respect Movement was started by (a) Jyotiba Phule (b) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Bhimrao Ambedkar

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Thomas Daniell and William Daniell are known for their paintings of (a) the great warrior kings of India (b) war scenes in India (c) picturesque landscapes of India (d) Indian traditions Consider the following statements I. According to the Ilbert Bill, Indian judges were not allowed to try the Europeans. II. The Indian National Congress during its first twenty years was extremist in its objectives and methods. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Who among the following was, for a time, member of the British Parliament? (a) Surendranath Banerji (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Pherozshah Mehta (d) W.C. Bonnerji General Knowledge Question Bank

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Consider the following statements I. A.O. Hume tried to bring in a bill through the British Parliament to ban the Indian National Congress II. Pherozeshah Mehta joined the Indian National Congress during its extremist era. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it. Who said these famous words? (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bepin Chandra Pal (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Subhash Chandra Bose Who partitioned Bengal in 1905? (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Curzon (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Lytton Who was the viceroy of India when the Vernacular Press Act was enacted? (a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dufferin The Swadesi Movement was an immediate reaction to the (a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (b) Defence of India Act (c) Partition of Bengal (d) Rowlatt Act Who was the viceroy of India when the All India Muslim League was formed? (a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Minto (d) Lord Lansdowne Consider the following statements I. The Muslim League supported the partition of Bengal. II. The Non-cooperation Movement in deltaic Andhra was known as the Vandematram Movement. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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406. 400. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress? (a) W.C. Bonnerji (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Badruddin Tyadji (d) Surendranath Banerji

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Who was the viceroy of India when the Arms Act was enacted which disallowed Indians from possessing arms? (a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Lyyton (c) Lord Lansdowne (d) Lord Northbrook Who founded the Indian Association in 1876? (a) W.C. Bonnerji (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Pherozshah Mehta (d) Surendranath Banerji Consider the following statements I. The Vernacular Press Act enabled the local language newspapers to have their say. II. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was started after the formation of the Indian National Congress.

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Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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The demand of separate electorates, made by the Muslim league, was conceded by the government in (a) 1905 (b) 1907 (c) 1909 (d) 1912 What is the importance of the Surat Split of 1907? (a) The Indian National Congress was split in two groups the moderates and the extremists. (b) The partition of Bengal was announced in 1907 in Surat. (c) The government conceded the demand of the Muslim League for separate electorates. (d) The Muslim League was formed under Aga Khan. The Lucknow pact of 1916 was signed between (a) the extremists and the moderates of the Indian National Congress. (b) the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League. (c) the Indian National Congress and the government. (d) the Muslim League and the government. Which event, during the World War I, inspired the nationalists in India? (a) American Civil War (b) French Revolution (c) Russian Revolution (d) First Italo-Ethiopian war When did Mahatma Gandhi arrive in India? (a) 1910 (b) 1912 (c) 1915 (d) 1919 Who was the viceroy of India when the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place? (a) Lord Chelmsford (b) Sydney Rowlatt (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lord Irwin

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The Champaran Satyagraha was against (a) the enormously high taxes imposed on the poor people. (b) indigo plantation in Champaran. (c) the Rowlatt Act. (d) the Defence of India Act. Consider the following statements: I. The Rowlatt Act imposed judgement without trial in India. II. The Rowlatt Act was enacted in 1915. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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The Khilafat issue was related to the (a) Partition of Bengal (b) Muslim League (c) Turkish Sultan (d) Nizam of Hyderabad Consider the following statements A : Mahatma Gandhi called off the NonCooperation Movement when in February 1922. R : A police station in Chauri Chaura was set on fire in 1922. Choose the correct option out of the following (a) if A and B both are true and B is the right reason for A (b) if A and B both are true but B is not the right reason for A (c) A is true but not B (d) B is true but not A The Simon Commission came to India in (a) 1924 (b) 1925 (c) 1926 (d) 1927 Who among the following was one of the founders of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association in 1928? (a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Bipin Chandra Pal (c) Chitta Ranjan Das (d) Bhagat Singh

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Members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association assassinated Saunders, a police officer, to avenge the death of (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Bipin Chandra Pal When did the Indian National Congress contest its first elections? (a) 1930 (b) 1934 (c) 1937 (d) 1941 Consider the following statements I. The Simon Commission had only two Indian representatives. II. Congress leaders were ready to support the British in the World War II.

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Consider the following statements I. Lala Lajpat Rai was among the moderates section of the Indian National Congress. II. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Pune. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none

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Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 426. Who said the words do or die at the start of the Quit India Movement? (a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Vallabhbhai Patel Who formed the Azad Hind Fauj to free India from British control? (a) Chandra Shekhar Azad (b) Bhagat Singh (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Subhash Chandra Bose

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Who became the first Indian Governor-General of free India? (a) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Who announced August 16 1946 as the Direct Action Day? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vallabhbhai Patel (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Who wrote the book Poverty and Un-British rule in India? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Badruddin Tyabji (c) W.C. Bonnerji (d) Vallabhbhai Patel Consider the following statements I. Division on boycott was the main reason for the Surat Split of 1907. II. The All India Muslim League was formed in Lahore in 1906. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none Mahatma Gandhi asked the Indian people to observe 6 April 1919 as a day of non-violent opposition to the (a) Government of India Act (b) Rowlatt Act (c) Defence of India Act (d) Indian Press Act Who among the following renounced his knighthood? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Surendranath Benerji (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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Potti Sriramulu, a Gandhian leader, went on a hunger fast demanding the formation of (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh The bilingual state of Bombay was divided into two states in (a) 1955 (b) 1957 (c) 1960 (d) 1966

(c) It was thought to lead to the rebirth of the sacrificer as a heir to his own empire (d) None of the above. 442. What do you understand by the term Vetti regarding the Cholas? (a) name of a warship under King Rajendra I (b) a ritual performed by the Chola Kings (c) a tax levied the Cholas (d) a piece of land won by the Cholas overthrowing some other ruler The tripartite struggle for control over Kanauj was between (a) Gurjara-Pratiharas, Rashtrakutas and Palas (b) Cholas, Rashtrakutas and Pandyas (c) Chahamanas, Paramaras and Palas (d) Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas Which of the following rulers entrusted a scholar to write Kitab-al Hind, an account of the Indian subcontinent? (a) Akbar (b) Babar (c) Muhammad Ghori (d) Mahmud of Ghazni X defeated Muhammad Ghori in 1191 AD, but lost to him the very next year, in 1192 A.D. Who were X? (a) Cholas (b) Pandyas (c) Chahamanas (d) Pratiharas Who built the town of Thanjavur? (a) Samudragupta (b) Rajendra I (c) Narasimhavarman I (d) Vijayalaya According to Chola inscriptions, land donated to Jaina institutions is called (a) Vellanvagai (b) Pallichchhandam (c) Tirunamattukkani (d) Shalabhoga

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437. Consider the following statements I. The British annexed Nagpur through the Doctrine of Lapse. II. The British gained Orissa from the Marathas after winning the second AngloMaratha War. Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) I (b) II (c) I and II (d) none 438. To break the salt law, Mahatma Gandhi marched from Sabarmati to (a) Surat (b) Ahamedabad (c) Baroda (d) Dandi The Kushanas ruled over central Asia and north-west India around 2000 years ago. What were their two major power centres? (a) Peshawar and Madurai (b) Peshawar and Mathura (c) Madurai and Bukhara (d) Mathura and Kanauj Which Chola ruler raided and captured the Southeast Asian empire Srivijaya and harbour cities of Sumatra and Malay Peninsula? (a) Vijayalaya (b) Rajendra I (c) Rajendra II (d) Raja Raja I

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Why was the Hiranya-Garbha ritual performed? (a) It was thought to lead to the rebirth of the sacrificer as a Kshatriya (b) It was thought to lead to the rebirth of the sacrificer as a Brahmana

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Prashastis were written by learned Brahmanas in administration. They were (a) biographies of foreign invaders (b) in praise of the ruler (c) in praise of their own works and talents (d) in praise of the empire and its natural resources Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under : (a) Tomara Rajputs (b) Chahamanas of Ajmer (c) Qutbuddin Aybak (d) Ghiyasuddin Balban

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Siri Fort was built under which Delhi Sultan? (a) Alauddin Khalji (b) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (c) Muhammad Tughluq (d) Jalaluddin Khilji Which Delhi Sultan emptied and garrisoned the old city Dehli-i Kuhna and sent its residents to Daulatabad in the south? (a) Jalaluddin Khilji (b) Muhammad Tughluq (c) Ghiyasuddin Balban (d) Bahlul Lodi Who was the first Delhi Sultan to plan to capture Mongol territory? (a) Shamsuddin Iltutmish (b) Ghiyasuddin Balban (c) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (d) Muhammad Tughluq What are Delhiwal? (a) Land tax in Delhi during the early medieval India (b) Tax on trading activities in Delhi during the early medieval India (c) Coins minted in Delhi during the early medieval India (d) Garrisoned towns in Delhi during the early medieval India Who defeated Mughal emperor Humayun in 1540 AD and captured Delhi to establish his own dynasty? (a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sher Shah Suri (c) Vikramaditya (d) Firuz Shah Suri The authors of Persian tawarikh criticised the Delhi Sultans (a) for preserving an unjust social order based on birthright. (b) for treating their daughters as inferior to their sons. (c) for appointing their loyal slaves to high administrative posts. (d) none of the above

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Which of the following female rulers changed her name and pretended to be a man? (a) Raziyya (b) Kumaradevi (c) Didda (d) Rudramadevi Military expeditions from the Delhi Sultanate into southern India started during the reign of (a) Qutbuddin Aybak (b) Raziyya (c) Jalaluddin Khalji (d) Alauddin Khalji

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What is the Bandagan system used by the early Delhi Sultans in their administration? (a) the Delhi Sultans appointed their wives instead of appointing aristocrats or leaders to high administrative posts (b) the Delhi Sultans appointed their trust worthy slaves instead of appointing aristocrats or leaders to high administrative posts (c) the Delhi Sultans decided to appoint themselves instead of appointing aristocrats or leaders to high administrative posts (d) the Delhi Sultans removed all the high administrative posts Kharaj is a type of tax collected under the Sultans of Delhi.

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