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1.
The places well known for Bandanna designs were:
(A)Rajasthan
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) Madhya Pradesh.
A, B
A, D
B, C
A, C
2.
This was the first dam built on the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
Gandhi Sagar Dam
Sardar Sarovar Dam
Govind Sagar Dam
3.
It is______to deny workers from their wages
legal
justice
illegal
all of above
4.
Which one of the following explains the term Weathering?
Marginal land kept fallow for a certain period to restore their fertility.
Breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks due to various factors.
Groups of plant in areas having similar climatic condition.
Land covered with grass shrubs on which animals graze freely.
5.
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was formed in 1928 at :
Bombay
Kanpur
Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi
Allahabad
6.
The Rowlatt Act of 1919:
(A) imposed martial law in Punjab
(B) curbed fundamental rights such as freedom of expression.
(C) strengthened the power of the police.
(D) disrupted public meetings.
A, B
B, C
C, D
A,D
7.
Khudai Khidmatgars, a non-violent movement among the Pathans was formed by :
Badruddin Tayabji
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Muhammad All
8.
The Central Government passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in:
2006
2007
2008
2009
9.
Reservations play an important role in providing social justice to :
(A) Adivasis
(B) Dalits
(C) Muslims
(D) Hindus
A, C
A, B
B, C
A, D
10.
C K Janu, an Adivasi activist, has pointed out that the state governments are the violators of their constitutional rights because they allow encroachers. It takes the form of :
timber merchants
paper mill owners
industrialists
All of these
11.
Rajya sabha is also called
Parliament
House of people
Council of states
None of these
12.
The Parliament of India has _____ houses.
2
6
7
3
13.
"EVM" for the first time was used in:
2007
2004
2003
1990
14.
An example of Sustainable Development is :
Not wasting of paper
using fossil fuels as fast as possible
wasting of water
all of these
15.
Panchayati Raj is the_______tier of the government
First
Second
Third
Fourth
16.
Right against exploitation does not include
prohibition of trafficking
prohibition of forced labour
prohibition of employment of children below 14 years of age
prohibition of untouchability
17.
In a democratic government like ours, in case of unpopular laws, people might:
criticise the laws.
hold public meetings.
write about it in newspapers and report to TV news channels.
All of them.
18.
Repressor means a law:
based on force or pressure
passed against the will of the people
to prevent the person's right to criticize
All of these
19.
Civil Rights Act passed by USA in 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of :
race
religion
natural origin in the USA
race, religion, national origin in the USA.
20.
Sri Narayan Guru, in present day's Kerala belonged to a low caste of:
Ezhavas
Mahar
Madigas
Agarias
21.
One of the first history paintings was produced by:
Francis Hayman
Johann Zoffany
Tilly Kettle
William Daniell
22.
Muhammad Ali Khan, the Nawab of Arcot, commissioned two European artists to paint oil paintings and portraits. The painters were:
Tilly Kettle and George Willison
Johann Zoffary and Tilly Kettle
Thomas Daniell and William Daniell
Johann Zoffany and George Willison
23.
Some of the communities that specialized in weaving were:
Tanti weavers of Bengal
Julahas or Momin weavers of North India
Sale and Kaikollar and Devangs of South India
All of these
24.
Patola was not woven in :
Surat
Ahmedabad
Patna
Sabaramati
25.
Mahatma Gandhi strongly felt that:
(A) Indian languages should be the medium of teaching.
(B) Western education focused on reading and writing rather than oral knowledge.
(C) Students should learn handicraft.
(D) English education in India failed to communicate with the masses.
A, B, C
B, C, D
A, B, C, D
A, C, D
26.
William Adam, a Scottish missionary, mentioned in his report that in vernacular schools:
(A) there was no fixed school fees.
(B) there was no system of separate classes.
(C) classes were held under the banyan tree.
(D) there were no annual examinations.
A, B, C
B, C, D
A, B, C, D
A, C, D
27.
The missionaries set up a mission at Serampore area under the control of :
English East India Company
French East India Company
Danish East India Company
Dutch East India Company
28.
The period referred to as the period of Delhi Renaissance
1820-1830
1830-1857
1830-1847
1820-1847
29.
Khanqah was:
Tomb of the sufi saint.
An open prayer place.
A mosque.
A sufi lodge often used as a resting house for travellers.
30.
The largest and grandest mosque in Delhi is
Jama Masjid
Sunheri Masjid
Begumpur mosque
None of them
31.
Most tribals like Khonds of Orissa:
practised shifting cultivation
lived by herding and rearing of animals
practised subsistence farming
collected and sold forest products
32.
Bewar is a term used in Madhya Pradesh for:
Shepherds
Cattle herders
Shifting cultivation
Traders and moneylenders
33.
Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II led the revolt at
Kanpur
Awadh
Jagdishpur
Bithur
34.
The greased cartridges given to the Indian soldiers had to be bitten off before it was loaded into the rifle. The grease was made of
Fat of pig
Fat of cow
Fat of goat and sheep
Fat of cow and pig
35.
The Revolt of 1857 started on
4.06.73
4.06.74
4.06.75
4.06.72
36.
What was the farman?
Name of a Trading Ship
A Royal edict to trade duty free
Non the East India Company Factory
None of these
37.
Which of these statements associated with the East India Company is correct?
The factory established on the banks of river Hugli was its base
The company's traders were known as 'factors'.
The factory had warehou~es and offices.
By 1696, the Company built a fort surrounding the factory
38.
The European companies competed among themselves to buy which of the following commodities from India, initially?
(i) Cotton and Silk
(ii) Salt, iron and cotton
(iii)Pearls, gold and diamond
(iv)Pepper, cloves and cinnamon
Only (A)and (D) are correct
Only (C) is correct
Only (B)is correct
All are correct
39.
Where and when was the first English factory established?
On the banks of river Hugli in 1651
On the banks of river Ganga in 1650
On the banks of river Kaveri in 1657
On the banks of river Yamuna in 1600
40.
The peasant movement of Champaran in northwest Bihar opposed the cultivation of :
Sugarcane
Indigo
Opium
Pepper
41.
Mahalwari system of land revenue collection was not introduced in :
Punjab
North West Provinces
Awadh
Delhi region
42.
Historians at present do not write about:
How people earned their livelihood
What was produced
How markets came up
Kings and battles
43.
Who was asked by Robert Clive to produce maps of Hindustan?
Danulle
James Rennet
James Mill
William Durant
44.
Which two states share a common High Court?
Punjab and Haryana
Delhi and Punjab
Delhi and Haryana
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
45.
The High Court of Madras was established in
1970
1962
1955
1862
46.
Where is Jallianwala Bagh located?
Delhi
Kanpur
Amritsar
Agra
47.
When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
10th March, 1919
13th April, 1919
20th April, 1920
30th January, 1930
48.
Right to a healthy environment is intrinsic to the Fundamental Right of
Right to Equality
Right against Exploitation
Right to Life
Right to Freedom
49.
Union Carbide was a/an
American company
English company
Government-owned company
None of the above
50.
What is the literacy rate of Muslims in India (2001)?
90 per cent
76 per cent
69 per cent
59 per cent
51.
Which among the following states does the Jagannath cult belong to?
West Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
Jharkhand
52.
What percentage of India's total population is comprised of Muslims (2001)?
7 per cent
15 per cent
13.4 per cent
49.5 per cent
53.
The raw material of textile industry is/are
cotton only
silk only
fibres
None of these
54.
When was the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act passed?
1970
1980
1989
1993
55.
Which article of the Indian Constitution prohibits untouchability?
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
56.
Who presents the budget?
President
Prime Minister
Finance Minister
Opposition Party
57.
Right to Education is guaranteed for all children aged between
5-15 years
6-14 years
6- 2 years
5-10 years
58.
Which one of the following is a natural fibre?
Nylon
Jute
Acryclic
59.
Abanindranath Tagore was influenced by the art of
Japanese artists
French artists
Chinese artists
British artists
60.
William Adam toured the districts of
Bihar and Orissa
Bihar and Bengal
Bengal and Rajasthan
Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
61.
Who set-up the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
William Jones
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Nathaniel Halhed
All of the above
62.
Untouchability is an ancient practice of
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
None of the these
63.
Majority of the population of Israel is
Christian
Jewish
Muslim
No majority religion in Israel
64.
What is the full form of FIR?
Fast Information Report
First Information Report
Fast Investigation Report
Fort Information Report
65.
The Upper House of Parliament is termed as
Lok Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Executive
66.
When was the Indian National Congress (INC) formed?
1857
1885
1930
1946
67.
Using resources carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called
resource balancing
resource conservation
resource depletion
devaluation
68.
Which of the following physical features are best suited for living?
Plains and river valleys
Deserts
Lakes and rivers
Mountains
69.
Where is the largest solar plant of India located?
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Odisha
Gujarat
70.
Which one of the following does not make substance a resource?
Utility
Value
Quantity
71.
The person who said, "Disruptionist tendencies had come to the fore; to check them, the nation had to be strong and united" was
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Dr. BR Ambedkar
72.
More_______than percentage of population in the world depends on agriculture.
20 %
50 %
75 %
35 %
73.
Cultivation of grapes is also known as _______
viticulture
horticulture
sericulture
pisciculture
74.
The word agriculture has been derived from two________words.
German
American
Latin
Arabic
75.
The two most important staple food crops of the world are
ragi and bajra
tea and coffee
rice and wheat
millets and maize
76.
Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?
Dr BR Ambedkar
Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr Rajendra Prasad
77.
How much population lives on 30% of the land surface?
60%
70%
80%
90%
78.
The country which does not have high growth rate of population is
Kenya
New Zealand
Brazil
Egypt
79.
The factors which influence population change are
birth rate
death rate
migration
All of these
80.
The book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' is authored by
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sarojini Naidu
81.
_______________ became the general name for all cotton textiles from India
Chhint
Chintz
Khassa
Calico
82.
The first cotton mill in India was set-up at ____________in the year ___________
Bombay, 1900
Bombay, 1854
Ahmedabad, 1861
Kanpur, 1848
83.
Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
1826
1846
1856
1876
84.
Leading producer of coffee is
Brazil
India
Russia
85.
Which one of the followings is not a producer of mica?
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
86.
Which one of the followings is not a characteristic of minerals?
They are created by natural processes.
They have a definite chemical composition.
They are inexhaustible.
Their distribution is uneven.
87.
Which time period was known as the Delhi renaissance period?
1830 to 1857
1792 to 1857
1857 to 1877
1911 to 1931
88.
Delhi College was closed down in the year
1792
1858
1877
1936
89.
Which of the following changes was not made by the British after the revolt was quelled?
The powers of the East India Company were transferred to the British Crown.
The Hindus were treated with suspicion and hostility, being responsible for the mutiny
Landlords' and zamindars' rights on their land were protected in the new policies made.
None of the above
90.
When was Lucknow recaptured by British forces?
21st March 1858
1st November 1858
20th September 1857
None of the above
91.
Vaishnavs are __________
Worshippers of Vishnu
Incarnations of the God Vishnu
Christian Missionaries
Muslim preachers
92.
The Bastar Rebellion took place in the year
1895
1910
1930
1940
93.
Where does the term 'Bewar' mean shifting cultivation?
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
North-East India
Andhra Pradesh
94.
Which of the following was not the Presidency?
Bengal
Madras
Pune
Bombay
95.
The Indigo Commission was set-up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the Commission hold guilty?
The ryots
The government
The planters
Both 'a' and 'b'
96.
The Permanent Settlement was introduced at the time of
Charles Cornwallis
Thomas Munro
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hastings
97.
The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
1760
1762
1764
1765
98.
When New Delhi was built, the National Museum and the National Archives were both located close to the
Supreme Court
Parliament House
Viceregal Palace
Red Fort
99.
Usually, census operations in India are held
every five years
every seven years
every ten years
every twelve years
100.
A History of British India was written by
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Mountbatten
James Mill
Dadabhai Naoroji
1.
(d)
A, C
2.
(b)
Gandhi Sagar Dam
3.
(c)
illegal
4.
(b)
Breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks due to various factors.
5.
(c)
Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi
6.
(b)
B, C
7.
(c)
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
8.
(a)
2006
9.
(b)
A, B
10.
(d)
All of these
11.
(c)
Council of states
12.
(a)
2
13.
(b)
2004
14.
(a)
Not wasting of paper
15.
(c)
Third
16.
(d)
prohibition of untouchability
17.
(d)
All of them.
18.
(d)
All of these
19.
(d)
race, religion, national origin in the USA.
20.
(a)
Ezhavas
21.
(a)
Francis Hayman
22.
(a)
Tilly Kettle and George Willison
23.
(d)
All of these
24.
(d)
Sabaramati
25.
(c)
A, B, C, D
26.
(c)
A, B, C, D
27.
(c)
Danish East India Company
28.
(b)
1830-1857
29.
(d)
A sufi lodge often used as a resting house for travellers.
30.
31.
(d)
collected and sold forest products
32.
(c)
Shifting cultivation
33.
(a)
Kanpur
34.
(d)
Fat of cow and pig
35.
(b)
4.06.74
36.
(b)
A Royal edict to trade duty free
37.
(d)
By 1696, the Company built a fort surrounding the factory
38.
(b)
Only (C) is correct
39.
(a)
On the banks of river Hugli in 1651
40.
(b)
Indigo
41.
(d)
Delhi region
42.
(c)
How markets came up
43.
(b)
James Rennet
44.
(a)
Punjab and Haryana
45.
(d)
1862
46.
(c)
Amritsar
47.
(b)
13th April, 1919
48.
(c)
Right to Life
49.
(a)
American company
50.
(d)
59 per cent
51.
(c)
Orissa
52.
(c)
13.4 per cent
53.
(c)
fibres
54.
(d)
1993
55.
(d)
Article 17
56.
(c)
Finance Minister
57.
(b)
6-14 years
58.
(b)
Jute
59.
(a)
Japanese artists
60.
(b)
Bihar and Bengal
61.
(d)
All of the above
62.
(a)
Hinduism
63.
(b)
Jewish
64.
(b)
First Information Report
65.
(c)
Rajya Sabha
66.
(b)
1885
67.
(b)
resource conservation
68.
(a)
Plains and river valleys
69.
(d)
Gujarat
70.
(c)
Quantity
71.
(a)
Jawaharlal Nehru
72.
(b)
50 %
73.
(a)
viticulture
74.
(c)
Latin
75.
(c)
rice and wheat
76.
(d)
Dr Rajendra Prasad
77.
(d)
90%
78.
(b)
New Zealand
79.
(d)
All of these
80.
(a)
Dadabhai Naoroji
81.
(d)
Calico
82.
(b)
Bombay, 1854
83.
(c)
1856
84.
(a)
Brazil
85.
(b)
Karnataka
86.
(c)
They are inexhaustible.
87.
(a)
1830 to 1857
88.
(c)
1877
89.
(b)
The Hindus were treated with suspicion and hostility, being responsible for the mutiny
90.
(a)
21st March 1858
91.
(a)
Worshippers of Vishnu
92.
(b)
1910
93.
(b)
Madhya Pradesh
94.
(c)
Pune
95.
(c)
The planters
96.
(a)
Charles Cornwallis
97.
(d)
1765
98.
(c)
Viceregal Palace
99.
(c)
every ten years
100.
(c)
James Mill
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