1. Arrange the following events relating to Delhi in correct chronological order :
1. Breaking down of the western walls of Shahjahanbad
2. Establishment of Delhi college
3. Holding of Dubar to celebrate coronation of King george V
4. Closure of Delhi college.
Codes :
(A) 2, 4, 1, 3 (B) 2,1, 4, 3 (C) 3, 1, 2, 4 (D) 4, 3, 1, 2
2. Read the following statements regarding revenue collection system during company Raj in India
1. Within a few years after the new system were imposed it was clear that all was not well with them.
2. Driven by the desire to increase the income from land revenues officials fixed too high a revenue demanded.
3. Peasants were unable to pay, ryots fled the countryside & villages became deserted in many regions.
Which of the following best explains all above statement.
(A) The permanent settlement system
(B) The Mahalwari system
(C) The Ryotwari system
(D) All of the above
3. In the following statements find out which one is incorrect?
“CITES” are:-
(A) Conservation on Indian trade in Endangered species of wild fauna & flora
(B) An international agreement among the world countries to protected endangered species
(C) It aims to ensure that international trade in specimen of wild animals & plants does not threaten their survival
(D) All of the above
4. Which one of the following statements are correct:-
(1.) Resources that are drawn from nature & used without much modification are natural resources (2.) Some of these resources are free gifts of nature & can not be used directly
(3.) In almost all the cases tools & technology may not be needed to use natural resource in the rest possible way
(4.) All of these
(A) 1&3 are correct (B) 2,3,4 are correct
(C) Only 1 is correct (D) 2&1 are correct
5. Match the following:-
(1) Ruhr Region (a) West Asia
(2) Black soil (b) Germany
(3) Petroleum (c) Deccan plateau
(4) Nagercoil (d) Wind Mills
(A) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d (B) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d
(C) 1-b, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c (D) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
6. Read the following statement & considered which one is incorrect?
(A) The number of birth per 1,000 people is birth rate
(B) The number of death per 1000 people is death rate
(C) The total of birth rate & death rate is natural growth rate
(D) Birth & death causes population change
(A) A,B,C,D (B) A,B,C (C) Only C (D) A,C,D
7. Match the following:-
(1) Core (a) Change into slate
(2) Minerals (b) Used for roads & building
(3) Rocks (c) Made of silicon & Alumina
(4) Clay (d) Has definite Chemical Composition
(5) Sial (e) Innermost layer
(A) 1-e, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c (B) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e
(C) 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c, 5-b (D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e
8. Object of secular state:-
(i) That one religious community does not dominate another
(ii) That some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community
(iii) That the state does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals
(iv) That state and religion both can interfere in the affairs of one another
Which one is incorrect regarding Indian constitution?
(A) All are incorrect (B) Only ii & iii are incorrect
(C) Only, iv is incorrect (D) Only iv is incorrect
9. Read the following:-
(i) According to the constitution there are three organs of the state
(ii) They are the legislature, the executive and the judiciary
(iii) These organs should not exercise different powers
(A) i and iii is correct (B) i and ii is correct
(C) i, ii and iii are correct (D) None of these are correct
10. After election parliament mainly needs to perform three functions:-
(i) To select the national government
(ii) To select the opposition
(iii) To control, guide and inform the government
(iv) Framing of laws
Which one is incorrect?
(A) i and iii (B) ii, iii, iv (C) Only ii (D) Only i
11. Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005 gives:-
(A) Equal share to sons daughters and their mothers in family property
(B) Right against domestic violence
(C) Right against exploitation
(D) Freedom of religion
12. Which statement is not related to civil law:-
(i) Deals with any harm or injury to right of individuals for rent matters
(ii) Doesn't Deal with conduct or acts that the law defines crime.
(iii) A petition has not to be filed before the relevant court by the affected party only. In a rent matter landlord or tenant can file a case
(iv) The court gives the specific relief askes for
(A) All are not correct (B) i, ii, iii only
(C) i, iii, iv only (D) iii only
13. Which of the following right have not been guaranteed under the criminal law & the Article 22 of the constitution:-
(A) A person arrested, detained or being interrogated has a right to inform a relative, friend or well wisher
(B) The right to be informed at the time of arrest of the offence for which the person is being arrested
(C) The right not to be ill treated or tortured during arrest or in custody
(D) Confessions made in police custody can not be used as evidence against the accused
14. To whom these statements related:
(1) The role begins once the police has conducted the investigation and field the charge sheet in the court
(2) He/she has no role to play in the investigation
(3) He/she conducts the prosecution on be half of the state
(4) As an officer of the court, it is his/her duty to act impartially and present the full and materialfacts, witness and evidence before the court
(A) Judge (B) Public prosecutor
(C) Police Inspector (D) None of these
15. Read the following
(1) The Act provide for protest against the domination and violence of the powerful castes
(2) This Act was framed in1989
(3) The demands made by dalits and other that the government must take seriously the ill treatment and humiliation face in every day
Which Act related to these statements?
(A) Safai karmachori niamawali Act, 1989
(B) Employment of manual scavengers and construction of dry latrines (prohibition) Act
(C) The scheduled caste and the scheduled Tribes ACT, 1989
(D) Scheduled tribes & other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Right) Act, 2006
16. From which this information is related:-
(1) It has a far lower number of infant deaths as compared to most other cities of the world
(2) The city’s water department has achieved universal access to safe water and this is the main reason behind the lower number of infant deaths
(3) The average price of water is kept low, and the poor are charged half the basic rate
(4) The working of the water department is transparent and people can have a direct say in deciding which projects the department should take up
(A) Public water supply in Porto Alegre
(B) Public water supply New delhi
(C) Public water supply in NewYork
(D) None of these
17. Statement related to which Tragedy:
(1) The world worst industrial tragedy
(2) An American company had a factory in that city
(3) At midnight a highly poisonous gas started leaking from the plant
(A) 1st world war
(B) Bhopal gas tragedy
(C) Tragedy during the emergency of India
(D) None of these
(D) None of these
18. Choose the correct sequence of head quarters of these:
UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, FAO, WORLD Bank
(A) NewYork, Paris, Geneva, Rome, Washington,DC
(B) Geneva, NewYork, Paris, Washington DC, Rome
(C) Washington DC, Geneva, NewYork, Paris,Rome
(D) Rome, Washington DC, NewYork, Paris,Geneva
19. The history is divided into different periods
(a) Attempt to capture the characteristics of a time
(b) Demarcate the difference between periods
(c) It show how we see the significance of the change from one period to another
(d) It was a British attempt to show a lower level of Asian civilization
Which of the following is correct
(A) a & b (B) b, c & d (C) a, b, c (D) a & d
20. Assertion :
(A) Permanent land settlement was extremely oppressive
Reason :
(R) As long as the zamindars could give out the land to tenants & get rent. they were not interested in improving the land
(A) Both A & R are true & R explains A
(B) Both A & R are true but R does not explain A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true
21. Match the following:-
Country Indigo plantation
(1) French (i) Venezuela
(2) Portuguese (ii) St. Domingue
(3) English (iii) Jamaica
(4) Spanish (iv) Brazil
(A) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii (B) 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i
(C) 1-iv, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i (D) 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-i
22. 'A' 'B'
(a) Matchlock Type of gun
(b) Mercantile A bussines enterprise that makes profit
(c) Qazi A jurist of the muslim community responsible for expounding the law that the quzi would administer
(d) Mufti A judge
(e) Sawar Alliance
Which of the above are correctly matched:-
(A) a, b, c (B) a, b (C) e, d, b (D) a, c,d
23. Which statements are correct?
(A) In 1785 Tipu Sultan stopped the export of sandlewood, pepper & cardamom through the ports of his kingdom.
(B) French supported him to modernize his army.
(C) Four battles were fought between British & Mysore (1767-69, 1780-84, 1790-92, & 1799).
(D) Former dynasty of Mysore was Wodeyars one which subsidiary alliance was imposed.
(A) a & c (B) c & d (C) a, d, & c (D) All of the above
24. Match the following :
Tribal group Area / State
1. Mundas a. Central India
2. Khonds b. Kulu(Himachal Pradesh)
3. Baigas c. Orissa
4. Gaddis d. Chottanagpur
Codes :
(A) 1d, 2c, 3a, 4b (B) 1d, 2b, 3c, 4a
(C) 1b, 2a, 3d, 4c (D) 1a, 2d, 3b, 4c
25. Which of the following statements regarding Khonds tribal groups is / are not correct :
1. They were living in the forests of Andhra Pradesh.
2. They regularly went out on collective hunts and then divided the meat amongst themselves.
3 They did not eat fruits
4. The local weavers and leather workers turned to the Khonds when they needed supplies of kusum and palash flowers to colour their clothes and leather.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 4 (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 3
26. Read the passage given below and answer the question that follow –
The time has come when the badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation and I for part wish to stand shown of all special distinctions, by the side of those of my countrymen, who, for their so called insignificance , are liable to suffer a degradation not fit for human beings."
Who said and in which context :
(A) Mahatma Gandhi against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(B) Rabindranath Tagore against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(D) Satyapal against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
27. Look at the following most populous countries of the world :
1. USA 2. India 3. China 4. Brazil
5. Indonesia 6. Japan 7. Russia 8. Nigeria
9. Bangladesh 10. Pakistan
of the above, how many countries are in Asia :
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 7
28. There have been several court cases in which both the High Court and the Supreme Court have held that the right to safe drinking water is a Fundamental Right. More recently, in 2007, High Court has directed the district collector to supply 25 litres of water to each person in the village on a villagers complaint. Which one of the following High Courts has done it.
(A) Tamil Nadu High Court (B) Kerala High Court
(C) Karnataka High Court (D) Andhra Pradesh High Court
29. Who among the following was the mother of Birjis Qadar, the son of deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow:
(A) Begam Hazrat Mahal (B) Zinnat Mahal
(C) Mumtaz Mahal (D) Fatima Begam
30. Match the following :
1.Veerasalingam Pantulu (A) Reinterpreted verses from the Koran
2.Mumtaj Ali (B) Schools for Muslim girls in Patna & Calcutta
3. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (C) Stripurushtulna
4. Tarabai Shinde (D) Association for widow remarriage
Answer Code
(A) 1-D, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C (B) 1-D, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C
(C) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D (D) 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D
31. Match the following
Textile Centre of Production
1. Mulmul (A) Masulipatnam
2. Chintz (B) Surat
3. Patola (C) Rajasthan & Gujarat
4. Bandanna (D) Dacca
Answer Code :
(A) 1 - A, 2 - C, 3 - B, 4 - D (B) 1 - D, 2 - B, 3 - C, 4 - A
(C) 1 - D, 2 - A, 3 - B, 4 - C (D) 1 - A, 2 - B, 3 - C, 4 - D
32. Match the following :
1. Madrasa (A) A person who can read, write & teach persian
2. Pathshalas (B) Respect for ancient culture
3. William Jones (C) Guru
4. Munshi (D) Place of learning, an Arabic word
Answer Code :
(A) 1 – B, 2 – C, 3 – A, 4 – D (B) 1 – D, 2 – C, 3 – B, 4 – A
(C) 1 – C, 2 – B, 3 – A, 4 – D (D) 1 – A, 2 – C, 3 – B, 4 – D
33. Which among the following is incorrect about the painting - Lord Clive meeting Mir Jafar by Francis Hayman ?
1. This painting was placed on public display in the Vauxhall Gardens in London.
2. This painting shows Lord Clive being welcomed by Mir Jafar and his troops after the battle
3. Union Jack was unfurld as a sign of Victory
4. Painting shows the dead body of Siraj-ud-daulah.
Which is/are correct ?
(A) 1 & 2 (B) 2 & 3 (C) 1, 2 & 3 (D) All the above
34. Read the statements :
(1) Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhai Patel were against the creation of linguistic states.
(2) At the time of partition of Indian, Hindus Muslims riots took place.
(3) US and USSR has promoted the policy of non-alignment
Which is/are incorrect ?
(A) 1 & 2 (B) 2 & 3 (C) 1 & 3 (D*) Only 3
35. Taiga vegetation area of Europe comprises :
(A) U.K. Ireland, France
(B) Belgium, Holland, Denmark
(C) Northern Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway
(D) Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
36. Match
List-I List-II
(1) Downs (i) South Africa
(2) Prairies (ii) Australia
(3) Pampas (iii) North America
(4) Veld (iv) South America
Codes :
(A) 1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i (B) 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii (C) 1-i, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-iv (D) 1-i, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-iii
37. Match List I (Type of agriculture) with List II (Area associated with particular type of agriculture) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I List II
(Type of agriculture) (Area associated with particular type of agriculture)
1. Intensive subsistence agriculture a. South, southeast and east Asia
2. Shifting Cultivation b. Sahara, Central Asia, Rajasthan and J & K in India
3. Nomadic Herding c. Malaysia, Brazil and Sri Lanka
4. Plantation d. Amazon basin, North east India, tropical Africa
Codes :
(A) 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d (B) 1a, 2d, 3b, 4c (C) 1b, 2c, 3d, 4a (D) 1c, 2b, 3a, 4d
38. Cotton besides black soil grow well in
(A) Alluvial soil (B) Red soil (C) Laterite soil (D) Desert soil
39. Read the following statements regarding distribution of population in the world :
1. More than 90 percent of the world’s population lives in about 10 percent of the land surface.
2. Many more people live south of the equator, than north of the equator.
3. Sixty percent of the world’s people stay in just 10 countries.
4. Almost half of the world’s people live in two continents Europe and Africa
of these statements :
(A) 1 and 2 are correct (B) 2 and 3 are correct
(C) 1 and 3 are correct (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
40. Consider the following statements regarding public facilities:
1. Healthcare and sanitation are the most essential facilities that need to be provided for everyone.
2. There are things like electricity, public transport, schools and colleges, which are also very necessary. These are known as public facilities.
3. The important characteristic of a public facility is that once it is provided its benefits can be shared only by a few people.
4. For instance, only a few children can get education in a village school, and similarly, the supply of electricity is also available only to a selected few people in all the villages.
Which of the statements mentioned above is/are
correct.
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4 (C) 1 and 2 (D) 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANSWERS - Q.1.(B), Q.2.(D), Q.3.(A), Q.4.(C), Q.5.(B), Q.6.(C), Q.7.(A), Q.8.(D), Q.9.(B), Q.10.(C),
Q.11.(A), Q.12.(D), Q.13.(A), Q.14.(B), Q.15.(C), Q.16.(A), Q.17.(B), Q.18.(A), Q.19.(C), Q.20.(B),
Q.21.(D), Q.22.(B), Q.23.(D), Q.24.(A), Q.25.(D), Q.26.(B), Q.27.(B), Q.28.(D), Q.29.(A), Q.30.(A),
Q.31.(C), Q.32.(B), Q.33.(C), Q.34.(D), Q.35.(C), Q.36.(A), Q.37.(B), Q.38.(A), Q.39.(C), Q.40.(C).
