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The Bourbon dynasty, which had been
deposed during the French Revolution, was
restored to power after signing the Treaty
of _______.

a) Vienna
b) Constantinople
c) Marseilles
d) Prussia
Artists of the time of the French
Revolution personified _______ as
a female figure.

a) Socialism
b) Liberty
c) Autocracy
d) None of the above
Which of the following statements about
the Civil Code of 1804, usually known as
the Napoleonic Code, are true?

a) Secured the Right to Property

b) Established Equality before the Law
c) Removed all privileges based on birth
d) All of the above
In Galicia, the aristocracy spoke
_______ language.

a) German
b) Italian
c) French
d) Polish
Which of the following is true about elle?

a) It was known as the measurement of cloth

b) An elle of textile material in different regions
will give different measurements of cloth
c) Such difference in measurement was viewed as
an obstacle to economic exchange
d) All of the above
‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in
the late 19th century, means:

(a) strong devotion for one’s own country

and its history and culture.
(b) strong devotion for one’s own country
without appreciation for other nations.
(c) strong love for one’s own country and
hatred for others.
(d) equally strong devotion for all the
countries of the world.
Which of the following countries did
not attend the Congress of Vienna?

(a) Britain
(b) Russia
(c) Prussia
(d) Switzerland
Who amongst the following led the
Civil Disobedience in Peshawar?

(a) Abdul Gaffar Khan

(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
The Simon Commission was boycotted in
India because:

(a) There was no Indian member in the

Commission.
(b) It supported the Muslim League
(c) Congress felt that people deserved
Swaraj
(d) There were differences among the
members
The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was
adopted at which session of the Congress?

(a) Karachi
(b) Haripur
(c) Lahore
(d) Lucknow
Which of the following best describes
Satyagraha as an idea?

(a) Practising civil disobedience

(b) Resignation from official posts
(c) Appealing to the conscience of the
adversary without physical force
(d) Boycott of schools and colleges
What was the effect of the Non-Cooperation
Movement on the plantation workers in
Assam?

(a) They left the plantations and headed

towards home
(b) They went on strike
(c) They destroyed the plantations
(d) They started using violence
By whom was the song ‘Vande Mataram’
composed?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Natesa Sastri
The peasants of Kheda district could
not pay the revenue because they
were affected by:

(a) extreme poverty

(b) the crop failure
(c) a plague epidemic
(d) all the above
In the countryside, rich peasants and Jats of
Uttar Pradesh actively participated in the
Civil Disobedience Movement because

(a) They wanted Poorna Swaraj

(b) They were very hard hit by the trade
depression and falling prices.
(c) They wanted the unpaid rent to the
landlord to be remitted
(d) The government was forcing land ceiling
Which one of the following is not true
regarding the Khilafat Movement?

(a) It aimed at bringing the Hindus and

Muslims together in the Non-Cooperation
Movement
(b) It aimed at defending the Ottoman
Emperor’s temporal powers
(c) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the
movement in India
(d) It resulted in the restoration of the
power of the Khilafat of Turkey
Which of the following was the cause for
business classes to participate in Civil
Disobedience Movement?

(a) To buy foreign goods without any

restrictions
(b) To sell Indian goods without any
restrictions
(c) Protection against import of foreign goods
(d) To export their goods
Which pact resolved the issue of separate
electorates for dalits between Gandhi and
Ambedkar in 1932?

(a) Lucknow pact

(b) Nagpur pact
(c) Poona pact
(d) Surat pact
In which one of the following States is terrace
cultivation practised?

(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttaranchal
Materials in the environment which have
the potential to satisfy human needs but
human beings do not have appropriate
technology to access them are called:

(a) Potential resource

(b) Stock
(c) Developed resource
(d) Reserves
India’s territorial water extends upto a
distance of:

(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles
Area sown more than once in an agricultural
year plus net sown area is known as:

(a) Net sown area

(b) Forest cover
(c) Waste land
(d) Gross cropped area
Which is the most common soil
of Northern India?

(a) Black soil

(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil
Red soil is mostly found in:

(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above
Land that is left uncultivated for more
than five agricultural years is called:

(a) Pasture land

(b) Culturable waste land
(c) Barren land
(d) Current fallow
Ploughing along the contour lines to
decelerate the flow of water down the
slopes is called:

(a) Strip cropping

(b) Sheet erosion
(c) Contour ploughing
(d) Terrace cultivation
Which of the following is not a
measure for soil conservation?

(a) Strip cropping

(b) Terrace cultivation
(c) Shelter belts
(d) Overdrawing of ground water
Which of the following soils has
self-aeration capacity?

(a) Alluvial
(b) Red soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Mountain soil
Resources which are found in a region
but have not been utilised are called:

(a) developed resources

(b) stock
(c) international resources
(d) potential resources
The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the
Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as
which of the following types of resource ?

(a) Individual resources

(b) Community owned resources
(c) National resources
(d) International resources
What is arrangement of soil in different
layers or horizons known as?

(a) Soil Composition

(b) Soil Erosion
(c) Soil Profile
(d) Soil Texture
Which of the following types of species are
known as the extinct species?

(a) Species whose population levels are normal

(b) Whose population has declined
(c) Species with small population
(d) Species which are not found
The Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated
in which of the following states?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) West Bengal
(c) Gujarat
(d) Orissa
Which of the following two factors are
majorly responsible for depletion of
forest resources?

(a) Mining of fuel-wood collection

(b) Mining and grazing
(c) Flood and Grazing
(d) Grazing and fuel-wood collection
Determination of the different categories of
existing plant and animal species are based
on which of the following agencies?

(a) The State Forest Department

(b) International Union for Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
(c) Forest Survey of India
(d) Earth Summit
What is the Himalayan Yew?

(a) A type of deer

(b) A medicinal plant
(c) A species of bird
(d) A food crop grown in the Himalayas
Which of the following states has the
largest area under permanent forests?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Maharashtra
Which of the following species was
included for the first time in list of
protected species in 1991?

(a) Insects
(b) Fishes
(c) Plants
(d) Reptiles
The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act was
implemented in _______, with various
provisions for protecting habitats

a) 1972
b) 1975
c) 1971
d) 1974
Which of the following is located
in the state of Rajasthan?

a) Corbett National Park

b) Bandhavgarh National Park
c) Periyar Tiger Reserve
d) Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary
Who among the following is called
head of the state at the state level?

(a) Chief Minister

(b) Speaker of Vidhan Sabha
(c) Governor
(d) Mayor
Which of the following governments
has two or more levels?

(a) Community Government

(b) Coalition Government
(c) Federal Government
(d) Unitary Government
Which of the following subjects
falls under the Concurrent list?

(a) Defence
(b) Agriculture
(c) Marriage
(d) Currency
Which period saw the rise of
regional political parties in many
states of the country?

(a) Period after 1990

(b) Period after 2000
(c) Period after 1980
(d) Period after 1970
Which language was recognised as the national
language by the Constitution of India?

(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Tamil
(d) None of these
Who among the following said that religion
can never be separated from politics?

(a) Acharya Vinobha Bhave

(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Rajendra Prasad
A person who does not discriminate others
on the basis of religious beliefs is called?

(a) Communalist
(b) Secular
(c) Casteist
(d) Feminist
Which of the following divisions is
unique to India?

(a) Gender division

(b) Caste division
(c) Economic division
(d) Religious division
Which of the following is correct for
partiarchal society?

(a) Women dominated society

(b) Male-dominated society
(c) Educated society
(d) Cultured society
In which of the following countries?
The participation of women in public
life is very high?

(a) Scandinavian countries

(b) African countries
(c) Asian countries
(d) All the above
Which one of the following statements
depicts Gandhiji’s views on religion and
politics?

(a) Politics should be guided by one religion

only
(b) Religion should be ahead of politics
(c) Politics should be guided by ethics
drawn from religion
(d) None of the above
Which sector has emerged as the largest
producing sector in India:

(a) Secondary sector

(b) Tertiary sector
(c) Primary sector
(d) Science and Technology sector
Which sector has emerged as the largest
producing sector in India:

(a) Secondary sector

(b) Tertiary sector
(c) Primary sector
(d) Science and Technology sector
The sum of production in the three sectors
gives what is called the …………. of a
country?

A. Gross income
B. Gross Domestic Product
C. Net Domestic Product
D. Net income
Give an example of an intermediate good?

A. Woven basket
B. Chair production from wood
C. Wheat flour
D. Biscuits
Regional dialects were discouraged and………….., became
the common language of the nation.

A. English

B. Polish language

C. French

D. Italian
Which area was the most serious source of nationalist
tension in Europe after 1871?

A. Southern Europe

B. Mid Europe

C. Balkan States

D. Eastern States
When was Ireland forcibly incorporated into the
United Kingdom ?

A. 1798

B. 1801

C. 1800

D. 1799
Who hosted the ‘Treaty of Vienna’?

(a) Frédéric Sorrieu

(b) Victor Emmanuel

(c) Duke Metternich

(d) Giuseppe Garibaldi

What did ‘Das Volk’ stand for?

(a) Democracy

(b) Factory workers

(c) Slum dwellers

(d) Common people

Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire
the peasant to struggle against the:

(a) Upper caste people

(b) Landless agriculture labourers

(c) Oppressive plantation system

(d) None of them

In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata
shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) Abnindranath Tagore

(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(d) None of these

The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because:

(a) There was no Indian member in the Commission.

(b) It supported the Muslim League

(c) Congress felt that people deserved Swaraj

(d) There were differences among the members

The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at
which session of the Congress?

(a) Karachi

(b) Haripur

(c) Lahore

(d) Lucknow
Who led the peasants movement in Awadh during the
Non-Cooperation Movement?

(a) Motilal Nehru

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Baba Ramchandra

(d) Sardar Patel

In which one of the following cities did the European
powers meet in 1885 to divide Africa between themselves?

(a) London

(b) New York

(c) Berlin

(d) Amsterdam
Which of the following was the most powerful
weapon used by Spanish to conquer America?

(a) Atom Bomb

(b) Navy

(c) Germs

(d) Poisonous gas

Who among the following discovered the continent of
America?

(a) Vasco da Gama

(b) Ferdinand Magellan

(c) Christopher Columbus

(d) Copernicus
People’s livelihoods and local economy of which one
of the following was badly affected by the disease
named Rinderpest?

(a) Asia

(b) Europe

(c) Africa

(d) South America

‘Chutney’ music was popular in:

(a) Trinidad

(b) Canada

(c) England

(d) Germany
The Protestant movement was started by:

(a) Erasmus

(b) Martin Luther

(c) Gutenherg

(d) Lousie Sebastein Merceir.

Gutenberg was the first to print the:

(a) Dictionary

(b) Ballads

(c) Bible

(d) novel
Folk tales were collected from peasants in Germany
and completed in the form of book by:

(a) Thomas Paine

(b) Erasmus

(c) Jean Jacques Rousseau

(d) Grimm Brothers

The first printing press in India was brought by the :

(a) Portuguese missionaries

(b) French missionaries

(c) Dutch missionaries

(d) English missionaries.

What is Vellum?

A. Base made from synthetic

B. A parchment made from the skin of animals

C. base made from cloth to write on

D. paper made from bark

Which of the following was the main function of
jobber, employed by the industrialists?

(a) To collect money

(b) To set up industries

(c) To get a new recruit

(d) To supply raw material

Whom did the British government appoint to
supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the
quality of cloth?

(a) Jobber

(b) Sepoy

(c) Policeman

(d) Gomastha
Who among the following set up the first Indian jute
mill in Calcutta in 1917?

(a) Seth Hukumchand

(b) G.D. Birla

(c) Jamsedjee Nusserwanjee Tata

(d) None of the above

Who improved the steam engine produced by
Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781?

A. James Watt

B. Mathew Boulton

C. Richard Arkwright

D. Henry Patullo
Advertisements became a vehicle of the nationalist
message of:

A. Swaraj

B. Anti British

C. Swadeshi

D. Independence of India
In which of the following states is overgrazing
responsible for land degradation?

(a) Jharkhand and Orissa

(b) Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

(c) Punjab and Haryana

(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Resources which are found in a region but have not
been utilised are called:

(a) developed resources

(b) stock

(c) international resources

(d) potential resources

Soil formed by intense leaching is:

(a) alluvial soil

(b) red soil

(c) laterite soil

(d) desert soil

The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the
Exclusive Economic Zone can be termed as
which of the following types of resource ?

(a) Individual resources

(b) Community owned resources

(c) National resources

(d) International resources

Forests and wastelands belonging to both private
individuals and government are known as:

(a) Sacred groves

(b) Reserved forest

(c) Protected forests

(d) Unclassed forests

Which of the following is an extinct species?

(a) Blue sheep

(b) Asiatic cheetah

(c) Black buck

(d) Asiatic elephant

Which one of the following states has the largest area
under permanent forests?

(a) Bihar

(b) Kerala

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh

The Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated in which of the
following states?

(a) Madhaya Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Gujarat

(d) Orissa
Roof top rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan is
known as:

(a) Guls

(b) Kuls

(c) Tankas

(d) None of the above

In which of the following regions, people built ‘Guls’
and ‘Kuls’ for irrigation?

(a) Northern Plains

(b) Western Himalayas

(c) Coastal areas

(d) None of these

The Buxa Tiger Reserve is situated in which of the
following states?

(a) Madhaya Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Gujarat

(d) Orissa
Arabica variety of coffee was initially brought to
India from which of the following countries?

(a) Yemen

(b) Vietnam

(c) Japan

(d) Korea
Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?

(a) Rice

(b) Wheat

(c) Millets

(d) Cotton
What is Primitive Subsistence Farming known as
in north-eastern states like Assam, Meghalaya,
Mizoram and Nagaland?

(a) Horticulture

(b) Penda

(c) Jhumming

(d) Milpa
India is the largest producer as well as the consumer
of which of the following crops?

(a) Rice

(b) Millets

(c) Pulses

(d) Oilseeds
Which one of the following non-conventional
sources of energy is harnessed in the Parvati
Valley near Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh?

(a) Tidal Energy

(b) Geothermal Energy

(c) Wind Energy

(d) Solar Energy

The best quality of iron ore is:

(a) Magnetite

(b) Pyrite

(c) Hematite

(d) Siderite
Which form of coal has a low carbon and high
moisture contents and low heating capacity?

(a) Peat

(b) Lignite

(c) Anthracite

(d) Bituminous
Which one of the following is largely derived from
ocean water?

(a) Bauxite

(b) Magnesium

(c) Gold

(d) Mica
The first successful textile mill was established in:

(a) Delhi

(b) Vishakhapattnam

(c) Chennai

(d) Mumbai (Bombay)

Which one of the following air services provides
services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its
off-shore operations?

(a) Indian Airlines

(b) Air India

(c) Pawanhans Helicopters LTD

(d) Alliance
Which one of the following cities is known as
electronic capital of India ?

(a) Srinagar

(b) Noida

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Pune
Small scale and large scale industries are classified
on which basis?

(a) Capital investment

(b) Ownership

(c) Main role

(d) Source of raw materials

Which of the following industries is in private sector?

(a) Dabur

(b) BHEL

(c) SAIL

(d) None of the above

On the basis of character of raw material and finished
product, iron and steel industry belongs to which
category?

(a) Heavy industry

(b) Medium industry

(c) Light industry

(d) Perishable goods industry

Which of the following inorganic chemicals is used for
the making of glass, soaps, detergents and paper?

(a) Soda ash

(b) Sulphuric acid

(c) Nitric acid

(d) Alkalies
Which is the extreme south-western port located at
the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour?

(a) Tuticorin

(b) Chennai

(c) Kochi

(d) New Mangalore

Which one of the following modes of transportation
reduces tran-shipment losses and delays in the
supply of petroleum and gases?

(a) Railways

(b) Roadways

(c) Pipeline

(d) Waterways
National Highways are constructed and maintained by:

(a) NHAI

(b) CPWD

(c) SPWD

(d) BRO
Which one of the following ports is the deepest land –
locked and well protected port along the east coast?

(a) Chennai

(b) Paradip

(c) Tuticorin

(d) Vishakhapatnam
Which one of the following communities constituted
majority in Brussels?

(a) French Speaking

(b) Dutch Speaking

(c) German Speaking

(d) None of them

Who elects the community government in Belgium?

(a) People belonging to one language community only

(b) By the leader of Belgium

(c) The citizens of the whole country

(d) The community leaders to Belgium

Which two languages are generally spoken in Belgium?

(a) French and English

(b) Dutch and English

(c) French and Dutch

(d) Dutch and Sinhala

The Government in which power is shared by two or
more political parties, is known as:

(a) Community Government

(b) Unitary Government

(c) Federal Government

(d) Coalition Government

Which one of the following is the only official language
of Sri Lanka?

(a) English

(b) Hindi

(c) Tamil

(d) Sinhala
When power is taken away from central and state
governments and given to local government, it is called:

(a) Distribution

(b) Centralisation

(c) Reorganisation

(d) Decentralisation
Which of the following is not a subject of the Union List?

(a) Foreign affairs

(b) Currency

(c) Banking

(d) Law and order

How many other lanugages are recognised as Scheduled
Languages by the constitution, besides Hindi?

(a) 20

(b) 21

(c) 18

(d) 19
Which of the following governments has two or more levels?

(a) Community Government

(b) Coalition Government

(c) Federal Government

(d) Unitary Government

In which system of elected bodies about one-third
seats are reserved for women?

(a) Panchayats and Municipals

(b) Lok Sabha

(c) State Assemblies

(d) None of these

On which of the following ideas is communal politics based?

(a) One religion is considered superior than the others

(b) Creating a vote bank of the basis on religion

(c) Parties promote religious stereotypes

(d) All the above

In which of the following countries? The
participation of women in public life is very high?

(a) Scandinavian countries

(b) African countries

(c) Asian countries

(d) All the above

What is leading to the breakdown of caste hierarchy?

(a) Large-scale urbanisation

(b) Growth of literacy and education

(c) Occupational mobility

(d) All the above

The condition for a political party to be recognized as a
national party is:

(a) It must secure at least 6 percent of total votes in

Lok Sabha elections or Assembly elections in four
states.

(b) It must win at least 4 seats in the Lok Sabha

(c) Both of these

(d) None of these

Which one of the following is the guiding
philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party?

(a) Bahujan Samaj

(b) Revolutionary democracy

(c) Cultural nationalism

(d) Modernity
Why is the cost of time that democracy pays for
arriving at a decision worthwhile?

(a) Decisions are taken following due procedures

(b) Decisions are always in favour of people

(c) Decisions are more likely to be acceptable to the

people and more effective

(d) None of these

Which among the following has a higher rate of
economic growth and development?

(a) Democracies

(b) Dictatorships

(c) All non-democratic regimes

(d) Monarchies
Underemployment occurs when people:

(a) do not want to work

(b) are working in a lazy manner

(c) are working less than what they are capable of

doing

(d) are not paid for their work

Proportion of literate population in the 7 years and
above age group is termed as:

(a) Education index

(b) Mortality ratio

(c) Literacy rate

(d) Gross enrolment ratio

On which of the following basis, the sectors are
classified into public and private sector?

(a) Employment conditions

(b) The nature of economic activity

(c) Ownership of enterprises

(d) Number of workers employed in an enterprise

Manufacturing units in unorganised sector are :

(a) not subject to government regulations

(b) subject to government regulations

(c) subject to central bank’s regulations

(d) none of the above

Which one of the following is a major reason that
prevents the poor from getting loans from the
banks?

(a) Lack of capital

(b) Not affordable due to high rate of interest

(c) Absence of collateral security

(d) Absence of mediators

Banks use the major portion of the deposit to:

(a) Keep reserve so that people may withdraw

(b) Meet their routine expenses

(c) Extend loans

(d) Meet renovation of the bank

The most common route for MNC investments is to buy up :

A. Local resources

B. Local technology

C. Excess land for factories

D. Local companies
Removing barriers or restrictions set by the
government is what is known as?

A. Globalization

B. Liberalisation

C. Regeneration

D. Expansion