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Contents
UNIT NO. TOPIC PAGE NO.
UNIT - 1 Geography ...........................................................................................01 – 04
UNIT - 2 History..................................................................................................05 – 19
UNIT - 3 Political Science...................................................................................20 – 27
UNIT - 4 Economics ...........................................................................................28 – 33
Answers .............................................................................................................34 – 36
Unit 1 Geography
1. Raniganj coal mine is situated in which state? 9. Which of the following wildlife sanctuaries found in
(1) Bihar (2) West Bengal Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Kanha National Park
(3) Odisha (4) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Kaziranga National Park
2. Digboi is related to
(c) Bandhavgarh National Park
(1) Tripura (2) Assam
(d) Gir National Park
(3) Gujarat (4) Maharashtra
(1) Only (a) (2) Only (b)
3. Kolar is related to which mineral?
(3) (a) & (c) (4) (a) & (d)
(1) Copper (2) Bauxite 10. Which of the following is not a measure to soil
(3) Gold (4) Iron ore conservation?
4. Grand Trunk Road connects (1) Terraced farming (2) Contour ploughing
(1) Delhi-Kolkata (2) Mumbai-Chennai (3) Strip cropping (4) None of these
(3) Amritsar-Kolkata (4) Delhi-Mumbai 11. The Doldrums is an area of
5. Which statement is correct? (1) Low temperature (2) Low pressure

(3) Low rainfall (4) Low humidity
(1) Lignite coal is good in quality
12. Which gas in atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet rays?
(2) It is referred to as ‘brown coal’
(1) Methane (2) Nitrogen
(3) It has maximum amount of carbon among
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these
other coal
13. In which of the following countries the ‘slash and
(4) None of these
burn’ agriculture is known as ‘Roca’?
6. Which of the following is not correct?
(1) Brazil
(1) Mica is used in defence equipments. (2) Central Africa
(2) Iron ore is mainly found in Jammu and Kashmir (3) Mexico
(3) Aluminium is formed by bauxite. (4) Vietnam
(4) All of these 14. Which state produces the highest amount of
7. Example of fossil fuel is groundnut?
(1) Gujarat (2) Andhra Pradesh
(1) Coal
(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Punjab
(2) Atomic mineral
15. Which place produce highest amount of oil in
(3) Atomic energy
India?
(4) Geothermal energy (1) Kerala
8. Which is the best suitable soil for tea plantation? (2) Assam
(1) Mountain (2) Laterite (3) Mumbai High
(3) Alluvial (4) Red (4) Goa
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2 Social Science Questions (Uttar Pradesh) NTSE (Stage-I)
16. Which one of the following type of coal is the most 24. The maximum usage of coal in India is
popular for commercial use? (1) Railway locomotives
(1) Bituminous (2) Lignite
(2) Thermal power of plants
(3) Anthracite (4) None of these
(3) Household use
17. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite
(4) Iron smelting
as a raw material?
25. Which of the following is not a kharif crop?
(1) Aluminum (2) Cement
(1) Paddy (2) Groundnut
(3) Jute (4) Steel
(3) Cotton (4) Wheat
18. Which of the following is a sedimentary rock?
26. Westerlies in southern hemisphere are stronger
(1) Coal (2) Granite
and persistent than in northern hemisphere as
(3) Graphite (4) None of these
(a) Southern hemisphere has less landmass as
19. Which of these is/are correct? compared to northern hemisphere
(i) Nanga Parbat is the second highest peak of (b) Coriolis force is higher in southern hemisphere
Himalayan range in India. as compared to northern hemisphere
(ii) Eastern continuation of the Nanga Parbat is (1) Only (a) (2) Only (b)
located in Nepal.
(3) Both (a) and (b) (4) None of these
(1) (i) and (ii) (2) Only (ii)
27. Consider the following areas
(3) Only (i) (4) None of these
(a) Bandipur (b) Bhitarkanika
20. Which is the international date line
(c) Manas (d) Sunderbans
(1) Equator (2) 0° Longitude
Which of the above are Tiger reserves?
(3) 90° East Longitude (4) 180° Longitude
(1) Only (a) and (b) (2) Only (a), (c) and (d)
21. What is the sex ratio of India according to 2011?
(3) Only (b), (c), and (d) (4) (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(1) 937 (2) 973
28. Which is the India’s oldest oil producing state?
(3) 904 (4) 940
(1) Jharkhand (2) Arunachal Pradesh
22. Consider the following statements.
(i) Ocean currents are the slow surface movement (3) Karnataka (4) Assam
of water in the ocean. 29. The tropical rain forests are dense and varied
(ii) Ocean currents assist in maintaining the because of
earth’s heat balance. (1) Their remote and inaccessible localities
(iii) Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by (2) Very little interference from man
prevailing winds
(3) An abundance of moisture and warm
(iv) Ocean currents are affected by the temperature throughout the year
configuration of the ocean
(4) Poor economic development
Which of these statements are correct?
30. The process of leaving the field uncultivated is
(1) (i) and (ii) (2) (ii), (iii) and (iv) called
(3) (i), (iii) and (iv) (4) All of these (1) Water logging (2) Irrigation
23. Which type of coal is having the highest percentage (3) Fallowing (4) Nursery
of carbon in it?
31. Which of the following mineral is formed by
(1) Anthracite decomposition or rocks leaving a residual mass of
(2) Bituminous weathered material?
(3) Lignite (1) Coal (2) Gold
(4) Peat (3) Bauxite (4) Zinc
NTSE (Stage-I) Social Science Questions (Uttar Pradesh) 3
32. Consider the following and choose the correct 41. The part of the Himalayas lying between Tista and
option. Dihang rivers is known as
(i) The word “Equinox” means equal days and (1) Nepal Himalayas (2) Kumaon Himalayas
equal nights.
(3) Assam Himalayas (4) All of these
(ii) On june 21 when the sun is overhead the
42. The central part of the Western Coastal strip is
Tropic of Cancer, it is called summer solstice.
referred to as
(iii) On Dec22 when the sun is overhead the tropic
(1) Northern Circar (2) Konkan
of Capricorn. It is called as winter solstice.
(3) Coromandel (4) Kannad
(1) (i), (ii), (iii) (2) (i) and (ii)
43. Zaskar, the Nubra, the Shyok and the Hunza are
(3) (ii) and (iii) (4) Only (iii)
the tributaries of river
33. Which of the following is not true?
(1) Ganga (2) Brahmaputra
(1) Vindhya range is a very old mountain range in
(3) Indus (4) Godavari
central India
44. The Peninsular River known as Dakshin Ganga is
(2) The southern slopes of the range are drained
by the holy Narmada river also known as (1) Narmada (2) Tapi
Narmada Valley
(3) Krishna (4) Godavari
(3) Vindhya range is parallel to Satpura ranges
45. Which of the following drainage pattern does the
(4) None of these Ganga river form?
34. India leads the world in the production of (1) Trellis (2) Radial
(1) Vegetables (2) Flowers (3) Dendritic (4) Rectangular
(3) Fruits (4) Fish 46. In Arunachal Pradesh, Brahmputra is known as
35. The largest fresh-water lake in India is (1) Dibang (2) Dihang
(1) Wular (2) Chilika (3) Lohit (4) None of these
(3) Sambhar (4) Dal 47. Find the crop which the farmers of Palampur grow
36. The highest peak of Peninsular India is during October and November
(1) Anaimudi (2) Kalsubai (1) Sugarcane (2) Potato

(3) Ooty (4) Mahabaleswar (3) Vegetables (4) Pulses
37. Who gives the name to the “Pacific Ocean”? 48. The jet streams are located approximately over the
latitude
(1) Columbus (2) Ferdinand Magellan
(1) 20°–30°N (2) 25°–27°N
(3) Alexander Neckham (4) Both (2) & (3)
(3) 27°–30°N (4) 20°–25°N
38. Time difference between two longitudes is
49. The important mechanism of the monsoon are
(1) 4 sec (2) 4 min
(3) 4 hrs (4) None of these (1) The shift of the position of ITCZ
39. Ocean sea routes that passes through the Indian (2) Tibetan plateau gets intensely heated
Ocean (3) Movement of the westerly jet stream and
(1) Suez canal route (2) Cape of Good Hope tropical easterly jet streams
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these (4) All of these
40. The development of river meanders into large loops 50. The monsoon in the first week of June by the Bay
are called of Bengal branch arrives at
(1) Oxbow lake (2) Basin (1) Assam (2) Mumbai
(3) Salt lake (4) Delta (3) Delhi (4) None of these
51. Pre-monsoon showers common in Kerela and 61. Which item is not a component of soil?
Karnataka are often referred to as (1) Silt (2) Humus
(1) Kaal Baisakhi (2) Loo
(3) Paper (4) Clay
(3) Mango showers (4) None of these
62. Which of these is a method of soil conservation on
52. According to India State of forest Report 2011 the hills?
forest cover in India is
(1) Mulching
(1) 21% (2) 25%
(2) Shelter belts
(3) 23% (4) 21.05%
(3) Contour barriers
53. In regions where 200–100 cm of rainfall is received
(4) Contour ploughing
and teak is most dominant species. This forest is
named as 63. The grassy land where animals feed is called?
(1) Evergreen (2) Deciduous (1) Arable land (2) Pasture land
(3) Thorn (4) Montane (3) Cultivated land (4) Waste land
54. A medicinal plant found in India only to treat blood 64. Which of the following are the hydel power stations
pressure in India?
(1) Neem (2) Tulsi (1) Bhakra Nangal (2) Gandhi Sagar
(3) Sarpagandha (4) Kachnar (3) Damodar Valley (4) All of these
55. Large number of adivasis families are not found in 65. An inexhaustible source of energy.
(1) Delhi (2) Rajasthan (1) Water (2) Land
(3) Mizoram (4) Odisha (3) Wind (4) None of these
56. According to census 2001, Muslims are how many 66. Which of the following crops require well-drained
percent of India's population? fertile soil?
(1) 13.0 (2) 13.4 (1) Cotton (2) Rice
(3) 15.5 (4) 12.4
(3) Maize (4) Jute
57. In rural areas, the source of water are
67. The word agricuture is derived from _______ word.
(1) Wells (2) Handpumps
(1) German (2) American
(3) Ponds (4) All of these
(3) Latin (4) Arabic
58. CNG stands for
68. Which of the following is not an emerging industry?
(1) Compact natural gas
(1) Information technology
(2) Compressed natural gas
(2) Wellness
(3) Commercial natural gas
(3) Textile
(4) Common natural gas
(4) Knowledge and hospitality
59. Which of the following are examples of localised
resources? 69. Second largest textile city of India is
(1) Iron ore (2) Uranium (1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata
(3) Copper (4) All of these (3) Ahmedabad (4) Cochin

60. Which of the following is a human resource? 70. The density of population is usually expressed as
(1) Farmer (2) Knowledge (1) Per square m (2) Per square km
(3) Skills (4) All of these (3) Per m (4) Per km

Unit 2 History
1. The cultural movement in Europe from 14th to 17th 10. The American War of Independence broke out In
century is termed as the year
(1) Renaissance (2) Nationalism (1) 1781 (2) 1794
(3) Reformation (4) Transformation (3) 1789 (4) 1776
2. Who invented the Printing Press in 1454? 11. Who created the first textile mill in England?
(1) James Boultan (2) Thomas Geffery (1) Richard Arkwright
(3) John Davies (4) John Guttenburg (2) Samuel Crompton
3. Who occupied Constantinople in 1453 CE? (3) Edmund Cartwright
(1) Greeks (2) Turks (4) Whitney
(3) French (4) Both (1) & (2) 12. Who invented the Safety Lamp?
4. Who is the writer of “The Prince”?
(1) Abraham Durby (2) John Sameaton
(1) Niccolo Machiavelli (2) Petrarch
(3) Henry Cort (4) Hamphry Davy
(3) Dante (4) None of these
13. The first cotton textile mill in India was established
5. Who invented the Telescope? at
(1) Copernicus (2) John Kepler (1) Calcutta (2) Kanpur
(3) Galileo (4) Gilbert (3) Madras (4) Bombay
6. In which year Vasco di Gama landed in India? 14. The incident of Boston Tea party in 1773 is related
(1) 1492 (2) 1496 to the freedom movement of which country?
(3) 1452 (4) 1498 (1) Japan (2) USA
7. A document released by the church to pardon a (3) Australia (4) None of these
person from sin by the 15th century is termed as
15. The demolition of Fortress Bastille is related to
(1) Suffragette (2) Individualism
(1) American Revolution
(3) Indulgence (4) None of these
(2) French Revolution
8. The Protestant Movement of 16th century was
(3) Russian Revolution
against
(1) Roman Catholic Church (4) Greek war of Independence
(2) Greek Orthodox Church 16. Which was not the part of Estates General in
France?
(3) Both (1) & (3)
(1) Commons (2) Nobles
(4) None of these
(3) Clerks (4) Clergy
9. Which French king founded a new capital of
France named Versailles? 17. Who is the writer of “The Social Contract”?
(1) Louis XIII (2) Louis XIV (1) John Lock (2) Rousseau
(3) Louis XV (4) None of these (3) Montesquie (4) Voltaire
18. How many members were the part of Directory in 29. The Great Economic Depression begun with the
France in 1795? collapse of New York stock exchange on
(1) 3 (2) 4 (1) 16 October 1929 (2) 16 December 1930
(3) 5 (4) 6 (3) 24 November 1930 (4) 24 October 1929
19. Which continent was not the part of Triangular 30. Among the following which country was worst hit
slave trade in the 18th century? by the Economic Depression of 1929-32?
(1) Asia (2) Africa (1) Germany (2) England
(3) Europe (4) America (3) USA (4) France
20. The Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year 31. A state in which the majority of citizens and rulers
came to develop a sense of common identity and
(1) 1812 (2) 1815
shared history is known as
(3) 1799 (4) 1817
(1) Modern state (2) Country
21. Who was the Tsar of Russia in 1914?
(3) Theocratic state (4) Nation state
(1) William I (2) Fredric II 32. Jacobins club was a revolutionary club of late 18th
(3) Nicholas II (4) Louis III century in
22. In 1904, Russia was defeated by which Asian (1) Germany (2) France
power? (3) Russia (4) Italy
(1) China (2) Mongolia 33. The Ottoman Empire belongs to which modern
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these country?
23. In 1905, Tsar allowed the creation of Russian (1) Italy (2) Iraq
elected consultative Parliament known as (3) Prussia (4) All of these
(1) Reichstag (2) Duma 34. The Frankfurt Parliament formed in 1848 to draft the
(3) Shora (4) Convection constitution of
24. What was the capital of Russia in 1917? (1) Germany (2) Austria
(1) Moscow (2) St. Petersburg (3) Spain (4) None of these
(3) Stalingrad (4) Leningrad 35. Who is/are are known for the unification of Italy?
25. The First World War ended in (1) Giuseppe Mazzini (2) Cavour
(1) February 1918 (2) October 1918 (3) Bismarck (4) Both (1) & (2)
(3) November 1918 (4) December 1918 36. Mein Kampf is the autobiography of
(1) Mussolini (2) Hitler
26. Out of the following which country was not the part
of Triple Entente during the first World War? (3) Stalin (4) Ferdinand
(1) Austria (2) England 37. In December 1941, which country join the Second
World War to dominate Asia?
(3) Russia (4) France
(1) Russia (2) India
27. Which International Organization was formed after
the First World War? (3) Australia (4) Japan
(1) United Nations (2) League of Nations 38. USA dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima on
(3) Non-Align Movement (4) European Union (1) 1st August (2) 6th August
28. After the First World War which US President (3) 9th August (4) 15th August
produced Fourteen Points plan for peace in the 39. The UN Security council comprises ______
world? members.
(1) F. D. Roosevelt (2) Woodrow Wilson (1) 15 (2) 5
(3) David Lloyd George (4) Abraham Lincoln (3) 10 (4) 12
40. The cold war between USA and USSR ended in 51. Who gave the name to the “Pacific Ocean”?
(1) 1978 (2) 1980 (1) Columbus (2) Ferdinand Magellan
(3) 1985 (4) 1990 (3) Alexander Neckam (4) Both (2) & (3)
41. The Renaissance Movement begin from which 52. The Industrial Revolution began in the
European town? (1) France (2) United Kingdom
(1) Venice (2) Genoa (3) Germany (4) USA
(3) Rome (4) Florence 53. Who invented Spinning Jenny?
42. The term "Crusades" is used for the wars during (1) Samuel Crompton (2) James Hargreaves
13th century between (3) Michael Harding (4) Samuel Richardson
(1) Christians-Islamic Empire 54. Who patented the steam engine produced by
(2) Hindus-Islamic Empire Newcomen in 1781?
(3) Christians-Hindus (1) Newcomen (2) Matthew Boulton
(4) None of these (3) M. Jackson (4) James Watt
43. Who is the author of Medieval work “Divine 55. The first underground railway was constructed in
Comedy”? (1) London (2) Calcutta
(1) Petrarch (2) Dante (3) New York (4) Paris
(3) Boccaccio (4) None of these 56. The French Revolution began on
44. Who created the famous painting Monalisa? (1) 14th July (2) 4th August
(1) Michael Angelo (2) Raphael (3) 24th October (4) 16th December
(3) Leonardo da Vinci (4) Titian 57. Who was the king of France in 1789?
45. The centre of the Greek Orthodox church is (1) Nicholas II (2) Louis IV
(1) Athens (2) Constantinople (3) Louis XV (4) Louis XVI
(3) Rome (4) None of these 58. Who proposed the division of powers of the state
in his work “The Spirit of the Laws”?
46. Who wrote "The Ninety Five Theses" in 1517 CE
to criticize the Roman Catholic Church? (1) Voltaire (2) Rousseau
(1) Martin Luther (2) Erasmus (3) John Lock (4) Montesquieu
(3) John Calvin (4) John Cabot 59. The government led by Jacobins in France is known
as
47. Who led the Protestent Reformation Movement in
the 16th century? (1) National Assembly (2) Convention
(1) John Calvin (2) Erasmus (3) Directory (4) Estate General
(3) Martin Luther (4) Menocchio 60. Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself the emperor
of France in
48. Christopher Columbus sailed to America in the year
(1) 1799 (2) 1801
(1) 1472 (2) 1498
(3) 1804 (4) 1812
(3) 1492 (4) 1552
61. Who were the first in Europe to support the
49. Nicolaus Copernicus belongs to which country? Universal Adult Franchise?
(1) Poland (2) Germany (1) Conservatives (2) Radicals
(3) France (4) Spain (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these
50. Famous scientist Isaac Newton belongs to which 62. The idea of socialist society is proposed in the
country? book “Communist Menifesto” written by
(1) Spain (2) Portugal (1) Karl Marx (2) Friedrich Engels
(3) England (4) France (3) Rousseau (4) Both (1) & (2)
63. "The Second International " was formed by the 74. Which country was forced to accept the Treaty of
socialists in 1889 in Versailles in 1919?
(1) Paris (2) London (1) Turkey (2) Austria
(3) Moscow (4) None of these (3) Germany (4) France
64. In which country Labour Party was founded in 75. Who is known for the Fascist movement in Italy?
1905?
(1) Benito Mussolini (2) Cavour
(1) Russia (2) France
(3) Giuseppe Mazzini (4) David Lloyd
(3) England (4) Italy
76. The Second World War begun with the invasion of
65. Who was the leader of Bolshevik group in Russia
Germany on
in 1917?
(1) Russia (2) Poland
(1) Stalin (2) Voltaire
(3) Montesquieu (4) Lenin (3) France (4) Austria
66. Which modern country was known as Prussia? 77. Which country defeated German forces in the
Battle of Kursk in 1943?
(1) Iran (2) Iraq
(1) England (2) France
(3) Germany (4) Turkey
(3) U.S.A. (4) Russia
67. Which European country is referred as the cradle
of European civilization? 78. The Second World War in Asia ended on
(1) Greece (2) Italy (1) 15th August 1945 (2) 9th August 1945
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these (3) 30th August 1945 (4) None of these
68. Who is known as the architect of the unification of 79. The United Nations was established on
Germany?
(1) 12th October 1945 (2) 16th October 1946
(1) William I (2) Anton von Werner
(3) 24th October 1945 (4) 30th December 1945
(3) Cavour (4) Otto von Bismarck
80. The Great Economic Depression of 1929 begun
69. Union Jack is the National flag of from
(1) U.S.A. (2) Switzerland
(1) Germany (2) USSR
(3) Britain (4) France
(3) United Kingdom (4) USA
70. Which country was/were defeated in the Balkan
81. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle played an important role
War of 1912?
in ending of
(1) Russia (2) Turkey
(1) Carnatic War (2) Anglo-Maratha War
(3) Germany (4) Both (2) & (3)
(3) Anglo-Mysore War (4) Battle of Plassey
71. The Austrian Prince Arch Duke Ferdinand was
murdered in 1914 in 82. Leader of imprising at Bihar during Revolt of 1857
was
(1) Serbia (2) Macedonia
(1) Begum Hazrat Mahal (2) Rani Avanti Bai
(3) Turkey (4) None of these
72. In the First World War the Central Axis comprises (3) Kunwar Singh (4) Tatya Tope
Germany, Austria-Hungary and 83. Who was proclaimed new Nawab of Awadh during
(1) Italy (2) France the Revolt of 1857?
(3) Russia (4) Turkey (1) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
73. In which year U.S.A. enter in the First World War? (2) Birjis Qadr
(1) 1914 (2) 1915 (3) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(3) 1916 (4) 1917 (4) Ahmadullah Shah
84. Who said Raja Ram Mohan Roy as 'Father of 92. Which of the following statement is wrong?
Modern India'? (1) Civil disobedience movement was launched
(1) Subhash Chandra Bose after Lahore session
(2) Rabindra Nath Tagore (2) First Round Table Conference was attended by
(3) M.K. Gandhi Gandhiji
(4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (3) Ramsay MacDonald presided 2nd Round Table
Conference.
85. Headquarter of theosophical society was at
(1) Bangalore (2) Adyar (4) Only three Round Table Conferences were
organised in London.
(3) Chandrapore (4) Calcutta
93. Forest Satyagraha was part of
86. Who among the following was a moderate leader?
(1) Khilafat Non-Cooperation Movement
(1) Subhash Chandra Bose
(2) Quit India Movement
(2) Ashfaq Ullah Khan
(3) Civil Disobedience Movement
(3) Pheroj Shah Mehta
(4) Aurobindo Ghosh (4) None of these
87. Hunter committee was set up to enquire into 94. Which of the following statements is correct
regarding Quit India Movement?
(1) Revolt of 1857
(1) It was launched in September 1942
(2) Anti Partition Movement
(2) The Movement was led by Mahatma Gandhi
(3) Jallianwala bagh massacre
(3) It was followed by the formation of Ajad Hind
(4) Chauri Chaura incident
Fauj
88. Which of the following events was marked by
renunciation of Qaisar-i-Hind by Gandhiji? (4) None of these
(1) Quit India Movement 95. Which of the given statements are correct about
Dada Bhai Naoroji?
(2) Civil Disobedience Movement
(a) He established East India Association
(3) Non Cooperation Movement
(b) He wrote Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India
(4) Champaran Satyagraha
(1) Only (a) is correct
89. Surat split of Indian National Congress took place
under the presidentship of (2) Only (b) is correct
(1) Badruddin Taiyyabji (2) George Rule (3) Both (a) & (b) are correct
(3) A.O. Hume (4) Ras Bihari Bose (4) None of these
90. Satyagraha Sabhas were organised to protest 96. Revolutionary who was involved in founding the
against Hindustan Republican Association is
(1) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1) Chandra Shekhar Ajad
(2) Enactment of Rowlatt Act (2) Lala Hardayal
(3) Enactment of Arms Act (3) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(4) Partition of Bengal
(4) None of these
91. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
97. Bal Gangadhar Tilak edited
(1) First Carnatic War took place due to Anglo-
(1) Kesari (2) Mahratta
Frence trade rivalry
(2) French failed in India due to instruction from
Home Government 98. Mountbatten Plan was proposed on
(3) Battle of Plassey took place in 1857 (1) June 1st, 1947 (2) July 1st, 1947
(4) Both (1) & (2) (3) June 5th, 1947 (4) None of these
99. Dadra and nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman and Diu were 110. Treaty of Salbai was signed after
merged into India Union in (1) 1st Anglo-Maratha War
(1) 1947 (2) 1950 (2) 2nd Carnatic War
(3) 1957 (4) None of these
(3) 3rd Anglo-Maratha War
100. Which of the following has been Vice President?
(4) 1st Carnatic War
(1) Bhairo Singh Shekhawat
111. Battle of Seringapatam took place in
(2) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1) 1798 (2) 1797
(3) K.R. Narayanan
(3) 1790 (4) None of these
(4) All of these
112. Which of the following kingdom was annexed first
101. Who was known as Tiger of Mysore? by the Doctrine of Lapse?
(1) Hyder Ali (2) Tipu Sultan (1) Jhansi (2) Satara
(3) Wazid Ali Shah (4) Bahadur Shah Jafar (3) Nagpur (4) Awadh
102. Who was the Last powerful Mughal Emperor? 113. Ras Bihari Bose founded Indian Independence
(1) Bahadur Shah Zafar (2) Farruk Siyar League in
(3) Jahangir (4) Aurangzeb (1) Germany (2) India
103. First English factory (trading settlement) was set (3) Singapore (4) Japan
up on the banks of 114. Poona Pact took place between
(1) Narmada (2) Tapi (1) Gandhiji and British government
(3) Hugli (4) Ganga (2) Gandhiji and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
104. The policy of Paramountcy was followed under (3) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and British government
(1) Lord Hastings (2) Lord Dalhousie (4) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(3) Lord W. Bentinck (4) Lord Cornwallis 115. Civil Disobedience movement included
105. Annexation of Punjab took place in the year (1) Violation of salt Law
(1) 1845 (2) 1847 (2) Non payment of land revenue
(3) 1849 (4) 1851 (3) Boycott of foreign goods
106. Rani Avanti Bai was actively involved in the revolt (4) All of these
of 1857 at
116. Cripps Mission arrived in India in
(1) Ramgarh (2) Jhansi
(1) February 1942 (2) March 1942
(3) Gwalior (4) Banaras
(3) April 1942 (4) August 1942
107. First war of Independence commenced from
117. Resolution for the demand of separate Pakistan
(1) Delhi (2) Jhansi
was first passed in which session of Muslim
(3) Kanpur (4) Meerut League?
108. Central Hindu College at Banaras was set up by (1) Lahore session (2) Allahabad session
(1) M.M. Malviya (3) Lucknow session (4) Dhaka session
(2) Vivekananda 118. On April 10, 1919 the leaders who were arrested in
(3) Annie Besant Punjab were
(4) Dayanand Saraswati (1) Dr. Saifuddin & Dr. Satyapal
109. Home Rule movement was launched in (2) Tilak and Aurobindo
(1) 1914 (2) 1916 (3) Lala Lajpat Rai & Dr. Satyapal
(3) 1918 (4) 1920 (4) All of these
119. Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March on 127. Which of the following was the oldest dynasty of
(1) 12.03.1929 (2) 12.03.1930 India?
(3) 12.03.1931 (4) 12.03.1932 (1) Gupta (2) Maurya

(3) Kushan (4) Kanva
120. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct
about non-cooperation movement? 128. Aryabhatta and Varahmihira belong to which age?
(1) Gandhiji renounced the title Qaisar-i-Hind (1) Guptas (2) Cholas
(2) Seth Jamuna Lal Bajaj returned his title Rai (3) Mauryas (4) Mughals
Bahadur 129. Which of the following is called "The Bible of Tamil
(3) Khilafat movement was associated with Land"?
non-cooperation movement (1) Kural (2) Tolkappiyam
(4) All of these (3) Silappadikaram (4) Manimekalai
121. Which of the following options are not incorrect? 130. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval
(1) Chauri Chaura incident took place on period is at
Feb. 5,1922 (1) Bhubaneswar (2) Khajuraho
(2) An incidence of violence took place (3) Madurai (4) Mount Abu
(3) The incident led to the launch of Non- 131. Islam was founded in
cooperation movement. (1) 5th century A.D. (2) 7th century A.D.
(4) All of these (3) 3rd century A.D. (4) 9th century A.D.
122. Which of the following statements are wrong? 132. The battles of Tarain (1191 AD) was fought between
(1) Wavell plan was proposed in June 1945 Muhammad Ghori and
(2) Cabinet mission came in India in March 1946 (1) Rana Sanga (2) Rana Pratap
(3) Muslim League celebrated Direct Action Day (3) Prithviraj Chauhan (4) Rana Hammir Dev
on August 16,1946 133. Where did Babur die?
(4) None of these (1) Agra (2) Kabul
123. Kakori incident took place in (3) Lahore (4) Delhi
(1) August 1925 (2) September 1925 134. The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from
one of the mines in
(3) October 1925 (4) None of these
(1) Odisha (2) Bhopal
124. Identify the correct statement
(3) Golconda (4) Raipur
(1) Congress did not participate in First Round
Table conference 135. The Indian War of Independence 1857 is written by
(2) Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy during Round (1) S. N. Sen (2) R. C. Majumdar
Table (3) V. D. Savarkar (4) S. B. Chaudhary
(3) Nehru had participated at Round Table 136. When was Champaran Movement started?
conference (1) 1915 (2) 1920
(4) None of these (3) 1910 (4) 1917
125. Which of the following animals was not known to 137. In which year Indian National Congress was
the Indus Valley civilization? established?
(1) Bull (2) Horse (1) 1888 (2) 1887
(3) Elephant (4) Giraffe (3) 1886 (4) 1885
126. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was 138. Sepoy Mutiny started from
(1) Barley and rice (2) Milk and its products (1) Delhi (2) Barakpur
(3) Rice and pulses (4) Vegetables and fruits (3) Meerut (4) Kanpur
139. When was Rowlatt Act passed? 150. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in
(1) 1920 (2) 1919 (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) 1921 (4) 1922 (3) Bihar (4) Rajasthan
140. The first mass movement started by Mahatma 151. Who built the Khajuraho temple?
Gandhi was (1) Helkkurs (2) Scindias
(1) Salt Movement (3) Bundelas (4) Chandelas
(2) Non-cooperation Movement
152. Akbar, the greatest of the Mughal Emperors of
(3) Quit India Movement India, reigned from
(4) Indigo Movement (1) 1656 – 1680 (2) 1550 – 1605
141. Who wrote Panchatantra? (3) 1566 – 1605 (4) 1500 – 1600
(1) Kalidas (2) Pt. Vishnu Sharma 153. Official language of the Delhi Sultanate was
(3) Panini (4) Kabirdas (1) Urdu (2) Persian
142. Who wrote Shahnama? (3) Hindi (4) Arabic
(1) Firdausi (2) Surdas 154. Who was the architect of Taj Mahal?
(3) Panini (4) Abul Fazal (1) Amdulla (2) Ustad Akmad Lahori
143. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? (3) Usman Khan (4) Utbi
(1) Swami Dayanand Saraswati 155. Sikandar Lodhi founded the city of
(2) Swami Vivekananda (1) Agra (2) Siri
(3) R. N. Tagore (3) Jaunpur (4) Daultabad
(4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 156. First Battle of Panipat led to the establishment of
144. When was Arya Samaj formed? (1) Afghan Rule (2) Mughal Rule
(1) 1874 (2) 1875 (3) British Empire (4) Dutch Empire
(3) 1888 (4) 1889 157. When was the Battle of Plassey fought?
145. Who was the Governor General of India during the (1) 1755 (2) 1756
Sepoy Mutiny?
(3) 1757 (4) 1758
(1) Lord Canning (2) Lord Dalhousie
158. Second Battle of Panipat was fought between
(3) Lord Hardings (4) Lord Lytton
(1) Ibraham Lodhi and Babur
146. Who discovered the Indus Valley civilization?
(2) Akbar and Hemu
(1) V. S. Agarwal (2) Banawali
(3) Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Marathas
(3) Dayaram Sahni (4) A. L. Basham
(4) Humayun and the Marathas
147. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem
of India have been adopted from which one of the 159. Where was the first cotton mill in India established?
following? (1) Surat (2) Mumbai
(1) Brahma Upanishad (2) Mundaka Upanishad (3) Ahmedabad (4) Coimbatore
(3) Mudgala Upanishad (4) Maitreyi Upanishad 160. The first railway line in India was opened in the
148. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra? year
(1) Vishvamitra (2) Vasishtha (1) 1833 (2) 1853
(3) Indra (4) Parikshth (3) 1857 (4) 1861
149. Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last 161. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the revolt of
(Mahaparinirvana)? 1857 at
(1) Rajgir (2) Bodh Gaya (1) Meerut (2) Barrackpore
(3) Sarnath (4) Kushinagar (3) Kanpur (4) Jhansi
162. The President of the Indian National Congress in 172. Which of the following incidents or events are
1885 was related to Revolution of 1905 in Russia?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) J. L. Nehru (1) Establishment of Russian Social Democratic
(3) Dadabhai Naoroji (4) W. C. Banerjee Workers Party
163. The split of the extremists and Moderates came (2) Bloody Sunday incident
up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in (3) Abdication of Russian Tsar
the year
(4) Suspension of Duma in 1917
(1) 1905 (2) 1906
173. Dalhousie applied the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ to annex
(3) 1907 (4) 1910
(a) Udaipur (b) Sambalpur
164. Who said “Give me blood and I will give you
freedom”? (c) Punjab (d) Jammu
(1) Mahatma Gandhi (1) (a) and (b) (2) (c) and (d)
(2) Subhash Chandra Bose (3) (d) and (a) (4) (a) and (c)
(3) Jawahar Lal Nehru 174. When was Ramkrishna Mission established?
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1) 1857 AD (2) 1885 AD
165. The Constitution of India was adopted by the (3) 1897 AD (4) 1905 AD
Constituent Assembly on 175. When did Gandhiji reach Dandi?
(1) Aug. 15, 1947 (2) Jan. 30, 1948 (1) 6th April 1930 (2) 7th April 1930
(3) Nov. 26, 1949 (4) Jan. 26, 1950 (3) 5th April 1930 (4) 4th April 1930
166. Who wrote 'Discovery of India'? 176. Dadabhai Naoroji died on
(1) Lala Lajpat Rai (2) J. L. Nehru
(1) 31st April 1917 (2) 17th June 1916
(3) Dadabhai Naoroji (4) Moti Lal Nehru
(3) 31st May 1917 (4) None of these
167. 'Doctrine of Lapse' was introduced by
177. Who never became vice president of India?
(1) Lord Dalhousie
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(2) Lord Canning
(b) D.B. Jatti
(3) Lord Wellesley
(c) V.V. Giri
(4) Lord Curzon
(d) Shri Krishna Kant
168. Who is the author of the book 'Glimpses of World
History'? (1) (a) & (c) (2) (c) & (d)
(1) Abul Kalam Azad (2) J. L. Nehru (3) (a) & (b) (4) (a) & (d)
(3) Premchand (4) Kalidas 178. The author of Anand Math was
169. Mughal paintings flourished during the time of (1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(1) Babur (2) Akbar (2) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(3) Jahangir (4) Shah Jahan (3) Rabindranath Tagore
170. Where is the Headquarters of SAARC? (4) S. C. Bose
(1) Manila 179. Bahadur Shah Zafar died in Rangoon in
(2) Kathmandu (1) 1857 (2) 1862
(3) Islamabad (3) 1875 (4) None of these
(4) New Delhi 180. The Sharda Act of 1930 fixed the marriageable age
171. Which of the following is not a member of G-7? for girls as
(1) USA (2) France (1) 18 Years (2) 17 Years
(3) Germany (4) Russia (3) 14 Years (4) 20 Years
181. Who formed the Gadar Party? 190. Cripps Mission aimed at
(1) Ras Bihari Bose (2) Aurobindo Ghosh (1) Giving proportional representation to the
(3) Harindranath (4) Lala Hardayal Muslims under the framework of the new
constitution
182. Jizya tax was imposed on
(2) A compromise between congress demand of
(1) Only Hindus (2) On employees united India and Muslim League’s demand for
(3) Only Muslims (4) None of these a partitioned India
183. Montagu-Chelmsford reforms were (3) Giving complete independence to united India
(1) Educational reform (2) Constitutional reform (4) Widening the gulf between the congress and
(3) Political reform (4) Social reform the Muslim league
184. The Stone Age people had first domesticated 191. Uplift of the backward classes was the main
programme of the
(1) Dogs (2) Sheep
(1) Prarthana Samaj
(3) Horses (4) Asses
(2) Ramkrishna Mission
185. Akbar promulgated Din-i-llahi in
(3) Arya Samaj
(1) 1581 (2) 1576
(4) Satyashodhak Samaj
(3) 1526 (4) 1600
192. Arrange the following events of French Revolution
186. Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 resulted in the in chronological order
(1) Introduction of postal system (i) Louis XVI is guillotined
(2) Abolition of child marriage (ii) The oath of the tennis court
(3) Both (1) & (2) (iii) The Bastille falls
(4) None of these (iv) French Republic is declared
187. Who among the following was known as “Frontier (v) The great fear
Gandhi’?
(1) (ii), (iii), (v), (iv), (i) (2) (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (ii)
(1) Sir Syed Ali Khan
(3) (iii), (ii), (iv), (v), (i) (4) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv), (v)
(2) Syed Amir Ali
193. A major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917
(3) Abul Kalam Azad was the
(4) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1) Defeat of the Germany in the Russian
188. Find out the correct Chronological order of the Campaign
following event from the code given below. (2) Marriage of Czar Nicholas II to a German
(a) Treaty of Amritsar Princess
(b) Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (3) Existence of sharp economic differences
(c) Treaty of Lahore between social classes
(d) East India Company’s alliance with Mewar (4) Appeal of Marxism to the Russian nobility
(1) (d), (a), (c), (b) (2) (b), (a), (d), (c) 194. Who among the following was never a Vice
President
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d) (4) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(i) Ball Swarup Pathak
189. Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest
against (ii) Shri Venkatraman
(1) Act of 1909 (iii) Pratibha Patil
(2) Salt Law (iv) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(3) Jallianwala Bagh (1) (iii) and (i) (2) (iv) and (i)
(4) Rowlatt Act (3) (iii) and (iv) (4) (ii) and (iv)
195. First Deputy Prime Minister of India was 204. Out of the following who is Nirguna Bhakti Saint?
(1) Hamid Ansari (1) Kabir (2) Mira Bai
(2) K.R. Narayanan (3) Tulsidas (4) Chaitanya
(3) Vallabhbhai Patel 205. Who founded Vijaynagar Empire in 1336?
(4) Pt. Nehru (1) Harihar (2) Bukka
196. The German Parliament was known as (3) Krishnadev Rai (4) Both (1) & (2)
(1) National Parliament (2) German Legislature 206. Which statement is not true about Muhammad bin
(3) Reichstag (4) Estates General Tughluq?
197. Who among the following popularized the theory of (1) He shifted his capital from Delhi to Durgapur
the ‘Survival of the Fittest”? (2) He introduced token currency
(1) Charles Darwin (2) William Harvey (3) He increased land revenue in Doab region
(3) Herbert Spencer (4) Issac Newton (4) Ibn Battuta visited his court
198. Match the following historical years with event 207. Who ended the group of 40 slaves known as
mentioned against them. 'Turkan-i-Chihalgani' ?
Year Event (1) Iltutmish (2) Balban
a. 1774 (i) Battle of Waterloo (3) Alauddin Khilji (4) Firuj Shah Tughlaq
and defeat of
208. Who founded Vikramshila University in Bengal?
Napoleon
(1) Dharamapala (2) Devpala
b. 1789 (ii) Napoleon become
the emperor of France (3) Gopala (4) Mahipala
c. 1804 (iii) Louis XVI become 209. Which statement is true about Samudragupta?
the King of France (1) He got the title of 'Kaviraja'
d. 1815 (iv) Bastille was stormed (2) He is known as 'Nepoleon of India'
(1) a(iv), b(iii), c(i), d(ii) (2) a(iii), b(ii), c(i), d(iv) (3) His capital was Pataliputra
(3) a(iii), b(iv), c(ii), d(i) (4) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i) (4) All of these
199. European powers who showed interest in India 210. Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang visited India during
is/are the reign of
(1) Portuguese (2) Dutches (1) Chandragupta II (2) Harshvardhana
(3) French (4) All of these (3) Kanishka (4) Kumargupta
200. Nadir Shah invaded India in 211. Ashoka fought Kalinga War in
(1) 1761 (2) 1739 (1) 231 BCE (2) 241 BCE
(3) 1812 (4) 1781 (3) 251 BCE (4) 261 BCE
201. Who built Golden Temple in Amritsar? 212. Who wrote 'Indica'?
(1) Akbar (2) Arjun Dev (1) Chanakya (2) Megasthenese
(3) Amardas (4) Har Govind (3) Pleney (4) Ptolemy
202. Who introduced silver Rupiya in India? 213. Who is considered as the founder of Jainism?
(1) Akbar (2) Iltutmish (1) Rishabhadev (2) Parsavanath
(3) Sher Shah Suri (4) Shah Jahan (3) Neminatha (4) Mahavir
203. 'Ain-i-Akbari' was written by 214. The concept of eight-fold path is related to
(1) Amir Khusrow (2) Akbar (1) Buddhism (2) Jainism
(3) Abul Fazl (4) Faizi (3) Hinduism (4) None of these
215. The parliament of which country is known as 225. The Quit India Movement was started at
Duma? (1) Lahore on July 7, 1942
(1) Germany (2) Russia
(2) Wardha on Aug. 7, 1942
(3) France (4) Poland
(3) Bombay on Aug. 8, 1942
216. Who wrote the book Poverty and Un-British rule in
(4) Delhi on Aug. 15, 1942
India?
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji (2) R.C. Dutta 226. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of Quit
India Movement?
(3) John Marshal (4) Adam Smith
(1) Lord Mountbatten (2) Lord Willingdon
217. Out of the following who is a Moderate Leader?
(3) Lord Wavell (4) None of these
(1) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(2) B.G. Tilak 227. Which of the following sentence is not true?
(3) Lala Lajpat Rai (1) Lord Curzon divided Bengal in 1906.
(4) Bipin Chandra Pal (2) Hindus and Muslims tied rakhis on each other
wrist after partition.
218. Who was representative of congress in the second
round table conference in 1932? (3) The British government said about partition that
(1) M.K. Gandhi (2) Rajendra Prasad it was done to stimulate growth in eastern
region.
(3) B.R. Ambedkar (4) J.L. Nehru
(4) All of these
219. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the
base plate of the emblem of India are taken from 228. Choose the true statements.
(1) Rigveda (1) Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram
(2) Ramayana Mohan Roy in 1828.
(3) Shatapatha Brahmana (2) Jyotiba started a school for untouchables and
an orphanage for widows.
(4) Mundaka Upanishad
(3) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan encouraged Muslim to
220. The German army surrendered in First World War
accept the virtues of western education
on
(1) 11 November 1918 (2) 15 November 1918 (4) All of these
(3) 2 February 1918 (4) 6 September 1918 229. Who introduced the railways and telegraphs in
India?
221. Satyarth Prakash is written by
(1) Lord Dalhousie (2) Lord Canning
(1) Swami Vivekananda
(2) Swami Dayananda Saraswati (3) Lord Hardinge (4) Lord Ripon
(3) Aurobindo Ghose 230. Indian National Congress in 1907 for the first time
of communist International was held in
(4) Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
(1) Surat (2) Calcutta
222. Amir khusro was a court poet of
(1) Alauddin Khilji (2) Akbar (3) Allahabad (4) Lahore
(3) Shah Jahan (4) Balban 231. The Renaissance Movement begin from which
European town?
223. Who discovered Brazil?
(1) Venice (2) London
(1) Henry VII (2) Cabral
(3) Vasco da Gama (4) Columbus (3) Florence (4) Paris
224. The four European power who collectively defeated 232. The term Crusades are used for the wars during
Nepolean were 13th century between
(1) Australia, Prussia, Britain and Russia (1) Christians-Islamic Empire
(2) Spain, Prussia, Britain and Russia (2) Hindus-Islamic Empire
(3) Austria, Italy, Britain and Russia (3) Christians-Hindus
(4) Austria, Prussia, India and Russia (4) None of these
233. Who is the author of Medieval work “Divine 245. Who proposed the division of powers of the state
Comedy”? in his work “The Spirit of Laws”?
(1) Petrarch (2) Dante (1) Voltaire (2) Rousseau
(3) Boccaccio (4) None of these (3) John Lock (4) Montesquieu
234. The centre of the Greek Orthodox church is 246. The government led by Jacobins in France is known
as
(1) Athens (2) Constantinople
(1) National Assembly (2) Convention
(3) Rome (4) None of these
(3) Directory (4) Estate General
235. Who led the Protestant Reformation Movement in
the 16th century? 247. Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself the emperor
of France in
(1) John Calvin (2) Erasmus
(1) 1799 (2) 1801
(3) Martin Luthor (4) Menocchio
(3) 1804 (4) 1812
236. Christopher Columbus sailed to America in the year
248. Who wrote the book 'The Sprit of Laws'?
(1) 1472 (2) 1498
(1) John Locke
(3) 1492 (4) 1552
(2) Jean Jacques Rousseau
237. Nicholos Copernicus belongs to which country?
(3) Montesquieu
(1) Poland (2) Germany
(4) Voltaire
(3) France (4) Spain
249. Who among the following proposed the Social
238. Famous scientist Isaac Newton belongs to which
Contract Theory?
country?
(1) John Locke (2) Rousseau
(1) Spain (2) Portugal
(3) Montesquieu (4) Thomas Paine
(3) England (4) France
250. Robespierre, in his speech and address to the
239. The Industrial Revolution began in the people used
(1) France (2) United Kingdom (1) Monsieur (2) Madame
(3) Germany (4) U.S.A. (3) Citoyen (4) All of these
240. Who invented Spinning Jenny? 251. In Russia 'Kulaks' meant
(1) Samuel Crompton (2) James Hargreaves (1) Poor peasants (2) Well-to-do peasants
(3) Michal Harding (4) Samuel Richardson (3) Hired labourer (4) Bonded labour
241. Who patented the steam engine produced by 252. During the October Revolution in Russia, who
Newcomen in1781? among the following led the Bolshevik party?
(1) Newcomen (2) Mathew Boulton (1) Lenin (2) Stalin
(3) M. Jackson (4) James Watt (3) Kerensky (4) Trotskii
242. The first underground railway was constructed in 253. Duma was the
(1) London (2) Calcutta (1) Russian Parliament (2) French Parliament
(3) New York (4) Paris (3) U.S Parliament (4) None of these
243. The French Revolution began on 254. Who among the following popularised the theory of
(1) 14th July (2) 4th August the 'Survival of the fittest'?
(3) 24th October (4) 16th December (1) Charles Darwin
244. Who was the king of France in 1789? (2) William Harvey
(1) Nicholas II (2) Louis IV (3) Herbert Spencer
(3) Louis XV (4) Louis XVI (4) Issac Newton
255. The influential pamphlet called 'What is the Third 266. The first American dress reformer to launch loose
Estate' was written by tunics was
(1) Mirabean (1) Ms. Lucy Stone (2) Mrs. Amelia Bloomer
(2) Robespierre (3) Mrs. Stanton (4) None of these
(3) Abbe Sieyes 267. The period before British rule was of according to
(4) Jean Jacques Rousseau the British historians.
(1) Brightness (2) Darkness
256. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile in 2006
belonged to (3) Dullness (4) None of these
(1) Socialist Party (2) Democratic Party 268. From the end of nineteeth century, census
operations were held after every
(3) Labour Party (4) None of these
(1) 12 years (2) 5 years
257. Aung San Suu Kyi, a noble peace prize winner
belonged to the country (3) 10 years (4) None of these
(1) Malaysia (2) China 269. Battle of Buxar was held in the year
(3) Myanmar (4) India (1) 1784 (2) 1764
258. China's famine which was the worst recorded in (3) 1760 (4) 1769
world history 270. Who was the Governor-general of India when the
(1) 1958 – 61 (2) 1960 – 63 permanent settlement was introduced?
(3) 1950 – 53 (4) None of these (1) Lord Ripon (2) Cornwallis
259. The system of racial discrimination in South Africa (3) Lord Mayo (4) Thomas Munro
was named as 271. In which year, france abolished slavery in the
(1) Black-white protest (2) Apartheid French colonies?
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these (1) 1785 (2) 1790
260. Birsa Munda was the leader of which region? (3) 1788 (4) 1792
(1) Santhal pargana (2) Andhra Pradesh 272. Birsa Munda died due to
(3) Chotanagpur (4) Bihar (1) Cholera (2) Diarrhoea
261. 'Kalangs' of Java were a community of (3) Heart attack (4) Malaria
(1) Hunters (2) Animal rearers 273. Delhi was recaptured by British in the year
(3) Woodcutters (4) Iron miners (1) 1840 (2) 1845
262. Baigas are the forest community of which region? (3) 1857 (4) 1860
(1) North India (2) Central India 274. Colonial India was divided into how many
presidencies?
(3) South India (4) None of these
(1) 1 (2) 2
263. Name of the tribe of the desert region of Rajasthan
(3) 3 (4) 4
(1) Raikas (2) Dhangars
275. Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan in the
(3) Gaddi (4) Banjaras year
264. Maasai people, for subsistence depended upon (1) 1905 (2) 1907
(1) Forest products (2) Milk and meat (3) 1901 (4) 1910
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these 276. In which among the following year, the child
265. Name the Indian cricket club founded by Parsis in marriage restraint act was passed without the kind
1848 was of bitter debates.
(1) Indian Cricket Club (2) Calcutta Cricket Club (1) 1829 (2) 1832
(3) Oriental Cricket Club (4) None of these (3) 1835 (4) 1838
277. The Young Bengal movement was initiated by 280. Where was the swadeshi movement known as the
(1) Keshub Chandra Sen Vandematram movement?
(2) Henry Louis Vivian Derozia (1) Deltaic Andhra (2) East Bengal
(3) Dayanand Saraswati (3) West Bengal (4) Assam

281. The congress was split in ________.
(4) Vivekanand
(1) 1907 (2) 1908
278. Tipu Sultan of Mysore was finally defeated in 1799
at the famous battle of (3) 1909 (4) 1920
(1) Plassey (2) Seringapatam 282. What was the population of India in year 1947?
(3) Buxar (4) Pune (1) 345 million (2) 300 million
279. British had defeated Sirajuddaulah in the famous (3) 435 million (4) 380 million
battle of Plassey and installed Mir-Jafar as the 283. The two major problems faced by India after
Nawab of which among the following regions? independence were
(1) Lucknow (2) Kanpur (1) Unity (2) Development
(3) Murshidabad (4) Patna (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these

Unit 3 Political Science
1. Who is the ex-officio chairman of council of States? 9. What are the qualifications of a person to become
(1) President (2) Vice President a member of Rajya Sabha?
(3) Speaker (4) Prime Minister (1) He must be a person of Indian Origin.
2. Joint session of Parliament is presided by (2) He must hold an office of Profit.
(1) Speaker (2) Vice President (3) He must be of unsound mind.
(3) President (4) Prime Minister (4) None of these
3. How many items are there in the union list? 10. How many states in India have bicameral
(1) 98 (2) 66 legislatures?
(3) 47 (4) 26 (1) 29 (2) 6
4. Ordinary Bills are passed in Parliament after how (3) 7 (4) None of these
many readings? 11. What is/are the function/s of Supreme Court of
(1) 1 (2) 2 India?
(3) 3 (4) 4 (1) It is guardian of Fundamental rights
5. Power to determine the number of judges in the (2) It can advise the President of India
supreme court lies in
(3) It is a Court of Record
(1) Judiciary
(4) All of these
(2) President
12. Writs issued by a High Court include
(3) Parliament
(1) Habeas Corpus (2) Certiorari
(4) Prime Minister
(3) Mandamus (4) All of these
6. At present, number of High Court in the country is
(1) 21 (2) 22 13. Power of Judicial Review is available to
(3) 23 (4) 24 (1) Supreme Court

7. Public interest Litigation was started in (2) High Court
(1) France (3) Lok Adalat
(2) U.K. (4) Both (1) & (2)
(3) USA 14. Which of the statements is wrong?
(4) India (1) Chief Justice of India is appointed by the
8. Which of the following were responsible for President
emergence of Nationalism? (2) Judges of a High Court are appointed by the
(1) Vernacular Press Act, 1878 Chief Minister
(2) Ilbert Bill Controversy (3) Judges of a High Court can function upto the
(3) Reduction of age to appear in ICS examination age of 62 years
(4) All of these (4) None of these
15. Public Interest Litigation in India was started by 23. To become a member of legislative assembly, one
(1) Justice P.N. Bhagwati needs to attain the age of
(2) Justice B.N. Khare (1) 21 years (2) 25 years

(3) Justice N. Palkhiwala (3) 30 years (4) 35 years
(4) None of these 24. The Governor is appointed by the president for a
16. Lok Ayukta of a state is appointed by the period of
(1) President on the advice of Chief Minister (1) 6 years (2) 4 years
(2) Governor on the advice of Chief Justice of the (3) 8 years (4) 5 years
High Court 25. Division bench of Allahabad High Court is seated at
(3) Governor on the advice tendered by the Chief (1) Saifai (2) Kanpur
Justice of the High Court & Leader of the
(3) Allahabad (4) Lucknow
opposition
(4) None of these 26. Which institution interprets the Law?
17. Which of the following statements is true? (1) Executive (2) Legislature
(1) Supreme Court is located in Chandigarh (3) Judiciary (4) President

(2) There are 25 Judges in Supreme Court apart 27. First nuclear test was conducted by India at
from Chief Justice of India Pokharan in
(3) Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by (1) 1998 (2) 1974
the Governor (3) 1968 (4) 1954
(4) None of these
28. Doctrine of Panchsheel was propounded by
18. A person, aged 60 years is appointed as a judge
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
of a High Court in 2013. He is expected to retire
in (2) Madan Mohan Malviya
(1) 2018 (3) J.L. Nehru
(2) 2016 (4) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(3) 2015 29. Princely state of Junagarh was merged into Indian
(4) None of these Union in
19. Objectives of setting of Lok Adalats are (1) 1948 (2) 1949
(1) To ensure speedy disposal of justice (3) 1961 (4) 1951
(2) To simplify the judicial process 30. Identify the correct statement:
(3) Both (1) & (2) (1) Maximum number of seats in a state
(4) None of these legislature is 500
20. In Rajya Sabha, the total number of nominated (2) Minimum number of seats in a state legislature
members is is 60
(1) 2 (2) 12 (3) State of Sikkim has only 40 seats in its
legislature
(3) 1 (4) 14
21. Current strength of elected members in the house (4) All of these
of the people is 31. Identify the correct sequence of Prime Ministers in
(1) 552 (2) 550 Chronological order
(3) 545 (4) 543 (1) I.K. Gujral, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi
22. Total number of members in UP State legislature is (2) I.K. Gujral, Indira Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1) 404 (2) 400 (3) Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, I.K. Gujral
(3) 403 (4) 410 (4) None of these
32. What are benefits of judicial activism 41. Union Budget is always presented first in
(1) Stronger faith of Indian public in the judiciary (1) The Lok Sabha
(2) Strengthening of democracy in India (2) The Rajya Sabha
(3) Guardian of Indian Constitution (3) The State Assemblies
(4) All of these (4) Meeting of the Union Cabinet
33. Identify the wrong statement 42. The maximum number of members that the
legislative assembly of a state in India can have is
(1) There are 24 High Courts in India
(1) 400 (2) 450
(2) High Court is the apex court in any state of
Indian Union (3) 350 (4) 500
(3) Judge of High Court retire at the age of 60 43. Who is the executive head of the State
years Government?
(4) None of these (1) The Chief Minister
34. What are the powers of the High Court? (2) The Governor
(1) Original jurisdiction (3) The Secretary to the Chief Minister
(2) Power of judicial review (4) The Chief Secretary
(3) Appellate Jurisdiction 44. Ordinance of the governor has to be passed by the
Assembly within
(4) All of these
(1) 6 weeks (2) 8 weeks
35. When was UNO formed?
(3) 10 weeks (4) 12 weeks
(1) 1944 (2) 1945
45. Where was the first Municipal Corporation in India
(3) 1948 (4) 1950
set up?
36. Where is the headquarters of International Court of
(1) Bombay (2) Madras
Justice?
(3) Calcutta (4) Delhi
(1) Australia (2) USA
46. The Panchayati Raj Institution at the block level is
(3) Netherlands (4) UK known as
37. Who is the custodian of Indian Constitution? (1) Gram Panchayat (2) Zila Parishad
(1) President (2) Parliament (3) Panchayat Samiti (4) None of these
(3) Council of Ministers (4) Supreme Court 47. The entry of Public Health and Sanitation is
38. How many times the president of India can seek included in the Constitution of India in
re-election to his post? (1) Union list (2) State list
(1) Once (3) Concurrent list (4) None of these
(2) Any number of times 48. Which one is the matter of Concurrent list?
(3) Two times (1) Police (2) Criminal matters
(4) Three times (3) Radio & Television (4) Foreign affairs
39. Who exercises the actual executive power under 49. Under which Article of the Constitution can the
the parliamentary form of government? President of India be impeached?
(1) Parliament (2) Prime Minister (1) Article 61 (2) Article 75
(3) President (4) Chief Justice of India (3) Article 76 (4) Article 356
40. What can be the maximum interval between 2 50. When was the Panchayati Raj system introduced
sessions of parliament? in India?
(1) 3 Months (2) 4 Months (1) 1945 (2) 1950
(3) 6 Months (4) 9 Months (3) 1959 (4) 1962
51. Who considered the right to constitutional remedies 60. The Panchyati Raj system was first started in India
as very 'Heart and Soul' of the Indian Constitution? in
(1) M. K. Gandhi (2) B. R. Ambedkar (1) U.P. (2) Bihar
(3) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (4) J. L. Nehru (3) Rajasthan (4) Gujarat
52. What is the present salary of the President of India 61. Who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed
per month? Forces?
(1) 1 lakh (2) 1.5 lakh (1) The Prime Minister (2) The President
(3) 2 lakh (4) 2.5 lakh (3) Air Marshal (4) The Governor
53. The president of India enjoys emergency powers of 62. Who is the present Lok Sabha speaker?
(1) Two types (2) Three types (1) Sushma Swaraj (2) Sumitra Mahajan
(3) Four types (4) Five types (3) Meira Kumar (4) G. Vasudev
54. What is the minimum age to be the Prime Minister 63. How many subjects are kept in concurrent ?
of India? (1) 50 (2) 49
(1) 30 years (2) 25 years (3) 52 (4) 47
(3) 35 years (4) 40 years 64. In which amendment of Indian Constitution was
55. By which of the following can the President of India ‘Right to Education’ passed?
be impeached? (1) 93rd (2) 92nd
(1) By the Lok Sabha (3) 85th (4) 91st
(2) By the Chief Justice of Supreme Court 65. Income tax is included in
(3) By the Parliament (1) Union list
(4) By the Prime Minister (2) State list
56. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union is (3) Concurrent list
collectively responsible to the
(4) None of these
(1) President (2) Prime Minister
66. Gram panchayat is formed under
(3) Rajya Sabha (4) Lok Sabha
(1) Metropolitans (2) Villages
57. The Chief Minister is appointed by
(3) Blocks (4) Small cities
(1) The Governor
67. Who gave principle of ‘Doctrine of Predestine’?
(2) The President
(1) Calvin (2) Martin Luther
(3) The Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(3) Columbus (4) Cooper Nicks
(4) The Chief Justice of High Court
68. Which of the following is not true regarding the civil
58. The main purpose of Panchayati Raj is code of 1804?
(1) To create employment (1) Equality before Law
(2) To increase agricultural production (2) Universal Adult Franchise
(3) To make people politically conscious (3) Right to property
(4) To make people participate in development (4) No privileged based on birth
administration
69. Who among the following decides whether particular
59. Panchayati Raj is organised at the bill is money bill or not?
(1) Block level (1) Finance minister
(2) Village and block level (2) President
(3) Village, block and district level (3) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(4) Village and district level (4) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
70. Who among the following is a legal advisor of the 79. The United National Organization was formed in
state Government as provided by the Constitution? (1) 25 October 1945 (2) 24 October 1945
(1) Attorney General (2) Public prosecutor (3) 26 October 1945 (4) 23 October 1945
(3) Solicitor General (4) Advocate General 80. The Gram Panchayat are elected by Gram Sabha
71. Supreme Court came into power on consisting of
(1) 24 January 1950 (2) 26 January 1950 (1) Every farmer of the village
(3) 28 January 1950 (4) 29 January 1950 (2) Every citizen living in village
72. The first women to be appointed as Chief Justice (3) Entire male and female population of the village
of the Supreme Court was
(4) Every adult male living in a village.
(1) Kiran Bedi (2) Najma Heptulla
81. Which of the following states has no Panchayati
(3) Neha Singh (4) Fatima Beevi Raj institution at all?
73. Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution (1) Nagaland (2) Assam
by the
(3) Tripura (4) Kerala
(1) 44th Amendment (2) 47th Amendment
82. The historic Panchayati Raj Bill was adopted by
(3) 76th Amendment (4) None of these the parliament in 1992 as which amendment?
74. President can reduce the salaries of the (1) 68th (2) 73rd
government employees according to Article
(3) 70th (4) 75th
(1) Article 352 (2) Article 356
83. World Consumer Right day is celebrated on
(3) Article 360 (4) Article 380
(1) January 15 (2) February 15
75. Article 25 to 28 defines the
(3) March 15 (4) January 10
(1) Right to Equality
84. National Consumer Disputes Redressed
(2) Right to Freedom
Commission is located in
(3) Right Against Exploitation
(1) Lucknow (2) New Delhi
(4) None of these
(3) Chennai (4) Mumbai
76. Under whose advice the president of India declares
85. Which organization publishes the Human
emergency under Article 352?
Development report?
(1) Council of Minister
(1) WHO (2) WTO
(2) Cabinet
(3) UNDP (4) IMF
(3) Chief Minister of all states
86. How many members are there in Vidhan Parishad
(4) Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
77. Which states do not have Bicameral legislature? (1) 37 (2) 34
(a) Bihar (b) Andhra Pradesh (3) 39 (4) None of these
(c) Jharkhand (d) Goa 87. Which is at the apex of the three tier system of
(1) (a) and (b) (2) (b) and (c) Panchayati Raj?
(3) (c) and (d) (4) (a) and (d) (1) Gram Sabha
78. Who are not in the Drafting Committee? (2) Gram Panchayat
(a) Krishnaswami Ayyangar (3) Zila Parishad
(b) K.M. Munshi (4) Panchayat Samiti
(c) N.R. Sarkar 88. Which subject is not related to the Concurrent List
(d) S.K. Dhar of Indian Constitution?
(1) (c), (d) (2) (a), (b) (1) Education (2) Forest
(3) (b), (c) (4) (a), (d) (3) Marriage (4) None of these
89. The major step towards decentralization in India 98. The constitution of India has introduced single
was taken in the year citizenship on the pattern of
(1) 1982 (2) 1992 (1) Britain (2) United States
(3) 2002 (4) 2012 (3) Canada (4) Both (1) & (3)
90. The number of High Courts in India is 99. Parliament begins with
(1) 18 (2) 20 (1) Question hour (2) Zero hour
(3) 24 (4) 21 (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these
91. Which statement is true about the supreme court 100. Who is the highest law officer of the government of
in India? India?
(1) The judges of supreme court are appointed by (1) Attorney General (2) Advocate General
the president of India
(3) Solicitor General (4) Secretary General
(2) There are total 31 judges in the supreme court
101. India have Bicameral Parliament. It is a adopted
(3) The retirement age of the supreme court Judge
from
is 65 years
(1) US (2) Canada
(4) All of these
(3) Ireland (4) None of these
92. The presiding officer of the Rajya Sabha is
(1) Speaker (2) President 102. How many types of minister are found at Union
level?
(3) Prime Minister (4) Vice-president
(1) Cabinet Minister (2) State Minister
93. What was the maximum strength of Lok Sabha at
the time of Constitution formation in 1950? (3) Deputy Minister (4) All of these
(1) 452 (2) 525 103. Which of the following is not a source of revenue
to the village panchayat?
(3) 500 (4) 550
(1) Property tax (2) Land tax
94. There shall be a Governor for each state according
to (3) House tax (4) Vehicle tax
(1) Article 156 (2) Article 147 104. Special representation in panchayati Raj is given to
(3) Article 153 (4) Article 172 (1) Women
95. The word ‘Socialist’ was added in the preamble by (2) Co-operative societies
(1) 44th Amendment (2) 72nd Amendment (3) Backward classes
(3) 40th Amendment (4) None of these (4) All of these
96. Government of India Act 1858 defines 105. The universal declaration of Human Right was
(1) Rule of company in India ended and that of the adopted by UN on
crown began (1) 10th October 1945
(2) System of dual government ended. (2) 10th September 1947
(3) A unitary and highly centralized administration
(3) 10th November 1946
(4) All of these
(4) 10th December 1948
97. Which statement(s) is/are true about Dr. B.R.
106. Dispute between two states is settled by
Ambedkar?
(1) High Court (2) District Court
(1) He participated in all the three round table
conferences (3) Lok Adalat (4) None of these
(2) He was the chairman of the Drafting 107. The Cheif Justice of Supreme Court is appointed
Committee of our Constitution by
(3) He organized the Indian labour party (1) Prime Minister (2) Cabinet Minister
(4) All of these (3) Governor (4) President
108. A direct vote in which all electorate is asked to 117. Who among the following is a fundamental right?
either accept or reject is called (1) Right to Equality
(1) Referendum (2) Veto (2) Cultural and educational rights
(3) Coup (4) Martial law (3) Right to freedom
109. Major features of democracy are (4) All of these
(1) Major decisions by elected leaders 118. Secularism means
(1) Separation of religion from the state
(2) Free and fair election
(2) People do not enjoy freedom of religion
(3) One person, one vote, one value
(3) People have to follow the religion qutlired by
(4) All of these the state
110. How many amendments were considered for the (4) State interfere in materials of religion
drafting of constitution in India?
119. No religious instructions can be imparted in any
(1) 2000 educational institution
(2) Less than 2000 (1) Which is run for SC/ST/OBC
(3) More than 2000 (2) Which is run by a religious group
(4) None of these (3) Which is run by the minorities
(4) Which is wholly run by the state funds
111. Secularism means
120. 'EVM' was first time used in
(1) Freedom to follow any religion
(1) 2007 (2) 2004
(2) Equality before law
(3) 2003 (4) 1990
(3) Wealth to be shared equally
121. Lok Shabha, with a total membership of 545, is
(4) No external power can dictate the Govt of India presided over by the
112. India is divided into how many constituencies? (1) President (2) Governor
(1) 545 (2) 544 (3) Speaker (4) Vice-president
(3) 543 (4) 542 122. Domestic violence refers to the
(1) Injury
113. Guardian of the fundamental rights is
(2) Harm
(1) Supreme court only
(3) Threat of injury and harm
(2) Indian judiciary
(4) All of these
(3) Political leader
123. The judicial system provides a mechanism for
(4) President resolving disputes between
114. In 1720, the British government enacted a (1) Citizens
legistation banning the use of printed cotton textiles (2) Citizens and the government
chintz in which among the following countries?
(3) Two state governments and between the central
(1) China (2) England and state governments
(3) India (4) Japan (4) All of these
115. Which of the following is the official language of 124. Punjab and Haryana have their common high court
India? in
(1) English (2) Hindi (1) Jalandhar (2) Amritsar

(3) Chandigarh (4) Ludhiana
(3) Tamil (4) Sanskrit
125. Interestes of the state in the court is represented
116. State goverment is _______ tier of the government.
by
(1) First (2) Second (1) Police (2) Judge
(3) Third (4) Fourth (3) Public prosecutor (4) All of these
126. _______ laid town guidelines that the police must 128. In 2007, the _______ high court restated that right
follow of the time of arrest. to water is a fundamental right in a case.
(1) High court (2) Supreme court (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Delhi
(3) District court (4) All of these (3) Rajasthan (4) None of these
127. Indian constitution recognises which among the 129. Right to life is guaranteed under which article of the
following is a part of the right to life? Indian constitution?
(1) Water (2) Health (1) Article 22 (2) Article 20
(3) Education (4) All of these (3) Article 21 (4) Article 23

Unit 4 Economics
1. First five year plan commenced on 11. Which place is termed as “Manchester of India” or
(1) 01.04.1950 (2) 01.04.1951 “Boston of East”?
(3) 01.01.1947 (4) 01.11.1949 (1) Kanpur (2) Mumbai

2. Who is the current president of the World Bank? (3) Ahmedabad (4) Jamshedpur
(1) Dr. Kim Wilson (2) Dr. Jim Yong Kim 12. Which of the following is the prime occupation in
developing countries?
(3) A. Williams (4) Hillary Clinton
3. Where is the headquarters of OPEC? (1) Agriculture (2) Industry
(1) Geneva (2) Vienna (3) Trade (4) Animal husbandry
(3) London (4) New York 13. Indian economy is

4. Who is not a member of ASEAN? (1) Capitalist (2) Socialist
(1) Indonesia (2) Malaysia (3) Mixed (4) Communist
(3) Myanmar (4) India 14. What is the rank of Indian economy in the world?
5. Where is the Headquarters of IMF? (1) 1 (2) 4
(1) Paris (2) Geneva (3) 7 (4) 3
(3) Washington D.C. (4) London 15. The centre of rocket propulsion in India is
6. Which of the following is not the source of (1) Pokharan (2) Trombay
production? (3) Mumbai (4) Sriharikota
(1) Land (2) Capital
16. Industrialisation is needed
(3) Labour (4) Interest
(1) To control rapid growth of population
7. Which is the most densely populated state of
(2) For economic development
India?
(3) To develop agriculture
(1) Kerala (2) West Bengal
(4) For urbanisation
(3) Maharashtra (4) Bihar
8. In which sector, Tata Iron and Steel Company 17. According to the census 2011, state(s) having
come? literacy rate in India more than 80% is/are
(1) Private (2) Public sector (1) Kerala (2) Mizoram
(3) Semi-government (4) Cooperative (3) Goa (4) All of these

9. Which of the following states is biggest producer 18. Which of the following is/are the salient feature(s)
of tea? related to market?
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Assam (1) Goods (2) Consumer-seller
(3) Kerala (4) West Bengal (3) Open competition (4) All of these
10. Maximum imported commodity in India is 19. State with maximum women literacy rate is
(1) Woollen machine (2) Cotton clothes (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Mineral oil (4) Jute product (3) Kerala (4) Punjab
20. Tax is 31. Agriculture and industry are related as
(1) Mandatory payable (2) Optional payable (1) Complement (2) Competitor
(3) Financial payable (4) Non financial payable (3) Not related (4) None of these
21. How many five year plans have been implemented 32. Which of the following is not the impact of
in India? population explosion?
(1) 10 (2) 11 (1) Unemployment
(3) 12 (4) 13 (2) Rise in per capita income
22. Blue revolution is related to (3) Rise in crime
(1) Agriculture (2) Water (4) Poverty
(3) Fishery (4) Mineral oil 33. The measure to minimize trade loss is
23. Plastic is a major product of which industry? (1) To promote export (2) To check import
(1) Chemical (2) Petrochemical (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None of these
(3) Synthetic clothes (4) Fertilizer 34. Which of the following zonal headquarter is
correctly matched?
24. Which five year plan has the agenda of poverty
abolition? (1) Northern Central Railway – Bhubaneshwar
(1) First (2) Fourth (2) Central Railway – New Delhi
(3) Fifth (4) Sixth (3) South East Railway – Chennai

(4) Northern Railway – Delhi
25. Which of the following is a communication
medium? 35. Which of the fact is true about Indian economy?
(1) Aviation (2) Railways (1) Mixed economy (2) Balanced economy
(3) Doordarshan (4) Waterway (3) Big market (4) All of these
26. The new industrial policy was declared in 36. What is the percentage of contribution of
agriculture in the gross domestic product of India?
(1) 1950 (2) 1982
(1) 24% (2) 25%
(3) 1986 (4) 1991
(3) 26% (4) 14%
27. The biggest problem in developing countries is
37. Market of milk, fruit and vegetables is
(1) Lack of capital
(1) Local (2) National
(2) Rapid growth in population
(3) Regional (4) International
(3) Agricultural backwardness
38. Which state(s) is/are having the sex ratio below
(4) Low level industrialisation 850 per thousand?
28. Which of the following is the most important (1) Haryana (2) Punjab
feature of developed countries?
(1) Prime occupation agriculture
39. Which of the following is small scale industry ?
(2) Prime occupation industries
(1) Handloom (2) Cement
(3) More per capita income
(3) Paper (4) Glass
(4) Heavy population
40. Which of the following states is most populated?
29. What is the share of India in foreign trade?
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Odisha
(1) 3.6% (2) 2.6% (3) Bihar (4) West Bengal
(3) 1.6% (4) 0.6% 41. When was First Five Year Plan implemented in
30. The salient feature of direct tax is India ?
(1) It is flexible (2) It is tax generator (1) 1947 (2) 1948
(3) It is judicious (4) All of these (3) 1949 (4) 1950
42. Who is the chairman of Planning Commission? 53. Which of the following is not a consequence of
(1) Planning Minister (2) President industrialisation?
(3) Vice President (4) Prime Minister (1) Increase in employment
43. Out of the following which country is the biggest (2) Increase in urbanisation
trading partner of India? (3) Increase in unemployment
(1) Japan (2) China (4) Increase in economic development
(3) UAE (4) USA 54. Economic planning means
44. Nepanagar is related to _________ industry. (1) To equate the per capita income .
(1) Paper (2) Sugar (2) Judicious use of resources
(3) Cement (4) Iron and steel (3) To promote domestic industries
45. Which of the following is the example of developing (4) All of these
country?
55. Which of the following place is related to cement
(1) France (2) Canada
industry?
(3) Bangladesh (4) Japan
(1) Katni (2) Agra
46. Which one is the central bank of India?
(3) Bhopal (4) Gwalior
(1) Punjab National of India
56. Which of the following does not come under public
(2) Punjab and Sind Bank distribution system?
(3) Reserve Bank of India (1) Food grains (2) Sugar
(4) Central Bank of India (3) Kerosene oil (4) Diesel
47. Mumbai High is related to 57. Reserve Bank was established in
(1) Mountain range (2) Dockyard
(1) 1935 (2) 1940
(3) Mineral oil (4) Tourism
(3) 1945 (4) 1950
48. According to the census 2011, what is the
58. Which of the following is the longest national
population of India ?
highway in India?
(1) 101.7 crore (2) 121 crore
(1) NH 7 (2) NH 1
(3) 100.8 crore (4) 125 crore
(3) NH 32 (4) NH 8
49. The number of factors of production is
59. The trade balance refers to
(1) 2 (2) 3
(1) Maximum import
(3) 5 (4) 4
(2) Maximum export
50. Which tax is imposed by Municipal Corporation?
(3) Equal import and export
(1) Corporation tax
(4) No export no import
(2) Product tax
60. Which of the following is not the most important
(3) Electricity and water tax
feature of developed countries?
(4) Property tax
(1) Maximum and efficient use of natural resources
51. What percentage of Indian working population is
indulged in farming ? (2) High per capita income
(1) Approximately 40% (2) Approximately 55% (3) Densely populated
(3) Approximately 65% (4) Approximately 70% (4) Use of advanced technology
52. Which is/are the example of heavy industry? 61. Market is classified on the basis of
(1) Iron & steel (2) Cement (1) Area (2) Time
(3) Chemical Industry (4) All of these (3) Selling (4) All of these
62. According to the International Trade Policy of 70. What was the period of Eighth Five Year Plan?
2009 –14 of India which region is mainly focussed (1) 1990-95 (2) 1991-96
for plantation industry?
(3) 1992-97 (4) 1996-2001
(1) North eastern states
71. Concept of five year plan is borrowed from
(2) Southern states
(1) USA (2) UK
(3) South eastern states
(3) UAE (4) None of these
(4) Both (1) & (3)
63. Which of the following was most focussed in 1991 72. Under which of the five year plan the introduction
industrial policy? of Panchayati Raj in India was suggested?
(1) Liberalisation (1) First five year plan
(2) Small scale industries (2) Second five year plan

(3) Public sector (3) Third five year plan
(4) None of these (4) Fourth five year plan
64. Which of the following is true about Union Budget? 73. Bhakhra Nangal dam is constructed on
(1) It is presented by Union Finance Minister (1) Krishna (2) Chambal
(2) The President has the power to appoint (3) Mahanadi (4) None of these
Finance Commission
74. Which state produced the highest amount of
(3) 12th Finance Commission was constituted in pulses in India?
November 2002
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh
(4) All of these
(3) Rajasthan (4) Andhra Pradesh
65. Which of the following is related to atomic energy?
75. In which five year plan privatization and liberalization
(1) Mumbai Tarapore (2) Chennai Kalpakkam started in India?
(3) Bulandshahr Narora (4) All of these
(1) 7th (2) 8th
66. Which of the following does not come under tax
(3) 9th (4) None of these
revenue?
76. When India became a member of the World Trade
(1) Central good tax (2) Donation
Organization?
(3) Customs (4) All of these
(1) 1st January 1995 (2) 1st January 1991
67. According to the census 2011, the population of
female per thousand male is (3) 1st January 1990 (4) 1st January 1997
(1) 931 (2) 935 77. The nuclear power generation in India was started
in
(3) 980 (4) 948
(1) 1970 (2) 1980
68. Which of the following states has maximum rate of
industrialisation? (3) 1969 (4) 1999
(1) Bihar 78. The South Asian Association for Regional
Co-operation does not include
(2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra (1) India (2) Japan
(4) Punjab (3) Pakistan (4) Bhutan
69. Which of the following is correct ? 79. Which of the following are not included in the
developed country?
(1) Cotton Textile–Bihar, Karnataka, Uttarakhand
(i) Canada (ii) France
(2) Sugar Industry–Gujarat, West Bengal, Kerala
(3) Paper Industry–Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, (iii) Brazil (iv) India
Jharkhand (1) (i) & (ii) (2) (iii) & (iv)
(4) None of these (3) (ii) & (iii) (4) (iv) & (i)
80. There is a strong link between economic growth 91. The monazite sand of sea coast of which Indian
and state carried Thorium?
(1) Poverty reduction (2) Economic stability (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala
(3) Unemployment (4) Food security (3) Goa (4) Karnataka
81. When was the Fourth Five Year Plan started? 92. Which of the following mines is/are the leading
producer of Iron-ore?
(1) 1st April 1974 (2) 1st April 1956
(1) Kudremukh
(3) 1st April 1969 (4) 1st April 1961
(2) Balaghat
82. When was the NITI Aayog formed?
(3) Mayurbhanj
(1) 1 January 2015 (2) 2 January 2015
(4) All of these
(3) 25 December 2015 (4) 25 December 2014
93. India is the leading producer of which mineral?
83. How many zones of Railway in India?
(1) Iron-ore (2) Mica
(1) 14 (2) 15
(3) Bauxite (4) Manganese
(3) 16 (4) 17
94. Which state is the leading producer of copper in
84. Nagarjun Sagar River Vally Project built on the
India?
bank of
(1) Jharkhand (2) Rajasthan
(1) Narmada (2) Tungbhadra
(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Karnataka
(3) Chambal (4) Krishna
95. Which of the following factor affects the distribution
85. When did India adopt the liberalization policy? of population?
(1) 1981 (2) 1991 (1) Climate
(3) 1988 (4) 1998 (2) Relief features
86. Which of the following oil refinery is not currectly (3) Type of soil
matched with the concerned state?
(4) All of these
(1) Barauni-Bihar (2) Koyali-Gujarat
96. Which out of the following is not included in the top
(3) Digboi-West Bengel (4) None of these four populated country in the world?
87. Which state is not connected to the HVJ gas pipe (1) India (2) USA
line?
(3) Indonesia (4) Brazil
(1) Gujarat
97. Which statement(s) is/are correct about the census
(2) Madhya Pradesh of 2011?
(3) Uttar Pradesh (1) The population of India was 121.08 crore
(4) Maharashtra (2) The percentage of urban population was 31.2%
88. The first atomic energy centre of India founded in (3) The density of population was 382 person per
1969 at square km
(1) Kalpakkam (2) Rawatbhata (4) All of these
(3) Tarapur (4) Narora 98. Which year is known as year of great divide in
89. Recently which atomic power station of India terms of population?
started production? (1) 1901 (2) 1921
(1) Narora (2) Kakrapar (3) 1951 (4) 1971
(3) Kundankulam (4) Kalpakkam 99. GDP is the total value of
90. Which Indian state stands first in the production of (1) All goods and services
wind energy? (2) All final goods and services
(1) Gujarat (2) Rajasthan (3) All intermediate goods and services
(3) Karnataka (4) Tamil Nadu (4) All intermediate and final goods and services
100. Which of the following was the objective of NREGA 104. The state with lowest sex-ratio according to 2001
2005? census year
(1) To control the unorganized sector in rural (1) Delhi (2) Kerela
areas.
(3) Pondicherry (4) Haryana
(2) To provide 100 days employment in a year by
the government. 105. In early 19th century the two Indian commercial
crops were
(3) To control the flow of money from private sector
to public sector (1) Potato and sugarcane
(4) None of these (2) Tea and silk
101. Which of the following two states have poor health (3) Silk and sugarcane
and health facilities?
(4) Indigo and opium
(1) Haryana and Rajasthan
106. 'Fair Price Shops' are also called
(2) Bihar and U.P.
(1) Issue Price
(3) Odisha and Punjab
(2) Minimum Price
(4) Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
102. The working capital includes (3) Ration Shops
(1) Tools (4) None of these
(2) Machines 107. The nodal agency for the estimation of poverty line
(3) Buildings by conducting animal survey is
(4) Raw material and money in hand (1) NSSO
103. According to census 2001, a literate person is one (2) NASA
who can (3) UNFCCC
(1) Read and wirte his/her name
(4) None of these
(2) Knows 3 'R's
108. TISCO was set-up on the bank of river.
(3) Read and write and understand any langauge
and who is above 7 yrs of age (1) Mahanadi (2) Ravi
(4) None of these (3) Sutlej (4) Subarnarekha

34 Social Science Questions (Uttar Pradesh) Answers - NTSE (Stage-I)
ANSWERS
Unit-1 : Geography
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (2) 7. (1)

8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (4) 11. (2) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (1) 17. (1) 18. (1) 19. (1) 20. (4) 21. (4)
22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (4) 26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (4)
29. (3) 30. (3) 31. (3) 32. (1) 33. (4) 34. (3) 35. (1)
36. (1) 37. (3) 38. (2) 39. (3) 40. (1) 41. (3) 42. (4)
43. (3) 44. (4) 45. (3) 46. (2) 47. (3) 48. (3) 49. (4)
50. (1) 51. (3) 52. (4) 53. (2) 54. (3) 55. (1) 56. (2)
57. (4) 58. (2) 59. (4) 60. (4) 61. (3) 62. (4) 63. (2)
64. (4) 65. (3) 66. (3) 67. (3) 68. (3) 69. (3) 70. (2)
Unit-2 : History
1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (3)

8. (4) 9. (2) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (4) 14. (2)
15. (2) 16. (3) 17. (2) 18. (3) 19. (1) 20. (2) 21. (3)
22. (4) 23. (2) 24. (2) 25. (3) 26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (2)
29. (4) 30. (1) 31. (4) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (1) 35. (4)
36. (2) 37. (4) 38. (2) 39. (1) 40. (4) 41. (4) 42. (1)
43. (2) 44. (3) 45. (3) 46. (1) 47. (3) 48. (3) 49. (1)
50. (3) 51. (3) 52. (2) 53. (2) 54. (4) 55. (1) 56. (1)
57. (4) 58. (4) 59. (2) 60. (3) 61. (2) 62. (4) 63. (1)
64. (3) 65. (4) 66. (3) 67. (1) 68. (4) 69. (3) 70. (2)
71. (1) 72. (4) 73. (4) 74. (3) 75. (1) 76. (2) 77. (4)
78. (1) 79. (3) 80. (4) 81. (1) 82. (3) 83. (2) 84. (2)
85. (2) 86. (3) 87. (3) 88. (3) 89. (4) 90. (2) 91. (4)
92. (2) 93. (1) 94. (3) 95. (3) 96. (1) 97. (3) 98. (4)
99. (4) 100. (4) 101. (2) 102. (4) 103. (3) 104. (1) 105. (3)
106. (1) 107. (4) 108. (3) 109. (2) 110. (1) 111. (4) 112. (2)
113. (4) 114. (2) 115. (4) 116. (2) 117. (1) 118. (1) 119. (2)
120. (4) 121. (4) 122. (4) 123. (2) 124. (4) 125. (4) 126. (2)
127. (2) 128. (1) 129. (1) 130. (1) 131. (2) 132. (3) 133. (1)
Answers - NTSE (Stage-I) Social Science Questions (Uttar Pradesh) 35
134. (3) 135. (3) 136. (4) 137. (4) 138. (3) 139. (2) 140. (2)
141. (2) 142. (1) 143. (4) 144. (2) 145. (1) 146. (3) 147. (2)
148. (1) 149. (4) 150. (2) 151. (4) 152. (3) 153. (2) 154. (3)
155. (1) 156. (2) 157. (3) 158. (2) 159. (2) 160. (2) 161. (2)
162. (4) 163. (3) 164. (2) 165. (3) 166. (2) 167. (1) 168. (2)
169. (3) 170. (2) 171. (4) 172. (2) 173. (1) 174. (2) 175. (1)
176. (4) 177. (1) 178. (1) 179. (2) 180. (3) 181. (4) 182. (1)
183. (2) 184. (4) 185. (1) 186. (4) 187. (4) 188. (2) 189. (4)
190. (3) 191. (4) 192. (1) 193. (3) 194. (3) 195. (3) 196. (3)
197. (1) 198. (3) 199. (4) 200. (2) 201. (2) 202. (3) 203. (3)
204. (1) 205. (4) 206. (1) 207. (2) 208. (1) 209. (4) 210. (2)
211. (4) 212. (2) 213. (1) 214. (1) 215. (2) 216. (1) 217. (1)
218. (1) 219. (4) 220. (2) 221. (2) 222. (1) 223. (2) 224. (1)
225. (3) 226. (4) 227. (4) 228. (4) 229. (1) 230. (1) 231. (4)
232. (1) 233. (2) 234. (3) 235. (3) 236. (3) 237. (1) 238. (3)
239. (2) 240. (2) 241. (4) 242. (1) 243. (1) 244. (4) 245. (4)
246. (2) 247. (3) 248. (3) 249. (2) 250. (3) 251. (2) 252. (1)
253. (1) 254. (3) 255. (3) 256. (1) 257. (3) 258. (1) 259. (2)
260. (1) 261. (3) 262. (2) 263. (1) 264. (2) 265. (3) 266. (2)
267. (2) 268. (3) 269. (2) 270. (2) 271. (4) 272. (1) 273. (3)
274. (3) 275. (3) 276. (1) 277. (2) 278. (2) 279. (3) 280. (1)
281. (1) 282. (1) 283. (3)
Unit-3 : Political Science
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (3)

8. (4) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (4) 13. (4) 14. (2)
15. (1) 16. (3) 17. (4) 18. (3) 19. (3) 20. (2) 21. (4)
22. (1) 23. (2) 24. (4) 25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (2) 28. (3)
29. (1) 30. (4) 31. (3) 32. (3) 33. (3) 34. (4) 35. (2)
36. (3) 37. (4) 38. (2) 39. (2) 40. (3) 41. (1) 42. (4)
43. (2) 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (3) 47. (2) 48. (2) 49. (1)
50. (3) 51. (2) 52. (2) 53. (2) 54. (2) 55. (3) 56. (4)
57. (1) 58. (4) 59. (3) 60. (3) 61. (2) 62. (2) 63. (2)
64. (1) 65. (1) 66. (2) 67. (1) 68. (2) 69. (3) 70. (4)
71. (2) 72. (4) 73. (4) 74. (3) 75. (4) 76. (4) 77. (3)
78. (1) 79. (2) 80. (2) 81. (1) 82. (2) 83. (3) 84. (2)
36 Social Science Questions (Uttar Pradesh) Answers - NTSE (Stage-I)
85. (3) 86. (4) 87. (3) 88. (4) 89. (2) 90. (3) 91. (4)
92. (4) 93. (3) 94. (3) 95. (4) 96. (4) 97. (4) 98. (4)
99. (1) 100. (1) 101. (4) 102. (4) 103. (2) 104. (4) 105. (4)
106. (4) 107. (4) 108. (1) 109. (4) 110. (3) 111. (1) 112. (3)
113. (2) 114. (2) 115. (2) 116. (2) 117. (4) 118. (1) 119. (4)
120. (2) 121. (3) 122. (4) 123. (4) 124. (3) 125. (3) 126. (2)
127. (1) 128. (1) 129. (3)
Unit-4 : Economics
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (2)

8. (1) 9. (4) 10. (3) 11. (3) 12. (1) 13. (3) 14. (2)
15. (4) 16. (2) 17. (4) 18. (4) 19. (3) 20. (1) 21. (3)
22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (3) 26. (4) 27. (2) 28. (2)
29. (4) 30. (4) 31. (1) 32. (2) 33. (3) 34. (4) 35. (4)
36. (3) 37. (1) 38. (4) 39. (1) 40. (1) 41. (4) 42. (4)
43. (3) 44. (1) 45. (3) 46. (3) 47. (3) 48. (2) 49. (4)
50. (4) 51. (3) 52. (4) 53. (3) 54. (4) 55. (1) 56. (4)
57. (1) 58. (1) 59. (3) 60. (3) 61. (4) 62. (2) 63. (1)
64. (4) 65. (4) 66. (2) 67. (3) 68. (3) 69. (4) 70. (3)
71. (4) 72. (3) 73. (4) 74. (2) 75. (2) 76. (1) 77. (3)
78. (2) 79. (2) 80. (1) 81. (3) 82. (1) 83. (4) 84. (4)
85. (2) 86. (3) 87. (4) 88. (3) 89. (3) 90. (4) 91. (2)
92. (4) 93. (2) 94. (3) 95. (4) 96. (4) 97. (4) 98. (2)
99. (2) 100. (2) 101. (2) 102. (4) 103. (3) 104. (4) 105. (4)
106. (3) 107. (1) 108. (4)


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UNIT - 1 Geography ...........................................................................................01 – 04

UNIT - 3 Political Science...................................................................................20 – 27

UNIT - 4 Economics ...........................................................................................28 – 33

(3) Amritsar-Kolkata (4) Delhi-Mumbai 11. The Doldrums is an area of

5. Which statement is correct? (1) Low temperature (2) Low pressure

(1) Anaimudi (2) Kalsubai (1) Sugarcane (2) Potato

(1) Oxbow lake (2) Basin (1) Assam (2) Mumbai

(1) Iron ore (2) Uranium (1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata

(3) Copper (4) All of these (3) Ahmedabad (4) Cochin

(3) Russia (4) Turkey (1) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

(4) Dayanand Saraswati (1) Dr. Saifuddin & Dr. Satyapal

(3) 1918 (4) 1920 (4) All of these

(3) 12.03.1931 (4) 12.03.1932 (1) Gupta (2) Maurya

(1) Act of 1909 (iii) Pratibha Patil

(2) Salt Law (iv) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

(3) Chotanagpur (4) Bihar (1) Cholera (2) Diarrhoea

(3) Woodcutters (4) Iron miners (1) 1840 (2) 1845

(3) Dayanand Saraswati (3) West Bengal (4) Assam

(3) 23 (4) 24 (1) Supreme Court

(4) All of these (4) None of these

(2) Justice B.N. Khare (1) 21 years (2) 25 years

(1) Supreme Court is located in Chandigarh (3) Judiciary (4) President

(1) English (2) Hindi (1) Jalandhar (2) Amritsar

(3) 01.01.1947 (4) 01.11.1949 (1) Kanpur (2) Mumbai

(1) Geneva (2) Vienna (3) Trade (4) Animal husbandry

(3) London (4) New York 13. Indian economy is

(1) Private (2) Public sector (1) Kerala (2) Mizoram

(3) Semi-government (4) Cooperative (3) Goa (4) All of these

(1) First (2) Fourth (2) Central Railway – New Delhi

(3) Fifth (4) Sixth (3) South East Railway – Chennai

(3) Vice President (4) Prime Minister (1) Increase in employment

(1) Approximately 40% (2) Approximately 55% (3) Densely populated

(1) Liberalisation (1) First five year plan

(2) Small scale industries (2) Second five year plan

(4) Punjab (3) Pakistan (4) Bhutan

1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (2) 7. (1)

1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (3)

Unit-3 : Political Science

1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (3)

1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (2)

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