Child Welfare Programmes

S.No.	Child Welfare Programmes	Year of Beginning	Objectives/Description
1	Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)	1975	It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6 years) and their mothers.
2	Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers	2006	Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation among parents on malnutrition, health and education.
3	Reproductive and Child Health Programme	1951	To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation.
4	Pulse Polio Immunization Programme	1995	To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus.
5	Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan	2001	All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010 ; focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010
6	Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya	2004	To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
7	Mid-day meal Scheme	1995	Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I – VIII in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities. Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought-affected areas during summer vacation.
8	Integrated programme for Street Children	1993	Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street children.
9	The National Rural Health Mission	2005	Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition , sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.

Anti Poverty Programmes

S.No.	Anti Poverty Programmes	Year of Beginning	Objective/Description
1	Antodaya Yojana	1977	To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan)
2	Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)	1999	Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment.
4	Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)	2001	Providing gainful employment for the rural poor.
6	Employment Assurance Scheme	1993	To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it..
7	Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)	2000	Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas.
8	National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)	2006	To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and asset creation in rural areas
9	Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJRY)	1997	It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment.
10	Antidaya Anna Yojana	2000	It aims at providing food securities to poor families.
11	National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme	1991	To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor.
12	Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)	1980	All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
13	Development of Women and Chidren in Rural Areas (DWCRA)	1982	To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
14	National Social Assistance Programme	1995	To assist people living below the poverty line.
15	Jan Shree Bima Yojana	2000	Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.
16	Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Yojana	Proposed in 2002-03 budget	Employment Guarantee in most poor districts.
17	Shiksha Sahyog Yojana	2001	Education of Children below poverty line.

World's First Test Tube Eld's Deer born at Khao Kheow Zoo in Thailand

The first Eld’s deer was born via in vitro fertilization in Thailand. The researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) collected eggs, inseminated in vitro with thawed semen to produce embryos and transferred the embryos to a surrogate mother. As a result, a fawn was born on 17 October 2011 at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute plays a key role in the Smithsonian’s global efforts to conserve species and train future generations of conservationists. Eld's Deer is also known as the Thamin or Brow-antlered Deer. It is an endangered species of deer indigenous to southeastern Asia.

Delhi State Government launched Kishori Scheme for Adolescent Girls

Delhi state government on 28 November 2011 launched Kishori Scheme under which sanitary napkins would be distributed to adolescent girls. Delhi becomes the first state in India to reach out to as many as 7.5 lakh girls with this scheme, which aims to promote menstrual hygiene among these girls. Under the Kishori Scheme, sanitary scheme will be provided to girls every month in their school. The total expenditure on the scheme would be 1.05 crore rupees. The scheme would be implemented in 729 schools from 1 December 2011 and it would cover girls studying from class VI to class XII.

Impact of Global Warming on Forests

A report titled published in 2010 under the aegis of the Indian Network on Climate Change Assessment (INCCA), has assessed impacts of climate change on four eco-sensitive regions namely; Himalayan, Coastal, North-Eastern and Western Ghats. The assessment result is presented for forest grid which indicates that 55 (56%) out of 98 grids in the Himalayan region, 29 (30%) out of the 96 grids in the entire Coastal region, 6(8%) out of 73 grids of the North-Eastern region and 10 (18%) out of 54 grids in the Western Ghats region are projected to undergo change. As per the report, the forest ecosystems of the Himalayan region are most vulnerable to climate change. The Coastal regions and Western Ghats are moderately vulnerable to climate change.

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Uttarakhand High Court Subordinate Civil Court Clerical Cadre Service Exam., 2011

(Exam Held on 28-8-2011)

1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists—
List-I
(a) Govind National Park
(b) Sonanadi Wild Life Sanctuary
(c) Tiger fall
(d) Gorakhnath Ki Dhuni
List-II
1. Dehradun
2. Champawat
3. Pauri Garhwal
4. Uttarkashi
Code :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 1 2 3 4
Ans : (B)

2. Which National Highway does not pass through Distt. Udham Singh Nagar ?
(A) NH-125
(B) NH-74
(C) NH-87
(D) NH-123
Ans : (B)

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists—
List-I
(a) Kotgarhi Devi
(b) Pataal Rudreshwar
(c) Raichand Devta
(d) Dunagiri
List-II
1. Pithoragarh
2. Champawat
3. Bageshwar
4. Almora
Code :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans : (C)


4. ‘Indian Institute of Management’ IIM in Uttarakhand is situated—
(A) Srinagar
(B) Dehradun
(C) Nainital
(D) Kashipur (U.S. Nagar)
Ans : (D)

5. Match List-I and II—
List-I (Hill)
(a) Nanda Devi
(b) Panchachuli
(c) Bhagirathi
(d) Trishul
List-II (Place)
1. Uttarkashi
2. Chamoli
3. Pithoragarh
4. Almora
Code :(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 1 2 3 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 1 3 4
Ans : (A)

6. Where is Industrial Taxological Research Centre situated ?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Roorkee
(C) Nainital
(D) Ranikhet
Ans : (A)

7. An electric bulb has a filament made of—
(A) Copper
(B) Iron
(C) Lead
(D) Tungsten
Ans : (D)

8. The Nainital Lake was discovered by (in 1841)—
(A) Shankaracharya
(B) Pradhumna Shah
(C) P. Bairan
(D) Frank Smith
Ans : (A)

9. Stainless steel contains—
(A) Chromium, Nickel, Iron and Carbon
(B) Nickel, Iron and Carbon
(C) Chromium, Iron and Carbon
(D) Iron and Carbon only
Ans : (A)

10. Where is the BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited) situated ?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Haridwar
(C) U. S. Nagar
(D) Pauri
Ans : (B)

11. Where is National Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration situated ?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Nainital
(C) Mussoorie
(D) Haridwar
Ans : (C)

12. Mussoorie wild life sanctuary is established in—
(A) 1983
(B) 1993
(C) 1971
(D) 2001
Ans : (B)

13. Kedarnath wild life sanctuary is situated at—
(A) Almora
(B) Nainital
(C) Uttarkashi
(D) Chamoli
Ans : (D)

14. Where is Udaishankar Dance Academy situated ?
(A) Almora
(B) Dehradun
(C) Srinagar
(D) Haridwar
Ans : (A)

15. Most of the weather phenomenon takes place in the—
(A) Photosphere
(B) Exosphere
(C) Stratosphere
(D) Troposphere
Ans : (D)

16. Chemically, dry ice is—
(A) Solid Carbondioxide
(B) Solid Sulphurdioxide
(C) Ice formed from distilled water
(D) Ice kept at Sub-zero temperature
Ans : (A)

17. Who is the first Chairman of Public Service Commission of Uttarakhand ?
(A) N.P. Nawani
(B) K. Arya
(C) Ajay Vikram Singh
(D) Ashok Kant Saran
Ans : (A)

18. Where is the Tiffin top situated ?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Nainital
(C) Mumbai
(D) Roorkee
Ans : (B)

19. The planet nearest to sun is—
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Mercury
(D) Saturn
Ans : (C)

20. Excessive Consumption of alcoholic drinks causes damage to—
(A) Lungs
(B) Liver
(C) Kidney
(D) Heart
Ans : (B)

21. How many colour are there in white light ?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
Ans : (B)

22. Corbett National Park aims mainly on protection of which animal ?
(A) Elephant
(B) Rhinoceros
(C) Panther
(D) Tiger
Ans : (D)

23. How many districts touch the international boundary in Uttarakhand ?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 4
(D) 6
Ans : (C)

24. Which is the oldest Veda ?
(A) Yajurveda
(B) Rigveda
(C) Samveda
(D) Atharvaveda
Ans : (B)

25. Average blood-pressure of human is—
(A) 60/100
(B) 20/80
(C) 60/140
(D) 120/80
Ans : (D)

26. The number of chromosomes in human beings is—
(A) 36
(B) 46
(C) 56
(D) 26
Ans : (B)

27. The branch of Science that deals with tumors is known as—
(A) Serology
(B) Oncology
(C) Chromology
(D) Urology
Ans : (B)

28. What line connects the point on a map that receive equal amount of rainfall ?
(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohyet
Ans : (D)

29. Which Indian born physicist invented the ‘Optical Fibre’ ?
(A) C. V. Raman
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Homi J. Bhabha
(D) Narinder Singh Kapany
Ans : (D)

30. ‘Ace’, ‘Double fault’, ‘Smash’, ‘Second Service’ and‘Gamepoint’ terms are related with which sport ?
(A) Tennis
(B) Squash
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Badminton
Ans : (A)

31. Who authored ancient Sanskrit plays ‘Malti Madhava’, ‘Mahavir-Charita’ and Uttar Ramcharita ?
(A) Kalidas
(B) Bhavabhuti
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Vishakhadatta
Ans : (B)

32. Which Indian lady writer authored Onasis award winning play ‘Harvest’, highlighting the controversial issue of Organ trading in poverty stricken areas ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Jhumpa Lahiri
(C) Manjula Padmanabhan
(D) Arundhati Roy
Ans : (C)

33. Who was the first person to calculate the height of the Mount Everest ?
(A) Andrew Waugh
(B) George Everest
(C) Nain Singh Rawat
(D) Radhanath Sikdar
Ans : (D)

34. The transfer of Capital of British Indian from Calcutta to Delhi was effected during the period of—
(A) Lord Minto
(B) Lord Hardinge
(C) Lord Chelmsford
(D) Lord Reading
Ans : (B)

35. The scheme which identify creative children within the age group of 5 to 16 years in creative art creative performance, creative scientific innovations and creative writing ?
(A) Bal Shree Scheme
(B) Bal Bodh
(C) Bal Sadan
(D) Bal Shiksha
Ans : (A)

36. The right to Education provides free and compulsory education of all chidren in the age-group of 6 to 14 years. This right is inserted to which article of the Constitution ?
(A) Article-21
(B) Article-24
(C) Article-19
(D) Article-14
Ans : (A)

37. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is the Research and developing wing of which Ministry under Government of India ?
(A) Ministry of Home affairs
(B) Ministry of defence
(C) Ministry of Agriculture
(D) Ministry of Environment
Ans : (B)

38. Which one of the following is wrongly matched ?
(A) Central Potato Research Institute — Shimla
(B) Archaelogical Survey of India — Kolkata
(C) Indian Institute of Petroleum — Dehradun
(D) National Dairy Research Institute — Panipat
Ans : (D)

39. Laprosy is caused by—
(A) Pasteurella pestis
(B) Mycobacterium
(C) Clostridium
(D) Vibrio
Ans : (A)

40. Bacteria were first discovered by—
(A) Robert Koch
(B) L. Pasteur
(C) Robert Hooke
(D) A. Von Leuwenhoek
Ans : (D)

41. Which is known as evening star ?
(A) Cirrus
(B) Saturn
(C) Uranus
(D) Venus
Ans : (D)

42. ‘Horse Latitude’ related to—
(A) Thermal Belt
(B) Sea Route
(C) Pressure Belt
(D) Eco Belt
Ans : (B)

43. Which one of the following layers have maximum density ?
(A) Exosphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Stratosphere
(D) Troposphere
Ans : (B)

44. The name of the founder of the Red Cross is—
(A) Henry Dunant
(B) Baden Powell
(C) Frederick Passey
(D) U-Thant
Ans : (B)

45. The city of Rome is situated on the bank of river—
(A) Vistula
(B) Avon
(C) Rhine
(D) Tiber
Ans : (D)

46. Vinegar is produced from—
(A) Ethanoic Acid
(B) Valeric Acid
(C) Methanoic Acid
(D) Butanoic Acid
Ans : (C)

47. The famous temple of ‘Neelkhanth Mahadev’ is situated in which district ?
(A) Dehradun
(B) Haridwar
(C) Pauri Garhwal
(D) Rudraprayag
Ans : (B)

48. Who is known as ‘Gandhi of Uttarakhand’ ?
(A) Late Indramani Badoni
(B) Sridev Suman
(C) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(D) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Ans : (A)

49. Who is named as ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ in the history of Garhwal ?
(A) Teelu Rauteli
(B) Maharani Gularia
(C) Jiarani
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

50. Who is the first Indian whose name is entered in ‘Guinese Book of World Records’ on making world record in shorthand ?
(A) Shri Kishan Chandra Joshi
(B) Dr. Gopal Das Bisht
(C) Shri Badri Dutt Pandey
(D) Dr. Harshavanti Bisht
Ans : (B)

51. When was the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi established ?
(A) 14 November, 1951
(B) 14 November, 1965
(C) 9 November, 2000
(D) 9 November, 1991
Ans : (B)

52. The confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river is—
(A) Devprayag
(B) Rudraprayag
(C) Nandprayag
(D) Karnaprayag
Ans : (A)

53. L.P.G. mainly contains—
(A) Methane
(B) Methane and Ethane
(C) Hydrogen, Methane and Ethane
(D) Butane and Propane
Ans : (D)

54. ‘Fire Temple’ is the worship place of which religion ?
(A) Christianity
(B) Yahudi
(C) Muslim
(D) Parsi
Ans : (B)

55. Where in 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose announced the temporary Government for the freedom of India ?
(A) Colombo
(B) Manila
(C) Singapore
(D) Rangoon
Ans : (C)

56. Which one is not one of the four Vedas ?
(A) Rigveda
(B) Samveda
(C) Atharvaveda
(D) Ayurveda
Ans : (D)

57. Name of Shivaji’s mother—
(A) Ahilya Bai
(B) Jodhabai
(C) Jeeja Bai
(D) Panna Bai
Ans : (C)

58. Which city is called ‘City of Lakes’ ?
(A) Udaipur
(B) Jabalpur
(C) Jammu
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (A)

59. Which out of the following rivers terminates in the Arabian Sea ?
(A) Krishna
(B) Indus
(C) Yamuna
(D) Gomti
Ans : (B)

60. Who wrote ‘Geetanjali’ ?
(A) Sharat Chandra
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
Ans : (C)

61. ‘Uber Cup’ is related to which game ?
(A) Baseball
(B) Badminton
(C) Football
(D) Basket Ball
Ans : (B)

62. Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali is related to—
(A) Kakori-Case
(B) Meerut-Armed Revolt
(C) Chauri-Chaura Case
(D) Peshwar Military Revolt
Ans : (D)

63. Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency ?
(A) ADR
(B) GDR
(C) SDR
(D) Both ADR and SDR
Ans : (C)

64. In India, the interest rate on saving accounts in all the nationalized commercial banks is fixed by—
(A) Union Ministry of Finance
(B) Union Finance Commission
(C) Indian Banks Association
(D) None of the above
Ans : (D)

65. What does S and P 500 relate to ?
(A) Super Computer
(B) A new technique in e-business
(C) A new technique in bridge building
(D) A index of stock of large companies
Ans : (D)

66. Gilt-edged market means—
(A) Bullion market
(B) Market of Government Securities
(C) Markets of Guns
(D) Market of Pure metals
Ans : (B)

67. Which one of the following ports of India handles the highest tonnage of import cargo ?
(A) Calcutta
(B) Kandla
(C) Mumbai
(D) Visakhapatnam
Ans : (C)

68. ‘Chapchar Kut’ festival is celebrated in—
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Assam
(C) Mizoram
(D) Sikkim
Ans : (C)

69. First Indian actress to be awarded ‘Padamshri’—
(A) Smita Patil
(B) Nargis Dutt
(C) Meena Kumari
(D) Madhubala
Ans : (B)

70. ‘Charak Sanhita’ is related to which of the following ?
(A) Art
(B) Law
(C) Adminstration of State
(D) Medicine
Ans : (D)

71. During which five year plan was the Emergency clamped, new election took place and Janta Party was elected ?
(A) Third
(B) Fourth
(C) Fifth
(D) Sixth
Ans : (C)

72. If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within—
(A) 1 month
(B) 3 months
(C) 6 months
(D) 1 year
Ans : (C)

73. Who was the speaker of the first Lok Sabha ?
(A) Hukum Singh
(B) G. V. Mavalankar
(C) K.M. Munshi
(D) U.N. Dhebar
Ans : (B)

74. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the—
(A) Lok Sabha alone
(B) Either House of Parliament
(C) Joint Sitting of Parliament
(D) Rajya Sabha Alone
Ans : (D)

75. The salaries and allowances of the Judges of the High Court are charged to the—
(A) Consolidated Fund of India
(B) Consolidated Fund of the State
(C) Contingency Fund of India
(D) Contingency Fund of the State
Ans : (B)

76. Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the constitution ?
(A) Right to freedom of religion
(B) Right to property
(C) Right to equality
(D) Right to Constitutional Remedies
Ans : (D)

77. The state which has the largest number of seats reserved for the scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha is—
(A) Bihar
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans : (D)

78. Which one among the following has the highest energy ?
(A) Blue light
(B) Green light
(C) Red light
(D) Yellow light
Ans : (A)

79. The marine animal called dugong which is vulnerable to extinction is a/an—
(A) Amphibian
(B) Bony fish
(C) Shark
(D) Mammal
Ans : (D)

80. In making the saffron spice, which one of the following parts of the plant is used ?
(A) Leaf
(B) Petal
(C) Sepal
(D) Stigma
Ans : (D)

81. The full name of EONR is—
(A) East Organisation for North Region
(B) European Organisation for Nuclear Research
(C) English Organisation for Nuclear Research
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

82. In the context of alternative sources of energy, Ethanol as a viable bio-fuel can be obtained from—
(A) Potato
(B) Rice
(C) Sugarcane
(D) Wheat
Ans : (C)

83. In the following matching which one of them does not match ?
(A) Baki Etihas—Badal Sarkar
(B) Sita Swayamber—Vishnu Das Bhave
(C) Yayati—Girish Karnad
(D) Gidha—Jabar Patel
Ans : (D)

84. The ‘Instrument of Instructions’ contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 have been incorporated in the Constitution of India in the year 1950 as—
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Directive Principle of State Policy
(C) Extent of executive power of State
(D) Conduct of business of the Government of India
Ans : (B)

85. Reserve Bank of India was Established in—
(A) 1929
(B) 1942
(C) 1935
(D) 1947
Ans : (C)

86. Hereditary information in animals and plants is stored in—
(A) DNA
(B) RNA
(C) Ribosomes
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

87. Point out the wrong match—
(A) Plague — Rat
(B) Rabies — Dog
(C) Polio — Monkey
(D) Tapeworm — Pig
Ans : (C)

88. Diabetes is caused due to lack of—
(A) Sugar
(B) Insulin
(C) Calcium
(D) Iron
Ans : (B)

89. The satellite launching center in India is located at—
(A) Thumba
(B) Bangalore
(C) Sri Harikota
(D) Trombay
Ans : (C)

90. The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is located in—
(A) Nainital
(B) Dehradun
(C) Haridwar
(D) Delhi
Ans : (B)

91. Central Building Reserach Institute is located at—
(A) Lucknow
(B) Varanasi
(C) Roorkee
(D) Chennai
Ans : (C)

92. Optical fiber are used in—
(A) CAT Scans
(B) X-ray photos
(C) Ultrasonic Scans
(D) Endoscopy
Ans : (A)

93. The concept of carbon credit is originated from which one of the following ?
(A) Earth Summit, Rio-de Janerio
(B) Kyoto Protocol
(C) Montreal Protocol
(D) G-8, Summit Helligendamm
Ans : (B)

94. Who is known as ‘Missile Man of India’ ?
(A) Arjun Singh
(B) Dr. C. V. Raman
(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(D) H.J. Bhabha
Ans : (C)

95. The largest gland of body is—
(A) Liver
(B) Pancreas
(C) Pituitary
(D) Adrenal
Ans : (A)

96. Cryogenic Engine is used in—
(A) Sub-marine
(B) Glider
(C) Aeroplane
(D) Satellite Launch Vehicle
Ans : (D)

97. On which of the following rivers Hirakund Dam is built ?
(A) Godawari
(B) Ganga
(C) Narmada
(D) Mahanadi
Ans : (D)

98. Kaziranga Sanctuary is for the protection of—
(A) Birds
(B) Tiger
(C) Rhinoceros
(D) Elephant
Ans : (C)

99. Pt. Ravishankar is an exponent of—
(A) Sitar
(B) Sarod
(C) Tabla
(D) Flute
Ans : (A)

100. The Eiffel Tower is situated at—
(A) London
(B) Berlin
(C) Paris
(D) Washington
Ans : (C)

101. The second largest delta is on the river of—
(A) Narmada
(B) Krishna
(C) Brahamputra
(D) Godawari
Ans : (B)

102. Volume of blood in normal body is—
(A) 3-4 litre
(B) 10-12 litre
(C) 8-10 litre
(D) 5-6 litre
Ans : (D)

103. ‘Lord Buddha’ was born at—
(A) Vaishali
(B) Lumbini
(C) Kapilvastu
(D) Patliputra
Ans : (B)

104. Who is known as ‘Father of Computer’ ?
(A) Blaze Pascal
(B) Charles Bavage
(C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Homi Bhabha
Ans : (B)

105. Who is known as ‘Lady with the lamp’ ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Jone of Arc
(C) Mother Teresa
(D) Florence Nightingale
Ans : (D)

106. ‘Garba Dance’ is associated with which state?
(A) Punjab
(B) Haryana
(C) Gujarat
(D) Orissa
Ans : (C)

107. ‘Alfred Noble’ is known for—
(A) Microphone
(B) Type-writer
(C) Dynamite
(D) Gramophone
Ans : (C)

108. ‘World Environment Day’ is celebrated on which date ?
(A) 5th June
(B) 2nd October
(C) 10th November
(D) 19th November
Ans : (A)

109. Jim Corebett National Park was established in the year—
(A) 1936
(B) 1947
(C) 1982
(D) 1957
Ans : (A)

110. ‘Project Tiger’ was started in the year—
(A) 1972
(B) 1973
(C) 1982
(D) 1990
Ans : (B)

111. Normal blood sugar level in human is—
(A) 80-100 mg/100 ml of blood
(B) 50-80 mg/100 ml of blood
(C) 110-170 mg/100 ml of blood
(D) 115-140 mg/100 ml of blood
Ans : (A)

112. The United Nations Organisation came into existence in—
(A) 1946
(B) 1945
(C) 1947
(D) 1950
Ans : (B)

113. The headquarters of International Labour Organisation is located in—
(A) Geneva
(B) The Hague
(C) New York
(D) Rome
Ans : (A)

114. ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ is capital of—
(A) Kenya
(B) Tanzania
(C) Japan
(D) Israel
Ans : (B)

115. ‘Kyat’ is the currency of—
(A) Myanmar
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Japan
(D) Libya
Ans : (A)

116. Who is called the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
(A) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Dadabhai Nauroji
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans : (C)

117. Mark the incorrect pair—
(A) Frontier Gandhi—Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Deshbandhu—Chitranjan Dass
(C) Deenbandhu—C.F. Andrews
(D) Lok Nayak—Jai Prakash
Ans : (A)

118. Article-370 of the Indian Constitution is related to—
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Sikkim
(C) Punjab
(D) Assam
Ans : (A)

119. The minimum age required for an Indian citizen to become a member of the Lok Sabha is—
(A) 21 years
(B) 25 years
(C) 30 years
(D) 35 years
Ans : (B)

120. What is the principle by which is cooling system (Radiator) in a motor car works ?
(A) Conduction only
(B) Convection only
(C) Radiation only
(D) Both conduction and radiation
Ans : (D)

121. Which among the following do/does not belong/belongs to the GSM family of wireless technology ?
(A) EDGE
(B) DSI
(C) LTE
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

122. Which one of the following types of waves are used in a night vision apparatus ?
(A) Radio wave
(B) Microwave
(C) IR wave
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

123. Which one of the following is used as an explosive ?
(A) Phosphorous Trichloride
(B) Mercuric Oxide
(C) Graphite
(D) Nitroglycerine
Ans : (D)

124. Consider the following—
1. Camphor
2. Chicory
3. Vanilla
Which of the above is/are plant product(s)?
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 3 only
(C) 1 and 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans : (D)

125. In the context of Indian wildlife, the flying fox is a—
(A) Bat
(B) Kite
(C) Stork
(D) Vulture
Ans : (A)

126. The main chemical substance present in the bones and teeth of animal is—
(A) Sodium Chloride
(B) Sugar
(C) Calcium Phosphate
(D) Calcium Sulphate
Ans : (C)

127. What is the colour of ‘Black Box’ of an aeroplane ?
(A) Black
(B) Red
(C) Violet
(D) Orange
Ans : (D)

128. ‘Foot and Mouth Disease’ is found in—
(A) Cattles and sheep
(B) Cattles and pigs
(C) Sheep and goats
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

129. In Computer terminology CD means—
(A) Compact disc
(B) Compressed disc
(C) Computerised data
(D) Compressed data
Ans : (A)

130. ‘Alzeheimer Disease’ effects which organ of the body ?
(A) Ear
(B) Brain
(C) Eye
(D) Abdomen
Ans : (B)

131. Main Constituent of honey is—
(A) Glucose
(B) Sucrose
(C) Maltose
(D) Fructose
Ans : (D)

132. Which of the following is the richest source of Vitamin C ?
(A) Carrot
(B) Guava
(C) Mango
(D) Orange
Ans : (B)

133. If a potato is placed on a pure paper plate which is white and unprinted and put in a microwave oven. The potato heat up the paper plate does not. This is because—
(A) Potato is mainly made up of starch whereas paper is mainly made up of cellulose
(B) Potato contains water whereas paper does not contains water
(C) Potato transmits microwaves whereas paper reflects microwaves
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

134. ‘Swaraj is my Birth-Right’ who gave this slogan ?
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Ans : (B)

135. In India ‘Silicon Valley’ is situated in—
(A) Madras (Chennai)
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bangalore (Bengaluru)
(D) Kolkata
Ans : (C)

136. ‘Chilli Saltpetre’ is associated with—
(A) Sodium Nitrate
(B) Cupric Chloride
(C) Potassium Nitrate
(D) Sodium Chloride
Ans : (A)

137. The drug ‘Quinine’ is obtained from which plant ?
(A) Cannabis Plant
(B) Cinchona Plant
(C) Tulsi Plant
(D) Sunflower plant
Ans : (B)

138. Who invented ‘Television’ ?
(A) Edison
(B) Galelio
(C) Baired
(D) Franklin
Ans : (C)

139. Which of the following instrument is used to measure intensity of sun-rays ?
(A) Astrometer
(B) Crescograph
(C) Acteometer
(D) Barometer
Ans : (A)

140. Which of the following is the highest mountain peak of Uttarakhand ?
(A) Nandadevi
(B) Chaukhambha
(C) Kamet
(D) Mount Everest
Ans : (A)

U.P. P.C.S. Combined Lower Subordinate (Pre.) Exam Paper

Indian History

(Exam Held on 25-5-2008)

1. The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as—
(A) Dhruvadhikarana
(B) Karanika
(C) Samaharta
(D) Shaulkika
Ans : (B)

2. The Prakrit text Gaudavaho describes the deeds of—
(A) Bhaskaravarman
(B) Isanavarman
(C) Sasanka
(D) Yasovarman
Ans : (D)

3. Which of the following refers to ‘Pushyabhuti’ as the founder of the Vardhana dynasty ?
(A) Kadambari
(B) Harshacharita
(C) Banskhera Inscription of Harsha
(D) Yuan-Chwang
Ans : (B)

4. The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of the ‘Maharajadhiraja’ was—
(A) Srigupta
(B) Chandragupta I
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Ghatotkacha
Ans : (B)

5. Which one of the following statements about Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien’s travel in India is not correct?
(A) He came to India during the reign of Chandragupta II
(B) His object was to visit the holy places of Buddhism
(C) He came by the sea route
(D) He visited whole India and went back to his country by the land route
Ans : (C)

6. Which was the first work to recognise the payment of officers by grants of land ?
(A) Kautilya’s Arthasastra
(B) Indica of Megasthenese
(C) Manusmriti
(D) Harsacharita of Bana
Ans : (C)

7. Below are given the pairs of names of the Dharmashastra-writers and their patrons. Indicate the incorrect match—
(A) Ballalasena – Dharmapala
(B) Hemadri – Yadava Mahadeva
(C) Laxmidhara – Govindachandra Gahadawala
(D) Mitra Misra – Virasinha Bundela
Ans : (A)

8. Who among the following was celebrated with the title of ‘Gangai-Konda’ ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Mahendravarman I
(D) Kulottunga I
Ans : (B)

9. Which Chola emperor received a letter on golden leaves from the Burmese king Kyanzittha ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra I
(C) Kulottunga I
(D) Rajadhiraja I
Ans : (C)

10. Who among the following boldly stood for the sacrificial vedic tradition and opposed the theory of Sanyasa ?
(A) Kumarila
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Gaudapada
(D) Yamunacharya
Ans : (A)

11. In the case of a man dying without a son, whom Yajnavalkya places first in order of succession ?
(A) Wife
(B) Daughters
(C) Parents
(D) Brothers
Ans : (A)

12. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given
below—
Assertion (A) : The Gahadawalas had friendly relations with the Cholas.
Reason (R) : A fragmentary Gahadawala inscription has been found incised below an inscription of Kulottunga I.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans : (A)

13. Who among the following Europeans was first to come to India to establish trade relations with their country ?
(A) Dutch
(B) British
(C) Portuguese
(D) French
Ans : (C)

14. Which of the following gives the administrative divisions of the chola kingdom in the correct descending order ?
(A) Mandalam, Valanadu, Kurram
(B) Mandalam, Nadu, Kottam
(C) Kurram, Nadu, Kottam
(D) Nadu, Kurram, Taniyur
Ans : (C)

15. Which one of the following was the primary village assembly in the chola village administration ?
(A) Nadu
(B) Sabha
(C) Ur
(D) Mahasabha
Ans : (C)

16. Which one of the following states was a milch-cow for the British ?
(A) Hydrabad
(B) Punjab
(C) Mysore
(D) Avadh
Ans : (D)

17. Match the authors with their books—
(a) Subramanya Bharti
(b) Bhai Vir Singh
(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
1. Gitanjali
2. Meghnad Badh Kavya
3. Rana Surat Singh
4. Kuyil Pattu
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 1 4
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans : (C)

18. “The emergence of British power in India is from the battle of Buxar.” Who made this statement ?
(A) Sir Stephen
(B) Ramsay Muir
(C) Dr. K. K. Datta
(D) Dr. R. C. Majumdar
Ans : (B)

19. In 1757 Siraj-ud-Daulah attacked British factory at—
(A) Dhaka
(B) Calcutta
(C) Kasimbazar
(D) Murshidabad
Ans : (B)

20. Which Governor of Madras presidency made treaty of Mangalore with Tipu ?
(A) Eyercoote
(B) Stephenson
(C) Wellesely
(D) Lord Macartany
Ans : (D)

21. What was the bone of contention between Nizam Ali, the ruler of Hyderabad and the English ?
(A) Masulipatanam
(B) Karnataka
(C) The Sarkar of Guntur
(D) The Northern Sarkars
Ans : (C)

22. The statement “we have crippled our enemy without making our friends too formidable.” is associated with—
(A) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war
(B) Third Anglo-Mysore war
(C) Second Anglo-Mysore war
(D) First Anglo-Mysore war
Ans : (B)

23. Who among the following Mughal emperors, granted permission to trade free of tax in the territories of Bengal, Hyderabad and Gujarat to the British ?
(A) Muhammad Shah
(B) Aurangzeb
(C) Bahadur Shah
(D) Farrukh Siyar
Ans : (D)

24. Where did the British East India Company open its first factory in India ?
(A) Masulipatanam
(B) Surat
(C) Bharuch
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (B)

25. The Whitley commission was concerned with—
(A) Labour
(B) Education
(C) Public Health
(D) Reorganisation of civil services
Ans : (A)

26. Match the following treaties with the years of their conclusion—
(a) Treaty of Srirangapatnam
(b) Treaty of Sangoli
(c) Treaty of Manglore
(d) Treaty of Rajghat
1. 1792 2. 1806
3. 1816 4. 1784
Find the correct answer from code given below—
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 1 4
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 1 3 4 2
Ans : (D)

27. Whom did Sir Charles Napier replace as British Resident of Sindh ?
(A) Alexander Burnier
(B) James Outram
(C) Sir John Karne
(D) Sir Eyre Coote
Ans : (B)

28. When was the East India Company brought under the parliamentary control ?
(A) 1773
(B) 1784
(C) 1793
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

29. Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of control’ ?
(A) Regulating Act, 1773
(B) Pitt’s India Act, 1784
(C) Act of 1813
(D) Act of 1833
Ans : (B)

30. Which one of the following historians has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of independence.” ?
(A) T. R. Holmes
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) S. B. Chaudhuri
(D) G. B. Mallison
Ans : (B)

31. Which one of the following pairs
is not correctly matched ?
(A) Jhansi — Laxmi Bai
(B) Gwalior — Tatya Tope
(C) Kanpur — Nana Saheb
(D) Allahabad — Kunwar Singh
Ans : (D)

32. The official historian of the movement of 1857 was—
(A) S. N. Sen
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) Tarachand
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Ans : (A)

33. Match the following associations with their presidents—
(a) British Indian Association, 1851
(b) Deccan Association, 1852
(c) Bombay Association, 1852
(d) British Indian Madras Association, 1850
1. Raja Radhakant Dev
2. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
3. C. Y. Mudaliar
4. Jamshedji Jijabhai
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
Ans : (D)

34. Who had chaired the Indian Education commission in 1882 ?
(A) Macaulay
(B) Sadler
(C) W. W. Hunter
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

35. Who was the founder of Seva Sadan in Bombay ?
(A) Baharamji Malabari
(B) Shiva Narrain Agnihotri
(C) R. G. Bhandarkar
(D) B. K. Jayakar
Ans : (A)

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below—
List-I
(a) Laxmi Bai
(b) Tatya Tope
(c) Nana Saheb
(d) Bahadur Shah
List-II
1. Deported to Rangoon
2. Fled to Nepal
3. Captured and executed
4. Killed in battle
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 4 2 3 1
Ans : (A)

37. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ?
1. Brahmo Samaj – Swami Brahmanand
2. Dev Samaj – Swami Satyanand Agnihotri
3. Arya Samaj – Swami Dayanand
4. Ram Krishna Mission – Swami Ramkrishna Paramhansa
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below—
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 4
Ans : (B)

38. Which one of the following journals had conducted a bitter campaign against the abolition of the practice of Sati ?
(A) Sambad Kaumadi
(B) Bangadoot
(C) Samachar Darpan
(D) Samachar Chandrika
Ans : (A)

39. In which of the following places ‘Jatiya Sarkar’ a parallel government was formed during the Quit India Movement ?
(A) Satara
(B) Tamaluk
(C) Ballia
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

40. Which one of the following was elected as president of Indian National Congress after the resignation of Subhas Chandra Bose ?
(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ans : (A)

41. The party which observed ‘Black day’ on 3 July, 1947 against partition of India was—
(A) Indian National Congress
(B) Forward Bloc
(C) Hindu Mahasabha
(D) Communist Party of India
Ans : (C)

42. Who was the author of ‘Pather Dabi’ a novel which glorified the path of violent revolution and which was banned by the British Government ?
(A) Premchand
(B) Sharatchandra Chatterji
(C) Bankimchandra Chatterji
(D) Ajai Ghosh
Ans : (B)

43. The newspaper ‘Man in India’ was edited by—
(A) Surjit Chadra Sinha
(B) Ashok Kumar Sarkar
(C) Ram Gopal Maheshwari
(D) Shiv Prasad Gupta
Ans : (A)

44. Who edited “Sahid Bhagat Singh : Dastavejo Ke Aine Mein” ?
(A) Irfan Habib
(B) Malavinder Jit Singh
(C) Chaman Lal
(D) Amalesh Tripathi
Ans : (C)

45. Which of the following writers was not associated with ‘economic nationalism’ ?
(A) R. C. Dutt
(B) G. V. Joshi
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Annie Besant
Ans : (D)

46. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)—
Assertion (A) : Dadabhai Naoroji founded East India Association in London.
Reason (R) : He wanted to influence the British Public Opinion.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false
Ans : (A)

47. Which one of the following was not a member of the Hunter committee set up to enquire into the Jallianwala bagh massacre ?
(A) Lord Hunter
(B) General Dyer
(C) W. F. Rice
(D) Sir Thomas Smith
Ans : (B)

48. Which one of the following was not a slave of Mohammad Ghori ?
(A) Ikhtiyaruddin Bhakhtiyar Khalji
(B) Tajuddin Yaldauz
(C) Qutbuddin Aibak
(D) Shamsuddin Iltutmish
Ans : (D)

49. Who among the following writers has described the seven fold division of the Hindu society ?
(A) Ibn Khordadbah
(B) Abu zaid-Alhasan
(C) Al-Beruni
(D) Utbi
Ans : (A)

50. The foreign invader who plundered somnath temple was—
(A) Mohammad Ghori
(B) Masud III
(C) Muhammad Bin-Qasim
(D) Mahmud Ghaznavi
Ans : (D)

51. The first hand account of conquest of India by Mohammad Ghori and the history of newly established Turkish kingdom is found in which of the following texts ?
(A) Faqra-i-Muddabir
(B) Qamil-ut-Tawarikha
(C) Tabaqat-i-Nasiri
(D) Kitab-ul-Yamini
Ans : (C)

52. Select from the following options, the Arab invader who defeated Dahira, the king of Sindh in 712 A.D.—
(A) Budail
(B) Muhammad-bin-Qasim
(C) Sultan Mahmud
(D) Ubaidullah
Ans : (B)

53. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Diwan-i-Mushtakharaj – Alauddin Khalji
(B) Diwan-i-Amirkohi – Mohammad Tughlaq
(C) Diwan-i-Khairat – Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Diwan-i-Riyasat – Balban
Ans : (D)

54. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)—
Assertion (A) : Alauddin built the siri fort.
Reason (R) : He wished to safeguard Delhi from Mongol invasions.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false
Ans : (A)

55. The statement “India is not Arabia, it is not practically feasible to convert it into Darul Islam.” is associated with—
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Mohammad-Bin-Tughlaq
Ans : (A)

56. With which sultan of Delhi do you associate the compilation of Kingship theory and principles of administration called ‘vassayya’ ?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Alauddin Khalji
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Ans : (B)

57. Which of the following is correct ?
(A) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Khalifa
(B) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Ulema
(C) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Qazi
(D) The ministers during the Sultanate period were appointed and dismissed by the Sultan
Ans : (D)

58. Which one of the following works of Amir Khusrau deals with the military expeditions of Alauddin Khalji ?
(A) Nuh Siphar
(B) Khajain-ul-Futuh
(C) Miftah-ul-Futuh
(D) Quairanus Sadain
Ans : (B)

59. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)—
Assertion (A) : Bahlol’s theory was ‘Kingship is kinship’.
Reason (R) : Bahlol respected Afghan tribal sentiments.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (R) is true, but (A) is false
Ans : (A)

60. What was the religion of the king Krishnadeva Raya ?
(A) Vaishnavism
(B) Shaivism
(C) Jainism
(D) Buddhism
Ans : (A)

61. In which capacity thousands of women were employed in the empire of Vijayanagar ?
(A) Accountants
(B) Royal bodyguards
(C) Palace guards
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

62. Select the correct chronological order of following reformers of the medieval Bhakti movements by using code given below—
1. Namdeva
2. Vallabhacharya
3. Ramananda
4. Kabir
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 2, 3, 4, 1
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Ans : (C)

63. Who was the founder of Pushti marg ?
(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(B) Vallabhacharya
(C) Madhavacharya
(D) Yamunacharya
Ans : (B)

64. Who was the founder of Qalandariya sect ?
(A) Skeikh Badiuddin Shah
(B) Kutubuddin Kalandar
(C) Shah Abdullah
(D) Abdul Aziza Makki
Ans : (D)

65. In which Hindu Kingdom of medieval India the image of deity Tirupati or Lord Venkateshvara has been depicted on its gold coins ?
(A) The Vijayanagar Empire
(B) The Kingdom of Hoyasalas of Dwarasamudra
(C) The Kingdom of Kakathiyas of Warrangal
(D) The Kingdom of Yadavas of Devagiri
Ans : (A)

66. Who built the city of Nagalapura ?
(A) Bukka I
(B) Devaraya I
(C) Krishnadeva Raya
(D) Virupaksha
Ans : (C)

67. In which language did Babur wrote his autobiography ?
(A) Farsee
(B) Arabi
(C) Turki
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)

68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)—
Assertion (A) : Akbar was the greatest among the Mughal emperors and one among the
great rulers of India.
Reason (R) : He was an ambitious ruler.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans : (A)

69. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists—
List-I (Sufi order)
(a) Qadiriya order
(b) Firdausiya order
(c) Chistiya order
(d) Suhrawardia order
List-II (Sufi Saints)
1. Khwaja Nizamuddin
2. Shaikh Shahabuddin
3. Shaikh Sharfuddin Yahya Manairi
4. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Gilani
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 3 1
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 1 3 2 4
(D) 4 3 1 2
Ans : (D)

70. To whom did Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya bestow the title of ‘Ain-i-Hind (Mirror of India) ?
(A) Shaikh Sirajuddin Usmani
(B) Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag Dehlavi
(C) Khwaja Syed Muhammad Gesudaraj
(D) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
Ans : ()

71. Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)—
Assertion (A) : Mughal emperors from Humayun to Jahangir were obsessed with ‘Nur’ or light.
Reason (R) : They considered kingship as a light emanating from God to king.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is the true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans : (A)

72. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists—
List-I (Years)
(a) 1527 A.D.
(b) 1540 A.D.
(c) 1565 A.D.
(d) 1575 A.D.
List-II (Events)
1. Battle of Tukarai
2. Battle of Talikota
3. Battle of Kanwah
4. Battle of Kannauj
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans : (C)

73. When was the famous ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed during the reign of Jahangir ?
(A) 1605 A.D.
(B) 1610 A.D.
(C) 1615 A.D.
(D) 1620 A.D.
Ans : (C)

74. Which Mughal emperor wrote a will and instructed his sons, that they continue Asad Khan as the vazir ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Ans : (D)

75. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer, using the code given below the lists—
List-I (Year)
(a) 1627 A.D.
(b) 1659 A.D.
(c) 1666 A.D.
(d) 1674 A.D.
List-II (Events)
1. Shivaji crowned himself at Raigarh and assumed title of Maharaja Chhatrapati.
2. Escape of Shivaji from Agra.
3. Birth of Shivaji.
4. Afzal, Khan was killed by Shivaji.
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 1 3 4 2
Ans : (B)

76. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Mughal paintings ?
(A) The Mughal school of painting represents one of the most significant phases of Indian art.
(B) Akbar patronized both Persian and Indian painters.
(C) The Mughal school of painting was always under foreign influence.
(D) Jahangir had also taken much interest to promote the Mughal painting.
Ans : (C)

77. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Emperor / Name
(A) Babur : Zahiruddin Muhammad
(B) Humayun : Nasiruddin Muhammad
(C) Akbar : Jalaluddin Muhammad
(D) Jahangir : Muhiuddin Muhammad
Ans : (D)

78. What was ‘Paga’ in the Maratha administration ?
(A) Independent soldiers
(B) State dependant soldiers
(C) Professional soldiers
(D) Soldiers of other country
Ans : (B)

79. Which one of the following Harappan sites provides the evidence of the fire-alters ?
(A) Alamgirpur
(B) Banavali
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Kunal
Ans : (C)

80. Which of the following Harappan city sites had bipartite division – high citadel and lower town ?
1. Harappa
2. Mohenjodaro
3. Kalibangan
4. Surkotada
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans : (C)

81. Which one of the following wives of Shivaji became sati ?
(A) Puttabai
(B) Sakawarbai
(C) Soyrabai
(D) None of the above
Ans : ()

82. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Shivaji ?
(A) He was simple and religious in his personal life
(B) He did not force any Muslim to embrace Hinduism
(C) He forced prisoners of war to become slave
(D) He organised Marathas against Mughal empire
Ans : (C)

83. Who among the following priests, led the confederacy of the ten kings against Sud-asa ?
(A) Visvamitra
(B) Vasishtha
(C) Bharadwaja
(D) Gritsamada
Ans : (A)

84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below—
List-I
(a) Rigveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) S-amaveda
(d) Atharvaveda
List-II
1. Gopatha Brahamana
2. Satapatha Brahmana
3. Aitareya Brahmana
4. Tandya Brahmana
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 3 1
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 1 3 2 4
Ans : (B)

85. Which one of the following statements about the Indus Civilization is correct ?
(A) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization had no trade relations with countries outside India
(B) The authors of the Indus Valley Civilization did not worship Gods and Goddesses
(C) The Indus Valley people know how to construct carts
(D) The Indus Valley people were not familiar with cotton
Ans : (C)

86. Which of the Vedic Gods is described as supervising the moral order ?
(A) Indra
(B) Varuna
(C) Rudra
(D) Vishnu
Ans : (B)

87. What was main contribution of Jainism to Indian Philosophy ?
(A) The doctrine of rebirth
(B) The doctrine of Syadvada
(C) The doctrine of immortality of soul
(D) The doctrine of Brahma is nirguna
Ans : (B)

88. Arrange in a chronological sequence the following varsavasas of Gautam Buddha during the first decade of his enlightenment—
1. Kausambi
2. Rajagriha
3. Risipattana
4. Vaisali
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 2, 1, 3, 4
(B) 3, 4, 2, 1
(C) 4, 3, 1, 2
(D) 3, 2, 4, 1
Ans : (D)

89. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below—
List-I (Jain Tirthankara)
(a) Ajit Nath
(b) Vimal Nath
(c) Shanti Nath
(d) Parshava Nath
List-II (Birth Place)
1. Kashi
2. hastinapur
3. Kampilya
4. Ayodhya
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans : (D)

90. The Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Buddhist Literature as—
(A) Nigantha Nataputta
(B) Vardhamana
(C) Vesaliya
(D) Videhaputta
Ans : (A)

91. Which of the following inscriptions proves Chandragupta Maurya’s conquest of Saurashtra ?
(A) Ashoka’s rock edict of Shahbajgarhi
(B) Ashoka’s rock edict of Mansehra
(C) Seventh pillar edict of Ashoka
(D) Junagarh rock edict of Rudradamana
Ans : (D)

92. The Syrian ambassador who visited the court of Bindusara was—
(A) Dionysus
(B) Daimachus
(C) Hegesander
(D) Athenaus
Ans : (B)

93. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below—
List-I (Ashoka’s contemporary rulers)
(a) Antiyoka
(b) Antikini
(c) Maka
(d) Turamaya
List-II (Countries where they ruled)
1. Cyrene
2. Egypt
3. Macedonia
4. Syria
Codes :
—(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 2 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
Ans : (D)

94. Which of the following is not a text of Buddhism ?
(A) Jatakas
(B) Acharangasutra
(C) Dighnikaya
(D) Sumangalavilasini
Ans : (B)

95. Who among the following has been considered a Lady Tirthankara in the Svetambara
tradition ?
(A) Sumatinatha
(B) Santinatha
(C) Mallinatha
(D) Kunthunatha
Ans : (C)

96. Which of the following inscriptions of the time of Kanishka indicates that his empire was extended upto Champa in the east ?
(A) Sarnath Inscription
(B) Saheth-Maheth inscription
(C) Rabataka inscription
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

97. Who captured the famous ‘silk route’ of central Asia ?
(A) Ashoka
(B) Kanishka
(C) Menander
(D) Harsha
Ans : (B)

98. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given
below—
Assertion (A) : Bacchanalian scenes are also found in Mathura art.
Reason (R) : The Mathura artists were aware of the Gandhara art tradition.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are ture, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Ans : (D)

99. What was the function of the officer known as ‘Gopa’ during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya ?
(A) He was incharge of a Janapada
(B) He was incharge of a group of villages
(C) He was incharge of a Dronamukha
(D) He was the president of a municipal board
Ans : (B)

100. Which of the following Mauryan pillars were surmounted by lion capital ?
1. Koluha Pillar
2. Lauriya Nandangarh Pillar
3. Sanchi Pillar
4. Sarnath Pillar
Select the correct answer from the code given below—
Codes :
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3
Ans : (A)

RAS/RTS (Pre.) Examination, 2007 Solved Paper

Indian History

(Held on 23–12–2007)

1. The Sikh Kingdom of Punjab was annexed by the English East India Company in—

(A) 1836

(B) 1839

(C) 1849

(D) 1852

Ans : (C)

2. The Kol Uprising of 1831 started in—

(A) Gujarat

(B) Bengal

(C) Rajputana

(D) Chota Nagpur

Ans : (D)

3. Who led the Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857 ?

(A) Kunwar Singh

(B) Bakht Khan

(C) Azimullah

(D) Maulvi Ahmadullah

Ans : (All the four options of the question are not correct.)

Khan Bahadur Khan, the successor of the former ruler (Nawab) of Rohilkhand, led the Revolt of the Bareilly troops in 1857.

4. Who among the following leaders of the Revolt of 1857 declared himself to be the Governor of Bahadur Shah ?

(A) Nana Sahib

(B) Tantia Tope

(C) Kunwar Singh

(D) Bakht Khan

Ans : (All the four options of the question are not correct.)

Khan Bahadur Khan of Bareilly, declared himself to be the Governor (Nazim) of Bahadur Shah.

Nana Sahib declared himself as Peshwa, Kunwar Singh was a Zamindar of Bihar, Tantia Tope was the army-chief of Nana Sahib and Bakht Khan was the army-chief of Bahadur Shah.

5. The first Indian Factories’ Act was passed in—

(A) 1881

(B) 1885

(C) 1891

(D) 1894

Ans : (A)

6. Which of the following was not a consequence of the British Land Revenue Policy in India ?

(A) Increasing impoverishment of the peasants

(B) Growing peasant indebted-ness

(C) The spread of landlordism

(D) The ruin of artisan indus-tries

Ans : (D)

7. The Archaeological Survey of India was set up during the Viceroyalty of—

(A) Lord Lytton

(B) Lord Ripon

(C) Lord Dufferin

(D) Lord Curzon

Ans : (D)

8. Who was known as ‘The Grand Old Man of India’ ?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

Ans : (D)

9. The most important Pre-Con-gress Nationalist Organisation was—

(A) The Indian Association of Calcutta

(B) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

(C) Bombay Presidency Asso-ciation

(D) The Madras Mahajan Sabha

Ans : (A)

10. Who among the following was a leader of Prarthana Samaj ?

(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

(B) Vasudeo Balwant Phadke

(C) R.G. Bhandarkar

(D) G.K. Gokhale

Ans : (C)

11. All India Women’s Conference was founded in—

(A) 1922

(B) 1927

(C) 1929

(D) 1932

Ans : (B) The All India Women’s Con-ference (AIWC), one of the oldest voluntary organization in the country was founded in 1927 by Margaret Cousins, an Irish Lady, who had made India her home. AIWC original concern was women’s education but grad-ually it took up various social and economic issues concerning women, such as Purdah, Child Marriage, Traf-ficking, Women’s Property Right etc.

Today, AIWC has over 1,00,000 members in 500 branches all over country. It is recognized as a premier organization working for Women’s Development and Empowerment.

12. Who among the following oppo-sed the Age of Consent Bill of 1891 ?

(A) Swami Dayanand

(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Surendranath Sen

Ans : (C)

13. The worst famine in India under the British rule occurred in—

(A) 1860–61

(B) 1876–78

(C) 1896–97

(D) 1899–1900

Ans : (B)

14. The first textile mill was started in Bombay in the year—

(A) 1853

(B) 1855

(C) 1866

(D) 1879

Ans : (A)

15. Abhinava Bharat organised in 1904 was—

(A) a secret society of revolu-tionary activists

(B) a newspaper advocating revolutionary activities

(C) a cultural organisation

(D) a trade union movement

Ans : (A)

16. A newspaper Al Hilal was brought out in 1912 by—

(A) Dr. M.A. Ansari

(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Maulana Muhammad Ali

Ans : (C) The Al-Hilal was a news-paper established by Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The newspaper also espoused the cause of the Indian independence movement and exhorted Indian Muslims to join the movement. The newspaper was shut down under the Press Act of 1914.

17. The cancellation of the partition of Bengal was announced in—

(A) 1909

(B) 1911

(C) 1913

(D) 1916

Ans : (B)

18. Who criticised Indians for having lost touch with the rest of the World ?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Sayyed Ahmad Khan

(C) Vivekananda

(D) Swami Dayanand

Ans : (C)

19. All India Harijan Sangh was founded by—

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Jotiba Phule

(D) B.M. Malabari

Ans : (B)

20. Who among the following was not a leader of militant nationa-lism ?

(A) Rajnarain Bose

(B) V.S. Chiplunkar

(C) Arbindo Ghosh

(D) Sasipada Bannerjee

Ans : (A)

21. Who among the following was the leader of Bihar Kisan Sabha ?

(A) Sahajanand Saraswati

(B) Baba Ramchandra

(C) Vijay Singh Pathik

(D) Shraddhanand

Ans : (A)

22. Who became the Vice-President of the Viceroy’s Council in the Interim Government of 1946-47 ?

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) M.A. Jinnah

Ans : (C)

23. Who among the following woman social reformers was called ‘Pandita’ ?

(A) Gangabai

(B) Ramabai

(C) Sister Subbalaksmi

(D) Annie Besant

Ans : (B)

24. Who was the leader of No Tax Campaign of the peasants orga-nised in 1928 ?

(A) S.A. Dange

(B) Baba Ramchandra

(C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans : (C)

25. The Second Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in—

(A) 1928

(B) 1930

(C) 1932

(D) 1934

Ans : (C)

26. An All India Strike by Postal and Telegraph Workers started in—

(A) November, 1945

(B) February, 1946

(C) July, 1946

(D) August, 1946

Ans : (B)

27. Samhita is—

(A) Collection of hymns

(B) Text on grammar

(C) Text on Ayurveda

(D) Forest treatises

Ans : (A)

28. Which of the following state-ments is not true about Rigvedic Aryans ?

(A) They lived in villages.

(B) They did not know gamb-ling.

(C) They practised polygamy.

(D) Family was the unit of social life.

Ans : (B)

29. Early Vedic society was organi-sed in—

(A) Janas

(B) Jati

(C) Rajanya

(D) Sabha

Ans : (A)

30. Who was the author of Astadh-yayi ?

(A) Patanjali

(B) Panini

(C) Magha

(D) Visakhadatta

Ans : (B) Panini was an ancient Indian grammarian from Gandhara. He is known for his Sanskrit gram-mar, particularly for his formula-tion of the 3,959 rules of Sanskrit morphology in the grammar known as Ashtadhyayi, the foundational text of the gram-matical branch of the vedanga, the auxiliary scholarly discipline of vedic religion. The Ashtadh-yayi is the earliest known gram-mar of Sanskrit, and the earliest known work on descriptive ling-uistics, generative linguistics, and together with the work of his immediate predecessors stands at the beginning of the history of linguistics itself.

31. Which of the following metal was not used by the people of the Indus Civilization ?

(A) Iron

(B) Bronze

(C) Gold

(D) Silver

Ans : (A)

32. Which of the following Harap-pan sites is located in Gujarat ?

(A) Banawali

(B) Sanghol

(C) Mudiala Kalan

(D) Surkotada

Ans : (D) Surkotada is an archaeolo-gical site located in India. It is famous for horse remains dated to ca. 2008 BCE. The site at Surkotada is located 160 km north east of Bhuj, in the District of Kutch, Gujarat.

33. The hallmark of Vedic religion and culture was—

(A) Dhyana

(B) Brahmacharya

(C) Puja

(D) Yajna

Ans : (D)

34. Under whose patronage was the Sangam literature composed ?

(A) Cholas

(B) Cheras

(C) Pandyas

(D) Chalukyas

Ans : (C)

35. What is the language of the Sangam literature ?

(A) Tamil

(B) Pali

(C) Prakrit

(D) Sanskrit

Ans : (A)

36. Which of the following ideas is not associated with Buddhism ?

(A) Sila

(B) Prajna

(C) Pitru

(D) Dhyana

Ans : (C)

37. The highest goal in Buddhism is—

(A) Nirvana

(B) Madhyama Marga

(C) Vinaya

(D) Atmavad

Ans : (A)

38. The Third Buddhist Council was convened at—

(A) Takshasila

(B) Sarnath

(C) Bodhgaya

(D) Pataliputra

Ans : (D) The third Buddhist Council was convenced in about 250 BCE at Asokarama in Patilputra, under the patronage of Emperor Asoka. The reason for convening the third Buddhist Council is reported to have been to red the sangha of corruption and bogus monks who held heretical views. It was presided over by the Elder Moggaliutta Tissa and one thou-sand monks participated in the Council.

39. Who among the following scho-lars wrote ‘History of Dharam Sastra’ ?

(A) D.P. Chattopadhyay

(B) P.V. Kane

(C) A.S. Altekar

(D) D.C. Sarkar

Ans : (B) History of Dharmasastra, with subtitle Ancient and Medie-val Religious and Civil Law in India, is a monumental five-volume work consisting of around 6,500 pages, and was written by Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane, an indologist. The first volume of the work was publi-shed in 1930 and the last one in 1962. The work is considered as Dr. Kane’s Magnum opus in English.

40. Who among the following argued that the Aryans came from Central Asia ?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) Brandenstein

(C) William Jones

(D) V.A. Smith

Ans : (B)

41. According to tradition, how many Sangam were held ?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) Five

Ans : (D)

42. Which of the following terms denotes a market centre ?

(A) Prasada

(B) Nigama

(C) Grama

(D) Nadi

Ans : (B)

43. Which of the following denotes a land revenue term ?

(A) Vivita

(B) Bhaga

(C) Sulka

(D) Kara

Ans : (B)

44. Which of the following officers according to Arthasastra was entrusted with the collection of revenue ?

(A) Sitadhyaksa

(B) Sansthadhyaksa

(C) Samahartta

(D) Sannidhata

Ans : (C)

45. Megasthenes divided Indian society into—

(A) Four groups

(B) Seven groups

(C) Eight groups

(D) Twelve groups

Ans : (B)

46. The Mauryan King Bindusara faced the rebellion of the people of—

(A) Kosala

(B) Nalanda

(C) Kalinga

(D) Takshasila

Ans : (D)

47. Which sect was initially called Nirgrantha ?

(A) Buddhist

(B) Jaina

(C) Ajivika

(D) Pashupata

Ans : (B)

48. Which of the following is regar-ded as the early Jaina Text ?

(A) Sutra Kritang

(B) Tripatika

(C) Mahavastu-Avdana

(D) Avdana Kalpalata

Ans : (A)

49. Which of the following is a Harappan port ?

(A) Alexandria

(B) Lothal

(C) Mahasthangarh

(D) Nagapattanam

Ans : (B)

50. The commonest term for peasan-try in early medieval North India is—

(A) Kutumbin

(B) Bhogin

(C) Baddhahalika

(D) Swami

Ans : (A)

51. By Mauryan times the main sea-port of the Ganges basin was—

(A) Sopara

(B) Bhragukachchha

(C) Patala

(D) Tamralipti

Ans : (D)

52. Which of the following is not an Antyaja ?

(A) Chandala

(B) Rajaka

(C) Nata

(D) Yavana

Ans : (D)

53. Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from—

(A) The Pala Empire

(B) Harsha Vardhana’s State

(C) The Kushana State

(D) The Mauryan State

Ans : (A)

54. Which of the following state-ments is not true of Ashoka’s Dhamma ?

(A) There was a stress on non-violence

(B) Capital punishment was discontinued

(C) Donation to Brahmans was stressed

(D) There was a concern for master-servant relationship

Ans : (B)

55. Which of the following commo-dities was a major item of export trade in the Kusana period ?

(A) Cotton textiles

(B) Horse

(C) Gold

(D) Paper

Ans : (A)

56. Who among the following is described as a fabulously rich merchant in Buddhist Jatakas ?

(A) Vanik

(B) Sarthavaha

(C) Setthi

(D) Apanika

Ans : (C)

57. Alberuni’s account of India is—

(A) Kitab-ul-Hind

(B) Chachnama

(C) Futuh-us-Salatin

(D) Tarikh-i-Yamini

Ans : (A)

58. Wali under the Sultans of Delhi was—

(A) Provincial Governor

(B) Head of Revenue Depart-ment

(C) Minister with full powers

(D) Head of the State news-agency

Ans : (A)

59. Amir Khusro describes the mili-tary campaigns of Jalal-ud-din Khalji in his work—

(A) Nuh Sipihar

(B) Mifta-ul-Futuh

(C) Qiran-us Sadain

(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh

Ans : (B)

60. The most powerful Kings of Northern India in the 9th and 10th Centuries were—

(A) The Palas

(B) The Chahmanas

(C) The Rashtrakutas

(D) The Gurjara Pratiharas

Ans : (D)

61. Who declared that there were no slaves in India ?

(A) Kautilya

(B) Megasthenes

(C) Patanjali

(D) Fahien

Ans : (B)

62. The view that the Rajputs were descendents of the Vedic Aryans is expressed by—

(A) James Tod

(B) Dashrath Sharma

(C) V.A. Smith

(D) C.V. Vaidya

Ans : (D)

63. Which Sultan replaced the system of measurement of land by crop sharing in the Khalisa areas ?

(A) Balban

(B) Ala-ud-din Khalji

(C) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq

(D) Muhammad Tughlaq

Ans : (C)

64. Who among the following Vijay-anagara rulers bore the title of Gajabentakara ?

(A) Krishna Deva Raya

(B) Deva Raya II

(C) Deva Raya I

(D) Rama Raya

Ans : (B)

65. Which Vijayanagara ruler sent an embassy to China ?

(A) Harihara I

(B) Krishna Deva Raya

(C) Bukka I

(D) Saluva Narasimha

Ans : (C)

66. The Sultan Ghari was built as the mausoleum of—

(A) Qutab-ud-din Aibak

(B) Rukh-ud-din Firoj

(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

(D) Kaikubad

Ans : (C)

67. The first Madrasa at Delhi namely “Madrasae Muizz” was established by—

(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak

(B) Iltutmish

(C) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud

(D) Balban

Ans : (B)

68. Officer in-charge of royal household under the Sultans of Delhi was designated—

(A) Amir-i-hajib

(B) Wakil-i-dar

(C) Barid-i-mumalik

(D) Mustaufi-i-mumalik

Ans : (B)

69. The Chishti Saint who founded a branch of Chishti Silsilah in Gulbarga was—

(A) Shaikh Nasir-ud-din Chirag-i-Delhi

(B) Gesu Daraz

(C) Shaikh Hamid-ud-din Nagori

(D) Jalal-ud-din Tabrizi

Ans : (B)

70. Who among the following was not a Nirguni Bhakti Saint ?

(A) Shankardev

(B) Raidas

(C) Dadu

(D) Dhanna

Ans : (A)

71. Bhramar Geet were composed by—

(A) Mirabai

(B) Nabhadas

(C) Surdas

(D) Haridas

Ans : (C)

72. Select the correct chronology of dynasties that ruled Vijayana-gara ?

(A) Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva, Aravidu

(B) Tuluva, Sangama, Saluva, Aravidu

(C) Aravidu, Sangama, Tuluva, Saluva

(D) Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu

Ans : (D)

73. The largest administrative divi-sion in Vijayanagara was—

(A) Kottam

(B) Rajyam

(C) Kurram

(D) Nadu

Ans : (B)

74. Pushti Marg was founded by—

(A) Chaitanya

(B) Vallabhacharya

(C) Ramananda

(D) Nimbarka

Ans : (B)

75. Which of the following rulers of Bikaner was deposed by Jahan-gir ?

(A) Raja Rai Singh

(B) Raja Sur Singh

(C) Raja Dalpat Singh

(D) Raja Karan Singh

Ans : (A)

76. Who is the author of Safinat-ul-Aulia ?

(A) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

(B) Mohsin Fani

(C) Dara Shukoh

(D) Jahandar Shah

Ans : (C)

77. Who made the Madad-i-maash grants completely hereditary ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Shahjahan

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Bahadur Shah

Ans : (D)

78. The Ibadatkhana was closed in the year—

(A) 1579

(B) 1580

(C) 1582

(D) 1583

Ans : (C)

79. Who among the following Mughal Emperors made serious attempt to annex Trans-Oxiana ?

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shahjahan

Ans : (D)

80. Cultivation of tobacco was intro-duced in India during the reign of—

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Ans : (B)

81. In 1585 Akbar shifted his capital to—

(A) Kabul

(B) Lahore

(C) Fatehpur Sikri

(D) Multan

Ans : (B)

82. Nasaq during the Mughal Period was—

(A) A system of land revenue assessment

(B) A unit of measurement of land

(C) A Zamindari territory

(D) Revenue free land grant

Ans : (A) Nasaq–A subordinate met-hod of revenue assessment which could be used under some major method of assessment. In this method, the revenue was asses-sed on the basis of the previous figures of assessment.

83. Which of the following mosques is entirely made of marble ?

(A) Jama Masjid at Sikri

(B) Moti Masjid in the Agra Fort

(C) Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid in the Purana Qila of Delhi

(D) Jama Masjid of Delhi

Ans : (B)

84. Who among the following is the first comprehensive historian of the Marathas ?

(A) M.G. Ranade

(B) G.S. Sardesai

(C) James Cuningham Grant Duff

(D) C.A. Kincaid

Ans : (C)

85. Who among the following rulers patronized musician Lal Khan Gun Samudra ?

(A) Hussain Shah Sharqi

(B) Islam Shah Sur

(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah II

(D) Shahjahan

Ans : (D)

86. Dastan-i-Amir-i-Hamza was illu-strated during the reign of—

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shahjahan

Ans : (B)

87. The English East India Company obtained the lease of Madras in—

(A) 1611

(B) 1623

(C) 1639

(D) 1646

Ans : (C)

88. Who among the following was imprisoned by the Mughal Emp-eror Jahangir ?

(A) Gosain Jadrup

(B) Miyan Mir

(C) Guru Ramdas

(D) Shaikh Ahmad Sarhindi

Ans : (D)

89. In 1739 the Portuguese lost their possessions of Salsette and Bas-sein to—

(A) The Dutch

(B) The English

(C) The Mughals

(D) The Marathas

Ans : (D)

90. Lohgarh Fort was built by—

(A) Guru Hargovind

(B) Guru Teg Bahadur

(C) Guru Govind Singh

(D) Banda Bahadur

Ans : (C)

91. In 1585-86 the only Rajput who held the mansab of 5000 was—

(A) Raja Bhagwant Das

(B) Raja Raisingh of Bikaner

(C) Raja Man Singh

(D) Rai Surjan Hada

Ans : (C)

92. Who introduced the Mughal land revenue system in the Deccan ?

(A) Mahabat Khan

(B) Mirza Raja Jaisingh

(C) Diler Khan

(D) Murshid Kuli Khan

Ans : (D)

93. Which one of the following acco-rding to Bernier was the owner of land in India ?

(A) The Zamindar

(B) The King

(C) The Khud Kashta

(D) The Village Community

Ans : (B)

94. Haidar Ali established his autho-rity over the State of Mysore in—

(A) 1755

(B) 1761

(C) 1764

(D) 1766

Ans : (B) Haider Ali, born in 1721 in an obscure family, started his career as a petty officer in the Mysore Army. Though uneducated, he possessed a keen intellect and was a man of great energy, daring and determination. Haider Ali soon found his opportunity in the wars which in valved Mysore for more than twenty years. He established a Modern arsenal in Dindigal in 1755 with the help of French experts. In 1761 he overthrew Nanjaraj and established his authority over the Mysore state.

95. In 1751 the Nawab of Bengal ceded Orissa to—

(A) The English East India Company

(B) The Nawab of Avadh

(C) The Marathas

(D) The Afghans

Ans : (C)

96. Which Peshwa started a long campaign against the sidis of Janjira ?

(A) Balaji Vishwanath

(B) Baji Rao I

(C) Balaji Baji Rao

(D) Madhav Rao

Ans : (B) Baji Rao I was a bold and brilliant commander and an ambitious and clever statesman. He has been described as the greatest exponent of Guerrila tactics after Shivaji hed by Baji Rao, the Marathas waged nume-rous campaigns against the Mughal Empire. In 1733, Baji Rao started a long campaign against the sidis of Janjira and in the end expelled them from the main-land.

97. Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association in the 19th century ?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy

(B) Vishnu Shastri Pandit

(C) Ramabai

(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Ans : (B)

98. Shahu was granted the Chauth and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan during the reign of—

(A) Bahadur Shah

(B) Jahandar Shah

(C) Farrukh Siyar

(D) Muhammad Shah

Ans : (C)

99. Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by—

(A) Zulfiqar Khan

(B) Jahandar Shah

(C) The Sayyed Brothers

(D) Saadat Khan

Ans : (C) Farrukh Siyar owed his victory to the Sayyed brothers. Abdullah Khan and Hussain Ali Khan Barahow who were there-fore given the offices of Wazir and Mir Bakshi respectively. The two brothers soon acquired domi-nant control over the affairs of the state. Farrukh Siyar lacked the capacity of rule. He was cowardly, cruel, undependable and faithless. In 1719, Farrukh Siyar was deposed and killed by Sayyed brothers.

100. The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was—

(A) Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk

(B) Safdar Jang

(C) Murshid Kuli Khan

(D) Hussain Kuli Khan

Ans : (A) The Subah of Avadh, exten-ding from Kannauj district in the west to the river Karmanasa in the east, was a large and pros-perous region. It became virtually independent in 1722 when a Persian Shia adventurer named Saadat Khan was appointed its governor by Muhammad Shah.