294 questions asked across 18 exam years, newest first
Which of the following statements about Dr. Aparajita Datta is/are correct? 1. She is a wildlife biologist. 2. She has been working for the conservation of hornbills in the dense tropical forests of Arunachal Pradesh. 3. She was honoured with the Whitley Award, also known as Green Oscar, in the year 2013 in London. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: A
Who among the following is the author of the book Pax Indica: India and the World of the Century?
Answer: A
Directions: The following 07 (Seven) items consist of two statements, statement I and statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below: Statement I: The process of decay and disintegration of rocks in situ is called weathering.
Statement I: In the century, India was the largest British colony. Statement II: India became a big market for British manufactured goods and a field of investment for foreign capital in the century.
Answer: B
Consider the following statements about Salt Satyagraha: 1. It was a form of Civil Disobedience. 2. It was the first nationalist activity in which women participated in large numbers. 3. Gandhiji first experimented with Salt Satyagraha in South Africa. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Consider the following statements: 1. Dadabhai Naoroji first put forward ‘the theory of drain of wealth’. 2. The Indian National Congress adopted a resolution to criticize the drain of wealth in its annual session at Calcutta in 1896. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Which of the following statements about Quit India Movement of 1942 is/are correct? 1. The movement was massive in character. 2. One of the unique features of the movement was the participation of the communists at the local level defying the official stand of the Communist Party. 3. It was a completely non-violent movement. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: B
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: Code: A B C D
Answer: B
For Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha is 1. a political force. 2. a philosophy of life. 3. an ideology of action. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: D
What was the common element among the following three newspapers? (i) The Servant of India (ii) Dnyān Prakāsh (iii) Hitawad
Answer: C
"... it has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundations of our culture ... it has degraded us spiritually." This was Mahatma Gandhi complaining of the ill-effect on Indians of which action/policy of the colonial government?
Answer: A
The Indian National Congress was founded during the Viceroyalty of
Answer: C
Kandh Revolt against the British was led by
Answer: A
The implementation of factory legislation in India in the nineteenth century was a result of the pressure on the Government of India from
Answer: C
Arrange the following events of Indian freedom movement in correct sequence beginning from the earliest : 1. Second Round Table Conference 2. Communal Award 3. Poona Pact 4. Simon Commission Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Answer: C
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code : (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement I : Insolation is greatest when the sun is directly overhead and the sun’s rays are vertical.
Statement I : The Russian Revolution of 1917 inspired the Indian working class movement. Statement II : The Non-Cooperation Movement (1921–22) saw the involvement of the Indian working class.
Answer: B
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code : (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement I : Insolation is greatest when the sun is directly overhead and the sun’s rays are vertical.
Statement I : Intellectual criteria which informed the reform movements were rationalism and religious universalism. Statement II : Social relevance was not judged by a rationalist critique.
Answer: C
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code : (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement I : Insolation is greatest when the sun is directly overhead and the sun’s rays are vertical.
Statement I : There is a large-scale fluctuation of oil flow from oil wells prior to earthquakes. Statement II : Tectonic stress accumulates to a certain level, the pore pressure within a deep oilbearing stratum reaches its breaking strength causing oil to sprout along the oil wells.
Answer: A
Directions : The following eight (8) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the code given below : Code : (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Statement I : Insolation is greatest when the sun is directly overhead and the sun’s rays are vertical.
Statement I : The potential energy that results from pushing water above mean sea level is transferred to kinetic energy that initiates the horizontal propagation of tsunami waves. Statement II : The vertical displacement of sea-water due to abrupt and jerky movements of fault blocks on sea- bed gives birth to tsunamis.
Answer: A
Which one among the following statements is not true about Bahadur Shah Jafar II ?
Answer: B
Which one among the following statements is true about Lord Curzon?
Answer: D
Which one among the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement is correct?
Answer: B
The greatest stylistic forms of temple architecture during the early medieval period were the Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara. Which of the following was the geographical spread of the Dravida style?
Answer: B
Consider the following statement : “No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress ... if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authority would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement.” Who among the following gave the statement on the establishment of Indian National Congress?
Answer: B
Arrange the following events that took place in the first decade of the 20th century in chronological order : 1. Indian National Congress, Bombay Session 2. Establishment of All India Muslim League 3. Partition of Bengal 4. Indian National Congress, Surat Session Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Answer: B
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : Code :
Answer: A
