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General Knowledge Part

1- HISTORY
2- Reasoning and Military Aptitude

1. (HISTORY)

1. What is the name of the form of government which ruled Magadha?

(a) Dictatorship
(b) Democratic
(c) Monarchical
(d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
 Answer:(c) Monarchical

2. Which was the most important festival celebrated at Hampi?

(a) Shivratri
(b) Diwali
(c) Mahanavami
(d) Holi
 Answer: (c) Mahanavami

3. What was the capital of the Maratha kingdom?

(a) Poona
(b) Nagpur
(c) Bombay
(d) Nasik
 Answer:(a) Poona

4. Dual Administration was established in Bengal by

(a) Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Wellesley
(d) Dalhousie
 Answer: (a) Clive

5. Which of the following statements was not a feature of the Permanent Settlement Act?

(a) Zamindars were made the legal proprietor of the land
(b) Most of the landlords did not take interest in the improvement of land
(c) The state was assured of a fixed income
(d) One-sixth of the produce was given to the Govt
 Answer:(d) One-sixth of the produce was given to the Govt

6. The modern location of some old states is given below. Which is/are correctly matched?

(a) Anga – Bhagalpur and Monghyr
(b) Magadha – Patna and Gaya
(c) Kasala – Avadh
(d) Panchala – Badawn, Bareilly
(e) Matsya – Allahabad 
All A, B, C, D, and E
A, B, C, and D
B, C, D, and E
A, C, and D
Answer: A, B, C, and D

7. Copper and bronze were used to make

(a) Tools
(b) Weapons
(c) Ornaments
(d) All of them
Answer:(d) All of them

8. The first metal to be used by man was

(a) Bronze
(b) Iron
(c) Copper
(d) Stone
Answer:(c) Copper

9. The people of the Indus Valley civilization worshipped the female form of

(a) Mother goddess
(b) Laxmi
(c) Saraswati
(d) Durga
Answer:(a) Mother goddess

10. The biggest building at Mohnejodaro was the

(a) great granary
(b) rectangular building
(c) great bath
(d) Assembly hall
Answer:(a) great granary

11. Who built the town of Thanjavur?

(a) Vijayalaya
(b) Rajput
(c) Rajendra Chola
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Vijayalaya

12. Which changes did take place in the early medieval period?

(a) Extension of agriculture
(b) Migration of forest dwellers
(c) Emergence of peasants
(d) All of the above
Answer:(d) All of the above

13. When did Delhi first become the capital of a kingdom?

(a) At the time of the Tomar dynasty
(b) Tuglaq dynasty
(c) Lodhi dynasty
(d) None of these
Answer:(a) At the time of the Tomar dynasty

14. What was Iqta in the sultanate period?

(a) Territories of land
(b) A tax
(c) A form of the military
(d) None of these
Answer:(a) Territories of land

15. Muhammad Tuglaq Transferred his capital from Delhi to

(a) Daulatabad
(b) Sahibabad
(c) Firozabad
(d) None of these
Answer:(a) Daulatabad

16. Which sultan’s first campaign in South India?

(a) Alauddin Khalji
(b) Raziyya
(c) Qutabdin Aibak
(d) None of these
Answer:(a) Alauddin Khalji

17. Under whose rule, was Ajmer the capital?

(a) Mauryas
(b) Chauhans
(c) Guptas
(d) Pallavas
Answer: (b) Chauhans

18. Who introduced ‘Permanent Settlement’ in Bengal?

(a) Lord Bentinck
(b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Hastings
Answer:(b) Lord Cornwallis

19. The English East India Company’s first presidency in India was at

(a) Hooghly
(b) Surat
(c) Madras
(d) Masulipatnam
Answer: (b) Surat

20. The battle of Plassey(1757) was fought between

(a) Tipu Sultan and East India Company
(b) Haider Ali and East India Company
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company
(d) Mir Qasim, Shiraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company
(c) Siraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company
Answer: (c) Siraj-ud-Daulah and East India Company

21. Which of the following was twice made the Nawab of Bengal by the East India Company?

(a) Siraj-ud-Daula
(b) Shah Alam II
(c) Mir Qasim
(d) Mir Jafar
Answer: (d) Mir Jafar

22. The Supreme Court in British India was established under:

(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) The Charter Act of 1833
(c) Regulating Act of 1773
(d) Pitt’s India Act of 1784
Answer: (c) Regulating Act of 1773

23. The founder of the kingdom of Awadh was

(a) Safdarjang
(b) Saddat Khan
(c) Shuja-ud-doula
(d) Asaf-ud-doula
Answer:(b) Saddat Khan

24. The real founder of the British Empire in India was

(a) Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Wellesley
(d) Dalhousie
Answer: (a) Clive

25. With whom was the Ryotwari Settlement made?

(a) The Zamindars
(b) The Cultivators
(c) The Village communities
(d) The Muqaddars
Answer: (b) The Cultivators

26. Bengal was divided during the Governor-Generalship of

(a) Lord Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hardings
Answer:(c) Lord Curzon

27. The Government of India Act, of 1919 was based on

(a) Simon Commission
(b) Nehru’s report
(c) Montagu Chelmsford Report
(d) Minto-Morley Reforms
Answer: (c) Montagu Chelmsford Report

28. The Indian National Congress was founded by

(a) Sir A.O. Hume
(b) Lokmanya Tilak
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (a) Sir A.O. Hume

29. The polity of the Indus Valley people was

(a) Oligarchy (Merchants)
(b) Secular federalism
(c) Theocratic federalism
(d) Theocratic unitary
Answer:(a) Oligarchy (Merchants)

30. Iron was brought to many civilizations by the

(a) Turks
(b) Greeks
(c) Hittites
(d) Huns
Answer: (a) Turks

31. The first home of the Aryans was the

(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:(a) Punjab

32. Which of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra?

(a) Yajurveda
(b) Rigveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Upanishad
Answer:(b) Rigveda

33. Where is Harappa situated, according to the present map?

(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) China
Answer:(a) India

34. Which one of the following gives the correct chronological order of the Vedas?

(a) Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda
(b) Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda
(c) Atharvaveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Rigveda
(d) Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda
Answer: (d) Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda

35. Ashoka was inspired by the teachings of.

(a) Mahavira
(b) Satyakama
(c) Buddha
(d ) Pannini
Answer:(c) Buddha

36. After the Kalinga war, Ashoka

(a) restored all the kingdoms he had conquered
(b) abandoned the policy of physical conquests 
 in favor of cultural conquests.
(c) renounced his kingdom and became a sadhu
(d) followed the policy of physical 
 occupation more rigorously
Answer: (c) renounced his kingdom and became a sadhu

37. What is meant by Janapadas?

(a) The land where the Jana set
 its foot and settled down.
(b) The land of shudras
(c) The land of historical monuments
(d) Museums
Answer: (a) The land where the Jana set 
  its foot and settled down.

38. How are empires different from kingdoms?

(a) Empires are larger than kingdoms
(b) Empires need more resources than kingdoms
(c) Empires need more officials who collect more 
 taxes than Kingdoms
(d) All of them
Answer: (d) All of them

39. Where did Ashoka send his messengers to spread ideas about ‘Dhamma’? Choose the correct answer from the code given below :

(a) Syria
(b) Egypt
(c) Greece
(d) Sri Lanka
Only (I)
Only (ii) and (iii)
Only (iv)
All of them
Answer: All of them

40. Who wrote the biography of Harshavardhana?

(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Shaka
(d) Banabhatta
Answer:Banabhatta

41. What was the name of Harshavardhana’s biography?

(a) Harshacharita
(b) Harshamanglam
(c) Harshamanas
(d) None of them
Answer:(a) Harshacharita

42. Ellora was built by

(a) Pallavas
(b) Chanakyas
(c) Rastrakutas
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Rastrakutas

43. The Conference in which the congress was divided into two camps-Extremist and Liberal was held in

(a) Mumbai
(b) Surat
(c) Kolkata
(d) Lahore
Answer: (c) Kolkat

44. The way Gandhi adopted for Non-co-operation movement was

(a) to inspire the army to revolt against
    British Government
(b) to provoke the public into violence
(c) to make people agree to surrender their titles and resign 
    from Government jobs with peaceful means
(d) to instruct the leaders to oppose the  
    Government in Parliament
Answer:(c)

45. The Sati Pratha was declared illegal during the Governer Generalship of

(a) William Bentinck
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Canning
(d) Cornwallis
Answer: (a) William Bentinck

46. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started with the action that

(a) the people offered themselves to be sent to jail
(b) the Government was compelled to call 
    Round Table Conference
(c) the meeting was held against the Government
(d) Gandhiji acted against Salt Act
Answer: (d) Gandhiji acted against Salt Act

47. The Forward Block was formed by

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) C.R. Dass
(c) Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
Answer: (a) Subhash Chandra Bose

48. The Revolutionary who threw a bomb in the Assembly was

(a) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Sukh Dev
Answer: (b) Bhagat Singh

49. The Swaraja Party was organized by

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta
(b) Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
(c) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
(d) C. Rajagopalachari and C.Y. Chintamani
Answer: (c) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru

50. The Khilafat Movement was organized to protest against the injustice done to

(a) Egypt
(b) Arabia
(c) Persia
(d) Turkey
Answer: (d) Turkey

51. Agriculture was the main occupation of the

(a) Aryans
(b) Kushans
(c) Guptas
(d) Kushanas
Answer:(a) Aryans