Correct answer: (B) 10th December Human Rights Day is kept on 10 December, the day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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Question 52
Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?
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Correct answer: (B) Mohan Singh The Indian National Army was founded in 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh. Subhash Chandra Bose took over its leadership in 1943 and gave it a new shape.
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Question 53
‘Tana Bhagat Movement’ was related to
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Correct answer: (B) Tribal Movement The Tana Bhagat movement was carried on in 1914 by the Oraon tribe under Jatra Bhagat, so it is a tribal movement.
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Question 54
In which State is ‘Raksha Bandhan’ celebrated as ‘Tree Safety Day’?
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Correct answer: (C) Bihar In Bihar Raksha Bandhan is kept as Tree Safety Day, on which people tie a thread round trees and take a vow to protect them.
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Question 55
In which of the following states is black soil found?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Black soil was formed from the lava of the Deccan Trap and is spread over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state where it is not found, so two options are correct.
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Question 56
How many types of species of flora and fauna are there in India?
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Correct answer: (A) 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora India holds about 47,000 species of flora and 81,000 species of fauna, which makes it a country rich in biodiversity.
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Question 57
Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the strata of which of the following rocks?
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Correct answer: (A) Sedimentary rocks Sedimentary rocks are formed layer upon layer, so minerals collect in their strata. Coal and petroleum are found in them too.
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Question 58
Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
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Correct answer: (A) Pulse Pulses belong to the Leguminosae family, whose root nodules hold Rhizobium bacteria that fix nitrogen. Jowar and bajra are coarse cereals, not pulses.
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Question 59
Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridor?
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Correct answer: (C) Silchar and Porbandar The East-West Corridor runs from Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat, joining the eastern and western ends of the country. The North-South Corridor joins Srinagar and Kanyakumari.
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Question 60
Stalactite and stalagmite structures are formed by
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Correct answer: (B) underground water In limestone caves underground water dissolves calcium carbonate and drips; the form hanging from the roof is a stalactite and the one rising from the floor a stalagmite.
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Question 61
April 22 is celebrated as
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Correct answer: (A) World Earth Day 22 April is kept as World Earth Day. World Health Day falls on 7 April and World Ozone Day on 16 September.
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Question 62
Topographical map of India is prepared by which organization?
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Correct answer: (B) Survey of India The topographical map of India is prepared by the Survey of India, founded in 1767. The Geological Survey studies rocks and minerals and the Zoological Survey the animals.
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Question 63
Who first described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Independence’?
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Correct answer: (A) V. D. Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in his book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’, called the revolt India's first war of independence. R. C. Majumdar disagreed with that view.
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Question 64
Which of the following events happened first?
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Correct answer: (A) Santhal Rebellion The Santhal rebellion was in 1855–56, Birsa Munda's Ulgulan in 1899–1900 and the Tana Bhagat movement in 1914. So the Santhal rebellion came first.
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Question 65
Which revolt is mentioned in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath?
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Correct answer: (A) Sannyasi Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel ‘Anandamath’ is set against the Sannyasi revolt, which took place in Bengal in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The song ‘Vande Mataram’ comes from this novel.
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Question 66
When were ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ first adopted as forms of struggle in India?
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Correct answer: (A) Partition of Bengal Swadeshi and boycott were first made forms of struggle in protest against the partition of Bengal in 1905—giving up foreign goods and using Indian ones.
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Question 67
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the Gaya Session of 1922?
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Correct answer: (A) Chittaranjan Das The Gaya session of 1922 was presided over by Chittaranjan Das. It was after this session that the Swaraj Party was formed over the question of entering the councils.
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Question 68
Who led the peasants of Bihar during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
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Correct answer: (B) Swami Vidyanand During the Non-Cooperation Movement the peasants of Bihar were led by Swami Vidyanand. Raj Kumar Shukla belonged to the Champaran Satyagraha.
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Question 69
Who founded Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817?
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Correct answer: (B) David Hare Hindu College at Calcutta was founded in 1817 by David Hare, with the help of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and others. Derozio joined later as a teacher.
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Question 70
Who said, “Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”?
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Correct answer: (C) Curzon The remark is Lord Curzon's; he called the Congress a tottering body and spoke of helping it to a peaceful end. The partition of Bengal did the very opposite.
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Question 71
Which Mughal painter illustrated the epic Ramayana?
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Correct answer: (A) Sahibdin
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Question 72
If Mughal art brings to mind history painting and portraiture, Rajasthani and Pahari artists are remembered today for
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Correct answer: (C) lyrical paintings
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Question 73
Which Mughal artist founded the Kishangarh School?
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Correct answer: (C) Bhavanidas
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Question 74
Which famous character identified herself with the heroine of Nihal Chand’s paintings?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 75
The cloth paintings that hang behind images in temples of Nathdwara in Rajasthan are called
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Correct answer: (A) Pichwai
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Question 76
The last principle of Shadang, which refers to the application and appropriate disposition of colours, is
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Correct answer: (B) Varnika Bhangam
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Question 77
Which famous Indian painter expressed childhood memories of mysterious Indian forests and drew landscape paintings?
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Correct answer: (C) S. H. Raza
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Question 78
In 1990, S. H. Raza moved onto a new idea of paintings inspired by whom?
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Correct answer: (A) Ancient Indian Upanishadic philosophy and the Tantric cult
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Question 79
Which famous folk paintings, made by women, were taken up by female painter Arpana Caur in her early days, transferring the motifs directly onto canvas?
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Correct answer: (C) Madhubani
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Question 80
Which Indian emperor was the first major patron of Buddhist art in India?
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Correct answer: (B) Emperor Asoka
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Question 81
Which three major types of architecture were found in the Buddhist period in India?
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Correct answer: (B) The Stupa, the Vihara and the Caitya
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Question 82
Choose the odd one from the following.
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Correct answer: (C) Designing
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Question 83
The effigies of Ravana during Dussehra are a popular form of artistic expression of
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Correct answer: (B) installation art
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Question 84
Studying from varied points of view, such as tool, material, form, size, proportions, positive-negative setting and expression, is called
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 85
Among the visual artists listed, one is a printmaker. Find out who.
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Correct answer: (C) Jyoti Bhatt
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Question 86
Which Indian art gallery is devoted to collecting and maintaining significant works of modern Indian art?
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Correct answer: (C) National Gallery of Modern Art
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Question 87
Which of the following centres of artistic activity was important during the Kushan period in India?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 88
Choose the correct order of periods of rule in ancient Indian art.
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Correct answer: (B) Maurya, Sunga, Kushana, Gupta
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Question 89
Match List I with List II: a. National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA); b. Bharat Bhavan; c. Garhi Workshop; d. Hussain-Doshi Gufa; e. Kala Bhavan. List II: 1. Delhi; 2. Ahmedabad; 3. Mumbai; 4. Shantiniketan; 5. Bhopal. Select the correct answer using the codes below.
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Correct answer: (B) a-3, b-5, c-1, d-2, e-4
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Question 90
Arrange the following Rasas of Indian aesthetics chronologically from earliest to latest: (a) Hasya Rasa, (b) Shringar Rasa, (c) Veer Rasa, (d) Karuna Rasa, (e) Raudra Rasa. Select the correct answer using the codes below.
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Correct answer: (C) b, a, d, e, c
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Question 91
When lines enclose a space, then they create
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Correct answer: (B) shape
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Question 92
Most of the seals discovered from the Indus Valley Civilization carry which technique?
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Correct answer: (A) Intaglio technique
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Question 93
Cubism is a great art movement in visual art. Choose the artist called the father of Cubism.
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 94
Any artistic design repeated and producing interconnections and obvious directional movements is called
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Correct answer: (C) pattern
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Question 95
The word ‘chiaroscuro’ is an important term in visual art used for
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Correct answer: (C) light and shade
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Question 96
A copper Buddha found at Sultanganj is the only large piece of metal sculpture surviving from which period?
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Correct answer: (A) Gupta
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Question 97
The six limbs of Indian Arts (Sadang) deal with which of the following aspects?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 98
The major painting series for the Razmnama commenced in 1582 under the supervision of which Mughal painter?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 99
In Jahangir’s period, illustrated manuscripts gave way to self-contained, decorated albums of miniature paintings called
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Correct answer: (B) Muraqqas
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Question 100
Abanindranath Tagore studied the Mughal and Rajput Schools of painting under the guidance of