What message did the Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter send to Chandrayaan-3’s lander module when it established contact with it in August 2023?
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Correct answer: (C) “Welcome, buddy” When contact was made with the lander of Chandrayaan-3, the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2 sent the message ‘Welcome, buddy’. The older orbiter thus became a communication link for the new mission.
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Question 52
Name the former President of China who crushed the pro-democracy movement in 1989.
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Correct answer: (B) Yang Shangkun During the pro-democracy movement of 1989 the President of China was Yang Shangkun (1988–1993), and martial law was declared over his signature. Jiang Zemin became President in 1993, after the movement. The Commission's final key gives (C) Jiang Zemin, but the question asks for the President, and in 1989 that office was Yang Shangkun's; option (B) is shown here for that reason.
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Question 53
Who was elected for a second term as Ireland’s Prime Minister?
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Correct answer: (C) Leo Varadkar Leo Varadkar was elected Prime Minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland for a second term. Sanna Marin led Finland and Robert Abela Malta.
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Question 54
The African Union was made a permanent member at the G-20 Summit held in India. Who is the Chairperson of the African Union?
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Correct answer: (A) Azali Assoumani The African Union was given permanent membership at the G20 summit in New Delhi in 2023; its chairman at the time was Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros.
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Question 55
Arrange these physiographic units of India in ascending order by geographical area: 1. Central Highlands 2. Great Plains 3. Coastal Plains 4. Northern Mountains. Select the correct answer using the codes below.
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Correct answer: (A) 3, 1, 2, 4 Arranged in ascending order of area, that is from the smallest unit to the largest, the correct order among the options given is 3, 1, 2, 4.
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Question 56
Arrange the following ranges from north to south: 1. Ladakh 2. Karakoram 3. Pir Panjal 4. Zanskar. Select the correct answer using the codes below.
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Correct answer: (B) 2, 1, 4, 3 From north to south the Himalayan ranges come in this order—Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and then Pir Panjal. So the correct order is 2, 1, 4, 3.
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Question 57
During the monsoon season in India, most cyclones originate
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Correct answer: (B) between 10°N and 15°N latitude Most cyclones of the Indian monsoon season form in the Bay of Bengal between 10° N and 15° N, where the sea temperature and the humidity are both favourable.
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Question 58
Which of the following areas is not landslide-prone?
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Correct answer: (B) Eastern Ghats Landslides happen where the slopes are steep and the rain heavy—the Himalaya and the Western Ghats are such. The Eastern Ghats are lower, broken and of gentler slope, so the risk there is least.
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Question 59
Which coast of India is most affected by violent tropical cyclones?
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Correct answer: (B) Coromandel The Coromandel coast faces the Bay of Bengal, where most tropical cyclones form, so it is the most affected. The Malabar and Konkan coasts lie towards the Arabian Sea, where cyclones are fewer.
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Question 60
When running water cuts through clayey soils and makes deep channels, it leads to
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Correct answer: (A) gully erosion When running water cuts through clayey soil and makes deep channels it is called gully erosion, and such land is known as badland. In sheet erosion the top layer is washed away evenly instead.
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Question 61
Which of the following receives heavy rainfall in October and November?
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Correct answer: (B) Coromandel Coasts In October and November the monsoon retreats, and the winds that cross the Bay of Bengal bring heavy rain to the Coromandel coast, the eastern coast of Tamil Nadu. In the rest of India the rains are nearly over by then.
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Question 62
Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called
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Correct answer: (C) horticulture Growing fruits and vegetables is called horticulture. Growing flowers is floriculture, and farming in general is agriculture.
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Question 63
Who provided leadership in the districts of Patna, Ara and Shahabad during the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (C) Kunwar Singh The revolt of 1857 in the Patna, Ara and Shahabad region of Bihar was led by Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur. Raj Kumar Shukla belonged to the Champaran Satyagraha, a much later time.
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Question 64
The Partition of Bengal was made effective on
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Correct answer: (C) 16 October 1905 The partition of Bengal announced by Lord Curzon came into effect on 16 October 1905. People marked that day by tying rakhis to show unity, and the Swadeshi Movement gathered force.
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Question 65
The Quit India Resolution was adopted by Congress in Bombay on
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Correct answer: (B) 8 August 1942
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Question 66
The British ruled India for a long period due to the
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Correct answer: (C) policy of Divide and Rule The British followed a policy of divide and rule, widening differences of religion, caste and princely state so that Indians could not resist together. That was the main reason their rule lasted so long.
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Question 67
On which date was Queen Victoria’s Proclamation issued?
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Correct answer: (C) 1 November 1858
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Question 68
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a pioneer of modern education, Swami Dayanand gave the call to return to the Vedas, and Vivekananda took part in the Parliament of World Religions at Chicago in 1893—more than one statement is correct.
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Question 69
Who among the following became India’s unofficial Ambassador to England?
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Correct answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji lived in England for many years, building opinion there in India's favour, and was even elected to the British Parliament—which is why he was called India's unofficial Ambassador.
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Question 70
Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a ‘Charter of Slavery’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above It was Jawaharlal Nehru who called the Government of India Act, 1935 a ‘Charter of Slavery’. All three names given are wrong, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
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Question 71
The historical theory of rights maintains that rights are the result of
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Correct answer: (B) evolutionary process
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Question 72
Hobbes quoted Cicero: “Take away the Civil Law and no man knows what is his own and what is another man’s,” to describe the
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Correct answer: (B) state of nature
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Question 73
Which one of the following is the best safeguard of liberty?
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Correct answer: (C) Independent judiciary
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Question 74
Equality in the negative sense means
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Correct answer: (A) the absence of special privileges
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Question 75
Which of the following attributes a close relationship between justice and equality?
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Correct answer: (B) Socialists
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Question 76
Who observed in 1928 about Fundamental Rights: “It is obvious that our first case should be to have our Fundamental Rights guaranteed in a manner which will not permit their withdrawal under any circumstances”?
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Correct answer: (C) The Nehru Committee
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Question 77
Speaking about private property, who said, “You shall see that some men will begin presently to enlarge his possession”?
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Correct answer: (B) Rousseau
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Question 78
Plato believed people must be systematically educated to create a just State, since a just man would rarely exist except in a just State. This analogy led Plato towards the ideal of
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Correct answer: (A) philosopher king
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Question 79
By propounding the theory of social contract, Hobbes was trying to restore monarchy in England for which king?
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Correct answer: (C) Charles II
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Question 80
Who propounded the theory of scientific socialism?
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Correct answer: (B) Karl Marx
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Question 81
Which of the following is sometimes equated with individualism?
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Correct answer: (A) Theory of laissez-faire
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Question 82
Individualism believes that the State should perform
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Correct answer: (C) minimum functions
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Question 83
Who regarded democracy as the ‘tyranny of the majority’?
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Correct answer: (B) de Tocqueville
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Question 84
Who said of Communism that it is like “a hat which has lost its shape because everyone wears it”?
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Correct answer: (B) Hitler
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Question 85
Which Amendment to the Constitution of India was prompted by the Golaknath Case?
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Correct answer: (B) 24th Amendment
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Question 86
“Power in a democratic society requires control, and the greater the power the more need for control.” Who said this?
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Correct answer: (C) H. J. Laski
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Question 87
A Money Bill can be introduced in an Indian State
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Correct answer: (B) only in the Legislative Assembly
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Question 88
Who has the power to extend or restrict the jurisdiction of High Courts in India?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 89
How many Schedules does the Constitution of India contain?
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Correct answer: (A) 12
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Question 90
Zonal Councils in India were provided for under the
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Correct answer: (C) States Reorganisation Act, 1956
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Question 91
The number of States and Union Territories in India under the linguistic division of States in 1956 was
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Correct answer: (B) 14 and 6
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Question 92
The IAS training school was originally established in
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Correct answer: (A) New Delhi
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Question 93
An amendment to the Constitution regarding the creation of new States in India will require
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Correct answer: (C) simple majority
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Question 94
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is appointed by the
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Correct answer: (B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Question 95
The McMahon Line is a bone of contention between
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Correct answer: (A) India and China
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Question 96
How many Articles comprised the Covenant of the League of Nations, drafted during peace negotiations after the First World War?
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Correct answer: (B) 26
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Question 97
The UN Atomic Energy Commission was established in
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Correct answer: (B) 1946
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Question 98
During which crisis did the UN General Assembly resort to the Uniting for Peace Resolution?
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Correct answer: (A) Suez Crisis, 1956
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Question 99
‘Rule of law’ is implicit in the Constitution of India in Article
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Correct answer: (C) 21
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Question 100
Which was the first State in India to introduce Panchayati Raj?