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 the
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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) The 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 among the following said that “Congress is to 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
Who wrote the Amoretti sonnet sequence?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 72
Which of the following plays was not written by Shakespeare?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 73
Who termed the novel ‘a new province of writing’ that was ‘a comic epic-poem in prose’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 74
Which of the following novels is an example of the use of the Gothic mode of writing?
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Correct answer: (C) The Castle of Otranto
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Question 75
Who among the following Romantic poets defined the poetic faith as being constituted by ‘the willing suspension of disbelief’?
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Correct answer: (B) S. T. Coleridge
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Question 76
Who among the following poets wrote about ‘innocence’ and ‘experience’ as being the ‘two contrary states of the human soul’?
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Correct answer: (B) William Blake
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Question 77
In which famous novel do we find the character of Heathcliff?
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Correct answer: (A) Wuthering Heights
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Question 78
Who wrote the groundbreaking work on human evolution titled On the Origin of Species?
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Correct answer: (B) Charles Darwin
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Question 79
Which modern poet wrote the line, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 80
Who used the term ‘objective correlative’ in the essay titled Hamlet and His Problems?
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Correct answer: (C) T. S. Eliot
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Question 81
Which novelist created the fictional town of Malgudi?
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Correct answer: (C) R. K. Narayan
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Question 82
Which famous Indian litterateur wrote the novel, The Home and the World?
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Correct answer: (B) Rabindranath Tagore
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Question 83
Who wrote the dystopian novel, 1984?
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Correct answer: (A) George Orwell
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Question 84
Which British dramatist created the character of Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger?
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Correct answer: (B) John Osborne
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Question 85
In which Shakespearean play do we find the character of Banquo?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 86
Passage 1: As the New Year approached, the author made resolutions. Usual resolutions included waking up earlier, eating healthier, spending more time with loved ones, tackling household chores, being kinder, driving cautiously and walking the dog. The author chose two modest ambitions: exercising for eleven minutes every morning and reading more every evening. After two days, the exercise routine was discovered by the family; teasing dampened the author’s enthusiasm, and the routine was abandoned by January 10. The author then tried to read each evening, resisting television, but one cold, lonely night watched television while pretending to read. The habit returned. The author bought a book titled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute but had not yet found time to read it. What was the author’s first resolution for the New Year?
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Correct answer: (A) Exercising every morning for eleven minutes
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Question 87
According to Passage 1, what did the author do to resist the temptation of television and read more every evening?
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Correct answer: (B) Sat in his room with his eyes glued to a book
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Question 88
According to Passage 1, what did the author do one night when feeling cold and lonely?
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Correct answer: (C) Watched television and pretended to read
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Question 89
According to Passage 1, what did the author buy to help himself with his resolution to read more?
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Correct answer: (A) A book titled How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute
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Question 90
According to Passage 1, why did the author find it ironic that he bought a book but had not read it yet?
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Correct answer: (A) Because he did not have time to read it
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Question 91
According to Passage 1, what was the author’s approach to making resolutions this year?
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Correct answer: (C) Making unique and achievable resolutions
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Question 92
According to Passage 1, what does the term ‘resisted the allure’ mean?
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Correct answer: (B) Fought back against the attraction
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Question 93
According to Passage 1, what were the usual suspects in the author’s list of New Year resolutions?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 94
Which one of the following words means the opposite of ‘cautiously’?
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Correct answer: (B) Recklessly
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Question 95
Passage 2: The Chihuahua, or pocket dog, is the world’s smallest dog, weighing about 1–2 kg as an adult. It is named after a Mexican state, although its roots can be traced to China. It needs no particular exercise and is satisfied with walks within the house. It is sharp, alert, strong in character, curious, and a good guard dog. Show weight is 0.9–1.8 kg. Chihuahuas may be long-coated or smooth-coated and can be any colour. They have apple-dome-shaped heads, short noses and ears at a 45-degree angle. Their bodies are slightly longer than their tails, which are carried like a sickle touching the back. Occasionally a tailless dog is born, but tail cropping is not accepted. They need little care; the long-haired variety needs grooming. They exercise indoors, may need nail clipping and can be fussy eaters, but are intelligent and learn easily. They are active, good with children, loyal and devoted. At six inches, they are a bundle of energy. Awareness of the breed is low; because it is a pocket dog, it may “pinch a few pockets.” What is the main advantage of the Chihuahua breed according to the author?
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Correct answer: (B) They need no particular exercise
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Question 96
According to Passage 2, what does the term ‘pinch a few pockets’ mean in the last line?
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Correct answer: (A) Becomes costly
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Question 97
According to Passage 2, where does this breed of dogs exercise?
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Correct answer: (C) In the confines of the house
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Question 98
According to Passage 2, why are people surprised to see this breed of dogs?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 99
According to Passage 2, which one of the following statements is false?
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Correct answer: (B) All of these dogs are without tails.
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Question 100
According to Passage 2, which one of the following statements is false?