Correct answer: (B) 10 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
The Tana Bhagat Movement was related to
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Correct answer: (B) 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 of the options are correct.
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Question 56
How many species of flora and fauna are found in India?
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Correct answer: (A) 81,000 fauna species and 47,000 flora species 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 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 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 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
Which organisation prepares the topographical map of India?
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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 President of the Indian National Congress at the Gaya Session of 1922?
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Correct answer: (A) Chittaranjan Das
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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
Who first mentioned Harappa in 1826?
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Correct answer: (A) Charles Masson
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Question 72
Which Harappan site provides evidence of a wooden, carved drain?
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Correct answer: (A) Lothal
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Question 73
Which Mauryan ruler was addressed as ‘Sandrocottus’?
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Correct answer: (A) Chandragupta Maurya
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Question 74
In which year of his reign did Ashoka visit Bodh Gaya?
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Correct answer: (B) 10th
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Question 75
In which inscription did Ashoka show his faith in the Tri-Ratna?
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Correct answer: (A) Bhabru
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Question 76
What was ‘Varta’ during the Mauryan period?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 77
What was ‘Rupajiva’ during the Mauryan period?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 78
How many types of slaves does Kautilya mention?
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Correct answer: (B) 8
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Question 79
With which field was ‘Sangrahan’ associated in the Mauryan administration?
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Correct answer: (A) Land revenue
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Question 80
Which phase is considered the ‘Renaissance period’?
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Correct answer: (C) 14th–16th centuries
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Question 81
Who was Michelangelo in the Renaissance period?
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Correct answer: (C) Painter
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Question 82
Who was Harsha’s Chief Secretary?
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Correct answer: (B) Bhandi
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Question 83
Whom did Bhaskaravarman send to Harshavardhana as an ambassador?
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Correct answer: (C) Hansbeg
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Question 84
Which officer was called ‘Chat and Bhat’ during Harsha’s period?
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Correct answer: (C) Police
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Question 85
Which Chola ruler first gained victory over the whole ‘Dravidian State’?
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Correct answer: (C) Parantaka I
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Question 86
Which Chola ruler defeated the Sinhalese king Mahendra V?
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Correct answer: (C) Rajaraja I
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Question 87
Who invented the ‘Flying Shuttle’?
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Correct answer: (B) John Kay
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Question 88
In which year did George Stephenson start the railway between Liverpool and Manchester?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 89
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
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Correct answer: (C) Adam Smith
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Question 90
What was ‘tithe’?
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Correct answer: (C) Religious tax
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Question 91
Who wrote Discourse on Inequality (Second Discourse)?
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Correct answer: (C) Rousseau
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Question 92
On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
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Correct answer: (A) Corsica
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Question 93
Who wrote the famous book The Spirit of the Laws?
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Correct answer: (C) Montesquieu
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Question 94
At what price did Qutb-ud-din Aibak purchase Iltutmish?
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Correct answer: (B) One lakh Jitals
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Question 95
In which year did Iltutmish receive recognition from the Caliph of Baghdad?
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Correct answer: (C) 1229
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Question 96
During the reign of which Sultan was the new post ‘Naib-e-mumlikat’ created?
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Correct answer: (C) Nasiruddin Mahmud
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Question 97
What was Balban’s first appointment?
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Correct answer: (A) Amir-i-Shikar
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Question 98
Which Sultan of Delhi had his tomb constructed during his own lifetime?