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 joins Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat, while the North-South Corridor runs from Srinagar to 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) The Survey of India
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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 of the later eighteenth century in Bengal. 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, “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
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Question 71
Where was Chaklet born?
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Correct answer: (C) Faizabad
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Question 72
Passage: Pandit Brij Narain Chakbast was born in Faizabad in 1882. His ancestral home was Lucknow. After passing his BA in 1908, he began practising law. He became known for his intelligence and ability. What was his subject associated with?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 73
For whom did Chakbast go to Rae Bareli?
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Correct answer: (C) To pursue a case
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Question 74
What is the subject of Chakbast’s poems?
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Correct answer: (B) Patriotism
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Question 75
Where did Chakbast receive his education and training?
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Correct answer: (C) Lucknow
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Question 76
Who gave Sir Syed the title Jawad-ud-Daulah?
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Correct answer: (C) Alamgir II
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Question 77
Who played an important part in Sir Syed’s upbringing?
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Correct answer: (B) Mother
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Question 78
Who wrote Āīn-e-Akbarī?
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Correct answer: (C) Abul Fazl
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Question 79
In which year did Sir Syed establish the Scientific Society?
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Correct answer: (A) 1862
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Question 80
Which journal did Sir Syed publish?
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Correct answer: (A) Tahzīb-ul-Akhlāq
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Question 81
What was Abul Kalam’s historical name?
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Correct answer: (B) Feroz Bakht
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Question 82
Which Urdu term is used for ‘journalist’?
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Correct answer: (C) Journalist
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Question 83
What is Al-Hilal?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 84
Under what title were the letters by Habib-ur-Rahman Sherwani published?
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Correct answer: (A) Ghubār-e-Khātir
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Question 85
In which year did Maulana Azad become president of the Indian National Congress?
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Correct answer: (A) In 1923
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Question 86
Where were the travellers travelling?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 87
Where did the two travellers sit down to eat?
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Correct answer: (A) In the shade of a tree
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Question 88
How many rotis did the first traveller have?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 89
What happened when the two sat down to eat?
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Correct answer: (A) Another traveller passed by
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Question 90
How many dirhams did the third traveller give them?
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Correct answer: (C) Eight
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Question 91
In what year did UNESCO include the Taj Mahal in the World Heritage List?
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Correct answer: (C) In 1983
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Question 92
The Islamic-style components in the construction of the Taj Mahal are associated with which architectural style?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 93
The Taj Mahal was included among the seven wonders of which era?
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Correct answer: (B) Modern
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Question 94
What is the singular of ‘wonders’?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 95
On the bank of which river was the Taj Mahal built?
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Correct answer: (C) Yamuna
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Question 96
What are verbs called when they can refer to both present and future time?
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Correct answer: (B) Imperfect/present-future verb
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Question 97
Identify the feminine among the following:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 98
Which of the following words contains a prefix?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 99
How many kinds of primitive nouns are there?
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Correct answer: (A) Two
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Question 100
What is a name given because of a quality or fault called?