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UPPSC 2011-QUESTION PAPER: Geography

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1. The Cuddapah system of rocks belong to

(a) Archaen Group

(b) Aryan Group

(d) Purana Group

2. The alluvial soils found along the banks of the rivers in the Ganga Plain are called

(a) Khadar

(b) Bhangar

(d) Loess

3. Which one of the following districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of sugar mills?

(a) Mahrajganj

(b) Deoria

(d) Gorakhpur

4. The State of India having almost monopoly in the production of chromite is

(a) Bihar

(b) Orissa

(d) Maharashtra

5. Which one of the following States of India has the largest forest cover?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Jharkhand

(d) Jamm & Kashmir

6. Which one of the following countries is known as the 'land of Rjce- Revolution' ?

(a) China

(b) India

(d) Philippines

7. The theory of cumulative causation and spatial interaction was propounded by

(a) W. Rostow

(b) F. Perroux

(d) W. Isard

8. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(a) Donetz Basin - Russia

(b) Lancashire - U.K.

(d) Saar - Germany

9. Of the following whose loeational theory of economic activities is based on the premise that natural resources are ubiquitous whereas economic resources occur at

locales?

(a) Yon Thunen

(b) Alfred Weber

(d) John Weaver

10. Largest industrial gas reserves are found in

(a) Iran

(b) Iraq

(d) Russia

11. When the total population is divided by arable land, the density thus obtained is called

(a) Physical density

(b) Agricultural density

(d) Arithmetic density

12. Tertiary activities include:

1. Agriculture

2. Construction

3. Services

4. Trade

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 3 and 4

(b) 1 and 2

(d) 2 and 3

13. Noon rays of the Sun fall perpendicular on 21st June at

(a) Kolkata

(b) Ranchi

(d) Ahmedbad

14. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List - I List - II

(Landform) (Agent of erosion)

A. Pothole 1. Underground water

B. Sinkhole 2. Sea water

C. Stack 3. Wind

D. Tafoni 4. River

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1

(b) 2 1 3 4

(d) 1 2 4 3

15. Which one of the following layers denotes rapid change. of sea water density in the depth zone of 300 m - 1000 m?

(a) Halocline

(b) Thermocline

(d) Ecocline

16. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Pediplain - W.Penck

(b) Peneplain - W.M. Davis

(d) Panfan - A.C.Lawson

17. Among the following volcanoes which is known as the light house of the Mediterranean Sea?

(a) Stramboli

(b) Kotopaxi

(d) Elburz

18. Who devised the Index of development based on principal component analysis?

(a) O.E. Baker

(b) J. Fried-mann

(d) C.D. Harris

19. Who of the following advanced the theory of law of Retail Gravitation?

(a) P.O. Converse

(b) A.E. Smailes

(d) R.E. Dickinson

20. The concept of probabilism is associated with

(a) G. Taylor

(b) P. Hartshorne

(d) O.H.K. Spate

21. The limit of photic zone is determined by

(a) Density of sea water

(b) Salinity of sea water

(d) Temperature of sea water

22. Which of the following statements regarding bio- fuels are correct?

1. It is obtained from maize and sugarcane crops.

2. It is a cost effective fuel.

3. It does not affect food security.

4. It is an eco-friendly source of fuel.

(a) 1 and 2 are correct.

(b) 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

(d) 3 and 4 are correct.

23. The correct sequence of languages in descending order in terms of their number of speakers in the world is

(a) Spanish, English, Chinese, Hindi

(b) English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish

(d) Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish

24. Who of the following said "Climate was the fundamental factor in the rise of civilization" ?

(a) Ellsworth Huntington

(b) Carl Saver

(d) Griffith Taylor

25. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Aetas - Philippines

(b) Inuits - Greenland

(d) Masai - Kenya

26. Kalpsar project fur the supply of sweet water is located in

(a) Haryana

(b) Kamataka

(d) Gujarat

27. The Ganga Action Plan was initiated in

(a) 1984

(b) 1986

(d) 1990

28. Which one of the following is not covered in 8 missions under the Climate Action Plan of the Government of India?

(a) Afforestation

(b) Solar power

(d) Waste to energy conversion

29. Assertion (A): Ecological productivity decreases from the equator towards the poles.

Reason (R): Insolation rapidly decreases from the equator towards the poles.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) arc true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) arc true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

30. Assertion (A): Conservation IS a basic element of envirorunental planning. Conservation and development are complementary to each other.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

31. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Biodiversity hot spots - Areas of rich biodiversity.

(b) Leopold Matrix - Morphometry of drainage basins

(d) Coral bleaching - Decrease in the temperature of sea water

32. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer USing the code given below:

List - I List -II

A. E. Huntington 1. Social Darvinism

B. G. Taylor 2. Probabilism

C. F. Ratzel 3. Scientific determinism

D. O.H.K. 4. Stop and Go determinism

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 3 4 1 2

(b) 2 1 3 4

(d) 1 4 3 2

33. The terms longitude and latitude were first used by

(a) Herodotus

(b) Eratosthcnese

(d) Ptolemy

34. Who of the following devised behavioural matrix?

(a) I. Burton

(b) I. Flex

(d) A. Peet

35. Who of the following propounded the 'Principle of least effort' ?

(a) J.Q. Stewart

(b) W.l. Reilly

(d) G.K. Zipf

36. Who of the following is known for the work 'Spaces of Hope' ?

(a) D.Harvey

(b) J.B.Harley

(d) P.Taylor

37. The concept of 'ecumene' was advanced by

(a) Alexander von Humboldt

(b) Eratosthenese

(d) Strabo

38. Who of the following propounded the 'organic theory of State'?

(a) Ratzel

(b) Humboldt

(d) Mackinder

39. The concept of map projections was first advanced by

(a) Aristotle

(b) Hippacartus

(d) Ptolemy

40. "Geobrraphy in itscl f is a philosophy of the world of man." The above statement is contributed to

(a) Albert Dcmangcon

(b) Jean Brunhes

(d) P.E. James

41. The chorological approach in Geography was enunciated by

(a) Alfred Hettner

(b) Carl Saver

(d) Richard Hartshorne

42. following was the Who among the first map maker?

(a) Crates

(b) Ptolemy

(d) Eratosthenese

43. Which one of the following methods of representation of height on maps is most suitable for flat regions?

(a) Hachure

(b) Formline

(d) Bench Mark (B.M.)

44. Which one of the following characteristics is represented by Mollweide Projection?

(a) Equidistant

(b) Orthomorphic

(d) Homolographic

45. Who of the following made extensive corrections to the world map of Ptolemy?

(a) Al-Edrisi

(b) Al-Masudi

(d) Ibn-Batuta

46. The leading producer of milk in the world is

(a) China

(b) India

(d) Russia

47. Identify the correct seq uence of the population of States (2011 provisional) In descending order:

(a) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar

(b) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal

(d) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal

48. Match List - I with List - II and select and the correct answer from the given below:

List- I List - II

(Graph) (Major Use)

A. Hythergraph 1. RepresentatIon of tern perature and rainfall

B. Pyramid 2. Representation of Age & Sex structure

C. Cartogram 3. Representation of data on maps

D. Hypsographic 4. Representation of height of land and depth of ocean

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 1 3 2 4

(d) 3 2 1 4

49. Which of the following countries has the lowest infantile mortality?

(a) China

(b) India

(d) Sri Lanka

50. Arrange the following States of India is descending order of their reserves of coal.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. Chhattisgarh

2. Jharkhand

3. Orissa

4. West Bengal

Codes:

(a) 1,2,3,4

(b) 2,3,1,4

(d) 2,4, 3,1

51. In India the largest producer of marine fish is

(a) Gujarat

(b) Kerala

(d) Maharashtra

52. In India more than half of the production of soyabean comes from

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Rajasthan

53. The Deccan trap was formed by the

(a) Dharwar Vulcanicity

(b) Mesozoic Vulcanicity

(d) Palaeozoic Vulcanicity

54. The correct sequence of States In terms of population density (2011) in descending order is

(a) West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala

(b) Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala

55. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) Sustained life on earth is a characteristic of ecosystem.

(b) Nature has spent millions of years to refine a stable ecosystem

(d) The relative loss of energy due to respiration decreases with higher trophic levels

56. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List - I List - II

(Biosphere Reserve) (State)

A. Dehang-Debang 1. Orissa

B. Manas 2. Meghalaya

C. Nokrek 3. Assam

D. Similipal 4. Arunachal Pradesh

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1

(b) 1 2 3 4

(d) 1 3 2 4

57. The concept of 'ecological niche' was first introduced by

(a) C.C.Park

(b) E.P.Odum

(d) G.E.Hutchinson

58. On which of the following livers of Bhutan is Chukha Hydel Project located?

(a) Raidak

(b) Amochu

(d) Dongmechu

59. Presently the largest producer of cow milk in the world is

(a) China

(b) U.S.A.

(d) Russia

60. The driest area of the world is located In

(a) Thar Desert

(b) Mongolia

(d) Chile

61. Which one of the following countries is the least urbanized country in the world?

(a) Uganda

(b) Sri Lanka

(d) Burundi

62. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List - I List - II

A. Largest city by population in the world 1. Hulum Buir

B. Smallest city by population in the world 2. Vatican City

C. Largest city by area in the world 3. Tokyo

D. Smallest city by area in the world 4. Hum

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 3 4 1 2

(b) 2 3 1 4

(d) 4 1 3 2

63. In a climograph high relative humidity and high wet bulb temperature denotes

(a) Keen climate

(b) Muggy climate

(d) Scorching climate

64. The border of Ethiopia does not touch which one of the following countries?

(a) Uganda

(b) Sudan

(d) Kenya

65. Which one of the following countries is devoid of copper resource?

(a) Peru

(b) Poland

(d) Portugal

66. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List - I List - II

(Tribe) (Region)

A. Semang 1. Congo Basin

B. Kirghiz 2. Malaysia

C. Bushman 3. Central Asia

D. Pygmies 4. Kalahari Desert

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 4 2 3 1

(b) 1 3 2 4

(d) 2 3 4 1

67. Zambia docs not have a common border with

(a) Tanzania

(b) Mozambique

(d) Angola

68. Arrange the following countries in ascending order of their population.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. Bangladesh

2. Brazil

3. Indonesia

4. Pakistan

Codes:

(a) 1,4,2,3

(b) 1,2,3,4

(d) 4,3,2,1

69. Which one of the following is characterised with maximum of wild life and plant diversity?

(a) Temperate grasslands

(b) Temperate deciduous forests

(d) Deserts and Savannas

70. The largest group of Arctic people is formed by

(a) Yakuts and Lapps

(b) Lapps and Zyrians

(e) Zyrians and Eskimos

(d) Yakuts and Zyrains

71. The North Pole is always in the light

(a) From September 23 to March 21

(b) From March 21 to September 23

(d) From December 22 to March 21

Assertion (A) : Sugarcane is considered a tropical crop and yet it is grown extensively outside the tropics in India.

Reason (R) The extra-tropical areas in India have tropical temperature due to the presence of Himalayas in the North.

72. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

c) (A) is true but (R) is false.

d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

73. The Canterbury grasslands are not like:

(a) Downs

(b) Pampas

(d) Veld

74. Formosa Sea lies between

(a) China and Philippines

(b) China and Taiwan

(d) China and South Korea

75. Kalahari Desert is located in

1. Botswana

2. Namibia

3. Zambia

4. Zimbabwe

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(d) 3 and 4

76. The largest part of the dry continental type of climate is found in

(a) South America

(b) Africa

(d) North America

77. Which one of the following is not a pastoral nomad ?

(a) Masai

(b) Kirghiz

(d) Pygmies

78. Which of the following volcanoes are active volcanoes?

1. Aconcagua

2. Etna

3. Fujiyama

4. Vesuvius

Select the correct answer from he codes given below:

Codes:

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(d) 3 and 4

79. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is the

(a) Rotation of crops

(b) Mono-cropping

(d) Rotation of fields

80. Assertion (A) : Aridity is the distincti ve characteristic of the deserts.

Reason (R) They receive low rainfall and have high evaporation.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

81. Which of the following soils are not insitu soils?

(a) Chernozem

(b) Laterite

(d) Chestnut

82. Assertion (A) The circum-pacific belt is the most vulnerable zone of Tsunamis.

Reason (R) It is tectonically most active area and generates world's major earthquakes.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

83. Which one of the following seas is the largest in area?

(a) Sea of Okhotsk

(b) Sea of Japan

(d) Bering Sea

84. Which one of the following is the main geo-thermal energy producing country ?

(a) China

(b) U.S.A.

(d) India

85. Which one of the following is an example of a block mountain?

(a) Aravalli

(b) Andes

(d) Caucasus

86. The largest reserves of coal in the world are found in

(a) U.S.A.

(b) Russia

(d) Australia

87. The most famous million city of Siberia is

(a) Chelyabinsk

(b) Gorky

(d) Novosibirsk

88. Which one of the following representative fraction (R.F.) represents the scale 6" = 1 mile ?

(a) 1: 63,360

(b) 1: 1,26,720

(d) 1: 2,53,440

89. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

90: Match List - I with List - II and Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List - I List - II (Use)

A. Anemometer 1. Measuring angle of slope / dip of rock strata

B. Sextant 2. Locating object space

C. Clinometer 3. Measuring speed of wind

D. Radar 4. Measuring heights of celestial bodies from ships

Codes:

A B C D

(a) 2 3 4 1

(b) 4 1 2 3

(d) 3 4 1 2

91. If the R.F. is 1:40 which of the following distances can be correctly shown by using a diagonal scale ?

(a) 2.0 metre

(b) 2.3 metre

(d) 2.333 metre

92. Which of the'. following amount of rainfall is depicted by the symbol , on the Indian Daily Weather Maps ?

(a) -0.15 cm

(b) -0.25 cm

(e) - 0.75 cm

(d) - 1.50 cm

93. The symbol ® represents which one of the following status of clouds in Indian Daily Weather Maps?

(a) 5/8 low clouds

(b) 3/4 high clouds

(d) overcast high clouds

94. The three point problem in geological maps is faced when

(a) An outcrop is fully visible at only one point

(b) An outcrop is partly visible only at one point

(d) None of the above

95. In which of the following map projections, all latitudes are standard parallel?

(a) Polyconic projection

(b) Simple conic projection

(d) Mercator's projection

96. Which one of the following symbols is used on the Weather Map of India to indicate a wind speed of 15 knots/hour ?

97. On the given diagram the shape of the slope profile along A-B line will result in a slope profile showing

(a) Convex slope

(b) Concave slope

(d) Terraced slope

98. Which one of the following South-East Asian countries predominantly consists of Christian community population?

(a) Thailand

(b) Indonesia

(d) Philippines

99. Which one of the foIlowing is different from the others?

(a) Prairies

(b) Selvas

(d) Pampas

100. Which one of the following is the more stable trait for the classi fication of human races?

(a) Nasal Index

(b) Cephalic Index

(d) Skin colour

101. following scholars the concept of Which one of the has propounded Humanism?

(a) Yi-Fu-Tuan

(b) R. Hartshorne

(d) Peter Haggett

102. Who of the following has used the world Geopacifics?

(a) T. Griffith Taylor

(b) Mackindcr

(d) Huntington

103. Which one of the following is the port city of Sooth Africa?

(a) Bloemfontein

(b) East London

(d) Kimberley

104. Assertion (A) Chernozems are black soils.

Reason (R) They are deficient in organic matter.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

105. The 'zone and strata' theory about the evolution of human races was propounded by

(a) A.C.Haddon

(b) A.L.Krober

(d) G.Taylor

106. Which one of the following is called marine snowfall ?

(a) Fall of snow flakes on sea surface

(b) Fall of hail on sea surface

(d) Continuous fall of tiny marine sediments on ocean floors.

107. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?

(a) Rossbx Waves - Jet stream

(b) EI Nino - Strong Monsoon

(d) Hadley cell - Mid-Latitude cell

108. The 'Spice Park' has been established by Spice Board of India at

(a) Haridwar

(b) Valley of Flowers

(d) Kashmir Valley

109. The biggest island of the Indian Ocean is

(a) Maldives

(b) Madagascar

(d) Sumatra

110. In which of the following States of India is Ghana Bird Sanctuary located ?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) West Bengal

(d) Karnataka

111. The largest wind energy farm of India is located in

(a) Kerala

(b) Gujarat

(d) Madhya Pradesh

112. Which one of the following inland waterways in India is shortest In length?

(a) Kollam - Kottapuram

(b) Sadia - Dhubri

(d) Allahabad - Haldia

113. Which one of the following is the first indigenous nuclear power plant of the country?

(a) Kaiga

(b) Kalpakkarr

(d) Kakrapar

114. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched '?

(a) Green Revolution Agriculture

(by White Revolution - Milk Production

(d) Blue Revolution - Pisciculture

115. Which of the following / Union Territory of the country does not have a railway line?

(a) Pondicherry

(b) Tripura

(d) Meghalaya

116. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence of Himalaya Mountain passes from East to West?

(a) Shipki La - Lipulekh - Nathu La - Bomdilla

(b) Lipulekh - Shipki La - Nathu La - Bomdilla

(d) Nathu La - Lipulekh - Shipki La - Bomdilla

117. Which one of the following districts of U.P has the highest ratio of literacy in the census of 2011 ?

(a) Ghaziabad

(b) Lucknow

(d) Raebareilly

118. Which one of the following States of India receives lowest average annual rainfall ?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Madhya Pradesh

119. The largest reserve of crude oil In India is found in

(a) Assam

(b) Gujarat

(d) Western Offshore

120. In India Koppen's 'Amw' climatic type is found in

(a) Eastern Coast

(b) Western Coast

(d) Western Himalaya

UPPCS 2011 Prelims Indian History Question Paper

1. Which one of the following had seconded the quite India Resolution of 42?

(a) A.K. Azad

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

2. In which of the following session of the Indian National Congress did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi participate for the first time?

(a) Calcutta Session, 1901

(b) Banaras Session, 1905

(d) Lucknow Session, 1916

3. Which one of the following had supported the Non-cooperation Resolution of Mahatma Gandhi in the Special Session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920?

(a) C.R. Das

(b) B.C. Pal

(d) Motilal Nehru

4. Which one of the following was the British Agent of Jhansi at the time of it’s annexation into the British dominion?

(a) Major Malcolm

(b) Major Ellis

(d) Martin Montgomery

5. Which one of the following had drafted the fundamental Rights Resolution passed in the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

6. Which one of the following had led the defence National Army trial in the Red Fort of Delhi ?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Asif Ali

(d) Bhulabhai J.Desai

7. Arrange the following events of the Indian Revolution of 1857 in their correct chronological order by the help of the codes given below :

1. Inciedent of Mangal Pandey at Barakpur.

2. Inciedent of Soldiers at Meerut.

3. Uprising at Jhansi.

4. Uprising at Kanpur.

Codes :

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4

(b) 4, 3, 2, 1

(d) 4, 2, 1, 3

8. Consider the formation of the following associations before the establishment of the Indian National Congress :

1. The Indian Association

2. Madras Native Association

3. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

4. India League

Find the correct chronological order of the formation of the Association by the codes given below :

(a) 2, 3, 4, 1

(b) 1, 2, 3, 4

(d) 3, 2, 1, 4

9. The biographer of A.O Hume is

(a) William Wedderburn

(b) Webb Miller

(d) B.R. Nanda

10. Who was the first Indian to have written in an Indian language on the causes of the Revolt of 1857 ?

(a) Syed Ahmad Khan

(b) V.D. Savarkar

(d) None of the above

11. Who was the Governor-General of India during the ‘Third Anglo-Mysore War’ ?

(a) Warren Hastings

(b) Lord Cornwallis

(d) Sir John Shore

12. Which one of the following statements is not a feature of the Permanent (Land) Settelment?

(a) It was Implemented in Bengal, Bihar and orrisa

(b) There where three parties in it viz, the Government, Zamindar and the Ryots.

(d) The total amount of the land-revenue to be collected was Rupees four Crores.

13. The Battle of Balakot in A.D. 1831 was fought between the forces of

(a) East India Company and the Afghan

(b) East India Company and the Marathas

(d) Raja Ranjit Singh and Syed Ahmad of Rae Bareli

14. Which one of the following Europian trading companies adopted the ‘Blue Water Policy’ in India ?

(a) French Company

(b) Portuguese Company

(d) British East India Company

15. The Battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between

(a) British and French Companies

(b) British and Dutch Companies

(d) French and Dutch Companies

16. Which one of the following had proposed the name of W.C. Banerjee for the post of President of the Indian National Congress at its first session in Bombay (1885) ?

(a) A.O. Hume

(b) K.T. Telang

(d) N.N. Sen

17. Which one of the following founded the ‘Atmiya Sabha’ ?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Devendra Nath Tagore

(d) Akshay Kumar Dutt

18. Which of the region was ruled by the Gujara-Pratiharas at the time Turkish invasion of Northern India ?

(a) Kashmir

(b) Madhyadesh

(d) Kannauj

19. Who among the following had introduced ‘Vaishnavism’ in Kamrupa ?

(a) Chaitanya

(b) Purandradasa

(d) Sankaradeva

20. Sugandhadevi, who issued coins with the figure of seated Lakshmi was a Queen of

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kashmir

(d) Saurashtra

21. Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : According to Mitakshara, father could divide his property among his sons during his life-time.

Reason (R) : Mitakshara did not recognize a son’s right of ownership in ancestral property by birth.

Select your answer from the code given below :

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

22. Who was the Chaiman of the National Planning Committee set-up by the Indian National Congress in 1938 ?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(d) J.B. Kriplani

23. An inscription of A.D. 1121 refers to a medical institute teaching the Charaka-Samhita and Astanga-hridaya of Vabhata at :

(a) Varanasi

(b) Nalanda

(d) Tiruvaduturrai

24. The capital of the Sharqi dynasty, during the 15-16th centuries was

(a) Zafrabad

(b) Kara-Manikpur

(d) Jaunpur

25. Where did the Rashtrakula King Dantidurga perform the Hiranya-garbha Mahadana ceremony ?

(a) Manyakhet

(b) Girnar

(d) Nasik

26. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists :

List-I List-II

(Writers) (Patrons)

A. Hemadri 1. Parmara Bhoja

B. Dhanapala 2. Gahadavala Jayachandra

C. Srihara 3. Pratihara Mahendrapala

D. Rajasekhara 4. Yadava Mahadeva

Codes :

A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 2 3 4 1

(d) 4 1 2 3

27. which one of the following temples had celebrated a thousands years of its building in the year 2010 ?

(a) Kailash Temple at Ellora.

(b) Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur.

(d) kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho.

28. Who among the following believed in the theory of ‘Bheda-bhed’ ?

(a) Vallabhacharya

(b) Nimbarakacharya

(d) Ramanujacharya

29. Marco Polo laments the waste of a great part of Indian wealth in the import of

(a) Gold

(b) Silver

(d) Wine

30. Which Sultan of Delhi founded and built the Fort of Siri ?

(a) Iltumish

(b) Balban

(d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

31. Which one of the following Sufi saint of the Chistiya Order was called the ‘Chirag-i-Dehalvi’?

(a) Sheikh Fariduddin

(b) Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya

(d) Sheikh Salim Chisti

32. The ruler of Bundel-Khand defeated by Qutbuddin Aibak was

(a) Parmardi Deva

(b) Lakshman Sen

(d) Malayvarma Deva

33. Who among the following Amirs (nobles) was the one publicity flogged by the orders of Sultan Balban ?

(a) Haibat Khan

(b) Imaduddin Raihan

(d) Malik Baqbaq

34. Who among the following rulers constructed the Martanda Temple in Kashmir?

(a) Tarapida

(b) Lalitaditya

(d) Didda

35. Which one of the following is not true about Mohammad-bin-Tuglaq ?

(a) He played ‘Holi’ publicity

(b) He drank Ganges water

(c ) He appointed Hindu Amirs

(d) He did not visit a Temple

36. Who was the Governor of Kara-Manikpur to have revolated against Sultan jalaluddin Firoz Khalji ?

(a) Arkali Khan

(b) Almas Beg

(d) Malik Chajju

37. Given below are two statements :

Assertion (A) : Bahlol Lodi’s kingship theory was based on kinship.

Reason (R) : He emulated the Turkish Sultans.

In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

38. Which Sultan of Delhi made a rule that, in any given year, the land-revenue can be increased only nominally viz. one-tenth or one-eleventh of the fixed revenue ?

(a) Balban

(b) Alauddin Khalji

(d) Firoz Shah Tuglaq

39. Who among the following were called ‘Neo-Muslims’ during the reign of Jalaluddin Firoz Khalji ?

(a) Mongols

(b) Indian Muslims

(d) Abyssinians

40. Who among the following invitees of Akbar to the Ibadat-Khana was not a Jain monk ?

(a) Har Vijai Suri

(b) Meher Ji Rama

(d) Shanti Chandra

41. ‘Month-scale’ in the Mansabdari system was introduced by

(a) Jahangir

(b) Shahjahan

(d) None of the above

42. Who among the following Englishmen was well-versed in the Turkish language, received a Mansab of 400 and title of ‘English Khan; or ‘Firangi Khan’ ?

(a) Fitch

(b) Mildenhall

(d) Sir Thomas Roe

43. Fawaid ul Fuwad is the record of the conversation of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya. It was compiled by

(a) Amir Hasan Sizzi

(b) Amir Khusru Dehlavi

(d) Hasan Nizami

44. Which one of the following pairs is an incorrect pair ?

(a) Diwan-i-Riyasat : Alauddin Khalji

(b) Diwan-i-Bandgan : Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(d) Diwan-i-Khairat : Firoz Shah Tughlaq

45. Which modern historian has described Satnami Rebellion during the reign of Aurangzeb as ‘Hindu Reaction’ against his religious politicies ?

(a) R.C. Majumdar

(b) Ishwari Prasad

(d) Jadu Nath Sarkar

46. What was ‘Jihat’ in the Mughal land-revenue administrative terminology ?

(a) A cess over fixed rates

(b) A Religious-tax

(d) None of the above

47. Which Fort ceded by Shivaji to the Mughals by the terms of the ‘treaty of Purandhar’ (1665 A.D.) could not be won back by Shivaji ?

(a) purandhar

(b) Mahuli

(d) Shivneri

48. Who was the ‘Peshwa’ during Shivaji’s reign ?

(a) Moropant Pingley

(b) Dattaji Trimbak

(d) Ramchandra Nilkanth

49. In which one of the following expeditions did Ahmad Shah Abdali ravage Mathura-Vrindaban alongwith Delhi ?

(a) First, 1748 A.D.

(b) Second, 1749 A.D.

(d) Fourth, 1756 A.D.

50. What was the percentage (of the total revenue charged) of the extra tax charged by Sher Shah for the use of general welfare in calamities and emergencies ?

(a) 7.5%

(b) 5.0%

(d) 1.5%

51. Roshaniya movement in India during the 16th century was started by

(a) Miyan Bayazid Ansari

(b) Akhund Darwiza

(d) None of the above

52. Which one of the following is not true about the Mughal Mansabdari System ?

(a) That, there were thirty-three (33) divisions of Mansabdars.

(b) That, they (Mansabdars) could be assigned ‘Mashrut’ or conditional Rank.

(d) That, the Masabdars were hereditary officers.

53. The preachings of which medieval saint are collected in ‘Abhangas’ ?

(a) Dadu

(b) Kabir

(d) Tukaram

54. Who is the writer of ‘Kitab-ul-Yamini’ ?

(a) Al-Beruni

(b) Utbi

(d) Barani

55. Which one of the following was not true about the terms of the ‘treaty of Chittor’ (1615 A.D.) ?

(a) Jahangir did not want to destroy old Rajput dynasties.

(b) Mewar, including Chittor were restored to the Rana.

(d) Rana had to be personally present at the Mughal Court.

56. Whom did Ahmad Shah Abdali proclaim the Emperor of India before leaving after his victory in the third Battle of Panipat ?

(a) Ahmad Shah

(b) Shahjahan III

(d) Akbar II

57. Consider these two statements :

Assertion (A) : Akbar constructed the Buland-darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri.

Reason (R) : Akbar desire to commemorate his victory.

In the context of these two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

58. A figure of Mother Goddess made of bone from the upper Palaeolithic context was discovered from

(a) Godavari Valley

(b) Narmada Valley

(d) Bealn Valley

59. Which one of the followings is the largest Harappan site in India ?

(a) Banawali

(b) Kalibangan

(d) Rakhigarhi

60. The city is Vijaynagar was located on the banks of the river

(a) Wain-Ganga

(b) Kaveri

(d) Krishna

61. The game of ‘dice’ was a part of the ritual of

(a) Agnistoma

(b) Aswamegha

(d) Vajapeya

62. kashful Mahjoob a Persian text on Sufism was compiled at Lahore by

(a) hazrat Miyan Mir Qadiri

(b) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

(d) Shaikh Ali Hujwiri

63. Arrange in a Chronological order the following Western writers, whose works are important source for Ancient Indian Culture history :

1. Nearchus

2. Pliny

3. Strabo

4. Ptolemy

Choose the correct answer from the code given below :

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4

(b) 1, 3, 2, 4

(d) 2, 4, 1, 3

64. Arrange the following astronomers in their correct chronological order :

1. Aryabhatta

2. Brahmagupta

3. Lagadh

4. Varahamihira

Choose your answer from the code given below :

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4

(b) 2, 1, 4, 3

(d) 4, 3, 2, 1

65. Mahadevi movement in India was started by

(a) Abdullah Niyazi

(b) Shaikh ‘Alai’

(d) Saiyad Muhammad Jaunpuri

66. In which type of marriage payment of bride-price was a condition ?

(a) Aasura

(b) Brahma

(d) Gandharva

67. Which of the following samhitas of Yajurveda contains only hymns and no prose ?

(a) Katha

(b) Maitrayaviya

(d) Vajasaneyi

68. The Rivers Ganga and Yamuna are mentioned for the first time in

(a) Rig Veda

(b) Atharvaveda

(d) Chhandogya Upanishad

69. Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Gautam Buddha spent the maximum number of rainy seasons in Sravasti.

Reason (R) : Prasenjit, the ruler of Kosala and Gautam Buddha were of the same age.

Select the correct answer from the code given below ?

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

70. The book History of India as told by its own Historians [in eight volumes]was compiled by

(a) Alexander Cunningham

(b) Mantogomery Martin & Francis Buchnam

(d) H.M. Elliott & John Dawnson

71. Who among the following was considerd to be first successor for ‘Stridhana’ ?

(a) Husband

(b) Son

(d) Daughter-in-Law

72. ‘tevaram’ is a collection of hymns of Savita Saints named

1. Appar

2. Sambandar

3. Sundarar

4. Manikkavachakar

Indicate your answer from the code given below :

(a) 1 Only

(b) 1 and 2 Only

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

73. In the scheme of Yajna valkya, who among the following occupies the first place in the succession of a man, who dies without a son ?

(a) Daughter

(b) Brother

(d) Father

74. Which of the following Mauryan Pillars was/were surmounted by Lion-Capital ?

1. Sarnath Pillar

2. Sanchi Pillar

3. Koluha Pillar

4. Lauriya Nanddagarh Pillar

Choose your Correct answer from the code given below :

(a) 1 Only

(b) 1 and 2

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

75. The Valabhi era is identical with

(a) Vikram era

(b) Saka era

(d) Harsha era

76. For whom did Ashoka got excavated caves in the Barabar Hill of Gaya District ?

(a) Ajivakas

(b) Mahasanghikas

(d) Theravadias

77. In which royal family, the men usually followed the Brahmanical religion and women were Buddhists ?

(a) Ikshvakus

(b) Lichchhavis

(d) Yaudheyas

78. The earliest Jain bronzes were discovered from

(a) Chausa

(b) Nalanda

(d) Udaigiri

79. As the find-spots suggest, the “bent-bar” coins were prevalent in the region of

(a) Gandhara

(b) matsya

(d) Kalinga

80. Match List-I with List-II and chose the correct answer from the code given below the lists :

List-I List-II

(Acharya) (Religion)

A. Haribhadra 1. Buddhism

B. Lakulisa 2. Jainism

C. Nathamuni 3. Saivism

D. Vasubandhu 4. Vaishnavism

Codes :

A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 2 3 4 1

(d) 4 1 2 3

81. In which of the following coins-series the symbols on he reverse, generally, match with the names of the King on the obverse ?

(a) Kuninda

(b) Malava

(d) Panchala

82. Which of the following ports were situated on the east coast of south India ?

1. Kaveripattanam

2. Korkai

3. Musiri

4. Tondi

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(d) 1 and 3

83. The guild, which migrated from Lata to Daspura during the time of Kumargupta traded in

(a) Jewels

(b) Horses

(d) Silken Textile

84. Which one of the following is an exampl of ‘Anuloma’ type of marriage ?

(a) A Brahmana boy marrying a Kshatriya girl

(b) A Kshatriya girl marrying a Kshatriya boy.

(d) A Vaisya girl marrying a Kshatriya boy.

85. Who among the following is famous for his commentary on the ‘Manu-Smriti’ ?

(a) Apararka

(b) Medhaithi

(d) Visvarupa

86. Harsha’s military ezpansion in the Deccan was checked by

(a) Mahendra Varman

(b) Dantidurga

(d) Pulkesin II

87. The first meeting of Ghosal with Mahavir Swami was held at

(a) Champa

(b) Vaishali

(d) Nalanda

88. The Book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India was written by

(a) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(b) A.O. Hume

(d) R.P. Dutt

89. Sanghao Cave belongs to

(a) Lower Palaeolithic

(b) Middle Palaeolithic

(d) Chalcolithic

90. The Gupta ruler who defeated the Hunas was

(a) Samundragupta

(b) Chandragupta II

(d) Skandgupta

91. Which of the following rock-shelters has yielded evidence of human burials ?

(a) Morahana

(b) lekhakhia Rock Shelter I

(d) Ghagharia

92. In the Jain sect, ‘Santhara’ stands for

(a) A Ritual for fasting unto death

(b) Assembly

(d) A noble path

93. In which inscription,is it mentioned that Pushyamitra had performed two horses sacrifices ?

(a) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvela

(b) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva

(d) Reh inscription of Fatehpur

94. Satkarni of the Hathigumpha inscription can be identified with

(a) Satkarni I

(b) Gautamiputra Satkarni

(d) Yagyasri Satkarni

95. The doctrine of ‘Pratitya Samutpad’ is associated with

(a) Jainism

(b) Buddhism

(d) Charvaka

96. Guru Granth Saheb, in its present form, was compiled by

(a) Guru Nanak Dev

(b) Guru Arjan Dev

(d) None of the above

97. Which inscription of the Gupta period gives details regarding the sale of land ?

(a) Junagarh Inscription

(b) Bhitari Pillar Inscription

(d) Damodarpur Copper Plate

98. Who was the first ruler of the Gupta Dynasty to assume the title of ‘Maharajadhiraja’ ?

(a) Srigupta

(b) Chandragupta I

(d) Chandragupta II

99. Who was the architect of the ‘Communal Award’ ?

(a) Lord Linlithgow

(b) Lord Reading

(d) Ramsay Macdonald

100. Who addressed whom as the spiritual father of Indian Nationalism ?

(a) Lala Hardayal-Tilak

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose-Swami Vivekanand

(d) Tilak-Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

101. Who was the author of the book ‘Gulamgiri’ ?

(a) Jyotiba Phule

(b) Bhimrao Ambedkar

(d) None of the above

102. By which treatly did the English East India Company gain the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orrisa ?

(a) Treaty of Murshidabad

(b) Treaty of Hoogly

(d) Treaty of Hariharpur

103. Who among the following was the Railway Minister during the Interim Government (1946)?

(a) Baldev Singh

(b) T.T. Chundrigar

(d) Abdul rab Nistar

104. By which of the following Acts was the ‘Board of Control’ created ?

(a) Regulating Act, 1773

(b) Pitt’s India Act, 1784

(d) Charter Act, 1833

105. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s education policy was

(a) C. Wood

(b) Macaulay

(d) Cornwallis

106. During the tenure of which Governor-General was the ‘Ancient Monuments’ Preservation Act’ passed ?

(a) Lord Minto

(b) Lord Linlithgo

(d) Lord Curzon

107. Who among the following published the translations of Vedic texts in Bangala (Bengali) language?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(b) Devendranath Tagore

(d) None of the above

108. Vinobha Bhave was chosen as the first ‘Satyagarh’. Who was the second ?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

(b) Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

109. Who founded the ‘All India Muslim League’ ?

(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

(b) Sir Mohammad Iqbal

(d) Nawab Salimullah Khan

110. When did the Indian National Congress accept the theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’ ?

(a) In 1896

(b) In 1902

(d) In 1935

111. On the suggestion of Rabindranath Tagore the date of Partition of Bengal (October 16, 1905) was celebrated as

(a) Solidarity Day

(b) Rakshabandhan Day

(d) Brotherhood Day

112. Who among the following said, “India has to unite and conquer the whole world once again with its might. ”?

(a) Swami Dayanand

(b) Ram Krishna Param Hansha

(d) Mrs. Annie Besant

113. The President of the Congress session at Madras in 1927, where the Indian National Congress had adopted the Resolution to boycott ‘Simon Commission’ was

(a) C.R. Das

(b) Motilal Nehru

(d) Dr. M.A. Ansari

114. U.P. Zamindari Abolution of Land Reform Act was implemented from the following date :

(a) 1st July, 1952

(b) 15th August, 1947

(d) 1st July, 1951

115. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(a) Neville Maxwell : India China War

(b) D.R. Mankekar : Witness to an Era

(d) B.M. Kaul : Guilty Men of 1962

116. The first newspaper published in India was

(a) The Bengal Gazette

(b) The Culcutta Gazette

(d) The Indian Gazette

117. Which one of the following statements is not about the first Summit if the Non-Aligned Movement ?

(a) it was held at Cairo.

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sukarno participated in it.

(d) Consolidation of world peace and security were discussed in it.

118. Consider the following events related to India’s freedom struggle and find their correct chronological order from the codes given below the events :

1. Bomb-hurling at the Central Legislative Assembly Hall in Delhi

2. Martyrdom of Jatin Das.

3. Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh.

4. Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress (1931).

119. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the book ‘Indian Struggle (1920-1942)’ written by Subhash Chandra Bose ?

(a) It covers the period of India’s struggle for freedom between 1920 and 1942.

(b) it comprises the Haripura (1938) and Tripuri (1939) Sessions.

(d) It depicts the comprehensive history of the Peasant Movement in India.

Codes :

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b) 4, 3, 2 and 1

(d) 2, 1, 3 and 4

120. Who among the following chose ‘Constituent Assembly for India’ as a subject of his convocation address deleiverd at Banaras Hindu University and was strongly against a Constituent Assembly Framing the future Constitution of India ?

(a) Sir Maurice Gwyer

(b) K.M. Munshi

(d) None of the above

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