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THE PANORAMA : 24

1. The forest area known as Silent Valley is in

1. Kerala 2. Uttarkhand (U.P.) 3. Nagaland 4. Karnataka

2. Geologically the oldest mountains amongst the following are

1. The Western Ghats 2. The Aravallis 3. The Himalayas 4. The

Vindhayas

3. The outstnading achievement of Todar Mal was in the field of

1. Military conquests 2. Revenue administration

3. Religious reforms 4. Art and architecture

4. The deity most praised in the Rigveda is

1. Indra 2. Agni 3. Mitra 4. Varuna

5. Tripitakas are the canonical works of the

1. Buddhists 2. Ajivkas 3. Jains 4. Vaishnavas

6. Who said “Go back to Vedas”?

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswait 2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

3. R.K. Purandaradasa 4. Pandit Vidyasagar

7. The Permanent Settlement of Land was introduced by

 1. Lord Hastings 2. Lord Cornwallis 3. Lord Wellesley 4. Lord
Delhousie

8. The ancient works of “Charak” and “Susruta” deals with

1. Law 2. Medicine 3. Polity and economy 4. Architecture

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9. The Peacock throne of Shahjahan was taken away by

1. Changez Khan 2. Timur 3. Nadir Shah 4.

Ahmad Shah Abdali

10. Visakhadatta sketches the events after the death of Samudragupta in his work

1. Mudrarakasam 2. Devichandra Guptam 3. Mrichhkatikam 4.

Malavikagnimitra.

11. Shivaji’s Council of Ministers was called

1. Nava Patnis 2. Ashta Pradhans 3. Ashta Diggajas 4.

Mantri Parishad

12. The first European nation to establish its territorial rule in India was

1. Portugal 2. England 3. France 4. Holland

13. The demand for Pakistan was made by the Muslim League for the first time in

1. 1938 2. 1940 3. 1941 4. 1946

14. Match the following :

 I. Lord Dalhousie A. Prohibition of Sati

II. Lord William Bantick B. Local Self-Government

III. Lord Rippon C. Division of Bengal

IV. Lord Curzon D. Doctrine of Lapse

1. I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C 2. I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C 3. I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D 4. I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-D

15. When was the ‘Vikrami Era’ stated?

1. 75 A.D. 2. 78 A.D. 3. 58 B.C. 4. 58 A.D.

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16. The reorganisation of Indian State on a linguistic basis took place in

1. 1947 2. 1950 3. 1956 4. 1960

17. Who represented India in the World Congress of Religions at Chicago in 1893?

1. Dadabhai Naroji 2. Swami Dayanand 3. Swami Vivekanand 4. R.

Paramhansa.

18. The following are the events in the national movement.

I. Champaran Satyagraha II. Non Cooperation Movement

III. Quit India Movement IV. Dandi March

1. I, II, IV, III 2. II, I, III, IV 3. III, II, I, IV 4. II, III, I, IV

19. Who gave the ‘Communal Award’ in India?

1. C.R. Attlee 2. Ramsay MacDonald 3. Stafford Cripps 4. None of

these
 

20. Non-Cooperation movement was called off by Gandhiji because

1. Of Chauri-Chaura, incident

2. Government accepted the demands of Indian leaders.

3. Of repressive measures adopted by the government 4. None of these

21. Which of the following leaders presided over the Lahore session (1929) of the Indian National
Congress that adopted the resolution on ‘Puma Swaraj’?

1. Mahatma Ganchi 2. Motilal Nehru 3. Subash Chandra Bose

4. Jawaharlal Nehru

22. Lala Har Dayal was well known as the leader of

1. Anushilan Party 2. Ghadar Party 3. Swaraj Party 4. Hindustan

Republicans

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23. Spot the correct pair:

I. Land of the Rising Sun 1. Korea II. Land of the Midnight Sun 2.
Finland

III. Land of Thousand Lakes 3. Japan IV. Land of Thunderbolt 4. Bhutan

24. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

1. Isopleth – A line joining places of equal height 2. Isobar – A line joining places of equal
pressure

3. Isohyet-A line joining places of equal rainfall 4. Isotherm-A line joining places of
equal temperature

 
25. How many days does the moon take to revolve round the earth?

1. 26⅓ 2. 27⅓ 3. 28⅔ 4. 29½

26. London is located at 0o, while Baghdad at 45o east. If a news is broadcast from London at 10.00 a.m.,
at what time it will be heard at Baghdad?

1. 11.30 AM 2. 2.00 PM 3. 1.00 AM. 4. 12.30 PM

27. EI Nino is

1. Associated with world weather 2. An African language

3. An erosional flurial feature 4. A river in South Africa

28. Petroleum deposits in India are found chiefly in

1. Granite 2. Basalt 3. Metamorphic rocks 4.

Sedimentary rocks

29. The Indira Gandhi Prize is awarded for work on the field of

1. Peace and Disarmament 2. Disarmament and Development

3. Peace, Disarmament and Development 4. None of these

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30. Who among the following developed the oral vaccine for pollo?

1. Edward Jenner 2. Jonas Salk 3. Louis Pasteur 4. Joseph Lister

31. The 61st amendment of the constitution deals with

1. Extension of President’s rule beyond a certain period

 2. The lowering of voting age 3. Anti-defection law 4. Panchayati
Raj

32. Which of the following states has the maximum population density as per data?

1. Kerala 2. West Bengal 3. Uttar Pradesh 4.

Madhya Pradesh

33. Which of the following is not a communicable disease?

1. Cancer 2. AIDS 3. Plague 4. T.B.

34. A major function of pancreas is to

1. Convert insoluble substances into soluble ones. 2. Convert excess

carbohydrates into reserve fats.

3. Help in excretion of body wastes 4. None of these

35. As per reports, which of the following countries / groups is emerging as the topmost importer of
Indian goods?

1. OECD 2. U.S.A 3. SAARC 4. E.U.

36. Albert Einstein got the Nobel Prize for his work on

1. Relativity 2. Quantum Theory 3. Photo-electric Effect 4. Atomic Bomb

37. The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission is

1. Dr. R. Chidambaram 2. Dr. Raja Ramanna 3. Pref. U.R. Rao 4. None

38. Fuzzy Logic is

1. Impossible logic 2. Common logic 3. Old logic 4. None

of these

39. Along with Chandigarh, another city was planned in India. The city in question is
 1. Gandhinagar 2. Bhubaneshwar 3. Bangalore 4. New Delhi

40. Akbar assumed the throne of India in the year

1. 1556 2. 1542 3. 1605 4. 1584

41. Ustad Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar was an exponent of the art of

1. Thumri 2. Dhrupad 3. Qawwali 4. Ghazzal

42. The Red Fort was built by

1. Akbar 2. Jahangir 3. Babar 4.

Shahjehan

43. Identify the correct pair :-

1. Cripps Mission : 1944 2. Gandhi Reading Talks : 1934

3. Poorn Swaraj Resolution : 1929 4. Quit India : 1940

44. Abnindernath Tagore is well-known for his contribution to

1. Painting 2. Cinema 3. Sculpture 4. Literature

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