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KAS MAINS MOCK TEST SERIES

GENERAL STUDIES I

TEST 1

Time – 2 Hours Total Marks – 100

PART A

Answer all questions in 20 Words.Each question carries 2 Marks.

1. What are the cultural significances of Bimbedka?

2. What do you mean by Vajrayana Budhism?

3. Write any two differences between Nagara style of architecture and Dravidian style of
architecture?

4. What were the tax reforms introduced by Firoz-Sha – Tuglag?

5. What were the reasons for failure of the permanent settlement system?

PART B

Answer all questions in 100 Words.Each question carries 5 Marks.

6. The seeds of the Second World War were sown in the Treaty of Versailles.Discuss.

7. Describe the role of press and literature in Aikya Kerala Movement.

8. What are the difference between Buddhism and Jainism?

9. Why it is said that after the Nagpur session the Indian National Congress emerged as a
real mass based political party?

10. Din ilahi is a monument of folly of Akbar and not wisdom. Discuss.

PART C

Answer all questions in 150 Words.Each question carries 10 Marks.

11. Why did Dalhousie is regarded as the maker of modern India?
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12. Discuss the features that led to the rise of extremists? Also analyse their contributions
to the freedom struggle.

13. Why Industrial revolution started in England? Also discuss what is impact on
imperialism and colonialism?

14. Discuss the various forms of civil Dis-obedience movements took place in different
parts of the country.Also analyse the response of different sections of people towards it.

15.Do you think that the Malabar rebellion of 1921 was a peasant rebellion? Substantiate
your views.

PART D

Answer all questions in 200 Words. Each question carries 12 ½ Marks.

16. “The INA had failed to achieve its goal but wrote a glorious chapter in the freedom
struggle, which had very long lasting impact” .Comment.

17. Do you believe that the uprising of 1857 was the first war of Independence.?
Substantiate.

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