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 10th Class
Guidelines for the preparation of SOCIAL STUDIES
Question Papers for 9th and 10th Classes
In Social Studies 80 marks were allotted for Summative Assessment
Question paper.
In Summative Assessment Question paper there will be Two parts, i.e.
Part-A; and Part-B.
Part-A and Part-B contains different types of questions as shown below:
Question to Allotted Marks
Types of No. of Total Allotted
be for each
Questions Questions Marks Time
Answered Questions
Part-A Very Short
Answer 06 02 12
06 TWO
Question
[VSAQ] HOURS
Short Answer
06 04 24 THIRTY
Question [SAQ]
06
MINUTES
Essay type
Questions
06 04 06 24
[Essay] 2 hr. 30
Min.
Part-B Multiple Choice 30 Minutes
Questions 20 20 01 20
[MCQ]
TOTAL 18+20MCQ 16+20MCQ - 80 Marks 3 Hrs.

Important Note:
Prepare question paper for 80 marks.
The total marks allotted for Part-A is 60.
The allotted time for Part-A is TWO HOURS THIRTY MINUTES
The total marks allotted for Part-B is 20.
The allotted time for Part-B is Thirty Minutes
Question paper should be prepared based on the Academic Standards.

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 The Academic Standards weightage is shown in the following table:

Percent

TOTAL
Marks

Marks
VSAQ

Essay

MCQ
AS Academic

SAQ
age
No. Standards.

AS-1 Conceptual 45% 42 42

Understanding
AS-2 Reading the text 11% 10 10
(given),
understanding and
interpretation
AS-3 Information skills 13 % 12 12
(AS3) :
AS-4 Reflection on 11% 10 10
contemporary
issues and
questioning
AS-5 Mapping skills 13% 12 12
AS-6 Appreciation and 07% 06 06
Sensitivity
100% 80 M 6Q 6Q 6Q 20 Q 80 M
TOTAL (+12 M (12
Marks)
(24
Marks)
(24 Marks
+12M
(20 (+12 M
Choice) Marks) Choice)
Choice)
Note:
In part-A 72 marks weightage is given. But in essay questions, choice is
given. Hence, student has to write answers for 60 marks only.
Part – B 20 MCQ’s, 20 marks are given. So, Part-A=60 Marks + Part-B=20
Marks are allotted, Total Marks is 80.
The weightage for each academic standard must not be changed.
Question paper should be prepared as per the marks allotted to each
academic standard. There should be NO deviation in this regard.
For Example in the entire question paper for Academic Standard-I i.e.
Conceptual Understanding 42 marks are allotted for all types of questions.
While preparing questions there should be NO deviation in the allotted
marks.
PART- A:
The Part-A question Paper contains THREE sections. The First section
contains 6 very short answer type questions, answer all the questions.
Each question carries 2 marks and the total mark allotted to this section
is 12. The answer for these questions should be limited to 3-4 sentences.

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The Second section contains 6 short answer type questions, answer all
the questions. Each question carries 4 marks and the total marks allotted
to this section are 24. The answer for these questions should be limited to
5-6 sentences.
The Third section contains 6 Essay type questions, student has to answer
any 4 questions each question carries 6 marks and the total marks
allotted to this section are 24 Marks. The answer for these questions
should be limited to 8-10 sentences.
PART- B:
The Part-B Paper contains TWENTY Multiple Choice Questions, each
question carries 1 mark and the total marks allotted to this part are 20.
Marks will not be awarded for OVERWRITING, CORRECTED and ERASED
answers.
Under Part-B the MCQ must be given with different Patterns such as,
Identifying the correct Sentence, incorrect Sentence, incorrect Pair,
Correct Pair, Odd-one, match the following, arranging in sequential order,
flow-charts etc.,
In MCQ questions options such as All of the above, none of the above and
both A and B should not be given.

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 General Instructions:
Care should be taken while preparing question paper in such a way that
questions must be given from ALL allotted Units/ Lessons / Chapters, but
there is NO need to give unit/lesson-wise weightage in the question
paper.
All questions in the question paper should be thought provoking, open
ended, analytical. Rote memory questions should be avoided in the
question paper. The question should be test the understanding level of
the student.
All questions must not be ambiguity and they should be clear with
objectivity.
Sub-questions should not be given in the question paper except
information skill (AS-III) Questions.
The length of the answer must be kept in mind while preparing different
types of questions.
While preparing question paper avoid Improve your learning questions
from the text book as it is, Can take those questions by changing their
nature of questioning.
The entire question paper should be prepared in such a way that 50%
questions easy, 30% questions are average and the remaining 20%
questions are of higher order thinking.

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 Social Studies – X E/M
Blue Print for this Model Paper

Percent

TOTAL
Marks

Marks
VSAQ

Essay

MCQ
AS Academic

SAQ
age
No. Standards.

AS-1 Conceptual 1
45% 42 2(4M) 2(8M) 2(12M) 42
Understanding (18M)
AS-2 Reading the text
(given),
11% 10 --- 1(4M) 1(6M) -- 10
understanding and
interpretation
AS-3 Information skills
13 % 12 1(2M) 1(4M) 1(6M) --- 12
(AS3) :
AS-4 Reflection on
contemporary
11% 10 1(2M) ---- 1(6M) 1(2M) 10
issues and
questioning
AS-5 Mapping skills 13% 12 1(2M) 1(4M) 1(6M) 12
AS-6 Appreciation and
07% 06 1(2M) 1(4M) ----- -- 06
Sensitivity
100% 80M 6Q 6Q 6Q 20 Q 80M
(+ 12M (12 (24 (24 + (20 (+ 12M
TOTAL choice) marks) Marks) 12M marks) choice)
Choice)

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 Model Question Paper – 2022
2022
Social Studies
(English Medium)
Part - A and Part - B
Time: 3.00 hrs 10th Class Total Marks: 80

Instructions:
1. Read the questions carefully and understand them
2. Write the answers to the questions in Part A of the answer
sheet.
3. Attach the map to Part -A answer sheet
4. Attach Part –B to Part A answer sheet.
5. Part-A consists of I, II and III Sections.
6. Write the answers clearly duly following the instructions given
for each section.

Part - A
Time: 2.30 hrs. Marks: 60
Section – I
6X2 = 12 marks

1. Answer all questions.

2. Answer each question in 3 – 4 sentences.
3. Each question carries 2 marks.

1. Distinguish between Bhabar and Terai

2. Why did the League of Nations fail?
3. Write any two slogans to create awareness on the importance of voting.
4. Write suggestions for the improvement of Indian foreign policy.
5. Draw the outline map of Telangana.
6. Observe the given table and answer the following questions.
Net Attendance
IMR per 1000 Literacy Rate Ratio for
State
(2016) (%)(2011) Secondary
Stage (2013-14
Haryana 33 77 61
Himachal 25 84 67
Pradesh
Bihar 38 64 43
a. As per the above table, which state is in a better position in terms of
IMR, Literacy rate, and Net attendance ratio?
b. Give one reason why Bihar has a low literacy rate?

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 Section – II
6X4= 24 marks
1. Answer all questions.
questions.
2. Answer each question in 5 – 6 sentences.
3. Each question carries 4 marks.

7. Read the paragraph and interpret

We often hear people talk of population growth in alarming tones. These
people are often literate and talk about others not benefitting because
there are too many people who have to share very few resources
8. What were the problems faced by people during the partition of India?
9. Prepare a pamphlet on the prohibition of liquor.
10. What is the role of technology in Globalization?
11. Observe the given table and analyse it
Total Cropped Area - in million hectares
Region 1955-56 2006-07 growth %
Andhra Region 4.2 5.3 20
Telangana Region 4.8 5 5

12. Locate the following places in the world map.

1. Britain 2. Austria 3. Egypt
4. Nazism belonged to this country.

Section – III
4X6 = 24 Marks
A. Answer any FOUR questions
B. Answer each question in 8-10 sentences.
D. Each question carries 6 marks.

13. Classify the Himalayan river system and explain about any one river
system.
14. How did the main features of the Gentlemen’s’ Agreement become a
point of distrust between two regions of Telangana and Andhra?

15. Read the given paragraph and interpret it.

The Talibans, which took over Afghanistan after the withdrawal of
Soviet troops, similarly established an extremist Islamic state. These
states tried to force all the people to strictly follow the rules laid down in
religious texts.

16. Mention the challenges of urbanisation and suggest remedies in the

present day.

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 17. Observe the given table and analyse.

Table: 1 Distribution of Workers in India, 2017-2018 (%)

Sector Place of Residence Sex All workers
Rural Urban Male Female
Agriculture 59.8 6.6 40.7 57.2 44.6
Sector
Industry 20.4 34.3 26.4 17.7 24.4
Sector
Services 19.8 59.1 32.8 25.2 31.0
Sector

18. Locate the following places in the map of India

1. Deccan plateau 2. Thar Desert 3. Malabar coast
4. One west flowing river 5. Doda betta 6. Kolkata

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 Part - B
Time: 30. Mins Marks:20
Instructions: 20X1 = 20 Marks
1. Answer all questions.
2. Choose the correct option from the given four answers and write the letter (A or
B or C or D) in CAPITAL LETTER in the brackets.
3. Each question carries 1 mark.
4. Write the answers in the question paper itself.
5. Marks are not assigned to corrected, dismissed or erased answers.

1. Puna Pact was signed by [ ]

A) Gandhi -Ambedkar B) Gandhi - Nehru
C) Nehru -Ambedkar D) Ambedkar -Vallabhai Patel

2. An idea which promotesthe unity of all African peoples irrespective

ofcountry or tribe. [ ]
A) Democracy B) Secularism
C) Pan Africanism D) Republic

3. ‘The New Deal’ promised was a relief to the victims of [ ]

A) World wars B) Economic depression
C) Partition of India D) Floods

4. An example of MNC [ ]
A) Indian Railways B) BSNL
C) TATA motors D) Indian postal service

5. India is divided equally into two equal parts by [ ]

A) Arctic Circle B) Equator
C) Tropic of Cancer D) Antarctic circle

6. The present Chief Election Commissioner of India is [ ]

A) Rajiv Kumar B) Susheel Chandra
C) Anup Chandra Pandey D) Y.V. Chandrachud

7. The present President of India is [ ]

A) RamnathKovind B) Narendra Modi
C) DraupadiMurmu D) TamilisaiSoundaraRajan

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 8. Which of the following is NOT an example of public facility [ ]
A) Safe drinking water B) Electricity
C) Education D) Air port

9. Meghalaya was created from [ ]

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Asom
D) West Bengal D) Nagaland

10. These are considered while estimating GDP [ ]

A) The value of all goods and services
B) The value of all final goods and services
C) The value of all goods only
D) The value of all services only

11. The reason for ban in growing sugarcane and banana in Hiware Bazar is
[ ]
A) The prices are very low
B) The production is very less
C) These crops consume more water
D) There is no demand for these crops.

12. Match the following and choose the correct option. [ ]

1) Mega Cities a) Population between 1 million and 10 million
2) Metropolitan b) Population above 10 million
3) Class 1 Cities c) Population between 5000 and 1 Lakh
4) Cities d) Population between 1 lakh and 1 million

A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c, 4 – d B) 1 – d, 2 – c, 3 – b, 4 – a
C) 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – a, 4 – b D) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – d, 4 – c

13. Most of the unskilled and semi skilled workers migrating to these countries
[ ]
A) European countries B) USA
C) African countries D) Oil Exporting countries

14. Hill stations - Simla, Nainital, Mussorie are in... [ ]

(A) Greater Himalayas (B) Lesser Himalayas
(C) Shiwaliks (D) Nilgiris

15. The slogan 'do or die' is related to this. [ ]

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement. (B) Quit India Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement (D) Civil disobedience

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16. One of the following is not related to Telangana [ ]
A) Gentleman agreement B) Mulki rules
C) Regional council D) Silent valley movement

17. Identify the correctly matched pair [ ]

A) Green peace movement – New york
B) Treaty of Versailles – Paris
C) SardarSarovar dam – Ganga River
D) Non Alignment Movement – London

18. Arrange the following in the chronological order [ ]

1. Direct Action Day
2. Quit India Movement
3. Individual Satyagraha
4. Cripps Mission

A) 1,2,3,4 B) 1,3,4,2
C) 3,4,2,1 D) 2,3,1,4

19. Among the following choose the correct statement [ ]

A) The President of U.S.A. is elected by the people directly
B) The President of India is elected by the people directly
C) Indian people have dual citizenship
D) Concurrent list cannot be amended by the states.

20. The reform that was not related to Jawaharlal Nehru [ ]

A) Land reforms B)Abolition of privy purse
C) Agricultural cooperatives D) Local self government

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Himadri Plat
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h.
2.I
tshowsthei
ncome averageincomeofa
17.WhatisHumanDev el
opmentIndex(
HDI )
? 
oft
hewholecount
ry. singl
eper son.
 
A.Iti
sameasur eofdevel
opmentusedbyUNDP
tocomparecountr
iesbasedontheeducati
onal
10.Howdi dtheWorldBankcl assif
ythe l
evelsofthepeopl
e,thei
rheal
thst
atusandper
countri
esbasedonpercapi taincomein2017? capit
aincome. 
A.Threecategor
ies:
18.Whati sthegeneralthi
nkingofthewomen
1.HighIncomeCount r
ies:Countri
eswithper
whowor kout si
dethehomes?
capi
taincomeofUS$12, 055andabov eper
A.1.Theyar eeconomicall
yindependent.
annum
2.Theyar eself
-confi
dent.
2.MiddleIncomeCount r
ies:Thosewithper
3. 
Theyhav egreatersayinhousehold
capi
taincomeofbetweenUS$996-US$12, 054
deci
sions.
3.Low-incomeCountri
es: Thosewithpercapi
ta
4.Theyexpectt hei
rdaughterstoworkoutsi
de
i
ncomeofUS$995orl ess
homeaf termarri
age.
11.Whicharecall
eddev elopedcountr
ies?
 
A.Therichcount
ri
es,excludingcount
ri
esofWest
3.PRODUCTI
ON&EMPLOYMENT
Asiaand ot
hersmall
count ri
esarecal
led
devel
opedcountri
es.
1. 
Classi
fyt
hepeopl
e'
sactiv
iti
estoearnthei
r
12.Whatarepubli
cfacil
it
ies? 
l
ivel
ihoods?
A.Thegoodsandservicesprovidedbyt
he
A.Theseacti
vi
ti
esar
ebroadlycat
egor
izedint
o3
gover
nmentforthepubli
ccollecti
vel
yar
ecal
l
ed
ty
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1)Agri
cult
ur eandr elatedactiv
iti
essuchas A.
fi
shi
ng,forestr
y ,miningwher enaturehasa Or
gani
sedSect
or Unor
gani
sedSect
or
dominantroleinthepr oductionprocess
2)Manufacturingpr ocesses&ot herindustr
ies, 1.Theent erprises 1.Smal landscat tered
wheregoodsar eproducedbypeopl eusingtool
s wheret ermsof unit
swhi char elargely
ormachines empl oymentar e outsidethecont rolof
3)Thoseact i
viti
est hatdonotr esul
tinagoodbut regularwi t
hsome governmentcome
prov
ideservicest hatarerequiredinproducti
on formal processesand underunor ganised
andotherservicesf orpeople. procedur escome sector
underor gani sed 2.Thel i
beralsgetl ow
2.Whatisthefi
nancialy
ear? sector. sal
aries
A.Theperi
odofoney earst
art
ingf
rom April
1st  2.Thel abour ersget 3.92%peopl eare
toMarch31stnextyeari
scall
edafinanci
alyear highsal ari
es. empl oyedinthis
i
nIndi
a. 3.Onl y8%ofpeopl e sector.
areempl oyedi nIndi
a
3.WhatisGrossDomest i
cProduct(GDP)?
A.Iti
sthevalueofal
lfi
nalgoodsandservi
ces
producedwit
hinacountr
yduringapart
icul
aryear
. 10.Gi veexampl esf orlabour erswor kingin
unor ganisedsectori nruralar eas.
4.Whatar ethethreesub- sectorsofservice
A.Ex: landlessagricult
urallabour er
s, smalland
sect
or?
mar ginalfarmers,sharecropper sandar t
isans
A.1.Communi ty,socialandper sonalserv
ices
(suchasweav er
s,blacksmi ths,
 2.Finance,i
nsuranceandr ealestat
e
carpent er
sandgol dsmi ths).
 3.Trade,hotel
s,transport&communi cat
ion
11.Giveexamplesforurbanl abourersworki
ngin
5.Whydidn'
ttheemploymentshif
toutof
unorgani
sedsector.
agr
icul
tur
esectorevennow?
A.Ex:worker
sinsmal l
-scaleindustr
y,casual
A.I
tisbecausenotenoughjobswerecr
eat
edi
n
workersi
nconstruct
ion,tr
adeandt r
ansportetc.
i
ndustr
yandservi
cesectors.
andthosewhowor kasst reetvendors,headload
6.Whati stheimpor tanceofser vicesect or workers,
garmentmaker s,ragpickersetc.
devel opedcount ri
es?
12.Giveexampl esf orservicesintr
anspor
tand
A.1.I nt hepast50y ears,therehasbeenaf urt
her
communi cati
onsect or.
shif
tf rom i ndustrytoser vicesectorf ordev el
oped
A.Ex:Transportati
onser vi
cesl i
keroadways,
count ri
es.
rai
l
way s,waterwaysandai rwaysand
2.Theser vi
cesect orhasbecomet hemost
communi cati
onser vicesli
ket el
ephone,
mobil
e
i
mpor tantsect orint ermsoft ot
alpr oduction.
phone,DTHandi nternet.
3.Mostoft hewor ki
ngpeopl ehaveal somadea
shif
tandar enowempl oyedi ntheser v i
cesector 13.Giveexamplesfor 
Communi ty,Social
and
4.Mostoft heproduct i
onact ivi
ti
esar et hoseof Personalser
vices.
servicesandnotmanuf acturedgoods. A.Ex:Publi
cAdmi ni
str
ati
on,Defense,Education,
7.Whati sthedisgui sedunempl oy ment ? Healt
h,Veteri
naryact
ivi
ti
es,Media,Li
brary,
A.1.Ev eni fafewpeopl emov eout ,production archi
ves,museumsandot hercult
uralacti
vi
ties
willnotbeaf fectedi nagr i
cultur
esect or
. etc.
2.Mor enumberofpeopl ebei ngengagedt han
requiredi nanysect oriscal l
edasdi sguised 14.Gi veexampl esf orFi
nance, Insuranceand
unempl oy ment. RealEst ateSer v
ices.
A.Ex: Servicesofbanks, post-
offices,non-
bank
8.Whati sunderemployment? financi
al compani es,Li
feInsuranceandGener al
A.Iti
st hesit
uati
onwher epeopl
ear eapparent
ly InsuranceCor porationandserv i
cesofbr oker
s
workingbutallofthem ar
emadet owor kless andr ealest at
ecompani esetc.
thantheirpot
ential
.
9.Whatar ethedi f
fer
encesbetweenthe 15.Suggestsomemeasurest
ocreatemore
organisedsectorandtheunorganisedsector? employmentoppor
tuni
ti
estoal
lpeople.

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A.1.Toprov i
decheapl oanst ofarmersand
i
rri
gati
onfacil
iti
est othei
rlands. 6.Whatisthedi
ff
erencebet
weenef
fectof
2.Tobuil
dbet terroadstoallareas. sunshi
neonlandandocean?
3.ToTrainmanywor kerstowor keffi
cientl
yand A.
wit
hmachi nes. Land Ocean
4.Toidenti
fy,promoteandl ocateindustri
esand
serv
icesinruralandsemi -
ruralareas. Thelandabsor
bsand Theoceanabsor
bs
l
osesheatfast
ert
han andl
osesheat
ocean. moreslowl
ythanl
and.
4.CLI
MATEOFI
NDI
A

7.Whati sEquableCli
mat e?
1.Whatareclimographs? A.Undert hemoderati
ngi nf
luencesoftheseai
n
A.Thepictur
esthatshowt heelementsof coast
al areas,
thedif
ferencebetweenthe
weatherandcli
mateforapl acearecal
led temperatureofdayandni ghtandthatofsummer
cl
imographsorcli
mat ogr
aphs. andwinterisnotmuch.Thi sisknownasequable
cli
mate.
2.Whatistherelati
onbet
weenthetemper
atur
e
andalt
it
udeofapl ace? 8.Whatare'Loo'
winds?
A.Thetemperatureofapl
acedecr
easeswhenthe A.Thedryandhotwindsexper
iencedi
nthe
al
ti
tudeincr
eases. Nort
hernPlai
nsduri
ngsummerar ecal
led‘
Loo’
.
3.Whataret
hedi
ffer
encesbet
weenweatherand
9.Giv
eexamplesf
orfossi
lfuel
s.
cl
imat
e?
A.Ex:Coal
andPet
rol
eum product
s
A.
Weat
her Cl
imat
e
10.Whatisi
nsol
ati
on?
1.Thest ateof 1.Cl i
mat erefersto A.Theheatt
hatt
heeart
hget
sfr
om t
hesunr
ays
atmospher iccondi tions suchcondi tionsov er i
sknownasinsol
ati
on.
ofelement sl i
ke alargear eaand
sunshi ne,temper ature, fol
lowsasi mi lar 11.Howdoest heI ndi
anpeninsul
adivi
dethe
atmospher icpr essur e, gener alpat
ternov er southwestmonsoon?
winds, humi dity,clouds 30ormor ey ears. A. 
TheI ndi
anpeninsul
adiv
idesthem i
ntotwo
andpr ecipitationov er 2.Itreferstoal onger branches: 1.TheAr abi
anSeabr anch
anar eaatapar ti
cul ar period. 2.TheBayofBengal br
anch
ti
mer eferstoweat her.
2.Theseweat her 12.Whataret
hedif
ferencesbetweenadv
anci
ng
conditionsf luctuate monsoonandret
reati
ngmonsoon?
veryof tenev eni na A.
shortper iod. Adv
ancingmonsoon Retr
eati
ngmonsoon

1.Theyarri
veinthe 1.Theyarriv
ei nthe
4.Cl
assif
yther egionsontheeart
hbasedon countr
yinthemont hof monthofNov ember.
aver
ageannualt emperatur
es. June. 2.OnlyCoromandel
A.Thethr
eeregi onsontheeart
hare: 2.Manypar t
sofIndia coastrecei
vesr ai
nfal
l
1.Tropical r
egi
on recei
vemuchr ai
nfal
l duetot hi
smonsoon.
2.Polarregion  duetothismonsoon. 3.Theyalsoknownas
3.Temper ater
egi
on 3.Iti
salsocall
ed nort
heastmonsoon.
Southwestmonsoon.
5.Namet heClimateContr
olsort hefactor
sthat
aff
ectclimat
e.
13.Whataretradewi nds?
A.Theclimat
econt r
olsar
efour.Theyar e:
A.Thepermanentwi ndsintheNort
hern
1.Lat
itude 2.Land- Waterrelati
onship
hemispher
eblowt owardstheequator
ial
low
3.Rel
ief 4.UpperAi
rCirculati
on
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pressur
ebeltbyrefl
ect
ingt
owar
dst
hewestar
e thathasbeenoccurri
ngsi
nceindust
rialrev
olut
ion
call
edtradewinds. i
sbecauseofhumanact iv
iti
es.I
tiscall
ed
Anthropogeni
cGlobalWar
mi ng(AGW) .
 
14.WhatareJetSt
reams?  
  
A.Thefastf
lowi
ngaircurr
ent
sinanar
rowbel
tin
theupperat
mospherearecal
l
edJetst
reams. 5.I
NDI
ANRI
VERSANDWATERRESOURCES

15.Whatar eWest ernDi

sturbances?
A.Cyclonedepressionscomingfrom 1.Classi
fythedrai
nagesystem i
nIndi
a? 
Mediterr
aneanSeaar ecall
edWest er
n A.Iti
sdividedi
ntotwocategori
es:
Dist
urbances. 1.TheHimalayanri
vers
2. ThePeni
nsularr
iver
s
16.Whatar eMangoShowers?
2.Cl
assifytheprinci
palsystemsofthe
A.Thepr e-
monsoonshowersthathel
pint
heear
ly
HimalayanRivers?
ri
peningofmangoesandotherplant
ati
oncr
opsi
n
A.The Thr
eepr i
ncipalsy
stemsare:
Peninsul
arIndi
aarecal
l
edmangoshower sin
 
  
  1.TheIndus2.TheGanga
Telangana&AP.
 
  
  3.TheBrahmaput ra

17.WhatisOctoberheat? 3.Gi
veexamplesforpeni
nsul
arri
ver
s?
A.Theoppressi
veweatherduri
ngtheret
reati
ng 1.Godavar
i 2.Kr i
shna
monsoon,duetothecondit
ionsofhi
gh 3.Cauver
y 4.Mahanadi
temper
atureandhumidit
yiscall
edOctoberheat
.
4.Giv
eexampl esforther i
verst
hatori
ginat
ein
18.Namet het r
adi
ti
onalIndi
anseasons. thenort
hernpartofIndianPeninsul
a,butbel
ong
A.(VGVSHS): toGangaRiversystem.
1.Vasantha2.Gri
shma3.Var sha A. 1.Chambal 2.  Betwa
4.Sharad 5.Hemanta6.Shishi
ra 3.Ken 4.Son

5.Whichtwor i
ver
sjointof ormthe Ganga?
19.Whati sdeforestati
on?
A. 
TheBhagirat
hiori
ginati
ngattheGangotri
A.Remov ingofforestsindi
scri
minatelyf
or
gl
acier
agri
cult
ure, 
i
ndustries,mini
ng,constr
ucti
onof
2.TheAlal
akanandaor i
ginati
ngfr
om the
multi
-pur
posepr ojectsiscal
leddeforest
ati
on.
Satopant
hglaci
er

20.Whatwi llbetheconsequences, ift

heaverage 6.Giv
et woexamplesf
orWestflowingr
iver
sin
temperaturesont heearthincr
easet o2°Cmor e? peni
nsularI
ndia?
A.1.Ariseofonemet erinsealevel
sbyear l
ynext A.Ex:1.TheNarmada2.TheTapti
centur
y.
2.Asmi l
li
onsofpeopl ewoul dhavetobeshifted, 7.Whyt heHi
malayanRi
v ersarecal
ledper
enni
al?
theywouldl osetheirli
veli
hood. A.Thisi
sbecausether
iversaresuppli
edon
3.Therainfalli
slikelytobemor eerrati
cand rai
nfal
laswel
lasthemeltingsnow.
l
eadingtodr ought sandf l
oods.
8.Wri
teanytwodiff
erencesbetweenthe
4.Theagr i
cultur
epat t
ernandpeople’sli
vel
i
hood
Himal
ayanRiver
sandPeni nsul
arRiv
ers.
maybeaf fected.
A.
Himalay
anriver
s Peni
nsularr
iver
s
21.Whati sGreenhouseEffect?
A.Theat mospheretr
apsal otofsolarenergythat 1.Theyareperenni
al 1.Theyar enot
reachestheearthbypreventi
ngitfr
om totall
y ri
vers. perennial
riv
ers.
escapingbackintospace.Iti
sgreenhouseef f
ect. 2.Ex:theGanga 2.Ex:theGodavari
3.Theydon'thavef
ixed 3.Theyhav efi
xed
22.Whati
sAnthropogenicGl
obalWarming course. course.
(AGW)?
A.Themuchofthecurrentgl
obal
warmingtr
end
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9.What 
arethechar acter
ist
ics/featur
esof PanchayatandtheCoca- ColaCompanyr eacht
he
peni
nsularr
ivers. court?
A. 1.Afixedcour se A.1.Thegroundwaterlevels 
decreased&water
 
   2.Absenceofmeander s becamenotf i
tfordri
nkingduet oexcessuseof
 3.Nonper ennialf
lowofwat er waterbyCoca-ColaCompanyi n Perumatt
y,a
vi
ll
ageinKerala.
10.Classifyt
heTungabhadr abasin. 2.AstheGram Panchay atdidnotrenewthe
A.Iti
sdiv i
dedintotwoparts: l
icensegiv
entot hecompany ,thecompanywent
1)theupperandmi ddl
ecatchment tothecourt
.
i
nKar nataka
2)thelowerpor t
ionofthecatchmentin 17.Wr
it
et wosl ogansonwat erconser
vat
ion.
Tel
angana&Andhr aPradesh. A. 1.Harv estrainwater
I
ncreasegr oundwater
11.Ment iont her easonsf orTungabhadradam 2.Wat erisv erypr
eci
ous
graduall
yl osingi tswat erstoragecapaci
tyov
er Usageshoul dbecautious
thelast50y ears.
A.Wi thaccumul ati
onofsi ltdueto
mining,dust, soilerosionand
debris,t
her eserv oirhaslostits 6.I
NDI
A–POPULATI
ON
storagecapaci ty.

12.Gi
veexamplesforthemajorcr
opst
hat 1.WhatisaCensus?  
demandalotofwater. A.I
tistheprocedureofsyst
ematicall
yacquir
ing
A.Ex:
1.Paddy2.Sugarcane andrecor
dinginformati
onaboutmember sofa
gi
venpopulati
on.
13.Whataret hepre-
condi t
ionsf orselecti
onof 2.Whatissexr ati
o? 
vi
ll
agesunderAdar shGr am Yojanai n A.Sexrat
ioisthenumberoff emalesfor1000
Maharashtr
a? malesinthepopulati
on.
A.ThereareFOURbans.  
1.KurhadBandi -banonf elli
ngt r
ees 3.WhatisAgeStruct
ure? 
2.CharaiBandi-banonf r
eegr azing A.Theagestruct
ureofapopul
ati
onref
erst
othe
3.Nasbandi-Fami l
yPl anning  no.ofmalesandfemalesi
ndif
fer
entagegr
oups
4.Nashabandi-banonl i
quor i
nacount r
y.

14.Whatar ethestepst akenf orsocialcont r

ol 4.Howisthepopulati
onofanat i
ongr ouped? 
ov ergroundwat erext r
act i
onandusei nHiwar e A.I
tisgener
all
ygroupedintothreecat egor
ies:
Bazar ? 1.Thechil
dren(below15y ear
s) .
A.1.Nobor ewellsf orirr
igation,onlythroughdug 2.TheworkingAge( 15to19y ears)
. 
wel l
s 3.TheAged( above59y ears).
2.Nowat er
-intensivecr ops
5.WhatistheLiter
acyrate? 
3. Ifcaseofgoodr ainfall
,theycant akef ul
lRabi
A.Thepercent
ageofper sonsaged7y earsand
crop;otherwisethear eaunderRabi shouldbe
abovewhocanr eadandwr it
ewithunderstandi
ng
broughtdown.
i
nanylanguageiscall
edl i
ter
acyrat
e. 
4.Wi thcropplanning, water pri
orit
isati
oni s
decided. 6.Whatdoest
hel
owsexrat
ioi
ndicate?
A.I
tindi
cat
est
hedi
scr
imi
nat
ionagainstwomen.
15.Whataretheusesofcontinuouscontour
tr
enches(CCTs)? 7.Cl
assifytheworkingpopulati
on.
A.1.CCTsdugont hehi
l
lslopes arr
estthe A.Workingpopulati
ongroupisclassif
iedint
ofour
erosi
onofsoil
. cat
egories:
2.CCTsharvestr
ainwat
er,thusencouragi
ng 1.Cult
ivat
ors
growthofgr
ass. 2.Agri
cult
urall
abourers
3.Workersinhouseholdindustri
es
16.Whydi
dthei
ssuebet
weenPer
umat
tyGr
am

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herwor
ker
s ear
nings.

8.Whatarethedi
ffer
encesbet
weenbirt
hrat
e 14.Howi sanagr i
culturall
abourerdiff
erentfr
om
anddeathrat
e? aculti
v at
or?
A. A.Agricul
turall
abourersdon'thaveanylandand
Bir
thRate Deat
hRate workinanot her
'sfar
mf orwages.
Cult
ivatorsarefar
mer swhof arm orsupervi
sethe
1.I
ti sthenumberof 1. Deat hrateist
heno. l
andt hattheyownort akeonr ent
.
l
iveBi r
thsper1000 ofdeat hsf ort
housand
personsinay ear. personsi nay ear
. 15.Explainther easonsf orcontinuousgrowt hof
2.I
ft hebir
thrate 2.Ift hedeathrat
e populationsince1921i nIndia.
i
ncreasespopul at
ion i
ncr eases,the A.1.Fami nesdecl i
nedbecauseoff aminer elief
,
wil
l al
soincrease. popul ati
onwi l
l mov ementofgr ain,r ati
onshops.
decr ease. 2.Epidemi cssuchaschol er
a,pl
agueandt osome
extentmal ari
ahav eal sobeencont r
oll
ed.
3.Peopl eunderstoodt heneedofbet tersanitati
on,
9.Whatisfemalefoetici
de? cl
eanwat erandnut riti
on tocontaindiseases.
A.Abor
ti
ngt hefemalechild sel
ect
ivel
ybef
ore 4.Adv ancesinmedi cine,especi
al l
yantibi
otics
bi
rt
hiscall
edf emal
ef oeti
cide. andv accinescontribut edtobetterhealthcar e.
10.Mentionthereasonsf orhi
ghpopulat
ion 16.WhatisAnnualGrowthRateofpopulat
ion? 
densi
tyinnorthernpl
ai nsandKer
ala. A.Theincreasei
nnumberofpersonsforever
y
A. 1.Theflatpl
ains 100personsinthebaseyeari
scall
edannual
2.Fer
til
esoil
s growt
hr at
eofpopulati
on.
 
3.Abundantrainfal
l.
17.Whati sFert
il
ityRate? 
11.Diff
erenti
atet
hepopul
ati
ongr
owthfr
om A.Ferti
li
tyrat
eisthenumberofchi l
dr enthat
populat
ionchange. i
s/areli
kelytoborntoawomani fshewer et oliv
e
A. to 
theendofherchi l
d-bear
ingyearsandbeart he
Populati
ongrowt
h Popul
ati
onchange chi
ldreninaccordancewiththecurrentpatterns.

1.Populationgrowthi
s 1.Populat i
onchangei s 18.WhatisPopul
ati
onDensi
ty?
i
ncreasei nthe thediff
erencei ntheno. A.Iti
scal
culat
edasthenumberofper
sonsper
populati
onduet o ofinhabitantsofa uni
tareaorsqkm ar
ea.
natural
gr owthand country/terri
tor
yduring
migrati
on. aspecificperiod,say 19.Whatar ethereasonsf orthelowsexrati
oin
2.I
tisexpr essedin duringthelastten ourcountry
?
percentage.. years. A. 1.Parentsarepreferri
ngboy st
ogi
rls.
2.Itisexpressedin 2.Theneglectofgi r
ls'heal
thandi
l
lness.
absolutenumber s. 3.Femalefoeti
cides.

20.Wr
it
etwoslogansonpopul
ati
oncont
rol
.
12.Whatcauseschangei npopul
ati
onsize?
  A. 1.Smal
lfamil
y-Happyf
amily
A.Iti
sbecauseoft
hei nt
eract
ionofthr
ee 2.Wetwo- Ourst
wo
processes: 1.Bi
rths.  
  
2.Deaths 
3.Migrati
ons
7.SETTLEMENTSANDMI
GRATI
ON
13.Whati sworkingpopul ati
on?
A.1.Thosewhoar eintheagegr oupof15to59
1.Whatisaset t
lement?
areworkingpeople.
A.Thewayweor gani
seoursel
vesandourl
i
ving
2.Theyar ebi
ological
l
yr eproduct
ive.
spacesi
napl aceiscall
edasettl
ement
3.Theydesiredecentincomeandsecur i
tyofwork.
2.Whatarethedi f
fer
encesbetweenNomadicli
fe
4.Chil
drenandt heagedof tendependonthei
r
styl
esedent
ar yl
ifest
yle?
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A. 9.Whati sthecent r
eofanaerotropoli
s?Name
Nomadi
cli
fest
yle Sedent
aryl
if
est
yle anytwof acil
iti
eslocatedi
naerotropoli
s? 
A.Air
por ti
sthecent reoft
he 
aerotropol
is.Hotel
s,
1.Thepr acti
ceof 1.Thepracti
ceof shopping,entert
ainmentandbusinessconference
earl
yhumansr oaming stayi
ngatoneplaceto faci
l
iti
esar eavail
ablether
e.
from oneplaceto producefoodthr
ough
anotherinsearchof agri
cult
ureiscal
l
ed 10.Whataredif
fer
encesbet
weenMegacit
ies
foodiscalled Sedentar
ylif
estyl
e. andMetropol
it
anciti
es?
Nomadi clif
estyle. A.
Megaciti
es Metr
opol
it
anci
ties
2.Thehumanswere
hunter
-gat
her
sint
his 2.Thehumansbecame
agri
cul
tur
ist
sint
his 1.Theci t
ieshaving 1.Theciti
eshaving
syst
em. mor ethan10mi l
li
on populat
ionbetween1
syst
em.
peoplearecalled milli
onand10mi lli
on
megaci ti
es. arecall
edMet r
opolitan
3.Whatarethebasicconcept
sofasettl
ement? 2.Exampl es:
Mumbai , ci
tiesormill
i
onpl us
A.Ther
ear ethr
eebasi
cconceptsofasett
lement
. Kolkat
aandDel hi ci
ties.
Theyar
e:1.TheSite 2.Examples:Chennai
2.TheSit
uati
on andHy der
abad
3. 
TheHist
oryofaplace
11.Whyi samast erplannecessaryf
orev erycit
y?
4. Whatisur
banizat
ion? A.1.Inanyci t
y ,thereshouldbehousingareas,
A.Peoplehavebeenincreasi
ngl
yt aki
ngupnon mar ket
s,school s,industr
ialar
eas,
offi
cear eas,
agri
cul
tureworkandlivi
ngincit
iesandtowns. parksandr ecreat i
onalareasandsoon.
Thispr
ocessiscall
ed ur
banizat
ion. 2.Amast erplani snecessarysoastheplanners
candecidet het ypesofr oads,t
heamountof
5.Ment i
onanyt wor easonsfori ncreaseinar ea waterorelectricit
yr equi
red,howtodisposewast e,
ofaset t
lement . howt ocleansewageet c.
A.1.Thehi storicalandgeogr aphi calcondit
ionsof
t
hepl ace 12.Givetwoexampl esf oraerotr
opol i
sinother
2.Mi grati
onofpeopl etotheplace countr
ies.
6.Howdi dthepopul ationincit
iesandt owns A.1.Suvarnabhoomi I
nternati
onal Air
port,
i
ncrease? Bangkok
A.1.Nat uralgrowt h 2.HeathrowI nter
national Ai
rport,London
2.I
nclusionofr ur al
ar eassurroundi ngthetownor 13.Whatismi gr
ati
on?
ci
ty A.Mov i
ngofpeopl ef r
om t hei
rplacest oother
3.Rural-
to-Urbanmi gration pl
acesinsear chofbet teropportuniti
esiscall
ed
migrat
ion.
7.Whatar ethepr oblemsofurbanization?
1.Provi
dingr oads,drai
nage,
 
electr
icit
y,wat erand 14.
 Whatarethemostcommonr easonsfor
otherpubli
cf aci
li
ti
es migr
ati
onforfemal
esandmales?
2.Problemsofsewageandot herwast edi sposal A.Marr
iagei
sforwomenandEmpl oymentisf
or
3.Incr
easei nairpoll
uti
onduet otheincreasei n menarethemostcommonreasonsformigrat
ion.
thenumberofv ehicl
es
4.Incr
easei ntheuseofmat eri
alsthateither 15.Whatar ethecri
ter
iausedbythecensusf
or
donotdegr adeort akealongti
met odo i
denti
fyingapersonasami gr
ant
?
A.Twocr i
teri
aareusedbythecensus:
8.Whatisanaer otr
opol i
s? Givetwoexamples. 1.Bir
thplace
A.Thesettl
ementcent redaroundanairporti
s 2.Last 
usualpl
aceofresi
dence
cal
ledanaerotr
opolis.Ex:1.Indir
aGandhi
Int
ernat
ionalAi
rport
, NewDel hi 16.Menti
ontworeasonsforseasonal
2.Raji
vGandhiInter
nationalAirport
,Hy
derabad migr
ati
on? 
A. 1.Unevendevel
opment
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  2.Regi
onal
dispar
it
y sector s. marginal
farmers.
3.Gener al
lymen 3.Theymigratewi
th
17.Whatar et
hediffer
encesbet weenInt
ernal mi grate,butwomen thei
rfamil
y.
migrat
ionandinter
nationalmigrat
ion? stayi nv i
ll
ages. 4.Themigrati
onwill
be
A. 4.Thi smi grat
ionwill fort
heshorterdur
ati
on.
I
nternalmi
grati
on I
nter
nati
onalmigrat
ion bef orl ongerdurat
ion.

1.Ifpeoplemi grate 1.Ifpeopl emi grate 21.Whatar etheproblemsf acedbyi nter

national
fr
om andpl acet o from onecount ryto migr ants?
anotherpl acecount ry anot hercountryi s A.1.Recr uit
mentagent scheatprospect i
ve
whati scal l
edinternal calledInternati
onal wor kersorcoll
ectmor e
migration. mi grati
on. thant heprescri
bedfees.
2.Itneedsnov isaand 2.Itneedsv i
saand 2.Att imes,migrantwor ker
sarenotpai dthei
r
otherdocument s. otherdocument s salaries.
3.Nochangei n 3.Ther ewi l
lbe 3.Empl oy
erspaylessthant heagreedsal ar
y.
NationalIncomedue i
ncr easeinNat i
onal 4.Theyof t
enforcewor kerstodoov ert
ime
tothismi grati
on. Incomeduet o withoutmaki ngadditi
onal payments.
i
nt ernati
onal migrati
on.
22.
 Whati
st hedif
fer
encebet
weent he
18.Howmanyt ypesofi nt
ernat
ional i
mmi gr
ati
onandt heemigr
ati
on? 
migration ar
efrom India?  A.
A.Theyar eoft
wot ypes: I
mmi grat
ion Emigrat
ion.
1.Skill
edandPr ofessionalpeople'
smigr
ati
onto
developedcount r
ies. Comingonmi gr
ati
on Goi ngonmi gr
ati
ontoa
2.Unski l
ledandSemi -skil
l
edwor ker
s'mi
grat
ion toafor
eigncountr
yis for
eigncountr
yis
tooiltheexporti
ngcount ri
es. cal
l
edimmi gr
ati
on. cal
ledemigrat
ion.

19.Whydopeopl emigratefrom ruralareast

o
urbanar eas?
8.RAMPUR-AVI
LLAGEECONOMY
A.Peopl emi gr
atefrom r
ural areas
mai nl
yduet o
1.Insuffi
cientemploymentoppor t
uniti
es 1.Giv
eexamplesf
ort
henon-far
mi ngacti
vi
ti
es.
2.Inadequat ei
ncomeav ailableinrural A.Ex:Small
manuf
act
uri
ng,
transport
,shop-
empl oyment keepi
ngetc.
3.Expect ati
onofhigherincomesandmor e
oppor t
uniti
esandbet t
erser vi
cestof amily 2.Whyar ebogey susedinRampurv i
ll
age?
member s A.Bogeys,thewoodencar t
sdrawnbybuf f
aloes,
areusedtof ort
ranspor
tati
onofjagger
yandot her
20.Whatarethedi
ff
erencesbet
weenRuralt
o commodi t
iesinRampur .
UrbanandRuralt
oRuralmigr
ati
ons?
A. 3. 
Whyhast herebeennoexpansi oninl
andarea
Ruralt
oUrban Ruralt
oRural undercul
ti
vationinRampur ,si
nce1921?
A.Bythen,
thenear byforest
shadbeenclear
ed
1.Peoplemi grate 1.Peopl emigratefr
om andsomeoft hewast el
andsinthevil
l
agewere
fr
om ruraltour ban rural torural
areasdue conver
tedtoculti
vableland.
duetoinsuf f
ici
ent todi stresscausedin
employment rural areas. 4.Whatismul t
ipl
ecr oppingandwhatisitsuse?
opport
uni t
iesand 2.Theyget A.1.Growingmor ethanonecr oponthesame
i
nadequat eincome. empl oymentin pi
eceofl andduri
ngthey eari
sknownasmul t
ipl
e
2.Thegr eat agriculturesectoras croppi
ng.
employmenti n theyar emainly 2.Iti
sthemostcommonwayofi ncr
easi
ng
i
ndustri
esandser vi
ce agriculturall
aborersor product
ionfrom l
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A.1.I
tisthest
andarduni
tof
 measuri
ngl
and. 1.Thelargefar
mers
2.I
tisequalt
o10,000squar
emet r
es. 2.Thev i
ll
agemoneyl
ender
s
3. 
Thetrader
swhosupplyvar
iousi
nput
sfor
6.Whoaresmallfarmers? cul
ti
vati
on
A.Thefar
merswi t
hlessthan2hect
aresofl
and
arecal
l
edsmall
f armers. 14.Whenwi llt
herebeal osst
othefarmersi
n
farm act
ivi
ti
es?
7.Classi
fythefactorsofproducti
on. A.1.Whencr opsaredamaged
A.Therearefourfactorsofproduct
ion: becauseoffloods,pest
setc.
1.Land 2.Labour 3.Capital 2.Thesuddenf al
li
nt hepri
ceofagr
icul
tur
al
4.Technology&Ent er
pri
se produce

8.Whatarethediff
erencesbetweenphy
sical 15.Listthefactorsofproducti
oni nt
he
capi
talandworkingcapit
al? preparati
onofj aggery.
A. A.1.Land-OwnShed  athome/fi
eld
Physi
calcapit
al Worki
ngcapit
al. 2.Labour-Fami l
ymember s 
3.PhysicalCapital
-Sugarcanecrushi
ngmachi
ne
1.Thet ools,machi nes 1.Ther awmat eri
als 4.Wor ki
ngCapi tal
-Sugarcanebroughtf
rom
&bui l
dingsr equir
edf or andmoneyr equi
red farmersandEl ectr
ici
ty
productionar ecall
ed forproducti
oniscalled
physicalorf i
xed wor ki
ngcapital
. 16.Li
stthef act
orsofproducti
oni
nshopkeeping.
capit
al. 2.Thesear eusedup A.1.Land-Frontspaceofownhouse
2. Theyar enotused i
nt he 2.Labour-FamilyMember s 
uporconsumed productioncycl
e. 3.PhysicalCapit
al-Fur
nit
ure&Fri
dge
i
mmedi atelyinthe 4.Wor ki
ngCapi t
al-commoditi
es&  
 El
ect
ri
cit
y
productionpr ocess.
17.Whati srequir
edt oi
ncreaseNon-farm
acti
viti
es?
9.Whyarefarmlabourer
spoor? A.1.Li tt
leland
A.1.Theygetl
owerwages. 2.Loanbeav ai
labl
eatlowr at
eofinter
est
2.Theyhavenoregul
arworkt
hroughoutt
hey
ear
. 3.Tohav emarketswherethegoodsand
ser
vicespr oducedcanbesold.
10.Descri
bethepr oducti
onfactorsindiary 4.Goodt r
ansportandtel
ephoneconnecti
vi
ty
acti
vi
ty? wit
ht ownsandci ti
es
A. 1.Land-OwnShed 
2.Labour-Famil
yMember s 
3.Physi
cal Capi
tal
-Buffal
oes 
4.WorkingCapital
-Grass&Medi cines 9.GLOBALI
ZATI
ON

11.Whatistheaim ofpr
oduct
ion?
A.Iti
stoproducegoodsandservi
cest
hatpeopl
e 1.Whatisglobal
isati
on?
need. A.Globali
sat
ioni
st hepr
ocessofrapi
dintegr
ati
on
andinter
connect
ionofcountr
ies,
occurr
edacross
12.Whoar eentrepreneurs? theglobeint
helate20thcent
ury.
A.1.Theowner soft heenterpri
ses,whoproduce
fort
hemar ketandhav etoplan,or
ganiseand 2.WhatisaMulti
nat
ionalCompany( MNC)
?
manage,arecalledent r
epreneurs. A. AnMNCi sacompanythatownsorcont
rol
s
2.Theycouldbef ar
mer s,
shopkeepers,smal
l product
ioni
nmorethanonenation.
scal
emanuf acturer
s, serv
ice
3.WhatisArabSpring?
provi
der
set c.
A.Therevol
uti
onsandupr ooti
ngofdictat
orsin
13.Whom dothemostofsmallfar
mer
sbor
row WestAsianandNorthAf r
icancountr
iesli
ke
moneyforthewor
kingcapi
tal
from? Tuni
sia,Egy
pt,andLiby
awer ecall
edt heArab
Spri
ng. 
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fythefl
owswi t
hinint
ernat
ional 3.Mobi
l
ephone 4.Faxser
vice
economicexchanges.
A.Therearethr
eetypesofflows. 11.Whati sther elati
onbet weenglobali
sat
ion
Theyare:1.Fl
owoft r
ade andinformationt echnology ?
2.Flowoflabour A.1.Informati
ont echnol ogyisusedtoget
3.Flowofcapital i
nformat i
oninstant l
yfrom remoteplacesacross
theworld.
5.Whatar ethecrit
er i
aforselecti
ngasi t
efor 2.Withthis,t
hei nterl
inkingofcountr
iesi
mpr oved,
operati
onsofMNCs? thusfacil
it
ati
nggl obal i
sati
on.
A.Theyar emainlyfour:
1.Proxi
mi t
ytothemar ket
s. 12.Whati sther ol
eofMul tinati
onal compani es
2.Avail
abil
it
yoflabouratl owcost s. (MNCs)i nthepr ocessofgl obal
isation?
3.Assuredav ai
l
abil
ityofot herf
actorsof A.1.Foreigntradebet weencount r
ieswi l
lincrease
producti
on withtheforei
gni nvestmentsbymul t
inati
onal
4.Governmentpol i
ciesthatprotectt
heiri
nter
est
s companies.
2.Mor eforei
gnInv estmentsandf oreigntrade
5.Whati
sForeignInvest
ment? i
mpr ovetheinterli
nkingofthecount ries,
pav i
ng
A.ThemoneythatMNCsspendt obuyasset
s thewayf orglobali
sation.
suchasl
andbuildi
ngmachinesandother
equi
pmenti
scal l
edforei
gni
nvest
ment. 13.Whyarenearl
yallmajormultinat
ional
s
Ameri
can,JapaneseorEuropean?
6.Whatar e 
joi
ntvent
ures? A.Al
lthesecount
ri
eshavebeeni ndustr
ial
i
sed
A.Attimes,MNCssetuppr oduct
ionjoint
lywi
th l
ongbeforeandarenowdev el
opedcount r
ies.
thelocal
companiesinthesecountr
ies.Theyar
e
call
edjoi
ntventur
es. 14.Di
sti
ngui
shbet
weenf
oreigntradeandfor
eign
i
nvest
ment?
7.Whatarethedi
ff
erencesbetweenother A.
companiesandmult
inati
onalcompanies? Forei
gntr
ade Forei
gninvest
ment
A.
1.Thet radecount r
ies 1.Themoneyt hat
Othercompani
es Multi
nati
onal
thr
oughi mportsand MNCsspendt obuy
companies
expor t
siscal l
ed assetssuchasl and,
1.Productionpr
ocess 1.Producti
onprocess for
ei gntrade. buildi
ng, machinesand
takesplaceinone takesplacei
nmany 2.Itresultsin otherequi pmentis
countr
y. countr
ies. connect i
ngt he calledforeign
2.Productioni
sona 2.Producti
onisona mar ketsindiffer
ent i
nv estment .
smallscale. l
argescale. count r
ies. 2.Interresultsin
connect i
ngt he
product i
oni ndif
fer
ent
8.Giv
eexampl
esforf
orei
gnmult
inat
ional count r
ies.
compani
esinI
ndi
a.
A.Ex:1.Ni
ke 2.Coca-
Col
a
 
  
  
  3.Pepsi 4.Honda 15.Whatisthebasicfuncti
onoff orei
gntrade?
9.Whatar ethefactor
st hathav eenabl
ed A.Iti
stocreateanopportuni
tyfortheproducer
s
globalisation? toreachbeyonddomesticmar ket
s.
A.1.Technol ogy 16.Whatar et r
adebarri
ers?Gi
veanexampl
e.
2. 
Mul t
inat i
onalcompani es A.Ther estr
icti
onssetupbythegover
nment
sto
3.Liberalisat
ionofforeigninvestmentand regulat
ef or
eigntradear
ecall
edtr
adebar
ri
ers.
forei
gnt rade Ex:taxoni mports.
4.Insti
tutionsofglobal gover
nance
17.Gi
veexampl
esforsomeI
ndi
anMNCs?
10.Gi
veexampl
esfort
elecom ser
vices. A. 1.Tat
aMotors 2.I
nfosy
s
A. 1.Tel
egr
aph 2.Tel
ephone
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anPai
nts 10.FOODSECURI
TY
18.Whatisli
berali
sati
onofforei
gnt r
ade/
economicli
beral
isati
on?
A.Removingthebarri
ersonforei
gnt r
adeand 1.Whati
saf amine?
for
eigni
nvestmentstoalargeextentiscal
l
ed A.Thesi
tuat
ionofextr
emescar
cit
yoff
oodi
s
l
iber
ali
zat
ion.
  cal
ledaf
amine.

19.Whatar eSpecialEconomi cZones( SEZs)? 2.Whatar ethepossi bleway sofincreasi

ng
Giveexampl esfort hefacil
it
iespr ov i
dedt here. productionofcr opsfrom land?
A.1.Thei ndustr
ialzonessetupbyst ateand A. 1.I
mpr ovingir
rigati
onfacil
it
ies
central governmentswi t
hal lfacil
it
ies,tax 2.Pl
antingdrought -
resi
stantcropsasper
exempt i
onsandf lexibi
li
tyinlabourl aws, t
oat tr
act thelocalconditi
ons
foreigncompani est oinvestinI ndi
aar ecal l
ed 3.Water-harv
est i
ng
Speci alEconomicZones.   4.Cr
opr otati
on
2.TheSEZsar etohav ewor l
dcl assf acil
it
ies:
3.Whataret heway stoi
ncreasetheavai
labi
li
ty
Electrici
ty,water
,roads,transpor tandst orage,
offoodgrains?
recreat i
onalandeducat i
onal facil
iti
es.
A. 1.Increasingtheproduct
ion
20.Howhast hecompet it
ion benefi
tt
edthe 2.Impor t
s
peopleofIndiawiththeadv entofMNCs? 3.Usingt hegovernmentstocks
A. 1.Improvedqual i
tyoftheproduct
s 4.Lower i
ngt hewastage
2.Lowerpr i
cesofpr oducts
4.Howi stheavai
labi
li
tyoff
oodgr ai
nsperyear
3.Greaterchoiceamongdi f
fer
ent
est
imated?
product
s
A.Avai
labil
it
yoffoodgrai
nspertheyear=
4.Creati
onofnewj obs
(Pr
oductionoff
oodgrainsduri
ngtheyear)+(Net
21.Whydogov ernmentstr
yt oattr
actmor e i
mpor t
s)-Changeinthegovernmentstocks)
for
eigninvestment?
5.Cl
assifythefoodgr ains?
A.Because
A.Thesefallunderfoodgr ai
ns:
1.Thelocalpeoplewil
lgetjoboppor t
unit
ies.
1.Cereals2.Pulses3.Edibl
eOi
l
s.
2.Thelocalcompaniessupplyingraw
materi
alswi l
lbebenefi
ted. 6.WhatareNutri
-cereal
s?
3.Thegov ernmentwil
lgetincomet heform A.Thehighl
ynutr
iti
ousandwholesomegrai
nsl
ike
ofvari
oustaxes. Jowar,Ragi
,Baj
raarecall
edCoarsecer
eal
sor
Nutr
i-
cereal
s.
22.Whatisr efer
redasWor ldBank?Andwhat
doesitdo? 7.Giv
eexamplesforagr
icul
tur
al-al
li
edact
ivi
ti
es?
A.1.TheInternati
onalBankf orReconst r
ucti
on A.Ex:1.Poul
try
andDev el
opment( IBRD)andt heInternati
onal  
  
  
  2.Fishi
ng
Devel
opmentAssoci at
ion(I
DA)ar er efer
redas  
  
  
  3.Dairyi
n
WorldBank.
2.WorldBanki sabletoadviceandi mpactt he 8.Whati sagr
icultur aldiversi
ficati
on?
waythegov ernment sf
ramet heirpolici
esand A.Cult
ivati
onusingf oll
owi ngmet hodsiscal
led
gui
det hem. agr
icul
turaldi
versification.
1.Cult
ivatingt hehi ghincomecr ops
23.Whati sCultural
 Homogenisat
ion?  2.Multi
plecr opping
A.Theimpactofmoder nCommuni cati
onand 3.Croprot ation
Technologyhasl edtothespr
eadofonl yfew 4.Maintainingagr i
cult
ur e-
all
i
edacti
vit
ies.
cul
turesandideaswhi chhavemarginali
zedlocal
andsmal lcul
tures.Thi
ssit
uati
oniscalledCult
ural 9.Whatarethesali
entfeat
uresofNational
Food
Homogeni sat
ion.  Securi
tyAct
,2013?
A.1.TheActlegal
i
sespeoples’Ri
ghttoFood.
2.Ever
ypersonoflowincomefamili
esisenti
tl
ed

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ogramsoff oodgr ai
nspermont hat 16.Howdoest hef oodreacht
hepeople?
subsidi
sedrates. A.1.Theypurchaseinthemarket
3.Thecent r
algovernmentwi l
lsupplyri
ce,
wheat 2.Theypurchaseintherati
onshop
andmi ll
etsforRs.
3, Rs.
2andRs. 1respect
ivel
y. 3. 
ThroughschemessuchasMi dDayMeals
4.Ifthegovernmenti snotabl
etoar r
angefood
grains,
itwil
lgivecasht othepeopl
et obuyfood 17.Whati sBuff
erStock?  
grains. A.Thest ockoffoodgrainsmainl
ywheatandr
ice
procuredandmai nt
ainedbythegover
nment
10.Whom shoul dgovernmentprovideMidday throughFCIiscall
edbufferst
ock.
meal s,Nat i
onalFoodSecuri
tyAct,2013?
A.1.Pr egnantwomen 18.WhatisMinimum SupportPri
ce?
2.Lactatingwomen A.Thepreannouncedpri
cepaidtothefar
mers
3.Childrenaged1-6y ear
scomi ngto foracropdecl
aredbyagovernmentagencyever
y
comi ngt oAngwanwadis. yeari
scall
edMinimum SupportPri
ce(MSP).
 
4.Childrenaged6-14year
sofagecomi ng 19.Howist
heBodyMassI ndex(
BMI)cal
cul
ated?
toschool A.BMI=(
weighti
nkg/hei
ghtinmetr
essquar
ed) 
11.Whatarethesuggest i
onsprovidedby 20.Wr
it
etwoslogansonf oodsecuri
ty.
SupremeCour tforbetteri
mplement ati
onofthe A. 1.Nat
ions'f
oodsecuri
ty–
middaymeal spr ogr
ammei nschools? Thegovernment
s’duty
A.1.Mealsshouldbel ocall
yproduced. 2.Ahealt
hynati
on-Aweal t
hynation
2.Mealsshouldbecookedandser vedhot.
3.Mealsshouldbehy gieni
candnut ri
ti
ous.
4.Menusshoul dbev ar
iedforeverydayofthe
week. 11.SUSTAI
NABLEDEVELOPMENT
12.Whoshouldbegivenpr
efer
ence 
tocookMi
d-
daymeal
sinschools? 1.Whatarethediff
erencesbet
weenpercapi
ta
A. 1.Dali
tcooks i
ncomeandhumandev el
opmenti
ndex?
2.Widows A
3.Desti
tut
ewomen PerCapi
taIncome HumanDevel
opment

13.Howi sthefoodweeatnor
mall
yclassi
fi
ed?
  1.Itwasusedto 1.Thisisusedt o
A.Iti
sclassi
fiedas: measur et
he measur edevelopment
1.Carbohydrat
es 2.Pr
otei
ns developmentearl
ier
. now-a-days.
3.Vit
ami ns 4.Mi
neral
s.  2.GDPr ef
erstototal 2.Itt
akesi nt
oaccount
val
ueofgoodsand thesociali
ndicator
s
14.Forwhatfunctionsi st
hefoodr
equi
redbyour
servi
cesproducedin l
ikeeducat i
on,heal
th
body?
thecountr
yinay ear. alongwithincome.
A. 1.Forgivi
ngener gy
2. 
Forphysicalgrowth
3. 
Tofighti
llness.
2.Classif
ytheIndi
anhouseholdsbasedont
he
15.Whatdoest hesur veyconductedbyt he
annualincome.
Nat i
onalInst
it
uteofNut ri
ti
on( NI
N)indicat
e?
A.Fourgroups:
1.TheRi ch
A. 1.
 45%ofchi ldr
eni ntheagegr oup1-5years
2.Middlecl
ass
areunder wei
ght.
3.Aspir
ers
2.Prevalenceofunder weightwas
4.Depri
ved
higheramong3- 5y earagedt han1-3yearchil
dren.
3.Thepr eval
encewasmor e 3.Whataresomei mportantenv
ironment
al
than50%i ntheSt atesofGujarat,
Madhy a i
ssuesbeforeus?
PradeshandUt t
arPr adesh. A. 1.Deforestat
ion
4.Thesechi l
drenarei nfacthungerstr
ickenand 2.Soilerosi
on
notgetti
ngadequat ef ood. 3.I
ncreasingpoll
ution
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ndust
ri
alemi
ssi
ons ci
ti
ngv
iol
ati
onofRi
ghtt
oLi
fe.
5.Cl
imat
echange
9.Whyi st heenvir
onmentcal l
ednatural
4.Whatourenv ir
onmentfuncti
ons? i
nv estment ?
A.Theyar etwo: A.1.Manynat ur
all
yexisti
ngsubstanceslikeland,
1.Sour cefuncti
on-Theabil
ityt
oprovi
denatur
al wat er
,mineralsandores,product
sfrom treesand
resources animalsar ecentr
altotheproducti
onprocess.
2.Sink funct
ion-Theabi
l
itytoobser
veandrender 2. Asalltheseareprovidedbytheenvironment ,
it
harmless. i
scal l
ednat ural
invest
ment .

5.Whati st heimpor t
anceofnat ural r
esour cesin 10.Whati stheef f
ectofconst ructi
onofSar dar
theeconomy ? Sarovarpr ojectonpeopleandenv i
ronment?
A.1.Manynat urall
yexisting substancesl i
keland, A.1.Thepr ojectf
loodsmor ethan37,000
water,miner al
sandor es, productsfrom treesand hectaresoff orestandagr i
cultural
land
animalsar ecentraltothepr oductionpr ocess. 2.Itdi
splacedmor ethan5l akhpeopl e.
2.Inprimar ysectoracti
v it
iesandi nthe 3.ItdestroyedsomeofI ndia’smostf er
til
eland.
manuf acturingandener gysect or,productionis 4.Thepr ojecthasdev astatedhumanl i
vesand
hugelydependentonnat uralresources. bi
odiversity.
3.Theot hersectorsoft heeconomyt ooar e
dependentonnat uralr
esour cesi nvarious 11.WhatisNar madaBachaoAndolan?
degrees. A.Theresi
stancet oSar
darSar
ovar
andotherdams intheNarmadaval
l
eyhast
aken
6.Whati sSustai
nabl
eDevelopment
? thefor
m ofasoci al
A.Itisthedevel
opmentt
hatmeetstheneedsof movement .I
tiscall
edNarmada
presentwit
houtcompromisi
ngtheabi
li
tyoff
utur
e BachaoAndolan(NBA) .
generati
onstomeetthei
rownneeds.
12.Whyshouldwaterbeconsi
deredascommon
7.Whatar et heresult
soft heresearchdoneby proper
ty? 
RachelCar sononuseofDDTf ormosqui t
o A.Becausewateri
saflowi
ngresour
ce.
contr
ol?
1.DDTspr ay edforcontrolofmosquitoespoll
utes 13.Whatwi l
lbetheenvi
ronmentalandhuman
l
akewher et hewat erfl
owsi n. cost
sofr api
dgrowthinmining?
2.Thepoi soni nDDTget sdepositedinthebodi
es A.
ofthefishes. Envi
ronmentalcost
s Humancosts
3.Thebi r
dseat i
ngt hefishesdieduetohighdose
ofpoisoni nDDT. 1.Def
orestat
ion 1.Lossofagr
icult
ural
4.Herfindingsar eacl earexampleofhowhuman 2.Devast
ated l
ands
acti
onirrev ersi
blydestroysnatureandhuman bi
odiv
ersi
ty 2.Poll
uti
onofairand
bei
ngst hemsel v
es. water

8.WhywasuseofEndosul fanstoppedi nKeral

a?
14.Whatar et hemet hodsf oll
owedbyf armersi
n
A.1.In1976, Endosul f
an, apestici
de, wasspr ay
ed
OrganicFar ming?
toprotect 
cashewcr opfrom pest sbyt he
A.Useofnat ural
techniquesinf ar
mi ngsuchas
GovernmentofKer alainKasar goddi stri
ct.
croprotati
on, compostandbi ol
ogicalpestcontr
ol
2.Theai r
,wat erandent i
r eenvi
ronmentwas
i
nsteadofchemi calfer
til
isersandpest i
cidesi
s
suff
usedwi tht hepesticide,astreatment
call
edor ganicfarming.
conti
nuedf orsome25y ears.
3.Asar esultofthespr ay i
ng,atleast5,000
15.Givetwoexampl esfort
henegati
ve
peoplehav ediedandmanyot hershav eser i
ous
consequencesrapideconomicgrowt
h?
heal
thpr oblems.
A.1.Depleti
onofgr oundwater
4.Atlast,t
hespr ayingofendosul f
anhasbeen
 
 2.Useofpesticides
bannedduet ocourtor der
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ny i
elds
ofcoarsecerealsinthecountry?
A.1.Cult
ivati
onofmi l
let
swasnei therencouraged, 12.THEWORLDDURI
NGTHEWORLDWARS
norsupported.
2.Therewasnotenoughr esearchonhowt o
1.Whatarethei deasofFascism?
i
ncreasethey i
eldsofcoarsecereals.
A. Twoimportantideasare:
1.Unquestionedpower
17.Whydi dt
heDeccanDev el
opmentSociet
y
2.Hatr
edf orotherpeopl
e
(DDS)choosetocult
ivat
ethemil
let
s?
2.Whywast helifeexpectancygrowi
ngin20t
h
A.1.Thesuit
abi
li
tyofmill
etst
othelocal
centur
y?
envir
onment
A.Becauseofnewdi scov
eri
esinthef
iel
dof
2.Mil
l
etsar
ehardycropsandnutr
iti
ous.
medici
ne.

18.Whydi dt hepeopleofJal asi

ndhiref
useto 3.Whatwast r
ipl
eall
iance?
vacatev i
llage? A. TheSecr
etall
i
ance ofthr
eecount
riesGer
many
,
A.1.Thei rlivesarenilwit
houtlocalenvi
ronment
. Austri
aandIt
alywascalledtr
ipl
eal
li
ance.
2.Agri
cul tureisnotpossibl
ewi t
houtmoney.
3.Theiranci entl
earni
ngv eryusel
essand 4.Whatwastri
pleent
ente?
forgott
en. A.Thesecr
etal
li
anceRussia,
FranceandBr
it
ain
4.All
thei rGodsar ethereinthevil
l
age. wascall
edthet
ripl
eentent
e.

5.Whati
smi l
it
ari
sm?
19.WhatisChipkoMov ement ?
A.I
tist
hebeli
efthatmil
i
tar
ypoweristhebest
A.Itwasanenvironmentalmov ementst art
edin
waytoensur
esecurit
yandtosol
veprobl
ems.
the1970sinGarhwalHimalayasofUt tarakhand
bySunderl
alBahuguna. 6.Whatar ethet hreeimpor
tantthi
ngsi nthe
2.Thevil
l
agewomenhuggedt hetrees,saving contextofmi l
it
ar i
sm?
them f
rom cont
ractor
s'axes.Chipkomeans A.1.Europeancount ri
esbui
ltmassivest andi
ng
embrace. armiesforthei
rdef ense.
2.Theycompl etedwi t
heachotherinincreasi
ng
20.Whatar ethel essonst obedrawnf rom t
he thei
rmi l
i
taryweapons.
alt
ernatePDSi niti
ativeatZaheerabadmandali n 3.Alargeindustryofweaponsemer gedt hat
Telangana? promotedwar stodi pl
omati
cproblems.
A.1.Culti
vati
onofdr ylandgivespeoplethework
2.Foodsecuritycanbeensur edwithoutthehelp 7.Whatwast heimmedi at
ecauseofFir
stWorl
d
ofgovernment . War ?
3.Peoplehealthcanbei mprovedwi t
hthesupply A.TheAssassinat
ionofArchdukeFr
anz
ofhighnutri
ti
ousf ood. Ferdi
nandofAustri
a-HungarybyaBosni
anSer
bin
4.Inst
eadoft hegr ai
nt rav
ell
ing,l
ocall
yproduced 1914.
foodcanbeav ai
lable.
8.WhatwereCent r
alpower
s?
A.Thecountr
iesl
ikeGermanyTur
keypar
ti
cipated
21.Wr i
tetwosl ogansonEnv
ironmentpr
otect
ion.
onthesi
deofAust r
iaint
heFir
stWorl
dWarar e
A. 1.Pr ot
ectTr ees-
 
cal
ledCent
ralpowers.
 
  
  
  
 Theyprotectus. 
 
  
 2.Nat ur
alf
ar ming- 9.Whatweret heAlli
edPower s?
 
  
  
  
 Organi
cfarmi ng A.Thecountr
ieslikeFrance,Bri
tai
nRussi
a&the
USA t
hatsupportedSerbiaintheFir
stWorl
dWar
werecal
ledall
iedpower s.
-
--
--
0--
--
-
10.Whydidt heUSent ertheFir
stWorl
dWar
?
A.BecausetheGermanTr oopssunki
ts
commer ci
alshipLusi
taniain1917.
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iesformedafter depression.
WorldWart hefi
rst
? 2.Theconsequencesofitwer
emassive
A.Austr
ia, Hungary
,Est
oni
a,Lat
viaFinl
and& unempl oyment
,incr
easi
ngpover
ty,
desol
ati
onand
Czechoslovakiaweresomecountr
iesformed homelessness.
aft
erWW- 1.
18.Whatwer ethet hr
eeR'softheNewDeal
12.WhatwasLeagueofNat ions? progr
am start
edbyFr ankl
inRoosevelti
nthe
A.1.Itwast hef
irsteveri
nternati
onal USA? 
organisat
ionaft
erFirstWorldWari n1920. A.1.Reli
eftothev i
cti
msoft heDepression 
2.Itwasformedt opreventWar sandtoensur
e 2.Reform ofFinanci
al I
nsti
tut
ions
di
sarmament 3.Stepstoensur eeconomicRecov ery

13.Whi chcount r
yiscal
ledEur oAsianpowerand 19.Whati sawel f
ar estat
e? 
why ? A.1.Thest atewhichensuresabasicmini
mum
A.Russi aiscalledEuro-
Asianpower .Becauseiti
s dignifi
edlif
eforal
l ci
ti
zensiscal
ledawelf
are
withav astareaofl andspreadov ertwo state.
cont i
nents,EuropeandAsi a. 2.Ittakescareoftheirmostelement
aryneeds
l
ikef ood,housi
ng,healt
h,chi
ld&oldagecareand
 
educat i
on.
14.Whatwast hei mpor
tanceoft hedemandf or
"peaceandbr ead"inRussia? 20.Nameanyf ourcommonf eaturesoffascist
A.1.Near ly10000womeni ntheRussiancapit
al mov ement s?
St.Petersburgt ookoutarallyonMar ch8,1917 A.1.Thewor shippingoft hestate,adevoti
ont oa
demandi ngpeaceandbr ead.2.ThisledtoMar ch strongleaderli
keHi t
ler
Rev ol
uti
oni nwhi chtheTsarNi chol
asIIl
eftthe 2.Anemphasi sonext remenat i
onali
sm and
mi l
it
aryconquest
throneandescaped. 3. Useofpol i
ticalviolence,war ,andconquestas
ameanst oachi evenat ionalrevival
15.Whower eBolsheviks?
4.Strongernationshav et herighttoexpandtheir
A.1.Bol shevi
kswer eagr oupofRussi an terri
torybydisplacingweakernat i
ons
Communi stPartywhouni tedtheSov i
etsof 5.Itstoodforst atecont roll
edcapi t
ali
sm and
soldiers,i
ndustr
ialworkersandpeopl einrural opposedsoci alism andcommuni sm.
areas. 6.Italsostoodf orabol iti
onofal lpri
vat
e
2.Theysei zedpowerf rom provi
sional i
ndust ri
es.
gov ernmentundert heleadershi
pofLeni nin1917
22.Namesomedi ct
atorswhoweret
hef
oll
ower
s
call
edOct oberRev olut
ion.
offasci
stideology?
A. 1.Mussol i
nii
nItaly
16.Namesomedemandsoft heSov iet
.
2.Hitl
erinGermany  
A.1.Est abli
shingimmedi ateanduncondit
ional 3.GeneralFrancoinSpai
n
peace
2.All
thelandshoul dbenationali
zedand 23.Whatwast heimportanceofEnabli
ngActin
redist
ri
butedtot hepeasants. Germany?
3.Contr
oloverpr i
ces. A.Theenabli
ngActwaspassedon3r dMarch
4.Nati
onali
sat i
onofallfact
oriesandbanks. 1933whichestabli
sheddict
atorshi
pinGer
many.
I
tgaveHitl
erallpowerst
osi del
i
nePar l
i
amentand
16.Whatwast hetwinpoli
cyofplanned rul
ebyhisorder.
economicdev elopmentofUSSR? 
24.Whatar etheextraconstit
utionalpower sof
A. 1.FastIndustr
ial
i
sati
on specialsurvei
ll
anceandsecur i
tyforcesset upby
 
  
  2.Coll
ect i
vi
sat
ionofAgri
cultur
e theNazi s?
A.1.Tost opanddetainpeopletot or
t ure
17.WhatisEconomi cDepressi
on?Whatar ei
ts chamber s,r
oundupandsendt hem to
consequences? concentrati
oncamps.
A.1.Thesituati
onofeconomicdecli
neduri
ng 2.Todepor tanyoneatwill
1929-39wor l
dwidebecauseofadecli
nein 3.Toar r
estpeoplewithoutanylegalpr ocedures.
demandandf al
linpr
iceswascal
ledeconomic 4.totortur
emi l
li
onsofpolit
icalacti
vists,tr
ade
unionist
sandpeopleofmi norit
ycommuni t
ies,
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all
ytheJews. 35.Whi
chEmpi r
esendedaf
terFi
rstWor
ldWar
?
A. 1.Austr
oHungari
anEmpir
e 
25.Wr i
teanytwocondi tionsi mposedon 2.Russi
anEmpire
Germanyi nt
heTr eatyofVer sai
lles?  3.Ott
omanEmpi r
e
A.1.Germanyhadt or eturnitscol oniesi
nAfr
ica 4.GermanEmpire
andAlsace&Lor rai
nei nEur ope. 
2.I
t'sArmystrengthwasr estri
ctedt o1lakh& 36.Whatarethefourbasicpr i
ncipl
esoftheUNO?
navalstr
engthtosixbat t
leshipswi t
hout A. 1.Preserv
ingpeace
submarines. 2.Upholdi
nghumanr ights
3.Respectingi
nternati
onal l
aw
26.WhycouldtheUSAnotbecomeamemberof 4.Promotingsocialprogress
LeagueofNati
onseventhoughitspresi
dentwas 37.Whatarethecountri
esi ntheSov i
etgr
oup?
veryact
ivet
heformat
ionofit? A.USSR,EastEur
opeancount ries&China.
A.Becauset
heUScongressrefusedtosancti
on
Presi
dentWoodrowWil
son'sproposalt
ojoi
nthe 38.Namet heJapanesetownsatt
ackedwi
th
League. atom bombsbyUSA?
A.1.Hiroshima 2.Nagasaki
27.Whatwaspol i
cyofappeasementofHi tler
?
A.TheWesterncapit
ali
stcountr
iesencouraged 39.Whatdideconomi stHjal
marSchachtai
m at
Hit
lerandNazi
stocomet ogetheragainstt
he fort
heeconomicrecov eryofGermany?
USSRwi t
hthefearofSocial
i
sm.I twasthepolicy A.Schachtai
medatf ullpr
oducti
onandful
l
ofappeasementofHitl
er. employmentthr
ougha
stat
e-f
undedwork-
creationprogr
amme.
28.WhatistheHol ocaust? 
A.Themassmur derofselect
edgroupsof 40.Whatdi deconomi stJM Key nes
i
nnocentci
vi
liansofEur opeduri
ngtheSecond arguer egardingEconomi cDepression?
WorldWarbyHi t
leriscall
edtheHolocaust
. A.Key nesar guedt hat:
1.Duringeconomi cdecli
ne,whendemand
29.Whatwast heimmediat
ecauseoft he decreases, t
hest at
eshoul di
nvestfundsand
SecondWor l
dWar ? generateempl oyment
A.Hit
ler'
sinv
asionofPol
andasapunishmentf
or 2.Thiswi ll
helppeopl et oearnmoneyand
ref
usingtohandovert
heportofDanzi
gt o demandgoodsi nthemar ket
.
Germany.  3. 
Thisgener ationofdemandt hr
oughst at
eact
ion
will
helpt heeconomyt orevi
ve.
30.Namethecountr
iesoftheAxi
sPower
s
duri
ngWW-2?  
  
A.1.Ger
many2.It
aly3.Japan 13.NATI
ONALLI
BERATI
ONMOVEMENTSI
N
COLONIES
31.Namet hecountr
iesofAl
li
edPowersdur
ing
WW- 2? 
A.1.England2.Fr
ance3.USA 4.USSR.
  1.Gi
veexampleforconcessi onsgotbyEuropean
col
oni
alpowersfrom theChi neseEmperor
?
32.Whyhadt heUSAandt heUSSRtojoi
nt he A. 1.Lowimpor ttaxes
SecondWor l
dWar?  2. 
Immunityfrom Chineselaws
A.1.USA:Japanatt
ackedPearlHar
borofthe 3.Maint
ainingarmedf or
ces
USAin1941.
2.USSR:Hitl
erat
tackedUSSRin1942. 2.Whatweret
hethreeprinci
plesofSan-
Yat
-Sen?
A. 1.San-Nati
onali
sm 
33.HowwasGer manydi vi
dedafterSecond 2.Min-Democracy 
Wor l
dWar? 3.Chui–Social
i
sm
A.Itwasdi
videdintotwopart
s:
1.WestGermany -Feder
alRepubl
i
cofGer many 3.Whower ewarlor
dsinChina?
2.EastGer
many -GermanDemocr ati
cRepubli
c A.Theywereregi
onall
eader
swhohadfor
cef
ull
y
takencont
rol
andauthori
tyi
nChina.
34.Whatwer etheNurembergtri
als?
A.Nurembergt r
ial
swerethetr
ibunal
sheldin 4.Whatwast heMayFour thmovement ?
Germanybyt heall
iedf
orcesaft
erWW- 2topuni
sh A.On4thMay1919, peopledemonstratedin
theNazigeneral
sandleaderscaptur
edinthewar
. Bei
jingtopr
otestagai
nstthedeci
sionsofThe
Versai
ll
esPeaceConference.Thi
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. toYanant ookoutbyChi
neseCommunistPar
ty
(CCP)between1934-35wascall
edthel
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5.Whatwast hepracti
ceoffootbinding? Mar chinChina.
A.Itwasacruelpr
acticeofnotal
lowingwomen 2.TheCCPchangedi tsbaseduetoKMT
tohaveful
l
ygr ownfeetinChi
na. blockade.
3.ItwasledbyMaoZedong.
6.Whatweret
hetwomaj orpar
ti
esinChina?
A. 1.KMT-Kuo-Mi
n-Tang/Guomindang 14.Whatwastheprincipl
eofnewdemocr acy
?
2.CCP-Chi
neseCommuni stPar
ty A.Itwasanassoci
ationofal
lsoci
alclasses
opposi
tetol
andlor
dism andi
mperial
ism.
7.Whatwerethefour
 greatneedsident
if
iedby
theKMT? 15.Whatwerethesuccessfulthi
ngsthatf
ormed
A. 1.Cl
othing 2.Food asoli
dbasisforfut
uredevelopmentofChina?
3.Housing 4.Transpor
tati
on A.Landr
eforms
2.Uni
ver
sali
sati
onofeducation
8.Whatarethedif
fer
encedif
fer
encesbetween
Kuo-
Min-TangandChineseCommuni stPart
y? 16.Whichquali
ti
esinSanYetSenyouli
keand
A. why?
Kuo-Min-Tang Chi
neseCommuni st A.1.Il
ikehi
m becausehebecamethearchi
tect
Party ofmodernChina,t
houghborninapoorf
amily.
2.Ibel
ievei
nthatpover
tyi
snotahurdl
einone's
1.Sun-Yat -
Senand 1.MaoZedongwast he devel
opment.
Chiang-Kai-Shekwer e l
eaderoft hepar
ty.
17.Whichquali
ti
esdoy oulikei
nMaoZedong
theleadersoft heparty. 2.Ithasaholeinrur
al
andwhy ?
2.Therei sahol din areas. A.1.Il
ikehi
m becausehef ormedapeasantar
my
urbanar eas. 3.Itgaveimport
ance tofi
ghtagai
nstfeudalsy
stem.
3.Itgavei mportanceto tofarmers. 2.Ihaveaconcernaboutthefarmer
sproblems
i
ndust r
ies. l
ikehim.

18.Whatwast het hr
eef oldstrategyofthe
9.Whower e‘xi
aoshimin’i
nChina? Frenchtodev elopVietnam asanexpor t
erof
A.Theli
ttl
enumberofpeopleemployedin ri
ce? 
modernindustr
iesi
ncit
iesli
keShanghai
were A.1.Improv i
ngi r
ri
gation net
wor k
cal
ledpett
yurbanit
esor'xi
aoshimi
n' 2.Encouraginglandlords
3.Encouragingthemar ket
ing ofAgri
cult
ural
10.Whatthev i
rtueswoment
ohav eaccor
dingt
o produceli
ker i
ceandRubber .
ChianginChina?
A.Fourvir
tues: 19.Onwhi checonomyincoloni
alVi
etnam was
1.Chasti
ty 2.Appearance based?
3.Speech  4.Wor k A. 1.Ricecul
ti
vat
ion
 
  
  2.Rubberpl
antat
ions
11.WhatwasComi ntern?
A.Itstandsf orcommuni stI
nter
nati
onal.I
twasan 20.Whywer ether ail
way sandcanalsdev
eloped
organisationestabli
shedi n1918tohelpbring i
nVietnam bytheFr ench?
togetherawor l
dgov ernmentthatwouldend A.1.Tohel
pi nthet ransportofgoodsf
ortr
ade
exploit
ation.Itsupportedcommuni stpart
ies 2.Tomov emi li
tarygarri
sons
aroundt hewor ld. 3.Tocontroltheent i
reregion

12.Whatar ethetwocr isesfacedbyRur alChi

na 21.Whatwast hedi f
fer
encebetweenalandless
befor
e1949? peasantsandlandlessworker
s?
A.1.Ecological
crisi
s:SoilExhaustion, A.
Defor
estation&Floods  Landlesspeasants Landlessworkers
2.
 Socio-economiccrisis:Exploi
tati
onthr
ough
l
andtenur esystems,Indebtedness, Pr
imi
ti
ve Thepeopl ewhohaveno Thepeoplewhohav e
Technology&PoorCommuni cat
ions l
andlessandr entt
he nolandand 
workas
l
andofl andlor
dsar
e l
abourer
sinother'
s
13.Whatwasthei
mport
anceofLongMar ch?
cal
ledlandless l
andarecall
edlandless
A.1.
 The6000-
mil
edi
ff
icul
tjour
neyf
rom Jianxi
peasants. worker
s.
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andwhy ?
22.Whower ecol
ons? A.1.Hei sthecommuni stleaderofVi etnam who
A.TheFrenchci
ti
zenswhol
i
vedi
nVi
etnam wer
e foughtagainstt
heUSAf atherunif
icati
onofhi s
cal
ledcol
ons. country.
2.Ihavelearntf
rom hi
sl if
et hatweshoul dfi
ght
23.Howdi dt
heVi et
nameset eachersopposet he unti
llast
,eventhoughtheenemyi sv erystr
ong.
Coloni
alr
ule?
A.Whil
eteaching,Vi
etnameseteachersquiet
ly 33.Whataret hemajortri
besofNiger
ia?
modifi
edthetextandcrit
ici
zedwhatwaswr i
tt
en A.1.Housa-Fulani
:Nor
thernregi
on
i
nthebooksaboutt heFrenchrul
e.  2.Igbo:SouthEaster
nr egi
on 
3.Yoruba: SouthWesternr
egion
24.Whatwasi mpactofthegreatDepressionon
Viet
nam? 34.WhatisPan-
afri
canism?
A.Thepr icesofr
ubberandriceonwhicht hei
r A.Iti
sanideawhi
chpr omotestheuni
tyofall
economydepended, camedowndur ingthe Afr
icanpeopl
esi
rrespecti
veofcount
ryortr
ibe.
 
depression.Thi
sledtori
singrur
aldebts,
unempl oymentandrural
uprisi
ng.
  35.Whatisthedif
fer
encebet
weent he
Nati
onal
ism andPan-Af
ri
canism?
25.Whydi dt
heUSAent erthewaragainst A.
Viet
nam?   National
ism Pan-
Afri
cani
sm
A.TheUSAwaswor r
iedt hatthecommunists
wouldbecomepower fulifNorthandSouth 1.I
tisthei
deaofhaving 1.Iti
sani deawhich
Viet
namsunifi
ed.Soitinterfer
edinthi
s owncountr
yfort
he promot estheunit
yof
unif
icat
ionbysendi
ngi t
st r
oopsandar ms. peopl
eofsamenation. al
l Afr
icanpeoples
2.I
tisanarr
owidea. i
rrespecti
veofcountry
26.Whatwast hecivi
li
singmi ssioninVietnam?
A.TheFrenchfeltt
hattheirr
ulewast obri
ngt he ortri
be. 
benefi
tsofci
vil
izat
iont
ot heunciv i
l
izedVietnam 2.Iti
sabr oadidea.
andintr
oducededucati
ont ocivil
i
zet henatives.
 

27.Gi
vesomeexampl esf
orchemi
calweapons 36.Whatwast heTwintaskofNi
gerian
usedbytheUSinVi et
nam? nati
onalistsin1945?
A. 1.Napalm A.1.FightingtheBr i
ti
sh
2.AgentOrange  2.Unifyingthediverseandconf
li
cti
ngethni
c
3.Phosphorusbombs groupsofNi geria.

28.Whati sAgentOr ange? 37.Howwast heBrit

ishraci
sm inNigeria?
A.1.Iti
sadef ol
i
anti.e.achemicalthatdestr
oys A.1.Theeducat edAfri
canswereexcludedfrom
pl
antsandt reesandmakest helandbarrenfor theciv
ilser
vice,
l
ongt i
me. 2.Therewasdi scr
imi
nat i
onagai
nstAf r
ican
2.Thischemi calwasspr ay
edf r
om cargoplanes entr
epreneur
s
byUSf orcestodestroyforestsandfiel
dsin
Viet
nam t okil
lpeopl
e. 38.Howdi dtheoilspil
lageaf
fecttheecosyst
em
i
nNi ger
ia?
29.WhatisNapalm? A.Thespi l
l
sdestr
oycr opsandaquacult
ure
A.Iti
sadeadlybombusedbytheUSwhich thr
ought hecont
ami nati
onofgroundwaterand
causedi
ntensedamaged 
humansinVi
etnam.
  soi
l.

30.Whywast heUSAdef
eatedi
nVietnam War
?  39.Whichqualit
iesdoy oul i
keinKenSaroWiwa
A.BecausetheUSAunderest
imat
edthepowerof andWhy ?
Nati
onali
sm inViet
nam. A.1.HeisaNi gerianenv ir
onmental
ist.
2.Helosthisli
feinpr otecti
ngtheenvir
onment.
31.Howwasi tpossibl
eforasmallcountr
yli
ke 3.Ihavelear
ntfrom hi sli
fethatpr
otecti
onof
Vietnam t
ost andupagainstthemightofUSA? envi
ronmentisev eryone'sduty.
A.Vietnam coulddoitwit
hthepoor,committ
ed
peasantsinspir
edbynational
i
sm andland
reformsagainsttheUSA. 14.NATI
ONALMOVEMENTI
NINDI
A

32.Whi
chqual
it
iesdoy
oul
ikei
nHoChiMi
nh
1.Whydi
dthecongr
essmi
nist
ri
esr
esi
gnf
rom
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inci
algov ernmentsin1939? 9.WhydidtheCommuni stPartyofI
ndiasupport
A.Becauset heBr i
ti
shrefusedtopromise theBri
ti
shi
nt hewor l
dwar-I
I?
freedom toIndiaaft
erendoft heWorldWar-
II
. A.TheCPIwasal armedatt
heat t
ackonUSSRby
2.Whi chpolicytheBrit
ishadoptedtorul
eIndi
a? theNazi
s.I
treal
izedthedangeratworl
dleveland
A.Thedi vi
deandr ulepoli
cy. suppor
tedt
heBr i
tish.

3.Whichorgani
sati
onswishedtounit
eallt
he 10.Whatwer et heimpressionsofiniti
alvi
ctories
Hindusduri
ngNationalMovement
? ofJapanagai nsttheAmer icansandEur opeans
A.1.HinduMahasabha onIndians?
2.Rashtri
yaSwayamsevakSangh(RSS) A.1.Itseemst hattheEuropeancol oni
ali
sts
wouldgetdefeat edverysoon.
4.Whocoi nedthewordPakistan&how? 2.Japan,anAsi ancountrycouldstandupagai nst
A.ChaudharyRehmatAl i
,aPunjabiMusli
m Europeancoloniali
sts.
 
studentatCambridgecoi
neditfrom wor
ds
"Punjab,
Afghan,Kashmir
,Si
ndhandBal ochi
stan"
. 11.Whydi dtheJapaneseallowBoset orecrui
t
soldi
erswhom t heyhadimprisoned?
5.Whatwast hePaki st
anresoluti
on? A. Becausethei
rcommonenemywast heBriti
sh.
 
A.1.TheMuslim Leaguemov edar esol
uti
onon LaterBoseledthesesoldi
erstofightal
ongthe
23rdMarch1940demandi ngaut onomyf orthe Japanesearmyagai nstt
heBr i
ti
sh.
part
softhesubcont i
nentwhereMusl imswer ein
majori
ty. 12.Whatwer ethedemandsoft heGuar dsof
2.Thisambiguousresolut
ionwithoutment i
oning RoyalI
ndianNav yinBombayHar bourwhowent
part
iti
onorPakistanlat
erwasknownast he onhungerstri
kein1946?  
Pakist
anresolut
ion. A.1.Bet
terfood
2.Equalpayforwhi t
eandIndiansoldiers
6.Howdi dtheMusl i
m Leagueconv i
nceMusl im 3.Rel
easeofI NA&ot herpoli
ti
cal pr
isoners
massesaboutt heneedf orasepar atenation? 4.Withdr
awal ofIndi
antroopsf r
om
A.1.Peasant scouldimagineast atewher eHindu I
ndonesia
zami ndars
andmoney lendersdidnotexpl oitthem. 13.WhatwasTebagamov ement ?
2. Traders,businessmenandj obseeker scoul
d A.1.Itwasanagi tati
onstart
edi nBengalbysmall
thinkofast atewher ecompet it
ionf rom Hindu tenant-
peasantsdemandi ng 
theirshareofharv
est
traders,businessmenandj obseeker s shouldbeincreasedto2/ 3partsinsteadof
 hal
f.
woul dnotbet her
e. 2.Itwasledbyst ate'
sKisanSabha.
3. Therewoul dbegreaterrel
igiousf reedom.
4. Therewoul dbefreedom fortheMusl im el
it
eto 14.Whatwer ethedemandsoff armersi
n
runt he TelanganaPeasant sMov ement? 
gov ernmentt hewayt heywant ed. A.1.Cancell
at i
onofdebtsoffarmers
2.Stoppageofbondedl abour
7.Whatwast hei
mpor t
anceofCri
spsMissi
on? 3.Dist
ribut
ionofthelandtoti
ll
ers. 
A. I
tfai
ledasCongressdemandedt hev
icer
oy
shouldappointanI
ndianasadefensememberin 15.Whi
chareaswer emadepar
tofPaki
stan?
 
hi
sExecutiveCounci
l.
  A.TheMusli
m majori
tyar
easof
1.Punjab
8.WhatwasQui tIndiaMov ement ? 2.NWFP
A.1.Itwast hethi
rdmaj ormov ementby 3.Si
nd
Mahat maGandhi againsttheBr it
ishrul
e. 4.Balochi
stan
2.Itwasst ar
tedin1942demandi ngtheBrit
isht
o 5.EastBengal
l
eav ethecountryimmedi ately
.
3.Gandhi gavetheslogan“ Doordi e"tothe 16.Whatwast hetwo-nati
ont heory?
people. A.Itwasthei
deologyoftheMusl i
m League
4.Themov ementwascr ushedbyt heBri
t i
sh demandingseparat
eNat i
onf orIndi
anMusl i
ms&
brutal
ly. wast het
heorybehi
ndt hecreati
onofPaki st
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vyPurses? 3.Whathast hedoublepur
poseofaconst it
uti
on?
A. 
1.Tomeett heirper
sonal expenses,
 
thepr
inces A.1.Outl
ini
ngtheroleandri
ghtsofciti
zens&
ofprincel
ystatesmergedwi thIndi
aweregiv
en def
ini
ngthest r
uct
ureandpower softhe
pensionfundscall
edprivypurses. gover
nment
2.Howev er,
theywereabolishedbyGov er
nment 2.I
ndicat
ingthenatureoff
utur
esociety.
ofIndiain1971.
4.Whatar
et hemainorgansoft
hegov
ernment
?
18.Whi
chPrincelySt
atesdi
dnotj
oinI
ndi
aason A. 1.Executi
ve
15August1947? 2.Legisl
atur
e 
A. 1.JammuandKashmi r 3.Judici
ary
2. 
Hyderabad
3.Junagadh 5.Whatistheprocessofmaki ngaconst i
tuti
on?
A.Iti
saprocessofdebate,discussion,ir
oningout
19.Whi chquali
ti
esdoy ouli
kei nMahat ma di
ffer
encesandwor ki
ngoutaf ramewor kthati
s
GandhiandWhy ? accept
abletoal
ltheconfl
ict
ingopi nions.
A.1.Gandhiji
compl etel
ybelievedi ntrut
hand
nonviol
ence. 6.Whichstat
ementdoestheconst
it
uti
onofIndi
a
2.HeusedSat yagrahaasat ooltof i
ghtagai
nst beginwit
h?
theBrit
ish. A.Itbegi
nswit
hthewords“We,t
hepeopleof
3.Ili
kehissacri
fici
ngl i
feforthev alueshe I
ndia..
"
beli
evedinandIwi ll
foll
owhi sway . 7.Whatar
et hef or
msoft hegover
nment
?
20.Whi chqual i
ti
esdoy oulikei
nSubhash A. 1.Parli
ament ar
ysystem
ChandraBoseandWhy ? 2.Presidenti
alsyst
em
A.1.Hel edtheIndianNati
onalAr
myagainstt
he 8.Whatar
ethepri
nci
palf
ormsofconst
it
uti
on?
Brit
ishwi ththehelpofthei
renemies. A. 1.Uni
tar
y 2.Feder
al
2.Hemanofgooddi sci
pli
ne.
3.Iwill
f oll
owhisi deaoffi
ghti
ngunti
ll
astt
o 9.Whatarethetwoessenti
alcharacteri
sti
csofa
reachthegoal . uni
taryconst
itut
ion?
A.1.TheSupremacyofthecentr
alpolity
21.Whichqualit
iesdoy oulikeinSar
darPatel 2.TheAbsenceofsubsidi
arysovereignpol
it
ies
andWhy ?
A.1.Hesuccessfull
ycompl etedthemergerof 10.Whatar ethechar
acteri
sti
csofaf ederal
pri
ncel
ystateswithIndia. consti
tuti
on?
2.Hewasabr aveper sonandcal l
edI
ronmanof A.1.Exist
enceofacent r
alpoli
tyandsubsidi
ary
I
ndia. poli
ti
essidebyside
3.Iwil
lbecourageousi nsol
v i
ngtheprobl
emsin 2.Eachpolit
yissover
eigninthefiel
dassignedto
myf ut
ure. i
t
 
 
11.Whataredif
ferencesbet
weent heposit
ion
15.THEMAKI
NGOFI
NDI
ANCONSTI
TUTI
ON of 
presi
dentoft
heUSAandt hatofpresi
dentof
I
ndia?
A.
1.Namesomesi gnificantcontr
ibutor
stothe Presi
dentoftheUSA Presi
dentofIndi
a
I
ndianConst i
tuti
on.
A. 1.Dr.BRAmbedkar 1.Hei sthechiefhead 1.Hei stheheadoft he
2.Dr.RajendraPr asad oftheexecut i
veand statebutnotoft he
3.Jawahar l
al Nehru admi ni
strat
ionisvested executive.He
4.SardarPat el i
nhi m. representsthenati
on
2.Whatar ethebasi cidealsofIndi
an 2.Hei sassist
edby butdoesnotr ul
ethe
Consti
tutionasreflectedinitspreamble? secretari
esresponsible nat i
on.
A.Soci
alism,Secularism, Democracy,Li
ber
ty, forvarious 2.Hei sassistedby
Equal
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19.Wr i
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ti
cismsoft hedraf
t
LokSabhahas
const it
utionofIndia? 
confi
dencei nthem.
A.1.I twasmer el
yacopyoft he1935Act.
 
2.Itisignoredthecent r
ali
tyofvi
ll
agesinthe
A.12. Whatwast hedi
ff
erencebetween Indiancont ext.
theposit
ionoftheBri
ti
shKingandt hatoft
he
20.Howcan  t
heIndi
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ongeneral
lybe
Presi
dentofIndia?
amended?
A.
A.Itcangeneral
l
ybeamendedwiththeappr
oval
Brit
ishKi
ng Presi
dentofIndi
a oftwothir
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TheBri
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shkingcomes Resi
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topowerher
edit
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. el
ectedbythepeopl
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hetwomaj orchangesinour
i
ndir
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y. constit
utionmadeduring1970s?  
A.1.Inclusi
onofthetwowor ds"secul
ar"and
"soci
ali
st"int
othePreambleoftheconstit
uti
on 
13.Whatar ethemeansadopt edint
he
2.TheSupr emeCourtjudgementinthe
const
it
utiont omaintaintheunit
yofthecount
ry?
KeshavanandaBharaticase.
 
A. 1.Singlej
udici
ary
2. Unif
ormit
yi nfundamental
laws 22.Whatwast heSupremeCour t'sj
udgmenti
n
3. All
-I
ndi
aci v
ilservi
ces theKeshavanandaBharticase?
 
A.Thejudgement:Cert
ainprovi
sionsinI
ndi
an
14.Whatisthesi
nglejudi
ciaryinIndi
ancontext
?
const
it
utioncannotbechangedunderany
A.SupremeCourtcanhearappeal sagai
nstt
he
cir
cumstances.
deci
sionofanycourtandgi
v ejudgement.
23.
 Whatar ethebasicprinci
plesofIndian
15.Howdoest hedualjudi
ciar
ywor kintheUSA?
Consti
tut
ion? 
A.Thefeder
alJudici
aryandthestateJudici
ary
A.1.Form ofthegovernment
aresepar
ateandindependentofeachother
2.Supremacyoft heConsti
tuti
on
16.Howar ethepowerst omakel awsdi
vi
dedi
n 3.Soverei
gntyofthenation
thefeder
alsystem i
nIndia?  4. 
Provi
sionsforJusti
ceandWel farestat
e
A.Theyaredivi
dedintothreel
ist
s.
24. Whatprov i
sionsaretherei
nourconsti
tuti
on
1.Centr
all
ist2.Stateli
st 
forachi
ev i
ngSoci alEngi
neeri
ng?
3.Concurr
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st
A.1.Reservati
onofseat sin 
l
egisl
atur
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17.Giveexampl esf oractsplacedinthe sectorj
obsf orSCsandSTs
ConcurrentList? 2.Therightofreli
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ti
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heirown
A.Civi
lProcedur eCode, PenalCode,the educati
onalinsti
tuti
ons
Cri
minal ProcedureCode, theEvidence
25.Whi chqual
it
iesdoy oulikei
nDr
.BR
Act,
TransferofPr opertyAct,Laws
AmbedkarandWhy ?
ofMarriage,Divorce,andInheri
tancearepl
acedi
n
A.1.Fighti
ngagainstinj
ust
ice
theConcurrentList.
2.Fighti
ngfortheright
sofdowntr
odden
3.Ardentreaderandwr ot
emanybooks.
18.Whatar ethemaindif
fer
encesbetween
Indianfederalsyst
em andAmericanfederal
system?
A.
Indi
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stem Americanfederal

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A.TheECIconduct selecti
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1.LokSabha&Raj y aSabha whoconduct sand whoconductsand
2.Statelegi
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ionsina monit
orselect
ionsina
3.PresidentandVi cePresi
dent const
ituency. pol
li
ngstati
on.

2.Classi
fythef uncti
onsofEl ecti
on 10.Whoar ecalledIndependentsi
nanelecti
on?
Commi ssi
on.  A.Thecandidatesotherthansponsor
edbya
A. Theyareoft hreetypes: regi
ster
edpar t
yt ocontesti
nanelect
ion,
are 
1.Admi nistr
ativ
ef uncti
ons call
edIndependentcandidates.
2.Advisor yf
unctions 11.Whataret
hediff
erencesbetweentheGeneral
3.Quasi judi
cialfuncti
ons el
ecti
onsandtheMidterm el
ect
ions?
 
3.WhatisUniversalAdultFranchise? A.
A.Therightt
ov otewithoutanydiscri
minat
ionof Gener
alel
ect
ions Midt
erm el
ect
ions
caste,
creed,
rel
igion,gender,l
anguageetc.i
s
1.Electi
ons 1.Theel ecti
onsheldfor
cal
ledUniver
salAdultFranchise.
conductedf orevery5 eitherassembl iesor
4.Whatisel
ect
orate?
  yearsatnat i
onalor Par l
iamentbef orethe
A.Thebodyofvot
ersiscal
l
edasanel
ect
orat
e. statelev
el arecall
ed compl eti
onof5y ears
generalelecti
ons. tenur e,arecall
edMi dt
erm
5.Howi sapoli
ti
calpartyformed? 2. 
Ex:LokSabha Elections. 
A.Iti
sformedwheni thasawr i
tt
encodeof Electi
ons,2019 2Ex: TelanganaAssembly
conductandregi
ster
swi ththeEl
ect
ion Elections,2018
Commi ssi
on.

6.Whatar
ethedif
fer
encesbetweentheRegi
onal 12.Whataret
hediff
erencesbetweenthegener
al
Part
yandtheNati
onalpar
ty? el
ecti
onsandthebyelecti
ons? 
A. A.
Regi
onalPar
ty Nati
onalpart
y Gener
alel
ect
ions Midt
erm el
ect
ions

1.Ifapolit
icalparty 1.Ifapol i
ti
calpartyis 1.Electi
ons 1. Theelecti
ons
wins3%ofv al
idv otes recognisedin4St ates conductedf orevery5 conductedforoneor
orthreeassembl y with6%ofv ali
dvotesor yearsatnat i
onalor mor evacanciesar
e
seatsinast at
e,itis wins11LokSabha statelev
el arecall
ed termedas" By-
declaredasar egional seatsf r
om 4di f
ferent generalelecti
ons. elect
ions".
 
party. states,i
tisthenational 2. 
Ex:LokSabha 2.Ex:Huzurnagar
party. Electi
ons,2019 Assembl yby-el
ect
ions,
2.Ex: Congress,BJP October2019.
2.Ex:
TRS,
TDP

7.WhatistheuseofVVPATmachi ne? 
13.Whatwi llhappen,iftheoptionNOTAget s
A.VoterVer
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highestnumberofv otes?
machineisusedtogett
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A.1.Inthatcase,thecandidatewhosecur es
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heform ofaslip.
 
secondposi t
ionwillbedeclaredwin.
8.WhatisNOTA? 2.Because,NOTAi sanopt i
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A.NOTA( NoneOfTheAbov
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candi
dates.
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voti
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A. 1.Sayyestov ote 5.Whichlanguagespeakingpeopleweretherei
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  Saynot onote MadrasPr esi
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  2.Castyourvotefir
st A.MadrasPr esi
dencyhadpeoplespeaki
ngTamil,
 
  
  
  
  Got othewor knext Malayal
am, Kannada,Tel
ugu,
Gondi,andOriya
l
anguages. 
16.Ment i
onanyt worecommendat i
onsofT. N.
SeshanaboutEl ect
ions. 6.Whywast heCongressagainstthe
A.1.Fourteendaystimelimitf
orcampaigning reorganisati
onofSt at
esonthel i
nguisti
cli
nes
aft
er t hedateofwi t
hdrawalofnominat
ions afterIndia'
sIndependence?
2. Onecandidateshouldnotcont
estfrom A.BecauseCongr essfear
edthatlanguage
more t hantwoconst i
tuenci
esatati
me. reorganisat
ionwoul dl
eadtobreakdownoft he
country.
17.Menti
onanyt wokeypoi nt
sofModelCodeof
Conduct. 7.WhenwastheStat
esReor gani
sat
ion
A.1.Nopolit
icalannouncement star
geti
nga Commissi
on(SRC)appoint
edandwhower ei
ts
cast
eorreli
gionshallbemade. members?
2.Nocandidateshalli
nfl
uencet hevoter
sei
ther A.TheSRCwasappoint
edinAugust1953wit
h3
bygiv
ingcashoranyar ti
cles. Members: 1.Fazl Al
i
2.H.N.Kunzru
3.K.M.Panikkar
17.I
NDEPENDENTI
NDI A(
THEFIRST
8.Howmanypol i
ti
caluni
tswerecreatedinIndi
a
THI
RTYYEARS(1947-77)
accordingtoSt
atesReorgani
sati
onAct ,1956? 
A.Itcreat
ed14statesand6unionterr
itori
es.
1.Whatwer ethemai nchal l
engesbeforethe
9.Whywer ethetri
ballanguagesi
gnoredatthe
l
eadershi
pinI ndi
a'
spost -independencehist
ory
?
ti
meofSt at
esr eorgani
sati
onin1956?
A.1.
 Needtomai ntainunityandintegr
it
y
A.Becauseonlylanguagesspokenbydominantor
2.Bri
ngoutoursoci alandeconomi c
powerful
populati
onswer econsi
der
ed.
tr
ansfor
mat i
on
3.Toensurethesuccessf ulworkingofthe 10.WhatdidtheConsti
tuentAssemblyputatt
he
democrati
csystem topoftheagendaofmoder nI
ndia?
A.Itputt
he"soci
alandeconomicchange"thet
op
2.Howdi dtheElecti
onCommi ssi
on
oftheagenda.
 
overcome t
hepr obl
em ofil
li
teracyi
nthefir
st
GeneralEl
ections? 11.Whatdi dt heFir
stFi veYearplanstresson?
A.Itusedsymbol sf
rom ev
erydaylif
etorepr
esent A.Stressont heneedf or 
thepoli
ti
calparti
esandcandidates. 1.I
ncreasingf oodpr oduct
ion
2.Developmentoft ranspor tand
3.Whatwast heCongressSystem?
communi cations
A.1.TheCongr esshasbeeni nthepowerlong
3.Provi
sionf orsocialserv
ices
ti
mebot hthecentreandi nt
hest at
es.
4.I
ndust r
iali
seIndiaasqui cklyaspossibl
e
2.Thesituat
ionwher etheoppositi
onpart
iesar
e
weakwi t
hast rongruli
ngpart
yisknownasone 12.Whatwer ethecomponentsofthest
rat
egy
part
y dominantsyst
em orCongr esssyst
em. adopt
edf oragri
cult
uraltr
ansf
ormati
onbyNehr
u?
A.Thr
eecomponent s:
4.Giveexamplesfort
hedemandfor
1.LandReforms
reor
ganisat
ionofStat
esonthebasi
sof
2.Agri
cult
uralCooper
ati
ves
l
anguage? 
3.Localsel
f-
government
A. 1.Separat
eAndhr
astat
e
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ytar
gettedSout
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ans,
bel
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ingthat
cont
emplat
ed? theywer
ecorneri
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oymenti
ntheCit
y.
A.Thr
eeTypesofLandRef or
ms:
1.Aboli
ti
onofZaminmdarisy
stem 22.WhatdoesAr t
icl
e370ofIndi
anconstituti
on
2.TenancyRefor
ms referto?
3.LandCeili
ngs  A.1.ItreferstotheJammuandKashmi rgiv i
nga
greaterautonomyandpower stoitcomparedt o
14.Whatwast hefor
eignpoli
cyf oll
owedby otherstatesofIndia.
Nehr u? 2.Howev ert hi
sarti
clewasscr
appedrecentlyin
A.Hef oll
owedapoli
cyofnonjoininginei
ther 2019.
campsofUSAorUSSR, andtr
iedt omaint
ain
equidistanceandi
ndependentpositi
oninforei
gn 23.Whatwer ethet woimportantl
egisl
ations
pol
icy .
  passedduri
ngI ndiraGandhi
'speri
odt oachieve
thegoalofsocialandeconomi ctr
ansformat i
on?
15.Whichcount
ri
esbuil
ttheNonAl i
gned A. 1.Nati
onalisat
ionofpriv
atebanks
Movement?  2.Aboli
shmentofpr i
ncelypensions
A.1.I
ndia2.I
ndonesi
a3.Egypt4.Yugosl
avi
a
24.WhatwasJPmov ement?
16.Whatforeignpoli
cydidNehruformulatefor A.Itwasstar
tedbytheopposi
ti
onparti
es,uni
ted
thei
mmedi ateneighbour
s? underJayaPrakashNaray
anagainstt
he
A.HeformulatedthePanchsheelpoli
cyofnon- Congressandespeci
all
yagai
nstIndi
raGandhi
.
i
nter
fer
encei neachother
’sint
ernalaff
air
s.
25.Howdi dI ndir
aGandhijust
ifyt
heimpositi
on
17.Howmanywar sdidIndiafacewit
hits ofemergency ?
neighboursinthefi
rstthi
rtyyearsof A.Shejustif
ieditasnecessary
:
Independence? 1.Topr eserveorder2.Tosav edemocracy
A.IndiafacedwarswithPakistanin1948,
1965 3.Topr otectthesoci
alandeconomi c
and1971andwi t
hChinai n1962. tr
ansf
ormat ion 
4.Topr eservethenati
onalint
egri
ty.
18.Whi
chissuesdid LalBahadurShast
rif
aceas
apri
memi ni
ster?  26.Namesomewelcomemov esandunpopul ar
A. 1.AntiHindiagi
tati
on movestakenbyt
heemergencygovernment.
2.Shortageoffoodinthecountr
y  A.
3.Warwi thPakist
anin1965 WelcomeMoves UnpopularMoves
19.Whatwer eSamy ukt
haVi dhayakDal(SVD)
1.Cont
roloverpri
ce 1.Demol
i
tionofsl
ums
governments?
ri
se
A.Theywer ebasi cal
lyacoal i
ti
onoflegi
slator
s
2.Campaignagainst
agai
nstCongr ess, madeupJanSangh, Social
ist
s, 2.For
cedst
eri
l
isat
ion 
bl
ackmar ket
ingand
Swatantr
aPar tyandCongr essdefect
ors,besi
des
bondedlabour
l
ocalparti
es. 
20.Whichintermedi atecastesgainedpolit
ical
powerin1967el ecti
onsi nvari
ousStates? 27.Whatwer etheaimsof42ndConst i
tuti
onal
A. 1.Jats-Har yana&UP Amendment ?
2.Kurmi s&Koer is-Bi
har A.1.Excludingcourtsfr
om electi
ondisputes
3.Yadav s-UP&Bi har 2.Strengtheni
ngthecentralgovernmentv i
s-a-
vis
4.Lodhis-MP stat
egov ernments
5.Reddy s&Kammas-AP 3.Providi
ngmaxi mum protecti
onf r
om judi
cial
6.Vokkaligas-Kar nataka chall
engest osocial
andeconomi ct r
ansformation
7.Vall
alas-Tami lNadu. l
egislati
on 
4.Maki ngtheJudici
arysubservi
enttoPar l
iament
21.WhatwastheShi vsena'
sdemand?
 
A.1.Shi
vsena'
sdemandwasBombayshoul
d 28.Gi
veexampl esfori
ndependenti
nst
it
uti
onsi
n
bel
ongtoMahar asht
ri
ansonly. thei
nsti
tut
ionalfr
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2.El
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on school
s
3.Compt r
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erandAudit
orGener
al 2.Sal
eofri
ceat2rupeesperkgfort
hepoor
3.Li
quorpr
ohi
bit
ion
29.Giv eexampl esf orthepl aceswhere
communalr iotshappenedbet ween 7.Whatwastheeconomi cdimensionofthe
1947- 77. Assam movement ?
A. 1.Ranchi 2.Ahmedabad A.1.Tr
ainandotherest
abli
shmentswor kint
he
3.Jal gaon 4.Al igarh handsofNon-Assamesecommuni ti
es
30.Whati sDel hiagr eement ? 2.Themajorr
esourcesofthestat
ei.e.Tea&Oil
A.1.Theagr eementr eachedbet weenShei k di
dnotbenefi
tthelocal
s.
Abdullah, t
hePr imeMi nisterofKashmi rand
Jawahar lalNehr u,thePr imeMi nist
erofIndiaon 8.Whatwer et hedemandsofAssam mov ement?
thestatusofJammuandKashmi ri
n 1952 i
s A.1.Localpeopl eshoul
dbegivengreat
er
call
edDel hi agreement . prefer
enceinempl oyment
2.Accor dingt othis,theKashmi r
iswouldbecome 2.The" out
siders"shoul
dberemoved
ful
lcit
izensofI ndiaandt hestatewill
hav egreat
er 3. Theresourcesshouldbeusedforthebenef
it
autonomycompar edt otheot herstat
esofI ndi
a. ofthelocals

9.Whati
s" Et
hnicCleansi
ng"?
A.I
tisaforci
bleevi
cti
onofmi nor
it
ytribal
18.EMERGI
NGPOLI TI
CALTRENDS  communiti
esbymaj ori
typeopl
ethrougheven
(1977-
2000) out
ri
ghtmasski l
l
ings.
 

10.Whi chfactor
sinfluencedt heuseofar med
1.Whichpar
tiesmer gedtoformt heJanataParty for
cesi ntheNor t
hEast ernregion?
for
medagainsttheCongr essPartyin1977? A.1.Itwasasensi ti
vebor derareaadjacentto
A.TheCongress(O),Swatantr
aPar t
y ,
Bharat
iya China,My anmarandBangl adesh
JanaSangh(BJS),Bhart
iyaLokDal (BLD)and 2.TheRebel groupsdemandedsepar ationfr
om
Soci
ali
stPar
tymer gedtoformt heJanataParty
. I
ndia&pr ocuredarmsandhel pf r
om outside
for
ces
2.Whopl ayedani mportant rol
einbr
ingi
ng 3.Thelargescaleethnicviolenceagainst
toget
heralltheant i
-Congressandanti- minorit
iesbyrebelgroups
Emergencypar t
iest ofi
ghtthe1977electi
ons?
A. 1.JayaPr akashNarayan 11.Whatwast hemostsi gnifi
cantdemandin
2.AcharyaJBKr i
palani AkaliDal
'
sresoluti
onof1978?
A.1.Toamendt heconst i
tut
iontogivemore
3.Whywast he1977LokSabhaelect
iona powerstothestates
hist
ori
cone? 2.Toensuregreaterdecent
rali
sati
onofpowers
A.BecausetheCongr
esspart
ywasdef eat
edat
Nati
onallev
elfort
hefi
rstt
imeandJanatapar
ty 12.WhowasBhi ndranwale?Whatwashis
cametopower . demand?
A.1.JSBhi ndranwalewastheleaderofagroup
4.Gi
veexampl
esforopposi
ti
onpar
ti
esof1970s. ofmili
tantSikhs
A.BLD,
CPI(
M),DMK,JanaSANGH&SAD 2. 
Hisdemandwast hef
ormationofaSikh
stat
e-Khali
stan.
5.WhatisPr esi
dent'
srule?
A.1.Accordingtoart
icl
e356,thePresi
dentof 13.WhowasSantLongowal ?Whatwashi sr ol
e
Indi
amaydi smissthestategover
nmentont he i
nPunj abagitat
ion?
advi
ceoft heGovernor. A.Hewast hepresi
dentofAkal
iDal,
 whoreached
2.Thentheadmi ni
strat
ionofthest
ateisrunby anagreementwi thPri
meMi ni
sterRaj
ivGandhion
theGovernor.I
tiscall
edPresi
dent'
sRule. Punj
abi ssue.
 

6.Whatwer
etheWel
far
emeasur
esst
art
edby 14.Whati
sTel
ecom Rev
olut
ion?
NTRamaRao?
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A.Thespr eadi
ngoft henetworkoftel
ephonic 24.Whatwer ether esult
sofOper at
ionBarga?
communi cati
oni nt
hecount r
yusingsatel
li
te A.1.Bar gadarri
ghtswer emadeher edit
ary.
technol
ogyTel ecom Revol
uti
on.Itwasstart
edby 2.Bargadarsguar anteedaf ai
rshareofthecrop.
PrimeMinisterRaji
vGandhi. 3.Agricult
uralproductionincr
eased.
4.Ruralpov er
tydeclinedinWestBengal.
15.Whatwast heSupremeCourt'
sjudgementin
ShahBanocasei n1985? 25.WhatdidtheMandalCommi ssion
A.Thejudgement:"
AdivorcedMusl
im woman recommend?  
shoul
dbepaidmai nt
enancebyherex-husband" A.Itr
ecommended27%r eser
vati
onsf orOt
her
BackwardClasses(
OBC'
s)inthegov er
nment
16.Howdi dtheuniongov ernmentr
espondon employmentandeducat
ional
facil
i
ties.
 
thejudgementofShahBanocase?  
A.1. Thegovernmentcameunderpr essur
eofthe 26.Whati stheimportanceof73r dand74t h
ort
hodoxsect i
onsandenact edanew amendmentoft heconstit
ut i
on?
l
awi n1986. A.1.Theseamendment spr ovidedlocalself
2.Newl awletoffMusli
m husbandsand governmentsaconstit
ut i
onal stat
us.
permitt
edMusl i
mr el
igi
ousbodiestopaythe 2.The73r damendmentcr eat ed i
nsti
tuti
onsof
maintenancetothedivorcedwomenf orashor
t l
ocal sel
fgovernmentatv i
ll
age
peri
odoft hr
eemont hs. 3. The74thamendmentcr eatedinstit
utionsof
l
ocal sel
fgovernmentintownsandci t
ies.
17.Wholedthefarmer
s'agitat
ioni
nthecount
ry?
A.1.Mahendr
aSinghTikait-UP&Haryana 27.Whati sthebeli
efofBJPonDemocr acyand
2.Shar
adJoshi-Maharashtr
a  Secular
ism?
A.Itbel
ievesthatof'
DemocracyandSecul ar
ism'
18.Whatispolicyparal
ysi
s? areWest er
nideasandarenotsuffi
cientandwhat
A.Iti
sasituat
ioninwhichthecoal
iti
on i
sneededt odr awuponanci
entIndi
ancul t
ure.
gover
nmentcoul dnotimpl
ementanypoli
cy
meantforseri
ouschangewi t
hthefearof 28.WhywasRaj i
vGandhiassassinat
ed?
wit
hdrawalofsupportbypart
ners. A.Hewasassassinat
edbyLTTE, Tamilseparat
ist
groupofSri
Lankaasret
ali
ati
onforhisrolein
19.Whatarethemechanismsputi nfort
he sendi
ngIndi
anArmytoSriLanka. 
stabi
li
tyofthecoal
it
iongovernments?
A.1.CommonMi ni
mum Programme  29.Whatwer etheconditi
onsl aiddownbyI MF
2. Coordi
nati
onCommi t
tees  forSt r
ucturalAdjustmentPr ogram?
(or)
20.Whichcoali
ti
ongov er
nmentscompletedt
heir Whatwer et hemeasur estakeni nthepolicyof
ful
lter
ms?  l
iber al
izati
on?  
A.1.TheBJPledNationalDemocrat
icAll
i
ance A.1.Dr asticrestr
ict
iongovernment  expenditure
(NDA)  2.Reduci ngr est
ri
cti
onsandTaxesoni mpor tof
2.TheCongressUni
tedprogressi
veAll
i
ance(UPA) foreigngoods
21.Whichpart
ieswereapartofLeftFr
onti
n 3.Reduci ngr est
ri
cti
onsonf oreigninvestment sin
WestBengal? I
ndi a
A.1.CPI(
M) 2.CPI3.For wardBlock 4.Openi ngofmanysect orsoft heeconomyt o
4.Revol
uti
onarySoci
ali
stPar
ty(RSP) pri
v ateinvestors

22.WhatwasOper ati
onBarga? 30.Onwhi chindicator
s,theIndi
andemocr acy
A.Itwasthelandreform pr
ogram star
tedbyt
he wouldbecal l
edsuccessf ul?
WestBengalgovernmentt orecordthenamesof A. 1.Free,f
airandregularelect
ions
theshar
ecropperstosecuretheirri
ghts. 2.Voterturnouts
3.Gov er
namentt urnover
s
23.Whower eBar gadar s? 4.Empower mentofnewgr oups
A.Theywer et hepeopl ewhot i
ll
edtheland 5.Maintenanceofessent i
alcivi
ll
ibert
ies.
bel
ongingtol andl
or dsandpai dthelar
gestshar
e
oftheproduceasar enttothem i
nWestBengal.
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19.POSTWARWORLDANDI
NDI
A 10.Onwhi cht hi
ngsdi dSuperpower sgai
n
accessduet omi l
it
aryal l
iances? 
A.Theygai nedaccesst o:
1.HowdidtheUSPr esi
dentHarryTruman 1.Thev i
talresources
commentont heimpactofSecondWor ldWaron 2.Mar ketsfort hei
rpr oducts&saf
er
hi
scountr
y? placesf ortheircapital
A.Hecomment ed,"Wehav eemergedf r
om thi
s 3.Mi l
it
arybases
war,
themostpower fulnati
oninthewor l
d-the 4.Spreadt heirideology
mostpowerf
ul nat
ion,perhapsi
nallhist
ory" 5.Gaineconomi csuppor t
 
11.WhatwasSpaceRace?
2.Whatweret hemosti mport
antpr
ocesses
A.Thei ntensecompet iti
onbet weenthepower
cameint
oexi stenceaf t
erWorl
dWar2?
blocksofUSAandUSSRt oputmor eandmore
A. 1.EstablishmentoftheUNO 
satell
i
tesi nthespacewascal l
edSpaceRace.
2.ColdWar  
3.Decol onisat
ion 12.WhatisBi-
polarworl
d?
A.Thesit
uati
oninwhichthewor
ldpoli
ti
csar
e
3.Whatwast heTwinobject
iveofst
art
ingt
he
cont
rol
ledbytwosuperpowersi
.e.USAandUSSR
UNO? 
i
scall
edbipol
arwor l
d.
A. 1.Ensurel
asti
ngpeace
2.Humandev elopment 13.Whati sNonAl i
gnedMov ement( NAM) ?
A.Theinternati
onalorganisati
onst ar
edwiththe
4.Whoar ethepermanentmembercount
ri
esof
ai
mt opromot ecult
ur alandeconomi c
theSecuri
tyCouncil
?
cooperat
ionamongt henewl yindependent
A.Theyarefiv
epermanentcount
ri
es.
countr
iesofAsia,AfricaandLat i
nAmer ica
1.USA 2.USSR( Russi
a)
wit
houtjoininganyoft wopowerbl ocks. 
3.UK  4.Fr
ance 5.Chi
na 
14.Whoweretheimpor tantleader
sofNAM?
 
5.Whatisvetopower? A. 1.Nehru(India) 
A.Iti
sthepowerthepermanentmembersto 2.Nasser(Egy pt
) 
makeinvali
dorrej
ectanydeci
siont
akenbythe 3.Ti
to(Yugosl avi
a) 
Securi
tyCounci
lofUNO.  4.Sukarno(Indonesia) 

6.Whatwerethetwomaj orandpolit
ical 15.WhatisWestAsi
anCri
sis? 
emergedint
hepost-warper i
od?  A.Theconfl
i
ctst
hedevel
opedbetweenusedar
e
A.1.TheCommunistblocledbytheUSSR  oft
enknownastheWestAsianCri
sis.
 
2.TheDemocrat
ic-
Capital
istbl
ockledbytheUSA
16.Whywer etheJewsper secutedinEur
ope? 
7.Whatwascoldwar ? A.BecausetheChri
stiansconsider
edtheJews
A.1.Thei
ntensetensionbetweentheUSAand responsi
blef
orthecrucif
ixi
onofJesusChrist
.
theUSSRbetween1945- 91wascalledt
heCol
d
17.Whatwast heZionistmovement?
War.
A.Itwasthemov ementoftheJewscalledf
or
2.Thewarwasf oughtbehindcl
oseddoors
unit
ingthem spreadacrosstheworldandto
thr
oughpropagandaandwor ds.
recl
aim Pal
esti
neast heirHomelandandbuil
da
8.Whatwerethemaintact
icsuseddur
ingCol
d separat
estatef orJews. 
War? 
18.Whichareasarebeingusedasbuff
erzones
A. 1.ProxyWar
s
byIsr
ael?
2. 
Mili
tar
yAl
li
ances
A.1.Gaza2.GolanHeights3.WestBank
3.ArmsRace 
19.Whydi dEgyptsupportt
hePalesti
nians
9.NamesomeMi l
it
aryAll
iancesf
ormeddur
ing
duringtheconfli
ct?
ColdWar
?
A.AsanAr abcountry
,Egyptsuppor
tedthe
A.Mil
i
tar
yal
li
ances:1.NATO 2.War sawPact
 
Palesti
nianswhoar ealsoArabs.
3.SEATO 4.CENTO

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sleader? A.Itwasthefor
minwhichtheli
berat
ionstruggl
e
A.ThePalestinianLiber
ationOrganisat
ion( PLO) organi
sedbythesuppor
ter
sofMujiburRahman
wasanor ganisationfor
medwi t
hallthedifferent forsepar
ateBangl
adeshcount
ryfr
om Pakistan.
Arabfract
ions aimingtoregainthelanditlost
withoutvi
olence.YasserAr af
atwast heleader . 31.WhatwasKar gilWar ?
A.1.Anti
-I
ndianmi li
tantsoccupi
edporti
onsof
21.WhatwasthetwinsloganofSaddam I
ndianTerri
toryinJ&Kwi t
hthebackingof
Hussei
nusedin1968-coupinIr
aq?  Pakist
anarmy . 
A. 1.ArabNati
onali
sm  2.Theywerer epel
ledt hr
oughamaj ormil
it
ary
2.Soci
ali
sm operat
ioni
n1999cal ledKargi
lWar.

22.WriteaboutRev ol
uti
oninIran.
  32.Whathasbeenamaj orirr
itanti
ntherel
ati
on
A.1.Revolut
iontookplaceinIr
anin1979inwhi
ch betweenIndi
aandSr iLanka?
theki
ngofI r
ansuppor t
edbytheUSwasr emoved. A.Ithasbeenthetr
eatmentofTami lspeaki
ng
2.Andanewgov ernmentjoi
ntl
ycontr
oll
edby minori
ti
esbySr i
LankanGov ernment.
ShiaI
slamiccleri
csanddemocr ati
cal
l
yelect
ed
l
eaderswasest abli
shed.
  33.Whati sproxywar?
A.1.Thewarbet weentwosmallcountri
es
23.Whoar etheTali
bans?  represent
ingbenef
itsoft
hesuperpowersiscall
ed
A.TheywereIslamicext
remistswhotookover proxywar.
Afghani
stanaft
erwithdr
awal ofUSSRTroops 2.Thesuper power
susedthisst
rategyduri
ngthe
fr
om thecountr
y . coldwarwi t
houtfi
ghti
ngdir
ectl
y.

24.Whatwer etheref
or msint
roducedby
GorbachevinUSSRcalled? 
A.1.Glasnost2.
 Per
estroi
ka  20.SOCI
ALMOVEMENTSI
NOURTI
MES

25.Whatdidt hecoll
apseoftheUSSRmark?
A.ItmarkedthebeginningofnewEr
atheworl
d 1.Whati sther oleofpeopl ei nmov ement s? 
pol
iti
cs.
  A.Theypar tici
pat ei
nl argenumber s,tryto
1.Eraofunipol
arwor l
d understandsomepr oblem, deci
dei nf avourof
2.Eraofglobal
isati
on somef orm ofchanget henactuallyfori t
.
2.Whywast heAmer i
canCi vi
lRight sMov ement
26.WhatisUni
polarWorl
d? fought?
A.Asit
uati
oninwhicht
heworldpoli
ti
csare A.Itwasf ought :
cont
rol
ledbyasingl
epowerf
ulcountr
yi.
e.t
he 1.Forequal treatmentofAf ri
canAmer i
cans/
USAiscall
edUni
polarWorl
d. BlackAmer icans
2.Againstther ulesthatper mitt
edsegr egati
onof
27.Writeanytwopr i
nciplesofPanchsheel.
blacksandwhi tesinschool s,busesandpubl i
c
A.1.Respectforeachot her'
ssoverei
gntyand
places
ter
ri
tori
alint
egri
ty
3. Agai
nstt hedi scr
imi nat
ionagai nstt hem i
n
2.Non-int
erf
erenceinthei nt
ernal
affai
rsofother
appointment s,housingandv oti
ngr ights.
countr
ies
3.Whatwerethenon-vi
olentfor
msoft he
28.WhoisDalaiLama?
Ameri
canCivi
lRight
sMov ement? 
A.Heisthel
eaderofTi
bet
,whot ookasy
lum i
n
A. 1.Massivedemonst r
ati
ons
I
ndiaaft
erChi
naannexed 
Tibeti
n1950. 
2.Marches
29.Whatwast heresultofI
ndo-PakWar1947-48? 3.Ci
vildi
sobedi
ence
A.Kashmirwasdividedint
otwopartsbyaLineof 4.Boycot
tofdiscri
minatoryser
vice
Contr
ol.
 
4.WhatwerethedemandsoftheWashi
ngt
on
1.Paki
stanoccupi
edKashmi r(PoK)2.Jammu&
Marchprot
ester
s?
Kashmir(I
ndi
anstate)
A.Thei
rdemands:
30.WhatwasMukt
iBahi
ni? 1.Passageofci
vi
lri
ght
sact

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remployment under
pri
vi
legedandpoor
.Thi
siscal
l
edNeo-
3.Righttovote  l
iber
ali
sm/Global
i
sat
ion.
4.I
nt egr
atededucat
ionsyst
em
11.WhywasGreenpeacemovementst
arted?
5.Whower etheimportantleader
sofHuman A.1.I
tst
art
edasapr ot
esti
n1971agai
nstthe
Right
sMov ementintheUSSR? Ameri
canunder
waternucl
eart
est
snearAlaska,
A.1.AlexanderSolzheni
tsyn,thef
amouswri
ter USA.
2.AndreiSakharov,t
henuclearscient
ist
12.
 Whatistheaim ofGreenpeacemovement?
6.WhatwasGl asnost? A.I
tsai
mi sensuri
ngtheabili
tyoft
heeart
hto
A.Thepr ocessofr efor
mi ntheUSSRbyPresi
dent nur
tur
eli
feinalli
tsdiv
ersi
ty.
Gorbachevt obr i
nggreaterf
reedom f
ort
hepeople
wascalledGl asnost. 13.Whatarepolari
cecaps?
A.Thevastaccumulat
ionsofwaterinthef
orm of
7.WhatistheMi l
it
ary
-Industr
ialcomplex? I
ceonthet wopolesar
ecalledpolari
cecaps.
A.Thecompani eswhichproducenucleararms
arecol
lect
ivel
ycall
edthemi l
it
aryIndustr
ial 14.Whatar ethef ourmaindomai nsofthe
complex. Bhopalgasdi sastervi
cti
ms?
A.1.Propermedi caltr
eatmentt othev i
cti
ms
8.Whatarethedif
fer
encesbet
weenSALTand 2.Adequatecompensat i
onfort hem basedon
STARTdiscussi
ons? i
nternat
ionalstandards.
A. 3.Fi
xingcriminalresponsibi
li
tyforthedisasteron
themanagementofMNC.  
SALT START 4.Stepstopreventsuchdi sastersinfut
ure. 

1.TheUSAandt he 1.Thel argestandmost 15.Giveexamplesformul

ti
purposedamsi
n
USSRbegan  St
rategic compl exar mscont r
ol I
ndia.
ArmsLimi tati
onTal ks treat
yint hehi stor
y A.1.BhakhraNangal2.Hir
akud
(SALT)tocutdown signedin1991bet ween 3.Nagarj
unaSagar 
thei
rnucleararsenal . USAandUSSRi scal l
ed
16.Whatdi dt hepeopletobedispl
acedf r
om
2.Theset alkswere Strat
egicAr ms
Nar madar iverprojectdemand? 
unsuccessful. Reduct i
onTr eat y
A.1. Af ai
rcompensat i
ontoal
lthepeoplewho
ri
se (START) .
l
ivedt here
2.Duet ot histreaty,80%
2.Properr ehabili
tati
onwithl
andinret
urnforthe
ofallstrategicnuclear
l
andl ost .
weaponswer eremov ed
3.Af f
orestationtocompensateforthelossof
by2001.
forestsundert hedam.

17.Whydi dtheWor ldBankdeci det owit

hdraw
9.Whatwer et heeffect
sofCher nobylAcci
dent?
i
tsfundingtoSardarSar ovarPr oject?
A.1.Amaj oraccidenttookpl aceinthenuclear
A.Becauseofthei ntenseprotests, mobil
i
zati
on,
pl
antatCher nobylinUSSRki ll
ing
marches,hungerfastsandani nternati
onal
1. Alargenumberofwor kersdiedintheaccident
.
campaignbyNar madaBachaoAndol an(NBA),
2.Ital
socont aminatedtheat mosphereinmany
theWorldBankwi thdrewitsfundi ng.
Europeancount r
ies.
3.Itseffect
scr eatedanewawar enessamongt he 18.WhatwasSi l
entVal l
eyMov ement?
peopleofwor ldaboutthedangerofnucl ear A.Itwasst ar
tedagainstbuildi
ngadam acr oss
power . twor i
v ersintheSil
entValleyinWest er
nGhat si
n
4.Ithel
pedt omer geantiwarconcer nswiththe Kerala.
concernsofenv i
ronment alprotecti
on. 2.Aftersev ereprot
ests,thegov ernmentst
opped
thepr ojectandconvertedthev all
eyint
oa
10.WhatisNeo-l
iber
ali
sm?
National Parkin1985.
A.Theeconomicandpolit
icalchangeshappeni
ng
worl
dwidesince1990deeplyaffect
edtheli
vesof 19.Wr
it
eaboutAnt
i-
arr
ackMov
ementi
nAP.
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A.1.I twasst artedagai
nstthesal
eanddrinki
ng 2.Funds
ofliquorbyDal itwomenofDubagunt avi
l
lagein 3.Employment
Nelloredist
rictofAP.  
2.Af t
erprotestsbywomenacr oss 
thest
ate, 2.Whi char eahasbeencal ledTel
anganain
arrackwasof fi
ciall
ybannedin1993andtotal erst
whi le-HyderabadStat
e?
prohibit
ionwasi mposedin1995.  A.Thear eaofeightdi
stri
ctsofHyderabadStat
e,
consistedofTel uguspeakingpeopl
ehasbeen
20.Whati sAFSPAct ,1958? call
edTel angana.
 
A.1.ArmedFor cesSpecialPower sAct(AFSPA,
1958)givesthesecuri
tyforcesther i
ghttoarrest 3.Whatwerethet hr
eedi
sti
nctr
egi
onsspeaki
ng
orshootpeoplesimplyundersuspi cionofbeing Tel
ugulanguage?
i
nv ol
vedinanti-
nati
onalacti
vit
ies. A. 1.Telangana
2.NorthEasternstat
esaredemandi ngtoscrap  
  
  2.CoastalAndhr
a
theActasi ti
sarguedthatthepr ovi
sionsofthe  
  
  3.Rayalaseema
l
awhav ebeenabused. 4.Whydi dthedemandf orVi
shal
andr
acome
21.Whati sMei r
aPaibiMov ement ? from Andhraregi
on?
A.1.Itwasst art
edbytheMani puriwoment o A.Becauset heri
chfr
om coast
alar
easwer
ekeen
preventthepublicdi
sorderduetoalcohol abuse toinvestinTel
anganatomakeuseofit
s
i
nl ate1970s. resources.
2.Af t
erimposingAFSPAi nthestate,theystar
ted 5.Whowerethesignat
ori
est
otheGentl
emen's
patroll
i
nginthest r
eet
satni ghtagainstthe agr
eement1956?
milit
aryoperati
onsandhumanr i
ghtsv iol
ati
onsby A.
thearmy .
 
Fr
om Tel
angana: Fr
om Andhr
a: 
22.Whatar
ethesi
milar
it
iesbet
weentheant
i-
1.Bur
gulaRamakri
shna 1.BezawadaGopal
arr
ackmovementofandMeiraPai
bimovement?
Rao Reddy
A.1.Bot
hmov
ement
swer
est
art
edbywomen. 2.KVRangaReddy 2.Neelam Sanj
eeva
3.JVNar asi
ngaRao Reddy
2.Therootcauseofthemovementsisalcohol
i
sm. 4.Marr
iChennaReddy. 3.GouthuLatchanna
3.Bothweresuccessful
. 4.All
uriSat
yanarayana
4.Itshowsthatanythi
ngcanbepossibl
eif Raju.
womenar eunit
ed.

23.Whatar ethebasicfeat uresofasoci al

mov ement? 6.Whatwer et heMul kirul
es?
A.1.Socialmov ementsraisedi v
ersedemands. A.Thesewer et herulesunderwhi chonlythose
2.Somer esistthechangest hatareforcedupon wit
hami ni
mum of12y ear
sofr esidencein
andsomeot herdemandf orchange Telanganawer eeligibleforjobs&admi ssi
onto
3.Theyoftendistancethemsel vesfrom indi
vi
dual educati
onalinstit
utionsi nthisarea.
poli
ti
calparti
es.
7.Whati s"Statewithi
nt heStat
e"?
4.Theywer efoughtinapar ti
cipator
yand
A.TheGent lemen'sAgreement -
1956recogni
sed
democraticmanner .
thedist
inctidenti
tyofTelanganawithi
nthenew
stat
eofAndhr aPradesh.Soitcamet obeknown
as"Stat
ewi thintheState”.
21.THEMOVEMENTFORTHEFORMATI
ON
8.Whatar ethemai nreasonsforthediscont
ent
OFTELANGANASTATE
overthenon-i mpl ementati
onoftheGent l
emen'
s
Agreement ?
1.Whydidt
hepeopleofTel
anganaf
ightf
orl
ong A.Threemai nreasons:
ti
medemandingsepar
atest
ate? 1.Diversionofsur pl
usrevenuefr
om Telanganat
o
A.Theyf
oughtf
or: 1.Water otherregionsoft hestat
e
2.Discriminati
oni nemploymentingovernment
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sector A.1.Thedev elopmentwasconf inedtoinand
3.Granti
ngofdomici
lestatust
oCoast
alAndhra aroundHy derabadci ty.
personsworki
nginTelanganai
nvi
olat
ionoft
he 2. Thelocalpeopl edidnotbenef i
tmuchf r
om thi
s
Mulkirul
es development .
3.Theywer einf actlosi
ngcont rolov
erthei
rown
9.Whatwast hecent r
algovernmentr esponset o l
andt orealest atedeveloper
s.
the1969Agi t
at i
on? 4.Thepeopl eofTel anganawer enotsatisf
ieddue
A.1.Thecent ralgovernmentheld tothebackwar dnessoft heotherpart
softhe
l
ongt alksandcameupwi thanEi ghtPointPlan. region.
2.Itbasicall
yconsi st
edofsetting
upsev eralcommi t
tees 16.Whatcoul dbet her easonsf orhighernumber
3.Event hought hisdidnotsati
sfymostpeopl e, ofsui cidesinTel angana?
theagitati
onr ecededf ort
hetimebei ng. A.1.Hugei nv estment sinbor i
ngdeeperwel l
sdue
tothedepl etionofgr oundwat er
10. WhatwasJaiAndhr amov ement ?Whatwer
e 2.Increasei nt heprices ofinputsli
kefertil
izers&
theirdemands? pesticides.
 
A.Thecount ermov ementstartedin1972i n 3.Draught s,failureofcr ops&l ossofliv
elihood. 
Seemandhr aregioninresponset othe1969- 4.Compet it
ionf rom cheapi mpor t
edAgr icultur
al
Telanganaagitati
on. Product s.
Thedemands:
1.Gr eat
erdevelopmentofcoast aldist
ri
cts 17.Whywer ethet r
ibalorcasteor gani
sat
ions
2.Remov aloftheMul kir
ules formedinTel angana?
1. Fi
ghti
ngagai nstonslaughtont heir
11.Whatwast her esul
toft heJaiAndhr a conventi
onal f
ormsofl i
fe.
mov ement ? 2.Forprotecti
ngt heirexist
enti
alneeds-Jal,
A.1.Asi xpointformulawasf ormulat
edbythe Jungle,
Zameen( Wat er,Forest
,Land)
CentralGovernmenti n1973, assuri
ngallt
he
regi
onst hatpri
orit
yingov ernmentempl oyment 18.Giveexampl esforthetr
ibalorcast
e
wouldbegi ventolocal people. organisat
ionsformed inTel
anganaduringthe
3.Educationalopportunit
ieswoul dbeexpanded mov ement ?
i
nall r
egionsandaCent ralUniversi
tywouldbeset A.1.Tudum debba  2.LambadaNagar abher
i
upinHy derabad. 3.YerukalaKurr
u 4.Madi gaDandora
5. Kurma-gol
laDoludebba6.MokuDebba
12. Howdi dTelanganal osei tsdistinctidenti
ty
aspr omisedintheGent leman' sagr eement ? 19.Whatwer et
heorganisati
onalexper
iment
s
A.1.6-pointf
ormul awasf or mulatedbycent r
al tr
iedoutforTel
anganaState? 
governmentin1973af terjai Andhramov ement . A. 1.Tel
angana 
JanaPar i
shad
2.TheMul kiRulesandt her egionalcommi tt
eefor 2. 
Tel
anganaMahasabha 
Telanganawer edroppedi nt heformul a.Thus 3.Tel
anganaJanasabha
Telanganalostitsdist
incti dent i
ty. 4.Tel
anganaAiky
aVedi k

13.Whatar
et hemainfesti
val
sthatar
e 20.Whatar ethedif
ferentprotestformsin
cel
ebr
atedinTelanagna? Telanganamov ement?
A. 1.Bathukamma  2.Bonal
u A. 1.Dhoom Dhaams 2.Gar janas
3.Padayatr
as 4. Bonalu
14.Giveexampl esf
ort
hefil
ms whichrepr
esent 5.Rangoli 6.Sadakbandh
thepeople,l
anguageandcult
ureofTel
angana 7. 
Relayhungerstri
ke8.Vant avaarpu
accur
ately?
A. 1.MaBhoomi2.OseyRamul amma 21.Whati sDhoom Dhaam?
3. 
Bathukamma4.JaiBoloTel
angana A.Thisisaf orm ofpr
otestwithsongsand
dancesbymanyar ti
sts-Singersanddancer
sof
15.Duri
ngthelastt
wentyyears,
Hy derabadhas di
fferentfol
klorecomeont othesamedai sand
becomeav er
ylargeandprosperouscity.Why presentthei
r ski
ll
s
werethepeopl
eofTelangananotsat i
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22.WhatwasVant aVarpuprogram?  A.Ex:
1.BJP2.BSP 3.CPI
A.Itwasawayofpr ot
estinwhichpeoplecame
ontot hepubl
icroads,cookedf
ooditemsandate 29.Whatcoul dbet hereasonsforthelower
them ontheroaditsel
fduri
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acyr at
einTel anganaascompar edto
mov ement. CoastalAndhr a?
A.1.Educationalopportuni
ti
eswerenotspreadal
l
23.Whatwast heimportanceof overTelangana.
K.ChandrasekharRao'sFastof2009in 2.Discr
iminationagainstTel
anganainthe
Telanganamov ement ? al
lotmentoff undsforeducati
oninthebudget.
A.1. TheTRSl eaderwasonf astf
or10days
between29t hNovemberand9t hDecember2009. 30.WhatisGr
ossCr oppedarea?
2.Thisgalvani
zedthepeopleandthemov ement A.Thetot
alar
eaonwhi chcropsweregr
owni
na
recei
vedandy outhrustandmeaning. yeari
scal
ledGrossCroppedArea.

24.Whi chcondi t
ionspersuadedthecent r
al 31.Whatar ethedif
fer
encesbetweenAndhra
governmentt oannouncethef or
mat i
onof andTelanganar egi
onsregar
dingi
rri
gati
on
Telanganaon9t hDecember2009? faci
li
ti
es?
A.1.Spr eadingthemov ementamongt he A.
communi ti
esatgr assr
oots Andhra  Telangana
2. KChandr asekharRao'sfast
1.Canalsaremajor 1.1.Well
saremaj or
3.Thepr oposedAssembl yMut tadi
on10t h
i
rri
gati
onfacil
it
iesher
e. i
rri
gati
onfacil
i
tiesher
e.
December .
 
2.Farmersdidnot 2.Thefarmersspenta
25.Whatar ether easonsf ort hewi t
hdrawal of spendmoneyascanal l
otofmoney
announcementofTel anganabyt hecent ral i
rri
gati
onwaspr ovi
ded todugexpensivewell
s.
government? bythegovernment. 3.GrossCroppedArea
A.1.Theinvestorsf rom otherr egionswor ried 3.GrossCroppedArea didnotchange
aboutthei
rinvestment sonpr oper ti
esin i
ncreased.
Hyderabad.
.
2.Andhrafarmerswor r
iedofi r
rigationwat erthe
32.Whatwoul dhavebeent hebestwayt
ouse
canal
sandr egularel ectri
csuppl y 
themineralr
esourcesofTelangana?
3.Theyfeltt
hatitwoul dbe  unfortunatetodi v
ide
A.Establ
i
shingmineralbasedindust
ri
esi
nthi
s
thestat
e,onceuni tedbyTel ugul anguage.
regi
onisthebestway.
4.Theypeoplest artedpr otestsagai nstthe
deci
sion.
33.Whydidt hest
udentsplayaleadingr
olein
26.Namet hesi
xmaj oragitat
ionslaunchedby demandingaseparatestateforTel
angana?
TelanganaJointActi
onCommi t
tee(TJAC)?  A.Becausetheyhopedthattheywouldgetgood
A.1.NonCooper at
ionMov ement j
oboppor t
uniti
esi
nthei
rownst ate.
2.Mill
i
onMar ch 3.SakalaJanulaSamme
4.SagaraHaram 5.SansadYatra  34.Inwhatway st heempl
oymentoppor tunit
ies
6.ChaloAssembly forSCs,tri
balandnomadicpeopl eofTelangana
couldhavebeenensur ed?
27.Whatwast he2014TimeLineoff or
mationof A.1.Supplyi
ngt herawmateri
alsforthei
rcaste
Telanganastate? prof
essionsthroughspeci
alcorporati
ons
A.1.LokSabhapassedt heTelanganaBil
lon18th 2.Separatebudgetall
ocat
ionforthesecategori
es
February.
2.TheRaj yaSabhapassedtheBil
lon20th 35.Whataretheprobl
emsbeingf acedbythe
February. far
mersofTelanganaduetooverreli
anceon
3.ThePr esi
dentsi
gnont hebi
llon1stMarch. well
sfori
rri
gati
on?
4.Telanganawasf or
medon2ndJune2014. A.1.Depl
eti
onofthegroundwater
2.Spendi
ngmor emoneyondiggingborewell
s
28.Giveexamplesf
orthepart
iesthatsuppor
ted
deeper
Telanganabi
lli
ntheParl
iament?
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3.Spendi
ngl ar
geamountson 
elect
ri
cmot or
sand
pumpset s.
4.I
ndebtednesswit
hincr
eased 
agri
cult
ural
i
nvestment.

36.Wr i
tesomesl
ogansusedduringt
he
Telanganamovement?
A.1969: 1.JaiTel
angana!
2.Gonguragoback!

2009: 1.JaiTel
angana! 
Jai
JaiTelangana!!
2.KCRsachhudo!  
Tel
anganav achhudo!
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 TELANGANA SOCIALSTUDIES TEACHERS FORUM (TSSTF)- NALGONDA
DIVISIONAL LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES TALENT TEST

1. Which is the highest peak in Eastern Ghats ( )

A) Aroma konda B) Velikonda C) Pala konda D) Seshachala hill
2) The Triangular area which lies the south of Narmada river is called as ( )
A) Malwa Plateau B) Chota Nagpur Plateau C) Deccan Plateau D) Tibetan plateau
3) kudamkulam nuclear power plant established in this state ( )
A) Kerala B) Karnataka C) Tamilnadu D) Maharashtra
4. Schooling Revolution is related this state ( )
A) Himachal Pradesh B) Sikkim C) Kashmir D) Andhra Pradesh
5. “LOO” winds blow in this region ( )
A) Northern Plains B) Eastern Plains C) Western Plains D) Southern Plains
6. which of the following does not belong to the service sector ( )
A) Tailors B) Money lenders C) Astronaut D) Workers in a match factory
7. Gross Domestic Product means…. ( )
A) The amount of final and intermediate goods in a year
B) Total final goods and services in a decade
c) the total value of final goods and services produced in the world in a year
D) The value of final goods and services produced in a country during a year
8) Peninsular rivers flow in this direction ( )
A) West to East B) East to West C) North to South D) South to North
9) Population is influenced by these factors ( )
A) Births B) Deaths C) Migrations D) All the above
10) Which of the following is not a Himalayan river system ? ( )
A) Ganga River B) Indus River C) Brahmaputra River D) Godavari River
11) which one of the following is the reason for population change ( )
A) Births B) Deaths C ) Migrations D) All the above
12) A city with a population between 10 lakh and one crore is called as ( )
A) Revenue village B) Class Cities C) Mega cities D) Metropolitan cities
13) Which of the following is not suitable for establishment of settlements ( )

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A) Place B) Situation C) History of the place D) People
14) Which of the following is not a factor of production ( )
A) Land B) Labour C) Capital D) Profit
15) Globalization happened in this century ( )
A) 15th century B) 17th Century C) 20th century D)11th Century
16) Multi National Company means ( )
A) which controls production in one country only
B) Which controls production in different places in the country
C) which cannot control production more than one country
D) which controls production in more than one country
17.After independence the policies taken by the government to ensure that people get food( )
A) establishment of fair price shops B) Mid day meals scheme
C) Anganwadi center D) Above all
18. This indicator is better as a measure of development ( )
A) Social Development B) Human Development C) Per Capita Income D) Above all
19.Sardar Sarovar dam constructed on which river ( )
A) River Godavari B) River Krishna C) River Tapti D) River Narmada
20. The book “Silent Spring” written by ( )
A) Gandhi B) Bava Mahaliya C) Digvijay Singh D) Rachel Carson
21) Countries that tried to dominate the Black Sea ( )
A) Turkey, America B) Russia, Turkey C) Britan, France D) Germany, Italy
22) Which of the following is not a doctrine of Sun Yat Sen?
A) Sun B) Min C) Chui D) shek
23) China’s ruling dynasty in the early 20th century ( )
A) Tudor Dynasty B) Manchu Dynasty C) Stuart Dynasty D) Chin Dynasty
24) A day declared by Muslims as a day of direct action day ( )
A) September 6th, 1947 B) December 7th 1948
C) August 16th 1946 D) January 2nd 1989
25) Chipko movement was started by ( )
A) Sundarlal Bahuguna B) Medhapatkar C) Irom sharmila D) None of the above

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26) Where is the head quarters of Election Commission of India? ( )
A) Kolkata B) Bombay C) Bengaluru D) New Delhi
27) Present at what age Indian citizens are getting right to vote ( )
A) 12 B) 16 C) 18 D) 21
28) Method of Election to the Constitution Assembly ( )
A) Direct method B) Indirect Method C) Nomination Method D) Audio Method
29) The part where words like secularism ad socialism are included in the constitution ( )
A) Preamble B) Fundamental Rights C) Fundamental Duties D) Directive Principles
30) After the death of Nehru, Who assumed the post of Prime Minister ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) Rajeev Gandhi C) P V Narasimha Rao D) Lal Bahadur Shastri
31) Who created Panchsheel ( )
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Ambedkar C) Rajeev Gandhi D) Indira Gandhi
32) A party that came to power at the Center after the Emergency ( )
A) Congress Party B) Shiromani Akalidal C) communist party of India D) Janata Party
33) Who said that even 15 paisa of every rupee spent on poor does not reach the poor ( )
A) Rajeev Gandhi B) Jyothi Basu C) Indira Gandhi D) Jawahar lal Nehru
34) cold war was fought between these two countries ( )
A) Japan, America B) Russia, Germany C) Russia, America D) Britain, France
35) The frequent conflict between Arabs and Jews is called as ( )
A) Europe Conflict B) West Asia conflict C) South Asia Conflict D) Arab Spring
36) Mira Paibi means ( )
A) Industrial workers B) Reformers C) Torch bearers D) Farmers
37) Which is not there in the demands of black people’s civil rights movement ( )
A) Decent Housing B) Right to Vote C) A co-educational facility for white and black
children D) Separate country
38) expand MGNREGA ( )
A) Mahatma Gandhi National Real Employment Act
B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act
C) Mahatma Gandhi New Rural Employment Act
D) Mahatma Gandhi New Real Employment Act
39) Expand IPCC ( )

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A) Internal Government Popular on Cloud Change
B) International Government post on Condensation Climate
C) Inter – Governmental panel on Climate Change
D) Internal Government on clock change
40) National Institution of Nutrition is located in ( )
A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) Delhi D) Chennai

41) Eric Hobsbawm describes the 20th century as ( )

A) The Age of Extremes B) The Age of Democracy C) The Age of theories D) The Age
of Intellectuals
42) The immediate cause of World War II ( )
A) Aggressive Nationalism B) Hitler Attack on Poland
C) Militarism D) Death of Ferdinand and Sofia
43) Revolution in telecom sector brought by ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) P V Narasimha Rao C) A B Vajpayee D) Rajeev Gandhi
44) Emergency in the country was declared by ( )
A) Indira Gandhi B) Morarji Desai C) Charan Singh D) Babu jag Jeevan ram
45) An organization in which Muhammad Ali Jinnah was actively participated ( )
A) Indian National Congress B) Swarajya Party C) Muslim league D) Republican Party
46)The Slogan “ Do or Die” related to ( )
A) Non Co-operation movement B) Quit India Movement
C) Khilafat Movement D) Civil disobedience movement
47) Boundary line between India and China ( )
A) Durand line B) Mac Mohan line C) Everest line D) Radcliff line
48) Who among the following was not inspired by Communism ( )
A) Roy B) Tagore C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Subhas Chandra Bose
49) A non – colonial country for Britain ( )
A) Vietnam B) India C) Nigeria D) Myanmar
50) Which one is mismatched ( )
A) Jammu hills – Jammu and Kashmir
B) Mishmi hills - Arunachal Pradesh

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C) Kochhar hills - Assom
D) Patkai hills - Uttara Pradesh
51) Ooty is located in these mountains ( )
A) Mahadev Hills B) Nilgiris C) Araval i D) Annamalai
52) The following are related to public distribution system ( )
A) Self Help Groups B) Banks C) Rythu Bazar D) Fair price shops
53) The German word “Trade” means ( )
A) business B) Track C) Monsoon D) Jet stream
54) Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Indus ( )
A) Sutlej B) Teesta C) Ravi D) Chenab
55) Working age as per census ( )
A) 10 -14 years B) 20 – 60 years C) 15 – 59 years D) 21 – 62 years
56) Summer resorts like Shimla, Nainital, Missouri are located in this region ( )
A) Greater Himalayas B) Lower Himalayas C) Shivalik Range D) Nilgiris
57) Government collects mainly wheat and rice through this for the storage of food grains ( )
A) B C C I B) F C I C) D C I D) F C C I
58) A desert in the rainfed region of the Aravalli Mountains ( )
A) Sahara B) Thar C) Atacama D) Son
59) Density means….. ( )
A) Population growth B) Total Population
C) Number people in a Unit area D) Low Population
60) The Cold War belonged to which two countries ( )
A) Japan - U S A
B) Russia (USSR) – Germany
C) Russia (USSR) – U S A
D) Britain - France

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