- Name the British liberal who was associated with the Manchester School that was critical
of the British rule in India,
(a) J,S. Mill
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Fitzjames Stephen
(d) John Bright
(Ans: d)
2. Which one of the following is the largest component of the soil system?
(a) Living organisms
(b) Mineral matters
(c) Soil solution
(d) Soil organic matter
(Ans: b)
3. The painter Mola Ram was associated with which one of the following styles of paintings ?
(a) Bundi Paintings
(b) Garhwal Paintings
(c) Mewar Paintings
(d) Kangra Paintings
(Ans: b)
4. Which of the following statements about the Ashokan pillars is/are not correct ?
- The 14th century Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi makes reference to the Ashokan pillars.
- The writer Shams Siraj Afif gives an account of the Ashokan pillars known as Delhi-Topra and Delhi-Meerut,
- There are instances of the Ashokan pillars or their fragments being worshipped as Shiv Lingas.
- The Ashokan pillars were produced in gold, iron and bronze.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 4 only
(Ans: d)
5. Which of the following are products of Agro Based Industry ?
- Silk yam
- Cotton yam
- Polyfibre yarn
- Polyester yarn
Select the correct answer using the code given
below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 4 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 2 only
Ans (d)
6. Which one among the following statements is not correct ?
(a) Johannes Kepler proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical with the Sun at its focus.
(b) The first successful attempt to establish the size of the Earth is credited to Eratosthenes.
(c) The first Greek to profess a Sun-centred or Heliocentric Universe was Sir Isaac Newton.
(d) The famous astronomical book Almagest was compiled by Ptolemy.
Ans (c)
7. Which one of the following pairs of glaciers and locations is not correctly matched ?
(a) Nubra Valley — Jammu and Glacier Kashmir
(b) Milam Glacier — Uttarakhand
(c) Bhaga Valley — Himachal Pradesh Glacier
(d) Zemu Glacier — Arunachal Pradesh
Ans (d)
8. Young children with vitamin D deficiency have trouble in absorbing which of the following minerals ?
(a) Calcium and Phosphorus
(b) Iron and Sodium
(c) Sodium and Potassium
(d) Zinc and Iron
Ans: (a)
9. Kingdom Monera includes:
(a) Euglenoids and Protozoans
(b) Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
(c) Fungi and Phycomycetes
(d) Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes
(Ans: b)
10. Graphite is a good conductor of electricity. It is because of its:
(a) linear structure
(b) tetrahedral structure
(c) triangular planar structure
(d) hexagonal multilayer structure
(Ans: d)
11. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the Address of the President at the commencement of the first session of the Parliament each year ?
(a) Article 84
(b) Article 85
(c) Article 87
(d) Article 97
(Ans: c)