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51. TheIndusValleyCivilizationwasNonAryanbecause

(a)Itwasurban

(b)Ithasapictographicscript

(c)Ithadanagriculturaleconomy

(d)ItextendeduptotheNarmadaValley

52. The slogan Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem of India has beenadoptedfromwhichoneofthefollowing?

(a)MundakaUpanishad (b)BrahmaUpanishad

(c)MudgalaUpanishad (d)MaitreyiUpanishad

53.

Whois

the

author

of

Buddha

Charita?

(a)Asvaghosha (b)Nagasena (c)Nagarjuna (d)Vasumitra

54. ChandraguptaMauryafiguresprominentlyinthebookof

(a)Bhasa (b)Sudraka (c)Vishakhdatta (d)Ashvaghosha

55.

Whichone

of

the

following

is

not

afeature

of

North

Indian

temple

architecture?

(a)Shikhara (b)GarbhaGriha

(c)Gopuram (d)Pradakshinapath


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56. ThekingdomofVijayanagarawasfoundedby

(a)VijayaRaja (b)HariharaII

(c)HariharaandBukka (d)BukkaII

57. TheMotiMasjidinAgrawasbuiltduringthereignof

(a)Humayun (b)ShahJahan (c)Aurangzeb (d)ShalAlamII

58. AurangzebfailedtodefeatShivajibecausethe

(a)Mughalarmygrewunmanageable

(b)Marathas

were

expert

in

Guerilla

warfare

(c)Mughalshadnonavy

(d)Mughalgeneralsweretreacherous

59. WherearethetracesofPortugueseculturecanbefoundinIndia?

(a)Goa (b)Calicut (c)Cannanore (d)Cochin

60. TheBritishintroducedtherailwaysinIndiainorderto

(a)PromoteheavyindustriesinIndia

(b)FacilitateBritishcommerceandadministrativecontrol

(c)Movefoodgrainsincaseoffamine

(d)EnableIndianstomovefreelywithinthecountry

61. DuringtheperiodoftheIndianfreedomstruggle,whoamongthefollowing

startedtheCentralHinduSchool?

(a)AnnieBesant (b)Bhikajicama


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(c)M.G.Ranade (d)MadanMohanMalviya

62. WhowastheGovernorGeneralofIndiaduringthe1857revolt?

(a)Lord

Canning

(b)

Lord

Dalhousie

(c)LordHardings (d)LordLytton

63. Whoamong the followingwasnot knownasamoderate in theNational

movement?

(a)BalGangadharTilak (b)DadabhaiNaoroji

(c)M.G.

Ranade

(d)

Gopal

Krishna

Gokhle

64. WhoofthefollowingwasafounderoftheBharatNaujawanSabhain1926?

(a)LalaLajpatRai (b)SardarBhagatSingh

(c)LalaHardayal (d)SohanSinghBhakhna

65. TheGhadarMovementwasfoundedby

(a)Ajitsingh (b)LalaHansraj

(c)LalaHardayal (d)SohanSinghBhakhna

66. ThefirstindicationoftherevolutionarymovementinIndiawasseenin

(a)Maharashtra (b)Bengal

(c)Punjab (d)Rajasthan

67. IndiawinsFreedomistheautobiographyof

(a)AbulKalamAzad (b)MuhammadAli

(c)ZakirHussain (d)SyedAhmedKhan


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68. WhoamongthefollowingweremembersoftheSwarajParty?

1.MotialalNehru 2.SardarPatel 3.GopalKrishnaGokhle

(a)1only (b)1and2 (c)2and3 (d)1,2and3

69. AftertheChauriChauraincident,Gandhijisuspendedthe

(a)CivilDisobedienceMovement (b)KhilafatMovement

(c)NonCooperationMovement (d)QuitIndiaMovement

70. Considerthefollowingevents

1.Gandhi

Irwin

Pact

2.

First

Round

Table

Conference

3.SimonCommission 4.PoonaPact

Thecorrectchronologicalorderoftheseeventsis

(a)1432 (b)2134 (c)3214 (d)2314

71. ThehistoricDandiMarchisassociatedwith

(a)Boycott

of

elections

(b)

Violation

of

Salt

law

(c)HinduMuslimUnity (d)AbolitionofUntouchability

72. Who amongst the following was not associated with the unification of

Italy?

(a)Mazzini (b)Cavour (c)Garibaldi (d)Mussolini

73. Whoamongst the followingplayedaprominentroleduring theReignof

TerrorinFrance?

(a)Montesquieu (b)Voltaire (c)Marat (d)Robespierre.


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74. WhosaidManisasocialanimal?

(a)Plato (b)Aristotle (c)Rousseau (d)Laski

75.

TheDilwara

Temple

is

located

at

(a)Bhubaneswar (b)Aurangabad (c)Khajuraho (d)MountAbu

76. WhichofthefollowingvestedtheSecretaryofStateforIndiawithsupreme

controlovertheGovernmentofIndia?

(a)PittsIndiaAct,1784 (b)GovernmentofIndiaAct,1858

(c)

Indian

Council

Act,

1861

(d)

Morley

Minto

Reforms,

1909

77. TheSupremeCourtofIndiawassetupbythe

(a)RegulatingAct,1773 (b)PittsIndiaAct,1784

(c)CharterAct,1813 (d)CharterAct,1833

78. TheConstitutionofIndiawasadoptedon

(a)26thJanuary,1950 (b)26thJanuary,1949

(c)26thNovember,1949 (d)15thAugust,1947

79. TheConstitutionofIndiais

(a)Rigid (b)Flexible

(c)Veryrigid (d)Partlyrigid,partlyflexible

80. TheFederalSystemwithstrongcentrehasbeenborrowed by the Indian

Constitutionfrom:

(a)USA (b)Canada (c)UK (d)France


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81. WhichoneofthefollowingdescribesIndiaaSecularState?

(a)FundamentalRights (b)PreambletotheConstitution

(c)9thSchedule (d)DirectivePrinciples

82. HowmanyArticlesarethereintheIndianConstitution?

(a)395 (b)396 (c)398 (d)399

83. ThepowertocarveoutanewStateisvestedin

(a)TheParliament (b)ThePresident

(c)The

Council

of

Ministers

(d)

States

Reorganisation

Commission

84. AADHARisaprogramme

(a)Tohelpseniorcitizens

(b)Toprovidenutritionalsupporttoadolescentwoman

(c)Totrainpeopleforsocialdefense

(d)To

provide

identity

to

Indian

residents

85. WhichConstitutionalAmendmentdeleted theRight toProperty from the

listofFundamentalRights?

(a)42ndAmendment (b)43rdAmendment

(c)44thAmendment (d)62ndAmendment

86. ThewordHindusinArticle25oftheConstitution of India does not

include?

(a)Buddhists (b)Christians (c)Sikhs (d)Jains


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87. Whichof the following isnot included in theDirectivePrinciplesofState

Policy?

(a)Prohibitionofliquor (b)Righttowork

(c)Equal

wage

for

equal

work

(d)

Right

to

information

88. In which year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by 42nd

Amendment?

(a)1975 (b)1976 (c)1977 (d)1980

89.

RashtrapatiBhawan

was

designed

by

(a)Edwardstone (b)LeCorbusier (c)EdwinLutyens (d)TarunDutt

90. TheUnionExecutiveofIndiaconsistsof

(a)ThePresident,VicePresidentandtheCouncilofMinistersonly

(b)ThePresidentandthecouncilofMinistersonly

(c)The

President,

the

Vice

President,

the

Council

of

Ministers

and

Lok

SabhaSpeaker

(d)ThePresident,thePrimeMinister,DeputyChairmanofRajyaSabha,Lok

SabhaSpeaker.

91. Who was the PrimeMinister of India when the AntiDefection Bill was

passed?

(a)IndiraGandhi (b)RajivGandhi

(c)V.P.Singh (d)H.D.DeveGowda


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92. AccordingtoIndianConstitution,theUnionMinistersholdofficeduringthe

pleasureof

(a)ThePresident

(b)The

Prime

Minister

(c)TheSpeakeroftheLokSabha

(d)TheChiefJusticeoftheSupremeCourtofIndia

93. WhichofthefollowinghasthepowerstocreateanewallIndiaService?

(a)Parliament

(b)Union

Public

Service

Commission

(c)UnionCabinet

(d)MinistryofPersonnel,PublicGrievancesandPensions

94. ThemaximumstrengthoftheLokSabha,asstipulated intheConstitution

ofIndia,is

(a)500

(b)

525

(c)

550

(d)

552

95. WhichArticleoftheConstitutionpermitstheSupremeCourttoreview its

ownjudgementororder?

(a)Article137 (b)Article138 (c)Article139 (d)Article140

96. The distribution of finances between Centre and States is done on the

recommendationof

(a)FinanceMinistry (b)FinanceCommission

(c)ReserveBankofIndia (d)NABARD


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97. Anationalpoliticalpartyisonewhichreceives6%ofthetotalvotespolled

in:

(a)TwoormoreStates (b)Thecapitalcity

(c)Four

or

more

states

(d)

In

all

states

98. WhoconductstheStateAssemblyElections?

(a)ChiefJusticeofHighCourt (b)StateElectionCommission

(c)ElectionCommissionofIndia (d)GovernoroftheState

99.

Whichof

the

following

Constitution

Amendment

Act

seeks

that

the

size

of

theCouncilofMinistersattheCentreandinaStatemustnotexceed15%

of the total numbers of the Legislative Assemblies of that State,

respectively?

(a)91st (b)93rd (c)95th (d)97th

100.The

Indian

Constitution

recognises

minorities

on

the

basis

of:

(a)Religion

(b)Caste

(c)Colour

(d)PercentageofthepopulationoftheGrouptothetotalpopulation


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Key51.a 52.a 53.a 54.c 55.c 56.c 57.b

58.b 59.a 60.b 61.a 62.a 63.a 64.b

65.c

66.a

67.a

68.a

69.c

70.c

71.b

72.d 73.d 74.b 75.d 76.b 77.a 78.c

79.d 80.b 81.b 82.a 83.a 84.d 85.c

86.d 87.d 88.b 89.c 90.a 91.b 92.a

93.a 94.d 95.a 96.b 97.c 98.c 99.a

100.d

Solutions:51. TheIndusValleywasthemostadvancedandurbancivilizationof itstime.

Itsperiod is25001800BC. It isbelieved thatAryans cameafter1500BC

and theywere tribal people. The second urbanization is again observed

onlyafter600BCwiththeemergenceof16mahajanapadas.

52. TheUpanishadsare sourceof Indianphilosophy.Therearea totalof108

Upanishads. OneofthatisMundakaUpanishad.

53. Kushan king Kanishka was a patron of Buddhism. His court had many

writers,AsvagoshawasoneamongthemauthorofBuddhaCharitha.

54. Navaratnas, the Ninth famous literary writers. Vishakadatta one among

them. His book Mudrarakshasa describes the tactics of Kautilya against

Chandragupatasenemies.


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55. The temple architecture in India isof three typesNagara (north),Vesara

(central),Dravida(south).GopuramisthefeatureofDravidastyle.

56. TheVijayanagarakingdomwasfoundedin1336ADbyHariharaandBukka.

57. During the time of Shahjahan,Mughal architecture reached its peak.He

builtmanystructurelikeTajmahalandRedfort. Motimasjid(whitemarble)

wasbuiltatAgrabyhim.

58. Shivaji and his followers were great exponents of Gureilla war fare

(Geography of the region, Maharastra helped them) hence Aurangazeb

couldnotconquerMarathas.

59. The Portuguesewere first Europeans to come to India. They established

themselvesatGoain1530andruledupto1961.

60. To fully exploit India, given its vast area the British encouraged the

constructionofRailways.

61. Annie Besant founded the Central Hindu University at Banaras in 1898,

whichlaterbecameBanarasHinduUniversity.

62. The revolt of 1857, also known as FirstWar of Independence happened

duringthereignofLordCanning.

63. BalagangadarTilak,LalaLajpathrai,BipinChanrapalformedthefamoustrio

ofextremists.

64. In 1926, Bhagat Singh formed Punjab Navjawan Sabha which was a

platformtospreadprogressiveideas.


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65. ManyIndiansoutsideIndiaformedorganisationstofightforindependence.

GhadarwasthemostprominentoneinUSfoundedbyLalaHardyal.

66. TheFirstorganisedRevolutionarymovementstartedinMaharashtra.

67. AbdulKalamAzadwasa followerofGandhiandprolificwriter.Hewrote

thebookIndiaWinsFreedom.

68. After thewithdrawal ofNoncooperationmovement in 1922, the Swaraj

PartywasfoundedbyMothilalNehruandC.R.Dasin1923

69.

The

Non

cooperation

movement

started

in

1920,

a

violent

incident

at

Chaurichura in 1922 disillusioned Gandhi and the movement was

withdrawn.

70. SimonCommission 1928 FirstRoundTableConference1930

GandhiIrwinPact1931 PoonaPact1932

71.

Thesecond

mass

based

movement

under

Gandhi

was

Civil

disobedience

movementwhichstartedbybreakingthesaltlawi.e.theDandimarch.

72. The threepeopleassociatedwith ItalianunificationareGaribaldi,Mazzini

andCavour.

73. PostFrenchRevolutionin1789,therewasreignofterrorunderJacobitesto

save

the

Revolution,

the

prominent

leader

among

them

was

Robespierre.

74. Ancient Greek Philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Aristotle said

Manisasocialanimal.


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75. The Solankiswhopatronised Jainismalso constructedDilwara templesat

MountAbu

76. After the 1857 revolt, the rule of company ended and theBritish crown

starteddirectrulethrough1858ActwhichwasexercisedbytheSecretary

ofthestate.

77. WiththefirstRegulatingActof1773,theSupremeCourtwasestablishedat

CalcuttafortheEuropeans.

78. TheConstitutionofIndiawasadoptedon26,Nov1949butcameintoforce

from26Jan1950.

79. TheIndianConstitutionadoptedauniquesystemofRigidityandFlexibility.

80. Due to the separatist tendency prevalent at the time the constitution

preferredastrongcentreafeatureadoptedfromCanadaConstitution.

81. Due to the diversity of Indian Society in terms of Religion andmodern

jurisprudence in law to createa secular society Indiaadopted secularism

which isalsodeclared inthePreamble.Thewordsecularwasadded later

byanamendment.

82. TheConstitutioninitsfinalformhad395articlesand8Schedules.Itisone

ofthelengthiestConstitutionsintheworld.

83. UnderArticle3ofthe IndianConstitutiontheexclusivepower tocreatea

newstateisvestedwiththeParliament.

84. The Indian Government started themost ambitious programmes in the

worldtogiveauniqueidentitytoallitscitizensunderthenameAADHAR.


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85. Withtheenactmentof44th

amendmenttherightofpropertyseizedtobea

fundamentalrightanditbecamealegalrightunderArt300.

86. JainshaverecentlybeinggiventhestatusofMinoritiesinthecountry.

87. The Directive Principles of State policy (DPSP) are related to social and

economic policies that will guide any government; RTI was enacted by

parliamentin2005.

88. TheFundamentalDutieswereaddedin1976withtherecommendationof

SwaranSinghcommittee,theyare11innumber.

89. TheNewDelhiCapitalregionwasconstructedbyBritish,thearchitectwas

EdwardLutyens.

90. ThePresident,VicePresidentand theCouncilofministersallcomeunder

theexecutive.

91. TheAntiDefectionLawwasEnactedin1985undertheprimeministership

ofRajivGandhi.

92. TheCouncilofMinisterStayinpoweraslongtheyenjoytheconfidenceof

councilofministers.

93. UnderArt312thepowertocreatenewAllIndiaServicesrestswithUnion

parliament.

94. Themaximum strengthofparliamentasmentioned in the constitution is

552,thoughthepresentstrengthis545.


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95. TheSupremeCourtsOriginalJurisdictionalsoincludesRevisoryJurisdiction,

underArticle137.

96. UnderArt280theFinancesbetweenthestatesandcentrearedividedby

Financecommission.

97. Asper thepresent rulesofElectionCommission theNationalPartymust

secure6%votesin4ormorestates.

98. TheElectionCommissionofIndiahasthemandatetoconductelectionsfor

parliamentandstatelevel.

99. With91stAmendment, a limitationwasputon thenumberof councilof

ministersatstateandcentrallevelat15%ofstrengthofthehouse.

100. Article29oftheIndianConstitutiondefinesminorities in terms of the

percentageoftotalpopulation.

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