Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Latest Important questions for the preparation of IAS


1.    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
               List I                                                                                   List II
        A.    Kayastha satha                                                      1.       Uttar Pradesh
        B.    Sarin Sabha                                                           2.       Punjab
        C.    Sri Narayan Dharma Paripalan Sabha               3.       Kerela
        D.    Satya Sodhak Samaj                                            4.       Maharashtra
        Codes:
                        A                     B                       C                     D       
        (a)            1                     3                       2                     4       
        (b)            1                     2                       3                     4
        (c)            4                     3                       2                     1
        (d)            3                     2                       1                     4

2.    Consider the following statements:
        1.    In 1888 session of Congress, a rule was made that no resolution was to be passed to which an overloading
               Of Hindu or Muslim delegates objected
        2.    In 1889 session of Congress, a minority clause aw adopted in the resolution demanding reform of legislative council                                                  
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
         (a)  Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

3.    Who among the following said that “Expenditure on railways should be seen as India subsidy to British Industries”
        (a)   G.V Joshi                                                                (b)        Bal Gangadhar Tilak
        (c)   R.C Dutta                                                                (d)        Prithwi Chandra Ray

4.    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
                List I                                                                                    List II
        A.    Indian People                                                         1.         Dada Bhai Naroji
        B.    Indian Mirror                                                            2.         N.N Sen
        C.    Sudharak                                                                3.         Sachidanand
        D.    Voice of India                                                         4.         G.K Gokhale
        Codes:
                        A                     B                       C                     D       
        (a)            1                     2                       3                     4
        (b)            2                     3                       4                     1       
        (c)            3                     2                       4                     1
        (d)            4                     1                       2                     3

5.    Consider the following statements:
       
        1.    Nearly one-third of the founding fathers of the congress in 1885 were journalist
        2.    Indu Prakash, Duyan Prakash, Kal and Gujarati were newspaper published from Gujurat
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
         (a)  Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

6.    According to which section of Indian Penal code writing anything against British Government was offence?
        (a)   123 A                                                                       (b)        153 A
        (c)   130 A                                                                       (d)        124 A

7.    Who was the Secretary of state for Indian during the passage of Indian councils Bill of 1861?
        (a)   Andrew frazer                                                         (b)        Charles wood
        (c)   C.Risley (d)                                                             R.W Carlyle

8.    Who prepared the outline of the Act of 1892?
        (a)   Justice Strachy                                                       (b)        Lord Elgin II
        (c)   Lord Dufferin                                                           (d)        Lord Lansdowne

9.    Consider the following statements:
        1.    In 1901, a Bill was brought in the Bombay Legislative council to take away the Peasant’s right of ownership of land
        2.    Feoz shah Mehta, along with Gokhale., GK Parekh, Balachandra Krishna and D.A Khare organized the first walk out in India legislation history against this bill
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
        (a)   Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

10.  Partition of Bengal was effected from which date?
        (a)   15 July 1905                                                           (b)        19 July 1905
        (c)   7 August 1905                                                        (d)        16 October 1905

11.  Until the close of the 18th century European Christ Missionaries were more active in which part of Idia?
        (a)   Bengal and Assam                                                (b)        South India
        (c)   U.P and Bihar                                                         (d)        Bombay and Gujarat

12.  Consider the following statements:
        1.    Raja Ram Mohan Roy was known as “the Martin Luther of Northern India “during 19th century
        2.    Dayanand Saraswati was known as ”Morning star of the new day
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
        (a)   Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

13.  Which Governor General took the lead in getting a policy properly formulated?
        (a)   Canning                                                                   (b)        Lython
        (c)   Ripon                                                                       (d)        Dufferin

14.  Plea for university at Calcutta on the model of London University was first made by:
        (a)   Lord Canning                                                          (b)        Frederick John Mont
        (c)   William Colvile                                                        (d)        Charles wood

15.  In 1773, Warren Hasting placed production and trade of which crop under government control, and appointed contractor to handle it?
        (a)   Opium                                                                      (b)        Indigo
        (b)   Tea                                                                          (d)        Pepper

16.  Assertion(A): Despite the overall pattern of domination of foreign capital over Indian Buisness men, there remained space for the catter to do well in business
         Reason(R)   :  The business in raw cotton and in western India led to considerable accumulation of    capital in the hands of Indian business

17.  From which year did the English East India Company being to replace the independence dadni merchant with gomastas who were agents of the English?
(a)   1753                                                                        (b)        1757
(c)   1765                                                                        (d)        1772

18.  Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
               List I                                                                                    List II
               (Person)                                                                             (Uprising)
        A.    Dirjinarain                                                               1.         Kirur uprising
        B.    Sardar Malla                                                           2.         Rangpur uprising
        C.    Chinnava                                                                 3.         Khasi uprising
        D.    Tirath Singh                                                            4.         Mysore uprising
        Codes:
                        A                     B                       C                     D       
        (a)            2                     4                       1                     3
        (b)            2                     4                       3                     1       
        (c)            1                     2                       3                     4
        (d)            3                     4                       2                     1

19.  The village of Dandi where, Mahatma Gandhi had terminated his long 241 miles of Pedestrian march is located in the district of:
        (a)   Mehsana                                                                 (b)        Bhuz
        (c)   Nausari                                                                    (d)        Dwarka

20.  The main objective of the gurudwara reform movement of the 1920s was to:
        (a)   Democratic the working of the Gurudwara
        (b)   Free the Gurudwara from official jathedars
        (c)   Free them gurudwara of the corrupt Sewadars
        (d)   Run them on the true traditions of Sikhism

21.  Which of the following proposals were exempted from the payment of proessional tax by sadashiva Raya?
        (a)   Musician                                                                  (b)        Prostitutes
        (c)   Barbers                                                                   (d)        Goldsmiths

22.  A ruler was believed to have been author of about two dozen works on a variety of subjects, including medicines, astronomy, architecture etc, was:                                   
        (a)   The Paramara king Bhoja
        (b)   The pratihara king Mihir bhoj
        (c)   The Sena king Samantasena
        (d)   The chlukya king Kumarapala

23.  Which of the following was not one of the feudal obligation of the feudatories to the overload?
        (a)   Attendance at court and payment of tribute to the overload
        (b)   For smaller feudatories permission from the king for any changes in the administration of their property
        (c)   Maintenance of a specified number fo troops and payment of tribute to the king
        (d)   Permission of the king for matrimonial alliances

24.  Why has Alberumi written that there was little difference between the Vaishyas and Shudras?
        (a)   Vaishyas joined the fold of agriculture
        (b)   With the decline of trade and commerce the Vaishyas lost their economic status
        (c)   Both (a) and (b)
        (d)   Vaishyas came to marry freely with the Shudra castes

25.  Chaitanyas great disciple who tried to root out the evils of the caste system from Bengal was:
        (a)   Raghunath                                                               (b)        Bhagavatacharya
        (c)   Nityanand                                                                (d)        Jiva Gosin

26.  Consider the following:
        1.    Itmaduddulalis Tomb, Agra is considered to be the earliest example in India of the double dome
        2.    Humayuns Tomb, Delhi is one of the Earliest building in which pietra dura was used
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
        (a)   Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

27.  Which of the following parts was not constructed during Akbar’s reign?
        (a)   Agra Fort                                                                 (b)        Lahore Fort
        (c)   Purana Qila                                                             (d)        Allahabad Fort

28.  The most important Hindu historio grapher of the reign of Aurangzeb was:
        (a)   Chandra Bhan Brahman, author of chahar chaman
        (b)   Rai Vrindaban, author of Lubb ut Tawarikh        
        (c)   Pandit Iswardas Nagar, author of futuhat-i-Alamgiri
        (d)   Sujan Rai, author of Khulasat-i-Tawarikh

29.  Which of the following was in charge of law and order in the Village?
        (a)   Muqaddam                                                             (b)        Patwari
        (c)   Karkun                                                                     (d)        Qanungo

30.  Some historians are of the view that Italian and French architect participated in the designing and construction of the Taj Mahal. This thesis of foreign assistance is not acceptable on the ground that:
        (a)   The plan and chief pature of the Taj are not entirely novel and have their precurrors in building of earlier ruler as well as I certain region a style
        (b)   The lavish use of marble and some decortion of Indian character
        (c)   The influence of some element of art of the western world on the art of India may have been part of the normal intercourse during the period
        (d)   All of these

31.  India came within the perview of the Dutch aslink in their great commercial chain. Which of the following was not one of the places in India where the Dutch established their trading station?
        (a)   Masulipatnam                                                         (b)        Pulicat
        (c)   Bimhipatnam                                                          (d)        Calicut

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32.  The last and the longest campaign conducted by Shivaji was against?
        (a)   Karnatak and Golcunda
        (b)   Bijapur and Golcunda
        (c)   Both (a) and (b)
        (d)   Janjira and Gingee

33.  Consider the following:
        1.    The Peshwa because the official head of the Maratha confederacy and as a symbol of this fact, the headquarter of the government was shifted to Poona during the Peshwaship of Nana Saheb
        2.    The Maratha power  reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of Balaji
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
        (a)   Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

34.  Consider the following:
        1.    Aurangzeb was the ruler who gave court protection to Urdu
        2.    Muhammad Shah had appointed the highest number of Deccani Amias in his army
        Which of the following above statements is/are correct?     
        (a)   Only 1                                                                      (b)        Only 2
        (c)   Both 1 and 2                                                           (d)        Neither 1 nor 2

35.  Who among the following never took Sammyasa?
        (a)   Chaitmya                                                                 (b)        Ramanuja
        (c)   Ganeshwar                                                             (d)        Vallabha charya

36.  “Shashgani” was a small silver coin equal to:
        (a)   4 jital                                                                        (b)        6 jital
        (c)   8 jital                                                                        (d)        10 jital

37.  Which one of the following sultan’s coin remained the medium of exchange till the time of Akbar:
        (a)   Muhammadbin Tughlaq                                         (b)        Firoz shah Tughlaq
        (c)   Bahlol Lodi                                                              (d)        Ibrahim Lodi

38.  Which of the following Sanskrit work were rendeed, fully or parthy, into Persian by Faizi?
        1.    Bhagvat Gita
        2.    Kathasarit sagar
        3.    Lilavati
        4.    Mahabharata
        Select the correct answer from the code given below:
        (a)   1 and 2                                                                    (b)        2 and 3
        (c)   3 and 4                                                                    (d)        1, 2, 3 and 4

39.  Find the correct descending order of the following officials of Delhi Sultanate using the code given elow:
        1.    Naib Sultan
        2.    Shiqdar
        3.    Arnil
        Codes:
        (a)   1, 3, 2                                                                      (b)        1, 2, 3
        (c)   2, 3, 1                                                                      (d)        3, 1, 2

40.  Sanskrit work “prabodh chandrodaya” was translated into Persian under the title of:
        (a)   Anweri-Suheti                                                         (b)        Char Chaman
        (c)   Gulzar-i-Hall                                                            (d)        Tib-i-Sikandari



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