VARDHAN IAS fileVARDHAN IAS 2 A) David Conn B) Devendra Prabhudesai C) David Walsh D) Darren Rovell...

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Q.1) What is the amount proposed by NITI

Aayog for Artificial Intelligence (AI) push?

A) Rs 5500 cr

B) Rs 7500 cr

C) Rs 6000 cr

D) Rs 7000 cr

E) Rs 11000 cr

Q.2) Which of the following company knock

down Indian Oil Corporation to become the

country’s biggest company by revenue?

A) Birla

B) TCS

C)Flipkart

D) Reliance Industries

E) Paytm

Q.3) Which one of the following bank

announced a partnership with the FMCG arm of

the Art of Living-Sri Sri Tattva?

A) ICICI

B) IDBI

C) SBI

D) PNB

E) Yes Bank

Q.4) Which Indian peacekeeper will be

honoured this year with a prestigious UN medal

for courage and sacrifice in the line of duty?

A)Arijit Jain

B)Jitender Kumar

C)Sumit Pandey

D)Srikant Mohan

E) A P Gaur

Q.5) When is Anti Terrorism Day observed?

A) May 20

B) May 21

C) May 19

D) May 23

E) May 25

Q.6) The 2019 meeting of TAPI gas pipeline

took place in which country?

A)Afghanistan

B) Turkmenistan

C) Pakistan

D) India

E) Israel

Q.7) Which of the following Lok Sabha

elections has seen the highest voter turnout in

its history?

A) 2004

B) 2014

C) 1999

D) 2009

E) 2019

Q.8) Hero - A biography of Sachin Ramesh

Tendulkar was written by ___________.

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A) David Conn

B) Devendra Prabhudesai

C) David Walsh

D) Darren Rovell

E) David Walsh

Q.9) Who is the author of the book One Part

Woman that in recent past was chosen for

Sahitya Akademi's award for translation in

English?

A) Hema Jyothi

B) Ashwani Kumar

C) Anand Neelakanthan

D) Yasser Usman

E) Aniruddhan Vasudevan

Q.10) The President of India conferred the

Florence Nightingale Awards to ______ nurses

on International Nurses Day at the Rashtrapati

Bhavan, New Delhi.

A) 32

B) 36

C) 34

D) 38

E) 35

Q.11) A bilateral air exercise is being held

between India and France from July 1 -July 12.

What is the name of that bilateral exercise?

A) Maitree VI

B) Vajra Prahar VI

C) Garuda VI

D) Mitra Shakti VI

E) None of the above

Q.12) In recent times Mahatma Gandhi IT and

Biotechnology Park has been inaugurated at?

A) Nigeria

B) Côte d’Ivoire

C) Senegal

D) Niger

E) Togo

Q.13) Recently government has constituted a

high-level committee for the transformation of

agriculture and raising farmers income. Who is

the heading this committee?

A) Jagan Mohan Reddy

B) Devendra Fadnavis

C) Naveen Patnaik

D) Narendra Singh Tomar

E) Nandan Nilekani

Q.14) The Ministry of Ayush have signed an

MoU for AYUSH GRID Project with which

one of the following ministry?

A) Ministry of Home Affairs

B) Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology

C) Ministry of family, health and welfare

D) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises

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E) Ministry of skills

Q.15) First World Youth Conference on

Kindness will be held at?

A) Patna

B) New Delhi

C) Magalore

D) Mumbai

E) Hyderabad

Q.16) Priya Serrao who is Indian origin has

recently won the Miss Universe title of?

A) New Zealand

B) Australia

C) India

D) Finland

E) South Africa

Q.17) One of the following Cricketer who has

become the fastest batsman to reach 20,000

international runs is?

A) David Warner

B) A B DeVilliers

C) Virat Kohli

D) Steve Smith

E)Rohit Sharma

Q.18) Recent DPIIT data shows which of the

following states has topped the list of having the

most number of startups.

A) Telengana

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Bihar

D) Karnataka

E) Maharashtra

Q. 19) which of the following institute

conferred an honorary doctorate to Pullela

Gopichand.

A) IIT Madras

B) IIT Kanpur

C) IIT Bombay

D) IIT Delhi

E) IIT Kharagpur

Q.20) recently government has decided to fast

track‘one nation, one ration card’ system will

be implemented by which year?

A) January 31, 2020

B) July 31, 2019

C) September 30, 2020

D) October 31, 2020

E) June 30, 2020

Q.21) India and Indonesia have set a goal for

bilateral trade for a period until 2025. How

much is the amount?

A) USD 170 bn

B) USD 50 bn

C) USD 75 bn

D) USD 100 bn

E) USD 150 bn

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Q. 22) Which among the following is the first

network provider in the country to phase out 3G

service?

A) Airtel

B) BSNL

C) Jio

D) Vodafone

E)None of the above

Q.23) Which state has the highest

unemployment rate according to the ‘Periodic

Labour Force Survey’ 2017?

A) Bihar

B) Odisha

C) Nagaland

D) Arunachal Pradesh

E) West Bengal

Q.24) The RBI has released FBA guidelines for

better governance of benchmark processes.

What does FBA stand for?

A) Financial Benchmark Action

B) Financial Benchmark Administrators

C) Forward Benchmark Authority

D) Framework Benchmark Application

E) Financial Benchmark Agency

Q.25) Vijaya Nirmala is a Guinness Book of

record holder who died recently was a veteran

A) Journalist

B) Actress

C) Author

D) Singer

E) Athlete

Q.26) “Adventures of the GST Man” is the

comic book, who among the following is the

author of it?

A) Mugdha Dwivedi

B) Abid Surti

C) Srinivas Kotni

D) Khalid M Khan

E) Saurav Chaturvedi

Q.27) To facilitate its MSME customers which

of the following bank has launched the “Click

OD” facility?

A)ICICI Bank

B) SBI Bank

C) Yes Bank

D) Andhra Bank

E)AU Bank

Q.28) Sofia Kenin is connected with which

sports?

A)Shot put

B) Tennis

C) Badminton

D) Wrestling

E) Boxing

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Q.29) The G-20 Summit 2019 was held at?

A) New york

B) New Delhi

C) Melbourne

D) Osaka

E) Gabon

Q.30) Recently RBI gave directions, all data

related to payments must be stored in systems

located only in India and data processed abroad

must also be brought back to the country

within?

A) 1 day

B) 7 days

C) 2 days

D) 10 days

E) 3 days

Q.31) Where is the 32nd edition of the

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

Congress took place?

A) Bangalore

B) Hyderabad

C) Pune

D) Noida

E) New Delhi

Q.32) Who among the following has recently

been listed among the UK’s 100 most

influential women list?

A) Sushma Swaraj

B) Nirmala Sitharaman

C) Sonia Gandhi

D) Kirron Kher

E) Smriti Irani

Q.34) Name the US Secretary of State who is

recently on his visit to India to discuss the

defence and trade differences.

A)Peter Sandars

B) John carey

C) AB Patrick

D) Japatter Johnson

E) Mike Pompeo

Q.35) countries of Asia-Pacific have endorsed

India’s bid for UNSC non-permanent seat.

A) 51

B) 52

C) 53

D) 54

E) 55

Q.37) Name the first Arab country to become a

full member of FATF.

A)UAE

B) Saudi Arabia

C) Iraq

D) Oman

E) Doha

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Q.38) The Imphal Peace Museum has been

gifted by which country to Manipur to

commemorate the 75th anniversary of the

Battle of Imphal.

A) Mayanmar

B) Thailand

C) Samoa

D) Japan

E) Kiribati

Q.39) Which among the following personalities

has won the maximum vote to become ‘World’s

Most Powerful Person 2019’ by UK-based

British Herald magazine?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Vladimir Putin

C) Donald Trump

D) Xi Jinping

E) Imran Khan

Q.40) The first ever specialized hydrotherapy

treatment center for elephants has been

launched in which among the following Indian

city?

A)Kochi

B) Banglore

C) Mysore

D) Mangalore

E) Mathura

Q.41) Who is the writer of the book “My

Seditious Heart”?

A) Chetan Bhagat

B) Arundhati Roy

C) Salman Rushdie

D) Robin sharma

E) Shobha De

Q.42) Who has clinched the 2019 Asian

Snooker Championship?

A) Manam Chandra

B) Geet Sethi

C) Sakchai Sim-ngam

D) Yasin Merchant

E) Pankaj Advani

Q.43) Name the tool which has been launched

by the WHO to reduce the spread of

antimicrobial resistance?

A) BUG

B) AWARE

C) REMEDY

D) ANTIDOTE

E) CURE

Q.44) “My Life, My Mission” is the

autobiography of which of the following

personality?

A) Chiranjeevi

B) Baba Ramdev

C) Narendra Modi

D) Azharuddin

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E)Sri Sri Ravishankar

Q.45) Women’s FIH Series 2019 Finals hockey

tournament has won by?

A)Greece

B) Australia

C) Japan

D) India

E) Austria

Q.46) Who among the following has won the

2019 French Grand Prix.

A) Max Verstappen

B) Charles Leclerc

C) Valtteri Bottas

D) Lewis Hamilton

E) Narain Karthikeyan

Q.47) With which of the following state has

inked pact with NPCI for MeeSeva portal

services?

A) Tamil Nadu

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Karnataka

D) Telangana

E) Odisha

Q. 48) Recently the ‘Back to the Village’

programme has been launched by which state

for rural development?

A) Telangana

B) Jammu & Kashmir

C) Haryana

D) Maharashtra

E) Chattisgarh

Q.49) According to the annual Asian

Development Outlook report 2019 of ADB,

which among the following country has

emerged as the fastest growing economy in the

Asia-Pacific region?

A) China

B) India

C) Bangladesh

D) Malaysia

E) USA

Q.50) Name of Indian-Origin man who was in

recent times honored with ‘Star Of Jerusalem’

medal by Palestine from the following.

A) Durga roa

B) Munir Ansari

C) Rajdeep Singh

D) Pawan Srivastava

E) Nananpeneni raj kumari

Q.51) What is the theme of International Yoga

Day 2019?

A) Climate Change

B) Yoga from Gurus

C) Yoga and Gurus

D) Learn Yoga by Gurus

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E) None of the above

Q.52) Who among these has been elected as the

Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha?

A) Murali Manohar Joshi

B) Om Birla

C) Manoj bajpei

D) Dushyant Singh

E) Sumitra Mahajan

Q. 53) Name the first ever satellite of Sri Lanka

which has been launched into the orbit

recently?

A)Buddha-1

B) Ravana-1

C) Ceylon-1

D) Bhishma-1

E) Surpanaka-1

Q.54) Which among the following Indian

institution has emerged as the best Indian

institution as per 2020 QS World University

Ranking?

A) MIT

B) IIT Delhi

C) IISc Bengaluru

D) IIT Bombay

E) IIT Madras

Q.55) Name the first train of Indian Railways to

be offered to private players for operation?

A) Tejas Express

B) Shatabdi Express

C) Kolkotta Rajdhani Express

D) Duronto Express

E) Sampark Kranti Express

Q.56) Name the Indian para-athlete who has

won 3 silver medals at 4th World Wealth Yoga

Festival and Championship?

A) Toran Yadav

B) Anil Srivastava

C) Anant Kumar

D) Chandan mehta

E) Karan singh

Q.57) Who is the author of the book, “War over

Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960”?

A) Devika Sethi

B) Laxman Rao

C) Manish Dubey

D) Mohanlal Bhaskar

E) Sobha De

Q.58) Which Indian athlete has won gold at

World Universiade?

A) Dutee Chand

B) Hima Das

C) Swapna Barman

D) Manika Batra

E) Sanjivani Jadhav

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Q.59) Name the country will host the 2019

Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United

Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

(UNCCD)?

A)China

B) United States

C) India

D) Japan

E) Sweden

Q.60) Which of the following entity which has

launched its digital wallet subsidiary named

Calibra

A)Microsoft

B) Nokia

C) Apple

D) Facebook

E) Linkedin

Q.61) Name the world’s highest weather

stations located in and also the highest station

has been installed at which area across the

mountain?

A) Makalu

B) K2

C) Nanga parbat

D) Everest Base Camp

E) Mount Everest (Balcony Area)

Q.62) Name the country in which did India beat

to clinch the 2019 Men’s FIH Series Finals?

A)South Africa

B) Japan

C) Australia

D) New Zealand

E) China

Q.63) Where is the headquarters of the UN

Environment Programme (UNEP) located?

A) New York, USA

B) Rome, Italy

C) Nairobi, Kenya

D) Geneva, Switzerland

E) Miami, Florida

Solution: (C)

Q.64) How much is the farmers are required to

invest monthly amount under the Pradhan

Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana, to avail the

pension benefit?

A)Rs 175

B) Rs 150

C) Rs 200

D) Rs 100

E) Rs 500

Q.65) Which YouTube channel has created a

Guinness World Record for being the first

Channel to surpass 100 million subscribers?

A) TVF

B) Sony

C) Eros Now

D) Yash Raj Films

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E) T-Series

Q.66) Name the institution which has approved

line of credit worth USD 150 million to Ghana

for strengthening of their agricultural sector?

A)RBI

B) SBI

C) EXIM

D) SIDBI

E) ICICI

Q.67) Recently, ILO gave the theme against

child labour, what is the theme of 2019 World

Day Against Child Labour?

A) Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on

dreams!

B) In conflicts and disasters, protect children

from child labour

C) No to Child Labour, Yes to Quality

D) My childhood dream childhood

E) Safety and Care for children

Q.68) Which country has topped the Global

Peace Index 2019?

A)Switzerland

B) Iceland

C) Netherland

D) Finland

E) India

Q.69) International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) has changed to the new

brand name as follows?

A) World Federation Athletics

B) Federation of World Athletics

C) International Athletics Association

D) World Athletics

E) International Federation of World Athletics

Q.70) Recently, the Hypersonic Technology

Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) which was

tested by India has been developed by which of

the following organisation?

A) Anthrax

B) ISRO

C) DRDO

D) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

E) BHEL

Q.71) ISRO has to launch the Chandrayaan-2

mission to moon on board by using which of the

following launch vehicle?

A)GSLV MK-III

B) PSLV-XL

C) ASLV-VII

D) SLV-3

E) GSLV- 2

Q.72) In every district, The Union Government

has decided to develop Eklavya Model

Residential Schools for which community?

A) Schedules Tribes

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B) EWS

C) Backward Castes

D) Untouchables

E) LGBT & Queer groups

Q.73) Which on of this following city has

recently been renamed as Nur-Sultan by

Parliament of Kazakhstan?

A) Bagdadh

B) Bishkek

C) Astana

D) Ashgabat

E) Almaty

Q.74) RBI to promote digital transactions has

waived the charges it levies on banks to initiate

RTGS and NEFT transactions. It will come into

effect from

A) November 1

B) September 1

C) August 1

D) July 1

E) October 1

Q.75) The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara

are the:

a) Three main racial groups of the Indian

subcontinent

b) Three main linguistic divisions into

which the language of India can be

classified

c) Three main styles of Indian temple

architecture

d) Three main musical Gharanas

prevalent in India

e) None of the above

Q.76) Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum refers

to which of the following?

a) Collection of series of inscriptions of

Mauryan, Post-Mauryan and Gupta

times.

b) Inscription made during Mauryan rule

by a special corpus fund collected

through gifts and charity.

c) Set of inscriptions and edicts

mentioned in Indica book by

Megasthenes.

d) Both A and B


Q.77) Consider the following statements

1. The Khilafat movement was a pan-

Islamic, political protest campaign

launched by Muslims of India to

influence the British government not to

abolish the Ottoman Caliphate.

2. Khilafat Movement was started against

Turkish ruler Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

3. The movement collapsed by late 1922

when Turkey gained a more favourable

diplomatic position and moved toward

secularism.

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) All of them

e) None

Q.78) Consider the following statements with

reference to the Home Rule Movement

1. Two home rule leagues were launched,

one by B.G. Tilak and another by

Annie Besant.

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2. The Leagues functioned throughout the

year as opposed to the Congress Party

whose activities were confined to once

a year.

3. This movement led to the Montague

Declaration of 1917.

Which of the statements given above is/are

correct?

a) Only 1

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 and 3

d) 1,2 and 3


Q.79) Consider the following.

1. Indian National Congress

2. Communist Party of India

3. Hindu Mahasabha

4. Muslim League

Which of the organizations given above

supported Quit India Movement?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 3 only

c) 1 only

d) All the above


Q.80) Which among the following sections

opposed council entry during passive phase of

movement in 1922?

a) Swarajists

b) No-Changers

c) Responsivists

d) Non-responsivists


Q.81) By which Act, Bihar became separate

province?

a) The Government of India Act of 1935

b) The Government of India Act of 1919

c) The Indian Councils of 1909

d) The Indian Independence Act of 1947


Q.82) Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha formed in:

a) 1929

b) 1930

c) 1931

d) 1932


Q.83) The rise of militant nationalism in India

can be attributed to which among the following

factors?

1. Lack of solid results with moderate

methodology.

2. Recognition of true nature of British

Rule.

3. Impact of 1st world war.

4. Impact of international events.

Select the correct answer from the options

given below:

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4


Q.84) Consider the following statements about

British in India

1. They came to India merely as traders in

the year 1600.

2. After the battle of Buxar, they acquired

rights of Diwani, which was to collect

only revenue.

3. The power to govern was transferred to

the crown in 1858, under Government

of India Act of 1858.


correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) Only 1

d) 1, 2 and 3

e) Only 3

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reference to the Regulating Act, 1773

1. It designated the Governor of Bengal as

the ‘Governor-General of Bengal’ and created

an Executive Council of four members to assist

him.

2. Lord Warren Hasting was the first

governor general of Bengal.

3. It provided for establishment of Federal

court at Calcutta.


correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 2 only

d) 1,2 and 3


Q.86) Consider the following statements in

regard to Swadeshi and Boycott movements:

1. Boycott movement was launched along

with the Swadeshi movement.

2. The movements included using goods

produced in India and burning British-

made goods.

3. Bal Gandadhar Tilak encouraged

Swadeshi and Boycott movement after

the British government decided the

partition of Bengal.


correct?

a) 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 2 and 3

e) 1, 2 and 3 only

Q.87) Consider the below about Civil

Disobedience Movement:

1. It was led by Mahatma Gandhi.

2. It was started with demonstrations

against the arrival of Simon

Commission in India.

3. It was a non violence movement mainly

with the ideology of disobeying laws,

demands and commands of the

government.


correct?

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3


Q.88) Which of the following statements are

correct regarding Pitt’s India Act of 1784?

1. It distinguished between the commercial

and political functions of the company.

2. It created Board of Control to manage

Political Affairs.

3. It made governors of Bombay and Madras

Presidencies subordinate to Governor General

of Bengal.

Select the code from below:

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) All of the above


Q.89) Recently India celebrated 200th

anniversary of Paika rebellion. Which of the

following best describes the Paikas?

a) They were the artisan militias of

Gajapati rulers of Odisha.

b) They were the peasant militias of the

Gajapati rulers of Odisha.

c) They were the hereditary polygars

under Gajapati rulers of Odisha.

d) They were the zamindars of the Paika

district of Odisha.


Q.90) Consider the following statements in

regard to ‘development of modern industries’

during British Rule in India:

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1. The machine age in India started only

in first half of 20th century.

2. Most of the modern Indian industries

were owned or controlled by British

capital.

3. There was almost complete absence of

heavy or capital goods industries.


correct?

a) 3 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

e) 1 and 3


reference to social reform movements of 19th

Century:

1. Due to the efforts of Raja Rammohan

Roy, practice of sati was banned

throughout India including princely

states in 1829.

2. Female infanticide was declared

illegal.

3. B.M. Malabari was a pioneer in the

cause of prohibition of child marriages.

Which of the statements given above are

correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) 2 and 3

d) 1,2 and 3


Q.92) The post of the Indian High Commission

was created by which Act?www.gradeup.co

a) The Indian Councils Act, 1909

b) The Government of India Act, 1919

c) The Government of India Act, 1935

d) The Indian Independence Act, 1947


Q.93) When was Patna Lawn renamed as

Gandhi Maidan?

a) During Quit India Movement

b) During Anti-Simon Commission Rally

c) During ChamparanSatyagrah

d) On the eve of Independence


Q.94) Whom did the following considered

Rajendra Prasad consider as the father of

Pakistan?

a) Md. Jinnah

b) Lord Mountbatten

c) Lord Minto

d) Liaquat Ali Khan


Q.95) The first Indian Ministry in Bihar in 1937

came into existence under whose leadership?

a) Shri Krishna Singh

b) Md.Yunus

c) G.S. Lal

d) Wahab Ali


Q.96) Who was the member of the Constituent

Assembly of India from Bihar?

a) N.Sinha

b) Rajendra Prasad

c) Jagjivan Ram

d) Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra


Q.97) Who was the commander of Rana

Pratap’s army in the Battle of Haldighat ?

A. Amar Singh

B. Man Singh

C. Hakim Singh

D. Shakti Singh

E. Haripur Singh

Q.98) Where was the capital of Shivaji ?

A. Rajgarh

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B. Sindhudurg

C. Poona

D. Kolhapur

E. Aurangabad

Q.99) In 1857 Who was the Governor-General

?

A. Wellesley

B. Dalhousie

C. Canning

D. Minto

E.Morley

Q.100) After which incident Mahatma Gandhi

had called Non-Cooperation Movement as his

‘Himalayan Blunder’ ?

A. Chauri-Chaura

B. Kheda Satyagraha

C. Nagpur Satyagraha

D. Rajkot Satyagraha

E.Champaran Satyagraha

Q.101) 43.Who was the first Indian woman

President of the Indian National Congress?

A. Mrs. Annie Besant

B. Scheta Kripalani

C. Sarojini Naidu

D. Indira Gandhi

E. None of the above

Q.102) Where did Madam Cama hoist the first

Micolour flag in 1907 ?

A. London

B. Paris

C. Moscow

D. Sruttgart


Q.103) Constitution Day of India is celebrated

on

A. 26th October

B. 26th November

C. 26th January

D. 15th August

E. None of the above/More than one of the

above

Q.104) Which one of the following is correct

about the permanent Settlement introduced in

Bihar ?

(a) The Zamindars were deprived of the

ownership of the land

(b) The right of ownership of land was made

heriditory and transferable for the Zamindars

(c) Land revenue was constitutionalised

(d) Abolition of Zamindari

(e) None of the above

Q.105) Which was the working area of Birsa

Munda?

(a) Champaran

(b) Ranchi

(c) Balia

(d) Alipur

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(e) Aligarh

Q.106) Jai Prakash Narayan was formed which

of the following party

(a) Congress Party

(b) Communist Party

(c) Kisan Sabha Party

(d) Kissan Sabha

(e) Congress Socilist party

Q.107) When did the attempt of Murder of

Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?

(a) 1908

(b) 1909

(c) 1907

(d) 1911

(e) 1910

Q.108) Prabhawati Devi was the freedom

fighter of which region ?

(a) Champaran

(b) Patna

(c) Bhagalpur

(d) Shahabad

(e) Asansol

Q.109) In which Jail, Dr. Rajendra Prasad

was prisoned in the movement of 1942 ?

(a) Bankipur Jail

(b) Hazaribagh Jail

(c) Camp Jail

(d) Bhagalpur Jail

(e) Bikaner Jail

Q.110) At which place in Bihar was the

session of Indian National Congress of

1922 held

(a) Haripura

(b) Patna

(c) Gaya

(d) Ramgarh

(e) Muzafarpur

Q.111) Name of the revolutionary from

Bihar who attended the meeting of

Hindustan Socialist Republican Army in

Sep 1928

(a) Phanindra Nath Ghosh

(b) Ajay Ghosh

(c) Jyotindranath

(d) Bhagat Singh

(e) Rajendra Prasad

Q.112) The 1937 Session of the Indian

National Congress was held in Bihar at

(a) Haripura

(b) Patna

(c) Ranchi

(d) Bhagalpur


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Q.113) In pre-independent Bihar for the

large landlords, political power was a mean

to protect their

(a) state resources

(b) social status

(c) economic power

(d) culture


Q.114) The absence of relative national

activity in Bihar before Mahatama Gandhi

can be traced to the lack of

(a) united community

(b) militant group

(c) creative regional elite

(d) dominant middle class


Q.115) The Bihar Provincial Kisan sabha

was formed in

(a) Feb 1931

(b) Jan 1931

(c) March 1929

(d) Apr 1932

(e) June 1933

Q.116) The spread of socialist ideology in

Bihar during pre- independence period can

be traced in

(a) Western education of JP Narayan and

BP Sinha

(b) International Socialist Movement

(c) Radical Congressmen

(d) Labour Party in Britain


Q.117) Agrarian classes in Bihar during

British rule were placed in which one of the

following categories

(a) five-fold division

(b) four-fold division

(c) Three-fold division

(d) No division


Q.118) Which one of the following was not

a dominant caste in Bihar during the pre-

independent period ?

(a) Bhumihar

(b) Rajputas

(c) Kayasthas

(d) Kurmi

(e) Vayshyas

Q.119) During the 1930’s, in which one of

the following towns, the Civil

Disobedience movement of the congress

was so successful that for a few months, all

traces of British Raj seemed to have

disappeared ?

(a) Patna

(b) Sahibganj

(c) Barhee

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(d) Muzaffarpur

(e) Saharanpur

Q.120) When was kunwar Singh, leader of

revolt of 1857 in Bihar, breathed his last

(a) 26th April 1858

(b) 17th June 1858

(c) 9th May 1858

(d) 20th June 1858

(e) 31st October 1858

Q.121) Lord Sinha had resigned in 1921

from the post of Governor of

(a) Bihar-Orissa

(b) Bengal

(c) Punjab

(d) Madras

(e) None of the above/More than one of the

above

Q.122) Shri Nivaranchandra Dasgupta

belonged to

(a) Patna

(b) Purulia

(c) Hazipur

(d) Meenapur


above

Q.126) At which place was the 27th session

of the Indian National Congress held ?

(a) Bhagalpur

(b) Patna

(c) Ranchi

(d) Bankipur


above

Q.127) With whose efforts was Second

Bihar Provincial Congress Session held ?

(a) GK Gokhle

(b) Shri Deep Narayan Singh

(c) Shri Krishna

(d) Surendranath Banerjee


above

Q.128) One of the Popular beliefs in bihar

during the Non-Cooperation Movement of

1920-22 was that victory would come to

them because Gandhi

(a) was the epitome of Dharma

(b) was an acomplished politician

(c) knew the ways to defeat the English

(d) knew English


Q.129) Who highlighted the plight of the

pesants of Champaran by writing under

pseudonyms like ‘Dukhi’, ‘Dukhi

Atma’,Dukhi Hriday

(a) Peer Mohammad Moonis

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(b) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Sahajanand Saraswati

(d) SN Sinha


above

Q.130) Which of the following statements

is correct ?

(a) In 1857, the maharajas of Darbhanga,

Dumraon, and Hathwa and their fellow

landlords helped the English with men and

money.

(b) In 1857, the maharajas of Darbhanga,


landlords helped the English with men but

not with money

(c) In 1857, the maharajas of Darbhanga,


landlords helped the English with money

but not with money

(d) In 1857, the maharajas of Darbhanga,


landlords oppose the English


Q.131) In which area was Rahul

Sankrityayan active in the non-cooperation

Movement of 1920?

(a) Chhapra

(b) Delhi

(c) Lucknow

(d) Patna


above

Q.132) A Pleader of Bihar, who left his

lucrative practice during Non-cooperation

movement was

(a) Jai Prakash Narayan

(b) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Sahajanand Saraswati

(d) Raj Kumar Shukla


above

Q.133) Who left Patna College with just 20

days remaining for his examination during

the non-cooperation movement ?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Brij Kishore

(c) Jai Prakash Narayan

(d) Sri Krishna Sinha


above

Q.134) Who drew Mahatama Gandhi’s

attention towards the exploitation of the

peasants by the European Indigo planters ?

(a) Baba Ram Chandra

(b) Raj Kumar Shukla

(c) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

(d) Sri Krishna Sinha


above

Q.135) Who was elected the first President

of All India Kisan Sabha at Luknow in

1936?

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(a) NG Ranga

(b) EMS Namboodripad

(c) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

(d) Acharya Narendra Dev


above

Q.136) Birsa was captured, while asleep, on

(a) Feb 1, 1900

(b) Feb 2, 1900

(c) Feb 3, 1900

(d) Feb 4, 1900


above

Q.137) Which of the following statements

is not correct with reference to the Indian

Freedom Struggle?

A. The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular

outrage and led to the JalianwallaBagh

Massacre

B. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the

Forward Bloc

C. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of

Hindustan Republican Socialist

Association

D. In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi

opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact


Q.138) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

publlished a journal named

(a) Jankranti

(b) Hunkar

(c) Krishak Samachar

(d) Vidrohi


above

Q.139) Who established a branch of

Anushilan Samiti at Patna in 1913

(a) Rewati Nag

(b) Yadunath Sarkar

(c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal

(d) Mazharul Haque


above

Q.140) Which of the following provision

was not included in the Nehru Report?

A. India must be given Dominion status

B. The Governor General must be only the

constitutional head

C. There was to be no separate electorate

D. Diarchy should be introduced both at the

centre as well as provinces


Q.141) Who among the following

introduced the subsidiary alliance system in

India?

[A]Lord Clive

[B]Lord Wellesley

[C]Lord Cunningham

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[D]Lord Canning

[E] None of the above

Q.142) Who among the following signed

the Treaty of Bassein in 1802 with the

British East India Company ?

[A]Baji Rao II

[B]Baji Rao I

[C]Sultan Bahadur

[D] All of the above

[E]None of the above

Q.143) “Springing Tiger: A Study of a

Revolutionary” is a biographical work on?

[A] Bhagat Singh

[B] Chandrashekhar Azad

[C] Subhas Chandra Bose

[D] Shyamji Krishna Verma

[E] None of the Above

Q.144) The Congress and Muslim League

had most cordial relationships in between

which among the following years?

[A] 1906 to 1916

[B] 1916 to 1922

[C] 1922 to 1928

[D] 1928 to 1934


Q.145) The annulment of Partition of

Bengal was done by?

[A] Lord Curzon

[B] Lord Minto

[C] Lord Hardinge

[D] Lord Chelmsford


Q.146) Which among the following regions

was most affected by the Revolution of

1857 ?

[A] Punjab

[B] Maharashtra

[C] Avadh

[D] Madras

[E] Central India

Q.147) Who said that British established a

robber state in Bengal between 1765 and

1772 ?

[A] G. W. Forrest

[B] Lord Macaulay

[C] K. M. Panikkar

[D] Nand Lal Chatterji


Q.148) The first victim of the British policy

of Subsidiary Alliance was___?

(A) Avadh

[B] Mewar

[C] Mysore

[D] Hyderabad

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Q.149) Under which among the following

treaties, the British East India Company

secured the Diwani right of Bengal, Bihar

and Orissa ?

[A] Alinagar

[B] Faizabad

[C] Allahabad

[D] Benaras


Q.150) Hind Swaraj, a book by Mahatma

Gandhi in 1909 was originally written in

__?

[A] Hindi

[B] Urdu

[C] Gujarati

[D] English

[E] Marathi

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