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1. The capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in
1909
1910
1911
1912
2. Who was the leader of Bihar to lead Peasant Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?
Baba Ramchand
Raj Kumar Shukla
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
3. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim State in India?
M.A. Jinnah
Syed Ahmad Khan
Mohammad Iqbal
None of these
4. Who was known as the Liberator of the Press ?
Metcalfe
Bentinck
Macaulay
Hastings
5. Quit India campaign was launched by the National Congress after the failure of
Simla Conference held at the instance of Governor
British Cabinet Mission
Cripps Mission
None Of These
6. On the death of Gandhiji, who said that The light has gone out of our lives ?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Lord Mountbatten
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
7. The founder of Boy Scouts and Civil Guides Movement in India was
Charles Andrews
Robert Montgomery
Richard Temple
Baden Powell
8. The father of extremist movement in India is
Motilal Nehru
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Vallabhbhai Patel
9. Which of the following was a continuous movement based on the philosophy of Gandhiji, and not a specific movement?
Quit India Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement
Non Cooperation Movement
Swadeshi Movement
10. The first Indian to be elected to the leadership of communist International was
Sohan Singh Josh
M.N. Roy
S. A. Dange
P.C. Joshi
11. Which national leader resigned from Congress in 1942 supporting the Muslim League on the question of Pakistan?
Chakravarti Raj Gopalachari
J.B. Kriplani
Shankaran Nayyar
None of these
12. The capital of India was shifted to Delhi during the reign of
Chelmsford
Hardinge
Minto
Curzon
13. Except Jammu and Kashmir and Hyderabad, the integration of Indian states was completed in
December 1950
November 1949
October 1948
August 1947
14. Chauri-Chaura incident was associated with which Gandhian movement?
Rowlatt Agitation�
Civil Disobedience Movement
Non co-operation Movement
Quit India Movement
15. Which one of the following was a revolutionary who latter turned into a yogi and a philosopher?
Aurobindo Ghosh
Agarkar
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
16. The movement withdrawn immediately after the Chauri Chaura incident was
Non cooperation
Individual Satyagraha
Civil Disobedience
None of these
17. The constitution of India vests the executive powers of the Indian Union in which of the following?
The parliament
The council of ministers
The prime minister
The president
18. Indian constitution is
Presidential
Federal
Unitary
Quasi-federal
19. In which case the Supreme Court evolved the concept of Basic Structure of Constitution ?
Minerva Mills case
Kishana Nanda Bharti case
Shankari Prasad case
Golak Nath case
20. 42nd amendment of the constitution of India was made during the period of which one of the following prime ministers?
Ch. Charan Singh
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Morarji Desai
Indira Gandhi
21. Which of the following is not provided for by the constitution of India?
Planning Commission
Public Service Commission
Finance Commissions
Election Commission
22. The constitution of India was completed by which of the following dates
Jan 26,1950
Feb11, 1948
mar14, 1948
Nov 26, 1949
23. Which one of the following is not related to the fundamental rights of the Indian Constitution?
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Movement
Freedom to be elected as a member of parliament
Freedom of Association
24. The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India was created
through a cabinet resolution
through an act of the parliament
by the constitution
none of the above
25. Which one of the following terms does not appear in the constitution of India?
Consolidated Fund of India
Budget
Appropriation Bill
Annual Financial statement
26. Under which article the president of India can be removed by the process of impeachment
Article 76
Article 79
Article 61
Article 57
27. The first Southern US state to abolish death penalty is
Ohio
South Carolina
Lausiana
Maryland
28. India and china held their first dialogue on Afghanistan in
Tai pei
Kabul
New Delhi
Beijing
29. India and Liechtenstein signed the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) in
Oslo
Geneva
Bern
Paris
30. 13th council of ministers meeting of the Indian ocean Rim association was held in
Australia
Newzealand
Thailand
Philippines
31. Nobel Memorial Wall inaugurated by the Swedish ambassador at
Chennai
Kolkata
Mumbai
New Delhi
32. India signed agreement for the Jharkhand Tribal empowerment livelihood project with
World Bank
IFAD
UNESCO
UNICEF
33. Which country developed worlds first zinc-enriched rice variety
Pakistan
China
Bangladesh
India
34. European Union has signed an agreement to provide financial assistance to
Tunisia
Egypt
Italy
Syria
35. The country WHO signed MoU with Shanghai Cooperation organization (SCO) as its dialogue partner is
N Korea
Iran
Turkey
Italy
36. The Parliament of the country passed a bill criminalizing Gay marriage is
Egypt
Chad
Nigeria
Libya
37. Russia successfully launched Proton-M Rocket carrying a military satellite named
Roduga-1 M
Shekova-1 M
Romonov-1 M
Casanova-1 M
38. India signed an agreement to produce clean technology with
Switzerland
Sweden
Finland
Norway
39. Which country decided to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations?
Gaban
Ghana
Gambia
Zambia
40. India signed an agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation with
Albania
Bulgaria
Ethopia
Kuwait
41. Britain launched super priority visa service for Travelers from
Australia
South Africa
US
India
42. The word Hindu as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by
The Romans
The Arabs
The Greeks
The Portuguese
43. Poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
Harsha
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Samudragupta
Chandragupta Maurya
44. The dynasty founded by two brothers Harihara and Bakka of Vijayanagar Empire was called
Saluva Dynasty
Tuluva Dynasty
Sangam Dynasty
Vijaynagar Dynasty
45. Chanakya was known as
Vishnugupta
Visakhadatta
Rajasekhara
Bhattasvamin
46. In Jainism perfect knowledge is referred to as
Nirvanas
Ratna
Kaivalya
Jina
47. Kanishka ascended the throne in about
120 B.C.
120 A.D.
130 A.D.
130 B.C.
48. Which one of the following important trade centres of ancient India was on the trade route connecting Kalyana with Vengi?
Tamralipti
Tripuri
Tagara
Sripura
49. Khalsa was founded by
Guru Ramadas
Guru Govind Singh
Guru Arjun Dev
Guru Arjun Dev
50. Timur invaded India in
1396 A.D.
1396 A.D.
1450 A.D.
1398 A.D.
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