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1.      The remains of Vijayanagar Empire can be found in

a)      Bijapur b) Golcunda c)Hampi d)Baroda

2.      Madurai was the capital of

a)Rashtrakutas b)Chedis c)Chalukyas d)Pandeyas

3.      Tulsidas was contemporary of

a)Shah Jahan b)Ibraham Lodhi c)Aurangzeb d)Akbar

4.      Gandhiji went to England in 1931 to attend the

a)First Round Table Conference b)Second Round Table Conference c)Third Round Table Conference d)None of the above.

5.Two Asokan pillars were brought and installed in Delhi by

a)Alauddin Khalji b)Qutubuddin Aibak c)Firozeshah Tughluq d)Akbar

6.    Who was the first Indian ruler to accept Subsidiary Alliance offered by Lord Wellesley in 1798?

a)Nawab of Oudh b)Nizam of Hyderabad c)Ruler of Mysore d)Nawab of Carnatic

7.Police action was taken against which of the following princely states, when it had refused to merge with the Indian Union?

a)J&K b)Patiala c)Hyderabad d)Bhopal

8.Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, leaving South Africa for ever in

a)1914 b)1915 c)1916 d)1919

9.Nagarjun Sagar Project is related to river

a)Godavari b)Krishna c)Kaveri d)Periyar

10.’The Land of the Midnight Sun’ is

a)Belgium b)Russia c)Italy d)Norway

11. Which of the following planets is smaller than the Earth?

a)Neptune b)Venus c)Saturn d)Uranus

12.Hawaiian Islands are located in

a)North Atlantic Ocean b)South Atlantic Ocean c)North Pacific Ocean d)South Pacific Ocean

13. The Capital of Kenya is

a)Addis Ababa b0Lusaka c)Accra d)Nairobi

14. What is the longitude of a town if its local time is 6 p.m. when Greenwich time is 4 p.m.?

a)20°W b)30°E c)20°E d)30°W

15. Estimates of National Income in India are prepared by

a)Planning Commission b)RBI c)CSO d) Ministry of Finance

16. India started its five-year planning with effect from the year

a)1965 b)1955 c)1960 d)1951

17.A Rolling Plan is a plan for

a)Five years b)Three years c) On year to year basis d) None of these

18.Black soils in India is associated with

a)Basalt b)Granite c)Limestone d)Sandstone

19.Which mineral is found in Zawar mines?

a)Zinc b)Bauxite c)Dolomite d)Mica

20.What is a mixed economy?

a)An economy in which heavy industry and small industry co-exist

b)An economy in which private sector and public sector co-exist

c)An economy in which both industry and agriculture are given equal importance

d)An economy in which industry is jointly managed by the Government and Private Industrialists.

21.NAFED is connected with

a)animal husbandry b)conservation of fuels c)agricultural marketing d)agricultural implements

22.Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights by the

a)Fourteenth Amendment b)Twenty-fifth Amendment c)Thirty-ninth Amendment d)Forty-fourth Amendment

23.Goitre or abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland is caused by the deficiency of

a)Magnesium b)Potassium c)Iodine d)Iron

24. Which of the following is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

a)Japan b)China c)France d)UK

25.In which of the following States was the Panchayati Raj introduced first?

a)Rajasthan b)Gujarat c)U.P.d)Bihar.