GENERAL QUSTION

Q.Who propounded the Saptanga Theory?

1Manu

2Charaka

3Kautilya

4Tulsidas


Ans: 3
Q.Which one of the following is the example of sedimentary rocks?

1Loess

2Basalt

3Granite

4Gabbro


Ans: 1
Q.The enzyme that is present in the saliva of man is

1Pepsin

2Renin

3Amylase

4Trypsin


Ans: 3
Q.The book "Truth, Love and A Little Malice" is written by

1Tarun Tejpal

2Vikram Seth

3Khushwant Singh

4Nirad C. Chaudhuri


Ans: 3
Q.In which year were the Indian States reorganised on the linguistic basis?

11947

21951

31956

41966


Ans: 3
Q.Which of the following is not a tool of legislative control over administration in india?

1Dissoluton of House

2Resolutions

3Questions

4No confidence Motion


Ans: 1
Q.With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?

1Lectures on Jurisprudence

2Social Contract

3Republic

4Leviathan


Ans: 4
Q.Where is the Wanderers Test Cricket ground located ?

1Colombo

2Melbourne

3Auckland

4Johannesburg


Ans: 4
Q.Which one of the following is responsible for blue baby syndrome?

1Fluoride

2Nitrate

3Arsenic

4Lead


Ans: 2
Q.Which one of the following is the largest satellite in Solar System?

1Titan

2Ganymede

3Europa

4Triton


Ans: 2
Q.Athletes with higher proportion of red fibres in their muscles are better equipped for which one of the following?

1Swimming

2Sprint

3short activities

4Shot put


Ans: 1
Q.Which one of the following Indus Culture sites gives evidence of a dockyard?

1Harappa

2Lothal

3Mohenjo-Daro

4Rakhigarhi


Ans: 2
Q.Who among the following leaders dominated the lucknow pact in December, 1916?

1Jawaharlal Nehru

2Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3Moti Lal Nehru

4Madan Mohan Malviya


Ans: 2
Q.Which Rock Edict of Asoka provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga War?

113th Rock Edict

2Kalinga Edict at Dhauli

3The Edict at Jaugada

410th rock Edict


Ans: 1
Q.Who was the Founder of the Asiatic Society?

1William Carey

2William Jones

3David Hare

4Marshman


Ans: 2
Q.Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are based on

1Nuclear Fusion

2Nuclear Fission

3Cold Fusion

4Superconductivity


Ans: 2
Q.The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was earlier known as

1UNICEF

2GATT

3UNCTAD

4FAO


Ans: 2
Q.The threat of global Warming is increasing due to rising concentration of

1Nitrous Oxide

2Ozone

3Sulphur dioxide

4Carbon dioxide


Ans: 4
Q.Centre for DNA Fingerprinting is located at

1Bengaluru

2New Delhi

3Pune

4Hyderabad


Ans: 4
Q.Paris is situated on the river

1Danube

2Seine

3Tiber

4Avon


Ans: 2

Q.The US Census Bureau released its 2010 census figures in March 2011 which say that the 308.74 million US population comprises a large number of Asians and they contitute

13 percent

24 percent

35 percent

46 percent


Ans: 3
Q.As per an announcement made by the International Monrtary Fund(IMf)in February 2011, it would lend Sri Lanka

1$ 215.9 million

2$ 216.6 million

3$ 216.8 million

4$ 216.9 million


Ans: 2
Q.According to the State of the World's Children 2011 report released by UNICEF, the percentage of adolescents living in the developing nations is

172

275

385

488


Ans: 4
Q.India signed the fourth Tax Information Exchange Agreement(TIEA) in February 2011 with a country considered a tax heaven. This TIEA is with

1Bermuda

2Bahamas

3Virgin Islands

4Isle of Man


Ans: 2
Q.As per a report published by the World Bank in February 2011, India has the scope for generating green power from renewable sources like wind, hydro and biomass up to

153,000 MW

258,000 MW

362,000 MW

468,000 MW


Ans: 4
Q.Which Indian nationalist leader looked upon a war between Germany and Britain as a godsend opportunity which would enable Indians to exploit the situation to their advantage?

1D. V Savarkar

2Jawaharlal Nehru

3Subhash Chandra Bose

4C. Rajagopalachari


Ans: 3
Q.In Uttar Pradesh, the famous place of pilgrimage of both Jain and Baudh is at -

1Devipatan

2Kaushambi

3Kushinagar

4Saranath


Ans: 2
Q.Kartik is a folk dance of -

1Bundelkhand

2Avadh

3Purvanchal

4Rohilkhand


Ans: 1
Q.The Sixth Economic Census is being done in 2011. What was the year of the first Economic Census?

11951

21961

31977

41971


Ans: 3
Q.Kartik is a folk dance of-

1Bundelkhand

2Avadh

3Purvanchal

4Rohilkhand


Ans: 1

Q.Rani Laxmi Bai Dam is located on the-

1Betwa

2Ken

3Rihand

4Tons


Ans: 1
Q.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

1Amir Khusrau - Etah

2Mirza Ghalib - Agra

3Josh - Malihabad

4Ram Prasad Bismil - Allahabad


Ans: 4
Q.Dry Ice is

1Liquid Nitrogen

2Water Ice

3Solid Carbon dioxide

4Frozen Ethanol


Ans: 3
Q.Bhatkhande Sangeet Sansthan, Lucknow became a Deemed University in-

11998

22001

32003

42004


Ans: 2
Q.In which of the following crops, Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer in the country?

1Potato

2Rice

3Sugarcane

4Tobacco


Ans: 1
Q.Clonal selection can be used in-

1Groundnut

2Mustard

3Wheat

4Potato


Ans: 4
Q.AGMARK Act came into force in India in-

11937

21952

31957

41965


Ans: 1
Q.'Mala' and 'Madiga' scheduled castes are found in-

1Andhra Pradesh

2Maharashtra

3West Bengal

4Kerala


Ans: 4
Q.Mandal Commission established for reservation for backward classes submitted its report in-

11980

21990

31992

41993


Ans: 1
Q.National Commission for Scheduled Castes/scheduled Tribes was constituted-

1On the basis of 65th Amendment of constitution

2On the basis of Article 338 of constitution

3On the basis of Article 340 of constitution

4Not based on any of the above


Ans: 1
Q.Who has given the concept of 'Dominant Caste'?

1Mckim Marriot

2M. N. Srinivas

3G.S.Ghurye

4S. C. Dube


Ans: 2
Q.The author of 'Indian Village' is-

1B.R. Chauhan

2Oscar Lewis

3T.N. Majumdar

4S.C. Dube


Ans: 4
Q.Which of the following theories was given by Karl Marx ?

1Functional theory

2Evolutionary theory

3Theory of class struggle

4None of these


Ans: 3
Q.The Author of "The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism' is-

1karl Marx

2Lenin

3Max Weber

4Herbert Spencer


Ans: 3
Q.In the world of social thought 'Sociology' was coined for the first time in-

11798

21842

31851

41838


Ans: 4
Q.The author of 'Religion and Society Among the Coorgs of South india' is-

1I.P.Desai

2E.B.Harper

3Yogesh Atal

4M.N. Srinivas


Ans: 4
Q.Which of Constitutional Provisions allows the propagation of one's own religion ?

1Indian constitution Article 14(A)

2Article 370

3Article 25(1)

4Article 16(1)


Ans: 3
Q.Panchayat Raj System was made constitutional through-

173rd Amendment of the Constitution

245th Amendment of the Constitution

361st Amendment of the Constitution

4None of the above amendments


Ans: 1
Q.'Society is the network of social relationships . This Statement is given by-

1Johnson

2Comte

3MacIver and Page

4Gillin and Gillin


Ans: 3
Q.Which of the following Books has been written by M.S. Gore?

1'Society in India'

2'The crisis of Indian Legal System'

3Caste and Economic frontier

4'Urbanization and Family change in India


Ans: 4
Q.The author of 'What is Sociology' is-

1Kingsley Davis

2Ginsberg

3Alex Inkeles

4Bottomore


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Q.The concept of 'Post-Industrial Society' was used by-

1Talcott Parsons

2R.K. Merton

3Daniel Bell

4Marx


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Q.'Satya Sodhak Samaj' was established by-

1Kamraj Nadar

2Jyotitba Phule

3Gandhiji

4Amedkar


Ans: 2
Q.The term 'Scheduled caste' was coined by-

1Simon Commission

2Gandhiji

3Government of India Act 1935

4Bhim Rao Ambedkar


Ans: 1
Q.The author of "The Nadars of Tamil Nadu" is-

1Rajgopalacharya

2D.N. Dhanagre

3T.K. Oammen

4Hardgrave


Ans: 4
Q.Who has given the 'Theory of Circulation of Elite'?

1P.A. Sorokin

2Dahrendorf

3Toynbee

4Pareto


Ans: 4
Q.The formal Beginning of 'Community Development Programmes' in India started in-

11948

21950

31952

41978


Ans: 3
Q.'Social Structure of Values' was written by-

1Binoy Kumar Sarkar

2Sir Brijendranath Seal

3Radha Kamal Mukherjee

4N.K.Bose


Ans: 3
Q.The author of 'The Indian Middle Classes : their Growth in Modern Times' is-

1Milton Singer

2Sachidanand

3Andre Beteille

4B.B.Mishra


Ans: 3
Q.All India Muslim Women's Conference' an organisation of progressive Muslim Women was founded by-

1Begum of Bhopal

2Bhika-Kama

3Aruna Asaf Ali

4None of these

 
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