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55- The writer of the book “
’s second freedom” is India
Ans: M.G. Devashrayam on contribution of Jai Prakash narayan in the emergency period in
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56- For what is the Manas sanctuary in
Ans: (b) Tigers, Established in 1923 as reserve forest then designated as tiger reserve in 1973. Named after
Manas River (act as border between Bhutan and ) and situated in the foothills of Bhutan Himalayas it is also famous for golden leafy monkeys. India
57- Most of the unemployment in
Ans: (d) structural
58- Four Mathas established by Adi Shankaracharya are
Ans: (a) Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
59- The core concept of 11th five year plan is
Ans: (b) Growth with social justice and equality
60- What is ‘KAABA’?
Ans: (c) Muslim shrine
61- Unemployment problem leads to poverty because
Ans: (a) people living below poverty line increase.
62- The number of bones in the adult human body is
Ans: (c) 206
63- Who is credited with introducing the beans and potatoes in the Bhagirathi valley?
64- Which of these is not a dance of Uttarakhand?
Ans: (c) Terahtali
65- Soje-e-vatan is book written by
Ans: (b) Premchand
66- The first ever summit meeting of ‘BRICS’ nations took places at
Ans: (c) Russia, Yekaterinburg in June 16, 2009
67- The UN Human Development Index has been developed by
Ans: (a) Mahboob-ul-Haq, a Pakistani Economist in 1990
68- The estimate of national income are prepared by
Ans: (d) Central Statistical Organization
69- ‘G-8 Mascoca initiative’ is concerned with
Ans: (b) Maternity and child health
70- When the Reserve Bank of
was established India
Ans: (c) 1935
21- The one rupee note bears the signature of
Ans: (b) Secretary. Ministry of Finance
72- The red colored Human figures engraved in the Lakhuodyar near Almora belongs to
Ans: (c) Stone Age
73- The State who launched “Atal Khadyanna Yojna” is
Ans: (c) Uttarakhand
74- In which of the following seasons Christmas is celebrated in
Ans: (b) summer
75- The call for Quit India Movement was given in
Ans: (b) 1942
76- Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the city
Ans: (c) Amritsar
77- Which dynasty did not rule over the north
Ans: (a) Chalukyas
78- The Battle of HaldiGhati was fought in
Ans: (b) 1576AD
79- The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in
Ans: (d) Begam Hajrat Mahal
80- When did Mahatma Gandhi start fast unto death?
Ans: (a) At the time of communal award
81- What is
famous for? Baku
Ans: (d) petroleum
82- The proof of burying the dog with the human body at which of the following place?
83- The first Lokpal was presented in the parliament in
Ans: (c) 1968 and also passed by 4th Lok Sabha but it fell in Rajya Sabha
84- Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in
conspiracy case Lahore
85- The Chief Election Commission of India is appointed by
Ans: (c) President
86- At the time of gaining
the President of Indian National Congress was Independence
Ans: (a) J.B. Kriplani
87- Which extremist leader of the freedom movement was given 6 year jail Imprisonment in 1908?
Ans: (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sent to mandlay Jail in earlier
88- The most famous center of learning during Maurya period was
Ans: (a) Taxila
89- The Famous Buddhist scholar Ashwaghosh was contemporary of
Ans: (c) Kanishka. Under the influence of Ashwaghosh Kanishka embraced Buddhism. And is also Know as second Ashoka due to his patronization of many Buddhist scholars.
90- Which Viceroy was assassinated during his tenure?
Ans: (b) Lord Mayo
91- The Forest Research Institute is situated at
Ans: (c) Dehradun
92- Which of the following is the latest country to reach an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with
. Ruling party endorsed plan to sell uranium to Australia under a bilateral nuclear agreement in December, 2011 and India
Korea reached nuclear agreement with around July. 2011 India
93- The famous cave temples of Elephanta are ascribed to
Ans: (a) Chalukyas or
94- What article of constitution provides the safeguard to person accused of crime against double jeopardy and self incrimination?
Ans: (d) Article 20
95- When was
Ans: (b) 1911
96- Who is the writer of “Humayun-Nama”?
Ans: (c) Gulbadan Begum, was sister of Humayun
97- 'Leelawati' a treatise on mathematics was written by
Ans: (d) Bhaskaracharya II
98- Which community is given nominated seat in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly?
Ans: (c) Anglo-Indian
99- Who was the founder of “Servants of India Society”?
Ans: (d) Gopal
Krishna Gokhale on June 12 1905 in Pune
100- Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following events in the political life of MK Gandhi?
Ans: (b) 1,3,2,4 but
Note- (2) Ahmedabad mill strike and (3) Kheda Satyagraha took place in 1918 and (1) Champaran Satyagraha in 1919 and the (4) Non- Cooperation movement started in 1920
101- Muslim League passed the resolution demanding the partition of
in its session held at India
on March 23, 1940 Lahore