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Exam Year: 1996

  • Consider the following statements : The Non-Cooperation Movement led to the I. Congress becoming a mass movement for the first time. II. growth of Hindu-Muslim unity. III. removal of fear of the British ‘might’ from the minds of the people. IV. British government’s willingness to grant political concessions to Indians. Of these statements

    (a)

    I, II, III and IV are correct

    (b)

    II and III are correct

    (c)

    I and III are correct

    (d)

    III and IV are correct

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Which one of the following is not correct about the Cabinet Mission Plan ?

    (a)

    Provincial grouping

    (b)

    Interim Cabinet of Indians

    (c)

    Acceptance of Pakistan

    (d)

    Constitution framing right

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Consider the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru : I. He was the President of the Congress Party in 1947. II. He presided over the Constituent Assembly. III. He formed the first Congress Ministry in United Province before India’s independence. Of these statements

    (a)

    I, II and III are correct

    (b)

    I and III are correct

    (c)

    I and II are correct

    (d)

    None is correct

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • As per the 1991 Census, the average size of households in terms of number of persons per household in respect of the given states follows the sequence (highest first, lowest last).

    (a)

    Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

    (b)

    Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala

    (c)

    Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

    (d)

    Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following works has recently been made into a full length feature film ?

    (a)

    R. K. Narayans Malgudi Days

    (b)

    Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children

    (c)

    Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy

    (d)

    Upamanyu Chatterjee’s English August.

    Correct Answer:

  • Which of the following pairs of states and their important crops are correctly matched ? I. Kerala : Tapioca II. Maharashtra : Cotton III. W. Bengal : Jute IV. Gujarat : Groundnut Select the correct answer using the codes given below : Codes :

    (a)

    I, II and III

    (b)

    I, II and IV

    (c)

    I, III and IV

    (d)

    II, III and IV

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by

    (a)

    Bihari

    (b)

    Surdas

    (c)

    Raskhan

    (d)

    Kabir

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Consider the following landmarks in Indian education : (i) Hindu College, Calcutta (ii) University of Calcutta (iii) Adam’s Report (iv) Wood’s Despatch The correct chronological order of these landmarks is

    (a)

    I, III, IV, II

    (b)

    I, IV, III, II

    (c)

    III, I, IV, II

    (d)

    III, II, IV, I

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Congress Socialist Party ?

    (a)

    M. N. Roy

    (b)

    Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

    (c)

    Pattam Thanu Pillai

    (d)

    Acharya Narendra Dev

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • A redistribution of income in a country can be best brought about through

    (a)

    progressive taxation combined with progressive expenditure

    (b)

    progressive taxation combined with regressive expenditure

    (c)

    regressive taxation combined with regressive expenditure

    (d)

    regressive taxation combined with progressive expenditure

    Correct Answer:

    (b)