Q. The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buffcoloured sandstone, usually minded from the quarries of -
1) Chunar near Mirzapur
2) Lauriya in Nandangarh
3) Sarnath near Vaaranasi
4) Udayagiri near
Q. Which one among the following statements with regard to the National Security Council(NSC) of India is not correct?
1) It is a three-tiered organization
2) The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission is its member
3) It is the apex body looking exclusively the security concerns of the country
4) RAW and Intelligence Bureau(India) report to NSC
Q. The fortification of Calcutta by the British in 1756 was regarded by the Nawab of Bengal, Sirajud-daulah, as-
1) Growth of large-scale British trade
2) An attack upon his sovereignty
3) Insecurity of the British in Idia
4) British control over Bengal
Q. Ibn Batuta's work, Rihla, completed in 1355, is -
1) An autobiography
2) An account of the Delhi Sultan from Aibek to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
3) A religious text
4) An account of trade with Morocco
Q. Several socio-political organizations were formed in the 19th and 20th Centuries in India. Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam, founded in the year 1914 was -
1) All India Muslim Ladies Conference
2) A radical wing of the All India Muslim League
3) All India Muslim Students'Conference
4) All India Islamic Conference
Q. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta?
1) Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan
2) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
3) Sultanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
4) Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur
Q. What was Ziyarat in the language of the Sufis?
1) Pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints for seeking barkat (spiritual grace)
2) Reciting divine name
3) Offering free kitchens run on futuh (unasked for charity)
4) Setting up of auqaf (charitable trusts)
Q. Which chemical was an important symbol in our struggle for freedom?
1) Glucose
2) Fertilizer
3) Medicine
4) Sodium chloride
Q. Which one among the following is responsible for the expansion of water in the ocean?
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Nitrogen dioxide
3) Carbon monoxide
4) Sulphur dioxide
Q. Food cans are coated with tin but not win Zine because-
1) Zinc is costlier than tin
2) Zinc has a higher melting point than tin
3) Zinc is more reactive than tin
4) Tin is more reactive than zinc
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