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1. Mahavira Jaina breathed his last at
Samastipur
Pawapuri
Ranchi
Rajgir
2. Where was the third Buddhist Council held?
Kashmir
Koshambi
Patliputra
Vatsa
3. Who among the following taught the doctrine of Shunyata (Shunyavad)?
Vallabhacharya
Harisna
Shankaracharya
Nagarjuna
4. Prabhasgiri is a pilgrim spot of
Vaishnavites
Saivites
Jains
Buddhists
5. Who was the author of Buddha Charita ?
Vasumitra
Nagarjuna
Nagasena
Asvaghosha
6. Gautama Buddha was elevated to the position of God by the time of
Ashoka
Kanishka
Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Harsha
7. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
Agams
Tripitaka
Vedas
Upanishad
8. The third vehicle in Buddhism was known as
Vajrayana
Zen
Mahasanghika
None of these
9. Buddhas preachings were mainly related to
Idol worship
Purity of thought and conduct
Practice of rituals
Belief is one God
10. Jivaka, the royal physician of Rajgrih, was the son of the Ganika named as
Amrapali
Basantsena
Ramaniya
Salavati
11. The subject matter of Ajanta painting pertains to
Vaishnavism
Shavism
Buddhism
Jainism
12. Which among the following is the oldest dynasty?
Kanva
Kushan
Gupta
Maurya
13. When was the Panchtantra written?
Harsha Period
Gupta Period
Kanishka Period
Maurya Period
14. What do the painting of Ajanta depict?
Mahabharat
Ramayana
Panchatantra
Jatakas
15. Aranyani, Goddess of the forest in first mentioned in the
Atharva veda
Aranyaka texts
R.K. Samhita
Upmishadic text
16. The National chemical Laboratory (India) is located in
Mumbai
Bengaluru
Hyderabad
Pune
17. Which one of the following is not a member of ASEAN?
Cambodia
Malaysia
South Korea
Singapore
18. India is not a member of
Antarctic Treaty
ADB
APEC
Colombo Plan
19. Which one of the following countries is not a founder member of OPEC?
Algeria
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
20. Which one of the following is not a UN member country?
Taiwan
Portugal
Australia
Greece
21. Where is the headquarters of Animal Welfare Board of India located?
Ahmedabad
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Chennai
22. Where is the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research located?
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Vasco-da-Gama, Goa
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Alappuzha, Kerala
23. Where is the Central Coffee Research Institute situated?
Thiruvananthapuram
Balehonnur, Karnataka
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
24. What is the number of the permanent members of the UN Security Council?
3
5
7
15
25. The capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the
deficit financing
credit
member nations
borrowing
26. Which one of the following is not a Baltic State?
Belarus
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
27. Which one among the following statements regarding SAARC is correct?
The first SAARC Award was posthumously conferred upon late President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh
The present Secretary General of SAARC is from India
Myanmar is a member of SAARC
Headquarters of SAARC is located in Dhaka
28. The UN Charter was signed in
The Hague
San Francisco
New York
Paris
29. Where is Satish Dhawan Space Centre located?
Thiruvananthapuram
Chandipur-on-sea
Sriharikota
Thumba
30. Where is the National Institute of Ocean Technology located?
Thiruvananthapuram
Chennai
Vishakhapatnam
Mangalore
31. Who started the semi religious community in north Bengal
Arvind Gosh
C.R. Das
Ras Bihari Bosh
Karam Shah
32. Which one of the following may be regarded as the first labour association in India?
The Printers Union, Calcutta
The Bombay Millhands Association
The Bombay workers Association
The Indian Workers Association
33. Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946?
Bengal
Gujarat
Punjab
Bihar
34. Who, among the following, was the founder of the Satya Shodhak Samaj?
B.R. Ambedkar
jyotiba Phule
Narayan Guru
Rama Swami Naiker
35. Moplah Revolt of 1921 took place in
Assam
Kerala
Kashmir
N.W.F.P.
36. Which Article of Indian Constitution is related with the protection of the interests of the minorities?
Article 17
Article 19
Article 29
Article 30
37. Which amendment to the constitution inserted a new Article 21A providing Right to education in the constitution?
84th Amendment
87th Amendment
88th Amendment
89th Amendment
38. The guardian of fundamental rights is
Parliament
Executive
Judiciary
None of the above
39. The 91st amendment of the Indian constitution deals with the
Formation of Human Rights Commission
Organization of finance Commission
Disqualification on grounds of defection
None of these
40. Which part of the Indian constitution deals with centre-state financial relations?
Part XV
Part XIV
Part XII
Part X
41. How many members of the constituent assembly signed the constitution of India?
284
294
274
244
42. India has borrowed the concept of fundamental Rights from the Constitution of
U.K.
Ireland
U.S.A.
Russia
43. The Idea of organization of panchayats as a duty of state is mentioned in which part of Indian constitution?
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
44. How many members were assigned cabinet mission in constitution assembly?
296
300
309
450
45. The federal system of India was inspired by the constitution of the following?
Ireland
U.S.A.
United kingdom
Canada
46. The 73rd Amendment of the Indian constitution deals with
Minimum age of marriage
Nagar Palikas
Compulsory primary Education
Panchayati Raj
47. Functions to be assigned to panchayats by 73rd amendment of the constitution are mentioned in
Tenth Schedule
Eleventh Schedule
Twelfth Schedule
Thirteenth Schedule
48. Panchayati Raj is organized at the
Village, block and district level
Village and block level
Village, block, district and state level
Block level
49. Who amongst the following developed the concept of Human Development Index
Mehboob-ul-Haq
Alva Myrdal
A.S. Kabir
Amartya Sen
50. Which of the following is not included in Human development index (HDI)?
Adult Literacy
Social Inequality
Real per capital Income
Life Expectancy
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