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1. Which committee had first of all recommended three-tier Panchayati Raj in India in 1957?
Ashok Mehta Committee
Balwant Rai Committee
Setalwad Committee
Hanumantayaa Committee
2. The constitution of India mandates that the elections of the Panchayati Raj should be held regularly after a gap of
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
3. Who was the president of the committee on whose recommendation was the Panchayati Raj established in India?
Jeevraj Mehta
Balwant Rai Mehta
Ashok Mehta
Dr. Iqbal Narayan
4. The programme announced by the prime minister for the minorities in India is called
Antodaya Programme
15 Point Programme
20 Point Programme
Prime Minister Rozgar Yojna
5. The Ashok Mehta Committee laid greater emphasis on
Zila Parishad
Taluka panchayat samiti
Mandal Sabha
Gram sabha
6. When was the panchayati Raj System introduced in India?
1945
1950
1959
1962
7. Which one of the following states started the panchayati Raj institution soon after the 73rd Constitutional Amendment act was passed?
Orissa
West Bengal
Bihar
Karnataka
8. If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within
One month
Three months
Six months
One year
9. After elections, vote of no-confidence against the sarpanch can be proposed only after
3 months
6 months
1 year
2 years
10. Panchayati Raj is based on the principles of
Deconcentration
Democratic centralization
Democratic decentralization
Decentralization
11. When was founded the Indian Association?
1876
1884
1887
1890
12. Where was the first session of Indian National Congress held?
Allahabad
Ahmedabad
Bombay
Calcutta
13. The partition of Bengal came into effect on
15th August 1905
15th September 1905
15th October 1905
15th November 1905
14. Who was the first Indian to become member of the British Parliament?
Dadabhai Naoroji
D.N. Wacha
W.C. Bannerjee
Badruddin Tayabji
15. Who is the exponent of theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?
Ram Manohar Lohiya
Jai Prakash Narayan
M.N. Roy
Dadabhai Naoroji
16. The partition of Bengal (1905) was annulled by the
Indian Councils Act of 1909
Chelmsford- Montague Report, 1919
Government of India Act, 1935
Proclamation of Delhi Durbar in 1911
17. The most important organization of the pre-congress nationalist organizations was the
Indian Association of Calcutta
Young Bengal Association
East India Association
Bengal British India Society
18. Who among the following, rejected the title of Knight hood and refused to accept a position in the council of the Secretary of State for India?
B.G. Tilak
G.K.Gokhale
Motilal Nehru
M.G. Ranade
19. Jiatrang Movement started in
Mijoram
Manipur
Tripura
Nagaland
20. NRI Dayis observed on which of the following days?
September 19
March 19
February 9
January 9
21. 1st April is celebrated as
Odisha day
Childrens Day
AIDS Day
April Fools day
22. International Day for the Girl Child is observed on
March 21
August 23
October 11
December 12
23. April 18 is observed as
World Heritage Day
World Amateur Radio Day
World Disabled Day
Both (a) and (b)
24. Which one of the following days is observed as the Fathers Day?
1st Sunday of June
2nd Sunday of June
3rd Sunday of June
4th Sunday of June
25. December 19 is observed as
Global Family day
International Human Solidarity Day
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
World Telecommunication Day
26. When is International Day of the Worlds Indigenous people, recognized by the UN is observed?
August 9
March 8
July 11
December 11
27. When World Humanitarian Action Day is is observed?
October 2
October 8
November 29
Second Wednesday of October
28. November 17 is observed as
International Students Day
World Alzheimers Day
World Freedom day
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
29. The united Nations declared 1990-2000 as the International Decade for
Water for Life Decade
Bone and Joint Decade
Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
30. Ancient Egyptian script is known as
There was no script
Demotic
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
31. Which European nation first began sustained campaign of exploration?
England
The Netherlands
France
Portugal
32. Who among the following was defeated by Babur in the first battle of Panipat?
Sikandhar Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi
Daulat Khan Lodi
Bahlol Lodi
33. Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
Arjundev
Teg Bahadur
Ramdas
Gobind Singh
34. The first Indian Hindi scholar of the Mughal period was
Abdur Rahim
Chandbardai
Malik Mohammad Jayasi
Mulla Wajhi
35. Kabuliyat and Patta was introduced by
Aurangazeb
Jahangir
Shivaji
Sher Shah
36. Who among the following was an illiterate?
Aurangzeb
Akbar
Shahjahan
Jahangir
37. Who was conferred the tille of Gunraj khan ?
Sri Chaitanya
Kavi Jaydeva
Maladhar Basu
Bipradas Pipilai
38. Cotton for textile was first cultivated in
India
Central America
Mesopotamia
Egypt
39. Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization?
A. L. Basham
Dayaram Sahni
V.S. Agrawal
Sir Leonard Wooley
40. Which one of the following books is associated with rise of National Movement in India?
Gita Rahasya
Satyagrah Prakash
Anand Math
Gitanjali
41. Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
Megasthenes
Strabo
Huen Tsang
Fa-hien
42. The Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion, was a
Christian
Zoroastrian
Muslim
Jew
43. Which of the following countries is associated with Zen Buddhism ?
India
China
Sri Lanka
Japan
44. What was the language of the Catholic Church?
French
Greek
Latin
Italian
45. Bhakti Movement was started by
Tulsidas
Surdas
Sufi saints
Alwar saints
46. Kabir was the disciple of
Ramananda
Ramanuj
Shankaracharya
Nanak
47. Bhakt Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal emperor?
Aurangzeb
Akbar
Babur
Jahangir
48. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Dvaitadvaitvad - Vallabhacharya
Dvaitvad - Madhvacharya
Visistadvaitvad - Sankaracharya
Advaitvad - Ramanujacharya
49. Who was the Hindu saint to have as disciple both Hindus and Muslims?
Namdev
Ravidas
Ramanuja
Sri Chaitanya
50. Who among the following was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message?
Tulsidas
Ramananda
Dadu
Kabir
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