UPSC,SSC QUIZ-02 WITH EXPLANATION

UPSC,SSC QUIZ-02 WITH ANSWERS

1. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?

(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Finance Minister (d) Governor

of RBI

Ans.: b

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Planning commission is now replaced by NITI Aayog. The chairman of Niti aayog is Prime Minister

2. Where is Chilka lake located?

(a) West Bengal (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamil Nadu

Ans.:c

3. What is the minimum age required for election to Rajya Sabha?

(a) 18 years (b) 25 years (c) 30 years (d) 35 years

Ans.:c

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Minimum age to contest  for Lok sabha elections=25 years

4. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood in response to

(a) Partition of Bengal (b) Press Act of 1910

(c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (d) Salt Laws

Ans.:c

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The massacre happened in 1919 at Amritsar.

5. Where are the Headquarters of Indian Space Research Organisation

located?

(a) Trivandrum (b) Sriharikota (c) Bangalore (d) Chennai

Ans.:c

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The commercial arm of ISRO is Antrix corporation.

6. Ashoka had diplomatic relations with Ptolemy Philadelphus, who was the

ruler of_____________.

(a) Cyrene (b) Egypt (c) Macedonia (d) Syria

Ans.:b

7. The partition of Bengal was done during the tenure of_______.

(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Canning

Ans.:c

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Partition of Bengal occurred in 1905.

Paritition of Bengal was annulled in 1911.

Doctrine of Lapse=Dalhousie

Subsidiary Alliance=Wellesley

8. After Gandhiji’s arrest, who replaced him as leader of the Salt

Satyagraha?

(a) Abbas Tyabji (b) Rajendra Prasad (c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Ans.:a

9. Fundamental Duties were included in the Constitution of India in _______.

(a) 1952 (b) 1976 (c) 1979 (d) 1981

Ans.:b

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It was recommended by Swaran singh committee.

10. Who among the following started the Home Rule League?

(a) Moti Lal Nehru (b) Nana Deshmukh

(c) B. G Tilak (d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans.:c

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Tilak started Home rule league in Maharastra

Annie Besant started it in Madras.

11. Durand Cup is related to which of the following sports?

(a) Cricket (b) Football (c) Hockey (d) Golf

Ans.:b

12. Ammeter is used to measure

(a) potential difference (b) electric currents (c) pressure of gases

(d) resistance

Ans.:b

13. _________gave the permission to establish East India Company in India.

(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb (c) Shahjahan (d) Akbar

Ans.:a

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English East India Company established during the reign of Akbar

Magna Carta of the company= FarukhSiyars Firman

14. Forward Block was founded by

(a) Lala Hardayal (b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c) V.D. Savarkar (d) M.A. Jinnah

Ans.:b

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Gadr party=Lala Hardayal

15. __________gave the idea of Pakistan.

(a) M.A. Jinnah (b) Abul Kalam Azad

(c) Mohammad Iqbal (d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Ans.:c

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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan=He founded an association called as khudai khidmatgars.
Abul kalam azad=First Education minister of India

His followers are called as red shirts. He is called as Frontier Gandhi as he was active in North Western Frontier Province.