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Sample QUESTIONS FOR PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2017 AND 2018

Q1.1.Rio olympic is the first is any south american nation

2.No winter olympics has ever held in south america

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

ANSWER-C

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In 2022, Beijing will become the only city that has held both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Seven cities have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics),

and Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics). Tokyo will join this list upon hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, having previously hosted the summer

games of 1964. In addition, Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the1956 Summer Olympics London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Q2.1.Mount everst is the first highest peak of

2.Shola forests lies in chattisgarh

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct

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ANSWER –D

Explanation-

-India’s highest peak is K2

-Sholas are a local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India. These patches of shola forest are found mainly in the valleys and are usually separated from one another by undulating montane grassland.

Q3.1.Education is a state subject

2.AGRICULTURE is a centre subject

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

LEARNING -It is important to know about the subjects in the state concurrent and centre list.This will help in mains exam too.

So visit the following links.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_List

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_List TIP-The division of subjects is such that the areas that requires uniformity and are essential for the integrity of the nation are kept in the central iist

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Q4.1.Gandhi practised non cooperation in ahmedabad

2.Gandhi practised civil disobedience in champaran

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

Learn it.It will help in mains too

Gandhiji in Champaran Ahmedabad and Kheda:Champaran : Gandhiji's first great experiment in Satyagrahacame in 1917, in Champaran, in Bihar. European planters had involved the cultivators of Champaran in agreements that forced them to cultivate indigo on 3/20th of their holdings (known as thetinkathia system).

Accompanied by Babu , Mazharul-Huq, J.B. Kripalani, and Mahadev Desai Gandhiji reached Champaran in 1917 Ford conducting a detailed enquiry into the condition of the peasantry. The infuriated district officials ordered him to leave Champaran, but he rejected the order and was willing to face trial and imprisonment.

Ahmedabad Mill Strike : The next scene of Gandhiji's activity was in 1918 at Ahmedabad where an agitation had been going on between the labourers and the owners of a cotton textile mill for an increase of pay. While Gandhiji was negotiating with the millowners, he advised the workers to go on strike and to demand 35% increase in wages. Having advised the strikers to depend upon their conscience, Gandhiji himself went on a "fast unto death" to strengthen the workers resolved to continue the strike. The mill owners gave away and a settlement was reached after 21 days of strike. The millowners agreed to submit the whole issue to a tribunal. The strike was withdrawn and retrieval later awarded the 35% increase that the workers had demanded. Ambalal Sarabhai's sister, Anasuya Behn, was one of the main lieutenants of Gandhiji in this struggle in which her brother and Gandhiji's friend was one of the main advisories.

Kheda Satyagraha: in 1918, Gandhiji learned that the peasants of Kheda district in Gujarat were in extreme distress due to the failure of crops, and that their appeals for the remission of land revenue were being ignored by the government. As the crops were less Q5.1.Nothan congress one fourth session of thewas normal held after yield, 1947. the peasants were entitled under the revenue code to a total remission of the land revenue. Gandhiji organised Satyagraha and asked the 2.India cultivatorsgot independence not to pay as perland the revenue provisions till their of mountbatten demand for remission act was met. The struggle was withdrawn, when the government issued instructions that revenue should be recovered only from those peasants who could afford to pay. Sardar was one of the many young persons who became Gandhiji's follower during the Kheda peasant struggle Online and offline test series in pune,chandigarh and srinagar. BrainyIAS.COM 84594-00000

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

ANSWER B

List of Presidents of and its sessions:

Year Place Name of President

1946(July-Sep.) ------ 1946-1947 Meerut J. B. Kripalani

1948 Jaipur Pattabhi Sitaramaiah 1950 Nasik Purushotam Das Tandon

Q6.Which of the following is not mentioned in the preamble of india? a.secularism b.integrity c.soverignity d.espirit de corps

Correct answer d

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WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a

SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECU LAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;

and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual

and the unity and integrity of the Nation; WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty sixth day of resolved to constitute India November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, into a ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECU LAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; Q7.1.India exports petroleum products more than of what it imports. EQUALITY of status and of 2.Indiaopportunity; exports raw gems. and to promote among them all Choose the correct answer FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual a.only statement 1 is correct and the unity and integrity of the b.only Nation;statement 2 is correct IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty sixth day of c.Both November,the statements 1949, are correct do HEREBY ADOPT, d.Both the statement s are wrong ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. ANSWER-d

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India do export petroleum products but its value is less than the amount of import of the petroleum products

India exports finished jewellary not raw gems

Q8.India has observer status in OPEC

India has observer status in ASEAN

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

ANSWER-d

Membership

10 States ― Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. 1 Observer – Papua New Guinea.

ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Membership

27 States – Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia,

New Zealand, , Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, United States, and Vietnam.

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Q9.1.Punjab has no bioshpere reserve .

2.Sanctuary can be created by state as well as central government

Choose the correct answer a.only statement 1 is correct b.only statement 2 is correct c.Both the statements are correct d.Both the statements are wrong

ANSWER-C

Statement 1 is correct.India india there are 20 biosphere reserves india.

Statement 2 is correct.Sanctuary is created by the notification of the state government and in special circumstances it is created by the central government.

Q10.Lala lajpat rai and were from .

2.Mahatama gandhi belonged to Gujarat

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ANSWER-b

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi () was born on October 2, 1869, into a Hindu Modh family in Porbanadar, Gujarat, India. His father, named Karamchand Gandhi, was the Chief Minister (diwan) of the city of Porbanadar. His mother, named Putlibai, was the fourth wife; the previous three wives died in childbirth. Gandhi was born into the vaishya (business caste).

Bal gangadhar tilak belonged to maharashtra

Lala lajpat rai belonged to

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