Social Science Miscellaneous Quiz
Q1. India has been described in the constitution as? संविधान में भारत का िर्णन ककस तरह ककया गया है? (a) A Union State / एक संघ रा煍य (b) Semi-Federal/ अर्द्ण संघीय (c) Federation of States and Territories/ रा煍यों और प्रदेशों के संघ (d) Partly Unitary and Partly Federal/ आंवशक एका配मक और आंवशक संघीय
Q2. Which of the followings is under the state? वनम्नविवितमें से कौन सा रा煍य के तहत आता है? (a) Only external sovereignty/ केिि बाहरी संप्रभुता (b) Only internal sovereignty/ केिि आंतररक संप्रभुता (c) Internal and external sovereignty / आंतररक और बाहरी संप्रभुता (d) Neither external nor internal sovereignty/ न तो बाहरी और न ही आंतररक संप्रभुता
Q3. The values of Indian democracy can be seen in the constitution’s? संविधान में भारतीय िोकतंत्र के मू쥍यों ककसमें देिे जा सकते है? (a) Preamble / प्रतािना (b) Part-3/भाग-3 (c) Part-4 /भाग-4 (d) Part-1/भाग-1
Q4. Name the first country which adopted Preamble for its written constitution? विवित संविधान के विए प्रतािना को अपनाने िािे पहिेदेश का नाम बताएं? (a) USA / अमेरीका (b) India/भारत (c) Britain/ विटेन (d) Canada/कनाडा
Q5. Which of the following forms are/is described for India in the preamble of constitution- संविधान के प्रतािनामें भारत के विए वनम्नविवितमें सेकौन से फॉमण हℂ/ ि셍र्णत हℂ (a) A Sovereign, Democratic, Republic/ एक संप्रभु, िोकतांवत्रक, गर्रा煍य (b) A Socialist, Democratic, Republic/ एक समाजिादी, िोकतांवत्रक, गर्रा煍य (c) A Sovereign, Socialist, Secular Democratic Republic/ एक संप्रभु, समाजिादी, धमणवनरपेक्ष िोकतांवत्रक गर्रा煍य (d) A Republic/ एक गर्रा煍य 1 www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com
Q6. How many times has The Preamble of the constitution been amended- संविधान की प्रतािनामें ककतनी बार संशोधन ककया गया है (a) 3 times /3 बार (b) 2 times/2 बार (c) 1 time /1 बार (d) Never amended/ कभी नहीं
Q7. The words ‘Socialist’, Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation’ were added to the Preamble of constitution of India by which amendment? ‘समाजिादी’, धमण वनरपेक्ष ‘और’ एकता और राष्ट्र की ईमानदारी ‘शब्द को भारत के संविधान के प्रतािना में ककस संशोधन से जोडा गया था? (a) 42nd (b) 44th (c) 52nd (d) None of them/इनमें से कोई नहीं
Q8. Which of the following is not mentioned in The Preamble of our constitution- हमारे संविधान के प्रतािनामें वनम्नविवितमें सेकौन सा उ쥍िेि नहीं ककया गया है- (a) Gender Inequality / लिंग असमानता (b) Fraternity/ भ्रातृ配ि (c) Equality of dignity / गररमा की समानता (d) Justice/ न्याय
Q9. Arrange the following words in order as they are in Preamble of Indian Constitution वनम्नविवित शब्दों को संविधानों को ऐसे व्यिवथत करें जैसे िे भारतीय संविधान के प्रतािना में आतेहℂ. 1. DEMOCRATIC 2. SOCIALIST 3. SOVEREIGN 4. SECULAR 5. REPUBLIC 1. जनतांवत्रक 2. समाजिादी 3. संप्रभु 4. धमण वनरपेक्ष 5. गर्तंत्र (a) 3, 2, 4, 1, 5 (b) 2, 3, 4, 1, 5 (c) 3, 2, 1, 4, 5 (d) 3, 1, 2, 5, 4
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Q10. Where is the objective of “Social justice” articulated in constitution? संविधान में व्यक्त “सामावजक न्याय” का उद्दे�य कहां? है (a) Article-14 / अनु楍छेद -14 (b) Article-16/ अनु楍छेद -16 (c) Article-15 / अनु楍छेद -15 (d) Preamble/ प्रतािना
Q11. A Secular State is one which: एक धमणवनरपेक्ष रा煍य है- (a) Is anti-religion/ धमण विरोधी है (b) Is irreligious/ अधा셍मणक है (c) Has no religion of its own/ इसका कोई धमण नहीं है (d)Takes into consideration the religious sentiments of the people/ िोगों की धा셍मणक भािना䴂 को ध्यान में रिता है
Q12. Republic means ultimate power is held by गर्रा煍य का मतिब है कक परम शवक्त का आयोजन ककसके पास होता है (a) the monarch / सम्राट (b) the people/ िोग (c) the winning party / विजेता पाटी (d) Ministers/ मंवत्रयों
Q13.The number of Union Territories in India is भारत में संघ शावसत प्रदेशों की संख्या है (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 6
Q14. In the 8th schedule of Indian Constitution which of the following languages were added later- भारतीय संविधान के 8 िें अनुसूची में वनम्नविवित भाषा䴂 में से कौन सी भाषा बाद में जोडी गई थी? (a) Sindhi, Dogri, Manipuri, Bodo/ लसंधी, डोगरी, मवर्पुरी, बोडो (b) Sanskrit, Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri/ संकृत, लसंधी, कोंकर्ी, मवर्पुरी (c) English, Sindhi, Marathi, Sanskrit/ अंग्रेजी, लसंधी, मराठी, संकृत (d) Marathi, Oriya, Konkani, Nepali/ मराठी, उवडया, कोंकर्ी, नेपािी
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Q15. Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India? भारत में ककस विरटश गिनणर ने पोटेज टाम्प कोपेश ककया था? (a) Lord Dalhousie / िॉडण डिहौसी (b) Lord Auckland / िॉडण ऑकिℂड (c) Lord Canning/ िॉडण कैलनंग (d) Lord William Bentinck / िॉडण विवियम बेंरटनक
Q16. The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati was िामी दयानंद सरिती का िातविक नाम क्या था ? (a) Abhi Shankar / अवभ शंकर (b) Gowri Shankar / गोिरी शंकर (c) Daya Shankar/ दया शंकर (d) Mul Shankar/ मुि शंकर
Q17. The 19th Centrury reawak-ening in India was confined to the class भारत में 19िीं शताब्दीपुन: जाग셂कता ककस िगण तक सीवमत थी? (a) Priestly class / पुजारी िगण (b) Upper middle class / ऊपरी मध्यम िगण (c) Rich peasantry / अमीर ककसान (d) Urban landlords / शहरी मकान माविक
Q18. Who introduced the permanent settlement in Bengal? बंगाि में थायी समझौता ककसने पेश ककया? (a) Lord Cornwallis / िॉडण कॉनणिाविस (b) Lord Dalhousie / िॉडण डिहौसी (c) William Bentinck / विवियम बेंरटनक (d) Lord Curzon / िॉडण कजणन
Q19. Who designed the national flag of Independent India? ितंत्र भारत के राष्ट्रीय ध्िज कोककसने वडजाइन ककया? (a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee / बंककमचन्र चटजी (b) Rabindranath Tagore / रवबन्रनाथ टैगोर (c) Mahatma Gandhi / महा配मा गााँधी (d) Pingali Venkaiah / लपंगिी िेंकैया
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Q20. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is at कैिासा का प्रवसर्द् रॉक-कट मंकदर कहााँ ?है (a) Ajanta / अजंता (b) Badami / बदामी (c) Mahabalipuram /महाबविपुरम (d) Ellora / एिोरा
Q21. The ‘Junagarh Rock Inscription’ associated to? ‘जुनागढ़ रॉक वशिािेि’ ______से जुडा आ है. (a) Rudradaman / 셁रदामन (b) Bimbisara / वबवम्बसार (c) Chandragupta II / चन्रगुप्त II (d) Gautamiputra Satakarni / गौतमीपुत्र सताकनी
Q22. Who is hailed as the “God of Medicine” by the practitioners of Ayurveda? आयुिेद के वचकक配सकों द्वारा “वचकक配सा का देिता” के 셂प में ककसको सम्मावनत ककया जाता है? (a) Susruta / सुसुता (b) Chyavana / 楍यिन (c) Dhanwantari / धनिंतरी (d) Charaka / चरक
Q23. Which of the following domesticated animals was absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilisation? लसंधु सभ्यता के टेराकोटा में वनम्नविवित में से कौन सेपाितू पशु अनुपवथत थे? (a) Buffalo / भℂस (b) Sheep / भेड (c) Cow / गाय (d) Pig / सूअर
Q24. Who was the first known Gupta ruler? प्रथमगुप्त शासक के 셂प में कौन जाना जाता था? (a) Sri Gupta / श्री गुप्त (b) Chandragupta I / चन्रगुप्त (c) Ghatotkacha / घटोतकच (d) Kumaragupta I / कुमारगुप्त 5 www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com
Q25. The Name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with? राम प्रसाद वबवमि का नाम ककससे सम्बंवधत है? (a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case / कानपुर षडयंत्र केस (b) Alipore Conspiracy Case / अिीपुर षडयंत्र केस (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case / काकोरी षडयंत्र केस (d) Meerut Conspiracy Case / मेरठ षडयंत्र केस
Q26. The Cape of Good Hope was discovered by? केप ऑफ़ गुड होप की िोज ककसके द्वारा की गयी थी? (a) Vasco-da-Gama / िाको-दा-गामा (b) Almeida / अ쥍मेडा (c) Albuquerque Diaz / अ쥍बुककण डायज़ (d) Bartolomeu Dias / बाटोिोमेयू डायस
Q27. Who among the following had constructed the Red Fort in Delhi? वनम्नविवितमें से ककसने कद쥍िी में िािककिे का वनमाणर् ककया था? (a) Akbar / अकबर (b) Jahangirजहांगीर (c) ShahJahan शाहजहां (d) Aurangzeb औरंगजेब
Q28. Which Mughal emperor abolished the old custom of Sizda? ककस मुगि सम्राटने वसज़दा की पुरानी परंपरा को तोड कदया? (a) Akbar / अकबर (b) ShahJahan / शाहजहां (c) Aurangzeb / औरंगजेब (d) Bahadurshah / बहादुरशाह
Q29. Which of the following is wrongly matched? इनमें से कौन सी गित तरीके से मेि िाता है? (a) Qutab Minar — Aibak and Iltutmish / कुतुब मीनार – ऐबक और इ쥍तुतवमश (b) Adhai din ka Jhonpara — Ibrahim Lodi / अढ़ाई कदन का झोंपडा – इिावहम िोदी (c) Alai Darwaja — Alauddin Khilji / अिाइ दरिाजा – अिाउद्दीन वििजी (d) None of these / इनमें से कोई नहीं
Q30. During the Rigvedic period, ‘Niska’ was an ornament of ? ऋग्िेकदक काि के दौरान, वनका एक आभूषर् था: (a) Ear / कान (b) Neck / गदणन (c) Arm / बाजू (d) Wrist / किाई 6 www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a) Sol. Article 1 in the Constitution states that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. The territory of India shall consist of: The territories of the states, The Union territories and Any territory that may be acquired. The names of the States and the Unions have been described in the First Schedule.
S2. Ans.(c) Sol. Internal sovereignty means supreme authority within one’s territory, while external sovereignty relates to the recognition on the part of all states that each possesses this power in equal measure.
S3. Ans.(a) Sol. The Preamble to a Constitution embodies the fundamental values and the philosophy, on which the Constitution is based, and the aims and objectives, which the founding fathers of the Constitution enjoined the polity to strive to achieve.
S4. Ans.(a) Sol. America was first country who adopted Preamble for his written constitution.
S5. Ans.(c) Sol. In the preamble India has been described as a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC state.
S6. Ans.(c) Sol. The 42nd Amendment amended Preamble and changed the description of India from “sovereign democratic republic” to a “sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic”, and also changed the words “unity of the nation” to “unity and integrity of the nation”.
S7. Ans.(a) Sol. The words ‘Socialist’, Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation’ were added to the Preamble of constitution of India by the 42nd amendment.
S8. Ans.(a) Sol. The preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out guiding people and principles of the document, and it indicates the source from which the ordinary document derives its authority, meaning, the people.
S9. Ans.(a) Sol. In the preamble India has been described as a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC state. 7 www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com
S10. Ans.(d) Sol. The preamble of the constitution of India professes to secure to all its citizens political, economic and social justice. Social justice means the abolition of all sorts of inequities which may result from the inequalities of wealth, opportunity, status, race, religion, caste, title and the like.
S11. Ans.(c) Sol. A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularity, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.
S12. Ans.(b) Sol. Republic means a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
S13. Ans.(b) Sol. There are seven union territories in India: Andaman and nikobar island, Chandigarh, The government of NCT of Delhi (Delhi), Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Puducherry.
S14. Ans.(a) Sol. In 8th schedule of Indian Constitution 14 languages were included initially. Sindhi language was added in 1967. Thereafter three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were included in 1992. Subsequently Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in 2004.
S15. Ans.(a) Sol. The accession of Lord Dalhousieinaugurated a new chapter in the history of British India. He functioned as the Governor-General of India from 1848-1856.
S16. Ans.(d) Sol. His original name was Mul Shankar because he was born in Dhanu Rashi and Mul Nakshatra.
S17. Ans.(b) Sol. The nineteenth century witnessed a cultural, religious and literary resurgence in India- the Indian Renaissance. It was a period of great social, cultural and political change. The Europeans, especially the British, who came to trade in India assumed the role of colonisers and greatly influenced the Indian life.
S18. Ans.(a) Sol. Lord Cornwallis introduced a new revenue system under the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793 with a view to stabilize land revenue and create a loyal contented class of Zamindars.
S19. Ans.(d) Sol. Pingali Venkayya was an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based. He was born at Bhatlapenumarru, near Machilipatnam, in what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh 8 www.teachersadda.co.in | www.sscadda.com | www.bankersadda.com | www.adda247.com
S20. Ans.(d) Sol. The Kailasanatha temple (Cave 16) is one of the 32 cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves. Its construction is generally attributed to the 8th century Rashtrakuta king Krishna I in 756-773 CE. The temple architecture shows traces of Pallava and Chalukya styles.
S21. Ans.(a) Sol. The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, also known as the Girnar Rock inscription of Rudradaman, was inscribed by the Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I. It is located in Girnar near Junagadh, Gujarat, India, and dated to circa 130–150 CE.
S22. Ans.(c) Sol. Dhanvantari appears in the Puranas as the god of Ayurveda. It is common practice in Hinduism for worshipers to pray to Dhanvantari seeking his blessings for sound health for themselves and/or others, especially on Dhanteras or Dhanwantari Trayodashi. Govt. Of India has declared that Dhanwantari Trayodashi every year would be celebrated as “National Ayurveda Day”.
S23. Ans.(c) Sol. The arts of Indus Valley civilisation, one of the earliest civilisations of the world, emerged during the second half of the third millennium (Bronze Age). The forms of art found from various sites of civilisation include sculptures, seals, pottery, gold ornaments, terracotta figures, etc.
S24. Ans.(a) Sol. Śri Gupta was a pre-imperial Gupta king in northern India and the founder of the Gupta dynasty.
S25. Ans.(c) S26. Ans.(d) S27. Ans.(c) S28. Ans.(b) S29. Ans.(b) S30. Ans.(b)
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