• Head Office : B-32, Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 • Sales Office : B-48, Shivalik Main Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 Tel. : 011-26692293 / 26692294 Editorial Team : Veer Kumar, Moushumi Chakraborty, Navjyoti Sahoo, Preetima, Sanjeev Kumar Jha, Asim Khan Price : ` 310 Typeset by Disha DTP Team DISHA PUBLICATION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright Publisher No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior permission of the publisher. The author and the publisher do not take any legal responsibility for any errors or misrepresentations that might have crept in. We have tried and made our best efforts to provide accurate up-to-date information in this book. For further information about the books from DISHA, Log on to www.dishapublication.com or email to [email protected] CONTENTS Section A : HISTORY A-1–A-166 1. Indus Valley Civilization 1-9 2. Vedic Period and Religious Movements 10-26 3. Maurya Period and Post Mauryan Period 27-39 4. Gupta Period and Post Gupta Period 40-66 5. Ancient History (Miscellaneous) 67-72 6. Delhi Sultanate 73-91 7. Mughal Period 92-109 8. Initial Modern History 110-130 9. Indian Freedom Struggle - I (1857-1917) 131-145 10. Indian Freedom Struggle - II (1917-1947) 146-166 Section B : GEOGRAPHY B-1–B-36 1. Astronomy 1-6 2. Physical Geography 7-13 3. Economic Geography 14-20 4. World Geography 21-28 5. Geography of India 29-36 Section C : INDIAN POLITY & GOVERNANCE C-1–C-40 1. Indian Constitution 1-15 2. Political System 16-26 3. Panchayati Raj and Public Policy 27-33 4. Judiciary 34-40 Section D : ECONOMICS D-1–D-34 1. Indian Economy 1-9 2. Planning and Economic Development 10-16 3. Agriculture in Indian Economy 17-22 4. Industry 23-28 5. World Economy 29-34 Section E : GENERAL SCIENCE E-1–E-78 1. Physics 1-15 2. Chemistry 16-25 3. Biology (Zoology, Botany, Diseases) 26-59 4. Environment and Ecology 60-68 5. Science and Technology 69-78 Section F : GENERAL AWARENESS F-1–F-32 1. Art and Culture 1-5 2. National and International Awards 6-13 3. Books and Authors 14-17 4. Sports and Games 18-23 5. Miscellaneous 24-32 Section G : CURRENT AFFAIRS G-1–G-64 1. National Issues 1-11 2. International Issues 12-22 3. Economical Issues 23-28 4. Awards and Honours 29-36 5. Sports and Games 37-45 6. Science and Technology 46-57 7. Miscellaneous 58-64 Section A : History Indus Valley Civilization 1 1. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in: 11. Which of the following animals was unknown in (a) 1911 (b) 1921 Indus Valley Civilization? (c) 1931 (d) 1941 (a) Lion (b) Bull 2. Almost the people of Indus Valley Civilization (c) Elephant (d) Horse were: 12. Which one of the following Indus Valley (a) Nigroid (b) Proto-Austroloid Civilization sites gives evidence of a dockyard? (c) Mediterranean (d) Nordic (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro 3. Which metal was unknown to Indus Valley (c) Lothal (d) Dholavira Civilization? 13. Which one of the following Indus Valley (a) Gold (b) Silver Civilization sites gives evidence of a stadium? (c) Copper (d) Iron (a) Harappa (b) Kalibangan 4. The nature of Indus Valley Civilization was: (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Dholavira 14. The people of Indus Valley Civilization usually (a) Urban (b) Rural built their houses of: (c) Agricultural (d) None of these (a) Pucca bricks (b) Wood 5. Indus Valley Civilization belongs to: (c) Stone (d) None of these (a) Pre-historical (b) Historical period 15. A seal depicting Mother Goddess with plant (c) Proto-historical (d) Post-historical growing from the womb, has been found from: 6. A statue of bearded man was found at (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (c) Kalibangan (d) Dholavira (c) Chanhudaro (d) Dholavira 16. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by: 7. In Indus Valley Civilization, the script was: (a) Dayaram Sahni (b) R.D. Banerji (a) Kharosthi (b) Brahmi (c) Cunningham (d) Wheeler (c) Boustrophedus (d) None of these 17. A lot of beads were discovered from: 8. Which of the following is the latest site found? (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (a) Dholavira (b) Amri (c) Lothal (d) Dholavira (c) Lothal (d) Kalibangan 18. Almostly, beads were made of: 9. Harappa is located on the bank of river: (a) Terracotta (b) Jasper (a) Indus (b) Ravi (c) Lapis (d) Steatite (c) Beas (d) Sutlej 19. Which of the following cannot be considered 10. The local name of Mohenjodaro is: Proto-Harappan culture? (a) Mound of Living (b) Mound of Survivor (a) Sothi culture (b) Jornie culture (c) Mound of Dead (d) Mound of Great (c) Kot-Diji culture (d) Amri culture A-2 || Indus Valley Civilization 20. Which of the following showed the greatest 30. Which of the following is the most common motif uniformity in Indus Civilization settlement? of the Indus seals? (a) Town planning (a) Elephant (b) Bull (b) Bricks (c) Rhinoceros (d) Unicorn 31. The dockyard at Lothal was well connected with (c) Religious practices the river: (d) Building (a) Ghaggar (b) Bhogavo 21. The site of Mohenjodaro is located on the bank of (c) Narmada (d) Tapti river: 32. The Indus Valley Civilization people traded with (a) Ravi (b) Beas the: (c) Indus (d) Sutlej (a) Romans (b) Parthians 22. The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered by: (c) Mesopotamians (d) Chinese 33. Which of the following was unknown in Indus (a) Dayaram Sahni (b) R.D. Banerji Valley Civilization? (c) N.G. Majumdar (d) S.R. Rao (a) Wheat (b) Pulses 23. The largest of sites found in post-independence (c) Barley (d) Cotton India in: 34. Which type of seals was the most popular in (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat Harappan culture? (c) Punjab (d) Haryana (a) Oval (b) Cylindrical 24. The best drainage system (water management) in (c) Rounded (d) Quadrate Indus Valley Civilization was: 35. Remains of horse bares have been found from: (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Lothal (a) Harappa (b) Lothal (c) Surkotada (d) Sutkagendor (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Kalibangan 36. In which of the following Indus Valley Civilization 25. The famous dancing girl found in the Mohenjodaro sites, the cotton piece was found ? was made up of: (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Lothal (a) Bronze (b) Red limestone (c) Harappa (d) Chanhudaro (c) Steatite (d) Terracotta 37. Which of the following was unknown in Indus 26. The unique structure in Mohenjodaro was: Valley Civilization? (a) Construction of wells (a) Bathing pool (b) Assembly hall (b) Construction of arches (c) Granary (d) Dockyard (c) Construction of pillars 27. In which of the following Indus Valley sites the (d) Construction of drains famous Bull-seal was found? 38. Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro sites provides the evidence of fire-altars? (c) Lothal (d) Chanhudaro (a) Alamgirpur (b) Kalibangan 28. Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization (c) Banavali (d) Kunal site was located on the Iranian border? 39. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been obtained from: (a) Surkotada (b) Sutkagen Dor (a) Brahmagiri (b) Chirand (c) Kot Diji (d) Balakot (c) Mehargarh (d) Burzahom 29. In which of the following Indus Valley sites, the 40. Which of the following was not worshipped by cemetry R-37 was found? Indus Valley people? (a) Lothal (b) Mohenjodaro (a) Shiva (b) Peepal (c) Harappa (d) Dholavira (c) Mother Goddess (d) Vishnu History || A-3 41. The excavation at Chanhudaro was directed by 51. A glaring evidence of the art of dance in Harappan (a) John Marshall (b) J.H. Mackay culture comes from: (c) M. Wheeler (d) Aurel Stein (a) Lothal (b) Harappa 42. A granary outside to citadel was found at: (c) Mohenjodaro (d) Kalibangan (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro 52. Which among the following was the most extensive (c) Lothal (d) Dholavira Harappan city? 43. Which of the following Indus Valley Civilization (a) Banavali (b) Ropar towns divided into three parts? (c) Lothal (d) Rakhigarhi (a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal 53. From which of the Harappan sites the evidence of (c) Chanhudaro (d) Dholavira bead making has been found? 44. Indus Valley Civilization site Manda is situated (a) Dholavira (b) Ropar near the bank of: (c) Chanhudaro (d) Kalibangan (a) Sutlej (b) Jhelum 54. Name the site which has revealed the earliest (c) Chinab (d) Indus evidence of settled life? 45. The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro Meerut district reflect the: (c) Kalibangan (d) Mehargarh 55. The most common form of Harappan seal is: (a) Harappa period (b) Vedic period (a) Cylindrical (b) Rectangular (c) Budha period (d) Mauryan period (c) Square (d) Rounded 46. Which of the following sites has a pre-Harappan 56. Which of the following is not depicted on the settlement not been found? Pashupati seal of Mohenjodaro? (a) Harappa (b) Mohenjodaro (a) Rhinoceros (b) Tiger (c) Kalibangan (d) Dholavira (c) Bull (d) Elephant 47. The Director General of Archaeological Survey 57. Bronze statue of dancing girl has been excavated of India at the time of the excavation of Harappan at: site was: (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Harappa (a) Dayaram Sahni (c) Chanhudaro (d) Kalibangan (b) R.D. Banerji 58. Which one among the following sites is located in (c) John Marshall the valley of Ghaggar and its associated rivers? (d) Mortimer Wheeler (a) Alamgirpur (b) Lothal 48. The most suitable name of Indus Valley Civilization (c) Kalibangan (d) Banavali is: 59. Which of the Harappan sites has yielded evidence (a) Harappan Civilization of two cemeteries? (b) Indus Civilization (a) Mohenjodaro (b) Harappa (c) Saraswati Civilization (c) Kalibangan (d) Ropar (d) Bronze Time Civilization 60.