IASbaba’s 60 Day Plan- Prelims Test 2018 HISTORY & CURRENT AFFAIRS [Day 33]

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Welcome to Day-33.

Importance of Self – Tracking: Learning from Last Year

Last year, aspirants used to comment their answers in the comment box on daily basis. There were huge participation in discussion. Putting answers in comment box has been very effective to self-track yourself after updating the score. In the end, you can cross check your performance through Disqus profile.

It was highly effective in the last edition of 60 Days that propelled aspirants to monitor their performance and learn through discussion. Let you solve these questions with full honesty and write your result in the comment box. Interact with peers to know your mistakes.

The importance of this initiative stands time-bound and aggressive reverse engineering to learn the concepts. Many of you must be busy with your own strategy but let us tell you honestly that in the last two months, it is very important to revise and consolidate your learning. Just reading won’t suffice.

So, take out few hours from your schedule and make it a revision exercise.

How can you make the best use of it?

Be honest to your effort and do not start competing with XYZ aspirants here just for the sake of marks. It is more important for you to introspect and check your learning than focusing on others. Try to answer the questions in 20 minutes only. 

Do not get into negative feeling that I don’t have enough knowledge to answer these questions. Feel like you are taking the real exam. What would be your response then?

The same will be replicated in UPSC exam. Here, you get marks only and nothing else matters. So, make effort to know the answers to all questions. Do not cheat 😛

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[Day 33]: HISTORY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

Q.1) Mughal empire followed “the policy of the individualistic minimum of interference”. What does it mean?

1. It contented itself with discharging only the police duties and the collection of revenue.
2. Individual liberties reconciled with social norms.
3. Individual persons to head each department of administration with minimal interference.
4. All the above

Q.2) For the purpose of assessment the land was classified in Akbar’s reign in four categories.

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 2 only
3. 2 and 4 only
4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q.3) The Charter Act of 1793 had reserved all posts worth 500 pounds per annum for the covenanted servants of the Company. The reasons for exclusion of Indians were

1. The belief that only the English could establish administrative services serving British interests.
2. The belief that the Indians were incapable, untrustworthy and insensitive to the British interests.
3. The fact there was high competition among the Europeans themselves for lucrative posts, so why offer them to the Indians.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. None

Q.4) Consider the following statements.

1. Indian Social Conference founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao.
2. Indian Social Conference could be called the economic reform cell of the Indian National Congress.
3. It launched the “Pledge Movement”.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. 1 only

Q.5) Consider the following statements.

1. Delhi Manifesto demanded that the purpose of round table conference should be to formulate a scheme for implementation of purna swaraj.
2. Delhi Pact also known as Gandhi-Irwin pact reduced the Delhi Manifesto demand of purna swaraj to dominion status.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None

Q.6) Consider the following acts under the General-Generalship of Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835.

1. Abolition of sati and other cruel rites.
2. Introduction of English as the official language.
3. Treaty of ‘perpetual friendship with Ranjeet Singh.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. 2 only

Q.7) Consider the following statements.

1. Hind Swaraj book was written by Mahatma Gandhi.
2. In this book Gandhiji expressed critical views about Western civilization and praises the industrialization.
3. Gandhi argues in the book that Indian independence is only possible through passive resistance.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1 and 3 only
3. 1, 2 and 3
4. 2 only

Q.8) First Governor General of Bengal, Warren Hastings formulated a judicial plan. Which of the following statements regarding that are correct?

1. Diwani Adalat was established in each district to decide civil cases.
2. Nizamat adalat was established in each district to decide criminal cases.
3. Nizamat Adalat was assisted by a Mufti and two maulvis.

Select the code from below:

1. 1 and 2
2. 1 and 3
3. 2 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.9) Which of the following statements are correct regarding the ‘King’s Evidence Programme’?

1. It was started by the British Government to make evidence compulsory to lodge a case in judiciary.
2. It was started to check Thuggee by promoting thugs to provide information about their gang members.
3. It was started by the British Administration to curb revolutionary activities by rewarding informers.
4. It was started by the British government in England to prevent Indian Nationalist activities in England.

Q.10) Which of the following statements are NOT correct regarding Second Anglo – Mysore War?

1. The battle was fought by combined armies of Mysore, Hyderabad and Marathas on one side and British on the other.
2. Hyder Ali died during the course of the war.
3. Mysore won the war and it ended with treaty of Mangalore.

Select the code from following:

1. 1 and 2
2. 1 and 3
3. 2 only
4. None of the above

Q.11) The Ramakrishna mission conducts extensive work in health care, disaster relief, rural management, tribal welfare, elementary and higher education and culture.  Which of the following statements regarding Ramakrishna Mission are correct?

1. The mission was started by Saint Ramakrishna Paramhansa in Calcutta.
2. The mission subscribes to the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.
3. The mission bases its work on the principles of karma yoga, the principle of selfless work done with dedication to God.

Select the code from below:

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.12) Naujawan Bharat Sabha was founded in 1926. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the organization?

1. Naujawan Bharat Sabha was a Hindu right wing Organisation that aimed to gain freedom through armed revolution.
2. It was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai.

Select the code from following:

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.13) Which of the following slogans are correctly matched by personalities who coined them:

1. Vande Mataram – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
2. Inquilaab Zindabad – Maulana Hasrat Mohani
3. Dilli Chalo – Subhash Chandra Bose

Select the code from following:

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.14) Which of the following events are correctly matched with the Governor Generals during which they occurred?

1. Ilbert Bill Controversy – Lord Bentick
2. Revolt of 1857 – Lord Dalhousie
3. Setting up of Durand Commission – Lord Mountbatten

Select the code from following:

1. 2 only
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. None of the above

Q.15) Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by

1. Captain Mohan Singh
2. Rash Behari Bose
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q.16) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I                              List II

A. Karsondas Mulji              1. Tatvabodhini Patrika

B. Dadabhai Naoroji           2. Satya Prakash

C. Debendranath Tagore    3. Fight for legal status to Parsi women

D. Henry Vivian Derozio     4. Peasant Movement

                                                  5. Young Bengal Group

Code:

  A – B – C – D

1. 5 – 3 – 1 – 2
2. 4 – 1 – 2 – 5
3. 5 – 1 – 2 – 4
4. 2 – 3 – 1 – 5

Q.17) Consider the following statements:

1. The Landholders’ Society marked the beginning of an organised political activity and used the method of constitutional agitation for the redressal of grievances.
2. The Bengal British India Society founded in 1843, was with the objective of stimulating the sense of nationalism amongst the people and of encouraging political education.
3. Both did not flourish well and later on merged into a new one named the British Indian Association.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1 and 3 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.18) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. Forward Bloc : : Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Aligarh  : : Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3. Dandi March : : Gandhi
4. Khilafat movement : : Rashid Ahmad Gangohi

Q.19) Consider the following in regard to Santhal Uprising:

1. The causes of the Santhal Uprising were primarily economic and it was directed against the money-lenders and their protectors, the British authorities.
2. The major battles between the Santhals and the British revealed that the British army could be defeated by determined fighting, even by an Asian army.
3. They were ultimately suppressed after the partition of Bengal, 1905.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 1 and 3 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.20) From the below statements, select the incorrect statement about Raja Ram Mohan Roy:

1. He studied both Vedantic Monism and Christian Unitarianism.
2. He established Vedanta College and later Indian Association for Cultivation of Sciences.
3. He translated the Upanishads into Bengali.
4. His first organisation was the Atmiya Sabha, founded in Calcutta in 1815.

Q.21) Consider the following events:

1. Kheda Satyagraha
2. Champaran Satyagraha
3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
4. Non Cooperation

Their correct chronological sequence is

1. 1 – 2 – 4 – 3
2. 2 – 4 – 1 – 3
3. 2 – 1 – 3 – 4
4. 1 – 2 – 3 – 4

Q.22) Which of the following initiatives is associated with Indian Railways?

1. SRESTHA
2. NIVARAN
3. SUTRA

Select the correct code:

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.23) A number of countries have formed coalitions in the WTO. These groups often speak with one voice using a single coordinator or negotiating team. G-33 is one of them. G-33 is a

1. Coalition of developing countries seeking flexibilities to limit market opening in industrial goods trade
2. Coalition of developing countries pressing for flexibility for developing countries to undertake limited market opening in agriculture
3. Coalition of countries with less than 35% of non-agricultural products covered by legally bound tariff ceilings. They have agreed to increase their binding coverage substantially, but want to exempt some products
4. Coalition of developing countries seeking greater market access for tropical products

Q.24) Consider the following statements about ‘Santa Claus Rally’

1. It is a surge in the price of stocks that often occurs in the last week of December
2. It maybe a result of people buying stocks in anticipation of the rise in stock prices during the month of January

Select the correct statements

1. 1 Only
2. 2 Only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.25) The ‘Global Education Monitoring Report’ is published by

1. OECD
2. UNESCO
3. WEF
4. None of the above

Q.26) Consider the following statements about ‘Indian Parliamentary Group’

1. It acts as a link between the Parliament of India and the various Parliaments of the world
2. The Speaker, Lok Sabha is the ex-officio President of the Group
3. The Chairman, Rajya Sabha is the ex-officio Secretary-General of the Group

Select the correct statements

1. 1 Only
2. 1 and 2
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

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