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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following petition is not issued by the court for the release of a person illegally kept in lock-up? |
| A. | trigger |
| B. | Habeas Corpus |
| C. | Prohibition |
| D. | rights inquiry |
| Answer» B. Habeas Corpus | |
| 2. |
Which one of the following is not a fundamental right of an Indian citizen? |
| A. | right to equality |
| B. | right to privacy |
| C. | right to life |
| D. | right against exploitation |
| Answer» C. right to life | |
| 3. |
Zero discovered - |
| A. | Indians |
| B. | the Sumerians |
| C. | the chinese |
| D. | the Romans |
| Answer» B. the Sumerians | |
| 4. |
Which article deals with the protection of the interests of minorities? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 19 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 32 |
| Answer» D. 32 | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following rights provided by the Indian Constitution is also available to non-citizens? |
| A. | freedom to acquire property |
| B. | Freedom to move and settle in any part of the country |
| C. | Freedom of expression |
| D. | The right to constitutional dissolution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Which one of the following pairs of Harappan Sanskrit sites and their related is not correctly matched ? |
| A. | Rakhigarhi - Rajasthan |
| B. | Banawali - Haryana |
| C. | DAIMABAD - MAHARASHTRA |
| D. | Alamgir - Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Banawali - Haryana | |
| 7. |
The Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, Dr. B. R. Which article has been called by Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the Constitution? |
| A. | Article 13 |
| B. | Article 21 |
| C. | Article 32 |
| D. | Article 51 |
| Answer» D. Article 51 | |
| 8. |
Which of the following religious community has been given minority status by the Government of India on 30 January 2014? |
| A. | Parsiya |
| B. | Jain |
| C. | Buddhist |
| D. | Sikh |
| Answer» C. Buddhist | |
| 9. |
Zero was invented by - |
| A. | Aryabhatta |
| B. | Bhaskara I |
| C. | by an unknown Indian |
| D. | Varahamihira |
| Answer» B. Bhaskara I | |
| 10. |
Who was the author of matt vilasa farce? |
| A. | Mahendra Varman |
| B. | Pulakeshin II |
| C. | Gautamiputra Satakarni |
| D. | Mahakshatrap Rudradaman |
| Answer» B. Pulakeshin II | |
| 11. |
Article 24 of the Constitution of India prohibits employment of children in factories, etc. |
| A. | Directing Principles of State Policy |
| B. | State government |
| C. | central government |
| D. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The great law makers in ancient times were - |
| A. | Manu |
| B. | Ashoka |
| C. | Aryabhata |
| D. | Vatsyayan |
| Answer» B. Ashoka | |
| 13. |
Manusmriti is mainly related to- |
| A. | from economics |
| B. | by law |
| C. | by state method |
| D. | from social order |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The cultivation of cotton for textiles was first started by |
| A. | in Egypt |
| B. | in Mesogotamia |
| C. | in Central America |
| D. | in India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
What was the main purpose of giving fundamental rights to Indian citizens? |
| A. | establish a democratic government |
| B. | ensure independence of the judiciary |
| C. | protect personal liberty |
| D. | establish a socialist society |
| Answer» B. ensure independence of the judiciary | |
| 16. |
Aryabhatta was |
| A. | Indian Sanskrit scholar and poet |
| B. | Indian mathematician and astronomer |
| C. | Indian politician |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Indian politician | |
| 17. |
Article 29 of the Indian Constitution provides which of the following rights? |
| A. | Security in respect of conviction of an offense |
| B. | Prohibition of illegal buying and selling in mankind |
| C. | protection of interests of minorities |
| D. | tax prohibition on religious grounds |
| Answer» D. tax prohibition on religious grounds | |
| 18. |
Article 32 of the Indian Constitution deals with the remedies for the enforcement of the rights conferred by this part- |
| A. | Guided Principles of State Policy |
| B. | Fundamental rights of Indian citizens |
| C. | State government |
| D. | central government |
| Answer» C. State government | |
| 19. |
The names of the two Indians who are associated with the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization are - |
| A. | Rakhaldas Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni |
| B. | John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad |
| C. | Blessings Lal Srivastava and Ranganath |
| D. | Madhoswaroop Vats and V.B. Rao |
| Answer» B. John Marshall and Ishwari Prasad | |
| 20. |
The book of ancient India which was translated into 15 Indian and forty foreign languages - |
| A. | Kathasaritsagar |
| B. | Shakuntala |
| C. | preaching |
| D. | Panchatantra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Which of the following Indian mathematicians discovered the decimal place value? |
| A. | Brahmagupta |
| B. | Varahamihira |
| C. | Aryabhatta |
| D. | Bhaskar has |
| Answer» D. Bhaskar has | |
| 22. |
The author of the book of mathematics Lilavati was - |
| A. | Amartyasen |
| B. | Bhaskaracharya |
| C. | Kautilya |
| D. | ramanuja |
| Answer» C. Kautilya | |
| 23. |
Panchatantra was originally written by - |
| A. | by Tulsidas |
| B. | by Raidas |
| C. | by Vishnu Sharma |
| D. | by Kalidas |
| Answer» D. by Kalidas | |
| 24. |
Your right is on the action, not on the attainment of the fruit, it has been said in which of the following texts - |
| A. | Gita |
| B. | Ashtadhyayi |
| C. | Mahabharata |
| D. | Mahabhashya |
| Answer» B. Ashtadhyayi | |
| 25. |
The protagonist of the play Malavikagnimitram composed by Kalidasa was- |
| A. | agnimitra |
| B. | Chandragupta II |
| C. | Gautamiputra Satkarni |
| D. | Pushyamitra Shung |
| Answer» B. Chandragupta II | |
| 26. |
Which is not the literary work of Kalidasa? |
| A. | Seasons |
| B. | cloud |
| C. | Vikramorvashiyam |
| D. | mrichchatikam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Which one of the following from ancient India contains the love story of the son of the founder of the Sunga dynasty? |
| A. | malvikagnimitram |
| B. | Ratnavali |
| C. | Swapnavasavadatta |
| D. | Meghdoot |
| Answer» B. Ratnavali | |
| 28. |
Who is the author of Gita Govinda poetry? |
| A. | Meera |
| B. | surdas |
| C. | Jaydev |
| D. | Keshav |
| Answer» D. Keshav | |
| 29. |
Jaydev, the lyricist of Gita Govind, used to adorn the assembly of – |
| A. | vijaysen |
| B. | Lakshmansen |
| C. | Devpal |
| D. | Dharmapala |
| Answer» C. Devpal | |
| 30. |
Who wrote Shakuntalam? |
| A. | Kalidas |
| B. | Bhavabhuti |
| C. | Veda Vyasa |
| D. | banabhatta |
| Answer» B. Bhavabhuti | |
| 31. |
The author of Swapnavasavadatta is - |
| A. | Bhavabhuti |
| B. | rajasekhar |
| C. | Bhasa |
| D. | Kalidas |
| Answer» D. Kalidas | |
| 32. |
How many waves are there in Kalhana's Rajatarangini? |
| A. | Eight |
| B. | nine |
| C. | Ten |
| D. | Eleven |
| Answer» B. nine | |
| 33. |
Which of the following works was written by Harsha - 1- Priyadarsika 2- Nagananda 3- Harshacharita 4- Ratnavali |
| A. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| B. | 1, 2 and 4 |
| C. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| D. | 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 1, 2 and 3 | |
| 34. |
Which of the following four texts is an encyclopedic book? |
| A. | macro code |
| B. | octahedral |
| C. | Siddhantshiromani |
| D. | Amarakosha |
| Answer» B. octahedral | |
| 35. |
The authors of Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika were - |
| A. | Vatsyayan |
| B. | Harshavardhana |
| C. | Visakhadatta |
| D. | banabhatta |
| Answer» C. Visakhadatta | |
| 36. |
Who carried forward Kalhan's Rajatarangini? |
| A. | Jonraj and Merutung |
| B. | Bilhan and Mammut |
| C. | Jonraj and Shrivar |
| D. | Bilhan and Merutung |
| Answer» D. Bilhan and Merutung | |
| 37. |
Which of the following is correctly matched - 1. Mrichakatikam - Shudrak 2. Buddhacharitam - Vasubandhu 3. Mudrarakshasa - Visakhadatta 4. Harshacharita - Banabhatta |
| A. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| B. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| C. | 1 and 4 |
| D. | 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 1 and 4 | |
| 38. |
Whose composition is Saundranand? |
| A. | Bhavabhuti |
| B. | Bhasa |
| C. | ashvaghosh |
| D. | banabhatta |
| Answer» D. banabhatta | |
| 39. |
Dadheri is a Late Harappan site |
| A. | of Jammu |
| B. | of Punjab |
| C. | of Haryana |
| D. | of Uttar Pradesh |
| Answer» C. of Haryana | |
| 40. |
Milindapanho - |
| A. | Persian epic is |
| B. | Sanskrit drama is |
| C. | there is a jain story |
| D. | Pali scripture is |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
The Panchasiddhantika of Varahamihira is based on – |
| A. | on Greek astrology |
| B. | on Iranian astrology |
| C. | on Persian astrology |
| D. | on Mesopotamian astrology |
| Answer» B. on Iranian astrology | |
| 42. |
How many waves are there in Rajatarangini by Kalhana? |
| A. | Eleven |
| B. | Eight |
| C. | nine |
| D. | Ten |
| Answer» C. nine | |
| 43. |
The ruler at the time of Kalhana, the author of Rajatarangini, was - |
| A. | Govindchandra |
| B. | Jayachandra |
| C. | Joy |
| D. | jaisingh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The Harappan city, represented by the archaeological site of Lothal, was situated on which river? |
| A. | enjoy |
| B. | Bhima |
| C. | Narmada |
| D. | lover |
| Answer» B. Bhima | |
| 45. |
The Buddhist text Milindapanho throws light on which Indo-Yavan ruler? |
| A. | Demetrius |
| B. | Strato First |
| C. | Diodorus II |
| D. | Minder |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
The tools obtained from Belan valley are related to – |
| A. | from the Harappan period |
| B. | from the Mesolithic |
| C. | from vedic culture |
| D. | from the Lower Palaeolithic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Rajatarangini by Kalhana is related to which of the following - |
| A. | from a collection of songs |
| B. | From the rule of Krishna Deva Raya |
| C. | From the administration of Chandragupta Maurya |
| D. | from the history of Kashmir |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
The first archaeologist to excavate Harappa who did not understand its importance was- |
| A. | A. Cunningham |
| B. | Sir John Marshall |
| C. | George F. Dales |
| D. | martimer wheeler |
| Answer» B. Sir John Marshall | |
| 49. |
Which of the following classical books of literature were written in the Gupta period - 1- Amarakosha 2- Kamasutra 3- Meghdoot 4- Mudrarakshasa Select the correct answer from the code given below - |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 2 and 3 only |
| C. | 1, 2 and 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Which poet wrote the epic Kumarasambhava? |
| A. | chandbardai |
| B. | banabhatta |
| C. | harishena |
| D. | Kalidas |
| Answer» E. | |