Model Test Paper for IAS-5
Choose the correct answer:
1. The first venture of Gandhiji in all-India
politics was the
(1) Non-Cooperation
Movement
(2) Rowlatt
Satyagraha
(3) Champaran
Movement
(4) Dandi
March
Hint: Mahatma Gandhi’s first great and widespread
experiment in Satyagraha in all-India politics was Rowlatt Satyagraha against
the repressive laws known as Rowlatt Act passed and enforced in 1919. On April
6, 1919, India from one end to the other observed complete hartal. Gandhiji
launched his first Non-Cooperation Movement against the British Rule in India
in 1920. Champaran Movement was also spearheaded by Gandhiji against the forced
indigo plantations in 1917 in Bihar. It was the first satyagraha launched by
Gandhiji. Dandi March was undertaken on March 12, 1930 by Gandhiji with his
followers to break the unjust salt law. The Great Civil Disobedience Movement
against the British colonial rule began with the Dandi March in 1930.
2. A British citizen staying in India cannot
claim Right to
(1) Freedom
of trade and profession
(2) Equality
before law
(3) Protection
of life and personal liberty
(4) Freedom
of religion
3. The first feature film (talkie) produced in
India was
(1) Hatimtai
(2) Alam
Ara
(3) Pundalik
(4) Raja
Harishchandra
Hint: Alam Ara was made in 1931. The first silent film
made in India was Raja Harishchandra in 1913.
4. The Chinese traveler Fahien visited India
during the times of
(1) Chandragupta
Maurya
(2) Chandragupta
I
(3) Samudragupta
(4) Chandragupta
II
Hint: Chandragupta II is also known as Chandragupta
Vikramaditya. Fahien visited India during 5th century. The Sanskrit poet and
dramatist, Kalidas, was in the court of Chandragupta II.
5. Which one of the following statements is
not true about the Konkan Railway?
(1) Its
total length is about 760 km
(2) It
runs through the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra
(3) It
is the only rail route that runs almost parallel to Western ghats
(4) It
runs through hilly and difficult terrain
Hint: Konkan railway
runs through the States of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.
6. Match List I with List II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I
List-II
(Writers) (Books)
I. Shashi
Tharoor (A) Clear Light of Day
II. Amitav
Ghosh (B) Circle of Reason
III. Anita
Desai (C) Love and Longing in Bombay
IV. Vikram
Chandra (D) Show Business
Codes:
(1) I-D,
II-B, III-A, IV-C
(2) I-D,
II-B, III-C, IV-A
(3) I-B,
II-D, III-A, IV-C
(4) I-B,
II-D, III-C, IV-A
7. Which one of the following Indian leaders
was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
(1) Satyendranath
Tagore
(2) Surendranath
Banerjee
(3) R.C.
Dutt
(4) Subhash
Chandra Bose
Hint: Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian
Association in 1876. He was a brilliant writer and orator and was unjustly
turned out of the Indian Civil Service. He was one of the founders of Indian
National Congress in 1885 and an outstanding liberal and moderate leader of
India’s national movement. He is famous for his great book ‘A Nation in
Making’. Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian ICS officer. Subhash Chandra
Bose, better known as Netaji, is one of the most famous sons of Mother India.
He formed the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1943 to fight the
British with the help of Japan. Jai Hind and Dilli Chalo are his famous
slogans.
8. Whose statement is “It is health that is
real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”?
(1) Swami
Dayanand (2) Charak
(3) Mahatma
Gandhi (4) John Ruskin
9. Name the country where people have voted
against a republican form of Government
(1) Britain (2) Australia
(3) Jordan (4) Thailand
Hint: Australia is not a republic. The Head of State in
Australia is still formally the Queen of Britain. The Governor-General of
Australia is appointed by her.
10. Who administers the oath of office to the
President of India?
(1) Speaker
of the Lok Sabha
(2) Vice-President
(3) Chief
Justice of India
(4) Prime
Minister
11. From which of the following Indian wildlife
sanctuaries, tigers have almost vanished?
(1) Corbett
National Park
(2) Kanha
National Park
(3) Manas
Tiger Sanctuary
(4) Sariska
Wildlife Sanctuary
12. With which fort is Madras (Chennai)
associated?
(1) Fort
St. George
(2) Fort
William
(3) Fort
St. David
(4) Fort
St. John
Hint: Fort St. George is the first British fort built
by East India Company around 1653. Later on Fort William was built in Bengal
near modern Kolkata.
13. In which of the places a baby boy was born as
the world’s six billionth inhabitant?
(1) Kosovo (2) Vienna
(3) Tokyo (4) Islamabad
Hint: Kosovo attracted world-wide attention because
of the atrocities committed on its people by the Yugoslavia / Serbia backed
Serb army and militia. Thereupon NATO forces intervened and peace was restored
there. It’s a part of Serbia and mainly inhabited by Muslims of ethnic Albanian
origin. It’s capital is Pristina. Kosovo has declared its independence
unilaterally.
14. Which State’s Senate rejected the CTBT ratification?
(1) China (2) Russia
(3) USA (4) None of these
Hint: The Senate is the upper house of American
Congress (Parliament). It’s the strongest second chamber in the world. It has
the sole power under the American Constitution to ratify international treaties
approved and signed by the President of USA. Without the ratification of
Senate, the treaty will not come into effect. CTBT stands for Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty. India has refused to sign it till now and so is Pakistan.
15. A leaf adapted to a warm, dry climate is
(1) Large
and thin (2) Small and thin
(3) Large
and thick (4) Small and thick
16. On adding salt to water, the boiling point
and freezing point of water will
(1) Increase
(2) Increase
and decrease respectively
(3) Decrease
(4) Decrease
and increase respectively
Hint: Solid
impurities result in elevation of boiling point and decrease in freezing point.
17. When UNO was established?
(1) 1920 (2) 1945
(3) 1950 (4) 1955
Hint: UNO was established on October 24. It’s
Headquarters is in New York.
18. Under which Article of the Constitution of
India, Presidential rule can be declared and imposed in a State of India?
(1) Article
350 (2) Article 351
(3) Article
354 (4) Article 356
Hint: The President
of India can declare emergency in a State under Article 356 if he is satisfied
that there is a breakdown of constitutional machinery in the State and it
cannot be governed in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. The
President imposes his rule generally on the recommendation of the Governor of
the State and the Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister.
19. Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces?
(1) The
Chief of Staff of Indian Armed Forces
(2) The
Prime Minister of India
(3) The
Defence Minister of India
(4) The
President of India
20. The first Battle of Panipat was fought in
(1) 1566
AD (2) 1526 AD
(3) 1546
AD (4) 1528 AD
Hint: The first Battle of Panipat was fought between Babar
and Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, in which Babar was victorious. Thus
Babar became the ruler of Northern India and founded the famous Mughal dynasty
in India. The second Battle of Panipat was fought in 1556 AD between Hemu and
Akbar in which Akbar was victorious. The third Battle of Panipat was fought in
1761 AD between Ahmed Shah Abdali and his allies and Marathas and their allies
in which Marathas were defeated. It was one of the bloodiest battles in India’s
history.
ANSWER: Model Test Paper
for IAS-5
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