MCSCCE • Paper-I
In which of the following lists of the Indian Constitution is the subject of ‘Population control and family planning’ included?
A)
Concurrent List
B)
Residuary List
C)
Union List
D)
State List
'Population control and family planning' is Entry 20A in the Concurrent List (List III) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Indian National Congress was formed in
A)
1883
B)
1885
C)
1888
The Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 at Bombay by retired British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume (option b).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Which of the following is a committee on Panchayati Raj institution?
A)
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
B)
GVK Rao Committee
C)
LM Singhvi Committee
D)
Ashok Mehta Committee
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) was the pioneer committee that recommended the establishment of a 3-tier Panchayati Raj system in India (option a).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The largest contributor of air pollution in India is:
A)
Thermal plants
B)
Industries
C)
Vehicles
D)
Domestic wastes
According to national environmental and CPCB assessments commonly referenced in Indian general studies, the industrial sector (inclusive of manufacturing and power generation) is the largest aggregate contributor to air pollution in India (~51%).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Judicial Review in the Indian Constitution is based on
A)
Procedure established by law
B)
Due process of law
C)
Rule of law
D)
Precedents and Conventions
Unlike the US Constitution's 'Due process of law', the scope of judicial review in India was originally textually grounded on the principle of 'Procedure established by law' borrowed from the Japanese Constitution under Article 21.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The Directive Principles were incorporated in the Constitution with a view to
A)
Ensuring a democratic government in the country
B)
Providing a strong central government
C)
Establishing a welfare state
D)
Raising the living standard of the weaker sections of society
The Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV of the Indian Constitution) were incorporated to establish socio-economic democracy and achieve a welfare state.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The title “Father of Modern India” was given to
A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
B. R. Ambedkar
C)
Raja Rammohan Roy
Raja Rammohan Roy is known as the 'Father of Modern India' for his contributions to social and religious reforms.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Which of the following are the types of authority attributed to the President of India?
A)
Real and popular
B)
Titular and de - jure
C)
Constitutional and nominal
D)
Political and nominal
Under the parliamentary system of the Indian Constitution, the President of India is the Constitutional and nominal (de jure) head of state, whereas the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers hold de facto (real) executive authority.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Champaran Satyagraha of Gandhi was a struggle of the
A)
Indigo workers
B)
Mill workers
C)
Industrial workers
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi's first civil disobedience movement in India, organized to support the oppressed indigo cultivators in Bihar.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The aggregate money value of all goods and services produced by the residents of a country within its domestic territory is called
A)
NNP
B)
Personal Income
C)
GDP
D)
DPI
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the aggregate monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country's domestic territory in a given period.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Forerunner of the Indian National Congress was
A)
British Indian Association
B)
Landholders Society
C)
Indian National Conference
The Indian National Conference, founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose in 1883 in Calcutta, was the direct precursor and forerunner of the Indian National Congress (with which it merged in 1886).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Which is the most important reason to consider India as a Secular state?
A)
Peoples of different religions live in India
B)
Government works for the welfare of people of all religions
C)
Minority religions are given special protection
D)
Religion is separated from politics
A key distinctive constitutional tenet of Indian secularism is ensuring equal treatment, non-discrimination, and specific constitutional protections/safeguards for minority religious communities.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Who presides over the meeting of the Cabinet in the State?
A)
The Governor
B)
The Chief Minister
C)
The Speaker
D)
The Deputy Speaker
The Chief Minister is the head of the State Cabinet and Council of Ministers, and presides over all Cabinet meetings in the State.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
“Poverty and Un-British Rule in India” was written by
A)
Raja Rammohan Roy
B)
Dadabhai Naoroji
C)
RP Dutt
'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' (1901) was authored by Dadabhai Naoroji, in which he famously propounded the 'Drain of Wealth' theory.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Propounders of English Education in India were known as
A)
Anglicists
B)
Orientalists
C)
Reformists
In the context of the 19th-century debate on Indian education, those who supported the promotion of English education were known as Anglicists, while those favoring traditional Indian learning were Orientalists.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Permanent Settlement was also called
A)
Zamindari Settlement
B)
Mahalwari Settlement
C)
Inclusive Settlement
The Permanent Settlement system of land revenue introduced by Lord Cornwallis in Bengal in 1793 is also known as the Zamindari Settlement.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
‘Excessive love for one’s religious community in preference to the nation’ is known as
A)
Regionalism
B)
Religious fanaticism
C)
Communalism
D)
None of the above
In Indian socio-political terminology, 'Communalism' refers to an ideology characterized by intense loyalty and devotion to one's own religious community over the broader national interest.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The two main Socialist Parties of the British India were
A)
The CPI and the CSP
B)
The CPI and the CPM
C)
The CSP and the INC
The two major socialist formations in pre-independence British India were the Communist Party of India (CPI, 1925) and the Congress Socialist Party (CSP, 1934) (option a).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The rate of interest at which the RBI provides assistance to commercial banks is
A)
Bank Rate
B)
Repo Rate
C)
Cash Reserve Ratio
D)
Capital Adequacy Ratio
The Bank Rate is the interest rate charged by the Reserve Bank of India for providing rediscounting of bills and long-term financial assistance to commercial banks.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Who, among the following, was not an extremist?
A)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B)
Lala Lajpat Rai
C)
W.C. Banerjee
W.C. Banerjee (Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee) was a moderate leader and the first president of the Indian National Congress in 1885, unlike extremists like Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai (option c).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Ryotwari Settlement was made with
A)
Landlords
B)
Village
C)
Peasants
Under the Ryotwari system, introduced in Madras and Bombay Presidencies by Thomas Munro and Alexander Read, land revenue settlements were negotiated directly with individual cultivators/peasants (ryots).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
The proclaimed leader of the Revolt of 1857 was
A)
Tantia Tope
B)
Rani Lakshmi Bai
C)
Bahadur Shah II
During the 1857 revolt, the mutineers marched to Delhi and proclaimed the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II (Zafar) as the leader of the rebellion.
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Which one of the following is the longest Peninsular River?
A)
Godavari
B)
Narmada
C)
Mahanadi
D)
Cauvery
Godavari (1,465 km), known as Dakshin Ganga, is the longest peninsular river in India (option a).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
An important slogan of Land Reforms was
A)
Land to the Owner
B)
Land to the Tiller
C)
Land to Landless
D)
Land to the People
The famous historical slogan of agrarian and land reform movements in post-independence India was 'Land to the Tiller' (option b).
MCSCCE • Paper-I
Soils which are formed under the conditions of high temperature and high rainfall with alternate wet and dry periods are known as:
A)
Mountain soils
B)
Desert or Arid soils
C)
Red Soil
D)
Laterite soils
Laterite soils develop in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall with alternate wet and dry periods, resulting in intense leaching (option d).
