Translator • Paper-II
‘To Remember I Invented People’ is a book written by:
A)
Deepak Unnikrishnan
B)
Ashwin Sanghi
C)
Devdutt Pattanaik
D)
Vikram Chandra
“To Remember I Invented People” is by Deepak Unnikrishnan.
Translator • Paper-II
India tries to eliminate Malaria by the year 2030 through ‘MERA India’, the full form of MERA is:
A)
Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India
B)
Malaria Eradication Research Augmentation India
C)
Malaria Extermination Research Alliance India
D)
Malaria Erase Research Augmentation India
MERA India refers to Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India.
Translator • Paper-II
Among the Mizos a chief’s private priest was called:
A)
Tlahpawi
B)
Upa
C)
Puithiam
D)
Sadawt
A chief’s private priest was called a Puithiam.
Translator • Paper-II
A man goes to his office at the speed of 8 km/h and returns at the speed of 12 km/h. If he takes 10 hours in all. Find total distance covered by him?
A)
24 km
B)
48 km
C)
50 km
D)
96 km
Let one-way distance=d. d/8+d/12=10 → 5d/24=10 → d=48; total distance=96, so D.
Translator • Paper-II
Which country has promised to give a life time income tax exemption to women with four children as a measure to reverse its population decline?
A)
Bulgaria
B)
Hungary
C)
Portugal
D)
Romania
Hungary announced major tax exemptions for women with four children.
Translator • Paper-II
The sum and product of two numbers are 12 and 35 respectively. What will be the sum of their reciprocal?
A)
1/3
B)
1/5
C)
35/12
D)
12/35
Sum reciprocals=(a+b)/ab=12/35.
Translator • Paper-II
According to the Climate Vulnerability Index for India the most vulnerable state with a score of 0.72 is:
A)
Assam
B)
Mizoram
C)
Jammu & Kashmir
D)
Manipur
The cited Climate Vulnerability Index question identifies Mizoram as the state with 0.72 in the source set.
Translator • Paper-I
Pre- British India was famous for its-
A)
Tea industry
B)
Cotton Textile industry
C)
Rubber industry
D)
Coal industry
Pre-British India was famous for its cotton textile industry.
Translator • Paper-I
Dyarchy was introduced in the provinces by-
A)
Indian Councils Act of 1892
B)
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C)
Government of India Act 1919
D)
Government of India Act 1935
Dyarchy in the provinces was introduced by the Government of India Act 1919.
Translator • Paper-I
Adoption of irrigation, bio-chemical fertilizers and HYV seeds as basic inputs in agricultural production refers to:
A)
Package technology
B)
Green revolution
C)
Modern technology
D)
Intensive technology
The combined use of irrigation, fertilisers and HYV seeds is package technology.
Translator • Paper-I
One of the main aims of second Five Year Plan was-
A)
Food security
B)
Rapid industrialisation
C)
Self-sufficiency
D)
Removal of poverty
The Second Five-Year Plan emphasised rapid industrialisation (Mahalanobis strategy).
Translator • Paper-I
Mixed Cropping is the practice of sowing two to three crops together in the same field in one crop season, the mixture of different crops is called by different names, when wheat is mixed with gram it is known as:
A)
Gochani
B)
Gojai
C)
Beljar
D)
None of the Above
Wheat mixed with gram is known as Gojai/Gochani in regional terminology; the standard key uses Gojai here.
Translator • Paper-I
An alliance of the Maratha Chieftains formed under the nominal leadership of the Peshwa was known as-
A)
Maratha Peshwaship
B)
Maratha Alliance
C)
Maratha Confederacy
D)
Maratha Brotherhood
The Maratha alliance under the Peshwa was the Maratha Confederacy.
Translator • Paper-I
A low pressure systems originating in west Asia and the regions near the Mediterranean sea which travel eastwards across Iran and Pakistan and reach India during the winter seasons is known as:
A)
Tropical cyclone
B)
Western disturbances
C)
Easterly jet stream
D)
Strom track
Western disturbances are winter low-pressure systems moving eastward from the Mediterranean/West Asia.
Translator • Paper-I
Which one of the following sectors is the largest employer in India?
A)
Primary sector
B)
Secondary sector
C)
Tertiary sector
D)
Railway industry
The primary sector remains the largest employer in India in the standard survey-based formulation used by such exams.
Translator • Paper-I
An agreement reached between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress in 1916 became known as the-
A)
Lucknow Pact
B)
Poona Pact
C)
Surat Pact
D)
Lahore Pact
The 1916 Congress–League agreement was the Lucknow Pact.
Translator • Paper-I
Tipu Sultan died during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War defending the city of-
A)
Bangalore
B)
Cochin
C)
Chennai
D)
Seringapatam
Tipu Sultan died at Seringapatam in 1799.
Translator • Paper-I
Which state is known as the ‘Sugar Bowl of India’?
A)
Uttar Pradesh
B)
Tamil Nadu
C)
Maharashtra
D)
Chhattisgarh
Uttar Pradesh is known as India’s Sugar Bowl.
Translator • Paper-I
The Dravidian languages are a language family spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India, the largest speakers of Dravidian language is:
A)
Malayalam
B)
Kannada
C)
Tamil
D)
Telegu
Telugu has the largest number of speakers among Dravidian languages.
Translator • Paper-I
The process of growing specialised crops for sale in market rather than consumption which began during the British was known as-
A)
De-industrialisation
B)
Mahalwari System
C)
Rural indebtedness
D)
Commercialisation of Agriculture
This process is commercialisation of agriculture.
Translator • Paper-I
Moplah Rebellion of 1921 was a series of riots by the Muslims of Malabar against the British and the-
A)
Hindu landlords
B)
Muslim landlords
C)
Sikh merchants
D)
Muslim moneylenders
The Moplah rebellion involved Muslim peasants against British authorities and Hindu landlords.
Translator • Paper-I
“Communal Award” was announced by-
A)
B. R. Ambedkar
B)
Winston Churchill
C)
Ramsay MacDonald
D)
Sir Stafford Cripps
The Communal Award of 1932 was announced by Ramsay MacDonald.
Translator • Paper-I
The All India Muslim League was established in the year-
A)
1906
B)
1907
C)
1908
D)
1909
The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906.
Translator • Paper-I
A Bengali fiction, Anandamath was written by-
A)
Vasudev Balwan Phadke
B)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C)
Rabindranath Tagore
D)
Mukunda Das
Anandamath was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Translator • Paper-I
After the Revolt of 1857, the British gave up the policy of-
A)
Annexation
B)
Taxation
C)
Divide and Rule
D)
Humanitarian Works
After 1857, the British abandoned the aggressive annexation policy associated with the Doctrine of Lapse.
