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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 851. |
Roger Bacon was related to ….. |
| A. | renaissance |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | enlightenment |
| D. | marxism. |
| Answer» D. marxism. | |
| 852. |
The age Louis xiv is a work of…… |
| A. | voltaire |
| B. | rousseau |
| C. | marx |
| D. | marvick. |
| Answer» B. rousseau | |
| 853. |
Motesquieu’s famous work is …. |
| A. | philosophy of history |
| B. | spirit of laws |
| C. | new history |
| D. | the new science. |
| Answer» C. new history | |
| 854. |
The critique of political economy is a work of |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | proudhan |
| C. | adams |
| D. | engles. |
| Answer» B. proudhan | |
| 855. |
Why was Communism viewed as a threat in industrial nations like Great Britain and Germany? |
| A. | communism required greater participation of the working poor in government. |
| B. | communism called for the violent overthrow of those in power and did notprotect private property. |
| C. | communism demanded an end to the colonial system so that workers in the home nations could demand better pay and benefits. |
| D. | communism would create a political system that did not protect the special privileges of the nobility or middle class.. |
| Answer» B. communism called for the violent overthrow of those in power and did notprotect private property. | |
| 856. |
Academy was founded by |
| A. | plato |
| B. | alexander |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | socrates |
| Answer» D. socrates | |
| 857. |
The fourth Budhist council was need of--------- |
| A. | pataliputra |
| B. | kashmir |
| C. | magadha |
| D. | kosala |
| Answer» C. magadha | |
| 858. |
By the late nineteenth century, leading industrial powers like Great Britain and theUnited States depended upon an economic system originally described by |
| A. | john locke |
| B. | adam smith |
| C. | karl marx |
| D. | alexander hamilton. |
| Answer» C. karl marx | |
| 859. |
The Renaissance resulted from economic growth in Europe, but it was mostrecognized for |
| A. | the creation of political systems dominated by the middle class. |
| B. | innovations in visual and performing arts. |
| C. | the establishment of global empires by the european powers. |
| D. | the elimination of the aristocracy as the elite class of the european social system. |
| Answer» D. the elimination of the aristocracy as the elite class of the european social system. | |
| 860. |
What was the purpose of the European monarchs in claiming rule through thedivine right of kings? |
| A. | to reinforce the power of the church over secular rulers |
| B. | to establish a stronger connection between church and state |
| C. | to strengthen a king’s claim to absolute power over his subjects |
| D. | to allow the nobility to use the king as a symbol of central political authority without actually giving the king this greatpower. |
| Answer» D. to allow the nobility to use the king as a symbol of central political authority without actually giving the king this greatpower. | |
| 861. |
What statement best explains how Greek and Roman learning was preserved during the Middle Ages in Europe? |
| A. | monasteries saw it as their mission to copy all of the older texts of the greek and roman philosophers. |
| B. | the works of greek and roman philosophers were preserved by both the byzantine and the islamic civilizations. |
| C. | the roman catholic church maintained extensive libraries of greek and roman works throughout europe. |
| D. | the collapse in western europe was not so great as to cause a shutdown of universities at the major population centers.. |
| Answer» D. the collapse in western europe was not so great as to cause a shutdown of universities at the major population centers.. | |
| 862. |
What statement explains the bureaucratic view of Buddhism during the Tang dynasty? |
| A. | buddhism provided the society with a means of appeasing the poorer peasant classes because, unlike confucianism, it was egalitarian. |
| B. | buddhism was a threat to the power of the confucian bureaucracy because it offered an alternative social organization. |
| C. | buddhism was not recognized as an issue for the bureaucracy because it was a religion that did not address political issues. |
| D. | buddhism was seen as a challenge to the confucian religious beliefs held by many in the bureaucracy. |
| Answer» B. buddhism was a threat to the power of the confucian bureaucracy because it offered an alternative social organization. | |
| 863. |
Confucianism established political and social systems in China while what otherphilosophy contributed significantly to China’s medical practices and art and architecture? |
| A. | legalism |
| B. | shintoism |
| C. | hinduism |
| D. | daoism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 864. |
The influence of Islam in Southeast Asia is an example of |
| A. | imperialism |
| B. | migration |
| C. | cultural diffusion |
| D. | ethnocentrism |
| Answer» D. ethnocentrism | |
| 865. |
ASI regulates all archaeological activities in the country as per theprovisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act,………... |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» C. 1868 | |
| 866. |
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical informationprogram that was originally called…………………... |
| A. | Earth Viewer 3D |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | Earth Viewer 4D |
| Answer» B. Scilab | |
| 867. |
The Blogger's Code of Conduct is a proposal by ………….for bloggers to enforce civility on their blogs by being civil themselves and moderatingcomments on their blog. |
| A. | Tim O'Reilly |
| B. | Meg Hourihan |
| C. | Brad Fitzpatrick |
| D. | Bruce Ableson |
| Answer» B. Meg Hourihan | |
| 868. |
………..launched Open Diary in October 1998, which soon grew tothousands of online diaries. |
| A. | Rustem Adagamov |
| B. | Brad Fitzpatrick |
| C. | Bruce Ableson |
| D. | Alexey Navalny |
| Answer» D. Alexey Navalny | |
| 869. |
A ……….is a personal journal published on the World Wide Webconsisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. |
| A. | Scilab |
| B. | blog |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | OSM |
| Answer» C. ENIAC | |
| 870. |
…………. is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of theworld. |
| A. | UNESCO |
| B. | OSM |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | KCHR |
| Answer» C. ENIAC | |
| 871. |
…………… is an autonomous institution committed to scientificresearch in history and social sciences, Funded by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. |
| A. | ICHR |
| B. | UNESCO |
| C. | Scilab |
| D. | KCHR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 872. |
JSTOR is an online system for archiving academic journals, foundedin…………….. |
| A. | 1985 |
| B. | 1992 |
| C. | 1995 |
| D. | 2005 |
| Answer» D. 2005 | |
| 873. |
…………………is the study of human cultures through the recoverydocumentation and analysis of material remains including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains and landscapes. |
| A. | Numismatics |
| B. | Archaeology |
| C. | Anthropology |
| D. | Paleography |
| Answer» C. Anthropology | |
| 874. |
………….. is an electronic spreadsheet program that can be used forstoring, organizing and manipulating data. |
| A. | ENIAC |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | Excel |
| D. | Access Digital Data |
| Answer» D. Access Digital Data | |
| 875. |
…………………. initiated a joint research project on the “Socio – economic development in South India from the 13th century through the18th century in 1984. |
| A. | Robert Scoble |
| B. | Goldman |
| C. | Noboru Karashima |
| D. | Jason Calacanis. |
| Answer» D. Jason Calacanis. | |
| 876. |
The Finnish scholar ……………….led a Finnish team in the 1960s-80sthat vied with Knorozov's Soviet team in investigating the Indus script using computer analysis. |
| A. | Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao |
| B. | Asko Parpola |
| C. | John E. Mitchiner |
| D. | W.W.Grummond |
| Answer» C. John E. Mitchiner | |
| 877. |
A computational study od Indus Script conducted by a joint Indo-USteam led by Rajesh P N Rao of the University of ………………….., consisting of Iravatham Mahadevan and others from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was published in April 2009 in Science. |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Washington |
| C. | France |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» C. France | |
| 878. |
In May 2007, the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department found potswith arrow-head symbols during an excavation in Melaperumpallam near…………………. |
| A. | Poompuhar |
| B. | Madras |
| C. | Adayar |
| D. | Tirunelveli |
| Answer» B. Madras | |
| 879. |
In the early 1970s, ………………published a corpus and concordance ofIndus writing listing about 3700 seals and about 417 distinct signs in specific patterns. |
| A. | Iravatham Mahadevan |
| B. | John E. Mitchiner |
| C. | W.W.Grummond |
| D. | T.V. Mahalingam |
| Answer» B. John E. Mitchiner | |
| 880. |
The first publication of a Harappan seal dates to 1873, in a drawing by ……………….. |
| A. | Alexander Cunningham |
| B. | Yuri Knorozov |
| C. | John E. Mitchiner |
| D. | W.W.Grummond |
| Answer» B. Yuri Knorozov | |
| 881. |
………….. Civilisation was distinguished for its highly utilitarian andstandardised life style, excellent water management system and architecture. |
| A. | American |
| B. | Mayan |
| C. | Indus Valley |
| D. | Egyptian |
| Answer» D. Egyptian | |
| 882. |
Indus script is a product of one of the largest ………….civilisations oftenreferred to as the Harappan civilisation. |
| A. | Neolithic Age |
| B. | Paleolithic Age |
| C. | Bronze Age |
| D. | Mesolithic Age |
| Answer» D. Mesolithic Age | |
| 883. |
………………….is a method by which a company can convert paperdocuments into digital format. |
| A. | Digital documentation |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | Access Digital Data |
| D. | MATLAB |
| Answer» B. Scilab | |
| 884. |
The Scilab Consortium was formed in May ………. to broadencontributions and promote Scilab as worldwide reference software in academia and industry. |
| A. | 1983 |
| B. | 1993 |
| C. | 2003 |
| D. | 2006 |
| Answer» D. 2006 | |
| 885. |
In July 2008, in order to improve the technology transfer, the ScilabConsortium joined the……………... |
| A. | Digiteo Foundation |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | Access Digital Data |
| Answer» B. Scilab | |
| 886. |
MATLAB code, which is similar in syntax, can be convertedto…………... |
| A. | FORTRAN |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | COBOL |
| D. | INSAT |
| Answer» C. COBOL | |
| 887. |
Scilab includes a free package called ………..for modeling andsimulation of explicit and implicit dynamical systems, including both continuous and discrete sub-systems. |
| A. | Access Digital Data |
| B. | ENIAC |
| C. | Xcos |
| D. | FORTRAN |
| Answer» D. FORTRAN | |
| 888. |
……………. provides a powerful statistical-analysis and data- management system in a graphical environment, using descriptivemenus and simple dialog boxes to do most of the work for you. |
| A. | JDPC |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | INSAT |
| D. | SPSS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 889. |
……………is an open source, cross-platform numerical computationalpackage and a high-level, numerically oriented programming language. |
| A. | Scilab |
| B. | ENIAC |
| C. | Access Digital Data |
| D. | COBOL |
| Answer» B. ENIAC | |
| 890. |
……………….. allows even inexperienced users to run complicatedstatistical analyses at the click of a few buttons. |
| A. | ENIAC |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | SPSS |
| D. | Access Digital Data |
| Answer» D. Access Digital Data | |
| 891. |
……………. for Windows provides a powerful statistical analysis and datamanagement system in a graphical environment, using descriptive menus and simple dialog boxes to do most of the tasks for you. |
| A. | CIET |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | JDPC |
| D. | SPSS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 892. |
In July……………, in order to improve the technology transfer, theScilab Consortium joined the Digiteo Foundation |
| A. | 2002 |
| B. | 2007 |
| C. | 2008 |
| D. | 2011 |
| Answer» D. 2011 | |
| 893. |
…………… for Windows is probably one of the easiest major statisticspackage to use. |
| A. | Scilab |
| B. | SPSS |
| C. | INSAT |
| D. | JDPC |
| Answer» C. INSAT | |
| 894. |
………….is a true Windows package being mouse-driven with movable,scalable windows, drop-down menus and dialog boxes. |
| A. | Scilab |
| B. | SPSS |
| C. | Access Digital Data |
| D. | INSAT |
| Answer» C. Access Digital Data | |
| 895. |
…………….for Windows is a comprehensive, interactive, general- purpose package for data analysis and it includes most routinestatistical techniques. |
| A. | SPSS |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | ENIAC |
| D. | Access Digital Data |
| Answer» B. Scilab | |
| 896. |
……………..is the data analysis package of choice for people wanting toanalyze quantitative data. |
| A. | Scilab |
| B. | SPSS |
| C. | COBOL |
| D. | UNIVAC |
| Answer» C. COBOL | |
| 897. |
……………..founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896 whichlater became the popular IBM (International Business Machines Corporation.A variety of machines were developed during the WWII. |
| A. | John E. Mitchiner |
| B. | Herman Hollerith |
| C. | W.W.Grummond |
| D. | T.V. Mahalingam |
| Answer» C. W.W.Grummond | |
| 898. |
The ……………is a computer application that provides statisticalanalysis of data. |
| A. | SPSS |
| B. | Scilab |
| C. | UNIVAC |
| D. | COBOL |
| Answer» B. Scilab | |
| 899. |
The first non-military electronic programmable computer, …………, fordata processing was introduced in 1950. |
| A. | UNIVAC |
| B. | COBOL |
| C. | FORTRAN |
| D. | HTML |
| Answer» B. COBOL | |
| 900. |
In …………2010 the British Library launched its Management andbusiness studies portal. |
| A. | October |
| B. | November |
| C. | December |
| D. | January |
| Answer» B. November | |