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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. |
The 17th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement is to be held inCaracas, ..................., in 2015. |
| A. | venezuela |
| B. | tokyo |
| C. | chile |
| D. | america |
| Answer» B. tokyo | |
| 2. |
The phrase NAM was first used to represent the doctrine by Indiandiplomat and statesman ............ in 1953, at the United Nations. |
| A. | v.k. krishna menon |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | zhou enlai |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 3. |
The 16th NAM summit took place in Tehran of Iran, from 26 to 31August ............... |
| A. | 2006 |
| B. | 2008 |
| C. | 2012 |
| D. | 2018 |
| Answer» D. 2018 | |
| 4. |
India's first Prime Minister is ................ |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | patel |
| D. | rajendraprasad |
| Answer» B. v.k. krishna menon | |
| 5. |
...............'s first president Kwame Nkrumah. |
| A. | ghana |
| B. | new delhi |
| C. | yugoslavia |
| D. | veninsula |
| Answer» B. new delhi | |
| 6. |
...................'s second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser. |
| A. | egypt |
| B. | yugoslavia |
| C. | ghana |
| D. | iran |
| Answer» B. yugoslavia | |
| 7. |
The ............ is a group of states which are not aligned formallywith or against any major bloc. |
| A. | common wealth |
| B. | nam |
| C. | ussr |
| D. | saarc |
| Answer» C. ussr | |
| 8. |
.................. 's first president, Sukarno. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | indonesia |
| C. | yugoslavia |
| D. | tehran |
| Answer» C. yugoslavia | |
| 9. |
.....................'s president was Josip Broz Tito. |
| A. | yugoslavia |
| B. | japan |
| C. | america |
| D. | egypt |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 10. |
The organization NAM was founded in .............. in 1961 |
| A. | new delhi |
| B. | belgrade |
| C. | yugoslavia |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» C. yugoslavia | |
| 11. |
The five-point agreement or the Panchsheel between .......... and Peking initiated in 1954 was a result of these negotiations. |
| A. | tokyo |
| B. | yugoslavia |
| C. | new delhi |
| D. | manchuria |
| Answer» D. manchuria | |
| 12. |
..............found allies in Tito, Nasser, Soekarno, U Nu andNkrumah at a later stage in his formation NAM. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | subash chandra bose |
| D. | k.p. kesava menon |
| Answer» B. v.k. krishna menon | |
| 13. |
The greatest success of .............non-committal internationalpolitics was the formation of the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM). |
| A. | v.k. krishna menon’s |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru's |
| C. | sir. c.p’s |
| D. | v.p. menon |
| Answer» C. sir. c.p’s | |
| 14. |
The Panchasheel agreement of 1954 was between New Delhiand............... |
| A. | dhaka |
| B. | belgrade |
| C. | karachi |
| D. | peking |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
................ can be said to be one of the greatest internationalinfluences on Nehru, but Gandhi's ideals of Satyagraha also influenced him to a great degree. |
| A. | capitalism |
| B. | socialism |
| C. | mercantilism |
| D. | communism |
| Answer» C. mercantilism | |
| 16. |
.............is considered to be the architect of modern India. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | sardar patel |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. v.k. krishna menon | |
| 17. |
..............ended his 11-day fast on the hospital bed, expressing hisdelight that it was a “true victory of the people of Telangana”. |
| A. | k. chandrasekhara rao |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | gokhale |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 18. |
India’s Union Minister of Home Affairs Mr. P. Chidambaramannounced on December 9, 2009, that the government intended to start the process of forming a separate .............state. |
| A. | telangana |
| B. | kashmir |
| C. | satara |
| D. | nagapur |
| Answer» B. kashmir | |
| 19. |
When a war between India and Pakistan seemed imminent in1965, .................., the President of the Akali Dal, refusing to suspend the agitation affirmed that “the country is dear but Punjabi Suba [state] is dearer.” |
| A. | sant fateh singh |
| B. | v.k. krishna menon |
| C. | w.c.banerji |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» B. v.k. krishna menon | |
| 20. |
..............., was a leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) |
| A. | k chandrasekhara rao |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | sant fateh singh |
| D. | sardar patel |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 21. |
The Akali Dal representing the Sikhs of ............. launched anagitation for reorganisation of the province on the basis of linguistic homogeneity. |
| A. | punjab |
| B. | nepal |
| C. | haryana |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» B. nepal | |
| 22. |
The States Reorganization Commission appointed by the PrimeMinister in December .............. discarded the demand for the formation of a separate Punjabi-speaking state. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The first major reorganization of Indian states based on linguisticcharacteristics occurred in............... |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1936 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
The formation of a States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in................. which was charged with ‘preservation….of unity and security of India’. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
On October 19, 1952, .............., a devout follower of MahatmaGandhi, began a fast-unto-death in demanding that a separate state be carved out of the province of Madras for its Telugu- speaking population. |
| A. | potti sriramulu |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | v.k. krishna menon |
| D. | john mathai |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 26. |
The constitutional head of the Executive of the Union is the .......... |
| A. | president |
| B. | prime minister |
| C. | finance minister |
| D. | chief minister |
| Answer» B. prime minister | |
| 27. |
Article ...............of the Constitution provides that there shall be aCouncil of Ministers with a Prime Minister as its head to aid and advice the President, who shall exercise his functions in accordance to the advice. |
| A. | 54(1) |
| B. | 64(i) |
| C. | 71 (i) |
| D. | 74 (i) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
As per Article .............. of the Constitution of India, the council ofthe Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses to be known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). |
| A. | 39 |
| B. | 49 |
| C. | 59 |
| D. | 79 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on26th January ...................... |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the conditions were thereverse, with the ruler being a ................. and the population, } overwhelmingly Muslim (75%). |
| A. | muslim |
| B. | parsi |
| C. | sikhs |
| D. | hindu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Junagadh in ...................whose population was overwhelminglyHindu (80%), was ruled by a Muslim ruler. |
| A. | kathiwar |
| B. | hyderabad |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | kashmir |
| Answer» B. hyderabad | |
| 32. |
By August 15, ................all states geographically contiguous toIndia, except Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh, had acceded to India by signing the Instrument of Accession. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» C. 1949 | |
| 33. |
...................is called as Iron man of India. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | sardar patel |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
............... had decided in June 1947 to become an independentstate, and it was followed by Hyderabad. |
| A. | travancore |
| B. | malabar |
| C. | cochi |
| D. | manglore |
| Answer» B. malabar | |
| 35. |
................. presided over the Udaipur and Gwalior Sessions of theAISPC (1945 & 47) and declared at Gwalior that the states refusing to join the constituent Assembly would be treated as hostile. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | w.c.banerji |
| D. | gokhale |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 36. |
................became the president of the AISPC in 1939. |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | sardar patel |
| D. | v.p.menon |
| Answer» B. lord mountbatten | |
| 37. |
The Tripura Session ................ decided that the organisationshould involve itself closely with the movements in the princely states. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» D. 1937 | |
| 38. |
It was only in 1938 at its ..............Session that the Congressincluded the independence of the princely states as well in its goal of Poorna Swaraj. |
| A. | haripura |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | mysore |
| D. | hyderabad |
| Answer» B. travancore | |
| 39. |
The AISPC presented a memorandum to the .............. Partyadvocating an all-India federal Constitution. |
| A. | congress |
| B. | bjp |
| C. | janatha dal |
| D. | cpi |
| Answer» B. bjp | |
| 40. |
An All-India States Peoples' Conference was convened (AISPC) inDecember .................... |
| A. | 1827 |
| B. | 1835 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» D. 1937 | |
| 41. |
In ................. the Simon Commission was appointed |
| A. | 1827 |
| B. | 1877 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» D. 1935 | |
| 42. |
In order to counter the rising nationalist trend in the princelyStates as well as British India, the British set up the Chamber of Princes in................. |
| A. | 1821 |
| B. | 1829 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» D. 1931 | |
| 43. |
Vernacular press Act was introduced by.............. |
| A. | rippon |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | lord lytton |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» D. wellesley | |
| 44. |
The Doctrine of Lapse is connected with ............ |
| A. | lord mountbatten |
| B. | g.r.abhyanka |
| C. | dalhousie |
| D. | wellesley |
| Answer» D. wellesley | |
| 45. |
The Subsidiary Alliance System of ............... had reduced manyIndian States into a subordinate position of the Company. |
| A. | wellesley |
| B. | lord mountbatten |
| C. | lord lytton |
| D. | curzon |
| Answer» B. lord mountbatten | |
| 46. |
............... is a work of Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. |
| A. | freedom at midnight |
| B. | discovery of india |
| C. | sepoy mutiny |
| D. | malabar rebellion |
| Answer» B. discovery of india | |
| 47. |
................... novel was Midnight's Children (1980) |
| A. | salman rushdie's |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | sardar vallabhai patel |
| D. | balwantrai mehta |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 48. |
Subh-e-Azadi (Freedom’s Dawn, 1947) was written by ................. |
| A. | faiz ahmad faiz |
| B. | bhisham sahni |
| C. | bapsi sidhwa's ice-candy man |
| D. | balwantrai mehta |
| Answer» B. bhisham sahni | |
| 49. |
Literature describing the human cost of independence andpartition comprises ................... Train to Pakistan (1956). |
| A. | khushwant singh's |
| B. | toba tek singh’s |
| C. | by saadat hassan manto’s |
| D. | manohar malgonkar's |
| Answer» B. toba tek singh’s | |
| 50. |
In 1971, the Bengalis in East Pakistan who felt that they werebeing discriminated by the West, gained independence under their leader Sheikh Mujibur Rehman with military help from India, to form.............................. |
| A. | burma |
| B. | pakistan |
| C. | nepal |
| D. | bangladesh |
| Answer» E. | |