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Quiz 6 14/02/2017 Daily Quiz for HAS(Pre) & NT(Pre+Mains) (Based On UPSC+HPPSC Past Year Papers)



Quiz 6

14/02/2017
Daily Quiz for HAS(Pre) & NT(Pre+Mains) (Based On UPSC+HPPSC Past Year Papers)


Q 1. Consider the following statements:-

  • Assertion (A): The First War of Indian Independence started in 1857.
  • Reason (R): The soldiers refused to use the greased cartridges.

(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect
                                              



Q 2. In which of the following industries in India are the maximum number of workers employed?

(a) Jute
(b) Sugar
(c) Textiles
(d) Iron 


Q 3. The founder of Asiatic Society was

(a) William Jones
(b) Annie Besant
(c) William Kerry
(d) Havell
                                                     

Q 4. Arrange the following in a chronological order
(i) Surat Split
(ii) Formation of Muslim League
(iii) Partition of Bengal
(iv) Regulating Act
(a) (i). (ii), (iii), (iv)
(b) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(d) (ii), (iii), (iv), (I)


Q 5. “The Arctic Home of the Vedas” was written by
(a) Minoo Masani
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Q 6. On whose recommendation was the Constituent Assembly formed?

(a) Mountbatten plan
(b) Cripp’s Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935


Q 7.  Which of the following Acts introduced diarchy for the first time in India?

(a) The Indian Councils Act. 1909
(b) The Indian Councils Act, 1919
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935
(d) None of the above


Q 8. What is the name of shifting cultivation in Mexico ? 

(a)Milpa 
(b)Jhumming 
(c) Roca 
(d) Caingin 


Q 9. According to Paris agreement on climate change, the rise in average temperature of earth's surface above pre-industrial levels should be limited to:

(a) 1 Degree Celsius 
(b) 2 Degree Celsius
(c) 2.5 Degree Celsius
(d) 3 Degree Celsius



Q 10. The National Airquality Index (AQI) measures air quality by taking into consideration which of the following pollutants? 

1. Ammonia
2. Nitrogen dioxide
3. Sulphur dioxide
4. Carbon dioxide
5. Ozone 
6. Lead

Select the correct answer from the given codes : 

(a) (1), (3) and (5) only 
(b) (1), (2), (4) and (6) only
(c) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)
(d) (1), (5) and (6) only


Q 11. Which Raja of Sirmaur princely state shifted the capital of his state from Rajban to Kalsi in the beginning of the thirteen century?

(a) Udit Prakesh
(b) Kaul Prakash
(c) Maha Prakash
(d) Sumer Prakash


Q 12. Which Raja of Bushahr princely state received Hang-Rang valley from Tibet as Jagir ?

(a) Prem Singh
(b) Karam Singh
(c) Bhup Singh
(d) Kehri Singh


Q 13.  Who was the court poet of Raja Dharam Chand of Kangra who wrote Dharam Chand Natak in around 1562 AD?

(a) Ganesh Singh
(b) Kanhyaya Lal Sharma.
(c) Manik Chand
(d) Padam Chand Guleri


Q 14. To Which princely state did Zorwawar Singh, General Of Raja Gulab Singh who invaded Ladakh and Baltistan during 1834-41, belongs ?

(a) Kangra
(b) Sirmaur
(c) Jubbal
(d) Kehlur


Q 15. Decibel is used to measure the intensity field of:

a) Magnetic field 
b) Sound 
c) Light 
d) Heat 



Answers:-

Q 1. Consider the following statements:-

  • Assertion (A): The First War of Indian Independence started in 1857.
  • Reason (R): The soldiers refused to use the greased cartridges.

(a) if A and R both are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) if A and R both are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) if A is incorrect but R is correct
(d) if A is correct but R is incorrect
                                              



Q 2. In which of the following industries in India are the maximum number of workers employed?

(a) Jute
(b) Sugar
(c) Textiles
(d)Iron 


Q 3. The founder of Asiatic Society was

(a) William Jones
(b) Annie Besant
(c) William Kerry
(d) Havell
                                                     

Q 4. Arrange the following in a chronological order
(i) Surat Split
(ii) Formation of Muslim League
(iii) Partition of Bengal
(iv) Regulating Act
(a) (i). (ii), (iii), (iv)
(b) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
(d) (ii), (iii), (iv), (I)


Q 5. “The Arctic Home of the Vedas” was written by
(a) Minoo Masani
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Q 6. On whose recommendation was the Constituent Assembly formed?

(a) Mountbatten plan
(b) Cripp’s Mission
(c) Cabinet Mission Plan
(d) Government of India Act, 1935


Q 7.  Which of the following Acts introduced diarchy for the first time in India?

(a) The Indian Councils Act. 1909
(b) The Indian Councils Act, 1919
(c) The Government of India Act, 1935
(d) None of the above


Q 8. What is the name of shifting cultivation in Mexico ? 

(a)Milpa 
(b)Jhumming 
(c) Roca 
(d) Caingin 


Q 9. According to Paris agreement on climate change, the rise in average temperature of earth's surface above pre-industrial levels should be limited to:

(a) 1 Degree Celsius 
(b) 2 Degree Celsius
(c) 2.5 Degree Celsius
(d) 3 Degree Celsius



Q 10. The National Airquality Index (AQI) measures air quality by taking into consideration which of the following pollutants? 

1. Ammonia
2. Nitrogen dioxide
3. Sulphur dioxide
4. Carbon dioxide
5. Ozone 
6. Lead

Select the correct answer from the given codes : 

(a) (1), (3) and (5) only 
(b) (1), (2), (4) and (6) only
(c) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)
(d) (1), (5) and (6) only


Q 11. Which Raja of Sirmaur princely state shifted the capital of his state from Rajban to Kalsi in the beginning of the thirteen century?

(a) Udit Prakesh
(b) Kaul Prakash
(c) Maha Prakash
(d) Sumer Prakash


Q 12. Which Raja of Bushahr princely state received Hang-Rang valley from Tibet as Jagir ?

(a) Prem Singh
(b) Karam Singh
(c) Bhup Singh
(d) Kehri Singh


Q 13.  Who was the court poet of Raja Dharam Chand of Kangra who wrote Dharam Chand Natak in around 1562 AD?

(a) Ganesh Singh
(b) Kanhyaya Lal Sharma.
(c) Manik Chand
(d) Padam Chand Guleri


Q 14. To Which princely state did Zorwawar Singh, General Of Raja Gulab Singh who invaded Ladakh and Baltistan during 1834-41, belongs ?

(a) Kangra
(b) Sirmaur
(c) Jubbal
(d) Kehlur


Q 15. Decibel is used to measure the intensity field of:

a) Magnetic field 
b) Sound 
c) Light 
d) Heat 


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