General Studies Sample Questions

1. Who was considered as the father of local self-Government?
Ans: Lord Ripon

  Ø Lord canning was introduced income tax first in India
  Ø Doctrine of laps was introduced by Lord Dalhousie
 Ã˜ Doctrine of laps was officially withdrawn by Lord Canning
Ø First census held in India during the period of Lord Mayo (1871 - 72)
Ø Vernacular press act and Arms act (1878) were passed by Lord Lytton
Ø Vernacular press act was withdrawn by Lord Ripon.
Ø Viceroy of reverse character - Lord Lytton
Ø Lord Dufferin was organised public service commission first time in India
Ø The Viceroy who appointed the Hilton Young Commission which led to the establishment of RBI is Lord Reading.
Ø Viceroy during Partition of Bengal - Lord Curzon
Ø Viceroy who cancelled Partition of Bengal - Lord Harding II

2. In which year Rash Bihari Bose organised the Indian Independence League at Bangkok?
Ans: 1942

F Swathantra Party - C. Raja Gopalachary 1959
F Muhammdan Literary Society - Nawab Abdul Lathif in 1863 at Calcutta.
F All India Kissan Sabha - 1936 (Lucknow)
F Forward Block - Subash Chandra Bose in 1939
F Swaraj Party - C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru in 1923
F Ghadar Party - Lala Hardayal in 1913 (San Fransisco)

3. Which is the oldest mountain ranges in India?
Ans: Aravalli

@ Aravalli is situated in Rajasthan
@ The largest peak in Aravalli is Guru Sikhar
@ Mount Abu is a famous hill station in Aravalli
@ The youngest mountain ranges in the world is 'The Himalayas'.
@ The back bone of Himalaya is greater Himalaya
@ In Sanskrit Western Ghat is known as Sahyadris
@ The highest peak in Western Ghat is Anamudi
@ The highest peak in Eastern Ghat is Jindhagada Peak
@ The meeting place of Eastern Ghat and Western Ghat is Nilgiri
@ The highest point in Nilgiri is Doddabetta

4. Who wrote the book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?
Ans: Dadabhai Naoroji

v Gandhi and Indian Villages - Mahadev Desai
v The Days of Indira Gandhi - Pranab Mukherjee
v Struggle for Existence - Mamata Banarjee
v Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer - Cyrus Mistry
v The Dramatic Decade, The Indira Gandhi Years - Pranab Mukherjee
v The scope of Happiness - Vijayalakshmi Pandit
v Mind Positive Life Positive - Joginder Singh
v Defending India - Jaswant Singh
v Unhappy India - Lala Lajpat Rai
v Eternal India - Indira Gandhi
v My Truth - Indira Gandhi
v Golden threshold - Sarojini Naidu

5. What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswathy?
Ans: Mulshankar

ü Rani Lakshmi Bai - Manikarnika
ü Swami Vivekananda - Narendranath Datta
ü Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsar - Gadhadhar Chatterjee
ü Tantya Tope - Ramachandra Pandurang
ü Sister Nivedita - Margaret E Nobel
ü Mira Behn - Madeleine Slade
ü Sarala Behn - Catherine Mary Heilman

6. The English men who described the 1857 revolt was a 'National Rising' is?
Ans: Benjamin Disraeli

ð The English - Devil's wind
ð V.D. Savarkar - First war of Indian independence
ð V D Savarkar - Indian war of independence
ð John Lawrance - Sepoy Mutiny
ð Ashok Meta - Great Rebellion
ð S B Chaudhari - Internal Revolt
ð William Dal Ripple - Uprising

7. Who was the Chief Organiser of 'Ghadar Movement'?
Ans: Lala Hardayal

Ä Home Rule Movement - Annie Besant
Ä Aligarh movement - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Ä Devasamaj - Shiva Narayan Agnihotri
Ä Young Bengal Movement - Henry Vivian Derzio
Ä Ramalcrishna Mission - Swami Vivekanandan
Ä Paris Indian Society - Madam Bhikaji Cama
Ä Satya Sodhak Samaj - Jyoti Rao Phule
Ä Hindusthan Republican Association - Chandrasekhar Azad
Ä Indian Home Rule Society - Shyamji Krishna Verma
Ä Bombay Association - Jagannath Shankar Seth
Ä Social Service League - N M Joshi
Ä Seva Samithi - H M Kunsru
Ä Seva Sadan - B M Malabari
Ä Arya Samaj - Swami Dayananda Saraswati  
Ä Brahma Samaj - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ä Prarthana Samaj - Atmaram Pandurang
8. The famous work 'Mokshapradeepam' was written by?
Ans: Brahmananda Sivayogi

w  Jeevakarunya Niroopanam - Chattambi Swamikal
w  Athmopadesha Shathakam - Sree Narayana Guru
w  Pancharatnam - Thycaud Ayya
w  Anandadarshanam - Brahmananda Sivayogi
w  Prarthanamanjari - Vagbhatanandan
w  Athyathma Yudham - Vagbhatanandan
w  Balakalesham - Pandit Karuppan
w  Jathi Kummi - Pandit Karuppan
w  Ujjeevanam - Sahodharan Ayyappan
w  Pancha Kalyani Niroopanam - Mannathu Padmanabhan
w  Islam matha Siddhanta Samgraham - Vakkom Moulavi
w  Kerala Bhasholpathi - Swadeshabhimani Rama Krishna Pillai 
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