GS - MCQ s 1

1.    Consider the following statements:
1.    Farrukh Siyar owed his victory to the sayyid brothers, Abdullah Khan and Hussain Ali Khan, who were therefore given the offices of Mir-bakshi and Wazir respectively.
2.    Farrukh Siyar was willing to give the sayyid brothers a free hand in administration.
3.    The Sayyid brothers deposed and killed Farrukh Siyar in 1718.
    Codes:
    (a)    Only 1 and 2 are incorrect
    (b)    Only 2 and 3 are incorrect
    (c)    Only 1 and 3 are incorrect
    (d)    All are incorrect

2.    Arrange the Nawabs of Bengal in Chronological order:
1.    Siraj-ud-daulah
2.    Shuja-uddin
3.    Mir Qasim
4.    Aliwardi Khan
    Codes:
    (a)    1, 2, 3, 4
    (b)    2, 1, 4, 3
    (c)    2, 4, 1, 3
    (d)    1, 4, 3, 2


3.    The treaty of Mangalore to conclude the second Anglo-Mysore War, was signed between:
    (a)    Hyder Ali and Macartiny
    (b)    Tipu Sultan and Lord Macartiny
    (c)    Hyder Ali and Colonel Braithwaite
    (d)    Tipu Sultan and Colonel Braithwaite

4.    Consider the following statements about India in the eighteenth century.
1.    India showed signs of cultural renaissance during the 18th Century
2.    Music continued to develop and flourish in the 18th Century both in the North and South.
3.    There were numerous scientific developments throughout the 18th century

    Codes:
    (a)    Only 1 is correct
    (b)    Only 2 is correct
    (c)    Only 3 is correct
    (d)    All are correct


5.    Match the following:
A.    Our system acts very     1.    Lord Cornwallis    much like a sponge,
    drawing up all the good
    things from the banks
    of the Ganges and     
    squeezing them down 
    on the banks of the 
    Thames.
B.    "Bear in mind that     2.    William     
    the commerce of India is         Bentinck
    the commerce of the 
    world, and he who 
    can exclusively command 
    it is the dictator of Europe".
C.    Every native of     3.    John Sulliwan
    Hindustan is corrupt.
D.    "The misery hardly     4.    Peter the Great
    finds a parallel in the         of Russia
    history of commerce. The
    homes of the cotton weavers 
    are bleaching the plains 
    of India.
    Codes:
        A    B    C    D
    (a)    1    2    3    4
    (b)    2    4    1    3
    (c)    3    4    1    2
    (d)    4    3    2    1

6.    Who among the following is remembered as the Father of land settlements in Northern India.
    (a)    John Shorey
    (b)    Holt Mackinzie
    (c)    Mertins Bird
    (d)    James Thomson

7.    Match the following:
    Centres of the     British officers who
    Revolt of 1857    suppressed the
        Revolt
A.    Delhi    1.    Sir Campbell
B.    Lucknow    2.    Huge Rose
C.    Jhansi    3.    William Taylor
D.    Arrah    4.    John Nicholson
    Codes:
        A    B    C    D
    (a)    1    2    3    4
    (b)    4    1    2    3
    (c)    4    3    1    2
    (d)    1    4    2    3
8.    Arrange the state Trials of the Wahabi Movement in chronological order:
    1.    Malda Trial
    2.    Ambala Trial
    3.    Rajmahal Trial
    4.    Patna Trial
    Code:
    (a)    1, 2, 3, 4
    (b)    2, 4, 1,3
    (c)    2, 1, 4, 3
    (d)    1, 4, 3, 2



9.    Identify the correct statement(s) from the given:
1.    Venkatraman Ramakrishnan got the Nobel prize in 2009 for his work on ribosomes.
2.    Ralph Steinman was the only scientist who was awarded nobel prize for medicine in 2011.
    Codes:
    (a)    1 only
    (b)    2 only
    (c)    Both 1 and2
    (d)    None of them

10.    Identify the incorrect statement(s) from the given:
1.    Endosulfan is a chemical pesticide belonging to the organochlorine.
2.    OPERA is associated with experiment on neutrinos.
    Codes:
    (a)    1 only
    (b)    2 only
    (c)    Both 1 and2
    (d)    None of them

1.    (d)
2.    (c)
3.    (b)
4.    (b)
5.    (c)
6.    (c)
7.    (b)
8.    (b)
9.    (a)
10.    (b)