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  Which of the following statements about Lord Ripon’s plan for Indian local self-government is/are true? 1). The district should be the maximum area served by one Committee or Local Board. 2). The Local Boards should consist of a large majority of nominated official members and be presided over by an official member as Chairman. Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:   (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2   Which of the following documents laid the groundwork for the European Union?   (A) Maastricht Treaty (B) Treaty of Paris (C) Treaty of Rome (D) Treaty of Lisbon   Which of the following statements about Bal Gangadhar Tilak is not accurate?   (A) He propounded the theory of the Arctic Home of the Aryans. (B) He founded the Anti-cow killing Society. (C) He set up the Home Rule League at Poona. (D) He supported the age of consent Bill.   The Triple Alliance against Tipu Sultan was founded by which of the following Governor Generals?   (A) Warren Hastings (B) Lord Cornwallis (C) Lord Wellesley (D) Lord William Bentinck   Which one of the following was not a Prarthana Samaj demand?   (A) Women’s education (B) Widow remarriage (C) Raising the age of marriage for boys and girls. (D) Abolition of untouchability.   Which of the following states was Lord Dalhousie’s first annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse?   (A) Nagpur (B) Jhansi (C) Sambalpur (D) Satara   Use the code below the lists to match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List-I (Social Reformer) A) Iyothee Dass B) Jyotiba Phule C) John Rathinam D) E.V. Ramaswami Naickar List-II (Association) Satyashodhak Samaj Dravida Kazhgam Self-Respect movement Dravida Mahajanasabha   (A) A-4; B-2; C-1; D-3 (B) A-3; B-1; C-2; D-4 (C) A-4; B-1; C-2; D-3 (D) A-3; B-2; C-1; D-4   Which of the following scholars were Kanishka’s contemporaries? 1) Ashvaghosa 2) Nagarjuna 3) Vasumitra 4) Chanakya   (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 3 and 4 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 3   Which of the following factors contributed to European trading businesses’ success in South India during the 17th century? 1) The presence of the Mughals in the south was not as much as in the north. 2) The Vijayanagar kingdom had been overthrown in the late 16th Century. 3) The south had many small and weak states.   (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 only (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1 only   10 If the Nawab of Awadh had done the following in 1856, Awadh would not have been annexed to the British Empire. (A) Allied with the British (B) Not refused to introduce reforms as suggested by the British (C) Fought against the British (D) A natural heir   During the first decade of the twentieth century, which of the following was the greatest immediate cause in the rise of Swadeshi and the boycott of foreign goods?   (A) Curzon’s design to curtail the sphere of local self-government. (B) Curzon’s attempt to control the universities. (C) Curzon’s partition of Bengal. (D) Curzon’s plan to curb the growing popularity of the Indian national congress   Which of South India’s four linguistic regions was unaffected by the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1922-1923?   (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka   The following things are divided into two statements: Statement I and Statement II. You must carefully study these two statements and select the appropriate responses using the code provided below: Statement I: The annexation of Awadh by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 adversely affected the financial conditions of the sepoys. Statement II: The sepoys had to pay higher taxes on the land where their family members stayed in Awadh.   (A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of statement I. (B) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I. (C) Statement-I is true and Statement II is false. (D) Statement-I is false but Statement II is true.   During the Khilafat movements, which of the following sets of newspapers mirrored the concerns of educated Indian Muslims?   (A) Comrade and Hamdard (B) Comrade and Hindustan Times (C) Zamindar and Muslim voice (D) Comrade, Hamdard, Zamindar and Al Hilal   Which of the following statements about Raja Rammohun Roy, a social reformer, is false?   (A) Rammohun Roy belonged to the gentry class whose power had been diminished because of the imposition of the Permanent Settlement. (B) He studied both Vedantic Monism and Christian Unitarianism (C) He translated the Upanishads into Bengali. (D) His first organization was the Atmiya Sabha, founded in Calcutta in 1815.   Which of the following best describes Marx’s perspective on history? (A) History is a record of the wars between various people. (B) History is a succession of the struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes. (C) History is a faithful record of past events. (D) None of the above   The philosophy of the Russian revolutionaries was based on the theories of?   (A) Lenin and Stalin (B) Marx and Lenin (C) Marx and Engles (D) Lenin and Engels   Fashion’s mission to India was to?   (A) Learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings. (B) Understand the social position of women during the Gupta period. (C) Visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts. (D) Get full knowledge about the condition of peasants during the period of Gupta kings.   The British government collected money directly from farmers under which of the following assessment systems?   (A) Zamindari (B) Ryotwari (C) Annawari (D) Desaiwari   Which of the following is located on Borobudur? (A) A huge temple of Vishnu and Shive in Java, built in the 12th Century AD. (B) An enormous Stupa in Java, built in the 8th Century AD. (C) A magnificent palace

Most ASked Question in NDA From History 1. Todarmal is associated with the revenue system known as (a) Kankut (b) Ghalla Bakshi (c) Zabti or Zabt (d) Nasaq Ans: (c) 2. The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was? (a) Makaranda Pandey (b) Ramatanu Pande (c) Haridas (d) Lal Kalawant Ans: (b) 3. Of the so-called ‘Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar’ the one who was a reputed poet of? Hindi, was (a) Abul Fazl (b) Faizi (c) Abdur Rahim Khan-I-Khana (d) Birbal Ans: (c) 4. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-I-Akbari, was? (a) Nizamuddin Ahmad (b) Abdur Qadir Badauni (c) Abul Fazl (d) Abbas Khan Arwani Ans: (c) 5. Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru? (a) Amar Das (b) Angad (c) Ram Das (d) Arjan Ans: (a) 6. Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were? (a) military commanders (b) provincial governors (c) high civil and military officers (d) all of the above Ans: (d) 7. The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the “Immortal Homer of the East” was? (a) Utbi (b) Firdausi (c) Alberuni (d) Baihaqi Ans: (b) 8. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by? (a) Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat (b) Prithvi raja Chauhan III of Ajmer (c) Both (a) and (b) above (d) (b) and the Chandela king Para Mardi Ans: (c) 9. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating? (a) Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain (b) Jaya Chanda in the Battle of Chanda war (c) The Chandelas (d) Both (a) and (b) above Ans: (d) 10. It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was? (a) Samant sena (b) Hemant sena (c) Ballal sena (d) Lakshaman sena Ans: (d) 11. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft? (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda Ans: (d) 12. The later Vedic Age means the age of the compilation of? (a) Samhitas (b) Brahmanas (c) Aranyakas (d) All the above Ans: (d) 13. The Vedic religion, as well as its subsequent (Vedic) advancements, is known as? (a) Hinduism (b) Brahmanism (c) Bhagavatism (d) Vedic Dharma Ans: (b) 14. The Vedic Aryans initially arrived in the area that is now known as? (a) Central India (b) Gangetic Doab (c) Saptasindhu (d) Kashmir and Punjab Ans: (c) 15. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri mantra? (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda (c) Kathopanishad (d) Aitareya Brahmana Ans: (a) 16. The famous Gayatri mantra is addressed to? (a) Indra (b) Varuna (c) Pashupati (d) Savita Ans: (d) 17. Two highest, gods in the Vedic religion were? (a) Agni and Savitri (b) Vishnu and Mitra (c) Indra and Varuna (d) Surya and Pushan Ans: (c) 18. Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the? (a) Yajurveda (b) Purusa-sukta of Rigveda (c) Upanishads (d) Shatapatha Brahmana Ans: (b) 19. This Vedic God was ‘a breaker of the forts’ and also a ‘war god’? (a) Indra (b) Yama (c) Marut (d) Varuna Ans: (a) 20. The Harappan or Indus Valley Civilization flourished during the ____ age? (a) Megalithic (b) Paleolithic (c) Neolithic (d) Chalcolithic Ans: (d)

The general question often asked in NDA Examination : 1. A light bulb’s filament is made up of the following materials? a) Platinum b) Tantalum c) Tungsten d) Antimony Answer: c) 2. Which of the colored lights below has the lowest frequency? Sound waves are ____________ waves. a) Pressure b) Longitudinal c) Electromagnetic d) Mechanical Answer: c) Explanation: Sound waves are not Electromagnetic Waves. 3. Which of the following colored light has the lowest frequency? a) Green b) Blue c) Red d) Violet Answer: c) Explanation: Red color has the lowest frequency of visible light. 4. The artificial geostationary satellite’s period is? a) 8 hours b) 12 hours c) 24 hours d) 46 hours Answer: c) Explanation: The period of an artificial geostationary satellite is 24 hours. 5. The value of universal gravitational constant G is: a) 9.8 m/s2 b) 6.673×10-11 N m2 kg-2 c) 6.371 x 106 m d) 1.738 x 10 6 m Answer: b) Explanation: The value of the universal gravitational constant G is 6.673×10-11 N m2 kg-2 Check out the Current affairs question:-  Latest Current Affairs often Asked in NDA Exams 6. What is the metric unit for weight magnitude? a) Distance (meter) b) Mass (grams) c) Force (Newton) d) None of the above Answer: c) Explanation: The unit of the magnitude of the weight is Newton (Force). 7. What is the value of Pi? a) 3.14159 b) 3.14358 c) 3.14258 d) 3.14289 Answer: a) Explanation: The value of Pi is approximately 3.14159. It is a mathematical constant and its symbol is π. 8. Which of the following is the finest conductor of electricity? a) Copper b) Aluminium c) Iron d) Silver Answer: d) Explanation: Although pure silver is the best conductor of electricity, other options are more common due to its scarcity. A material’s electrical conductivity is determined by how readily its atoms can offer free electrons for current flow. Any material with no free electrons in its atoms is incapable of conducting electricity. 9. Small liquid drops are spherical in shape because a) of adhesion b) of gravitational force c) of the atmospheric pressure from all the sides on the top d) the liquid tends to have the minimum surface area are due to surface tension Answer: d) Explanation: Surface tension causes the liquid to have the smallest possible surface area. Because its molecules are constantly stretched, a drop of liquid attempts to occupy the smallest surface area possible in a given volume. The spherical shape is used to obtain this smallest area. Surface tension is created by these cohesive forces, which means that a liquid’s upper surface is always tense. 10. Which of the following is related to the Chandrashekhar Limit? a) Stars b) Black holes c) Both of these d) None of these Answer: a) Explanation: It refers to the mass limit at which stars collapse. The maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star is known as the Chandrasekhar limit. It is the mass at which the star’s electron degeneracy pressure is insufficient to counteract its own gravitational attraction. As a result, white dwarfs with masses greater than this threshold would experience gravitational collapse, eventually transforming into a neutron star or black hole. 11. A Light Year is a measure of? a) Light intensity b) Time c) Distance d) None of the Above Answer: c) Explanation: A Light Year is known as the distance traveled by light in one year, which is equal to 3 lakh kilometers/sec × 24 hrs × 60 min × 60 seconds. This unit is used to measure astronomical distances between various celestial bodies like planets, stars, galaxies, etc. 12. Asteroid’s circles are between which two planets in the Solar System? a) Venus and Mars b) Mars and Earth c) Mars and Jupiter d) Jupiter and Saturn Answer: c) Explanation: The asteroids are minor planets, especially those in the inner Solar System. The term was earlier applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun, which did not show the disc of a planet and did not have comet-like properties. But in modern science, the term “asteroid” refers to the minor planets of the inner Solar System including those which are co-orbital with Jupiter. 13. Can you find the correctly matched pair a) Madam Curie: X-ray b) Albert Einstein: Photoelectric effect c) Linus Pauling: Electron d) C V Raman: Stark effect Answer: b) Explanation: Many languages refer to X-radiation as Rontgen radiation, after the German scientist Wilhelm Rontgen, who is typically credited with its discovery and who termed it X-radiation to denote an unknown sort of radiation. C V Raman got the Nobel Prize for his work on the Raman Effect. This discovery of the photo-electric equation earned Albert Einstein the Nobel Prize in Physics. Radioactivity – Madam Curie Electro negativity scale by Linus Pauling 14. The terms refraction, reflection, dispersion, and diffraction are all related to? a) Light b) Sound c) Magnetism d) None of the Above Answer: a) Explanation: In optics, refraction is a phenomenon that often occurs when waves travel from a medium with a given refractive index to a medium with another at an oblique angle. Reflection of light is either specular (mirror-like) or diffuse (retaining the energy, but losing the image) depending on the nature of the interface. Dispersion is the separation of white light into colors or of any radiation according to wavelength. Diffraction is the slight bending of light as it passes around the edge of an object. 15. In degrees Celsius, the minimum temperature beyond which matter cannot be cooled is: a) 95.50 b) 100 c) 273.15 d) 473.50 Answer: c) Explanation: The temperature at this point is known as absolute zero. Absolute zero is the lowest point on the thermodynamic temperature scale, a state in which the enthalpy and entropy of a cooled ideal gas are equal to zero. At least, in theory, all molecular motion should stop at this moment. Practice UPSC NDA & NA Mathematics Mock Test with Answers (300 Marks) 16. Who among the following