1. The art and science of map making is called
(a) Remote Sensing
(b) Cartography
(c) Photograrnmetry
(d) Mapping
The Correct option is – (b) Cartography
2. The age of the Earth can be determined by
(a) Geological Time Scale
(b) Radio-Metric Dating
(c) Gravity method
(d) Fossilization method
The Correct option is – (b) Radio-Metric Dating
3. The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace Buddhism was
(a) Vishnu Gupta
(b) Upa Gupta
(c) Brahma Gupta
(d) Brihadratha
The Correct option is –( b) Upa Gupta
4. The declaration that Democracy is a Government ‘of the people, by the people; for the people’ was made by
(a) George Washington
(b) Winston Churchill
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Theodore Roosevelt
The Correct option is – (c) Abraham Lincoln
5. The Lodi dynasty was founded by
(a) Ibrahim Lodi
(b) Sikandar Lodi
(c) Bahlol Lodi
(d) Khizr Khan
The Correct option is – (c) Bahlol Lodi
6. Harshvardhana was defeated by
(a) Prabhakaravardhana
(b) Pulakesin II
(c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
(d) Sasanka
The Correct option is – (c) Narasimhasvarma Pallava
7. Who among the following was an illiterate?
(a) Jahangir
(b) ShahJahan
(c) Akbar
(d) Aurangazeb
The Correct option is – (c) Akbar
8. Which Governor General is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Bentinck
(d) Lord Curzon
The Correct option is – (b) Lord Dalhousie
9. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on
(a) 15th January, 1947
(b) 15th August, 1947
(c) 15th August, 1950
(d) 15th October, 1947
The Correct option is – (b) 15th August, 1947
10. Despotism is possible in a
(a) One party state
(b) Two party state
(c) Multi Party state
(d) Two and multi party state
The Correct option is – (a) One Party state
