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MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2020
8. Which one of the following is not associated with Mahavalipuram?
(A) It is a coastal town of Andhra Pradesh.
(B) It is famous for monolithic rock cut temples and world heritage site.
(C) It came to prominence during the Pallava Period.
(D) An informal summit between Prime Minister of India and Chinese President took place here.
9. The National Song of India was composed by
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Gulzar
27. The last Governor-General of India was
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Earl of Dalhousie
33. The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on
(A) 15 August 1947
(B) 26 November 1949
(C) 24 January 1950
(D) 26 January 1950
55. When did the Korean War begin?
(A) 1949
(B) 1950
(C) 1951
(D) 1953
65. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in
(A) Kolkata
(B) Madras
(C) Allahabad
(D) Bombay
72. Who used to call Gandhiji as the ‘Father of the Nation‘?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Sardar B. V. Patel
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2019
13. In which of the archaeological site in West Bengal the presence of a Buddhist monastery dated between 6th to 12th Century has been revealed?
(A) Karnasubarna
(B) Mogolmari
(C) Gosanimari
(D) Chandraketugarh
93. All India Muslim League was founded in
(A) 1905
(B) 1906
(C) 1911
(D) 1947
97. When did Pondicherry become a Union Territory of India?
(A) 1961
(B) 1962
(C) 1963
(D) 1964
98. “Jai Jawan Jai Kishan” is the slogan of
(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2018
- When was the first session of the Hindu Mahasabha held?
(A) In April 1915
(B) In May 1932
(C) In January 1939
(D) In August 1944
- Why did Gandhiji go to Africa?
(A) To begin his experiments on Satyagraha
(B) To establish a unit of Congress party
(C) To set up Tolstoy farm for the poor peasants
(D) To fight a legal battle for a Gujrati Muslim Businessman
(A) Full economic support to war efforts
(B) Imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial
(C) Suppression of Khilafat Movement
(D) Imposition of restrictions on Freedom of Press
- Trade Unions were first legally recognised in India by
(A) Trade Union Act, 1924
(B) The Trade Union Act, 1926
(C) The Trade Disputes Act, 1929
(D) The Whitley Commission, 1929
- Which one of the following pairs is not correctly arranged?
(A) Fraser Commission (1902) – On land Revenue and Famine
(B) Hunter Commission (1919) – On Punjab Disturbances
(C) Butler Commission (1927) – On Indian States
(D) Simon Commission (1927) – On Montague-Chelmsford Report 1918
- Who, among one following, represented the Depressed classes at the Second Round Table Conference in 1931?
(A) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(B) B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Jayakar
(D) Moonje
(A) Poona Pact, 1932
(B) Gandhi-Irwin, 1931
(C) The Government of India Act, 1935
(D) August Offer, 1940
- “… a post-dated cheque on a failing bank”, who said this and about what?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru about August offer, 1940
(B) Mahatma Gandhi about August offer, 1940
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru on Cripps offer
(D) Mahatma Gandhi on Cripps offer
- (i) INA Trial
(ii) Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
(iii) Desai-Liaquat Pact
(iv) Gandhi-Jinnah Talks
What is the correct chronological sequence?
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
- “The Muslim League proclaimed _____ for a Direct Action for getting Pakistan’
Which date is correct for the blank?
(A) August 16, 1945
(B) August 12, 1946
(C) August 16, 1946
(D) August 10, 1946
- Who was the Chairman of the special committee to examine the Draft Indian Constitution ?
(A) B. R. Ambedkar
(B) Patel
(C) Nehru
(D) Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
- ‘Boycott’ of British Education and British goods was adopted as a method of protest for the first time during
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Swadeshi Movement
(C) Anti-Partition Movement
(D) Surat Split
- Which one of the pairs is mismatched?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji – Calcutta Congress, 1886
(B) Mahatma Gandhi – Belgaum Congress, 1924
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru – Ramgarh Congress, 1945
(D) Acharya Kriplani – Meerut Congress, 1946
- The Ilbert Bill controversy was related to
(A) Impositions of restrictions on Indias about carrying arms.
(B) Imposition of restrictions on Indian Publications.
(C) Removal of disqualifications imposed on the Indian magistrates in regard to the trial of the Europeans.
(D) Removal of a duty on imported cotton cloth.
- ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was a factor behind
(A) Sanyasi Revolt
(B) Faraizis Revolt
(C) The Revolt of 1857
(D) Bhil Rising
- Which one the following pairs does not form part of the six systems of Indian Philosophy?
(A) Mimamsa and Vedanta
(B) Nyaya and Vaisheshika
(C) Lokayata and Kapalika
(D) Sankhya and Yoga
- (i) Who wrote ‘Indica’ and (ii) which administration was depicted there? Find out the correct match.
(A) (i) Megasthenese and (ii) Mauryan
(B) (i) Kautilya and (ii) Mauryan
(C) (i) Patanjali and (ii) Gupta
(D) (i) Kautilya and (ii) Gupta
- In pre-Vedic Harappan religion which male God was worshipped as the principal deity?
(A) Sun
(B) Barun
(C) Krishna
(D) Shiva
- Which one of the following is not properly matched?
(A) Amir Khusro – Laila Majnu
(B) Firdausi – Shah Namah
(C) Sant Tulsidas — Ramacharitmanas
(D) Badauni – Ain-e-Akbari
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2016
3. The name of the Movement, started with Dandi March was
(A) Home Rule Movement
(B) Civil-Disobedience Movement
(C) Quit-India Movement
(D) Non-Cooperation Movement
16. Raj Bhaban of Kolkata was built in
(A) 1770
(B) 1857
(C) 1904
(D) 1803
20. The name of the oldest church in Kolkata
(A) Armenian Church
(B) St. Baptist Church
(C) St. Peter’s Church
(D) St. Joseph Church
120. The first Viceroy of India was
(A) Lord Wellesley
(B) Lord Ellenborough
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Auckland