(Antonyms) Part – A : English (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2024 – I) (51 to 100)

Total Questions: 50

41. Which of the following statements are correct?

1. British 'trade surplus' with India in the nineteenth century meant that the value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of British imports from India.

2. India played a crucial role in the late-nineteenth-century world economy by helping Britain balance its deficits.

3. Britain grew opium in India and exported it to China and, therefore, for a while after the 1820s, opium became India's single largest export.

4. The nineteenth century saw export of Indian raw materials decline, and that of manufactured goods increase.

Select the answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Solution:(d)

42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List-I (Unit in use in early India)List-II (Content)
A. Muhurta1. Measure of weight
B. Raktika2. Measure of time
C. Angula3. Metre of poetry
D. Pada4. Measure of length

code:

OptionABCD
(a)2143
(b)2413
(c)3412
(d)3142
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:
List-I (Unit in use in early India)List-II (Content)
A. MuhurtaMeasure of time
B. RaktikaMeasure of weight
C. AngulaMeasure of length
D. PadaMetre of poetry

43. First coins in Indian history bearing the names and images of rulers were issued by the:

Correct Answer: (d) Indo-Greeks
Solution:The Indo-Greeks were the first to issue coins in India that featured the names and images of rulers, around the second century BCE. The Indo-Greeks controlled the northwest part of the subcontinent during this time, and their coins were a significant innovation in the region. The coins were bilingual in Greek and Arabic, and had Greek legends

44. Social theorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emphasised the emergence of industrialisation, urbanisation, secularisation and bureaucratisation as hallmarks of:

Correct Answer: (a) Modernity
Solution:Modernity
  • Modernity is a broad term encompassing the social, political, and economic changes that emerged from the traditional ways of life towards a more industrialized, urbanized, and secular society. These theorists saw these four factors as key characteristics of this shift.
  • The nineteenth and twentieth centuries emphasised the emergence of industrialisation, urbanisation, secularisation and bureaucratisation.

45. Consider the following events:

1. Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement
2. All-India Khilafat Conference in Delhi
3. Passing of the Rowlatt Act
4. Jallianwala Bagh incident
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events (earliest to latest) ?

Correct Answer: (b) 3, 4, 2, 1
Solution:
  • Passing of the Rowlatt Act (March 1919)
  • Jallianwala Bagh incident (April 13, 1919)
  • All-India Khilafat Conference in Delhi (November 1919)
  • Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement (August 1920)

46. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the

List-I (System/Category)List-II (Description)
A. Upari1. Peasants directly responsible for the payment of revenue
B. Pattadar2. Category of tenancy tenure held under the Marathas
C. Mirasidar3. Gifts of land or land revenue
D. Inam lands4. Co-parcenary title holder and designated revenue payer in South India

Code:

ABCD
(a)2143
(b)2413
(c)3412
(d)3142
Correct Answer: (a)

47. Which of the following statements about Vijayanagara king Krishnadevaraya's expeditions are correct?

1. In the early years of his reign he marched against the ruler of Orissa.
2. In 1520 CE, he captured the fort of Raichur from Ismail Adil Khar.
3. Krishnadevaraya restored Sultan Mahmud Shah to power and assumed the title of Yavana-rajya-sthapan-acharya.
Select the answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Solution:
  • Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 - 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning from 1509 to 1529.
  • Krishna Deva Raya invaded the Raichur Doab and completely crushed the Adil Shahi of Bijapur. Then he attacked Gulbarga and captured the city of Raichur in c. 1520 CE. He restored the Bahmani Sultanate to Muhammad Shah, and took the title of Yavanarajya sthapanacharya.

48. Water gas is a mixture of:

Correct Answer: (b) CO and H₂
Solution:Water gas is a fuel gas that's primarily a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H₂) in equal proportions.

49. Human body works in the pH range of:

Correct Answer: (b) 7.0-7.8
Solution:The human body functions within a pH range of 7.0 to 7.8, which is slightly alkaline.

50. Which one among the following statements with reference to the properties of water is not correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Latent heat of fusion of water is very low.
Solution:The latent heat of fusion of water is usually high.