NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2015-I (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)

Total Questions: 100

81. The Second Five Year Plan that called for the establishment of Socialist pattern of society was commonly referred to as the

Correct Answer: (b) Mahalanobis Plan
Solution:The Second Plan was particularly in the development of the public sector. The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953.

82. Harappan crafts display an amazing degree of standardization. According to Kenoyer, what was the possible reason for such an achievement ?

Correct Answer: (d) State control
Solution:Kenoyer has suggested that state control may have been responsible for high level of standardisation in crafts that were considered to have a value in maintaining the socio-economic or ritual order and which used non-local raw materials and highly complex technologies.

83. Consider the following statements about Ashokan rock edicts:

1. Major Rock Edict XIII records Ashoka's remorse at the sufferings caused by his Kalinga campaign.
2. Major Rock Edict X records Ashoka's visit to Lumbini.
3. Major Rock Edict XII refers to Dhamma Mahamattas as a new category of officers instituted by Ashoka.
4. Major Rock Edict XII speaks about showing tolerance towards all sects.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 3 and 4
Solution:The statements 1 and 4 are correct.

84. Which one of the following is the common element among Rajagriha, Vaishali and Pataliputra?

Correct Answer: (c) Places where Buddhist Councils were held
Solution:The First Buddhist council immediately following the death of the Buddha and the Second Buddhist council in the reign of Ashoka occurred in Patliputra and Rajgira. The Second Buddhist Council occurred in Vaisali.

85. Which one among the following sects was associated with Gosala Maskariputra?

Correct Answer: (b) Ajivikas
Solution:Makkhali Gosala (Pali; Sanskrit Gosala Maskariputra, c. 484 BCE) as the founder of the Ajivika sect; other sources state that Gosala was only a leader of a large Ajivika congregation of ascetics, but not the founder of the movement himself.

86. Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in India :

1. The Portuguese brought European movable metal types to Goa in 1550.
2. The first Indian script of which types were prepared was Tamil.
3. The English Company's first experiment with printing press was at Calcutta.
4. The English Company imported printing press to India in 1674-75 at the request of Bhimji Parak.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 4
Solution:Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.

87. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true for Olympe de Gouges ?

1. She was one of the most important politically active woman in revolutionary France.
2. She was one of the memebers of the Committee that drafted the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
3. She wrote the Declaration of the Right of Woman and Citizen.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 3
Solution:The statements (1) and (3) are correct.

88. Arrange the following inventions in the field of cotton industry in chronological order (starting with the earliest) :

1. James Hargreaves's Spinning Jenny
2. John Kay's Flying Shuttle
3. Samuel Crompton's Mule
4. Richard Arkwright's Water Frame

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

Correct Answer: (b) 2, 1, 4, 3
Solution:James Hargreaves spinning jenny was invented in 1764. John Kay's flying shuttle was invented in 1733. Samuel Crompton's mule was invented in 1779. Richard Awkwart's water frame was patented in 1769.

89. While opposing the Public Safety Bill, 1928 who among the following said that it was 'a direct attack on Indian nationalism, on the Indian National Congress' and as 'the Slavery of India, Bill No. 1'?

Correct Answer: (a) Motilal Nehru
Solution:Motilal Nehru narrated his experiences in the Soviet Union and condemned anti-soviet propaganda. He described the Public Safety Bill as' a direct attack on the Indian nationalism, on Indian National Congress' and as ' Slavery of India, Bill No.1".

90. Soon after the formation of Indian National Congress, the British became suspicious of nationalists. Who among the following called Congress representing only the elite - 'a microscopic minority' ?

Correct Answer: (b) Lord Dufferin
Solution:Lord Dufferin initially called Congress as representative of "microscopic minority of India" but later in the fourth session of Allahabad, the Government servants were disallowed to take part in the proceedings of the Congress.