UPSC EPFO SOLVED PAPER 2012

Total Questions: 100

71. Which is the following is a correct statement about both the Mughal and Ottoman empires in the sixteenth century?

Correct Answer: (b) Both of these empires expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies.
Solution:

Both the Mughal and Ottoman Empires in the 16th century expanded through the use of gunpowder weapons and extensive bureaucracies. Ottoman Empire, created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman Period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic.

72. Which is the correct meaning of the term ‘rule of primogeniture’?

Correct Answer: (b) Eldest son inheriting his father’s estate
Solution:

The correct meaning of the term ‘Rule of Primogeniture’ is, eldest son inheriting his father’s estate. It is the status of being the firstborn child among several children of the same parents. A rule of inheritance at common law through which the oldest male has the right to succeed to the estate of an ancestor to the exclusion of younger siblings, both male and female, as well as other relatives.

73. Which of the following would be the most useful source of evidence for research about the agrarian history of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries?

Correct Answer: (c) Chronicles and documents from the Mughal court.
Solution:

The most useful source of evidence for research about the agrarian history of the 16th and early 17th centuries are, the chronicles and documents from the Mughal court. Mughal chronicles were written by mostly Mughal courtiers, who mainly focused on the events related to rulers, their family, the court and wars and the administration. Persian was used as the main language. Two most important illustrated Mughal Official histories were Akbarnama and Badshahnama.

74. Consider the following.

1. Rowlatt Act movement
2. Khera movement
3. Champaran
4. Ahmedabad mill strike
What is the correct chronological order of the above mentioned Gandhian movements?

Correct Answer: (a) 3, 4, 2 and 1
Solution:

The correct sequence of the given Gandhian movements is as follows
• The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagraha.
• Ahmedabad mill strike took place in February-March 1918. In this strike Gandhiji used the weapon of hunger strike for the first time. The result was that the strike was successful and the workers got a 35% wage increase.
• Kheda Satyagraha was launched in March 1918. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, under Gandhiji’s guidance, led the farmers in protest against the collection of taxes in the wake of the famine.
• The Rowlett Act, 1919 was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in March, 1919 which gave British the power to arrest any person without any trial.

75. Which of the following can be termed an infrastructural bottleneck in the development of India’s economy?

Correct Answer: (c) Delay in the administration of justice relating to land acquisition and displacement.
Solution:

Delay in the administration of justice relating to land acquisition and displacement can be termed an infrastructural bottleneck in the development of India’s economy. Some of the other hurdles are delayed decision-making, red-tapism, problems in environmental clearance, inadequate fuel supply to power plants, lack of private participation in investment and corruption.

76. What according to you, is the theme and the idea of the passage?

Correct Answer: (a) Generation gap
Solution:

According to the description given in the passage, the most appropriate theme and idea of the passage is generation gap.

77. The older generation is suspicious about the younger generation as the youngsters lack :

Correct Answer: (c) patience
Solution:

The older generation is suspicious about the younger generation as the youngsters lack patience. The third sentence in the given passage, ‘with their natural impatience’, a majority of young people are keen to act and learn on their own rather than be guided by the experience of their elders.

78. The author seems to be supportive of the idea that :

Correct Answer: (c) the younger generation today is much misunderstood and more maligned than it deserves
Solution:

According to the passage, the author seems to be supportive of the idea that the younger generation today is much misunderstood and more maligned than it deserves.

79. “And yet the world goes on” ........... what is the tone of the author in this statement?

Correct Answer: (a) Optimistic
Solution:

According to the passage, the tone of the author in the statement ‘and yet the world goes on’ is optimistic.

80. The author feels that the practice of bribery is there because there are willing bribe givers.

Correct Answer: (a) True
Solution:

On carefully reading the passage, it is true that the author feels that the practice of bribery is there because there are willing bribe givers. So option (a) is the correct answer.