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Akash IAS Academy Books Objective for Students

Assertion (A): By 1750 the Maratha kingdom had become a Confederacy presided over by the Peshwa. Reason (R): The successors of Shahu depended on the will of the Peshwa. Code

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Option a – Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Which of the following Mughal Emperors granted duty-free trading facilities to the English in Bengal?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Bahadur Shah

(D) Farrukh Siyar

Option d – Farrukh Siyar

Arrange the following in the chronological order of their rule. 1. Bajirao 2. Balaji Bajirao 3. Balaji Vishwanath 4. Madhavrao Select the correct answer using the code given below. Code

(A) 4, 3, 1, 2

(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

(C) 3, 1, 2, 4

(D) 2, 1, 4, 3

Option c – 3, 1, 2, 4

The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the documents of the

(A) Wodeyars

(B) Zamorins

(C) Hoysalas

(D) Marathas

Option d – Marathas

Which of the following pair (tax during Maratha rule in C.G. and its meaning) is not correctly matched?

(A) Takoli: Annual tribute from the Zamindars

(B) Sair: Tax on the sales of goods

(C) Pandari: Tax collected from non-agriculturists

(D) Tarai: Tax collected on irrigation

Option d – Tarai: Tax collected on irrigation

Assertion (A): In matters of State Shivaji was advised by a Council of Ministers. Reason (R): Each minister held an independent charge of his department. Code

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Option c – (A) is true, but (R) is false

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in the year

(A) 1526 A.D.

(B) 1761 A.D.

(C) 1556 A.D.

(D) 1857 A.D.

Option b – 1761 A.D.

Who of the following Rohilla Chiefs was the confidant of Ahmad Shah Abdali?

(A) Ghulam Qadir Rohilla

(B) Najib Khan

(C) Ali Muhammad Khan

(D) Hafiz Rahmat Khan

Option b – Najib Khan

Which among the following King’s reigns Persian traveller ‘Abdul Razzaq’ came to India?

(a) Deva Raya I

(b) Krishna Deva Raya I

(c) Deva Raya II

(d) Krishna Raya II

Option c – Deva Raya II

Who gave this statement about Vijaynagar Empire during the first half of the 15th century “the circumference of the city is sixty miles, its walls are seen to be touching to mountains and enclose to the valley at their feet”?

(a) Abdul Razzaq

(b) Nuniz

(c) Ferishta

(d) Nicolo de-Conti

Option d – Nicolo de-Conti

Who among the following travellers was from Italy and visited the Vijayanagar Kingdom in the fifteenth century?

(a) Nikitin

(b) Fa-Hien

(c) Bernier

(d) Nicolo Conti

Option d – Nicolo Conti

The Sultanates of the Deccan combined in 1565, to inflict a crushing defeat on the ruler of Vijayanagar. The king of Vijayanagar at the time of this so-called battle of Talikota was

(a) Rama Raya

(b) Tirumala

(c) Venkata I

(d) Sadashiva Raya

Option d – Sadashiva Raya

The Battle of Talikota was fought between

(a) Akbar and the Sultan of Malwa.

(b) Vijayanagara and the Bahmani Kingdom

(c) Vijayanagara and combined forces of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda.

(d) Sher Shah and Humayun.

Option c – Vijayanagara and combined forces of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda

After the defeat at the battle of Talikota, the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire was shifted to

(a) Penu Konda

(b) Chandragiri

(c) Hampi

(d) Nagalapura

Option a – Penu Konda

Who laid the foundation of the Aravidu dynasty?

(a) Tirumala

(b) Venkata I

(c) Rama Raya

(d) Ali Adilshah

Option a – Tirumala

Who among the following was the last dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire?

(a) Saluva dynasty

(b) Tuluva dynasty

(c) Aravidu dynasty

(d) Sangama dynasty

Option c – Aravidu dynasty

Who was Nicolo Conti?

(a) A famous painter

(b) An Italian traveller who visited Vijayanagara Empire

(c) A Portuguese traveller

(d) A Persian traveller

Option b – An Italian traveller who visited Vijayanagara Empire

The remains of the Vijayanagara Empire can be found in

(a) Bijapur

(b) Golconda

(c) Hampi

(d) Baroda

Option c – Hampi

Name the foreign traveller who visited the Vijayanagara Empire after the battle of Talikota.

(a) Abdur Razzaq

(b) Ceasar Frederick

(c) Nicolo Conti

(d) Nuniz

Option b – Ceasar Frederick

Which one of the following pairs of travellers and their nationality is not correctly matched?

(a) Ibn Battuta – Moroccan

(b) Duarte Barbosa – Portuguese

(c) Jean Baptiste Tavernier – Dutch

(d) Niccolo Manucci – Venetian

Option c – Jean Baptiste Tavernier – Dutch

Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadeva Raya is not correct?

(a) He was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit.

(b) Foreign travellers Paes and Nuniz visited his court.

(c) Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire.

(d) He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit.

Option d – He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit

Which of the following is true about Krishnadeva Raya?

(a) He was known as Andhra Bhoja.

(b) He authored the ‘Amuktamalyada’ book on polity in Telugu and also a Sanskrit drama called ‘Jambavati Kalyanam’.

(c) His court has adorned by eight celebrated poets called ‘ashtadiggajas’

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

After the demise of Krishnadeva Raya who succeeded to the throne of Vijayanagara in 1529?

(a) Achyuta Deva Raya

(b) Sadasiva Raya

(c) Rama Raya

(d) Praudha Raya

Option a – Achyuta Deva Raya

The Tiruvengalanatha temple was built at Vijayanagara during the reign of

(a) Achyuta Deva Raya

(b) Vira Narasimha Raya

(c) Krishna Deva Raya

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(d) Deva Raya II

Option a – Achyuta Deva Raya

The Vijayanagara Empire received its death blow at the battle of

(a) Talikota in 1565

(b) Panipat in 1661

(c) Talikota in 1665

(d) Raichur in 1510

Option a – Talikota in 1565

The ruling period of Krishnadeva Raya was the golden age of which literature?

(a) Konkani

(b) Malayalam

(c) Tamil

(d) Telugu

Option d – Telugu

Who were the ‘Ashtadiggajas’ in the court of Krishnadeva Raya?

(a) Eight Ministers

(b) Eight Telugu Poets

(c) Eight great warriors

(d) Eight advisors

Option b – Eight Telugu Poets

‘Ashtadiggajas’ were patronised by

(a) Deva Raya I

(b) Deva Raya II

(c) Vira Narasimha

(d) Krishna Deva Raya

Option d – Krishna Deva Raya

Krishnadeva Raya’s Amuktamalyada is a work on

(a) his political ideas.

(b) public administration.

(c) administration of justice and foreign affairs.

(d) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

Which member of the astadiggajas wrote ‘Pandurangamahatyam’?

(a) Tenali Ramakrishna

(b) Nandi Timmava

(c) Madayya

(d) Dhurajati

Option a – Tenali Ramakrishna

Who was given the title of Andhra Kavita-Pitamaha?

(a) Sayan

(b) Madhav

(c) Srinath

(d) Peddana

Option d – Peddana

Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence?

(A) Cripps Plan

(B) Wavell Plan

(C) Mountbatten Plan

(D) None of the above

Option c – Mountbatten Plan

The Mountbatten Plan became the basis for

(A) the Continuity of British Rule

(B) the Transfer of power

(C) the Partition of the country

(D) the Solution to communal problems

Option c – the Partition of the country

Mountbatten Plan (June 1947) provided for a referendum in which of the following province(s)?

(A) Sindh

(B) Baluchistan

(C) North-West Frontier Province

(D) All of the above

Option d – All of the above

The British Government decided and declared to leave India by June 1948 in

(A) 1946

(B) February 1947

(C) April 1947

(D) June 1947

Option b – February 1947

The British Monarch at the time of Indian Independence was

(A) George V

(B) George VI

(C) King Edward VII

(D) None of the above

Option b – George VI

Which one of the following parties was in power in the U.K. when India got independence?

(A) Conservative Party

(B) Labour Party

(C) Liberal Party

(D) Socialist Party

Option b – Labour Party

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India attained independence?

(A) Winston Churchill

(B) Clement Attlee

(C) Harold Mc Millan

(D) None of the above

Option b – Clement Attlee

Lord Mountbatten came to India as a Viceroy along with specific instructions to

(A) Balkanize the Indian sub-continent

(B) Keep India United if possible

(C) Accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan

(D) Persuade the Congress to accept the partition

Option b – Keep India United if possible

‘Super Rice’ was developed by

(A) M.S. Swaminathan

(B) G.S. Khush

(C) N.E. Borlaug

(D) P.K. Gupta

Option b – G.S. Khush

Which one of the following is the primary sector of India’s economy?

(A) Agriculture

(B) Industry

(C) Cooperative

(D) None of these

Option a – Agriculture

The prices at which the government purchases grains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer stock are known as

(A) Minimum Support Prices

(B) Procurement Prices

(C) Issue Prices

(D) Ceiling Price

Option a – Minimum Support Prices

Indian agriculture has the following features. 1. Dependence of agriculture on the monsoons 2. Abolition of zamindari 3. Absence of trade unions in the agricultural sector 4. The heavy pressure of population on land Which of the above is responsible for disguised unemployment in agriculture?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 1 and 2

(C) Only 1, 2, and 3

(D) Only 4

Option d – Only 4

India disguised unemployment is found in

(A) Agricultural Sector

(B) Industrial Sector

(C) Service Sector

(D) Trade Sector

Option a – Agricultural Sector

In India, which of the following has the highest share in the disbursement of credit to agriculture and allied activities?

(A) Commercial Banks

(B) Micro Finance Institution

(C) Regional Rural Banks

(D) Co-operative Banks

Option a – Commercial Banks

Which among the following is providing the least institutional credit to agriculture and allied activities in recent years?

(A) Commercial Banks

(B) Foreign Private Banks

(C) Co-operative Banks

(D) Regional Rural Banks

Option b – Foreign Private Banks

Yellow Revolution is concerned with the production of

(A) Food grains

(B) Fish

(C) Oil seeds

(D) Milk

Option c – Oil seeds

The term ‘Evergreen Revolution’ has been used for increasing agricultural production in India by

(A) Norman Borlaug

(B) M.S. Swaminathan

(C) Raj Krishna

(D) R.K.V. Rao

Option b – M.S. Swaminathan

The Rolling Plan’ for backward countries was suggested by

(A) G. Myrdal

(B) W.A. Lewis

(C) R. Nurkse

(D) A. Samuelson

Option a – G. Myrdal

Consider the following statements about the ‘Rolling plan’ it is 1. A plan for a single year. 2. A plan that is determined for 3, 4, or 5 years. 3. Reviewed every year according to the necessities of the economy. 4. A pre-requisite plan for 10, 15, or 20 years of these. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. Code

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 1 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Option d – 1, 2, 3 and 4

The core slogan of the Seventh Plan was

(A) Food, work, and productivity

(B) Free education for all children

(C) a Five percent growth rate of national income

(D) a Community development program

Option a – Food, work, and productivity

Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognized human development as the core of all development efforts?

(A) The Third Five-Year Plan

(B) The Fifth Five-Year Plan

(C) The Sixth Five-Year Plan

(D) The Eighth Five-Year Plan

Option d – The Eighth Five-Year Plan

Which Five-Year Plan operated in India from April 1992 to March 1997?

(A) Sixth Plan

(B) Seventh Plan

(C) Eighth Plan

(D) Rolling Plan

Option c – Eighth Plan

Which Five-Year Plan in India gave emphasis on cooperative Federalism?

(A) Ninth Five-Year Plan

(B) Tenth Five-Year Plan

(C) Eleventh Five-Year Plan

(D) Twelfth Five-Year Plan

Option a – Ninth Five-Year Plan

The Five Year Plan that terminated one year before the scheduled period is

(A) Second Five-Year Plan

(B) Third Five-Year Plan

(C) Fourth Five-Year Plan

(D) Fifth Five-Year Plan

Option d – Fifth Five-Year Plan

In which one of the years ‘Rolling Plan’ was in operation in India?

(A) 1968-69

(B) 1978-79

(C) 1988-89

(D) 1990-91

Option b – 1978-79

The Plan Holiday refers to the period

(A) 1955-68

(B) 1965-68

(C) 1966-69

(D) 1978-80

Option c – 1966-69

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh of Jaipur had not built the observatory at

(A) Ujjain

(B) Varanasi

(C) Mathura

(D) Allahabad

Option d – Allahabad

Where constructed observatories by Maharaja Jai Singh-II? 1. Delhi 2. Jaipur 3. Ujjain 4. Varanasi Code

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 1 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Option d – 1, 2, 3 and 4

Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Bahadur Shah Zafar

(C) Shah Alam

(D) Shah Jahan

Option b – Bahadur Shah Zafar

Which one of the following statements is not correct about Bahadur Shah Zafar?

(A) He was an emperor without an empire

(B) Ibrahim Zauq and Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib were his poetry teachers

(C) Hasan Askari was his spiritual guide

(D) He received less than one lakh rupees as a pension from the East India Company

Option d – He received less than one lakh rupees as a pension from the East India Company

Who among the following was the first Nawab of Awadh?

(A) Asaf-ud-Daula

(B) Saadat Khan

(C) Shuja-ud-Daula

(D) Safdarjung

Option b – Saadat Khan

Who among the following was the founder of the independent Kingdom of Hyderabad?

(A) Qamaruddin Khan

(B) Muhammad Amir Khan

(C) Asad Khan

(D) Chin Qilich Khan

Option d – Chin Qilich Khan

Among the following who had constructed an astronomical observatory popularly known as Jantar-Mantar at Delhi?

(A) Akbar

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Suraj Mal

(D) Jai Singh II

Option d – Jai Singh II

The book ‘Jiz Muhammad Shahi’ related to knowledge of Astrology produced in 1773 written by

(A) Darbar Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur

(B) Raja Bharmal of Amber

(C) Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur

(D) Maharana Amar Singh of Udaipur

Option c – Swai Jai Singh of Jaipur

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