46TH B.P.S.C. (PRE) EXAM - 2004

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21. The absence of relative national activity in Bihar before Mahatma Gandhi can be traced to the lack of a —  

  • A
  • United Community

  • B
  • Militant group

  • C
  • Creative regional elite

  • D
  • Dominant middle class

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Correct Answer : C [Creative regional elite ]

22. In pre-independent Bihar for the large landlords, political power was a means to protect their     

  • A
  • State resources

  • B
  • Social status

  • C
  • Economic power

  • D
  • Culture

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Correct Answer : C [Economic power ]

23. During the 1930’s, the civil  Disobedience movement of the  Congress was so successful  that for a few months all trace of British Raj seemed to have  disappeared in 

  • A
  • Patna

  • B
  • Sahibganj

  • C
  • Barhee

  • D
  • Muzaffarpur

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Correct Answer : C [Barhee ]

24. The Bihar Provincial Kisan  Sabha was formed in 

  • A
  • February, 1931

  • B
  • January, 1953

  • C
  • March, 1929

  • D
  • April, 1932

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Correct Answer : C [March, 1929 ]

25. The spread of socialist ideology in Bihar during pre-independence period can be traced to  

  • A
  • Western education of Jai Prakash Narayan and B.P. Sinha

  • B
  • International Socialist Movement

  • C
  • Radical Congressman

  • D
  • Labour Party in Britain

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Correct Answer : A [Western education of Jai Prakash Narayan and B.P. Sinha ]

26.  Agrarian classes in Bihar during British rule were placed in one of the following categories:  

  • A
  • Five fold Division

  • B
  • Four fold division

  • C
  • Three-fold division

  • D
  • No division

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Correct Answer : C [ Three-fold division ]

27. Bengal was partitioned in 1905 A.D. in resulting in protest. It was repartitioned in 

  • A
  • 1906 A.D.

  • B
  • 1916 A.D.

  • C
  • 1911 A.D.

  • D
  • 1909 A.D.

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Correct Answer : C [1911 A.D. ]

28. One of the following sought to have the provisions of the wartime Defence of India Act used against the Tadar Movement in Punjab in 1915, maintained in peace time also

  • A
  • Lord Carmichael

  • B
  • Sir. Reginald Creaddock

  • C
  • Lord Hardinge

  • D
  • William Bentinck

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Correct Answer : A [Lord Carmichael ]

29. The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on 

  • A
  • 1st June, 1918

  • B
  • 13th April, 1919

  • C
  • 14th April, 1920

  • D
  • 6th July, 1921

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Correct Answer : B [13th April, 1919 ]

30. The Second Round Table Conference at London was held in the backdrop of the   

  • A
  • Emerson-Gandhi Pact

  • B
  • Hailey-Gandhi Pact

  • C
  • Irwin-Gandhi Pact

  • D
  • Gandhi-Simon Pact

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Correct Answer : C [Irwin-Gandhi Pact ]

31. In 1932 with the pass of one of the following orders, the All Indian Congress Committee was declared unlawful. The order was

  • A
  • Unlawful Association Ordinance

  • B
  • Violation of Peace Law

  • C
  • Executive Power Ordinance

  • D
  • Viceroy’s Special order

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Correct Answer : D [Viceroy’s Special order ]

32. Mahatma Gandhi’s close English compatriot during the freedom movement was-  

  • A
  • Reverend Thomas Moore

  • B
  • A.O. Hume

  • C
  • Reverend Charlie Andrews

  • D
  • William Wavell

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Correct Answer : C [Reverend Charlie Andrews ]

33. The first Indian to hold office as the Governor-General of independent India was   

  • A
  • Jamnalal Bajaj

  • B
  • C. Rajagopalachari

  • C
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad

  • D
  • M.A. Ansari

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Correct Answer : B [C. Rajagopalachari ]

34. Mahatma Gandhi held that participation in the Second World War meant a violation of the principle of           

  • A
  • Justice

  • B
  • Equity

  • C
  • Socialism

  • D
  • Non-Violence

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Correct Answer : D [Non-Violence ]

35. The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the 1935 Bill that led to the formation of the Government of India Act of 1935 was 

  • A
  • Lord Linlithgow

  • B
  • James Macdonald

  • C
  • Winston Churchill

  • D
  • Clement Attlee

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Correct Answer : A [ Lord Linlithgow ]

36. Who among the following Presidents held office for two consecutive terms?  

  • A
  • Dr. Rajendra Pradesh

  • B
  • Dr, S. Radhakrishnan

  • C
  • Dr. Zakir Hussain

  • D
  • Both (1) and (2)

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Correct Answer : A [Dr. Rajendra Pradesh ]

37. The Poona Pact aimed   

  • A
  • At Hindu-Muslim unity

  • B
  • To represent lower caste

  • C
  • At privileges to princes

  • D
  • To review dyarchy

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Correct Answer : B [To represent lower caste ]

38. The object of Butler Committee of 1927 was to 

  • A
  • Modernise the Indian Army

  • B
  • Modernise the Indian Agriculture

  • C
  • Impose censorship on National Press

  • D
  • Improve the relationship between Government of India and Indian states

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Correct Answer : D [Improve the relationship between Government of India and Indian states ]

39. The cause of the decline of textile industries in the 18th century was  

  • A
  • Decline in the quality of production

  • B
  • Non-availability of raw material

  • C
  • High tariff rates on exports to Britain

  • D
  • Non-availability of craftsmen

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Correct Answer : C [High tariff rates on exports to Britain ]

40. Who was the Congress President at the time of transfer of powe    r in 1947 to India by the British?

  • A
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • B
  • Rajendra Prasad

  • C
  • Abul Kalam Azad

  • D
  • J.B. Kriplani

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Correct Answer : D [J.B. Kriplani ]
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