47TH B.P.S.C. (PRE) EXAM - 2005

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1. A Buddhist Council during the  reign of Kanishka was held at:

  • A
  • Magadha

  • B
  • Patliputra

  • C
  • Kashmir

  • D
  • Rajgriha

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Correct Answer : C [Kashmir]

2. What is the name of Megasthenes’ book?

  • A
  • Arthashashtra

  • B
  • Rigveda

  • C
  • Purana

  • D
  • Indica

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Correct Answer : D [Indica]

3. Who has written the ‘Harshcharita’?

  • A
  • Kalidasa

  • B
  • Banabhatta

  • C
  • Vishnugupta

  • D
  • Parimalgupta

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Correct Answer : B [Banabhatta]

4. Who was the writter of  ‘Mudrakshasa’?

  • A
  • Vishakhadatta

  • B
  • Kautilya

  • C
  • Bana

  • D
  • Kalhana

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Correct Answer : A [Vishakhadatta]

5. Where was Mahaveer Swami born?

  • A
  • Kundagram

  • B
  • Patliputra

  • C
  • Magadha

  • D
  • Vaishali

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Correct Answer : A [Kundagram]

6. Who was the first ruler of the Slave dynasty?

  • A
  • Iltutmish

  • B
  • Qutubuddin Aibak

  • C
  • Razia

  • D
  • Balban

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Correct Answer : B [Qutubuddin Aibak]

7. Who was the ruler of Devagiri  at the time of ‘Alauddin Khilji’s invasion?

  • A
  • Ramchandar Dev

  • B
  • Prataprudra Dev

  • C
  • Malik Katbor

  • D
  • Rana Ratan Singh

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Correct Answer : A [Ramchandar Dev]

8. In the Mughal administration, ‘Muhatsib’ was:

  • A
  • Military

  • B
  • Head

  • C
  • An officer in charge of public morals

  • D
  • Officer of Correspondence Department

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Correct Answer : C [An officer in charge of public morals]

9. A common feature of all Bhakti  Saints was that they

  • A
  • Composed their verses in the language understood by their followers

  • B
  • Rejected the authority of the priestly class

  • C
  • Encouraged women to go to temples

  • D
  • Encouraged idol worship

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Correct Answer : A [Composed their verses in the language understood by their followers]

10. Where did Buddha’s mahaparinirvana take place? 

  • A
  • Lumbini

  • B
  • Bodh Gaya

  • C
  • Kushinagar

  • D
  • Kapilvastu

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Correct Answer : C [Kushinagar]

11. At which place did Mahatma Buddha give his first ‘Dharmachakra Pravartan’?

  • A
  • Lumbini

  • B
  • Sarnath

  • C
  • Patliputra

  • D
  • Vaishali

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Correct Answer : B [Sarnath]

12. Which was the first capital of  Magadha? 

  • A
  • Patliputra

  • B
  • Vaishali

  • C
  • Girivaraja (Rajgriha)

  • D
  • Champa

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Correct Answer : C [Girivaraja (Rajgriha)]

13. Which dynasty did rule over  Magadh after Nanda dynasty? 

  • A
  • Maurya

  • B
  • Shunga

  • C
  • Gupta

  • D
  • Kushana

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Correct Answer : A [Maurya]

14. The famous centre of education  in Maurya age

  • A
  • Vaishali

  • B
  • Nalanda

  • C
  • Taxila

  • D
  • Ujjain

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Correct Answer : C [Taxila]

15. Which region of India was  known for the cultivation of  poppy plant during the British  rule?

  • A
  • Bihar

  • B
  • South India

  • C
  • Gujarat

  • D
  • Assam

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Correct Answer : A [Bihar]

16. Raja Rammohan Roy established Brahmo Samaj in

  • A
  • 1816 A.D.

  • B
  • 1820 A.D.

  • C
  • 1828 A.D.

  • D
  • 1830 A.D.

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Correct Answer : C [1828 A.D.]

17. ‘Satyartha Prakash’ was written by

  • A
  • Raja Rammohan Roy

  • B
  • Mahatma Gandhi

  • C
  • Swami Vivekanand

  • D
  • Swami Dayanand Saraswati

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Correct Answer : D [Swami Dayanand Saraswati]

18. The ‘Anushilan Samiti’ was

  • A
  • Dedicated to the upliftment of women

  • B
  • Promoting widow remarriage

  • C
  • Interested in labour welfare

  • D
  • A revolutionary organisation

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Correct Answer : D [A revolutionary organisation]

19. ‘Ring fence’ policy was associated with

  • A
  • Warren Hastings

  • B
  • Lord Dalhousie

  • C
  • Henry Lawrence

  • D
  • Lord Hastings

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Correct Answer : A [Warren Hastings]

20. The first President of ‘All India Trade Union Congress’  was

  • A
  • V.V. Giri

  • B
  • S.A. Dange

  • C
  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • D
  • Lala Lajpat Rai

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Correct Answer : D [Lala Lajpat Rai]
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