MCQ for test-3-2nd-april-2023

Consider the following pairs with reference to Chemical weathering processes:

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements with reference to geomorphic processes:

1. The Exogenic forces continuously elevate or build up parts of the earth’s surface.

2. The Endogenic forces result in degradation and aggradation of the earth’s surface.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Unlike the parallels of latitude which are circles, the meridians of longitude are semicircles that converge at the poles.

2. Unlike the parallels of latitude, the meridians of longitude are all equal in length.

3. The meridians intersect the equator at right angles.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which of the following are the essential conditions for the formation of Karst topography?

1. Limestone should be porous.

2. Position of the limestone should be above the groundwater table.

3. Adequate rainfall in the region.

4. Limestone should be faulted.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements with reference to Faults:

1. Reverse faults are formed due to the movement of the rock blocks in opposite directions.

2. Normal faults are compressional faults as they result in the shortening of the faulted area.

3. Step faults occur in any area where slopes of all the fault planes are in the same direction.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to Fold mountains:

1. Open folds are those in which the angle between the two limbs is acute.

2. The European Alps mountains are an example of Nappe folds.

3. Monoclinal folds are formed when both limbs become parallel.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Karst relief features:

1. Stalactite is a depositional feature growing upwards from the cave floor.

2. They are found along the Northern and Eastern Himalayas in India.

3. For Karst formations, the carbonate rocks should be very close to the ground.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the Geological Time Scale, arrange the following periods in their chronological order starting from the earliest:

1. Cretaceous

2. Ordovician

3. Silurian

4. Triassic

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Which of the following refers to the slow deformation of a very large area of the earth’s surface because of radial stresses?

Consider the following statements with reference to Solifluction:

1. It is a process of biological weathering.

2. It occurs when upper portions of soil get saturated and lower parts are impervious to water percolation.

3. The process is common in moist temperate regions.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Karst topography is a result of which type of weathering process?

With reference to the moderates in the Indian National Congress, consider the following statements:

1. Their focus was on constitutional reforms rather than revolutionary methods.

2. The slogan "No taxation without representation" was given by them in India.

3. Their vision also involved the equality of women in national life.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Who among the following authored “The Arctic Home in the Vedas”, a debate over the origins and the original homeland of the Aryans in the Arctic?

He did his schooling from England and had a brilliant academic career at Kings College, Cambridge. He authored the famous work ‘the life divine’. Rabindranath Tagore poetically described him as the ‘O voice incarnate, free, Of India’s soul’. He published a series of articles in the journal ‘Indu Prakash’. He was

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Evolution of Civil Services in India:

1. The Charter Act of 1853 opened civil services to the Indians.

2. The Floud Commission recommended reform in civil service

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following events:

1. Fort William College was set up by Wellesley.

2. Sanskrit College was established by Jonathan Duncan.

3. Calcutta Madrasah was established by Warren Hastings.

4. The Bethune School was founded by J.E.D. Bethune at Calcutta.

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

Which of the following constitutes ‘home charges’ during colonial rule?

1. Salaries of European officials, European traders and planters remitted to England

2. Pensions to those who retired from civil and military services

3. The salaries of the ministers of the British government in London

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The British colonial policies led to commercialization of Indian agriculture.

2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale put forward the theory of economic drain in his book, “The Economic History of India”.

3. The Welby Commission was established by the British government to prevent the drain of the Indian economy.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the development of education during British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy protested against the government’s proposal to establish more Oriental Colleges in Bengal.

2. Wood’s Dispatch discarded the importance of vernacular languages.

3. The Hunter Education Commission recommended that primary instruction should be through the vernacular language.

4. Macaulay’s Minute on Education favoured the revival of the indigenous educational system of Sanskrit.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Moderate phase of the Indian National Movement:

1. Moderates tried to ignore and bypass all the caste and communal differences and focused the attention of educated classes on the questions of common interest.

2. They did not believe in the principle of laissez-faire.

3. They believed that the Indians were capable of managing their political and civil affairs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

He was the Professor of Gujarati at University College London. He started a newspaper called ‘Voice of India’. He was the first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament. He was

With reference to the Moderate phase of the Indian National Congress, consider the following statements:

1. Congress was dominated by the affluent middle-class intelligentsia.

2. Congress demanded complete independence for India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?