General Studies Mock Test 5

🟥 General Studies Mock Test 5

🟥 QUESTIONS : 50

🟥 TIME : 75 MINS

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1)

Who one of the following had not
come to India with Alexander?

A) Nearchus

B) Onesicritus

C) Deimachus

D) Aristobulus

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2)

During the period of 16
Mahajanapadas, Mathura was the
capital of

A) Vajji

B) Vatsa

C) Kashi

D) Surasena

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3)

The capital of North Panchal,
according to Mahabharata, was
located at

A) Hastinapur

B) Indraprastha

C) Ahichhatra

D) Mathura

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4)

Which one of the following
Buddhist texts describes the sixteen
Mahajanapadas?

A) Anguttara Nikaya

B) Majjhima Nikaya

C) Khuddaka Nikaya

D) Digha Nikaya

5 / 50

5)

The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas
is available in

A) Mahabharata

B) Anguttara Nikaya

C) Chandogya Upanishad

D) Samyukta Nikaya

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6)

Which Buddha text has described
16 Mahajanapadas of 6th century
B.C.?

A) Digha Nikaya

B) Tripitaka

C) Deepavansh

D) Anguattar Nikaya

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7)

Which one of the following pair is
correctly matched?

A) Parsvanath - Janatrika

B) Bindusara - Shakya

C) Skandagupta - Maurya

D) Chetak - Lichchhavi

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8)

Where was the first republican
system of the world during 6th
century B.C. located?

A) Vaishali

B) Athens

C) Sparta

D) Pataliputra

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9)

By whom the first republic of the
world was established in Vaishali?

A) Maurya

B) Nanda

C) Gupta

D) Lichchhavi

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10)

Which one was not in the earlier
Republic?

A) Shakya

B) Lichchhavi

C) Yauddheya

D) All of these

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11)

Which one of the following was
initially the most powerful citystate in India in the 6th century
B.C.?

A) Gandhar

B) Kamboj

C) Kashi

D) Magadha

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12)

In which century did the first
Magadhan Empire rise?

A) Fourth Century B.C

B) Sixth Century B.C.

C) Second Century B.C.

D) First Century B.C.

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13)

The Legend of Udayin-Vasavadatta
is related to

A) Ujjain

B) Mathura

C) Mahishmati

D) Kaushambi

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14)

By which ruler Pataliputra was
chosen as the capital for the first
time?

A) Ajatashatru

B) Kalashoka

C) Udayin

D) Kanishka

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15)

Who among the following kings
had founded Pataliputra?

A) Sisunaga

B) Bimbisar

C) Ajatashatru

D) Udayin

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16)

Which ruler had made Pataliputra
the capital of his empire for the first
time?

A) Chandragupta Maurya

B) Ashoka the Great

C) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

D) Kanishka

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17) Who founded Pataliputra?

A) Udayin

B) Ashoka

C) Bimbisara

D) Mahapadmanada

18 / 50

18)

The ancient city which is
mentioned in the Mahabharata and
Mahabhashya both

A) Madhyamika (Nagari)

B) Karkot

C) Viratnagar (Bairath)

D) Raidh

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19)

Matsya Mahajanapada of 6th
century B.C. was located on

A) Western Uttar Pradesh

B) Rajasthan

C) Bundelkhand

D) Rohilkhand

20 / 50

20)

The epigraphical evidence reveals
that under the instructions of a
Nanda king, a canal was dug in

A) Anga

B) Vanga

C) Kalinga

D) Magadha

21 / 50

21)

The earliest extant coins of India
were of

A) Copper

B) Gold

C) Lead

D) Silver

22 / 50

22)

What was the ancient name of
Ujjain?

A) Taxila

B) Indraprastha

C) Avantika

D) None of the above

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23)

Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the code
given below. [MPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2004]
List-I
(a) Jainism
(b) Hinduism
(c) Islam
(d) Christianity
List-II
1. Madina
2. Vatican
3. Pavapuri
4. Varanasi

A) a-3 b-1 c-4 d-2

B) a-1 b-2 c-4 d-3

C) a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2

D) a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4

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24)

In context of Indian culture who
among the following is called
Ananga?

A) Shiva

B) Krishna

C) Kama

D) Laxman

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25)

Kumbh Mela at Nasik is held on
which of the following river bank?

A) Tapti River

B) Narmada River

C) Koyna River

D) Godavari River

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26)

The Rathyatra at Puri is celebrated
in honour of which Hindu deity?

A) Lord Rama

B) Lord Vishnu

C) Lord Jagannath

D) Lord Shiva

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27)

Which Kand of Ramayana
describes the first meeting of Rama
and Hanumana?

A) Kishkindha Kand

B) Sunder Kand

C) Bal Kand

D) None of the above

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28)

The ancient place where the
narration of entire Mahabharata
was read in the conference of
60,000 hermits

A) Ahichhatra

B) Hastinapur

C) Kampilya

D) Naimisharanya

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29)

Which one of the following is not
included in ‘Prasthan trayi’?

A) Bhagavata

B) Bhagavad Gita

C) Brahma Sutra

D) Upanishad

30 / 50

30)

Which one of the following gives
equal importance to Jnana,
Karma and Bhakti as a means of
liberation?

A) Advaita Vedanta

B) Vishistadvaitvad Vedanta

C) Bhagavad Gita

D) Mimamsa

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31)

Which one of the following is the
distinctive features of a nastika and
astika system in India?

A) Belief in the existence of God

B) Belief in the doctrine of rebirth

C) Belief in the authenticity of the Vedas

D) Belief in the existence of heaven and hell

32 / 50

32)

Which incarnation of Vishnu is
depicted as saving the Earth from
the Sea?

A) Kachhapa

B) Matsya

C) Varaha

D) Narsingh

33 / 50

33)

Heliodorus of ‘Besanagar
inscription’ was a resident of

A) Pushkalavati

B) Takshila

C) Sakala

D) Mathura

34 / 50

34)

The earliest known epigraphic
evidence of Bhagvatism is

A) Prayaga Prashasti of Samudra Gupta

B) Nasik inscription of Gautami Balshri

C) Garuda column at Besnagar

D) Ayodhya inscription of Dhanadeva

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35)

The earliest archival evidence
related to Bhagavat Religion is

A) Allahabad’s inscription of Samudragupta

B) Besnagar’s inscription of Heliodorus

C) Bhitri’s inscription of Skanda Gupta

D) Mehrauli’s pillar inscription

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36)

The Besanagar inscription of
Heliodorus is associated with

A) Sankarshan and Vasudeva

B) Sankarshan and Pradyumna

C) Sankarshan, Pradyumna and Vasudeva

D) Only Vasudeva

37 / 50

37)

The number of forms of bhakti in
the Bhagavata cult is

A) 7

B) 8

C) 9

D) 10

38 / 50

38)

Who among the following deities
is represented in art as holding the
plough?

A) Krishna

B) Balarama

C) Kartikeya

D) Maitreya

39 / 50

39)

Who were the first to worship
Vasudeva Krishna?

A) Bhagavatas

B) Vedic Aryans

C) Tamilians

D) Abhirs

40 / 50

40)

Which of the following epic has
primarily mentioned Krishna, son
of Devaki?

A) Mahabharata

B) Chandogya Upanishad

C) Ashtadhyayi

D) Bhagavata Purana

41 / 50

41)

The originator of Bhagavata
Religion was

A) Janak

B) Krishna

C) Yagyavalkya

D) Surdas

42 / 50

42)

Who contributes the most in the
development of Bhagavata sect?

A) Persian

B) Indo-Greek people

C) Kushan

D) Gupta

43 / 50

43)

Who among the following was not
an ‘Alvar Saint’?

A) Poigai

B) Tirugyan

C) Pudam

D) Thirumangai

44 / 50

44) Who were the ‘Nayanars’?

A) Vaishnavites

B) Shaivites

C) Shaktas

D) Sun worshippers

45 / 50

45)

Which one of the following was a
Shaiva sect in ancient India?

A) Ajivika

B) Mattamayura

C) Mayamata

D) Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati

46 / 50

46)

According to ancient Indian
cosmogonic ideas, the sequential
order of the cycle of four epochs
(yugas) is

A) Dvapara, Krita, Treta and Kali

B) Krita, Dvapara, Treta and Kali

C) Krita, Treta, Dvapara and Kali

D) Treta, Dvapara, Kali and Krita

47 / 50

47) Who were Nayanars?

A) Shaiva

B) Shakta

C) Vaishnava

D) Suryopasaka

48 / 50

48)

Ardhanarisvara, a figure of half
Shiva and half Parvati, represents

A) Union of male and female

B) Union of God and Goddess

C) Union of God with his Shakti

D) None of the above

49 / 50

49)

Consider the following statements.
1. Vardhaman a Mahavira’s
mother was the daughter of
Lichchhavi King Chetaka.
2. Gautama Buddha’s mother was
a princess from the Koliyan
dynasty.
3. Parshvanatha, the twentythird Tirthankara, belonged to
Banaras.
Which of these statements is/are
correct?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) 2 and 3

D) 1,2and 3

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50)

Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer using the code
given below. [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]
List-I (Tirthankara)
(a) Adinatha
(b) Mallinatha
(c) Parshavanatha
(d) Sambhavnatha
List-II (Cognizance)
1. Bull
2. Horse
3. Snake
4. Water Jar

A) a-1 b-4 c-3 d-2

B) a-1 b-3 c-2 d-4

C) a-3 b-1 c-4 d-2

D) a-3 b-1 c-2 d-4

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