NCERT based MCQ for UPSC:

Subject: History

The ’Doctrine of Lapse’ was introduced by which British Governor-General in India?

a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Dalhousie
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord William Bentinck

The ’Chauri Chaura’ incident took place during which Indian freedom struggle movement?
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Khilafat Movement

Who among the following was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Mahatma Gandhi

The ’Cabinet Mission’ was sent to India in the year __________.

a) 1942
b) 1945
c) 1946
d) 1947

The famous ’Jallianwala Bagh massacre’ took place on which day?

a) 13th April, 1919
b) 23rd March, 1931
c) 26th January, 1930
d) 15th August, 1947

Subject: Geography

Which is the smallest state in India by area?

a) Goa
b) Sikkim
c) Tripura
d) Nagaland

Which river is also known as the ’Sorrow of Bengal’?

a) Brahmaputra
b) Ganges
c) Godavari
d) Mahanadi

The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?

a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9

Which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats range?

a) Anamudi
b) Mahendragiri
c) Jindhagada Peak
d) Arma Konda

Which is the largest delta in the world?

a) Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
b) Nile delta
c) Amazon delta
d) Mekong delta

Subject: Economics

Who among the following is known as the ’Father of Economics’?

a) Adam Smith
b) John Maynard Keynes
c) Alfred Marshall
d) Karl Marx

The ’Economic Survey of India’ is published by which organization?

a) Ministry of Finance
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) Planning Commission
d) National Sample Survey Office

Which of the following is not a factor of production?

a) Land
b) Labour
c) Capital
d) Profit

The ’NITI Aayog’ was established in the year __________.

a) 2014
b) 2015
c) 2016
d) 2017

The ’National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)’ was renamed as the ’Mahatma Gandhi Nation
al Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)’ in which year?
a) 2006
b) 2008
c) 2010
d) 2012

Subject: Polity

The Constitution of India was adopted on which date?

a) 15th August, 1947
b) 26th January, 1950
c) 2nd October, 1951
d) 14th November, 1949

Who among the following was the first Chief Justice of India?
a) H. J. Kania
b) P. B. Gajendragadkar
c) M. Hidayatullah
d) K. Subba Rao

Who among the following can be removed by the process of impeachment in India?
a) President
b) Vice President
c) Prime Minister
d) Chief Justice of India

The ’Directive Principles of State Policy’ are enshrined in which part of the Indian Constitution?
a) Part III
b) Part IV
c) Part V
d) Part VI

The ’Ninth Schedule’ of the Indian Constitution was added by which Amendment Act?
a) 42nd Amendment Act
b) 44th Amendment Act
c) 52nd Amendment Act
d) 73rd Amendment Act

Subject: Science and Technology

The ’ISRO’ was established in which year?

a) 1952
b) 1962
c) 1972
d) 1982

The ’Human Genome Project’ is aimed at sequencing the entire human genome. What is the total number
of human chromosomes?
a) 23
b) 24
c) 46
d) 48

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a) Carbon dioxide
b) Methane
c) Nitrogen
d) Water vapour

Which of the following is not a type of cloud?

a) Stratus
b) Cirrus
c) Cumulus
d) Pelagic

The ’Higgs Boson’ particle is associated with which field of science?

a) Astrophysics
b) Quantum mechanics
c) Particle physics
d) Genetics

Answers:
History:

b) Lord Dalhousie
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) 1946
a) 13th April, 1919
Geography:

a) Goa
a) Brahmaputra
b) 7
b) Mahendragiri
a) Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
Economics:

a) Adam Smith
a) Ministry of Finance
d) Profit
b) 2015
b) 2008
Polity:

d) 14th November, 1949

a) H. J. Kania
a) President
b) Part IV
a) 42nd Amendment Act
Science and Technology:

b) 1962
c) 46
c) Nitrogen
d) Pelagic
c) Particle physics

Subject: Environment and Ecology

The ’Convention on Biological Diversity’ was signed in which year?

a) 1982
b) 1992
c) 2002
d) 2012

The ’Montreal Protocol’ aims to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the use of which of the following su
bstances?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Chlorofluorocarbons
c) Methane
d) Nitrogen oxide

Which of the following is the largest mangrove forest in the world?

a) Sunderbans
b) Pichavaram
c) Bhitarkanika
d) Godavari-Krishna mangroves

’CITES’ is an international agreement aimed at regulating the trade of which of the following?
a) Endangered species
b) Minerals
c) Petroleum products
d) Timber

Which of the following is not a type of renewable energy source?

a) Solar energy
b) Nuclear energy
c) Wind energy
d) Hydro energy

Subject: Indian Economy

Which of the following is not a component of the ’Balance of Payments’?

a) Current account
b) Capital account
c) Trade account
d) Financial account

’NITI Aayog’ was established in which year?

a) 2014
b) 2015
c) 2016
d) 2017

Which of the following is not a factor affecting the ’supply’ of a commodity?

a) Price of the commodity
b) Price of related goods
c) Cost of production
d) Income of consumers

Which of the following is not a measure of ’money supply’ in India?

a) M1
b) M2
c) M3
d) M4

Which of the following is not a direct tax in India?

a) Income tax
b) Excise duty
c) Wealth tax
d) Corporate tax

Answers:

Environment and Ecology:

b) 1992
b) Chlorofluorocarbons
a) Sunderbans
a) Endangered species
b) Nuclear energy
Indian Economy:

c) Trade account
b) 2015
d) Income of consumers
d) M4
b) Excise duty

Subject: Indian Polity

Who among the following is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
a) Vice President of India
b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) Chief Justice of India
d) President of India

Which of the following is not a fundamental duty of the citizens of India?

a) To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals
b) To safeguard public property and to abjure violence
c) To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India
d) To vote in every election

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution guarantees the Right to Equality?
a) Article 14
b) Article 19
c) Article 21
d) Article 24

Which of the following is not a type of writ issued by the Supreme Court or High Courts?
a) Habeas Corpus
b) Mandamus
c) Certiorari
d) Veto

Who among the following is the ex-officio chairman of the National Development Council?
a) Prime Minister of India
b) President of India
c) Finance Minister of India
d) Planning Commission Chairman

Subject: Indian History

Who among the following founded the ’Gadar Party’ in San Francisco in 1913?
a) Lala Har Dayal
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Who among the following was the founder of the ’Bahmani Kingdom’ in South India?
a) Alauddin Bahman Shah
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Who among the following was the Governor-General of India during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) Lord Canning
c) Lord Hardinge
d) Lord Mayo

The ’Simla Conference’ was held in which year?

a) 1930
b) 1931
c) 1932
d) 1933

The ’Doctrine of Lapse’ was introduced by which Governor-General of India?

a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Hastings
d) Lord Dalhousie

Answers:

Indian Polity:

a) Vice President of India

d) To vote in every election
a) Article 14
d) Veto
a) Prime Minister of India
Indian History:

a) Lala Har Dayal

a) Alauddin Bahman Shah
b) Lord Canning
b) 1931
d) Lord Dalhousie