Wednesday, March 4, 2015

All responsibilities regarding elections in India are entrusted to

  • President
  • Prime Minister
  • Chief Justice
  • Chief Election Commissioner

What is true of Indian National Congress during World War II ?

  • It demanded for its co-operation with the British that a provincial national government may be set up at the centre
  • It extended full support to the Indian National Army to oust the British from India
  • It decided to extend full support to the allied nations
  • It worked for the defeat of the allied nations

What was not the most important feature of land revenue system of Akbar

  • Collection of land revenue in kind or cash
  • Collection of land revenue based on accurate measurement of land
  • Collection of land revenue directly at the central treasury
  • Fixation of rates

Which of the following is the most important cause for the decline of Buddhism after Ashoka?

  • Non-patronage by the kings
  • Condemnation of animal sacrifices
  • Growth of licentious practices in Buddhist centres
  • Allegiance to the middle path


Which of the following is not related to the Gandhara School of Art ?

  • Ellora
  • Ajanta
  • Khajuraho
  • Elephanta

The DYARCHY as introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919 postulated which of the following ?

  • A system of dual government in Bengal

  • Backward classes were entitled to vote

  • A few subjects were transferred to the Provincial Ministries and the rest retained by the Executive Council

  • Hindus and Muslims could vote separately


Lothal is connected as excavation site of the civilisation of ?

  • Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Sumerians
  • Mesopotamians
  • Vedic Aryan

In which way Sarnath is associated with Lord Buddha ?

  • He resided there
  • He was born there
  • He ruled there
  • He preached his first Sermon there

The Indus Valley people had contacts with

  • Egyptians
  • Sumerians
  • Chinese
  • Mesopotamians

The Ajanta Caves were built during the period of

  • Guptas
  • Kushans
  • Mauryas
  • Chalukyas

Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a____________

  • mainframe
  • supercomputer
  • network
  • client

Word processing, spreadsheet, and photo-editing are examples of:

  • application software.
  • system software.
  • operating system software.
  • platform software.

The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:

  • digital divide.

  • Internet divide.

  • Web divide.

  • cyberway divide.

____________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.


  • The operating system

  • The motherboard

  • The platform

  • Application software