Geography UPSC Mains

Geography UPSC Mains

1. Which mountain range runs along the border between India and Myanmar?

A) Purvanchal
B) Eastern Ghats
C) Western Ghats
D) Patkai Range

2. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

A) Colorado
B) Missouri
C) Mississippi
D) Rio Grande

3. The Strait of Malacca connects which two seas?

A) South China Sea and Andaman Sea
B) Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
C) Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
D) Red Sea and Persian Gulf

4. The world's largest hot desert is:

A) Gobi
B) Sahara
C) Mojave
D) Atacama

5. The Indo-Gangetic Plain is bounded by which mountain ranges?

A) Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
B) Himalayas and Vindhyachal
C) Himalayas and Aravalli
D) Vindhyachal and Satpura

6. Which of the following rivers flows through the Narmada Valley?

A) Narmada
B) Tapti
C) Mahanadi
D) Godavari

7. The Deccan Plateau is bounded by which mountain ranges?

A) Himalayas and Western Ghats
B) Vindhyachal and Satpura
C) Aravalli and Vindhyachal
D) Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats

8. The world's longest mountain range is:

A) Andes
B) Himalayas
C) Rocky Mountains
D) Mid-Ocean Ridge

9. The Kutch region is located in which state?

A) Maharashtra
B) Rajasthan
C) Gujarat
D) Madhya Pradesh

10. The Sundarbans mangrove forest is located in which delta?

A) Ganges-Brahmaputra
B) Indus
C) Mahanadi
D) Krishna-Godavari

11. The Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills are located in which state?

A) Meghalaya
B) Assam
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Manipur

12. Which river forms the boundary between India and Bangladesh?

A) Ganges
B) Brahmaputra
C) Barak
D) Muhuri

13. The Western Ghats meet the Eastern Ghats at which point?

A) Anamudi Peak
B) Nilgiri Hills
C) Kanyakumari
D) Kodaikanal

14. The Rann of Kutch is a:

A) Mangrove forest
B) Freshwater lake
C) Brackish water lake
D) Salt marsh

15. The Dibang Valley Project is located in which state?

A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Meghalaya
D) Sikkim

16. Which strait separates the continents of Asia and Africa?

A) Bosphorus
B) Strait of Malacca
C) Bab-el-Mandeb
D) Suez Canal

17. The valley of Kashmir is surrounded by which mountain ranges?

A) Himalayas and Shivalik
B) Pir Panjal and Karakoram
C) Greater Himalayas and Lesser Himalayas
D) Zanskar and Ladakh

18. The world's largest coral reef system is located off the coast of:

A) Australia
B) United States
C) Brazil
D) Indonesia

19. The Tropic of Cancer passes through which Indian states?

A) Gujarat, MP, UP, WB
B) Rajasthan, MP, UP, Bihar
C) Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, UP
D) Maharashtra, MP, UP, WB

20. The Bhakra Nangal Dam is located on which river?

A) Sutlej
B) Beas
C) Ravi
D) Chenab

21. Which city is located at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers?

A) Varanasi
B) Allahabad
C) Kanpur
D) Patna

22. The Aravalli Range extends from which two states?

A) Rajasthan to Madhya Pradesh
B) Rajasthan to Haryana
C) Gujarat to Rajasthan
D) Gujarat to Delhi

23. The world's largest waterfall (by volume) is:

A) Victoria Falls
B) Iguazu Falls
C) Niagara Falls
D) Angel Falls

24. The East-West Corridor of India passes through which state?

A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) All of the above

25. The Gulf of Khambhat is also known as:

A) Gulf of Cambay
B) Gulf of Kutch
C) Gulf of Mannar
D) Gulf of Oman

26. Which river flows through the Kaziranga National Park?

A) Barak
B) Brahmaputra
C) Mahanadi
D) Subansiri

27. The Deccan Trap is a geological formation in which state?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh

28. The world's longest international border is between:

A) USA and Canada
B) India and China
C) Russia and Kazakhstan
D) Brazil and Argentina

29. The Indian state with the longest coastline is:

A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh

30. The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is located on which river?

A) Chenab
B) Beas
C) Ravi
D) Sutlej

31. Which mountain pass connects the Ladakh region to the Kashmir Valley?

A) Zoji La
B) Banihal Pass
C) Rohtang Pass
D) Shipki La

32. The Cauvery River originates in which Western Ghats hill station?

A) Ooty
B) Coorg
C) Kodaikanal
D) Talacauvery

33. The world's largest desert in terms of area is:

A) Sahara
B) Gobi
C) Mojave
D) Antarctic Desert

34. The Indian city closest to the Indo-Nepal border is:

A) Gorakhpur
B) Varanasi
C) Patna
D) Siliguri

35. The Hirakud Dam is located on which river?

A) Krishna
B) Godavari
C) Mahanadi
D) Subarnarekha

36. Which strait separates the islands of Java and Sumatra?

A) Sunda Strait
B) Lombok Strait
C) Makassar Strait
D) Java Strait

37. The city of Hyderabad is located on the banks of which river?

A) Godavari
B) Krishna
C) Musi
D) Tungabhadra

38. The world's longest river that flows through the most countries is:

A) Nile
B) Amazon
C) Danube
D) Rhine

39. The Indian state with the highest percentage of forest cover is:

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Odisha
D) Mizoram

40. The Indira Point is the southernmost point of which island?

A) Andaman Island
B) Nicobar Island
C) Great Nicobar Island
D) Little Andaman Island

41. Which city is situated on the Haldia River?

A) Kolkata
B) Haldia
C) Digha
D) Sundarbans

42. The Dhauladhar Range is part of which Himalayan range?

A) Greater Himalayas
B) Lesser Himalayas
C) Sub-Himalayas
D) Pir Panjal Range

43. The Atacama Desert is located in which country?

A) Argentina
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Bolivia

44. The Bhimbetka rock shelters are located in which state?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand

45. The Palk Strait separates which two landmasses?

A) India and Myanmar
B) India and Sri Lanka
C) India and Bangladesh
D) India and Pakistan

46. Which river flows through the Manas National Park?

A) Brahmaputra
B) Barak
C) Subansiri
D) Manas

47. The Western Ghats meet the Eastern Ghats at which hill station?

A) Ooty
B) Kodaikanal
C) Nilgiri
D) Anamudi

48. The Strait of Gibraltar connects which two bodies of water?

A) Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
B) Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
C) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
D) Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea

49. The Aravalli Range extends from which two states?

A) Gujarat to Rajasthan
B) Rajasthan to Haryana
C) Gujarat to Delhi
D) Rajasthan to Madhya Pradesh

50. The Hangzhou Bay is located in which Chinese province?

A) Jiangsu
B) Zhejiang
C) Fujian
D) Guangdong

Answers

1) d, 2) a, 3) a, 4) b, 5) b, 6) a, 7) d, 8) d, 9) c, 10) a, 11) a, 12) c, 13) b, 14) d, 15) a, 16) c, 17) b, 18) a, 19) c, 20) a, 21) b, 22) d, 23) a, 24) d, 25) a, 26) b, 27) c, 28) a, 29) b, 30) d, 31) a, 32) d, 33) d, 34) a, 35) c, 36) a, 37) c, 38) c, 39) d, 40) c, 41) b, 42) b, 43) c, 44) a, 45) b, 46) d, 47) c, 48) a, 49) a, 50) b

Modern History UPSC Mains

Modern History UPSC Mains

1. Who was the leader of the Indian National Army during World War II?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose

2. The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?

A) 1942
B) 1947
C) 1930
D) 1920

3. The Indian Constitution was adopted on:

A) January 26, 1950
B) November 26, 1949
C) August 15, 1947
D) December 31, 1947

4. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

A) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
B) Surendranath Banerjee
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

5. The Partition of India took place in which year?

A) 1950
B) 1948
C) 1947
D) 1952

6. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928?

A) Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose

7. The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?

A) 1919
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1940

8. Who founded the Indian Muslim League in 1906?

A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Syed Ahmad Khan
C) Aga Khan III
D) Nawab Salimullah

9. The Lucknow Pact was signed between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in which year?

A) 1916
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1940

10. Who led the Khilafat Movement?

A) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
B) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev

11. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?

A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Wavell
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Lord Linlithgow

12. The Indian National Army (INA) was founded in which year?

A) 1945
B) 1943
C) 1942
D) 1947

13. Who led the Red Fort Trials?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Bhulabhai Desai
C) Tej Bahadur Sapru
D) Asaf Ali

14. The Cabinet Mission Plan was proposed in which year?

A) 1942
B) 1945
C) 1946
D) 1947

15. Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?

A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

16. The Simon Commission was appointed in which year?

A) 1928
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1927

17. Who led the Non-Cooperation Movement?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh

18. The Poona Pact was signed between which two leaders?

A) Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
D) Jawaharlal Nehru and M.K. Gandhi

19. Who founded the Hindu Mahasabha?

A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) B.S. Moonje

20. The Cripps Mission was sent to India in which year?

A) 1942
B) 1945
C) 1946
D) 1947

21. Who was the leader of the Moderate faction in the Indian National Congress?

A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

22. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which year?

A) 1919
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1940

23. Who founded the Indian Liberal Party?

A) Tej Bahadur Sapru
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Surendranath Banerjee

24. The Chauri Chaura Incident took place in which year?

A) 1920
B) 1922
C) 1925
D) 1930

25. Who led the Moplah Rebellion?

A) Variamkunnath Kunjahammad Haji
B) Ali Musliyar
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

26. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in which year?

A) 1930
B) 1932
C) 1931
D) 1940

27. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Second Round Table Conference?

A) Lord Linlithgow
B) Lord Willingdon
C) Lord Lansdowne
D) Lord Reading

28. The Communal Award was announced in which year?

A) 1931
B) 1932
C) 1935
D) 1940

29. Who founded the Forward Bloc?

A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) M.N. Roy

30. The Quit India Resolution was passed in which year?

A) 1942
B) 1943
C) 1944
D) 1945

31. Who was the leader of the Azad Hind Fauj?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Bhagat Singh

32. The Shimla Conference took place in which year?

A) 1942
B) 1943
C) 1944
D) 1945

33. Who was the first President of the Indian Republic?

A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Mahatama Gandhi

34. The Indian National Army (INA) Trials took place in which year?

A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1944
D) 1945

35. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Indian National Army (INA) Trials?

A) Lord Linlithgow
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Wavell
D) Lord Reading

36. The Cabinet Mission Plan proposed which of the following?

A) A federal India with a weak center
B) A unitary India with a strong center
C) A divided India with separate nations
D) A confederal India with equal states

37. Who led the Noakhali Riots in 1946?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Gholam Sarwar Husseini
D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

38. The Direct Action Day was called by which organization?

A) Muslim League
B) Indian National Congress
C) Communist Party of India
D) Hindu Mahasabha

39. Who was the last Viceroy of India?

A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Lord Wavell
C) Lord Linlithgow
D) Lord Reading

40. The Indian Independence Act was passed in which year?

A) 1946
B) 1947
C) 1948
D) 1949

41. Who was the leader of the Indian National Congress's Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Lala Lajpat Rai

42. The British government passed the Rowlatt Act in which year?

A) 1909
B) 1910
C) 1915
D) 1919

43. Who founded the Indian Liberal Party in 1919?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
C) Surendranath Banerjee
D) Tej Bahadur Sapru

44. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which city?

A) Amritsar
B) Delhi
C) Lahore
D) Lucknow

45. Who led the Khilafat Movement in India?

A) Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev
B) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhas Chandra Bose and M.N. Roy
D) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

46. The Simon Commission was appointed in which year?

A) 1928
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1935

47. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?

A) Lord Linlithgow
B) Lord Wavell
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Lord Reading

48. The Indian National Army (INA) was founded in which year?

A) 1940
B) 1942
C) 1945
D) 1947

49. Who led the Red Fort Trials in 1946?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Bhulabhai Desai
C) Tej Bahadur Sapru
D) Asaf Ali

50. The Indian Independence Act was passed in which year?

A) 1947
B) 1946
C) 1945
D) 1948

Answers

1) d, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) a, 7) a, 8) d, 9) a, 10) a, 11) d, 12) c, 13) b, 14) c, 15) a, 16) d, 17) a, 18) a, 19) b, 20) a, 21) b, 22) a, 23) d, 24) b, 25) a,b, 26) c, 27) b, 28) b, 29) a, 30) a, 31) a, 32) c, 33) d, 34) d, 35) c, 36) b, 37) c, 38) a, 39) a, 40) b, 41) a, 42) d, 43) d, 44) a, 45) d, 46) a, 47) a, 48) b, 49) d, 50) a

World History UPSC Mains

World History UPSC Mains

1. Which of the following was a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles?

A) Disarmament of Germany
B) End of World War I
C) Establishment of the League of Nations
D) Rise of Nazi Germany

2. The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the establishment of which government?

A) Provisional Government
B) Soviet Government
C) Tsarist Government
D) Menshevik Government

3. The Great Leap Forward was a policy initiated by which Chinese leader?

A) Mao Zedong
B) Zhou Enlai
C) Deng Xiaoping
D) Jiang Zemin

4. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in which year?

A) 1955
B) 1961
C) 1970
D) 1980

5. The Gulf War (1990-1991) was fought between which countries?

A) Iraq and Kuwait
B) Iraq and Iran
C) Iraq and the United States
D) Iraq and Saudi Arabia

6. The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) marked the end of which war?

A) War of the Spanish Succession
B) Eighty Years' War
C) Thirty Years' War
D) War of the Austrian Succession

7. The concept of "Laissez-Faire" is associated with which economist?

A) Adam Smith
B) John Maynard Keynes
C) Karl Marx
D) Friedrich Hayek

8. The "New Deal" policies were implemented by which US President?

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Harry S. Truman

9. The "Velvet Revolution" took place in which country in 1989?

A) Poland
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Hungary
D) Romania

10. The "Glasnost" policy was introduced by which Soviet leader?

A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Leonid Brezhnev

11. The "Reign of Terror" was a period during which revolution in which country?

A) United States
B) Russia
C) China
D) France

12. The "Great Firewall" is a term associated with which country's internet censorship policy?

A) China
B) United States
C) Russia
D) North Korea

13. The "Arab Spring" protests started in which country in 2010?

A) Libya
B) Egypt
C) Tunisia
D) Syria

14. The "Magna Carta" was signed by which English king in 1215?

A) King John
B) King Henry VIII
C) King Edward I
D) King George III

15. The "Opium Wars" were fought between which two countries in the mid-19th century?

A) China and United States
B) China and France
C) China and Japan
D) China and Britain

16. The "Rosetta Stone" is a historical artifact associated with which ancient civilization?

A) Greek
B) Egyptian
C) Roman
D) Mesopotamian

17. The "Treaty of Tordesillas" (1494) divided the New World between which two European powers?

A) Spain and Portugal
B) Britain and France
C) Britain and Spain
D) France and Portugal

18. The "Golden Age" of Athens occurred during the rule of which ancient Greek leader?

A) Pericles
B) Alexander the Great
C) Perseus
D) Persepolis

19. The "Black Death" pandemic occurred in Europe in which century?

A) 13th century
B) 14th century
C) 15th century
D) 17th century

20. The "Meiji Restoration" took place in which country in 1868?

A) Vietnam
B) China
C) Korea
D) Japan

21. The "Congress of Vienna" was held in which year?

A) 1815
B) 1820
C) 1830
D) 1848

22. The "Renaissance" originated in which country?

A) Italy
B) France
C) Germany
D) England

23. The "Mongol Empire" was founded by which leader?
A) Tamerlane
B) Kublai Khan
C) Genghis Khan
D) Babur

24. The "French Revolution" began in which year?

A) 1789
B) 1791
C) 1793
D) 1795

25. The "Berlin Wall" was erected in which year?

A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1961
D) 1975

26. The "Treaty of Versailles" was signed in which year?

A) 1918
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1921

27. The "Russian Revolution" of 1917 was led by which party?

A) Bolsheviks
B) Mensheviks
C) Socialist Revolutionaries
D) Liberal Democrats

28. The "Great Leap Forward" was a policy initiated by which Chinese leader?

A) Mao Zedong
B) Zhou Enlai
C) Deng Xiaoping
D) Jiang Zemin

29. The "European Union" was established by the Treaty of?

A) Rome
B) Maastricht
C) Lisbon
D) Amsterdam

30. The "Arab-Israeli War" of 1967 was also known as the?

A) Six-Day War
B) Yom Kippur War
C) Gulf War
D) Lebanon War

31. The "Ancient Olympic Games" were held in which city?

A) Athens
B) Sparta
C) Olympia
D) Corinth

32. The "Rosetta Stone" was discovered in which year?

A) 1799
B) 1815
C) 1822
D) 1830

33. The "Treaty of Westphalia" was signed in which year?

A) 1648
B) 1650
C) 1660
D) 1670

34. The "Battle of Hastings" took place in which year?

A) 1095
B) 1071
C) 1087
D) 1066

35. The "Magna Carta" was signed by which English king?

A) King John
B) King Henry VIII
C) King Edward I
D) King George III

36. The "D-Day Invasion" during World War II took place on which date?

A) July 20, 1944
B) June 6, 1944
C) August 15, 1944
D) September 1, 1944

37. The "Peace of Augsburg" was signed in which year?

A) 1555
B) 1560
C) 1570
D) 1580

38. The "Dutch Revolt" took place against which empire?

A) British
B) Portuguese
C) Spanish
D) French

39. The "Battle of Plassey" was fought in which year?

A) 1757
B) 1760
C) 1765
D) 1770

40. The "Congress of Berlin" was held in which year?

A) 1878
B) 1880
C) 1885
D) 1890

41. The "Treaty of Kadesh" was signed between which two ancient powers?

A) Egypt and Hittites
B) Egypt and Assyria
C) Egypt and Babylon
D) Egypt and Persia

42. The "Golden Horde" was a khanate established by which Mongol leader?

A) Genghis Khan
B) Batu Khan
C) Tamerlane
D) Babur

43. The "Thirty Years War" took place in which century?

A) 16th century
B) 17th century
C) 18th century
D) 19th century

44. The "Meiji Restoration" in Japan occurred in which year?

A) 1850
B) 1868
C) 1880
D) 1900

45. The "Pax Romana" was a period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire that lasted from:

A) 27 BC to 180 AD
B) 100 AD to 200 AD
C) 200 AD to 300 AD
D) 300 AD to 400 AD

46. The "Mongol Conquests" were led by which Khan in the 13th century?

A) Genghis Khan
B) Kublai Khan
C) Tamerlane
D) Babur

47. The "French and Indian War" was fought between:

A) France and Britain
B) France and Spain
C) Britain and Native American tribes
D) All of the above

48. The "Treaty of Ghent" ended which war?

A) American Revolutionary War
B) War of 1812
C) World War I
D) World War II

49. The "Rise of the Dutch Republic" occurred in which century?

A) 16th century
B) 17th century
C) 18th century
D) 19th century

50. The "Scramble for Africa" was a period of colonial expansion by European powers in the:

A) 18th century
B) 19th century
C) Late 19th and early 20th centuries
D) Mid-20th century

Answers

1) d, 2) b, 3) a, 4) a, 5) a, 6) c, 7) a, 8) a, 9) b, 10) a, 11) d, 12) a, 13) c, 14) a, 15) d, 16) b, 17) a, 18) a, 19) b, 20) d, 21) a, 22) a, 23) c, 24) a, 25) c, 26) b, 27) a, 28) a, 29) b, 30) a, 31) c, 32) a, 33) a, 34) d, 35) a, 36) b, 37) a, 38) c, 39) a, 40) a, 41) a, 42) b, 43) b, 44) b, 45) a, 46) a, 47) d, 48) b, 49) b, 50) c