राज्यसेवा पूर्व परीक्षा २०१७ - Paper 1

Match the following Mahajanapadas with their modern names : 

Match the following explorers of Sindhu civilization with cities discovered by them: 

Which of the following soft stones was used to make the seals in Sindhu civilization ? 

Match the Mahajanapadas and their kings : 

Which of the following Buddhist texts refer to the sixteen Mahajanapadas ?

State who amongst the following were the poets of the Sangama literature.

a. Tolaka Pear

b. Valluvar

c. Elangoadigal

d. Sittalaisittanur

Identify the person from the description given below.

a. A great scholar of Sanskrit, yet accepted the western thoughts.

b. Participation in the Tatwabodhini Sabha.

c. Started teaching western education in Sanskrit College.

d. Gave evidence from the ancient religious books for the widow remarriage.

Identify the person from the following description.

a. He was awarded the Third Class of the Star of India reward by British

b. He had established the Translation Society in 1864.

c. He opposed the nationalism of Congress.

d. He established the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental School.

______ of Mithila was a Bengali poet who enjoyed the patronage of a Hindu ruler as well as of the Sultans of Bengal.

Which of the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement is/are not true ?

Almost all the leading personalities of the country except ______ joined the Congress,

Which of the following is/are included in the resolutions passed by the Indian National Congress in its first session ?

a. Appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the Indian administration,

b. Abolition of the Indian Council of the Secretary of State for India.

c. Reduction of military expenditure.

d. Protest against the annexation of Upper Burma and the proposed incorporation of it with India. 

Match the following : 

Gadge Maharaj used - , a traditional medium of mass communication for propagating against some of the evil social customs.

Who is the person described in the following sentences ?

He had learnt the principle of universal equality of man while at the Scottish Mission School

Under the influence of the Christian missionaries he realized the importance of education, social reforms and universal humanism.

He openly supported widow remarriage and attacked the practice of female infanticide.

Match the following: 

Which of the following statements is correct about the interior of the Earth?

The heat released at the time of condensation is called as

Match the following : 

Match the four local winds marked as  in the following map : 

(a) Siocco 

(b) Khamsin 

(c) Harmattan 

(d) Berg