UKPSC RO/ARO Pre Exam Paper – 17 December 2023 (Official Answer Key)

41. With which of the following mass movements of Uttarakhand, the Azad Panchayat is associated ?
(a) Ranwai Movement
(b) Kuli Begar Movement
(c) Dola Palki Movement
(d) None of these

42. Which King of Tehri state changed the name of the Chief Court as ‘Huzoor Daftar’ ?
(a) Pratap Shah
(b) Kirti Shah
(c) Narendra Shah
(d) Sudarshan Shah

43. Who among the following was regarded as the Uncrowned King of Kumaun ?
(a) G.W. Traill
(b) George Lushington
(c) Henry Ramsay
(d) Edward Gowan

44. Who among the following laid down the foundation of Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan in 1924 at Almora ?
(a) Nain Singh
(b) Boshi Sen
(c) Neelambar Joshi
(d) Doctor Khajan Chand

45. At which of the following places the third annual session of Kumaun Parishad was organised?
(a) Kotdwar
(b) Kashipur
(c) Haldwani
(d) Bageshwar

46. Which of the following natives of Uttarakhand was associated with Azad Hind Fauz (I.N.A.) ?
(a) Balbhadra Singh Negi
(b) Darban Singh
(c) Gabar Singh Negi
(d) Chandra Singh Negi

47. Where did the Garhwal Sewa Sangha establish in the year 1936 ?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Delhi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Lucknow

48. Losar festival is associated with which tribe of Uttarakhand?
(a) Jad-Bhotiya
(b) Tharu
(c) Jaunsari
(d) Boksa

49. Who founded the Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangha ?
(a) Gaura Devi
(b) Chandiprasad Bhatt
(c) Sundar Lal Bahuguna
(d) Anil Prakash Joshi

50. Who among the following was known by the nickname ‘Charan’?
(a) Harekrishan Raturi
(b) Chandiprasad Bhatt
(c) Shivprasad Dabral
(d) Gangadutt Upreti

51. Who among the following was known by the name “Gosain Dutt” in his childhood?
(a) Lokratna Pant
(b) Sumitranandan Pant
(c) Govind Ballabh Pant
(d) Gangadutt Upreti

52. Which one of the following is a kind of aerophone?
(a) Hudka
(b) Nagfani
(c) Dhol
(d) Dotara

53. Traditionally the Rawal Priests of Badrinath originally hail from which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala

54. Which one of the following temples is located in Garhwal ?
(a) Dhaulinag
(b) Berinag
(c) Nagnath Pokhari
(d) Kalinag

55. Which of the following group of districts in Uttarakhand share International boundary ?
(a) Champawat, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar
(b) Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Uttarkashi
(c) Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag
(d) Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar

54. Sona Nadi Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in which of the following district?
(a) Nainital
(b) Haridwar
(c) Pauri Garhwal
(d) Dehradun

57. Which one of the following is the Author of the book “The Chipko Movement: A People’s History”?
(a) Shekhar Pathak
(b) Ramchandra Guha
(c) Chandiprasad Bhatt
(d) Sundar Lal Bahuguna

58. Which one of the following district of Uttarakhand has the maximum arable land in 2020-21 ?
(a) Haridwar
(b) Nainital
(c) Dehradun
(d) Udham Singh Nagar

59. Match the following and select the correct answer from given codes :
Glacier – River
(A) Satopanth – (i) Bhagirathi
(B) Gangotri – (ii) Alaknanda
(C) Milam – (iii) Eastern Ramganga
(D) Namik – (iv) Goriganga
.   A B C D
(a ) iv, ii, i, iii
(b) iii, ii, iv, i
(c) ii, i, iv, iii
(d) i, ii, iii, iv

60. Which tribe is also known as “Shoka” (Shauka) ?
(a) Tharu
(b) Boksa
(c) Bhotia
(d) Munda