UPSSSC PET Exam 29 October 2023 2nd Shift (Answer Key)

61. ________ volume of Akbar Nama deals with Akbar’s administration, household, army, revenue and the geography of his empire that is known as Ain-i Akbari.
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Fourth
(D) Third

62. Which Harappan site located in India includes deposits of Hakra Ware that is typical of settlement dating back before the early phases of Indus Valley Civilisation ?
(A) Rakhi Garhi
(B) Kalibangan
(C) Ropar
(D) Dholavira

63. Gautama Siddhartha (Gautama Buddha) is believed to have piously meditated at which among the following places for six years before he went to Bodhgaya for the final realization?
(A) Lumbini
(B) Sarnath
(C) Dungeshwari Cave
(D) Kushinagar

64. Which among the following was the first capital of Harshavardhana?
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Thanesar
(C) Vaishali
(D) Magadh

65. Subhash Chadra Bose hoisted the INA flag at Moirang in 1944. In which of the following states/UTs that town is located now?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Ladakh
(C) Mizoram
(D) Manipur

66. Which of the following rivers was historically known as the Bantwal River in the south of Karnataka ?
(A) Netravati River
(B) Gautami River
(C) Kalindi River
(D) Ponnaiyar River Natravative

67. In 1851, the Governor General Lord Dalhousie described which of the following kingdom as “A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day”?
(A) Satara
(B) Kannauj
(C) Savardh
(D) Jhansi

68. When Congress ministries resigned during the Indian National Movement ?
(A) 1938
(B) 1939
(C) 1941
(D) 1940

69. Who was sent to India in order to try and forge a compromise with Gandhiji and the Congress by Winston Churchill in 1942 ?
(A) Sir Stafford Cripps
(B) Lord Ripon
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) Lord Linlithgow

70. Indian Muslims were keen that the Khalifa be allowed to retain control over Muslim sacred places in the erstwhile Turkish Empire. This empire was also known by which of the following name?
(A) Qing
(B) Umayyad
(C) Ottoman
(D) Sasanian

71. The Indian National Congress (I.N.C.) and the All India Muslim League (A.I.M.L) decided to come together for the cause of India’s struggle against the British through the famous ________ .
(A) The Lucknow Pact, 1916
(B) Government of India Act, 1935
(C) Ingress into India Ordinance, 1914
(D) Gandhi – Irwin Pact, 1931

72. At some places ground water is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known by which name ?
(A) Geyser
(B) Seeped Aqua
(C) Aquifer
(D) Hot Spring

73. Milam glacier is located in which of the following states / UTs of India ?
(A) Jammu & Kashmir
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Ladakh
(D) Uttarakhand

74. Which of the following institutions, is India’s time keeper, i.e, it monitors India’s system of time ?
(A) PRL (Physical Research Laboratory)
(B) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
(C) Indian National Science Academy
(D) CSIR-NPL (CSIR-National Physical Laboratory)

75. The Thar Desert of India is the most densely populated desert in the world with what population density?
(A) 75 people per km ²
(B) 83 people per km ²
(C) 70 people per km ²
(D) 45 people per km ²

76. With reference to Green Revolution what is HYV Seeds, which are also called as “Miracle Seeds”?
(A) Homo Yield Variety
(B) Hybrid Yield Variety
(C) Hetero Yield Variation
(D) High Yield Variety

77. To ensure that the benefits of GST are passed on to the consumers, the. government established the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA ) but from 1st December, 2022 all GST anti-profiteering complaints are dealt by which organisation?
(A) RBI (Reserve Bank of India)
(B) Income Tax Department of India
(C) CCI (Competition Commission of India)
(D) NCDRC (The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission)

78. National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM ) was established in 1969 by which of the following, in consultation with the Government of India, as an autonomous apex institution for research, training, education and consultancy in bank management?
(A) India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)
(B) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(C) National Bank of Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID)
(D) Export – Import Bank of India (EXIM)

79. What was the period of 11th Five Year Plan?
(A) 2012-2017
(B) 2007-2012
(C) 2002-2007
(D) 1997-2002

80. Which of the following was not a part of the structural adjustment programs under the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1991 ?
(A) Industrial Reforms
(B) Tax Reforms
(C) Balance of Payment Adjustment
(D) Fiscal Reforms