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UP TGT 2016 — Social Science: Civics (Series A)

8 or 9 March 201963 questions+3.4 for a correct answer, −0 for a wrong one

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Civics

1. The intellectual father of Behavioural Movement is
- (a) Proudhan
- (b) Machiavelli
- (c) MacIver
- (d) Charles E. Merrium
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Answer: (d)
2. The issue of Kyoto Conference was related to
- (a) Terrorism
- (b) Prohibiting Nuclear Tests
- (c) Climatic change
- (d) Economic development
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Answer: (c)
3. “Political equality is never real unless it is accompanied by economic equality” is said by
- (a) J. S. Mill
- (b) T. H. Green
- (c) G. D. H. Cole
- (d) H. J. Laski
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Answer: (d)
4. “The Philosophy of Right” was written by
- (a) Aristotle
- (b) Plato
- (c) Hegel
- (d) Green
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Answer: (c)
5. Which one of the following is not a Constitutional body ?
- (a) Election Commission
- (b) Niti Ayoga
- (c) UPSC
- (d) Finance Commission
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Answer: (b)
6. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I — List – II 1. Aristotle — a. Republic 2. Plato — b. Politics 3. Kautilya — c. Grammar of Politics 4. Harold Laski — d. Arthashastra Code : 1 2 3 4
- (a) d a b c
- (b) b a d c
- (c) a c d b
- (d) c a b d
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Answer: (b)
7. The Article of the Constitution which gives details about the removal of the members of UPSC
- (a) 323
- (b) 325
- (c) 317
- (d) 319
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Answer: (c)
8. Which one of the following is not a characteristics of sovereignty ?
- (a) Absoluteness
- (b) Divisibility
- (c) Permanence
- (d) Exclusiveness
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Answer: (b)
9. The Greek City – States considered following as citizens
- (a) Magistrates
- (b) Slaves
- (c) Masters of freemen
- (d) Political thinkers
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Answer: (a)
10. The President of India is elected by
- (a) Direct election
- (b) System of Universal Adult Franchise
- (c) Members of Parliament
- (d) Electoral College
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Answer: (d)
11. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I — List – II 1. TDP — a. Odissa 2. TMC — b. Andhra Pradesh 3. DMK — c. West Bengal 4. BJD — d. Tamil Nadu Code : 1 2 3 4
- (a) d a b c
- (b) b a d c
- (c) b c d a
- (d) c a b d
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Answer: (c)
12. NOTA was first introduced in voting machine of India in the Election held in
- (a) 2001 – 2002
- (b) 2008 – 2009
- (c) 2013 – 2014
- (d) 2010 – 2011
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Answer: (c)
13. The Right to Information Act was passed by Indian Parliament in
- (a) 2009
- (b) 2005
- (c) 2006
- (d) 2010
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Answer: (b)
14. Which one of the following freedom is not a part of Fundamental Right of the Constitution of India ?
- (a) Freedom to own and acquire Property
- (b) Freedom to move freely throughout the country
- (c) Freedom to assemble without arms
- (d) Freedom to follow any Profession
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Answer: (a)
15. The Speaker of Lok Sabha has to address his letter of resignation to the
- (a) Prime Minister of India
- (b) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
- (c) President of India
- (d) Vice-President of India
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Answer: (b)
16. “Directive Principles of State Policy are like a Cheque on a bank payable at the convenience of the bank” was said by
- (a) Nehru
- (b) B. N. Rao
- (c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- (d) Prof. K. T. Shah
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Answer: (d)
17. The revenue estimates of the budget are prepared by
- (a) Finance Commission
- (b) Planning Commission
- (c) Central Board of Direct Taxes
- (d) Ministry of Finance
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Answer: (d)
18. The Legislative Council of a State is created or abolished by
- (a) President of India
- (b) Parliament
- (c) Legislative Assembly of Concerned State
- (d) Parliament on the recommendation of Concerned Legislative Assembly
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Answer: (d)
19. The present Secretary General of UNO belongs to
- (a) South Korea
- (b) Portugal
- (c) India
- (d) USA
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Answer: (b)
20. In which of the following case, the Supreme Court’s Judicial review was questioned ?
- (a) Golaknath case
- (b) Keshavananda Bharti case
- (c) Minerva Mills case
- (d) A. K. Gopalan case
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Answer: —
21. Which one of the following is not a feature of Fascism ?
- (a) Belief in one man Dictatorship
- (b) Opposed Internationalism
- (c) Distrust in Democratic Institution
- (d) Believing in Individualism
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Answer: (d)
22. According to Marx, the State is
- (a) Divine institution
- (b) Institution for class exploitation
- (c) A positive good
- (d) Permanent
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Answer: (b)
23. The system of dual citizenship prevails in countries like
- (a) Canada and India
- (b) Canada and Australia
- (c) India and USA
- (d) Switzerland and America
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Answer: —
24. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
- (a) Hobbes – Patriarchal
- (b) Aristotle – Politics
- (c) Rousseau – Social Contract
- (d) Marx – Manifesto of the Communist Party
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Answer: (a)
25. Article 1 of the Indian Constitution calls India as
- (a) Union of States
- (b) Union of Provinces
- (c) Indian Union
- (d) Union of India
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Answer: (a)
26. The writ which is issued by an appropriate judicial body to free a person who has been illegally detained
- (a) Quo- Warranto
- (b) Mandamus
- (c) Habeas Corpus
- (d) Certiorari
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Answer: (c)
27. The Power of creating and abolishing a State is vested in
- (a) President of India
- (b) Prime Minister
- (c) Parliament
- (d) The Lok Sabha
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Answer: (c)
28. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution can Parliament legislate on any subject in the State list ?
- (a) Article 229
- (b) Article 239
- (c) Article 259
- (d) Article 249
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Answer: (d)
29. Kautilya mentioned Vijigishu as King in his Rajamandala
- (a) Who would be conqueror
- (b) Who was enemy
- (c) Ally of the conqueror
- (d) Ally of the enemy’s ally
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Answer: (a)
30. The Section of the Constitution which tells about the responsibility of State towards International peace and security
- (a) Fundamental Rights
- (b) Preamble
- (c) Directive Principles of State Policy
- (d) Fundamental Duties
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Answer: (c)
31. The Finance Commission is appointed by the President of India for a term of
- (a) 2 years
- (b) 4 years
- (c) 5 years
- (d) 6 years
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Answer: (c)
32. The Right to Property has been dropped from the list of Fundamental Rights through the
- (a) 44ᵗʰ amendment
- (b) 42ⁿᵈ amendment
- (c) 33ʳᵈ amendment
- (d) 21ˢᵗ amendment
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Answer: (a)
33. The Central Estimates Committee consist of
- (a) 10 members
- (b) 20 members
- (c) 30 members
- (d) 40 members
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Answer: (c)
34. The Law Minister of the Nehru’s Govt. formed in 1947 was
- (a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- (b) Baldev Singh
- (c) Liyaqat Ali Khan
- (d) B. R. Ambedkar
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Answer: (d)
35. Which one of the following is related to Marxism ?
- (a) Theory of Surplus Value
- (b) Ideal State
- (c) General Will
- (d) Social Contract
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Answer: (a)
36. Aristotle prefers
- (a) Monarchy
- (b) Polity
- (c) Democracy
- (d) Oligarchy
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Answer: (b)
37. Which one of the following is wrongly matched ?
- (a) Pluralistic Notion of the State – MacIver and Laski
- (b) Power Notion of the State – Machiavelli
- (c) Anarchist – Marx and Bentham
- (d) Totalitarian – Hegel, Berrihardi
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Answer: (c)
38. Which one of the following group of leader is responsible for Non-Aligned Movement ?
- (a) Nehru, Roosevelt and Stalin
- (b) Indira Gandhi and Gorbachev and Kenedy
- (c) Nehru, Nasser and Tito
- (d) Mahatma Gandhi, Lincon and Mao
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Answer: (c)
39. Identify which is not a function of local self Government ?
- (a) Health and hygiene
- (b) Rural housing
- (c) Maintenance of law and order
- (d) Providing drinking water
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Answer: (c)
40. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I — List – II 1. Plato — a. Grammar of Politics 2. Bentham — b. Republic 3. Laski — c. Principle of Political Economy 4. J. S. Mill — d. Principle of International Law Codes : 1 2 3 4
- (a) c a b d
- (b) b d a c
- (c) a c d b
- (d) a c b d
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Answer: (b)
41. The 73ʳᵈ and 74ᵗʰ amendment Acts inserted following in the Indian Constitution
- (a) Part X and IXA
- (b) Part III and X
- (c) Part IX and IXA
- (d) Part IX and X
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Answer: (c)
42. The evil of defection which gave rise to political instability was sought to be curbed through the
- (a) 56ᵗʰ Constitutional Amendment
- (b) 52ⁿᵈ Constitutional Amendment
- (c) 61ˢᵗ Constitutional Amendment
- (d) 83ʳᵈ Constitutional Amendment
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Answer: (b)
43. Shimla Agreement was signed by
- (a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Ayub Khan
- (b) Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto
- (c) Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan
- (d) Morarji Desai and Z. A. Bhutto
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Answer: (b)
44. The Person who associated with PIL is
- (a) Justice Bhagavati
- (b) Justice Venkatachalaiah
- (c) Justice R. N. Mishra
- (d) Justice Santosh Hegde
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Answer: (a)
45. In which of the following, Gandhiji first used hunger strike as a weapon ?
- (a) Non Co-Operation Movement
- (b) Rowlatt Act
- (c) Ahmedabad Mills Strike
- (d) Bardoli Satyagraha
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Answer: (c)
46. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I (Articles) — List – II (deals with) 1. 16 — a. Equality before law 2. 32 — b. Constitutional remedies 3. 14 — c. Untouchability is crime 4. 17 — d. Equal opportunities in public employment Code : 1 2 3 4
- (a) d b a c
- (b) b a d c
- (c) b c d a
- (d) c a b d
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Answer: (a)
47. The Central Government gives grants – in –aid to the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India based on the recommendations of
- (a) Niti Aayog
- (b) Finance Commission
- (c) The Public Accounts Committee
- (d) Delegation of State Government
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Answer: (b)
48. The power of judicial review in India was enjoyed by
- (a) Supreme Court alone
- (b) High Court alone
- (c) By all the Courts
- (d) High Court and Supreme Court
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Answer: (d)
49. The Headquarter of UNESCO is located in
- (a) Paris
- (b) New York
- (c) London
- (d) Rome
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Answer: (a)
50. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I — List – II 1. Prohibition — a. You may have the body 2. Certiorari — b. We command 3. Mandamus — c. To be certified 4. Habeas corpus — d. Stay order Code : 1 2 3 4
- (a) d c b a
- (b) b a d c
- (c) b c d a
- (d) c a b d
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Answer: (a)
51. Match the List – I and List – II and select the correct answer with the help of given codes. List – I — List – II 1. Article 356 — a. UPSC 2. Article 352 — b. Financial Emergency 3. Article 360 — c. National Emergency 4. Article 315 — d. State Emergency Code : 1 2 3 4
- (a) d c b a
- (b) b a d c
- (c) a c d b
- (d) c a b d
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Answer: (a)
52. Abolition of Privy Purse and Privileges was done in our Constitution through
- (a) 26ᵗʰ Amendment
- (b) 28ᵗʰ Amendment
- (c) 30ᵗʰ Amendment
- (d) 32ⁿᵈ Amendment
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Answer: (a)
53. Which of the following were features of Rousseau’s ‘General Will’ ? 1. It is the expression of inner will. 2. It is the best will of every. individual. 3. It is permanent. 4. It is personal.
- (a) 1, 2 and 4
- (b) 2, 4 and 3
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- (d) 1, 3 and 4
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Answer: (c)
54. The head of the State under Parliamentary Government is
- (a) Hereditary person
- (b) Elected representative
- (c) Nominated person
- (d) Constitutional head
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55. The Political thinker who first used the word ‘State’ in the contemporary world is
- (a) Machiavelli
- (b) T. H. Green
- (c) Plato
- (d) Rousseau
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56. When Indian Constitution was framed the Preamble of the Constitution stated India as
- (a) Federal, Democratic, Republic
- (b) Sovereign, Democratic, Republic
- (c) Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic
- (d) Socialist and Secular
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57. The President of India can i) Dissolve the Lok Sabha ii) Order for election when the Lok Sabha term is over iii) Gives assent to the bills passed by Parliament iv) Address the joint session of the Parliament
- (a) ii, iii, iv
- (b) i, ii, iv
- (c) i, ii, iii
- (d) i, iii, iv
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Answer: (d)
58. The jurisdiction of Supreme Court can be enhanced
- (a) By law made by the Parliament
- (b) By Prime Minister
- (c) By the President of India
- (d) By Chief Justice of Supreme Court
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Answer: (a)
59. “Veto” in U. N. Security Council is
- (a) Positive vote for all members
- (b) Negative vote for aggressor Country
- (c) The vote for Secretary General
- (d) The negative vote exercised by a permanent Member of Security Council
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Answer: (d)
60. Who among the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences ?
- (a) Sardar Patel
- (b) B. R. Ambedkar
- (c) M. K. Gandhi
- (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
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Answer: (b)
61. The Quorum for a meeting of Legislative Assembly shall be
- (a) Half of the total strength of the House
- (b) 2/3 of the total members of the House
- (c) 1/10 of the total members of the House
- (d) 10 members
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Answer: (c)
62. During Financial Emergency, the President can
- (a) Reduce the salaries of all the Civil Servants except Judges
- (b) Reduce the salaries of civil Servants including Judges
- (c) The State Legislatures are deprived of the right to enact Money bills
- (d) All of the above
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Answer: (b)
63. Article 370 of the Constitution deals with
- (a) Emergency powers of the President
- (b) Special provisions for minorities
- (c) Special status for Jammu and Kashmir
- (d) Special status for Hyderabad Karnataka
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Answer: (c)

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Answer key

Answer key from the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board’s official answer key for this sitting. “—” means the key gave none: the question was deleted.

Civics

Q 1: (d)
Q 2: (c)
Q 3: (d)
Q 4: (c)
Q 5: (b)
Q 6: (b)
Q 7: (c)
Q 8: (b)
Q 9: (a)
Q 10: (d)
Q 11: (c)
Q 12: (c)
Q 13: (b)
Q 14: (a)
Q 15: (b)
Q 16: (d)
Q 17: (d)
Q 18: (d)
Q 19: (b)
Q 20: —
Q 21: (d)
Q 22: (b)
Q 23: —
Q 24: (a)
Q 25: (a)
Q 26: (c)
Q 27: (c)
Q 28: (d)
Q 29: (a)
Q 30: (c)
Q 31: (c)
Q 32: (a)
Q 33: (c)
Q 34: (d)
Q 35: (a)
Q 36: (b)
Q 37: (c)
Q 38: (c)
Q 39: (c)
Q 40: (b)
Q 41: (c)
Q 42: (b)
Q 43: (b)
Q 44: (a)
Q 45: (c)
Q 46: (a)
Q 47: (b)
Q 48: (d)
Q 49: (a)
Q 50: (a)
Q 51: (a)
Q 52: (a)
Q 53: (c)
Q 54: (d)
Q 55: (a)
Q 56: (b)
Q 57: (d)
Q 58: (a)
Q 59: (d)
Q 60: (b)
Q 61: (c)
Q 62: (b)
Q 63: (c)