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10000 Questions for Prelims 2020 | Prelims 2020 Marathon

Dear Friends,

Let is share and post / paste here questions of various test series . If we crowd source enough, we know that questions will come from here. There was a thread of crowd sourced questions in the past, where @wunwun @burger @pizza and all had contributed and that year we had many questions come from there. 


Let us start this initiative. Also please follow the convention followed last year by @neyawn Sir, let us number the questions in a serial number.


Here I am starting


#1Choose correct statements

1) M N Roy was the founder of Communism in India

2) M N Roy first mooted the idea of Constituent Assembly

3) Patel was the Chairman of Committee on negotiating with states

4) Nehru was the Chairman of Drafting Committee


Select correct

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 2 and 4 only

d) None of t

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Okay its a good initiative,but can you clear what is the Modus operandi like just post the question or question with answer or discussion also.

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Okay its a good initiative,but can you clear what is the Modus operandi like just post the question or question with answer or discussion also.

Just the questions.

Then we discuss those with some explanations. Avoid just writing a,b,c,d

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#2 consider following statements 

1)Government of India Act 1909 provided for dyrachy at both center and provincial level.

2)Indian council act of 1861,provided for the portfolio system in india.

3)Charter act of 1833,ended East India company's monopoly in trading activities in india except tea trade with china.

4)The father of communal electorate was lord Morley.

Choose incorrect statements 

a)1,2,3

b)1,2,4

c)1,3,4

d)2,3,4

rahulgandhi,mujheand1 otherslike this
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@Patrick_jane  Answer shall beB.


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#3 In case of delegation of function by Centre to the State, the Centre has to pay a fixed sum of money to the State as agreed upon by both to execute that function. However, if the expense incurred by the State is more than the amount agreed upon earlier, then Centre has to pay the enhanced sum on the recommendation of an arbitrator appointed by

a) Chief Justice of India

b) President of India

c) Governor of the respective State

d) None of the Above 

Gsharma,
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C is correct 

Statement 1) government of India act 1919 provided diarchy in province whére as government of India act 1935 diarchy in center 

Statement 2) is correct 

Statement 3) charter act 1833abolished the monopoly of east india company in tea and tread with China.

Statement 4)father of communal electorate is Minto ..

Hence option  C is correct 


Patrick_jane,
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#4) with reference to medieval Indian history,What does Dochala and Chauchala mean?

a) These were a form of taxation followed in the eastern part of Mughal empire.

b)These were a style of temple architecture in Bengal

c) These are literatures on war written by scholars in Rajasthan. 

d) These were a style of pottery makking practiced in North India.

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mujhesaid

C is correct 

Statement 1) government of India act 1919 provided diarchy in province whére as government of India act 1935 diarchy in center 

Statement 2) is correct 

Statement 3) charter act 1833abolished the monopoly of east india company in tea and tread with China.

Statement 4)father of communal electorate is Minto ..

Hence option  C is correct 


Yes C is the crct answer.

All ur explanations are crct.

For statement 2 value add,1813 ended monopoly of EIC trade in India except tea trade with china.

1833 also known as st.helena act,ended EICs complete Trading and commercial activities in India including tea trade,made purely as administrative body.

Lighthouse,
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mujhesaid

C is correct 

Statement 1) government of India act 1919 provided diarchy in province whére as government of India act 1935 diarchy in center 

Statement 2) is correct 

Statement 3) charter act 1833abolished the monopoly of east india company in tea and tread with China.

Statement 4)father of communal electorate is Minto ..

Hence option  C is correct 


Yes C is the crct answer.

All ur explanations are crct.

For statement 2 value add,1813 ended monopoly of EIC trade in India except tea trade with china.

1833 also known as st.helena act,ended EICs complete Trading and commercial activities in India including tea trade,made purely as administrative body.

@Thinker answer is C for #2 ques,see above explanation 

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#3 In case of delegation of function by Centre to the State, the Centre has to pay a fixed sum of money to the State as agreed upon by both to execute that function. However, if the expense incurred by the State is more than the amount agreed upon earlier, then Centre has to pay the enhanced sum on the recommendation of an arbitrator appointed by

a) Chief Justice of India

b) President of India

c) Governor of the respective State

d) None of the Above 

I have no clue but guessing it might be finance ministry. Can you please expain,the answer

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The first statement is asking about Governement of India Act 1909..there is no such act..it should be Indian Councils Act 1909. Anyways dyarchy was not mentioned in that act.So 1st statement incorrect.

The Portfolio system was introduced into India by Lord Canning in 1859.The Act of 1861 gave a legal sanctity to Portfolio sysytem.Hence second statement is Incorrect.

The third statement. My fault indeed. Got confused between act of 1813 and 1833. So the statement is incorrect.

Theforth statement is obviously incorrect.

So the overall question needs to et cancenled as all of the statements are incorrect as question is asking to identify incorrect statement and all of them are incorrect.


FieldMarshal,
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@Patrick_jane It's Chief Justice of India. Article 258 clearly mentions it.


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Answer can be B for #4. form of temple architecture as I know Chala means roof. Am I right? 


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@Patrick_jane  Plz rectify the question or provide an explanation for #2.


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@Patrick_jane  Plz rectify the question or provide an explanation for #2.


I read from here,sonali bansal modern history,

Yeah i have some confusion after u raised the issue,lets change the wording.

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Answer can be B for #4. form of temple architecture as I know Chala means roof. Am I right? 


Yes B is the crct answer for #4.

DOCHALA also known as ek bangla and CHAUCHALA( 4 caves) are temple architecture style from Bengla which have Curved roof.

Diff b/w both is

Dochala= curved roof with 2 sloping sides.

Chauchala=Curved roof with 4 triangular segments.



Thinker,
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@Patrick_jane Yeah the wording is wrong in the book itself.The Act provided (not introduced) for the decentralization of business. It gave legal permission to the Portfolio system introduced into India by Canning in 1859. Butanyways remember that the Act never introduced the Portfolio system.
Patrick_jane,Lighthouse
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@Thinker tq n changed the wording of question.


Thinker,
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#5)With reference to Markandeshwar temple, 

consider the following statements:

1. It is also known as the “Khajuraho of 

Vidarbha”.

2. It is situated on the banks of River 

Wainganga.

3. The temples belong to the Dravida 

group of temples of South India.

Which of the statements given above is/are 

correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

dpkrathee77626224,
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@Patrick_jane Difficult one. I guess the answer shall beA.Am I right? Please provide an explanation.


Patrick_jane,
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