Practice paper · Bengaluru region

Arrange the following events related to the Formation of Britain as a nation, in chronological order.

1. (i)
   The Act of Union between England and Scotland
2. (ii)
   The English parliament, which had seized power from the monarchy
3. (iii)
   Ireland was forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom
4. (iv)
   Catholic revolts against British dominance

Identify the incorrect statement in the context of the Non - Cooperation Movement?

1. AGandhi Ji was the main force behind the non - cooperation movement.
2. BThe council elections were boycotted even by the Justice Party of Madras
3. CThe movement aimed to involve people from all sections of society.
4. DThousands of students left government - controlled schools; headmasters and teachers resigned; lawyers gave up their practice.

The Roman Church begin to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558. Select the possible reason:

1. AInterference of foreign writers.
2. BGiving too many independent beliefs to people through books.
3. CTroubled by such effects of popular readings and questionings of faith.
4. DWriting and printing of heretical beliefs.

In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety-Five Theses, criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church, what was its outcome? i. They were ignored by the church. ii. Printed copy of this was posted on a church door in Wittenberg. It challenged the Church to debate his ideas. iii. Luther’s writings were immediately reproduced in vast numbers and read widely. iv. This lead to a division within the Church and to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Luther’s translation of the New Testament sold 5,000 copies within a few weeks.

1. Ai only
2. Bi and ii
3. CAll of the above
4. Dii, iii and iv

Assertion (A) : India has varied relief features, land forms, climatic realms and vegetation types. Reason (R) : These have been deposited by three important Himalayan river systems – the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.

1. A(Both (A) and R ) are true and (R ) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. B(Both (A) &R ) are true but (R ) is not the correct explanation of(A)
3. C(A) is correct but (R ) is wrong.
4. D(A) is wrong but (R )is correct

“P” gave his friends clues about a type of forest which is almost one third of the total forest area. Which of the following clues provided by “P” would be most useful in identifying the ideal type of forest? Clue I: These forest land protected from any other depletion. Clue II: All North Eastern states and parts of Gujarat have a very high percentage of these forests.

1. AClue I
2. BClue II
3. CBoth clue I and clue II
4. DNone of the above

Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer. Statement I- In India Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme furnishes a good example for involving local communities in the management and restoration of degraded forests. Statement II- The state of Odisha passed the first resolution for Joint Forest Management.

1. AStatement (I) is correct and statement (II) is incorrect.
2. BStatement (I) is incorrect and statement (II) is correct.
3. CBoth statement (I) and (II) are incorrect.
4. DBoth statement (I) and (II) are correct

Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka.

1. AIn Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
2. BIn Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala speaking majority.
3. CThe Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.
4. DThe transformation of Belgium from unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines. Which of the statements given above are correct?