WBCS Mains 2021 (Held On May 2022) Official Paper-III

Ancient Indian Geography hinges on

Which Congress leader favoured India's support for the Raj against the Nazis in the Second World War?

Which state has more international airports in India?

Coal mines in India were nationalized on

Which Party fought the 1937 elections in Bengal with the agenda of land reform?

Which of the following is true of the Mansabdari System?
(i) Mandab denotes the rank an official held in the Mughal hierarchy.
(ii) Mansabdari usually entailed military obligations towards the empire.
(iii) Salary of a Mansabdar was indicated in the award rank he held.
(iv) Remuneration for Mansabdari was provided only in terms of grants of jagir.

Kharagpur Railway workshop was built in

Economic reforms in India are leading to
(i) concentration of economic activities.
(ii) widening gaps between the rich and poor people.
(iii) higher growth rate of metropolitan area.
(iv) low-cost access to urban amenities and services.

In which year did Odisha separate from Bihar?

Which state is the largest producer of limestone in India?

Air India was founded in

Who among the following neither moved nor seconded the Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League in 1940?

Which is the eastern most river of the North Bengal Plains?

In which journal did Aurobindo Ghosh write his critique of the INC, the series of articles called New Lamps for Old?

Which ruler of Magadha was called 'Amitrochates' (Amitraghata - Slayer of Enemies) in Greek records?

Who was not a protagonist of the extremist position in the Congress?

Where among the following places was Permanent Settlement not introduced?

India's area is about ______ times larger than of Pakistan.

Which region of India can be considered a shield?

Which one of the following parts of the Indian Coast is a compound coast showing evidence of both submergence and emergence?

Which city of Gujarat is associated with salt production?

Which of the following is not true about the differences between the Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements?

Which region is called the granary of South India?

Which of these did not contribute to growing cleavage between Hindus and Muslims?

In which session of the Congress was the movement provided with a peasant agenda?

The first nuclear power station was commissioned in

In which part of India is Dandakaranaya situated?

Literacy rate in West Bengal Census, 2011

Who was the only Governor-General of Bengal to be appointed twice to the office?

Which state is the largest manganese producing state in India?

Who was the founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar?

What were villages granted to Brahmins and inhabited by Brahmins known as?

Which steel Plant established based on lignite deposites?

Which is the deepest port in India?

What is the Ulgulan?

Which of the following was true of the India Councils Act of 1892?

What per cent of EI-Nino event are responsible for drought in India?

Koppen denotes peninsular plateau as

The National Remote Sensing Agency is located at

White Tiger is conserved in

The oldest and richest coalfield of India with respect to quantity of production and quality is

Which of the following were not coveted by Tipu Sultan?

Who favoured the strategy of the general electorate with seats reserved for Muslims?

Which project has the biggest underground power house?

Which of these was a feature of the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1905-09?

Which of the following introduced direct elections for the Viceroy's Legislative Council?

In 1919, who voted against INC participation in the Khilafat Movement?

Where the Civil Aviation Training Centre is located?

Which Governor-General of India introduced the policy of annexation of princely states on the ground of bad administration?

Who among the following was not associated with the Partition of Bengal?

Which of the following was not a paper edited by M. K. Gandhi?

Planning Commission has delineated 15 agro-climate region which were proposed to form basic for agricultural planning for the

Which of the following states has the longest coast line?

Who was not among the participants at the first Round Table Conference?

Which port is the main exporter of iron ore?

In which session of the Congress was the movement turned into a mass-based party?

In the All Parties Conference, who was the staunchest advocate of separate electrorates?

The highest area under forest in India lies in

India's biggest agriculture farm is located at

What type of river is the Indus?

Rammam Hydroelectric Power Station is situated in

Diamond mines in India are located in

The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

Which is the western most point in India?

Which state in India has the maximum length of surface roads?

Who was the founder of the Satyasodhak Samaj?

Where do the Bhagirathi and the Alakananda meet at?

Which has land-locked and protected port in India?

Largest tobacco producer district of West Bengal is

Who initiated the alignment of peninsular powers against the Company in the 1770s?

The introduction of communal electorates was in order to

Which of the following was the only ministry made over for Indian members of the Imperial Legislative Council under the Mont-Ford Act?

The first rice research institute was established in

The amount and intensity of monsoon in India are affected by

The river mentioned most frequently in the Rig Vedic hymns was

During the tenure of which Viceroy were Cotton and Tariff Duties Act passed?

The Himalayas as a region has always been susceptible to disaster, because

Who believed the decision boycott British educational institutions during the Non Co-operation Movement to be Gandhi's 'tyranny over the minds of the people'?

Which of the following was not true of the Treaty of Madras, 1769?

The major constraint being faced by Steel Industry in India is the

The Indian states were first delimited linguistically in:

In which year did the Indian Penal Code come into effect?

Who among the following was the President of INC during the launch of Quit India Movement?

For expanding the development of small and medium-sized towns, the scheme of Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns (IDMST) was initiated during:

The Planning Commission of India was set up in which year?

Which prominent Indian nationalist leader found Gandhi's definition of Swaraj in 1921 Ahmedabad session of the INC delightfully vague?

First metro rail was started in India at Kolkata on:

Who started the Statutory Civil Services and when?

Who was the principle architect of British India's policy towards Tibet?

Which British Viceroy was steadfastly opposed to the notion of Partition of India?

Which Governor-General of Bengal set up the General Committee of Public Instruction to supervise Company's expenditure in the realm of education?

Name the state where the only wild Ass Sanctuary in India is located.

Which of the following was not true of the Treaty of Surat?

Kakrapara irrigation project is on the river:

Which of the following is true of the Indian Council's Act of 1861?

Under the Ryotwari system, after how many years could there be a reassessment of revenue demand?

The average annual growth rate of India's population for 1990-99 was:

Which is the largest producer of mica in India?

Which of the following was not associated with the Lucknow Pact of 1916?

Who refers to the INC as a 'microscopic minority' of the Indian people?

Which treaty brought the second Anglo Mysore war to a close?

Alluvial soil of Ganga plains are genetically_________

When was the first census carried out in India?

Which of the following cities is situated on the mouth of river Tapti?

Which one of the following regions has been declared as the ‘Western Dry Region’ by the Planning Commission?

What occasioned the break between the Mughals and Rajputs?

How many PIN Zone has divided into India?

With the revenue settlement of which region was Mountstuart Elphinstone associated?

Who proposed the strategy of economic planning in the Congress for the first time?

Which is tax free port in India?

Which of the following statements is/are not true of the Permanent Settlement?

Who was associated with the Servants of India Society?

'Subansari' is the tributary of

The Zawar mines of the Udaipur district are famous for which of the following?

Nepanagar of Madhya Pradesh is famous for

Which of the following were associated with the viceroyalty of Lord Hardinge?

Which states does not have airport in India?

Who among the following was a votary of the 'no-changer' position in the INC in 1922?

Which is the first airport in India?

Which is the longest pipeline in India?

The ranges of Western Ghats is locally called as 'Sahyadris' in which of the following States?

Who among the following did not benefit territorially from the Treaty of Seringapattanam?

In which year was the Treaty of Salbai signed?

Which state has the deposits of Tertiary Coal in India?

The idea of the National Water Grid (River Linking Project) was advocated by

Coromandel Coast is under which Earthquake Zone?

Which state has the maximum of teak forests of India?

In which year was the All India Trade Union Congress established?

What type of island is The Andaman and Nicobar?

Who was the first Indian to become Law Member to the Viceroy's Executive Council?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

How did the British victory in Bengal help them prevali over the French in the Carnatic?

In which year did the British Parliament legislate on simultaneous ICS exams in England and India?

During whose tenure in office was the 'Indian University Commission' set up?

When was the Native Press Association founded?

Who was the editor of the Rast Goftar?

The latest industrial policy was announced in

Indian Green Revolution has divided into

Which state is the leading producer of glass?

Who was the author of Rajtarangini?

In the first session of the INC, who represented the province of Bengal?

Which organisation was set up in 1927 to represent the interest of Indian industrialists?

Who was the first British national to be the President of INC?

Which of the following settlements was a result of the Holt Mackenzie surveys of the 1820s?

Where is the Central Water and Power Research Station located?

Why was the Simon Commission appointed in 1927?

The region of India is very important from biodiversity point of view

Which is the Oldest Port in India?
भारत का सबसे पुराना बंदरगाह कौन सा है?

Pir Panjal range lies in

Who among the following was not associated with the economic critique of British rule?

Among the following which one is related to Blue Revolution in India?

Which is the largest lake in India?

Which one of the following is not a major industrial centre?

'Andhis' are storms of

What was the reason for Congress's acceptance of Irwin's offer to attend the Second Round Table Conference?

Who was the only Governor-General of Bengal to be impeached by the British Parliament?

When was the first ICS examination held in London?

Who suggested in 1922 that the Congress should try to wreck the provincial councils from within?

How were foreign merchants referred to in Chola documents?

The main sources of ancient Indian Geographical concepts are

In which year was Satara, the family seat of the house of Shivaji, annexed by the British?

According to which treaty were Tipu's children held in Calcutta as security pending payment of compensation to the Company?

The artificial harbour along the west coast of India is

Obra, where a large thermal power station has been built, is in

Why did Mir Qasim shift his capital from Murshidabad to Munghyr?

Which Bengali radical spearheaded the Amritabazar Patrika to counter the moderate politics of Surendranath Banerjee?

River Beas flows through the states of

Which of the following statements is true of Harappan civilisation?
(i) Harappan civilisation comprised a network of urban constellations, drawing on the agricultural surplus generated by the surrounding countryside.
(ii) The Harappans seem to have flourishing trade relations with Sumeria and Egypt.
(iii) The seals are suspected to be connected with the trading activities of the Harappans.
(iv) Overland trade rested primarily on bullocks and horse-drawn carriages.
(v) Some deities akin to the mother goddess and Pashupati seem to have been popular.

Aditya Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is famous for

Which of the following demands was raised first by the Indian National Congress?

Who presided over the Madras session of the INC(1887)?

Which Indian geographer had given information about Solar and Lunar eclipses?

Which was the only state not to report a single fatality during the Quit India Movement?

The foundation of which university was associated with the Khilafat agitation?

When was the right of discussion of the budget given to councilors of the Imperial Legislative Council?

Which countries are the main buyers of Indian coffee?

India became a member of the GATT since

Which of the following was not true of the Kamagata Maru?

Which one of the following Passes connects Arunanchal Pradesh with Tibet?

Which is our earliest source for the existence of untouchables in India?

East Kolkata wetlands have been declared as a:

Which state has the highest density of roads in India?

Which state have the maximum number of rivers?

Map of India is best suited to:

The actual length of National Golden Quadrilateral is:

Badland topography is characteristic of:

In which session of the Congress did the extremist agenda appear for the first time on INC platform?

The demand for Home Rule, raised by Indian politicians, was conceded by:

Which was the earliest seat of Turkish power in Delhi?

Who among the following opposed the Lucknow Pact?

In the sub-continent of India the region frequently affected by tropical cyclone is the:

When was the first Factory Act passed in India?

Who was the editor of the journal Mahratta?

Cotton manufacture and fabrics are exported to:

When was the electoral principle conceded for selection of Indian members in the ILC (Indian Legislative Council)?

Indian coal is mostly:

Of the death of which Maratha leader was it said, "with him departed all the wisdom in the Maratha State"?

By which treaty was Gulab Singh given the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir?

Who among the following was not associated with the Aligarh Movement?

Who was the author of the Prabandha Chintamani?