Solved Paper HP Police Sub-Inspector 2018 [Part-1]

1. Harappan weapons were made of?

1. Bronze
2. Stone
3. Copper
4. All of the above

2. The famous grammarian Panini hailed from which of the following Mahajanpads?

1. Gandhara
2. Kamboja
3. Vatsa
4. Avanti

3. The concept of anuvrata was advocated by

1. Mahayana Buddhism
2. Hinayana Buddhism
3. Jainism
4. None of these

4. Which rock edict of Ashoka provides a description of the horrors of Kallinga war?

1. 10^th rock Edict
2. 13^th Rock Edict
3. The Edict at Dhauli
4. The Edict at Jaugada

5. Who among the following took the title of Vikramaditya?

1. Chandragupta-I
2. Chandragupta-II
3. Samudragupta
4. Skandagupta

6. Who among the following is credited with the invention of Algebra?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Bhaskara
3. Apastamba
4. None of these

7. In early Medieval India, what did the term Jital refers to?

1. Weight
2. Diet
3. Coin
4. Game

8. Which of the following Chalukyan city is known as the city of temples?

1. Pattadakal
2. Badami
3. Aihole
4. Kanheri

9. Malik Kafur was whose general?

1. Balban
2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
3. Iltumish
4. None of these

10. Which of the following musical instruments was not composite or Indo Islamic in origin?

1. Sitar
2. Table
3. Sarangi
4. Shehnai

11. Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of the Mughal Emperor?

1. Aurangzeb
2. Shahjahan
3. Babar
4. Jahagir

12. Kumarsambhava, an epic poem, was composed by

1. Kalidasa
2. Harisen
3. Chand Bardai
4. Banabhatta

13. Who was the successor of Shivaji?

1. Ramaraja
2. Saha II
3. Sambhaji
4. None of these

14. Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?

1. Fort William
2. Fort St. George
3. Fort David
4. Fort St. Angelo

15. Who was the first Governor General of India?

1. William Bentick
2. Robert Clive
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Canning

16. The last major of British Indian territory took place during the time of

1. Lord Dufferin
2. Lord Curzon
3. Lord Lytton
4. Lord Dalhousie

17. Where was the Theosophical society founded in 1875?

1. USA
2. UK
3. USSR
4. India

18. Diarchy was first introduced in India under

1. Morley- Minto Reforms
2. Montford Reforms
3. Simon Commission Plan
4. The government of India Act,1935

19. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?

1. Dadabhai Nairoji
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. A. O. Hume
4. S. N. Banerjee

20. Who among the following first used the word Swarajya?

1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Swami Vivekananda

21. Which one of the following ashrams was not set up by Gandhi?

1. Phoenix Ashram
2. Tolstoy Farm
3. Sevagram
4. Gandhi Ashram

22. Who authored the book “Hind Swaraj”?

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. G. Ranade

23. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha 1928 was

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Mahadev Desai
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. None of these

24. The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at

1. Aligarh
2. Dacca
3. Lucknow
4. Lahore

25. The Indian National Army came into existence in 1943 in

1. Japan
2. Burma
3. Singapore
4. Malaya

26. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-China war of 1962?

1. N. Thapar
2. Jagjivan Ram
3. K. Krishna Menon
4. Govind Vallabh Pant

27. Jain temple of Mt. Abu is made of

1. Granite
2. Limestone
3. Sandstone
4. Marble

28. The Queen of Himalayas is

1. Dhaulagiri
2. Kanchenjunga
3. Nanda Devi
4. K-2

29. Burhanpur Gap is situated in

1. Vindhya Range
2. Satpura Range
3. Aravalli Range
4. None of these

30. Which of the following is the largest river of Peninsular India?

1. Godavari
2. Krishna
3. Mahanadi
4. Cauvery

31. Which of the following states leads to the production of Sal in India?

1. Bihar
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Odisha
4. Andhra Pradesh

32. The largest reserve of coal in India occurs in the

1. Narmada basin
2. Damodar basin
3. Godavari basin
4. Cauvery basin

33. Which of the following is least irrigated state in India?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Punjab
3. Haryana
4. Mizoram

34. The largest wheat producing state of India is

1. Maharashtra
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Punjab
4. Haryana

35. The largest petrochemical complex in India was established by Union Carbide at

1. Trombay
2. Vadodara
3. Bijapur
4. None of these

36. NALCO has set up an integrated aluminum complex in

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Rajasthan
4. Odisha

37. Black soil in India is associated with

1. Basalt
2. Granite
3. Limestone
4. Sandstone

38. Agar-Agar is obtained from

1. Grass
2. Fish
3. Seaweed
4. Bark of tree

39. Which of the following is not a navigable river?

1. Brahmaputra
2. Godavari
3. Narmada
4. Chenab

40. Which of the following fibers is often called the golden Fibre of India?

1. Sisal
2. Hemp
3. Cotton
4. Jute

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