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Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
1) Under Article 21A of the Constitution of India, the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of eleven years
2) Every religious denomination has got absolute power under Article 26 of the Constitution of India to manage its own affairs in matters of religion
3) Only religious and linguistic minorities find mention in Article 30 of the Constitution of India in reference to the right to establish educational institution of their choice
4) Parliament cannot empower, even by law, any court other, than the Supreme Court of India the power to issue writs within local limits of its jurisdiction

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Q. Consider the following pairs of Schedule and Content of the Constitution of India -
1. First Schedule - Forms of Oaths or Affi
2. Third Schedule -Allocation of seats in the Council of States
3. Fifth Schedule - Provisions related to the administration of scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes.
4. Ninth Schedule - Provisions related to the administration of tribal areas in certain States.
How many of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

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Q. Consider the following -
1. M. A. Ayyangar
2. G.S. Dhillon
3. Balram Jakhar
4. P. A. Sangma
How many of them were the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

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Q. Which one of the following statements about the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament is not correct?
1) It examines the Finance Accounts of the Government of India
2) Fifteen members of the Committee are elected by the Lok Sabha from among its members
3) The Chairperson of the Committee is elected by its members
4) In case a member of any other Committee constituted by the Government is elected to the PAC, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha decides whether he should continue to be a member of the former Committee

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Q. On the banks of which one of the following rivers was the ancient Mahishmati located?
1) Sarayu
2) Son
3) Narmada
4) Godavari

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Q. The Tolkappiyam is -
1) A work of grammar
2) A Tamil poem in praise of Rajendra Chola
3) An ancient didactic work in Tamil
4) A drama composed by a Chera King

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Q. To which one of the following schools of philosophy did Kumarila Bhatta and Prabhakara belong?
1) Lokayata
2) Madhyamika
3) Purva - Mimamsa
4) Uttara - Mimamsa

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Q. The Dutch were defeated by Marthanda Varma of Travancore Kingdom in the battle of -
1) Wandiwash
2) Rakshasi Tangadi
3) Pullalur
4) Colachel

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Q. What were Manigramam and Nanadesi in early medieval India?
1) The cluster of non-revenue paying villages
2) Village-level community groups
3) Guilds of Indian merchants
4) Literary societies in the capital towns

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Q. Which one of the following languages was added to the Eighth Schedule by a Constitutional Amendment in 1967?
1) Khasi
2) Kashmiri
3) Sindhi
4) Urdu

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