HTET LEVEL-II SOCIAL SCIENCE // 2023//SOLVED  PAPER

HTET Level-2 Exam

Social Studies (History, Geography, Political Science & Economics)

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91. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 

Department : Founded by 

1) Diwan-i-Arz : Iltutmish 

2) Diwan-i-Mustkharaj : Alauddin Khalji 

3) Diwan-i-Kohi : Muhammad Bin Tughlaq 

4) Diwan-i-Khairat : Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Answer: 1 (Diwan-i-Arz, the military department, was founded by Ghiyasuddin Balban).

92. Which of the following rulers was called "Sarvakshatrantak" (destroyer of all Kshatriyas) in Puranas?

1. Bimbisara

2. Ajatashatru

3. Shishunaga 

4. 4) Mahapadma Nanda     Answer: 4

93. From Column-I and Column-II, choose the correct pair:  

A. Measurement of NI by Dadabhai Naoroji — (i) 1917-18  

B. Establishment of CSO — (ii) 1948 

C. New Economic Policy — (iii) 1951 

D. CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices) — (iv) 1965 

  Answer: 4 (CACP was established in 1965;

 Naoroji estimated NI in 1867-68, CSO in 1951, and NEP in 1991).

94. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 

A. Minhaj-us-Siraj : Tabkat-i-Nasiri 

B. Ziauddin Barani : Tarikh-i-Firozshahi 

C. Amir Khusrau : Futuh-us-Salatin 

D. Badayuni : Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh 

1) A, B, D 

2) A, C 

3) A, B, C 

4) A, B

Answer: 1 (Futuh-us-Salatin was written by Isami, not Amir Khusrau).

95. Match the following (Factor : Return):

i. Labour : C. Wage ii. Land : B. Rent iii. Capital : D. Interest iv. Entrepreneurship : A. Profit 3) iv-A, ii-B, i-C, iii-D > Answer: 3

96. In criticism of democracy who said "Liberal or 'thin' democracy is contributing to growing cynicism about politics and the paralysis of public institutions"? 

1) Benjamin Barber 

2) C. Wright Mills 

3) Bernard Crick 

4) J. J. Rousseau

Answer: 1

97. Identify the apex institution for rural financing in India:

1. IDBI 

2.  NABARD

3. SIDBI

4. HSCARDBL

Answer: 2

98. When there is no work to do on farms, people go to urban areas to look for jobs. This kind of unemployment is known as:

1. Structural unemployment

2. Disguised unemployment 

3.  Seasonal unemployment

4. Cyclical unemployment

Answer: 3

99. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? A. Ashoka : Nigrodha B. Menander : Nagasena C. Kanishka : Mahakassapa D. Harsha : Huentsang

1. A, B, C 

2. 2) A, B, D

3. Only A, B

4. A, B, C and D

Answer: 2 (Mahakassapa presided over the 1st Buddhist Council long before Kanishka).

100. Who held that "The notion of sovereignty must be expunged from political theory"?

1. Lindsay

2. Barkar 

3. 3) H. J. Laski

4. Krabbe

Answer: 3

101. In which category has Haryana been in the "SDG India Index-3.0" report?

1. Achiever (100) 

2. 2) Front runner (65-99)

3. Performer (50-64)

4. Aspirant (0-49)

Answer: 2

102. Water freezes at: 

1) 0°C 

2) 5°C 

3) 15°C 

4) 100°C

Answer: 1

103. Major human activity in Ladakh is: 

1) Tourism 

2) Agriculture 

3) Mining 

4) Industry

Answer: 1

104. Which of the following is true regarding theory of representation? 

A. Characteristic representation believes that only people who are drawn from a particular group can genuinely articulate its interests. 

B. Mandate doctrine believe in popular guidance to those who exercise government power.

1. Only A

2. None

3. Only B 

4. 4) Both A, B     Answer: 4

105. In which of the following states is the Indus Valley Civilization site "Juni-Kuran" located? 

1) Gujarat 

2) Maharashtra 

3) Uttar Pradesh 

4) Punjab

Answer: 1 (Located in the Kutch district).

106. What is the name given to the full moon night?

1. Amavasya

2.   2) Poornima

3. Both (1) & (2) are right

4. Both (1) & (2) are wrong

Answer: 2

107. Which one (Author-Books) is not in right combination?

1. Germaine Greer - 'The Female Eunuch'

2.   2) Simone de Beauvoir - 'Sexual Politics'

3. Betty Friedan - 'The Feminine Mystique'

4. Naomi Wolf - 'Fire with fire'

Answer: 2 ('Sexual Politics' was written by Kate Millett; Simone de Beauvoir wrote 'The Second Sex').

108. Hot and dry local wind of Northern Plains of India is called: 

1) Loo 

2) Monsoon 

3) Trade Winds 

4) All options are wrong

Answer: 1

109. Match List-I (Temple) with List-II (Dynasty): 

A. Brihadeshwar (Tanjore) — (iii) Chola 

B. Dashavatar (Devgarh) — (i) Gupta 

C. Kailash (Ellora) — (ii) Rashtrakuta 

D. Kandariya Mahadeva (Khajuraho) — (iv) Chandela            

3) A-iii, B-i, C-ii, D-iv > Answer: 3

110. The celestial bodies which have their own heat and light, are called as:

1. Planets 

2. 2) Stars

3. Satellites

4. All options are right

Answer: 2

111. In critique of nationalism who said "Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity..."?

1. Mahatma Gandhi 

2. 2) Ravindranath Tagore

3. Bertrand Russell

4. Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: 2

112. Who described freedom as 'silence of laws'? 

1) Thomas Hobbes

2) Isaiah Berlin 

3) Bertrand Russell 

4) John Locke

Answer: 1

113. Which of the following is not an indicator of Human Development?

1. PQLI

2. HDI 

3. 3) BSE

4. Per Capita Income

Answer: 3 (BSE refers to the Bombay Stock Exchange, a financial market indicator).

114. Which of the following is called the Prime Meridian?

1. 23°30' North

2. 23°30' South

3. 82°30' East 

4. 4) 0° Longitude > Answer: 4

115. Which planet does not have rings around it?

1. Jupiter

2. Saturn

3. Uranus 

4. 4) Earth > Answer: 4

116. Arrange the food security related programs in India in chronological order: 

A. TPDS (1997)

 B. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (2000) 

C. Integrated Food Security Scheme (2023)

 D. Food Security Act (2013) 

1) A B D C (Based on standard timeline, note option 2 in paper matches order: 1997, 2000, 2013, 2023)

Answer: 2 (A-B-D-C)

117. Which one is not written by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar?

1. Annihilation of Caste 

2. 2) Untouchable

3. Who were the Shudras?

4. Riddles in Hinduism

Answer: 2 (The novel 'Untouchable' was written by Mulk Raj Anand; Ambedkar wrote 'The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?').

118. Which of the following Pratihara rulers assumed the title of "Adivaraha"?

1. Nagabhatta II

2.   2) Mihirbhoj

3. Mahipala

4. Mahendrapala

Answer: 2

119. Which one/ones are function/power of the Security Council of UNO? 

A. To investigate any dispute. 

B. To recommend the admission of new Members. 

C. To bring issues threatening peace to other organs. 

4) A, B, and C (All are correct)

Answer: 4 (implied as functions cover all points)

120. Which of the following is/are issued by the RBI and acts as legal tender money? 

(A) Demand deposits

 (B) Coins 

(C) Currency notes (except one rupee) 

(D) One rupee note 

3) Only (C) is correct > Answer: 3 (Coins and the one-rupee note are issued by the Ministry of Finance, though distributed by RBI).

121. Which of the following pairs is incompatible (1857 Revolt)?

1. Kanpur : Nana Saheb

2. Lucknow : Hazrat Mahal

3. Faizabad : Maulvi Ahmad Ullah 

4. 4) Bareilly : Begum Zeenat Mahal                                                                                     Answer: 4 (Khan Bahadur Khan led Bareilly; Zeenat Mahal was in Delhi).

122. Which agreement/s are signed between India and USA? 

A. BECA 

B. GSOMIA 

C. LEMOA 

3) All A, B, C > Answer: 3

123. In which country the term 'Cohabitation' is used to define a system of divided government? 

1) France 

2) U. K. 

3) USA 

4) Italy

Answer: 1

124. Maps that focus on specific information are called: 

1) Thematic Map 

2) Physical Map 

3) Political Map 

4) All options are right

Answer: 1

125. Find the missing figures in credit creation (Round I Reserve = 200; Round II Loan = 640; Round III Deposit = 640; Round III Reserve = 128): 3) 200, 640, 640, 128 > Answer: 3

126. How many Nationalized Banks are there in India (September 2023)?

1. 8 

2. 2) 10 

3. 3) 12 

4. 4) 14

Answer: 3

127. Who among the following painted the picture titled "The Last Judgment"?

1. Leonardo da Vinci 

2. 2) Michelangelo

3. Raphael

4. Masaccio

Answer: 2

128. Whose among the following contributed to the establishment of the Swaraj Party in 1923?

1) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das 

2) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose 

3) Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad

 4) Rammanohar Lohia and Jai Prakash Narayan

Answer: 1

129. Which of the following is the basis for constructing Indifference Curve (IC)?

1. Consumer's Income

2. Absolute prices of two goods

3. Relative prices of two goods 

4. 4) Consumer preference scale > Answer: 4

130. Which sentence regarding environmentalism is not correct? 

A. Arne Naess - Deep Ecology

 B. Murray Bookchin - Gaia hypothesis

 C. Term ecology - Latin word Oikos 

3) Only B, C > Answer: 3 (James Lovelock invented the Gaia hypothesis; 'Oikos' is a Greek word, not Latin).

131. Genghis Khan belonged to which of the following Mongol Clans? 

1) Borjigid 

2) Khalkha 

3) Bayads 

4) Hamnigan

Answer: 1

132. Who is the President of 78th Session of United Nations General Assembly?

1. M. Csaba Kőrösi

2. Sam Kutesa 

3. 3) Dennis Francis

4. Peter Thomson

Answer: 3

133. What will be the elasticity of demand for a product if it has multiple uses? 

1) e > 1 

2) e < 1 

3) e = 0 

4) e = ∞

Answer: 1 (Demand is elastic because the good can be diverted to/from many uses).

134. What is the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) Number?

1. 1800-3000-145

2. 1857

3. 2014 

4. 4) 1915 > Answer: 4

135. Which one is not a qualitative method of distribution maps?

1. Chorochromatic Method

2. Choroschematic Method

3. Tint Method 

4. 4) Choropleth method > Answer: 4 (Choropleth is a quantitative/statistical mapping method).

136. Which is the right order of milestone events of UNO formation? 

A. Inter-Allied Declaration (1941) 

C. Dumbarton Oaks (1944) 

B. Yalta Conference (1945) 

3) A, C, B > Answer: 3

137. Which one is considered an example of 'Coalitional Presidentialism'?

1. Mexico

2. South Africa 

3. 3) Brazil

4. USA

Answer: 3

138. The states in India have been formed mainly on the basis of:

1. Religion 

2. 2) Languages

3. Castes

4. Culture

Answer: 2

139. Arrange in correct chronological order:

A. Battle of Porto Novo (1781) 

B. Battle of Plassey (1757) 

C. Battle of Wandiwash (1760) 

D. Battle of Buxar (1764) 

 2) B C D A > Answer: 2

140. Who among the following was not a member of the State Reorganization Commission (1953)?

1. Fazal Ali 

2. 2) K. M. Munshi

3. Hridaynath Kunzru

4. K. M. Pannikar

Answer: 2

141. Which of the following festivals was considered very important in Hampi?

1) Mahanavami 

2) Holi 

3) Onam 

4) Diwali

Answer: 1

142. Which is the first private sector train of India?

1. Vande Bharat 

2. 2) Tejas Express

3. Gareeb Rath

4. Rajdhani Express

Answer: 2 (The Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express).

143. Which of the following countries established the International African Association in 1876?

1. England

2. Portugal 

3. 3) Belgium

4. Turkey

Answer: 3 (Established by King Leopold II of Belgium).

144. Direct rays of the sun fall on the Tropic of Cancer on:

1. 21st March 

2. 2) 21st June

3. 22nd December

4. 23rd September

Answer: 2

145. Which river drains into the Arabian Sea? 

1) Tapi 

2) Ganga 

3) Kaveri 

4) Mahanadi

Answer: 1

146. Who is the author of "Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy"?

1. Jennifer Gandhi

2.   2) Barrington Moore

3. Hanna Arendt

4. Carl Schmitt

Answer: 2

147. Which gas leads to increase in global temperature? 

1) CO2 

2) O2 

3) O3 

4) N2

Answer: 1

148. Consider the following statements:

(I) WTO (1995) was established on the basis of Dunkel proposal... 

(II) WTO established on the basis of an international treaty...

  3) Both (I) and (II) are correct. > Answer: 3

149. The narrow zone of contact between the land, water, and air is:

1. Lithosphere

2. Hydrosphere

3. Atmosphere 

4. 4) Biosphere                                  Answer: 4

150. Western Ghats is also known as:  

1) Sahyadri 

2) Himadri 

3) Aravalli 

4) Shiwalik

Answer: 1