ASSAM TET 2019// SST PAPER 2 // WITH OFFICIAL ANSWERKEYS

31. Who was the author of "Buranji Vibek Ratna"?

• [A) Maniram Dewan] (Answer)

• B) S.K. Bhuyan

• C) H.K. Borpujari

• D) Padmanath Gohain Baruah

32. Which of the following is the period of the retreating monsoon season in India?

• A) March – May

• B) Mid December – Mid March

• [C) October – Mid December] (Answer)

• D) June – September

33. The demand for Swaraj (Self-rule) for Indians was first articulated by:

• A) G.K. Gokhale

• [B) Dadabhai Naoroji] (Answer)

• C) Rash Behari Ghose

• D) Mahatma Gandhi

34. The Ahom ruler who first turned the Kachari Kings into Thapita Sanchita Raja was:

• [A) Suhungmung] (Answer)

• B) Rudra Singha

• C) Jayadhwaj Singha

• D) Pratap Singha

35. The first Indian astronomer who stated that the Earth is spherical was:

• A) Brahmagupta

• [B) Aryabhatta] (Answer)

• C) Bhaskara II

• D) Varahamihira

36. Titan is a satellite of which of the following planets?

• A) Jupiter

• [B) Saturn] (Answer)

• C) Venus

• D) Mercury

37. The most densely populated region in India is:

• A) Eastern Region

• [B) Northern Region] (Answer) (Note: Refers to the Great Northern Plains / Indo-Gangetic Plains)

• C) Western Region

• D) Southern Region

38. Which of the following is NOT true about the functions of guilds during the Gupta period?

• A) Organization of production.

• B) Guilds controlled the prices of manufactured articles.

• [C) Guilds were politically ambitious and therefore played an important role in politics.] (Answer)

• D) In several cities, they seem to have issued coins.

39. The Himalayas are:

• A) Old Fold Mountains

• [B) Young Fold Mountains] (Answer)

• C) Block Mountains

• D) Volcanic Mountains

40. Mount Kilimanjaro is an example of which type of mountain?

• [A) Volcanic Mountain] (Answer)

• B) Residual Mountain

• C) Block Mountain

• D) Fold Mountain

41. During the Early Vedic period, words like ‘Panchala’, ‘Kurus’, or ‘Bharat’ referred to:

• [A) A Tribe] (Answer) (Note: They became geographical territories/kingdoms later in the Later Vedic period)

• B) A Territory

• C) A Kingdom

• D) A Gotra

42. The Koch Kingdom got divided into two parts. The western part of the kingdom was known as Koch Bihar. What was the eastern part called?

• A) Koch-Bhajo

• B) Koch Nagar

• C) Guwahati-Koch-Bihar

• [D) Koch-Hajo] (Answer)

43. The 'Padmini Episode' is connected with which Sultan of Delhi?

• A) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq

• [B) Alaud-din Khalji] (Answer)

• C) Firuz Shah Tughluq

• D) Sikandar Lodi

44. In which of the following districts of Assam is Orang National Park situated?

• A) Sonitpur District

• [B) Darrang District] (Answer) (Note: Spread across Udalguri and Darrang districts)

• C) Tinsukia District

• D) Sivasagar District

45. Which of the following was the first newspaper of India?

• [A) The Bengal Gazette] (Answer) (Also known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette)

• B) The Calcutta Gazette

• C) The Indian Journal

• D) The Bengal Newspaper

46. Which of the following is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra?

• [A) Subansiri] (Answer)

• B) Kopili

• C) Disang

• D) Burhi Dehing

47. About 78% of the Earth's atmosphere (by volume) is composed of:

• [A) Nitrogen] (Answer)

• B) Oxygen

• C) Carbon Dioxide

• D) Ozone

48. The Florida Current is found in which of the following oceans?

• A) Pacific Ocean

• [B) Atlantic Ocean] (Answer)

• C) Arctic Ocean

• D) Indian Ocean

49. The difference between Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is:

• A) Hours

• B) 4 Hours

• [C) 5½ Hours] (Answer) (+5:30 hours ahead of GMT)

• D) 7 Hours

50. Who was the last ruler of the Varman dynasty of ancient Assam?

• A) Pushyavarman

• B) Sriharsha

• C) Bhutivarman

• [D) Bhaskaravarman] (Answer)

51. Which of the following Assamese novels is based on the Second World War?

• A) Makam (Based on the 1962 Sino-Indian War)

• B) Mereng

• [C) Jangam] (Answer - Written by Debendranath Acharya, based on the exodus of people from Burma during WWII)

• D) Katha Ratnakar

52. The boundary between the mantle and the core is known as:

• A) Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Crust-Mantle boundary)

• B) Conrad Discontinuity

• [C) Weichert–Gutenberg Discontinuity] (Answer)

• D) None of the above

53. Zojila, situated in the Himalayas, is a:

• A) Glacier

• B) River

• [C) Mountain Pass] (Answer - Connects Srinagar and Leh)

• D) Stream

54. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India was written by:

• A) Subhas Bose

• B) Bipin Chandra Pal

• [C) Dadabhai Naoroji] (Answer - Propounded the famous "Drain of Wealth" theory)

• D) Madam Cama

55. El Niño is:

• A) A ring-shaped coral reef

• B) A stream in a desert

• C) A type of mountain

• [D) None of the above] (Answer - It is a warm ocean current/climate pattern that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific)

56. The Kamauli Copper Plate Inscription of Vaidyadeva was discovered at:

• A) Guwahati

• B) Nagaon

• C) North Bengal

• [D) Banaras] (Answer - Found near Varanasi/Banaras)

57. The British General who defeated Tantia Tope and the Rani of Jhansi in Central India was:

• A) Havelock

• [B) Hugh Rose] (Answer)

• C) Campbell

• D) Outram

58. Who among the following is associated with the discovery of the city of Mohenjo-daro?

• A) R.B. Dayaram Sahni (Discovered Harappa)

• B) Mortimer Wheeler

• [C) Dr. R.D. Banerjee] (Answer - Discovered Mohenjo-daro in 1922)

• D) Sir John Marshall

59. Which of the following reform leaders of Maharashtra was the chief architect of the Prarthana Samaj?

• [A) M.G. Ranade] (Answer)

• B) Pandita Ramabai

• C) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar

• D) Jyotiba Phule

60. The second largest planet in the Solar System is:

• A) Jupiter (Largest)

• B) Uranus

• [C) Saturn] (Answer)

• D) None of the above

61. Which of the following is associated with Indian elections?

• [A) First Past the Post System] (Answer - Used for Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections)

• B) Proportional Representation (Used for President/Vice-President/Rajya Sabha but FPTP is the primary framework for general public voting)

• C) Presidential Pattern of Election like the U.S.A.

• D) None of the above

62. Which of the following is not a feature of democracy?

• A) Rule of Law

• B) Independent Judiciary

• C) Elections

• [D) Hereditary Rule] (Answer)

63. How many languages are recognized in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

• A) 18

• B) 20

• [C) 22] (Answer)

• D) 29

64. The Kayakalp Scheme is associated with:

• A) Education Sector

• [B) Health Sector] (Answer - An initiative under the National Health Mission to promote cleanliness and hygiene in public health facilities)

• C) Skill Development

• D) Employment Generation

65. Article 21-A of the Constitution of India is related to:

• A) Food Security

• [B) Right to Education] (Answer)

• C) Right to Health

• D) Right to Information

66. A Hypermarket is:

• A) A Supermarket

• B) A Departmental Store

• [C) A Combination of both (A) and (B)] (Answer)

• D) Neither (A) nor (B)

67. The Sarkaria Commission, set up in 1983 by the Government of India, was entrusted to examine:

• [A) The relationship and balance of power between the Central Government and the State Governments.] (Answer)

• B) The relationship and balance of power between the President and the Prime Minister of India.

• C) The relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive.

• D) The conflict between the Centre and the States regarding the division of powers.

68. Under which Article of the Constitution of India can the President declare President's Rule in a state if the state government is unable to function according to the Constitution?

• A) Article 350

• B) Article 352 (National Emergency)

• C) Article 354

• [D) Article 356] (Answer - State Emergency / President's Rule)

69. According to the 2011 Census, which district had the lowest literacy rate in Assam?

• A) Chirang

• [B) Dhubri] (Answer - Had a literacy rate of roughly 58.34%)

• C) Udalguri

• D) Dima Hasao

70. The First Five-Year Plan of India was based on the:

• A) Mahalanobis Model (Second Five-Year Plan)

• [B) Harrod–Domar Model] (Answer)

• C) Harris Model

• D) Gandhian Model

Here are the correct answers marked for the remaining questions from the Assam TET 2019 Paper 2 (Social Studies):

71. Which of the following states was the first to adopt the Panchayati Raj system?

• (A) Assam

• (B) Bihar

• [(C) Rajasthan] (Answer - Launched in Nagaur district on October 2, 1959)

• (D) Punjab

72. Currency notes and coins are called:

• (A) Flat money

• (B) Legal tenders

• (C) Fiat money

• [(D) Both (B) and (C)] (Answer - They are issued by government decree, making them fiat money, and are legally valid for debt settlement, making them legal tender)

73. The concept of utility was introduced by:

• (A) Marshall

• (B) Hicks

• [(C) Bentham] (Answer - Jeremy Bentham introduced it in philosophy/ethics, though H.H. Gossen and Alfred Marshall later expanded it mathematically in economics)

• (D) Gossen

74. The Twelfth Five Year Plan covers the period:

• (A) 2010–2015

• (B) 2011–2016

• [(C) 2012–2017] (Answer - This was the final Five-Year Plan of India)

• (D) 2013–2018

75. Which of the following is used for international money transfer?

• (A) RTGS

• (B) NEFT

• [(C) SWIFT] (Answer - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)

• (D) None of these

76. Which of the following states is the largest producer of gold in India?

• [(A) Karnataka] (Answer - Home to the famous Kolar Gold Fields and Hutti Gold Mines)

• (B) Andhra Pradesh

• (C) West Bengal

• (D) Jharkhand

77. The Self Help Group (SHG)-Bank Linkage Programme was first launched by:

• (A) Assam Gramin Vikash Bank

• [(B) NABARD] (Answer - Launched in 1992)

• (C) State Bank of India

• (D) Reserve Bank of India

78. In how many states of India is there a bicameral legislature?

• (A) 5

• [(B) 7] (Answer - Note: In 2019, Jammu & Kashmir also had a legislative council before its reorganization, making it 7 at the time this exam paper was set. Currently, 6 Indian states have a bicameral legislature)

• (C) 17

• (D) 19

79. Which of the following procedures is not followed in the business of a Parliamentary session in India?

• (A) Question Hour

• (B) Privilege Motion

• [(C) Filibuster] (Answer - Filibustering is a tactic used to delay legislation, common in the US Senate, but not part of official Indian parliamentary procedures)

• (D) Calling Attention Motion

80. Sikkim was added to the North Eastern Council in the year:

• (A) 1991

• (B) 2000

• [(C) 2002] (Answer - Added through the NEC Amendment Act in December 2002)

• (D) 2005

81. Which of the following statements is not true regarding the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

• (A) The Sixth Schedule ensures the socio-political and cultural autonomy of the tribes of North-East India.

• (B) The Sixth Schedule recognizes customary laws prevalent in tribal societies.

• [(C) All Autonomous Councils of North-East India are governed under the provisions of the Sixth Schedule.] (Answer - Not true; some councils, like those in Manipur or certain parts of Assam/Nagaland, are under the 73rd Amendment, Article 371, or statutory state laws)

• (D) Autonomous Councils under the Sixth Schedule have legislative, executive and judicial powers.

82. The concept of "Judicial Review" in the Constitution of India is borrowed from:

• (A) USSR

• [(B) USA] (Answer)

• (C) Japan

• (D) Switzerland

83. How many Election Commissioners are there in the Election Commission of India?

• [(A) 3] (Answer - Consists of 1 Chief Election Commissioner and 2 Election Commissioners)

• (B) 13

• (C) 4

• (D) 14

84. What is the Bank Rate?

• [(A) The rate at which commercial banks borrow money from the Reserve Bank of India.] (Answer - Specifically long-term loans without any collateral)

• (B) The rate at which commercial banks lend money to the Reserve Bank of India.

• (C) The rate at which commercial banks lend money to customers.

• (D) The rate at which one commercial bank lends money to another commercial bank.

85. Which of the following statements is correct regarding a Parliamentary form of Government?

• (A) A parliamentary government is always unitary in nature.

• (B) A parliamentary government must have a written constitution.

• (C) A parliamentary government cannot be monarchical in nature.

• [(D) In a parliamentary government, the Head of the State is the titular executive.] (Answer - Like the President in India or the Monarch in the UK)

86. Which of the following was the first state formed on the basis of language in India?

• (A) Maharashtra

• (B) Tamil Nadu

• [(C) Andhra Pradesh] (Answer - Formed in 1953)

• (D) Nagaland

87. Which of the following is not a function of the Reserve Bank of India?

• (A) Custodian of foreign exchange reserves

• (B) Printing of currency notes

• [(C) Issuance of coins] (Answer - Coins and the 1-rupee note are minted/issued by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India; RBI only distributes them)

• (D) Controller of credit

88. Which of the following is a Constitutional Body?

• (A) Election Commission

• (B) Finance Commission

• (C) National Commission for Scheduled Castes

• [(D) All of the above] (Answer - Election Commission is Art. 324, Finance Commission is Art. 280, NCSC is Art. 338)

89. Zero-Based Budgeting was first adopted in:

• (A) India

• (B) Japan

• (C) England

• [(D) USA] (Answer - Developed by Peter Pyhrr and first introduced in the US corporate and government sectors)

90. In which year did the Reserve Bank of India introduce the monetary aggregates M1, M2, M3 and M4?

• (A) 1956

• (B) 1966

• [(C) 1977] (Answer - Introduced by the Second Working Group on Money Supply in 1977)

• (D) 1991