Social Science MCQ with answers for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) These questions will help you prepare for your TET examinations for social study papers.
Social Science MCQ for Teacher Eligibility Test
1. The science of the classification of organisms is called:
(a) Astrology
(b) Anatomy
(c) Taxonomy
(d) Morphology
Answer: (c)
2. Which statement is incorrect as the function of Nyaya Panchayat?
(a) It maintains village schools
(b) It runs health centres
(c) It gives loans to the farmers
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
3. Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Ali brothers
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Jinina
Answer: (c)
4. Who was called the grand old man of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (d)
5. Who was called Deshbandhu?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (c)
6. The rock that is harder than its original constituent is:
(a) Sedimentary rock
(b) Igneous rock
(c) Metamorphic rock
(d) Coal
Answer: (c)
7. Environmental pollution has taken place on a large scale in:
(a) Rural areas only
(b) Industrial and urban areas
(c) Urban areas only
(d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
8. The release of water vapour from the leaves is:
(a) Evaporation
(b) Transpiration
(c) Frost
(d) Dew
Answer: (b)
9. What is the source of income for the panchayats?
(a) House Tax
(b) Education Tax
(c) Income Tex
(d) Transport Tax
Answer: (a)
10. A joint sitting of the two houses is called by
(a) The members of parliament
(b) The President
(c) The Speaker of Loksabha
(d) The defense minister
Answer: (b)
11. Which of the following is a judicial function of the Parliament?
(a) In can impeach and remove the President from his office
(b) It can impeach the judges of the Supreme Court
(c) It can impeach the judges of the High Court of India
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
12. How many types of emergencies are provided in the Indian Constitution?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 2
Answer: (a)
13. The transfer of heat in the atmosphere through the horizontal movement of the air is called:
(a) Dispersion
(b) Advection
(c) Polarization
(d) Reflection
Answer: (b)
14. The non-greenhouse gases are:
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Methane
(c) Chlorofluorocarbon
(d) Sulfur dioxide
Answer: (d)
15. The study deals with interrelationships between life forms and the environment.
(a) Zoology
(b) Astrology
(c) Ecology
(d) Entomology
Answer: (c)
16. The Prime Minister whose death occurred outside India was
(a) Mr V.P. Singh
(b) Mr Chaudhary Charan Singh
(c) Sh. Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Chandra Shekhar
Answer: (c)
17. Who can be appointed as the governor of the state?
(a) The citizen of Delhi
(b) He must be not less than 35 years of age
(c) He must hold the office of profit
(d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
18. The gap between the two consecutive sessions of Parliament cannot be more than
(a) 2 months
(b) 3 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 9 months
Answer: (c)
19. The number of members in the Lok Sabha should not exceed:
(a) 465
(b) 545
(c) 553
(d) 605
Answer: (b)
20. The painting called Last Super and Monalisa was painted by
(a) Leonardo da Vinci
(b) Raphael
(c) Michael Angelo
(d) Van Gogh
Answer: (a)
21. “Workers have nothing to lose but their chains” was said by:
(a) Hitler
(b) Napoleon
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Stalin
Answer: (c)
22. The fall of the Czar, Nicholas II (USSR), is known as the:
(a) Industrial
(b) February revolution
(c) Red revolution
(d) Social revolution
Answer: (b)
23. Burma was captured by
(a) America
(b) Britain
(c) Russia
(d) Portugal
Answer: (b)
24. The Council of Ministers at the centre is responsible for:
(a) The President
(b) The Chief Minister
(c) The Supreme Court
(d) The Lok Sabha
Answer: (d)
25. The fundamental duties have been included in the Constitution under:
(a) Article 351
(b) Article 72
(c) Article 51A
(d) Article 65
Answer: (c)
26. Right to equality in our Constitution has abolished the practice of:
(a) Child Labour
(b) Untouchability
(c) Gender discrimination
(d) All of these
Answer: (b)
27. Bronze was made by mixing:
(a) Copper and Manganese
(b) Copper and zinc
(c) Copper and lead
(d) Iron and Tin
Answer: (b)
28. The earliest language of the Aryans was:
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Urdu
(c) Tamil
(d) Afghani
Answer: (a)
29. Feudalism-centered round:
(a) Art
(b) Business
(c) Land
(d) Surgery
Answer: (c)
30. A new language developed in India during the medieval age:
(a) Urdu
(b) English
(c) Dutch
(c) Spanish
Answer: (a)
31. The election symbol of which political party is a lotus flower
(a) Congress (I)
(b) CPI (U)
(c) CPI (M)
(d) BJP
Answer: (d)
32. Which of the regional parties is correctly matched?
(a) AIA DMK, Tamil Nadu
(b) National Conference—Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Akali Dal, Punjab
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
33. Which article states that the state cannot discriminate against a citizen on the basis of religion, race, sex, etc?
(a) Article 15
(b) Article 18
(c) Article 11
(d) Article 372
Answer: (a)
34. “All human beings are born free and all are equal in dignity and rights”—this was proclaimed in the
(a) Write the revolution
(b) Green revolution
(c) Bloody revolution
(d) Declaration of Human Rights
Answer: (d)
35. Which of the following is a military pact?
(a) NATO
(b) ISRO
(c) NASA
(d) SAARC
Answer: (a)
36. Which of the following pairs of countries were superpowers after the Second World War?
(a) UK and China
(b) USA and USSR
(c) UK and Poland
(d) France and the USA
Answer: (b)
37. The universal declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN on
(a) 20th August 1948
(b) 10th December 1948
(c) 20th January 1948
(d) 10th February 1945
Answer: (b)
38. The line that demarcates India and ___ is the Mc Mohan line
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Burma
Answer: (a)
39. Name the richest, deepest, and oldest gold mine in India:
(a) Hutti
(b) Golconda
(c) Kolar
(d) Nellore
Answer: (c)
40. Rubber is coherent elastic obtained from the latex of rubber trees Latex means
(a) The stem the rubber tree
(b) The bud of the rubber tree
(c) The liquid secretion of the rubber tree
(d) The flower of the rubber tree
Answer: (c)
41. Bermuda is a good example of:
(a) Tsunami
(b) Cyclone
(c) Oceanic rise
(d) Volcanic eruption
Answer: (c)
42. Which of the following is called a ghost town?
(a) Human resources
(b) Air resources
(c) Water resources
(d) Mineral resources
Answer: (d)
43. Kshatriyas were the people entrusted with
(a) Agriculture
(b) Business
(c) Fighting
(d) Ruling
Answer: (c)
44. The Indian government has been following the policy of liberalization, globalization and privatization since
(a) 1988
(b) 1991
(c) 1979
(d) 2001
Answer: (b)
45. The Naxalite movement in India got inspiration from
(a) The Russian Revolution
(b) French Revolution
(c) The Industrial Revolution
(d) Chinese Revolution
Answer: (d)
46. The oldest dispute between India and Pakistan has been
(a) River dispute
(b) Mountain dispute
(c) Kashmir issue
(d) Religion issue
Answer: (c)
47. Name the operation that flushed out the terrorists holed up inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
(a) Operation Atish
(b) Operation Kamyab
(c) Operation Blue Star
(d) Operation Sagar
Answer: (c)
48. The longest day in the southern hemisphere is
(a) June 22
(b) March 23
(c) Dec. 22
(d) Sept. 21
Answer: (c)
49. Primary rocks are the result of the following process:
(a) Melting
(b) Solidification
(c) Caching
(d) Desertification
Answer: (b)
50. Tropical cyclones of the West Indies are:
(a) Typhoons
(b) Hurricanes
(c) Rita
(d) Billy Billy
Answer: (b)
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