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CTET 2014 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in CTET 2014, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q1.Uttar PradeshAsked in: CTET · CTET Sept 2014 Paper 2 Social Studies (LEasy

Which of the following areas was known as Magadh in the ancient period?

  1. A.South of Ganga
  2. B.Between Ganga and Yamuna
  3. C.North of Ganga
  4. D.Between Yamuna and Chambal
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Correct answer: A. South of Ganga

Magadha lay on the southern bank of the Ganga, in the region of present day Patna, Gaya and Nalanda, with its early capital at Rajagriha among the hills and later at Pataliputra at the meeting of the Ganga and the Son.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · CTET Sept 2014 Paper 2 Social StudiesMedium

In some areas people started living in villages about 8000 years ago. Which of the following were among these areas?

  1. A.Areas around Narmada
  2. B.Sulaiman and Kirthar hills
  3. C.Ganga and Yamuna doab
  4. D.Deccan and Konkan
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Correct answer: B. Sulaiman and Kirthar hills

The north-western hill belt of the Sulaiman and Kirthar ranges holds Mehrgarh in the Bolan valley, the earliest village of the subcontinent, where wheat and barley were grown and cattle, sheep and goat were kept about eight thousand years ago.

Q3.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CTET · CTET Sept 2014 Paper 2 Social Studies (LEasy

In organic farming

  1. A.chemical fertilizers are used to increase yield.
  2. B.genetic modification is done to increase yield
  3. C.natural manures and pesticides are used
  4. D.only production of cotton has been allowed in India
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Correct answer: C. natural manures and pesticides are used

Organic farming is defined by the inputs it refuses. In place of factory made fertilisers it uses farmyard manure, compost, vermicompost, green manure and biofertilisers such as Rhizobium and Azotobacter.

Q5.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · CTET Sept 2014 Paper 2 Social Studies (LMedium

Which of the following is not a Harappan site?

  1. A.Rakhigarhi
  2. B.Sotkakoh
  3. C.Ganweriwala
  4. D.Chirand
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Correct answer: D. Chirand

Chirand stands on the bank of the Ganga in the Saran district of Bihar and belongs to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ages, not to the Harappan civilisation.

Q6.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · CTET Feb 2014 Paper 2 Social Studies (L Medium

Which one of the following features is common to both Buddhism and Jainism?

  1. A.Only those who left their homes could gain true knowledge
  2. B.Both of these religions were supported mainly by traders
  3. C.Man had to give up everything, including their clothes to gain salvation
  4. D.The constant craving for more could be removed by following moderate path
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Correct answer: A. Only those who left their homes could gain true knowledge

Both the Buddha and Mahavira taught that a person had to leave home and family and live as a monk or nun before true knowledge could be gained.