1000+ UPSC General English Questions and Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

India has always been an utmost inspiration for the world at large for her fabulous wealth, both material and economic prosperity as well as her spiritual excellence. It brought her both traders and invaders along with preachers and seekers in search of truth and salvation. All of them came through land routes by undertaking long and hazardous journeys which put a lot of stress and strain on their physique and nerves. Thus, the troops of Alexander mutinied and refused to march beyond Beas because of their weariness and fatigue in fighting and homesickness. They had, therefore, to be perforce dispatched back. Many invading tribes like Kushans, Huns and Sakas in the ancient era and the Turks and Mughals during the medieval age, however, chose to make this land their own home and absorbed themselves in the stream of her life. They attempted their best to bring more and more luster to her glory and enriched her culture, heritage and tradition.
What forced Alexander to move back to his country?

(A) Lack of fighting spirit in his people

(B) Sickness in his troops

(C) The resistance of the natives

(D) The revolt of his armymen

Question: 2

What good did Mughals bring to this country?

(A) They increased its wealth

(B) They riched its glory

(C) They made India their homeland

(D) They absorbed themselves into the stream of her life

Question: 3

What in India attracted traders, invaders and preachers?

(A) Its fabulous wealth and glory

(B) The knowledge of truth and salvation

(C) Its material and spiritual wealth

(D) Its material and economic prosperity

Question: 4

What exerted the foreigners who came to India?

(A) Fighting with natives

(B) Tiresome and risky journeys to India

(C) India's land routes

(D) India's immense riches

Question: 5

The passage speaks voliably of

(A) India as a home for foreigners

(B) India's fabulous wealth

(C) Invaders who attacked India

(D) India's past glory