AMU Class-11 Arts Entrance PYQs- 2015

Select the answer using codes given below considering the following two
statements on power sharing:
(A) Power sharing is good for democracy
(B) It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social groups
Which of these statements are true and false?

In the context of Democracy which among the following is odd one out. Democracies need to ensure:

Who among the following is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party?

Which among the following statements about India’s constitution is wrong?

Among the following, which country suffered disintegration due to political fights on the basis of religions and ethnic identities?

Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that

Consider the following statements on parties:
(A) Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people.
(B) Parties are often rocked by scandals involving top party leaders.
(C) Parties are not necessary to run governments.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

In India seats are reserved for women in:

When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:

Consider the following statements.
(A) Social divisions take place when social differences overlap.
(B) It is possible that a person can have multiple identities.
(C) Social divisions exist in only countries like India.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Which of the following is an organ of government?

Which out of the following plays an important role in the implementation of the constitutional provisions and procedures?

Besides Hindi, how many other languages are recognised as scheduled language by the constitution?

Which of the following is not an empowerment of a political party?

Democracy is better than any other form of government in promoting:

Who publishes Human Development Report every year?

Development of a country can generally be determined by:

On what basis the sectors are classified into public and private?

Production of commodity, mostly through the natural process, is an activity in ……………. sector.

GDP is the total value of ………… produced during a particular year.

In a SHG most of the decisions regarding savings and loan activities are taken by:

Formal sources of credit does not include

The past two decades of globalisation has seen rapid movements in

The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to

Globalisation has led to improvement in living conditions:

In which year, Consumer Protection Act was enacted in India?

Which of the following is an example of public sector?

Which of the following issues currency notes on behalf of central government?

Which out of the following is the main aim of World Trade Organisation?

A multinational corporation is a company that owns or controls production in

Absolutism refers to a form of government that is

A political philosophy that stressed the importance of traditions, institutions and customs:

French colonisation was based on:

The Jalian Wala Bagh incident took place on

Who was the main architect of non-cooperation movement?

In which of the following year, Simon Commission arrived in India?

In which year Gandhiji began civil disobedience by breaking salt law at Dandi?

“Vande Mataram” was composed by:

Which out of the following was due to the great depression (1929)?

In which year the first cotton mill was established in Bombay?

Through which route silk and spices from China flowed into Europe?

In which decade the First World War was fought in Europe?

In which century, printing presses were setup in European nations?

Which personality made movie Raja Harishchandra in year 1913?

In which year, Hindustan Socialist Republic Army was formed?

In which of the following state, black soil is found?

Which of the following statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora & fauna?

The famous Chipko Movement in Himalayas has been associated to:

Which of the following is a Rabi crop?

Which of the following describes a system of agriculture where farming is practiced in areas of high population pressure on land?

Which of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?

Which of the following industries uses Bauxite as a raw material?

A low grade coal which is soft with high moisture content:

Which of the following is formed by the decomposition of wide variety of rocks rich in aluminium silicates?

Which out of the following is a non-metallic mineral?

Which state is the largest producer of manganese ore?

Which out of the following is a highway project?

The largest port of India is:

Which out of the following is the principal mode of transportation in India?

In which year Project Tiger, a wildlife campaign, was launched?

0.2353535…….. =  expressed in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0 is:

Factorise: y² – 5y + 6 = 0

The taxi fare in a city for the first km is Rs.8 and for the subsequent distance it is Rs.5/km. Taking distance covered as x km and total fare as Rs. y, the linear equation for the information is:

In the figure shown, lines XY and MN intersect at O. If ∠POY = 90° and a:b = 2:3. Find c.

If AB||CD,∠APQ = 50° and ∠PRD = 122°. Find x.

If three sides of a triangle are equal to three sides of another triangle. The two triangles are congruent. This congruency rule is called:

The angles of quadrilateral are in the ratio 3:5:9:13. The greatest angle of the quadrilateral is:

In the given figure, ∠ABC = 69°, ∠ACB = 31°, the ∠BDC is:

The area of a triangle (in sq. cm.) whose sides are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm is:

A rhombus shaped field has green grass for 18 cows to graze. If each side of the rhombus is 30 m and its longer diagonal is 48 m, the area of glass field in sq m each cow will get is:

The length, breadth and height of a room are 5 m, 4 m and 3 m respectively. The cost of white washing the walls of the room at the rate of Rs.7.50 per m² is:

The following marks (out of 10) were obtained by 20 students in a class
4, 6, 5, 9, 3, 2, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 9, 10, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 9, 9
For the above data the mode is:

The record of the weather station shows that out of past 250 consecutive days, its weather forecast were correct 175 times. The probability that the forecast was not correct on a given day is:

If the HCF of the two numbers 306 and 657 is 9, their LCM is:

The zeroes of a quadratic polynomial x² + 7x + 10 are:

The quadratic polynomial for which sum and product of zeroes are –3 and 2 respectively, is:

Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4 m more than its width, is 36 m. The length and width of the garden respectively (in m) are:

A fraction becomes 1/3 when 1 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1/4 when 8 is added to denominator. For the fraction, the numerator is:

Which of the following is not an AP?

A ladder 10 m long reaches a window 8 m above the ground. The distance of the foot of the ladder from base of the wall in m is?

Which of the following is the language of Vedas?

Urdu language and literature progressed a lot during:

The Olympic flag is white in colour with:

The first Common Wealth games were held in 1930 in:

The national game of Russia is:

Eden Garden stadium of Kolkata is associated with which game?

How many member are there in WTO?

Government servants are not eligible for which of the following highest honour?

Language of Israel is:

How many Tiger reserves are there in India?

In which month was the Holy Quran revealed for the first time?

There are …….. days on which Muslims observe fasts in the month of Ramadan.

The largest mosque in India is situated at:

In all ……… caliphs ruled after the death of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Aligarh Muslim University became a university in the year:

‘Khalifa’ refers to:

In which year (Hijri) Hazrat Ali was murdered?

Saying and actions of Prophet (PBUH) are called:

How many surahs are there in Quran?

Name the grandfather of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was: