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September 24th, 2016, 09:31 AM
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UPSC General Awareness Question
Hi I would like to have the question pertaining to General Knowledge for the UPSC recruitment examination?
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September 24th, 2016, 10:47 AM
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Re: UPSC General Awareness Question
The question pertaining to General Knowledge for the UPSC recruitment examination has been provided below. UPSC Important General Knowledge Questions with Answers 1. The shares in a co-operative society– (A) can be sold (B) cannot be transferred (C) can be transferred (D) none of these Ans : (C) 2. Which of the following planets and their moons are not correctly matched? 1. Jupiter Theme 2. Saturn Rhea 3. Mars Neried 4. Uranus Triton 5. Pluto Charon (A) 1, 3 and 5 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 5 (D) 3 and 4 Ans : (D) 3. Light from the nearest star (other than the sun) reaches the earth in– (A) 42 years (B) 42 seconds (C) 4.2 years (D) 4.2 seconds Ans : (C) 4. Which is the brightest star in the sky? (A) Sirius (B) Alpha centauri (C) Proxima centauri (D) Venus Ans : (A) 5. Light from the sun reaches the earth in– (A) 8 minutes (B) 8 seconds (C) 8 hours (D) 1 year Ans : (A) 6. The new moon– (A) rises at dawn and sets at sunset (B) rises at sunset and sets at dawn (C) rises at noon and sets at midnight (D) rises at midnight and sets at noon Ans : (A) 7. Which one of the following pairs of travellers and nationalities is correctly matched? (A) Abdur Razzaq : Arab (B) Nicolo Conti : Dutch (C) Nuniz : Italian (D) Domingo Paes : Portuguese Ans : (A) 8. The Inscriptions of Ashoka are written in– I. Greek II. Kharosthi III Arabic IV. Sanskrit (A) I, II and IV (B) I, II and III (C) II and III (D) II, III and IV Ans : (B) 9. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar? (A) Elephant (B) Horse (C) Deer (D) Humped bull Ans : (C) 10. ‘Dhamma’ or ‘Law of Piety’– (A) had the essence of all religions (B) was a revolt against inefficiency in the Buddhist Sangha. (C) was a new religion which Ashoka founded (D) laid emphasis on following a mild religious policy Ans : (A) 11. Consider the following literary works– I. Kumara Sambhavam II. Mudraraksasa III. Raghuvamsa IV. Ritusamhara Which of these were the works of Kalidas? (A) I, II and III (B) II, III and IV (C) I, III and IV (D) I, II and IV Ans : (C) 12. Who was the political Guru of Netaji? (A) Patel (B) Gokhale (C) C.R. Das (D) Tilak Ans : (C) 13. In which year did the Congress Party form the Government under the British Rule? (A) 1937 (B) 1939 (C) 1936 (D) 1938 Ans : (A) 14. Who was the editor of the Magazine ‘Harijan’? (A) M. K. Gandhiji (B) Tilak (C) Bharathiyar (D) Motilal Ans : (A) 15. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919 occurred at– (A) Meerut (B) Panipat (C) Amritsar (D) Patiala Ans : (C) 16. In a sense the political guru of Gandhiji was– (A) Motilal Nehru (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (C) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) Surendra Nath Banerjee Ans : (B) 17. How is the change in government in modern State carried out? (A) Through violence and bloodshed (B) Through compromise and electoral adjustments among the competing forces (C) Through elections and smooth transfer of power (D) By bringing all aspects of life to a standstill Ans : (C) 18. The President of India must have completed the age of– (A) 25 years (B) 35 years (C) 30 years (D) 40 years Ans : (B) 19. The President of India by order constitutes a Finance Commission every– (A) third year (B) fifth year (C) fifth year or earlier as necessary (D) seventh year Ans : (B) |