Dear PaGaLGuY readers, as we all know, General Knowledge is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examinations, MBA Entrance Examinations, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practise and improve your General Knowledge, we hereby present this General Knowledge quiz.

Given below are a few General Studies questions from previous years’ actual exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers.

1. Give below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Though India’s national income has gone up several fold since 1947, there has been no marked improvement in the per capital income level.

Reason (R): Sizeable proportion of the population of India is still living below the poverty line.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

(c)  A is true but R is false

(d)  A is false but R is true

2. Consider the following statements:

Most international agencies which find Development Programme in India on intergovernmental bilateral agreements, mainly provide:

1. Technical assistance

2. Soft loans which are required to be paid back with interest

3. Grants, not required to be paid back

4. Food assistance to be paid back

Which of the above is/are correct:

(a) 2 and 4 are correct

(b) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(c) 1, 2 and 4 are correct

(d)  3 and 4 are correct

3. A redistribution of income in a country can be best brought about through:

(a)  progressive taxation combined with progressive expenditure

(b)  progressive taxation combined with regressive expenditure

(c)  regressive taxation combined with regressive expenditure

(d)  regressive taxation combined with progressive expenditure

4. The sum of which of the following constitutes Broad Money in India?

1. Currency with the public 

2. Demand deposits with banks

3. Time deposits with banks

4. Other deposits with RBI

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a)  1 and 2

(b)  1, 2 and 3

(c)  1, 2, 3 and 4

(d)  1, 2 and 4

5. Which of the following come under Non-plan expenditure?

1. Subsidies

2. Interest payments 

3. Defence expenditure

4. Maintenance expenditure for the infrastructure created in the previous plans

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a)  1 and 2

(b)  1 and 3

(c)  2 and 4

(d)  1, 2, 3 and 4

6. The Asokan major rock edicts which tell us about the Sangam Kingdom include rock edicts:

(a) I and X

(b) I and XI

(c) II and III

(d) II and XIV

7. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

1. Tilak’s Home Rule League

2. Karnagatamaru Incident

3. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3

(b)  3, 2, 1

(c)  2, 1, 3

(d)  2, 3, 1

8. The loss of Kandhar was a big blow to the Mughal empire from the view point of:

(a) natural resources

(b) buffer territory

(c) communication

(d)  strategic stronghold

9. The sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built the biggest network of canals in India was:

(a) Iltutmish

(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

(c) Feroze Shah Tughlaq

(d)  Sikandar Lodi

10. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Theodore Beck : Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh

2. Ilbert Bill : Ripon

3. Pherozeshah Mehta : Indian National congress

4. Badruddin Tyabji : Muslims League

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(b)  2 and 4

(c)  1, 3 and 4

(d)  1, 2 and 3

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