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.
If a new state of the India Union is to be created, which one of the following
schedules of the Constitution must be amended?

(a) First

(b) Second

(c) Third

(d) Fifth

2. Match List I with List II and select
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

       List I                                                                      List II

   (Article of the
Constitution)                             (Content)

A. Article 54                                1. Election of the President
of India

B.Article 75                                 2. Appointment of the Prime Minister

C. Article 155                              3. Appointment of the Governor of a                                                                                  State

D. Article 164                             4. Appointment of the
Chief Minister                                                                                and Council of
Ministers of a State                                                                            5. Composition of Legislative Assemblies

(a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-5

(b) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-5

(c) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-5

(d) A-2, B-1, C- 4, D-3

3.
With reference to Indian Polity, which one of the following statements is
correct?

(a) Planning Commission is accountable
to Parliament

(b) President can make ordinance only
when either of the two Houses of Parliament is not in session.

(c) The minimum age prescribed for
appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court is 40 years

(d) National development Council is presided by the PM and includes Chief Ministers of all the States

4. In which of the following five articles
of the Indian Constitution, Right to equality is granted to Indian citizens?

(a) Article
16 to Article 20

(b) Article
15 to Article 19

(c) Article
14 to Article 18

(d) Article
13 to Article 17

5. Which one of the following amendments
to the Indian Constitution empowers the President
to send back any matter for reconsideration by the Council of Ministers?

(a) 39th

(b) 40th

(c) 42nd

(d) 44th

6. The National Highway from Amritsar to
Calcutta via Delhi is numbered

(a)
1

(b)
2

(c) 4

(d)
8

7. Which one of the following layers of
the atmosphere is responsible for the deflection of
Radio waves?

(a) Troposphere

(b)
Stratosphere

(d)
Mesosphere

(d) Ionosphere

8. Which one of the following regions of
India is now regarded as an “ecological hot spot”?

(a) Western
Himalayas

(b) Eastern
Himalayas

(c)
Western Ghats

(d)
Eastern Ghats

9. Which of the following pairs of states
and their important crops are correctly matched?

1.
Kerala―Tapioca

2.
Maharashtra―Cotton

3.
W. Bengal―Jute

4.
Gujarat―Groundnut

(a)
1, 2 and 3

(b)
1, 2 and 4

(c)
1, 3 and 4

(d)
2, 3 and 4

10. Which one of the following conditions is most relevant
for the presence of life on Mars?

(a) Atmospheric composition

(b) Thermal
conditions

(c) Occurrence
of ice cape and frozen water

(d) Occurrence
of ice cape and frozen water

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