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 Service 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 questions from the General Studies papers of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examinations between 1995 and 2010. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:
(a) Pitt’s India Act – Warren Hastings
(b) Doctrine of Lapse – Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular – Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill – Ripon
2. Which one of the following is in the correct chronological order of the battle fought in India in the 18th century?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash — Battle of Buxar — Battle of Amber — Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Ambur — Battle of Plassey — Battle of Wandiwash — Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandiwash — Battle of Plassey — Battle of Ambur
(d) Battle of Ambur — Battle of Buxar — Battle of Wandiwash –Battle of Plassey
3.Match List I with List II and select the correct answers using the codes given below:
List I List II
A. Europeans trans- continental Railways 1. Paris to Istanbul
B. Trans – Andean railway 2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
C. Trans -Siberian railway 3. Leningrad to volgograd
D. Orient Express 4. Buenos Aires to valparaiso
5. Paris to Warsaw
CODES: A B C D
(a) 5 4 2 1
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 5 1 2 3
(d)1 2 3 4
4. The first Marine Sanctuary in India , having within its bounds coral reefs, Mollusca, dolphins, tortoise and various kinds of sea birds, has been established in
(a) Sunderbans
(b) Chilka Lake
(c) Gulf of Kutch
(d) Lakshadweep
5. Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as convention?
(a) The Finance Minister is to be a Member of the Lower House
(b) Th Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House
(c) All the parts of India are to be represented in the council of Ministers
(d) In the event of both the President and the vice- President emitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure the speaker of the lower house of the Parliament will officiate as the President.
6. If a new state of the Indian Unions is to be created, which one of the following schedules of the constitution must be amended?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fifth
7. MCA – 21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?
(a) Foreign direct investment in India
(b) Attracting international tourist
(c) e-governance
(d) Modernisation of Airport
8.India is a member of which of the following?
(i) Asian Development Bank
(ii) Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation
(iii)Colombo Plan
(iv) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Select answer from the codes given below:
(i) and (iii) only
(ii) and (iv) only
(i), (ii) and (iii) only
(i) ,(ii),(iii) and (iv)
9. Oxygen transportation in Human Body takes place through
(i) Blood (ii) Lungs (iii) Tissue
The correct sequence of transportation is
(a) (i), (ii), (iii) (b) (iii), (i), (ii) (c) (ii), (i), (iii) (d) (i), (iii), (ii)
10. The Characteristics odour of garlic is due to
(a) a chloro compound
(b) a sulphur compound
(c) a flourine compound
(d) acetic acid
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