WBCS MAIN 2017 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2017 P-4 GK &Current Affairs One liner
WBCS MAIN 2017 – PAPER IV: ONE-LINER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Where would the Commonwealth Games be held in 2022?
Answer: Durban
2. What is the name of Australia’s first woman Prime Minister?
Answer: Julia Gillard
3. When was India’s first scientific expedition to the South Pole launched?
Answer: February, 2010
4. What was India’s rank in the 2010 Global Peace Index?
Answer: 128th
5. What is India’s first Anti-submarine warfare corvette?
Answer: INS Kamorta
6. Why was Ajmal Kasab sentenced to death?
Answer: Mumbai terror attacks
7. Who headed the Telangana Issue Committee?
Answer: B.N. Srikrishna
8. Where were Gandhi’s ashes immersed in 2010?
Answer: Arabian Sea near Gujarat
9. Who released the UPA-II ‘Report to the People’?
Answer: Manmohan Singh
10. When was PSLV-C 15 launched successfully?
Answer: July 12, 2010
11. Which Constitutional Amendment abolished the recognition of former Indian State rulers?
Answer: 26th Amendment
12. With whose approval can the UPSC act for a State?
Answer: President of India
13. In which Part of the Constitution is Article 51A included?
Answer: Part IVA
14. Which country is known as the ‘Cockpit of Europe’?
Answer: Belgium
15. Who is referred to as the ‘Man of Destiny’?
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
16. Of which country are the Virgin Islands a dependency?
Answer: USA
17. Which match regarding India’s population percentage to world population is correct?
Answer: 16 per cent
18. What is the writ that commands a public authority to perform a public duty?
Answer: Mandamus
19. Which committee report year is incorrectly matched?
Answer: LM Singhvi Committee Report: 1987 (Correct year is 1986)
20. Which statement about Lok Adalats is correct?
Answer: None of the above
21. By whom was the Indian Constitution adopted and enacted?
Answer: People of India
22. Who wrote “Satyartha Prakash”?
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
23. When was the Sangeet Natak Akademi established?
Answer: 1953
24. Who among the following is associated with the Tabla?
Answer: Ahmad Jan Thirkuwa
25. Which classical dance form originated in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Bharatnatyam
26. Who won the 2015 Wimbledon Women’s Singles title?
Answer: Serena Williams
27. Which city did UNESCO name under its creative cities network for music?
Answer: Varanasi
28. Which biosphere reserve was added to UNESCO’s list in March 2016?
Answer: Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve
29. Which German river’s cleaning programme is India collaborating with for the Ganga?
Answer: Rhine
30. Qora was in the news recently; which sector is it related to?
Answer: Internet and social networking
31. Which action isolated the US most from its European allies recently?
Answer: USA pulling out of the Paris Accord
32. What is the highest judicial authority for dispute settlement in the EU?
Answer: European Court of Justice
33. In which state was the Gomti river project scam unearthed in June 2017?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
34. What percentage of India’s total employment in 2016 was in the unorganized sector?
Answer: 80 per cent
35. Which country’s Arab Spring movement was relatively successful?
Answer: Tunisia
36. When did the Supreme Court ban the use of caste and religion in election campaigns?
Answer: 20.01.2017
37. Which US President set up NAFTA?
Answer: Bill Clinton
38. Which team won the Women’s Hockey World Cup in 2017?
Answer: England
39. Which team won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017?
Answer: Pakistan
40. Who won the Men’s Singles title at the French Open in 2017?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
41. Which party did Theresa May ally with to form a majority in Parliament?
Answer: Democratic Ulster Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland
42. Which statement about the WTO is correct?
Answer: All of the above
43. Which state was declared India’s first organic farming state on Jan 18, 2016?
Answer: Sikkim
44. From which state did Narendra Modi launch the ‘Gramoday se Bharat Uday’ campaign?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
45. Which country changed its stance on China’s South China Sea claim in 2017?
Answer: Philippines
46. Who organized the India Health Report: Nutrition 2015 and Global Nutrition Report?
Answer: Both (Public Health Foundation of India & International Food Policy Research Institute)
47. Who won the 14th Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy for 2015-16?
Answer: Gujarat
48. Which deity’s temple allowed women’s entry for the first time in April 2016?
Answer: Shani (Shani Shingnapur temple)
49. What is the name of the electronic wallet launched by Tech Mahindra?
Answer: Mobo Money
50. Who was conferred the Padma Vibhushan at his residence on December 13, 2015?
Answer: Dilip Kumar
51. On which cycle does an internal combustion engine run?
Answer: Otto cycle
52. Who first presented the experimental value of G (gravitational constant)?
Answer: Cavendish
53. What is the orbital period of a geostationary satellite?
Answer: 24 hours
54. Which force is responsible for cream separating from churned milk?
Answer: Centrifugal force
55. Weber is the unit of which physical quantity?
Answer: Magnetic flux
56. One nanometer is equal to how many meters?
Answer: 10⁻⁹ m
57. Fly ash is a by-product of which type of power plant?
Answer: Thermal Power Plants
58. Which was the second longest National Highway in India?
Answer: NH-7
59. Which was the earliest plantation crop introduced in India?
Answer: Indigo
60. Where is an atomic power station located in India?
Answer: Kalpakkam
61. By which process is crude petroleum converted into hydrocarbon products?
Answer: Fractional distillation
62. Which state, among the given options, is the largest producer of coal?
Answer: West Bengal
63. What is the lower layer of the Ionosphere known as?
Answer: Ozonosphere
64. Which redox indicator is used in volumetric titration?
Answer: Barium diphenyl amine sulphonate
65. What does humidity measure?
Answer: Moisture content in the air
66. For which company did the Union Cabinet pass an in-principle approval for disinvestment?
Answer: Air India
67. Which company delivered bullet-proof helmets to the Indian Army?
Answer: MKU Limited
68. Who was appointed as the new President of the International Economic Association?
Answer: Kaushik Basu
69. Which company manufactured the C-17 transport aircraft sold to India by the US?
Answer: Boeing
70. Who received the Jnanpith Award in 2016?
Answer: Shankha Ghosh
71. The recent controversy on the role of the West Bengal Governor is related to which Article?
Answer: Article 163
72. Which country’s nationality was M.F. Hussain conferred with?
Answer: Qatar
73. Who is the author of the book “Solo”?
Answer: Rana Dasgupta
74. Who authored ‘The God Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’?
Answer: Philip Pullman
75. Which event in Buddha’s life is associated with Sarnath?
Answer: First sermon
76. Which UN agency existed since World War I?
Answer: ILO (International Labour Organization)
77. Which organ of the UN has ceased to be functional?
Answer: Trusteeship Council
78. Who wrote the book “Utopia”?
Answer: Thomas More
79. Where was the world’s first newspaper started?
Answer: China
80. Among Aristotle, Confucius, Buddha, and Jesus Christ, who lived most recently?
Answer: Jesus Christ
81. Which country’s invasion by Germany marked the start of World War II?
Answer: Poland
82. In which year was the Battle of Waterloo fought?
Answer: 1815
83. Who was the US President during the American Civil War?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
84. What was the main outcome of the Meiji Revolution in Japan?
Answer: Modernisation of the nation’s industry
85. Who among the following was a member of the Lok Sabha during his Prime Ministership?
Answer: Manmohan Singh
86. Which US state is known as the ‘Land of 10,000 Lakes’?
Answer: Minnesota
87. Which of the following pairs related to Christian festivals is NOT true?
Answer: Ascension Day : Ascension of Father Saint Paul
88. What is the major constituent of India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves?
Answer: Foreign Currency Assets
89. Which of the following is a major port of India?
Answer: Paradeep
90. Which type of power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India?
Answer: Thermal
91. What is the cost-sharing ratio between the Union and States for the Indira Awas Yojana?
Answer: 75:25
92. Which Indian export item has the highest share in the world market?
Answer: Oil-cake and other solid residues
93. Which Commission recommended the partition of Punjab into Punjab and Haryana?
Answer: Shah Commission
94. Which article did Dr. Ambedkar call the ‘heart and soul of the Constitution’?
Answer: Article 32
95. What form of government did the Cabinet Mission Plan envisage for India?
Answer: Federation
96. Which toxic gas was released during the Bhopal tragedy?
Answer: Methyl isothiocyanate (MIC)
97. Which article in the Indian Constitution ensures environment protection?
Answer: Article 48A
WBCS MAIN 2017 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2017 – PAPER IV: MCQ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Where would the Commonwealth Games be held in 2022?
(A) Johannesburg
(B) Gauteng
(C) Durban
(D) Pretoria
Correct Answer: (C) Durban
2. What is the name of Australia’s first woman Prime Minister?
(A) Jane Simpson
(B) Helen Opten
(C) Julia Gillard
(D) Audra Philton
Correct Answer: (C) Julia Gillard
3. When was India’s first scientific expedition to the South Pole launched?
(A) February, 2010
(B) May, 2016
(C) July, 2010
(D) June, 2014
Correct Answer: (A) February, 2010
4. What is the rank of India in 2010 in the Global Peace Index?
(A) Seventy
(B) Eighty
(C) Hundred
(D) Hundred Twenty-eight
Correct Answer: (D) Hundred Twenty-eight
5. What, among the following, is India’s first Anti-submarine warfare corvette?
(A) INS Kamorta
(B) Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
(C) INS Shivalik
(D) INS Shakti
Correct Answer: (A) INS Kamorta
6. Why was Ajmal Kasab sentenced to death?
(A) Attack on Indian Parliament
(B) Mumbai terror attacks
(C) Kashmir attacks
(D) Delhi Metro attacks
Correct Answer: (B) Mumbai terror attacks
7. Who headed the Telangana Issue Committee?
(A) A.N. Rao
(B) B. Baradarajan
(C) U. Burman
(D) B.N. Srikrishna
Correct Answer: (D) B.N. Srikrishna
8. Where were Gandhi’s Ashes immersed in 2010?
(A) The Prayag in Allahabad
(B) The Arabian Sea near Gujarat
(C) The Indian Ocean
(D) The river Jamuna
Correct Answer: (B) The Arabian Sea near Gujarat
9. The UPA-II ‘Report to the People’ was released by
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Manmohan Singh
10. When was PSLV-C 15 launched successfully?
(A) January 30, 2011
(B) June 5, 2011
(C) July 12, 2010
(D) May 10, 2010
Correct Answer: (C) July 12, 2010
11. By which Constitutional Amendment Act the recognition of the rulers of the former Indian States was abolished?
(A) 20th
(B) 26th
(C) 27th
(D) 29th
Correct Answer: (B) 26th
12. The Union Public Service Commission may act for the State with the approval of
(A) Government of the State
(B) Union Government
(C) Governor of the State
(D) President of India
Correct Answer: (D) President of India
13. Article 51A of the Indian Constitution is included in
(A) Part III
(B) Part IV
(C) Part IVA
(D) Part V
Correct Answer: (C) Part IVA
14. The sobriquet ‘Cockpit of Europe’ is given to
(A) Rome
(B) Belgium
(C) Kent in England
(D) Norway
Correct Answer: (B) Belgium
15. The sobriquet ‘Man of Destiny’ stands for:
(A) Benito Mussolini
(B) Napoleon Bonaparte
(C) Adolf Hitler
(D) Lord Mountbatten
Correct Answer: (B) Napoleon Bonaparte
16. ‘Virgin Islands’ is a dependency of:
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) USA
(D) Germany
Correct Answer: (C) USA
17. Find out the correct match:
(A) Computation of National Income in India : Ministry of Finance
(B) Nature of usual status unemployment : Disguised unemployment
(C) Percentage of India’s population to world population : 16 per cent
(D) Private Participation in Infrastructure : Narasimham Committee
Correct Answer: (C) Percentage of India’s population to world population : 16 per cent
18. The order of a superior court commanding a person or a public authority to do something in the nature of public duty is called
(A) Habeas Corpus
(B) Mandamus
(C) Prohibition
(D) Certiorari
Correct Answer: (B) Mandamus
19. Find the incorrect match:
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report : 1957
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee Report : 1977
(C) GVK Rao Committee Report : 1986
(D) LM Singhvi Committee Report : 1987
Correct Answer: (D) LM Singhvi Committee Report : 1987
20. With reference to Lok Adalats which of the following statements is correct?
(A) Lok Adalat deals with pre-litigative cases and not those pending before any court.
(B) Lok Adalat deals only with civil cases.
(C) Lok Adalat consists only with serving or retired judicial officers.
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (D) None of the above
21. The Indian Constitution is described to have been adopted and enacted by the
(A) Constituent Assembly
(B) People of India
(C) Indian Parliament
(D) British Parliament
Correct Answer: (B) People of India
22. Who is the writer of “Satyartha Prakash”?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Raja Rammohan Ray
Correct Answer: (A) Dayanand Saraswati
23. The Sangeet Natak Akademi was established in
(A) 1951
(B) 1953
(C) 1954
(D) 1956
Correct Answer: (B) 1953
24. Who among the following is associated with ‘Tabla’?
(A) Ali Akbar Khan
(B) Vilayat Khan
(C) Bismillah Khan
(D) Ahmad Jan Thirkuwa
Correct Answer: (D) Ahmad Jan Thirkuwa
25. Which one of the following originated in Tamil Nadu?
(A) Kathakali
(B) Kathak
(C) Odissi
(D) Bharatnatyam
Correct Answer: (D) Bharatnatyam
26. Who won the 2015 Wimbledon Women’s Singles title?
(A) Garbine Muguruza
(B) Petra Kvitova
(C) Serena Williams
(D) Maria Sharapova
Correct Answer: (C) Serena Williams
27. The city named by UNESCO under creative cities Network for city of music is
(A) Kolkata
(B) Varanasi
(C) Jaipur
(D) Lucknow
Correct Answer: (B) Varanasi
28. Which biosphere reserve in India has been included in UNESCO list in March, 2016?
(A) Agasthyamala biosphere reserve
(B) Simlipal biosphere reserve
(C) Sundarbans biosphere reserve
(D) Nanda Debi biosphere reserve
Correct Answer: (A) Agasthyamala biosphere reserve
29. The Ganga River Cleaning Programme has been collaborating with Germany, because Germany has been known for cleaning its river
(A) Danube
(B) Rur
(C) Rhine
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Rhine
30. Recently Qora was in news, it related to which sector?
(A) Health
(B) Finance
(C) Infrastructure
(D) Internet and social networking
Correct Answer: (D) Internet and social networking
31. Which, among the following, isolated US most from its European allies during the past three months or so?
(A) USA’s criticism of refugee policy of the European states.
(B) USA pulling out of Paris Accord.
(C) USA’s disformal reception to German Chancellor when she visited that country.
(D) USA’s unpredictable foreign policy moves.
Correct Answer: (B) USA pulling out of Paris Accord
32. Which is the highest judicial authority in the settlement of disputes in European Union?
(A) European Court of Justice
(B) European Tribunal of Arbitration
(C) Inter-European States of Justice
(D) European Court of Law
Correct Answer: (A) European Court of Justice
33. In which state of India Gomti river project scam unearthed in June, 2017?
(A) Bihar
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh
34. Unorganised sector depending on cash transaction accounts for
(A) 50 pc of total employment in India in 2016.
(B) 60 pc of total employment in India in 2016.
(C) 70 pc of total employment in India in 2016.
(D) 80 pc of total employment in India in 2016.
Correct Answer: (D) 80 pc of total employment in India in 2016
35. The Arab Spring (2010) withered away slowly excepting
(A) Morocco
(B) Egypt
(C) Tunisia
(D) Yemen
Correct Answer: (C) Tunisia
36. The Supreme Court of India bans the use of caste and religion during election campaign on
(A) 10.02.2014
(B) 09.02.2015
(C) 12.04.2016
(D) 20.01.2017
Correct Answer: (D) 20.01.2017
37. NAFTA was set up by
(A) George Bush
(B) Bill Clinton
(C) Barack Obama
(D) Donald Trump
Correct Answer: (B) Bill Clinton
38. Which team, among the following, won Women’s World Cup in Hockey in 2017?
(A) India
(B) England
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Pakistan
Correct Answer: (B) England
39. Which team, among the following, won ICC Champion’s Trophy in 2017?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Pakistan
(D) Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: (C) Pakistan
40. Who among the following won Men’s Singles in the French Open in 2017?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Novak Djokovic
Correct Answer: (B) Rafael Nadal
41. To stitch a majority in Parliament Theresa May decided to tie up with
(A) Labour Party
(B) Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
(C) Democratic Ulster Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland
(D) Sinn Fein Party of Northern Ireland
Correct Answer: (C) Democratic Ulster Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland
42. Choose the correct statement about WTO.
(A) Afghanistan became the 164th member of WTO.
(B) General Robert Azevedo is WTO Director.
(C) WTO ministers met at Nairobi in Kenya for its last meeting.
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
43. Which state was declared on January 18, 2016 as the first organic farming state of India?
(A) Kerala
(B) Goa
(C) Sikkim
(D) Telangana
Correct Answer: (C) Sikkim
44. Narendra Modi launched ‘Gramoday se Bharat Uday’ campaign on the occasion of ‘Rashtriya Panchayati Raj Diwas’ in
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Chattisgarh
Correct Answer: (C) Madhya Pradesh
45. Which of the following countries changed their stance totally in 2017 from that of 2015-16 on the issue of the Chinese claim over the South China Sea?
(A) Vietnam
(B) Philippines
(C) Singapore
(D) Indonesia
Correct Answer: (B) Philippines
46. Who organised India Health Report : Nutrition 2015 and Global Nutrition Report?
(A) Public Health Foundation of India
(B) International Food Policy Research Institute
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Both of the above
47. Who won the 14th season of Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy for 2015-2016?
(A) Delhi
(B) Gujarat
(C) Bangalore
(D) Odisha
Correct Answer: (B) Gujarat
48. Who is the deity of the temple where worshipping and entering of women was lifted in April, 2016?
(A) Vishnu
(B) Kartikeya
(C) Shani
(D) Shankar/Mahadev
Correct Answer: (C) Shani
49. Tech Mahindra has launched the electronic wallet named
(A) Mobile Money
(B) Mobo Money
(C) Smart Money
(D) E-Money
Correct Answer: (B) Mobo Money
50. Who was conferred ‘Padma Vibhusan’ honour at his residence on December 13, 2015?
(A) Dilip Kumar
(B) Devika Rani
(C) Himangshu Rai
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Dilip Kumar
51. An internal combustion engine runs on the principle of
(A) Otto cycle
(B) Diesel cycle
(C) Carnot cycle
(D) Ranking cycle
Correct Answer: (A) Otto cycle
52. Who presented first the experimental value of G?
(A) Newton
(B) Cavendish
(C) Galileo
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Cavendish
53. A geostationary satellite has an orbital period of
(A) 2 hours
(B) 6 hours
(C) 12 hours
(D) 24 hours
Correct Answer: (D) 24 hours
54. When the milk is churned vigorously, the cream is separated due to
(A) Frictional force
(B) Centrifugal force
(C) Centripetal force
(D) Gravitational force
Correct Answer: (B) Centrifugal force
55. Weber is the unit of
(A) Intensity of magnetization
(B) Permeability
(C) Magnetic flux
(D) Magnetic susceptibility
Correct Answer: (C) Magnetic flux
56. One nanometer is equal to
(A) (10^{-15}\mathrm{m})
(B) (10^{-9}\mathrm{m})
(C) (10^{-18}\mathrm{m})
(D) (10^{-12}\mathrm{m})
Correct Answer: (B) (10^{-9}\mathrm{m})
57. Fly ash solid waste is the by-product of
(A) Hydro-electric Power Stations
(B) Iron and steel plant
(C) Thermal Power Plants
(D) Nuclear Power Plants
Correct Answer: (C) Thermal Power Plants
58. Which is the second longest National Highway (NH) in India?
(A) NH-6
(B) NH-5
(C) NH-2
(D) NH-7
Correct Answer: (D) NH-7
59. Which of the following was the earliest plantation crop introduced in India?
(A) Tea
(B) Rubber
(C) Indigo
(D) Coffee
Correct Answer: (C) Indigo
60. An atomic power station is located in
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kalpakkam
(D) Trivandrum
Correct Answer: (C) Kalpakkam
61. Crude petroleum is converted to number of hydrocarbon products by
(A) Fractional distillation
(B) Thermal cracking
(C) Steam distillation
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Fractional distillation
62. Which of the following states is the largest producer of coal?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Bihar
(C) West Bengal
(D) Rajasthan
Correct Answer: (C) West Bengal
63. The lower layer Ionosphere is known as
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Ozonosphere
(D) Thermosphere
Correct Answer: (C) Ozonosphere
64. The Redox indicator used in volumetric titration of
(A) Bromophynol Blue
(B) Methyl Orange
(C) Barium diphenyl amine sulphonate
(D) Solochrome black-T
Correct Answer: (C) Barium diphenyl amine sulphonate
65. Humidity is the result of
(A) Evaporation
(B) Transpiration
(C) Presence of heat
(D) Moisture content in the air
Correct Answer: (D) Moisture content in the air
66. Union Cabinet recently passed in-principle approval for disinvestment in
(A) Air India
(B) Hindustan Antibiotics
(C) BSNL
(D) ONGC
Correct Answer: (A) Air India
67. Which company recently delivered the first tranche of modern bullet-proof helmets to Indian Army?
(A) Ordnance clothing
(B) ISRO
(C) MKU Limited
(D) BHEL
Correct Answer: (C) MKU Limited
68. Who has been appointed as the new President of International Economic Association?
(A) Kaushik Basu
(B) Arvind Virman
(C) Ashok K Lahiri
(D) Rakesh Mohan
Correct Answer: (A) Kaushik Basu
69. US is selling C-17 transport aircraft to India at an estimated cost of $366.2 million. The aircraft has been manufactured by
(A) Lockheed Martin
(B) Northrop Grumman
(C) Boeing
(D) Safran Group
Correct Answer: (C) Boeing
70. Who received Jnanpith Award in 2016?
(A) Raghubir Chaudhuri
(B) Shankha Ghosh
(C) Amar Patnaik
(D) Amrinder Singh
Correct Answer: (B) Shankha Ghosh
71. The recent controversy on the role of the West Bengal Governor is related to
(A) Article 154
(B) Article 162
(C) Article 163
(D) Article 167
Correct Answer: (C) Article 163
72. M. F. Hussain left India and was conferred nationality of
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) UAE
(C) Qatar
(D) Bahrain
Correct Answer: (C) Qatar
73. Who is the writer of Solo?
(A) Rana Dasgupta
(B) Upamanyu Chatterjee
(C) Shobhaa De
(D) Rahul Mehta
Correct Answer: (A) Rana Dasgupta
74. Who authored ‘The God Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’?
(A) Kitty Kelley
(B) Javier Moro
(C) Philip Pullman
(D) Aamer Hussein
Correct Answer: (C) Philip Pullman
75. Sarnath is associated with which aspect of Buddha’s life?
(A) Residence
(B) Death
(C) First sermon
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) First sermon
76. Which of the following agencies of the UN existed since World War I?
(A) ILO
(B) WHO
(C) FAO
(D) UNESCO
Correct Answer: (A) ILO
77. Which organ of the UN has ceased to be functional?
(A) Trusteeship Council
(B) Secretariat
(C) International Court of Justice
(D) Economic and Social Council
Correct Answer: (A) Trusteeship Council
78. Who wrote the book “Utopia”?
(A) Machiavelli
(B) Erasmus
(C) Thomas More
(D) Cervantes
Correct Answer: (C) Thomas More
79. The first newspaper in the world was started in
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) USA
(D) India
Correct Answer: (B) China
80. Who among the following lived after others?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Confucious
(C) Gautama Buddha
(D) Jesus Christ
Correct Answer: (D) Jesus Christ
81. World War II began when Germany invaded
(A) Russia
(B) Austria
(C) France
(D) Poland
Correct Answer: (D) Poland
82. Battle of Waterloo was fought in the year
(A) 1800
(B) 1805
(C) 1807
(D) 1815
Correct Answer: (D) 1815
83. Who was the President of America during the Civil War?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) George Washington
(C) Andrew Jackson
(D) James Madison
Correct Answer: (A) Abraham Lincoln
84. The Meiji Revolution in Japan resulted in the
(A) division of the nation between the European powers.
(B) modernisation of the nation’s industry.
(C) abolition of the position of the emperor.
(D) government being controlled by the Samurai.
Correct Answer: (B) modernisation of the nation’s industry
85. Who among the following was member of the Lok Sabha during his Prime Ministership?
(A) Deve Gowda
(B) IK Gujral
(C) Chandrasekhar
(D) Manmohan Singh
Correct Answer: (D) Manmohan Singh
86. Which of the following calls itself as the ‘Land of 10000 lakes’ in North America?
(A) North Dakota
(B) Washington
(C) Montana
(D) Minnesota
Correct Answer: (D) Minnesota
87. Which of the following pair is not true?
(A) Christmas : Birth of Jesus Christ
(B) Good Friday : Crucifixion of Jesus
(C) Easter : Rebirth of Jesus
(D) Ascension Day : Ascension of Father Saint Paul
Correct Answer: (D) Ascension Day : Ascension of Father Saint Paul
88. Which one of the following is the major constituent of the Indian Foreign Exchange Reserve?
(A) Gold
(B) SDRs
(C) Foreign Currency Assets
(D) Reserve Tranche Position of India in IMF
Correct Answer: (C) Foreign Currency Assets
89. Which one of the following ports is a major port of India?
(A) Port Blair Port
(B) Ennore
(C) Paradeep
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) Paradeep
90. Which kind of the power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India?
(A) Nuclear
(B) Hydro-electricity
(C) Thermal
(D) Solar
Correct Answer: (C) Thermal
91. How much percentage of the cost incurred in the Indira Awas Yojana Scheme for rural housing is shared between union and states?
(A) 50:50
(B) 65:35
(C) 75:25
(D) 90:10
Correct Answer: (C) 75:25
92. Which one of the following export items of India has the highest share in the world in the last five years?
(A) Diamonds
(B) Oil-cake and other solid residues
(C) Ferro-alloys
(D) Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastic and leather
Correct Answer: (B) Oil-cake and other solid residues
93. Which Commission recommended the partition of Punjab into two states of Punjab and Haryana?
(A) Dhar Commission
(B) Dass Commission
(C) Shah Commission
(D) Mahajan Commission
Correct Answer: (C) Shah Commission
94. Which article of the Constitution of India is the ‘heart and soul of the Constitution’, according to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
(A) Article 21
(B) Article 226
(C) Article 14
(D) Article 32
Correct Answer: (D) Article 32
95. The Cabinet Mission Plan for India envisaged:
(A) Federation
(B) Confederation
(C) Unitary form of government
(D) Union of states
Correct Answer: (A) Federation
96. Gas released during Bhopal tragedy was:
(A) Sodium isothiocyanate
(B) Ethyl isothiocyanate
(C) Potassium isothiocyanate
(D) Methyl isothiocyanate
Correct Answer: (D) Methyl isothiocyanate
97. The article which ensures environment protection in the Constitution of India is
(A) 38A
(B) 48A
(C) 51A
(D) 61A
Correct Answer: (B) 48A