Model questions for GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR CIVILS PRELIMS

Model questions for GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS  FOR CIVILS PRELIMS

                                      From: Praturi Potayya Sarma

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Ques. : 1   India celebrated Republic Day for the first time in 1950 with who among the following as the chief guest?

1) Sukarno, Indonesian√

2) Marshall Ye Jianying, China

3) King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan

4) King Tribhuvan, Nepal

5) None of these

Ques. : 2   The 150th birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai was celebrated on 28 Jan. He was associated with the foundation of which of the following banks in 1895?

1) Central Bank of India

2) Imperial Bank of India

3) Allahabad Bank

4) Punjab National Bank√

5) None of these

Ques. : 3   Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution says that there shall be a Governor for each state?

1) Article 51

2) Article 153√

3) Article 65

4) Article 111

5) None of these

Ques. : 4   Name the Australian cricketer who has won Bradman young cricketer of the year award 2015. He is also associated with the tragic death of cricketer Phillip Hughes.

1) Steve Smith

2) Sean Abbott√

3) Nic Maddinson

4) Michael Clarke

5) None of these

Ques. : 5   Which of the following countries will host the World Twenty20 championship in 2016?

1) Australia

2) Sri Lanka

3) New Zealand

4) India√

5) England

Ques. : 6   The Maharashtra govt has announced to observe which of the following days as ‘Industries Day’?

1) 14 Sep

2) 17 Sep√

3) 1 Apr

4) 1 May

5) 31 Mar

Ques. : 7   Mala Aravindan passed away recently. He was a veteran _______actor.

1) Tamil

2) Telugu

3) Odia

4) Malayalam√

5) None of these

Ques. : 8   Shirani Bandaranayake has been reinstated as the Chief Justice of which of the following countries two years after being removed?

1) Myanmar

2) Maldives

3) Sri Lanka√

4) Thailand

5) None of these

Ques. : 9   Which of the following companies has reported the biggest quarterly profit ($18bn) ever made by a public company recently?

1) Xiaomi

2) Apple√

3) TCS

4) Microsoft

5) China Mobile

Ques. : 10   The Supreme Court, recently, directed search engines like Google India to strictly comply with the laws and block advertisements on

1) lesbian relations

2) erotic products

3) sex determination√

4) junk food

5) None of these

Ques. : 11   Which of the following was NOT a highlight of the recent visit of the US President Barack Obama to India?

1) The US pledged $4 billion in loans and investment.

2) For the first time a woman officer (Pooja Thakur) led the tri-service Guard of Honour.

3) India and the US achieved a breakthrough on operationalisation of the civil nuclear deal.

4) He is the first US President to visit India twice during office.

5) He is only the second US President to be the chief guest at the Republic Day of India. √

Ques. : 12   Name the Colonel of the Indian Army, who a day after being awarded with Yudh Seva Medal, was killed in a gunbattle with militants in Tral in Jammu & Kashmir recently.

1) Major Mukund Varadarajan

2) Munindra Nath Rai√

3) Jaiveer Singh Negi

4) Amarjeet Singh Bedi

5) Vivek Pratap Singh

Ques. : 13   Name the winter storm which hit the US recently.

1) Juno√

2) Katrina

3) Elena

4) Camille

5) Baker

Ques. : 14   The National Bravery Award Scheme was initiated to give due recognition to the children who distinguish themselves by performing outstanding deeds of bravery. It was initiated by

1) Bachpan Bachao Andolan

2) Child Rights and You

3) UNICEF

4) Indian Council for Child Welfare√

5) None of these

Ques. : 15   The capital city of Mozambique is

1) Lilongwe

2) Lusaka

3) Harare

4) Maputo√

5) None of these

Ques. : 16   The RBI has allowed travelers from India and Nepal or Bhutan to carry currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000. However, the maximum limit that an individual can carry is

1) Rs 10,000

2) Rs 15,000

3) Rs 20,000

4) Rs 25,000√

5) Rs 50,000

Ques. : 17   PM Narendra Modi shared the third edition of the radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on 27 Jan with who among the following?

1) Kiran Bedi

2) LK Advani

3) Barack Obama√

4) Nawaz Sharif

5) None of these

Ques. : 18   Who among the following has been appointed the new foreign secretary?

1) S Jaishankar√

2) Shivshankar Menon

3) Ranjan Mathai

4) Ashok K Kantha

5) None of these

Ques. : 19   The govt on 28 Jan decided to go for the biggest disinvestment ever and fetch up to Rs 24,000 cr at current market prices. The govt plans to offload _________share in Coal India.

1) 5 per cent

2) 8 per cent

3) 10 per cent√

4) 12 per cent

5) 15 per cent

Ques. : 20   The CCEA has approved the mandatory packaging of 90 per cent of _________produced in India as well as 20 per cent of ________in jute bags for the 2014-15 crop season?

1) fruits, sugar

2) foodgrains, fruits

3) foodgrains, sugar√

4) onion, sugar

5) None of these

Ques. : 21   India has appealed to the Dispute Settlement Board (DSB) of the WTO for a panel decision on its issues with the US over agricultural imports. The DSB has its seat in

1) Geneva√   2) New York

3) Toronto     4) London

5) Berlin       

Ques. : 22   Salman Bin Abdul Aziz was sworn in on 23 Jan, 2015 as the new king of

1) Saudi Arabia√

2) United Arab Emirates

3) Bahrain

4) Kuwait

5) None of these

Ques. : 23   Who among the following sportspersons is NOT an awardee of the coveted Padma Shree this year?

1) PV Sindhu

2) Arunima Sinha

3) Sardara Singh

4) Mithali Raj

5) Saina Nehwal√

Ques. : 24   As announced by the state CM, which of the following state capitals is all set to become the first fully Wi-Fi enabled metro city of the country? Reliance Jio will provide the services.

1) Kolkata√

2) New Delhi

3) Chennai

4) Mumbai

5) Bengaluru

Ques. : 25   During the recent visit of the US President Barack Obama to India, the US pledged what amount in investment and loans to India?

1) $1 billion

2) $2 billion

3) $4 billion√

4) $8 billion

5) None of these

Ques. : 26   The Global Exhibition on Services (GES) will be organised in which city from 23-25 Apr, 2015 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry?

1) New Delhi√

2) Gurgaon

3) Bengaluru

4) Hyderabad

5) Noida

Ques. : 27   Who among the following Australian cricketers has won the annual Allan Border Medal for Australian player of the year and also the one-day and Test player awards, becoming only the third player to win the trifecta in the 10 years?

1) Steve Smith√

2) Shane Watson

3) Michael Clarke

4) David Warner

5) Brad Haddin

Ques. : 28   Among the 24 winners of National Bravery Awards 2014, the coveted Bharat Award has been given to

1) Zeal Jitendra Marathe

2) Rumoh Meto

3) Devesh Kumar

4) Gunjan Sharma

5) Resham Fatma√

Ques. : 29   The service sector contributes around 28 per cent in overall employment in the country and constitutes _________of India's GDP.

1) 17 per cent

2) 29 per cent

3) 57 per cent√

4) 74 per cent

5) None of these

Ques. : 30   Who among the following is the present Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology?

1) Arun Jaitley

2) Nitin Gadkari

3) Sadananda Gowda

4) Ravi Shankar Prasad√

5) None of these

Ques. : 31   ___________Republic Day was celebrated on 26 Jan with Barack Obama being the first US President to be the chief guest at the occasion.

1) 65th

2) 66th√

3) 67th

4) 64th

5) None of these

Ques. : 32   Who is the first US President to visit India twice during his tenure?

1) Bill Clinton

2) George W Bush

3) George HW Bush

4) Barack Obama√

5) None of these

Ques. : 33   RK Laxman, who died on 26 Jan, was a renowned

1) novelist

2) journalist

3) cartoonist√

4) film maker

5) None of these

Ques. : 34   The National Bravery Awards, instituted in 1957, are presented by the PM on the eve of the Republic Day. The first official National Bravery Award was presented to

1) Chinmay Sharma

2) Harish Chandra√

3) Sunil Singh

4) Subhash Kumar

5) None of these

Ques. : 35   Who among the following has became the first woman officer to command the tri-service guard of honour for a visiting head of state?

1) Gunjan Saxena

2) Shakti Devi

3) Divya Ajith

4) Pooja Thakur√

5) None of these

Ques. : 36   The veteran politician LK Advani was honoured with _________ on the eve of Republic Day of India.

1) Padma Vibhushan√

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Shree

4) Bharat Ratna

5) None of these

Ques. : 37   Who among the following artists of Hindi cinema were presented with the Padma Vibhushan award on 26 Jan?

1) Amitabh Bachchan

2) Dharmendra

3) Dilip Kumar

4) All the above

5) Only 1) and 3) √

Ques. : 38   Who among the following foreigners is NOT an awardee of Padma Bhushan award presented on 26 Jan?

1) David Frawley

2) Bill Gates

3) Melinda Gates

4) Saichiro Misumi

5) None of these√

Ques. : 39   Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of

1) Italy

2) Spain

3) Norway

4) Greece√

5) None of these

Ques. : 40   Who among the following has been crowned as Miss Universe 2015?

1) Paulina Vega√

2) Koyal Rana

3) Gabriela Isler

4) Diana Harkusha

5) Nia Sanchez

Ques. : 41   Murli Deora, who died recently, was a veteran Congress leader from Maharashtra and former Union

1) Commerce and Industry Minister

2) Petroleum Minister√

3) Railway Minister

4) Home Minister

5) None of these

Ques. : 42   Sitara Devi passed away recently. She was one of the country's finest ________dancers.

1) Kathak√

2) Odissi

3) Kuchipudi

4) Kathakali

5) Bharatanatyam

Ques. : 43   Who among the following is set to be appointed as the next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI)?

1) Markenday Katju

2) Altamas Kabir

3) Aseem Trivedi

4) Gyan Sudha Misra

5) CK Prasad√

Ques. : 44   Chuck Hagel quit as US ________recently.

1) Secretary of State

2) Secretary of the Treasury

3) Defense Secretary√

4) Commerce Secretary

5) None of these

Ques. : 45   Which of the following women players from India has been named UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia region?

1) Jwala Gutta

2) Mary Kom

3) Sania Mirza√

4) Saina Nehwal

5) None of these

Ques. : 46   The SAARC Summit held in Nepal on 26-27 Nov was _______summit of the group.

1) 15th

2) 18th√

3) 19th

4) 20th

5) 21th

Ques. : 47   President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Commonwealth Science Congress held after a gap of 50 years in __________on 25 Nov.

1) Chennai

2) Hyderabad

3) Mumbai

4) Bengaluru√

5) None of these

Ques. : 48   Swavalamban scheme is associated with which of the following?

1) Low-cost pension scheme√

2) Group health insurance

3) Women empowerment

4) Saving girl child

5) None of these

Ques. : 49   Which of the following countries is planning to build the world's largest sea wall to try and prevent its capital city from disappearing under rising sea levels? It is expected that half the city will be below sea level by 2030.

1) Malaysia

2) Indonesia√

3) Iran

4) Singapore

5) None of these

Ques. : 50   Which of the following countries won a historic first Davis Cup title winning 2014 Davis Cup?

1) France

2) Switzerland√

3) South Korea

4) UK

5) None of these

Ques. : 51   Name the author with Indian roots who has won DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book ‘The Lowland’.

1) Anita Desai

2) Arundhati Roy

3) Jhumpa Lahiri√

4) Kiran Desai

5) None of these

Ques. : 52   China is planning to build a 7000 km-long high-speed railway line, costing USD 250 bn, to connect Beijing with which of the following capital cities?

1) Dhaka

2) Naypyidaw

3) Kathmandu

4) Moscow√

5) None of these

Ques. : 53   The PM Narendra Modi on 22 Jan launched a deposit scheme for girl child named Sukanya Samridhi Yojna, as part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign from _______, which is amongst the lowest child sex ratios in the country.

1) Panipat, Haryana√

2) Amritsar, Punjab

3) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

4) Nasik, Maharashtra

5) None of these

Answer:- 1) Panipat, Haryana

Ques. : 54   The govt has launched HRIDAY project which is aimed at

1) Rejuvenating rich cultural heritage of India√

2) Establishing old age homes

3) Welfare of handicapped

4) Saving girl child

5) None of these

Ques. : 55   For the first time, AWACS are likely to be deployed in New Delh on the Republic Day for vigil. It is a/an

1) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2) Airborne Warning System√

3) US fighter jet

4) Anti-aircraft gun

5) None of these

Ques. : 56   Sunil Sood has taken over as the new MD & CEO of which of the following telecom firms operating in India?

1) Bharti Airtel

2) Idea

3) Reliance Communications

4) Vodafone√

5) None of these

Ques. : 57   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 20 Jan said India is expected to grow at _______ in 2016, crossing China's projected growth rate by then.

1) 5.3 per cent

2) 5.8 per cent

3) 6.5 per cent√

4) 7.8 per cent

5) None of these

Ques. : 58   The European Central Bank (ECB) on 22 Jan launched a govt bond-buying programme. Who among the following is the present President of ECB?

1) Mario Draghi√

2) Ben Bernanke

3) Jean-Claude Trichet

4) Mario Monti

5) None of these

Ques. : 59   The Pakistan govt for the first time officially announced on 22 Jan to have frozen all assets and accounts of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). This terrorist organisation belongs to

1) Masood Azhar

2) Dawood Ibrahim

3) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed√

4) Yasin Malik

5) None of these

Ques. : 60   The Union Govt has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for another one year in

1) Assam√

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Jharkhand

4) Punjab

5) None of these

Ques. : 61   Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI)?

1) Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin

2) Deepak Parekh

3) M Sathiyavathy

4) RK Srivastava√

5) None of these

Ques. : 62   Sutirtha Bhattacharya has taken over as the full-time Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following PSUs?

1) Coal India√

2) Indian Oil

3) BHEL

4) ONGC

5) None of these

Ques. : 63   Gurmeet Singh, who was arrested by the Thailand police, is the alleged killer involved in the assassination of

1) Indira Gandhi

2) Lalit Narayan Mishra

3) Beant Singh√

4) Rajiv Gandhi

5) None of these

Ques. : 64   Sergei Shoygu, who visited New Delhi on 20 Jan on a three-day visit, is the present defence minister of

1) Kyrgyzstan

2) Russia√

3) Kazakhstan

4) Belarus

5) None of these

Ques. : 65   South African batsman AB de Villiers hit the fastest century in one-day internationals till date recently. He scored his century in just

1) 28 balls

2) 31 balls√

3) 37 balls

4) 44 balls

5) 45 balls

Ques. : 66   Leander Paes with his new partner Raven Klaasen won men’s doubles title of which of the following tennis tournaments recently?

1) Apia Sydney International

2) Heineken Open√

3) Chennai Open

4) Australia Open

5) None of these

Ques. : 67   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 Jan asked banks to notify the base rate at least once in every three months. Base rate is also known as

1) the minimum lending rate√

2) the maximum lending rate

3) the RBI lending rate

4) the teaser lending rate

5) None of these

Ques. : 68   What is the currency of Egypt?

1) Euro

2) Egyptian franc

3) Egyptian dollar

4) Egyptian pound√

5) None of these

Ques. : 69   Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy, led by Tulsi Tanti, has agreed to sell its Senvion SE unit to Centerbridge Partners for USD 1.16 bn. This unit is based in

1) France

2) Germany√

3) UK

4) US

5) Japan

Ques. : 70   The Reserve Bank of India has issued final guidelines regarding allowing banks to sell insurance products. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?

1) Banks can act as brokers for insurers or set up their own subsidiaries.

2) Banks can act as corporate agents without seeking prior approval from the RBI.

3) Banks will have to comply with IRDA guidelines.

4) Banks are allowed to sell insurance policies of different insurance companies.

5) None of these√

Ques. : 71   As part of the tourism promotion initiatives, the Flamingo festival was held from Jan 9-11 at the Pulicat lake in which of the following states?

1) Andhra Pradesh√

2) Karnataka

3) Odisha

4) Kerala

5) Nagaland

Ques. : 72   The central govt has cleared Damanganga-Pinjal interstate river link project. This project involves which two states?

1) Maharashtra, Gujarat√

2) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

3) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

4) Gujarat, Rajasthan

5) None of these

Ques. : 73   The ‘Popular Resistance’ militia, which is a pro-govt militia, is active in

1) Pakistan

2) Syria√

3) Egypt

4) Malaysia

5) Nigeria

Ques. : 74   Which of the following pairs won the men’s doubles title of the Apia Sydney International recently?

1) Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna

2) Leander Paes and Raven Klaasen

3) Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor√

4) Raven Klaasen and Daniel Nestor

5) None of these

Ques. : 75   The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over first indigenously-built Tejas fighter aircraft to the Air Force on 17 Jan. The entire LCA project including the final induction in the Air Force and Navy, is estimated to cost over

1) Rs 8,000 cr

2) Rs 15,000 cr

3) Rs 30,000 cr√

4) Rs 60,000 cr

5) Rs 80,000 cr

Ques. : 76   Hara Patnaik, who died recently, was a popular actor-director of the ________cinema.

1) Bengali

2) Assamese

3) Odia√

4) Tamil

5) None of these

Ques. : 77   Naresh Goyal pledges his entire 51 per cent stake to Punjab National Bank (PNB) was the news published in financial newspapers recently. He is the promoter of

1) Spicejet

2) Jet Airways√

3) Vistara

4) Indigo

5) GoAir

Ques. : 78   Nepal has named who among the following as its new envoy to India?

1) Deep Kumar Upadhyay√

2) Bhek Bahadur Thapa

3) Durgesh Man Singh

4) Rukma Shumsher Rana

5) None of these

Ques. : 79   The 45th annual summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) started on 20 Jan in

1) Manila

2) Buenos Aires

3) Davos√

4) Santiago

5) None of these

Ques. : 80   Who among the following has been appointed the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

1) Ashok Pandit

2) Chandra Prakash Dwivedi

3) David Dhawan

4) Pahlaj Nihalan√i

5) None of these

Ques. : 81   Who among the following Indian-Americans has been conferred with Martin Luther King Award in the US, recently?

1) Shantanu Narayen

2) Frank Islam√

3) Sundar Pichai

4) Indra Nooyi

5) Nikesh Arora

Ques. : 82   The PM Narendra Modi has selected who among the following as the face and facilitator of his pet education project ‘Teach in India’?

1) Kannan Soundararajan

2) Akshay Venkatesh

3) Subhash Khot

4) Manjul Bhargava√

5) None of these

Ques. : 83   The Asian Games medalist OP Jaisha broke the 19-year-old national record in Mumbai recently. He is a

1) runner√

2) triple jumper

3) discus throw player

4) swimmer

5) None of these

Ques. : 84   Name the batsman who hit the fastest century in one-day internationals playing against the West Indies recently.

1) Hashim Amla

2) Rohit Sharma

3) Corey Anderson

4) AB de Villiers√

5) None of these

Ques. : 85   Under which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution, the President of India notifies a joint sitting of the Parliament?

1) Article 108√

2) Article 80

3) Article 81

4) Article 395

5) Article 356

Ques. : 86   Sri Lanka’s new foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera visited which of the following countries, recently, on his first visit abroad?

1) China

2) Pakistan

3) US

4) India√

5) Bangladesh

Ques. : 87   Which of the following dairy products giants in India is planning to invest Rs 5,000 cr in the next fiscal in order to achieve the revenue target of Rs 50,000 cr by 2020?

1) Nestle

2) Amul√

3) OMFED

4) AAVIN

5) Mother Dairy

Ques. : 88   Name the author of the novel Madhorubhagan, who came under attack different sections of the society for the novel and now has announced to give up writing altogether.

1) Melanmai Ponnusamy

2) Perumal Murugan√

3) D Selvaraj

4) Joe D Cruz

5) None of these

Ques. : 89   The present regime of which of the following countries has initiated the impeachment of the ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra?

1) Philippines

2) Thailand√

3) Singapore

4) Myanmar

5) None of these

Ques. : 90   What is full form of ASBA, a term used in connection of stock market?

1) Application Supported By Base Amount

2) Application Supported By Basket Amount

3) Application Supported By Blocked Amount√

4) Application Supported By Borrowed Amount

5) None of these

Ques. : 91   The Army Day is celebrated in India every year on

1) 7 Jan

2) 9 Jan

3) 15 Jan√

4) 27 Jan

5) None of these

Ques. : 92   Otaram Devasi is the minister in charge of cow affairs, a first in the country, in

1) Gujarat

2) Haryana

3) Rajasthan√

4) Madhya Pradesh

5) Jharkhand

Ques. : 93   What is the name of the UN mission introduced to combat Ebola disease?

1) UNMEER√

2) UNMETE

3) UNMCED

4) UNMDEO

5) None of these

Ques. : 94   The Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh dedicated Biosafety laboratory (BSL) to strengthen livestock disease monitoring in which of the following south Indian cities recently?

1) Bengaluru√

2) Chennai

3) Hyderabad

4) Thiruvananthapuram

5) None of these

Ques. : 95   Which of the following countries in the world leads in terms of percentage of skilled people among the total workforce?

1) South Korea√

2) Japan

3) Germany

4) UK

5) France

Ques. : 96   As revealed by the MoS for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy, recently, what percent of the total workforce in India are skilled workers as of now?

1) two per cent√

2) four per cent

3) five per cent

4) eight per cent

5) None of these

Ques. : 97   The women’s singles titled of the 2015 Sydney International was bagged by

1) Karolina Pliskova

2) Petra Kvitova√

3) Ana Ivanovic

4) Maria Sharapova

5) Sania Mirza

Ques. : 98   The national festival ‘Maati Ke Rang’ was held for the first time in the North-East region from 13-17 Jan. The venue of the festival was

1) Dimapur, Nagaland√

2) Agartala, Tripura

3) Mizoram, Aizawl

4) Dispur, Assam

5) None of these

Ques. : 99   The winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, 2014 for his work ‘Kanakalochanaha’ is

1) Radhakant Thakur

2) Ramji Thakur

3) Prabhu Nath Dwivedi√

4) Harekrishna Satapathy

5) Mithila Prasad Tripathi

Ques. : 100   The ‘Social Media Person of the Year’ award by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has been given to

1) Rajinikanth

2) Salman Khan

3) Aamir Khan

4) Shah Rukh Khan

5) Amitabh Bachchan√