Staff Selection Exam Questions (GK) from old Papers

1. Questions asked on Constitution.
2. Which MoU was signed between India and Israel?
3. What is the full form of LAN? – Local Area Network
4. How many rights are mentioned in the Indian Constitution? – Six
5. Who discovered Cholera? – Filippo Pacini
6. Who won the Oscar 2017 for best picture? – Moonlight
7. Neighbouring country of India that produce opium – Pakistan
8. Which state in India has the largest Coastal boundary?
9. Authority of Impeachment of President?
10. Swaraj is my Birth Right and I shall have it’ slogan – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
11. Itai Itai disease is caused by? – Cadmium Poisoning
12. The auxiliary bud grows from which part of the plant? – Leaf
13. Xylem is used to carry – Water 
14. Which of the following monument was built by Maharana Pratap? –
15. Who wrote the book ‘Citizen and Society’? – Mohammad Hamid Ansari
16. Which acid is present in Ant Sting? – Formic acid
17. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017? – Bob Dylan
18. Name the court poet of Harshawardhana. – Banadatta
19. Question asked on female sportspersons like Lalita Babar & Mitali Raj.
20. Who 
21. Who invented Dynamite – Alfred Nobel
22. Todar Mal was the finance minister of which mughal emperor? – Akhbar
23. Schedule 4 of the Indian Constitution is about? – Allocation of Seats in Rajya Sabha
24. Which diseases is caused due to bite of female Anopheles Mosquito? – Malaria
25. Saffron is obtained from which part of the plant? – Stigma
26. Rovers cup is related to which sport? – Football
27. At which place gravity is highest? – Poles
28. Anemia is caused due to deficiency of? – Iron
29. What is Reduction? – Gaining of an electron
30. “Back to Vedas” slogan given by? – Dayanand Saraswati
31.              Transports water from roots to leaves in plants? – Xylem
32. Which metal is used in bulb? – Tungsten
33. Who is the author of book “Ace Against Odds”? – Sania Mirza
34. Trees that lose all their leaves once a year are called? – Deciduous
35. One question related to Vikalp scheme.
36. Index matching question.
37. Questions related to Newton’s 1st, 2nd & 3rd law & Galileo’s law.
38. Which instrument is used for measuring humidity in the air? – Hygrometer
39. Which of the following quantities is not Vector Quantity? – Speed
40. Female Anopheles carry which disease? – Malaria
41. One question from Constitution part IV? – Directive Principles of State Policy
42. The number of fundamental duties written in the constitution? – 11
43. Maximum GK questions are from sciences.
44. 2 Qs from sports.
45. Questions related to primary, tertiary sector.
46. built the Vijay Stambh? – Rana Kumbha

1. India celebrates 25 years of diplomatic ties with           ? – Israel
2. Match the following.
   Lewis Hamilton – Chinese grand prix,
   Sebastian Vettel – Australian Grand Prix
3. Which of the following is a Non Vector quantity? – Electric Current
4. Marble made from : metamorphic rock
5. Who is the author of the book “The Gita: For Children”? – Roopa Pai
6. What is the increase in the pay due to revision of 7th Pay Commission? – Index of Rationalisation (IOR) is from 2.57 to 2.67 
7. Name the small intestine present in the human body – Villi
8. Who opened the highest bridge – China
9. What are Isobars? – Elements with same mass with different atomic mass.
10. C++ is a             ? – Programming language
11. Who has the Segmented body – Annelida phylum
12. When Kyoto protocol came into existence & force – Existence 1997 & came into force 2005
13. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature – Bob Dylan
14. Define Synapse? – Gap between Nerve Cells
15. Lucknow pact – Mohammed Ali Jinnah
16. Election of presidential election is taken from ?- Ireland
17. Amjad Ali Khan is not associated with? – Tabla
18. Question related to Ores of different elements (like iron, copper etc.)
19. Name the court Poet of Harshavardhana – Banadatta
20. Who decides the interest rate in Self Help Group?

1. A place, where soldiers live is called? - Fort/Barracks 2. What are the main causes of “Sepoy Mutiny”? - Hurting the Religious sentiments of Sepoys 3. Study of Human Mind is called? - Psychology 4. What do you mean by “Net Neutrality”? - Internet Service Provider should treat all internet data the same and should charge the users uniformly. 5. Golden Revolution is associated with? - Horticulture Development 6. US Parliament is better known by which name? - United States Congress 7. Azolla is used for - Rice cultivation 8. What is the other name of World Bank? - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 9. What is the “Indradanush Scheme” related to? - Revamping of state-run banks/A Union Health Ministry scheme to provide vaccination to children and pregnant women. 10. What is the full form of FCRA? - Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 11. What is the full form of WEP? - Wired Equivalent Privacy 12. Which county allows human euthanasia?- Netherlands 13. Which country exited from European countries? - Britain 14. What is Residex? - In India, National Housing Bank completely owned by RBI, computes an index termed NHB RESIDEX for real estate related indexation. 15. Which virus constantly keeps shifting to escape detection by antivirus? - Trojan

Kolattam and Chholiya are dance form of? - Andhra Pradesh & Uttarakhand 17. Best use of non-biodegradable waste? - Recycle 18. What is SEBI? - A regulatory body 19. An example of smart money - Credit Card 20. Which trees are used in social forestry? - Eucalyptus 21. India‟s 1st Carbon-free state - Himachal Pradesh 22. FAST telescope installed in - China 23. Kovvda nuclear plan proposed to be set up in - Andhra Pradesh 24. India‟s volcano located? - Barren Islands 25. In IT, failure of Kernel means? - Operating System failure 26. What is Money Market? - Financial Market where short-term securities, loans, etc. are traded between banks and financial institutions 27. Who is known as Father of Macro-economics? - John Maynard Keynes 28. Rio Summit is done for - Environment and Development 29. Dilwara famous temple belongs to which religion - Jain 30. What is the meaning of IC - Integrated Circuits 31. Jallikattu is related to which festival? - Pongal 32. The first inscriptional evidence of the Sati System in India has been found from? - Eran District (Madhya Pradesh) 33. Indian Railways issues insurance cover for how much money? - Rs. 1 (Cover of 10 lakh) 34. Ghatampur Thermal Power project is related to which state? - Uttar Pradesh 35. Special Drawing Right (SDR) is created by? - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Which space shuttle carried Sunita Williams beyond the Earth? - Soyuz (Russian) 37. Who is Sunita Williams? - Astronaut 38. Narmada Dam Water Dispute is between which Indian States - Sardar Sarovar in Gujarat and Narmada Sagar in Madhya Pradesh 39. What is the impact of decrease in CRR? - Lower Interest Rates 40. Paper publish by Gandhi in Africa -The Indian Opinion 41. Ujjawala Yojna related to - Cooking fuel 42. Agriculture tax was removed by which government recently - Karnataka 43. Which of the following is a method to calculate GDP - Income approach 44. What is the new capital of Andhra Pradesh? - Amravati 45. Largest internet user in world - China 46. Project Sankalp is for - AIDS 47. Skoda company belongs to which country? - Czech Republic 48. Sattriya is a dance of which state - Assam 49. First Post office Savings Bank ATM was recently inaugurated in - Vishakhapatnam 50. The study of elections is called - Psephology 51. Who is the vice chairman of NITI Aayog? - Arvind Panagariya 52. The UDP protocol is - Connectionless protocol 53. Highest source of energy in India is - Thermal power 54. „ Fat tax‟ has been initiated in which state? - Kerala 55. Shortest day in India - December 21 56. Blood group was discovered by - Karl Landsteiner 57. What is repo rate? - The rate at which RBI lends money to commercial banks. 58. Human Development Index is published by - UNDP 59. BRICS new development Headquarter is - Shanghai, China

NTPC is related to which field? - Power Development 61. What are scheduled banks? - Scheduled Banks are the banks listed in the 2nd Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. A scheduled bank is eligible for loans from the RBI at bank rate. 62. Who among the following is the new President of Brazil? - Michel Temer 63. Kaivalya concept is related to which religion? - Jainism 64. What are Gilt Edged Securities? - Bonds issued by some National Governments 65. Rodrigo Duterte is president of? - Philippines 66. What is the timeline of 12th Five Year Plan? - 2012-17 67. What is G-20? - Group of 20 Major Economies 68. Which animal among the following lives the longest life? - Tortoise 69. What is Kutir Jyoti Yojana? - Free Electrification of Tribal families having Annual Income below Rs.11000 70. What is cache memory? - CPU Memory that can be accessed more quickly. 71. Purpose of Farakka Barrage? - Divert water from Ganga to Bhagirathi distributary. 72. Mobile payment is called - IMPS 73. Asiad 2018 will be held at - Indonesia (Jakarta and Palembang) 74. What is a Gilt-edged market? - The market that deals in government securities or the securities guaranteed (as to both principal and interest) by the government. 75. Black Revolution related to - Petroleum Products 76. Best indicator of economic development is - Per Capita Income 77. Who among the following is the new FTII chairman? - Bhupendra Kainthola 78. CENVAT is related to? - Excise duty

Mission Indradhanush is related to - Full immunization of children and pregnant women 80. Study of inner earth crusts? - Geology 81. The bank ombudsman deals with? - Customer complaints against Banks 82. Which state has the largest coastline in India? - Gujarat 83. Where are the headquarters of RBI located? - Mumbai 84. Best indicator of economic development is - Per Capita Income 85. Name the 1st Indian civilian aircraft - Saras 86. Swaran Jayanti Rojgar Yojana has been renamed to - Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojna 87. Kalaripayattu is related to which state? - Kerala 88. Regional rural banks are governed by - NABARD 89. Irom sharmila belongs to which state-Manipur 90. Who among the following is the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India? - Arvind Subramanian 91. The term coined by Gandhi ji, „Sarvodaya‟ means - Progress of all 92. What is meant by Market Economy? - An economy in which decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution are based on market determined supply and demand, and prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system. 93. Raja Harsh changed his capital from - Thanesar to Kannauj 94. Stand-up India scheme is to empower? - SCs, STs and Women Entrepreneurs 95. Consumer Price Index is released by? - Central Statistical Office 96. Dearness Allowance is calculated on the basis of? - Inflation 97. Which tax is not collected by central government? - All taxes except Income tax, Customs duties, Central excise and Service tax.

 The largest committee in Indian Parliament? - The Estimates Committee 99. Which of the following states has bicameralism? - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have bicameral Legislatures. 100. Indifference curve shows comparison between? - Two or more goods 101. Name the RBI app for illegal money? - Sachet 102. Parsec is unit of? - Length 103. Which of the following is not part of BRICS? - Indonesia 104. How many permanent members are there in the UN? - Five 105. World economic report is provided by? - IMF 106. Study of Soil is called? - Pedology 107. Ornithology is the study of? - Birds 108. Bilateral monopoly consists? - Single Seller and Single Buyer 109. Semi-solid waste is also known as? - Sludge 110. Lorenz curve represents? - Income Distribution 111. The concept of welfare is given in? - Directive Principle of State Policy 112. Which of the following is a virtual drive and Optical Disc Authoring program? - Daemon tools 113. The concept of Hindu rate of growth was given by? - Professor Rajkrishna 114. Which of the following blood types is a universal donor? - Type O Rh D negative blood 115. Colour blind person cannot differentiate among? - Various colours 116. In which state has Himayat Scheme been launched? - Jammu and Kashmir