Civil Service( Preliminary )

General Knowledge

 

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1.Which of the following soil group is also known as regur ?

a)Forest soil
b)Black soil
c)Alluvial soil
d)Lateritic soil

2.The longest shoreline is along the coast of

a)Gujarat
b)Tamilnadu
c)Orissa
d)Kerala

3.Cave temples of Elephanta were built by

a)Peshwas
b)Marathas
c)Rashtra Kutas
d)Kushans

4)Who gave the call " Back to the Vedas " ?

a)Vivekananda
b)Dayananda
c)Shirananda
d)Rammohan Roy

5)The oldest existing newspaper in India is

a)Anand Bazar Patrika
b)Bombay Samachar
c)Times of India.
d)Malayala Manorama

6)Harappa was discovered in 1921 by

a)A Ghosh
b)R D Banerjee
c)Daya Ram Sahani
d)R S Bisht

7)Kunal and Sanghamitra were the son and daughter of

a)King Chandragupta
b)King Vikramaditya
c)King Ashoka
d)King Harsha

8)CNG stands for

a)Compressed nitrogen gas
b)Compressed natural gas
c)Commission for natural gas
d)Computer Network guideline

9)Credit for starting space research in India goes to

a)H J Bhabha
b)Vikram Sarabhai
c)C V Raman
d)Jawahar Lal Nehru

10)Pissiculture is concerned with

a)Fish
b)Silk
c)Wine
d)Fruit

11)The organ which destroys worn out RBCs in the body is

a)Spleen
b)Pancreas
c)Liver
d)Bone marrow

12)The first metal used by man was

a)iron
b)aluminium
c)copper
d)gold

13)The Constituent Assembly was formed under the provisions of

a)Cabinet Mission Plan
b)Cripps Mission
c)Mountbatten Plan
d)None of the above

14)India consists of how many states ?

a)21
b)24
c)25
d)28

15)Which of the following countries is the first in the world to propose a carbon tax to address global warming ?

a)New Zealand
b)Japan
c)Germany
d)Australia