Static GK + Legal GK

1. How many judges (both HC and SC) have been impeached in Independent India?
a. None
b. One
c. Three
d. Four
2. Which of the following body conducts the election to the offices of President and Vice-
President of India?
a. Rajya Sabha
b. Lok Sabha
c. Supreme Court
d. Election Commission of India
3. Who was the first scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes?
a. Linus Pauling
b. Maire Curie
c. Frederick Sanger
d. John Bardeen
4. Which among the following temperature scale is based upon absolute zero?
a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Kelvin
d. None of them
5. Which of the following is the largest Parliamentary constituency (in terms of area) of
India?
a. Barmer
b. Malkajgiri
c. Arunachal East
d. Ladakh
6. Sentinelese are a primitive tribal group associated with which of the following parts of
India?
a. Western Ghats (Nilgiri Hills)
b. Garo-Khasi-Jaintia Hills
c. Rann of Kucch
d. Andaman and Nicobar
7. Which among the following suspended the Non-cooperation movement?
a. Chauri Chaura incident
b. Jallianwala Bagh Incident
c. 2nd world war
d. Rowlatt Act
8. Wagah border is located along which of the following lines?
a. Durand Line
b. McMohan Line
c. Sir Creek Line
d. Radcliffe Line
9. The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament as per the constitution, cannot
be more than?
a. 1 year
b. 3 months
c. 4 weeks
d. 6 months
10. Fossil fuels are mostly found in which kind of rock system?
a. Igneous
b. Metamorphic
c. Sedimentary
d. Volcanic
11. Which among the following is India’s deepest landlocked and protected port?
a. Jawahar Lal Nehru Port
b. Kandla
c. Mangalore
d. Vishakhapatnam
12. The smallest states in India Area and Population wise are?
a. Goa and Mizoram
b. Goa and Arunachal Pradesh
c. Goa and Sikkim
d. Sikkim and Goa
13. At which of the following places weight of a person will be maximum?
a. At Poles
b. At Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn
c. At Equator
d. At center of the Earth
14. The Annual Budget can be introduced in ________?
a. Lok Sabha only
b. Rajya Sabha only
c. Both the houses of Parliament
d. Only in Rajya Sabha on the recommendation of Union Finance Minister
15. Sagol Kangjei (called Horse Hockey) played in which of the following NE states has been
traced back as the origins of Modern Polo?
a. Meghalaya
b. Manipur
c. Assam
d. Tripura
16. Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually to an author for their
"outstanding contribution towards literature" in which of the following language(s)?
a. Hindi only
b. English only
c. Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and
English
d. Regional Languages apart from Hindi
17. Which of the following is not a constitutional body?
a. SEBI
b. National Commission for Backward Classes
c. Union Public Service Commission
d. Finance Commission
18. Konark Temple is related to which of the following dynasties?
a. Chandelas
b. Mauryas
c. Ganga
d. Pallavas
19. Which among the following is located in the “Peace Palace” in the Hague Netherlands?
a. International Criminal Court
b. International Court of Arbitration
c. UNESCO
d. International Court of Justice
20. Who among the following appoints the judges of the High Court?
a. Governor
b. President
c. Chief Justice
d. Prime Minister
21. The federal system of governance has been borrowed from which of the following
sources?
a. Govt. of India Act, 1935
b. Constitution of UK
c. Constitution of USA
d. Constitution of Ireland
22. Which of the following amendments to the Constitution declared Right to Education as a
Fundamental Right for 6-14-year-old children?
a. 61st
b. 86th
c. 44th
d. 91st
23. Which of the following amendments to the Constitution provided for the inclusion of
Fundamental Duties?
a. 44th
b. 42nd
c. 73rd
d. 74th
24. Which of the following articles cannot be suspended during emergency?
a. Art. 14, 19 and 21
b. Art. 19 and 21
c. Art. 20 and 21
d. Art. 20, 21 and 22
25. Which of the following brings a term of Lok Sabha to an end?
a. Prorogation
b. Adjournment
c. Dissolution
d. Recess
26. Which of the following case enunciated the doctrine of Basic Structure of Constitution
for the first time?
a. Golak Nath
b. Minerva Mills
c. Indra Sawhney
d. Keshvananda Bharati
27. Which of the following kind of majority is required for the impeachment of a Supreme
Court Judge in Parliament?
a. Absolute Majority
b. Special Majority
c. Simple Majority
d. Special Majority and the ratification of atleast half the state legislatures
28. Who among the following is considered as the first law officer of the Govt. of India?
a. Solicitor General
b. Attorney General
c. Chief Justice of India
d. Advocate General
29. Who was the first acting Prime Minister of India?
a. Gulzari Lal Nanda
b. Charan Singh
c. Zakir Hussain
d. Moraji Desai
30. During whose reign did the Chinese pilgrim, Fa-hein visit India?
a. Chandragupta I
b. Ashoka
c. Chandragupta II
d. Harshvardhan
31. Which battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule in India?
a. Battle of Kanauj
b. Battle of Haldighati
c. 1st battle of Panipat
d. 2nd battle of Tarain
32. Who was the Viceroy of India during the partition of Bengal?
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Canning
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord Lytton
33. Elephanta Caves are situated in which of the following state?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Karnatak
c. Maharashtra
d. Uttar Pradesh
34. Kolleru Lake is located in the state of ________?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu
35. Where is the HQ of ASEAN situated?
a. Indonesia
b. Philippines
c. Brunei
d. Malaysia
36. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake of India?
a. Wular Lake
b. Chilika Lake
c. Kolleru Lake
d. Shivaji Sagar Lake
37. Where is the HQ of the International Atomic Energy Agency located?
a. Paris
b. Vienna
c. Geneva
d. Montreal
38. Who was the first Indian to be a part of the Viceroy’s Executive Council?
a. Satyendra Nath Tagore
b. S P Sinha
c. Dadabhai Naoroji
d. Motilal Nehru
39. Uber Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Street racing
b. Badminton
c. Table Tennis
d. Lawn Tennis
40. Diet is the name for Parliament of which of the following country?
a. Ireland
b. Japan
c. Spain
d. Maldives
41. Which of the following is the highest commissioned rank in the Indian Army?
a. Major General
b. General
c. Lt. General
d. Admiral
42. Who among the following is the author of India wins Freedom?
a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
b. Maulana Azad
c. Rajendra Prasad
d. Kuldip Nayar