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SESSION: FORENOON
GENERAL STUDIES
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1. First session of constitution Assembly was held on
which date?
a. 9 December,1946 b. 389
b. 15th August 1947
c. 26th November 1942
d. 26th January 1946 c. 589
इनमे से कोई भी नहीं
संविधान सभा का पहला सत्र किस तारीख को आयोजित किया गया था?
4. New All India Services under Article 312 can be
a. दिसंबर, 1946
created by whom?
b. 15 अगस्त 1947
a. Lok Sabha
c. 26 नवंबर 1942
b. Rajya Sabha
d. 26 जनवरी 1946
c. Parilament
d. Prime Minster

2. Power of Judicial Review in India is enjoyed by

whom? 5. Who has been given power to fix the number of
a. By the supreme court alone Judges of Supreme court?
b. By all the court a. President
c. By the supreme court and high court b. Parilament
d. By none of the above c. Chief Justice of India
भारत में न्यायिक समीक्षा की शक्ति का आनंद किसके द्वारा लिया जाता है? d. Council of Ministers

a. सर्वोच्च न्यायालय द्वारा अके ले 6. Idea of DPSP has been borrowed from
constitution of which country?
b. सभी न्यायालय द्वारा a. Britain
c. सर्वोच्च न्यायालय और उच्च न्यायालय द्वारा b. U.S.A
c. France
d. उपरोक्त में से कोई नहीं d. Ireland

7. Who is higher civil servant of the union

3. How many members were there in the constituent Government?
Assembly of India? a. Cabinet Secretary
a. 689 b. Attorney General
b. 389 c. Home Secretary
c. 589 d. Prime Minister
d. None of the above
8. A proclamation of National Emergency must be

कितने सदस्य थे ? placed before the Parliament for its approval

within
a. 1 months

a. 689 b. 2 months
c. 6 months
d. 1 years

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9. Which of the following Fundamental Rights is not d. Cannot exceed 10% of the total members of
available to foreign citizens? Lok Sabha
a. Equality before low 15. A money bill passed by the Loksabha is deemed
b. Right to freedom of expression to have been Passed by the Rajya Sabha also
c. Right to freedom of life and personal liberty when no action is taken by the upper house
d. Right against exploitation within-
a. 14 Days
10. Which of the following statements is not true? b. 20 Days
a. The date of implementation of Indian c. 30 Days
Constitution is November 26,1949 d. 10 Days
b. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment was
done in 1976 16. Suppose the Lok sabha dissolves, suppose a bill
c. The term ‘we’ in preamble means The has been already passed by the Rajya sabha but
People of Indian is returned for reconsideration by the president
d. ……. at time of dissolution, then what happens to the
Bill?
11. The order of following words seen in Preamble is a. The Bill lapses
A. Democratic b. The Bill does not laps
B. Socialist c. Depends on whether it is Money Bill or not
C. Sovereign d. None of the above
D. Secular
E. Republic 17. The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution
a. 3,2,4,1,5 was added by
b. 2,3,4,1,5 a. First Amendment
c. 3,2,1,4,5 b. Eight Amendment
d. 3,1,2,5,4 c. Ninth Amendment
d. Forty Second Amendment
12. Who among the following is the first Attorney
General of India? 18. Which one of the following article deals with the
a. S.V Gupta appointment of the prime Minister and council of
b. Soli J. Sorabhee ministers.
c. M.C Setalivad a. Article 76
d. M. Ayyanger b. A 74
c. A 75
13. Which one of the following article deals with the d. A 107
Pardoning power of the president?
a. A 71 19. The “Independence of Judiciary” in Indian
b. A 74 constitution is taken from
c. A 72 a. Britain
d. A 75 b. U.S.A
c. Australia
14. What is the maximum allowed size of the council d. South Africa
of Ministers?
a. Maximum 48 20. The Supreme Court at Present contains the
b. No such upper limit following number of Judges?
c. Cannot exceed 15 % of the total members of a. 8Judges
Lok Sabha b. 31 judges
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c. 34 judges a. Sarojini Naidu
d. 35 judges b. Lakshmibai, the rani of Jhansi
c. Annie Besant
21. According to Gandhi ji which of the following has d. Madam Cama
made India bankrupt ?
a. Railways 28. Who among the following was the founding
b. Lawyers member of Anushilan Samiti
c. Doctors a. Madan lal
d. All of the above b. Prasad Bismit
22. Which event did Gandi ji regard as advent of c. P. Mitra
Satyagraha in India ? d. Bhagat singh
a. Visit to shantiniketan
b. Viramgram customs 29. Who among the following killed Curzon Wyllie
c. Plague at wadhwan in London
d. Visit to Rajkot a. Madanlal Dhingra
b. Prasad Bismit
23. What name did Gandhi give to his Ashram at c. P.Mitra
Ahamdabad? d. Bhagat singh
a. Tapoovan
b. Sevaashram 30. Which Place Gadar Party was founded
c. Satyagraha Ashram
d. Vaishnam Ashram a. San Fransisco
b. Californio
24. Which three thing Gandhi ji Vowed not to touch c. Tokyo
in England ? d. London
a. Wine, Tobacco and meat
31. Who among the following was not associated
b. Tobacco, meat & woman
with Kakori conspiary case
c. Woman, Tobacco and wine
d. Wine, woman & meat a. Ram Prasad Bismit
b. Ashfaqullah
25. Which among the following books was authored c. Rajendra lahiri
by Mahatma Gandhi? d. Muzaffar Ahmed
a. Hindu View of Life
b. Hindu Swaraj 32. Abhinav Bharat was established by
c. Discovery of India
a. V.D Savarkar
d. My truth
b. B.G Tilak
c. Lala lajpat Rai
26. In which of the following languages was the
d. None of these
ghadar Journal was first published?
a. Urdu 33. Where did Gandhiji use hunger strike as a
b. English Weapon?
c. Pushtu
d. Punjabi a. Ahmedabad Mill strike
b. Champaran satyagraha
27. Who among the following is considered as the ‘ c. Keda- Satyagrah
Grandmother of Indian revolutionary d. Civil disobedience
movement?
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34. Who was the British Prime Minister when the b. Only 2
communal Aware was announced? c. Both
d. None
a. Churchill 40.Which of the following Ashram/Ashrams
b. Attlee has/have been established by Gandhiji in South
c. Ramsay McDonald Africa?
d. Mountbatten
1) Tolstoy Farm
2) Sarvodaya Ashram
35. Which of the following areas are covered 3) Sevagrama Ashram
under the planned Gandhi Circuit?
1. Rajkot
2. Dandi
3. Gandhinagar
a. 1, 2
b. 1
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
a. 1, 2
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 3 41. In himachal “Ishata Devata” is the deity of
d. All of the above the :
36.‘Indian Home Rule’ is a book written by a. Individual
a. Annie Besant b. House-hold
b. Lokmanya Tilak c. Clan
c. Mahatma Gandhi d. Village
d. Dadabhai Naoroji
42. Which raj Devata head the shobha yatra at
37.Gandhiji’s first community settlement in South Shivratri fair in Mandi?
Africa was at a. Raghunath
a. Johannesburg b. Madhorai
b. Transvaal c. Bhootnath
c. Phoenix d. Ganesh
d. Cape Town
43. Which offering is made to the Jamalu
38.Indian Opinion’ is a newspaper published by Devata of Malana village?
a. Mahatma Gandhi a. Raw coconut
b. Shyam Prasad Mukherjee b. White woollen shawl
c. Shyamji Krishna Verma
c. Horse idol made of silver
d. Dadabhai Naoroji
d. Chhattar made of gold
39. Which of the following statements is/are
correct about Gujarat Sabha? 44. Which of the following pair is correctly
matched ?
1.  Gujarat Sabha was established by Mahatma a. Renuka lake Vyas Rishi
Gandhi. b. Vashishta kund
2.  The Sabha played a pivotal role in organizing
Jamdagni
the peasant rebellion in Kheda.
c. Hatkoti Pandavas
d. Beas cave Lord
Shiva
a. Only 1
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45. Goetr and Ladarcha are : a. Religious songs
a. Fairs b. Pastoral songs
b. Songs c. Matrimonial songs
c. Dresses d. Milkmaid songs
d. Customs
53. The theme of Kinnauri folk-song “Tipsi
46. Sikri Dance is performed in district : Ban Thanee” is :
a. Solan a. Beauty of kinnaur Lissom
b. Kullu b. Usha Devi’s curse to beautiful Kinnar
c. Chamba girl being envious of her beauty
d. Sirmaur c. Welcome of newly wed couple
d. Onset of rainy season
47. People of Baijnath never celebrates:
a. Holi 54. During the Riyasati era Minjar festival in
b. Diwali Chamba used to commence with :
c. Rakshabandhan a. Singing of kunjari Malhar songs
d. Hariyali b. Presentation of Minjar in the temples of
Raghuveer and Laxminarayan in early
48. Skodi fair is celebrated in district: morning by the king
a. Shimla c. Floating of Minjar and coconut in the
b. Solan river Ravi
c. Kangra d. Commencement of a grand procession
d. Mandi from the palace.

49. Who is credited with driving away the 55. Johadji fair, the most popular fair of Solan
hordes of Kirs and Turushkas from district is associated with :
Himachal Pradesh? a. Guru Hargovind
a. Sahilvarman b. Guru Amardas
b. Meruvarman c. Guru Nanak Deo
c. Ajay Sen d. Guru Angad Deo
d. Susharma
56. Gugga fair is not celebrated in which place?
50. Who is the unquestioned ruler of the a. Chaksari
picturesque village Malana? b. Bakhloh
a. Jamlu c. Nurpur
b. Parashurama d. Ghedwi
c. Rudra
d. Indra 57. State fair of Lohri is celebrated:
a. Dadasiba
51. With which region of H.P is Bonangchyu b. Pragpur
dance associated? c. Kathgarh
a. Chamba d. Deothsidh
b. Sirmaur
c. Kinnaur 58. Bhoj fair is celebrated in shimla hills by
d. Kangra which caste / community?
a. Khash
52. ‘ Bhent’ and ‘Bihagra’ folk-songs are: b. Koli
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c. Khund d. India
d. Reyd
66. Who was appointed as the first Lokayukta
of Andhra Pradesh?
59. Ludi dance is performed in which region ?
a. Justice A Goswami
a. Kangra b. Justice Ram Rao
b. Mandi c. Justice P Lakshman Reddy
c. Kullu d. Justice S D Manirattnam
d. Bilaspur
67. Which Committee has been constituted by
60. Which folk drama is performed at open the Union Government to oversee the
bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)
ground and need not special stage?
into Union Territories?
a) Dahari a. Sanjay Mitra Committee
b) Karyala b. Rajnath Singh Committee
c) Akhada c. Amit Shah Committee
d) Chandrauli d. Ajay Kumar Committee

61. Which State launched the ‘Tatpar’ mobile 68. Which nation’s president announced
recently that he has cancelled his secret
app?
meeting with the Taliban leaders and
a. Delhi Afghanistan President?
b. Rajasthan a. Russia
c. Chandigarh b. United States
d. Uttar Pradesh c. Pakistan 
d. France
62. Which of the following Indian documentaries
has been nominated for the Oscars? 69.  How many times has Spain’s star tennis
a. Roar of the Lion player Rafael Nadal won the US Open title?
b. Wild Karnataka a. 17
c. Moti Bagh b. 18
d. Lady Tiger c. 19
d. 20
63. EPFO would be crediting how much interest
for the year 2018-19 in 6 crore accounts? 70. Water has been discovered on which
a. 8.65% potentially habitable super-Earth?
b. 8.57% a. K2-18d
c. 8.60% b. K2-18c
d. 8.63% c. K2-18a
d. K2-18b
64. Who issued the following statement-“PoK is
a part of India”? 71. Which of the following countries became the
a. Rajnath Singh 79th member of the International Solar
b. Amit Shah Alliance?
c. S Jaishankar a. Cuba
d. Narendra Modi b. St. Vincent and Grenadines
c. St. Lucia
65. Which country announced to press for d. Dominican Republic
dropping Sudan off the US blacklist of state
sponsors of terrorism? 72. Which country has won the ‘Best Video’
a. Germany award for the Asia & Pacific Region in the
b. France UNWTO Tourism Video Competition 2019?
c. United Kingdom a. Malaysia
b. Sri Lanka
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c. Thailand c. Wangchuk Sherpa
d. India d. Aparna Kumar

73. Robert Mugabe passed away at the age of 95 80. When is the National Sports Day observed
on September 6, 2019. He served as the every year in India?
President of which nation for almost four a. 27th August
decades? b. 28th August
a. Ghana c. 29th August
b. Libya d. 30th August
c. Zimbabwe 81. Arrange the following tributaries of
d. South Africa river Brahmaputra from West to East.
74. Which place won the Best Swachh Iconic
Place award in Swachh Bharat Mission 1. Lohit
Awards?
a. Vaishno Devi 2. Dibang
b. Golden Temple 3. Subansiri
c. Shirdi 
d. Lotus Temple 4. Tista

75. Which among the following Ministries won a. 4-3-2-1

the Swachh Bharat award in Swachhta b. 4-3-1-2
Action Plan category? c. 3-4-2-1
a. Ministry of Women and Child d. 2-4-3-1
b. Ministry of Urban Development 
c. Ministry of Defence 82. Identify the wrong statement.
d. Ministry of Railways
a. The Mandovi-Zuri creek in Puducherry
is an important embayment in the
76. Which city is hosting the 28th edition of
coastline
India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol exercise?
b. The Parasnath hill is situated in
a. Vishakhapatnam
Harzaribagh plateau
b. Bangkok
c. The Kaimur hill belongs to the Vindhyas
c. Phuket
d. Mahendragiri is the highest peak of
d. Brahmapur
Eastern Ghats
77. When is the International Literacy Day 83. Which among the following cities of
observed every year? India will have mid day sun exactly overhead
a. 6th September only a year?
b. 7th September
c. 8th September a. Delhi and Chennai
d. 9th September b. Srinagar and Darjeeling
c. Hyderabad and Kohima
78. The Indian Railways has decided to offer d. Nagpur and Kolkata
how much discount in its AC Chair car
trains like Shatabdi, Tejas? 84. Between which mountain ranges does Leh
a. 30 percent lie?
b. 25 percent
c. 15 percent a. Deosai and Karakoram
d. 20 percent b. Shiwaliks and Pir Panjal
c. Zaskar and Ladakh
79. Who has become the first IPS officer to be d. Pir Panjal and Zaskar
honoured with the prestigious Tenzing
85. In which one of the following places is
Norgay National Adventure Award 2018?
the shompean tribe found?
a. Manikandan K
b. Prabhat Raju Koli
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a. Nilgiri Hills 92. If it 10.00 am IST, then what would
b. Niccobar Island be the local time at Shillong on 920 latitude?
c. Spiti Valley
d. Lakshadweep Island a. 9.38 am
b. 10.38 am
86. Tree cover is maximum in c. 10.22 am
d. 9.22 am
a. East Deccan
b. Northern Plains 93. Which one among the following states
c. West Coast is smallest in area?
d. East Coast
a. Andhra Pradesh
87. A Person overflying India saw the natural b. Gujrat
vegetation below in the sequential order of c. Karnatak
Tropical Evergreen Forest, Savana, Dry d. Tamil Nadu
Deciduous and deciduous. His flight was from
94. Modern industrial development of
a. Kolkata to Delhi India is largely due to
b. Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar
c. Trivandrum to Delhi a. Rationalization of raw materials
d. Delhi to Madurai b. Availability of skilled manpower
88. Which one of the following is the c. Liberalization of government policies
main reason for the loss of the top soil in d. Increase in market demand
India?
95. Which state dominated in coffee
a. Wind erosion production?
b. Excessive leaching
c. Water erosion a. Andhra Pradesh
d. None of these b. Kerala
c. Karnatka
89. Which of the following is not a
navigable river in India? d. Tamilnadu

a. Bramaputra 96. What is the principal language of

b. Godavari Nagaland
c. Narmada
d. Chenab a. Naga
b. KhasI
90. According to 2011 census, which state c. English
has the highest sex ratio?
d. Mezo
a. Kerala
b. Haryana 97. Which one among the following
c. Andhra Pradesh creeks is not associated state of Gujrat?
d. Punjab
a. Kori -ckeek
91. Density of population is defined as the b. Godai-creek
number of persons per square c. Kajhar-creek
a. Millimetre d. Sir Creek
b. Centimeter
98. The Average annual Temptrature of a
c. Decimeter
d. Kilometer meteorological station is 260 C, its average annual
rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range
temperature is 900 C the station in question is

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a. Allahbad c. Jodhpur
b. Cheenai d. Jaisailmair
c. Cheerapunji
d. Kolkata 100. Which one among the following books was
authored by a lady of the Mughal Royal House
99. Which of the following places gets the
list rainfall a. Akabrnama
b. Babarnama
a. Bikaner c. Humayunama
b. Leh d. Badshanam

28. C 63. B
29. A 64. B
30. A 65. C
31. D 66. C
32. A 67. A
33. A 68. B
Answer key 34. C 69. C
35. A 70. D
1. A
36. C 71. B
2. C
37. C 72. D
3. B
38. A 73. C
4. B
39. B 74. A
5. B
40. A 75. D
6. D
41. B 76. B
7. A
42. B 77. C
8. A
43. C 78. B
9. B
44. C 79. D
10. A
45. A 80. D
11. A
46. C 81. B
12. C
47. B 82. A
13. C
48. D 83. B
14. C
49. A 84. C
15. A
50. A 85. B
16. B
51. C 86. C
17. A
52. A 87. C
18. C
53. B 88. C
19. B
54. C 89. D
20. C
55. C 90. A
21. D
56. C 91. D
22. B
57. B 92. B
23. C
58. B 93. D
24. D
59. C 94. C
25. B
60. B 95. C
26. A
61. A 96. C
27. D
62. C 97. B
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98. B 99. B 100. C

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