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38th BPSC Pre Exam 12.04.1992 MCQs in English
Indian History – Medieval India
1. Who constructed the Jantar Mantar?
(a) Akbar
(b) Shah Jahan
(c) Shivaji
(d) Maharaja Jai Singh
Answer: (d)
Indian History – Modern India
2. Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his political guru?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: (d)
3. When did the Simon Commission first come to India?
(a) 1926
(b) 1928
(c) 1939
(d) 1942
Answer: (b)
4. In which year did the Congress Party pass the resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence)?
(a) 1930
(b) 1929
(c) 1917
(d) 1911
Answer: (b)
5. The year 1919 is related to which important event in Indian history?
(a) Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
(b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
(c) Partition of Bengal
(d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: (b)
6. Who was the composer of the song ‘Vande Mataram’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jaishankar Prasad
Answer: (a)
7. Who led the movement for a separate state of Pakistan?
(a) Aga Khan
(b) Nawab Salimullah
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: (d)
8. When was the Indian National Congress founded?
(a) 1852
(b) 1884
(c) 1870
(d) 1885
Answer: (d)
9. Which famous Indian leader was known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: (a)
10. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain during World War II?
(a) Clement Attlee
(b) Anthony Eden
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) Harold Wilson
Answer: (c)
11. Tipu Sultan established his capital at –
(a) Srirangapatnam
(b) Mysore
(c) Bangalore
(d) Coimbatore
Answer: (a)
12. Who is the author of India Wins Freedom?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Nayantara Sahgal
Answer: (b)
13. Who is the author of the book The Life Divine?
(a) S. Radhakrishnan
(b) Mulk Raj Anand
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: (c)
14. When was Queen Victoria proclaimed the Empress of India?
(a) 1858
(b) 1876
(c) 1877
(d) 1885
Answer: (c)
Art and Culture
15. The Gandhara style of art flourished during which period?
(a) Kushan period
(b) Gupta period
(c) Akbar’s period
(d) Mauryan period
Answer: (a)
16. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
(a) Bhimsen Joshi – Classical Vocal Music
(b) Allah Rakha – Tabla
(c) Debu Chaudhuri – Sitar
(d) M. S. Subbulakshmi – Flute
Answer: (d)
17. Match the Indian states with their popular folk dances:
- Andhra Pradesh – a. Bihu
- Assam – b. Burra
- Himachal Pradesh – c. Ghoomar
- Rajasthan – d. Nati
Which of the following matchings is correct?
(a) 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d
(b) 2b, 2a, 3c, 4d
(c) 1b, 2a, 3d, 4c
(d) 1b, 2d, 3b, 4a
Answer: (c)
Indian Polity & Constitution
18. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) The USA has a federal system of government.
(b) India has both federal and unitary systems of government.
(c) France has a federal system of government.
(d) The Prime Minister of Pakistan is elected by the people.
Answer: (c)
19. Which statement is incorrect regarding the Vice President of India?
(a) A candidate must be at least 35 years of age.
(b) The Vice President is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
(c) The Vice President is elected by the President of India.
(d) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of India.
Answer: (c)
20. If a Money Bill is passed by the Lok Sabha, for how long can the Rajya Sabha withhold it?
(a) 6 months
(b) 4 months
(c) 1 month
(d) 14 days
Answer: (d)
21. A bill to amend the Constitution of India can be introduced in –
(a) Lok Sabha only
(b) Rajya Sabha only
(c) Either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha
(d) Supreme Court of India
Answer: (c)
22. Which of the following High Courts serves more than one state/Union Territory?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Delhi
(c) Guwahati
(d) Maharashtra
Answer: (c)
23. In case of a dispute regarding the election of the President of India, it is referred to –
(a) Secretary General of India
(b) Parliament
(c) Supreme Court of India
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
24. The Constitution of India does not empower the President to –
(a) Appoint the Prime Minister
(b) Appoint the Chief Ministers of States
(c) Be the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
(d) Declare emergency in any part of the country
Answer: (b)
25. The first Constitutional Amendment Bill of India was passed in –
(a) 1950
(b) 1951
(c) 1955
(d) 1958
Answer: (b)
26. Sikkim was made a state of India under which amendment?
(a) 30th Amendment
(b) 32nd Amendment
(c) 35th Amendment
(d) 42nd Amendment
Answer: (c)
27. What is the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court of India?
(a) 24
(b) 20
(c) 18
(d) 9
Answer: (a)
28. Who was the Chairman of the committee that recommended the Panchayati Raj system in India?
(a) Balwantrai Mehta
(b) B. R. Ambedkar
(c) Justice Krishna Iyer
(d) Jagjivan Ram
Answer: (a)
29. Which of the following is a key feature of the Panchayati Raj system?
(a) It has three tiers of government
(b) It aims to deliver social and economic justice to villages
(c) Some Members of Parliament are included in the Zila Parishad
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Physical Geography
30. Which is the point closest to the Earth’s center at sea level?
(a) North Pole
(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Equator
Answer: (d)
31. The ‘Ozone Layer’ refers to –
(a) Atmospheric condition of Antarctica
(b) A recent discovery on the planet Saturn
(c) A layer about 10–20 km below the Earth’s surface
(d) A layer of the atmosphere about 15–20 km above the Earth’s surface
Answer: (d)
32. How much time does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
(a) 8 seconds
(b) 1 minute
(c) 8 minutes
(d) 24 minutes
Answer: (c)
Geography of India
33. The distance between two rails in a ‘Broad Gauge’ track is –
(a) 6½ feet
(b) 5½ feet
(c) 5 feet
(d) 4½ feet
Answer: (b)
34. Lakshadweep Islands are located –
(a) In the southwest of India
(b) In southern India
(c) In the southeast of India
(d) Near West Bengal, India
Answer: (a)
World Geography
35. The Seine River flows through which city?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Rome
(d) Frankfurt
Answer: (b)
36. The ‘Gobi Desert’ is located in –
(a) China
(b) West Africa
(c) Southern Australia
(d) South America
Answer: (a)
37. The Suez Canal connects –
(a) The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
(b) The Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea
(c) The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
38. The largest exporter of oil is –
(a) Algeria
(b) Iran
(c) Nigeria
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: (d)
Economy
39. The main source of revenue for the Government of India is –
(a) Direct taxes
(b) Indirect taxes
(c) Deficit financing
(d) Borrowing from the Reserve Bank
Answer: (b)
40. Which of the following Five-Year Plan periods is incorrect?
(a) First: 1951 to 1956
(b) Second: 1956 to 1961
(c) Third: 1961 to 1966
(d) Fourth: 1966 to 1971
Answer: (d)
Physics
41. Scientist Albert Einstein is famous for –
(a) Explaining the atomic structure of hydrogen
(b) The photoelectric effect
(c) Making the first nuclear reactor
(d) Predicting the existence of neutrons
Answer: (b)
42. Nicholas Copernicus is known for –
(a) Inventing the telescope
(b) Explaining that planets revolve around the Sun, not the Earth
(c) Discovering calculus
(d) Studying human body surgeries
Answer: (b)
Chemistry
43. Stainless steel is an alloy of –
(a) Iron and copper
(b) Iron and zinc
(c) Iron and chromium
(d) Iron and graphite
Answer: (c)
44. Which of the following is an example of a physical change?
(a) Silver utensils turning black in air
(b) Burning of a candle
(c) Curdling of milk
(d) Dissolving sugar in water
Answer: (d)
45. No reaction takes place when steam is passed over –
(a) Aluminium
(b) Copper
(c) Carbon
(d) Iron
Answer: (b)
Biology, Environment, and Agriculture
46. What is the approximate weight of an adult Indian elephant?
(a) 500 kilograms
(b) 1000 kilograms
(c) 5000 kilograms
(d) 10000 kilograms
Answer: (c)
47. ‘Pasteurization’ is a process in which –
(a) Milk is kept at a very low temperature for 24 hours
(b) Milk is heated for 8 hours
(c) Milk is heated for some time and then rapidly cooled
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
48. ‘Amphibia’ refers to –
(a) Very fast-moving boats
(b) Animals that live only in water
(c) Animals that live only on land
(d) Animals that live both on land and in water
Answer: (d)
49. Which of the following statements is NOT true about malaria?
(a) It is caused by a parasitic insect
(b) It is spread by mosquitoes
(c) It mostly occurs in migratory regions
(d) Chloroquine is used to treat it
Answer: (c)
Science and Technology
50. Who is considered the father of India’s nuclear energy program?
(a) S. N. Bose
(b) H. J. Bhabha
(c) S. Chandrasekhar
(d) S. S. Bhatnagar
Answer: (b)
51. Credit for research and development in space science goes to –
(a) S. S. Bhatnagar
(b) Vikram Sarabhai
(c) S. Z. Qasim
(d) C. V. Raman
Answer: (b)
52. A fast breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that produces electricity –
(a) By fusion process
(b) Using solar cells
(c) By burning and regenerating used fuel materials
(d) Using hard water as a purifier
Answer: (c)
State-Specific (Bihar)
53. Bihar is located between the following longitudes –
(a) Approximately 84°E to 88°E
(b) Approximately 80°E to 84°E
(c) Approximately 80°E to 88°E
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
54. The literacy rate in Bihar is approximately –
(a) 30%
(b) 34%
(c) 38%
(d) 45%
Answer: (d)
55. Bihar ranks what in terms of population in India?
(a) Highest
(b) Second highest
(c) Third highest
(d) Fourth highest
Answer: (b)
56. Munda tribes are mainly settled in –
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Bihar
Answer: (d)
57. Iron ore is NOT found in which of the following Indian states?
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Punjab
Answer: (d)
Current Affairs (1992)
58. Why was Davos, Switzerland, in the news at the beginning of 1992?
(a) For hosting the World Economic Forum
(b) For the meeting of foreign ministers of the European Economic Community
(c) For a Winter Olympics exhibition
(d) For organizing India Week
Answer: (a)
59. Where was the first direct meeting held between Israel and the PLO?
(a) Washington
(b) Moscow
(c) Madrid
(d) Lisbon
Answer: (c)
60. The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 1991 was awarded to –
(a) Kurt Waldheim
(b) Chancellor Kohl
(c) Sam Nujoma
(d) Nelson Mandela
Answer: (d)
61. Renowned film director Satyajit Ray recently received which of the following awards?
(a) Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(b) Best Indian Film Award
(c) Special Lifetime Achievement Oscar
(d) Padma Vibhushan
Answer: (c)
62. In early 1992, J.K.F. was in the news for –
(a) The kidnapping of an Indian diplomat
(b) Planting a bomb in the Indian Embassy
(c) Protesting in Islamabad
(d) Trying to cross the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Answer: (d)
63. A recent massacre in Bihar, in which around 40 people were killed, occurred near –
(a) Gaya
(b) Patna
(c) Ranchi
(d) Bhagalpur
Answer: (a)
64. How many seats did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win in the recent Punjab Assembly elections?
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 3
Answer: (d)
65. In which Indian state has the disease ‘Kala-azar’ recently spread?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Bihar
(c) Odisha
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (b)
66. The estimated fiscal deficit for the year 1992–93 is approximately –
(a) ₹500 crore
(b) ₹1,000 crore
(c) ₹5,000 crore
(d) ₹20,000 crore
Answer: (d)
67. Why was Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar recently in the news?
(a) For winning the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
(b) For winning the Indira Priyadarshini Award
(c) For his performance at the United Nations
(d) For performing at the Republic Day celebrations
Answer: (d)
68. The year 1991 was declared by India as –
(a) Save the Environment Year
(b) Visit India Year
(c) Girl Child Year
(d) Employment for All Year
Answer: (c)
69. In the Republic Day Awards of 1992, the Bharat Ratna was awarded to –
(a) Only J. R. D. Tata
(b) Only Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Only Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Both J. R. D. Tata and Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: (d)
70. The Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) is –
(a) Prof. Yash Pal
(b) Prof. Rajni Kothari
(c) Prof. K. N. Khanna
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
71. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 1990 was given to –
(a) Raj Kapoor
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) Ashok Kumar
(d) A. Nageswara Rao
Answer: (c)
72. Which of the following journalists received the Ramon Magsaysay Award?
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Arun Shourie
(c) Dharamvir Bharati
(d) Kamleshwar
Answer: (b)
73. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1991 was awarded to –
(a) Erwin Neher
(b) Bert Sakmann
(c) Richard Ernst
(d) Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Answer: (c)
74. In the 1992–93 Railway Budget, the estimated increase in additional revenue was –
(a) ₹130 crore
(b) ₹2.90 crore
(c) ₹13,000 crore
(d) ₹20,000 crore
Answer: (a)
75. Who won the Davis Cup in 1991?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Sweden
(d) United States of America
Answer: (d)
76. Regarding the recently concluded cricket series between India and Australia, which statement is correct?
(a) Ravi Shastri scored a century in the fifth Test
(b) Ravi Shastri scored a double century in the third Test
(c) Kapil Dev scored a century in the final Test
(d) Vengsarkar scored a century in the final Test
Answer: (b)
Miscellaneous
77. Boutros-Ghali, the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, is from –
(a) Cuba
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) Nigeria
(d) Egypt
Answer: (d)
78. Which was the first republic of the former Soviet Union to declare independence?
(a) Russia
(b) Estonia
(c) Lithuania
(d) Ukraine
Answer: (c)
79. The objective of initiating the SAARC movement was –
(a) Non-interference in each other’s internal matters
(b) Military alliance
(c) Scientific and cultural exchange
(d) Regional cooperation
Answer: (d)
80. The religious order founded by Mother Teresa is called –
(a) Misters of Charity
(b) Missionaries of Charity
(c) Organization of Love
(d) Charity for All
Answer: (b)
81. What is the main feature of Panchsheel?
(a) Non-alignment
(b) Economic cooperation and development
(c) Promotion of cultural ties
(d) Friendship and peaceful coexistence among nations
Answer: (d)
82. Bachendri Pal is well known in the field of –
(a) Sports
(b) Music
(c) Dance
(d) Mountaineering
Answer: (d)
83. Who gave the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” (Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer)?
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Devi Lal
(d) Morarji Desai
Answer: (a)
84. Which famous Indian is known as ‘Gurudev’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: (a)
85. “Operation Blackboard” is a government scheme aimed at –
(a) Countering terrorism in Punjab
(b) Improving the national program of school education
(c) Enhancing girls’ education in schools
(d) Promoting adult literacy
Answer: (b)
86. The ‘Chipko Movement’ was –
(a) A movement to eradicate untouchability
(b) A movement to protect trees
(c) A campaign for increasing milk production
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
87. What is ‘Esperanto’?
(a) The highest peak in Latin America
(b) A port city in Spain
(c) A game
(d) An artificial language created to serve as a global language
Answer: (d)
88. Autobiography of an Unknown Indian was written by –
(a) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Kamala Das
(d) Balwant Gargi
Answer: (a)
89. Which language is spoken by the second-largest number of people in India after Hindi?
(a) Marathi
(b) Tamil
(c) Telugu
(d) Urdu
Answer: (c)
90. The major languages spoken in Switzerland are –
(a) Only German
(b) Only French
(c) Only German and French
(d) English, French, and Italian
Answer: (d)
91. The working languages of UNESCO are –
(a) Only French
(b) Only English
(c) Only German and French
(d) German, French, and Russian
Answer: (d)
92. Two Indian-born American citizens who received the Nobel Prize in science are –
(a) Har Gobind Khorana and C. V. Raman
(b) S. Chandrasekhar and C. V. Raman
(c) C. V. Raman and S. N. Bose
(d) Har Gobind Khorana and S. Chandrasekhar
Answer: (d)
93. The Kalinga Prize is awarded for –
(a) Best film of the year
(b) Popularizing science
(c) Promoting cultural understanding
(d) Excellence in sports
Answer: (b)
94. Scientist Ivan Pavlov is known for his work in –
(a) Physics
(b) Mathematics
(c) Chemistry
(d) Experimental psychology
Answer: (d)
95. The Thomas Cup is awarded in which sport?
(a) Tennis
(b) Football
(c) Golf
(d) Badminton
Answer: (d)
96. The first Asian Games were held in –
(a) Peking
(b) Tokyo
(c) New Delhi
(d) Colombo
Answer: (c)
97. The world’s largest stadium is located in –
(a) Brazil
(b) Czechoslovakia
(c) Germany
(d) United States of America
Answer: (a)
98. Prakash Padukone is famous in the field of –
(a) Badminton
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Tennis
Answer: (a)
99. The ‘Durand Cup’ is associated with which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Hockey
(d) Table Tennis
Answer: (b)
100. Limba Ram gained international fame in which sport?
(a) Archery
(b) Swimming
(c) Table Tennis
(d) Lawn Tennis
Answer: (a)
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