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Solved General Awareness Question Paper of UPSSC Assistant/Stenographer Exam 2015
1. During Mughal Period, in-charge of police force was called
- 1) Subedar
- 2) Kotwal
- 3) Daroga
- 4) Fauzdar
2. Who among the following was the first Home Minister of India?
- 1) Morarji Desai
- 2) Govind Ballabh Pant
- 3) Sardar Patel
- 4) Babu Jagjivan Ram
3. In Ramayana, Mandavi was the wife of
- 1) Sugreev
- 2) Laxman
- 3) Bharat
- 4) Meghnath
4. Which is the oldest Veda?
- 1) Yajurveda
- 2) Samaveda
- 3) Rigveda
- 4) Atharvaveda
5. Tarla Dalal is a famous
- 1) media manager
- 2) classical dancer
- 3) cookery specialist
- 4) child psychologist
6. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on March 1, 2015 at Zorawar Stadium, Jammu. He is the
- 1) 13th Chief Minister of the State
- 2) 10th Chief Minister of the State
- 3) 11th Chief Minister of the State
- 4) 12th Chief Minister of the State
7. The Constitution of India was written in
- 1) more than three years
- 2) two years
- 3) more than two years but less than three years
- 4) three years
8. How many Fundamental Duties are given in the Indian Constitution?
- 1) Eleven
- 2) Eight
- 3) Nine
- 4) Ten
9. 'Shipki La Pass' is located in which of the following Himalayan valleys?
- 1) Kullu valley
- 2) Sutlej valley
- 3) Nabha valley
- 4) Chandra valley
10. When was Tripura made a full-fledged State of India?
- 1) 1975
- 2) 1947
- 3) 1956
- 4) 1972
11. Mahatma Gandhi became the President of Indian National Congress in the year
- 1) 1925
- 2) 1922
- 3) 1923
- 4) 1924
12. The 'creamy layer' is associated with
- 1) poultry farming
- 2) dairy products
- 3) biosphere
- 4) socio-economic status
13. The prose versions of Vedas are called
- 1) Aranyakas
- 2) Upanishads
- 3) Samhitas
- 4) Brahmanas
14. Which of the following national events of Indian football was started in the year 1945?
- 1) Scissors Cup
- 2) Santosh Trophy
- 3) Durand Cup
- 4) DCM Cup
15. Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium is situated at
- 1) Allahabad
- 2) Kanpur
- 3) New Delhi
- 4) Hyderabad
16. The unit used to measure the supersonic speed is
- 1) Richter
- 2) Hertz
- 3) Mach
- 4) Knot
17. Blood looks red because of
- 1) red corpuscles
- 2) haemoglobin
- 3) plasma
- 4) certain secretions
18. The water that does not produce good lather with soap is called
- 1) soft water
- 2) polluted water
- 3) hard water
- 4) heavy water
19. Which among the following bites fastest in the world?
- 1) Australian Squirrel
- 2) Indian Cobra
- 3) African Scorpion
- 4) Panamanian Termite
20. 'Golden Pen of Freedom' award is associated with
- 1) sports editorials
- 2) literary writing
- 3) journalism
- 4) art of cinema