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General Knowledge
1. Constitutional Status to Panchayati Raj System was given by
- a) 24th Amendment
- b) 25th Amendment
- c) 42nd Amendment
- d) 73rd Amendment
Correct Answer: (d)
2. National and State Disaster Management Authority is constituted under
- a) Cabinet Decision
- b) Planning Commission Decision
- c) Disaster Management Act, 2005
- d) Natural Calamities Management Act, 2005
Correct Answer: (b)
3. The National Judicial Academy is located at
- a) New Delhi
- b) Hyderabad
- c) Bhopal
- d) Bangalore
Correct Answer: (c)
4. The Planning Commission of India is:
- a) Statutory Body
- b) Advisory Body
- c) Constitutional Body
- d) Autonomous Body
Correct Answer: (b)
5. In which case the Supreme Court of India laid down that evidence can be recorded by Video Conferencing?
- a) Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India
- b) M C Mehta Vs Union of India
- c) Pappu Yadav Vs State of Bihar
- d) Kartar Singh Vs State of Punjab
Correct Answer: (c)
6. The Right to Information Act was enacted in
- a) 2002
- b) 2005
- c) 2007
- d) 2010
Correct Answer: (b)
7. Right to speedy trial is
- a) Constitutional Right
- b) Fundamental Right
- c) Legal Right
- d) Directive Principle of the State Policy
Correct Answer: (b)
8. Public Holidays are declared under
- a) Constitutional of India
- b) Right to Information Act
- c) Negotiable Instrument Act
- d) Indian Contract Act
Correct Answer: (c)
9. The official language of the Union of India shall be Hindi in Devnagari script is mentioned in
- a) Article 341
- b) Article 342
- c) Article 343(1)
- d) Article 344
Correct Answer: (c)
10. Who was the first President of Constituent Assembly of India?
- a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
- b) Dr. K. N. Katju
- c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- d) C. Rajagopalachari
Correct Answer: (c)
11. Who was the author of the book 'Mudrarakshas'?
- a) Kalidas
- b) Vishakadatta
- c) Banabhatta
- d) Jayadev
Correct Answer: (b)
12. Which of the following is tallest building in the world?
- a) Effiel Tower
- b) Burj Khalifa
- c) Statue of Liberty
- d) Qutub Minar
Correct Answer: (b)
13. On which issue Srikrishna Committee recently submitted its report?
- a) Telegana issue
- b) Tax reforms
- c) Kashmir issue
- d) Naxal issue
Correct Answer: (a)
14. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force on
- a) Jan. 26, 1954
- b) Jan. 26, 1957
- c) Jan. 26, 1958
- d) Jan. 26, 1959
Correct Answer: (b)
15. The Institution of 'Ombudsman' first started in
- a) Germany in 1800
- b) Sweden in 1809
- c) England in 1874
- d) India in 1950
Correct Answer: (b)
16. How many Schedules are there in the Constitution of India?
- a) 9
- b) 10
- c) 11
- d) 12
Correct Answer: (d)
17. In which year Mayor's Courts were introduced in three Presidency Towers in India?
- a) 1726
- b) 1772
- c) 1774
- d) 1781
Correct Answer: (a)
18. The 16th SAARC Summit 2010 was held at
- a) Maldive
- b) Pakistan
- c) Bhutan
- d) Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: (c)
19. Who is said to be the originator of the doctrine of separation of powers?
- a) Dicey
- b) Montesqueue
- c) Locke
- d) Plato
Correct Answer: (b)
20. Which provision of the Constitution of India deals with National Commission for Scheduled Castes?
- a) Article 338
- b) Article 338A
- c) Article 340
- d) Article 343
Correct Answer: (a)
21. 'World Investment Report' is an annual publication of
- a) I.M.F.
- b) World Bank
- c) UNCTAD
- d) W.T.O.
Correct Answer: (c)
22. Chapter-II of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 shall not be deemed to effect any rule of
- a) Christian Law
- b) Muslim Law
- c) Parsi Law
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (d)
23. By which Amendment, Article 21-A is added in the Constitution of India?
- a) 84th Amendment, 2001
- b) 85th Amendment, 2001
- c) 86th Amendment, 2002
- d) 87th Amendment, 2003
Correct Answer: (c)
24. Which type of euthanasia is permitted by the Supreme Court in 'Aruna Shanbaug Vs Union of India'. A.I.R. 2011 S.C. 1290?
- a) Active euthanasia
- b) Passive euthanasia
- c) Voluntary euthanasia
- d) Non-Voluntary euthanasia
Correct Answer: (b)
25. Under International law the obligation of neutral country is
- a) Abstention
- b) Prevention
- c) Acquiescence
- d) All the above
Correct Answer: (d)
26. Who is the Secretary General of United Nations?
- a) Ban Ki-Moon
- b) Kofi Annan
- c) Bantros Ghali
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (a)
27. In which city of Japan radiation leakage occurred due to massive earthquake?
- a) Tokyo
- b) Fukushima
- c) Yakohama
- d) Osaka
Correct Answer: (b)
28. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India?
- a) Dr Rajendra Prasad
- b) Dr B. R. Ambedkar
- c) Dr Radha Krishnan
- d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer: (b)
29. How many States are Permanent members of United Nations' Security Council?
- a) 10
- b) 7
- c) 5
- d) 12
Correct Answer: (c)
30. Who said : "International law is the vanishing point of Jurisprudence"?
- a) Austin
- b) Holland
- c) Oppenheim
- d) Sir Henry Maine
Correct Answer: (b)
31. In which year Indian Parliament passed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?
- a) 2009
- b) 2005
- c) 2008
- d) 2006
Correct Answer: (b)
32. After how many years India won Cricket World Cup in 2011?
- a) After 20 years
- b) After 25 years
- c) After 28 years
- d) After 30 years
Correct Answer: (c)
33. In which year Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enacted by Parliament of India?
- a) 2009
- b) 2005
- c) 2008
- d) 2007
Correct Answer: (a)
34. The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy is borrowed from
- a) Germany
- b) France
- c) Ireland
- d) USA
Correct Answer: (c)
35. Which Amendment added Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India?
- a) 42nd Amendment
- b) 44th Amendment
- c) 47th Amendment
- d) 49th Amendment
Correct Answer: (a)
36. The Ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States is
- a) President of India
- b) Speaker of Lok Sabha
- c) Vice-President
- d) None of the above
Correct Answer: (c)
37. Stockholm Conference on 'Human Environment' was held in the year
- a) 1973
- b) 1972
- c) 1992
- d) 1942
Correct Answer: (b)
38. In India 'Law Day' is celebrated every year on
- a) April 5
- b) November 26
- c) May 1
- d) June 5
Correct Answer: (b)
39. Which one of the following organisations is directly related to the Child Welfare?
- a) UNESCO
- b) UNICEF
- c) WHO
- d) WTO
Correct Answer: (b)
40. The Theory of 'Social Engineering' was propounded by
- a) Austin
- b) Ivor Jennings
- c) Roscoe Pound
- d) Dicey
Correct Answer: (c)
41. A Secular State
- a) promotes Religions
- b) demotes Religions
- c) integrates Religions
- d) remains neutral to Religions
Correct Answer: (d)
42. What is the minimum reservations prescribed by the Constitution for Women in Panchayats?
- a) 50 percent
- b) 30 percent
- c) one-third
- d) one-fourth
Correct Answer: (c)
43. Which country is not a permanent member of United Nations' Security Council?
- a) USA
- b) Russia
- c) Germany
- d) France
Correct Answer: (c)
44. In which year 'Copenhagen Summit Conference' on climate change was held?
- a) 2008
- b) 2010
- c) 2009
- d) 2011
Correct Answer: (c)
45. Which Article of the Charter of the United Nations permitted Right to Self defence?
- a) Article 2
- b) Article 51
- c) Article 13
- d) Article 47
Correct Answer: (b)
46. Which of the following is not a basic feature of the Indian Constitution?
- a) Preamble
- b) Fundamental Rights
- c) Fundamental Duties
- d) Judicial Review
Correct Answer: (c)
47. Which of the following States in India is having a Legislative Council?
- a) Punjab
- b) Madhya Pradesh
- c) Gujarat
- d) Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer: (d)
48. Who has been appointed as Chairperson of National Women Commission recently?
- a) Krishna Teerath
- b) Chandresh Kumari
- c) Mamta Sharma
- d) Ambika Soni
Correct Answer: (c)
49. Which Fundamental Right was declared by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar as 'heart and soul' of the Constitution?
- a) Right to Freedom
- b) Right to Constitutional Rremedies under Article 32
- c) Right to Life
- d) Right to Equality
Correct Answer: (b)
50. In which year biggest Arms Reduction Pact between US and Russia was signed?
- a) 2007
- b) 2008
- c) 2009
- d) 2010
Correct Answer: (d)