General knowledge MCQ Solved Paper for UPSC CSE

1. Who among the following is the Chief Election Commissioner of India at present?
A. Shri Navin Chawla
B. Shri S.V. Quraishi
C. Shri Ajit Seth
D. None of these
Answer : D

2. Which of the following schemes/programmes is launched to develop rural infrastrucrure in India?
A. MG National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
B. Bharat Nirman
C. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
D. Total Sanitation Campaign
Answer : B

3. Which city in India is set to become the first Indian City to offer Google Street View?
A. Varanasi
B. Ahmedabad
C. Hyderabad
D. Thiruvananthapuram
Answer : C

4. Which scheme is launched by the Govt. of India to make Indian Metros/Cities Slum free ?
A. Indira Awas Yojana
B. Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana
C. Kutir Jyoti
D. ASHA
Answer : B

5. Who was the first child born after operative procedure?
A. Pasteur
B. Huxley
C. William
D. Caesar
Answer : D

6. In India we do not see a currency note of
A. Rs. 10,000
B. Rs. 1,000
C. Rs. 500
D. Rs. 50
Answer : A

7. When the expenditure of the government exceeds the revenue, the difference of balance between the two is called
A. Balance of payment
B. Deflation
C. Devaluation
D. Budget deficit
Answer : D

8. Which of the following countries is not a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ?
A. Angola
B. Libya
C. Bangladesh
D. Venezuela
Answer : C

9. That the Rig-Vedic ary aha were a pastoral people Is borne out by the fact that
A. There are many references to the cow in the Rig Veda
B. Most of the wars were fought for the sake of cows
C. Gifts made to priests were usually cows and not land
D. All of the above
Answer : D

10. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Mahadeo hills are in the west of Maikala hills.
B. Mahadeo hills are the part of Karnataka Plateau.
C. Mahadeo hills are in the east of Chhotanagpur Plateau
D. Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli ranges.
Answer : A

11. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is the present President of
A. Italy
B. Germany
C. France
D. Russia
Answer : C

12. The 3rd Summit of BRICS was organised in 2011 in
A. China
B. India
C. South Africa
D. Brazil
Answer : A

13. Number of players in a volley ball team ?
A. Five
B. Seven
C. Six
D. Four
Answer : C

14. Which of the following is the Unit of work?
A. Ohm
B. Ampere
C. Coulomb
D. Joule
Answer : D

15. How many neck canal cells are found in the archegonium of a fern?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Answer : A

16. India shares the longest boundary line with which of the following countries?
A. Bangladesh
B. Pakistan
C. Afganistan
D. China
Answer : A

17. Which vein brings clean blood from the lungs into the heart?
A. Pulmonary Vein
B. Renal Vein
C. Hepatic Vein
D. Vena Cava
Answer : A

18. Cactus is referred to as
A. Mesophyte
B. Hydrophyte
C. Epiphyte
D. Xerophyte
Answer : D

19. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was on 5 June 2015 sworn in as the first woman president of which country?
A. Sudan
B. Maldives
C. Mauritius
D. Greece
Answer : C

20. Which is not an electronic company ?
A. Samsung
B. Ambuja
C. LG
D. Voltas
Answer : B

21. Meena Hemchandra was recently appointed as the executive director of?
A. SEBI
B. NABARD
C. SENSEX
D. RBI
Answer : D

22. Which of the following combinations of the States and their Chief Ministers (at present) is not correct?
A. Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav
B. Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot
C. Himachal Pradesh Shanta Kumar
D. West Bengal Mamata Banerjee
Answer : C

23. Which of the following days is observed as World Population Day every year?
A. 11th March
B. 11th July
C. 11th August
D. 10th January
Answer : B

24. The forest in Sunderban is called
A. Scrub Jungle
B. Tandra
C. Mangrove
D. Deciduous Foresrs
Answer : C

26. Jayalalithaa recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state?
A. Kerala
B. Karnataka
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer : D

27. Which of the following is not an agricultural product ?
A. Tea
B. Jowar
C. Urad
D. Calcium
Answer : D

28. With which of the following countries is the famous 'October Revolution' is associated?
A. China
B. Cuba
C. France
D. Russia
Answer : D

29. National Consumer day observed every year on _____?
A. 24th January
B. 10th November
C. 24th December
D. 21st December
Answer : C

30. Name the campaign launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejunivetion Uma Bharti on 5 June 2015, aimed at turning one water stressed village in each district of the country into a water surplus village?
A. Jal Kranti Abhiyan
B. Jal Jyothi Karyakram
C. Jal Samridhi Yojana
D. None of these
Answer : A

31. Mauritius recently designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as its first woman president. Mauritius is a country in which continent?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Europe
Answer : C

32. Who was recently appointed as Managing Director (MD) of Indias home appliances maker Whirlpool?
A. Sunil Sood
B. Vijay Mayaram
C. Anirudh Khelkar
D. Sunil DSouza
Answer : D

33. Who was the first Prime Minister of India ?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Smt. Indira Gandhi
D. Smt. Sarojini Naidu
Answer : B

34. Which of the following is not the capital of a state ?
A. Lucknow
B. Chandigarh
C. Shimla
D. Samastipur
Answer : D

35. Which of the following is true about the Railway Budget 2012-13 finally passed by the Parliament?
A. No hike in passenger fares up to 3rd AC
B. 30 new trains introduced on Delhi/Mumbai route
C. Three new Shatabdi trains introduced last year withdrawn
D. A new zone created as Central Railway divided in two zones South Central and Central Main
Answer : A

36. R Seshasayee was on 5 June 2015 appointed as the non-executive chairman of?
A. TCS
B. Infosys
C. ICICI Bank
D. Wipro
Answer : B

37. Who among the following is not a member of the Parliament at present ?
A. Smt. Sushma Swaraj
B. Shri Rahul Gandhi
C. Shri Sachin Piolet
D. Shri Anna Hazare
Answer : D

38. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A. Hevea Tree Brazil
B. Sumatra Storm Malaysia
C. Kajan River Borneo
D. Dekke Toba fish Brazil
Answer : D

39. Who was the first child born after operative procedure?
A. Caesar
B. Huxley
C. William
D. Pasteur
Answer : A

40. Bangladesh has recently granted which Indian Insurance company to run its business in that country?
A. National Insurance
B. LIC
C. Oreintal Insurance
D. SBI Life Insurance
Answer : B

41. Which of the following is the capital of Manipur ?
A. Shillong
B. Guwahati
C. Tejpur
D. Imphal
Answer : D

42. Which of the following terms is used in the field of Economics ?
A. Atomic Number
B. Lenzs Law
C. Conservation of Energy
D. Devaluation
Answer : D

43. Trevor Bayliss was recently appointed as the new head coach of which country's cricket team?
A. Australia
B. England
C. South Africa
D. Sri Lanka
Answer : B

44. Indian and which country on 6 June 2015 signed a historic land boundary agreement settling a 41 year old boundary dispute?
A. Bhutan
B. Nepal
C. Bangladesh
D. China
Answer : C

45. Which of the following is the host city of Olympic 2012 ?
A. Dhaka
B. Moscow
C. Paris
D. London
Answer : D

46. Which is the capital of Nepal ?
A. Birat Nagar
B. Kathmandu
C. Pokhara
D. Gorakhpur
Answer : B

47. Which country was the host country for the World Environment Day (WED) 2015?
A. Brazil
B. Italy
C. China
D. Australia
Answer : B

48. The Kheda Sathyagraha of Gandhiji was in?
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920
Answer : B

49. Dasaradhi Rangacharya who passed way recently was a legendary writer in which language?
A. Kannada
B. Telugu
C. Marathi
D. Bengali
Answer : B

50. The study of muscles?
A. Osteology
B. Cardiology
C. Myology
D. Trichology
Answer : C