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Question Bank MPSC Group C Services Preliminary Exam - English
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General Knowledge

Question 1Single Answer
Yojna a weekly journal
  1. A
    Ministry of Finance        
  2. B
    Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
  3. C
    Ministry of Rural Development
  4. D
    Planning Commission
Question 2Single Answer
Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
  1. A
    Ministry of Finance 
  2. B
    Ministry of Information and Broadcastin
  3. C
    Ministry of Rural Development
  4. D
    Planning Commission
Question 3Single Answer
Devaluation of a currency means
  1. A
    Fixing the value of the currency in conjuction with the movement in the value of a basket of predetermined currencies
  2. B
    Reduction in the value of a currency vis-à-vis major internationally traded currencies
  3. C
    Fixing the value of currency in multilateral consultaion with the IMF the World Bank and major trading partners
  4. D
    Permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market
Question 4Single Answer
In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
            1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
            2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
            3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
  1. A
    1 and 3
  2. B
    2 and 3
  3. C
    1 and 2
  4. D
    1,2 and 3
Question 5Single Answer
Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
  1. A
    Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
  2. B
    Indira Mahila Yojna
  3. C
    Jawahar Rozgar Yojna
  4. D
    Mahila Samridhi Yojna
Question 6Single Answer
What is Net National Product
  1. A
    the money value of final goods and services produced annually in the economy
  2. B
    the money value of annual service generation in the economy
  3. C
    the money value of tangible goods produced annually in the economy
  4. D
    The money value of tangible goods available in the economy
Question 7Single Answer
National income is the 
  1. A
    net national product at market price
  2. B
    net national product at factor cost
  3. C
    net domestic product at market price
  4. D
    net domestic product at factor cost
Question 8Single Answer
Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
  1. A
    financial system            
  2. B
    tax system
  3. C
    patents and copyrights  
  4. D
    Public sector undertakings
Question 9Single Answer
During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
  1. A
    2nd plan
  2. B
    3rd plan
  3. C
    5th plan
  4. D
    6th plan
Question 10Single Answer
Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
  1. A
    sales tax           
  2. B
    custom tax
  3. C
    excise tax         
  4. D
    income tax
Question 11Single Answer
Which of the following estimates the National Income in India
  1. A
    National Income Committee
  2. B
    Planning Commission
  3. C
    Reserve Bank Of India
  4. D
    Central Statistical Organisation
Question 12Single Answer
India changed over to the decimal system, coinage in
  1. A
    April 1951         
  2. B
    April 1955
  3. C
    April 1957         
  4. D
    April 1978
Question 13Single Answer
11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele density in India from the present 1.9% by the year
  1. A
    2008     
  2. B
    2009
  3. C
    2010     
  4. D
    2012
Question 14Single Answer
Which one of the following statements Monitorable Socio Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan under the head Environment is not correct
  1. A
    treat urban waste water by 2011-12
  2. B
    Increase energy efficiency by 20% points by 2016-17
  3. C
    attain WHO standards of air quality in all major cities by 2011-12
  4. D
    increase forest and tree cover by 15% points
Question 15Single Answer
Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning commission and National Development Council
  1. A
    President
  2. B
    Prime Minister
  3. C
    Finance Minister
  4. D
    Commerce Minister
Question 16Single Answer
Persons below the poverty line in Indian are classified as such based on wheather
  1. A
    they belong to agriculture labourer household and the scheduled caste/trive social group
  2. B
    they get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year
  3. C
    they are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket
  4. D
    their daily waged fall below the prescribed minimum wages
Question 17Single Answer
Which of the following Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating proverty line in India
  1. A
    Dutt committee
  2. B
    Lakdawala committee
  3. C
    Cheliah Committee
  4. D
    Chakravorty Committee
Question 18Single Answer
In which year India adopeted liberal and free market principles
  1. A
    1975                 
  2. B
    1981
  3. C
    1991                 
  4. D
    2000
Question 19Single Answer
Consider the following statements
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
            Which of the above statements are correct
  1. A
    1,2 and 3          
  2. B
    1,2 and 4
  3. C
    1,3 and 4          
  4. D
    2,3 and 4
Question 20Single Answer
When was first human development report of India issued
  1. A
    April 2001         
  2. B
    March 2000
  3. C
    June 2002
  4. D
    April 2002
Question 21Single Answer
Normal Cycle of Erosion is associated with
  1. A
    Glacial Erosion    
  2. B
    Fluvial Erosion
  3. C
    Marine Erosion          
  4. D
    Wind Erosion
Question 22Single Answer
The drainage pattern which is not controlled by the parent structure o which it flows is termed as
  1. A
    Consequent 
  2. B
    Subsequent
  3. C
    Insequent      
  4. D
    Resequent
Question 23Single Answer
The term “Swash” refers to
  1. A
    Backward  movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  2. B
    Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  3. C
    Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
  4. D
    Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave.
Question 24Single Answer
The unconsolidated rock material deposited by surface wash at the base of a cliff is called
  1. A
    Alluvium
  2. B
    Colluvium
  3. C
    Moraines
  4. D
    Silt
Question 25Single Answer
Which one of the followings represents a source of atmospheric energy?
  1. A
    Infrared radiation emitted downward from clouds
  2. B
    Visible radiation scattered upward into the space
  3. C
    Latent heat released
  4. D
    Albedo of the earth and the atmosphere
Question 26Single Answer
Which one of the following proceses is important for the formation of lightning in a developing cloud?
  1. A
    Absorption of solar cosmic rays
  2. B
    Small lapse rate
  3. C
    Strong vertical air currents
  4. D
    Heavy rainfall
Question 27Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A) : Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subjected to equal amount of inslation.
Reason (R) :The land is opaque while water is transparent to solar radiation.
  1. A
    Codes :
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false , but (R) is true.
Question 28Single Answer
Which one of the ‘C’ types of climate receives the bulk of its precipitation during the cold season?
  1. A
    Cfa           
  2. B
    Cs
  3. C
    cwa               
  4. D
    Cfc
Question 29Single Answer
Which one of the following statements is not true about the Coriolis Force?
  1. A
    It is the effect of earth’s rotation.
  2. B
    It is maximum over polar region.
  3. C
    It is directly related to frictional force.
  4. D
    It is proportional to wind speed.ove
Question 30Single Answer
Identify the correct statement pertaining to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the floor of Atlantic Ocean among the following:
  1. A
    Almost 3 Km above
  2. B
    Almost 4 Km above
  3. C
    Almost 5 Km above
  4. D
    Almost 6 Km above
Question 31Single Answer
The coral reefs that are generally found attached to the shore with an intervening shallow channel or a lagoon is called
  1. A
    Barrier reef        
  2. B
    Patch reef
  3. C
    Ribbon reef                
  4. D
    Fringing reef
Question 32Single Answer
If Kyoto protocol is for carbon-di-oxide then Montreal protocol is for
  1. A
    Methane
  2. B
    Chlorofluorocarbons
  3. C
    carbon-di-oxide
  4. D
    Ozone
Question 33Single Answer
Identify the correct statement regarding variation in density of ocean water and air at the same temperature.
  1. A
    Ocean water is 800 times more denser than air.
  2. B
    Ocean water is 600 times more denser than air.
  3. C
    Ocean water is 400 times more denser than air.
  4. D
    Ocean water is 200 times more denser than air.
Question 34Single Answer
Which one of the following bays has the highest tides in the world?
  1. A
    Bay of Bengal
  2. B
    Hudson Bay
  3. C
    Bay of Fundy
  4. D
    Bat of Khambat
Question 35Single Answer
Who among the following pleaded that “history be treated geographically and geography he treated historically”?
  1. A
    Holmes
  2. B
    Herodotus
  3. C
    Hecateous
  4. D
    Thales of Militus
Question 36Single Answer
Which one of the following is the philosophical basis of quantitativerevolution
  1. A
    Positivism
  2. B
    Existentialism
  3. C
    Idealism
  4. D
    Probabalism
Question 37Single Answer
The statement that “Egypt is the of the river nile” is attributed to
  1. A
    Aristotle
  2. B
    Strabo
  3. C
    Herodotus
  4. D
    Seneca
Question 38Single Answer
Who among the following scholars made corrections to Ptolemy’s Book?
  1. A
    Al-Masudi
  2. B
    Al-Idrisi
  3. C
    Al-Baruni
  4. D
    Ibn-Khaldun
Question 39Single Answer
Who among the following developed the concept of ‘Mental Map’?
  1. A
    Downs and Stea
  2. B
    Saarinen
  3. C
    Gould and white
  4. D
    Boulding  andHaggerstrand
Question 40Single Answer
Which List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I (Concepts)
I.Continuum of Urban Sizes
II.Losch Model
III.Urban Hierarchy
IV.Primate City
List-II(Definitions)
A.Groups of towns of decreasing but approximately equal size and importance.
B.Relationship between the largest city and second largest city
C.Various hexagonal systems operate at different levels and are superimposed on each other
D.Gradual and continuous decrease of urban population size with escending rank
  1. A
    Codes :
    I               II             III            IV
    D             C             A             B
  2. B
    B             A             C             D
  3. C
    C             B             D             A
  4. D
    A             D             B             C
Question 41Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                              List-II                                     
(a) Grid system of excavation                                (i) Pitt Rivers
(b) Principle of stratigraphy                                   (ii) R.E.M. Wheeler
(c) Radiocarbon method of dating                        (iii) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Three dimensional method of recording          (iv) F.W. Libby 
  1. A
    Codes. (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
  2. B
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
  3. C
    (iii)       (i)         (ii)        (iv)
  4. D
    (ii)        (iv)       (iii)       (i)
Question 42Single Answer
In which area the Neolithic man lived in underground pits ?
  1. A
    Karnataka
  2. B
    Assam
  3. C
    Kashmir
  4. D
    Madhya Pradesh
Question 43Single Answer
Match List-I(items found in harappan sites) with List-II (possible sources) and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                   List-II                                     
(a)Copper                                         (i) Deccan
(b)Shell                                             (ii) Rajasthan
(c)Lapis Lazuli                                (iii) Kutch
(d)Gold                                              (iv) Afghanistan 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (iii)       (iv)       (i)         (ii)
  2. B
    (i)         (iii)       (ii)        (iv)
  3. C
    (ii)        (iii)       (i)         (iv)
  4. D
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
Question 44Single Answer
Which among the following weapons of war have not been found in the remains of the Harappan culture?
(i) Bows and Arrows
(ii) Swords
(iii) Shields
(iv) Helmets 
Select the correct answer with the help of the code given below:
  1. A
    (i) only
  2. B
    (i) and (ii)
  3. C
    (ii) and (iii)
  4. D
    (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Question 45Single Answer
Who among the following priests had the duty to supervise the performance of a sacrifice ?
  1. A
    Hota
  2. B
    Brahma
  3. C
    Udgata
  4. D
    Adhvaryu
Question 46Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                               List-II                                     
(a) Srautasutra                                             (i) Measuring of fire-altars
(b) Grihyasutra                                             (ii) Rules relating to sacrifices
(c) Dharmasutra                                           (iii) Domestic Rights
(d) Sulvasutra                                               (iv) Dharma or Law 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
  2. B
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
  3. C
    (iii)       (iv)       (ii)        (i)
  4. D
    (iv)       (i)         (ii)        (iii) 
Question 47Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                           List-II                                     
(a)Surya Siddhanta                                                  (i) Romans
(b)Pudgala                                                               (ii) Greeks
(c)Horashastra                                                        (iii) Aryabhatta
(d)Arretine Ware                                                     (iv) Jainism 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (iii)       (iv)       (ii)        (i)
  2. B
    (iii)       (ii)        (i)         (iv)
  3. C
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
  4. D
    (i)         (ii)        (iv)       (iii)
Question 48Single Answer
Match List-I (Officials) with List-II (Departments) and choose the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                               List-II 
(Officials)                                                      (Department)
(a) Lakshana-dhyaksha                 (i) Superintendent of Mints
(b) Sitadhyaksha                             (ii) Superintendent of Commerce
(c) Pautava-dhyaksha                    (iii) Superintendent of Agriculture
(d) Panya-dhyaksha                       (iv) Superintendent of Weights and Measures 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (iv)       (i)         (ii)        (iii)
  2. B
    (i)         (iii)       (iv)       (ii)
  3. C
    (iii)       (ii)        (i)         (iv)
  4. D
    (i)         (iii)       (ii)        (iv) 
Question 49Single Answer
Who among the following rulers is the last ruler of the Satavahana dynasty?
  1. A
    Siri Yajna
  2. B
    Siri Satakarni
  3. C
    Pulumavi IV
  4. D
    Siva Siri Pulumavi
Question 50Single Answer
The earliest available Indian coins were made of
  1. A
    Gold
  2. B
    Silver
  3. C
    Copper
  4. D
    Copper and Silver
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