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249 MCQs · GS-I + GS-II
Which of the following countries is not located in the continent of Africa?
The longest surface mountain range in the world is:
Which of the following hills are present where Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet?
Which of the following oceanic currents does not flow in the North Atlantic Ocean?
The second largest island of the world is:
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Which one of the following rivers is the second longest river of the world?
Which of the following is not an example of metamorphic rock?
Which plateau lies between the Aravali and the Vindhya ranges?
Which country is called the “Bowl of Sugar” in the world?
Out of the following rivers, which is not a tributary of the river Sutlej?
Who made the statement – “Vegetation is the true index of climate.”?
Which of the following layers is not included in the Homosphere?
Kodarma is famous for which mineral?
The “Pittsburgh of India” is –
In which river is the Mata Tila Dam situated?
The HVJ natural gas pipeline does not have which of the following gas pumping stations?
Which of the following states had the highest sex-ratio in 2011?
Which of the following islands is NOT a part of the Laccadive Islands?
Koppen used which of the following symbols for the climate of the Great Plains of India?
How many districts of Uttarakhand share international boundaries?
Which districts of Uttarakhand state recorded negative population growth during 2001-2011 as per Census of India, 2011?
'Govind National Park' includes :
Which one of the following places is NOT associated with SIDCUL?
'Khair' (Catechu) is a tree of which type of forest?
If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within _____ month(s).
Which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains provisions regarding the Anti-defection Act?
How many members are elected from the Lok Sabha for the Public Accounts Committee?
The Congress declared complete Independence for India as its goal at which session?
When was the Hindi version of the National Anthem 'Jana-Gana-Mana' adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India?
Among the following, who was the first President of the Human Rights Commission of India?
Who among the following was the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir?
To whom is the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) a military advisor on Tri-services matters?
In which year was the International Labour Organisation (ILO) established?
Right to Property belongs to which category amongst the following?
Who among the following chairs the Zonal Council?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists : List-I (Name of States) A. Jharkhand B. Uttarakhand C. Chhattisgarh D. Punjab List-II (Seats in Rajya Sabha) 1. 07 2. 05 3. 03 4. 06
In which year was the SAARC Summit, for the first time, held in India?
Which of the following Constitutional Amendments is related to the formation of the National Commission for Backward Classes in India?
What is the tenure of a member of the State Legislative Council?
Who was the Prime Minister of India when the basic principle of India’s Nuclear Doctrine of ‘No First Use’ was adopted?
On which of the following dates is the ‘Civil Services Day’ celebrated in India?
In which year was the Central Information Commission established?
In which year was ‘The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act’ enacted?
In which year was the number of women members of Parliament the lowest in the Lok Sabha?
Who among the following has the right to participate in the parliamentary proceedings?
The Uttaranchal (Change of Name) Act, came into existence in which of the following years?
The State of Uttarakhand came into existence on which of the following dates?
Who among the following was the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who declared in the Legislative Assembly that Gairsain would be the summer capital of Uttarakhand?
Which one of the following commissioners of colonial Kumaon and Garhwal introduced the ‘Revenue Police’ system?
How many Lok Sabha members are elected from Uttarakhand?
'Tobin Tax' is levied on:
Who regulates the market of Agricultural Products in India?
Which of the following statement is not correct about ‘National Development Council’?
Which of the following was not a part of 11th Five Year Plan inclusive growth strategy?
Which one is correct about IMF?
The rise in value of one currency relative to another is –
Which of the following statement is correct?
Which of the following changes have taken place in Indian Economy after Economic Reforms in 1991?
Sweat Equity shares are issued to which of the following?
“National Food Security Mission” was launched to increase the production of which commodity/commodities?
What kind of Tax System is found in India?
Which of the following plan is called “Rolling Plan”?
Which of the following statement is correct?
Which of the following is not an example of foreign direct investment?
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is sometimes criticised for all of the following reasons except that:
If Primary deficit is zero, then the amount of borrowing will be:
Gender Inequality Index (GII) was introduced in which Human Development Report (HDR) of UNDP?
What is the Human Development Index (HDI) rank of India in the Human Development Report 2020 of UNDP?
In which of the following year, the latest classification of MSME was done?
Which of the following are called gilt edged securities?
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is related to:
Which of the following taxes are abolished by the Goods and Services Tax?
Which one of the following organisations is not located in Uttarakhand?
In which year VAT was introduced in Uttarakhand?
In how many hill districts of Uttarakhand, Tea Development Programme was carried out during the year 2020-2021?
Which among the following banks have the lowest number of branches in Uttarakhand in the year 2020-2021?
Who is known as father of Genetics?
What are ‘Ramsar Sites’?
In the year 2021, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to:
In the year 2021 where was the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference COP-26 held?
The logo of International Organisation – WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is:
At present, the highest civilian award of the ‘Republic of India’ is –
Remote Sensing uses which of the following in its applications?
Jhoom is:
The substance which has a large number of free electrons and offer a low resistance is called:
Light travels at a maximum speed in:
Which among the following animal is called as – “Ploughers of the soil”?
Scurvy disease is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
The sperms used for artificial insemination of cattle are stored in:
To which of the following chemical groups – Cellulose belongs?
Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering experiments are ________.
A transition zone between two biological communities is referred to as:
If any one input is HIGH (or 1), and output is also HIGH (or 1), such Gate is:
The output C of given logic circuit is:
IP addresses are used on which layer of OSI reference model?
Which of the following is primary memory in Computer System?
Which of the following is function of Control Unit in CPU?
Who initiated the ‘Maiti Movement’ in Uttarakhand?
At which place in Uttarakhand did the Indian Meteorological Department install a Doppler Weather Radar?
In which year the Forest Research Institute was established in India?
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary has been established for the conservation of which animal?
Which of the following is a state tree of Uttarakhand?
Who among the following was awarded Nobel Peace Prize – 2021?
Who is the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Annapurna?
In which year India’s highest Civilian Honour ‘Bharat Ratna’ was awarded to Late Lata Mangeshkar?
‘Mitali Express’, a new passenger train, which was inaugurated recently, connects Dhaka with which Indian city?
“The World Beneath His Feet” is the biography of whom of the following?
Which Indian documentary was nominated for the Oscars – 2022?
Which Indian state has launched the Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0 in January 2022?
Name the unique strategy adopted by North-East Frontier Railway to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks.
Who won World Rapid Chess 2021?
When is the ‘World Ozone Day’ celebrated?
Which of the following newspapers won ‘Pulitzer Prize 2021’ in prestigious public service category?
Which of the following is not rightly matched? Name of Player – Medals Won in Tokyo Olympics 2020
Major Dhyan Chand Sports University is being established at which place in India?
In December 2020, the Home Ministry declared which of the following states 'Disturbed Area' for six months under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958?
Which of the following railway stations of India has been recently developed with modern amenities like the airport with Public Private Partnership?
Where did the Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the largest airport in Asia in November 2021?
The famous ‘Gangasagar Mela’ is held in which of the following states of India?
Which of the following films won Golden Globe Award-2022 for Best Motion Picture (Drama)?
Match the following: Dance – State A. Bharatanatyam 1. Uttar Pradesh B. Kathak 2. Tamil Nadu C. Kuchipudi 3. Kerala D. Mohiniattam 4. Andhra Pradesh Codes:
The largest hymns of Rigveda is dedicated to which Vedic god?
In which of the following place was the first Jain Council held?
Which among the following play was written by Harshavardhan?
Which of the following dynasty is associated with the female king Rudrma Devi?
The author of ‘Lilavati’, Bhaskar-II was –
The religious text which explains about the eight different phases of agriculture works is –
What was the ratio of Gold-Silver coins in the Shaka-Kshtrapa period?
Gadhaiya was a ________.
Udayinjiral belongs to which dynasty?
Which among the following Rashtrakuta ruler built the Kailas temple of Ellora?
In Mauryan period ‘Pranaym’ was –
Which among the following Rashtrakuta King defeated Pratihara ruler Nagabhata-II?
Who was known as ‘Hazar-Dinari’?
Who among the following was not the rival of Iltutmish?
Which South Indian dance tradition was firstly developed during the time of Vijaynagar?
Who among the following wrote the book ‘Khazain-ul-Futuh’?
Who among the following was not a member of ‘Nurjahan’s Junta’?
Who among the following was not a member of Cabinet Mission?
Who introduced ‘Financial Decentralisation’ in India?
During which movement were the two brothers Gangaram and Khemdiev martyred?
In which language was Raja Rammohan Roy’s famous work ‘Gift to Monotheists’ written?
In 1929 at which place did Mahatma Gandhi complete his translation of ‘Anasakti Yoga’?
Who was the ruler of the Tehri state at the time of its merger in the Indian Union?
Who was the first ruler of Tehri State?
Kalu Mahra is associated with ______.
Which of the following medieval book is not the source of the history of Uttarakhand?
The equator does not pass through which of the following countries?
Deepak sells an item for ₹555 and receives a profit of 11%. What will be his profit or loss in case he sells the item for ₹455?
Rohit can complete a work in t hours. Due to some reason, he stopped working after 1½ hours. Unfinished part of the work is:
Find the missing terms : A, Z, X, B, V, T, C, R, ___, ___.
If ‘Q’ means ‘+’, ‘J’ means ‘×’, ‘T’ means ‘–’ and ‘K’ means ‘÷’, then the value of 30 K 2 Q 3 J 6 T 5 is:
If p is a number such that 0 < p < 1, then which of the following is true?
Today is Varun’s birthday. After one year, he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. What is the present age of Varun?
Sumit’s grandfather’s brother is the father of Hemant’s father. How is Sumit related to Hemant?
60 students were asked to choose their favourite sport. Following are the options chosen: Football – 15, Cricket – 12, Swimming – 12, Basketball – 11, Athletics – 10. The data is to be illustrated in a pie-chart. What angle should be used for football?
₹180 is stored in a box in the form of 1-rupee coins, 50-paise coins and 25-paise coins. The ratio of the coins in the box is 2 : 3 : 4. The number of 50-paise coins is :
In the year 1979, Christmas Day was celebrated on Tuesday. In which of the following years was it celebrated on the same day?
If 5 is subtracted from both, the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 1 ⁄ 2. If 2 is added to both, the numerator and the denominator, the value of the fraction becomes 2 ⁄ 3. The fraction is :
In a certain code language, ‘GRASP’ is written as ‘BMVNK’; then the word ‘CRANE’ will be written as :
If ‘book’ is called ‘watch’, ‘watch’ is called ‘bag’, ‘bag’ is called ‘dictionary’ and ‘dictionary’ is called ‘window’, which is used to carry books?
If ‘–’ means ‘+’, ‘+’ means ‘×’, ‘×’ means ‘–’ and ‘÷’ means ‘+’, then the value of 52 ÷ 4 + 5 × 8 – 2 will be:
A cyclist goes 30 km to the North and then turning to the East he goes 40 km. Again, he turns to his right and goes 20 km. After this he turns to his right and goes 40 km. How far is he from his starting point?
In a class of 33 students, 20 play cricket, 25 play football and 18 play volleyball. Of them, 15 play both cricket and football, 12 play both football and volleyball, and 10 play both cricket and volleyball. If each student plays at least one game, how many students play all the three games?
Pointing towards a person, Mohan said to a woman, “His mother is the only daughter of your father”. How is the woman related to that person?
If 246 * 2 = 6 and 870 * 3 = 11, then the value of 735 * 5 is
Truth and falsity are attributes of:
Find the odd one out:
Find out the missing term : 225, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13, ___
Which one of the following numbers does NOT belong to the group?
Find the least value of ‘x’ so that the number ‘97468x4’ is divisible by 8.
If the number A = 81 × 117 × 63 × 46 is divisible by 3^b, then the maximum value of b is :
When a number is divided by 7, it leaves a remainder 3. Find the total possible numbers of this type lying between 11 and 100.
Solve the following two-line number series and find the value of the number ‘d’: 1st line : 3, 4, 9, 26, 69 2nd line : 5, 6, a, b, c, d
If CBA + CCA = ACD, where A, B, C and D stand for distinct digits and D = 0, then the value of A is:
You, as a recruitment manager, are interviewing Mayank, a hardworking young man who has problems in speaking fluent English. Among the following options, what would you choose to do if your company has vacancies?
From each of the two given numbers, half of the smaller number is subtracted. Of the resulting numbers, if the larger one is three times larger than the smaller one, what is the ratio of the two original numbers?
Below is a statement followed by two assumptions I & II. Decide which of the following assumptions is/are implicit in the statement. Statement : Provide mid-day meals to the children in primary schools to increase the number of students attending school. Assumptions : I. Mid-day meals will attract the children to school. II. Those children who are otherwise deprived of good food will attend the schools.
The following table shows the average monthly household expenditure on different items for a month: Items Expenditure (in ₹) Food 4500 Rent 1800 Education 650 Others 2400 To represent these data by percentage bar diagram, the portion for rent in the bar would be:
From the four answer figures, choose the one which will continue the following figures:
On the basis of the following information, tell how many girls are tall? Children Height Total Medium Short Tall Boys – – 20 – Girls – – – 64 Total – 60 – – Conditions: • Half the children are either tall or short. • Forty percent of the children are girls. • One-third of the boys are of medium height.
On the basis of the following bar-diagram, what is the percentage increase in the number of movie theatres from 1960 to 1990? (Bar-diagram shows number of theatres: 1960 – 2,500; 1970 – 6,000; 1980 – 15,000; 1990 – 26,000; 2000 – 30,000)
The following Bar diagram shows the population of Mumbai and Delhi (in thousands) in a certain year. Numbers within brackets denote the percentage of males in the given population. Mumbai : 12,500 (55%) Delhi : 8,400 (54%) If 90% of males in Mumbai are literate and if 80% of females in Delhi are literate, then the ratio of the number of illiterate males in Mumbai to the number of illiterate females in Delhi is closest to:
What will appear in place of the question mark (?) in the following analogy? LOM : NMK :: PKI : ?
Which letter is midway between the 21st letter from the right and the 16th letter from the left in the English alphabet?
How many pairs of letters does the word ‘IMPERISHABLE’ contain such that the two letters of a pair have as many letters between them in the word as in the alphabet and in the same order?
In a code language, the following numbers are coded with the symbols shown below: Numbers : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Symbols : @ # $ % ^ & * ~ + Then the sum of “@ % $” and “+ ^ #” in that code language is:
The Independence Day was celebrated on Wednesday in the year 1988. On which day was it celebrated in the year 1989?
In a certain code ‘BAKE’ is written as 5796 and ‘FIRE’ is written as 3146. How is ‘FEAR’ written in that code?
If the total number of students is 3000, then the number of students in sections A and B together is: (Refer to the pie-chart: A 20%, B 12%, C 8%, D 22%, E 25%, F 13%)
If 256 is coded as ‘you are good’, 637 is coded as ‘we are bad’ and 358 is coded as ‘good and bad’, then the code for the word ‘and’ is:
Find out the missing number in the following figure: (A circular figure is divided into eight sections containing 67, 1, 16, 5, 4, 22, 3 and ?) The missing number is:
Arrange the following fractions in descending order: 2 4 3 1 3 5 8 2
The missing letter in the following is: B G L C H M G L ?
The ratio of volumes of two spheres, whose radii are in the ratio 1 : 2, is:
Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and form a group. Which one does not belong to this group?
Study the different positions of a cube as given below. Which number will occur on the face opposite to 4?
The following data give the results of a sample survey of three categories A, B and C: A B C C A B A B C C A B C A C A C A B C A B C C C A C C C The percentage of elements in this sample belonging to the category B is:
What is the number of squares in the following figure? (concentric squares within a larger square connected by diagonals)
A boy in the rainy season, while going to school, takes one step forward but has to take two steps backward. How can he reach the school?
Read the following four statements and answer the question that follows – who is NOT studying Geometry? 1. Mohan and Sohan are studying Physics and English. 2. Sohan and Rohan are studying Chemistry and English. 3. Roshan and Mohan are studying Geometry and Physics. 4. Rohan and Roshan are studying Chemistry and Geometry.
If ÷ stands for ‘division’, = stands for ‘equal to’, × stands for ‘addition’, > stands for ‘greater than’, < stands for ‘less than’, × (again) stands for ‘multiplication’ and – stands for ‘subtraction’, then which of the following alternatives is correct?
In a group of seven boys, Ram is older than Shyam but younger than Manohar who is not the eldest. Shyam is not as young as Prem who is not the youngest. Mohan is younger than four boys including Vivek and older than the remaining boys. No information is given about the age of the remaining boy Dinesh. Who is the oldest boy among these seven boys?
If in a certain code language ‘REMOTE’ is written as ‘ROTEME’, which word would be written as ‘PNICIC’?
Find the missing number (?) in the following figure: Triangle 1: apex 5, left-base 19, right-base 3, number below base 4 Triangle 2: apex 3, left-base 7, right-base ?, number below base 6 Triangle 3: apex 4, left-base 6, right-base 29, number below base 5
There are some benches in a classroom. If 4 students sit on each bench, 3 benches remain unoccupied. However, if 3 students sit on each bench, 3 students remain standing. How many students are there in the class?
A and B can finish a piece of work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They start working together but after 3 days A leaves the work and B completes the remaining work alone. For how many days did B work alone?
How many trucks will carry 540 tons in 30 days, if each truck carries 3 tons per day?
The arithmetic mean of the first eleven natural numbers is:
If 38 + 15 = 66 and 29 + 36 = 99, then 82 + 44 = ?
Which of the following represents the sequence in which the given words appear in an English dictionary? (i) Telegraph (ii) Telephone (iii) Teleprinter (iv) Telemark (v) Telepathy
How many different rectangles with perimeter 36 cm can be drawn if the side lengths are positive integers (in cm)?
A man is facing South. He turns 135° anti-clockwise and then 180° clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?
A cube of edge 6 cm is painted on all its faces and then cut into smaller cubes of edge 1 cm. How many of the smaller cubes have no painted face?
Statement and Conclusions: Statement : Fortune favours the brave. Conclusions : I. Risks are necessary for success. II. Cowards die many times before their death. Decide which conclusion(s) follow logically from the given statement.
The budget of a country is presented through the adjoining pie-chart: Sales Tax 35 %, Income Tax 33 %, Excise & Custom Duty 14 %, Miscellaneous 18 %. What is the angle for Income Tax on the pie-chart?
Find the missing term in the series: 1, 1, 3, 9, 6, 36, 10, 100, __, 225
For the shaded region shown below, which of the following is correct? (The region lies between the lines y = x and x + y = 4 in the first quadrant, including the y-axis.)
If 9^x = 9 / 3^x, then the value of x is:
Two numbers B and C are respectively, 15% and 32% less than a third number A. By what percentage is the number C less than the number B?
Four of the following five numbers are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which one does not belong to that group? 22, 26, 34, 46, 72
JN is related to which of the following in the same way as AE is related to DH?
The value of (0.000064)^(2/3) is:
The volume of a cube is V. The total length of its edges is:
If (x + y + 2p + 3q)(x – y – 2p + 3q) = (x – y + 2p – 3q)(x + y – 2p – 3q), then x ⁄ y = ?
In the figure, the shaded region represents:
Two trains, 130 m and 110 m long, are moving in the same direction. The faster train takes 1 minute to pass the other completely. If they move in opposite directions, they pass each other in 3 seconds. What is the difference in the speeds of the trains?
At the rate of 10% compound interest per annum, in how many years will ₹1,000 amount to ₹1,331?
Which word best describes self-directed learning?
The modern environment, according to the author, is:
There is a need for self-directed learning because:
Choose the correct word for the phrase "Government by one person":
Choose the correct passive form of the sentence: "The Romans expected to conquer Carthage."
Choose the correct synonym of the word "Competition":
What can be an appropriate meaning of the word "Slumber"?
According to the passage, on what is the evaluation of the civilisation of a nation based?
Human relationship exists in:
What is culture?
Which of the following plays the most important role in influencing human life?
Which suffix is added in the word "सांस्कृतिक" (cultural)?
The word "वियाय" belongs to which category?
Which of the following is NOT a synonym of "प्रभा" (radiance)?
Select the synonym of the word "भास":
Give the correct Sandhi-vicched (word-split) of "प्रयत्न":
Write the antonym of the word "महत्त्वपूर्ण" (important):
What would be the most suitable title for the above passage?
Which of the following is an example of an "उपसर्ग" (prefix) used in the passage?
On which of the following does the progress of any nation mainly depend?