Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Examination Solved Model Questions General Awareness Model Questions

Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Examination

Solved Model Questions

General Awareness Model Questions

1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?

• (A) 7
• (B) 10
• (C) 12
• (D) 15

2. Chankya was the chief advisor of which ruler ?

• (A) Ashok
• (B) Harshvardhan
• (C) Chandragupta Maurya
• (D) Kanishka

3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ?

• (A) East to West
• (B) West to East
• (C) North to South
• (D) South to North

4. In Computers, One Byte equals to how many Bits ?

• (A) 4
• (B) 8
• (C) 12
• (D) 16

5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ?

• (A) Padam Shri
• (B) Padam Bhushan
• (C) Padam Vibhushan
• (D) Bharat Ratna

6. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India ?

• (A) Ibrahim Lodhi
• (B) Sikandar Lodhi
• (C) Bahlul Lodhi
• (D) Daulat Lodhi

7. Which is the largest animal in world ?

• (A) Giraffe
• (B) Elephant
• (C) Orang Utan
• (D) Blue Whale

8. In an equilateral triange, how many sides are equal ?

• (A) Two
• (B) All
• (C) None
• (D) Not fixed

9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ?

• (A) Tejas
• (B) Anupam
• (C) Aryabhatt
• (D) Param

10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy’s Australian Open Junior Title ?

• (A) Prakash Amritraj
• (B) Rohan Bopanna
• (C) Yuki Bhambri
• (D) Zeeshan Ali

11. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ?

• (A) Red
• (B) Yellow
• (C) Green
• (D) Violet

12. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India ?

• (A) Goa
• (B) Sikkim
• (C) Nagaland
• (D) Tripura

13. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?

• (A) President
• (B) Prime Minister
• (C) Vice President
• (D) Finance Minister

14. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ?

• (A) Ved Vyas
• (B) Valmiki
• (C) Surdas
• (D) Tulsidas

15. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ?

• (A) P.T.Usha
• (B) Shiny Abraham
• (C) Karnam Malleshwari
• (D) Kunjarani Devi

16. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?

• (A) Erie Canal
• (B) Indira Gandhi Canal
• (C) Panama Canal
• (D) Suez Canal

17. According to Mahabharat, who was the last Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava army ?

• (A) Ashwatthama
• (B) Dronacharya
• (C) Karna
• (D) Shalya

18. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ?

• (A) Chetan Sharma
• (B) Kapil Dev
• (C) Harbhajan Singh
• (D) Irfan Pathan

19. Which is the longest bone in human body ?

• (A) Femur
• (B) Fibula
• (C) Radius
• (D) Stapes

20. Which luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ?

• (A) Palace on Wheels
• (B) Heritage on Wheels
• (C) The Deccan Odyssey
• (D) Golden Chariot

21. German Shepherd is a popular breed of ?

• (A) Dog
• (B) Cat
• (C) Cow
• (D) Horse

22. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia ?

• (A) Govinda
• (B) Jitendra
• (C) Sunil Dutt
• (D) Akshay Kumar

23. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife ?

• (A) Sita
• (B) Urmila
• (C) Mandavi
• (D) Shruthukeerti

24. Into which water body does river Narmada flow ?

• (A) Red Sea
• (B) Arabian Sea
• (C) Bay of Bengal
• (D) Indian Ocean

25. Who was Akbar’s financial advisor ?

• (A) Birbal
• (B) Abul Fazal
• (C) Raja Todar Mal
• (D) Raja Man Singh

26. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated ?

• (A) Mussoorie
• (B) Dehradun
• (C) Chandigarh
• (D) Hyderabad

27. Who founded Forward Block political party ?

• (A) A.O.Hume
• (B) Subhash Chandar Bose
• (C) Motilal Nehru
• (D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

28. Who is the only cricketer to claim over 500 wickets in both Tests & One Day Internationals ?

• (A) Wasim Akram
• (B) Shane Warne
• (C) Muttiah Muralitharan
• (D) Glenn McGrath

29. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996 ?

• (A) Sabeer Bhatia
• (B) Vinod Dham
• (C) Azim Premji
• (D) N.R.Narayan Murthy

30. Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh ?

• (A) Edwin Lutyens
• (B) Le Corbusier
• (C) Charles Correa
• (D) Herbert Baker

31. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ?

• (A) Phantom
• (B) Batman
• (C) Superman
• (D) Spiderman

32. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ?

• (A) Mars
• (B) Venus
• (C) Jupiter
• (D) Mercury

33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ?

• (A) Bhutan
• (B) Nepal
• (C) India
• (D) Bangladesh

34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?

• (A) Bachendri Pal
• (B) Santosh Yadav
• (C) Kalpana Chawla
• (D) Kiran Bedi

35. Which is not a part of our parliament ?

• (A) President
• (B) Lok Sabha
• (C) Rajya Sabha
• (D) Supreme Court

36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ?

• (A) Water
• (B) Height
• (C) Darkness
• (D) Thunder

37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ?

• (A) Mahatma Gandhi
• (B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak
• (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
• (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ?

• (A) Babur
• (B) Akbar
• (C) Jahangir
• (D) Shahjahan

39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ?

• (A) Galena
• (B) Bauxite
• (C) Cinnabar
• (D) Hematite

40. Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ?

• (A) New Delhi
• (B) Ahmedabad
• (C) Bengaluru
• (D) Bhubaneshwar

41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ?

• (A) Veerta Aur Vivek
• (B) Bharat Mata Ki Jai
• (C) Vayam Rakshaamah
• (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan

42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ?

• (A) BSE
• (B) NSE
• (C) NYSE
• (D) NASDAQ

43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ?

• (A) Venus
• (B) Mercury
• (C) Earth
• (D) Mars

44. According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu’s mother ?

• (A) Draupadi
• (B) Ulupi
• (C) Chitrangada
• (D) Subhadra

45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ?

• (A) Radcliffe Line
• (B) McMahon Line
• (C) Durand Line
• (D) Curzon Line

46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India, literally means ‘Story Teller’ ?

• (A) Odissi
• (B) Kuchipudi
• (C) Kathak
• (D) Bharatanatyam

47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India, was built by which Mughal emperor ?

• (A) Akbar
• (B) Jahangir
• (C) Shahjahan
• (D) Aurangzeb

48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ?

• (A) Lata Mangeshkar
• (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
• (C) Gangubai Hangal
• (D) Pt. Ravi Shankar

49. The Althing, the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world, is the parliament of which country ?

• (A) Iceland
• (B) France
• (C) Japan
• (D) Israel

50. To measure hardness of minerals, which scale is used ?

• (A) Kelvin
• (B) Richter
• (C) Mohs
• (D) Mercalli