GK for AFCAT EXAM _

1. Which statement on the Harappan Civilization is correct?

1)      Horse sacrifice was known to them

2)      Cow was sacred to them

3)      Pashupati was venerated by them

4)      The culture was not generally static

2. The first Tirthankara of the Jains was

1)      Arishtanemi

2)      Parshvanath

3)      Ajitnath

4)      Rishabha

3. The great silk-route to the Indians opened by

1)      Kanishka

2)      Ashoka

3)      Harsha

4)      Fa-Hien

4. The capital of the Yadava rulers was

1)      Dwarasudra

2)      Warangal

3)      Kalyani

4)      Devgiri

5. Which religious sect did the Chola Kings patronize?

1)      Janism

2)      Buddhism

3)      Saivism

4)      Vaishnavism

6. Tower of Victory (Vijaya Stambh) is located in

1)      Delhi

2)      Jhansi

3)      Chittorgarh

4)      Fatehpur Sikri

7. Who amongst the following leaders of 1857 was the first to lay down his/her life?

1)      Kunwar Singh

2)      Tantiya Tope

3)      Rani Laxmi Bai to Jhansi

4)      Mangal Pandey

8. The system of communal electorate in India was first introduced by the

1)      Indian Council Act of 1892

2)      Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909

3)      Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919

4)      Government of India Act of 1935

9. Which of the following is not a necessary condition for the development of India?

1)      Capital accumulation

2)      Resource discovery

3)      Population growth

4)      Technological development

10. Personal disposable income is

1)      Always equal to personal income

2)      Always more than personal income

3)      Equal to personal income minus direct taxes paid by household

4)      Equal to personal income minus indirect taxes

11. Which of the following is most closely approximates our definition of oligopoly?

1)      The cigarette industry

2)      The barber shops

3)      The gasoline stations

4)      Wheat farmers

12. Who said “ supply creates its own demand”?

1)      Adam Smith

2)      J.B.Say

3)      Marshall

4)      Ricardo

13. The Indian economy can be most appropriately described as a

1)      Capitalist economy

2)      Socialist economy

3)      Traditional economy

4)      Mixed economy

14. Agricultural Technology is hard to spread because

1)      It has to be adopted to local conditions

2)      Rural people are not receptive

3)      Farmers are afraid to experiment on land for fear of failure

4)      All of the above

15. Indirect tax means

1)      There is no direct relationship between the tax-payer and the Government

2)      Direct relationship between tax-payer and the Government

3)      Tax base is income

4)      The incidence and impact are on the same person on whom tax is imposed

16. One of the essential conditions of identical competition is

1)      Product differentiation

2)      Multiplicity of prices for identical products at any one time

3)      Many sellers and a few buyers

4)      Only one price for identical goods at any one time

17. Dehydration in human body is caused due to the loss of

1)      Vitamins

2)      Slat

3)      Hormones

4)      Water

18. Which of the following is the largest living bird?

1)      Eagle

2)      Peacock

3)      Ostrich

4)      Kiwi

19. In the case of test-tube babies

1)      Egg is fertilized in the uterus

2)      Embryo complete its development in a test tube

3)      Embryo is placed in uterus after two months

4)      Egg is fertilized outside mother’s body

20. The age of a tree is a determined by its

1)      Girth’

2)      Height

3)      Growth rings

4)      General appearance

21. Noise pollution is measured in

1)      Ohms

2)      Microns

3)      Decibels

4)      Amperes

22. Fruits of this plant are found underground

1)      Potato

2)      Carrot

3)       groundnut

4)      Onion

23. A rare and endangered animal in Silent Valley

1)      Musk deer

2)      Tiger

3)      Lion-tailed macaque

4)      Rhinoceros

24. A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its own

1)      Volume

2)      Weight

3)      Surface area

4)      Density

25. The asteroids revolve round the Sun in between

1)      Earth and Mars

2)      Mars and Jupiter

3)      Jupiter and Saturn

4)      Saturn and Uranus

26. The Suez Canal connects

1)      Mediterranean and Red Seas

2)      Baltic and Caspian Seas

3)      Mediterranean and North Seas

4)      Red Sea and Caspian Sea

27. Khasi and Garo Tribes mainly live in

1)      Meghalaya

2)      Nagaland

3)      Mizoram

4)      Manipur

28. Which one of the following areas is noted for mangrove vegetation?

1)      Lava forest of Kalimpong

2)      Sajnekhali forest of South 24 Parganas

3)      Dandakaranya forest of Orissa

4)      Corbett National Park of U.P.

29. Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because

1)      Of easterly trade winds

2)      Cold ocean currents flow along the western coasts

3)      Of the effect of both the offshore easterly trade winds and cold ocean currents

4)      The rate of evaporation is greater along the western margin areas

30. The seabed sloping greadully and bordering the continent is known as

1.      Coast

2.      Continental Shelf

3.      Continental Platform

4.      Continental Slope

31. Match List I with List II and find out the correct answer from the codes gives below the lists:

                        List I                                                                List II

            (Cottage industries products)                            (Producing Centres)

        I.            Silk Saree                                             A.        Moradabad

     II.            Chiken                                                 B.         Gorakhpur

   III.            Terracotta                                            C.        Varanasi

  IV.            Brass                                                    D.        Luckhnow

Codes:

            I           II          III        IV

1)      A         B          C         D

2)      C         D         B          A        

3)      D         C         A         B         

4)      B          A         D         C        

32. The most important uranium mine of India is located at

1)      Manavalakurichi          

2)      Gauribidanur

3)      Vashi

4)      Jaduguda

34. Which Parliamentary Committee in India is normally chaired by  a prominent member of the opposition?

1)      Committee on Govt. Assurances

2)      Estimates Committee

3)      Privileges committee

4)      Public Accounts Committee

35. The chief advocate of Fascism was

1)      Mussolini

2)      Adolf Hitler

3)      St. Simon

4)      Robert Owen

36. The minimum age for the member of Rajya Sabha is

1)      25 years

2)      21 years

3)      30 years

4)      35 years

37. Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from

1)      Thoreau

2)      Ruskin

3)      Confucius

4)      Tolstoy

38. India is considered a ‘Republic’ mainly because

1)      The Head of the State is elected

2)      It gained independence on Aug. 15, 1947

3)      It has its own written Constitution

4)      It is having a parliamentary form of Government

39. The first Indian selected for the Indian Civil Service was

1)      Surendra Nath Bannerji

2)      Sarojini Naidu

3)      Lal Lajpat Rai

4)      C.R.Das

40. One feature is common to the following bodies, find it out’

Supreme court, Election commission , UPSC, Office of CAG.

1)      They are advisory bodies

2)      They are extra-constitutional bodies

3)      They are controlled by legislature

4)      They are constitutional bodies

41. How many member of the State Legislative Council are elected by the Assembly?

1)      1/6^th of the members

2)      1/3^rd of the  members

3)      1/12^th of the members

4)      5/6^th of the  members

42. Girish Karnad is

1)      A well-known play wright and actor

2)      Recipient of Jnanpith Award

3)      President of the Film and Television

4)      All of the above

43.Nine-time Wimbledon Champion of women’s singles is

1)      Mary Joe Fernandez

2)      Jana Novotna

3)      Iva Majoli

4)      Martina Navratilova

44. The book The god of small Things is written by

1)      Pupul Jayakar

2)      Shobha De

3)      Shekher Kapur

4)      Arundhati Roy

45. Which of the following states is called the Tiger state of India?

1)      Himachal Pradesh

2)      Gujarat

3)      Madhya Pradesh

4)      Assam

46. The District Primary Education Programme –

A centrally –sponsored Programme in India is supported by

1)      International Monetary Fund

2)      World Bank

3)      UNESCO

4)      Japanese Government

47. Na Khatam Honewali Kahani (The Never- Ending Story)is an autobiography of

1)      T. N. Seshan

2)      Amitabh Bachchan

3)      Sonia Gandhi

4)      V.P. Singh

48. From where was India’s multipurpose telecommunication satellite INSAT-2E launched?

1)      Baikanour

2)      Thumba

3)      Sriharikota

4)      Kourou

49. Antyodaya Programme is associated with’

1)      Liberation of bonded labour

2)      Bringing up cultural revolution in India

3)      Demands of textile labourers

4)      Upliftment of the porrest of the poor

50. A few year ago, an Indian city celebrated its 400^th birthday. It is

1)      Bangalore

2)      Hyderabad

3)      Trivandrum

4)      Mumbai