Gpsc solved paper part-3
56. On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ?
(A) Karachi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Lucknow
Ans. (B) Mumbai
57. Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?
(A) Lakshadweep
(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamilnadu
Ans. (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
58. In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ?
(A) Mumtaz
(B) Noorjahan
(C) Hazrat Mahal
(D) Manmati
Ans. (A) Mumtaz
59. What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ?
(A) Isobar
(B) Isohel
(C) Isotherm
(D) Isohume
Ans. (C) Isotherm
60. In which river is India’s largest riverine island Majuli is situated ?
(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmaputra
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Godavari
Ans. (B) Mrahmaputra
61. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand’ is popularly called ?
(A) Gresham’s Law
(B) Murphy’s Law
(C) Say’s Law
(D) Parkinson’s Law
Ans. (C) Say’s Law
62. In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) S.Radhakrishnan
Ans. (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
63. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ?
(A) Rishabh Dev
(B) Neminath
(C) Parshavnath
(D) Mahavir
Ans. (A) Rishabh Dev
64. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ?
(A) Geneva
(B) Vienna
(C) Brussels
(D) The Hague
Ans. (B) Vienna
65. Which blood group is universal donor ?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) AB
(D) O
Ans. (D) O
66. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?
(A) Danny Boyle
(B) David Fincher
(C) Stephen Daldry
(D) Ron Howard
Ans. (A) Danny Boyle
67. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ?
(A) Dennis Tito
(B) Mark Shuttleworth
(C) Gregory Olsen
(D) Anousheh Ansari
Ans. (A) Dennis Tito
68. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ?
(A) Chola
(B) Pallava
(C) Chandela
(D) Chalukya
Ans. (C Chandela
69. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain’ written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ?
(A) G.D.Birla
(B) Dhirubhai Ambani
(C) Jamnalal Bajaj
(D) J.R.D.Tata
Ans. (D) J.R.D. Tata
70. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?
(A) Turin (Italy)
(B) Sochi (Russia)
(C) Vancouver (Canada)
(D) Salt Lake City (USA)
Ans. (C) Vancouver (Canada)
71. Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ?
(A) Sericulture
(B) Viticulture
(C) Horticulture
(D) Apiculture
Ans. (A) Sericulture
72. Which metal is the best conductor of electric current ?
(A) Copper
(B) Gold
(C) Silver
(D) Aluminium
Ans. (C) Silver
73. What is the popular name of Ascorbic acid ?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
Ans. (C) Vitamin C
74. Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi ?
(A) Morarji Desai
(B) Atal Behari Vajpayee
(C) V.P.Singh
(D) P.V.Narasimha Rao
Ans. (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee
75. Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres ?
(A) Prime Meridian
(B) Equator
(C) Tropic of Cancer
(D) Tropic of Capricorn
Ans. (B) Equator
76. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 on the banks of Yamuna river ?
(A) Agra
(B) Mathura
(C) Delhi
(D) Allahabad
Ans. (A) Agra
77. Who coined the name `Pakistan’ ?
(A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(B) Allama Iqbal
(C) Liaquat Ali Khan
(D) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali
Ans. (D) Choudhary Rahmat Ali
78. Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ?
(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Prabhupada
Ans. (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
79. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) J.B.Kriplani
Ans. (D) J. B. Kriplani
80. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Baba Amte
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Jai Prakash Narain
Ans. (A
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