General Knowledge for Secretariat Asst. / Auditor Exam
General Knowledge is a major determinant of success in Secretariat Asst. /Auditor and other PSC exams. It accounts for 50 marks in the exam and sometimes even a little more. A poor performance in GK in the exam , thus, is bound to doom prospects of success. So study well and practice MOCK EXAM
1. Which of the following statement is correct about the NITI Aayog?
a) Niti Aayog was formed on 25 january 2016
b) Niti Aayog comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
c) The full form of Niti Aayog is National Institute for Transforming India
d) The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Govt of India
Ans : d
2 . Which of the following is not correct?
a) The headquarters of European Union is in Brussels
b) ASEAN was established in 1976
c) The headquarter of SAARC is in Kathmandu
d) NAFTA was established in 1992
Ans : b
3 . What is the target of India’s new Foreign Trade Policy – 2021 -26 ?
a) $ 450 bn b) $ 800 bn
c) $ 5 trillion d) $ 325 bn
Ans : c
4. TRIFED was developed for the
a) The development of forest covers in the country
b) To save the interest of the tribal from the exploitation of private traders
c) To promote the marketing of all the horticulture products
d) None of these
Ans : b
5. Choose the right statement
I) The ISOPOM was introduced in 2004
ii) Under the scheme, crop diversification is possible as states are given flexibility in implementation
a) I only b) ii only
c) Both d) None
Ans : c
6. Who is the current CEO of the NITI Aayog?
a) Rajeev Kumar b) Arvind Subramanian
c) Amitabh Kant d) Narendra modi
Ans : c
7 . Where is the headquarter of BRICS Bank?
a) New Delhi b) Riode Janeiro
c) Pretoria d) Shanghai
Ans : d
8 . When was NITI Aayog established?
a) 1 January 2015 b) 25 January 2016
c) 14 may 2014 d) 1 July 2015
Ans : a
9 . Which article of Indian Constitution gives the power to the government to make special provisions for the development of SC/ST/OBC against the Article 15?
(a) Article 19 (b) Article 29
(c) Article 25 (d) None of the these
Ans : b
10. Election of members of Rajya Sabha is taken from:
(a) Constitution of Japan (b) Constitution of South Africa
(c) Constitution of USA (d) Constitution of Ireland
Ans : b
11. The members of the UPSC are appointed by the …….. for a term of ………… years
(a) Prime Minister, 6 years (b) President , 6 years
(c) President , 5 years (d) Home minister, 6 years
Ans : b
12. Civil Services day is observed on
(a) 23 April (b) 21 July
(c) 4 November (d) 21 April
Ans : d
13. Which Article of Indian Constitution says that members elected by the President can’t vote in the election of President?
(a) Article 83 (b) Article 53
(c) Article 55 (d) Article 154
Ans : c
14. Choose the correct statement with regard to foreign trade during colonial rule?
i) India had to import certain primary products such as raw silk, cotton, wool, sugar, indigo, jute etc…..
ii) Finished consumer goods like cotton, silk and woolen clothes and capital goods were exported from Britain
(a) Only i (b) only ii
(c) Both i and ii (d) neither (i) nor (ii)
Ans : b
15. Choose the correct statement
i) Nearly three-fourth parts of Indian foreign trade during colonial rule was with nearby countries like china, Ceylon and Persia
ii) The remaining foreign trade was with Britain only
(a) Both are correct (b) Both are incorrect
(c) (i) correct (ii) incorrect (d) (ii) correct (i) incorrect
Ans : b
16. Consider the following statements regarding the integrated goods and service tax (IGST) under GST?
i) The IGST would roughly be equal to (GST (Centre) plus SGST (State)
ii) The interstate seller would pay IGST on the sale of his goods to the central govt after adjusting credit of IGST, CGST and SGST on his purchase (in that order)
(a) Only (i) (b) only (ii)
(c) Both i and ii (d) neither i nor ii
Ans : c
17. GST will be administered as a single taxation’’ system in India, choose the correct statement
i) Keeping in mind the federal structure of India, there will be only one compounds of GST ie central GST ( CGST)
ii) Centre would levy and collect central goods and services tax (CGST) and states would levy and collect the state goods and services tax (SGST) on all transactions within a state
(a) Only i (b) Only ii
(c) Both i and ii (d) Neither i nor ii
Ans : a
18. Which of the following state level taxes being subsumed into GST?
(a) Subsuming of state value added tax/sales tax
(b) Entertainment tax
(c) Luxury tax
(d) All of the above
Ans : d
19. Which of the following central level taxes being subsumed into GST?
(a) Octroi and Entry tax (b) Service Tax
(c) Purchase tax (d) All of the above
Ans : b
20. which of the following is true regarding the benefits of GST for both the level of government i.e. the central government and the state government?
i) Simple and easy to administer
ii) Better controls on leakage
iii) Higher revenue efficiency
iv) Relief in overall tax burden on governments
(a) i, ii and iii (b) i and ii
(c) ii and iii (d) all of the above
Ans : a
21. The Chairman of NHRC must be:
(a) Retired judge of High Court
(b) A lawyer who has the eligibility to be a judge of Supreme Court
(c) Retired judge of Supreme Court
(d) Retired Attorney General of India
Ans : c
22. Which of the following is not sacked/impeached by the Parliament?
(a) President (b) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(c) Auditor General (d)Attorney General of India
Ans : d
23. Joint session of the Parliament is arranged under the article
(a) Article 78 (b) Article 103
(c) Article 108 (d) Article 249
Ans : c
24. Which of the following article deals with the formation of Parliament?
(a) Article 54 (b) Article 63
(c) Article 177 (d) Article 79
Ans : d
25. Article 250 of the Constitution says that:
(a) In case of the declaration of President’s Rule in any State under Article 356 of the constitution, the Parliament is competent to legislate on any matter included in the state list.
(b) Education will be in the Con-current list of the constitution
(c) Every Indian State will have a Governor to assist Chief Minister
(d) Some taxes will be imposed and collected by the central government only
Ans : a
26. Which of the following statement are true?
i . Article 76 of Indian Constitution deals with the appointment of Attorney General of India
ii. Attorney General of India is the highest legal officer of the Union Government
iii. To be eligible for appointment as Attorney General of India, a person must possess the qualifications prescribed for a Judge of Supreme Court of India
iv. His term of office and remuneration is decided by the President.
(a) i, ii, iv only (b) i, iii, iv only
(c) i, ii, iii only (d) i, ii, iii, iv
Ans : d
27. National Commission for other Backward classes came into effect from
(a) 1993 (b) 1995
(c) 1992 (d) 2003
Ans : a
28. What is the salary of the Advocate General of the State?
(a) 90,000/Month (b) 1,20,000/Month
(c) Remuneration not fixed by the constitution
(d) As decided by the President
Ans : c
29 . Which one of the following sets of Bills Presented to the Parliament along with the Budget?
(a) Direct taxes Bill and Indirect taxes Bill
(b) Contingency Bill and Appropriation Bill
(c) Finance Bill and Appropriation Bill
(d) Finance Bill and Contingency Bill
Ans : c
30 . Which one is NOT true regarding the bill in Parliament:
(a) The legislative process begins with the introduction of a Bill in either House of Parliament ie the Loksabha or the Rajyasabha (Exception money bill)
(b) A Bill can be introduced either by a Minister or by a private member
(c) In case of a deadlock between the two houses Speaker of the Loksabha calls the joint session of the Parliament.
(d) A joint session of the two houses is presided over by the speaker of the Loksabha
Ans : c
31. Consider the following statements.
i. Setu Lakshmi Bai abolished `Devadasi’ system in the temples of South Travancore.
ii. During the reign of Setu Lakshmi Bai, the Nair Regulations of 1925, to Substitute the principle of Makkathayam for Marumakkathayam was introduced.
(a) I and II are true (b) only II is true
(c) only I is true (d) Neither I nor II is true
Ans : a
32. Name the Diwan under the reign of Sakthan Thampuran who issued a new coin called `Puthan’?
(a) Nanjappayya (b) Col. Munroe
(c) Sheshagiri Rao (d) Edamana Sankara Menon
Ans : a
33. The railway line from Shornur to Ernakulam was completed during the Diwanship of
(a) C H Herbert (b) P Rajagopalachari
(c) J W Bhore (d) Col. Munroe
Ans : b
34. A mass Petition known as Malayalee Memorial requested to allot a fair quota of the govt jobs to the educated people of Travancore was submitted before ………….. on Ist January 1891.
(a) Visakham Thirunal (b) Srimoolam Thirunal
(c) Swathi Thirunal (d) None of the above
Ans : b
35 . In which of the following Satyagraha K Kelappan was the leader and A K Gopalan was the volunteer captain?
(a) Vaikom Satyagraha (b) Guruvayur Satyagraha
(c) Salt Satyagraha (d) None of the above
Ans : b
36. The Wagon Tragedy took place in connection with which of the following rebellion?
(a) Malabar Rebellion (b) Punnapra Vayalar Revolt
(c) Nivarthana Agitation (d) None of the above
Ans : a
37 . Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
i. The Nivarthana Agitation (1932) or Abstention Movement was staged against the Constitutional reforms of 1932 which demanded the representation of Ezhavas, Muslims and a section of Christians on the basis of population.
ii. The prominent leaders of the agitation were C Kesavan, T.M. Varghese, N V Joseph and P K Kunju.
iii. They formed an organization called Samyukta Rashtriya Samiti
(a) only II and III (b) only I and II
(c) only I and III (d) I, II and III are true
Ans :d
38. Sahodaran Ayyappan founded Sahodara Sangam
(a) For promoting brotherhood (b) For eradicating casteism
(c) For promoting literacy (d) For eradicating social evils like child marriage, dowry etc…
Ans : b
39. Which of the following statement is wrong regarding K Kelappan, the Social reformer in Kerala?
(a) He was the founder President of Nair Service Society
(b) He was the leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha
(c) he became the first president of KPCC
(d) He was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi
Ans : d
40 . Jawahar Rosgar Yojana was launched by :
(a) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(b) Shri. Rajeev Gandhi
(c) Shri. Narasimha Rao
(d) Dr. Manmohan Singh
Ans : b
41. The Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched on :
(a) December 25th, 2000
(b) October 2nd, 2000
(c) August 15th , 2000
(d) January 26th 2000
Ans : a
42. What is the full form of the first Electronic Computer ENIAC?
(a) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
(b) Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator
(c) Electrical Numerical Integrated Computer
(d) Electro Numeric Integrity Computer
Ans : b
43 . In IT Act 2000, which section deals with the punishment of cyber terrorism?
(a) 66(B) (b) 67(B)
(c) 66(F) (d) 45(F)
Ans : c
44. What is the process of loading the, operating system files into dynamic random access memory?
(a) Formatting
(b) Automatic data exchange
(c) Data sharing (d) Booting
Ans : d
45 . Which technology is used in the processor of a computer to simulates a single processor into two
virtual processors to the operating system?
(a) Hyper threading technology
(b) Multi core technology
(c) Simulation technology
(d) Multi threading technology
Ans : a
46. Which virus is treated as the first computer virus?
(a) Trojan horse (b) SCA virus
(c) Creeper virus (d) Rabbit
Ans : c
47 . Which was the first search engine in the Internet?
(a) Google (b) Archie
(c) Alta vista (d) WAIS
Ans : b
48 . When is World Computer Literacy Day celebrated?
(a) January 22nd (b) March 5th
(c) May 20th (d) December 2nd
Ans : d
49 .Which one is the first fully supported 64-bit operating system?
(a) Windows vista (b) Windows 7
(c) Linux (d) Mac
Ans : c
50 . Indira Awas Yojana is related to the construction of :
(a) Rural Infrastructure (b) Urban Infrastructure
(c) Rural Housing (d) Urban Housing
Ans: c
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