Questions of General Studies, H.P.A.S. Preliminary Examination, 2008-Set 1 (Q.1 to 20)

1. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress:
(a) Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.
(b) C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.
(c) A.O. Hume was the first Britisher to become the President of Congress.
(d) Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.
Which of the statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

2. Which Indian Commercial Bank was the first in providing mobile ATM service?
(a) ICCI Bank
(b) IDBI Bank
(c) HDFC bank
(d) SBI

3. The major source of finance for small scale industries in India is:
(a) Bank Finance
(b) Shares and debentures
(c) Public Deposits
(d) Regional Rural Banks.

4. Which of the following statements about the office of the speaker is correct:
(a) He holds the office during the pleasure of President.
(b) He need not to be a member of the House at the time of his election.
(c) He loses his office if the House is dissolved before the end of its normal tenure.
(d) If he intends to resign, the letter of his resignation is to be addressed to the Deputy Speaker.

5. Who has called Indian Federation as the Cooperative Federation?
(a) K.C. Wheare
(b) Sir Ivor Jennings
(c) G. Austin
(d) D.D. Basu

6. Who edited the magazine Karmayogin after Sri Aurobindo Ghose?
(a) Sister Nivedita
(b) Subramaniam Bharti
(c) V.V.S. Ayer
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

7. Which of the following statements about the ‘Directive Principles of State policy’ is not correct?
(a) They are positive.
(b) They can be enforced by courts.
(c) They make India a welfare state.
(d) State has a duty to implement them

8. The winner of Param Vir Chakra gets a monthly honour allowance of:
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b) Rs. 5,000
(c) Rs. 3,000
(d) Rs. 2,500

9. Which country for the first time won a gold medal in men’s Archery in Beijing Olympic?
(a) Ukraine
(b) South Africa
(c) South Korea
(d) Indonesia

10. Who wrote the book ‘Indian National Evolution’ in 1915?
(a) Ambika Charan Majumdar.
(b) S. Gopal
(c) Anil Sea
(d) R.P. Patvardhan

11. The Mukesh Ambani ‘Reliance Petroleum Limited’ is located at:
(a) Surat
(b) Jamnagar
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Porbandar

12. Who is the writer of the book ‘An Accustomed Earth’?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Kiran Bedi
(c) Medha Patekar
(d) Arundhati Roy

13. The Birsa Munda tribal rebellion ‘Ulgulan’ took place in the region south of Ranchi in:
(a) 1888-1889
(b) 1890-1891
(c) 1897-1898
(d) 1899-1900

14. The Theosophy of Annie Besant was not popular amongst:
(a) Tamil Brahmans
(b) Urban professional groups in united provinces.
(c) Younger Gujarat industrialists.
(d) Traders and lawyers in Hyderabad.

15. Tata Iron Works was established in Jamshedpur in the year:
(a) 1905
(b) 1907
(c) 1906
(d) 1908

16. Under 1861 Indian Council Act the number of the members of the Governor General’s Council was increased from six to:
(a) Nine
(b) Ten
(c) Twelve
(d) Fifteen

17. How many people were killed in the Jallianwala Bagh firing ordered by General Dyer?
(a) 269
(b) 384
(c) 307
(d) 379

18. The three Round Table Conferences were held in London in:
(a) 1929, 1930, 1931
(b) 1930, 1931, 1931
(c) 1930, 1931, 1932
(d) 1931, 1932, 1932

19. What was the minimum age fixed for the marriage of the girls through the Sharda Marriage Act, 1930?
(a) 14 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 18 years

20. How many universities were there in India till 1937?
(a) 15
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 24

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