Solved Model Papers of MP PSC State Service (Pre) Exam

Solved Model Papers of MP PSC State Service (Pre) Exam
1 Where is the Headquarters of NATO located?

(1) Amsterdam

(2) Brussels

(3) Berlin

(4) Paris

Ans. (2)

2. At which one of the following places is the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center located?

(1) Chandipur

(2) Mahenragiri

(3) Sriharikota

(4) Wheeler Island

Ans. (2)

3. Which one of the following Committees/Authorities is associated with the recommendation of the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act?

(1) Justice Jeeven Reedy Committee

(2) Rajinder Saccar Committee

(3) R. S. Pathak inquiry Authority

(4) U. C. Banerjee Committee

Ans. (1)

4. Among the following eminent citizens, who is a renowned chemist?

(1) S. N. Subba Rao

(2) C. N. R. Rao

(3) Rani Abhay Singh

(4) Rajinder Singh

Ans. (2)

5. In the recently held 37th IFFI in Goa the film director of which country won the Best Film Award and Golden Peacock?

(1) China

(2) Japan

(3) Iran

(4) Russia

Ans. (1)

6. in which country does Basque separatist group operate?

(1) Ireland

(2) Italy

(3) Spain

(4) Turkey

Ans. (3)

7. Recently, China made a very large dam to tame which one of the following rivers?

(1) Huang Ho

(2) Mekong

(3) Yarlung Zangpo

(4) Yangtze

Ans. (4)

8. Who of the following brought the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab under direct British rule by an official proclamation?

(1) Lord Hastings

(2) Lord Cornwallis

(3) Lord Minto

(4) Lord Dalhousie

Ans. (4)

9. Who of the following wrote the book Precepts of Jesus?

(1) Raja Rammohan Roy

(2) Devendra Nath Tagore

(3) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

(4) Keshab Chandra Sen

Ans. (1)

10. Who among the following was sent by Lord Hardinge to South Africa to plead the cause of Indians led by the young Gandhi?

(1) B. G. Tilak

(2) G. K. Gokhale

(3) M. G. Ranade.

(4) Moti Lal Nehru

Ans. (2)

11. Consider the following pairs:

a. Hyderabad : Musi

b. Lucknow : Gomati

c. Surat : Narmada

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(1) a only

(2) a and b only

(3) b and c only

(4) a b and c

Ans. (4)

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List-I List –II

(Place of Religious interest) (State)

A. Sabrima1a 1. Andhra Pradesh

B. Shravanabelagola 2. Karnataka

C. Srirangam 3. Kerala

D. Srisailam 4. Tamil Nadu

Codes:

A B C D

(1) 3 1 4 2

(2) 4 2 3 1

(3) 3 2 4 1

(4) 4 1 3 2

Ans. (3)

13. Which one of the following Sequences of rivers is correct from North to South?

(1) Bhima – Manjra -Thungabhadra

(2) Manjra – Bhima -Thungabhadra

(3) Bhima –Thungabhadra -Manjra

(4) Manjra –Thungabhadra -Bhima

Ans. (2)

14. Which one of the following mineral ores is the Shimoga district well-known for?

(1) Bauxite

(2) Manganese

(3) Mica

(4) Zinc

Ans. (2)

15. The Syr Darya and Amu Darya fall into which one of the following?

(1) Caspian Sea

(2) Black Sea

(3) Aral Sea

(4) Lake Baikal

Ans. (3)

16. Which one of the following is not a current of North Atlantic Ocean?

(1) Falkland Currents

(2) Canary Current

(3) Labrador Current

(4) Gulf Stream

Ans. (1)

17. Which one of the following Sates does not share boundary with Jharkhand?

(1) Chhattisgarh

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Orissa

(4) Uttar Pradesh

Ans. (4)

18. Through which States does Vamsadhara river flow?

(1) Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh only

(2) Chhattisgarh and Orissa only

(3) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa only

(4) Andhra Pradesh .Chhattisgarh and Orissa,

Ans. (3)

19. Whose entry into India resulted in the introduction of maize crop in India?

(1) Dutch

(2) English

(3) French.

(4) Portuguese

Ans. (4)

20. The efforts of whom of the following led to the ‘Age of Consent Act. 1891’?

(1) Rabindranath Tagore

(2) M. G. Ranade

(3) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(4) Malbari

Ans. (4)

21. What was the name of the party formed by Subhash Chandra Bose after leaving Indian National Congress?

(1) Congress Socialist Party

(2) Forward Bloc

(3) Indian National Conference

(4) Swaraj Party

Ans. (2)

22. Among the following who was a prominent leader of the Khilafat Movement?

(1) Jawaharlal Nehru

(2) Mahatma Gandhi

(3) Rajendra Prasad

(4) Vallabhbhai Patel

Ans. (2)

23. Who was the architect of the ‘Drain Theory’ and the author of the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?

(l) Dadabhai Naoroji

(2) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(3) Abut Kalam Azad

(4) Ramesh Chandra Dutt

Ans. (1)

24. The Civil Disobedience Movement started with which of the following?

(1) No-tax campaign in Bardoli district

(2) Demonstration of Akali Sikhas at Nabha

(3) Demonstration against the Simon Commission

(4) Dandi March

Ans. (4)

25. With which one of the following was Jayprakash Narayan associated?

(1) All lndia a Kisan Sabha

(2) Communist Party of India

(3) Congress Socialist Party

(4) Indian Independence League

Ans. (3)

26. Among the follow1ng which one is a major component of biogas (Gobargas)?

(1) Acetylene

(2) Ethane

(3) Ethylene

(4) Methane

Ans. (4)

27. Which one of the following is used in fire extinguishers?

(1) Baking soda

(2) Quick lime

(3) Slaked lime

(4) Washing soda

Ans. (1)

28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List -I List-II

(Musician) (Instrument)

A. Amjad Ali Khan 1. Flute

B. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman 2. Sarod

C. Pannalal Ghose 3. Sitar

D. Vilayat Khan 4. Violin

Codes:

A B C D

(1) 3 1 4 2

(2) 2 4 1 3

(3) 3 4 1 2

(4) 2 1 4 3

Ans. (2)

29. With which one of the following countries, does India have the longest border?

(1) Bangladesh

(2) China

(3) Pakistan

(4) Myanmar

Ans. (2)

30. Area wise, which one among the fo1lowing is the largest?

(1) Chandigarh

(2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

(3) Delhi

(4) Puducherry

Ans. (1)

31. For which one of the following States, is Guwahati High Court not its High Court?

(1) Arunachal Pradesh

(2) Meghalaya

(3) Mizoram

(4) Sikkim

Ans. (4)

32. In which of the following is the percentage of haemog1obin maximum?

(1) Infants

(2) Children of around 10 years of age

(3) Men

(4) Women

Ans. (3)

33. Which one of the following is a water-soluble vitamin?

(1) Vitamin A

(2) Vitamin C

(3) Vitamin D

(4) Vitamin K

Ans. (2)

34. How many liters of blood pass through kidneys of a normal person in a day

(1) 1.7 liters

(2) 17 liters

(3) 170 liters

(4) 1700 liters

Ans. (4)

35. Which of the following has/have velocity equal to that of light?

(1) X-ray

(2) y-ray

(3) Ultraviolet ray

(4) All of the above

Ans. (4)

36. If f ₁, f ₂ and f ₃ are the frequencies of light in diamond, glass

and water respectively, then which one of the following is correct?

(1) f ₁ > f ₂ > f ₃

(2) f ₃ > f₂ > f ₁

(3) f ₁ = f ₂ > f ₃

(4) f ₁ = f ₂ = f ₃

Ans. (2)

37. Why is one end of a sewing needle made pointed?

(1) To increase the force

(2) To increase the pressure

(3) To decrease the weight

(4) None of these

Ans. (2)

38. Consider the following statements:

a. Sodium bicarbonate present In the digestive tablets reacts with gastric juices to reduce acidity in the stomach.

b. Sodium bicarbonate is commonly known as cooking soda.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

Ans. (3)

39. In which of the following is magnesium present?

(1) Ascorbic acid

(2) Vitamin B12

(3) Chlorophyll

(4) Haemoglobin

Ans. (3)

40. Consider the following statements:

a. Sand is a mixture

b. Diamond is an element

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

Ans. (2)

41. Which one of the following is not a member of ASEAN?

(1) Brunei Darussalam

(2) East Timor

(3) Laos

(4) Myanmar

Ans. (2)

42. The pandemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which has been in news frequently is caused by which of the following?

(1) Bacteria

(2) Fungi

(3) Protozoa

(4) Viruses

Ans. (4)

43. What does Antrix Corporation ltd deal with, that came into the news recently?

(1) Brokering arms deals between India and supplier countries/companies

(2) Mediating between India and Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) countries

(3) Developing genetically modified crop plants

(4) Marketing ISRO’s launch vehicles to fly satellites from abroad

Ans. (4)

44. Consider the following statements:

a. colour blindness is found in men and not in women.

b. Night blindness is found in old and aged, and not in young.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

Ans. (1)

45. Darfur, which is frequently new, is located in which of the following regions?

(1) Eastern side of Sudan

(2) Western side of Sudan

(3) North-Western side of Ethiopia

(4) Northern side of Kenya

Ans. (2)

46 Which one of the fo1lowing locations does not have a steel plant of SAIL?

(l) Bhilai

(2) Bokaro

(3) Rourkela

(4) Vishakhapatnam

Ans. (4)

47. Which one of the following pharmaceutical companies filed writ petitions against Government of India and others, to plead against the rejection of its patent application by a patent office in Chennai?

(1) Aventis

(2) Cipla

(3) Glaxo- Smith Kline

(4) Novartis AG

Ans. (4)

48. Recently, the National Assembly of which one of the following nations had given the President of that nation the authority to pass laws by decree for a period of 18 months?

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

Ans. (4)

49. Which one of the following took over the Anglo-Dutch steel company Corus-?

(l) Jindal Steel

(2) Mittal- Arcelor

(3) Neelanchal lspat Nigam Ltd

(4) Tata Steel

Ans. (4)

50. Consider the following statements:

a. ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has 40% equity in the Sakhalin-I Project of Russia

b. The Sakhalin -1 Project is operated by OVL

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(1) a only

(2) b only

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

Ans. (4)