PSC General Knowledge Previous Years Question Bank Part 3 MCQ with Answers
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PSC General Knowledge Previous Years Question Bank Part 3 MCQ with Answers
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- 51. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by?
- A) The people
B) Lok Sabha
C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
D) Elected members of the Legislative Council - Answer
- Correct Option : C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
- Explanation
- Article - 80, Schedule - 4
Known as House of Elders
Rajya Sabha is a permanent body not subjected to dissolution
Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of state and Union Territories.
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- 52. The Prime Minister is Individually responsible to the ?
- A) Council of Minister
B) President
C) Rajya Sabha
D) Lok Sabha - Answer
- Correct Option : D) Lok Sabha
- Explanation
- PM is the ex-officio chairman of the NITI Aayog, National Integration Council and Inter-State council
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- 53. Article 52 related to
- A) President
B) Legislature
C) House of people
D) Judiciary - Answer
- Correct Option : A) President
- Explanation
- Other important articles related to President
61 - Impeachment
72 - Pardoning power
111 - Veto Power
123 - Ordinance making power
143 - Power of the president to consult the Supreme court
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- 53. The maximum gap between sessions of the parliament can be?
- A) 4 months
B) 6 months
C) 9 months
D) 12 months - Answer
- Correct Option : B) 6 months
- Explanation
- Duration of an ordinance - 6 Months
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- 54. First national emergency proclaimed in India was in
- A) 1962
B) 1966
C) 1978
D) 1987 - Answer
- Correct Option : A) 1962
- Explanation
- 26th October 1962
President - Dr S Radhakrishnan
PM - Jawaharlal Nehru
Defense Minister - V K Krishnamenon
Revoked by - Zakir Hussain in 10th January 1968
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- 55. Who is also known as Sarvavidhyadirajan?
- A) Sree Narayana Guru
B) Chattambi Swamikal
C) Vaikunta Swami
D) None of these - Answer
- Correct Option : B) Chattambi Swamikal
- Explanation
- Also known as Sree Bhattarakan, Sree Bala Bhattarakan, Shanmukhadasan ( called by Thycaud Ayya )
Born 25th August 1853 ( at Kannammoola)
Died 5th May 1924 at Panmana
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- 56. Who was the leader of payyannur salt sathyagraha ?
- A) Dr.K.B.Menon
B) C.Keshavan
C) A.K.Gopalan
D) K.Kelappan - Answer
- Correct Option : D) K.Kelappan
- Explanation
- Founder of Thavanoor Rural Institute
First president of NSS
Leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha
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- 57. Samadhi Saptakam was a condolence poem on the death of Chattambi Swamikal by?
- A) Pandit Karuppan
B) T.K. Madhavan
C) Vagbhatanandan
D) Palpu - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Pandit Karuppan
- Explanation
- Childhood name of Pandit Karuppan - Shankaran
Also known as Lincoln of Kerala
Honored with title 'Kavithilakan' by the Maharaja of Cochin
Title 'Vidwan' by Kerala Varma Valiyakoithampuran
Founded Araya Samajan in 1907
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- 58. Whom did Sree Narayana Guru Visit at Thiruvannamalai in 1916?
- A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Dayananda Saraswathy
C) Ramana Maharshi
D) Tagore - Answer
- Correct Option : C) Ramana Maharshi
- Explanation
- 1882 - Chattambi swamikal at Anniyoor temple
1891 - Kumaranasan at Kayikkara
1895 - Dr Palpu at Bengaluru
1912 - Ayyankali at Balaramapuram
1914 - Vagbhatananda at Aluva
1922 - Tagore at Sivagiri
1925 - Gandhiji at Sivagiri
In all these people visited Sree Narayana Guru. But guru went to visit Ramana Maharshi in 1916
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- 59. Brahmananda Shivayogi was born in?
- A) 1852
B) 1856
C) 1861
D) 1875 - Answer
- Correct Option : A) 1852
- Explanation
- 26th August 1852 at Kollankode ( Palakkadu)
Founder of Ananda Maha Sabha in 1918
Founded religion Ananda Matham
Founder of 'Siddhasramam' at Alathur in 1893
Real name : Karat Govinda menon
Childhood name - Govindan kutti
also known as Guru of Atheist
Books - Mokshapradeepam, Sidhanubhuti, Sivayoga Rahasyam
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- 60. Who is Known as the father of Literacy in Kerala?
- A) Chattampi Swamikal
B) Kumaransan
C) Kuriakose Alias Chavara
D) Mannath Padmanabhan - Answer
- Correct Option : C) Kuriakose Alias Chavara
- Explanation
- Born - 10th Feb 1805
Birth place - Kainakari (Alappuzha)
Pidiyari System
Died - 3rd Jan 1871
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- 61. Sree Narayana Guru visited Sri Lanka for the Second time in?
- A) 1926
B) 1927
C) 1928
D) 1929 - Answer
- Correct Option : A) 1926
- Explanation
- First visit in 1918
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- 62. The Viceroy who became unpopular in India due to the partition of Bengal?
- A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Moreley
C) Lord Irwin
D) Lord Mayo - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Lord Curzon
- Explanation
- Bengal Partition in 1905
INC President during partition- Gopalakrishna Gokhale
Cancelled by - Hardinge II in 1911
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- 63. Why did the Indians boycott the Simon Commission?
- A) All the members in it were Indians
B) There were no Indian members in it
C) Gandhiji was not included in it
D) Mr. Simon hated the Indians - Answer
- Correct Option : B) There were no Indian members in it
- Explanation
- Formed in 1927
Arrived in India - 3rd Feb 1928
Lala Lajpath Rai died after the police lathi charge
INC Session boycotted - Madras Session 1927 ( President - Dr M A Ansari)
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- 64. Who among the following persons became INC President?
- A) Lala Hardayal
B) G.K. Gokhale
C) V.D. Savarkar
D) Balagangadhara Tilak - Answer
- Correct Option : B) G.K. Gokhale
- Explanation
- in 1905 during Bengal Partition
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- 65. Labrador Ocean current is in the
- A) Pacific Ocean
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean - Answer
- Correct Option : B) Atlantic Ocean
- Explanation
- Norwegian Current - Artic
Gulf Stream - Atlantic
Kamchatka Current - Pacific
Leeuwin Current - Indian Ocean
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- 66. The first lady to become the Chief Justice of Kerala?
- A) Sujatha Manohar
B) Anna Chandy
C) Fathima Beevi
D) Janaki amma - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Sujatha Manohar
- Explanation
- Anna Chandy - First woman Judge in India (High Court)
Fathima Beevi - First woman Judge of Supreme court
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- 67. The longest river in kerala?
- A) Periyar
B) Bharathapuzha
C) Pampa
D) Moovatupuzha - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Periyar
- Explanation
- 2nd Longest - Bharatappuzha
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- 68. Konkan railway does not pass through
- A) Maharashtra
B) Goa
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka - Answer
- Correct Option : C) Kerala
- Explanation
- Passes through Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka
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- 69. The Chairman of the governing body of Kudumbasree Mission is?
- A) Minister for LSG
B) Principal Secretary LSGD
C) Director of Panchayat
D) Commissioner for Rural Development - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Minister for LSG
- Explanation
- Inauguration - 1998 May 17 by PM Adal Vihaari Vajpayee at Malappuram
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- 70. The first scheme of its kind meant exclusively for slum dwellers with a 100 percent - Subsidy is
- A) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana - 1999
B) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana -2001 (VAMBAY)
C) Indira Gandhi Awas Yojana - 1985 (IAY)
D) None of these - Answer
- Correct Option : B) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana -2001 (VAMBAY)
- Explanation
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- 71. The largest wage under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme is in which state.
- A) Haryana
B) Madhyapradesh
C) Gujarath
D) Assam - Answer
- Correct Option : A) Haryana
- Explanation
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA)
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- 72. The only State in India has no Railway
- A) Tripura
B) Sikkim
C) Jammu And Kashmir
D) Meghalaya - Answer
- Correct Option : B) Sikkim
- Explanation
- Sikkim finally got its first airport as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an aerodrome at Pakyong in 2018
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- 73. Cultural Capital of India ?
- A) Delhi
B) Varanasi
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata - Answer
- Correct Option : D) Kolkata
- Explanation
- Mumbai - Industrial and Financial capital of India
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- 74. Who is known as Bird Man of India ?
- A) Abdul Kalam
B) KK Neelakandan
C) Salim Ali
D) Vargeese Kurian - Answer
- Correct Option : C) Salim Ali
- Explanation
- Missile man of India - APJ Abdul Kalam
Milkman of India - Verghese Kurien
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- 75. Kundara Proclamation in 1809 was made by
- A) Zamothiri
B) C P Ramaswami Ayyar
C) Marthanda Varma
D) Veluthambi Dalawa - Answer
- Correct Option : D) Veluthambi Dalawa
- Explanation
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