PUNJAB PCS PRELIMINARY EXAM MOCK TEST 2018
PUNJAB PCS PRELIMINARY EXAM MOCK TEST 2018
PUNJAB PCS PRELIMINARY EXAM 2018 GS PAPER 1
PUNJAB PCS PRELIMINARY EXAM MOCK TEST 2018
EXAM DATE 22-7-2018
1. Which among the following is a Political right?
a)Right to hold public office b)right to freedom
c)right against exploitation d)right to work
2. Negative liberty implies that,
a)freedom should be unlimited b)freedom should be restricted
c)freedom from wants d)freedom to rule
3. Which law is made by the legislature?
a)International law b)Statutory law c)common law d)natural law
4. Who defined “Liberty is the opposite of over government”?
a)Seeley b)J.S.Mill c)Gramsci d)Marx
5. Who authored Modern State?
a)Gettell b)Gilchrist c)Bluntschli d)Mac Iver
6. Which law is used to face an emergency situation when the Parliament is not In session?
a)statute law b)common law c)ordinance d)Administrative law
7. Rousseau authored ,
a)Social Contract b)Republic c)The Prince d)Politics
8. Which day is observed as International Human Rights Day?
a)December 1 b)December 10 c)June 5 d)April 2
9. Untouchability has been abolished in India in order to ensure,
a)legal equality b)economic equality c)socialequality d)political equality
10. In which year did Switzerland gave franchise to women?
a)1979 b)1971 c)1975 d)1999
11. Who defined law as the command of the sovereign?
a)Austin b)Mill c)Marx d)Rousseau
12.In May 2018, by-elections were held for which assembly constituency of Punjab?
A) Amritsar
B) Sham Chaurasi
C) Nakodar
D) Shahkot
13.In May 2018, a new domestic airport started at which place of Punjab?
A) Sansarpur
B) Adampur
C) Sahnewal
D) Pathankot
14.According to NIRF-2018 rankings, how many institutes of Punjab were among top 100?
A) 5
B) 8
C) 1
D) 3
15.In the year 2017, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Punjabi language?
A) Nachhattar
B) Darshan Buttar
C) Dr. Jaswinder Singh
D) Swaraj Bir
16.Who is the Irrigation and Power Minister of Punjab as of 2017?
Rana Gurjeet Singh
Aruna Chaudhary
Brahm Mohindra
Sadhu Singh Dharamsot
17. The “Young Italy” of …………………..lit the flames of patriotism throughout Italy and helped the cause of Italian unification.
a) Joseph Mazzini b) Charles Albert c) Garibaldi d) Louie Philip
18…………….., the prime minister of Germany who unified Germany with his policy of “Blood and Iron.”
a) Otto Von Bismarck b) Von Moltke
c) Victor Emmanuel II d) Queen Isabella
19.The Meiji Restoration was basically a revolution that restored imperial rule to Japan in…………..
a) 1837 b) 1848 c) 1867 d) 1900
20. The U.S.A. declared war against Germany on April 6,…………..
a) 1907 b) 1917 c) 1927 d) 1937
21. The Fourteen Points was announced by President Woodrow Wilson of……………….
a) U.S.A. b) France c) England d) Italy
22. Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of ………………
a) France b) Austria c) Hungary d) Yugoslavia
23. The Treaty of St. Germaine was imposed on ……………..on September 10, 1919.
a) China b) Hungary c) Austria d) Russia
24. The Allied powers imposed the Treaty of Sevres upon …………..on August 10, 1920.
a) Turkey b) China c) Hungary d) Yugoslavia
25. In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy.
a) 1911 b) 1921 c) 1926 d) 1928
26.In ……………… Mussolini formed a political party which he names as Fascisti.
a) 1906 b) 1909 c) 1919 d) 1927
27. World War II began with Hitler’s attack on Poland on September 1,………………
a) 1909 b)1919 c)1939 d)1946
28. The Truman Doctrine was announced by President Truman in the American Congress on March 12,…………..
a) 1947 b) 1949 c) 1957 d) 1958
29. The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
a) 1931 b) 1941 c) 1991 d) 1992
Q.30 In the Arabari forest range of Midnapore district involvement of
villages helped recover tress of
a) Teak
b) Eucalyptus
c) Sal
d) Pine
Q.31. Which of the following community in Rajasthan has a religious tenet of
conservation of forest and wildlife
a) Agrawal
b) Jaishwal
c) Bishnoi
d) Jain
Q.32. The main reason of abundant Coliform bacteria in the river Ganga is
a) Disposal of human excreta directly
b) Discharge of effluents from electroplating industries
c) Washing of clothing
d) Immersion of ashes
Q.33. The three “R” s that will help us to conserve natural resources for long
term use are
a) Recycle, regenerate , reuse
b) Reduce , regenerate, reuse
c) Reduce, reuse, redistribute
d) Reduce, Recycle, Resuse
Q.34. In our country vast tracts of forest are cleared and a single species of
plant is cultivated. This practice promotes
a) Biodiversity in the area
b) Monoculture in the area
c) Growth of natural forest
d) Preserves the natural ecosystem in the area
35) Where was the main centre of Wahable
Movement in India?
a) Patna
b) Patiala
c) Lahore
d) Multan
36) Which Movement was known as
Namdhari Mission
a) Satwandi
b) Santhal
c) Kuka
d) Sanyasin
37) The kuka Movement played a prominent
role in arousing the feeling of
Patriotism in
a) Punjab
b) Sind
c) Baloch
d) Awadh
38) Who was the Chief Inspirator of Kuka
Movement?
a) Lal Singh
b) Ram Singh
c) Sant Singh
d) Balak Singh
39) Who was the Gure of Bhai Ram Singh?
a) Kartar Singh
b) Shyam Singh
c) Param Singh
d) Balak Singh
40) Who stressed on the need for the recitation
of Chandi Path, Gurwani,
Naam Jap and Ass Di Var.
a) Dhyan Singh
b) Balak Singh
c) Ram Singh
d) Avtar Singh
41) Which Animal was Worshipped in the
Kuka Movement
a) Cow
b) Sheep
c) Horse
d) Ox
42) The leader of the Kuka Movement who
was perhaps the first person to
adopt the policy of Non Co-operative against
the British was
a) Dina Singh
b) Arjun Singh
c) Ram Singh
d) Harkrishan Singh
43) Which Kuka Leader appointed Subaidars
and Naib Subaidars
a) Ram Singh
b) Shyam Behare
c) Arjun Singh
d) Harcharan Singh
44) Who was the Lieutenant Governor of
Punjab in 1863?
a) Outram
b) Collin Campbill
c) Wheerlar
d) Mc Leod
45) The Native village of Ram Singh was
a) Bhaini
b) Dhoyi
c) Nanakana
d) Gurdaspur
46. When did Lala Hardayal return to India
a) 1906
b) 1909
c) 1911
d) 1913
47.Which Ship was prevented from entry into
India in 1914
a) Mata Hari
b) Voyegar
c) Kamagata Maru
d) Queen Victoria
48. Who informed the Government about the
Gadhar Party’s plan of revolt in
India
a) Harpal Singh
b) Devraj Singh
c) Harbachan Singh
d) Satpal Singh
49. Which of the revolutionaries started the
scheme of Scholarship for Indian
students in England?
a) V D Savarkar
b) S K Verma
c) Lala Hardayal
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
50.What is India‘s rank in World Press
Freedom Index that was released on
the occasion of World Press Freedom
Day on 3 May 2017? –
a. 136
b. 135
c. 134
d. 133
51.Which city emerged as the cleanest
city in India, as was disclosed in the
Swachh Survekshan 2017 that was
released on 4 May 2017? –
a. Indore(Madhya Pradesh)
b. Chandigarh
c. Delhi
d. Bhopal
52.What is the name of the doctrine to
counter the Naxalite problem that was
announced by Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh in the Left Wing
Extremism (LWE) situation review
meeting held on 8 May 2017? –
a. SAMADHAN
b. SARAL
c. SUGAM
d. NONE
53.Union Finance Ministry declared a
new series of index of industrial
production (IIP) and the wholesale
price index (WPI) on 12 May 2017.
The series has been revised after eight
years. What is the base year for the
indices in the new series? –
a. 2011-12
b. 2004-05
c. 2007-08
d. 2009-10
54.Which country during May 2017
declared an end to its public health
emergency for the Zika virus? –
a. Brazil
b. Yemen
c. Kuwait
d. Libiya
55.Who was elected as the new
Director-General of the World Health
Organisation (WHO) on 23 May 2017
and thus became the first-ever WHO
Director-General from Africa? –
a. Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
b. Willam toder
c. David Sampras
d. None
56.What is the name of the deadly
cyclone that made heavy landfall in
Bangladesh on 30 May 2017 resulting
in the death of at-least 6 persons and
evacuation of hundreds of thousands
of persons? –
a. Cyclone Mora
b. Cyclone Sora
c. Cyclone Aora
d. Cyclone Zora
57.India‘s first-ever bus running on
cow-dung biogas was launched in
which city on 31 March 2017? –
a. Kolkata
b. Delhi
c. Bombay
d. Chennai
58.During March 2017 a unique
initiative to unearth budding footballers
was launched in Kerala jointly by the
FIFA and the All India Football
Federation (AIFF). What is the name
given to this initiative? –
a. Mission 11 Million
b. Mission 10 Million
c. Mission 9 Million
d. Mission 8 Million
59.What is the name of the scheme for
providing physical aids and assistedliving
devices for senior
citizens belonging to
BPL category that Was launched
In Andhra
Pradesh‘s
Nellore district on1 April
2017?
a. Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
b. Vayoshree yojna
c. Ayushree yojna
d. None of the above
60.Around 250 people were killed in a
huge mudslide in which Latin
American country on 1 April 2017? –
a. Colombia
b. Brazil
c. Venezuela
d. Peru
61.Kishori Amonkar, who passed away
on 3 April 2017, was an iconic
personality associated with which
field? –
a. Hindustani classical music
b. Tennis player
c. Cricket player
d. Painter
62.Which film was declared the Best
Film at 64
National Film Awards that
were announced on 7 April 2017? –
a. Kaasav (Marathi)
b. Rustom
c. Sultan
d. Toilet
63.The first rail freight service from the
UK to China departed from Essex on
10 April 2017. This train, which will
cover 7,500 miles long journey and
pass through seven countries, is part
of which ambitious initiative of China?
a. One Belt, One Road (OBOR)
b. One Belt, Two Road
c. One Belt, Three Road
d. One Belt, Four Road
64.What is the name of the app and
web portal launched by the Union
Government on 9 April 2017 that
facilitates people to contribute towards
family of martyrs from central
paramilitary forces? –
a. BharatKeVeer
b. BharatKeSipahi
c. BharatKeLal
d. BharatKeBahadur
65.100TH Anniversary of which important
event associated with India‘s Freedom
Movement was observed during April
2017? –
a. Moplah movement
b. Swadeshi movement
c. Homerule movement
d. Champaran Movement
66.What is the name of India‘s firstever
industrial-articulated robot that
was launched on 11 April 2017 by TAL
Manufacturing Solutions? – “
a. BRABO
b. TURBO
c. BURBO
d. NONE
67.What is the official name of one of
the most powerful bomb that was
dropped on Afghanistan by the United
States on 13 April 2017? –
a. GBU42
b. GBU41
c. GBU40
d. GBU-43
68.What is the
name of the visa
programme used
by over 95,000
temporary foreign workers (majority of
them Indians), that was abolished by
the Australian Government on 18 April
2017? –
a. Visa 444
b. Visa 447
c. Visa467
d. Visa 457
69.What is India‘s place in the
4 edition of Huawei Global
Connectivity Index (GCI) that was
released on 18 April 2017? –
a. 41
b. 40
c. 42
d. 43
70.Which electronic sports will be
featured as a full sport at the 2022
Asian Games, as was announced by
the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on
19 April 2017? –
a. Video Gaming
b. Gilli danda
c. Khokho
d. None
71.Which three African countries have
been chosen to test the world‘s first
malaria vaccine, as announced by the
WHO on 24 April 2017? –
a. Ghana,
b. Kenya
c. Malawi
d. All of the above
72.Who will be
conferred with
the Dada Saheb
Phalke Award for
2016, as was
announced by the Information &
Broadcasting Ministry on 24 April
2017? –
a. K. Vishwanath
b. Shahsi kapoor
c. Amitabh bachchan
d. Rishi kapoor
73.During April 2017 a ban on religious
names for Muslim babies was imposed
in which region of China? –
a. Xinjiang
b. Kinjiang
c. Pingpiang
d. None
74.Which Member of Parliament (MP)
during February 2017 moved a private
bill in the Parliament that seeks to
empower voters to recall MPs and
MLAs? –
a. Varun Gandhi
b. Menka Gandhi
c. Rahul Gandhi
d. None
75.What was the national sex ratio (at
birth) during 2015-16 as was disclosed
in the National Family Health Survey 4
(NFHS-4) for
2015-16 that was unveiled by the
Union
Health
Ministry ?
a. 920
b. 921
c. 922
d. 919
76. Match the following:
City Industry
A. Tirupur 1. Railway Engines
B. Udaipur 2. Textiles
C. Rishikesh 3. Cement
D. Varanasi 4. Pharmaceuticals
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 4 1 2 3
77. Which one of the following pairs is not corre ctly matche d?
Important Location (Industry / Mining) State
(a) Himgir : Uttar Pradesh
(b) Koraput : Orissa
(c) Palana : Rajasthan
(d) Nellore : Andhra Pradesh
78. Which one of the following se que nce s of the oil re fine rie s of India as the y occur from
south to north is corre ct?
(a) Kochi – Mangalore – Mumbai – Koyali
(b) Koyali – Mumbai – Mangalore – Kochi
(c) Kochi – Mumbai – Mangalore – Koyali
(d) Mangalore – Kochi – Mumbai – Koyali
79. Match the following:
Date Conditions in Northe rn He misphe re
A. March 21
1. Winter Solstice
B. June 21
2. Autumnal Equinox
C. September 21
3. Summer Solstice
D. December 22st
4. Vernal Equinox
A B C D
nd
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 4 3 2 1
78. What is the corre ct se que nce of the following laye rs of the Earth as one move s from the surface to the inte rior:
1. Mantle
2. Crust
3. Core
Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 2
(c) 2, 1, 3
(d) 3, 1, 2
79. The Tropic of Cance r passe s through:
(a) India and Iran
(b) Iran and Pakistan
(c) India and Saudi Arabia
(d) Iran and Iraq
80. If a place is locate d at 20°N, 80°E in which of the following contine nts doe s it lie ?
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Europe
(d) North America
81. Which of the following state me nts is corre ct ?
1. All meridians are of the same length
2. All latitudes are of the same length
3. The Prime Meridian is the longest meridian
4. The Equator is the longest latitude
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
82. Match the following:
Countrie s World time (hours fast (+) or slow (-) on GMT)
A. Afghanistan 1. – 5
B. Bangladesh 2.
C. Bhutan 3. + 6
D. Columbia 4.
A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
83. The time of Cairo is 2 hours ahe ad of Gre e nwich time Cairo is situate d at :
(a) 27° East
(b) 28° West
(c) 30° East
(d) 30° West
84. Whe n it is 8 P.M. in Tokyo, what is the time at Panama Canal which is locate d at 180°W of it?
(a) 4.00 P.M.
(b) 8.00 A.M.
(c) 12.00 A.M.
(d) 12.00 Noon
85. Match the following:
Discontinuity Laye r of Earth’s inte rior associate d with discontinuity
A. Weichert – Gutenberg discontinuity 1. Outer core and inner core
B. Mohorovicic (Moho) discontinuity 2. Lower mantle and outer core
C Lehman discontinuity 3. Upper mantle and lower mantle
D. Conrad discontinuity 4. Lower crust and upper mantle
5. Division of Sial and Sima within the crust
A B C D
(a) 5 1 3 2
(b) 2 1 3 5
(c) 2 4 1 5
(d) 5 4 1 2
86. Match the following:
Ge ne tic Phase Re sultant Tide
A. The Sun and the Moon are at right angles with the Earth 1. Spring tide
B. The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line 2. Neap tide
C. The Moon is nearest from the Earth 3. Apogean Tide
D. The Moon is farthest from the Earth 4. Perigean tide
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 3 1 4 2
87. ‘Gre e n House Effe ct’ me ans:
(a) pollution in houses in tropical regions
(b) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
(c) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(d) cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution
88. The Inte rnational Date Line passe s through:
(a) Bering strait
(b) Gibraltar strait
(c) Florida strait
(d) Malacca strait
89. Which one of the following is the cloud that is dark-gre y or black, found at ve ry low
he ight and brings the re al rain?
(a) Altocumulus
(b) Cirrus
(c) Cirrostratus
(d) Nimbostratus
90. Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was
‘Bleeding India White’?
(a) Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Hume
(d) Annie Besant
91. “India for the Indiana” was the political message of
(a) D E Wacha
(b) Vivekanand
(c) Dayanand
(d) Hume
92. Which of the following was the ‘Newspaper’ of Annie
Besant?
(a) The Hindu
(b) Indian Express
(c) The Times of India
(d) New India
93. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
(a) Jinnah
(b) Syed Ahmed Khan
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Bhutto
94. Match the following:
List-I List-II
A. Swaraj is my birth right 1. Moderates
B. It is not reforms but re-form 2. Lajpat
Rai
C. A subject people has no soul 3. BC Pal
D. Policy of petitions, prayers and protests 4. Tilak
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 2 1 3 4
95. Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was
responsible for Indla’s economic miseries?
(a) BC Pal
(b) BP Wadia
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) GS Arundale
96. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following statements was
not correct?
(a) British India must remain an integral part of the British
Empire.
(b) Responsible Government would be realised only by the
progressive stages.
(c) Provincial subjects were classified into Reserved subjects
and Transferred subjects.
(d) The salary of the Secretary of State for India was not to be
paid by Parliament.
97. As per the Act of 1919 which of the following was not a
Transferred subject?
(a) Education
(b) Museum
(c) Medical Relief
(d) Land Revenue
98. The Dyarchy which was introduced on 1921 In province a
was in force till the year
(a) 1927
(b) 1935
(c) 1937
(d) 1947
99. The Home Rule League was formed during the
(a) First World War
(b) Partition of Bengal
(c) Struggle following the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(d) Implementation of Minto-Morley Reforms
100. The Secretary of State for India was given powers by
(a) The Act of 1909
(b) The Act of 1919
(c) The Act of 1858
(d) The Act of 1861
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