Mock 20
Mock 20
Question No: 1
Which one of the following is not correct about the Panchayats as laid down in Part IX of the
Constitution of India?
(a) The Chairperson of a Panchayat needs to be (b) The State Legislature has the right to
directly elected by people in order to exercise decide whether or not offices of the
the right to vote in the Panchayat meetings. Chairpersons in the Panchayats are
reserved for SCs, STs or women.
(c) Unless dissolved earlier, every Panchayat (d) The State Legislature may by law make
continues for a period of five years. provisions for audit of accounts of the
Panchayats.
Question No: 2
In which year, was the “Tonkin Free School” establishment in Vietnam?
(a) 1907 (b) 1917
(c) 1927 (d) 1937
Question No: 3
Which city was established by Harihar-Bukka?
(a) Bahmani (b) Delhi
(c) Vijaynagar (d) Mohammad Nagar
Question No: 4
By whom the “Quit India” resolution was moved in the Bombay Session of the Congress in the
year1942?
(a) Jawaharlal (b) Narendar Deo (c) Rajendra (d) J.B. Kripalani
Nehru Prasad
Question No: 5
‘Suffrage Movement’ was related to which category of the society?
(a) Children (b) Women (c) Men (d) Old People
Question No: 6
February Revolution (1848) was held in
(a) England (b) France
(c) Germany (d) Italy
Question No: 7
Kheda Satyagrah was related to
(a) Against the oppressive plantation (b) Movement of cotton mill workers
system
(c) Relaxation in revenue collection (d) None of these
Question No: 8
How many Indian members were there in the Simon Commission?
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) No one
Question No: 9
King Asvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the ruler of :
(a) Kekaya (b) Matsya
(c) Panchala (d) Sursena
Question No: 10
Which site of Harappan civilization has yielded a beautiful bronze image of a chariot?
(a) Daimabad (b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Kalibangan (d) Rakhigarhi
Question No: 11
Which of the following statements regarding writ of certiorari is/are correct?
1. There should be court, tribunal or an officer having legal authority to determine the questions of
deciding Fundamental Rights with a duty to act judicially.
2. Writ of certiorari is available during the tendency of proceedings before a subordinate court.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Question No: 12
Which one of the following is a human right as well as a Fundamental Rights under the Constitution
of India?
(a) Right to Information (b) Right to Education
(c) Right to Work (d) Right to Housing
Question No: 13
Who among the following was not a member of the constituent assembly?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
Question No: 14
“Indian War of Independence, 1857was written by
(a) R.C. Majumdar (b) S.B. Choudhari (c) S.N. Sen (d) V.D. Savarkar
Question No: 15
Which one of the following Articles of Indian Constitution is related to Indian foreign policy?
(a) Article 51 (b) Article 60 (c) Article 50 (d) Article 380
Question No: 16
Article 14- 18 of the part-III of the Indian Constitution enshrines:
(a) Right against exploitation (b) Right to freedom
(c) Right to equality (d) Right to freedom of religion
Question No: 17
Right to Information Act. Came into effect from:
(a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007 (d) 2004
Question No: 18
When a bill is presented at the table of Lok Sabha who decides whether a bill is money bill or not?
(a) The Prime Minister (b) The President
(c) The Parliamentary Select Committee (d) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Question No: 19
Who protects the constitution?
(a) Judiciary (b) Legislature
(c) Executive (d) Finance Commission
Question No: 20
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(Provisions in the Constitution (Source)
Of India)
A. Emergency Provisions 1. Ireland
B. Fundamental Rights 2. The United Kingdom
C. Parliament System 3. The United States of America
D. Directive Principles of State 4. Germany
Policy
(a) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 (b) A-2, B-2, C-4, D-1
(c) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 (d) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
Question No: 21
Which one of the following is not a part of the ‘basic structure’ of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Rule of law (b) Secularism
(c) Republican form of government (d) Parliamentary form of government
Question No: 22
The quorum requirement to the Rajya Sabha-
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 100
Question No: 23
In Which year, Right to Information was enacted in India?
(a) 2000 (b) 2001 (c) 2004 (d) 2005
Question No: 24
Which one of the following Articles Schedules in the Constitution of India deals with Autonomous
District Councils?
1. The ideal of a common civil code is set forth in Article
(a) Eighth Schedule (b) Article 370
(c) Sixth Schedule (d) Article 250
Question No: 25
Pressure Groups are
(i) Organization that attempts to influence government policies
(ii) Do not aim to directly control or share political power.
(a) Only (i) is correct (b) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(c) Only(ii) is correct (d) None of the statement is correct
Question No: 26
The way of facing challenges arising from the regional inequality are given below. Find out which
one is incorrect?
(a) Balanced development (b) Fair share in resources
(c) A large scale emigration (d) Adequate share in power
Question No: 27
Which organization in India is called the “Lender of the last resort” for the commercial banks?
(a) ICICI (b) IDBI (c) NABARD (d) RBI
Question No: 28
Indian Railway was first started in 1853 in between
(a) Mumbai and Pune (b) Howrah and Sealdah
(c) Mumbai and Thane (d) Chennai and Coimbatore
Question No: 29
The Indian economy is characterized by
(a) pre-dominance of agriculture (b) low per capita income
(c) massive unemployment (d) all of the above
Question No: 30
Identify the group of financial institutions which gives loans to small scale industries.
(a) IDBI, IFCI, SFC, SIDBI (b) RBI, NABARD, IFCI, IDBI
(c) NABARD, IDBI, RBI, SFC (d) SIDBI, RBI, NABARD, IDBI
Question No: 31
Which among the following is a money function?
(a) Medium of exchange (b) Unit of account
(c) Store of value (d) All the above
Question No: 32
What is meant by divisions of labour?
(a) Specialization of economic activity (b) Production on large scale
(c) Specialization of quantity and quality of (d) Increase in production
production
Question No: 33
Which is the most important company in machine tools?
(a) HMT Machine Tools (b) PMT Machine Tools
(c) Guindy Machine tools (d) Praga Tools
Question No: 34
Which of the following statements is /are correct in regard to ‘Micro-finance???
(1) Micro-credit extended by banks to individual is reckoned as a part of their priority sector
leading.
(2) RBI has prescribed a particular model the banks to provide micro-finance.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Question No: 35
Which one of the following major markets has the highest share of composition of exports of ores
and minerals in the world?
(a) United states (b) India
(c) Brazil (d) China
Question No: 36
As per the policy applicable in 2017, how much Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is permitted in the
defence sector in India?
(a) 49 per cent through the automatic route (b) 26 per cent through the government route
(c) 26 per cent through the automatic route (d) 75 per cent through the automatic route
and beyond that up to 49 per cent through
the government route
Question No: 37
Which among the following products is not usually exported from India?
(a) Wheat (b) Rice
(c) Sugar (d) Pulses
Question No: 38
The quality of education in a country does not depend upon
(a) growth rate (b) literacy rate
(c) health status (d) acquisition of skill by people
Question No: 39
Which term is used for families living under the poverty line?
(a) APL (b) BPL (c) GPL (d) CPL
Question No: 40
Example of barter exchange is
(a) purchasing wheat with money (b) purchasing fruits with money
(c) purchasing milk with money (d) purchasing sugar with wheat
Question No: 41
Who among these offered Chancellorship to Hitler in Germany?
(a) Churchill (b) Goebbels
(c) Helmuth (d) Hindenburg
Question No: 42
Which of the following acts is known as the ‘Black act’?
(a) Ilbert bill (b) Rowlatt act (c) Hunter act (d) Act of 1909
Question No: 43
In which year India became a member of the World Trade Organization?
(a) 1995 (b) 1997
(c) 1999 (d) 2001
Question No: 44
Which of the following statements does not match the Nazi thinking?
(a) Government should be dictatorial and any body (b) All the Jews living anywhere in the world
opposing it should be dealt with firmly. must be hated.
(c) Democracy and international peace should be (d) Germans are the best race in the world
promoted. and therefore, they must rule the whole
world.
Question No: 45
Which of the following characteristic(s) describes the nature of religion according to the Rig Veda?
1. Rig Vedic religion can be described a naturalistic polytheism.
2. There are striking similarities between the Rig Vedic religion and the ideas in the Iranian Avesta.
3. Vedic sacrifices were conducted in the house of the priest who was called yajaman.
4. Vedic sacrifices were of two kind – those conducted by the household and those that required
rituals specialists.
Select the correct answer using the code give below:
(a) 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 4 only
Question No: 46
World Trade Organization (WTO) was started at the initiative of ____________.
(a) Developing Countries (b) Asian Countries
(c) Developed Countries (d) European countries
Question No: 47
Satyamev Jayate is taken from
(a) Vedas (b) Mundkopanishad (c) Aranyak (d) Smrities
Question No: 48
The site of Mohenjodaro was discovered by:
(a) Dayaram Sahni (b) R.D. Banerji
(c) N.G. Majumdar (d) S.R. Rao
Question No: 49
The three age system – Stone, Bronze and Iron from the collection of Copengagen museum was
coined by
(a) Thomsen (b) Lubbock
(c) Taylor (d) Childe
Question No: 50
The famous ‘Battle of Kings’ between Bharat and the host of ten kings was fought near the river :
(a) Sindhu (b) Sarawati
(c) Parushni (d) Vitasta
ODISHA VIDYA ACADEMY
Question No: 51
Which of the following scheme of Govt. of India has created Guinneas World Record for the largest
cash transfer programme?
(a) Aam Admi Bima Yojana (b) Deen Dayal Disabled Rehabilitation
Scheme
(c) MGNREGA (d) Pahal
Question No: 52
Match the International Airports on the map of India (i, ii ,iii , iv) with their respective names:
A. Raja Sansi International Airport
B. Anna International Airport
C. Subhashchandra Bose Internat
D. Rajeev Gandhi International Airport A
Answer Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
c a c a b b b d
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
a a b b a d a c
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
a d a c c a d c
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
b c d c d a d a
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
a a d a d a b d
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
d b a c c a b b
49 50
a c
SOLUTIONS
Question No: 1
Unless dissolved earlier, every Panchayat continues for a period of five years.
Question No: 2
1907
Question No: 3
Vijaynagar
Question No: 4
Jawaharlal Nehru
Question No: 5
Women
Question No: 6
France
Question No: 7
Movement of cotton mill workers
Question No: 8
No one
Question No: 9
Kekaya
Question No: 10
Daimabad
Question No: 11
Only 2
Question No: 12
Right to Education
Question No: 13
Mahatma Gandhi
Question No: 14
V.D. Savarkar
Question No: 15
Article 51
Question No: 16
Right to equality
Question No: 17
2005
Question No: 18
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Question No: 19
Judiciary
Question No: 20
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
Question No: 21
Republican form of government
Question No: 22
25
Question No: 23
2005
Question No: 24
Sixth Schedule
Question No: 25
Both (i) and (ii) are correct
Question No: 26
A large scale emigration
Question No: 27
RBI
Question No: 28
Mumbai and Thane
Question No: 29
all of the above
Question No: 30
IDBI, IFCI, SFC, SIDBI
Question No: 31
All the above
Question No: 32
Specialization of economic activity
Question No: 33
HMT Machine Tools
Question No: 34
1 only
Question No: 35
China
Question No: 36
49 per cent through the automatic route
Question No: 37
Pulses
Question No: 38
growth rate
Question No: 39
BPL
Question No: 40
purchasing sugar with wheat
Question No: 41
Hindenburg
Question No: 42
Rowlatt act
Question No: 43
1995
Question No: 44
Democracy and international peace should be promoted.
Question No: 45
1, 2, 3 and 4
Question No: 46
Developing Countries
Question No: 47
Mundkopanishad
Question No: 48
R.D. Banerji
Question No: 49
Thomsen
Question No: 50
Parushni
ODISHA VIDYA ACADEMY
OPSC OMAS GS MOCK-20
GENERAL STUDIES
Maximum Marks : 200 Time Duration : 2 Hour
Answer Key
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
d d d b a b a a
59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
a a b c b c a b
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74
c b a c b a a d
75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
c d b c a d b b
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
a b c b d b c d
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
a d a c a b b a
99 100
d b
SOLUTIONS
Question No: 51
Pahal
Question No: 52
A – iii, B – iv, C – i, D - ii
Question No: 53
Mumbai
Question No: 54
Khadar
Question No: 55
A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Question No: 56
It is a large military transport aircraft
Question No: 57
Difference is least near the Equator and progressively increases away from it
Question No: 58
Aluminium
Question No: 59
Conventional Current
Question No: 60
A-iii, B-ii, C-iv, D-i
Question No: 61
PMKSY
Question No: 62
Both 1 and 2
Question No: 63
Charter Act, 1833
Question No: 64
Both 1 and 2
Question No: 65
1, 2 and 3
Question No: 66
Biogeochemical cycles
Question No: 67
Organisms are uniformly present in Biosphere
Question No: 68
KunoPalpur Wildlife Sanctuary
Question No: 69
population
Question No: 70
Madhya Pradesh
Question No: 71
(I) and (II) only
Question No: 72
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Question No: 73
0.05 percent or loss
Question No: 74
2, 3 and 4
Question No: 75
both 1 and 2
Question No: 76
None of the above
Question No: 77
25
Question No: 78
Carbon
Question No: 79
Methane and Carbon dioxide
Question No: 80
Typhoid
Question No: 81
2 and 3 only
Question No: 82
help keeping inside cooler in summer and warmer in winter
Question No: 83
Hardware as a service
Question No: 84
Evaporation
Question No: 85
to maintain conventional currents to keep the air fresh in the room
Question No: 86
nitrous oxide
Question No: 87
Peripheral device
Question No: 88
Sodium azide
Question No: 89
mechanical energy into electric energy
Question No: 90
I, II ,III
Question No: 91
Chakra Bishoyi
Question No: 92
G V Apparao
Question No: 93
1 only
Question No: 94
29th August
Question No: 95
12th Jan.
Question No: 96
Pitti Island
Question No: 97
China
Question No: 98
1 and 2
Question No: 99
Jet steam
Question No: 100
Colluvium