GK Civil PDF Past Paper 2018/GK

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 214 3 (] Time : 1% hours F\tll Marks : lOO Insfiictlons : Tle figures in the ight-hand morgin indicate full marks fo, the qtestions. 1, A group of friends are sitting in an arrangemen...

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 214 3 (] Time : 1% hours F\tll Marks : lOO Insfiictlons : Tle figures in the ight-hand morgin indicate full marks fo, the qtestions. 1, A group of friends are sitting in an arrangement one each at the corner of an octagonal table and all facing the center. Mayuri is sitting diagonally opposite to Joseph, who is sitting on Swatee's right. Ra-kesh is next to Swatee, and opposite lbrahinn, who is on Kumal's left. Tapasya is not on Ma.yuri's right, but opposite Venessa. Who is sitting on Venessa's right? (A) Joseph (B) Rakesh (C) Mayuri (D) Kumar 2. Kaplart is tlrree years older than his wife, Miriam, and four times as old as his son Sigmund. If Sigmund becomes 15 years old after 3 years, what is tJee present age of Miriarn? IJJ U) (A) 55 years (B) 50 years (C) 48 years (D) 45 years 3. Identify the correctly spelt word (A) CIRCUMSTANSE (B) CIRCUMNAVIGETE (C) CIRCUMFERENCE (D) CIRCUMSATNTIAL 4, For the defectives, clues available at a crime scene are (A) suggestive (B) circumstantial (C) inferential (D) derivative 2lYY8-2otB/cK 1 lP.T.O.  5. Wrich of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following words in context of our society? I. Country II. Family III. Member IV. Locality V. Stato (A) III, II, Iv, V, I (B) rrr, Iv, r, v, rr (c) r, II, IIr, IV, v (D) rrr, rr, v, IV, r 6. In a parliamentary form of government, real powers of the State a.re vested in the (A) President (B) Chief Justice of Supreme Court (C) Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister (D) Parliament 7. At which site of excavation was a status of a bearded man found? (A) Parnir (B) Harappa (C) Mohenjodaro (D) Lothal 8. The main characteristic of the Indus Valley Civilization was (A) town planning (B) drainage system (C) pucca houses (D) well laid out roads 2lws-2o18/cK 2 9, Which of the following organs is used in the purification of blood in human body? (A) Liver (B) Kidney (C) Spleen (D) Lungs 10. The largest continent in the world is (A) Europe (B) North America (C) Asia (D) Africa 11. Pacemaker is implanted in heart when one of the following is defective : (A) SA node (B) AV node (C) Purkinje Iibers (D) Bundle of His 12. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is mainly a mkture of (A) propane and butane (B) butane and methane (C) propane and isobutene (D) propane and methane 2lw9-2otB/cK 3 lP.r.o. I' 13, Who initiated the Home Rule Movement in India? (A) Chittaranj an Das (B) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Annie Besant (D) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad 14. In which of the following countries is the temple of Preah Vihear, a UNESCO World Heritage sites? (A) Thailard (B) Myanmar (C) Cambodia (D) Vietna"' 15. Gautam Buddha had attained Enlightment (or Buddha-hood) in the present area of (A) Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India (B) Lumbini, in the Rupandehi District of Nepal (c) Kushinagar, close to the modern Kasia (Uttar Pradesh), India (D) Sarnath, formally Isipathana, Uttar Pradesh, India 16. The heart is covered by a membrane called (A) epidermis (B) dermis (C) cerebellum (D) pericardium 2lw&-2or9/cK 4 17." The Periyar Game Sanctuary is renowned for (A) lions (B) spotted deer (C) two-humped Bactrian camels (D) wild elephants 18. Which of the following components of blood protects human beings from infection? (A) Plasma (B) Platelets (tlromborytes) (C) Red blood cells (erythrocytes) (D) White blood cells (leukocytes) 19. What is 'Kalaripayattu' ? (A) It is an ancient martial art and a living tradition in some parts of South India (B) It is an ancient style bronze and brass work still found in southern part of Coromandel area (C) It is an ancient form of dance-drama and a living tradition in the northern part of Malabar (D) It is an ancient Bhakti cult of Shaivism still prevalent in some parts of South India 20. Dakshin Gangotri' is located in (A) Uttarakhand (B) Arctic (C) Himalaya '\ (D) Antarctica 2lw9-2otB/cK 5 lP.r.o. t- 21. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (C) B. N. Rao (D) Mahatma Gardhi 22. Consider the following statements regarding blood pressure: l. It is the pressure exerted by the blood on the walls of any vessel. 2. It decreases in the arteries as the distance from tlee heart increases. 3. It is lower in the capillaries than in the arteries. 4. It is usually lower in women than in men. Of these (A) only I and 4 are correct (B) all are correct except 4 (C) all are correct except I p) all of them are correct 23. Which is the World's longest railway line? (A) Trans-Siberian line (B) Texas Railway line (C) Trans-Austin line (D) Trans-American line 24. Which of the following can initiate the process of impeachment of the President of India? (4 Any house of the Parliament (B) The Lok Sabha alone (C) The Rajya Sabha alone (D) The Supreme Court of India 2lwg-2ot\/cK 6 25. The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and sustainable development (MGIEP), is presently housed in the first floor of ICSSR building at (A) New Delhi (B) Ahmedabad (C) Mumbai (D) Pune 26, The longest day in Australia is (A) 22 June (B) 22 December (C) 2 I March (D) 22 September 27. During Rig-Vedic Age the normal form of Govemment was (A) republic (B) democracy (C) monarchy (D) None of the above 28. During the Gupta period of Ancient India, administration was (A) democratic (B) republic (C) monarchial (D) None of the above 2lw8-2o18/cK 7 lP.r.o. 29. T}re Mughal Empire extended up to Tamil territory in the South under the reign of (A) Jahangir (B) Akbar (C) Aurangzeb (D) Shahjahan 3O. The Grand Trunk Road which ran from the Indus to Sonargaon (in Bangladesh) was renovated in the Medieval times by (A) Shahjahan (B) Jahangir (C) Sher Shah (D) Akbar 31. Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi? (A) Sabarmati Ashram (B) Sevagram Ashram (C) Vishwa Bharati (D) Tolstoy Farm 32. Which of the following factors inlluenced the British to transfer power to the Indians? (A) The Indian armed forces could no longer be relied upon for their loyalty to the British (B) Revolutionary activities had alfected law and order system (C) Large scale labour unrest arld hostile public mood (D) The Second World War had weakened Britain economically ald politically 2lYY8-2otB/cK 8 33. Of the following, whose ideas had influenced Mahatma Garrdhi's thought? (A) Lenin (B) Tolstoy (C) Hitler (D) Karl Marx 34, Who marched with the slogan 'Dilli Cha-lo' ? (A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (B) Subhas Chandra Bose (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Mohandas Karamchand Gaadhi 35. Under which Article of Constitution Jammu and Kashmir does enjoy special constitutiona.l position? (A) Article-37O (B) Article-356 (C) Article- 170 (D) Article- 124 36. Instrument used to detect earthquake is known as (A) seismometer (B) quadrometer (C) barometer (D) nanometer 2lw9-2ots/cK 9 lP.r.o. 37. Which from the following is a land-locked sea? (A) North Sea (B) Timor Sea (C) Red Sea (D) Aral Sea 38. Great Barrier Reef is nea: of (A) Au stralia (B) Uganda (C) Mexico (D) San Francisco 39. Selva Amazonica are (A) an amazonian musical instrument (B) mountain range of Brazil (C) deadly lish of amazon river (D) equatorial rainforests of Brazil 40. The Channel T\rnnel, or Chunnel connects (A) France and Denmark (B) Spain and Italy (C) England and France (D) England and Wales 2lYY&i2otB/cK 10 41. Which of the following is astronomically correct with respect to 'Great Bear' ? (A) Planet (B) Gala:ry (C) Star (D) Constellation 42. The differences between asteroids and comets are given in three sentences : I. Asteroids are small roclry planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky a:ld metallic material II. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury IIL Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not Which of the following statements given above is/are correct? (A) I and II only (B) I and III only (C) III only (D) I, II and III 43. The speed of rotation of t}te earth is the highest (A) along the equator (B) at the North-pole (C) along the Tropic of Cancer (D) along the Arctic Circle 44. Rana Pratap Sagar Plant (Rqiasthan) is associated with (A) crude oil (B) nuclear power (C) solar enerry (D) hydroelectricity 2IYYB-2018lGK 11 lP.r.o. 45. Which State is the largest producer of onion in India? (A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh 46. Japanese iron and steel industry is an example of industry based on (A) export of skilled labour (B) export of local raw material (C) export of value added local raw-material (D) export of value added imported raw-material 47. Which country is the largest exporter of coal? (A) Poland (B) Australia (C) India (D) Czechoslovakia 48. Largest producer of paper pulp is (A) Kyoto of Japan (B) Melbourne of Australia (C) China (D) None of the above 2lw9-2o18/cK t2 49. Which one of the following National Parks is situated in Gujarat? (A) Corbett National Park (B) Gir National Park (C) Kaziranga National Park (D) Kanha National Park 5O. In which one of the following areas in Chipko Movement in India was started first of all? (A) Garhwal area (B) Narmada Valley (C) Himachal region (D) Jammu and Kashmir 51. What was the name of football in FIFA World Cup 2018? (A) Brazuca (B) Telstar (C) Teamgeist (D) Jabulani 52. Who sang the tJreme song of FIFA World Cup 2014? (A) Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez (B) Kesha Rose Sebert (C) Lady Gaga (D) Enrique Iglesias 2lw8-2ot9/cK 13 lP.r.o. a 53. Who became the first cricketer to score four successive one day international centuries during World Cup 2015? (A) Virat Kohli (B) Kumara Sangakkara (C) Martin Guptil (D) Hashim Amla 54. Cricket Wor1d Cup 2015 was jointly hosted by (A) Australia and New Zealatd, (B) India and Bangladesh (C) South Africa and Zimbabwe (D) Australia and West-Indies 55. A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This ioplies that the mirror is (A) concave (B) plare (C) convex (D) cylindrical with bulging side outwards 56, Electric transformers are used to (A) Iilter current (B) regulate current (c) serve as fuse (D) change voltage 2lw8-2o18/cK L4 57. Of the following the poorest heat ins r[htor is (A) air (B) glass (C) aluminum (D) rock 58, Alcohol is used as a thermometric tiquid when it is desired.to measure (A) high temperature (B) very high temperature (C) low temperature (D) sun temperature 59. When an oil film on water is seen in daytime, it shows beautiful colours. This phenomenon is due to (A) diffraction (B) refraction (C) polarization (D) interference 60, A re-usable space rocket is called (A) Apollo (B) Satellite (C) Space shuttle (D) Strylab 2lw&i2otB/cK 15 lP.r.o. 61. The same side of the moon always faces the earth because (A) earth moves with same speed around the peripheral boundary of the moon (B) moon cannot change its position with respect to its position relative to the sun (C) moon and earth have gravitational force that cancels each other (D) the period of rotation of moon is nearly equal to the period of its revolution around the earth 62. Which of the following substances is produced during photosynthesis in plant.leaves? (4 Fat (B) Carbohydrate (C) Amino acid (D) Protein 63, Who invented the transistor? (A) Edward Jenner (B) J. Whinfield and J. Dickson (C) Bardeen, Shocklley and Brattain (D) Banting, Macleod and Best 64. Enz3rmes are (A) inorganic compounds (B) benevolent set of fungi (C) micro-organisms (D) macromolecular biological catalysts 2lYY8-2O18/cK 16 65, Of the following the only metal that is produced directly from its ore by an electrica-l process is (A) aluminum (B) copper (c) zlrconlum (D) steel 66. Water get cooled in eErrthen pot a.nd not in a metal or glass pot because (A) earthen walls are bad conductor so heat does not alfect the water (B) earthen walls of the pot absorb heat of water (C) evaporation through micro pores on walls of the earthen pot (D) None of the above 67, The spice 'clove' is obtained from (A) bud (B) stem (C) root (D) fruit 68. Goitre is caused due to deficiency of (A) potassium (B) calcium (C) molybdenum (D) iodine 2lw$-2u.8/cK L7 lP.r.o. Ii 69. Colours on the screen of a TV are produced by mixing (A) red, yellow and green (B) red, green and blue (C) red, blue artd white (D) red, yellow and blue 7O. Which of the following gases combines together to produce a.m.rnonia gas? (A) Nitrogen arrd Oxygen (B) Nitrogen and Helium (C) Nitrogen and Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen and Carbon dioxide 71. The device used for converting alternating current to direct current is (A) traasformer (B) transistor (C) resistor (D) rectifrer 72. An apparatus used by the physician is (A) sphygmomanometer (B) ammeter (C) multimeter (D) venturi meter 2lw9-2o19lGK 18  73 Which of the following is usually made of glass? (A) Pliers (B) Test tube (C) Arm chair (D) Cryogenic fuel 74. Who helps to carry luggage at a railway station platform? (A) Plumber (B) Porter (C) Gastronome (D) Bouncer 75. Sundar Pichai is the CEO of (A) Motorola (B) Google Inc (C) Pepsico (D) Coca Cola 76. Tobacco major ITC started a farmer empowerment scheme named (A) ITC farm (B) Mera Maati (C) Aakash Ganga (D) E-Choupal 2lwu2otg/cK 19 lP.r.o. 7?. The plinth area of a building does not include (A) area of the walls at the floor level (B) internal shaft for sanitary installations up to 2 sq.m. in area (C) tift and wall including landing (D) area of cantilevered porch 78. In time-cost optimization of a project, crashing is done (A) on all the activities (B) on all the activities lying on the critical path (C) on original critical activities and those that become critical at any stage of crashing in the order of ascending cost slope (D) only on activities lying on the original critical path and having flatter cost slopes 79. The original cost of an equipment is Rs. 10,0O0. Its salvage value at the end of its total useful life of frve years is Rs. 1,000. Its book value at the end of two years of its useful life (as per straight line method of evaluation of depreciation) will be (A) Rs. 8,800 (B) Rs. 7,600 (C) Rs. 6,400 (D) Rs. 5,000 8O. Cast iron piles (A) are useful for heavy vertical loads (B) resist shocks or vibrations (C) are suitable for use as batter piles (D) are suitable for works under seawater 81. Next term of the sequence 2, 6, ll, 17, 24 wil be (A) 30 (B) 31 (c) s2 (D) 33 2lw}-2org/cK 20 82. (0. 1 x 0. 01 x O. OO I x 1O7 ) is equal to (A) 1/1o (B) i/ 100 (c) r (D) 1o 83. If t}re sides of a square is increased by lOo/o, the area increases by (A) lOo/o (Bl 2lo/o (c) rooo/o (Dl 42o/o 84, A 2 mm aluminum wire of length 36 m is melted to form a solid sphere whose radius will be (A) 3 mm (B) 30 mm (C) 9 mm (D) 27 mm 85. If you deposit INR 12,000 at a certain compound interest to double after five years, how much will you get after twenty years under the same scheme? (A) rNR I,92,OOO (B) rNR 1,78,000 (c) rNR 2,O8,O0O (D) rNR 1,44, O00 E6. If the sum of certain three consecutive natural numbers is 27, then the sum of next three natural numbers is (A) 42 (B) 36 (c) 34 (D) 32 2lwg-2ols/cK 2L lP.r.o. -- 87. If an a.rticle is sold at 200% profit, then the ratio of its cost price to its selling price will be (A) r:2 (B) 2:1 (c) l:3 (D) 3:1 88. For a designer jacket with a certain sticker price, the difference in selling price with a flat discount of 30% and two consecutive discounts of 2oolo and loolo is INR 72. What is the sticker price of the jacket? (A) rNR 3,600 (B) rNR 3,000 (c) rNR 2,400 (D) rNR 2,sOO 89. Rohington rows a boat along the stream flow to cover a kilometer in 5 minutes. On his upstrezrm paddling, he took an hour to cover 6 kilometers. What is the speed to water-flow in the stream where Rohington plies his boat? (A) 12 krnph (B) 6 kmph (C) 9 kmph (D) 3 kmph 9O. A number when divided by 136 leaves remainder 36. If the sErme number is divided by 8, the remainder will be (A)2 (B) 7 (c) 6 (D) 4 91. Pick the odd one out from the following : (A) Lion (B) Tiger (C) wolf (D) Elephant 2lw8-2o18/cK 22 92. What would be the last letter of the longest sensible word possible by unscrambling TIKNET? (A) N (B) r (c) K (D) r 3, Find a single letter the provided options which if substituted in the following words would form entirely new words : "ROBE, JUST, MEND, ROYAL" (A) D (B) M (c) s (D) L 94. Which of the following should not belong to the group? (A) Socks (B) Boots {C) Mittens (D) Shoes 95. What would be the next letter in the series B, E, J, Q? (^) z (B) Y (c) u (D) v 96. If the 2nd, 3rd, Sth, 10th, 15th and 20th letters of English alphabet is unscrambled to form a sensible word, which letter will come at second last position. But if more thal one word cal be made, mark S, and if no words cal be made, mark X? (A) B (B) x (C) C (D) S 2lw8-2ot9lcK 23 lP.T.O.  97. Which of the following pairs do not belong to tJ:e group? (A) Bus and Diesel (B) Fire and Water (C) Car and Petrol (D) Lamp artd Oil 98. Identif the odd one out after unscrambling the following to mal