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General Studies – 01
Indian Polity : 6th to 8th Std Civics Syllabus Portions (6th Std. Old and New Books)

Current Affairs : January 2019

Aptitude : Number System, Simplification

1. Grievance day is observed on every

A) Monday B) Wednesday C) Friday D) Saturday
2. Maintaining law and order and prevention of crimes is the duty of
A) District collector B) Judiciary C) Police department D) Executive
3. Local Self Government is introduced by
A) Lord Wellesley B) Lord Dalhousie C) Lord Ripon D) Lord Cornwallis
4. Consider the statements:
a) Dr. Muthulakshmi was the first woman to study in the men’s college in Pudukkottai
b) She was the first Indian woman to obtain a medical degree from Madras Medical College in 1912
c) She was the first woman president of the All India Women’s Association
d) She was the first woman to be elected as alder-man of the Madras (now Chennai) Corporation.
A) a alone correct B) a, b alone correct
C) a,b,c,d are correct D) All are wrong
5. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy founded the Avvai Home at Adayar for the benefit of destitute women in
A) 1930 B) 1932 C) 1912 D) 1940
6. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was awarded the “Padma Bhushan “ for her meritorious service in the year -----------
A) 1946 B) 1956 C) 1945 D) 1985
7. Consider the following statements:
A) To highlight Dr. Muthulakshmi’s name and fame, TN govt has implemented a welfare scheme named Dr.
Muthulakshmi Maternity Stipendary scheme.
B) Under the scheme, the mothers are provided with financial assistance to get a nutritious diet for three
parental care months and three postnatal care months.
A) A is the correct explanation of B B) Only A is correct
C) Only B is correct D) Both the statements are not correct.
8. Consider the statements and state which one is not relevant to Dr. Muthulakshmi.
A) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was instrumental in starting the cancer institute in Adyar,Chennai.
B) With the help of the govt aid for the orphan children, widows and destitute women she established a
home at Adyar.
C) Dr. Muthulakshmi with the help of E.V.R. Periyar strived to eradicate the Devadasi system and a bill was
passed in the legislature.
D) She introduced a free education scheme for girls up to class 8.

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9. Find the correct statement : India is a

A) Sovereign Socialistic Secular Democratic Republic
B) Socialistic Secular Sovereign Democratic Republic
C) Secular Sovereign Socialistic Democratic Republic
D) Sovereign Secular Socialistic democratic Republic
10. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was presided over by
A) Dr.Rajendra Prasad B) Dr. Sachidananda Sinha
C) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar D) K.M.Munshi
11. Indian constitution came into force on
A) 26th Jan 1950 B) 26th Jan 1949 C) 24th Jan 1950 D) 22nd Jan 1950
12. Consider the following statements and find out which one is incorrect
A) The President is the head of the Indian Union and elected directly.
B) The Vice-president acts as the President when the President’s post is vacant
C) The Council of ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister
D) All the above statements are incorrect
13. Match the Following
a) Lok Sabha 1) Real Head of the Government
b) Rajya Sabha 2) Lower House of the Parliament
c) President 3) Nominal head of the nation
d) Prime Minister 4) Upper House of the Parliament
Options:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 4 1
C) 2 4 3 1
D) 1 4 3 2
14. The ratio of the length to the breadth of our National Flag is
A) 3:2 B) 2:3 C) 1: 4 D) 4:1
15. Pick out the incorrect pair:
A) National Flag- July 22 , 1947 B) National Anthem – January 24, 1950
C) National Emblem – January 26,1949 D) Republic- January 26,1950
16. Purna Swaraj day was observed on
A) 26th January 1930 B) 24th January 1950
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C) 15 August 1947 D) 26th January 1929
17. The drafting committee was constituted on
A) 29th August 1947 B) 15th August 1947
C) 26th January 1950 D) 9th December 1946
18. Find out the Correct Pair:
a) Single Party system 1) USA
b) Bi-Party system 2) USSR

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c) Multi Party system 3) Sri Lanka

d) National Party 4) Less than 4 States
19. The term United Nations was coined by
A) Franklin D Roosevelt B) Winston Churchill
C) Ban Ki-moon D) Kofi Anan
20. Match the following :
a) UN Conference 1) Resettles refugees
b) UNO 2) San Francisco
c) Ban Ki- moon 3) New York
d) UN Head quarters 4) 24th Oct 1945
e) UNHCR 5) UN Secretary- General
Options:
a b c d e
A) 2 4 5 3 1
B) 3 5 4 2 1
C) 4 5 3 2 1
D) 5 4 2 1 3
21. India was divided into many states on linguistic basis in the year
A) 1947 B) 1950 C) 1953 D) 1956
22. National Integration day was observed every year on
A) November 19 B) December 19 C) November 17 D) December 17
23. National Human Rights Commission was set up in the year
A) 1993 B) 1996 C) 1997 D) 1999
24. In 1995 women from all over the world gathered at
A) Beijing B) New York C) Delhi D) Geneva
25. Match the incorrect pair :
A) Hindu Widow remarriage act-1956 B) International year of women – 1978
C) Mines act – 1952 D) Plantation labour act -1951
26. Second Global Investor Summit 2019 by Tamilnadu Government held on
[A] 23-24 January 2019 [B] 13-14 January 2019
[C] 21-23 January 2019 [D] 20-23 January 2019
27. Which is the 33rd District of Tamilnadu ?

[A] Thenkasi [B] Chengalpattu [C] Tirupathur [D] Kallakurichi

28. Which was the first city to introduce ROADEO, the robot which will assist the
pedestrians, especially children while crossing the roads, on 14th January 2019?

[A] Kolkata [B] Chennai [C] Amaravathi [D] Pune

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29. The bilateral army exercise named IMBEX 2018-19 between India and which country
began at Chandimandir, in Chandigarh, on 14th January 2019?

[A] Maldives [B] Myanmar [C] Srilanka [D] Malaysia

30. Who was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India for the Supreme Court, on
16th January 2019?

[A] Rujuta Sen [B] Advyth Mahila [C] Arpit Kumar [D] Sanjay Jain
31. On 30th December Government of India renamed Ross Island of Andaman and Nicobar was renamed as
A) Swaraj Dweep B) Sardar Vallabai Patel Dweep
C) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep D) Shaheed Dweep
32. Which of the following State topped in the Singapore’s Asia Competitiveness Institute’s (ACI), Ease of
Doing Business (EDB) index 2018?
A) Gujarat B) Odisha C) Maharashtra D) Andhra Pradesh
33. World Day for War Orphans observed on
A) January 6 B) January 16 C) January 26 D) January 30
34. What is the growth rate in Per Capita Income of India as per the first advance estimates of National
Income at Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices ?
A) 5.6 % B) 6.1 % C) 7.2 % D) 7.6%
35. Which one of the following countries joined as 105th member of International Cricket Council (ICC) in
January 2019 ?
A) Saudi Cricket B) Cricket Canada C) Kuwait Cricket D) USA Cricket
36. On 10th January 2019, a Global Skill Summit 2019 with the theme ‘Skilling Youth, Enabling Youth’ held at
A) Trivandrum, Kerala B) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
C) Bhuvaneswar, Odisha D) Ranchi, Jharkhand
37. First Indian State to launch ‘One Family One Job’ scheme which assures every family one government
job was
A) Sikkim B) Odisha C) Gujarat D) New Delhi
38. 10% reservation for economically weaker sections in the general category in jobs and educational
institutions was implemented through
A) 103rd Amendment B) 102nd Amendment
C) 107th Amendment D) 104th Amendment
39. India’s first National Museum of Indian Cinema was inaugurated at
A) Chennai B) New Delhi C) Goa D) Mumbai
40. On 28 January 2019 the first Swadesh Darshan Project was inaugurated at
A) Tiruchur, Kerala B) Amaravathi, Andrapradesh
C) Shimla , Himachal Pradesh D) Gangtok, Sikkim
41. 'Atal Setu’ bridge named after former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Bajpai , across river Mandovi is
located at

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A) Goa B) Maharashtra C) Gujarat D) Odisha

42. Which of the following State started ‘Operation Olympics’ to train athletes for 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A) Tamilnadu B) West Bengal C) Odisha D) Kerala
43. Which amendment act is known as “Mini Constitution” due to the important and large number of changes
made by it in various parts of the constitution?
A) 42nd B) 44th C) 73rd D) 74th
44. According to which case, the Supreme court ruled that the constituent power of Parliament under Article
368 does not enable it to alter the “ basic structure of the Constitution”?
A) Kesavananda Bharathi v. State of Kerala B) Minerva Mills v. Union of India
C) Babulal v.State of Bombay D) Balaji Raghavan v.Union ofIndia
45. Republic and the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the preamble is adopted from
A) Irish constitution B) Japanese Constitution
C) French Constitution D) Canadian Constitution
46. The voting age was reduced to 18 years from 21 years in 1989 by
A) 61st Constitutional amendment act of 1988 B) 61st Constitutional amendment act of 1989
C) 62nd Constitutional amendment act of 1988 D) 62nd Constitutional amendment act of 1989

47. Match the Following:

a) National Emergency 1) Art 352
b) State Emergency 2) Art 356
c) Financial Emergency 3) Art 360
d) Municipalities 4) part IX-A
Options:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 4 2 3 1
C) 3 2 4 1
D) 4 3 1 2
48. Name the constitutional expert who called the Preamble as the “ identity card of the Constitution”?
A) NA Palkhivala B) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
C) Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava D) K.M.Munshi
49. The term “ Socialist “was added by the which constitutional amendment act of the Indian Constitution?
A) 42nd amendment act 1976 B) 44th amendment act 1978
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C) 7 Amendment act 1956 D) 12th Amendment act 1962
50. How many times the Preamble has been amended in our Indian Constitution?
A) Only Once B) Twice C) Thrice 4) Never
51. The Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of whom
to examine the feasibility of the same?
A) S.K.Dhar B) Fazl Ali C) K M Pannikar D) H N Kunzru
52. Match the following new states and union territories

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State/ UT Year
a) Maharashtra and Gujarat 1) 1960
b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2) 1961
c) Nagaland 3) 1963
d) Chattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand 4) 2000
Options:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 3 4 2 1
D) 1 2 4 3
53. The citizenship act was enacted by the parliament in the year
A) 1955 B) 1986 C) 1992 D) 2003
54. Which part of the Indian Constitution is rightly described as the Magna Carta of India ?
A) Part I B) Part II C) Part III D) Part IV
55. Under which article of the Indian Constitution to which Right to Property is made as legal right ?
A) Art 31 B) Art 300 C) Art 300-A D) Art 32
56. Which articles deals with the abolition of titles except military and academic?
A) Art 14 B) Art 16 C) Art 18 D) Art 20
57. Which government has declared reservation of 27% for OBC’s in Government jobs?
A) VP Singh Government B) Narasimha Rao Government
C) Moraji Desai Government D) Indira GandhiGovernment
58. Find out the correct statement
The Indian Constitution contains
A) XXII Parts ,449 Articles and 12 Schedules B) XXI Parts , 438 Articles and 8 Schedules
C) XXIII Parts,469 Articles and 21 Schedules D) XX Parts ,428 Articles and 18 Schedules
59. The Writ of Habeas Corpus is
A) To safeguard people from illegal arrest
B) The petitioner who requires legal help to get his work done by respective Public Authorities
C) It prohibits a subordinate court from acting beyond its jurisdiction
D) It prevents usurpation of a public office.
60. Match the following:
a) Age of voting 1. Election Commission
b) Symbols allocation 2. 18 years
c) Open Ballot 3. 42nd Amendment Act
d) Fundamental duties 4. Raising hands
Options:
a b c d
A) 1 2 3 4
B) 2 1 4 3

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C) 3 4 2 1
D) 4 3 1 2
61. Name the article which was added by the 4nd constitutional amendment act (1976) on the
recommendations of Swaran Singh Committee?
A) Art 45 B) Art 24 C) Art 51 D) Art 51 A
62. By Which amendment act , the Indian Constitution provides opportunities for education to his child or ward
between the age of 6 and 14 years ?
A) 42nd Amendment act 1976 B) 49th Amendment act 1984
C) 86th Amendment act 2002 D) 88th amendment act 2003
63. Which of the following schedule was inserted by the 74th Amendment act?
A) 12th schedule B) 11th Schedule C) 13th Schedule D) 10th Schedule
64. Who headed the steering committee of Constituent assembly?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) K.M.Munshi
C) H.C.Mookherjee D) Rajendra Prasad
65. Which article of Indian Constitution deals with Right to Elementary Education?
A) Article 20(a) B) Article 21(a) C) Article 22 (a) D) Article 21

66. The first flag ever flown after the Independence is stored in ----------------
A) Chennai fort Museum B) Delhi Museum
C) Saranath Museum D) Kolkata Museum
67. Match the following:
a) National Reptile 1) Elephant
b) National aquatic animal 2) Lacto bacillus
c) National Heritage animal 3) King Cobra
d)National micro organism 4) Dolphin
Options:
a b c d
A) 3 4 1 2
B) 1 2 3 4
C) 4 3 2 1
D) 2 3 4 1
68. The first Indian flag was woven at ---------------- district of Tamil Nadu
A) Vellore B) Tirupur C) Chennai D) Erode
69. The drafting committee met for the first time on
A) 9th Dec 1946 B) 11th Dec 1946 C) 13th Dec 1947 D) 15th Dec 1946
70. The Government of India has declared Tamil as the first classical language in
A) 2001 B) 2002 C) 2003 D) 2004
71. Theyyam is a popular folk dance of
A) Punjab B) Kerala C) Tamil Nadu D) Assam
72. Who called India as an “Ethnological museum “?

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A) V.A.Smith B) B.R.Ambedkar C) Jawaharlal Nehru D) Rajaji

73. Mawsynram, the land of highest rainfall is located in
A) Manipur B) Meghalaya C) Sikkim D) Nagaland
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74. Recognized official languages of India as per 8 schedule of Indian Constitution
A) 22 B) 18 C) 25 D) 26
75. Match the following :
a) Sarada Act 1. 1992
b) Equal Remuneration Act 2. 1976
c) Black Board Operation 3. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
d) 20 Points Programme 4. 1930
Options:
a b c d
A) 4 2 1 3
B) 3 1 3 4
C) 2 4 1 3
D) 1 2 3 4

76. If and , then the value of =?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

77. If + =5, then the value of ( +3)3+

(a) 110 (b) 120 (c) 140 (d) 130

78. If a+b+c=0, then the value of 2b2c2+2c2a2+2a2b2-a4-b4-c4

(a) 14 (b) 7 (c) 0 (d) 28

79. If 4a- +3=0, then the value of a3- +3

(a) (b) (c) (d)

80. If x=z=225 and y=226, then the value of x3+y3+z3-3xyz

(a) 765 (b) 576 (c) 674 (d) 676

81. If x2+y2+z2=2(x+z-1), then the value of x3+y3+z3

(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 1

82. If , then the value of

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(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) (d) 2

83. The value of

(a) 0.024 (b) 0.24 (c) 2.4 (d) 24

84. and has no solution for

(a) K=1 (b) K=-1 (c) K=4 (d) K=-4

85. Choose the incorrect relation from the following

(a) (b)

(c) (d) None of these

86. If , then the simplest value of is

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) -2 (d) 2

87. If m=-4, n=-2, then the value of m3-3m2+3m+3n+3n2+n3

(a) -126 (b) 124 (c) 126 (d) -124

88. If the cube root of 79507 is 43, then the value of is

(a) 0.4773 (b) 4.773 (c) 477.3 (d) 47.73

89. If , then the value of is

(a) (b) 2 (c) 1 (d)

90. Find the square root of

(a) 3 (b) (c) (d)

91. If , then the value of is

(a) 2 (b) -4 (c) 4 (d) 0

92. The least prime number is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2

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93. The value of 204x197 is

(a) 40188 (b) 40212 (c) 39812 (d) 40218

2
94. The value of is

2
(a) (b) (c) (d)

95. If 999 +888y=1332 and 888 +999y=555, then is equal to

(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

96. If , then the value is equal to

(a) 0.185 (b) 0.525 (c) 0.625 (d) 0.785

97. The equations 3x+4y=10 have the solution (a,b), the value of (a+b) is

-x+2y= 0

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

98. If =4a, then is equal to

(a) -2 (b) -3 (c) -4 (d) -5

99. What is the value of

(a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 100

100. If , then the value of a is

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

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