Model Question Paper for PA/SA Exam 2014 (General Awareness Section)- Set 1 for practice

Friends…We have got a lot of requests from many of our facebook followers to post a mock/model question paper, which will help in preparation during this short period of exam. So here we have prepared a model question paper for Part-A ie, General Awareness Section which contains 25 Questions. These Questions have been prepared based on the last years question pattern. Importance has been given to Indian Constitution, History, Current Affairs and Science.

We hope these questions help you know for yourself which areas you need to work upon. Please remember that this is no way a complete solution for your preparation, but will serve as a support hand. We recommend that you take this test seriously and try to answer the questions based on the knowledge you have gained so far. Please don't google the answers or refer any books before you complete answering. Others ways this will be of no use. After you have attempted all the questions, try to post the answers to all 25 questions as comment below. By 8 PM today, we will post the answers here itself so that it will provide a true picture of your preparedness. The name of all those who have got more than 12 questions correct will be posted in our facebook page and here. See you then :)  Good Luck! More Tests for all sections will be posted soon...

"The more questions you attempt, the better your preparation for the real test"

1) Which part of the Indian Constitution has been amended only once so far?

(A) Emergency provisions

(B) Fundamental duties

(C) Power of judiciary

(D) Preamble

2)  Which state clinched the best state award for implementing Rural Tourism Project in the National Tourism Award 2012-13, presented during February 2014?

(A) Kerala

(B) Sikkim

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Madhya Pradesh

3) Seawater (i.e. saltwater) freezes at?

(A) The same temperature as fresh water.

(B) At a slightly higher temperature than fresh water.

(C) At a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.

(D) Seawater does not freeze.

4) Who amongst the following is the author of the book Letters from India?

(A) Rob Young

(B) Nani Palkiwala

(C) Catherine Young

(D) Cleopatra Hanssens

5) “Akash”, missile is a?

(A) surface-to-air-missile

(B) surface-to-surface missile

(C) air-to-air-missile

(D) Submarine

6) The Constituent Assembly elected as its permanent chairman?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) B. R. Ambedkar

(D) K.M. Munshi

7) The finest specimens of Pallava architecture are?

(A) Temples of Madurai

(B) Temple of Tanjore

(C) Rock –cut Temples at Mahabalipuram

(D) Kailashnath Temple of Ellora

8) Country’s first post office savings bank ATM was recently opened at?

(A) Chennai

(B) Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

9) Which of the following gases are given out during photosynthesis?

(A) Nitrogen

(B) Hydrogen

(C) Oxygen

(D) Carbon dioxide

10) Which among the following countries has hosted the T20 Cricket World Cup 2014?

(A) India

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Pakistan

(D) Bangladesh

11) Cadmium accumulation in the body leads to hypertesion, heart enlargement and death this is mainly due to

(A) Cigarette smoking

(B) Drinking water

(C) Drinking wine

(D) Drinking milk

12) Who is popular known as 'the father of revolutionary thought in India'?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Bipin Chandra Pal

(D) Lala Hardyal

13) Which of the following gases forms the largest part of air?

(A) Carbon Dioxide

(B) Nitrogen

(C) Argon

(D) Oxygen

14) What is most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes?

(A) Sodium oxide and argon

(B) Sodium vapour and neon

(C) Mercury vapour and argon

(D) Mercury oxide and neon

15) What is the script of Ashoka’s inscriptions:

(A) Gurumukhi

(B) Hieroglyphics

(C) Dev Nagri

(D) Brahmi

16) The Indian federal system is modeled on the federal system of

(A) USA

(B) Canada

(C) Australia

(D) New Zeala

17) The new States of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura were created in

(A) 1970

(B) 1971

(C) 1972

(D) 1973

18) Name the inventor of the ubiquitous automatic weapon AK-47 who died at the age of 94 recently?

(A) Mikhail Gorbyavech

(B) Kishav Gabriel

(C) Kilternik Remnik

(D) Mikhail Kalashnikov

19) The third amendment to our Constitution carried out in 1954 to extend the power of Parliament by transfering the

(A) state list to concurrent list

(B) state list to union list

(C) both A and B

(D) none of the above

20) The inventor of X-rays was

(A) Einstein

(B) W.H. Bragg

(C) Roentgen

(D) Henry Backarrel

21) Reserve Bank of India( RBI) during April 2014 granted "in-principle" approvals to which among the following entities for new bank licences?

(A) Aditya Birla Nuvo & Bajaj Finance

(B) Indiapost & IDFC

(C) Bandhan Financial Services & Muthoot Finance

(D) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Services

22) Who commented that the Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

23) Who won the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013?

(A) Desmond Tutu

(B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

(C) Nelson Mandela

(D) Baba Amte

24) The Forward Bloc was formed by

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Shahid Bhagat Singh

(C) Gokhale

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

25) Who was the chief guest during the republic day celebrations of India 2014?

(A) Prime Minister of Indonesia

(B) President of Maldives

(C) Prime Minister of Japan

(D) President of Bhutan

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Preamble

2) Ans. (B) Sikkim

3) Ans. (C) At a slightly lower temperature than fresh water.

4) Ans. (C) Catherine Young

5) Ans. (A) surface-to-air-missile

6) Ans. (B) Rajendra Prasad

7) Ans. (C) Rock –cut Temples at Mahabalipuram

8) Ans. (A) Chennai

9) Ans. (C) Oxygen

10) Ans. (D) Bangladesh

11) Ans. (A) Cigarette smoking

12) Ans. (C) Bipin Chandra Pal

13) Ans. (B) Nitrogen

14) Ans. (C) Mercury vapour and argon

15) Ans. (D) Brahmi

16) Ans. (B) Canada

17) Ans. (C) 1972

18) Ans. (D) Mikhail Kalashnikov

19) Ans. (A) state list to concurrent list

20) Ans. (C) Roentgen

21) Ans. (D) IDFC & Bandhan Financial Services

22) Ans. (A) Mahatma Gandhi

23) Ans. (B) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

24) Ans. (D) Subhash Chandra Bose

25) Ans. (C) Prime Minister of Japan

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Constitution of India: GK Questions important for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam

1. Which of the following has been included in the list of Fundamental Rights to Indian citizen?

(A)Job to each and every single woman who has obtained a post graduation degree and is not more than 29 years of age

(B)Equal opportunities to every woman wishing to join Indian defense services at any level/position

(C)Education to all children between 6-14 years of age

(D)Social security to every person who has attained the age of 70 years but does not have regular income to support him/herself

2. A new chapter related to Panchyats has been added in the Part IX of the Indian Constitution. Which of the following is not a part of this?

(A)Elections of Panchayats under the Central Election Commission

(B)Reservation of one-third seats for the women in Panchayats and Village Assemblies.

(C)Panchayats will work for a period of five year.

(D)If a panchayat is dissolved, elections should be held within six months.

3. Which Article of the Constitution of India says, 'No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’?

(A)Article 24

(B)Article 45

(C)Article 330

(D)Article 368

4. Which one of the following statements correctly describes the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

(A)It contains the scheme of the distribution of powers between the Union and the States

(B)It contains the languages listed in the Constitution

(C)It contains the provisions regarding the administration of tribal areas

(D)It allocates seats in the Council of States

5. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India says that the executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the executive power of the Union? (Asked in 2013 PA/SA Exam)

(A)Article 257

(B)Article 258

(C)Article 355

(D)Article 356

6. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments are related to raising the number of Members of Lok Sabha to be elected from the States?

(A)6th and 22nd

(B)13th and 38th

(C)7th and 31st

(D)11th and 42nd

7. The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the

(A)Lok Sabha alone

(B)either House of Parliament

(C)Joint Sitting of Parliament

(D)Rajya Sabha alone

8. With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A)Forests : Concurrent List

(B)Stock Exchanges : Concurrent List

(C)Post Office Savings : Union List Bank

(D)Public Health : State List

Answers:

1. (C)Education to all children between 6-14 years of age

2. (A)Elections of Panchayats under the Central Election Commission

3. (A)Article 24

4. (D)It allocates seats in the Council of States

5. (A)Article 257

6. (C)7th and 31st

7. (D)Rajya Sabha alone

8. (B)Stock Exchanges : Concurrent List

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Employment News this week: Job Highlights new icon (12th April – 18th April 2014)

1. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

No. of Vacancies – Various Posts

Last Date - 01.05.2014

2. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)

Central Armed Police Forces

Name of Post –Assistant Commandants

No. of Vacancies - 136

Last Date - 12.05.2014

3. INDO-TIBETAN BORDAR POLICE FORCE (ITBPF)

Name of Post – Constable (Tradesman)

No. of Vacancies - 496

Last Date - 15.05.2014

4. AIR INDIA AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED (AIATSL)

Name of Post – Security Agents

No. of Vacancies - 271

Last Date - 28.04.2014

5. NTPC LIMITED

Name of Post – Finance Executives

No. of Vacancies - 42

Last Date - 28.04.2014

6. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT) KHARAGPUR

Name of Post – Professional Trainees

No. of Vacancies - 10

Last Date - 26.04.2014

7. MOTILAL NEHRU COLLEGE (EVENING)

Name of Post – Assistant Professor

No. of Vacancies - 22

Last Date - 21 Days of Publications of this Advertisement

Source: www.employmentnews.gov.in

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Kerala SSLC Exam 2014 Results Published

>> SSLC Exam results of Kerala have been announced by the Education Department on 16 April 2014.

>> As many as 4.42 lakh students have been declared eligible for higher studies in the SSLC examinations, the results of which were announced in a record 19 days.

>> The success rate in 2014 touched 95.47 per cent, an increase of 1.3 percentage points over the last year’s figure. Success rate among boys this year was 94.44 per cent. It was 96.53 per cent among girls.

>> This year, 14,802 students secured A+ in all subjects, 4,729 more than the corresponding figure for 2013. Last year, 10,073 students secured A+ in all subjects.

>> The ‘Save A Year’ (SAY) examination for those who gained eligibility for higher studies would be held at select centres from May 12 to 17. Applications for this could be submitted from April 24 to 28 to the respective headmasters. Applications for photocopy, revaluation, and scrutiny of the answer sheets may be submitted online from April 24 to 28 till 1 p.m. The certificates of the students will be made available at the District Education Office concerned by May 15.

View Results from following links

1) www.results.itschool.gov.in

2) www.results.kerala.nic.in

3) www.keralaresults.nic.in

4) www.keralapareekshabhavan.in

5) www.kerala.gov.in

6) www.prd.kerala.gov.in

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Daily Current Affairs: 15 April 2014

1) India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize: India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections." The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music were announced on Monday by Columbia University, New York. Seshadri's '3 Sections' is a "compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless," the announcement said.

>> Seshadri is the fifth person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious award, the first being Gobind Behari Lal in 1937.

>> The Pulitzer Prize  is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.  Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.

2) Delhi high court to get its first woman chief justice: While it has led on many fronts, the Delhi high court has lagged behind in having a woman at the helm. This, however, is going to change by next week when it gets its first woman chief justice. President Pranab Mukherjee recently cleared the decks for appointment of Justice G Rohini, most senior judge of the Andhra Pradesh high court, to head the high court in the capital. She will be the 10th woman judge in the Delhi high court, which has nine women judges out of a strength of 40.

3) SC recognised transgenders as third gender: Ridiculed for their different sexual identity and orientation, transgenders were on Tuesday granted the status of third gender by the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling that will entitle them to benefits of the Centre and state government welfare schemes. Upholding their right to decide their self-identified gender, a bench of justice KS Radhakrishnan and justice AK Sikri directed the Centre and the state governments to treat them as socially and educationally backward classes of citizens and provide them reservation in admissions in educational institutions and government jobs.

4) Portal to help Railways Save Energy launched: Indian Railways has launched a portal to facilitate energy saving up to 15 per cent by the year 2020 through improved energy efficiency measures and to help the Railways in evolving future strategies for further intensifying energy conservation efforts. The web-based electrical energy management system, RAILSAVER, developed by the Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Railways, is part of the project for ‘Improving Energy Efficiency in Indian Railway System’ being executed by the Indian Railways under the programmatic framework of UNDP through Global Environmental Facility funding of US $5.2 million.

5) Google to buy drone-maker Titan Aerospace: Google Inc has acquired solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace as the Web search giant ramps up plans to deliver wireless Internet access to remote parts of the world.

Titan Chief Executive Vern Raburn declined to provide information on the price of the deal, which he said closed on Monday morning. The 20-person company will remain in New Mexico for the foreseeable future, Raburn said, with all employees joining Google.

6) Mayaram is new Finance Secretary: Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been designated as the new Finance Secretary. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved that Mayaram may be designated as the Finance Secretary,” official sources said. Dr. Mayaram, a 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been holding charge as the Economic Affairs Secretary since 2012, and will continue to look after the Department of Economic Affairs. The post of Finance Secretary was lying vacant after Sumit Bose retired on March 31.

7) State Bank launched digital banking facilities: State Bank of India on Tuesday launched three digital banking facilities at the customer’s door step using TAB banking; one for customers opening Savings Bank accounts and another for Housing Loan applicants. The third is e-KYC (Know your Customer). The sales staff of SBI will visit the customers at their door step and using the tablets get the formalities completed for account opening like details of KYC and photographs of applicant. In the case of home loan applicants, he/she will be advised on the approximate loan amount eligible and the EMI.

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History GK Questions for PA/SA Exam 2014

1) Delhi was declared as the Capital of India in the year __ ?

(A)1900

(B)1905

(C)1911

(D)1920

Ans. (C)1911

2) India’s first General Election was in the year __ ?

(A)1948 – 49

(B)1949 – 50

(C)1950 – 51

(D)1951 – 52

Ans. (D)1951 - 52

3) The Indigo Revolt taken place in __ ?

(A)Bengal

(B)Delhi

(C)Mumbai

(D)Surat

Ans. (A)Bengal (1859)

4) The main metal used by the Indus Valley people was

(A)Iron

(B)Copper

(C)Aluminum

(D)Bronze

Ans. (B)Copper

5) Gandhiji published ‘Hindi Swaraj’ in the year __ ?

(A)1903

(B)1905

(C)1911

(D)1908

Ans. (D)1908

6) Which place in India was Gandhi’s first Satyagraha held at

(A)Champaran

(B)Dandi

(C)Kheda

(D)Surat

Ans. (A)Champaran (1917)

7) Indian National Congress divided for the first time in __?

(A)1885

(B)1907 (Surat Session)

(C)1920

(D)1929 (Lahore session)

Ans. (B)1907 (Surat Session)

8) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the revolt of 1857 ?

(A)Lucknow

(B)Jagdishpur

(C)Jhansi

(D)Chittor

Ans. (D)Chittor

9) The capital of the Maurya Dynasty was __ ?

(A)Pataliputra

(B)Taxila

(C)Kalinga

(D)Mathura

Ans. (A)Pataliputra

10) The first acting Prime Minister of India was __ ?

(A)VV Giri

(B)Morarji Desai

(C)Gulsarilal Nanda

(D)Charan Singh

Ans. (C)Gulsarilal Nanda

11) The official language of the Satavahana dynasty was

(A)Sanskrit 

(B)Prakrit

(C)Bengali

(D)Konkani

Ans. (B)Prakrit

12) Who was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India during Harsha Vardhana’s period?

(A)Megastinis

(B)Nishka

(C)Hiuen Tsang

(D)Fa-hien

Ans. (C)Hiuen Tsang

13) The Second Session of the Indian National Congress (IN(C)was at

(A)Kolkata

(B)Surat

(C)Mumbai

(D)Delhi

Ans. (A)Kolkata

14) Young India is a journal published by

(A)Subash Chandra Bose

(B)Gandhi

(C)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D)Swami Vivekananda

Ans. (B)Gandhi

15) Who started the ‘Home Rule’ Movement?

(A)Sarojini Naidu

(B)Mohammad Mi Jinnah

(C)Annie Besant

(D)Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Ans. . (C)Anne Besant

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