General ability question

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1. Mulyani Indrawati is the Managing Director
and Chief Operating Officer of :
(a) IMF (b) World Bank
(c) ADB (d) BRICS Bank
2. Who is widely regarded as the architect of
the Indian Constitution.?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
3. The Constitution of India was adopted on
(a) November 26, 1946
(b) November 26, 1948
(c) November 26, 1949
(d) January 26, 1950
4. Who is the author of the book ‘Planned
Economy for India’?
(a) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(b) M. Vishweshwarya
(b) R. C. Datt
(d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
5. Who is the ex-officio head of the Civil Services
Board?
(a) Chairman of UPSC
(b) Parliamentary Secretary
(c) Cabinet Secretary
(d) Rajya Sabha Secretary
6. Which of the following organizations has
released the Global Financial Stability Report
October 2015?
(a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(b) World Bank
(c) WTO
(d) European Union
7. Fundamental Duties mentioned in the Indian
Constitution was borrowed from which
country?
(a) Germany
(b) USSR
(c) Australia
(d) France
8. Which of the following is the only Indian
company to be selected as member
of the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(DJSI) – 2015?
(a) Wipro
(b) TCS
(c) Infosys
(d) Reliance
9. Who was the first speaker of Republic of
India?
(a) G.V.Mavalankar
(b) M.A.Ayyangar
(c) Madhav Rao
(d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10. National Rural Employment Guarantee
Programme was launched in:
(a) 2005
(b) 2006
(c) 2004
(d) 2007
11. Who was first Chief Justice of India?
(a) M. P.Sastri
(b) H.J. Kania
(c) Sudhi Ranjan Das
(d) Mehr Chand Mahajan
LPU Set - 2
General Ability
No of questions: 60 Marks for correct answer: 3
Time: 90 minutes Negative mark: 1

2. Page 2 LPU Set - 2
12. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi met
who’s who of the tech world. Match the
following list accordingly:
List-I List-II
(Person) (Company/
Organizations)
(a) Tim Cook 1. Cisco
(b) Shantanu Narayen 2. Qualcomm
(c) John Chambers 3. Adobe
(d) Paul Jacobs 4. Apple
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 4 1 2 3
13. “Anti-defection” provisions for Members of
Parliament and Members of the State
Legislatures was inserted in the Indian
Constitution through which of the following
schedules ?
(a) 10th Schedule (b) 11th Schedule
(c) 12th Schedule (d) 9th Schedule
14. What was/were the words added to the
preamble in 1976 by the 42nd constitutional
amendment?
(a) Socialist (b) Secular
(c) Republic (d) Both (a) and (b)
15. Which of the following major retail groups has
tied-up with Patanjali Ayurved to sell the
Patanjali’s FMCG products on its stores?
(a) Reliance Fresh (b) Future Group
(c) Trent (d) Lifestyle
16. Which of the following Constitutional
amendment act is called Mini Constitution of
India?
(a) 42 (b) 44 (c) 24 (d) 25
17. Matti Makkonen who died recently, is popularly
known as:
(a) the father of SPAM
(b) the father of mobile phone
(c) the father of SMS
(d) the father of MMS
18. The Fundamental Duties are defined under
which of the following parts of the Indian
Constitution?
(a) Part X (b) Part IV-A
(c) Part XI (d) Part VII
19. “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” is a
book written by:
(a) C. K. Prahlad
(b) Amartya Sen
(c) Stephen J. Dubner
(d) Sudeep Reddy
20. Which of the following articles of the Indian
Constitution Dr.B.R. Ambedkar described as
‘Heart and Soul ‘of the Constitution?
(a) Article 19 (b) Article 13
(c) Article 32 (d) Article 123
21. Planning Commission was constituted in
which of the following year?
(a) 1950 (b) 1951
(c) 1952 (d) 1956
22. Who among the following is popularly called
People’s President of the India?
(a) Pratiba Patel
(b) K.R. Narayanan
(c) V.V. Giri
(d) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is
related to
(a) free delivery of essential services to rural
people.
(b) mega financial inclusion plan.
(c) rendering loans to farmers at zero percent
interest rate.
(d) substituting different subsidies in lieu of
cash.
24. Recommendations to the President on the
specified Union-State fiscal relations are made
by the
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Finance Ministry
(d) NITI-Aayog

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25. Plan Holiday was the period between:
(a) First and Second Five Year Plan
(b) Third and Fourth Five Year Plan
(c) Fourth and Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) None of these
26. Economic Justice as one of the objective of
the Indian Constitution has been provided in
(a) Directive Principle of State Policy
(b) Preamble of the Constitution
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) Fundamental Rights
27. Which of the following Instant Noodle brands
have been banned in parts of India after high
lead levels were found in some packets?
(a) Nestle Noodles
(b) Yippe Noodles
(c) Top Ramen
(d) Ching’s Secret
28. Under which of the following Articles of the
Indian Constitution mentioned about the
‘Abolition of Untouchability’ is
(a) Article 26 (b) Article 17
(c) Article 28 (d) Article 18
29. Under which of the following Articles of the
Indian Constitution mentioned about the
‘Equality before law ‘is
(a) Article 14 (b) Article 17
(c) Article 19 (d) Article 18
30. Which of the following companies has
announced a programme to “Design in India”?
(a) Boeing (b) Qualcomm
(c) GE (d) Apple
31. Who was appointed as the Constitutional
advisor to the Constituent assembly?
(a) K M Munshi (b) B N Rau
(c) Madhav Rao (d) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
32. Which of the following Silicon Valley based
chip-maker has announced that it will invest
US $ 150 million for Indian start-ups?
(a) Qualcomm (b) Intel
(c) PMC-Sierra (d) SanDisc
33. Which one the following is the oldest
Committee of the Indian Parliament?
(a) The Committee on Public Accounts
(b) The Committee on Estimate
(c) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(d) None of the above
34. Election Commission of India is a
(a) Statutory Body
(b) Constitutional Body
(c) Executive Body
(d) Non-Constitutional Body
35. Which of the following is correct about G4
nations?S
(a) The G4 nations comprises Brazil,
Germany, China, and Japan.
(b) The G4 nations comprises China,
Germany, India, and Japan.
(c) The G4 nations comprises Brazil,
Germany, India, and Japan.
(d) The G4 nations comprises South Africa,
France, India, and Japan.
36. ‘Republic and ideals of liberty, equality and
fraternity ‘in the Preamble of the Indian
Constitution are borrowed from which
mcountry?
(a) Canada (b) USSR
(c) Australia (d) France
37. Which of the following Silicon Valley based
chip-maker has announced that it will invest
US $ 150 million for Indian start-ups?
(a) Qualcomm (b) Intel
(c) PMC-Sierra (d) SanDisc
38. What is Bull Market?
(a) It is a market where the speculators buy
shares or commodities in anticipation of
rising prices.
(b) It is a market where the speculators buy
shares or commodities in anticipation of
losing prices.
(c) It is a market where the speculators buy
and sell shares.
(d) None of these

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39. Union of India Includes
(a) Only States
(b) Only Union Territories
(c) Newly acquired Territories and Union
Territories
(d) Both States and Union Territories
40. Who among the following has been appointed
as the Sherpa for the 2015 G-20 Summit?
(a) Arvind Panagariya
(b) Sindhushree Khullar
(c) Suresh Prabhu
(d) Amit Shah
41. Which of the following is a Fundamental
Duties of the Citizen of India?
(a) To safeguard public property
(b) To preserve the rich heritage of the country
(c) To cherish and follow the noble ideals
(d) All of the above
42. Recently, RBI has dispatches Rs. 1 notes to
public sector banks to be distributed. The
rights to print Rs. 1 note are vested with:
(a) solely with the RBI itself
(b) with RBI after consulting with Government
of India
(c) Ministry of Trade & Commerce
(d) Ministry of Finance
43. The oath of office to the President is
administered by
(a) Senior most judge of the Supreme Court
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) The Prime Minister of India
(d) None of the above
44. The first Five Year Plan was based on:
(a) Herold Domar model
(b) P.C. Mahalnobis model
(c) Vishweshwarya model
(d) None of these
45. The Vice-President’s acts as ex-officio
chairman of
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(d) None of the above
46. Who is the first citizen of India?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha
(d) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
47. Forbes recently released the inaugural list of
Forbes’ 50 richest families in Asia, the list
was topped by:
(a) Henderson Development’s Lee family
(b) Samsung’s Lee family
(c) Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s Mistry family
(d) Reliance’s Ambani family
48. Magna Carta in England led to the
development of
(a) International Law
(b) Constitutional Law
(c) Labour Law
(d) Criminal Law
49. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is run by
which department of Ministry of Finance?
(a) Department of Economic Affairs
(b) Department of Expenditure
(c) Department of Revenue
(d) Department of Financial Services
50. The Constituent Assembly was set up under
the
(a) Cabinet Mission Plan
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Wavell Plan
(d) Nehru Plan
51. The rate at which the central bank lends short
term money to banks against government
securities is:
(a) bank rate
(b) repo rate
(c) reverse repo rate
(d) CRR
52. What was India’s rank in the Global
Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2015-2016
released by the World Economic Forum?
(a) 50th (b) 55th
(c) 60th (d) 65th

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53. Finance Commission of India is constituted
under which Article of the Constitution of
India?
(a) Art-280 (b) Art-380
(d) Art- 324 (d) Art- 340
54. Who among the following Prime Ministers of
India has not presented the budget?
(a) Rajeev Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Morarji Desai
55. Recently, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi
praised the ambitious project of Google
known as “Project Loon”. This flagship project
of Google is:
(a) to provide Internet access to rural and
remote areas.
(b) to help the Indian mission of connecting
rivers and to map them.
(c) to launch a lunar mission with the help of
India
(d) None of the above
56. The first five year plan of India began on:
(a) April 1, 1951
(b) December 1, 1951
(c) April 1, 1950
(d) January 1, 1952
57. In the words of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar which one
among the following is called” Instrument of
Instructions”?
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) Both A and C
58. The fourteenth Finance Commission of
India has been constituted under the
Chairmanship of:
(a) Dr Y.V Reddy (b) V.L. Kelkar
(c) K.L Rekhi (d) Usha Thorat
59. In 1945, the ‘People’s Plan ‘ for the
development of economy was presented by:
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) M.N. Roy
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) Eight Industrialists
60. Match column 1 with column 2
Column 1 Column 2
Companies Addresses
a Alibaba 1 969 west wen Yi Road
b Google 2 2145 Hamilton Avenue
c Facebook 3 1 hacker way
d eBay 4 1600 Amphitheatre
(a) a-1; b-2; c-3; d-4
(b) a-1; b-3; c-4; d-2
(c) a-1; b-4; c-3; d-2
(d) a-1; b-4; c-2; d-3