UPSC IAS Gk Questions 2014/ Maharastra PWD Recruitment Gk Questions 2014

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Question 1 Which one of the following is the largest (area -wise) Lok Sabha Constituency?
a) Kangra
b) Ladakh
c) Kutch
d) Bhilwara

Question 2 In which house of the Parliament, the presiding officer is not a member of the house?
a) Lok Sabha
b) Rajya Sabha
c) Vidhan Sabha
d) Vidhan Parishad

Question 3 The Fundamental Duties are mentioned in the following part of the constitution of India
a) Part -3
b) Part -4
c) Part-4A
d) Part-6

Question 4 What is the maximum age limit prescribed for the post of President of India?
a) 58 years
b) 60 years
c) 62 years
d) No maximum age limit

Question 5 Who exercises the actual executive power under the parliamentary forum of the government?
a) Parliament
b) President
c) Prime Minister
d) Bureaucracy

Question 6 Which congress President negotiated with both Cripps mission and Lord wavell?
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
c) JB Kriplani
d) C. Rajagopalachari

Question 7 Quit India movement began on
a) August 9, 1942
b) August 10, 1942
c) August 15, 1942
d) August 16, 1942

Question 8 Who among the following was associated with the newspaper 'the common wheel'?
a) John Bright
b) Shyamji Krishna Verma
c) William Wedderburn
d) Annie Besant

Question 9 Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?
a) SN Tagore
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) CR Das

Question 10 The place where the computer stores programs and data is called
a) memory
b) storehouse
c) storage unit
d) back up

ANS KEY
1(b), 2(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5(c), 6(a), 7(a), 8(d), 9(a), 10(c)