APSC/ UPSC PRACTICE QUESTIONS

 APSC/ UPSC PRACTICE QUESTIONS:

1. Which one of the following day is celebrated as Panchayati Raj day?

a) 20 April

b) 22 April

c) 24 April

d) 22 March

Ans: c) 24 April

2. Swamitva scheme was launched on

a) 24 April 2020

b) 24 April 2021

c) 22 April 2022

d) 22 April 2020

Ans: 24 April 2020.

3. Who was the last viceroy of India?

a) Lord Cornwallis

b) Lord Wellesley

c) Lord Mountbatten

d) Lord Dalhousie

Ans: c) Lord Mountbatten.

4. Lord Wavell became the viceroy of India in -

a) 1940

b) 1943 

c) 1944

d) 1936

Ans: b) 1943.

5. In which year Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister?

a) 1940 

b) 1944 

c) 1943

d) 1943

Ans: a) 1940.

6. Consider the following statements: 

i) International women's day is celebrated every year on 8 March.

ii) The theme of the day in 2023 is " Embrace Equality".

Which one of the above statements is/are true?

a) only i 

b) only ii 

c) Both i and ii

Ans: Both i and ii.

7. Xi Jinping was elected president of China for the _______ time.

a) first

b) second

c) third 

d) fourth

Ans: c) third.

8. Swat Valley is located in -

a) Pakistan

b) Kashmir

c) Ladakh 

d) Jammu

Ans: a) Pakistan.

9. Who is known as Deshbandhu?

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Gopinath Bordoloi

c) Chittaranjan Das 

d) C. W. Andrews 

Ans: c) Chittaranjan Das.

10. Who is known as Mahamana?

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Gopinath Bordoloi

c) Chittaranjan Das 

d) Pt . Madan Mohan Malaviya

Ans: d) Pt . Madan Mohan Malaviya.

11. Consider the following statements:

i) Pitt's India Act, 1781 distinguished between the commercial and political functions of the company.

ii) It established a system of double government.

Which one of the above statements is are true about Pitt's India Act, 1781?

a) only i

b) only ii

c) Both i and ii

Ans: c) Both i and ii.

12. Consider the following statements:

i) The Charter Act of 1833 abolished slavery.

ii) It ended the activities of East India Company as a commercial body.

iii) It attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants.

Which one of the above statements is are true about the Charter Act of 1833?

a) i and ii

b) i and iii

c) ii and iii

d) i, ii and iii

Ans: d) i , ii and iii.

13. Which of the following act introduced local representation in the Indian legislative council, for the first time?

a) Government of India Act, 1909

b) Charter Act, 1853

c) Charter Act, 1833

d) Charter Act, 1813

Ans: b) Charter Act, 1853.

14. Which of the following act introduced dyarchy in the provinces ?

a) Government of India Act, 1919

b) Charter Act, 1853

c) Charter Act, 1833

d) Charter Act, 1813

Ans: a) Government of India Act, 1919

15. Consider the following statements: 

i) The Government of India Act, 1919 provided for the establishment of a public service commission.

ii) It  granted franchise to a limited number of people on the basis of property ,tax or education.

iii) It extended the principle of communal representation by providing separate electorats for Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo- Indians and Europeans.

Which of the above statements is/ are correct about Government of India Act, 1919?

a)i and ii

b) i and iii

c) ii and iii

d) i , ii and iii

Ans: i , ii and iii.

16. The Government of India Act, 1935 had - 

a) 450 clauses and 15 schedules 

b) 451 clauses and 14 schedules 

c) 451 clauses and 15 schedules

d) 452 clauses and 16 schedules 

Ans: b) 451 clauses and 14 schedules .

17. In which year poona pact signed?

a) 1930 

b) 1932 

c) 1940 

d) 1942 

Ans: b) 1932

18. Who offered communal award?

a) Ramsay MacDonald

b) Lord Wellesley

c) Lord Mountbatten

d) Lord Dalhousie

Ans: a) Ramsay MacDonald.

19. The Macaulay Committee was formed in - 

a) 1850 

b) 1852 

c) 1854 

d) 1858 

Ans: 1854.

20. Which of the following act provided for the establishment of a RBI  ?

a) Government of India Act, 1919

b) Government of India Act, 1909

c) Government of India Act, 1935

d) Charter Act, 1813

Ans: c) Government of India Act, 1935.