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Odisha Public Service Commission General Awareness Question Paper
1. The nodal agency of Government of India for Administrative reforms isâ
(A) Ministry of Personnel
(B) Home Ministry
(C) Cabinet Secretariat
(D) Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
2. At present, how many states have Legislative Councils ?
(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 4
3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited came into existence onâ
(A) January 1, 1998
(B) October 1, 2000
(C) August 15, 2002
(D) September 15, 2003
4. The Internet Subscribers in India till March 2007 wereâ
(A) 10 million
(B) 9·5 million
(C) 9·2 million
(D) 8·5 million
5. Coalâthe main source of energy in the country accountsâ¦â¦of the countryâs commercial requirement.
(A) 70%
(B) 80%
(C) 65%
(D) 67%
6. Who saidââThere is no future in any job, the future lies in the man who holds the job ?â
(A) George Orwell
(B) Thomas Fuller
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) G. W. Crane
7. The difference between the beginning of Vikram Era and that of Saka Era (calendars) isâ
(A) 60 years
(B) 80 years
(C) 58 years
(D) 90 years
8. Which of the following was famous for naval power in ancient India ?
(A) Satvahan
(B) Chola
(C) Chalukyas
(D) Maurya
9. Comptroller and Auditor General and Attorney General have been mentioned respectively inâ
(A) Article 180 and 78
(B) Article 182 and Article 76
(C) Article 148 and Article 76
(D) None of the above
10. Army War College is situated atâ
(A) Gurgaon
(B) Pune
(C) Jabalpore
(D) Mhow
11. Aeroflot (Airways) belongs toâ
(A) Australia
(B) Hong Kong
(C) Russia
(D) Poland
12. The first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service wasâ
(A) B. N. Bannerjee
(B) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(C) Badruddin Tayyabji
(D) None of these
13. The sobriquetââLittle Corporalâ is associated withâ
(A) Napolean
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(C) Gladstone
(D) C. F. Andrews
14. Russiaâs highest military decoration is known asâ
(A) Military Cross
(B) Medal for Valour
(C) Victory Medal
(D) Order of the Patriotic War
15. When was National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) set up ?
(A) May 5, 1997
(B) August 20, 1998
(C) September 15, 2000
(D) January 9, 2002
16. Aqua regia is a mixture ofâ
(A) One part HNO3 and three parts HCl
(B) Three parts HNO3 and one part HCl
(C) One part H2SO4 and three parts HCl
(D) Three parts H2SO4 and one part HCl
17. A. C. is used in homes becauseâ
(A) It is safe
(B) It is easily reproducible
(C) It is cheap
(D) It is economical in transmission
18. The Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded byâ
(A) H. V. Derozio
(B) Rammohan Roy
(C) Debendranath Thakur
(D) Swami Vivekananda
19. The Chief Election Commissioner isâ
(A) Elected by the Parliament
(B) Appointed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(C) Appointed by the President
(D) Nominated by the Prime Minister
20. Which dance is in the form of dance drama in Kerala and is usually performed in the open and lasts the whole night ?
(A) Mohiniattam
(B) Kathakali
(C) Ottam Thullal
(D) Kuchipudi
21. Author of the novel âMadame Bovaryâ isâ
(A) Emil Zola
(B) Flaubert
(C) Kafka
(D) Victor Hugo
22. The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed byâ
(A) The Governor of the State
(B) The President of India
(C) The Chief Ministers of the States
(D) The Chief Justice of Supreme Court
23. The birthplace of which of the following English writers in Mumbai will be converted into a museum dedicated to him ?
(A) Rudyard Kipling
(B) Robert Browning
(C) Jim Corbett
(D) William Blake
24. Kuchipudi is a dance fromâ
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
25. The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India isâ
(A) V. N. Kaul
(B) V. K. Joshi
(C) D. K. Sikri
(D) V. Rai
