This is question paper of KPSC PWD(Karnataka Public Service Commission - Public Works Department) exam conducted in June, 2019. The answers given below are correct to best of our knowledge.
The Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Lytton
- William Bentinck
- Lord Wellesley
The Answer is Lord Wellesley
Wood's Dispatch of 1854 was a comprehensive Dispatch on
- (A) Agriculture
- (B) Education
- (C) Economics
- (D) Finance
The Answer is (B) Education
Inscriptions come under the category of
- (A) Literary sources
- (B) Oral tradition
- (C) Travel log
- (D) Archeological sources
The answer is Archeological sources
Hari Hara I and Bukka I belonged to
- Tuluva Dynasty
- Sangama Dynasty
- Aravidu Dynasty
- Salva Dynasty
The answer is Sangama Dynasty
Harihara and Bukka belonged to the Sangama dynasty which is also known as Vijaynagara Dynasty
G-15 is an economic group of
- (A) Second World Nations
- (B) Fourth World Nations
- (C) First World Nations
- (D) Third World Nations
The answer is (D) Third World Nations.
This includes Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
Muhammed Ghazni captured Somnathpur in his
- (A) 16th expedition
- (B) 14th expedition
- (C) 17th expedition
- (D) 15th expedition
The answer is (A) 16th expedition.
The most infamous invasion launched by Mahmud was his sixteenth, on Somnath Temple in Gujrat. This place was very far from Ghazni, but he was so feared that he had an easy passage. After looting the Somnath temple, when Mahmud was going back to Ghazni, the Jats had attacked his army. So, to punish the Jats, he returned for the 17th time and defeated them in 1026.
Amir Khusro was patronized by
- (A) Ala-ud-Din Khilji
- (B) Nasir-ud-Din Khusro Shah
- (C) Jalal-ul-Din Khilji
- (D) Qutub-ud-Din Mubarak Shah
The answer is (A) Ala-ud-Din Khilji - Answer given in KEA keys
But Ala-ud-Din Khilji's uncle Jalal-ul-Din Khilji was also a great patron of Amir Khusro
The winner of the I.C.C. Award of Emerging player of the year 2018 is
- (A) Hardik Pandya
- (B) Rishabh Pant
- (C) Virat Kohli
- (D) Kuldeep Yadav
The answer is (B) Rishabh Pant
The second-largest river basin in India is of the river
- (A) Narmada
- (B) Godavari
- (C) Brahmaputra
- (D) Krishna
The answer is (B) Godavari
The Godavari has the second-largest river basin in India after the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra. It flows east for about 1,465 kilometers until it drains to the Bay of Bengal.
India's first Marine National Park is established at
- (A) Gulf of Kutchh
- (B) Gulf of Mannar
- (C) Palk Strait
- (D) Gulf of Khambhat
The correct answer is (A) Gulf of Kutchh
The Marine National Park of the Gulf of Kutchh is the first marine park in India. The park covers 163 sq km over an archipelago of 42 tropical islands. It is situated along the northern coast of Jamnagar district and Southern Kutch.
Which one of the following is not true about Gujarat, it is the largest producer of
- (A) Milk products
- (B) Groundnut
- (C) Salt
- (D) Tobacco
The correct answer is (D) Tobacco
Identify which of the following power system provides the highest quantity of energy in India.
- (A) Hydro-Electricity
- (B) Wind power
- (C) Thermal power
- (D) Nuclear power
The correct answer is (C) Thermal power
Identify the National Highway that passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
- (A) NH - 5
- (B) NH -7
- (C) NH - 1
- (D) NH - 6
The correct answer is (D) NH - 6
Even numbers - North to South. Odd numbers - East to West
Name the State which has the largest flood-prone area
- (A) Bihar
- (B) West Bengal
- (C) Assam
- (D) Uttar Pradesh
The correct answer is (A) Bihar
The triangular contest for political supremacy in India during the 18th century among the European were
- (A) The Dutch, the British, and the French
- (B) The Portuguese, the British, and the French
- (C) The Portuguese, the Dutch, and the French
- (D) The Portuguese, the British, and the Dutch
The correct answer is (A) The Dutch, the British, and the French
During the 18th century, the Mughal emperors were weak. This led to the emergence of new kingoms.
In Northern India, a triangular struggle was between The Mughals, the Afghans (under Ahmed Shah Abdali) and the Marathas (under the Peshwas). .
In the South, a triangular struggle was between The Marathas, the Nizams, and the Mysore.
Among the foreign powers, the European Companies of the Dutch, the English, and the French fought triangular contest for political supremacy
The eldest son of Bahadur Shah was
- (A) Azim-ur-Shah
- (B) Jahan Shah
- (C) Jahandar Shah
- (D) Rafi-ur-shah
The correct answer is (C) Jahandar Shah
India's first computerized village council is
- (A) Piplantri, Rajasthan
- (B) Punsari, Gujarat
- (C) Gangadevi Palli, Telangana
- (D) Vellanad, Kerala
The correct answer is (D) Vellanad, Kerala
Which of the following is not the cause for seasonal variation in the length of the day?
- (A) Annual rotation of the earth
- (B) Elliptical shape of the earth's orbit.
- (C) Regular Rotation of the earth
- (D) Inclination of the earth's axis on its orbital plane.
The correct answer is (B) Elliptical shape of the earth's orbit.
Depositional work of a river leads to the formation of
- Waterfall
- Gorge
- Flood plain
- Alluvial Fans
- (A) 2 and 4
- (C) 1 and 2
- (B) 1 and 4
- (D) 3 and 4
The correct answer is (A) 2 and 4
Match List - I with List-II and find out the correct answer using the codes given below:
A. Benguela current - 1. East coast of South America
B. Falkland current - 2. East coast of Japan
C. Kuroshio current - 3. East Coast43 of the U.S.A.
D. Gulf stream - 4. West coast of Africa
- (A) 1 4 2 3
- (B) 4 3 2 1
- (C) 4 1 2 3
- (D) 4 1 3 2
The correct answer is (C) 4 1 2 3
The planetary winds variously known as roaring forties, furious, fifties and stormy sixties are
- (A) Cyclones
- (B) Westerlies
- (C) Trade Winds
- (D) Polar winds
The correct answer is (B) Westerlies
The coating formed on silver metal after corrosion is
- (A) Red in colour
- (B) Black in colour
- (C) Blue in colour
- (D) Green in colour
The correct answer is (B) Black in colour
Identify the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO, the data of which is used for weather forecasting.
- (A) Kalpana 1
- (B) Dhruva
- (C) Aryabhata
- (D) Bhaskara 2
The correct answer is (A) Kalpana 1
Montreal Protocol is concerned with
(A) Conservation of migratory species
(B) Conservation of nature and natural resources
(C) Substances that deplete the ozone layer
(D) Climate change
The correct answer is (C) Substances that deplete the ozone layer
The name given to the e-District Scheme under National e-governance plan is
- (A) India One
- (B) Bharat e-Seva
- (C) Seva Sindhu
- (D) Suvidha
The correct answer is (C) Seva Sindhu
Which one of the following is used as an explosive?
- (A) Nitroglycerine
- (B) Phosphorous trichloride
- (C) Graphite
- (D) Mercuric oxide
The correct answer is (A) Nitroglycerine
Combustion of candle is a/an
- (A) endothermic reaction
- (B) photochemical reaction
- (C) natural reaction
- (D) exothermic reaction
The correct answer is (D) exothermic reaction
Which of the following coals has maximum percentage of carbon ?
- (A) Bituminous
- (B)Peat
- (C) Anthracite
- (D)Lignite
The correct answer is (C) Anthracite
A cube of side 4cms is cut into smaller cubes of side 1 cm each. Before cutting the cube is painted on all the faces. Number of small cubes coloured with 2 sides are
- (A) 24
- (B) 28
- (C) 22
- (D) 26
The correct answer is (A) 24
The working of optical fibre is based on
(A) Total Internal Reflection of light
(B) Diffraction of light
(C) Interference of light
(D) Dispersion of light
The correct answer is (A) Total Internal Reflection of light
In the context of Indian wildlife, the flying fox is
- (A) Kite
- (B) Vulture
- (C) Bat
- (D) Stork
The correct answer is (C) Bat
Fuel efficiency is expressed in terms of its calorific value. Which fuel has the highest calorific value?
- (A)Methane
- (B)Coal
- (C)Butane
- (D)Hydrogen
The correct answer is (D)Hydrogen
Which country assisted India to establish the Koodan-Kulam Nuclear Power Station in Tamil Nadu?
- (A) France
- (C) Russia
- (B) Canada
- (D) Germany
The correct answer is (C) Russia
The number of chromosomes in the body cells of humans is
(A) 40
(C) 20
(B) 46
(D) 16
The correct answer is (B) 46
ISRO launched the world's first satellite dedicated to education, the EDUSAT in
- (A) September 2004
- (B) August 2004
- (C) June 2004
- (D) July 2004
The correct answer is (A) September 2004
Identify the technique used to determine the identity of a person at molecular level.
- (A) Gene cloning
- (B) Gene mapping
- (C) DNA sequencing
- (D) DNA fingerprinting
The correct answer is (D) DNA fingerprinting
Complete the given number series : 3, 7, 17, 39,__, 179.
- (A) 69
- (B) 109
- (C) 57
- (D) 85
The correct answer is (D) 85
To get the correct equation, choose which set of signs from the given alternatives to be substituted sequentially in place of (*) : 9*3*5*18*3.
- (A) +, +, - , x
- (B) =, +, +, X
- (C) =, x,-, +
- (D) +, x,-, +
The correct answer is (C) =, x,-, +
Find the wrong number in the series: 360, 72, 18, 6, 3, 2
- (A) 18
- (B) 2
- (C) 72
- (D) 3
The correct answer is (B) 2
In a code GC = 21 and NB = 28, then the code for RED is
- (A) 240
- (B) 360
- (C) 180
- (D) 280
The correct answer is (B) 360
The number of parallelograms and the triangles respectively in the given figure are
- (A)3,6
- (B)3,3
- (C)6,3
- (D)6,6
The correct answer is (C)6,3
The following questions (Q. No. 42 & 43) are based on the letters arranged in the pyramid pattern. Study the pattern and complete the given analogy.
bfe : dhi : : ekj : ?
- (A) iop
- (B)flk
- (C)hno
- (D)gmn
The correct answer is (A) iop
bejq : dipy : : cfkr : ?
- (A) fmvw
- (B) chox
- (C) bgnw
- (D) inut
The correct answer is (B) chox
Which of the following policies was approved by Union cabinet on 9th February, 2012 to facilitate people to access shareable information of Govt of India ?
- National Information Dissemination Policy
- National Information Policy of India
- National Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy
- Right to Information Policy
The correct answer is(D) Right to Information Policy
UMANG, an e-governance mobile application was developed by the National e-governance Division (NeGD) in association with
- (A) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
- (B) Ministry of Statistics & Program implementation
- (C) Ministry of Communications
- (D) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
The correct answer(A) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Which of the following apps allows citizens of India to volunteer services to various government tasks?
- A) Digi Sevak
- B) Pradhan Sevak
- (C)e-citizens
- D) Serve India
The correct answer is A) Digi Sevak
The value of escape velocity of Moon's surface is
- A) 2.4 km/s
- B) 5.6 km/s
- (C) 3.4 km/s
- (D) 11.2 km/s
The correct answer is A) 2.4 km/s P
The first Peasant Movement of Karnataka in Independent India was
- (A) Naragunda Movement
- (B) Navalgunda Movement
- (C) Malaprabha Movement
- (D) Kagodu Movement
The correct answer is (D) Kagodu Movement
Which one of the following city topped all Indian metro cities in public transport, according to a study named "Ease of Moving index conducted by Ola Mobility Institute?
- (A) New Delhi
- (B) Chennai
- (C) Mumbai
- (D) Kolkata
The correct answer is (D) Kolkata
The age-group considered for child sex-ratio
- (A) 0 - 6 years
- (B) 2- 14 years
- (C) 0- 14 years
- (D) 0-2 years
The correct answer is (A) 0 - 6 years
The Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 applies to
- (A) Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Jews
- (B) Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains
- (C) Hindus only
- (D) Hindus, Christians, and Parsis
The correct answer is (B) Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains
Reservation in employment and education is
- (A) Exploitative discrimination
- (B) Protective discrimination
- (C) Economic discrimination
- (D) Gender discrimination
The correct answer is (B) Protective discrimination
- (A) 2,250
- (C) 9,375
- (B) 7,125
- (D) 5,085
GRACE marks
The Naxalite Movement in India has been inspired by
- (A) Russian revolution
- (B) French revolution
- (C) Chinese revolution
- (D) lndustrinl revolution
The correct answer is (C) Chinese revolution
Who is the principal scientific advisor to government of India as on January, 2019?
- (A) Dr. R. Chidambaram
- (B) Arvind Subramanian
- (C) C.K. Vijay Raghavan
- (D) Madhav Gadgil
The correct answer is (C) C.K. Vijay Raghavan
The meaning of the word ' Famulus"
- (A) Slave
- (B) Student
- (C) Servant
- (D) Friend
The product of two numbers is 21 and their difference is 4, then the ratio of the sum of their cubes to the difference of their cubes is
- (A) 165: 158
- (C) 185 : 165
- (B) 158:145
- (D) 185 : 158
A new language that developed in India during the medieval age
- (A) Kannada
- (B) Urdu
- (C) Spanish
- (D) Sanskrit
'Omknreshwara', a Hindu temple is situated at
- (A) Khandwa
- (B)Dewas
- (C) Indore
- (D)Khargone
The country sets world record in nuclear plant operation is
- (A) India
- (B) Russia
- (C) United Kingdom
- (D) Singapore
The Central Rice Research Institute is, located at
- (A) Cuttack
- (B) Cochin
- (C) Rajamundry
- (D) Madra
A vessel contains milk and water in the ratio 5:3. If 16 litres of the mixture is removed and the same quantity of water is added, then the ratio becomes 3: 5, what quantity does the vessel hold ?
- (A) 35 litres
- (B) 45 litres
- (C) 30 litres
- (D) 40 litres
Human Skull is formed by
- (A) 33 bones
- (B) 8 bones
- (C) 32 bones
- (D) 26 bones
Which of the following is not true about AIDS?
- (A) It spreads through artificial insemination using infected semen.
- (B)It does not spread through mosquito or insect bites.
- (C) It spreads through unprotected sexual intercourse.
- (D) It does not spread from mother to baby before its birth.
National Rurban Mission was launched in which state?
- (A) Karnataka
- (C) Gujarat
- (B) Haryana
- (D) Chhattisgarh
Who among the following is considered as the bread-butter Scientist of Economics ?
- (A) Adam Smith
- (B) John Ruskin
- (C) Thomas
- (D) Walker
The words "Satyameva Jayathe" inscribed below the national emblem are
taken from
- (A)Mundaka Upanishad
- (B)Puranas
- (C)Jataka
- (D)Mahabharata
Romans are famous in world history for their
(A)Laws
(B)Sculpture
(C)Philosophy
(D)Painting
There is a provision for double citizens in
- (A) England
- (C) India
- (B) Japan
- (D) U.S.A
Theory of 'Monopolistic Competition' is developed by
- (A) H.E. Chamberlin
- (B) Joan Robinson
- (C) E.H. Chamberlin
- (D) Mrs. John Robinson
When was the river Ganga declared as 'National River' of India?
- (A) 2008
- (B) 1990
- (C) 2014
- (D) 1985
If+ means +, - means x, % means + and x means - , then which of the following
equations is correct ?
(A) 20 + 7 - 30 + 6 + 2 = 43
(B) 10+5-4x18+13=24
(C) 2 - 40 + 10 % 6 x 8 = 5
(D) 10 - 2 % 4 X 10 + 5 = 32
GRACE
The salary and allowances of the Governor are charged to
- (A) Consolidated Fund of the state
- (B) Consolidated Fund of India and State in equal proportion
- (C) Consolidated fund of India
- (D) Contingency Fund of India
What is the minimum age prescribed for contesting elections to Panchayat Raj institutions?
- (A) 22 years
- (B) 25 years
- (C) 21 years
- (D) 23 years
National Horticulture Mission was launched in
- (A) 2005 - 06
- (C) 2001 -02
- (B) 2010-11
- (D) 2007-08
In which stale, India and Israel have jointly setup a 'Centre for Excellence'
for floriculture?
- (A) Andhra
- (B) Arunachal Pradesh
- (C) Tamil Nadu
- (D) West Bengal
When was National Policy for Co-operatives implemented?
- (A) 2003
- (C) 2002
- (B) 2005
- (D) 2004
Which is the first State in India to implement a minimum educational
qualification for the election of cooperative bodies?
- (A) Gujarat
- (B) Rajasthan
- (C) Maharashtra
- (D) Odisha
Which of the following is not one of the features of co-operative societies?
- (A) Legal status
- (B) Profit orientation
- (C) Voluntary membership
- (D) Limited liability
Where is the headquarters of the National Rural Development Institute situated?
- (A) Shimla
- (C) Delhi
- (B) Mumbai
- (D) Hyderabad
Which is the writ issued by the Supreme Court of India to secure the freedom of a person upon unlawful arrest?
- (A) Mandamus
- (B) Quo-warranto
- (C) Habeas Corpus
- (D) Certiorari
Which Article of the Constitution deals with securing for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India?
- (A) Article 40
- (B) Article 43
- (C) Article 41
- (D) Article 44
Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent assembly established in 1946?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B)J.B. Kripalani
(C)Vallabhbhai Patel
(D) K .M. Munshi
The idea of Constitution of India was first given by
- (A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- (B) M.N. Roy
- (C) Mahatma Gandhi
- (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
In the framework of the Indian Constitution Secular State means
- The state treats all religions equally
- Freedom of faith and worship is allowed to all the people.
- Educational institutions without exceptions are free to impart religious instruction
- The state makes no discrimination on the basis of religion in matters of employment.
Select the correct answer using codes given below
- (A) 2,3 and 4
- (C)1,2 and 3
- (B)1, 2 and 4
- (D)1,3 and 4
Which is the largest committee in the Parliament of India?
- (A) Estimates Committee
- (B) Joint Parliamentary Committee
- (C) Public Accounts Committee
- (D) Committee on Public Undertakings
Union Public Service Commission submits its annual report to
- (A) The Union Home Minister
- (B) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
- (C) The Parliament
- (D) The President
Arrange the following names of the Presidents of India in a chronological order
- Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
- V.V. Giri
- Dr. Zakir Hussain
- Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
Select the correct answer using codes given below :
- (A) i, iii, ii, iv
- (C)i, ii, iii, iv
- (B) i, iii, iv, ii
- (D)ii, i, iii, iv