General Knowledge Civil Excise Repeated, Important Previous Question Papers

General Knowledge Civil Excise Repeated, Important Previous Question Papers

1. Which country is called the 'Land of Golden Pagoda'?
   
   (A) Thailand
   (B) Cambodia
   (C) Japan
   (D) Myanmar


2. Who, amongst the following was responsible for the total extinction of the kingdom of Ghazni in 12th Century A.D. ?
   
   (A) Ala-ud-din Husain of Ghor
   (B) Ghuzz Turkmans
   (C) Ghiyas-ud-din Muhammad
   (D) Muhammad of Ghor


3. The energy possessed by the water collected in the reservoir of a dam
   
   (A) Kinetic energy
   (B) Mechanical energy
   (C) Electric energy
   (D) Potential energy


4. Who amongst the following was the first sultan of Tughlaq dynasty ?
   
   (A) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
   (B) Muhammad-bin-tughlaq
   (C) Ghiyas-ud-dinTughlaq
   (D) Nasir-ud-di Muhammad Shah


5. An International Association which co-ordinates the police activities of member nations:
   
   (A) UNCTAD
   (B) INTERPOL
   (C) IATA
   (D) CBI


6. Why did the British decide to give Indians English education?
   
   (A) To make Indians appreciate Britishers
   (B) So that Indians could get work
   (C) For training Indians to help British officials
   (D) To acquaint Indians with Western culture


7. Who among the following was associated with the suppression of Thugs ?
   
   (A) General Henry Prendergast
   (B) Captain Sleeman
   (C) Alexander Burnes
   (D) Captain Robert Pemberton


8. The chairman of the Tenth Finance Commission is :
   
   (A) N.K.P Salve
   (B) Pranab Mukerji
   (C) K.C. Pant
   (D) A.M. Khusro


9. In which script were the edicts of Ashoka inscribed ?
   
   (A) Brahmi
   (B) Gurumukhi
   (C) Saradha
   (D) Devangagari


10. White Flag is the symbol of
    
    (A) Justice
    (B) Protest
    (C) Progress
    (D) Peace


11. In the Vedic society the term used to denote a group of families was:
    
    (A) grama
    (B) gotra
    (C) vish
    (D) jana


12. Where is the Swiss Project for Cattle development in Kerala situated?
    
    (A) Vellayani
    (B) Mannuthi
    (C) Kunnamangalam
    (D) Mattuppetti


13. Which of the choices given the correct chrolonogical order of the following events ?
    
    (A) War of Succession
    (B) Death of Mumtaz Mahal
    (C) Coronation of Aurangzeb
    (D) Shahjahan’s capitivity for about 8 years before his death


14. First Five Year Plan in independent India was launched in the year ————
    
    (A) 1947
    (B) 1950
    (C) 1951
    (D) 1956


15. When sodium vapour lamp burns ———— light is emitted
    
    (A) green
    (B) orange red
    (C) white
    (D) yellow


16. Who was the first ruler to annex any part of the Deccan to the Mughal empire ?
    
    (A) Aurangazeb
    (B) Akbar
    (C) Humayun
    (D) Jahangir


17. In India the fast breeder reactor is installed at:
    
    (A) Trombay
    (B) Kalpakkam
    (C) Tarapur
    (D) Narora


18. The excess of glucose in the liver is stored in the form of
    
    (A) Glycogen
    (B) Glucose
    (C) Glucogen
    (D) Glycerol


19. Latest formed district in Kerala:
    
    (A) Kasargode
    (B) Kannur
    (C) Wayanad
    (D) Pathanamthitta


20. World Population Day falls on
    
    (A) July 11
    (B) April 7
    (C) September 8
    (D) December 10


21. The country expelled from the Commonwealth in 1995 was ————
    
    (A) Nigeria
    (B) Zambia
    (C) Namibia
    (D) Algeria


22. The author of the book Randamoozham
    
    (A) M.T Vasudevan Nair
    (B) Vilasini
    (C) Sukumar Azhikode
    (D) Thakazhi


23. To conquer and annex Peshawar and Punjab, Muhmud of Ghazni defeated
    
    (A) Ghurids
    (B) Arabs
    (C) Karkotakas
    (D) Hindushahis


24. D.D.T., the powerful insecticide contains the halogen
    
    (A) Fluorine
    (B) Chlorine
    (C) Bromine
    (D) Iodine


25. Who commissioned the writing of the famous Shahnama ?
    
    (A) Mahamud Ghaznavi
    (B) Mohammad Ghori
    (C) Mohammad-bin Qasim
    (D) Ala-ud-din Khilji

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