State PCS General Studies Quiz 03.08.2020

Match the following foreign travellers who visited India and the countries they belonged to:

Foreign Travellers      Country


1) Fa-Hien                   a) Russia

2) Megasthenes           b) Greece

3) Ibn Batuta              c) China

4) Athanasius Nikitin   d) Morocco

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion(A): The Khilafat Movement did bring the Urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement.

Reason(R): There was a predominant element of anti-imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movements.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Consider the following statements:

1) The Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir is of the glacial origin.

2) The Dal lake is of the tectonic activity.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the statements given below defines Maternal Mortality Rate correctly?

Which article of Indian constitution directs the state government to establish institutions of Panchayati raj?

Why do electronic apparatus get damaged when they come in contact with water?

1) Impure water is a good conductor of electricity, hence water creates a local electric circuit which damages electronic appliances when they are put on.

2) The specific heat of water is quite high and this results in the heating of the electronic equipment.

3) When impure water comes in contact with electricity it breaks into its components oxygen and hydrogen gas and these gases damage the electronic equipment.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which of the following diseases can be cured with the help of Convalescent plasma therapy?

1) SARS

2) MERS

3) H1N1

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which of the following engineering institution has developed an Android app ‘Roshni’ that would help the Visually Impaired to recognise currency notes?

Which of the following physical quantity is unitless?