PCS Pre-Model Paper – 150 MCQs with Answers
General Knowledge (GK)
- Who is known as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in India?
- A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- B) Mahatma Gandhi
- C) Sardar Patel
- D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi
- Which city is known as the ‘Pink City’ in India?
- A) Delhi
- B) Jaipur
- C) Mumbai
- D) Chennai
Answer: B) Jaipur
- The first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was:
- A) Indira Gandhi
- B) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- D) Eleanor Roosevelt
Answer: C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- The National Bird of India is:
- A) Peacock
- B) Sparrow
- C) Eagle
- D) Pigeon
Answer: A) Peacock
- What is the capital of Japan?
- A) Beijing
- B) Seoul
- C) Tokyo
- D) Hong Kong
Answer: C) Tokyo
- Who is the author of the book ‘The Discovery of India’?
- A) Rabindranath Tagore
- B) Jawaharlal Nehru
- C) Mahatma Gandhi
- D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
- The United Nations was established in:
- A) 1945
- B) 1939
- C) 1960
- D) 1950
Answer: A) 1945
- Which is the largest continent by area?
- A) Africa
- B) Asia
- C) Europe
- D) North America
Answer: B) Asia
- The longest river in the world is:
- A) Nile
- B) Amazon
- C) Ganges
- D) Mississippi
Answer: A) Nile
- Who was the first emperor of the Maurya dynasty?
- A) Chandragupta Maurya
- B) Ashoka
- C) Bindusara
- D) Bimbisara
Answer: A) Chandragupta Maurya
Current Affairs
- Which country is the host of the 2024 Summer Olympics?
- A) Japan
- B) France
- C) USA
- D) Brazil
Answer: B) France
- Who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize?
- A) Greta Thunberg
- B) Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and Center for Civil Liberties
- C) Malala Yousafzai
- D) Donald Trump
Answer: B) Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and Center for Civil Liberties
- In 2023, which country launched the world’s first reusable spaceplane?
- A) USA
- B) Russia
- C) China
- D) India
Answer: C) China
- Which country’s government recently made cryptocurrency illegal?
- A) USA
- B) China
- C) India
- D) Japan
Answer: B) China
- Who is the current President of the United States (2024)?
- A) Joe Biden
- B) Donald Trump
- C) Kamala Harris
- D) Barack Obama
Answer: A) Joe Biden
- What is the currency of South Korea?
- A) Won
- B) Yen
- C) Yuan
- D) Ringgit
Answer: A) Won
- Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
- A) New Zealand
- B) USA
- C) UK
- D) Finland
Answer: A) New Zealand
- Which country recently became the first in the world to make menstrual products free?
- A) Iceland
- B) India
- C) Scotland
- D) Canada
Answer: C) Scotland
- Who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022?
- A) Boris Johnson
- B) Liz Truss
- C) Rishi Sunak
- D) David Cameron
Answer: C) Rishi Sunak
- What is the name of the mission that landed the first rover on Mars in 2021?
- A) Apollo 11
- B) Perseverance
- C) Curiosity
- D) Viking 1
Answer: B) Perseverance
English Language
- Choose the correct synonym for ‘quick’:
- A) Fast
- B) Slow
- C) Steady
- D) Weak
Answer: A) Fast
- Select the correct meaning of the idiom ‘Break the ice’:
- A) To break something
- B) To start a conversation in a social setting
- C) To stop an argument
- D) To destroy a barrier
Answer: B) To start a conversation in a social setting
- Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: ‘He was very __________ when he heard the news.’
- A) Joyful
- B) Joy
- C) Joyfully
- D) Enjoyable
Answer: A) Joyful
- Choose the correct form of the verb: ‘She __________ to the market every Sunday.’
- A) Goes
- B) Go
- C) Going
- D) Went
Answer: A) Goes
- Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
- A) ‘Her smile was as bright as the sun.’
- B) ‘He was a lion in battle.’
- C) ‘The stars are shining brightly.’
- D) ‘The wind was whispering through the trees.’
Answer: B) ‘He was a lion in battle.’
General Studies
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- A) Marie Curie
- B) Dorothy Hodgkin
- C) Rosalind Franklin
- D) Madame Curie
Answer: A) Marie Curie
- What is the chemical symbol for gold?
- A) Au
- B) Ag
- C) Fe
- D) Pb
Answer: A) Au
- The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against which group?
- A) Mongols
- B) Romans
- C) Persians
- D) Huns
Answer: A) Mongols
- Which element is the most abundant in the Earth’s crust?
- A) Oxygen
- B) Silicon
- C) Hydrogen
- D) Iron
Answer: A) Oxygen
- Who developed the theory of general relativity?
- A) Albert Einstein
- B) Isaac Newton
- C) Niels Bohr
- D) Galileo Galilei
Answer: A) Albert Einstein
Mathematics
- What is the square root of 144?
- A) 11
- B) 12
- C) 13
- D) 14
Answer: B) 12
- If a train travels 100 km in 2 hours, what is its speed?
- A) 50 km/h
- B) 100 km/h
- C) 200 km/h
- D) 150 km/h
Answer: A) 50 km/h
- Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20
- A) 5
- B) 10
- C) 15
- D) 7.5
Answer: A) 5
- What is 20% of 500?
- A) 100
- B) 200
- C) 150
- D) 50
Answer: A) 100
- The area of a circle is given by the formula πr². What is the area of a circle with a radius of 7 cm?
- A) 49π cm²
- B) 14π cm²
- C) 49 cm²
- D) 22 cm²
Answer: A) 49π cm²
- What is the value of 7! (7 factorial)?
- A) 5040
- B) 3600
- C) 210
- D) 840
Answer: A) 5040
- A car travels 60 kilometers in 1 hour and 30 minutes. What is its speed?
- A) 40 km/h
- B) 45 km/h
- C) 50 km/h
- D) 60 km/h
Answer: B) 40 km/h
- What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?
- A) 180°
- B) 360°
- C) 270°
- D) 90°
Answer: A) 180°
- If the length of a rectangle is 8 cm and its width is 5 cm, what is its perimeter?
- A) 26 cm
- B) 40 cm
- C) 30 cm
- D) 16 cm
Answer: A) 26 cm
- What is the value of π (pi) to two decimal places?
- A) 3.14
- B) 3.21
- C) 3.10
- D) 3.0
Answer: A) 3.14
Indian Polity and Governance
- The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of:
- A) Only Members of Parliament
- B) Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies
- C) Members of the Rajya Sabha only
- D) Members of the Legislative Assemblies only
Answer: B) Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies
- Which article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to equality?
- A) Article 14
- B) Article 21
- C) Article 19
- D) Article 15
Answer: A) Article 14
- Which of the following is not a fundamental duty under the Indian Constitution?
- A) To abide by the Constitution
- B) To vote in elections
- C) To protect the environment
- D) To uphold the sovereignty of India
Answer: B) To vote in elections
- Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’?
- A) Jawaharlal Nehru
- B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- C) Sardar Patel
- D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
- What is the minimum age for a person to become the President of India?
- A) 35 years
- B) 30 years
- C) 25 years
- D) 40 years
Answer: A) 35 years
- In which year was the first General Election held in India?
- A) 1947
- B) 1950
- C) 1952
- D) 1949
Answer: C) 1952
- Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
- A) Prime Minister
- B) President of India
- C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
- D) Chief Justice of India
Answer: B) President of India
- The Directive Principles of State Policy are borrowed from the Constitution of:
- A) USA
- B) Ireland
- C) UK
- D) France
Answer: B) Ireland
- Which of the following is not a Union Territory of India?
- A) Jammu & Kashmir
- B) Lakshadweep
- C) Puducherry
- D) Goa
Answer: D) Goa
- The Supreme Court of India is located in which city?
- A) Kolkata
- B) Mumbai
- C) New Delhi
- D) Bengaluru
Answer: C) New Delhi
Geography
- Which of the following is the largest desert in the world?
- A) Sahara Desert
- B) Kalahari Desert
- C) Gobi Desert
- D) Arabian Desert
Answer: A) Sahara Desert
- The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?
- A) 5
- B) 7
- C) 8
- D) 10
Answer: C) 8
- Which of the following rivers is the longest in India?
- A) Ganga
- B) Yamuna
- C) Godavari
- D) Brahmaputra
Answer: A) Ganga
- What is the capital city of Bhutan?
- A) Thimphu
- B) Paro
- C) Kathmandu
- D) Colombo
Answer: A) Thimphu
- Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
- A) India
- B) Japan
- C) China
- D) South Korea
Answer: B) Japan
- Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
- A) K2
- B) Kangchenjunga
- C) Mount Everest
- D) Mount Fuji
Answer: C) Mount Everest
- Which ocean is to the east of Africa?
- A) Atlantic Ocean
- B) Pacific Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Arctic Ocean
Answer: C) Indian Ocean
- The Grand Canyon is located in which country?
- A) Canada
- B) USA
- C) Australia
- D) India
Answer: B) USA
- The Andes mountain range is located in which continent?
- A) Africa
- B) North America
- C) South America
- D) Asia
Answer: C) South America
- What is the capital of Australia?
- A) Sydney
- B) Melbourne
- C) Canberra
- D) Perth
Answer: C) Canberra
Science and Technology
- What is the chemical symbol for water?
- A) H2O
- B) H2O2
- C) CO2
- D) O2
Answer: A) H2O
- The first manned mission to the Moon was carried out by which country?
- A) USA
- B) Russia
- C) China
- D) India
Answer: A) USA
- What is the speed of light?
- A) 300,000 km/s
- B) 150,000 km/s
- C) 500,000 km/s
- D) 100,000 km/s
Answer: A) 300,000 km/s
- Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
- A) Venus
- B) Mars
- C) Jupiter
- D) Saturn
Answer: B) Mars
- Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
- A) Solar Energy
- B) Wind Energy
- C) Natural Gas
- D) Biomass
Answer: C) Natural Gas
- What is the main component of the Earth’s atmosphere?
- A) Oxygen
- B) Nitrogen
- C) Carbon Dioxide
- D) Argon
Answer: B) Nitrogen
- Which element is commonly used in the filament of light bulbs?
- A) Copper
- B) Tungsten
- C) Iron
- D) Carbon
Answer: B) Tungsten
- The theory of evolution was proposed by:
- A) Isaac Newton
- B) Albert Einstein
- C) Charles Darwin
- D) Louis Pasteur
Answer: C) Charles Darwin
- Which gas is used in the process of photosynthesis?
- A) Oxygen
- B) Nitrogen
- C) Carbon Dioxide
- D) Hydrogen
Answer: C) Carbon Dioxide
- What is the hardest known material on Earth?
- A) Gold
- B) Diamond
- C) Iron
- D) Quartz
Answer: B) Diamond
Indian History
- Who was the last ruler of the Maurya dynasty?
- A) Chandragupta Maurya
- B) Ashoka
- C) Bindusara
- D) Brihadratha Maurya
Answer: D) Brihadratha Maurya
- Which Mughal Emperor was known as ‘Shah Jahan’ and built the Taj Mahal?
- A) Akbar
- B) Shah Jahan
- C) Aurangzeb
- D) Babur
Answer: B) Shah Jahan
- Who was the founder of the Gupta Empire?
- A) Chandragupta I
- B) Samudragupta
- C) Ashoka
- D) Bimbisara
Answer: A) Chandragupta I
- The first battle of Panipat was fought in:
- A) 1526
- B) 1556
- C) 1761
- D) 1857
Answer: A) 1526
- Who wrote the famous book ‘Rajtarangini’?
- A) Kalhana
- B) Kautilya
- C) Banabhatta
- D) Kalidasa
Answer: A) Kalhana