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