BPSC General Studies Practice Paper 1 – 20 MCQs with Answers

Time: 20 minutes  |  Questions: 20  |  Attempt without notes and check the answer key at the end.

1. The words Socialist and Secular were added to the Preamble by which amendment?
   (a) 24th   (b) 42nd   (c) 44th   (d) 52nd  
2. Article 21A deals with:
   (a) Right to Property   (b) Right to Education   (c) Right to Equality   (d) Freedom of Press  
3. Who was the first President of India?
   (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad   (b) S. Radhakrishnan   (c) Zakir Husain   (d) V. V. Giri  
4. The Champaran Satyagraha took place in:
   (a) 1915   (b) 1917   (c) 1919   (d) 1920  
5. The Quit India Movement was launched on:
   (a) 9 August 1942   (b) 8 August 1942   (c) 15 August 1942   (d) 8 August 1943  
6. The longest river of peninsular India is:
   (a) Krishna   (b) Kaveri   (c) Godavari   (d) Mahanadi  
7. The most widespread soil of India is:
   (a) Black soil   (b) Red soil   (c) Alluvial soil   (d) Laterite soil  
8. Deficiency of Vitamin C causes:
   (a) Rickets   (b) Scurvy   (c) Beriberi   (d) Night blindness  
9. The SI unit of force is:
   (a) Joule   (b) Watt   (c) Newton   (d) Pascal  
10. Right to Constitutional Remedies is given under Article:
    (a) 14   (b) 19   (c) 21   (d) 32  
11. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?
    (a) A. O. Hume   (b) W. C. Bonnerjee   (c) Dadabhai Naoroji   (d) Surendranath Banerjee  
12. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in:
    (a) 1917   (b) 1918   (c) 1919   (d) 1920  
13. How many Fundamental Rights are guaranteed at present?
    (a) 5   (b) 6   (c) 7   (d) 8  
14. After Rajgir, the capital of Magadha shifted to:
    (a) Vaishali   (b) Pataliputra   (c) Nalanda   (d) Gaya  
15. The most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere is:
    (a) Oxygen   (b) Nitrogen   (c) Carbon dioxide   (d) Argon  
16. The Dandi March was conducted in:
    (a) 1928   (b) 1929   (c) 1930   (d) 1932  
17. The SI unit of power is:
    (a) Newton   (b) Watt   (c) Joule   (d) Hertz  
18. Who wrote Rashmirathi?
    (a) Harivansh Rai Bachchan   (b) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar   (c) Mahadevi Verma   (d) Suryakant Tripathi Nirala  
19. Bihar Diwas is celebrated on:
    (a) 22 March   (b) 26 January   (c) 15 August   (d) 1 November  
20. The Mahabodhi Temple is located at:
    (a) Rajgir   (b) Nalanda   (c) Bodh Gaya   (d) Vaishali  

Answer key

1. (b) 42nd   2. (b) Right to Education   3. (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad   4. (b) 1917   5. (b) 8 August 1942   6. (c) Godavari   7. (c) Alluvial soil   8. (b) Scurvy   9. (c) Newton   10. (d) 32   11. (b) W. C. Bonnerjee   12. (c) 1919   13. (b) 6   14. (b) Pataliputra   15. (b) Nitrogen   16. (c) 1930   17. (b) Watt   18. (b) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar   19. (a) 22 March   20. (c) Bodh Gaya  

Revise weak topics from Indian Polity and Bihar special notes.