Police Constable Question Paper (E) 18-01-2015

Police Constable(Civil) Question Paper

 
1.What does the term “lithosphere” refer to ?
 (a)Plants and animals
 (b)Exterior surface of earth
 (c)Crust of the earth
 (d)None of these

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Crust of the earth


2.What is measured on the Richter scale ?
 (a)Wind velocity
 (b)Earthquakes
 (c)Depth
 (d)Heat

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Earthquakes


3.The territorial waters of India extend up to
 (a)6 nautical miles
 (b)15 nautical miles
 (c)10 nautical miles
 (d)12 nautical miles

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) 12 nautical miles


4.Which crop requires water-logging for its cultivation ?
 (a)Tea
 (b)Coffee
 (c)Rice
 (d)Mustard

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Rice


5.Which of the following planets is closest to sun ?
 (a)Earth
 (b)Pluto
 (c)Jupiter
 (d)Mercury

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Mercury


6.The Third Round Table Conference took place in the year
 (a)1931
 (b)1933
 (c)1932
 (d)1934

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 1932


7.Who said “Give me blood and shall give you freedom” ?
 (a)Mahatma Gandhi
 (b)Jawaharlal Nehru
 (c)Annie Besant
 (d)Subhash Chandra Bose

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose


8.The Red Shirt Movement was launched by
 (a)Mohammed Ali Jinnah
 (b)Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
 (c)Sir Mohammed Iqbal
 (d)Sir Monsoor Ahmed

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


9.Sir Strafford Crips Mission arrived in India in the year
 (a)1940
 (b)1941
 (c)1942
 (d)1943

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 1942


10.Which two provinces had the non-Congress Government after the 1937 elections ?
 (a)Bengal and Punjab
 (b)Maharashtra and Karnataka
 (c)Kerala and Andrapradesh
 (d)Punjab and Haryana

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Bengal and Punjab


11.If you write down all numbers from 1 to 100, how many times do you write 3 ?
 (a)11 .
 (b)18
 (c)20
 (d)21

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 20


12.A is B’s sister, C is B’s mother. D is C’s father, E is D’s mother, then how is A related to D ?
 (a)Grand father
 (b)Grand mother
 (c)Daughter
 (d)Granddaughter

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Granddaughter


13.Arun said “This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother”. Who is Arun to the girl ?
 (a)Father
 (b)Grandfather
 (c)Husband
 (d)Father in law

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Father in law


14.A class of boys stands in a single line, one boy is 19th in order from both the ends. How many boys are there in the class ?
 (a)37
 (b)38
 (c)39
 (d)27

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 37


15.If 30th January 2003 was Thursday, what was the day on 2nd March 2003 ?
 (a)Sunday
 (b)Thursday
 (c)Tuesday
 (d)Saturday

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Sunday


16.Jog Falls is located on which river ?
 (a)Krishna
 (b)Kaveri
 (c)Sharavati
 (d)Bhima

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Sharavati


17.India’s National Acquatic Animal is
 (a)River Dolphin
 (b)Crocodile
 (c)Katha Fish
 (d)Green Frog

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) River Dolphin


18.Who are Pampa, Ranna and Ponna ?
 (a)Kannada language poets
 (b)Architects
 (c)Politicians
 (d)Kings

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Kannada language poets


19.Which of the following places is called Dwarasamudra ?
 (a)Halebidu, Hassan
 (b)Kodagu
 (c)Kalaburgi
 (d)Bengaluru

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Halebidu, Hassan


20.“Demography” means
 (a)Study of characteristics of animal population
 (b)Study of characteristics of human population
 (c)Study of characteristics of elephant population
 (d)None of the above

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Study of characteristics of human population


21.Who ordered the troops to open fire at Jallianwala Bagh meeting ?
 (a)Benn
 (b)Irwin
 (c)Dyer
 (d)Montague

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Dyer


22.The Partition of Bengal took place in the year
 (a)1905
 (b)1904
 (c)1906
 (d)1907

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 1905


23.Mahatma Gandhi launched Quit India Movement in 1942. Who was the Governor General at that time ?
 (a)Lord Mountbatten
 (b)Lord Linlithgow
 (c)Lord Curzon
 (d)Lord Mayo

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Lord Linlithgow


24.Who died due to police lathicharge, protesting against the Simon Commission ?
 (a)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
 (b)Bala Gangadhara Tilak
 (c)Lala Lajpat Rai
 (d)None of these

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai


25.Mahatma Gandhi undertook Dandi March in the year
 (a)1929
 (b)1930
 (c)1931
 (d)1932

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) 1930


26.When the Governor of a state dies in office, who takes over as acting Governor ?
 (a)Chief Justice of the State High Court
 (b)Chief Minister of the State
 (c)Any one designated by the President
 (d)Governor of a neighbouring state

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Chief Justice of the State High Court


27.Whenever the Lok Sabha is dissolved, who does not vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the House after the dissolution ?
 (a)Prime Minister
 (b)Finance Minister
 (c)Defence Minister
 (d)Speaker

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Speaker


28.Does the Constitution provide for a Deputy Prime Minister ?
 (a)Yes
 (b)No
 (c)Yes, during an emergency
 (d)Yes, during a financial emergency

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) No


29.The National Integration Council is chaired by the
 (a)President of India
 (b)Vice President of India
 (c)Chief Justice of India
 (d)Prime Minister of India

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Prime Minister of India


30.An additional Judge of a High Court holds office for a period of
 (a)2 years
 (b)3 years
 (c)1 year
 (d)2 ½ years

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 2 years


31.The Oath of office to the President of India is administered by the
 (a)Speaker of the Lok Sabha
 (b)Prime Minister of India
 (c)Vice-President of India
 (d)Chief Justice of India

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Chief Justice of India


32.Which of the following is not a duty of the Election Commission ?
 (a)To give recognition to political parties
 (b)To provide adequate campaign funds for the candidates
 (c)To lay down general rules and guidelines for elections
 (d)To determine constituencies and to prepare the electoral rolls

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) To provide adequate campaign funds for the candidates


33.For how many years does the Vice-President hold office ?
 (a)3
 (b)4
 (c)5
 (d)6

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 5


34.A person who is not a member OT Parliament, if appointed a minister, shall become a member of either House of Parliament within
 (a)2months
 (b)6 months
 (c)9 months
 (d)1 year

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) 6 months


35.The Prime Minister of India who did not face the union Parliament was
 (a)Morarji Desai
 (b)Lal Bahadur Shastri
 (c)I. K. Gujral
 (d)Charan Singh

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Charan Singh


36.Common Wealth Games 2014 were held at
 (a)Glasgow, UK
 (b)Sydney, Australia
 (c)New Delhi, India
 (d)Beijing, China

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Glasgow, UK


37.Girish Karnad, a noted Kannada personality belongs to the field of
 (a)Theatre and literature
 (b)Industry
 (c)Aviation
 (d)Health care

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Theatre and literature


38.POCSO Act, is a new law to safeguard the interest of
 (a)Women
 (b)Children
 (c)Environment
 (d)Animal welfare

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Children


39.When do we celebrate World Human Rights Day ?
 (a)December 10th
 (b)October 2nd
 (c)June 5th
 (d)January 31st

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) December 10th


40.How many seats have been allotted for Karnataka in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha ?
 (a)12,10
 (b)28, 12
 (c)20,15
 (d)25,20

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) 28, 12


41.‘World Wide Web’ was invented by
 (a)Tim Berners Lee
 (b)Alexander Ben
 (c)J.C.R. Licklider
 (d)Alexander Graham Bell

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Tim Berners Lee


42.Sonalika and Kalyan Sone are varieties of
 (a)Wheat
 (b)Rice
 (c)Millet
 (d)Legumes

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Wheat


43.What discovery was made by biologist duo James D. Watson (US) and Francis Crick (UK) in 1953?
 (a)Penicillin
 (b)DNA Structure
 (c)Synthetic Antigen
 (d)Malaria germs

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) DNA Structure


44.Optical fibre work on the principle of
 (a)Refraction
 (b)Total internal reflection
 (c)Scattering
 (d)Interference

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Total internal reflection


45.The gas usually filled in the electric bulb is
 (a)Nitrogen
 (b)Hydrogen
 (c)Carbon dioxide
 (d)Oxygen

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Nitrogen


46.The central element in chlorophyll is
 (a)Copper
 (b)Magnesium
 (c)Phosphorous
 (d)Calcium

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Magnesium


47.“Washing Soda” is the common name for
 (a)Sodium Carbonate
 (b)Calcium Bicarbonate
 (c)Sodium Bicarbonate
 (d)Calcium Carbonate

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Sodium Carbonate


48.Which of the following is used in pencil ?
 (a)Graphite
 (b)Silicon
 (c)Charcoal
 (d)Phosphorous

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Graphite


49.In which of the following activities is Silicon Carbide used ?
 (a)Making cement and glass
 (b)Disinfecting water of ponds
 (c)Cutting very hard substances
 (d)Making cast for statues

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Cutting very hard substances


50.Balloons are filled with
 (a)Nitrogen
 (b)Helium
 (c)Oxygen
 (d)Argon

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Helium


51.The term “Petroleum” is derived from two words “Petra” and “Oleum”. These words are
 (a)Greek words
 (b)French words
 (c)Latin words
 (d)Russian words

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Latin words


52.Growing two-three crops in one agricultural land at the same time is called
 (a)Subsistence farming
 (b)Land use farming
 (c)Commercial farming
 (d)intensive farming

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) intensive farming


53.According to 2011 census, the population of India was
 (a)About 125 crores
 (b)About 121 crores
 (c)About 124 crores
 (d)About 126 crores

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) About 121 crores


54.Which among the following is called as Commercial Crop ?
 (a)Wheat
 (b)Ragi
 (c)Maize
 (d)Sugarcane

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Sugarcane


55.What is the importance of ‘ozone’ in the atmosphere ?
 (a)It creates the greenhouse effect on earth
 (b)It provides condensation nucleus
 (c)It provides protection against ultraviolet radiation
 (d)It helps scatter blue light

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) It provides protection against ultraviolet radiation


56.2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to
 (a)A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
 (b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 (c)C.N.R. Rao
 (d)Kailash Satyarthi

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Kailash Satyarthi


57.What do you understand with “cyber crime” ?
 (a)Murder in cyber cafe
 (b)Crime through computer or mobile
 (c)Chain-snatching
 (d)Vehicle theft

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Crime through computer or mobile


58.Huttari dance and Bolak aat dance are famous dance forms of which area in Karnataka ?
 (a)Kodagu
 (b)Mysuru
 (c)Kalaburgi
 (d)Haveri

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Kodagu


59.Capital of Nagaland is
 (a)Kohima
 (b)Agartala
 (c)Imphal
 (d)Dispur

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Kohima


60.“Karnataka Police Academy” is situated at
 (a)Mysuru
 (b)Bengaluru
 (c)Kalaburgi
 (d)Belagavi

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Mysuru


61.Which diagram reflects the relationship between the classes of Tennis fan, Cricket players, Students ?
 (a)
 (b)
 (c)
 (d)

CORRECT ANSWER

(a)


62.Which diagram reflects relationship between carrot, food and vegetables ?
 (a)
 (b)
 (c)
 (d)

CORRECT ANSWER

(a)


63.Find out the wrong term in the series
2, 5, 10, 50, 500, 5000
 (a)5000
 (b)500
 (c)10
 (d)50

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 5000


64.A gold bracelet is sold for Rs. 14,500 at the loss of 20%. What is the cost price for bracelet ?
 (a)Rs. 18,125
 (b)Rs. 17,400
 (c)Rs. 15,225
 (d)Rs. 16,800

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Rs. 18,125


65.Saina Nehwal is a famous Indian sports personality in the field of
 (a)Tennis
 (b)Badminton
 (c)Table tennis
 (d)Squash

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Badminton


66.World Population Day is observed on
 (a)14th July of every year
 (b)18th July of every year
 (c)11th July of every year
 (d)24th July of every year

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 11th July of every year


67.Sex ratio means
 (a)The ratio between whole population of world and whole population of a nation
 (b)The ratio between whole population of nation and whole population of a state
 (c)The ratio between aged persons to that of young persons
 (d)The ratio between male and female population

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) The ratio between male and female population


68.“Life expectancy” means
 (a)The average life of an elephant
 (b)The average life of a lion
 (c)The average period that a person may expect to live
 (d)The average period that a satellite may be active

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) The average period that a person may expect to live


69.“Megalopolis” is a Greek word. It means
 (a)Great police
 (b)Great city
 (c)Great politician
 (d)None of the above

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Great city


70.HDI means
 (a)Human Development Index
 (b)Human Development in India
 (c)Health Development Index
 (d)Health Development in India

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Human Development Index


71.“Dharma Chakra” is a symbol of
 (a)Jainism
 (b)Vardhanas
 (c)Buddhism
 (d)None of above

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Buddhism


72.“Devanampriya” who is associated with this word ?
 (a)Ashoka
 (b)Chandragupta Maurya
 (c)Bindusara
 (d)Gauthamiputra

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Ashoka


73.Fahein - a Chines traveller visited during the rule of
 (a)Samudragupta
 (b)Chandragupta II
 (c)Sri Gupta
 (d)Chandragupta I

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Chandragupta II


74.The system of branding of horses (dagh) was introduced by
 (a)Mohammed-bin-Tughalak
 (b)Malik Kafur
 (c)Jalal-ud-din Khilji
 (d)Alla-ud-din-Khilji

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Alla-ud-din-Khilji


75.Raja Todarmal was
 (a)Akbar’s finance minister
 (b)Akbar’s revenue minister
 (c)Akbar’s law minister
 (d)Akbar’s forest minister

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Akbar’s revenue minister


76.The term India is derived from
 (a)Persian word ‘Indos’
 (b)Greek word ‘Indos’
 (c)Spanish word ‘Indigo’
 (d)Russian word ‘Indus’

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Persian word ‘Indos’


77.“Buddhacharitha” was written by
 (a)Banabhatta
 (b)Chandbardai
 (c)Bilhana
 (d)Ashwagosha

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Ashwagosha


78.The ‘Paleolithic age’ man used a hard stone. It is called
 (a)Granite
 (b)Quartzite
 (c)Neises
 (d)Dressed stones

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Quartzite


79.Among the four Vedas, which was the first to be composed ?
 (a)Atharvanaveda
 (b)Samaveda
 (c)Rigveda
 (d)Yajurveda

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Rigveda


80.Jains believe that there were 24 thirthankaras. Who was the 23rd thirthankara ?
 (a)Vardhamana Mahaveera
 (b)Rishabhanatha
 (c)Adinatha
 (d)Parshvanatha

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) Parshvanatha


81.How many pieces of 13∙2 cm rope can be cut from a 330 cm rope ?
 (a)25
 (b)28
 (c)21
 (d)35

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 25


82.The speed of bus is 72 km/hr. The distance covered by bus in 5 sec. is
 (a)50m
 (b)74.5m
 (c)100 m
 (d)60m

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 100 m


83.Look at series 7, 10, 8, 11 , 9, 12. Which number should come next ?
 (a)7
 (b)10
 (c)12
 (d)13

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) 10


84.In the series 2, 6, 1 8, 54, .... what is the next number ?
 (a)108
 (b)148
 (c)162
 (d)216

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 162


85.Today is Varun’s birthday. One year from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 yrs. ago. How old is Varun today ?
 (a)20
 (b)22
 (c)25
 (d)27

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) 25


86.llakal town, which is famous for llakal sarees is located in which district of Karnataka ?
 (a)Vijapura
 (b)Bagalkote
 (c)Kalaburgi
 (d)Davangere

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Bagalkote


87.When did Karnataka acquire its present name ?
 (a)1st January, 1951
 (b)15th June, 1971
 (c)21st Aug., 1991
 (d)1st Nov., 1973

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) 1st Nov., 1973


88.“Jana Gana Mana” national anthem is written *by
 (a)Rabindranath Tagore
 (b)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
 (c)Iqbal
 (d)Aurobindo Das

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Rabindranath Tagore


89.Kaiga nuclear power plant is located in which district ?
 (a)Uttara Kannada
 (b)Raichur
 (c)Shimoga
 (d)Udupi

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Uttara Kannada


90.80th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana 2014 was hosted in which district ?
 (a)Kodagu
 (b)Vijapura
 (c)Gangavathi
 (d)Haveri

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Kodagu


91.Name the newly elected Maharashtra Chief Minister.
 (a)Murali Manohar Joshi
 (b)Devendra Fadnis
 (c)Eknath Khadse
 (d)Sharad Pawar

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Devendra Fadnis


92.Name the cyclone that struck coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in 2014
 (a)Cyclone Katrina
 (b)Cyclone Nilofer
 (c)Cyclone Hudhud
 (d)Cyclone Komen

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Cyclone Hudhud


93.‘SwacchfBharat Abhiyan’ was launched by Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on
 (a)Oct. 2,2014
 (b)Oct. 17, 2014
 (c)Sept. 05,2014
 (d)Oct. 14,2014

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Oct. 2,2014


94.Nagarjuna Sagar dam in Andhra Pradesh is located on which river ?
 (a)Krishna
 (b)Kaveri
 (c)Mahanadi
 (d)Godavari

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Krishna


95.Which among the following instruments measures wind speed ?
 (a)Anemometer
 (b)Hygrometer
 (c)Galvanometer
 (d)Spectrometer

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) Anemometer


96.An acute viral disease of animals transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animals
 (a)Pneumonia
 (b)Measles
 (c)Rabies
 (d)Atherosclerosis

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Rabies


97.The sites for protein synthesis in the cells are
 (a)Secretory granules
 (b)Fat droplets
 (c)Ribosomes
 (d)Mitochondria

CORRECT ANSWER

(c) Ribosomes


98.The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves
 (a)Viscosity of the ink
 (b)Capillary action phenomena
 (c)Diffusion of ink through the blotting paper
 (d)Siphon paper

CORRECT ANSWER

(b) Capillary action phenomena


99.Rainbow is caused by
 (a)Reflection
 (b)Refraction
 (c)Dispersion
 (d)All of the above

CORRECT ANSWER

(d) All of the above


100.Sun rays take how much time to reach the earth ?
 (a)8 minutes
 (b)2 minutes
 (c)10 minutes
 (d)20 minutes

CORRECT ANSWER

(a) 8 minutes


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