CGPSC Pre Exam 2018 Paper - I (Official Answer Key)

21. Which ruler founded the city of Agra ?
(a) Sikander Lodi
(b) Akbar
(c) Feroz Tuglaq
(d) Shahjahan

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Answer – (A)

22. Who among the following established the Department of Archaeological Survey?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) Lord Chelmsford

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Answer – (*)
Alexander Cunningham

23. Which one of the following rulers did not contribute towards the expansion of Buddhism ?
(a) Harshavardhan
(b) Kanishka
(c) Ashoka
(d) Pushyamitra Shunga

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Answer – (D)

24. Who of the following rulers’ constructed a road from East Bengal to Peshawar called Sadak-E-Azam ?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Islamshah
(d) Sher Shah

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Answer – (D)

25. Who formed the “Satya Shodhak Samaj’?
(a) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Keshavchandra Sen
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Jyotiba Phule

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Answer – (D)

26. The Indian Institute of Remote sensing is located at
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Dehradun

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Answer – (D)

27. When is International Yoga Day celebrated ?
(a) 2 April
(b) 21 June
(c) 5 June
(d) 21 May

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Answer – (B)

28. Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Biomass
(d) Kerosene

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Answer – (C)

29. In which state Halam, Notiya tribes are mainly seen?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Tripura
(d) Chhattisgarh

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Answer – (C)

30. In which year ‘Bio Diversity Act’ was passed in India ?
(a) 2000
(b) 2002
(c) 2010
(d) 2017

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Answer – (B)

31. Who is the Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh ?
(a) Acharya Deovrata
(b) Suryakant
(c) Girish Sahani
(d) Shekhar Mande

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Answer – (B)

32. In which city “Rastriya Vyosree Yojana’ for senior citizen’s is started in 2017?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Nashik
(c) Raipur
(d) Nagpur

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Answer – (*)
In Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh

33. Who has been awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2018 for weightlifting ?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) S. Mirabai Chanu
(c) Niraj Chopra
(d) Manoj Sarkar

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Answer – (B)

34. Which country has won the SAIF Suzuki Cup 2018 Football Competition?
(a) India
(b) Maldives
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) France

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Answer – (B)

35. Which country’s Human Development Index rank is first as per Human Development Report 2018 ?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Germany
(C) Ireland
(d) Norway

36. In October 2018, which Economists has been appointed as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Research Department ?
(a) Raghuram Rajan
(b) Geeta Gopinath
(c) Y.M. Deosthalee
(d) C. Rangarajan

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Answer – (B)

37. Which Abhiyan has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15th September, 2018?
(a) Jhum Cultivation
(b) Ayushman Bharat
(c) Blue Economy
(d) Swachhata Hi Seva