MPPSC State Service 2021: State Service Preliminary Examination, Paper - I
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' 1. Match List — I with List — II and select 3. In which district of Madhya ftadesh, the
the correct answer using the codes given tropic of cancer does not pass through ?
below the lists :
(A) Vidisha
List -1 List- II
(B) Bhopal
(Tributaries) (Rivers)
(0) Ujjain
a. Betwa i. Chambal
b. Kshipra ii. Yamuna (D) Indore
c. Vainganga iii. Narmada
d. Tawa iv. Godavari 4. Which ofthe following rock contain coal
and petroleum ?
Codes:
(A) Granite
a b c d
(B) Igneous
(A) iii iv ii i
(0) Metamorphic
(B) ii i iv iii
(D) Sedimentary
(0) iii iv i ii
s
(D) i iii ii iv
5. In which region of Madhya Pradesh,the
black soils are not found ?
(A) Malwa Plateau
2. Which one of the following statements
is not correct regarding the climate of (B) Narmada Valley
Madhya Pradesh ?
(C) Baghelkhand
(A) Climate of Madhya Pradesh is (D) Satpura range
influenced by the tropic of cancer
that passes in middle of the State.
(B) Gwalior is an example ofsub-tropical, 6. Corbett Tiger Reserve is located in which
climate with hot summer. Indian State ?
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(0) Madhya Pradesh receive rainfall (A) Rajasthan
from Arabian Sea branch and Bay
of Bengal branch both. (B) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Approximate 50 percent rainfall of (C) Uttarakhand
the State by South-West Monsoon. (D) West Bengal
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7. When World Health Organization 11. Where is Sargasso sea situated ?
(W.H.O.) was established ? (A) North Atlantic Ocean
(A) 5 May (1951) (B) South Atlantic Ocean
(B) 10 June (1950)
(C) Indian Ocean
\-
(C) 07 April(1948)
(D) North Pacific Ocean
(D) 10 July (1949)
12. Which one of the following waterways has
8. What is the full name of ISRO ? more economic and strategic significance ?
(A) International Space Research
(A) Pak strait
Organisation
(B) Malacca strait
(B) Indian Society Research Organisation
(C) Iranian Space Research Organisation (C) Suez canal
(D) Indian Space Research Organisation (D) Panama canal
9. -Which Indian State has recently radio 13. Among the following, which one is not
tagged an Indian Pangolin on the a young folded mountain ? -f}-:!
occasion of World Pangolin Day ?
(A) Sierra Nevada
(A) Kerala
(B) Rocky
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Himalaya
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Alps
(D) Bihar
14. Which of the two countries is diidded by
10. Phosphatase test is used for the 'McMohan Line'?
analysis of
(A) India and China ,
(A) Milk
(B) China and Afghanistan ^
(B) Tea
(C) Water (C) Pakistan and India '''
(D) All of the above (D) Pakistan and Afghanistan '
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15. 'Truck farming'is associated with 19, Smt.Durga Bai Vyam is associated with
which tribal art ?
(A) Vegetables
(A) Gond Tradition
(B) Milk (B) Bhil Tradition
(C) Cereals (C) Baiga Tradition v
(D) Poultry (D) Saharia Tradition
20, Match the column. -
16. United Nation has declared the year
District Tentative Product
2023 as
(A) The International Year of Millets 1. Balaghat a. Split Pigeon
Pea (Tuar)and
(B) The International Year of Wheat Jaggery
2. Betul b. Chilly and
(C) The International Year of Rice
Chilly Product
(D) The International Year of Oil-seeds 8. Khargone c. Teakwood
(Sagon)
4. Narsinghpur d. Kodo Kutki
17. On which date Vimukta Jati(Denotified
Tribes) Day is celebrated in Madhya 1 2 3 4
Pradesh ? (A) a b c d
(A) 31 August (B) b a d c
(B) 15 July
(C) d b G a
(C) 15 September b
(D) d c a
(D) 21 March
21. District which has minimum sex ratio
18. Shri Ram Sahay Pandey is associated to in Madhya Pradesh ^
which folk dance art ?
(A) Balaghat
(A) Rai
(B) Dindori
(B) Beehu
(C) Lawani (C) Bhind
(D) Nautanki (D) Chhindwara
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22. Madhya Pradesh has been divided into 26, Important concept(s) introduced in IT
how many agro climatic zones ? Act. 2000
(A) 9 (A) Electronic Record
(B) 10
(B) Digital Signature
(C) 11
(D) 12 (C) Certifying Authority
(D) All of the above
23. In which year Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited(BHEL)was received the status
27. Auctions or dynamic pricing markets are
of Maharatna Company ? examples of
(A) 2011
(A) B2B commerce
(B) 2012
(B) C2B commerce
(C) 2013
(C) C2C commerce
(D) 2014
(D) None of the above
24. In which city of Madhya Pradesh,Indira
Gandhi Tribal University is located ? 2g^ A is used to transfer data packets
(A) Maheshwar between two computer networks.
(B) Amarkantak (A) Switch
(B) Router
(C) Morena
(C) Brouter
(D) Datia
(D) Gateway
25. Copper Project of Hindustan Copper Ltd.
in which of the following city of Madhya 29. A database that contains the names and
■ IVadesh is known as the copper city also? address of various hosts on internet is
called
(A) Jagandheri (A) Domain Name Service
(B) Chakaria (B) Domain Name System
(C) Imaliya (C) DNS File System
(D) None of the above
(D) Malajkhand
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30. Consumers fix price on their own,which 34. In which of the following region
business accept or decline comes under 'Turra-Kalangi'folk drama is lamous ?
model. (A) Malwa
(A) B2B (B) Nimar
(B) B2C (0) Bundelkhand
(0) C2B (D) Baghelkhand
(D) 020
31. Which of the following district does not
35. Which ofthe following inscription known
as the first advertisement ofthe World ?
have Baiga Development Agency ?
(A) Dashpur inscription
(A) Mandla
(B) Sohgara inscription
(B) Shahdol
(0) Supia inscription
(0) Raisen
(D) Balaghat (D) Eran inscription
32. Which of the following is not a famous 36. The Federal System proposed under the
painter of Madhya Pradesh ? Government of India Act 1935
(A) Narayan Shridhar Bendre (A) All India Federation
(B) Vishnu Ohinchalkar (B) Federation of India
(0) Nana Saheb Panse (0) United India ;f{,
(D) Indian Confederation
(D) Amritlal Begad
33. 'Mandhata' was the ancient name ofthe 37. In which meeting of the Constituent
which pilgrimage centre ? Assembly ofIndia did Jawaharlal Nehru
laid down the objective resolution ?
(A) Kamadgiri
(A) Second
(B) Onkareshwar (B) Third
(0) Amarkantak (C) Fourth
(D) Fifth
(D) Maheshwar
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38/ Which ofthe following is required under 42. In which region of Madhya Pradesh
" Article 108 of the Constitution of India Solar Floating Project of 600 MW
'to summon a joint sitting of the two capacity is proposed ?
houses of Parliament ?
(A) Gandhi Sagar
■ (A) Intention of the President
(B) Omkareshwar
(B) Satisfaction of the President
(C) Amarkantak
(C) Instruction of the President
(D) Bargi
(D) Consent of the President
43. Player of Madhya Pradesh Chinki
^39:^The Indian Parliament consists of Yadav is associated with sports
(A) President
(A) Shooting
(B) Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
(B) Swimming
(C) President, Rajya Sabha and
Lok Sabha (C) Hockey
(D) None of the above (D) Cricket
40. Which Article- of Indian Constitution 44. Player of Madhya Pradesh Vivek Sagar
abolish untouchability ? is associated with the sports of
(A) Article 14 (A) Shooting
(B) Article 15 (B) Archery
(C) Article 17 (C) Hockey
(D) Cricket
(D) Article 19
41. Atal Pragati Path is related to 45. Catalin Novak became the first female
President of which country ? ,
(A) Mandsaur - Nimuch region
(A) Austria
(B) Dhar - Jhabua region (B) Hungary
(C) Mandla - Jabalpur region (C) Spain
(D) Gwalior - Chambal region (D) Norway
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50. Out of total population of 121 crore,
46. In which belt, the volcanic eruption is what was the level (percentage) of
maximum ?. urbanization in 2011, census of India ?
(A) Mid Continental
(A) 33.15%
(B) Circumpacific
(B) 32.15%
(C) Mid Atlantic
(C) 30.15%
(D) Intraplates Volcanoes
(D) 31.15%
47. 'Marquette range' in United States of
America is famous for which mineral ? 51. With which misal was Ranjit Singh
related ?
(A) Uranium
(A) Aahluvaliyan
(B) Copper (B) Dalevahyan
(C) Zinc (C) Kanhaiya
(D) Shukarchakiya
(D) Iron ore
52. Who was given the princely portfolio in
48. Which of the following canal has the National Provisional Government?
transformed agricultural activities of
western districts of Rajasthan ? (A) V. P. Menon
(A) Kanhar Canal (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Ramganga Canal
(C) Krishna Shahi .<,
(C) Sharda Sahayak Canal
(D) C. Rajgopalachari
(D) Indira Gandhi Canal
49. Among the following densely populated 53 Who called the Congress Conferences
regions, which one does not depend as the "Annual National Festival of
Educated Indians"? .
directly on agriculture ?
(A) Lower Valley of River Nile (A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Eastern Plains of China (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Java Island (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) North-Eastern United States of (D) Vipin Chandra Pal
America
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54. From which ashrama did Mahatma 58. Consider the following statements .
Gandhi start the "Dandi March"? i. The ChiefElection Commissioner of
the Election Commission ofIndia is
(A) Sabarmati paid a salary equal to the salary of
the Judge of the Supreme Court.
(B) Pavnar ii. The term of Chief Election
Commissioner of India shall be for
(C) Sewagram a period of 6 years from the date
of assuming office or till the age of
(D) Ramanandiya 65 years whichever comes first.
iii. An Election Commissioner may at
any time by writing under his hand
55. Which was the first State to be merged addressed to the Chief Election
under Dalhousie's "Doctrine of lapse" ? Commissioner, resign his office.
(A) Jaitpur Which statements are correct ?
(B) Sambhalpur (A) i and iii
(B) i and ii
(C)' Jhansi
(C) i, iiandiii
(D) Satara
(D) iii only
56. Who is included in the Committee to
recommend name for the appointment 59. The Madhya Pradesh Public Service
of Chairperson and Members of State Commission shaR consist of maximum
Human Rights Commission ? (A) four members
(A) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (B) five members
(B) Governor (C) six members
(C) Leader of opposition (D) seven members
(D) Chief Justice of High Court
60. The power to grant or refuse leave to the
57. State Chief Election Commissioner is Comptroller and Auditor General shall
appointed by vest in the
(A) Governor (A) Finance Minister
(B) President of India (B) President
(C) Chief Justice of High Court (C) Prime Minister
(D) Home Minister
(D) Chief Justice of India
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61. Virtual Keyboards protect the computer
65. The true justified belief is often called
against (A) Hypothesis
(B) Intelligence
(A) Password theft (C) Knowledge
(B) Trojan programs (D) None of the above
(C) Spyware
(D) All of the above 66. The Malaw Samvat was also known as
(A) Kalchuri Samvat
(B) Krit Samvat
62. An e-mailthat appears to originate from (C) Saka Samvat
one source but actually has been sent
from another (D) Gupta Samvat
(A) Phishing
(B) Spoofing 67. Which of the following medieval town
(C) Spamming was famous for the printed cotton cloth
known as'Chinth'?
(D) Sniffing
(A) Mandu
(B) Sironj
63. In a network environment, which is not (C) Dhar
server ? (D) Raisen
(A) File Server
(B) Print Server 68. Which of the following statement about
Freedom Movementin Madhya Pradesh
(C) Application Server is incorrect ?
(D) Network Server (A) Khaja and Bhima Nayak were the
Bhil leaders fought against the
British rule.
64. is not a common network (B) ShankarShah wasthefreedom fighter
topology. from the Garha Mandla State.
(A) Bus (C) SonofJhujarSinghDevnathSingh
of Ramgarh fought against the
(B) Star British rule.
(C) Ring (D) Sipahi Bahadur Sarkar was
established at Indore.
(D) Grid
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69. Which of the following district the 72. Who among the following can impose
Gotmar fair held ?
the penalty under Section 20 of Right
to Information Act ?
(A) Indore (A) Central Information Commission
(B) Mandsaur only
(C) Chhindwara (B) State Information Commission
only
(D) Khargone
(C) Central Information Commission
or State Information Commission
70. Which of the following column is not (D) High Court or Central Information
correctly matched ? Commission or State Information
Hanste Hai Commission
(A) Harishankar
Parsai Rote Hai,
Rani Nagfani
Ki Kahani 73. Comptroller and Auditor General of
Geet Farosh, India submits its reports relating to
(B) Bhawani
Satpura accounts of the Union to
Prasad
Ke Ghane
Jungal, (A) Chief Justice of India
Himtarngini
Chand Ka
(B) Prime Minister
(C) GajananMadhav
Muktibodh Munh terra
(C) Vice President
Hai, Kath
Ka Sapna (D) None of the above
(D) Keshavdas Rasikpriya,
Kavipriya
74. Chairperson andMemberofthe StatePublic
71. Article 338 of the Indian Constitution Service Commission are appointed
deals with
(A) National Commission for Scheduled (A) by Governor
Castes
(B) National Commission for Sched\iled (B) by Chief Minister
Tribes
(C) National Commission for Backward (C) by President
Classes
(D) by Chairman Union Public Service
(D) National Commission for Human Commission
Rights
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75. TheDevelopmentMonitoringandEvaluatiori 78. Who among the following has held the
office of the Protem Speaker, Speaker
Office(DMEO)was constituted on
and Deputy Speaker in Madhya Pradesh
(A) 18 September 2015 Legislative Assembly ?
(B) 18 September 2016 (A) Ramkishore Shukla
(C) 18 December 2015 (B) Kunjilal Dube
(C) Kashiprasad Pandey
(D) 18 December 2016
(D) Tejlal Tembhre
76. Which of the following Governors of 79. Who will preside the meeting of the
Madhya Pradesh have not been the Gram Sabha in absence ofthe sarpanch
members of the Constituent Assembly and up-sarpanch in Madhya Pradesh ?
of India ? (A) Block Development Officer
1. H.V. Pataskar
(B) Secretary of Gram Panchayat
2. Niranjan Nath Wanchoo
3. Satyanarayan Sinha
(C) For this purpose the oldest person
of the respective Gram Panchyat
4. K. C. Reddy elected by the members present in
Select the correct answer using the codes the Gram Sabha meeting
given below : (D) For this purpose the Panch of the
respective Gram Panchayat,elected
Codes:
by the members, present in the
(A) Only 1 and 2 are correct Gram Sabha Meeting
(B) Only 2 and 3 are correct
(C) Only 1 and 4 are correct 80. Which ofthe following are the Standing
(D) Only 3 and 4 are correct Committees of Zila Panchayat in
Madhya Pradesh ?
1. General Administration Committee
77. Who among the following ChiefMimsters 2. Agriculture Committee
of Madhya Pradesh has not held the 3. Education Committee
office of the leader of the house in
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Select the correct answer using codes
given below:
during his tenure ?
Codes:
(A) Prakash Chandra Sethi (A) Only 1 and 2 are correct
(B) Govind Narayan Singh (B) Only 1 and 3 are correct
(C) Babulal Gaur (C) Only 2 and 3 are correct
(D) Kailash Joshi (D) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
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81. Match List -1 with List-II and select 83. Which ofthe following place and district
the correct answer from the codes given in Madhya Pradesh is not associated
below:
with Thermal Power Station ?
List-1 List - II
(A) Sarani, Betul
(National (Pass
Highway) through) (B) Amarkantak, Anuppur
a. National i. Khajuraho
Highway 30
(0) Birsingpur, Umaria
b. National ii. Bhopal (D) Dongaliya Mundi, Khargone
Highway 39
c. National hi. Sagar
Highway 46
d. National iv. Jabalpur 84. Which of the following pair is not
correctly matched ?
Highway 44 District
Irrigation
Codes:
Project
a b c d Jabalpur
(A) Bargi Project
(A) iv ii i iii Hoshangabad
(B) Tawa Project
(B) iii i ii iv Mandla
(C) Matiyari Dam
(C) iv i ii iii Project
(D) iv iii ii i (D) Barna Ghati Ujjain
Project
82. Which of the following Airports is/are
not International Airport ? 85. Consider the following statements.
1. Bhopal 1. Cotton textile mills have been
established in Malwa Plateau of
2. Indore Madhya Pradesh.
3. Khajuraho 2. Malwa Plateau is covered with
black soil.
4. Gwahor
Select the correct answer from the codes
Select the correct answer using codes given below:
given below:
Codes:
Codes: (A) Only 1 is correct
(A) Only 4
(B) Only 2is correct
(B) Only 3
(C) 3 and 4
(C) Both 1 and 2 are not correct
(D) 1 and 2 (D) Both 1 and 2 are correct
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86. In which year Bhopal Gas disaster 90. Scurvy disease is caused by
occurred ? (A) Vitamin *A'
(B) Vitamin'B12'
(A) 1982 (C) Vitamin *D'
(D) Vitamin'C
(B) 1986
(C) 1984 91. The word 'To Abide and Respect' used
under the Provisions ofArticle 51A ofthe
(D) 1980 Constitution of India is concerned to
(A) Constitution
(B) The sovereignty,unity and integrity
87. In which organ sertoli cells are found ? of India
(C) Rich heritage of our composite
(A) Ovary culture
(B) Kidney (D) The natural environment
(C) Liver
92. Which of the following Constitution
(D) Testis Amendments wasthefirst Constitutional
Amendment, which was rectified by the
State Legislatures according to the
requirements of the provision of the
88. Where UNICEF Headquarter is situated ? Article 368(2) of the Constitution ?
(A) Geneva (A) First Constitutional Amendment,
1951
(B) New York (B) Second Constitutional Amendment,
1952
(C) Paris
(C) Third Constitutional Amendment,
1954
(D) Rome
(D) Fourth Constitutional Amendment,
1954
89. In which organ hydrochloric acid is
secreted ? 93. The power of Supreme Court ofIndia to
decide the disputes between Centre and
(A) Intestine States falls under which Jurisdiction ?
(B) Liver (A) Appellate Jurisdiction
(B) Advisory Jurisdiction
(C) Stomach (C) Constitutional Jurisdiction
(D) Pancreas (D) Original Jurisdiction
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9-^?, According to Economic Survey 2020 — 21, 97. The shape of which tree is found in the
seals from the Indus Civihzation ?
real growth rate for financial year 2022is
(A) Mango
assumed as based onIMF(International
(B) Pipal
Monetary Fund) estimates
(C) Parijat
(A) 7.7 Percent
(D) Sal
(B) 8.7 Percent
\(G)i-.9.5 Percent 98. Theuniquefeatureofwhoseadministrative
system was the development of village
(D) 11.5 Percent autonomy ?
(A) Cher
(B) Chola
(0) Pandyas
95. Mid day Meal Scheme was launched in
(D) Pallavas
which year ?
(A) 1991
99. To which period do the sites of Ellora
and Elephanta belongs ?
(B) 1993
(A) Pratihara
(C) 1995
(B) Chalukyas
(D) 2000 (C) Rashtrakoot
(D) Hoysalas
96. Who was the author of Mudrarakshasa?
100. Which Chandela King faced Mahmud
(A) Hemchandra; Ghaznavi ?
(A) Kumarpal
(B) Ballal
(B) Bhim II
(C) Vishakhadutta (C) Vidyadhar
(D) Padmagupta (D) Arunoraja
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