Topic wise Question Discussion (STATIC GK)
UDC(Upper Division Clerk) Previous Year Question paper in Government of Puducehrry in 2012 – CLICK HERE
Topic wise question asked in the UDC 2012 in Govt of Puducherry
Number of Question asked in Topic wise: 24
1. Question NO:2 (Topic Name: Abbreviation)
2. The vaccination DPT stands for
(A) Dengue, Pylaria, Typhoid
(B) Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
(C) Diphtheria, Polio, Tetanus
(D) Dengue, Polio, Typhoid
2. Question NO:18 (Topic Name: Wind)
18. What is the name of hot, dry wind in Rocky mountains which is also called
snow eater?
(A) Joehn
(B) Sirocco
(C) Chinook
(D) Purga
3. Question NO:19 (Topic Name: World Religion)
19. Which of the following sect is not as a result of the division of Buddhism?
(A) Sthavirvadin
(B) Mahasanghika
(C) Aparigraha
(D) Vajrayana
4. Question NO:32 (Topic Name: Olympic)
32. Which of the following athelete has won the largest number of Olympic medals so far?
(A) Michel Phelps
(B) Boris Shakhlein
(C) Takashi Ono
(D) Paavo Nurmi
5. Question NO:33 (Topic Name: Nike Name of the Important person)
33. Who of the following is regarded as the Architect of Indian Planning?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
.(C) Amritya Sen
(D) Dhadabai Navarooji
6. Question NO:35 (Topic Name: Central Govt Scheme)
35. Which of the following is not true about the Employment. Guarantee Act of 2005?
(A) The act was passed by the Govt, as per the advice of the National Advisory Council
(B) Every household in rural India ’ will have a right to at least 100 days of guaranteed
employment every year for at least one adult member
(C) Work should be provided within fifteen days of demanding it
(D) If work is not provided within the given time, the person will be paid unemployment
allowance which should be atleast one half of the minimum wages.
7. Question NO:38 (Topic Name: Agriculture Season)
38. Match the following and select the correct answer from the option given.
i) Zaid Season (a) Rice Jowar, Bajra,Maize, Cotton,Soyabeen, Groundnut, Jute, Tobacco etc. are important crops
(ii) Rabi Season (b) Extends from March to June
(iii) Kharif Season (c) Wheat, Barley, Gram, Peas, Mustard are important crops
8. Question NO:39 (Topic Name: waterway in the world)
39. Which of the following is the busiest waterway in the world?
(A) Suez Canal Waterway
(B) North Pacific Waterway
(C) Panama Canal Waterway
(D) North Atlantic Waterway
9. Question NO:40 (Topic Name: Indian River)
(i) Kosi
(a) Once known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’
(ii) ALaknanda .
(b) Also known as . the “Sorrow of Bihar”
(iii) Damodar
(c) Flows through the Rift Valley
(iv) Tapi
(d) Its tributary Mandakini is also called as Kali Canga
10. Question NO:46 (Topic Name: Temples in India)
46. Match the following places with their temples ' and select the correct answers from the options :
(i) Kanchipuram
(a) Kailasha temple
(ii) Ellora
(b) Kandariya Mahadeva temple
(iii) Deogarh
(c) Kailasanath temple
(iv) Khajuraho
(d) Gupta Temple
11. Question NO:53 (Topic Name: Schedule Tribes)
53. Match the tribes with the states they are present and choose the correct
answer from the given options.
(i) Khasis (a) Bihar, Odisha
(ii) Mundas (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(iii) Shompens (c) Assam, Megalaya
12. Question NO:54 (Topic Name: Biosphere in India)
54. Match the following Biosphere reserves with their location. Select the correct answer from the options given
(i) Nokrek
(a) Part of North and west Sikkim
(ii) Similipal
(b) Part of Siang and Debang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh
13. Question NO:55 (Topic Name: Important Day)
55. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) National Youth Day is celebrated on 12th January every year
(B) Martyr’s Day is celebrated on 30th January every year
(C) United Nations Day is celebrated on 26th October every year
(D) Human Rights Day is celebrate
14. Question NO:59 (Topic Name: Branch of Science)
59. Pedology is the. study of
(A) Soil
(B) Microbes
(C) Worms
(D) Fungus
15. Question NO:67 (Topic Name: Abbreviation)
67. What is the expansion of VSAT?
(A) Visual Satellite
(B) Virtual Satellite
(C) Visual Sound Applied Terminal
(D) Very Small Aperture Terminal
16. Question NO:68 (Topic Name: Noble Prize in India)
68. Which of the statements are correct on the Nobel Prize Winners? Select
the correct answer from the options given below :
(i) Ainartya Sen won Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
(ii) Hargobind Khorana won Nobel Prize in Medicine
(iii) Venkatraman Ramakrishna won Nobel Prize in Zoology
(iv) Subramaniyan Chandrasekar won Nobel Prize in Physics
Options :
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (ii). and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iv)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
17. Question NO:72 (Topic Name: Books & Authors)
Which one of the following is not correct?
(A) Alberuni wrote Kitab-ul-Hind
(B) Ibin Battutah wrote Taj-Ul-Masajid
(C) Firdausi wrote Shah Namah
(D) Amir Khusru wrote Tughlaq Namah
18. Question NO:76 (Topic Name: Organization & Founders)
Match the following and select the correct answer from the options given
below :
(i) Tathvabodhini Sabha
(a) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(ii) Servants of India Society (b) . Madam H.P. Blavatsky
(iii) Theosophical Society
(c) Henry Vivian Derozia
(iv) Young Bengal Movement
(d) Devendranath Tagore
Options :
(A) (i) - a, (ii) - d, (iii) - c, (iv) - b
(B) (i) - c, (ii) - b, (iii) - d, (iv) - a
(C) (i) - d, (ii) - a, (iii) - b, (iv) - c
(D) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - a, (iv) – c
19. Question NO:77 (Topic Name: Quotes by Authors/Leaders)
Who said the following?
“By Independence, we have lost the excuse of blaming the British for anything going wrong. If hereafter things go wrong, we will have nobody to blame except ourselves”.
(A) Rajaji
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) B.R. Ambedkar
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
20. Question NO:78 (Topic Name: Central Govt Scheme)
78. Match the following poverty alliviation programme of Govt, of India with their aims.
(i) SJSRY
(a) Aims to generate wage employment for the poor unskilled people living in
rural areas
(ii). SGSY
(b) Aims at creating employment opportunities both self employment and wage employment in urban areas
(iii) SGRY
(c) Aims at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor
(iv) ICDC
(d) The govt, provides partial financial assistance to Self Help Groups through banks
Options :
(A) (i) - d, (ii) - b, (iii) - a, (iv) - c
(B) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - c, (iv) - a
(C) (i) - d, (ii) - c, (iii) - b, (iv) - a
(D) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - a, (iv) – c
21. Question NO:81 (Topic Name: State & National Emblem)
81. Which of the following have been announced as the state bird, state animal, state flower and state tree of Puducherry?
(A) Koel, Squirrel, Nagalingam and Vilvam respectively
(B) Cock, Rabbit, Lotus and Neem respectively
(C) Koel, Rabbit, Nagalingam and Neem respectively
(D) Cock, Squirrel, Lotus and Vilvam respectively
22. Question NO:87 (Topic Name: Books & Authors)
87. Match the following Authors with the book they have written and choose the
correct answer from the options.
(i) Ramachandra Guha
(a) The City of Joy
(ii) Nandan Nilekani
(b) Nine Lives
(iii) Dominique Lapierre
(c) Imagining India
(iv) William Dalrymple
(d) India after Gandhi
Options :
(A) (i) - b, (ii) - c, (iii) - a, (iv) - d
(B) (i) - c, (ii) - a, (iii) - b, (iv) - d
(C) (i) - d, (ii) — c, (iii) - a, ( iv ) -b
(D) (i) - d, (ii) - c, (iii) - b, (iv) – a
23. Question NO:90 (Topic Name: Indian Port)
90. Match the following and select the correct answer from the options given.
(i) Mumbai Port
(a) It is a tidal port and requires constant
Dredging (ii) Kandla Port
(b) It is a natural harbor and is the biggest in the country
(iii) Kolkata Port
(c) It is the deepest landlocked and protected port
(iv) Visakapatnam Port
(d) The first port developed soon after the independence
Options :
(A) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - c, (iv) - a
(B) (i) - c, (ii) - d, (iii) - a, (iv) - b
(C) (i) - b, (ii) - d, (iii) - a, (iv) - c
(D) (i) - d, (ii) - b, (iii) - c, (iv) - a
24. Question NO:94 (Topic Name: Central Govt Scheme)
94. Which of the following statements are true with regard to Rashtriya Swasthya Bhima Yojna
(i) All employees of Public Sector and Private Sector establishments get these benefits
(ii) It is a Health Insurance Scheme
(iii) This scheme is for the benefit of unorganised workers
(iv) In India 7% of workers will get benefitted
Options :
(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i) and (iv)