राज्यसेवा पूर्व परीक्षा २०१५ - Paper 1

Who among the following is known as the 'friend, philosopher and guide of the members of Parliament ?

According to the 2011 Census, the population density of Maharashtra is equal to the population density of which district ?

Indias first six lane high speed track handling over 43000 vehicles a day — the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, is a stretch of

Ramon Magsaysay awards were instituted in 1957. In which year did Ramon Magsaysay die in an air crash ?

Cross country skiing is the national sport of ______.

Consider the following statements :

a. Originally the use of the National Flag by private persons was prohibited
except on National Days.

 b. The Code was amended again in 2007, Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Gyanpeeth Award was instituted in 1961. The newspaper group behind the award is

The Indian flag has evolved gradually. The first flag in India is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906 in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta. At a meeting of the All India Congress Committee in 1921 a flag was brought to Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhiji suggested addition of a strip. What colour strip did he suggest ?

The Commonwealth countries are independent states which were earlier parts of the British Empire.

a. All of them recognise the Queen as the head of the Commonwealth only, not as the titular head of their states.

b. Members of the Commonwealth have diplomatic officers in each other's states addressed as Ambassadors.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Name the person who wrote his own epitaph before his death as below: "Here rests a person who neither spared a man nor the God" 

The UN emblem consists of a global map as projected from

Consider the following statements regarding Atal Bihari Vajpayee :

a. He was the Prime Minister of India from 1996 to 2004, three times.

b. He was a member of the Lok Sabha eight times and Rajya Sabha thrice.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

The creator of the Common Man – R.K. Laxman, made readers smile every morning. What was the title of his cartoon series appearing in The Times of India ?

Consider the following statements regarding Vatican City :

a. It is a smallest country in the world in area, the area being less than 1 sq. km.

b. The population of Vatican City is less than 500,

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? 

Who withdrew the Judicial Powers from the District Collector during the British Rule ?

Malala Yousafzai, a symbol of defiance and courage in the fight against terrorism in the Pashtun tribal areas in Pakistan, is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Prize. How old is Malala Yousafzai ?

India's first Ethanol-run Bus has been launched in _________.

Shri Bhalchandra Nemade has been declared winner of the Gyanpeeth Award for 2014 for his most talked about novel Hindu'. The novel

Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with infected organisms. Which one of the following, however, cannot be the one ?

Nelson Mandela became the first elected President of South Africa on 10th May, 1994. How many years did he spend behind bars before becoming the President ?