KSP Civil PC 2019 — Paper 1 - General Studies (GS)

Birju Maharaj was a legendary exponent of Kathak dance.

Each degree of latitude is approximately equal to 111 km.

Badrinath is situated on the banks of the Alaknanda river.

The Supreme Court is regarded as the guardian and protector of the Fundamental Rights under the Indian Constitution.

A square has 4 right angles.

If wrong = 2 x right and total = 48, then right + 2right = 48, so right = 16.

Amitabh Bachchan was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2019.

'Sudden death' is a term associated with football (used to decide a match in extra time).

Sirsi was the first place to get a GI tag in the areca-nut sector.

Acquiring property is not a recognized condition for Indian citizenship (birth, descent, registration, naturalization are).

A plotter is an output device used to translate computer data into pictorial/graphical form on paper.

The decibel is the unit used to measure the amplitude (loudness) of sound.

The Police Driving & Maintenance School is located in Bengaluru.

The Chalukya dynasty built the temples at Pattadakal and Aihole.

Chandragupta Maurya is regarded as responsible for the spread of Jainism in Karnataka after retiring to Shravanabelagola.

Rajasthan is the largest state of India by area.

The NIA (National Investigation Agency) was established to investigate terrorism-related crimes.

Taking North as the initial facing direction: (1) right turn faces East, walk 23 m East; (2) left turn faces North, walk 30 m North; (3) right turn faces East, walk 25 m East; (4) right turn faces South, walk 55 m South; (5) right turn faces West, walk 40 m West. Net East-West displacement = 23 + 25 - 40 = 8 m East; net North-South displacement = 30 - 55 = 25 m South. Being 8 m East and 25 m South of the start, Kailash is in the South-East direction.

Representatives of states in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the State Legislative Assembly.

Narendra Nath Datta was the original name of Swami Vivekananda.

Harihara I is regarded as the founder of the Vijayanagar Empire.

In a parallel circuit, each component gets the same voltage as the source.

A money bill cannot be introduced in the Lok Sabha without the prior recommendation/approval of the President.

India's first corporate train, the Tejas Express, runs between Lucknow and New Delhi.

Belief in one God, equality/brotherhood, and rejection of ritualism and caste division were common to both the Bhakti Movement and Sufism.

India and Japan jointly organise the 'Dharma Guardian'/'Shinyuu Maitri' military exercise.

Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary is observed as Sadbhavana Divas and his death anniversary as Anti-Terrorism Day.

NITI Aayog stands for National Institution for Transforming India.

The Amazon rainforest is located in South America.

RAM is used as short/temporary memory because it is volatile (loses data without power).

Bing is a search engine; Reddit, Pinterest and Instagram are social/content platforms.

The Indian Air Force was founded in 1932.

Chlorophyll is a chelate compound with magnesium as its central metal ion.

The Kannada Sahitya Parishat was established in 1915.

Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Mysuru all have the commissionerate system of policing.

Radiocarbon dating is mainly used to estimate the age of fossils and organic remains.

Kuvempu authored the Karnataka state anthem 'Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate'.

A two-star insignia is worn by a Police Sub-Inspector.

Tracing the relations: A is B's sister, C is B's mother (so C is A's mother too), D is C's father, so D is A's grandfather.

The Vice President's term of office is 5 years.

The Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna I built the famous Kailasa (Shiva) temple at Ellora.

The Hampi monuments are located in Bellary (Ballari) district.

The Sarkaria Commission was appointed in 1983 to examine Centre-State relations.

Kalhana is the author of the Rajatarangini, a chronicle of the kings of Kashmir.

Kuvempu was the first person to receive the Jnanpith Award for Kannada language (1967).

The permanent headquarters (secretariat) of SAARC is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

KSRP stands for Karnataka State Reserve Police.

Oxygen and Ozone are allotropes of the same element (oxygen).

NITI Aayog launched the Youth Co Lab in collaboration with UNDP.

National Voters' Day is observed on 25th January every year.

The B.C. Roy Award is given in the field of medicine.

The Chenab is a tributary river of the Indus.

Para SF-Army, MARCOS-Navy, and Force One-Mumbai Police are all correctly matched, so 'None of the above' is the correct pick for the wrongly matched pair.

With Ayush aged 10, mother 20 years older than Ayush (30) and 5 years younger than the father (35), and Ayush born 2 years after marriage, the father married at 35 - 12 = 23 years.

Bhima is a tributary of the Krishna river, not the Kaveri, making it the odd one out.

Police Commemoration Day is observed on 21st October every year.

The ratio is x : 2.5x; 14 x 2.5 = 35.

Zinc and copper electrodes are used in a voltaic (galvanic) cell.

Food waste is biodegradable organic waste, distinct from industrial, mining and municipal solid waste categories.

The Quit India Movement (1942) is also known as the August Kranti.

The Sardar Patel National Unity Award is India's highest civilian award for contribution to the unity and integrity of India.

The Rathas of Mamallapuram were built by the Pallava dynasty.

Mercury readily forms amalgams with other metals.

Part IX of the Indian Constitution deals with the Panchayats.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj.

D. Devraj Urs is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Karnataka.

The Central Institute of Indian Languages is located in Mysuru.

The Dead Sea is known for having the highest salinity among seas.

ISRO's Master Control Facility is located in Hassan.

Madhya Pradesh's Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah/Nikah Yojana provides ₹51,000 to brides once the groom's household toilet is verified.

The Giant Panda is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Niacin is the chemical name for Vitamin B3.

Judges of the High Court are appointed by the President, not the Governor.

Amit Panghal became the first Indian male boxer to qualify for a World Boxing Championship final.

A one-star insignia with stripes is worn by an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police.

In the eight-point compass (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW), South-East becoming North and North-East becoming West both correspond to shifting every direction 3 positions anticlockwise (SE minus 3 steps = N; NE minus 3 steps = W). Applying the same shift to West (minus 3 steps in the sequence) gives South-East.

Karl Marx is the author of 'Das Kapital'.

Area is proportional to the square of the radius; halving the radius reduces area to 25% of original, i.e. a 75% decrease.

International Yoga Day is celebrated on 21st June.

Without atmospheric scattering, an astronaut in space observes the sky as black.

Pashmina shawls are made from the fine undercoat hair of goats (Changthangi/Pashmina goats).

'Satyamev Jayate' in the Indian State Emblem is adopted from the Mundaka Upanishad.

Sir M. Visvesvaraya was the first person from Karnataka to receive the Bharat Ratna.

District Police Administration is subdivided into Subdivision - Circle - Police Station.

The Gol Gumbaz at Vijayapura was built during the Adil Shahi dynasty.

Karnataka state was formed in 1956 based on the recommendations of the Fazal Ali Committee (States Reorganisation Commission).

KSRP is a state-level reserve police force and not a part of the district police organisation structure.

Using the standard shortcut method, the reduction in water percentage (80% to 20% = 60% drop) gives dry fruit weight = 100 x (1 - 0.60) = 40 kg.

DOC is the default file extension for word processing documents.

White in the National Flag represents truth and purity of thought.

Rusting adds oxide mass to iron, so its weight increases.

Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru was inaugurated by then Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The 42nd Amendment Act (1976) amended the Preamble, adding 'socialist' and 'secular'.

Mughal Emperor Akbar's tomb is located at Sikandra, Agra.

K. Chengalaraya Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Karnataka (Mysore State).

Adi Shankaracharya established Sringeri as the first of his four mathas.

The Karnataka Police Academy, the state's premier training institute, is located in Mysore.

Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi was renowned in the field of vocal (Carnatic) music.

The Khajuraho temples are located in Madhya Pradesh.

Electric current is measured using an ammeter.