KSP Civil PC 2021 — Paper 1 - General Studies (GS)

Karnataka's first Vistadome coaches, offering glass-topped panoramic viewing, were introduced on the Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru route.

Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling (65 kg) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Bhima River is a major tributary of the Krishna River, joining it in Karnataka.

India's swimming contingent at the Tokyo Olympics included Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj, and Maana Patel.

Macintosh (macOS) is the operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its Mac computers.

Cutting the heater coil in half halves its resistance, and since power (heat) is inversely proportional to resistance at constant voltage (P=V^2/R), the heat generated doubles.

Naxalbari, the village where the 1967 peasant uprising that gave rise to the term 'Naxalite' occurred, is located in West Bengal.

On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32°F, corresponding to 0°C.

Neptune is often called the twin of Uranus due to their similar size, mass, and composition as ice giants.

El Nino refers to the periodic warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, which affects global weather patterns.

Silver Iodide is commonly used for cloud seeding to induce artificial rainfall.

Diamond, a non-metallic form of carbon, is an electrical insulator, unlike mercury, iron, and chromium which are conductors.

Light, being an electromagnetic wave, can travel through vacuum, making the statement that it cannot travel through vacuum incorrect.

A 32-bit word computer has a word size of 32 bits, which equals 4 bytes, so it can access 4 bytes at a time.

The Chalukya-era temples at Pattadakal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were built using red sandstone.

Optical fibres transmit light through total internal reflection, which occurs when light travelling through a denser medium hits the boundary with a rarer medium at an angle greater than the critical angle.

Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc.

The whale is a mammal, as it is warm-blooded, gives birth to live young, and nurses them with milk, unlike birds, dinosaurs (reptiles), and sharks (fish).

Option A is correct because Gautama Buddha did found Buddhism. Option B is not accurate: Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankara who reformed and popularised Jainism, but he did not found it - Jain tradition holds the religion existed before him through earlier Tirthankaras. Since B is false, 'Both (a) and (b)' is also false, leaving A as the only true statement.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates and related matters in India are determined by the GST Council, a constitutional body headed by the Union Finance Minister.

The Gandaberunda, a two-headed mythical bird, is the official state emblem of Karnataka.

Malpe, near Udupi in Karnataka, is well known for its fishing harbour, one of the major fishing ports on the Karnataka coast.

Jute cultivation in India is concentrated in the fertile delta region of the Ganga (Ganga-Brahmaputra delta) in West Bengal.

The age of a tree can be determined fairly accurately by counting the number of annual growth rings visible in a cross-section of its trunk.

The Indian Coast Guard Academy is being established at Mangaluru in Karnataka.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is the force tasked with guarding the India-China border.

'Ambaari Dream Class' is the premium luxury bus service introduced by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).

The Milky Way, the galaxy containing our solar system, has a spiral shape with curved arms extending from a central bulge.

Fiscal policy in India, which deals with government revenue and expenditure, is formulated by the Finance Ministry.

The procedure for impeachment of the President of India was adopted from the United States Constitution.

Wi-Fi technology uses radio waves to transmit data wirelessly between devices.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to Science and Technology in India.

Ganja (marijuana) is a product derived from the Cannabis plant.

The Attorney General of India has the right to attend and speak in the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament without being a member of either House.

The Raman Research Institute, founded by Nobel laureate C.V. Raman, is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The speed (clock rate) of a processor chip is measured in MHz (or GHz), which denotes the number of cycles per second.

Due to a doping-related ban on the Russian Olympic Committee, Russian athletes competed at the Tokyo Olympics under the name ROC (Russian Olympic Committee).

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product, the total monetary value of goods and services produced within a country's borders in a given period.

Weibo is a popular microblogging and social media platform used primarily in China.

Tsunamis are caused by undersea earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides, but not by cyclones, which are atmospheric weather systems.

Doddabetta, located in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu, is the highest peak in the Nilgiri range.

Arsenic is classified as a heavy metal (metalloid), known for its toxicity.

The Davis Cup is a men's international team tennis tournament, not a Grand Slam event; the four Grand Slams are the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open.

Let the smaller number be x; the larger is x+1365. Given (x+1365) = 6x + 15, solving gives 5x = 1350, so x = 270.

R.K. Laxman was a renowned Indian cartoonist, best known for creating 'The Common Man' character.

The Linganamakki Dam is constructed across the Sharavathi River in Karnataka.

With ratio 3:4 and sum 420, each part = 420/7 = 60; the smaller number is 3 x 60 = 180.

Solving 3x^2 - 4x = 55 gives 3x^2 - 4x - 55 = 0, which factors to (3x+11)(x-5)=0, so the natural number x = 5.

With length - breadth = 23 and perimeter 206, we get length + breadth = 103; solving gives length = 63, breadth = 40, so area = 63 x 40 = 2520 sq m.

Stoppage time per hour = ((speed excluding stoppages - speed including stoppages) / speed excluding stoppages) x 60 = ((54-45)/54) x 60 = (9/54) x 60 = 10 minutes.

Dividing 6x - 3y = 12 by 3 gives 2x - y = 4.

Total marks = (3 x 80) + (3 x 40) + 60 = 240 + 120 + 60 = 420; average of 7 students = 420/7 = 60.

Let the mother's age be x; the person's age is (2/5)x. After 8 years: (2/5)x + 8 = (1/2)(x+8). Solving gives x = 40 years.

Let hens = h and cows = c; h + c = 48 and 2h + 4c = 140. Solving gives c = 22, h = 26.

With ratio 2:3 and numbers as 2x and 3x, their LCM is 6x = 48, so x = 8; the numbers are 16 and 24, whose sum is 40.

After the first Khelo India University Games in Odisha (2020), Karnataka hosted the second edition in Bengaluru.

Following order of operations: 25/5 + 3 x 2 = 5 + 6 = 11.

NSO Group, the company that developed the Pegasus spyware, is an Israeli technology firm.

12 hours = 12 x 60 x 60 seconds = 43200 seconds.

Using digits 3, 5, 6 without repetition: 2-digit numbers = 3P2 = 6, and 3-digit numbers = 3P3 = 6, giving a total of 12.

Pipe A fills 1/12 of the tank per minute and Pipe B fills 1/24 per minute; together they fill 1/12+1/24 = 3/24 = 1/8 per minute, so the tank fills in 8 minutes.

The sequence follows powers of 7: 7^1=7, 7^2=49, 7^3=343, 7^4=2401.

Each letter in ABCDE is shifted forward by 11 places to get LMNOP (A+11=L, B+11=M, and so on); applying the same +11 shift to FGHIJ gives F->Q, G->R, H->S, I->T, J->U, i.e., QRSTU.

For an isosceles triangle with perimeter 50 cm and base 18 cm, the sum of the two equal sides = 50-18 = 32, so each equal side = 16 cm.

The correct figure completes the pattern shown in the sequence.

DIPCOVAN is a COVID-19 antibody detection kit developed in India by DRDO-affiliated researchers.

The JVP Committee (Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, Pattabhi Sitaramayya), constituted in 1948-49, examined the issue of forming new states on a linguistic basis.

Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt of 1857 in Lucknow, ruling on behalf of her minor son Birjis Qadr after the exile of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.

Amit Shah serves as the Union Cabinet Minister of Cooperation, a ministry created in 2021.

Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease, named after the physician G.H. Armauer Hansen who identified the causative bacterium.

When the Constitution came into force on 26 January 1950, India was declared a Sovereign Democratic Republic; the words 'Socialist' and 'Secular' were added later by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.

Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is located in Tanzania.

Snake boat races (Vallam Kali) are traditionally associated with the Onam festival celebrated in Kerala.

Tenku Thittu (Southern style) is one of the two main regional forms of Yakshagana, the traditional theatre form of coastal Karnataka.

The Vijayanagara Empire was established in 1336 A.D. by Harihara and Bukka Raya.

The Keezhadi excavations in Tamil Nadu have revealed urban settlements belonging to the Sangam period.

The minimum age to be appointed as Chief Minister of a state is 25 years, as a person must be eligible to be a member of the state Legislative Assembly.

Kambala is a traditional buffalo race held in coastal Karnataka.

Article 226 of the Indian Constitution empowers High Courts to issue writs for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights and other purposes.

The Yerava tribe is predominantly found in the Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka.

As per Article 79 of the Constitution, the Parliament of India consists of the President, the Lok Sabha, and the Rajya Sabha.

Under Article 156, the Governor holds office 'during the pleasure of the President', so the President can remove the Governor even before the term ends - this rules out option A. Neither the State Legislature (no impeachment power over the Governor) nor the Chief Minister has any authority to remove a Governor, ruling out options B and C. Hence option D is correct.

Elections to Panchayats and Municipalities are conducted by the State Election Commission, not the Election Commission of India, which handles Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and Presidential elections.

The Chief Justice of India heads the judiciary and is not part of the Union executive, unlike the President, Vice President, and Attorney General.

The S.R. Bommai vs Union of India (1994) judgment laid down guidelines limiting the misuse of President's Rule (Article 356) in states.

Article 368 of the Indian Constitution lays down the procedure for amending the Constitution.

The Kali River (Kalinadi) is a west-flowing river of Karnataka that drains into the Arabian Sea, unlike Hemavathi, Tungabhadra, and Ghataprabha which flow east.

The Karnataka Information Commission has been established under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

The Vice-President of India serves as the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The Gangetic Dolphin has been declared the National Aquatic Animal of India.

Among India's neighbours, Nepal, Bhutan, and Afghanistan are landlocked, while Myanmar has access to the sea via the Bay of Bengal.

The Karnataka Lokayukta is a statutory body created under state law (Karnataka Lokayukta Act), not a constitutional body, unlike the Election Commission, UPSC, and CAG.

IPC commonly refers to the Indian Penal Code, the main criminal code of India.

Custodial torture is a form of human rights violation and is a punishable offence under Indian law.

Cooperative Societies is a subject listed under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

A joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament is summoned by the President of India under Article 108 of the Constitution.

Insects and other organisms that transmit disease-causing pathogens from one host to another are called vectors.

The Delta variant of COVID-19 is scientifically designated as the lineage B.1.617.2.

The first steel plant of Karnataka, Mysore Iron and Steel Works (later VISL), was established at Bhadravathi.

A branch (permanent bench) of the Karnataka High Court is located at Dharwad, in addition to Gulbarga.