UPSC Prelims GK & Current Affairs Sample Questions May 2016


Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced its official notification regards the Civil Service Examination (CSE) 2016. Please apply accordingly as faster as possible before the last date to avoid rush-hour error. When you check the UPSC Civil Service Syllabus 2016, one thing is very important and easy to score areas without much efforts, i.e. none other than General Knowledge &Current Affairs. These section can easily be covered by going through the daily newspapers at its best. Just in order to give you the pattern or the sample questions for the same section, we come up with the following General Knowledge &Current Affairs Section question for the month May 2016. Make the most of it.

UPSC Prelims Sample Questions for GK & Current Affairs:

1) Bank Note of the Year award, which is presented by the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) conferred on bank notes of which country?

A) UK
B) Japan
C) New Zealand
4) India

2) Experian India launches fraud detecting credit scoring mechanism known as?

A) Huner Fraud Score
B) Falcon Fraud Manager
C) Cheat Finder
D) Theft Tracker

3) Consider the following statements.
Statement 1: Two-time Olympic gold medalist champion Felix Sanchez has retired from the sport.
Statement 2: He received these medals in High Jump category in Olympics.
A) 1 is true
B) 2 is true
C) Both are true
D) Both are false

4) Consider the following statements.
Statement 1: Ashok Kumar, a research scholar from IIT-Kharagpur, has won the coveted International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award.
Statement 2: Kumar has been pursuing his PhD on nutrition management of rice-chickpea production system in laterite soil.
A) 1 is true
B) 2 is true
C) Both are true
D) Both are false

5) Cricket Council of India’s (CCI) Legends Club has recently added sportsman NanduNatekar. He was known for playing?
A) Tennis
B) Badminton
C) Cricket
D) Chess

6) ICC has recently suspended cricket association of which of the following country?
A) Nepal
B) Afghanistan
C) Iran
D) Bermuda
7) A renowned cartoonist, V T Thomas a.k.a Cartoonist Toms has recently passed away. He was known for his cartoon characters called?
A) Chacha Chaudhary
B) Mr. Citizen
C)ShikariShambu
D)Boban& Molly

8) Gopal Subramanian appointed amicus curiae for execution of recommendations made by?
A) Madhukar Gupta Panel
B) R M Lodha Panel
C) B BTandon Panel
D) S N Jha Panel

9) Which one of the following rivers does not originate in India?
A) Beas
B) Chenab
C) Ravi
D) Sutlej

10) Majid Gyre is a feature of which of the following Oceans?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Artic Ocean


UPSC Combined Defense Service CDS 2016 Syllabus


Are you the one who is searching for the UPSC CDS 2016 Syllabus in Internet? Are you interested in giving your attempt to the upcoming Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Combined Defense Services (CDS) for the year 2016? Then, definitely you must know the updated syllabus to prepare accordingly. Go through the following lines to get the latest syllabus for the UPSC CDS 2016.

UPSC CDS 2016 English Syllabus:
The question paper is designed to test your understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.Questions in English are from Synonyms, Antonyms, Reading Comprehension, Para Jumbles, Error Spotting, Jumbled Sentences, Sentence Correction and Fill in the Blanks.

UPSC CDS General Knowledge Syllabus:
General Knowledge including knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject. The paper also includes questions on History of India and Geography of a nature.

Elementary Mathematics Syllabus for UPSC CDS 2016:
Arithmetic:
Number System - Natural numbers, Integers, Rational and Real numbers. Fundamental operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Square roots, Decimal fractions.
Unitary method - time and distance, time and work, percentages, applications to simple and compound interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, variation.
Elementary Number Theory - Division algorithm. Prime and composite numbers. Tests of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 11. Multiples and factors. Factorisation Theorem. H.C.F. and L.C.M. Euclidean algorithm, Logarithms to base 10, laws of logarithms, use of logarithmic tables.
Algebra:
Basic Operations, simple factors, Remainder Theorem, H.C.F., L.C.M. Theory of polynomials, solutions of quadratic equations, relation between its roots and coefficients (Only real roots to be considered). Simultaneous linear equations in two unknowns-analytical and graphical solutions. Simultaneous linear equations in two variables and their solutions. Practical problems leading to two simultaneous linear equations or inequations in two variables or quadratic equations in one variable &their solutions. Set language and set notation, Rational expressions and conditional identities, Laws of indices.
Trigonometry:
Sine x, cosine x, Tangent x when 0
Geometry:
Lines and angles, Plane and plane figures, Theorems on (i) Properties of angles at a point (ii) Parallel lines, (iii) Sides and angles of a triangle, (iv) Congruency of triangles, (v) Similar triangles, (vi) Concurrence of medians and altitudes, (vii) Properties of angles, sides and diagonals of a parallelogram, rectangle and square (viii) Circles and its properties including tangents and normals, (ix) Loci.
Mensuration:
Areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, triangle and circle. Areas of figures which can be split up into these figures (Field Book), Surface area and volume of cuboids, lateral surface and volume of right circular cones and cylinders, surface area and volume of spheres.
Statistics:
Collection and tabulation of statistical data, Graphical representation frequency polygons, histograms, bar charts, pie charts, etc. Measures of central tendency.

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