Organisation : Gujarat Public Service Commission
Post : Main Exam, Gujarat Administrative Service Class-1 & Class-2
Document Type : Sample Paper
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GPSC Main Exam General Studies Sample Paper
Time : 100 Minutes
Total Ques.: 200
Total Marks : 200
Related : GPSC Gujarat Administrative Service Main Exam English Sample Paper : www.pdfquestion.in/25530.html
Instructions
(1) The question paper has been divided into three parts, A, B and C. The number of questions to be attempted and their marks are indicated in each part.
(2) Answers of all the questions of each part should be written continuously in the answer sheet and should not be mixed with other parts’ Answer. In the event of answer found, which are belongs to other part, such answers will not be assessed by examiner.
(3) The candidate should write the answer within the limit of words prescribed in the parts A, B and C.
(4) If there is any difference in English language question and its Gujarati Translation, then English language question will be considered as valid.
(5) Answer should be written in one of the two languages. Write in the language (English or Gujarati) preference given by you. Answer should not be written in both the languages in the same paper.
Sample Question
1. Who used the word “Gujar Bhasa” for the first time ?
(A) Parmanand
(B) Bhalan
(C) Padmanabh
(D) Akho
(E) Not Attempted
2. Jhalawadi dialect is spoken in which of the following districts ?
(A) Bhavnagar
(B) Surendranagar
(C) Jamnagar
(D) Junagadh
(E) Not Attempted
3. Who started the periodical “Prasthan” ?
(A) Vijayrai Vaid
(B) Vadilal Dagli
(C) Vishnuprasad Trivedi
(D) Ramnarayan Pathak
(E) Not Attempted
4. “Bandhan ane Mukti” a work by ‘Darshak’ is based on which historical event ?
(A) Early history of India
(B) Freedom Revolution of 1857
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement
(D) ‘Quit India’ Movement
(E) Not Attempted
5. ‘Ghadtar ane Chantar’ is whose autobiography ?
(A) Nanabhai Bhatt
(B) Manubhai Pancholi ‘Darshak’
(C) Jugatram Dave
(D) Amrutlal Thakkar (Thakkar Bapa)
(E) Not Attempted
6. Which Gujarati film got the Human Rights Award at UNESCO International Film Festival ?
(A) Kanku
(B) Tanariri
(C) Bhav ni bhavai
(D) Zher to pidha chhe jani jani
(E) Not Attempted
7. Who translated Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ into Gujarati ?
(A) Nagindas Parekh
(B) Jayanti Dalal
(C) Ramanlal Shah
(D) Manibhai Desai
(E) Not Attempted
8. Who was the first progressive Diwan appointed in the Baroda State by Maharaja Malhar Rao Gaekwad to enact administrative reforms ?
(A) Diwanji Ranchodji
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Sir T. Madhav Rao
(D) Manubhai Mehta
(E) Not Attempted
9. Who is the author of “Sabdanushasan”
(A) Vimalsuri
(B) Hemchandracharya
(C) Merutungacharya
(D) Kumarpal
(E) Not Attempted
10. What was the relationship of poet Nanhalal with Dalpatram ?
(A) Brother
(B) Uncle-nephew
(C) Father-son
(D) None of the above
(E) Not Attempted
11. Who was the editor of periodical “Vismi Sadi” ?
(A) Umashankar Joshi
(B) Haji Mohmmad Allarakha Shivji
(C) Poet Nanhalal
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(E) Not Attempted
12. Who was the pioneer of Library Movement in Gujarat ?
(A) Alexander Kinloch Forbes
(B) Fatesingh Gaekwad
(C) Ra’Khengarji III
(D) Motibhai Amin
(E) Not Attempted
13. Who founded “Manavdharmsabha”
(A) Narmad
(B) Karsandas Mulji
(C) Durgaram Mehta
(D) Dalpatram
(E) Not Attempted
14. Who was the father of the Modern Reform Movement in Gujarat ?
(A) Durgaram Mehta
(B) Dalpatram
(C) Narmad
(D) Bholanath Sarabhai
(E) Not Attempted
15. Who is the writer of ‘Gnati Nibandh’ ?
(A) Narmad
(B) Dalpatram
(C) Goverdhanram Tripathi
(D) Manilal Nabhubhai
(E) Not Attempted
16. By whom was the weekly ‘Satyaprakash’ started ?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Narmad
(C) Karsandas Mulji
(D) Kekhushro Kabraji
(E) Not Attempted
17. Which of the following princely states of Saurashtra, in whose name, hostels have been constructed at Banaras Hindu University ?
(A) Morbi (Morvi) and Limdi
(B) Gondal and Porbandar
(C) Bhavnagar and Navanagar
(D) Rajkot and Wankaner
(E) Not Attempted
18. Who is famed for being the pioneer “Father” of modern education in Gujarat ?
(A) Ambalal Sarabhai
(B) Ranchhoddas Girdhardas
(C) Lord Bishop Carr
(D) T.C. Hope
(E) Not Attempted
19. Who did the Gujarati translation of “Aine- Akbari” Sikandari” ?
(A) Dara Shikoh
(B) Waris Alvi
(C) Balshankar Kantharia
(D) Keshav Harshad Dhruv
(E) Not Attempted
20. Where is the first temple of BAPS located ?
(A) Vadtal
(B) Bochasan
(C) Maninagar
(D) Sarangpur
(E) Not Attempted
21. By whom was the ‘Pranami sect’ started ?
(A) Devchandra
(B) Prannath
(C) Lalji
(D) Kuberdas
(E) Not Attempted
22. The “Madhavrai’s fair” at Madhavpur near Porbandar is held to
(A) celebrate the marriage of Lord Krishna and Rukmani
(B) celebrate the accession of Krishna
to the throne of Dwarka
(C) celebrate the marriage of Arjun and Subhadra
(D) commemorate the Swayamvar of Draupadi, the Panchal Princess
(E) Not Attempted
23. How was North Gujarat known in ancient times ?
(A) Dwarvati
(B) Aanart
(C) Latt
(D) Surastra
(E) Not Attempted
24. Where is ‘Chitra-Vichitra’ fair organised ?
(A) Ambaji (Banaskantha)
(B) Gubhakhari (Sabarkantha)
(C) Vautha (Ahmedabad)
(D) Sagbara (Narmda)
(E) Not Attempted
25. What is the name of the main temple at Dwarka ?
(A) Dwarkadhish Temple
(B) Krishna Mandir
(C) Jagat Mandir
(D) Mukhya Mandir
(E) Not Attempted