Uttar Pradesh 2016 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

The correct answer is C, ROM. Read Only Memory is the permanent or non-volatile memory of a computer: its contents are written once and survive when the power is switched off, which is why the BIOS firmware that starts the machine and runs the power-on self-test is stored in it. A is wrong because RAM, or Random Access Memory, is volatile temporary memory; everything in it is lost the moment power is removed, which is why unsaved work disappears in a power cut. B is wrong because a CD-ROM is an optical secondary storage medium that you insert and remove, not the permanent internal memory built into the machine; the question asks for the computer's own memory. D is wrong because the CPU is the processing unit and not a memory at all, although the registers inside it do store a few values while a calculation is running.

The correct answer is C, Constitutional body. The State Finance Commission owes its existence directly to the Constitution: Article 243-I, added by the seventy-third Amendment, requires the Governor to constitute it every fifth year for the Panchayats, and Article 243-Y extends the arrangement to the Municipalities. A body created by the Constitution itself is called a constitutional body, which is the highest of these categories. Option A is wrong because a merely legal or statutory body is one set up by an ordinary law of the legislature, such as the National Human Rights Commission. Option B is wrong because a non-statutory body rests only on an executive decision, as NITI Aayog and the former Planning Commission do. Option D is wrong because option C states the position correctly. A simple ladder helps here: a constitutional body is named in the Constitution, a statutory body is created by an ordinary Act, and a non-statutory body rests on an executive order alone; Article 243-I puts the State Finance Commission on the first rung.

The correct answer is D, Ashoka Pillar, Sarnath. The State Emblem of India is adapted from the Lion Capital that crowned Ashoka’s pillar at Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The original capital has four lions standing back to back on an abacus that carries a bull, a horse, an elephant and a lion, separated by wheels, with an inverted lotus below. In the emblem only three lions are seen, the fourth being hidden from view, and the lotus is left out; the wheel appears in the centre of the abacus. The words Satyameva Jayate, taken from the Mundaka Upanishad, are written below in Devanagari. It was adopted on 26 January 1950. Option A is wrong because Bodh Gaya is the place of enlightenment. Option B and Option C are wrong because the emblem comes from a site, not a museum, though the original capital is kept in the Sarnath Museum. Exam tip: Lion Capital of Sarnath, adopted 26 January 1950, motto from the Mundaka Upanishad.

The correct answer is C, Kanpur. The Indian Institute of Pulses Research works at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and is one of the institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. It began in 1984 as the Project Directorate on Pulses and was raised to an institute in 1993. Its work is on chickpea, pigeonpea, lentil, mungbean, urdbean and field pea: breeding better varieties, protecting the crop from disease and pests, and advising farmers, which matters because India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses in the world. Option A is wrong because Bhopal has the Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering. Option B is wrong because Patna has the ICAR Research Complex for the Eastern Region. Option D is wrong because Hyderabad has the Indian Institute of Rice Research and the Institute of Millets Research. Exam tip: Kanpur pulses, Hyderabad rice and millets, Shimla potato, Lucknow sugarcane.