UPSC CAPF Previous Year GK Questions

Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct; tropical cyclones form in tropical, not middle, latitudes. Tropical cyclones form over warm seas with surface temperatures above about 27°C, which supply heat and moisture through evaporation and condensation.

Phreatophytes are deep-rooted plants that survive in dry regions by drawing water from the water table. The name comes from the Greek for 'well plant'.

The Dharmashastras assigned the Vaishyas both the study of the Vedas and trade, along with agriculture and cattle-rearing. The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras, such as the Manusmriti, laid down ideal occupations for the four varnas.

Brine is a concentrated solution of common salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), in water. Brine occurs naturally in seawater, salt lakes and underground deposits.

The penal indenture system in the Assam tea gardens ended in 1926, when the Workman's Breach of Contract Act was repealed.

The North Eastern Council was created under the North Eastern Council Act, 1971 and began work in 1972 at Shillong.

The Linguistic Provinces Commission under Justice S.K. Dhar was set up in June 1948 for this purpose.

Spring tides rise about 20 percent higher than normal tides because the Sun and the Moon pull along the same line.

Liberal democracy rests on constitutional, rule-bound government and on guaranteed civil liberties; it limits political power rather than making it unlimited.

Kalinga does not appear in the list of sixteen mahajanapadas given in the Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya. The sixteen mahajanapadas of the sixth century BCE were Anga, Magadha, Kashi, Kosala, Vajji, Malla, Chedi, Vatsa, Kuru, Panchala, Matsya, Surasena, Assaka, Avanti, Gandhara and Kamboja.

Zinc reacts with dilute sulphuric acid to form zinc sulphate and hydrogen gas: Zn + H2SO4 gives ZnSO4 + H2.

This Act has never been added to the Ninth Schedule; the other three were placed in it by constitutional amendments.

The DMK government of Tamil Nadu set up the Rajamannar Committee in 1969 to study Centre-State relations. The three-member committee was headed by Dr P.V.

Polythene is an addition polymer: ethene molecules join through their double bonds without losing any small molecule. Polymers form in two main ways.

Directive Principles do not have precedence over Fundamental Rights; in a conflict, the Fundamental Rights generally prevail. Directive Principles are in Part IV, Articles 36 to 51.

Steatite seals and bricks of a standard ratio are the hallmarks of the Harappan Civilisation. Harappan seals were usually carved from steatite, a soft stone, and carry animal motifs such as the unicorn together with signs of the undeciphered script.

Article 124(3) allows such a person to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court.

Graphite, fullerene, diamond and graphene are all allotropes of carbon, made only of carbon atoms arranged in different ways. Allotropes are different structural forms of the same element.

Pairs 2 and 3 are correct; pairs 1 and 4 are wrongly matched. Lakshmikarna, also called Karna, was an eleventh-century Kalachuri ruler of Tripuri, not a Pala king, though he fought the Palas of Bengal.

The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare is not under the Ministry of Finance; it is part of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.