APPSC General Studies Mock Test - 9 Free Online Test 2026

The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya (in Gaya district) is about 96 km (60 mi) from Patna, Bihar state, India.

The CBI is not a statutory body. It derives its powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946.

• Rajaraja I was born in Arulmoli Varman.
• Rajendra Chola I or Rajendra I founded a new capital city called Gangaikonda Cholapuram
• Aditya I assumed the title of Maduraikonda (captor of Madurai).
  Hence, Option A is correct.

• Fort St. George was the first fort constructed by the British in India.
• Fort St George was founded in 1644 in the coastal city of Madras, the modern city of Chennai.
• The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.
• The fort is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu.
• Fort St George is also called White Town. This fort was built in 1639 in the coastal city of Chennai by the British East India Company.
• The fort currently houses the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and other official buildings

Hence, the correct option is 'A'

The Committee on Electoral Reforms (Dinesh Goswami Committee) in its report of 1990, the Law Commission of India in its 170th Report on “Reform of Electoral Laws” (1999) and the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) in its report of 2002 have, inter alia, recommended omission of the provision of the Tenth Schedule pertaining to exemption from disqualification in case of splits

Foreign exchange act as a cushion in times of recession or mass economic disharmony in a country. They act as a last resort in times of crisis.

The Divyavadana is one of the Buddhist texts containing a collection of legends built around the personality of Asoka and preserved outside India mainly in Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist sources.The Sri Lankan Chronicles, the Dipavamsa and the Mahavamsa may also be regarded as source materials, since they describe in great detail the part played by Asoka in the spreading of Bud­dhism in Sri Lanka. Another literary source is Mahaparinibbanasutta, which is a scripture belonging to the Sutta Pitaka of Theravada Buddhism.

• Art of Bengal, Patua art dates back around a thousand years. It started out as a village tradition by painters telling Mangal Kavyas or auspicious stories of Gods and Goddesses.

• These paintings are done on pats or scrolls and for generations, the scroll painters or patuas have been going to different villages to sing their stories in lieu of food or money.

The correct answer is January 26, 1950 - July 01, 1987.

• Delhi HC ruled that Tibetans born between January 26, 1950, and July 1, 1987, in Indian soil are Indian citizens.
• The judgment came in response to petitions filed by three Tibetan born in India - Lobsang Wangyal (1970), Lobsang Wangyal (1977), and Tenzin Dhonden (1992).
• Under the citizenship act 1955, Indian citizenship can be acquired through four ways:
  • By Birth
  • By Descent
  • By Registration
  • By Naturalisation
  • By Incorporation of territory
• Loss of Indian Citizenship can be done through 3 ways:
  • By Renunciation
  • By Termination 
  • By Deprivation

• Sahara desert is one of the extremely hot desert.
• Because of rapid change in temperature and lack of water it is unsuitable for some animals like cow.

Therefore, cow is not found in sahara desert. 

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

The Assam Himalayas, also known as the Eastern Himalayas, are famous for the formation of 'duars'. The term 'duar' refers to a region of low-lying land located in the foothills of the Himalayas. The duars are formed due to the convergence of several rivers and streams that originate in the high Himalayan ranges and flow down into the plains of India. The Assam Himalayas are known for their rich biodiversity and are home to several species of flora and fauna. The other Himalayan ranges mentioned in the options, such as Sikkim Himalayas, Kashmir Himalayas, and Punjab Himalayas, are not known for the formation of duars.

The term non-commercial energy refers to energy sources that are not bought and sold in the market. This includes resources like wood, agricultural waste, and animal dung. These sources are primarily used in rural areas for cooking and heating.

In India, non-commercial energy plays a significant role in the overall energy consumption. It accounts for nearly 30 percent of the total energy used, particularly in less urbanised regions. This reliance on non-commercial energy highlights the importance of these sources in meeting the energy needs of the population.

In contrast, commercial energy sources, such as coal, oil, and electricity, are typically more widely available in urban areas and are used for industrial and commercial purposes. However, they make up a different portion of the total energy consumption.

Therefore, the answer is that non-commercial energy accounts for 30 percent of total energy consumption.

In 1839,     founded the Tatvbodhini Sabha to propagate Rammohan Roy’s ideas. In time it came to include most of the prominent followers and independent thinkers. The Tatvbodhini Sabha and its organ the Tatvbodhini Patrika promoted a systematic study of India’s past in the Bengali language. It also helped spread a rational outlook among the intellectuals of Bengal. In 1843, Debendranath Tagore reorganised the Brahmo Samaj and put new life into it.

• The Third plan specifically incorporated the development of agriculture.

• The first plan accorded the highest priority to agriculture including irrigation and power projects.

• The second plan emphasized Rapid industrialization with the focus on heavy industries and capital goods.

According to the Preamble, the citizens enjoy equality of status and opportunity and are secured social, economic and political justice. The term socialist has no clear meaning and remains undefined.

Khetri Nagar is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is part of the Shekhawati region. Khetri is two towns, the first “Khetri Town” was founded by Raja Khet Singhji Nirwan.

• A valley which has been glaciated takes a characteristic U-shape, with a wide, flat floor and very steep sides.

• After the ice's disappearance, the deep sections of these long, narrow glacial troughs may be filled with water forming ribbon lakes, such as Loch Ness and Lake Ullswater in Britain. They are sometimes referred to as Trough lakes and Finger lakes.

• Partition sparked a major political crisis along religious lines. Hindu resistance exploded as the Indian National Congress began the Swadeshi movement that included boycotting British goods and public institutions, meetings and processions, forming committees, propaganda through the press and diplomatic pressure.

• Moreover, revolutionary terrorism was also on the rise. The British needed to control all this. Because of the protests and terrorism, the British had to annul the partition in 1911 finally. On the other hand, the Muslims in East Bengal hoped that a separate region would give them more control over education and employment; hence, they opposed those movements.

• In 1911, Delhi became capital of India, headed by a Commissioner and then known as ‘Chief Commissioner’s Province.’ In key legislations of that era, in 1919 and 1935, Delhi was seen as a centrally- administered territory.

• In 1950 Delhi became a Part C state, but in 1951 this category was abolished. All C-states got their own Legislative Assembly.

• It is administered under Article 239 AA. Article 239 AA was incorporated in the Constitution in 1992. It creates a ‘special’ constitutional set up for Delhi.

• It has provisions for popularly elected assembly, a council of ministers responsible to the assembly and a certain demarcation of responsibilities between the LG and the ministers' council.

• As per Article 239 AA (3) (a), the Delhi assembly can legislate on all those matters listed in the State List and Concurrent List as apply to union territories. The public order, police and land are reserved for the LG.

• This special setup worked well mainly because the same party held office at the centre and Delhi for much of the time. Things changed when different governments ruled the city and the centre.

Imperative planning is a method primarily associated with:

• Command economies: These economies operate under strict government control, where all economic decisions are made centrally.
• Centrally planned economies: In these systems, the government plans and regulates all aspects of the economy, including production and distribution.

Thus, the correct context for imperative planning includes both command and centrally planned economies.

A. Gangadevi - Known for her literary work "Madura Vijayam," which provides an account of her husband's conquest of Madurai. Therefore, A matches with III (Wife of Kampana and author of Madura-Vijaya).
B. Tirumalamma - Also known as Timmakka, she is noted for her literary contributions, hence, B matches with II (A poetess in the court of Achyuta Deva Raya).
C. Hannamma - There is less historical documentation about Hannamma directly in prominent sources, but by elimination, she would match with V (A scholar in the court of Prodadeva Raya).
D. Nagalamba - As the mother of Krishnadevaraya, a key figure in Vijayanagara Empire history, D matches with IV (Krishnadeva’s Mother).
E. Annapurnadevi - Being a Gajapati princess and the wife of Krishnadevaraya, E matches with I (Gajapati princess, married to Krishnadeva Raya).

In a reverse repo, the banks and financial institutions purchase government securities from the RBI (basically here the RBI is borrowing from the banks and the financial institutions). All government securities are dated and the interest for the repo or reverse repo transactions are announced by the RBI from time to time.

Data on liquidity aggregates L1 and L2 are published on a monthly basis.

The Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojna is funded through a cost-sharing arrangement between the central and state governments. The financial contribution is divided in a specific ratio:

• The central government contributes 75%.
• The state governments contribute 25%.

This partnership aims to enhance employment opportunities in rural areas by sharing the financial burden effectively.

• The continental shelves are shielded with sediments of variable thicknesses brought down from the land by rivers, glaciers, wind and distributed by waves and currents.

• Massive sedimentary deposits that continental shelves have received over a long period of time serve as the source of fossil fuels. The deepest parts of the oceans are Oceanic Deeps or Trenches.

The first war with Burma was fought when the Burmese expansion westwards and occupation of Arakan and Manipur, and the threat to Assam and the Brahmaputra Valley led to continuous friction along the ill-defined border between Bengal and Burma, in the opening decades of the nineteenth century.

• Although the Constitution of India has created a strong central government, it has not made the state governments weak and has not reduced them to the level of administrative agencies for the execution of policies of the Central government.

• Indian federation has been described as 'a new kind of federation to meet India's peculiar needs'.

• The state governments are autonomous units working under the Constitutional framework in tandem with the Centre to achieve common goals.

D is the correct option.Firuz Tughlaq prosecuted the Shias and their religious books were publicly burnt- A repressive policy was initiated towards Shia Muslims during the reign of Firoz Tughlaq. 27 Their religious texts were burnt publicly and their recruitment in government jobs was debarred. A number of Shia leaders were put to death. He prosecuted the Mahdis. He also prosecuted the Karmathians and Islamic Shias.

As of now, there are a total of 28 states in the Indian Union. This includes various regions, each with its own government and administrative structure. Additionally, India has 8 Union Territories, which are governed directly by the Central Government.