Madhya Pradesh State Service Preliminary Exam 2026

General Knowledge Questions and Answers (28-04-2026)

General Knowledge

1. Who presented the first budget of independent India?
   Answer: R.K. Shanmukham Chetty (First Finance Minister)
2. What happens to the surface tension of water when soluble salt is added?
   Answer: It increases
3. Which fiber is used to make bulletproof jackets?
   Answer: Kevlar

Child Development & Pedagogy

4. What is reading disability called?
   Answer: Alexia
5. Among sound, light, and food, which attracts a child first?
   Answer: Light
6. Increase in the size of a child's body is called?
   Answer: Physical and motor development

Communication

7. What is the process of conveying information, ideas, or feelings to others called?
   Answer: Communication
8. Give one example each of print, audio, and audio-visual media.
   Answer: Newspaper, Tape Recorder, Television
9. Arrange digital data units from smallest to largest.
   Answer: Bit → Byte → Kilobyte → Megabyte → Gigabyte → Terabyte
10. What was the first computer language?
    Answer: Plankalkül

Agriculture

11. Which country is the largest producer and exporter of long-staple cotton?
    Answer: United States of America

Sports

12. In which year was the Indian Olympic Association established?
    Answer: 1972
13. Where will the 34th Olympic Games (2028) be held?
    Answer: Los Angeles (USA)
14. Vijay Amritraj, awarded Padma Bhushan 2026, is associated with which sport?
    Answer: Tennis
15. Who won the ICC Under-19 Men's ODI World Cup 2026?
    Answer: India (Runner-up: England)

Miscellaneous

16. Who became the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
    Answer: Sunetra Pawar
17. Who was the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award in India?
    Answer: Ashapurna Devi
18. What are the highest gallantry and civilian awards in India?
    Answer: Param Vir Chakra and Bharat Ratna
19. What is the tallest statue in the world?
    Answer: Statue of Unity (Gujarat, India)