About this quiz
Full Kharidar preliminary mock: 30 GK questions and 20 BOST/mental ability questions.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Kharidar Paper I (General Knowledge and Basic Office Skills) · For: Kharidar · Level: Mixed). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
'Sumnima' is a novel by:
- A) BP Koirala ✔
- B) Parijat
- C) Diamond Shumsher
- D) Lil Bahadur Chhetri
Why: 'Sumnima' (2026 BS) is a novel by B. P. Koirala about the clash between a Kirat girl and a Brahmin boy's values.
When did King Tribhuvan enter the Indian Embassy?
- A) 21 Kartik 2007 BS ✔
- B) 7 Falgun 2007 BS
- C) 1 Baisakh 2007 BS
- D) 15 Jestha 2008 BS
Why: King Tribhuvan entered the Indian Embassy on 21 Kartik 2007 BS (6 November 1950), a key step towards the end of Rana rule.
The smallest protected area of Nepal, Krishnasar Conservation Area, is located in which district?
- A) Bardiya ✔
- B) Banke
- C) Kailali
- D) Dang
Why: Krishnasar (Blackbuck) Conservation Area, about 16.95 sq km, is at Khairapur in Bardiya.
The common definition of sustainable development comes from the:
- A) Kyoto Protocol
- B) Brundtland Report ✔
- C) Paris Agreement
- D) Montreal Protocol
Why: The common definition of sustainable development comes from the Brundtland Report 'Our Common Future' (1987).
The first Constituent Assembly election was held on:
- A) 28 Chaitra 2064 ✔
- B) 4 Mangsir 2070
- C) 11 Baisakh 2063
- D) 15 Jestha 2065
Why: The first Constituent Assembly election was held on 28 Chaitra 2064 BS (10 April 2008).
The President takes oath before the:
- A) Chief Justice ✔
- B) Prime Minister
- C) Speaker
- D) Vice-President
Why: The President takes the oath of office before the Chief Justice.
Cho Oyu was first climbed in 1954 by a team from:
- A) Austria ✔
- B) Switzerland
- C) Japan
- D) France
Why: Cho Oyu (8,188 m) was first climbed in 1954 by an Austrian expedition led by Herbert Tichy.
The old Kathmandu–Hetauda ropeway was built with help from:
- A) USA ✔
- B) China
- C) India
- D) Japan
Why: The old Kathmandu–Hetauda cargo ropeway was built with help from the USA in the 1960s.
How many schedules are in the Constitution of Nepal?
- A) 9 ✔
- B) 7
- C) 10
- D) 12
Why: The Constitution of Nepal, 2072 has 9 schedules, 35 parts and 308 articles.
Which province has the largest population?
- A) Bagmati
- B) Bagmati ✔
- C) Lumbini
- D) Koshi
Why: Census 2078 shows Bagmati Province with the largest population (6,116,866), just ahead of Madhesh (6,114,600).
World AIDS Day is on:
- A) 1 December ✔
- B) 7 April
- C) 24 March
- D) 31 May
Why: World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December.
Collaborative forest management is mainly practised in:
- A) Himalaya
- B) Terai ✔
- C) Trans-Himalaya
- D) Kathmandu only
Why: Collaborative forest management, a partnership between government and local people, is mainly practised in the Terai.
RAM stands for:
- A) Random Access Memory ✔
- B) Read Access Memory
- C) Rapid Action Memory
- D) Real Access Module
Why: RAM stands for Random Access Memory, the computer's temporary working memory.
The Gorkha capital before unification was:
- A) Gorkha ✔
- B) Nuwakot
- C) Kathmandu
- D) Pokhara
Why: Gorkha was the capital of the Gorkha kingdom before Prithvi Narayan Shah moved it to Kathmandu.
The smallest ocean is the:
- A) Arctic Ocean ✔
- B) Indian Ocean
- C) Atlantic Ocean
- D) Southern Ocean
Why: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans.
The 1923 Nepal–Britain treaty replaced Sugauli and recognised:
- A) Nepal's independence ✔
- B) British rule
- C) Tibetan control
- D) Indian rule
Why: The 1923 Nepal–Britain Treaty of Friendship formally recognised Nepal's independence.
Machine learning is a branch of:
- A) Artificial intelligence ✔
- B) Accounting
- C) Biology
- D) Geography
Why: Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence in which computers learn patterns from data.
Which is the largest completed hydropower project in Nepal?
- A) Kaligandaki A
- B) Upper Tamakoshi ✔
- C) Kulekhani I
- D) Middle Marsyangdi
Why: Upper Tamakoshi (456 MW) is the largest completed hydropower project in Nepal.
The main tool for controlling inflation is:
- A) Monetary policy ✔
- B) Census
- C) Election
- D) Tourism
Why: Monetary policy by Nepal Rastra Bank, controlling money supply and interest rates, is the main tool against inflation.
The Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar) is in:
- A) Patan ✔
- B) Kathmandu
- C) Bhaktapur
- D) Lumbini
Why: The Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar) is a Buddhist monastery in Patan (Lalitpur).
How many three-year interim plans followed the Tenth Plan?
- A) Two
- B) Three
- C) Four ✔
- D) Five
Why: After the Tenth Plan came four three-year plans: the 11th (interim) and the 12th, 13th and 14th plans.
What does Article 92 require for the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly?
- A) They must be from different parties and both women
- B) They must be nominated by the President
- C) One of the two must be a woman ✔
- D) Both must be from the same province
Why: Article 92 requires one woman among the two; unlike the Speaker rule, it does not require different parties.
The National Sports Council of Nepal was established in:
- A) 2016 BS ✔
- B) 2046 BS
- C) 2072 BS
- D) 2007 BS
Why: The National Sports Council of Nepal was established in 2016 BS (1959 AD).
King Birendra was killed in the royal massacre of:
- A) 19 Jestha 2058 ✔
- B) 4 Asoj 2059
- C) 19 Magh 2061
- D) 1 Falgun 2052
Why: King Birendra and his family were killed in the royal massacre of 19 Jestha 2058 BS (1 June 2001).
Proteins are made in the:
- A) Lysosome
- B) Ribosome ✔
- C) Vacuole
- D) Cell wall
Why: Ribosomes are the cell organelles where proteins are made.
Which is the largest bird?
- A) Eagle
- B) Ostrich ✔
- C) Emu
- D) Vulture
Why: The ostrich is the largest living bird.
Insulin is produced by the:
- A) Pancreas ✔
- B) Liver
- C) Thyroid
- D) Adrenal gland
Why: Insulin, which controls blood sugar, is produced by the pancreas.
Snow-fed rivers are important for hydropower mainly because they:
- A) Are short
- B) Flow all year ✔
- C) Flow only in monsoon
- D) Are shallow
Why: Snow-fed rivers get water from melting snow all year, so they keep flowing in the dry season and can run hydropower plants year-round.
SAARC was established on 8 December 1985 in:
- A) Kathmandu
- B) New Delhi
- C) Dhaka ✔
- D) Colombo
Why: SAARC was founded at the Dhaka summit; its secretariat is in Kathmandu.
Atoms of the same element having the same atomic number but different mass numbers are called what?
- A) Compounds
- B) Alloys
- C) Ions
- D) Isotopes ✔
Why: Isotopes differ only in the number of neutrons; protium, deuterium and tritium are isotopes of hydrogen.
In alphabetical order, which name comes last: Lama, Limbu, Lamichhane, Luitel?
- A) Lama
- B) Limbu
- C) Lamichhane
- D) Luitel ✔
Why: Comparing letters: La-, Li-, Lu-. 'Luitel' starts with 'Lu', so it comes last.
Are "Biratnagar-3, Morang" and "Biratnagar-3, Morang" exactly the same?
- A) Same ✔
- B) Different
- C) Cannot say
- D) Both wrong
Why: Both addresses match letter for letter and number for number, so they are exactly the same.
If MANGO is written as OGNAM, how is APPLE written?
- A) ELPPA ✔
- B) EPLPA
- C) APPLE
- D) ELPAP
Why: The letters are simply written in reverse order: A, P, P, L, E becomes E, L, P, P, A.
If APPLE is coded as ELPPA, then MANGO is coded as:
- A) OGNAM ✔
- B) ONGAM
- C) MAGNO
- D) NAMGO
Why: APPLE written backwards is ELPPA. So MANGO written backwards is OGNAM.
Find the odd one out: Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars
- A) Mercury
- B) Venus
- C) Mars
- D) Moon ✔
Why: The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth; the others are planets.
Find the odd one out: 16, 25, 36, 48, 64
- A) 25
- B) 48 ✔
- C) 36
- D) 64
Why: 48 is not a perfect square; the others are 4², 5², 6² and 8².
A sheet is folded three times and punched once. How many holes are there after opening?
- A) 6
- B) 4
- C) 8 ✔
- D) 16
Why: Each fold doubles the layers: 2 × 2 × 2 = 8 layers. One punch makes 8 holes.
In the same 27 cubes, how many have exactly 1 face painted?
- A) 6 ✔
- B) 8
- C) 12
- D) 1
Why: In a 3×3×3 painted cube, only the centre cube of each face has one painted face: 6 faces × 1 = 6.
"Write every second letter of NEPAL". Result?
- A) EA ✔
- B) NPL
- C) EL
- D) NA
Why: NEPAL: N(1) E(2) P(3) A(4) L(5). The 2nd and 4th letters are E and A, giving EA.
15 items cost Rs 120 each. What is the total cost?
- A) Rs 1920
- B) Rs 1800 ✔
- C) Rs 1680
- D) Rs 1810
Why: Total cost = 15 × Rs 120 = Rs 1,800.
Which number comes next: 1, 4, 7, 10, ?
- A) 13 ✔
- B) 12
- C) 14
- D) 11
Why: The numbers increase by 3 each time: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13.
If P < Q, Q < R and R < S, which is the largest?
- A) S ✔
- B) R
- C) Q
- D) P
Why: P < Q < R < S, so S is the largest.
The price of a jacket rises from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500. What is the percent increase?
- A) 20%
- B) 300%
- C) 30%
- D) 25% ✔
Why: Increase = 300; 300 / 1,200 × 100 = 25%. The base is the original price.
1% of 1 crore is:
- A) 1 lakh ✔
- B) 10 lakh
- C) 10,000
- D) 1,000
Why: 1 crore = 1,00,00,000. 1% of it = 1,00,000 = 1 lakh.
Pointing to a girl, Ravi said, "Her father is the only son of my father." The girl is Ravi's:
- A) Daughter ✔
- B) Sister
- C) Niece
- D) Cousin
Why: The only son of Ravi's father is Ravi himself. So the girl's father is Ravi, and she is his daughter.
A is B's husband. C is A's father. How is C related to B?
- A) Father-in-law ✔
- B) Father
- C) Brother-in-law
- D) Uncle
Why: C is the father of A, and A is B's husband, so C is B's father-in-law.
The average of 12 numbers is 25. Their sum is:
- A) 300 ✔
- B) 250
- C) 37
- D) 325
Why: Sum = average × count = 25 × 12 = 300.
The average of 8 numbers is 15. Their sum is:
- A) 23
- B) 100
- C) 120 ✔
- D) 150
Why: Sum = average × count = 15 × 8 = 120.
If you face the setting sun, your right hand points to:
- A) North ✔
- B) South
- C) East
- D) West
Why: Facing the setting sun means facing west. Your right hand then points north.
Hari is 9th from the left and 16th from the right in a row. How many people are in the row?
- A) 24 ✔
- B) 25
- C) 23
- D) 26
Why: Total = 9 + 16 − 1 = 24, because Hari is counted from both sides.