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The Curiosity rover built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a part of Astrobiology
mission successfully landed on the planet
(A) Mars (B) Saturn
(C) Venus (D) Mercury
Ans: Mars
2. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland?
(A) Pituitary gland (B) Pancreas
(C) Pineal gland (D) None of these
Ans: None of these
3. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Cyrus Mistry : Tata Group (B) Sheryl Sandberg : Facebook
(C) Larry Page : Google (D) Deepak Parekh : HFCL
Ans: Deepak Parekh : HFCL
4. Which of the following acts as both exocrine and endocrine gland?
(A) Pancreas (B) Spleen
(C) Liver (D) Pituitary gland
Ans: Pancreas
14. Which one of the following country does not border Caspian Sea?
(A) Iran (B) Iraq
(C) Georgia (D) Turkmenistan
Ans: Iraq
15. Scheduled Commercial Banks are allowed to borrow at their own discretion using
(A) Net demand and time liabilities (B) Marginal standing facility
(C) Open market operation (D) None of these
Ans: Marginal standing facility
16. Which of the following does not mainly consist of Portfolio Investment?
(A) FII investment (B) American depository receipts (ADRs)
(C) Global depository receipts (GDRs) (D) None of these
Ans: None of these
17. Which of the following does not contribute to sustainable development?
(A) Improvement of economic well being with social justice.
(B) Restrained use of, natural resources.
(C) Protection of interests of future generations.
(D) None of these
Ans: None of these
18. Which of the following does not include monetary policy instruments?
(A) Repo rate (B) Cash reserve ratio
(C) Open market operations (D) Foreign direct investment
Ans: Foreign direct investment
19. Which among the following States of India are involved in the controversy associated with Mullaperiyar Dam?
(A) Tamil Nadu and Kerala (B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala and Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Ans: Tamil Nadu and Kerala
20. Which of the following National Parks was in news due to massive forest fire outbreak that raged for many days?
(A) Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka
(B) Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
(C) Anshi National Park, Karnataka
(D) Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha
Ans: Nagarahole National Park, Karnataka
21. Rapid spasm in muscle due to low availability of calcium ion in body fluid is called
(A) Tetany (B) Tetanus
(C) Fibrosis (D) Gout
Ans: Tetany
22. The Indian Association played an important role in arousing national consciousness through the formation of the
(A) Indian National Congress (B) Bengal British Indian Society
31. Which Committee set up by RBI has the mandate to study issues and concerns in the micro-finance sector?
(A) Y. H. Malegam Committee (B) J. J. Irani Committee
(C) Mashelkar Committee (D) None of these
Ans: Y. H. Malegam Committee
32. Which of the following is concerned with inequality in distribution of family income?
(A) Gini Multiplier (B) Gini Index
(C) Lorenz Curve (D) Laffer Curve
Ans: Gini Index
33. A state of economy where aggregate demand is greater than the total supply of goods and services is called
(A) Repressed-inflation (B) Reflation
(C) Deflation (D) Demand pull-inflation
Ans: Repressed-inflation
34. Which of the following-forms a major innovation of National Rural Health Mission?
(A) Creation of a cadre of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).
(B) Improvised hospital care.
(C) Decentralisation at district level arid effective utilisation of resources through NGOs and community.
(D) All of these
Ans: All of these
35. Michael Phelps became the only player in history of Olympics to win a record haul of 22 medals in the Olympics.
Who among the following held the earlier record of winning maximum medals at Olympics?
(A) Sergey Bubka (B) Larisa Latyina
(C) Usain Bolt (D) Yelena Isinbayeva
Ans: Larisa Latyina
36. Rupesh Shah is associated with which of the following sport disciplines?
(A) Archery (B) Horse racing
(C) Billiards (D) Polo
Ans: Billiards
37. Who among the following is credited with conceiving and implementing a radically new mode of bringing water to
crops in arid and dry land regions called Micro Irrigation?
(A) Daniel Hillel (B) Matt Apuzzo
(C) Wang Shu (D) John Gordon
Ans: Daniel Hillel
38. Indian Naval Rating mutiny in 1946 took place in
(A) Calcutta (B) Madras
(C) Visakhapatnam (D) Bombay
Ans: Bombay
39. The Jain Temples known for the finest marble carvings in India are situated at
(A) Gwalior (B) Kiradu
48. Operating principle of optical fibres which are used in endoscopes and telecommunications is based on
(A) Refraction (B) Critical angle
(C) Total internal reflection (D) Refractive index
Ans: Total internal reflection
49. In which group of crops, growth rate in yield levels appears to have plateaued over the last few years?
(A) Rice and Wheat (B) Pulses and Mustard
(C) Sugarcane and Oilseeds (D) Coarse cereals and plantation crop
Ans: Rice and Wheat
50. Which of the following States has formed Innovation Council based on the lines of National Innovation Council?
(A) Bihar (B) Haryana
(C) Karnataka (D) West Bengal
Ans: Haryana
51. Which of the following is the heaviest satellite successfully launched so far by India?
(A) RISAT-l (B) GSAT-12
(C) GSAT-l0 (D) GSAT-8
Ans: GSAT-l0
52. National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducted Gravity Recovery Experiment by a well-orchestrated
crash landing on
(A) Mars (B) Venus
(C) Moon (D) Californian desert
Ans: Moon
53. What is the nationality of Victoria Azarenka?
(A) Moldova (B) USA
(C) Belorussia (D) None of these
Ans: Belorussia
54. Who among the following is the author of the book India-The Critical Years?
(A) Chandra Shekhar (B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (D) Kuldip Nayar
Ans: Kuldip Nayar
55. Candi Kalasan and Borobudur temples in Java were built by
(A) Sailendra kings (B) Suryavarman II
(C) Kamboja dynasty (D) Jayavarman VII
Ans: Sailendra kings
56. Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Urdu or Hindavi language as a vehicle of expression?
(A) Amir Khusrau (B) Jiauddin Barani
(C) Babar (D) Baz Bahadur
Ans: Amir Khusrau
57. Which Mughal king faced the rebellion of Bundela Chief Jujhar Singh whose father was on friendly terms with
Jehangir?
(A) Shah Jahan (B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jehangir (D) Akbar
Ans: Shah Jahan
58. Which Sikh Guru gave the Sikhs a permanent organisation with regular sources of income?
(A) Guru Hargobind (B) Guru Arjan Dev
(C) Guru Angad (D) None of these
Ans: Guru Arjan Dev
59. Which movement was founded under the leadership of Maulana Mohammed Ali, Ajmal Khan, Hasan Imam,
Mazhar-ul-Haq as a militant nationalist movement?
(A) Ahrar Movement (B) Al Hilal Movement
(C) Khilafat Movement (D) None of these
Ans: Ahrar Movement
60. The concept of citizens charters originated in which of the following countries?
(A) Sweden (B) United Kingdom
(C) United States of America (D) Norway
Ans: United Kingdom
61. Automation of administrative process particularly would lead to the following except
(A) Paper Work Reduction (B) Elimination of Hierarchy
(C) Administrative Development (D) Development Administration
Ans: Development Administration
62. Which of the following forms part of Distributive Policy issue?
(A) Social insurance (B) Natural disasters
(C) Control of drugs and pharmaceuticals (D) None of these
Ans: Social insurance
63. Who among the following Chief Justices of India had the longest tenure?
(A) Justice M. Hidayatullah (B) Justice Y. V. Chandrachud
(C) Justice B. P. Sinha (D) Justice A. N. Ray
Ans: Justice Y. V. Chandrachud
64. Stagflation indicates
(A) Inflation with growth (B) Deflation with growth
(C) Inflation with depression (D) Inflation with stagnation
Ans: Inflation with depression
65. Which group of labour comes under the provision of Aam Admi Yojana?
(A) All labour in rural areas
(B) Only labour of urban region
(C) All landless labour living below poverty line in rural areas
74. Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
(A) B. Shiva Rao (B) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(C) Sachchidananda Sinha (D) B. N. Rau
Ans: B. N. Rau
75. The largest planet with no magnetic field is
(A) Mercury (B) Venus
(C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
Ans: Venus
76. Which of the following is the most abundant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere?
(A) CO2 (B) Water vapour
(C) Methane (D) Chlorofluorocarbon
Ans: Water vapour
77. Who among the following Chief Election Commissioners of India was a Cabinet Secretary to the Government of
India?
(A) Sukumar Sen (B) T. N. Seshan
(C) J. M. Lyogdoh (D) Navin Chawla
Ans: T. N. Seshan
78. Who among the following has a residuary power of legislation?
(A) President (B) Parliament
(C) Council of Ministers (D) Governor
Ans: Parliament
79. Money received by Courts in connection with affairs of the Union shall form part of
(A) Public Account of India (B) Consolidated Fund of India
(C) Contingency Fund of India (D) None of these
Ans: Public Account of India
80. Fresh evaluation of every item of expenditure at the beginning of each financial year is called
(A) Fresh Budgeting (B) Zero-based Budgeting
(C) Deficit Budgeting (D) None of these
Ans: Zero-based Budgeting
81. Which of the following is carcinogenic?
(A) Hydrocarbons (B) Carbon monoxide
(C) Nitrous oxide (D) Nitric oxide
Ans: Hydrocarbons
82. When pH of rainwater drops below 5.6 it is
(A) Acidic (B) Basic
(C) Neutral (D) None of these
Ans: Acidic
83. Excess of nitrate in drinking water can cause disease such as methemoglobinemia, which is also called
(A) Green baby syndrome (B) Blue baby syndrome
(C) Pink baby syndrome (D) White baby syndrome
Ans: Blue baby syndrome
84. German Silver is an alloy that consists of copper, zinc and
(A) Nickel (B) Tin
(C) Lead (D) Chromium
Ans: Nickel
85. Amorphous form of Silica used in filtration plants is called
(A) Kieselguhr (B) Silicones
(C) Carbon black (D) None of these
Ans: Kieselguhr
86. Who among the following leaders was not involved with forming underground networks and providing leadership
during Quit India Movement?
(A) Achyut Patwardhan (B) Aruna Asaf Ali
(C) Biju Patnaik (D) P. C. Joshi
Ans: P. C. Joshi
87. Who among the following opposed the formation of Muslim League then being founded in 1906 and acted as
Dada Bhai naorojis Secretary at Calcutta session?
(A) Aga Khan (B) M. A. Jinnah
(C) Liaqat Ali Khan (D) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: M. A. Jinnah
88. The first All India Kisan Mahasabha was formed at
(A) Lucknow (B) Madras
(C) Calcutta (D) Patna
Ans: Lucknow
89. Which among the following organisations can be appropriately called as Pre-Congress Nationalist Organisation?
(A) East India Association (B) Young Bengal Association
(C) Indian Association of Calcutta (D) None of these
Ans: Indian Association of Calcutta
90. Who among the following examined in minute detail the entire economic record of Colonial rule since 1757 in his
publication The Economic History of India?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) Govind Ranade
(C) R. C. Dutt (D) P. C. Joshi
Ans: R. C. Dutt
91. Which of the following crops has great adaptability and it can be grown from Siberia to the tropical regions?
(A) Wheat (B) Oat
(C) Sugarbeet (D) Lentil
Ans: Wheat
92. Which of the following factors are not responsible for soil formation?
(A) Bedrock (B) Weather
(C) Elevation (D) Relief
Ans: Weather
93. The efficiency of transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next is known as
(A) Primary productivity (B) Ecological niche
(C) Ecological efficiency (D) Trophic pyramids
Ans: Ecological efficiency
94. Biomedication helps clean up aquifers and oil spills. It involves the use of
(A) Bacteria (B) Bacteria and Fungi
(C) Fungi (D) Fungi and Algae
Ans: Bacteria and Fungi
95. The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw
materials ?
(A) Britain (B) Japan
(C) Poland (D) Germany
Ans: Japan
96. The difference between Indian Parliamentary System and British Parliamentary System lies ill the fact that India
has
(A) both real and a nominal executive.(B) bicameral legislature.
(C) judicial review. (D) None of these
Ans: judicial review.
97. Which of the following has become the first Regional Rural Bank to issue a debit card in the country?
(A) Punjab Gramin Bank (B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank (D) Ahmedabad RRB
Ans: Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
98. National Social Security Fund has been created in order to
(A) fund workers of unorganised sector including weavers, rickshaw pullers, bidi makers, etc.
(B) finance workers of organised sector.
(C) help create self employment opportunities for unemployed youth.
(D) to finance self help groups.
Ans: fund workers of unorganised sector including weavers, rickshaw pullers, bidi makers, etc.
99. Which type of smog causes cracking of rubber and corrosion of metal?
(A) Classical Smog (B) Advection Smog
(C) Photochemical Smog (D) None of these
Ans: Photochemical Smog
100. Which of the following is a suitable technique of separation, identification and purification of a compound?
(A) Chromatography (B) Reverse osmosis
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