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DO NOT OPEN THE SEAL UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO ae!GK The structural unit of protein is (A) amino acid (B) acetic acid (©) ascorbic acid (D) None of the above Which gas is commonly known as “laughing, gas"? (A) Nitrous oxide (B) Hydrogen sulphide (©) Sulphur dioxide (D) None of the above ‘Who wrote the book titled The Idea of Justice? (A) Nirad C Chaudhuri (B) Amartya Sen (©) Amitav Ghosh (D) None of them Which city is called the ‘city of joy’? (A) New Delhi (B) Bengaluru (©) Hyderabad (D) None of the above S. R. Ranganathan is popularly known as (A) the father of Library Sciences in India the father of ‘Technology in India the father of Nano Technology in India (D) None of the above Who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in Tripuri Session in 1939? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya (© Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) None of them c)) Information © Q) 10. i. 12 What is the full form of “BOD”? (A) Biological Oxygen Demand {B) Bibliographic Ordering Design (©) Biographical Ordering Design (D) Biometrical Observational Document Who wrote Kapatkundala? (A) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (©) Rabindranath Tagore (D) None of them ‘The largest library of India is (A) Hardayal Municipal Library (B) Asiatic Society of Mumbai Library (©) Nehru Memorial Library (D) None of the above What is the full form of ICT popularly used in library sciences? the famous book (A) Internet Communication ‘Technology (B) Intemational Communicational Technology (©) Information and Communication Technology (D) None of the above How many villages existed in India as per 2001 Census? (A) Around 6.39 lakh (B) Around 4,5 lakh (©) Around 7.5 lakh (D) None of the above ‘What is the new name of Holland? (A) Netherlands (B) Poland (©) Ireland (D) None of the above13. 14. 15, 16. I: 18. GK What is the full form of ‘WAP’? (A) Web Access Protocol (B) Web Application Protocol (©) Wireless Application Protocol (D) None of the above National Consumer Day is celebrated every year on (A) 24th September (B) 24th October (©) 24th November (D) None of the above In 1957, the Bharat Ratna was awarded to (A) C.V. Raman ®) GB. Pant (© 4.L. Nehru (D) M. Visvesvaraya The headquarters of UNESCO jis situated in (A) Geneva (8) Paris (©) Washington D.C. (D) None of the above Who is _ popularly ‘Mahamana’? (A) CN. Annadurai (B)_ C. Rajagopalachari (©) M. M. Malayiya () B. G Tilak Which of the following Indian States has lowest density of population? (A) Arunachal Pradesh (8) Mizoram (©) Jammu & Kashmir (D)_ Sikkim known as 19, 20. 21. 22. 223i 24, Who is known as ‘Lokmanya’? (A) C..N. Annadurai (B)_C. Rajagopalachari (©) M.M. Malaviya (©) B. G Tilak ‘Name of the riverside city of the river ‘Tiber’ is (A) Rome, Italy (B)_ New York, USA (©) Moscow, Russia (D)_ None of the above Who was the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize? (A) Amartya Sen (8) CV. Raman (C) Mother Teresa (D) None of them Who is recently selected to become the First. Woman Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? (A) Gita Gopinath (B) Christine Jacob (©) Nancy Powell (D) None of them Who commented “Swaraj is my birth right, I shall have it”? (A) Chandra Shekhar Azad (B) Veer Savarkar (©) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose () None of them Who is known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab? (A) Lala Hardayal (B) Bhagat Singh (©) Udham Singh (D) None of them popularly PTO.25. 26. 21. 28, 29, 30. GK Which is the largest State in India? (A). Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) None of the above Who was the first Vice-President of India? (A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (B) Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (©) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) None of them Who wrote the. ‘Aini-Akbari and Akbarnama’? (A) Megasthenes (B) Ibn Batuta (©) Fa-Hien (D) None of them Which of the following persons is a famous woman sports. personality in India? (A) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (B) P. V. Sindhu (©) Sucheta Kriplani (D) Sunita Williams In which year, the first passenger train ran on Indian soil? (A) 1853 (B) 1857 (© 1863 (D) 1867 The Policy of Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by (A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Ripon (©) Lord Warren Hastings (D) Sir M. Visvesvaraya 31. 32. 33. 34, 35. 36. Who among the following was the most famous ruler of the Kushan Dynasty? (A) Vikramaditya (B) Pulakesin II (©) Pulakesin 1 (D) Kanishka Who is the current Chief Justice of Gauhati ?. (A) Ajit Singh (B) A. M. Sapre (©) MB. Lokur (D) None of them In which year the ‘Battle of Khanwa’ was held? (A) 1526 (B) 1527 (©) 1530 (D) 1545 Who was the Jainism? (A). Parshvanatha (B) Mahavira (C)_ Rishabhanatha (D) None of them Which Indian place is popularly known as the ‘Halfway Heaven’? (A) Kerala (B) Kamataka (©) Kashmir (D) None of the above 23rd. Tirthankara in What is the full form of UNDP? (A) United Nations Development Programme (B) United Nations Development Policy (C) United Nations Development Project (D) None of the above37. 38. 41, 42, GK What is the capital of Canada? (A) Ottawa (8) Toronto (©) Montreal (D) None of the above Mr. Ranjan Gogoi is the Justice of India. (A) 45th (B) 46th (©) 47th (D) 48th Adam Smith is called as the father of Economics Library Sciences Philosophy History The names of the BRICS countries are (A) Britain, Russia, Indonesia, Canada Chief (B) Britain, Russia, India, China and South Korea Brazil, Russia, India, Canada and Singapore Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa The Asian Games, 1982 was held in (A) China (B) Russia (© Thailand (D) None of the above “Right to Property’ is a/an (A) Fundamental Right (B) Administrative Right (© Sovereign Right (D) None of the above © @) (5) 46. 47. ‘The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched on (A) Ist July, 1920 (B) Ist August, 1920 (©) Ist August, 1921 (D) None of the above Professor Amartya Sen received Nobel Prize in the field of Economies in (A) 1996 (B) 1997 © 1998 (D) None of the above Paul Romer & William Nordhaus received Nobel Prize in the field of Economies in (A) 2016 (B) 2017 (© 2018 (D) None of the above Who was the first Chairman of Rajya Sabha? (A) M. A. Ayyangar (B) Sardar Hukam Singh (© G V. Mavalankar (D) None of them Who invented X-rays? (A) A. G Bell (B) Madame Curie (©) Roentgen (D) Hicks In which year did the Naval Revolt occur in British India? (A) 1943 @) 1944 (© 1945 (D) 1946 {PLO.49. 52. 53. 54, GK Which Committee recommended for separate Railway Budget in India? (A) Hunter Commitee (B) Muddiman Committee (C) Chatfield Committee (D) None of the above ‘Kuchipudi’ is a form of classical dance that originated in (A) Kerala (B) Karmataka (©) Tamil Nadu (D) None of the above Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder of ____ and presently leading the group as the Chairman & CEO. (A) Twitter (B) Instagram (©) WhatsApp (D) Facebook Who propounded the ‘Administrative Theory"? (A) Frederick W. Taylor (B) Henri Fayol (©) Peter Drucker (D) Max Weber Who is the current Chairman of ‘Prasar Bharati’? (A) A. Sivsagar (B) Shashi Shekhar Vempati (C) Dr. Jawhar Sircar (D) None of them Who is the current Chief Executive Officer of Google LLC? (A) Mark Zuckerberg (8) Labriana Shartok (C)_ Larry Page (D) None of them famous 57, 59, 60. Rajiv Mehrishi is the present (A) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (B) CVC Chairman (©) Solicitor General of India (D) None of the above In which year, the ‘Vernacular Press Act” was passed in British India? (A) 1858 (B) 1878 (©) 1898 (D) None of the above Who contributed the “Bureaucratic theory"? (A) Frederick W. Taylor (8) Henri Fayol (©) Peter Drucker (D) Max Weber Satya Narayana Nadella is the current Chief Executive Officer of (A) Microsoft (B) Facebook (©) Twitter (D) None of the above “WWW” stands for (A) World Wide Web (B) World Wide Wave (©) World Wise Wave (D) None of the above What is the full form of URI? (A) Unified Resource Indicator (B) Uniform Resource Identifier famous (©) Unified Resource Internet (D) None of the above61. 62, 64. 66. GK Assembly language is considered as (A) high level programming language (B) low level programming language (©). machine language (D) None of the above PARAM 8000 is the indigenously built first _ (A) supercomputer name of __ of India. (B)_ microcomputer (©) personal computer () PC Tablet Who wrote the'line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever"? (A) John Keats (B) P.B. Shelley (©) William Wordsworth (D) Robert Lynd Khushwant Singh wrote the historical novel titled {A) Train to Pakistan (B) Train from Pakistan (©) Train to India (D) None of the above Mrs. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India was assassinated on (A) 8th August, 1984 (B) 31st August, 1984 (C) 31st October, 1984 (D) 3ist December, 1984 Who wrote the historical novel 4 Tale of Two Cities? (A) Charles Dickens (B) P. B. Shelley (©) William Wordsworth (D) None of them 67. 69. 70. n. 72. How many goals are broadly indentified to achieve under “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ of the United Nations by 20302 (a) 15 (B) 16 © 8 @®) 20 Who founded Anushilan Samiti? (A) Aurobindo Ghosh (B) Subhash Chandra Bose (©) Rash Behari Bose (D) None of them Who established the *Ghadar Party’? (A) Udham Singh (B) Bhagat Singh (© Lala Lajpat Rai (D) None of them Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in (A) 1913 (B) 1917 () 1919 (D) None of the above How many seats are there in Lok Sabha ? (A) 541 (B) 543 (c) 545 (D) None of the above In 2017, Mamang Dai was honoured by (A) Jnanpith Award (B) Magsaysay Award (©) Booker Prize (D) None of the above PLO.73. 74, 75. 76. 11. 8. GK Om Prakash Rawat is the current (A) Chief Election Commissioner of India (B) CVC Chairman (©) 1B Chief (D) None of the above Bipin Rawat is the ___ Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of india. (A) 26th ®) 27th (© 28th (D) None of the above K. K. Venugopal is the current (A) Attorney General of India (8) CVC Chairman © 1B Chief (D) None of the above The 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta was the Asiad, (A) 15th (B) 16th © 1h () 18th Who was the father of Akbar? (A) Humayun (8) Babur (©) Bairam Khan (D) None of them Mahmud invaded India who was the Sultan of (A) Ghazni (B) Turkey (C) Egypt (D) None of the above 19. 80. 81. 83. 84, In which year, nationalisation of banks took place in India? (A)_ 1952 (B) 1967 (C) 1968 (D) None of the above The short form of deoxyribonucleic acid is (A) DNA (B) DDA (©) DRA (D) None of the above Who is called the Milkman of India and the father of White Revolution in India? (A) Dr. Verghese Kurien (B) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (C) Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (D) None of them What is the full form of CRR? (A) Capital Rating Ratio (B) Cash Reverse Ratio (C) Cash Reserve Ratio (D) None of the above International Children’s Book Day is observed on (A) 2nd April (B) 2nd August (C) 2nd November (D) None of the above ‘The United Nations (UN) has declared the year 2017 as the International Year of (A) Sustainable Development (B) Books & Library Science (C) Peace (D) None of the above Tourism for85. 87. 88. GK ‘The headquarters of UNWTO is in (A) London (B) Paris (C) USA (D) None of the above Commonwealth Games 2022 will be held in (A) England (B) South Africa (©) France (D) None of the above ‘North East India is sharing international border with countries, (A) four (B) five © six (D) seven In which form of sports Anirban Lahiri is associated with? (A) Polo 8) Golf (©) Billiards (D) Chess Who is the Minister in Charge of Parliamentary Affairs in India? (A) Ravi Shankar Prasad (8) Ananth Kumar (©) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (D) None of them ‘The headquarters of Commonwealth of Nations is in (A) London (B) Paris (©) USA (D) None of the above 91. 93. 94, 95. Who is the first woman Chief Minister in India? (A) Sucheta Kriplani (B) Sarojini Naidu (©) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (D) None of them Which Indian city is called ‘the city of lakes"? (A) Udaipur (B) Vizag (©) Kochi (D) None of the above Konark Sun Temple is situated in (A) West Bengal (B) Jharkhand (©) Bihar (D) None of the above Swami Vivekananda delivered the famous Chicago Address in the year (A) 1891 (B) 1892 (© 1893 (D) None of the above ‘The Next FIFA World Cup Football will be held in (A) 2020 (B) 2021 © 202 (D) None of the above ‘The first linguistic State in India is (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (© Kerala (D) None of the above PTO.97. 98. GK Name of the city which is called as the Manchester of India is (A) (B) Pune (©) Kolkata ©) What is the currency of Yemen? @ (8) Ditham (© Euro (D) None of the above Ahmedabad None of the above Dinar 99. 100. (ie) Who is the first woman IPS Officer in India? (A) Kiran Bedi (8) Sucheta Kriplani (©) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (D) None of them In which year RBI was. established? (A) 1920 (B) 1934 (©) 1947 (D) None of the above