Sample IB ACIO Questions Bank 2017

Q.1 Who is the author of “Hind Swaraj”?

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Motilal Nehru

Q.2 During the Mauryan administration, Sannidhata was the chief of?

a) Army
b) Treasury
c) Village
d) Family

Q.3 Which is the first state to shift its financial year from April to January?

a) Jharkhand
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Madhya Pradesh

Q.4 The majority of the total membership of each house and majority of not less than
two third of members present and voting in each house is which kind of majority?

a) Effective majority
b) Simple majority
c) Absolute majority
d) Special majority

Q.5 The First Indian who won the Raman Magsaysay award?

a) Mother Teresa
b) Verghese Kurien

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 c) Jayprakash Narayan
d) Vinoba Bhave

Q.6 Duma is the parliament of which country?

a) USA
b) Philippines
c) Russia
d) Sri Lanka

Q.7 Calciferol is another name of –

a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin K
c) Vitamin A
d) Vitamin D

Q.8 Who presided the joint meeting of two or more zonal councils?

a) Union Home minister

b) Prime Minister
c) Governor
d) Lok Sabha Speaker

Q.9 What is the another name of the World women Badminton championship?

a) Davis cup
b) Uber Cup
c) Rover Cup
d) Thomas cup

Q.10 The water pollution in a river is determined by measuring the amount of

a) Carbon dioxide
b) Oxygen
c) Dust Particles
d) Undissolved Chemical compounds

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Q.11 Article 371 A grants special provision to which state?

a) Maharashtra
b) Manipur
c) Nagaland
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Q.12 During the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq Diwan-e-kohi is a department which
dealt with

a) Land revenue
b) Water resources
c) Agriculture
d) Army

Q.13 Which campaign was started by Sundarlal Bahuguna for the conservation of
forest?

a) Silent valley movement

b) Jungle Bachao Andolan
c) Narmada Bachao Andolan
d) Chipko Movement

Q.14 The core of the moon consist of

a) Solid
b) Liquid
c) Gaseous
d) Metallic

Q.15 During the Morarji Desai government which right was excluded from
Fundamental rights?

a) Right to Life
b) Right to Privacy
c) Right to Property
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 d) None of these

Q.16 Who was Abdus Samad during Ashokas reign?

a) Drawing master
b) Incharge of mint
c) Both a and b
d) None of these

Q.17 Who has the power to make laws on Union as well as concurrent list?

a) Supreme court
b) President
c) Loksabha
d) Parliament

Q.18 Just as Hurricanes are associated with North Atlantic, Typhoons are associated
with western northern pacific, willy willy is associated with?

a) Coral sea
b) Arabian sea
c) South Indian oceans
d) South Pacific Ocean

Q.19 Who has the power to transfer the High court judge form one high court to
another?

a) Chief Justice of India

b) President
c) Parliament
d) Prime minister on advice of Chief justice of India

Q.20 The images formed by convex lenses are –

a) Virtual
b) Upright
c) Smaller than object between the object and lens

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 d) Real

Q.21 Who named Gandhi and Irwin as the two Mahatmas?

a) Lal Bhahadur Shashtri

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Sarojini Naidu

Q.22 Who coined the term ecosystem?

a) A.G.Tensley
b) Macdonald
c) Adam Smith
d) None of these

Q.23 Electrocardiograph is an instrument which is used to measure the –

a) Electricity
b) Heart beat
c) Blood count
d) Temperature

Q.24 Who is called as Niganthnathputt?

a) Akbar
b) Mahavir
c) Buddha
d) Krishnadev – I

Q.25 What is Khong Kangjei?

a) Sport
b) An animal
c) Food festival
d) Harvest festival

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Q.26 What is the name of the Husband of Razia sultan who died with her in war?

a) Malik Kafur
b) Malik Altunia
c) Mahmud altunia
d) None of these

Q.27 The difference between value of goods exported and the value of goods imported
per annum is termed as –

a) Balance of Payment
b) International Trade
c) Devaluation
d) Balance of trade

Q.28 The plan made by British government before the Quit India movement to
imprison Gandhi and other congress leader is

a) Operation Zero hour

b) Operation ending
c) Operation imprisons
d) Operation divide and rule

Q.29 Which of the following is not a SASEC member country?

a) China
b) Myanmar
c) Srilanka
d) India

Q.30 What is GRAPES-3 ?

a) A scientific name of fruit

b) An asteroid
c) Telescope
d) Crop name

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Q.31 Which of the following is not the permanent member of UN security council?

a) USA
b) China
c) Russia
d) India

Q.32 The ore which is associated with earthy impurities like sand, rocks is known as?

a) Gangue
b) Flux
c) Matrix
d) Both a and c

Q.33 Which of the following is not true about money bill?

a) It can be introduced only by a minister

b) It can be rejected, approved, or returned for reconsideration by the President
c) Only introduced in Lok Sabha not in Rajya Sabha.
d) All are true

Q.34 World Energy Outlook is published by which organization?

a) OECD
b) IAEA
c) IEA
d) OPEC

Q.35 In budget, the difference between the total expenditure and revenue receipts plus
capital receipts is called as –

a) Revenue deficit
b) Budget deficit
c) Fiscal deficit
d) Primary deficit

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Q.36 The process by which a substance changed from solid to liquid state is called as?

a) Fusion
b) Freezing
c) Boiling
d) Convection

Q.37 Ferozshah Kotla Ground stadium is situated at which place?

a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Delhi
d) Jamshedpur

Q. 38 Which article empowers President to impose financial emergency?

a) Article 356
b) Article 260
c) Article 360
d) Article 355

Q.39 The reference of four Ashramas is found in which Upanishad?

a) Jabala Upanishad
b) Attereya Upanishad
c) Mundak Upanishad
d) Brahmopanishad

Q.40 Who was the founder of VishwaBharati?

a) Vinoba Bhave
b) Baba Amte
c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
d) Aurobindo Ghosh

Q.41 In which of the following the phenomenon of total internal reflection is used?

a) Automotive rain sensors

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 b) Gonioscopy
c) Multi touch screens
d) All of these

Q.42 Vedanthangal Bird sanctuary is located in?

a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Q. 43 Who was the chairman of two boundary commission appointed in 1947?

a) Cyrile Redcliffe
b) Mortimer Durand
c) Mcmohan
d) Pethick Lawrence

Q. 44 Which of the following is not the type of cut motion?

a) Economy cut
b) Token cut
c) Policy cut
d) Service cut

Q.45 It is the work done in bringing a unit positive charge from one point to another
is –

a) Potential difference
b) Electric potential
c) Electric capacity
d) Electric field intensity

Q.46 Paralysis is caused due to deficiency of Biotin. Biotin Is the chemical name of –

a) Vitamin B3

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 b) Vitamin B7
c) Vitamin k
d) Vitamin B2

Q.47 The polymer used for the production of non-sticky pans?

a) Teflon
b) Thermoplastic polyurethanes
c) Polypropylene
d) Nylon

Q.48 IN which Mythological text the most systematic records of ancient Indian
historical tradition is found?

a) Mahabharata
b) Upanishads
c) Agni Purana
d) Vishnu Purana

Q.49 Rover cup is associated with which sport

a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Badminton
d) Table tennis

Q.50 Under article 25 the word Hindus refers to –

a) Buddhist
b) Jains
c) Sikhs
d) All of these

Q.51 What is the time limit for the state legislature to decide whether to continue or
discontinue with English as a floor language?

a) 25 years

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 b) 40 years
c) 5 years
d) 15 years

Q.52 What was the Rigvedic name of the Ravi river?

a) Vipas
b) Parushni
c) Asikani
d) Vitasta

Q.53 The organs which shows distinction in various function but their structure and
organic development is similar is called as –

a) Vestigial organs
b) Analogous organs
c) Homologous organs
d) Fossils

Q.54 Who was the inventor of BCG?

a) Edward jenner
b) Alexander Flemming
c) Guerin Calmatte
d) Banting

Q.55 Bureau of state security is an agency of which country?

a) Australia
b) South Africa
c) China
d) India

Q.56 World Disabled day is celebrated on ?

a) 1st december

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 b) 3rd December
c) 1st November
d) 3rd November

Q.57 Who is also known as Machiavelli od India?

a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Ashoka
c) Chanakya
d) Bhagat singh

Q.58 The condition in which the concentration of glucose in the blood is very low –

a) Pneumonia
b) Hypoglycemia
c) Hyperglycemia
d) Glgcosuria

Q.59 When a person suffering from Plague which of the organ affected due to this
disease?

a) Respiratory tube
b) Lungs
c) Nervous system
d) Intestine

Q.60 Who was the founder of The Vakatakas?

a) Kodungon
b) Pushyabhuti
c) Vindhyashakti
d) Shashanka

Q.61 Who is the writer of 'Amuktamalyad'?

a) King Bindusura
b) Ibn Batuta

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c) Krishna Dev Raya
d) Vishakhadutt

Q.62 Who was the chairman of the Provincial constitution committee?

a) Jawahar Lal Nehru

b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
c) Sardar Patel
d) H.C. Mukherjee

Q.63 A unique water harnessing system and storm water drainage system is found at
which place?

a) Dholavira
b) Lothal
c) Harappa
d) Mohenjodaro

Q.64 Who invented DNA?

a) James Watson and cricks

b) Karl Landsteiner
c) Mc.Collum
d) Ronald ross

Q.65 During the gupta period an extra tax is levied on all subject what is the name of
the tax –

a) Bhaga
b) Bali
c) Khila
d) Uparikara

Q.66 The reference of Ashoka conversion to buddhism found in which rock edict of
Ashoka?

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 a) Kalinga rock edict
b) Pillar edict of allahbad
c) Bhabru bairat edict
d) Tarai pillar edict

Q.67 The disease caused due to the chronic deficiency of thyroxin hormone is –

a) Myxedema
b) Cretinism
c) Goitre
d) Hypothyroidism

Q.68 Who was the first ruler of Chera kingdom?

a) Mudukudumi
b) Senguttuvan
c) Udiyangeral
d) Karikala

Q.69 Which of the following is not pressure groups in India?

a) Religious organization
b) Agrarian groups
c) Ideology based groups
d) All are pressure groups

Q.70 Who is the founder of Nyaya darshan?

a) Kapila
b) Uluka Kanada
c) Akshapada Gautama
d) Jaimini

Q.71 Gopatha Brahaman is attached to which Veda?

a) Sam veda
b) Yajur veda

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 c) Rig veda
d) Atharva veda

Q.72 Hills of the raajmahal is the example of which type of mountains?

a) Residual Mountains
b) Block mountains
c) Fold mountains
d) Accumulated mountains

Q.73 Uniform civil code for citizen is comes under which article of Indian constitution?

a) Article 35
b) Article 44
c) Article 40
d) Article 43

Q.74 Lipsticks and inkpot have been found at which archaeloical site of indus valley
civilization?

a) Mohenjodaro
b) Chanhudaro
c) Lothal
d) Banawali

Q.75 Rajya sabha has been given equal status with loksabha in which of the following
matter/matters?

a) Election and impeachment of President

b) Enlargement of jurisdiction of Supreme court
c) Introduction and passage of constitutional amendment bills
d) All of these

Q.76 Who is known as Grand old man of India?

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

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 b) M.G. Ranade
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Mahatma Gandhi

Q.77 During the Harappan civilization, import of tin is traced from which country?

a) Central Asia
b) Maharashtra
c) Persia
d) Afghanistan

Q.78 By which constitution a new article 21 A is added to the constitution?

a) 89th constitutional amendment act

b) 84th constitutional amendment act
c) 85th constitutional amendment act
d) 86th constitutional amendment act

Q.79 Which article of constitution provided safeguard for the SC and ST?

a) Article 224
b) Article 338
c) Article 17
d) Article 370

Q.80 Which right is also known as citizen of gateway?

a) Right to Liberty
b) Right to privacy
c) Right to information
d) Right to property

Q.81 Ibn Batuta visited india during whose reign?

a) Shahjahan
b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
c) Harshvardhan

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 d) Chandragupta Maurya

Q.82 The process of increasing the private sector in the public sector companies by
capital investment or by management or by both is called as

a) Disinvestment
b) Privatization
c) Liberalization
d) Globalization

Q.83 Who is also known as the father of English poetry?

a) Napolean
b) George Bernard shaw
c) Geoffery Chaucer
d) Shakespear

Q.84 Which amendment of the constitution provided for the disqualification of

member of parliament and legislature on the ground of defection?

a) 51st amendment act

b) 52nd amendment act
c) 53rd amendment act
d) 54th amendment act

Q.85 An individual who buy shares in a hope that stock prices would rise is called as ?

a) Bear
b) Bull
c) Boom
d) None of these

Q.86 Method of presidential election is borrowed from which constitution?

a) Britain
b) France

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 c) Canada
d) Ireland

Q.87 In which Buddhist council, Abhidhamma pitaka was compiled ?

a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 3rd
d) 4th

Q,88 For enhancing the exports, it is the subsidy paid by the government to exporters-

a) Ceiling
b) Bridge amount
c) Bounty
d) Bill of exchange

Q.89 A bond formed between two same or different atoms by mutual contribution or
sharing of electrons is called as

a) Ionic bond
b) Covalent bond
c) Sigma bond
d) Pi bond

Q.90 The term Fianchetto is associated with which sport?

a) Judo
b) Chess
c) Lawn tennis
d) Horse riding

Q.91 Red blood cells are formed in which part of the body?

a) Heart
b) Small intestine
c) Bone marrow

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 d) Large intestine

Q.92 who has the power to remove the Attorney general of India?

a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Supreme Court
d) CAG

Q.93 Nageshwara temple buily in during the reign of which dynasty?

a) Chalukya
b) Pandyas
c) Cholas
d) Rashtrakutas

Q.94 The study of dreams is called as –

a) Kalology
b) Oneirology
c) Dreamology
d) Sleepidoloy

Q.95 Which of the following is not a plant hormone?

a) Auxin
b) Cytokinins
c) Ethylene
d) All of these are present

Q.96 Who was the first Indian women to get the Bharat Ratna?

a) Vijayalaxmi Pandit
b) Smt. Indira Gandhi
c) Mother teressa
d) Bachendri Pal

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Q.97 The money market instrument which is characterized by its set date of maturity
and interest rate –

a) Certificate of deposit
b) Cheque
c) Demand draft
d) None of these

Q.98 The crop season in which Wheat, barley and pulses are grown is –

a) Kharif
b) Zaid
c) Rabi
d) Kharif zaid

Q.99 Inter services intelligence agency is an intelligence agency of which country?

a) India
b) Iraq
c) USA
d) Pakistan

Q.100 Name of the Ashoka’s son which was mentioned only in the inscriptions and not
found in any other sources?

a) Mihirkula
b) Kunala
c) Mahinda
d) Tivala

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