JMI 2020

1.Which Indian city as got the World Guinness Record for lighting 4 lakh
diyas?

A. Ayodhya
B. Bhopal
C. Lucknow
D. Jaipur

2.Who won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2018.

A. Vinod Khanna
B. Amitab Bachahan
C. Manoj Kumar
D. Shashi Kapoor

3.How many projects have recently been approved by the government under
PM Kisan Sampada Yojana?

A. 16
B. 24
C. 28
D. 32

4.Which of the following is not one of the three banks that will be merged to
form the third largest bank in India?

A. Bank of Baroda
B. Dena Bank
C. Indian Bank
D. Vijaya Bank

5.2 + 2 - 2 x 2 + 2 = ?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
6.19.99 x 9.9 + 9.99 = ?

A. 129.79
B. 207.891
C. 1009
D. 296.91

###COMMON###7###11###Direction: Mark the most suitable

synonyms for the words given below. ###DONE###

7.

‘Pettifogging’

A. Stable
B. Lenient
C. Free
D. Unimportant

8.Authentic

A. Factual
B. Stable
C. Apparent
D. Confidential

9.Devastate

A. Deft
B. Ravage
C. Rage
D. Lost

10.Bankrupt

A. Exhausted
B. Ruined
C. Insolvent
D. Lost
11.Arraign

A. Point
B. Indict
C. Impart
D. Imply

###COMMON###12###16###Direction: Mark the most suitable

Antonyms for the words given below. ###DONE###

12.

Senility

A. Laziness
B. Exhaustion
C. Strength
D. Maturity

13.‘Harsh’

A. Severe
B. Rough
C. Mild
D. Hard

14.Flagitious’

A. Frivolous
B. Vapid
C. Ignorant
D. Innocent

15.Mark the Legal Maxim with the incorrect spelling.

A. Ejusdem generis
B. Actus rues
C. Ad valorem
D. Ultra Vires
16.Mark the Legal Maxim with the incorrect spelling.

A. Volenti non fit injuria

B. Locus standi
C. Modus Operendi
D. Doli capax

17.Mark the Legal Maxim with the incorrect spelling.

A. Mutatis Mutendis
B. Mens rea
C. Ex post facto
D. Caveat actor

18.Mark the Legal Maxim with the incorrect spelling.

A. Pro bono public

B. Ex. Gratia
C. Apreori
D. Ex officio ab initio

19.Mark the Legal Maxim with the incorrect spelling.

A. Amicus Curiae
B. res ipsa loquitor
C. in absentia
D. habeas corpus

###COMMON###20###24###Direction: Read the following

comprehension and answer the questions given below.

Abetment of suicide as such is plainly the subject-matter of Section 305 and

306 of the Indian Penal Code. The first deals with abetment of suicide of
child or insane person and states that if any person of 18 years of age, any
insane person, any delirious person, any idiot person, or any person in state
of intoxication commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such
suicide, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine. As against this, section 306 speaks of abetment of suicide in general
and lays down that if any person commits suicide, whoever abets the
commission of such suicide, shall be punished with either description for a
term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

###DONE###

20.

The person committing suicide should not be

A. An adult
B. A woman
C. A senior citizen
D. A newborn

21.A state of insanity or a intoxication represents the same state of a human

mind.

A. True
B. False
C. Cannot say
D. None of the above

22.A person abetting suicide under section 305 shall be punishable with both
imprisonment and fine.

A. True
B. False
C. Cannot say
D. None of the above

23.A person abetting suicide under Section 306

A. Shall be punished for a term of imprisonment which shall extend to a

period of 10 years
B. Shall be punished for a term of imprisonment which extend to a period of
10 years
C. Shall not be punished for a term of imprisonment which shall extend to a
period of 10 years
D. Shall be punished for a term of rigorous imprisonment which may extend
to a period of 10 years

24.Section 305 does not include a minor committing suicide.

A. True
B. False
C. Cannot say
D. None of the above

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blanks- ###DONE###

25.

Tortious liability arises from breach of …………. Duty primarily fixed by the
law.

A. Civil
B. Fundamental
C. Legal
D. Moral

26.Article 24 provides that no child below the age of …………… years shall be
employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous
employment.

A. Sixteen
B. Twelve
C. fourteen
D. fifteen

27.All citizens shall have the right to ………freely throughout the territory of
India.

A. Move
B. Relocate
C. Run
D. Travel
28.When a criminal act is done by two or more persons in ………… of common
intention of all, each of such persons shall be liable for that act in the same
manner as if it were done by him alone.

A. Prosecution
B. Furtherance
C. Completion
D. Connivance

29.Article 21 states that “No person hall be deprived of his life or personal
…………….expect according to procedure established by law”

A. Privacy
B. Freedom
C. Livelihood
D. Liberty.

###COMMON###30###34###Direction: Mark the correct the legal

maxim as according to their meaning. ###DONE###

30.

No one should be condemned unheard.

A. Drum castavixerit
B. Audi Alteram Partem
C. Ex Post facto
D. Doli capax

31.The things may rather have effect than be destroyed.

A. Aut punier autdedere

B. Reddendo Singular Singulis
C. Ut res magis valeat pareat
D. Ut res valeat potius quam pereat.

32.Of the utmost good faith.

A. Uberrimaefidei
B. Stare decisis
C. Sui juris
D. Res judicata

33.An act done by me against my will is not my act

A. Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

B. Actus me invite factus non est mens actus
C. Actus legis nemini est darnnosus
D. None of the above.

34.The fact and circumstances constituting a crime and concrete evidence of

a crime, such as a corpse (dead body)

A. Corpus corporatum
B. Corpus possesions
C. Corpus delicti
D. None of the above

35.Principle: Willful rashdriving is an offence.

Fact: Mr Tiwari was driving his car after drinking alcohol. Police books him
for willful negligent driving. Is the act of the police lawful?

A. No, because Mr. Tiwari was not driving rashly; he was drunk while
driving.
B. No, this is not a negligence act.
C. Yes because Mr. Tiwari was driving rashly
D. Yes because the police has the power to arrest a person driving rashly.

36.Principle: Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to

that person or to any other, and thereby dishonestly includes the person so
put in fear of deliver to any property or valuable security or anything signed
or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security commits
‘extortion’.

Facts: A threaten to publish a defamatory libel concerning B unless B gives

Rs. 5 lakhs. A includes B to give money.
A. A is guilty of defamation
B. A is guilty of extortion
C. A is not guilty since it is a preparatory only
D. None of the above.

37.Principle: Acceptance of a proposal must be absolute and unqualified.

Facts: ‘A’ made a proposal to sell his motorcycle to ‘B’ for rupees 25,000/-
‘B’ agreed to buy it for 24,000/- ‘A’ sold his motorcycle to ‘C’ for 26,000/-
the next day. ‘B’ sues ‘A’ for damages

Which of the following derivation is CORRECT?

A. ‘B’ will get damages from ‘A’

B. ‘B’ will get the difference of rupees 1,000/- only
C. ‘B’ can proceed against ‘C’
D. ‘B’ will not get any damages from ‘A’

38.Assertion (A): All minorities whether based on religious or language

shall have the right to establish and administer educational Institutions of
their choice.

Reason (R): Institution established by the minorities are not entitled to

governmental aid and government is not under an obligation to give aid.

A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are individually true but R is not correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

39.Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religions etc. (Article 15 of the

constitution of India) is a fundamental Rights classifiable under:

A. The right to freedom of religion

B. The right against exploitation
C. The cultural and Educational rights
D. The right of equality.

40.The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by

A. The people
B. Lok sabha
C. Elected members of the legislative assembly
D. Elected members of the legislative councils

41.SEBI is a

A. Statutory body
B. Advisory body
C. Constitutional body
D. Non-statutory body

42.Which if he following is not included in the Preamble to the Constitution?

A. Justice
B. Morality
C. Socialist
D. Sovereign

43.Which one of the following is not a fundamental duty?

A. To protect sovereignty of the county.

B. To defend the country
C. To promote Indian culture
D. To respect National Anthem

44.Which form of the Government has ‘Division of Powers’ and ‘Independent

Judiciary’ as the important characteristics?

A. Unitary form of government

B. Republic form of government
C. Socialistic form of government
D. Federal form of government

45.What is sedition?

A. Defaming a state
B. Including people to overthrow the government
C. Murdering the minister
D. None of the above

46.The concepts of emergency provision in India Constitution has been

borrowed from the constitution of:-

A. U.K.
B. U.S.A
C. Canada
D. Germany

47.Who was the first Chief Justice of free India?

A. Justice Shelat
B. Justice Kania
C. Justice Muthuswamy Iyer
D. None of the above

48.How many articles are there in Indian Constitutional originally?

A. 385
B. 395
C. 448
D. 495

49.Court of ‘Record’ is a court which

A. Preserves all its records

B. Maintains all its records
C. Is competent to issue writs
D. Can punish for its contempt.

50.A minor agreement is void. This proposition was made in which of the
following cases?

A. Lalman Shukla vs Gauri Shukla

B. Mohori Bibi vs Dharmodas Ghose
C. Raja Balwant Singh vs Rao Maharaj Singh
D. Durga Prasad vs Baldeo

51.“Judicial review” means:

A. Review of the order

B. Review by the higher court
C. Review of the decision of magistrate
D. Power of the court to determine the constitutional validity of the Act of
Legislature or Executive action.

52.What is a “Moot Court”?

A. Debatable question
B. Basic fact of the cases
C. Mock court
D. Magistrate’s real court.

53.Joint sitting of both the House of parliament is presided over by the:

A. President
B. Vice- President
C. Prime minister
D. Speaker

54.The temporary release of a prisoner is called.

A. Amnesty
B. Discharge
C. Pardon
D. Parole

55.Which of the following writs can be issued to release the person from
illegal detention?

A. Hebeas corpus
B. Mandamus
C. Prohibition
D. Quo warranto

56.Formally Accusing for a crime is:

A. Charge sheeting
B. Acquittal
C. Discharge
D. Conviction

57.Development of law of tort has taken through:

A. Enactments
B. Judicial Decisions
C. Customs and Precedents
D. All the above

58.No one can be convicted twice for the same offence. This doctrine is
called

A. Burden of proof
B. Double conviction
C. Double jeopardy
D. Corpus delicti

59.Crime is a

A. Private wrong
B. Public wrong
C. Private as well as public wrong
D. None of the above

60.‘Contempt’

A. Condescension
B. Sanction
C. Approbation
D. Honor
61.‘Commissioned’

A. Terminated
B. Finished
C. Unlock
D. Closed

###COMMON###62###67###Direction: The following sentences can be

replaced with one word from the options given them. Choose the correct
word and mark them as correct answer. ###DONE###

62.

One who abandon his religious faith:

A. Agnostic
B. Apostate
C. Profane
D. Prostate

63.Use of force of threats to get someone to agree to something:

A. Cajolement
B. Confession
C. Conviction
D. Coercion

64.A state in which the few govern the many:

A. Autocracy
B. Monocracy
C. Oligarchy
D. Plutocracy

65.A man who rarely speaks the truth:

A. Hypocrite
B. Liar
C. Crook
D. Scoundrel

66.A remedy for all diseases:

A. Recompense
B. Mavel
C. Panacea
D. Stoic

67.Which of the following is called the study of election results and voting
trends?

A. Psalligraphy
B. Psephology
C. Primatology
D. None of the above.

###COMMON###68###69###Direction: Fill in the blanks with the most

suitable option given below: ###DONE###

68.

Board of Examination………………….not ………………….this question in the

previous examination.

A. Will, ask
B. Does, ask
C. Did, ask
D. was, ask

69.In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people is to

……………..money by fair means or soul.

A. acquire
B. Print
C. Produce
D. extort
###COMMON###70###71###Direction: Select the pair which has the
same relationship as the one given in question ###DONE###

70.

Diva : Opera

A. Director : Drama
B. Producer : Theater
C. Thespian : Play
D. Conductor :Bus

71.Filter : Water

A. Curtail : Activity
B. Expunge : Book
C. Edit : Text
D. Censor : Play

72.Which of the following constitutional amendments Bill has been passed by

the Parliament of the India to Provide reservation to the economically
weaker sections of society?

A. 118th constitutional Amendment Bill

B. 120th Constitutional Amendment Bill
C. 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill
D. 124th Constitutional Bill

73.The 19th World Productivity Congress-2020 was held under which theme?

A. Collective sharing of resources, knowledge and technology

B. Creating stories in Infant Mental Health; research, recovery and
regeneration
C. Industry 4.0 – Innovation and Productivity
D. Innovation Driving World Productivity Development

74.Who becomes the fastest Indian to take 100 wickets in one Day
International Cricket?
A. Ajit Agarkar
B. Mohammed Shami
C. Jasprit Bumrah
D. Ravichandran Ashwin

75.The deadly “Coronavirus outbreak” in January 2020 was started in the

Chinese city of ?

A. Chongqing
B. Guangzhou
C. Nanjing
D. Wuhan

76.Who has won the 2019 Man Booker Prize?

A. Margaret Atwood
B. Amanda Foreman
C. Anna Bums
D. Marlon James

77.Jhulan Goswami is associated with which sports?

A. Hockey
B. Chess
C. Cricket
D. Wrestling

78.NITI Aayog has selected which Union Territory for first pilot project on
Sustainable Development Goals?

A. Jammu and Kashmir

B. Goa
C. Chandigarh
D. Lakshadweep

79.Spain and which country has been named co-hosts of the 2022 Women’s
Hockey World Cup?
A. Italy
B. France
C. Poland
D. Netherland

80.Which state has topped Indian’s first-ever ranking of states on justice

delivery?

A. Kerela
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Maharashtra
D. Haryana

81.Which country is to be the partner country of India at the BioAsia-2020

conference?

A. Israel
B. Russia
C. Nepal
D. Switzerland

82.ISRO is to set up its second launch port in Tamil Nadu for SSLV, what
does SSLV stands for ?

A. Space satellite Launch Vehicle

B. Speed Satellite Launch Vehicle
C. Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
D. Solar Satellite Launch Vehicle

83.On which date, the Communal Harmony Day (CHD) is celebrated in

India?

A. August 20
B. August 22
C. August 29
D. August 30
84.The 1st National conference on Cyber Crime Investigation was held in
which city ?

A. New Delhi
B. Lucknow
C. Jaipur
D. Patna

85.Who is the author of the book “Kashmir’s Untold Story; Declassified” ?

A. Parvez Sharma
B. Iqbal Chand Malhotra
C. Jabbar Patel
D. Aleksa Muhammad Fazil

86.Sarai Sewage Treatment Plant was inaugurated in which state?

A. West Bengal
B. Kerala
C. Gujarat
D. Uttarakhand

87.Which language has recently been used for the first time in Rajya Sabha?

A. Bodo
B. Dogri
C. Maithili
D. Santhali

88.Which state is going to observe the Sushan Sankalp Varsh ?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Madhya Pradesh

89.Which is the First Indian airport to get Disabled Aircraft, Recovery

Equipment (DARE)?
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Cochin

90.The tableau of which state has won the Best Tableaux award for Republic
Day Parade, 2020?

A. Odisha
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Assam

91.Which state has recently made reading the preamble of the constitution
as a mandatory practice in schools ?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Gujarat

92.Which city plays host to 'GulFood 2020'; the world’s largest annual food
and beverage trade exhibition?

A. Abhu Dhabi
B. Riyadh
C. Dubai
D. Dhoha

93.The 2nd BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise, 2020 has been

conducted in which city ?

A. Thimphu
B. Bhubaneshwar
C. Colombo
D. Kathmandu
94.The first Bird ringing station of the country with support of the state
government is to be built in which state/ UT ?

A. Bihar
B. Jharkhand
C. Odisha
D. Uttar Pradesh

95.Which country is the first to develop an antibody test to identify the novel
Coronavirus (COvid-19) ?

A. China
B. United States
C. Russia
D. Singapore

96.Who is the Chairperson of the recently reconstituted National Platform for

Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)?

A. Union Home Minister

B. Union Defence Minister
C. Union Environment Minister
D. Union Finance Minister

97.What comes next in the sequence; 1, 6, 13, 22, 33, ?

A. 35
B. 38
C. 46
D. 49

98.Find the largest number of four digits exactly divisible by 12, 15, 18, and
27

A. 9720
B. 9850
C. 9999
D. 9700
99.How many feet there are in 5 meters? If 1 meter = 3.281 feet.

A. 15.505
B. 15.905
C. 16.405
D. 16.805

100.A is two year older than B who is twice old as C. If the total of the ages
of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10

101.What is Average (Arithmetic Mean) of the numbers: 2, 4, 5, 0, 9, 10

and 12?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

102.An amount double itself in 5 years with simple interest. What is the rate
of interest per annum?

A. 18
B. 20
C. 22
D. 24

103.The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2, 20% of the boys and
25% of the girls are scholarship holders. The percentage of students who are
scholarship holders are?

A. 45
B. 35
C. 22
D. 26

104.The Captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the

wicketkeeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the
average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age
of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?

A. 23
B. 25
C. 26
D. 20

105.Who has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner of

India after Sudhir Bhargava?

A. Bimal Jalan
B. Bimal Julka
C. Kasturi Rangan
D. Gopala Swami

106.India’s big Nuclear Reactor is named as :

A. Dhruva
B. Pumima
C. Cirus
D. Apsara

107.Who invented the polio vaccine ?

A. Anda Baicus
B. Burkholder
C. Jonas Salk
D. Robert Koch

108.Which of the following has the highest energy ?

A. Blue Light
B. Violet Light
C. Cyan Light
D. Green Light

109.The first metal used by the man was :

A. Aluminium
B. Copper
C. Gold
D. Iron

110.The content of water is greater than fats, the plasma is more than
proteins, and proteins are more than fats and fats less than plasma. Which
constitutes the major Part of the human body?

A. Plasma
B. Proteins
C. Water
D. Fats

111.Bull fighting is the national game of which of the following countries?

A. Hungary
B. Poland
C. Portugal
D. Spain

112.Fa-Hien was :

A. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China

B. The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of
Chandragupta and Vikramadtiya
C. The discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
D. The discoverer of Vietnam

113.What is the correct sequence of the following events ?

1. The Lucknow Pact

2. The Introduction on diarchy

3. The Rowlatt Act

4. The Partition Of Bengal

A. 1,3,2,4
B. 4,1,3,2
C. 1,2,3,4
D. 4,3,2,1

114.In which year India joined the United Nations ?

A. 1945
B. 1955
C. 1956
D. 1957

115.Consider the following statements about the Attorney General of India:

1. He is appointed by the President of India

2. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a judge of the
Supreme Court

3. He must be a member of either House of Parliament

4. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament

Which of these statements are correct?

A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2,3 and 4
D. 1,3 and 4

116.The anti-malarial drug quinine is made from a plant. The plant is :

A. Eucalyptus
B. Cinchona
C. Cinnamon
D. Neem
117.The nucleus of an atom consists of:

A. Electrons and neutrons

B. Electrons and protons
C. Protons and neutrons
D. All of the above

118.Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following group of Indian

states:

A. Gujarat, MP, Chattisgarh, Manipur

B. Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh
C. Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Mizoram
D. UP, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand

119.The great Victoria Desert is located in :

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. North America
D. West Africa

120.Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

A. Gopalkrishna Gokhale
B. Mothilal Nehru
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Madanlal Dhingra

121.The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India is known as:

A. Ganga
B. Indus
C. Brahmaputra
D. Mahanadi

122.Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is at:

A. Ladakh
B. Dehradun
C. Dispur
D. Darjeeling

123.The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is situated at:

A. Hyderabad
B. Jaipur
C. New Delhi
D. Patna

124.The crop which was not known to vedic people is:

A. Barley
B. Rice
C. Tobacco
D. Wheat

125.Veer Savarkar International Airport is located at ?

A. Maharashtra
B. Lakshadweep
C. Andaman and Nicobar islands
D. Puddichery

126.Which of the following rulers introduced ‘Rupee’ in India ?

A. Akbar
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Shah Jahan
D. Shershah Suri

127.Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after:

A. Military affairs
B. The state treasury
C. The royal household
D. The land revenue system

128.Garampani sanctuary is located at:

A. Junagarh , Gujarat
B. Diphu , Assam
C. Kohima , Nagaland
D. Gangtok , Sikkim

129.How many states of India share its border with Bhutan?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

130.Who is the author of the book ‘Courts and Their Judgements’ ?

A. Arun Shourie
B. F.S. Nariman
C. Ram Jethmalani
D. Justice Mr. V.R. Krishna Iyer

131.World Health day is observed on ?

A. 3rd April
B. 4th April
C. 5th April
D. 7th April

132.Which viceroy passed the famous Indian Coinage and paper Currency
act (1899)?

A. Lord Dufferin
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Minto
133.Which of the following presidents of India had the shortest tenure?

A. Neelam SAnjeeva Reddy

B. S Radhakrishnan
C. V.V. Giri
D. Zakir Hussain

134.Gandhara School of art is related to which of the following dynasties?

A. Greeks
B. Guptas
C. Kushanas
D. Shakas

135.Which of the following European countries is known as the ‘ Land of a

thousand lakes’?

A. Finland
B. Italy
C. Norway
D. Sweden

136.The Hubble telescope of NASA is located in:

A. Canada
B. Iceland
C. NASA headquarters
D. Space

137.How much time will it take to come light from the sun to reach the
earth?

A. 5 minutes 20 seconds
B. 5 minutes 30 seconds
C. 8 minutes 20 seconds
D. 9 minutes 20 seconds

138.The seat of International Criminal court is at:

A. Geneva
B. The Hague
C. Tokyo
D. Washington

139.Which one among the following countries is not a member of SAARC?

A. Afghanistan
B. Bangladesh
C. Maldives
D. Myanmar

140.Which of the following gas was released during the Bhopal Gas tragedy
?

A. Potassium isothiocyanates
B. Nitrogen isothiocyanate
C. Methyl isocyanate
D. Sodium isothiocyanates

141.Who developed the concept ’World Wide Web’ ?

A. AT&T Bell Lab

B. Arthur Clarke
C. Microsoft
D. Tim Bemers-Lee

142.What does ‘OS’ computer abbreviation usually mean ?

A. Order of significance
B. Open software
C. Operating system
D. Optical sensor

143.Who was Sultan of Delhi Sultanate when Timur invaded India in 1398?

A. Aram Shah
B. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
C. Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah Tughluq
D. Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khilji

144.Entomology is the science that studies:

A. Insects
B. The formation of rocks
C. Behavior of human beings
D. The origin and history of technical and scientific terms

145.Almatti Dam is on which of the following rivers ?

A. Malprabhu
B. Krishna
C. Cauvery
D. Tungabhadra

146.Beyond what distance from the coast , is the sea known as “High Sea”?

A. 20 km
B. 20 miles
C. 200 km
D. 200 miles

147.Which is not a Central Government tax ?

A. Income tax
B. Customs Duty
C. Land Revenue
D. Corporation tax

148.Corporation tax:

A. A levied and appropriated by the states

B. Is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the states
C. Is levied by the Union and shared by the Union and the States
D. Is levied by the Union and belongs to is exclusively
149.The term of office of the UN Secretary – General is ?

A. 3 years
B. 4 years
C. 5 years
D. 6 years

150.Which among the following is the main function of a stock exchange ?

A. Funding the corporate segment

B. Funding the commercial banks
C. Funding the financial intermediaries
D. Provide liquidity to existing securities & shares

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1. Ans. A.

• On October 26, 2019, in the city of Ayodhya 4 lakh earthen lamps were lit
along the banks of Sarayu river. The event was organized by the Uttar
Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. It was the third and largest Deepotsav in
Ayodhya after he came to power.

• The Guinness World Record begun in 1955. It is a book of World Records

that is published annually listing human achievements and extremes of
natural world. It is published in 100 countries in 23 languages.

2. Ans. B.

• The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is

presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate
of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting. The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani, who
was honoured at the 17th National Film Awards.

• Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with India’s

highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2018. He
will be conferred the prestigious film honour for his ‘outstanding contribution
for the growth and development of Indian cinema.

3. Ans. D.

• 32 projects have been approved under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada
Yojana in the food processing sector during the inter-ministerial approval
committee meeting.

• The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana is a scheme being implemented

by the union ministry of food processing industries.

• It was launched in 2016 and is to extend till 2020. It is aimed at improving

the food processing sector of India. It is also aimed at reducing food
wastage, improving food quality and doubling farmers’ income.

4. Ans. C.

• On 2nd January 2019, the Union Cabinet approved the merger of Vijaya
Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB).

• With the merger, Bank of Baroda will become the third largest bank in
india.

5. Ans. C.

Applying BODMAS rule,

2+2-2x2+2=2+2–4+2=2

6. Ans. B.

Taking approximate value,

20 x 10 + 10 = 200 + 10 = 210

We can easily find out that 210 is nearly equal to 207.891 as given in the
option.

Hence, correct answer is option (B).

7. Ans. D.
Pettifogging means to place undue emphasis on trivial or unimportant
things. Hence, option D is the right answer.

8. Ans. A.

Authentic refers to something which is genuinely correct. Hence, option A is

the right answer.

9. Ans. B.

Devastate means to destroy or ruin something, similar to that of ravage.

Hence, option B is the right answer.

10. Ans. C.

Bankrupt refers to a person or an organisation which is declared unable to

pay their debts. Hence, option C is the right answer.

11. Ans. B.

Arraign means to call or bring someone before a court to answer a criminal

charge, similar to that of indict. Hence, option B is the right answer.

12. Ans. C.

Senility refers to having the weakness or diseases of old age. Hence, option
C is the right answer.

13. Ans. C.

Harsh refers to something which is unpleasantly rough to the senses. Hence,

option C is the right answer here.

14. Ans. D.

Flagitious refers to a person whose actions are villainous. Hence, the correct
answer is option D.

15. Ans. B.

Actus reus is commonly defined as a criminal act that was the result of
voluntary bodily movement. This describes a physical activity that harms
another person or damages property. Anything from a physical assault or
murder to the destruction of public property would qualify as an actus reus.

16. Ans. B.

A modus operandi is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context

of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin
phrase, approximately translated as mode of operating.

17. Ans. D.

Caveat emptor is a Latin term that means "let the buyer beware." Similar to
the phrase "sold as is," this term means that the buyer assumes the risk
that a product may fail to meet expectations or have defects.

18. Ans. C.

A priori and a posteriori are Latin phrases used in philosophy to distinguish

types of knowledge, justification, or argument by their reliance on empirical
evidence or experience. A priori knowledge is that which is independent from
experience.

19. Ans. B.

Res ipsa loquitur is a doctrine in the Anglo-American common law and

Roman Dutch law that says in a tort or civil lawsuit a court can infer
negligence from the very nature of an accident or injury in the absence of
direct evidence on how any defendant behaved.

20. Ans. D.

The person committing suicide should not be a newborn.

21. Ans. B.

By reason of unsoundness of mind the human mind is incapable of knowing

the nature of the act, or that he is doing what is either wrong or contrary to
law.

22. Ans. A.

If any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious
person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide,
whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death
or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.

23. Ans. B.

If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such

suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

24. Ans. B.

If any person under eighteen years of age, any insane person, any delirious
person, any idiot, or any person in a state of intoxication, commits suicide,
whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with death
or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.

25. Ans. C.

Tortious liability arises from breach of Legal Duty primarily fixed by the
law. Tortious liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by law;
this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressible by an
action for unliquidated damages.

26. Ans. C.

No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any
factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.

27. Ans. B.

According to Article 19(1)(e) every citizen of India has the right "to reside
and settle in any part of the territory of India." However, under clause (5) of
Article 19 reasonable restriction may be imposed on this right by law in the
interest of the general public

28. Ans. B.

Section 34 of Indian Penal Code provides that, 'When a criminal act is done
by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of
such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by
him alone'.

29. Ans. D.
Protection of life and personal liberty No person shall be deprived of his life
or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.

30. Ans. B.

Audi alteram partem (or audiatur et altera pars) is a Latin phrase meaning
"listen to the other side", or "let the other side be heard as well". It is the
principle that no person should be judged without a fair hearing in which
each party is given the opportunity to respond to the evidence against them.

31. Ans. C.

The maxim “Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat” is a rule of construction
which literally means the construction of a rule should give effect to the rule
rather than destroying it .

32. Ans. A.

Uberrima fides is a Latin phrase meaning "utmost good faith". It is the name
of a legal doctrine which governs insurance contracts. This means that all
parties to an insurance contract must deal in good faith, making a full
declaration of all material facts in the insurance proposal.

33. Ans. B.

Actus me invito factus non est meus actus is a legal maxim in Latin. It
means 'the act done by me against my will is not my act. ' For example, if
someone points a gun to your head and ask you to make a threatening
phone call, then you are basically innocent.

34. Ans. C.

Corpus delicti is a term from Western jurisprudence referring to the principle

that a crime must be proved to have occurred before a person can be
convicted of committing that crime. For example, a person cannot be tried
for larceny unless it can be proven that property has been stolen.

35. Ans. D.

Willful rashdriving is an offence and Mr. Tiwari was driving rashly. Hence, the
police has the power to arrest a person driving rashly.

36. Ans. B.
A threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning B unless B gives him
money. He thus induces B to give him money. A has committed extortion.

37. Ans. D.

Here, B did not communicated his acceptance & reciprocal

offer to A.
On the other hand A Sold motocycle to C, thinking B is not
interested in motorcycle.
38. Ans. C.

(1) Article 30 in The Constitution Of India 1949. Art 30 -

Right of minorities to establish and administer educational
institutions of their choice
(1 A) In making any law providing for the compulsory
acquisition of any property of an educational institution
established and administered by a minority , refereed to in
clause (1), the State shall ensure that the amount fixed by or
determined under such as would not restrict or abrogate the
right guaranteed under that clause
(2) The state shall not, in granting aid to educational
institutions, discriminate against any educational institution
on the ground that it is under the management of a minority,
whether based on religion or language
Thus it can easily be concluded that the given assertion is
true and 'R' is false.Hence option C is correct.
39. Ans. D.

Article 15 - The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds
only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.

40. Ans. C.

Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected members
of the State Assembly with a system of proportional representation by a
single transferable vote.

41. Ans. A.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is a statutory regulatory

body established by. an Act of Parliament, to protect the interests of
investors in securities and to promote the. development of, and to regulate
the securities market and for matters connected. therewith or incidental
thereto.

42. Ans. B.

The preamble to the Constitution of India is a brief introductory statement

that sets out the guiding purpose, principles and philosophy of the
constitution. Preamble gives an idea about the following : (1) the source of
the constitution, (2) nature of Indian state (3) a statement of its objectives
and (4) the date of its adoption.

43. Ans. C.

Duty 6 talks about preserving the Indian Culture rather promoting it.

44. Ans. D.

A federal system of government is one that divides the powers of

government between the national (federal) government and state and local
governments. The Constitution of the United States established the federal
system, also known as federalism.

45. Ans. A.

Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends

toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes
subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or
insurrection against, established authority.
46. Ans. D.

The Emergency provisions of the Indian constitution has been borrowed from
the German constitution. The Emergency provisions are contained in Part
XVIII of the Constitution, from Articles 352 to 360. These provisions enable
the Central government to meet any abnormal situation effectively.

47. Ans. B.

Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first (Indian) Chief Justice of India.

48. Ans. B.

Original Indian Constitution, when adopted by Constituent Assembly in

1949, had 395 articles and 22 parts.

49. Ans. A.

Article 129 of the Indian Constitution makes the Supreme Court the 'court of
record”. Article 129 says: Supreme Court to be a court of record. -The
Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of
such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

50. Ans. B.

Mohori Bibee V/S Dharmodas Ghose is a case that covers the ambit of
minors agreement. This case basically deals with a minor's contract or a
contract with a minor. In India, an agreement or a contract with a minor ( a
person who is below the age of 18 yrs. or any person who has not completed
18 yrs. of age legally) is void ab-initio (void from very beginning) such rules
and regulations are made because, according to law such people does not
comes under the ambit of capacity of contract or agreement of doing so.

51. Ans. D.

Judicial review, power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of

the legislative, executive, and administrative arms of the government and to
determine whether such actions are consistent with the constitution. Actions
judged inconsistent are declared unconstitutional and, therefore, null and
void.

52. Ans. C.
Moot court is a co-curricular activity at many law schools. Participants take
part in simulated court or arbitration proceedings, usually involving drafting
memorials or memoranda and participating in oral argument. In most
countries, the phrase "moot court" may be shortened to simply "moot" or
"mooting".

53. Ans. D.

The joint sitting is called by the President. The Speaker presides over a joint
sitting. In the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
presides over it, and in his absence, the sitting is presided over by the
Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

54. Ans. D.

Parole is the provisional or temporary release of a prisoner who agrees to

certain conditions prior to the completion of the maximum sentence period.

55. Ans. A.

A writ of habeas corpus is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee (e.g.

institutionalized mental patient) before the court to determine if the person's
imprisonment or detention is lawful. A habeas petition proceeds as a civil
action against the State agent (usually a warden) who holds the defendant
in custody.

56. Ans. A.

A charge sheet is a final report prepared by the investigation or law

enforcement agencies for proving the accusation of a crime in a criminal
court of law.

57. Ans. D.

Development of law of tort has taken through Enactments, Judicial

Decisions, Customs and Precedents.

58. Ans. C.

Double jeopardy is a procedural defence (primarily in common law

jurisdictions) that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the
same (or similar) charges following an acquittal in the same jurisdiction.

59. Ans. B.
Crimes are generally offenses against the state (even if the immediate harm
is done to an individual), and are accordingly prosecuted by the state. Civil
cases on the other hand, typically involve disputes between individuals
regarding the legal duties and responsibilities they owe to one another.

60. Ans. D.

Contempt refers to disregard for something that should be considered.

Hence, option D is the right answer.

61. Ans. A.

Commissioned means to order or authorize to do something while terminate

means to break off an order or anything else. Hence, option A is the right
answer.

62. Ans. B.

Apostate refers to someone who renounces a religious faith or a political

belief. Hence, option B is the right answer.

63. Ans. D.

Coercion refers to the usage of force or threats to persuade someone into

doing something. Hence, option D is the right answer.

64. Ans. C.

Oligarchy refers to a small group of people controlling a country or

organisation. Hence, option C is the right answer.

65. Ans. B.

Liar refers to a person who barely speaks the truth. Hence, option B is the
right answer.

66. Ans. C.

Panacea refers to something that is a solution to all the diseases. Hence,

option C is the right answer.

67. Ans. B.
The statistical study of elections and trends in voting is known as
psephology. Hence, option B is the right answer.

68. Ans. C.

Since a previously held examination is being talked about, the only suitable
choice to fill in the blank remains option C. Hence, it is the right answer.

69. Ans. A.

The modern materialistic society required people to have enormous amount

of money. Acquire means to get something for oneself. Hence, this word
clearly justifies the context and hence, it is the right answer.

70. Ans. D.

Just like a diva performs at an opera, a conductor has to do his job in a bus.
Hence, option D is the right answer.

71. Ans. C.

Just like the water can be filtered to remove impurities present in it, text can
be edited to remove the mistakes in it. Hence, option C is the right answer.

72. Ans. D.

• The Lok Sabha has passed the 124th constitutional amendment bill to
provide reservations to the economically weaker sections. The central
government is planning to introduce a ten per cent reservation for those
belonging to economically weaker sections.

• The Bill amends Article 15 of the Constitution to provide reservations to

economically weaker sections for admission to educational institutions
including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the
State, other than the minority educational institutions.

• The Bill also amends Article 16 of the Constitution to provide reservations

to people from economically weaker sections in government posts.

73. Ans. C.

• The 19th World Productivity Congress themed “Industry 4.0 - Innovation

and Productivity" which represents the Fourth Industrial Revolution that
amalgamates the capabilities of humans and machines.
74. Ans. B.

● Mohammed Shami (born on 3 September 1990) is an Indian international

cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team. He is known as a
reverse swing specialist. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who consistently
bowls around the 145 to 150 km/h (90 to 93 mph) mark, and swings and
seams the ball at that pace which makes him a deceptively potent fast
bowler.

● On 23 January 2019 he became the fastest Indian bowler to take 100 ODI
wickets. On 22 June 2019, Shami took a hat-trick against Afghanistan in
world cup 2019 and India record's 50th World Cup win, and Shami became
the fourth Indian cricketer to do so in One Day Cricket after Chetan Sharma,
Kapil Dev and Kuldeep Yadav.

75. Ans. D.

● The first human cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel
coronavirus causing COVID-19, subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 were first
reported by officials in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019.

● SARS-CoV-2 was identified in early January and its genetic sequence

shared publicly on 11-12 January. The full genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2
from the early human cases and the sequences of many other viruses
isolated from human cases from China and all over the world since then
show that SARS-CoV-2 has an ecological origin in bat populations.

76. Ans. A.

• The 2019 Booker Prize was jointly won by Margaret Atwood and
Bernardine Evaristo for Fiction for their novels – ‘The Testament’ and ‘Girl,
Woman, Other’, respectively after judges defied the rules by declaring a tie.

• Even though the organisers told 2019’s judges that they were not allowed
to pick two winners, but Peter Florence, the chair of the five-member
judging panel, decided to flout the rules anyways.

77. Ans. C.

• Jhulan Goswami, the Indian women’s cricket team captain, has recently
acquired No.1 spot in the ICC Women’s ODI bowling rankings, followed by
Australia’s Shelly Nitschke and Lisa Sthakelar.

78. Ans. A.
• Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir has been selected by the NITI Aayog
for the first pilot project on Sustainable Developmental Goals. The newly
formed UT will also get an opportunity to work with United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP). Under the programme, information would
be collected from District Commissioners for providing ranks on certain
parameters.

79. Ans. D.

• India will host the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup from 13th to 29th of
January. While, Spain and the Netherlands have been named as the co-hosts
of the 2022 Women's World Cup scheduled to be held from 1st to 22nd of
July.

• The decisions were made during FIH's Executive Board Meeting in

Lausanne, Switzerland on 9th November 2019.

80. Ans. C.

• Maharashtra has topped the list of 18 large-medium States in the overall

first-ever ranking of Indian States on justice deliver to its citizens. Kerala
acquired 2nd position followed by Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana.

• The ranking is part of the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019. It is an initiative
of Tata Trusts in collaboration with Centre for Social Justice, Common Cause,
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, DAKSH, TISS- Prayas and Vidhi
Centre for Legal Policy.

• The report has been prepared based on publicly available data of different
government entities on the four pillars of justice delivery — police, judiciary,
prisons and legal aid.

81. Ans. D.

• The BioAsia 2020 was scheduled to be held in Hyderabad in between

February 17 and 19, 2020. Ministry of Industries and Commerce and IT
informed that Switzerland served as India’s partner at the conference.

• India is Switzerland’s 8th largest trading partner. The trade between the
countries amount to 19.7 billion USD. Also, India is one of the eight non-EU
countries with which Switzerland intends to deepen its scientific relations.

82. Ans. C.
● The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (or SSLV) is a small-lift launch vehicle
being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with
payload capacity to deliver 500 kg to low Earth orbit (500 km (310 mi)) or
300 kg (660 lb) to Sun-synchronous orbit (500 km (310 mi)) for launching
small satellites, with the capability to support multiple orbital drop-offs.

● On 21 December 2018, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at

Thumba completed the design for the vehicle.

83. Ans. A.

● In India, the Sadbhavana Diwas (or Communal Harmony Day) is

celebrated every year on August 20 to commemorate the birth anniversary
of former (late) Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

● Rajiv Gandhi served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of
40. In 21st May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in
Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

84. Ans. A.

● First National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber

Forensics is being held on 4-5 September 2019 at Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) Headquarters in New Delhi.

● It was inaugurated by CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla. Conference

Objective was to create a platform and bring together investigators, forensic
experts, academia and lawyers to discuss challenges related to cybercrime
and ways to find solutions.

85. Ans. B.

● Kashmir’s Untold Story Declassified is an effort by two journalists, Iqbal

Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza, one of whom is a former soldier, in which
they try to unravel the torturous history of Jammu and Kashmir.
Importantly, the book focuses on Jammu and Kashmir around Partition and
the independence of India on August 15, 1947.

86. Ans. D.
● The 14 million litres per day (MLD) Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) Sarai in
Haridwar, Uttarakhand started its functioning on 5 December 2019. The
plant was completed before its scheduled timeline. It was inaugurated by
their Majesties, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.

87. Ans. D.

● Santhali reverberated in Rajya Sabha for the first time in 67 years since its
inception when BJD MP Sarojini Hembram on 06 December, 2019, spoke in
the language of the tribal community Santhals. Herself belonging to Santhal
community, Hembram raised the issue of of conferring Bharat Ratna to
Raghunath Murmu, the inventor of the 'Ol Chiki', the script used in Santhali
language

88. Ans. C.

● Haryana observed the year 2020 as the Sushan Sankalp Varsh or good
governance year. The state government had called for suggestions on
reforms from the public. This announcement came during the Good
Governance Day Event, when many other measures were taken to motivate
the government employees to work towards the welfare of the population.

89. Ans. C.

● The Kempegowda International Airport of Bengaluru is the first Indian

airport with the capability of recovering disabled aircraft. Recently the
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has partnered with the
leading aircraft equipment supplier KUNZ GmbH to manufacture and deploy
Disabled Aircraft Recovery Equipment (DARE) for the Bengaluru Airport.

90. Ans. D.

● Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on January 28, 2020, gave away Best
Tableaux awards for Republic Day Parade, 2020 in New Delhi. Assam's
tableau which portrayed the unique craftsmanship and culture of the state
has been chosen as the best tableau, followed by Odisha and Uttar Pradesh
who were tied for the second position.

91. Ans. C.

● After Maharashtra, now Madhya Pradesh makes reading of the Preamble

compulsory in government schools. The School Education Department
decided on January 24, 2020, to make reading out of the Preamble
compulsory for students in all government schools in the state every
Saturday.

92. Ans. C.

● 'GulFood 2020’, the world's largest annual food and beverage trade
exhibition was held in the Dubai World Trade Centre city of Dubai, United
Arab Emirates (UAE), from February 16 to 20, 2020. In the 25th edition of
the exhibition, more than 5000 exhibitors are to participate. The Indian
pavilion at the exhibition was recently inaugurated by the Union Minister for
Food Processing Industries-Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

93. Ans. B.

● The 2nd Seven-nation BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise, 2020 was

recently inaugurated at Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha by its Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik. The Exercise is hosted by the National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF) as the nodal agency. The theme of the exercise was-
“Response to a cultural heritage site that suffers severe damage in an
earthquake” & “Response to a Cultural Heritage site that is affected by
flooding or storm surge”.

94. Ans. A.

● The first Bird-ringing station of the country, set up with support of a state
government, is to be built in the state of Bihar. This is the fourth such facility
in the country. The station, whose main centre is to be built at Bhagalpur, is
dedicated for observation, monitoring and research on migratory birds. Rings
with chips to track the source and origin of birds are placed on their legs.

95. Ans. D.

● In what appears to be a first, disease trackers in Singapore have used an

experimental antibody test for COVID-19 to confirm that a suspected patient
was infected with the coronavirus.

● Researchers around the world are racing to develop antibody tests, also
called serological tests, that can confirm whether someone was infected
even after their immune system has cleared the virus that causes COVID-19.

96. Ans. A.

● The government has recently reconstituted the ‘National Platform for

Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR)’ with Union Home Minister Amit Shah as its
chairperson. NPDRR’s vice-chairpersons include the minister of state in-
charge of disaster management in the Home Ministry and the vice-chairman
of the National Disaster Management Authority.

● Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama,

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar are some of its members.

97. Ans. C.

Pattern of the given sequence is as follows:

Hence, correct answer is 46.

98. Ans. A.

The Largest number of four digits is 9999.

Required number must be divisible by L.C.M. of 12,15,18,27 i.e., 540.

On dividing 9999 by 540, we get 279 as remainder.

Required number = (9999-279) = 9720.

Hence, option (A) is correct.

99. Ans. C.

1 meter = 3.281 feet

5 meter = 5 × 3.281 = 16.405 feet

Hence, option (C) is correct.

100. Ans. D.

Let age of C be x years, then age of B will be 2x years and age of A = (2x +
2) years.

According to the question,

(2x + 2) + 2x + x = 27

5x + 2 = 27

5x = 25

x=5

Age of B = 2 × 5 = 10 years

101. Ans. B.

Required Average (Arithmetic Mean) =

= =6

102. Ans. B.

Let amount be P and rate of interest be r %.

SI for 5 years = 2P – P = P

We know that:

SI =

P=

r = 20 %

Hence, option (B) is correct.

103. Ans. C.

Let the number of students in a school be 100.

Number of boys = = 60

Number of girls = 100 – 60 = 40

Number of boys who are scholarship holder = 60 × 20/100 = 12

Number of girls who are scholarship holder = 40 × 25/100 = 10

So, percentage of students who are scholarship holder = 12 + 10 = 22 %

104. Ans. A.

Let the average age of the whole team be x years.

Given, age of captain is 26 years so age of wicketkeeper will be 29 years.
According to the question,
11x – (26 + 29) = 9(x – 1)
11x – 55 = 9x – 9
2x = 46
x = 23
Hence, average age of the team is 23 years.

105. Ans. B.

● Central Information Commission includes 1 Chief Information

Commissioner (CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC)
who are appointed by the President of India on the recommendations of a
Committee.

● The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was Wajahat Habibullah.

First woman Chief Information Commissioner was Deepak Sandhu. After the
retirement of the ninth Chief Information Commissioner of India, Sudhir
Bhargava on January 11, 2020, Bimal Julka had been appointed as the 10th
CIC of India.

106. Ans. A.

● The Dhruva reactor is India's largest nuclear research reactor. It was the
first nuclear reactor in Asia proper. Located in the Mumbai suburb of
Trombay at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), it is India's primary
generator of weapons-grade plutonium-bearing spent fuel for its nuclear
weapons program.

107. Ans. C.
● Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American
virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful
polio vaccines.

● In 1963, Salk founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla,
California, which is today a center for medical and scientific research. He
continued to conduct research and publish books in his later years, focusing
in his last years on the search for a vaccine against HIV.

108. Ans. B.

● In a spectrum, the violet colour has the "highest energy" and red colour
has the "lowest energy". The "electromagnetic spectrum" is the arrangement
of radiations in the “increasing order” of their "wavelength” or “decreasing
order" of their energy.

109. Ans. B.

● Copper was first used by man over 10,000 years ago. A copper pendant
discovered in what is now northern Iraq has been dated about 8700 B.C. For
nearly five millennia copper was the only metal known to man, and thus had
all the metal applications.

110. Ans. C.

● The liquid portion of the blood, the plasma, is a complex solution

containing more than 90 percent water.

● The water of the plasma is freely exchangeable with that of body cells and
other extracellular fluids and is available to maintain the normal state of
hydration of all tissues. Water, the single largest constituent of the body, is
essential to the existence of every living cell.

111. Ans. D.

● Bull fighting is the national game of Spain. The best-known form of

bullfighting is Spanish-style bullfighting, a traditional spectacle in countries
including Spain, Portugal, parts of southern France, and some Latin
American countries (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru).

112. Ans. A.

● Fa-Hien (337 CE – c. 422 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator
who traveled by foot from China to India, visiting sacred Buddhist sites in
Central, South and Southeast Asia between 399–412 to acquire Buddhist
texts. He described his journey in his travelogue, A Record of Buddhist
Kingdoms.

● Faxian's visit to India occurred during the reign of Chandragupta II.

113. Ans. B.

● The Correct sequence will be like; The Lucknow Pact - 1916, The
Introduction of Dyarchy - 1919, The Rowlatt Act - February 1919, The
Partition of Bengal – 1905.

● The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National
Congress and the Muslim League at a joint session of both the parties held in
Lucknow in December 1916. Through the pact, the two parties agreed to
allow representation to religious minorities in the provincial legislatures.

● The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as

the Rowlatt Act, was a legislative council act passed by the Imperial
Legislative Council in Delhi on 18 March 1919, indefinitely extending the
emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration
without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915
during the First World War.

114. Ans. A.

● India is a founding member of the United Nations. On June 26, 1945, India
was among 50 countries to sign the UN charter. India joined the United
Nations after ratifying the UN Charter on October 30, 1945.

115. Ans. A.

● Attorney General of India is appointed by the President of India under

Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the
President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the
Supreme Court. The 15th and current Attorney General is K. K. Venugopal.

● The constitution does not provide for fixed tenure to the AG. So, he holds
office during the pleasure of the president. He can be removed by the
president at any time. There is no procedure or ground mentioned in the
constitution for his removal.

116. Ans. B.
● Quinine, drugs obtained from cinchona bark that is used chiefly in the
treatment of malaria, an infection caused by the protozoan parasite
Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of various species
of mosquitoes.

117. Ans. C.

● The nucleus is a collection of particles called protons, which are positively

charged, and neutrons, which are electrically neutral. Protons and neutrons
are in turn made up of particles called quarks. The chemical element of an
atom is determined by the number of protons, or the atomic number, Z, of
the nucleus.

118. Ans. C.

● The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India: Gujarat

(Jasdan), Rajasthan (Kalinjarh), Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur), Chhattisgarh
(Sonhat), Jharkhand (Lohardaga), West Bengal (Krishnanagar), Tripura
(Udaipur) and Mizoram (Champhai).

119. Ans. A.

● The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert ecoregion and

interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia and South Australia.

● The Great Victoria is the largest desert in Australia, and consists of many
small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of
pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains), and salt lakes.

120. Ans. C.

● Dadabhai Naoroji who was elected for the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central
at the 1892 general election, was the first British Indian (non-white) MP. In
1906, Naoroji was again elected president of the Indian National Congress.

● Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) also known as the

"Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India" was an Indian
scholar, trader, and politician who was a Liberal Party member of Parliament
(MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895 and
the first Asian to be a British MP other than the Anglo-Indian MP David
Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption after nine
months in office.

121. Ans. C.
● The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo is the upper stream of
the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is
the longest river of Tibet.

● The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as Brahmaputra.

122. Ans. D.

● The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI Darjeeling) was established

in Darjeeling, India on 4 November 1954 to encourage mountaineering as an
organized sport in India.

● The first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund
Hillary sparked a keen interest in establishing mountaineering as a well-
respected endeavour for people in the region.

123. Ans. A.

● The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology or CCMB is an Indian

fundamental life science research establishment located in Hyderabad that
operates under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
CCMB is a designated "Centre of Excellence" by the Global Molecular and Cell
Biology Network, UNESCO.

● CCMB scientists have 1 Padma Bhushan, 4 Padma Shri, 2 Infosys Prize, 11

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardees along with 14 JC Bose, 3 Third World
Academy of Sciences, 24 Indian Academy of Sciences, 20 National Academy
of Sciences, and 21 Indian National Science Academy fellows.

124. Ans. C.

● Wheat, rice and barley were known at the time of vedic period. These were
important grains grown in this time period. The agricultural implements
mentioned in the Vedic literature include the Plough.

● Tobacco was not known to vedic people.

125. Ans. C.

● Veer Savarkar International Airport, also known as Port Blair Airport is a

customs airport located 2 km south of Port Blair and is the main airport of
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
● Originally known as "Port Blair Airport", it was renamed in 2002 after the
freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar who had been detained in the
Cellular Jail in the city for 10 years. It operates as a civil enclave, sharing
airside facilities with INS Utkrosh of the Indian Navy.

126. Ans. D.

● The present day Indian Rupee was first introduced in circulation during the
Medieval times. It was made into a silver coin and named as Rupiya during
the reign of Sher Shah Suri and continued by all the Mughal rulers. The
history of the Rupee dates back to Ancient India during the 3rd century BC.

127. Ans. A.

● The head of the military was called the Mir Bakshi, appointed from among
the leading nobles of the court. Mir Bakshi was in charge of intelligence
gathering, and also made recommendations to the emperor for military
appointments and promotions.

● During Mughal Era, Mir Bakshi was in charge of military pay and accounts
office. Since civil service was based on the Mansabdari system and all
Mansabdars received their pay from the Military accounts office, the post of
Mir Bakshi was of utmost importance as imperial paymaster.

128. Ans. B.

● Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is a 6.05-square-kilometre (2.34 sq mi)

wildlife sanctuary located in Karbi Anglong district, Assam, India.

● It is 25 km from Golaghat. It is one of the oldest sanctuaries containing

hot water springs and waterfalls and surrounded by Nambor Sanctuary
having 51 rare species of orchid.

129. Ans. C.

● The Bhutan–India border is the international border separating Bhutan and

India. The border is 699 km long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam
(267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal (183
km; 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).

● The border starts in the west at the western tripoint with Tibet, China,
proceeding from there broadly southwards across Mount Gipmochi and down
to the Jaldhaka River. It then utilises this river for a period before turning
south-westwards and then east via a series of irregular overland lines that
broadly follow the foothills of the Himalayas, notably Dangme Chhu peak.

130. Ans. A.

● Arun Shourie (born on 2 November 1941) is an Indian economist,

journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the
World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the
Indian Express and The Times of India and a Minister of Communications
and Information Technology in the Vajpayee Ministry (1998–2004).

● He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 and the Padma
Bhushan in 1990. ‘Courts and Their Judgements’ is written by him.

131. Ans. D.

● The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every
year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization
(WHO), as well as other related organizations.

● In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly
decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the
World Health Day. The World Health Day is held to mark WHO's founding
and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide
attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.

132. Ans. B.

● In January 1899, Lord Curzon was appointed Viceroy of India. He Passed

the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency act (1899) and put India on a gold
standard.

133. Ans. D.

● Dr. Zakir Hussain served as the third President of India, from 13 May 1967
until his death on 3 May 1969. He died in office and had the least tenure
among all Presidents of India.

● He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice

President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was also the co-founder of Jamia
Millia Islamia, serving as its Vice-chancellor from 1928.
● Under Husain, Jamia became closely associated with the Indian freedom
movement. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian
honour, in 1963.

134. Ans. C.

● The Gandhara School of art was developed in the first century AD along
with Mathura School during the reign of Kushans emperor Kanishka. Both
Shakas and Kushanas were patrons of Gandhara School, which is known for
the first sculptural representations of the Buddha in human form.

135. Ans. A.

● Finland is called ''the land of a thousand lakes,''. There are more than
187,888 lakes in relation to a country's size than any other. With a
population of about five million, Finland has one lake for every 26 people.

136. Ans. D.

● The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a

space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains
in operation.

● It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most
versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations
boon for astronomy.

● The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one
of NASA's Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space
Telescope.

137. Ans. C.

● Sunlight travels at the speed of light. Photons emitted from the surface of
the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes.

● The short answer is that it takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20

seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.

138. Ans. B.

● The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental

organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague, Netherlands.
● The ICC is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction
to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes
against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

139. Ans. D.

● The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the

regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in
South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

● The SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. Its secretariat is

based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The organization promotes development of
economic and regional integration. It launched the South Asian Free Trade
Area in 2006.

140. Ans. C.

● The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas
leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India
Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

● It is considered among the world's worst industrial disasters. Over 500,000

people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The highly toxic
substance made its way into and around the small towns located near the
plant.

141. Ans. D.

● The World Wide Web (WWW), commonly known as the Web, is an

information system where documents and other web resources are identified
by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs, such as https://example.com/), which
may be interlinked by hypertext, and are accessible over the Internet.

● English scientist Sir Timothy Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in
1989. He wrote the first web browser in 1990 while employed at CERN near
Geneva, Switzerland. The browser was released outside CERN to other
research institutions starting in January 1991, and then to the general public
in August 1991.

142. Ans. C.
● An Operating System (OS) is a program that functions as a user-computer
Graphical user interface. It regulates the execution of applications of all
kinds.

● In a computer, the operating system performs several functions like:

- Instruction

- Management of Input/output

- Management of Memory

- Control of Documents

- Control of Processors

- Priority for the job

- Special Control Program

- Resource and employment scheduling Security

- Activities Tracking

- Accounting Job

143. Ans. C.

● Mahmud Shah Tughlaq was the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty to rule
the Islamic Delhi Sultanate. During his reign in 1398, Amir Timur the
Chagtai ruler invaded India. He carried away with him a large booty from
Delhi and the surrounding area. Soon after the invasion, the Tughlaq
dynasty came to an end.

● In 1398, Timur invaded northern India, attacking the Delhi Sultanate ruled
by Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq dynasty.

144. Ans. A.

● Entomology, branch of zoology dealing with the scientific study of insects.

The Greek word entomon, meaning “notched,” refers to the segmented body
plan of the insect. The zoological categories of genetics, taxonomy,
morphology, physiology, behaviour, and ecology are included in this field of
study.
145. Ans. B.

● The Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam is also known as Almatti Dam is a

hydroelectric project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which
was completed in July 2005. The target annual electric output of the dam is
560 MU.

● The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation
Project; the 290 MW power station is located on the right side of the Almatti
Dam. The facility uses vertical Kaplan turbines: five 55MW generators and
one 15MW generator. Water is released into the Narayanpur reservoir after
using it for power generation to serve the downstream irrigation needs.

146. Ans. C.

● The Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty which codifies

the rules of international law relating to the high seas, otherwise known as
international waters. The convention was one of four treaties created at the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I). The four
treaties were signed on 29 April 1958 and entered into force on 30
September 1962, although in keeping with legal tradition, later accession
was permitted.

● Beyond 200 km from the coast , is the sea known as “High Sea".

147. Ans. C.

● Income tax, wealth tax and corporation tax are all direct taxes and levied
by the central government. Sales tax, Excise duty, Land Revenue and
custom duty are indirect taxes which can be levied and collected by the
State Government as well.

148. Ans. C.

● A corporate tax, also called corporation tax or company tax, is a direct tax
imposed by a jurisdiction on the income or capital of corporations or
analogous legal entities. Many countries impose such taxes at the national
level, and a similar tax may be imposed at state or local levels.

149. Ans. C.

● The secretary-general is appointed by the General Assembly upon the

recommendation of the Security Council. As the recommendation must come
from the Security Council, any of the five permanent members of the council
can veto a nomination.

● The length of the term is discretionary, but all secretaries-general since

1971 have been appointed to five-year terms. Every secretary-general since
1961 has been re-selected for a second term, with the exception of Boutros
Boutros-Ghali, who was vetoed by the United States in the 1996 selection.

150. Ans. D.

● The main function of the stock market is to provide a ready market for sale
and purchase of securities. The presence of the stock exchange market gives
assurance to investors that their investment can be converted into cash
whenever they want.

● A stock exchange standardizes investments, allowing people to buy or sell

discrete and equal shares of ownership in various companies. It facilitates
the transfer of funds between investors and businesses, regulating as
necessary to provide maximum safety for everyone's investments.