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Question 1. Who gave the title of Question 7. Rowlatt Act 1919 was
"Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malviya? enacted during the period of?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (a) Lord Chelmford
(b) Dada Bhai Naurozi (b) Lord William
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Lord Minto
(d) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Lord Bentinck
ANS (D) ANS (A)
Question 2. Who was the Viceroy of the Question 8. Panchayati Raj System was
time of Quit India Movement? implemented first in the pair of states?
(a) Lord Irwin (a) Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
(b) Lord Mountbatten (b) Assam and Bihar
(c) Lord Wavell (c) Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(d) Lord Lin Lithgow (d) Punjab and Chandigarh
ANS (D) ANS (A)
Question 3. Who was the other Congress Question 9. Which of the following tribes
leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to is associated with the "Tana Bhagat"
start the Swaraj Party in movement?
1923? (a) Uraon
(a) G.K. Gokhale (b) Munda
(b) B.G. Tilak (c) Santhal
(c) Chittaranjan Das (d) Kondadora
(d) M.K. Gandhi ANS (A)
ANS (C)
Question 10. Who founded the Naujawan
Question 4. Q) What is the first sermon of Bharat Sabha?
Buddha called as? (a) B. C. Pal
(a) Mahaparinivansutta (b) G. Subramania Iyer
(b) Brahmajalasutta (c) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta (d) Rukmani Lakshmipathi
(d) Kachchayanagottasutta ANS (C)
ANS (C)
Question 11. The Narendra Mandal or
Question 5. From which of the following Chamber of Princes was inaugurated in
banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya take 1921 by?
loans for financing "The (a) Lord Curzon
Hindustan Times"? (b) Lord Wellesley
(a) State Bank of India (c) Duke of Cannaught
(b) Punjab National Bank (d) Duke of Wellington
(c) Bank of Maharashtra ANS (C)
(d) Bank of Baroda
ANS (B) Question 12. Buddha, Dhamma and
Sangha together are known as?
Question 6. Where are the Todas found? (a) Triratna
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Trivarga
(b) Tamil nadu (c) Trisarga
(c) Rajasthan (d) Trimurti
(d) Aruncachal Pradesh ANS (A)
ANS (B)
Question 13. Who was called Lichchavi
Dauhitra?
(a) Chandragupta I Question 19. The Gandharva School of

(b) Skandagupta art is also known as the?
(c) Kumaragupta (a) Buddhist-Roman art
(d) Samudragupta (b) Dravidian-Roman art
ANS (A) (c) Greco-Roman art
(d) Greco-Roman-Buddhist art
Question 14. The Uttaramerur inscription ANS (D)
provides information on the administration
of the? Question 20. The Bolshevik Revolution of
(a) Pallavas Russia symbolized following:
(b) Cholas (a) coming of the Communist Rule
(c) Chalukyas (b) establishment of Republic of Russia
(d) Satavahanas (c) establishment of Democracy in Russia
ANS (B) (d) overthrow of Romanov Dynasty
ANS (A)
Question 15. Pitts India Act of 1784 was
a/an? Question 21. Which General, who
(a) Ordinance commanded the British forces against the
(b) Resolution Americans in their War of
(c) White paper Independence later became Governor-
(d) Regulation Act General of India?
ANS (B) (a) Dalhousie
(b) William Bentinck
Question 16. Which one of the following (c) Wellesley
statements is not true in respect of A.O. (d) Cornwallis
Hume? ANS (B)
(a) He founded the Indian National
Congress. Question 22. Who established the Indian
(b) He presided over the Congress Annual Civil Liberties Union in 1936?
Sessions twice. (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) He was an ornithologist. (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) He was a member of the Indian Civil (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Service. (d) Rajendra Prasad
ANS (B) ANS (C)
Question 17. Which of the following Question 23. Which of the following was
movements saw the biggest peasant established first?
guerilla war on the eve of (a) Banaras Hindu University
independence? (b) University of Bombay
(a) Punnapra Vayalar Movement (c) Aligarh Muslim University
(b) Telangana Movement (d) University of Allahabad
(c) Noakhali Movement ANS (B)
(d) Tebhaga Movement
ANS (B) Question 24. The first Indian Satellite
Aryabhatta was launched in:
Question 18. The founder of the Lodi (a) 1972
Dynasty was? (b) 1975
(a) Bahlol Lodi (c) 1977
(b) Sikandar Shah Lodi (d) 1979
(c) Jalal Khan Lodi ANS (B)
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
ANS (A)
Question 25. Where did Aurangzeb die? ANS (D)

(a) Pune
(b) Aurangabad Question 32. Who built the Kailasanatha
(c) Ahmad Nagar Temple at Ellora?
(d) Mumbai (a) Rajendra I
ANS (C) (b) Mahendra Varman I
(c) Krishna I
Question 26. Who gave the title of (d) Govinda I
"Sardar" to Ballabh Bhai Patel? ANS (C)
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Vinoba Bhave Question 32. The land measures of the
(c) Women of Bardoli Second Pandyan Empire was mentioned
(d) Peasants of Gujrat in:
ANS (A) (a) Thalavaipuram Copper Plates
(b) Uttirameru Inscription
Question 27. What Satyagraha was held (c) Kudumiyammalai Inscription
at Nagpur in 1923? (d) Kasakudi Copper Plates
(a) Salt Satyagraha ANS (A)
(b) Individual Satyagraha
(c) Ryots Satyagraha Question 34. Who was the greatest ruler
(d) Flag Satyagraha of the Satavahanas?
ANS (D) (a) Satkarni I
(b) Gautamiputra Satkarni
Question 28. Which one of the following (c) Simuka
is not a sect of Buddhism? (d) Hala
(a) Mahayana ANS (B)
(b) Hinayana
(c) Digambar Question 35. The greatest king of the
(d) Theravad Pratihara dynasty was:
ANS (C) (a) Bhoj (Mihir-Bhoj)
(b) Dantidurga
Question 29. Who was the viceroy when (c) Nagbhatta II
Delhi became the capital of British India? (d) Vatsaraj
(a) Lord Curzon ANS (A)
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Hardinge Question 36. In 1939 Subhash Chandra
(d) Lord Waveli Bose was elected as President of the
ANS (C) Congress Party defeating:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 30. Multan was named by the (b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Arabs as (c) V.B. Patel
(a) City of beauty (d) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
(b) City of wealth ANS (D)
(c) Cityof gold
(d) Pink city Question 37. Jallianwala incident took
ANS (C) place at:
(a) Lucknow
Question 31. Which one of the following (b) Surat
was the book written by Amoghvarsha, the (c) Amritsar
Rashtrakuta King? (d) Allahabad
(a) Adipurana ANS (C)
(b) Ganitasara Samgraha
(c) Saktayana
(d) Kavirajamarga
Question 38. Who was the founder of (c) 1875

Lodhi dynasty? (d) 1885
(a) Sikandar Lodhi ANS (D)
(b) Bahlol Lodhi
(c) Ibrahim Lodhi Question 45. Bangladesh was created in:
(d) Daulat Khan Lodhi (a) 1973
ANS (B) (b) 1970
(c) 1972
Question 39. Which one of the following (d) 1971
pair is not correctly matched? ANS (D)
(a) Akbar - Todarmal
(b) Chanakya - Chandragupta Question 46. . Raja Ram Mohan Roy was
(c) Vikramaditya - Chaitanya the founder of:
(d) Harshvardhan - Hiuen Tsang (a) Brahmo Samaj
ANS (C) (b) Prathna Samaj
(c) Ram Krishna Mission
Question 40. The South East trade winds (d) Arya Samaj
are attracted towards the Indian sub- ANS (A)
continent in the rainy
season due to Question 47. Who initiated the movement
(a) the effect of easterlies to form the Indian National Congress:
(b) the effect of Northern-East trade winds (a) Annie Besant
(c) the presence of low atmospheric (b) A.O. Hume
pressure over North- West India (c) W.C. Banerjee
ANS (C) (d) Gandhi ji
ANS (B)
Question 41. What is 'Reformation'?
(a) Revival of classical learning Question 48. Kamarup is an ancient
(b) The revolt against authority of pope name of which region of India?
(c) Rise of absolute monarchy (a) Bihar
(d) Change in attitude of man (b) Rajasthan
ANS (B) (c) Karnataka
(d) Assam
Question 42. Swaraj is my Birth Right ANS (C)
and I shall have it. This was advocated by:
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Question 49. Which battle led to the
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai downfall of the Vijayanagar empire?
(c) Sardar Patel (a) Battle of Takkolam
(d) Lokmanya Tilak (b) Battle of Talikota
ANS (D) (c) Battle of Kanwah
(d) Battle of Panipat
Question 43. Gandhiji's Famous Quit ANS (B)
India Movement call to the British was
given in: Question 50. Who introduced Mansabdari
(a) 1940 system in India?
(b) 1942 (a) Babur
(c) 1941 (b) Humayun
(d) 1943 (c) Akbar
ANS (B) (d) Jahangir
ANS (C)
Question 44. In which year was the Indian
National Congress formed: Question 51. The 'Cabinet Mission' of
(a) 1901 1946 was led by 1946:
(b) 1835 (a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten ANS (C)

(c) Sir Pethic Lawrence
(d) Sir Mountford Question 58. Who raised the slogan
ANS (C) “Swaraj is my birth-right and I shall have
it”?
Question 52 What did Gandhiji meant by (a) Mahatma Gandhi
'Sarvodaya'? (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(a) Non-violence (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) The birth of a new society based on ANS (C)
ethical values
(d) Satyagraha Question 59. According to the Central
ANS (C) Ground Water Board, BIS (IS_10500 and
revised module IS 10500:2012)
Question 53.. Harsha moved his capital specifications in Uniform
from _____ to ____. Drinking Water Quality Monitoring
(a) Thanesar, Kanauj Protocol, what is the acceptable pH value
(b) Delhi, Deogiri of drinking water specification in India?
(c) Kamboj, Kanauj A 6.5 - 8.5
(d) Valabhi, Delhi B 5.5 - 7.5
ANS (A) C 4.5 - 9.5
D 3.5 - 5.5
Question 54.. A collective term used by Answer: A
the Jains for their sacred books is
(a) Prabandhas Question 60.The ancient city of Champa
(b) Agamas is believed to be the capital of ______
(c) Nibandhas Mahajanapada.
(d) Charits A Vajji
ANS (B) B Kashi
C Matsya
Question 55.. Who propounded the D Anga
"Doctrine of Passive Resistance"? Answer: D
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh Question 61. Which of the following is the
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai horizontal distance between two
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal successive crests?
ANS (B) A Wave height
B Wave length
Question 56. The first Muslim to be C Wave frequency
elected President of 'Indian National D Wave period
Congress' was? Answer: B
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mohammed Ali Question 62. As per World Justice Project
(c) Badruddin Tyabji 2020, what is India’s rank in Regulatory
(d) Shah Wali-ullah Enforcement as cited in Economic Survey
ANS (C) of India 2021?
A 74
Question 57. Who has built the Vijay B 56
Stambha (Tower of Victory) in C 79
Chittorgarh? D 62
(a) Maharana Pratap Answer: A
(b) Rana Kumbha
(c) Rana Sanga Question 63. Which of the following
(d) Kunwar Durjan Singh decades was proclaimed by the General
Assembly of the United Nations as the C Darjeeling

International Decade for D Gangtok
action on ‘Water for life’? Answer: C
A 1983 - 1993
B 1972 - 1982 Question 69. Mridula Sinha, who passed
C 2005 - 2015 away in November 2020, was the first
D 1994 - 2004 woman Governor of ______.
Answer: C A Tripura
B Goa
Question 64. Which of the following C Mizoram
British officers issued the infamous D Haryana
‘crawling order’ whereby Indians had to Answer: B
crawl on all fours to pass an
alley? Question 70. Which of the following is
A General Dyer NOT a broad mitigation technique of
B Lord Irwin landslide?
C Lord Curzon A Construction of retention wall to stop
D Warren Hastings land from slipping
Answer: A B Hazard mapping to locate areas prone
to landslides
Question 65. Gulzar was awarded the C Reduction in the vegetation cover to
66th Filmfare Award for ‘Best Lyrics’ for arrest landslide
the film ______. D The surface drainage control works to
A Thappad control the movement of landslide along
B Chhapaak with rain water and spring flows.
C Ludo Answer: C
D Sir
Answer: B Question 71. Who among the following
was named sportsman of the decade
Question 66. Finance Minister Nirmala (Individual non-Olympic sports) at the
Sitharaman announced the setting up of 2021 Sportstar ACES
______ mega textile parks across the Awards?
country over three A Pentala Harikrishna
years, in her Budget 2021-22 speech. B Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
A three C Viswanathan Anand
B seven D Baskaran Adhiban
C nine Answer: C
D five
Answer: B Question 72. Which of the following is
NOT a type of mosquito?
Question 67. The Directive Principles of A Culex
State Policy in the Constitution of India B Aedes
were borrowed from the ______ C Limulus
Constitution. D Anopheles
A Irish Answer: C
B Australian
C Norwegian Question 73. The Hindu Marriage Act was
D Spanish enacted in the year ______.
Answer: A A 1953
B 1955
Question 68. The Ghoom Monastery is C 1956
located in: D 1952
A Kalimpong Answer: B
B Namchi
Question 74. Normally, there is a ______ C Snipsnopi

day interval between spring tides and D Triptropi
neap tides. Answer: A
A two
B nine Question 80. The 61st Amendment to the
C seven Constitution of India ______.
D four A restricted the size of council of ministers
Answer: C to 15% of the number of legislative
members
Question 75. Which of the following is the B substituted ‘Odia’ for ‘Oriya’
middle layer in the root apical meristem C exempted Arunachal Pradesh from
that gives rise to the cortex? reservation for Scheduled Castes in
A Dermatogen Panchayati Raj institutions
B Plerome D reduced the age for voting from 21 to 18
C Periblem years
D Calyptrogen Answer: D
Answer: C
Question 81. Which of the following
Question 76. As per the provisions of countries hosted the ITTF (International
Union Budget 2021-22, how many public Table Tennis Federation) Women's World
sector banks have been lined up for Cup 2020?
disinvestment? A Japan
A Seven B Singapore
B Three C China
C Five D South Korea
D Two Answer: C
Answer: D
Question 82. The Fiscal Responsibility
Question 77. Who among the following and Budget Management Act 2003 set a
Indian freedom fighters was fondly called target to limit India’s fiscal deficit up to
Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her ______ of the GDP by
dedication towards 2021.
Gandhian principles? A 2%
A Kamla Chaudhary B 3%
B Dakshayani Velayudhan C 6%
C Matangini Hazra D 5%
D Leela Roy Answer: B
Answer: C
Question 83.In which dance form dancer
Question 78. A distinct ‘Dhrupad style’ is balance pot of burning diyas on his head?
associated with the ______ gharana. A Dhangari gaza dance
A Nathdwara B Koli dance
B Bishnupur C Tamasha dance
C Jafferkhani D Chari dance
D Ajrada Answer: D
Answer: B
Question 84. Who was the Australian
Question 79. ______, the world’s first Open Women’s Singles champion in
sailing boat made entirely from plastic 2021?
waste, aims to raise people’s awareness A Serena Williams
of plastic pollution in B Venus Williams
oceans. C Jennifer Brady
A Flipflopi D Naomi Osaka
B Blipblopi Answer: D
A solar clock
Question 85 Adar Poonawalla launched B Bolometer
the Clean City initiative in Pune in the year C Binoculars
______. D Transformer
A 2018 Answer: A
B 2012
C 2010 Question 91 The Vernacular Press Act of
D 2015 1878 was repealed during the tenure of
Answer: D Viceroy ______.
A Lord Ripon
Question 86. Who among the following B
became a part of the Constituent Lord Dufferin
Assembly from Madras Constituency in C Lord Lansdowne
1946? D Lord Northbrook
A Ammu Swaminathan Answer: A
B Hansa Jivraj Mehta
C Kamla Chaudhry Question 92. Who among the following
D Begum Aizaz Rasul Indian artists won the ‘Joan Miro Prize’ for
Answer: A the year 2019?
A Jogen Chowdhury
Question 87 Solids like fats, grease and B Nalini Malani
oil that float on top of liquid wastewater C Anjolie Ela Menon
are called ______. D Jiten Thukral
A urea Answer: B
B sludge
C compost Question 93. Which of the following is
D peat more suitable than the others for the
Answer: B growth of cashew nut?
A Red laterite soil
Question 88 Which of the following B Black cotton soil
statements was quoted by Subhash C Alluvial soil
Chandra Bose? D Arid soil
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn Answer: A
as if you were to live forever.
B The best way to find yourself is to lose Question 94. Ashokan Minor Rock Edicts
yourself in the service of others. are found in different parts of India. Which
C Give me blood and I will give you of the following is NOT a find spot of
freedom. Ashokan Minor
D First, they ignore you, then they laugh at Rock Edicts in Karnataka?
you, then they fight you, then you win. A Brahmagiri
Answer: C B Gavimath
C Rupnath
Question 89. In order to get clean D Maski
drinking water disinfectant is used after Answer: C
filtration. Disinfectant, however, is NOT
used for removing: Question 95. Under the National Urban
A viruses Sanitation Policy, a city that scores points
B parasites between 34 and 66 and needs
C minerals considerable improvement is
D bacteria colour-coded ______.
Answer: C A green
B black
Question 90. Gnomon is a part of C blue
_____________ D red
Answer: B
Question 101. The picture that won the
Question 96. _____________ Saptapadi World Press Photo of the Year 2021
ritual considers the marriage to be contest is titled ‘______’.
complete and auspicious. A The First Embrace
A The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1862 B Crying Girl on the Border
B The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 C Emancipation Memorial Debate
C Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) D Straight Voice
Application Act, 1937 Answer: A
D Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
Answer: B Question 102. Which of the following
states has the lowest female sex ratio
Question 97. Which of the following according to the 2011 Census?
persons was named as Dean of Harvard A Uttar Pradesh
Business School in October 2020? B Punjab
A Sanjit Roy C Sikkim
B Achyuta Samanta D Haryana
C Srikant Datar Answer: D
D Nitin Nohria
Answer: C Question 103. Who among the following
was the first Indian Governor of Reserve
Question 98. Which of the following Bank of India?
Amendments of the Constitution of India A CD Deshmukh
was enacted in 1993 to constitutionally B HVR Lengar
recognise municipal C PC Bhattacharya
governments? D LK Jha
A 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act Answer: A
(CAA), 1990
B 72nd Constitutional Amendment Act Question 104. . Which amendment to the
(CAA), 1989 Constitution of India added a new subject
C 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in the Union List called 'taxes on
(CAA), 1992 services’?
D 71st Constitutional Amendment Act A 88th
(CAA), 1988 B 62nd
Answer: C C 78th
D 56th
Question 99. The Annapurna peak Answer: A
belongs to which region of the Himalayas?
A Nepal Question 105 . Who among the following
B Garhwal was the recipient of the ‘Vatayan Lifetime
C Bhutan Achievement Award 2020’?
D Kumaon A Prakash Javadekar
Answer: A B Ramesh Pokhriyal
C Piyush Goyal
Question 100. As per WHO (World Health D Ravi Shankar Prasad
Organization), which of the following is Answer: B
NOT an example of disinfection by-
products formed at Question 106 ______ is a mask dance
traditional drinking water treatment plants? popular in South Malabar.
A Titania A Parichakali
B Bromate B Kummattikali
C Chlorate C Zemmado
D Chlorite D Dhangar
Answer: A Answer: B
Question 107. In the Seleucid Maurya Question 202. A decrease in which of the
war, Seleucus fought against which of the following factors leads to an increase in
following Mauryan rulers? the rate of evaporation?
A Ashok A Area of the free surface of the relativity
B Dasharath B Humidity
C chandra gupta maurya C Ambient Temperature
D samprati D wind speed over the surface of the liquid
Answer: C Answer: B
Question 108. . ______ develops on Question 203. Which of the following

crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low countries will host the 2023 AIBA Men's
rainfall in the eastern and southern part of World Boxing Championships?
the Deccan Plateau. A Uzbekistan
A Black soil B Mongolia
B Red soil C Serbia
C Arid soil D Russia
D Alluvial soil Answer: A
Answer: B
Question 204. When was the Tenth
Question 109. Which of the following Session of the Constituent Assembly
Hero Indian Super League teams held?
appointed Sergio Lobera as its head A 6-17 October 1949
coach in October 2020? B 4 November 1948 - 8 January 1949
A Bengaluru FC C 14-31 July 1947
B North East United FC D 16 May - 16 June 1949
C ATK Mohun Bagan Answer: A
D Mumbai City FC
Answer: D Question 205. Which among the following
was an ancient Indian mathematics
Question 200 . As per Economic Survey astronomer?
2020-2021, during the first half of the A banabhatta
financial year 2020-21, the services sector B varahamihir
contracted by almost C nagarjun
______. D amalanand
A 11% Answer: B
B 16%
C 21% Question 206. Which of the following is a
D 6% property of Beryllium?
Answer: B A Forms covalent compounds
B Has a low melting and boiling point
Question 201. Which of the following C Reacts with water
statements about ‘Swachh Survekshan - D Forms ionic compounds
Urban’ is INCORRECT? Answer: A
A It was launched as part of the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan. Question 207. River Ken is one of the
B It is an annual survey of cleanliness, major rivers of the Bundelkhand region of
hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns central India and flows through two states,
across India. Madhya Pradesh
C The first survey was undertaken in and ______.
2016. A Rajasthan
D It is conducted by the Ministry of Health B Uttar Pradesh
and Family Welfare. C Maharashtra
Answer: D D Gujarat
Answer: B B Second Amendment

C Third Amendment
208. At which of the following jails was D Fourth Amendment
Khudiram Bose sent to the gallows? Answer: A
A Chittagong
B Barishal 214. What is the maximum permissible
C Muzaffarpur limit of turbidity in potable water as per
D Alipore Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (IS -
Answer: C 10500 : 2012)?
A 1 NTU
209. The Hirakud Dam is built near the city B 7 NTU
of ______ in Odisha. C 5 NTU
A Cuttack D 3 NTU
B Sambalpur Answer: C
C Balasore
D Rourkela 215. The festival of Durga Puja is
Answer: B observed to celebrate the triumph of
Goddess Durga over ______.
210. Acidic liners are made of ______ or A Jarasandha
______ acid which are enough powerful B Ravana
that can be used to treat coarse hair, food, C Hiranyakashipu
grease, D Mahishasura
soap scum or paper-based messes to Answer: D
clean up in 15 minutes or less.
A Melik, lactic 216. According to the Census of 2011,
B nitric, carbonic which of the following states has the
C formic, citric highest density
D sulfuric, hydrochloric of population per km ?
Answer: D A Gujarat
B Goa
211. Acceleration is equal to the rate of C Jharkhand
change of ______. D Maharashtra
A velocity Answer: C
B position
C momentum 217. In which discipline is the Bidhan
D displacement Chandra Roy Award given?
Answer: A A Law
B Architecture
212. Which of the following festivals is C Sports
celebrated in Uttarakhand? D Medicine
A Vishu Answer: D
B Dol Jatra
C Phool Dei 218. The ______ lies above the
D Nuakhai mesopause and is a region in which
Answer: C temperatures increase with height.
A stratosphere
213. Which of the following Amendments B exosphere
of the Constitution of India amended C thermosphere
Article 19 and inserted provisions fully D troposphere
securing the Answer: C
constitutional validity of zamindari abolition
laws in general and certain specified State 219. Kelucharan Mohapatra was an
Acts in particular? exponent of which of the following
A First Amendment categories of dance?
A Manipuri B plague
B Bharatanatyam C mumps
C Kuchipudi D tuberculosis (TB)
D Odissi Answer: D
Answer: D
226 Which of the following is the LEAST
220. ______ is a disorder resulting in visible form of land erosion?
abnormal electrical discharges from the A Gully erosion
brain cells causing seizures. B Ravine formation
A Prostatitis C Sheet erosion
B Hypoglycaemia D Landslides
C Epilepsy Answer: C
D Rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: C 227. The branch of horticulture which
deals with the production, storage,
221 Who among the following is the processing and marketing of vegetables is
author of the book ‘Unfinished : A called ______.
Memoir’? A pomology
A Katrina Kaif B agronomy
B Deepika Padukone C olericulture
C Priyanka Chopra Jonas D apiculture
D Alia Bhatt Answer: A
Answer: C
228. Who among the following was a
222. Who among the following is the contributor to the subject of medicine in
author of the book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’? ancient India?
A Arundhati Roy A Harsha
B Anita Nair B Bhasa
C Jhumpa Lahiri C Charaka
D Shobha De D Panini
Answer: C Answer: C
223. Which of the following Sustainable 229. Which of the following is a

Development Goals ensures availability carnivorous plant?
and sustainable management of water and A Clarkia
sanitation for all? B Drosera
A SDG 5 C Hollyhock
B SDG 6 D Alyssum
C SDG 4 Answer: B
D SDG 7
Answer: B 230. The Mughal court chronicles are
written in ______.
224. Which of the following states was A Arabic
allocated the highest budget for highway B Persian
projects in Union Budget 2021-22? C Turkish
A Kerala D Urdu
B West Bengal Answer: B
C Tamil Nadu
D Assam 231. The salary and allowances of leaders
Answer: C of opposition in parliament are governed
by the Act passed for the first time by the
225 Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a parliament in the year ______.
vaccine for ______. A 1972
A typhoid B 1982
C 1977
D 1979 C 1961
Answer: C D 1967
Answer: C
232. Si-yu-ki or ‘The Records of the
Western World’ was written by: 238. Which of the following Amendment
A Marco Polo Acts of the Constitution of India abolished
B Fa-Hien the privy purses and privileges of former
C Abdur Razzak rulers
D Hiuen Tsiang of princely states?
Answer: D A 25th Amendment Act 1971
B 28th Amendment Act 1972
233. The Regional Rural Banks were C 26th Amendment Act 1971
established on the recommendations of D 27th Amendment Act 1971
the ______ on Rural Credit. Answer: C
A Rekhi Committee
B Kelkar Committee 239. The Northeast Canyons and
C Tandon Committee Seamounts Marine National Monument is
D Narsimha Committee located in the ______.
Answer: D A Atlantic Ocean
B Red Sea
234 With reference to no-confidence C Arctic Ocean
motion, which of the following statements D Arabian Sea
is INCORRECT? Answer: A
A If it is passed in the Lok Sabha, the
council of ministers must resign from 240. ______ is a popular folk dance of
office. Minicoy Island.
B It is moved for ascertaining the A Aaluyattu
confidence of Lok Sabha in the council of B Moyashai
ministers. C Lava
C It can be moved against the entire D Leshalaptu
council of ministers only. Answer: C
D It should state the reasons for its
adoption in the Lok Sabha. 241. Who among the following was
Answer: D nominated for the 30th GD Birla Award for
Scientific Research for his/her outstanding
235. The rate of doing work is called: contribution to engineering science in April
A impulse 2021?
B force A Chandrima Saha
C power B Rajeev Kumar Varshney
D energy C Sanjay Mittal
Answer: C D Suman Chakraborty
Answer: D
236. Sikandra is the final resting place of
Emperor ______. 242. The Swachh Swasth ______ is an
A Shah Jahan initiative to achieve better health outcomes
B Humayun through improved sanitation, increased
C Jahangir awareness
D Akbar and healthy lifestyles.
Answer: D A Sansara
B Swarga
237. In which of the following years did the C Sarvatra
Indian army free Goa from the D Samagra
Portuguese? Answer: C
A 1959
B 1956
Question 243. The first Indian satellite, 4. Jyoti Basu

Aryabhata, was launched on 19 April
______. Question 250. Kudumbashree is a
1. 1977 programme implemented by the State
2. 1974 Poverty Eradication Mission
3. 1976 (SPEM) in ______.
4. 1975 1. Gujarat
2. Odisha
Question 244. With which sport among 3. Kerala
the following do you associate the name of 4. Andhra Pradesh
Mohan Ukkrapandian?
1. Kabaddi Question 251. One calorie of heat energy
2. Hockey is equivalent to approximately ______
3. Basketball joules of mechanical
4. Volleyball energy.
1. 0.24
Question 245. In which country is the 2. 4.2
FIFA World Cup, 2022 scheduled to be 3. 0.48
held? 4. 2.4
1. Iraq
2. Qatar Question 252.‘Those Days’ is the
3. Saudi Arabia translated version of a Sahitya Akademi
4. Kuwait Award winning historical novel
originally written by:
Question 246. The Indian Standard Time 1. Sumitranandan Pant
corresponds to the longitude ______ 2. Nandita Das
degrees East. 3. Bhartendu Harishchandra
1. 82.5 4. Sunil Gangopadhyay
2. 76.5
3. 79.5 Question 253. ‘The Name you can Bank
4. 85.5 Upon’ is the slogan of which of the
following banks?
Question 247. Which of the following 1. Punjab National Bank
places is NOT associated with the Kumbh 2. State Bank of India
Mela? 3. HDFC Bank
1. Ujjain 4. Canara Bank
2. Haridwar
3. Puri Question 254. Which of the following
4. Nashik-Trimbakeshwar ancient ports was situated on the Malabar
Coast?
Question 248. Who among the following 1. Barygaza
politicians used the title ‘Babu’ before his 2. Tamralipti
name? 3. Palur
1. Jagjivan Ram 4. Muziris
2. K Kamraj
3. JB Kripalani Question 255. Lal Bahadur Shastri served
4. Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister of India from ______
to ______.
Question 249. India observes ‘Good 1. 1964; 1966
Governance Day’ on the birth anniversary 2. 1980; 1984
of ______. 3. 1966; 1977
1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 4. 1977; 1979
2. BR Ambedkar
3. Jai Prakash Narayan
Question 256. ‘Shishu’ ‘Kishore’ and 4. 1992

‘Tarun’ are the types of loans under:
1. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Question 263. 30˚Celsius = ______
2. Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojna Kelvin (approximately)
3. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana 1. –243
4. Atal Pension Yojna 2. –30
3. 130
Question 257. Which of the following 4. 303
books is NOT authored by Nirad C.
Chaudhuri? Question 264. The wetland of Ashtamudi
1. A Passage to India is located in:
2. Autobiography of an Unknown Indian 1. Kerala
3. The Continent of Circe: An Essay on 2. Karnataka
People of India 3. Tamil Nadu
4. Scholar Extraordinary 4. Assam
Question 258. With reference to Question 265. Who among the following
taxonomic categories, the term was the Chairman of the Committee for
‘Mammalia’ is a/an ______. the Draft National Education Policy, which
1. class was approved by the Union Cabinet in
2. order 2020?
3. phylum 1. RS Sarkaria
4. family 2. Madan Mohan Punchhi
3. K Kasturirangan
Question 259. India joined the United 4. Dharmendra Pradhan
Nations after ratifying the UN Charter in
______. Question 266. The Mangalyaan mission
1. February 1946 was launched by the rocket:
2. December 1945 1. GSLV MkIII
3. October 1945 2. PSLV-C25
4. May 1946 3. PSLV-C35
4. PSLV-C38
dams is constructed across the river Question 267. How many medals in total
Krishna? did India win at the Summer Olympic
1. Tehri Games, 2012?
2. Nagarjuna Sagar 1. 6
3. Hirakud 2. 2
4. Bhakra Nangal 3. 4
4. 3
Question 261. In which year did India
officially join the Shanghai Cooperation Question 268. Who is the Secretary-
Organization (SCO) as a full fledged General of the United Nations as on July
member? 2020?
1. 2018 1. Javier Perez de Cuellar
2. 2016 2. Kurt Waldheim
3. 2015 3. Ban Ki-moon
4. 2017 4. Antonio Guterres
Question 262. The Sahitya Akademi Question 269. Who among the following
Award was instituted in the year ______. had been given the title of ‘Sultan Buland
1. 1960 Iqbal’ by Shah Jahan?
2. 1954 1. Dara
3. 1989 2. Aurangzeb
3. Shuja 3. Shashi Tharoor

4. Murad 4. SD Muni
Question 270. Cathode rays are a beam Question 277. Which of the following is a
of: part of the ‘Sutta Pitaka’?
1. protons 1. Dipavamsa
2. positrons 2. Majjhima Nikaya
3. electrons 3. Dhammasangani
4. neutrons 4. Manu Smriti
Question 271.The Sati Pratha was Question 278. ‘mho’ is the unit of ______
abolished under the Governor- of a substance
Generalship of: 1. conductance
1. Lord Auckland 2. resistivity
2. Lord William Bentinck 3. conductivity
3. Lord Ellenborough 4. resistance
4. Lord Metcalfe
Question 279. ‘Siri’, the second city of
Question 272. Which among the following Delhi, was built by ______.
states does NOT share its border with 1. Prithviraj Chauhan
Odisha? 2. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
1. Jharkhand 3. Alauddin Khilji
2. West Bengal 4. Sher Shah Suri
3. Bihar
4. Chhattisgarh Question 280. With symbols having their
usual meanings, which one among the
Question 273. The first Star Guild Awards following is used as the standard for
ceremony was held in Mumbai in the year: defining atomic mass unit?
1. 2007 1. C-12
2. 2004 2. H-1
3. 2006 3. N-14
4. 2005 4. O-8
Question 274. The upward and downward Question 281. Which of the following
growth of shoots and roots, respectively, water bodies is closest to the Palk Strait?
in response to the pull 1. Gulf of Mannar
gravity is called ______. 2. Chilika Lake
1. phototropism 3. Gulf of Khambhat
2. hydrotropism 4. Mahim Creek
3. geotropism
4. chemotropism Question 282. At which of the following
places is the Nehru Memorial Museum
Question 275. Which among the following and Library located?
books was written by BR Ambedkar? 1. Kolkata
1. The New Economic Menace of India 2. Prayagraj
2. Satyarth Prakash 3. Mumbai
3. Annihilation of Caste 4. New Delhi
4. Savitri
Question 283. The festival of Sekrenyi is
Question 276. Who is the author of the celebrated in the month of February by the
book ‘Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army Angami tribe of
and the War Within’? 1. Chhattisgarh
1. Shuja Nawaz 2. Rajasthan
2. JN Dixit 3. Nagaland
4. Maharashtra Question 289 Which of the following

states came into being as the 23rd, 24th
Question 284 In the context of and 25th states of the Indian Union in
Convention on Biological Diversities, the 1987?
eleventh meeting of the 1. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan
Conference of the Parties was held in 2. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
October 2012 at: 3. Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
1. Hyderabad 4. Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
2. Shanghai
3. Dhaka Question 290 Which of the following
4. Kandy Viceroys appointed the Hunter
Commission in 1882?
Question 285 The mouth of which of the 1. Lord Mayo
following rivers lies to the north of the 2. Lord Ripon
Tropic of Cancer? 3. Lord Lytton
1. Krishna 4. Lord Minto
2. Mahanadi
3. Indus Question 291 The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is
4. Godavari written by:
1. Kalidasa
Question 285 Which of the following 2. Bhasa
places is closest to the Hemis Monastery? 3. Jayadeva
1. Leh 4. Somadeva
2. Dharamshala
3. Darjeeling Question 292 Bangladesh was a part of
4. Gangtok Pakistan from ______ to ______.
1. 1947; 1989
Question 286 In the context of the 2. 1947; 1962
banking sector, what does ‘F’ stand for in 3. 1947; 1971
IFSC? 4. 1947; 1958
1. Fiscal
2. Forum Question 293 Which of the following
3. Functional persons won the Sultan Padamsee
4. Financial Playwriting Award for his first play ‘Larins
Sahib’?
Question 287 Which of the following 1. Ramchandra Guha
Ministries releases the ‘Ease of Living 2. Gurcharan Das
Index’ in India? 3. Amitav Ghosh
1. Ministry of Finance 4. Shashi Tharoor
2. Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs
3. Ministry of Skill Development and Question 294 The Silent Valley
Entrepreneurship Movement was started in 1973 in the state
4. Ministry of Social Justice and of:
Empowerment 1. Odisha
2. Kerala
Question 288 A healthy individual has 12- 3. Andhra Pradesh
16 grams of haemoglobin in every ______ 4. Himachal Pradesh
ml of blood.
1. 1000 Question 295. Which among the following
2. 100 organizations releases Index of Economic
3. 100000 Freedom?
4. 10000 1. Heritage Foundation
2. Fraser Institute
3. International Monetary Fund 1. Ajmer

4. World Bank 2. Aurangabad
3. Agra
Question 296. Viticulture refers to the: 4. Alwar
1. commercial rearing of silkworm
2. growing of vegetables Question 303. In the context of the Sri
3. breeding of fish Lankan Civil War, what does the first ‘T’ in
4. cultivation of grapes LTTE stand for?
1. Tamil
Question 297. The headquarters of the 2. Tarantulas
World Trade Organization is located at: 3. Tigers
1. Bonn 4. Triumph
2. Geneva
3. Dubai Question 304. According to the
4. Paris Groundnut Crop Survey Report 2018,
which of the following states is the largest
Question 298. Who was the 24th producer of groundnuts?
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? 1. Haryana
1. C Rangarajan 2. Gujarat
2. YV Reddy 3. Bihar
3. Urjit Patel 4. West Bengal
4. Bimal Jalan
Question 305. The National Anthem of
Question 299. The approximate period India, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung at
between two consecutive new moons is the ______ Session of the Indian National
______ days.. Congress.
1. 15.5 1. Calcutta
2. 29.5 2. Lahore
3. 14.5 3. Belgaum
4. 28.5 4. Tripuri
Question 300. The Rig Veda is divided Question 306. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
into ______ books or mandalas. Award is accorded annually by the:
1. 12 1. Ministry of Human Resource
2. 34 Development, Govt. of India
3. 8 2. Indian National Congress
4. 10 3. Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trust
4. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,
Question 301. Which among the following Govt. of India
is NOT true about a solution and the
solute concerned? Question 307. The Goods and Services
1. The particles of the solute settle Tax (GST) – which has replaced the
down at the bottom when the solution Central and State indirect taxes such as
is kept VAT, excise duty and service tax in India –
undisturbed. was implemented on:
2. The particles of the solute do not scatter 1. 2 October 2017
a beam of light. 2. 15 September 2017
3. The particles of the solute cannot be 3. 15 August 2017
seen with unaided eyes. 4. 1 July 2017
4. A solution is a homogeneous mixture.
Question 308. The Tata Iron and Steel
Question 302. The tomb of Itimad-ud- Company (TISCO) is located at which of
Daulah, inlaid with Pietra dura decoration, the following places?
is located at: 1. Bhilai
2. Jamshedpur 1. Amrita Pritam

3. Durgapur 2. Malala Yousafzai
4. Rourkela 3. Arnab Goswami
4. Amrit Singh
Question 309.The princely state of
Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Question 316. Which among the following
Union in the year ______. are called the amphibians of the plant
1. 1948 kingdom?
2. 1950 1. Pteridophytes
3. 1952 2. Gymnosperms
4. 1963 3. Bryophytes
4. Liverworts
Question 310 Who among the following
did NOT belong to the Rajput kingdom of Question 317 Which section of the RBI
Marwar? Act empowers the Central Government to
1. Rao Chanda supersede the RBI board nd issue
2. Rao Jodha directions considered to be ‘necessary in
3. Rana Kumbha public interest’ to the RBI, after
4. Maldeva consulting the Governor of the bank?
1. Section 5
Question 311. Who among the following 2. Section 1
is the founder of the social activist 3. Section 3
organization called ‘Global March Against 4. Section 7
Child Labour’?
1. Baba Amte Question 318. How many natural
2. Kailash Satyarthi satellites does the planet Venus have?
3. Kiran Bedi 1. 2
4. Anna Hazare 2. 1
3. 3
Question 312. Leukemia is a cancer of 4. 0
the:
1. uterus Question 319. Part IV of the Indian
2. blood Constitution contains the provisions on:
3. lungs 1. Citizenship
4. skin 2. Fundamental Rights
3. Directive Principles of State Policy
Question 313. Which of the following 4. Elections
Articles of the Constitution of India
prohibits employment of children in Question 320. Which part of the brain is
factories etc.? instrumental in making it possible for a
1. 31 person to perform activity such as picking
2. 17 up a pencil from the floor?
3. 24 1. Cranium
4. 21 2. Cerebellum
3. Cerebrum
Question 314. In which year did the first 4. Hypothalamus
SAARC summit take place?
1. 1972 Question 321. ‘Bathukamma’ and
2. 1992 ‘Bonalu’ are state festivals of:
3. 1990 1. Karnataka
4. 1985 2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
Question 315 Who is the author of the 4. Telangana
book ‘We Are Displaced’?
Question 322. Kalinjar Fort, which was

strategically important during medieval Question 329. In respect of classification
times, is located in: of algae, the members of Phaeophyceae
1. Rajasthan are commonly called:
2. Sind 1. red algae
3. Punjab 2. white algae
4. Uttar Pradesh 3. green algae
4. brown algae
Question 323. With reference to the
United Nations’ Sustainable Development Question 330. Kamban wrote the
Goals, which of the following SDG 10? Ramayana in which of the following
1. Reduced inequalities languages?
2. Zero hunger 1. Telugu
3. Climate action 2. Malayalam
4. Decent work and economic growth 3. Kannada
4. Tamil
Question 324. Standing in an open Question 331. What is the meaning of the
ground on a cloudless day, at what time Greek origin word, ‘Elektron’?
will your shadow be the shortest? 1. Ebonite
1. 15:00 2. Amber
2. 07:00 3. Charge
3. 12:00 4. Negative
4. 09:00
Question 332 Vibration of which among
Question 325. Who among the following the following produces only odd
is the only Indian shuttler to have won a harmonics?
Summer Olympics silver medal? 1. An air column in a closed organ pipe
1. Prakash Padukone 2. A vibrating rod fixed at two ends
2. Pulela Gopichand 3. An air column in an open organ pipe
3. Saina Nehwal 4. A vibrating string fixed at two ends
4. PV Sindhu
Question 333. What is the number of
Question 326. In which of the following hydrogen atoms in a molecule of calcium
places is the Govardhan Math located? bicarbonate?
1. Puri 1. 4
2. Dwarka 2. 0
3. Sringeri 3. 1
4. Badrinath 4. 2
Question 327.The Summer Olympic Question 334. The 90 degree East

Games 2000 were held at: Meridian does NOT pass through:
1. Paris 1. Bangladesh
2. Sydney 2. Sikkim
3. Seoul 3. Bhutan
4. Athens 4. Meghalaya
Question 328. Vailankanni (Velankanni) is Question 335. The medieval traveler

a pilgrim centre located in the ______ Marco Polo was from:
district of Tamil Nadu 1. Zurich
1. Salem 2. Paris
2. Nagapattinam 3. Istanbul
3. Madurai 4. Venice
4. Theni
Question 336. During which of the Question 342. In which month of 1915 did
following periods did Morarji Desai serve Mahatma Gandhi finally return from South
as the Deputy Prime Minister of India? Africa after his successful agitation against
1. 1970-1971 the racist regime?
2. 1967-1969 1. March
3. 1966-1967 2. July
4. 1964-1966 3. May
4. January
Question 337. What is the Atomic
Number of the element Einsteinium? Question 343. Who among the following
1. 98 has been a goalkeeper of the Indian
2. 101 national football team in the 1980s?
3. 100 1. Atanu Bhattacharya
4. 99 2. Inder Singh
3. IM Vijayan
Question 338. ______ is a mandatory 4. Gautam Sarkar
mark found on all processed fruit products
sold in India – such as packaged fruit Question344. The film ‘Shatranj Ke
beverages, fruit-jams, crushes and Khiladi’ is based on a short story by
squashes, pickles, dehydrated fruit ______.
products, and fruit extracts – as per the 1. Jaishankar Prasad
Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006. 2. Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
1. FPO 3. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
2. BEE Star Rating 4. Munshi Premchand
3. HALLMARK
4. ISI Question 345. Who was the President of
India when Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as
Question 339. In which year did Prime Minister?
Afghanistan join SAARC? 1. R Venkataraman
1. 2005 2. Shankar Dayal Sharma
2. 2006 3. Giani Zail Singh
3. 2008 4. N Sanjiva Reddy
4. 2007
Question 346. Which among the following
Question 340. Which of the following birds impersonates the calls of other birds
writers announced the launch of his new to steal food?
book, ‘Legend of Suheldev: The King Who 1. Drongo
Saved India’, in June 2020? 2. Eagle
1. Amish Tripathi 3. Owl
2. Robin Sharma 4. Mynah
3. Arvind Adiga
4. Chetan Bhagat Question 347. Polio is caused by which
of the following organisms?
Question 341. The State is obligated to 1. Virus
protect every monument, place and object 2. Fungi
of national importance and historic interest 3. Bacteria
under Article ______ of the Constitution of 4. Protozoa
India.
1. 49 Question 348. Who among the following
2. 46 was associated with Vaisheshika School
3. 48 of Philosophy?
4. 47 1. Gautama
2. Kanada
3. Jaimini
4. Patanjali Question 355. Which among the following

is a mature-phase Harappan site situated
Question 349. Which of the following in the state of Rajasthan?
Presidents of India also served as the 1. Manda
Union Labor Minister? 2. Chanhudaro
1. V.V. Giri 3. Nageshwar
2. Zakir Hussain 4. Kalibangan
3. Ramnath Kovind
4. N Sanjeeva Reddy Question 356. Who is the first Indian to
have won the Pulitzer Prize?
Question 350. Who among the following 1. Gobind Behari Lal
is NOT a Bharat Ratna recipient? 2. Geeta Anand
1. Nelson Mandela 3. Sanghamitra Kalita
2. Mother Teresa 4. Jhumpa Lahiri
3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4. Baldev Singh Question 357 In 2019, the Export Credit
Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC)
Question 351. The difference in has introduced the Export Credit
temperature between two bodies is 30 Insurance Scheme(ECIS) called ______
degree centigrade. What is the difference 1. NIRVIK
in degree Fahrenheit? 2. NIRUKT
1. 54 3. NIRANKUSH
2. 86 4. NIRVAY
3. 72
4. 64 Question 358 Which of the following
dams is located in Jharkhand?
Question 352. HydroThermal 1. Koyna
Carbonisation technology developed at 2. Sardar Sarovar
IIT, Kharagpur is a process of generation 3. Mettur
of energy from which of the following 4. Maithon
sources?
1. Solid waste with high moisture Question 359 The ‘Namami Gange
content Programme’ is an Integrated Conservation
2. Water current in rivers Mission approved by the Union
3. Hydropower in barrages and dams Government in:
4. Naturally available hydrocarbons 1. June 2014
2. October 2013
Question 353. Which one among the 3. April 2013
following measures the same quantity as 4. January 2014
that is measured by the SI unit ‘pascal’?
1. joule Question 360 In the context of ocean
2. torr energy conversion, ‘T’ in OTEC stands for:
3. newton 1. Thermodynamic
4. watt 2. Technological
3. Thermal
Question 354. ‘Aloo Posto’ is a traditional 4. Tidal
delicacy of which state of India?
1. Gujarat Question 361. The Israel Institute of
2. Uttarakhand Technology has developed a concept
3. West Bengal named after the Indian mathematician
4. Haryana ______.
1. Bhaskaracharya
2. Kaprekar
3. Ramanujan
4. Aryabhata 2. Raghuveer Chaudhari

3. Amitav Ghosh
Question 363. In the Millikan’s Oil Drop 4. Bhalchandra Nemade
experiment, the oil drop is subjected to
such forces whose nature does NOT fall Question 370. Which of the following
under the category of: pairs is INCORRECT with reference to
1. electrostatic paintings in India?
2. gravitational 1. Phad Paintings – Rajasthan
3. viscous 2. Saura Paintings – Odisha
4. magnetostatic 3. Bagh Paintings – Madhya Pradesh
4. Guler Paintings – Karnataka
Question 364. Which among the following
is a seaport of Bangladesh? Question 371. The Union Budget of India
1. Dhaka 2020-21 allocated an amount of ______
2. Faridpur crore for the
3. Chittagong education sector.
4. Rajshahi 1. ₹99,300
2. ₹83,600
Question 365. Which Indian state is 3. ₹95,800
bordered by Bangladesh on its north, 4. ₹78,700
south and west?
1. West Bengal Question 372. ‘Ashta Mahasthana’ refers
2. Assam to the eight significant places associated
3. Meghalaya with the life of the Buddha. Which among
4. Tripura the following is NOT one of those?
1. Sarnath
Question 366. ‘A Plan of Economic 2. Raigad
Development for India’, which was 3. Lumbini
prepared by a cross-section of India’s 4. Bodh Gaya
leading capitalists in 1944, was popularly
known as the ______ Plan. Question 373 The Government of India
1. Mysore added the prefix ‘MG’ to the National Rural
2. Allahabad Employment Guarantee Act in the year
3. Calcutta ______.
4. Bombay 1. 2009
2. 2008
Question 367. The term ‘Penalty Corner’ 3. 2012
is associated with which of the following 4. 2007
games?
1. Basketball Question 374. If the size of the nucleus of
2. Football an atom is compared with a cricket ball,
3. Volleyball then the radius of the atom is
4. Hockey approximately equal to how many
kilometers?
Question 368. Conjunctivitis is an 1. 0.5
infection primarily related to ______. 2. 0.005
1. Stomach 3. 5
2. Knee 4. 0.05
3. Eye
4. Heart Question 375 ‘Femto’ means ten raised to
the power of ______.
Question 369. The 55th Jnanpith Award 1. –12
was given to ______. 2. –16
1. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri 3. –20
4. –15 use of bricks and black marble, is situated

at ______.
Question 376. Who among the following 1. Alwar
was one of the speakers after Jawaharlal 2. Purnea
Nehru to address the Parliament on the 3. Mandu
midnight of 15 August 1947? 4. Gaur
1. C Rajagopalachari
2. Rajendra Prasad Question 381. Neeru-Meeru is a
3. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan watershed management programme in the
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel state of ______.
1. Rajasthan
Question 377. Which among the following 2. Odisha
Articles of the Constitution of India deals 3. Maharashtra
with the right to free and compulsory 4. Andhra Pradesh
education of all children in the age group
of 6-14 years?
1. 31A Question 382. ______ Law of
2. 21A independent migration of ions states that
3. 101 limiting molar conductivity of an electrolyte
4. 74 can be represented as the sum of the
individual contributions of the anion and
Question 378. Which among the following cation of the electrolyte.
peaks is NOT located in Nepal 1. Dirac
Himalayas? 2. Kohlrausch
1. Annapurna 3. Schrödinger
2. Mount Everest 4. Feynman
3. Lhotse
4. Kamet Question 383. Gandhiji hoped that by
coupling non-cooperation with ______,
Question 379. Smriti Mandhana is a India’s two major religious communities,
______. Hindus and Muslims, could collectively
1. left arm batsman, left arm bowler bring an end to colonial rule.
2. left arm batsman, right arm bowler 1. Swadeshi Movement
3. right arm batsman, right arm bowler 2. Khilafat Movement
4. right arm batsman, left arm bowler 3. Sepoy Mutiny
4. Civil Disobedience Movement
Question 380. Who is the author of the
book ‘A Better India: A Better World’? Question 384. As per the ‘India State of
1. Shashi Tharoor Forest Report’, 2019, the total forest and
2. NR Narayana Murthy tree cover is ______ % of the total
3. Ratan Tata geographical area of India.
4. Gurcharan Das 1. 14.39
2. 29.39
Question 381. Bhand Pather theater is a 3. 24.56
tradition primarily of which of the following 4. 20.39
States/UTs of India?
1. Kerala Question 385. The phenomenon of
2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli deviation of light rays from their original
3. Jammu and Kashmir path, when they pass from one medium to
4. Goa another, is called ______.
1. diffraction
Question 382 Kadam Rasul Mosque, 2. obstruction
whose construction is characterised by the 3. refraction
4. reflection
Question 386_____ waves include visible Question 392. In order to overturn the
light waves, X-rays,gamma rays, radio British rule through arms, the Kakori
waves, microwaves, ultraviolet and Conspiracy was planned by the members
infrared waves of the ______ in 1925.
1. Electromagnetic 1. Gadar Party
2. Mechanical 2. Hindustan Republican Association
3. Electric 3. Indian National Army
4. Magnetic 4. Indian National Congress
Question 387. ______ is a naturally Question 393 The Coinage Act, 2011,
occurring phenomenon that is responsible allows issue of coins up to the
for the heating of the Earth’s surface and denomination of ₹______ in India
atmosphere. 1. 5,000
1. Greenhouse effect 2. 500
2. Global heating 3. 1,000
3. Radiation 4. 100
4. Global warming
Question 394. Bhootada Kola is a
Question 388. Former cricketer Gautam spiritual folk dance in which some rituals
Gambhir contested the Lok Sabha involve walking on a bed of hot coal and is
elections, 2019, from the practiced in coastal districts of ______.
______constituency on a Bharatiya Janata 1. Andhra Pradesh
Party ticket. 2. Tamil Nadu
1. New Delhi 3. Karnataka
2. East Delhi 4. Kerala
3. South Delhi
4. West Delhi Question 395. Which of the following
statements is NOT true about the game of
Question 389. An unexpected rise in Kho Kho?
sales of a product leads to ______. 1. Ten players take the field in the
1. planned decumulation of inventory beginning to start the match
2. unplanned decumulation of 2. It is a team game
inventory 3. It is one of the oldest traditional tag
3. planned accumulation of inventory games of India
4. unplanned accumulation of inventory 4. Three defenders of opposite team try to
avoid being touched by the chasers
Question 390. Organisms such as
bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, Question 396. Muzaffar Hussain Baig
helminths, etc., that cause diseases who was awarded the Padma Bhushan in
Humans are called ______. 2020 is a member of the
1. predators 1. National Panthers Party
2. pathogens 2. National Democratic Party
3. antigens 3. Jammu Republic Party
4. frugivores 4. Peoples Democratic Party
Question 391. Gandhiji’s first major public Question 397. Actor Kamal Haasan is the
appearance was at the opening of the Founder President of the political party
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in ______.
______. 1. Thayaka Marumalarchi Kazhagam
1. February 1916 2. Marumalarchi Thamizhakam
2. January 1918 3. Makkal Needhi Maiam
3. December 1917 4. Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra Kalagam
4. September 1915
Question 398. Tumors that normally

remain confined to their original location Question 404. At the 65th Filmfare
and do not spread to other parts of the Awards, the film ‘Gully Boys’ did NOT win
body and cause little damage are called the award for which of the following
______ tumours. categories?
1. premalignant 1. Best Director
2. benign 2. Best Playback Singer (Male)
3. active 3. Best Film
4. malignant 4. Best Actor in a Leading Role
Question 399. .In pre-independent India, Question 405. The ______ is a single
Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss string musical instrument made using a
the concept of a ______. bamboo and a gourd, mostly used by
1. bread line traditional folk singers in Maharashtra.
2. living wage 1. Ektara
3. subsistence level 2. Esraj
4. poverty line 3. Edakka
4. Ekkalam
Question 400. Name the scheme
launched by the Government of India in Question 405. One of the main reasons
2015–16 with an aim to ensure water for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah in
security through per capita availability of the Battle of Plassey was that the forces
water in the country led by ______, one of his commanders,
1. Jal Kranti Abhiyan never fought the battle.
2. Atal Bhujal Yojana 1. Mahabat Khan
3. Polavaram Project 2. Mir Jafar
4. Namami Gange 3. Mir Khalifa
4. Mir Jumla II
Question 401. A policy which involves
fixing the maximum size of land which Question 406. Lal Bahadur Shastri was
could be owned by an individual is called born on ______.
______. 1. 12 October 1904
1. land mapping 2. 2 October 1904
2. land ceiling 3. 2 October 1869
3. land jamming 4. 12 October 1869
4. land capping
Question 407. Maria Irudayam, who is a
Question 402. Which Indian state is two-time world champion and a nine-time
bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal national champion, is associated with the
Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and game of ______.
Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, 1. badminton
Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; 2. carrom
and West Bengal to the west? 3. table tennis
1. Tripura 4. chess
2. Assam
3. Arunachal Pradesh Question 408. ______ solids are formed
4. Sikkim by the three-dimensional arrangements of
cations and anions bound by strong
Question 403. The climate of Assam can coulombic (electrostatic) forces.
be described as: 1. Covalent
1. subtropical humid climate 2. Ionic
2. mountain climate 3. Metallic
3. tropical monsoon rainforest climate 4. Molecular
4. tropical dry climate
Question 409. With which of the following Question 415. The steel plant at Bokaro
sports are the teams ‘Chennai was set up in collaboration with ______
Superstarz’, ‘Awadhe Warriors’ and 1. Germany
‘Mumbai Rockets’ associated? 2. United Kingdom
1. Hockey 3. Soviet Union
2. Football 4. France
3. Kabaddi
4. Badminton Question 416. Mehrgarh, a Neolithic
settlement, is situated in the ______
Question 410. According to a law province of Pakistan.
postulated by ______, the amounts of 1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
different substances liberated by the same 2. Balochistan
quantity of electricity passing through the 3. Sindh
electrolytic solution are proportional to 4. Punjab
their chemical equivalent weights.
1. John Dalton Question 417. Which of the following
2. Joseph Fourier states was formed in the year 2000?
3. Michael Faraday 1. Uttarakhand
4. Alfred Nobel 2. Odisha
3. Sikkim
Question 411. Which of the following 4. Goa
statements is NOT true about C
Rajagopalachari? Question 418. In the context of Colonial
1. He was the first Indian to become the India, the Hartog Committee Report is
Governor General of India related to which of the following fields?
2. He was the founder of the Swatantra 1. Education
Party 2. Urbanization
3. He was a senior leader of the Congress 3. Irrigation
He was the first recipient of the Padma 4. Health
Shri Award
Question 419. Iron nails become ______
Question 412. Solubility of gases in after being dipped in copper sulfate
liquids ______ with decrease in solution.
temperature 1. greenish
1. remains constant 2. brownish
2. increases 3. grayish
3. decreases 4. bluish
4. first decreases and then increases
Question 413. Which of the following cities is situated along the Coromandel
Stupa sites is NOT located in the state of Coast?
Uttar Pradesh? 1. Vellore
1. Bharhut 2. Tuticorin
2. Ramabhar 3. Tiruchirappalli
3. Chaukhandi 4. Tirunelveli
4. Dhamek
Question 414. With which sport do you Articles of the Constitution of India
associate the name of Koneru Humpy? abolishes untouchability?
1. Chess 1. 20
2. Volleyball 2. 17
3. Table Tennis 3. 18
4. Basketball 4. 19
Question 422. Power exerted by an Question 429. Jayaprakash Narayan was

object moving in a straight line is equal to fondly known as:
Force multiplied by ______. 1. Rajarishi
1. Velocity 2. Dinbandhu
2. Displacement 3. Loknayak
3. Acceleration 4. Deshbandhu
4. Work
Question 430 Crocodiles have ______
Question 423. In which year was ‘Ramlila’ heart chambers.
inscribed on the UNESCO Representative 1. five
List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2. three
Humanity? 3. four
1. 2006 4. two
2. 2010
3. 2012 Question 430. Saltpetre is another name
4. 2008 for ______.
1. potassium chloride
Question 424. Who among the following 2. sodium chloride
poets wrote under the pen name ‘Nirala’? 3. potassium nitrate
1. Jaishankar Prasad 4. sodium hydroxide
2. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
3. Maithili Sharan Gupta
4. Suryakant Tripathi
Question 431. In which state is the hill
Question 425. In which year did Prince station Matheran located?
Salim ascend the Mughal throne? 1. Maharashtra
1. 1558 2. Tamil Nadu
2. 1625 3. Madhya Pradesh
3. 1572 4. Karnataka
4. 1605
Question 426. Which of the following Question 432. Which of the following
does NOT fall under the category of cities does NOT lie on the path of river
oilseeds? Ganga?
1. Groundnut 1. Lucknow
2. Soyabean 2. Prayagraj
3. Oats 3. Kanpur
4. Sesame 4. Patna
Question 427. ‘Euderma maculatum’ is

the name given to spotted ______. Question 433. Which of the following is
1. bats NOT a fossil fuel?
2. foxes 1. Bitumen
3. eagles 2. Biomass
4. rats 3. Petroleum
4. Asphalt
Question 428. The collections of Vedic
hymns or mantras are known as ______.
1. Jnati Question 434. Who among the following
2. Samhita was the first Portuguese viceroy of India?
3. Bali 1. Lopo Soares de Albergaria
4. Vidatha 2. Francisco de Almeida
3. Duarte de Menezes
4. Alfonso de Albuquerque
Question 441. Who is referred to as the

‘Darwin of the 20th Century’?
Question 435. The Unique Identification 1. Ernst Mayr
Authority of India (UIDAI) is a statutory 2. Har Gobind Khorana
authority under the Ministry of ______. 3. Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1. Communications 4. Katherine Esau
2. Electronics and Information
Technology Question 442. In 1946, who among the
3. Science and Technology following was made the interim president
4. Information and Broadcasting of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
1. Sachindranath Sanyal
2. Sarojini Naidu
Question 436. The book ‘The Life Divine’ 3. S Subramaniya Iyer
was written by: 4. Sachchidananda Sinha
1. Amrita Pritam
2. Swami Vivekananda Question 443. The famous caves of
3. Sri Aurobindo Udayagiri and Khandagiri are located in:
4. Dayanand Saraswati 1. Uttarakhand
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Tripura
Question 437. What are supporting roots 4. Odisha
coming out of lower ends of the stem of
maize and sugarcane called? Question 444. ‘Udyam Abhilasha’ is a
1. Tertiary Root national level entrepreneurship awareness
2. Prop Root campaign launched by which among the
3. Stilt Root following in 2018?
4. Primary Root 1. Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank
2. UCO Bank
3. NABARD
Question 438. Which of the following 4. SIDBI
terms is associated with the architecture of
a Buddhist Stupa? Question 445. Which of the following
1. Mandapam cities is farthest from the southern-most tip
2. Gopuram of the mainland of India?
3. Harmika 1. Kodaikanal
4. Garbhagriha 2. Warangal
3. Nanded
4. Bengaluru
Question 439. The Barabati Sports
Stadium is located in the state of: Question 446. The Indira Gandhi Award
1. Odisha for National Integration is accorded by the:
2. Himachal Pradesh 1. Indian National Congress
3. Assam 2. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of
4. Goa India
3. Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of India
Question 440. If an object executes 10 4. Indira Gandhi National Open University
oscillations per second, then its frequency
in kilohertz is equal to: Question 447. On the night of ______
1. 1 1975, Indira Gandhi recommended the
2. 10 imposition of Emergency to president
3. 0.01 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
4. 0.1 1. 22nd May
2. 25th June
3. 1st July 2. 1
4. 1st June 3. 0
4. 3
Question 448. In which Summer Olympic
Games did PT Usha miss the bronze Question 455. As of 30th June 2020, the
medal by 0.01 second in the Women’s 400 Preamble to the Indian Constitution was
m Hurdles race? amended _____
1. 1988 1. twice
2. 1984 2. once
3. 1992 3. thrice
4. 1980 4. five times
Question 449. Who wrote the book ‘India Question 456. What is the chemical
Wins Freedom’? symbol of Arsenic?
1. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit 1. Ar
2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 2. As
3. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee 3. An
4. Mahatma Gandhi 4. Ac
Question 450. The phrase ‘Gross Question 457. In which of the following
National Happiness’ was first coined in: years was the National Food Security Act
1. India enacted in India?
2. Sweden 1. 2012
3. New Zealand 2. 2011
4. Bhutan 3. 2013
4. 2009
Question 451. In which of the following
states of India is the ‘Ambubachi Mela’ Question 458. Which of the following
held every year? barrages/dams is closest to the India-
1. Kerala Bangladesh border?
2. Gujarat 1. Durgapur
3. Sikkim 2. Massanjore
4. Assam 3. Farakka
4. Tilaiya
Question 452. ‘Ramoji Film City’ is
located close to which of the following Question 459. Which among the following
cities? is an ‘action-at-a-distance’ force?
1. Mumbai 1. Friction
2. Hyderabad 2. Tension
3. Pune 3. Pull
4. Gurugram 4. Gravitation
Question 453. Which of the following Question 460. What is the total area of
subjects is covered in the Eleventh the state of Goa?
Schedule of the Constitution of India? 1. 1702 km2
1. Large scale industries 2. 2702 km2
2. Health and sanitation 3. 3702 km2
3. Police and public order 4. 4702 km2
4. Major forest produce
Question 461. What is the length of the
Question 454. How many times has Indian border with Afghanistan?
Pakistan reached the final of ICC Men’s 1. 601 km
World Cup? 2. 106 km
1. 2 3. 755 km
4. 575 km Question 468. With which of the following

sports are Ritwik Bhattacharya, Joshna
Question 462. Of the 552 members of the Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal associated?
Lok Sabha, ______ members represent 1. Squash
the states 2. Tennis
1. 550 3. Wrestling
2. 520 4. Weight lifting
3. 540
4. 530 Question 469. Baliyatra, literally meaning
‘voyage to Bali’, is a festival celebrated
Question 463. Planned economic particularly in ______ with great fanfare.
development in India began in ______ 1. Gurgaon
with the inception of the First Five Year 2. Vellore
Plan. 3. Kochi
1. 1958 4. Cuttack
2. 1948
3. 1951 Question 460. Which of the following
4. 1956 poems is NOT written by Sarojini Naidu?
1. A Love Song from the North
Question 464. ______ states that for a 2. My Dead Dream
solution of volatile liquids, the partial vapor 3. The Banyan Tree
pressure of each the component of the 4. In the Forest
solution is directly proportional to its mole
fraction present in the solution. Question 461. Detritivores in the soil
1. Boyle’s law break down detritus into smaller particles.
2. Dalton’s law This process is called______.
3. Faraday’s law 1. mineralisation
4. Raoult’s law 2. catabolism
3. fragmentation
Question 465. ______ was elected as 4. leaching
President of the Indian National Congress
in December 1929 at its annual session in Question 462. The process of evolution of
the city of Lahore. different species in a given geographical
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel area starting from apoint and literally
2. Subhas Chandra Bose radiating to other areas of geography
3. Jawaharlal Nehru (habitats) is called ______.
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1. adjustive radiation
2. adaptive radiation
Question 466. The Governor of the state 3. adaptive evolution
of Maharashtra as on 30 June 2020 was 4. adjustive evolution
______.
1. Anandiben Patel Question 463. Who is the first Indian to
2. Bhagat Singh Koshyari be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics?
3. Najma Heptulla 1. Har Gobind Khorana
4. Acharya Dev Vrat 2. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
3. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
4. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Question 467. Hallisaka is a group dance
native to ______. Question 464. When a host is exposed to
1. Goa antigens, which may be in the form of
2. Gujarat living or dead microbes or other proteins,
3. Rajasthan antibodies are produced in the host body.
4. Maharashtra This type of immunity is called ______
immunity.
1. strong 3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

2. passive 4. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
3. active
4. acquired Question 470. In which of the following
states are the Sundargarh deposits of
Question 465. Fouaad Mirza is an Indian Manganese located?
______ who was awarded the Arjuna 1. Maharashtra
award in 2019. 2. Odisha
1. equestrian rider 3. Kerala
2. golfer 4. Gujarat
3. wrestler
4. weightlifter Question 471. As on 30 June 2020,
Harsimrat Kaur Badal was the Indian
Question 466. Teejan Bai was awarded Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of
the Padma Vibhushan Award in 2019 for ______.
her contribution in the field of ______. 1. Human Resource Development
1. Trade and Industry - Infrastructure 2. Food Processing Industries
2. Public Affairs 3. Health and Family Welfare
3. Art-Vocals-Folk 4. Women and Child Development
4. Art-Acting-Theater
Question 472. Solids can be classified as
Question 467. The first lot of 33 ______ on the basis of the nature of order
declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas present in the arrangement of their
Chandra Bose was handed over by the constituent particles
Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the 1. crystalline or amorphous
National Archives of India on 4 December 2. metallic or non-metallic
______. 3. magnetic or non-magnetic
1. 2019 4. conductor or non-conductor
2. 2014
3. 2015 Question 473. People like small farmers
4. 2018 and seasonal workers who regularly move
in and out of poverty are categorized as
Question 468. A set of equations _______.
involving electric and magnetic fields, and 1. occasionally poor
their sources, the charge and current 2. churning poor
densities are known as ______ equations. 3. always poor
1. Newton’s 4. usually poor
2. Bhor’s
3. Einstein’s Question 474. The longest continuous
4. Maxwell’s wall in India, the second longest in the
world, is at ______ Fort.
Question 469. The Chief of the Naval 1. Kumbhalgarh
Staff of India as on 30 June 2020 was 2. Chittorgarh
______. 3. Kangra
1. Manoj Mukund Naravane 4. Mehrangarh
2. Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
3. Bipin Rawat Question 475. The Indian Cabinet
4. Karambir Singh Minister – Ministry of Corporate Affairs, as
on 30 June 2020 was ______.
Question 469. Which of the following 1. Nirmala Sitharaman
public sector enterprises falls under the 2. Nitin Jairam Gadkari
status ‘Maharatna’? 3. Ravi Shankar Prasad
1. Steel Authority of India Limited 4. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
2. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Question 476 ______ is land which is left 1. uniformly

fallow (uncultivated) for more than five 2. inversely
years and can be brought under cultivation 3. proportionately
after improving it through reclamation 4. reversibly
practices.
1. Permanent pastures Question 483. Viswanathan Anand,
2. Current fallow Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi are
3. Forest land associated with the game of ______.
4. Culturable wasteland 1. chess
2. cricket
Question 477. Tax reforms are concerned 3. kabaddi
with the reforms in the government’s 4. football
taxation and public expenditure policies,
which are collectively known as its Question 484. ONGC ______ is a
______. subsidiary of the Indian public sector
1. fiscal policy enterprise, Oil and Natural Gas
2. financial policy Corporation.
3. fiscal reforms 1. Videsh
4. financial reforms 2. Vinesh
3. Vighnesh
Question 478. Mohandas Karamchand 4. Vishesh
Gandhi returned to India in the year
______ after two decades of residence Question 485. The discovery and
abroad. understanding of electromagnetic
1. 1869 induction is based on a long series of
2. 1905 experiments carried out by ______.
3. 1893 1. Rutherford
4. 1915 2. Einstein
3. Faraday and Henry
Question 479. Jayprakash Narayan was 4. Planck and Fermi
given the title of ‘______’.
1. Deenbandhu Question 486. Name the high frequency
2. Loknayak radiation produced in nuclear reactions
3. Jana Nayak and also emitted by radioactive nuclei that
4. Deshbandhu are used in medicine to destroy cancer
cells.
Question 480. Birhor dance is a tribal folk 1. Gamma rays
dance from ______. 2. Ultraviolet waves
1. Karnataka 3. Light waves
2. Punjab 4. X-rays
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Jharkhand Question 487. The ______ water
utilization is very high in the states of
Question 481. The British annexed Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Tamil
Punjab after defeating the Sikhs in the Nadu.
Anglo-Sikh War in the year ______. 1. rain
1. 1835 2. ground
2. 1845 3. river
3. 1839 4. sea
4. 1849
Question 488. Called the farmer’s ‘friend’,
Question 482. The charge has to be the ______ helps in the breakdown of
passed ______ to obtain maximum work complex organic matter as well as in
from a galvanic cell loosening the soil.
1. earthworm 4. Nitish Kumar

2. locust
3. weed Question 494. Fondly called the ‘Haryana
4. rat Hurricane’, ______ made his test debut in
the year 1978.
Question 489. Electrical conductance 1. Sunil Gavaskar
through metals is called electronic 2. Kapil Dev
conductance and it ______. 3. Ravi Shastri
1. decreases with increase in 4. Dilip Vengsarkar
temperature
2. increases with increase in temperature Question 495. ‘The Substance and the
3. decreases with decrease in temperature Shadow’ is the autobiography of ______.
4. does not depend on temperature 1. Dilip Kumar
2. Dev Anand
3. Shammi Kapoor
Question 490. Muhammad Ghori was 4. Guru Dutt
defeated by a ______ ruler in 1191.
1. Maurya Question 496. Languages like Nyishi,
2. Chalukya Apatani and Bokar are widely spoken in
3. Chahamana ______.
4. Gahadavala 1. Mizoram
2. Nagaland
Question 491. Sakewa is a religious 3. Assam
festival celebrated by the Kirat Khambu 4. Arunachal Pradesh
Rai community of ______.
1. Arunachal Pradesh Question 497. Sagol Kangjei, an
2. Sikkim indigenous game of Manipur is similar to
3. Nagaland the modern day sports of:
4. Meghalaya 1. cricket
2. polo
Question 492. Nuclear membrane is 3. hockey
absent in organisms that fall under the 4. boxing
kingdom ______.
1. Monera Question 498. The noted freedom fighter
2. Plantae Saheed Laxman Nayak belonged to the
3. Animalia state of ______.
4. Fungi 1. Gujarat
2. Chhatisgarh
Question 493. Lord Hastings initiated the 3. Uttar Pradesh
______ where the East India Company 4. Odisha
claimed that its authority was supreme
and hence its power was greater than that Question 499. What is the periodicity of
of Indian states Halley's comet?
1. Government's Stores Policy 1. 30-31 years
2. Doctrine of Lapse 2. 45-46 years
3. Imperial Policy 3. 85-86 years
4. Policy of ‘Paramountcy’ 4. 75-76 years
Question 493. The Chief Minister of the Question 500. Who among the following
state of Gujarat as on 30 June 2020 was was a Gupta ruler?
______. 1. Vima Kadphises
1. Vijaybhai Rupani 2. Vikramaditya
2. Pramod Sawant 3. Dhana Nanda
3. Naveen Patnaik 4. Kanishka
Question 508. The Mughal Sarai Railway

Question 501. The painting of Bharat Station has been renamed after ____
Mata was originally done by ______. 1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
1. Rabindranath Tagore 2. Madan Mohan Malviya
2. Jamini Roy 3. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
3. Nandalal Bose 4. Ram Manohar Lohia
4. Abanindranath Tagore
Question 509. Who among the following
Question 502. Which Indian historian won made the first observation on Platinum as
Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize? a catalyst and discovered similar triads of
1. Sanjay Subrahmanyam elements that led to the development of
2. Mridula mukhrajee the Periodic Table of elements?
3. Ifran Habib 1. Dmitri Mendeleev
4. Sumit Sarkar 2. Hans Christian Oersted
3. Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Question 503. Under the provisions of 4. Michael Faraday
which Article of the Constitution of India,
can the Bharat Ratna Award NOT be used Question 510. Which Article of the Indian
as a prefix or suffix to the recipient’s Constitution gives right to minorities to
name? establish and administer educational
1. Article 17(2) institutions?
2. Article 16(2) 1. Article 17
4. Article 30
Question 504. The SI (International
system of units) unit of length is ______. Question 511. In which novel did the
1. meter National Song of India feature?
2. centimeter 1. Sevasadan
3. millimeter 2. Devi Chaudhurani
4. kilometer 3. Anandamath
4. Durgeshnandini
Question 505. 'Amar Sonar Bangla’, the
national anthem of Bangladesh was Question 512. Which acid makes the
composed by ______. atmosphere of Venus have thick white and
1. Rabindranath Tagore yellowish clouds?
2. Dwijendranath Tagore 1. Sulphuric acid
3. Devendranath Tagore 2. Nitric acid
4. Abanindranath Tagore 3. Acetic acid
4. Hydrochloric acid
Question 506. Which of the following is
working capital in the farming sector? Question 513. In which of the following
1. Threshing machine Himalayan ranges is the Banihal Pass
2. Money situated?
3. Tractor 1. Great Himalayas
4. Land 2. Pir Panjal
3. Ladakh
Question 507. Which Indian cricketer has 4. Zaskar
scored two test triple centuries?
1. Karun Nair Question 514. The Third Round Table
2. Virender Sehwag Conference was held in the year ______.
3. Virat Kohli 1. 1932
4. Sunil Gavaskar 2. 1931
3. 1933
4. 1930 Question 522. Which organization

publishes a Human Development Report?
Question 515. The branch of geology that 1. WTO
studies dinosaurs is an example 2. ILO
of_______. 3. World Bank
1. Paleontology 4. UNDP
2. Histology
3. Petrology Question 523.______ Law of independent
4. Sophrology migration of ions states that limiting molar
conductivity of an electrolyte can be
Question 516. Which of the following is represented as the sum of the individual
NOT a part of the Meghalaya Plateau? contributions of the anion and cation of the
1. Jaintia Hills electrolyte.
2. Khasi Hills 1. Dirac
3. Garo Hills 2. Kohlrausch
4. Palamu Hills 3. Schrödinger
4. Feynman
Question 517. In which year was the
coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award Question 524. Gandhiji hoped that by
instituted? coupling non-cooperation with ______,
1. 1969 India’s two major religious communities,
2. 1968 Hindus and Muslims, could collectively
3. 1967 bring an end to colonial rule.
4. 1966 1. Swadeshi Movement
2. Khilafat Movement
Question 518. The Kaveri river rises from: 3. Sepoy Mutiny
1. The Brahmagiri hills 4. Civil Disobedience Movement
2. The Trimbak hills
3. The Amarkantak plateau Question 525. As per the ‘India State of
4. Mahabaleshwar Forest Report’, 2019, the total forest and
tree cover is ______ % of the total
Question 519. The term ‘Peninsula’ geographical area of India.
means a piece of land surrounded by 1. 14.39
water on: 2. 29.39
1. three sides 3. 24.56
2. one side 4. 20.39
3. two sides
4. four sides Question 526. The phenomenon of
deviation of light rays from their original
Question 520. What is a Coppersmith path, when they pass from one medium to
Barbet? another, is called ______.
1. A small herbivore 1. diffraction
2. An insect 2. obstruction
3. A carnivorous plant 3. refraction
4. A bird 4. reflection
Question 521. Who is the author of the Question 527. ______ waves include
book 'Arctic Home of the Vedas'? visible light waves, X-rays,gamma rays,
1. Bipin Chandra Pal radio waves, microwaves, ultraviolet and
2. Max Muller infrared waves.
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 1. Electromagnetic
4. Aurobindo Ghosh 2. Mechanical
3. Electric
4. Magnetic
(b) Sirius
Question 528. ______ is a naturally (c) Proxima Centauri
occurring phenomenon that is responsible (d) Alpha Centauri
for the heating of the Earth’s surface and Correct Answer: c
atmosphere
1. Greenhouse effect 535. The forest in Sundarban is called
2. Global heating ______.
3. Radiation (a) Scrub jungle
4. Global warming (b) Mangrove
(c) Deciduous Forest
Question 529. An unexpected rise in (d) Tundra
sales of a product leads to ______. Correct Answer: b
1. planned decumulation of inventory
2. unplanned decumulation of 536. Which of the following Indonesian
inventory regions was a victim of massive
3. planned accumulation of inventory earthquake
4. unplanned accumulation of inventory in 2004?
(a) Irian Jaya
Question 530. Organisms such as (b) Sumatra
bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, (c) Kalibangan
helminths, etc., that cause diseases (d) Java
Humans are called ______. Correct Answer: b
1. predators
2. pathogens 537. The first non-stop air-conditioned
3. antigens 'DURANTO' train was flagged off between
4. frugivores _______.
(a) Sealdah - New Delhi
531. Seismic Sea waves which approach (b) Mumbai - Howrah
the (c) Bangalore - Howrah
coasts at greater force are known as: (d) Chennai - New Delhi
(a) Tides Correct Answer: a
(b) Tsunami
(c) Current 538. Which one of the following states
(d) Cyclone does
Correct Answer: b not form part of Narmada River basin?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
532. The land of maximum biodiversity is: (b) Rajasthan
(a) Tropical (c) Gujarat
(b) Temperate (d) Maharashtra
(c) Monsoonal Correct Answer: b
(d) Equatorial
Correct Answer: a 539. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be
checked
533. Indian Standard Time relates to: by _________.
(a) 75.5°E longitude (a) Afforestation
(b) 82.5°E longitude (b) Terrace cultivation
(c) 90.5°E longitude (c) Strip cropping
(d) 0° longitude (d) Contour ploughing
Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: b
534. Which is the second nearest star to 540. Who coined the word 'Geography'?
the (a) Ptolemy
Earth after the Sun? (b) Eratosthenese
(a) Vega (c) Hacataus
(d) Herodatus (a) Cinnamon

Correct Answer: b (b) Clove
(c) Neem
541. Which of the following is called the (d) Palm
'ecological hot spot of India'?
(a) Western Ghats Correct Answer: a
(b) Eastern Ghats
(c) Western Himalayas 548. The atmospheric air is held to the
(d) Eastern Himalayas Earth
Correct Answer: a by:
(a) gravity
542. The age of the Earth can be (b) winds
determined (c) clouds
by: (d) rotation of the Earth
(a) Geological Time Scale Correct Answer: a
(b) Radio-Metric Dating
(c) Gravity method 549. The common tree species in nilgiri
(d) Fossilization method hills
Correct Answer: b is:
(a) Sal
543. How much of the Earth's land surface (b) Pine
is (c) Eucalyptus
desert? (d) Teak
(a) 1/10th Correct Answer: c
(b) 1/5th
(c) 1/3rd 550. Which is the largest living bird on
(D) 1/6th Earth?
Correct Answer: b (a) Emu
(b) Ostrich
544. River Indus originates from: (c) Albatross
(a) Hindukush range (d) Siberian Crane
(b) Himalayan range
(c) Karakoram range Correct Answer: b
(d) Kailash range
Correct Answer: d 551. Rihand Dam Project provides
irrigation
545. The lowest layer of the atmosphere to:
is: (a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(a) Stratosphere (b) Orissa and West Bengal
(b) Thermosphere (c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(c) Troposphere (d) Kerala and Karnataka
(d) Mesosphere Correct Answer: c
Correct Answer: c
552. Which is the longest irrigation canal
546. The Konkan Railway connects: in
(a) Goa - Mangalore India?
(b) Roha - Mangalore (a) Sirhind Canal
(c) Kanyakumari - Mangalore (b) Yamuna Canal
(d) Kanyakumari - Mumbai (c) Indira Gandhi Canal
(d) East Kosi Canal
Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: c
547. Bark of this tree is used as a 553. 'Loktak' is a :

condiment- (a) Valley
(b) Lake Correct Answer: a

(c) River
(d) Mountain Range 560. Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye
Correct Answer: b and pearl millet belong to:
(a) the same plant family
554. Which city receives the highest (b) two plant families
cosmic (c) three plant families
radiation amongst the following? (d) four plant families
(a) Chennai Correct Answer: b
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata 561. A plant known only in cultivation
(d) Delhi having arisen under domestication is
Correct Answer: a referred to as :
(a) Scion
555. The HYV programme in India is also (b) Cultigen
called as: (c) Cultivar
(a) Traditional Agriculture (d) Clone
(b) New Agricultural Strategy Correct Answer: b
(c) White Revolution
(d) Blue Revolution 562. The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at:
Correct Answer: b (a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Bokaro
556. Railway coaches are manufactured (c) Burnpur
at: (d) Vijay Nagar
(a) Jamshedpur Correct Answer: b
(b) Chittaranjan
(c) Perambur 563. The state which has registered the
(d) Varanasi highest population growth rate according
Correct Answer: c to 2001 census is:
(a) Kerala
557. A series of lines connecting places (b) Uttar Pradesh
having a quake at the same time are: (c) Nagaland
(a) Homoseismal lines (d) Sikkim
(b) Seismolines Correct Answer: c
(c) Coseismal lines
(d) Isoseismal lines
Correct Answer: a 564. Earth is a very big magnet. In which
direction does it magnetic field extend?
558. What would be the impact of global (a) west to east
warming on mangrove forests? (b) north to south
(a) They will grow more luxurious (c) south to north
(b) Large areas of mangroves will be (d) east to west
submerged Correct Answer: b
(c) Their role as carbon sinks will become
more important 565. The most densely populated state in
(d) Both (a) and (c) above India is:
Correct Answer: d (a) Kerala
(b) Uttar Pradesh
559. The brightest planet is: (c) West Bengal
(a) Venus (d) Tamil nadu
(b) Mercury Correct Answer: c
(c) Jupiter
(d) Mars
566. The biggest planet in the solar (c) China

system is: (d) India
(a) Venus
(b) Jupiter Correct Answer: d
(c) Saturn
(d) Uranus 573. Which one of the following is not
Correct Answer: b correctly matched?
(a) Darjeeling - West Bengal
567. Peninsular India has the following (b) Mount Abu - Rajasthan
zonal (c) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu
soil types: (d) Simla - Uttar Pradesh
(a) Red and yellow soil Correct Answer: d
(b) Forest soil
(c) Saline soil 574. The earth is at its maximum distance
(d) Alluvial soil from the Sun on:
Correct Answer: a (a) January 30th
(b) December 22nd
568. The land between two rivers is called: (c) September 22nd
(a) Natural Levees (d) July 4th
(b) Alluvial Cones Correct Answer: d
(c) Braided Stream
(d) Doab 575. Consider the following pairs:
Correct Answer: d Tributary Main River
1. Chambal : Yamuna
569. Which year is called as the 2. Sone : Narmada
'Demographic divide'? 3. Manas : Brahmputra
(a) 1941 Which one of the pairs given above is/are
(b) 1921 correctly matched?
(c) 1901 (a) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1931 (b) 1 and 2
Correct Answer: b (c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
570. Which country has a high density of Correct Answer: a
population?
(a) India 576. The total population divided by
(b) Canada available arable land area is referred to as
(c) Sweden (a) Population density
(d) Greenland (b) Nutritional density
Correct Answer: a (c) Agricultural density
(d) Industrial density
571. The iron and steel plant in Correct Answer: a
Chhattisgarh
is at: 577. The eastward continuation of the
(a) Burnpur Brazil
(b) Salem current is called:
(c) Bhilai (a) North Atlantic drift
(d) Bokaro (b) South Atlantic drift
Correct Answer: c (c) Counter Equatorial drift
(d) West Atlantic drift
572. The leading sesame producing Correct Answer: b
country
in the world is: 578. Ice glacier's melting is a common
(a) Mexico phenomenon linked to the rise in a
(b) U.S.A. seawater level. The glaciers are
predominantly present in : (a) Thematic maps

(a) Greenland (b) Atlas maps
(b) Antarctica (c) Wall maps
(c) Himalayas (d) Topographic maps
(d) Arctic
Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: d
579. Which hill station is called as the 585. The angle between the magnetic
'Queen of the Satpuras' meridian and the geographical meridian at
(a) Pachmarhi a place is :
(b) Nilgiri (a) Declination
(c) Mahenderagiri (b) Latitude
(d) Cardamom (c) Azimuth
Correct Answer: a (d) Dip
580. Which national highway connects Correct Answer: a

Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura and
Varanasi? 586. An irrigation project is categorized as
(a) NH 4 a
(b) NH 2 major project if it covers a cultivable
(c) NH 10 command area of:
(d) NH 6 (a) less than 2,000 hectares
Correct Answer: b (b) 2,000 to 10,000 hectares
(c) above 10,000 hectares
581. The country where drip irrigation is (d) all the above
more efficiently used is:
(a) India Correct Answer: c
(b) Israel
(c) Sri Lanka 587. The programme of 'Operation Flood'
(d) England was concentrated on:
(a) increasing irrigation facilities.
Correct Answer: b (b) flood control.
(c) increasing the milk production.
582. Which River in India flows in a (d) increase the flood grains production.
riftvalley?
(a) Narmada Correct Answer: c
(b) Krishna
(c) Cauvery 588. According to Ferrel's law (Coriolis
(d) Tapti Force) winds change their direction
_______________.
Correct Answer: a (a) Towards left in Northern hemisphere
and towards right in Southern hemisphere.
583. A narrow strip of land that connects (b) Towards right in Northern hemisphere
two larger land masses is called: and towards left in Southern hemisphere.
(a) Cape (c) Towards right in both the hemisphere.
(b) Isthmus (d) Towards left in both the hemisphere.
(c) Strait
(d) Peninsula Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: b 589. Which one of the following

atmospheric layers absorb ultraviolet rays
584. Maps on large scale, representing of the sun?
both (a) Troposphere
natural and man-made features are called: (b) Stratosphere
(c) Ionosphere (b) Peak

(d) Ozonosphere (c) Waterfall
(d) Dam
Correct Answer: d
Correct Answer: c
590. The drainage pattern developed on
folded sedimentary rock is termed as 596. Where is the shore based steel plant
___________. located?
(a) Trellis (a) Tuticorin
(b) Dendritic (b) Salem
(c) Radial (c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Deranged (d) Mangalore
Correct Answer: b Correct Answer: c
591. Which one of the following is not a 597. Which two of the following are
line connected by the North South corridor?
of demarcation between two countries? (a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
(a) Durand Line (b) Mumbai and Chennai
(b) Mac Mahon Line (c) Amritsar and Kolkata
(c) Plimsoll Line (d) Hyderabad and Bhopal
(d) Maginot Line
Correct Answer: a
Correct Answer: c
598. Which of the following statements is
592. Water potential remains lowest in correct?
__________. (a) Mahadeo hills are in the west of
(a) Water plants Maikala
(b) Woody plants hills.
(c) Succulents (b) Mahadeo hills are the part of
(d) Halophytes Karnataka
Plateau.
Correct Answer: d (c) Mahadeo hills are in the east of
Chhotanagpur Plateau.
593. The free living bacterium in the soil (d) Mahadeo hills are the part of Aravalli
which increases the yield of rice is : ranges.
(a) Rhizobium
(b) Azotobacter Correct Answer: a
(c) Acetobacter
(d) Anabaena 599. Which one of the following pairs is
not
Correct Answer: b correctly matched?
(a) Hevea Tree—Brazil
594. Frontal cyclones occur (b) Sumatra Storm—Malaysia
characteristically in _______________. (c) Kajan River—Borneo
(a) Equatorial region (d) Dekke Toba fish—Brazil
(b) Tropical region
(c) Mid-latitudinal region Correct Answer: d
(d) Polar region 600. Which of the following resources is
renewable one?
Correct Answer: c (a) Uranium
(b) Coal
595. "Yosemite" is a ____________. (c) Timber
(a) River (d) Natural Gas
(a) Trans-Siberian Railway

Correct Answer: c (b) Canadian Pacific Railway
(c) Canadian National Railway
601. Soil erosion can be prevented by: (d) Trans-Atlantic Railway
(a) Increasing bird population
(b) Afforestation Correct Answer: a
(c) Removal of vegetation
(d) Overgrazing 607. Which of the following is FALSE with
respect to rainwater harvesting?
Correct Answer: a (a) It helps raising water table
(b) It helps meet rising water demand
602. Natural sources of air pollution are: (c) It increases run-off losses
(a) Forest fires (d) It is a device of water conservation
(b) Volcanic eruptions
(c) Dust storm Correct Answer: c
(d) Smoke from burning dry leaves
608. Which of the following river does not
Correct Answer: c originate in Indian territory?
(a) Mahanadi
603. The 'graded profile' of a river course (b) Brahmaputra
is (c) Satluj
a _____________. (d) Ganga
(a) smooth curve in the upper course
(b) smooth curve in the middle course Correct Answer: b
(c) smooth curve in the lower course
(d) smooth curve from source to mouth 609. Which one among the following
industries in the maximum consumer of
Correct Answer: d water in India?
(a) Textile
604. Sink hole is a phenomenon of (b) Engineering
_______ (c) Paper and Pulp
topography. (d) Thermal Power
(a) Desert
(b) Tundra Correct Answer: d
(c) Karst
(d) Plain 610. Choose the correct option which
represents the arrangement of
Correct Answer: c atmospheric layers.
(a) Troposphere, Stratosphere,
605. Kerala is famous for the cultivation of Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere
__________________. (b) Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere,
1. Coconut Troposphere, Stratosphere
2. Black pepper (c) Ionosphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere,
3. Rubber Troposphere, Stratosphere
4. Rice (d) Exosphere, Troposphere, Ionosphere,
(a) 1, 2 and 4 Mesosphere, Stratosphere
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4 Correct Answer: a
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: d 611. Which of the following options
correctly explains the term 'heat budget'?
606. The longest continental Railway in (a) It is the amount of heat which the
the surface of earth receives form the sun.
world is: (b) It is the radiation from the earth in the
form of long waves (b) Tropic of Cancer

(c) It is a mode of transfer of heat through (c) Poles
matter by molecular activity. (d) Equator
(d) It is the balance between incoming and
outgoing radiation. Correct Answer: d
618. Among the world oceans, which
Correct Answer: d ocean
is having the widest continental shelf?
612. The layer of atmosphere close to the (a) Antarctic Ocean
earth's surface is called: (b) Arctic Ocean
(a) Exosphere (c) Indian Ocean
(b) Ionosphere (d) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Troposphere Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: d 619. Which is largest peninsular river in

India?
613. Which of the following plant shows (a) Krishna
chloroplast dimorphism? (b) Godavari
(a) Sugarcane (c) Cauvery
(b) Sugar beet (d) Mahanadi
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: a 620. Red soil is normally found in India in

which regions?
614. Day and Night are equal at the: (a) Eastern Region only
(a) Prime Meridian (b) Southern Region only
(b) Poles (c) Eastern & Southern part of the Deccan
(c) Equator Plateau
(d) Antarctic (d) None of these
Correct Answer: c Correct Answer: c
615. Evergreen type forests are found in: 621. Limestone is a raw material used by
(a) Mediterranean region which industry?
(b) Monsoon climatic area (a) Aluminium
(c) Desert region (b) Fertilizers
(d) Equatorial region (c) Cement
(d) Petrochemicals
Correct Answer: b
Correct Answer: c
616. The ash-grey soils of high latitude
coniferous forests are known as: 622. The only perennial river in Peninsular
(a) Grey-Brown soils India is _____.
(b) Red and Yellow soils (a) Godavari
(c) Tundra soils (b) Kaveri
(d) Podsols (c) Krishna
(d) Bhima
Correct Answer: a
Correct Answer: b
617. Equinox occurs when the sun is
vertically above ____________. 623. When does solar eclipse take place?
(a) Tropic of Capricorn
(a) When the sun is between the moon (d) West Bengal
and
earth Correct Answer: c
(b) When the earth is between the moon
and sun 629. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over
(c) When the moon is between the sun which river?
and (a) Kaveri
earth (b) Godavari
(d) When the moon does not lie on the line (c) Sharavati
joining the sun and earth (d) Krishna
Correct Answer: c Correct Answer: c
624. Strait of Gibraltar connects which of 630. Which one of the following areas of
the following? India is covered by tropical evergreen
(a) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea forest?
(b) Red Sea-Arabian Sea (a) Semi-arid areas of Gujarat
(c) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea (b) Eastern Ghats
(d) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea (c) Western Ghats
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: c
Correct Answer: c
625. The largest solar power plant in India
is located at _________________ 631. The DPSP (Directive Principle of
(a) Nagercoil State
(b) Jaisalmer Policy) in the Indian Constitution has been
(c) Madhapur borrowed from which country?
(d) Rann of Kutch a. USA
b. Australia
Correct Answer: c (Till 2017) c. Ireland
d. Russia
626. On which river is the Tehri dam built? Correct Answer: C
(a) Alakananda
(b) Bhagirathi 632. How many fundamental rights have
(c) Ganga been
(d) Hooghly provided by the Constitution of India?
a. 9
Correct Answer: b b. 7
c. 5
d. 6
627. With which country, India has the Correct Answer: D
longest international boundary?
(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan 633. Who is regarded as the constitutional
(c) China head
(d) Bangladesh of the state government?
a. Chief Minister
Correct Answer: d b. HighCourt Judge
c. Governor
628. Which State in India has the largest d. None ofthese
coastline? Correct Answer: C
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
634. The Anti-Defection Law was passed c. Preamble

under d. Fundamental Duties
which amendment? Correct Answer: B
a. 51st
b. 42nd
c. 33rd 640. Which Article of the Indian
d. 52nd Constitution states the directive
Correct Answer: D principles of state policy on
'Promotion of international
peace and security?
635. Right to life and personal liberty a. Article 51
comes b. Article 57
under which article? c. Article 49
a. Article 19 d. Article 59
b. Article 21 Correct Answer: A
c. Article 23
d. Article 17
Correct Answer: B 641. The code of Criminal Procedure
came into
existence on ________.
636. The Impeachment of the President a. 01 March 1973
can be b. 01 April 1974
done by ___________. c. 24 April 1955
a. Members of Legislative assembly d. 26 January 1946
b. Attorney General ofIndia Correct Answer: B
c. Prime Minister ofIndia
d. Parliament
Correct Answer: D 642. The fundamental duties are
mentioned
under which article?
637. What are the number of parts of a. Article 52A
Indian b. Article 51A
Constitution? c. Article 53A
a. 25 d. Article 56A
b. 23 Correct Answer: B
c. 26
d. 28
Correct Answer: A 643. The incorporation of fundamental
duties
into Indian Constitution are suggested by
638. How many articles are there in Indian which committee?
Constitution? a. Swaran SinghCommittee
a. 380 b. MalhotraCommittee
b. 415 c. Narasimham Committee
c. 470 d. RaghavanCommittee
d. 450 Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer: C
644. The right to religious freedom comes

639. Habeas Corpus is associated with under which article of Indian Constitution?
which part a. 23-24
of the Indian Constitution? b. 29-30
a. DPSP c. 25-28
b. FundamentalRights d. 32-35
Correct Answer: C 650. Under which amendment the number

of
seats in Lok Sabha were increased?
645. Which article of Indian Constitution a. 50th Amendment
deals b. 51st Amendment
with pardoning power of the president? c. 31st Amendment
a. Article 71 d. 33rd Amendment
b. Article 72 Correct Answer: C
c. Article 74
d. Article 75
Correct Answer: B 651. Which article of Indian Constitution
includes the provision of Election
Commission?
646. Who among the following appoints a. Article 324
the b. Article 330
Lokayukta and Uplokayukta? c. Article 336
a. Vice President d. Article 351
b. Governor/LieutenantGovernor ofthe Correct Answer: A
respective state/UT
c. President
d. Prime Minister 652. Under which veto power the
Correct Answer: B President of
India can keep a bill pending for an
indefinite period?
647. Which schedule of the Indian a. SuspensionVeto Power
Constitution b. AbsoluteVetoPower
deals with scheduled languages? c. PocketVeto Power
a. 10th d. None of these
b. 7th Correct Answer: C
c. 8th
d. 6th 653. The retirement age of CJI (Chief
Correct Answer: C Justice of
India) as per the Indian Constitution is?
a. 62
648. Which amendment granted b. 61
constitutional c. 60
status to Panchayati Raj System in India? d. 65
a. 51st Correct Answer: D
b. 71st
c. 73rd
d. 42nd 654. Which articles of Indian Constitution
Correct Answer: C deals
with the Government in States?
a. Article130-145
649. Imposition of President rule comes b. Article 110-125
under c. Article153-167
which article of Indian Constitution? d. Article 171 - 183
a. Article 355 Correct Answer: C
b. Article 356
c. Article 344
d. Article 370 655. How many members are nominated
Correct Answer: B by the
President to the Rajya Sabha?
a. 12
b. 20 661. One feature distinguishing the Rajya

c. 18 Sabha from the Vidhan Parishad is:
d. 15 a. Nomination of members
Correct Answer: A b. Indirect election
c. Power of impeachment
d. Tenure of membership
656. The article that deals with the Correct Answer: C
Impeachment of the President is :
a. Article 56
b. Article 61 662. Chief Ministers of all the states are
c. Article 63 exofficio members of the :
d. Article 65 a. Inter State Council
Correct Answer: B b. FinanceCommission
c. PlanningCommission
d. National Development Council
657. The article that deals with the tenure Correct Answer: A
of
the presidentis
a. Article 56 663. Who administers the oath of office to
b. Article 55 the
c. Article 53 President of India before he enters upon
d. Article 51 the office?
Correct Answer: A a. Speaker
b. Prime Minister
c. Vice President
658. Which article dealswith appointment d. Chief Justice
of Correct Answer: D
Prime Minister and council of ministers?
a. Article 72
b. Article 75 664. Who among the following enjoys the
c. Article 73 rank
d. Article 71 of a Cabinet Minister of the Indian Union?
Correct Answer: B a. Secretary to the Government of India
b. DeputyChairman,Rajya Sabha
c. DeputyChairman of the Planning
659. Which article deals with the Commission
declaration of d. None of the Above
National Emergency? Correct Answer: C
a. Article 331
b. Article 332
c. Article 352 665. Minimum age required to contest for
d. Article 371 Presidentship is :
Correct Answer: C a. 21 years
b. 31 years
c. 30 years
660. Which article deals with the d. 35 years
declaration of Correct Answer: D
Financial Emergency?
a. Article 351
b. Article 359 666. India is having which form of
c. Article 360 government
d. Article 361 at present?
Correct Answer: C a. Parliamentary form of democracy
b. Diarchy
c. Presidentialform of democracy 672. Who headed Union Powers

d. Direct democracy Committee
Correct Answer: A of Constituent Assembly?
a. Rajendra Prasad
b. Sardar Patel
667. The first woman Governor of a state c. JL Nehru
in d. Mahatma Gandhi
free India was: Correct Answer: C
a. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
b. Mrs.Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
c. Mrs. Indira Gandhi 673. __________ was the first Chief
d. Mrs. SuchetaKripalani Election
Correct Answer: A Commissioner of India.
a. Sunil Arora
b. Sukumar Sen
668. Who appoints the Prime Minister of c. T N Seshan
India? d. M S Gill
a. President Correct Answer: B
b. Lok Sabha
c. Citizens ofIndia
d. Parliament 674. The ideals of Liberty, Equality, and
Correct Answer: A Fraternity (contained in the Preamble of
the
Constitution of India) are borrowed from
669. Which of the following appointments the constitution of which country?
is a. Australia
not made by the President of India? b. Canada
a. Chief Justice ofIndia c. Germany
b. Chief ofthe Air Force d. France
c. Chief ofthe Army Correct Answer: D
d. Speaker ofthe Lok Sabha
Correct Answer: D
675. Article 17 of the Constitution of India
deals with the abolition of _____.
670. The total number of members a. Untouchability
nominated b. Titles
by the President to the Lok Sabha and the c. Savery
Rajya Sabha is: d. Sati
a. 12 Correct Answer: A
b. 14
c. 16
d. 18 676. Who appoints State Election
Correct Answer: B Commissioner in India?
a. Chief Minister
b. Governor
671. In which part of the Indian c. President
Constitution, are centre-state relations d. None of these
mentioned? Correct Answer: B
a. Part XI (Article 245 to 263)
b. Part IV (Article 36 to 51)
c. Part X (Article 244 to 244A) 677. Arms Forces Tribunal is established
d. Part XIII (Article 301 to 307) in which year?
Correct Answer: A a. 2008
b. 2010
c. 2012 (b) Microwaves

d. 2013 (c) UV rays
Correct Answer: A (d) X-rays
Correct Answer:B
678. Which of the following is one of the
Articles of the Constitution of India that
mentions the Comptroller and Author 684. Energy is continuously created in the
General of India? sun due to?
a. 156 (a) nuclear fission
b. 280 (b) nuclear fusion
c. 148 (c) artificial radioactivity
d. 352 (d) radioactivity
Correct Answer: C Correct Answer:
679. Who among the following is/was the 685. A person standing on a railway
longest serving governor of an Indian platform
state? listens to the whistles of arriving and
a. N D Tiwari departing trains. The whistle heard is
b. Padmaja Naidu (a) of higher pitch when train departs
c. Sarojini Naidu (b) of higher pitch when train arrives
d. Lakshmi Kant Jha (c) of higher intensity when train arrives
Correct Answer: B (d) the same in both cases in all respects
Correct Answer:B
680. Who among the following is/was the

longest serving governor of an Indian 686. When heated from 0° to 10°C volume
state? of a given
a. N D Tiwari mass of water will
b. Padmaja Naidu (e) Decrease and then will increase
c. Sarojini Naidu (f) Increase and then will decrease
d. Lakshmi Kant Jha (g) Increase gradually
Correct Answer: B (h) Decrease gradually
Correct Answer:A
681. What is the SI unit of Acceleration?
(a) kg.m / s2
(b) m / s 687. A boat will submerge when it
(c) kg.m / s displaces water
(d) m / s2 equal to its own
Correct Answer: D (a) density
(b) surface area
682. The splitting of different colours of (c) weight
light in a (d) volume
prism is: Correct Answer:C
(a) Dispersion oflight
(b) Reflection of light
(c) Refraction of light 688. Which combination of colour is the
(d) Diffraction of light most
Correct Answer:A convenient during day and night time?
(a) White and black
(b) Orange and blue
683. Which of the following is used in (c) Red and green
oven? (d) Yellow and blue
(a) Radio waves Correct Answer:C
(c) Outward pull on him

(d) Inertia of motion
689. Gamma rays can cause Correct Answer:D
(a) fever
(b) burning
(c) sneezing 695. If the velocity time graph of a particle
(d) gene mutation is
Correct Answer:D represented by y = mt + c then the particle
is
moving with
690. The shape of our milky way galaxy is (a) constant velocity
(a) elliptical (b) constant speed
(b) spiral (c) varying acceleration
(c) circular (d) constant acceleration
(d) None ofthe above Correct Answer:D
Correct Answer:B
696. The speed of light with the rise in the

691. Woollen clothes keep the body warm temperature of the medium
because (a) depends on the impurities in the ice
(a) Wool is a bad conductor (b) decreases
(b) Wool increases the temperature ofthe (c) does not change
body (d) increases
(c) Wool rejects heatfrom the outer objects Correct Answer:B
(d) Wool absorbs radiant heatfrom outer
objects
Correct Answer:A 697. Lamberts law is related to
(a) ReflectionInterference
(b) Illumination
692. When the barometer reading dips (c) Reflection
suddenly it is (d) Refraction
an indication of Correct Answer:B
(a) Calm weather
(b) Hot weather
(c) Dry weather 698. Which of the following laws validates
(d) Storm the
Correct Answer:D statement that matter can neither be
created
nor destroyed?
693. Heat from the Sun reaches the Earth (a) Law of osmosis
by (b) Law of conservation of mass
(a) Conduction (c) LeChateliers Principle
(b) Reflection (d) Law of conservation of energy
(c) Convection Correct Answer:B
(d) Radiation
Correct Answer:D
699. Fathometer is a device used to
measure
694. A passenger standing in a bus is (a) Depth of water
thrown (b) Tides in the water
outward when the bus takes a sudden turn (c) Soil water tension
happens due to (d) Relative density of liquids
(a) Change in momentum Correct Answer:A
(b) Change in acceleration
700. What is the end product of all

radioactive
materials after the emission of radioactive 706. What is the unit of measure of a
rays? magnetic
(a) Boron field?
(b) Silicon (a) Tesla
(c) Lead (b) Ohm
(d) Calcium (c) Cobalt
Correct Answer:C (d) Ampere
Correct Answer:A
701. Decibel is the unit used for

(a) Intensify of heat 707. TV remote controls work on the
(b) Speed of light principle
(c) Radio wave frequency of ______.
(d) Intensity of sound (a) Ultrasonic waves
Correct Answer:D (b) Laser technology
(c) Bluetooth technology
(d) Infrared waves
702. The mass energy relation is the Correct Answer:D
outcome of
(a) generaltheory of relativity
(b) specialtheory of relativity 708. ______ codified the first two laws of
(c) quantum theory thermodynamics and deducted that the
(d) field theory of energy absolute zero of temperature is -
Correct Answer:B 273.15°C. He
was honored for this with the naming of
the
703. Short sight in human eye can be Kelvin temperature scale.
corrected by (a) William crooks
using proper (b) William Thomson
(a) cylindrical lens (c) Luis Alvarez
(b) bifocal lens (d) Robert Hooke
(c) concave lens Correct Answer:B
(d) convex lens
Correct Answer:C
709. J.J. Thomson received the Nobel
Prize in
704. The device which converts AC to DC Physics for his discovery of ________.
is (a) Electron
(a) Rectifier (b) Positron
(b) Oscillator (c) Proton
(c) Amplifier (d) Neutron
(d) None ofthese Correct Answer: A
Correct Answer:A
710. An image that can be obtained on a
screen
705. Instrument for measuring intensity of is called __________?
earthquakes is called (a) Virtual image
(a) Seismograph (b) Real image
(b) Osmograph (c) Inverted image
(c) Quake meter (d) Erect image
(d) Octograph Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer:A
711. Contact force is another name for shadow is formed is ________.

_________. (a) Reflection
(a) Friction (b) Refraction
(b) Magnetic force (c) Rectilinear Propagation
(c) Electrostatic force (d) Diffraction
(d) Muscular force Correct Answer:C
Correct Answer:A
717. Water droplets cause rainbow due to

712. The force of friction between two which phenomena?
surfaces will a) Reflection of sunlight
increase if_______. b) Refraction of sunlight
(a) A layer of lubricant is kept between the c) Reflection & refraction of sunlight
two d) Diffusion of sunlight
surfaces. Correct Answer:B
(b) The two surfaces are pressed harder
(c) Air gap is created between the two
surfaces 718. The dimensional formula for universal
(d) Irregularities on both the surfaces are gravitational constant is :
removed a) M−1L3T2
Correct Answer:B b) M−1L−3T−2
c) M−1L−3T2
d) M−1L3T−2
713. Which of the following coloured light Correct Answer:A
has the
lowest frequency?
(a) Green 719. Which of the following branches of
(b) Blue Physics related with the study of heat?
(c) Red a) Optics
(d) Violet b) Acoustics
Correct Answer:C c) Thermodynamics
d) Relativity
Correct Answer:C
714. The technology developed to track
enemy
submarines in World War II were: 710. The sub-atomic particles which show
a) RADAR property opposite to the general
b) SONAR subatomic
c) Echolocation particles, are called:
d) LIDAR a) Positrons
Correct Answer:B b) Antimatter
c) Photons
d) Neutrinos
715. What is the gravitational force Correct Answer:B
exerted on a
mass called?
a) Stress 711. Which of the following is true?
b) Inertia a) Image formed at retina is inverted
c) Weight b) Image formed at retina is twice of
d) Work original image
Correct Answer:C c) Image formed at retina is similar or
original Image
d) Image formed at retina is virtual
716. The principle of light based on which Correct Answer:A
(a) Mass changes but weight remains

same
712. When heated from 0oC to 100C (b) Weight changes but mass remains
volume of a same
given mass of water will: (c) Both weight and mass change
(a) Increase gradually (d) Both weight and mass remain same
(b) Decrease gradually Correct Answer:B
(c) Increase and then will decrease
(d) Decrease and then will increase
Correct Answer:D 718. If the velocity-time graph of a particle
is
represented by y = mt + c, then the
713. If we cut a magnet, we get particle is
a) North pole and south pole separately moving with
b) Only north poles (a) Constant Speed
c) Only south poles (b) Constant Velocity
d) Small magnets (c) Constant Acceleration
Correct Answer:D (d) Varying Acceleration
Correct Answer:C
714. If length of the wire is increase by

twice of its 719. A solid sphere is rotating in free
length and cross-sectional area is space. If
decreased to onefourth, then find the the radius of the sphere is increased
resistance of the conductor? keeping
(a) 4 R mass same, which one of the following will
(b) 6 R not be affected?
(c) 8 R (a) Moment of inertia
(d) 16 R (b) Angular momentum
Correct Answer:A (c) Angular velocity
(d) Rotational kinetic energy
Correct Answer:B
715. As we go from Equator to North pole
the value
of ‘g’, the acceleration due to gravity 720. The motion of the wheels of a
(a) Remains the same bullock-cart while
(b) Decreases moving on the road is an example of:
(c) Increases (a) Oscillatory and rotatory motion
(d) None of the above (b) Oscillatory and Translatory motion
Correct Answer:C (c) Translatory and rotatory motion
(d) Translatory motion only
Correct Answer:C
716. Which of the following is the rate of
heat 721. “Ali gurushasp” was the real name of
transfer unit? which king?
a) Watt A Alauddin Khalji
b) Pascal B Ituminish
c) Joule C Qutubuddin-aibak
d) Newton D Badayuni
Correct Answer:A Answer: A
Question 722
717. When a body is taken from earth to Goa was captured by Portugeese in which
moon ______. year?
A 1523 Question 728

B 1510 Which of the following is apex bank for
C 1490 industrial loans?
D 1645 A RBI
Answer: B B NABARD
C ICICI
Question 723 D IDBI
The Sayyid Dynasty was established by Answer: D
which of the following rulers?
A Khizr Khan Question 729
B Mohammad Shah Insurance sector in India is regulated by?
C Mubarak Shah A RBI
D Alam Shah B CII
Answer: A C IRDA
D SEBI
Question 724 Answer: C
Harmattan blows in Sahara desert from
A South to North Question 730
B East to West In which amendment of the Constitution
C West to East was the voting age reduced from 21 to 18
D North to South years?
Answer: B A
B
Question 725 C
The process that explains the recent D
changes in the height of sea level in Answer: D
coastal areas of eastern and northern
Canada and Question 731
Scandinavia is Which act introduced principle of elections
A isostasy to the legislative council?
B continental drift Answer:Indian Councils Act 1909
C plate tectonics
D None of these Question 732
Answer: A Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals
with________
Question 726 Answer:Special Status to the state of
Which of the following cities is situated on Jammu and Kashmir
river bank of Sabarmati?
A Surat Question 733
B Bhavnagar Which one of the following is not a part of
C Vadodara the female reproductive system in a
D Ahmedabad human being?
Answer: D A Vulva
B Testis
Question 727 C Mammary Glands
A taxation is a tool of? D Fallopian Tubes
A Monetary policy Answer: B
B Fiscal policy
C Price policy Question 734
D Wage policy Name the tissue that consists of Stomata
Answer: B in a plant?
A Sclerenchyma
B Collenchyma
C Parenchyma
D Epidermis
Answer: D Question 741

Which state’s governor has won first prize
Question 735 in the competition of the postal
The term PCB stands for department?
A Polyethylene Card Board A Madhya Pradesh
B Printed Circuit Board B Rajasthan
C Printed Card Board C Maharashtra
D Polyethylene Circuit Board D Tamilnadu
Answer: B Answer: C
Question 736 Question 742

Which gas is most used in cigarette Lack of vitamin B complex causes
lighter? A Beriberi
A Butane B Scurvy
B Ethane C Pellagra
C Methane D Rickets
D Propane Answer: A
Answer: A
Instructions Question 743
Baichung Bhutia is associated with which
Question 737 of the following Sports?
Which of the following is the example of A Racing
longitudinal waves ? B Squash
A Sound waves C Golf
B Light waves D Football
C Radio waves Answer: D
D EM waves
Answer: A Question 744
Instructions Who is the Author of the famous book “
For the following questions answer them Go Set a Watchman”?
individually A Gina Rinehart
B Harper Lee
Question 738 C Sebastian Ortiz
Which of the following types of lens is D Salman Rushdie
used in a Simple Microscope? Answer: B
A Convex
B Concave Question 745
C Cylindrical Where is the floating national park in India
D None of the Above located?
Answer: A Answer:Keibul Lamjao National Park,
Manipur
Question 739
Ghumura dance is the dance form of? Question 746
Answer:Odisha Who was declared the 'Shahenshah-e-
Hindustan' during the first war of Indian
Question 740 Independence in 1857?
What is the default file extension for all A Nana Sahib
Word documents ? B Bahadur Shah Zafar - II
A TXT C Tantia Tope
B WRD D Mangal Pande
C FIL Answer: B
D docx
E None of these Question 747
Answer: D In which year did the first world war start?
A 1920
B 1914 Question 753

C 1925 RBI does not transact the business of
D 1923 which of the following state government?
Answer: B A Nagaland
B Assam
Question 748 CJ&K
Arya Samaj was founded by which of the D Rajasthan
following Social reformers? Answer: C
A Swami Vivekananda
B Raja Ram mohan roy Question 754
C Savitri bhai phule The demand of a commodity is a direct
D Dayanand Saraswati demand but the demand of a factor of
Answer: D production is called a
A Crossed demand
Question 749 B Joint demand
The molten material mixed with eases in C Derived demand
the mantle of the Earth is called: D Independent demand
A Magma Answer: C
B Helium
C Core Question 755
D Lava Which of the following countries in India’s
Answer: A neighbourhood is facing charges of
violation of human rights of Tamilians
Question 750 living there ?
India’s largest Floating Solar Power Plant A Sri Lanka
is built in which of the following cities of B Myanmar
the country? C Afghanistan
A Dehradun, Uttarakhand D Pakistan
B Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh E Nepal
C Wayanad, Kerala Answer: A
D Sambalpur, Odisha
Answer: C Question 756
Chief Election Commissioner who is
Question 751 appointed by the president of India has
Which of the following is a measure of the tenure of ______ years or up to the age of
impact of our activities on the environment ________ years
and in particular climate change ? whichever is earlier
A Carbon Trajectory A 4, 65
B Carbon Trail B 5, 60
C Carbon Track C 6, 65
D Carbon Footprint D 5, 65
E Carbon Imprint Answer: C
Answer: D
Question 757
Question 752 Constituent Assembly of India was
Which plan emphasized removal of formulated on the recommendation of
poverty for the first time? A Wavel plan
A 4th B Cripps Mission
B 5th C August Offer
C 6th D Cabinet Mission
D 7th Answer: D
Answer: B

Which one of the following is not a part of With which of the following states of India
the female reproductive system in a is the Gatka dance associated with?
human being? A Karnataka
A Vulva B Punjab
B Testis C Kerala
C Mammary Glands D Rajasthan
D Fallopian Tubes Answer: B
Answer: B
Question 765
Question 759 ’Benchmark’ means____
Respiratory pigment, which increases the A Benches for customers to sit
oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, in a B Benches for salesmen to sit
human body is? C Products displayed on a bench
A Red blood cells D Set standards
B Myoglobin E All of the above
C Albumin Answer: D
D Haemoglobin
Answer: D Question 766
Who is the first Woman Governor of India?
Question 760 A Sarojini Naidu
Which of the following inert gases is B A Rukmini Devi
placed in period 4 of the periodic table? C Sucheta Kriplani
A Kr D Sashikala Kakodkar
B Rn Answer: A
C Xe
D Ar Question 767
Answer: A The outer protective layer of a tree is
A cambium layer
Question 761 B pitch
In the context of genetics, DNA stands for C bark
A Di - Neuro Acid D sap
B Daily News Analysis Answer: C
C Detoxic Neuro Acid
D Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid Question 768
Answer: D Who is the youngest player to play T20
cricket?
Question 762 Answer:Meet Bhavsar
Which of the following devices is widely
used to measure Radioactivity? Question 769
A Spectrometer Who is the author of the book titled
B Dynamometer 'Selection Day'?
C Geiger - Counter A Aravind Adiga
D Anemometer B Anil Menon
Answer: C C Krishna Sobti
D Arunava Sinha
Question 763 Answer: A
Bending of light rays in denser medium is
termed as: Question 770
A Reflection ‘Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary’ is located in
B Dispersion which of the following states?
C Refraction A West Bengal
D Deflection B Uttar Pradesh
Answer: C C Chhattisgarh
D Madhya Pradesh Question 777

E Odisha Which of the following is referred when
Answer: E more persons are employed for a job but
Explanation: only few can accomplish it?
A Seasonal Unemployment
Question 771 B Disguised unemployment
In which year was battle of Plassey fought C Educated Unemployment
were British under the leadership of Clive D Structural Unemployment
defeated Siraj Ud-Daulah? Answer: B
Answer:1757
Question 778
Question 772 A ‘bear’ on the Stock Exchange is a
The Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah speculator
Suri Connects; A who sells shares which he does not
A Agra-Punjab possess.
B Punjab-East Bengal B who applies for new issues of shares in
C Lahore-East Bengal the hope that the price will go up.
D Multan-Agra C whose holdings of the shares in a
Answer: C company is so large that selling them
could affect the market price.
Question 773 D who buys shares in the hope that price
When was first anglo-Sikh war fought? will go up.
A 1845-46 Answer: A
B 1844-49
C 1834-42 Question 779
D 1855-56 Silver Revolution which started during
Answer: A Indira Gandhi's Regime is related to_____
A Agriculture
Question 774 B Poultry Farming
Which of the following are the imaginary C Space Program
lines connecting points where earth’s D Milk Production
magnetic force has the same intensity? Answer: B
A Isogonic line
B Aclinic line Question 780
C Isodynamic line How many schedules are there in the
D Isoclinic line Indian Constitution?
Answer: C A Twelve
B Twenty Five
Question 775 C Seventy Six
Jog Falls is situated on which river? D Thirty Five
A Sharavati Answer: A
B Cauvery
C Narmada Question 781
D Chambal Who among the following is from
Answer: A Trinamool Congress party ?
A Srikant Jena
Question 776 B Navin Jindal
Which of the following lake lies on the C Gurudas Dasgupta
Equator in Africa continent? D Dinesh Trivedi
A Tanganyika E Sanjay Nirupam
B Victoria Answer: D
C Nyasa lake
D Lake Kariba Question 782
Answer: B
Criminal procedure is a subject of which of B Ciliary body

the following lists? C Retina
A State List D Entire eye ball
B Concurrent List Answer: B
C Union List Question 69
D Both 1 and 3 Which folk dance is famous in Punjab?
Answer: B Answer:Bhangra

Chlorophyll present in Plants Absorb ____provides process and memory
which Colours and Reflect Green? management services that allow two or
A Green and Voilet more tasks,jobs, or programs to run
B Blue and Green simultaneously.
C Blue and Red A Multitasking
D Blue and Yellow B Multithreading
Answer: C C Multiprocessing
D Multicomputing
Question 784 E None of these
Malaria can be cured by administering Answer: A
A Penicillin
B Streptomycin Question 791
C Quinine Who is considered as “Father of Indian
D Paracetamol Engineering”?
Answer: C A E. Sreedharan
B G. V. Loganathan
Question 785 C Chewang Norphel
In aluminium casting bubbles of argon or D Anoop Kumar Mittal
nitrogen are passed through the molten E M. Visvesvaraya
A to improve surface finish of the casting Answer: E
B to remove hydrogen as porosity
C to precipitate the inclusions Question 792
D to mix the alloy elements The science of Dactylography is
Answer: B commonly known as
A Carbon dating
Question 786 B Water printing
_________ is also called as stranger gas C Finger printing
A Argon D Electro cardiogram
B Xenon Answer: C
C Helium
D Krypton Question 793
Answer: B The distance covered in half marathon is
approximately
Question 787 A 21 km
For stabilizing the gain of an amplifier B 42 km
A positive feedback is used C 11 km
B no feedback is used D 7.5 km
C negative feedback is used Answer: A
D input voltage is varies
Answer: C Question 794
Who is the author of “Playing it my way”?
Question 788 Answer:Sachin Tendulkar
.......... helps the eye to adjust the focal
length of the lens.
A Lens
Question 795 C Mexico City

Dudhwa National Park is located in which D Basel
of the following states in India? E Antwerp
A Rajasthan Answer: D
B Odisha
C Chhattisgarh Question 801
D Uttar Pradesh Which caves is a cultural mix of religious
Answer: D arts of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism?
A Ajanta
Question 796 B Ellora
Who among the following served as a C Elephanta
president of Indian National Congress ? D Badami
A Rajendra Prasad Answer: B
B Sarojini Naidu
C Acharya J.B Kriplani Question 802
D All of the Above The major economic attribute for
Answer: D comparing countries is their:
A income
Question 797 B human development index
In the vedic age: C population
A Polygamy was unknown D mortality rate
B Child marriage was prominent Answer: A
C widow could remarry
D Hypergamy Question 803
Answer: C The stock exchange of which of the
following countries is operated by the TMX
Question 798 Group, a financial services company?
Partition of Bengal was done during the A Australia
period of: B Canada
A Lord Curzon C Singapore
B Lord Clive D Spain
C Lord Cornwallis Answer: B
D Lord Dalhousie
Which of the following is an economic
Question 799 term?
The Khangchendzonga National Park A Plaintiff
(KNP) is the first 'mixed' heritage site from B Bunker Blaster
India to make it to the UNESCO World C Deflation
Heritage List. D Lampoon
The KNP is situated in the Indian State of Answer: C
..............
A Tripura Question 805
B Assam Who among the following was not part of
C Manipur the drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill?
D Odisha A Salman Khurshid
E Sikkim B Anna Hazare
Answer: E C Arvind Kejriwal
D Kiran Bedi
Question 800 Answer: D
Where is the headquarters of the Bank for
International Settlements (BIS) located?
A Hong Kong
B Vienna
D Pulicat Lake
Question 806 Answer: A
Which of the following schemes was
launched recently to promote financial Question 812
inclusion? In a thermodynamic system, thermal
A Jan Dhan Yojana equilibrium is achieved when two bodies
B Digital India reach
C Clean Ganga Campaign A same thermal energy
D Adarsh Gram Yojana B same entropy
E All of the above C same temperature
Answer: A D same molecular energy
Answer: C
Question 807
Which of the following countries doesn’t Question 814
have a written constitution? All souls day is a _____ festival.
A United Kingdom A Buddhism
B Bangladesh B Jainism
C Australia C Christian
D Pakistan D Muslim
Answer: A Answer: C

What is the life span of a Red Blood cell in In IT networking, which of the following
a Healthy human Being? device is used in physical layer?
A 100 to 120 Days A Repeater
B 13 to 20 days B Router
C 8 to 9 Days C Transport Gateway
D None of the above D Bridge
Answer: A Answer: A

Citric acid cycle or Kreb’s cycle is Who is the first Woman External Affairs
completed inside __________which forms Minister of India?
two atoms of each ADP and ATP A Nirmala Sitaraman
A Ribosome B Nandini Satpathy
B Centriole C Sushma Swaraj
C Mitochondria D Sheila Dikshit
D Cytoplasm Answer: C
Answer: C
Question 817
Question 810 Ribosome’s main activity is
What is the method used to purify sea A Regulate cell division
water? B Regulate cell function
A Distillation C Protein synthesis
B Filtration D Secretion of hormone
C Evaporation Answer: C
D Condensation
Ramkumar Ramanathan is an Indian
Question 811 professional player of which sport?
Largest Freshwater lake in India? Answer:Tennis
A Wular lake
B Loktak Lake Question 819
C Chilaka Lake Who is the author of ‘India at Risk’?
A Stephen Cohen the governing body of international level

B Jaswant Singh organization?
C Tony Alcott 1. 30 years.
D Lal Krishna Advani 2. 35 years.
E Manmohan Singh 3. 25 years.
Answer: B 4. 40 years.
Question 820: Which State will set up

India's first labor movement museum? Question 827: The Labor and
1. Gujrat Employment Ministry has revised the base
2. Kerala year of the Consumer Price Index for
3. Uttar Pradesh industrial workers from 2001 to _______.
4. West Bengal. 1. 2004
2. 2009
3. 2016
Question 822: The Ministry of Labor and 4. 2012
Employment launched a portal to monitor
the implementation of Labor laws at the Question 828: Which of the following
grassroot level called _____ states has launched the ABHINANDAN
1. Pragati scheme?
2. Santusht 1. Andhra pradesh
3. Samriddhi 2. Rajasthan.
4. Raahat 3. Gujrat.
4. Assam.
Question 823: What was the labor
productivity growth in India in the financial Question 829: During the Quit India
year 2019? Movement, which operation was
1. 6.3% conducted by the Britishers to arrest the
2. 6.2% Indian leaders?
3. 4.9% 1. Operation Rubicon
4. 5.2% 2. Operation Hadgen
3. Operation Thunderbolt
Question 824: According to the UNGC 4. Operation render Paste
India Study, female labor force
participation in India has declined from Question 830: “The Bengali” Newspaper
34% in 2006 to____ percent in 2001? was founded by which of the following
1. 22.7% revolutionaries in 1879?
2. 24.8% 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. 30.3% 2. Lala lajpat rai
4. 32.1% 3. Anand Mohan Bose
4. Surendranath banerjee
Question 825: National program for the
youth titled “Responsible AI for youth” has Question 831: Whose biography is
been launched by which ministry? “sprinting tiger: A study of a
1. Ministry of Defence revolutionary”?
2. Ministry of labour and employment 1. Bhagat singh
3. Ministry of electronics and 2. Subhash chandra Bose
information technology 3. Rani lakshmibai
4. Ministry of science and technology 4. Chandrasekhar Azad
Question 826: After how many years Question 832: Which of the following
India has assumed the chairmanship of rulers was a great patron of jainism?
1. Ajatshatru
2. Bimbisara 3. Cytoplasm
3. Gautamiputra Satkarni 4. Endoplasmic reticulum
4. Chandragupta Maurya
Question 840: National technology day
Question 833: Bhoota Kola is a spiritual observed on
folk dance practiced in the coastal districts 1. 9 August
of 2. 8 September
1. Kerala 3. 11 May
2. Tamil Nadu 4. 17 May
3. Karnataka
4. Andhra Pradesh Question 841: What is meant by MSME?
1. Medium, small and Marginalized
Question 834: In Bharatanatyam, the enterprises
story or theme is always taken from 2. Micro, Small and Marginalized
__________? Enterprises
1. Ramayanam 3. Medium, Strategic and Micro
2. Mahabharata Enterprises
3. Rigveda 4. Micro, Small and Medium
4. Both 1 & 2 enterprises
Question 835: Which of the following Question 842: Dardic group of languages
feature distinguished Kuchipudi from belong to which language family?
all other classical dances? 1. Indo-European
1. Use of Speech 2. Austric
2. Vocal expression 3. Sino-tibetan
3. Multi-hued Customs 4. Dravidian
4. North Indian origin
Question 843: Which of the following was
Question 836: Who were the pioneers of recognised as “Invisible hand” by Adem
miniature paintings? Smith?
1. Pahari School 1. Government
2. Pala School 2. Market/Price Mechanism
3. Mughal School 3. Judiciary
4. Deccani School 4. Legislature
Question 837: Who is known as the Question 844: Fixation of price levels for
Father of Qawwali? wheat and rice by the commission for
1. Tansen agricultural costs and prices is an example
2. Faizi of_____
3. Amir Khusrau 1. Administered Price
4. Man singh Tomar 2. Market Price
3. Control price
Question 838: During respiration in 4. Support Price
Human beings, the actual place of
gaseous exchange is_______ Question 845: Which one of the following
1. Bronchi karst landforms is the largest in size?
2. Nasal Passage 1. Polje
3. Alveoli 2. Uvala
4. Trachea 3. Swallow Hole
4. SinkHole
Question 839: In which part of the cell,
the glucose is converted into pyruvate? Question 846: The distance between two
1. Mitochondria successive crests or troughs of sea waves
2. Nucleus is called as____
1. Wavelength Question 853: How many rockets has

2. Wave height been launched by SpaceX agency on a
3. Wave frequency single rocket
4. Fetch 1. 104
2. 125
Question 847: Who among the following 3. 136
is the author of the Kirtarjuniya? 4. 143
1. Magha
2. Bharavi Question 854: What is true about the
3. Bhasa ecosystem?
4. Bhavabhuti Options:
1. Primary consumers are least
Question 848: Tulsidas was the author of dependent upon producers
1. Ramcharitmanas 2. Primary consumers are
2. Padavali outnumbered producers
3. kavitavali 3. Producers are more than primary
Select the correct answer using the code consumers
given below: 4. Secondary consumers are the
1. 1 only largest and most powerful
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1,2 and 3
Question 855: With reference to
4. 1 and 3 only
Eutrophication, which of the following
statements is/are true.
Question 849: Who was the president of
A. It is a phenomenon of nutrition
the constituent assembly?
1. B.R. Ambedkar enrichment of a water body.
2. Rajendra Prasad B. It depletes the dissolved oxygen in
3. Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyer water.
4. Sarvepalli radhakrishnan Options:
1. A only
Question 850: Which country recently 2. B only
amended the National Anthem to honour 3. Both A and B are correct
indigenous people? 4. Neither A nor B is correct
1. USA
2. Australia Question 856: The environment modified
3. Italy by Human activities is called ______.
4. France Options:
1. Natural environment
Question 851: The India Meteorological 2. Anthropogenic environment
Department (IMD) inaugurated India's 3. Urban environment
highest Meteorological Centre (MC) 4. Modern environment
in____
1. Ladakh Question 857: The first Union territory in
2. Arunachal Pradesh India to run on 100% solar energy is
3. Sikkim ______.
4. Jammu and Kashmir Options:
1. Andaman and Nicobar
Question 852: India's first National Sports 2. Chandigarh
University has been launched in 3. Puducherry
1. Sikkim
4. Diu
2. Manipur
3. Kerala
4. Punjab Question 858: Arrange the following
events in chronological order of their
commencement and select correct Question 862: The Washington

answer from the codes given below Convention whose formal name is
I.Wildlife protection Act abbreviated as CITES is related to which
II.Biological diversity Act among the following?
III.Project tiger Options
IV.Project elephant 1. Pesticides
Options: 2. Ozone Depletion
1. I, II, III, IV 3. Endangered Species
2. I, III, IV, II 4. Human Rights
3. II, III, IV, I
4. II, III, I, IV Question 863: The primary purpose of
employee safety programme is to
preserve the employees'___
Question 859: The “Red Data Books”
Mental health
published by the International Union for
Physical health
Conservation of Nature and Natural Emotional health
Resources (IUCN) contain lists of: (2011) All of the above
Question 864: The first Factories Act was

1. Endemic plant and animal species enacted in
present in the biodiversity 1881
hotspots, 1895
2. Threatened plant and animal 1897
species. 1885
3. Protected sites for conservation of
nature and natural resources in Question 865: The term Sabbatical is
various countries connected with
Paid leave for study
Options: Paternity leave
1. 1 and 3 Maternity leave
2. 2 only Quarantine leave
3. 2 and 3
4. 3 only Question 866: An adult worker can work
up to __ hrs in a day as per factories Act,
Question 860: The Nagzira Wildlife 1948.
Sanctuary (NWS) is located in which 8
state? 9
10
Options:
12
1. Maharashtra
2. Himachal Pradesh
Question 867: Ensuring the safety, health
3. Jammu & Kashmir
and welfare of the employees is the
4. Nagaland
primary purpose of the_____
Factories Act, 1948
Question 861: In which year, the Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Environment (Protection) Act was Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
enacted? Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Options
1. 1985
2. 1986 Question 868: Sweating during exercise
3. 1995 indicates operation of which one of the
4. 1996 following processes in the human body?
Enthalpy
Phagocytosis
Homeostasis 1. 1947
Osmoregulation 2. 1950
3. 1960
Question 869: In human beings, the 4. 1991
opening of the stomach into the small
intestine is called Question 876: Nihal Sarin, who was seen
Caecum in the news recently, is associated with
Ileum sports?
Oesophagus 1. Tennis
Pylorus 2. Table-Tennis
3. Chess
Question 870: Which one of the following 4. Swimming
is considered as the drug of last resort for
human beings? Question 877: FIDE is the international
Penicillin federation of which sports/game?
Tetracycline 1. Football
Chloramphenicol 2. Chess
Streptomycin 3. Basketball
4. Hockey
Question 871: Green Freight Corridor 2,
seen in the news recently, is located in Question 878: Liverpool, which was
which state? removed from UNESCO World Heritage
1. Maharashtra sites, is located in which country?
2. West Bengal 1. USA
3. Kerala 2. UK
4. Tamil Nadu 3. Denmark
4. Russia
Question 872: India and which
neighbouring country exchange lists of Question 879: Who owns the private
lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in space agency ‘Blue Origin’?
their custody every year on 1st January 1. Jeff Bezos
and 1st July? 2. Elon Musk
1. Pakistan 3. Mark Zuckerberg
2. Bangladesh 4. Tim Cook
3. Sri Lanka
4. China Question 880: How many ordnance
factories are operational across India?
Question 873: Which country topped the 1. 11
Sustainable Development Report 2021? 2. 41
1. US 3. 91
2. UK 4. 181
3. China
4. Finland Question 881: When is the National
Broadcasting Day observed in India?
Question 874: Which Indian state is 1. July 20
called the ‘falcon Capital of the world’? 2. July 23
1. Meghalaya 3. July 25
2. Arunachal Pradesh 4. July 27
3. Nagaland
4. Tripura Question 882: Which two Union
Territories of India have joined in the ‘One
Question 875: In which year was the Nation One Ration Card’ Scheme?
Indus water Treaty signed between India 1. Ladakh and Lakshadweep
and Pakistan? 2. Ladakh and Puducherry
3. Puducherry and Andaman & Question 889: In which article of the

Nicobar Constitution of India the office of the
4. Lakshadweep and Andaman & Attorney General for India provided?
Nicobar 1. Article 75
2. Article 76
Question 883: YSR Rythu Bharosa 3. Article 77
scheme, which was seen in news recently, 4. Article 78
is associated with which state?
1. Gujarat Question 890: Which part of the
2. Tamil Nadu Constitution makes provisions with regard
3. Andhra Pradesh to the electoral system in India?
4. Telangana 1. XI
2. XIV
Question 884: Which state Governor has 3. XV
promulgated an ordinance to ban online 4. XX
gaming?
1. Tamil Nadu Question 891: Opium is obtained from the
2. Telangana dry latex from which part of the Papaver
3. Maharashtra somniferum Plant?
4. Rajasthan 1. Stem
2. Leaves
Question 885: DIKSHA’ web portal is 3. Poppy
associated with which Union Ministry? 4. Stem joints
1. Ministry of Education
2. Ministry of Labour and Question 892: Which part of the Central
Employment Nervous System controls “reflex Actions” ?
3. Ministry of Skill Development 1. Mesencephalon
4. Ministry of Agriculture 2. Rhombencephalon
3. Medulla oblongata
Question 886: Which among the following 4. Spinal Cord
authorities decides , how far the
fundamental rights can apply to the Question 893: Blood Plasma with which
members of the armed forces in India? among the following removed is called
1. President of India Serum?
2. Parliament of India 1. Fibrin
3. Arms Forces themselves 2. Thrombin
4. Arms Forces Tribunal 3. Fibrinogen
4. Collagen
Question 887: Which article of the Indian
Constitution provides for a Governor?
1. Article 152 Question 894: In which year did Robert
2. Article 153 Hooke discover the biological cell?
3. Article 154 1. 1667
4. Article 156 2. 1786
3. 1976
Question 888: In which year the National 4. 1665
Commission for Women was set up?
1. 1992 Question 895: Which cell organ is used to
2. 1995 make newsprint paper, textiles, and
3. 2002 wooden furniture?
4. 2005 1. Cell Wall
2. Cell Membrane
3. Middle Lamella
4. Plasma Membrane
at least 50 percent of the votes polled, to

Question 896: Xerophthalmia is caused be declared elected.
by the dietary deficiency of- 2. According to the provisions laid down in
1. Protein the Constitution of India, in Lok Sabha, the
2. Vitamin A Speaker’s post goes to the majority party
3. Vitamin D and the Deputy Speaker’s to the
4. None of these opposition.
Question 897: Which of the following is (a) 1 only

not a primary macronutrient in plant (b) 2 only
nutrition? (c) Both 1 and 2
1. Nitrogen (d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. Potassium
3. Magnesium Question 902: Which of the statements
4. Phosphorous given below is/are correct?
Question 898: When the temperature 1. The speaker of the Legislative

difference between liquid and its Assembly Shall vacate his office if he
surroundings is doubled, the rate of loss of ceases to be a member of the Assembly.
heat will. 2. Whenever the Legislative Assembly is
1. Doubles dissolved, the Speaker shall vacate his
2. Remains the same. immediately.
3. Three Times.
4. Four Times. (a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
Question 899: What is the name of the (c) Both 1 and 2
technique which is used to disguise the (d) Neither 1 nor 2
individuals based on their DNA pattern?
1. DNA Fingerprinting. Question 903: Which one of the following
2. DNA Profiling. materials is not diamagnetic at Standard
3. Molecular Fingerprinting Temperature and Pressure (STP)?
4. All of these 1. Nitrogen
2. Sodium chloride
Question 900: Which of the statements 3. Water
given below is/are correct? 4. Iron
1. The Parliament of India can place a Question 904: Which one of the following
particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the gases has the highest solubility in water?
Constitution of India. 1. Chlorine
2. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth 2. Ammonia
Schedule cannot be examined by any 3. Carbon dioxide
court and no judgment can be made on it. 4. Nitrogen
(a) 1 only Question 905: What is the causal agent

(b) 2 only of Chikungunya?
(c) Both 1 and 2 1. Non-chlorophyllous bacterium
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. Nematode
3. Virus
Question 901: Which of the statements 4. Fungus
given below is/are correct?
Question 906: Bio-remediation is a
1. In the election for Lok Sabha or State technology that is being extensively
Assembly, the winning candidate must get utilized in controlling
1. Global warming
2. Melting of glaciers Question 913: Largest share in global

3. Ozone depletion mangrove areas are found in?
4. Heavy metal pollutants 1. India
2. Brazil
Question 907: In order to save the stored 3. Indonesia
food grains from insects, farmers usually 4. South Africa
mix with them
1. Neem leaves
2. Mango leaves Question 914: Montreal protocol is
3. Peepal leaves related to?
4. Orange leaves 1. Ozone Layer
2. Extinct species
Question 908: The term ‘Carbon footprint’ 3. Endangered Birds
means 4. None of the above
1. A region which is rich in coal mines
2. The amount of reduction in the
emission of CO2 by a country Question 915: Biological indicator of
3. The use of Carbon in pollution of sulfur dioxide is_____.
manufacturing industries 1. Moss
4. The amount of greenhouse 2. Smoke
gases produced by our day-to- 3. Bryophyta
day activities 4. None of these
Question 909: Where is the National

Environmental Research Center of India Question 916: Who is the author of the
located? work, The Evolution of Provincial Finance
1. Pune in British India: A Study in the Provincial
2. Nagpur Decentralization of Imperial Finance?
3. Delhi 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Mumbai 2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
3. M. N. Roy
4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 910: In the study of pollution,
SPM refers to Question 917: What were the peasant
1. Sulphur Phosphorus Matter associations set up in Kerala in the 1930s
2. Sulphur Particulate Matter called?
3. Solid Particulate Matter 1. Kisan Sabha
4. Suspended Particulate Matter 2. Kirti Kisan
3. Karshaka Sangam
Question 911: How many Biospheres 4. Kisan Morcha
Reserves in India?
1. 15 Question 918: In the context of
2. 16 international affairs, which one of the
3. 17 following is correct about Lord Curzon?
4. 18 1. He advocated a pacifist policy
2. He wanted to establish a British
Question 912: Valmiki National Park and sphere of influence over the
Wildlife Sanctuary is located at? Persian Gulf and Seistan.
1. Uttarakhand 3. He wanted England and Russia to
2. Uttar Pradesh become friends against China.
3. Maharashtra 4. He wanted to lead a flag-waving
4. Bihar mission to the USA.
Question 919: Which one of the following

is correct about Assam in British India? Question 924: What fraction of earth’s
1. It was a part of the North-East total land area is covered by forests?
Frontier Agency. Options
2. It was made a province in 1865. 1. 5%
3. It was separated from Bengal in 2. 13%
1874, and along with Syihet 3. 31%
made into a Chief 4. 51%
Commissioner’s province.
4. It was a Princely State ruled by Solution: The correct answer is 31%
Ahom kings
Question 925: Who among the following
Question 920: Who set up the Bharat for the first time coined the term
Stree Mahamandal which first met in Biodiversity?
Allahabad in 1910? Options
1. Annie Besant 1. E O Wilson
2. Meherbai Tata 2. R D Barnes
3. Saraladevi Chaudhurani 3. N Myers
4. Tarabai Shmde 4. None of the above
Question 921: In which year, the Solution: The correct answer is E O

Environment (Protection) Act was Wilson
enacted?
Options Question 926: Which of the following is
1. 1985 known for the World’s largest Wetland
2. 1986 System?
3. 1995 Options
4. 1996 1. Chilka (India)
2. Pantanal (South America)
Solution: The correct answer is 1986 3. Everglades (USA)
4. None of the above
Question 922: Which among the following Solution: The correct answer is Pantanal
is responsible for depletion of Ozone? (South America)
Options
1. Carbon monoxide Question 927: Which of the following
2. Carbon dioxide describes the biomass relationship
3. Chlorofluorocarbon between producers and consumers in an
4. Mercuric oxide ecosystem?
Options
Solution: The correct answer is 1. Food Chain
Chlorofluorocarbon 2. Food Web
3. Ecological Pyramid
Question 923: Which of the 4. Trophic level
following living creatures is known for the
loudest sound? Solution: The correct answer is Ecological
Options Pyramid
1. Gibbon
2. Donkey Question 928: Name the atmospheric
3. Howler monkey layer closest to the ground
4. Humpback Whales Options
1. Troposphere
Solution: The correct answer is Humpback 2. Mesosphere
Whales 3. Thermosphere
4. Stratosphere
Question 933: The headquarters of UNEP
Solution: The correct answer is is at
Troposphere Options
1. New York
Question 929: The most abundant gas on 2. Geneva
the earth’s atmosphere is 3. Stockholm
Options 4. Nairobi
1. Oxygen
2. Carbon
3. Nitrogen Solution: The correct answer is Nairobi.
4. Hydrogen
Question 934: Which camel species has
Solution: The correct answer is Nitrogen two humps on its back?
Options
Question 930: What atmospheric layer has 1. Arabian camel
most of the clouds? 2. Australian camel
Options 3. Bactrian camel
1. Mesosphere 4. Dromedary camels
2. Thermosphere
3. Exosphere
4. Troposphere Solution: The correct answer is Bactrian
camel
Solution: The correct answer is Question 935: In some areas there is an

Troposphere exceptionally high level of biodiversity and
this area is called _______.
Question 931: The study of weather is Options
called? 1. Cold spot
Options 2. Hot Spot
1. Meteorology 3. Population Spot
2. Climatology 4. None of the above
3. Aeronomy
4. Aerology Solution: The correct answer is Hot Spot
Question 936: What is the greenhouse

Solution: The correct answer is effect?
Meteorology Options
1. Turning of house green because of
algae cover
Question 932: What does UNEP stand 2. Turning of house green because of
for? the green component of white light
Options 3. Warming of the Earth because of
1. United Nations Educational Plan trapping of radiations by the earth’s
2. United Nations Environmental atmosphere
Protection 4. None of these
3. United Nations Environmental
Programme
4. United Nations Environmental Solution: The correct answer is Warming
Policy of the Earth because of trapping of
radiations by the earth’s atmosphere
Solution: The correct answer is United

Nations Environmental Programme
Question 937: Warming of the Earth

because of trapping of radiations by the Question 942: Ozone layer is essential
earth’s atmosphere because it absorbs most of the
Options Options
1. Bacteria 1. infrared radiations
2. Protozoa 2. Heat
3. Fungus 3. Solar radiation
4. Green plants 4. Ultraviolet-radiation
Solution: The correct answer is Green Solution : The correct answer is

plants Ultraviolet-radiation
Question 943: The Taj Mahal is

Question 938: Which among the following threatened due to the effect of______
is not a natural ecosystem? Options
Options 1. Oxygen
1. Forest 2. Hydrogen
2. Pond 3. Chlorine
3. Lake 4. Sulphur dioxide
4. Gardens
Solution : The correct answer is Sulphur
Solution: The correct answer is Gardens dioxide
Question 939: Reduce, Reuse and Question 944: Buxa Tiger Reserve is
_______ are the three R's to save the located in which State?
environment Options
Options 1. Bihar
1. Rewise 2. Jharkhand
2. Restore 3. West Bengal
3. Recycle 4. Madhya Pradesh
4. Recall Solution : The correct answer is West
Bengal
Solution: The correct answer is Recycle
Question 945: The most potent
Question 940: Which of the following is a greenhouse gas among the following is
biodegradable pollutant? __?
Options Options
1. Dye effluent 1. Carbon dioxide
2. Bleaching effluent 2. Methane
3. Sewage 3. Water Vapor
4. Heavy metals 4. Ozone
Solution: The correct answer is Sewage Solution : The correct answer is Water
Vapor
Question 941: Which is the first national
park established in India? Question 946: Red Data Book is published
Options by ___-?
1. Bandipur national park Options
2. Corbett national park 1. United Nations Environment
3. Kanha national park Programme
4. Periyar national park 2. World Wildlife Fund
3. World Environment Facility
Solution: The correct answer is Corbett
national park
4. International Union For The Question 951: Which award is given to

Conservation Of Nature And those who show indomitable courage in
Natural Resources the field of wildlife conservation?
Options
Solution : The correct answer is 1. Indira Gandhi Environment Award
International Union For The Conservation 2. Medini Award Scheme
Of Nature And Natural Resources 3. Amrita Devi Bishnoi Award
4. Pitambar Pant National Award
Question 947: Which among the following
areas in India has the largest number of Solution : The correct answer is Amrita
endemic plant species? Devi Bishnoi Award
Options
1. Himalayan Region
2. Malabar Region Question 952: The first World
3. Gangetic Plains Environment Day was held in which year?
4. Western Ghats Options
1. 1971
Solution : The correct answer is Western 2. 1974
Ghats 3. 1976
4. 1978
Question 948: Ozone layer lies in:
Options Solution: The correct answer is 1974.
1. Troposphere
2. Tropopause
3. Stratosphere Question 953: When was the first major
4. Photosphere conference on environmental issues under
the United Nations held?
Solution : The correct answer is Option
Stratosphere 1. 1970
2. 1971
Question 949: The Washington 3. 1972
Convention whose formal name is 4. 1973
abbreviated as CITES is related to which
among the following? Solution: The correct answer is 1972
Options
1. Pesticides Question 954: World Environment Day
2. Ozone Depletion was celebrated for the first time under
3. Endangered Species which slogan?
4. Human Rights Option
1. Only One Future for Our Children
Solution : The correct answer is 2. Only One Earth
Endangered Species 3. A Tree for Peace
4. Gift to the Earth
Question 950: Biological indicator of
pollution of sulfur dioxide is_____. Solution: The correct answer is Only One
Options Earth
1. moss
2. Smoke Question 955: On which date International
3. Bryophyta Day for Biodiversity is observed?
4. None of these Option
1. May, 15
Solution : The correct answer is moss 2. May, 20
3. May, 22
4. June, 5
Solution: The correct answer is Primary

Solution: The correct answer is May, 22 consumer
Question 956: Largest share in global Question 961: How many Biodiversity
mangrove areas are found in? hotspot regions in India?
Option Option
1. India 1. Two
2. Brazil 2. Three
3. Indonesia 3. Four
4. South Africa 4. Five
Solution: The correct answer is Four
Solution: The correct answer is Indonesia
Question 962: Which of the following is not
a biodiversity Hotspot in India?
Question 957: Montreal protocol is related Option
to? 1. Eastern Himalayas
Option 2. Western Himalayas
1. Ozone Layer 3. Western Ghats
2. Extinct species 4. Lakshadweep Island
3. Endangered Birds Solution: The correct answer is
4. None of the above Lakshadweep Island
Solution: The correct answer is Ozone Question 963: Ramsar agreement is

Layer related to______.
Option
Question 958: Kanha National park is 1. Wetlands
located at? 2. Grasslands
Option 3. Forest Cover
1. Uttarakhand 4. Sea
2. Uttar Pradesh Solution: The correct answer is Wetlands
3. Bihar
4. Madhya Pradesh Question 963: River pollution level is
measured by?
Solution: The correct answer is Madhya Option
Pradesh 1. BOD (Biochemical Oxygen
Demand)
Question 959: Valmiki National Park and 2. BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand)
Wildlife Sanctuary is located at? 3. BOD (Biochemical Ordinary
Option Demand)
1. Uttarakhand 4. BOD (Biological Ordinary
2. Uttar Pradesh Demand)
3. Maharashtra Solution: The correct answer is BOD
4. Bihar (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
Solution: The correct answer is Bihar Question 964: List of endangered

creatures and plants is published?
Question 960: Herbivores animals also Option
called? 1. Red Data Book
Option 2. White Data Book
1. Primary consumer 3. Blue Data Book
2. Secondary Consumer 4. Black Data Book
3. Tertiary consumer Solution: The correct answer is Red Data
4. None of the above Book
Question 965: Where was the Ramasar Question 970: Where is the National
treaty held? Environmental Research Center of India
Option located?
1. Iraq Option
2. Iran 1. Pune
3. Turkmenistan 2. Nagpur
4. Kazakhstan 3. Delhi
Solution: The correct answer is Iran 4. Mumbai
Solution: The correct answer is Nagpur
Question 966: How many Biospheres
Reserves in India? Question 971. The study of growing plant
Option without soil
15 in water containing nutrient is known
1. 16 as:
2. 17
3. 18 (a) Hypotonics
Solution: The correct answer is 18 (b) Hydrotonics
(c) Hydrophonics
Question 967: Which was the first (d) Hydrology
biosphere of India that was included in the Answer: c
UNESCO World Network?
Option
1. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Question 972. Which of the following is
2. Khangchendzonga Biosphere true about
Reserve heart?
3. Manas Biosphere Reserve
4. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve
Solution: The correct answer is Nilgiri (a) Heart circulates blood
Biosphere Reserve (b) Heart supplies oxygen to blood
(c) Heart purifies blood
(d) Heart separates excretorywastes from
Question 968: Which is the latest blood
biosphere reserve of India included by Answer: a
UNESCO in the world network?
Option
1. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Question 973. Which of the following have
2. Khangchendzonga Biosphere nucleus?
Reserve
3. Manas Biosphere Reserve
4. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve (a) RBC
Solution: The correct answer is (b) WBC
Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (c) Platelets
(d) None ofthese
Question 969: Where is the Nanda Devi
Bio-Reserve located? Answer: b
Option Question 974. Leptospirosis is a disease
1. Uttar Pradesh caused by?
2. Uttarakhand
3. Madhya Pradesh (a) Fungus
4. Assam (b) Virus
Solution: The correct answer is (c) Bacteria
Uttarakhand (d) Protozoa
Answer: c
Question 975. Erythrocytes is the other

name for? (a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(a) White blood cells (c) Vitamin B
(b) Platelets (d) Vitamin C
(c) Stem Cells Answer: b
(d) Red BloodCells
Question 981. The common name for
Answer: d Cyanocobalamin is?
(a) VitaminA
Question 976. Which of the following is not (b) Vitamin B 2
a fatsoluble vitamin? (c) Vitamin B 12
(d) Vitamin E
(a) VitaminA Answer: c
(b) VitaminB
(c) VitaminK Question 982. Which of the following acts
(d) Vitamin E both as an
Answer: b exocrine gland and endocrine gland?
Question 977. The sourness of curd is due (a) Pancreas

to the (b) Testis
presence of? (c) Ovary
(d) Adrenal
(a) LacticAcid Answer: a
(b) CitricAcid
(c) AceticAcid Question 983. Deficiency of Vitamin A
(d) MalicAcid causes which
Answer: a disease?
Question 978. The common bread mould (a) Scurvy

fungi is also (b) Night Blindness
known as? (c) Cancer
(d) Goitre
(a) Mucor Answer: b
(b) Neurospora
(c) Rhizopus
(d) Aspergillus Question 984. What disease is caused by
Answer: c HIV?
(a) Pancreatitis
Question 979. The vitamin found in Amla (b) Diabetes
(Gooseberry) is? (c) Cancer
(d) AIDS
(a) Vitamin B Answer: d
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin C Question 985. Saliva helps in the digestion
Answer: d of
(a) Protein
Question 980. Rickets is caused due to (b) Fats
deficiency (c) Fibre
of which vitamin? (d) Starch
(a) Platelets
Answer: d (b) Red BloodCells
(c) White BloodCells
(d) None ofthese
Question 986.The functional unit of kidney Answer: d
is called
Question 992.The scientific name of
(a) artery Mango is?
(b) nephron
(c) neuron (a) Mangifera Indica
(d) axon (b) Homo sapiens
Answer: b (c) Azadirachta Indica
(d) None ofthese
Question 987. Lizard belongs to which Answer: a
category of
animals?
Question 993.Aflatoxins are produced by :
(a) Amphibian
(b) Reptilia (a) Viruses
(c) Aves (b) Fungi
(d) Pisces (c) Algae
(d) Bacteria
Answer: b Answer: b
Question 988. Jaundice is caused due to Question 994.Ginger is considered as a

(a) Modified leaf
(a) Excess sugar (b) Modified bulb
(b) Excess fat (c) Modified root
(c) Excess bilirubin (d) Modified stem
(d) Excess water Answer: d
Answer: c
Question 995. Parthenogenesis is a
process in which:
Question 989. Deficiency of Vitamin C
causes? (a) Development of embryo without
fertilization
(a) Goitre (b) Development of eggwithout
(b) Marasmus fertilization
(c) Dysentery (c) Fruits developwithout hormone
(d) Scurvy (d) Fruits developwithoutfertilization
Answer: d Answer: a
Question 996.Alveoli belongs to which

Question 990.Tuberculosis is caused by system of
human body?
(a) Virus
(b) Algae (a) Excretory system
(c) Fungi (b) Respiratory system
(d) Bacteria (c) Circulatory system
Answer: d (d) Reproductive system
Answer: b
Question 991.Haemoglobin is present in?
Question 997.Which is the longest bone in

human
body?
(a) Tibia
(b) Fibula
(c) Femur
(d) Stapes
Answer: c
Question 998.Which is the smallest bone

in human
body
(a) Patella
(b) Lunate
(c)Calcenus
(d) Stapes
Answer: d
Question 999. Plant which grow in saline

soil are
called
(a) Succulents
(b) Halophytes
(c) Hydrophytes
(d) Xerophytes
Answer: b
Question 1000. The pigment that gives

plants green
colour is called
(a) Haemoglobin
(b)Bilirubin
(c)Chlorophyll
(d)Anthocyanin
Answer: c
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