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SSC CGL 2023 Gk Questions Of All 39 Shifts

14 July Shift 1 Q.5)- Which of the following countries was

the host of AFC Women's Asia Cup Football-
2022?
(9:00AM-10:00AM) 1. China 2. India
3. Japan 4. Bangladesh
Q.1) - Who among the following musicians is Answer- 2
popular for his mastery over the musical
instrument Sitar? Q.6) - Bharatanatyam expresses South
1. Ali Akbar Khan 2. Amjad Ali Khan Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas
3. Vilayat Khan 4. Bahadur Khan of_____.
Answer- 3 1. Buddhism 2. Sufism
3. Jainism 4. Shaivism
Q.2)- The consumption of fixed capital is also Answer- 4
known as ____.
1. gross 2. net investment Q.7)- In which industrial policy was the
investment investment limit for tiny industry/unit
3. appreciation 4. depreciation increased to 22 lakh?
Answer- 4 1. 1980 2. 1991
3. 1956 4. 1977
Q.3)- Who received the Nobel Prize in 1901 Answer- 1
for'recognition of the extraordinary services
rendered by the discovery of the laws of Q.8) - Which of the following is used as a
chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in cooling medium for the Large Hadron Collider
solutions'? (LHC) andthe superconducting magnets in
1. Henri Moissan MRI scanners and
2. Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff NMR spectrometers?
3. Svante August Arrhenius 1. Argon 2. Helium
4. Hermann Emil Fischer 3. Chlorine 4. Neon
Answer- 2 Answer- 2

Q.4) - Which of the following is the largest Q.9) -Match the columns.
pan-India scheme to strengthen health care Colum-A (Class) Column-B
infrastructure across the country with focus (Common name)
on primary, secondary and tertiary care 1. Chlorophyceae a. Brown algae
services? ii. Phaeophyceae b. Green algae
1. AB-PMJAY 2. PM-ABHIM iii. Rhodophyceae c. Blue-green
3. Laqshya 4. PM-MI algae
Answer- 2 iv. Cyanophyceae d. Red algae

1. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

2. i-d, ii-c, iii-by iv-a
3. i-b, it-a, iii-d, iv-c Q.15) - ______ emerged as the poorest state
4. 1-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d as perthe first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty
Answer- 3 Index
(MPI) prepared by Niti Aayog and launched
Q.10) - On the basis of tribal population inNovember 2021.
(2011), identify the option that arranges the 1. Bihar 2. Uttar Pradesh
following states in ascending order. 3. Mizoram 4. Madhya
A. Madhya Pradesh Pradesh
B. Maharashtra Answer- 1
C. Odisha
1. (C), (B), (A) 2. (C), (A), (B) Q.16) - Which of the following states is NOT a
3. (B), (C), (A) 4. (B), (A), (C), part of the Tapi Basin?
Answer- 1 1. Gujarat 2. Maharashtra
3. Rajasthan 4. Madhya
Q.11) - Ryotwari system of revenue collection Pradesh
in India, introduced by the British, was based Answer- 3
on the_____.
1. Smith's theory of rent Q.17) - Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni was
2. Malthusian theory of rent conferred with the Arjuna Award 2022 for her
3. Marx's theory of rent outstanding contribution in which of the
4. Ricardian theory of rent following sports?
Answer- 4 1. Wrestling 2. Badminton
3. Chess 4. Table Tennis
Q.12)- The length of the badminton court for Answer- 3
singles is:
1. 13.44 m 2. 13.55 m Q.18) - Name a reproductive strategy in
3. 13.40 m 4. 14 m which parasites take advantage of the care of
Answer- 3 other * individuals of the same species or
different species to raise their young.
Q.13) - In Chola administration _______,was 1. Brood parasitism
the assembly in the villages which were 3. Sexual parasitism
inhabited predominantly by the Brahmanas. 2. Competitive parasitism
1. Ur 2. Sabha 4. Klepto parasitism
3. Khilya 4. Nagaram Answer- 1
Answer- 2
Q.19) - Who is the Administrative Head of the
Q.14) - Which scientist thought of the concept Indian Audit and Accounts Department?
of steady state of the universe? 1. Accountant General
1. Fred Hoyle 2. Director General
2. Harold Jeffrey 3. The Comptroller and Auditor General
3. Pierre-Simon Laplace 4. Principal Accountant General
4. Edwin Hubble Answer- 3
Answer- 1
Q.20)- Which of the following festivals is
associated with the term 'ties of protection"?
1. Baisakhi 2. Karwa Chauth 4. Kuchipudi and BharatanatyamAnswer- 2
3. Chhath Pooja 4. Raksha Bandhan

Answer- 4

Q.21)- Who among the following was the 14 JULY SHIFT – 2

founder of "Tiger Legion' or 'Free India
Legion'? (11:45PM – 12:45PM)
1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
2. Lala Hardayal
Q.1- Who among the following was the author
3. Sohan Singh Bhakhna
of the play 'Mrichchhakatika'?
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
1. Kalidasa 2.Shudraka
Answer- 4
3. Amarasimha 4. Bhasa
Answer- 2
Q.22)- In October 2021, 19-year-old _____
won the silver medal at the World Wrestling
Q.2)- Which of the following is the red algae?
Championship.
1. Phaeophyceae 2.Chlorophyceae
1. Seema Bisla 2. Sonam Malik
3. Liverwort 4. Rhodophyceae
3. Sanju Devi 4. Anshu Malik
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.3)- Guru Bipin Singh, a Nrityacharya

Q.23)- The Vedic Aryans lived in the area
awardee,Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee
called Sapt-Sindhu, which means area
and Kalidas Samman awardee, was
drained by seven rivers. One of the rivers
renowned for promoting which classical
among the seven is Jhelum.
dance form?
What was its ancient name?
1. Manipuri 2.Odissi
1. Parushni 2. Askini
3. Kuchipudi 4. Kathak
3. Vitasta 4. Vipash
Answer- 1
Answer- 3

Q.4)- Who among the following was defeated

Q.24) - Which of the following Articles of the
in the battle of Chanderi in 1528?
Indian Constitution are related to citizenship?
1. Sikandar Lodi 2.Medini Rai
1. Articles 15 to 21
3. Shershah Suri 4. Babur
2. Articles 25 to 31
Answer- 2
3. Articles 5 to 11
4. Articles 2 to 4
Q.5)- Which of the following options conveys
Answer- 3
the meaning of the word 'Republic' in the
Indian Constitution?
Q.25) - In 2018, Google Doodle celebrated
1. Hereditary head 2.Subordinate head
the 100th birthday of Mrinalini Sarabhai. She
is an exponent of which of the following 3. Elected head 4. Nominated head
dance forms? Answer- 3
1. Yakshagana
2. Bharatanatyam and Kathakali Q.6) - Select the FALSE statement from the
3. Odissi and Kathak given options.
1. The sedimentary rocks are formed by the 3. 7 4. 10
deposition and subsequent cementation of Answer- 1
that material within bodies of water and at the
surface of the earth. Q.12) - The Kanchenjunga peak is located in
2. Baikal rocks are formed from the dissolved which sub-division of Himalaya from the
materials that precipitate from the solution. following?
3. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling 1. Arunachal Himalayas
and solidification of magma or lava. 2. Himachal andUttaranchal Himalayas
4. Metamorphic rocks may be formed simply 3. Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas
by being deep beneath the Earth's surface, 4. Kashmir Himalayas
subjected to high temperatures and the great Answer- 3
pressure of the rock layers above it.
Answer- 2 Q.13) - In January 2022, which State
Government has extended its integrated
Q.7)- When did Linus Carl Pauling receive initiative for the empowerment of persons
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 'his research with disabilities (PwDs)- the Bhima Bhoi
into the nature of the chemical bond and its Bhinnakhyama SamarthyaAbhiyan (BBS) -
applications to the elucidation of the structure for the next five years?
of complex substances'? 1. Odisha 2.West Bengal
1. 1956 2.1954 3. Jharkhand 4. Manipur
3. 1958 4. 1950 Answer- 1
Answer- 2
Q.14) - According to IBEF 2021, the Indian
Q.8)- Which of the following is a Tibeto- pharmaceutical industry ranks _______in the
Burmese language? world onthe basis of volume.
1. Assamese 2.Tripuri 1. 9th 2.11th
3. Odia 4. Tulu 3. 5th 4. 3гd
Answer- 2 Answer- 4

Q.9- When was the International Day of the Q.15) - Daskathia of ______ is the tribal
GirlChild 2021 celebrated? danceperformed by two males depicting the
1. 14 October 2.12 October historic and Puranic events.
3. 13 October 4. 11 October 1. Goa 2.Odisha
Answer- 4 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Gujarat
Answer- 2
Q.10)- Fisher's quantity theory is explained by
his famous equation given as_____. Q.16) - Before the rise of the modern
1. MP = VT 2.MT = PV industrial system, Indian exports consisted
3. MV = PT 4. PV = MV chiefly of manufactures like
Answer- 3 ______.
1. chemicals 2.electricals
Q.11) - What will be the atomic number of an 3. light machinery 4. cotton and silk
element X which is placed in period 2 and fabrics
group17? Answer- 4
1. 9 2. 8
Q.17) - The venue of the 2020 Olympic
Games was _____. Q.23)- Which of the following was established
1. Tokyo 2.Los Angeles in Bombay in 1875?
3. Rio 4. Sydney 1. Aligarh movement
Answer- 1 2. Brahma Samaj
3. Satyashodhak Samaj
Q.18) - KA Najeeb Vs Union of India case 4. Arya Samaj
deals with violation of rights under______. Answer- 4
1. Article 21 2.Article 19
3. Article 16 4. Article 14 Q.24)- _______is the process of complete
Answer- 1 orincomplete oxidation or hydrolysis of fats
and oils when exposed to air, light, moisture,
Q.19) - Pathans in North-West India or bacterial action that spoils food.
organised thesolutisociety of 1. Rancidification 2.Auto-oxidation
KhudaiKhidmatgars, popularly known as Red 3. Hydrogenation 4. Auto reduction
Shirt, under whose leadership? Answer- 1
1. MA Ansari
2. Hasrat Mohani Q.25)- Which of the following musical
3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan instruments were played by the musicians
4. Muhammad Ali such as Shakoor Khan and Pandit Ram
Answer- 3 Narayan?
Q.20)- Who holds the authority of transferring 1. Veena 2.Shehnai
judges from one High court to another High 3. Guitar 4. Sarangi
Court? Answer- 4
1. The senior most judge of Supreme Court
2. The chief justice of India
3. The law minister of India 14 JULY SHIFT- 3
4. The President of India
Answer- 4
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.1) - The Japfu range, which is 3,014
Q.21)- In which two consecutive years was
meters high, is located in which state?
there no chief guest at the Republic Day
1. Assam 2.Meghalaya
celebrations of India?
3. Nagaland 4. Arunachal
1. 2021 and 2022
Pradesh
2. 2020 and 2021
Answer- 3
3. and 2020
4. 2018 and 2019
Q.2) - The Fundamental Duties were added
Answer- 1
to the Constitution of India by the.______
Amendment.
Q.22)- In which of the following States/Union
1. 44th 2.42nd
Territories were the 36th National Games
3. 73rd 4. 34th
held?
Answer- 2
1. Guiarat 2.New Delhi
3. Kerala 4. Rajasthan
Q.3)- When was the Secretary of State for
Answer- 1
India made responsible for the Government
of British India by bringing about changes in Answer-2
the Home Government?
1. 1858 2.1857 Q.9)- Which of the following sitar players was
3. 1833 41813. awarded the Bharat Ratna in the year 1999?
Answer- 1 1. Hariprasad Chourasia
2. Bhupen Hazarika
Q.4) - MUDRA is a financial institution set up 3. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
by the Government of India for the 4. Pandit Ravishankar
development and refinancing of micro unit Answer- 4
enterprises. The full form of MUDRA is:
1. Micro Units Development & Refinance Q.10) - Ambubachi Mela (Fair) is held in
Agency which of the temples of North-East India?
2. Micro Urban Development & Refinance 1. Dakshineswar 2.Billeswar
Agency Kali
3. Medium Units Development & Refinance 3. Bhuvaneswari 4. Kamakhya
Agency Answer- 4
4. Micro Finance Usage Development &
RefinanceAgent Q.11) - Whom among the following players is
Answer- 1 associated with Javelin throw?
1. Saurabh Chaudhary
Q.5) - Who among the following was the chief 2. Neeraj Chopra
guest at India's 74 Republic Day 3. Pankaj Advani
celebrations? 4. Manika Batra
1. Jair Bolsonaro 2.Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Answer- 2
3. François Hollande 4. Cyril Ramaphosa
Q.12) - Which waterway provides connectivity
Answer- 2
with mainland India through the India-
Bangladesh
Q.6)- Who is the first law officer of India?
Protocol route?
1. Chief Justice of India
1. NW-2 2.NW-15
2. Minister of law
3. NW- 10 4. NW-83
3. Advocate General of State
Answer- 1
4. Attorney General of India
Answer-4
Q.13) - Which of the following cells are found
in the liver of mammals?
Q.7) - The Shailendra kings who founded
1. Kupffer cells 2.Sensory cells
their empire in South-east Asia in the 8th
3. Microglial cells 4. Purkinje cells
Century AD were the followers of______.
Answer- 1
1. Shaivism 2.Jainism
3. Buddhism 4. Hinduism
Q14) - Arrange the following Development
Answer- 3
Financial Institutions (DFI) in the correct
chronological order, according to the year
Q.8)- The first Paralympic games were held
they were set up.
in which year?
(i) Industrial Credit and Investment
1. 1962 2.1960
Corporation of
3. 1961 4. 1964
India (ICICI) Answer- 4
(ii) Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI) Q.20) - Urmila Satyanarayanan is an
(iii)Industrial Finance Corporation of India exponent of which Indian classical dance
(IFCI) form?
1. Bharatanatyam 2.Manipuri
3. Sattriya 4. Kathak
Answer- 1
1. (iii)-(i)-(ii) 2.(i)-(ii)-(ini)
3. (i)-(iii) -(ii) 4. (ii)-(i)-(iii) Q.21) - In 2021, the Indian men's cricket team
Answer- 1 defeated Australia at the Gabba stadium in a
Test match becoming the only cricket team to
Q.15) - A wealthy person in the early Vedic defeat Australia in Brisbane since
period was known as____. 1. 1990 2.1996
1. Gaveshna 2.Duhitri 3. 1992 4. 1988
3. Gomat 4. Ravi Answer- 4
Answer- 3
Q.22) - India has been ranked
Q.16) ______ announced the bifurcation of in the MedicalTourism Index (MTI) for 2020-
theBritish Indian Empire into a secular India 21 out of 46 destinations by the Medical
and Islamic Pakistan. Tourism Association.
1. Lord Curzon 2.Lord Louis 1. 15th 210th.
Mountbatten 3. 3.5th 4. 20th
3. Lord Dalhousie 4. Lord Ripon Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.23)- Which of the following is NOT a type
Q.17) - Which Vitamin D analogue is used to of rock?
treat hypoparathyroidism, refractory rickets 1. Igneous rock 2.Sedimentary
and familial hypophosphatemia? rock
1. Retinol 2.Ergocalciferol 3. Trace rock 4. Metamorphic
3. Tacalcitol 4. Tocopherol rock
Answer- 2 Answer- 3
.
Q.18) - Who among the following performing Q.24)- The suitability of post tensioning is
artists bagged the best actress award for good for:
Meena Gurjari in 1975? 1. break spans 2.longs spans
1. Sonal Masingh 2.Mallika Sarabhai 3. end spans 4. edge spans
3. Shovana 4. Sitara Devi Answer- 3
Narayana
Answer- 2 Q25)- Which of the following groups of states
recorded very high population growth rate
Q.19) - From which Latin word is the s block during2001-2011 Census of India?
element calcium derived? 1. Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar
1. Calcio 2.Coleus 2. Bihar, Haryana, Meghalaya
3. Calum 4. Calx 3. Bihar, Rajasthan, Sikkim
4. West Bengal, Meghalaya, Bihar
Answer- 1 Q.6)- What are the main energy sources for
earth's internal heat engine?
1. Heat from volcanoes and solar heat
14 JULY SHIFT- 4 2. Radiogenic heat and oceanic tide heat
3. Radiogenic heat and primordial heat
4. Solar heat and oceanic tide heat
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
Answer- 3

Q.1) - Who among the following was the first

Q.7) - How many nominated members are
person to discuss poverty line in pre-
there in the Legislative Assembly of
independent India?
Telangana?
1. Dr. BR Ambedkar 2.Dadabhai Naoroji
1. Two 2.Four
3. Mahalanobis 4. RK Shanmukham 3. Three 4. One
Chetty Answer- 4
Answer- 2
Q.8) - Thomas Cup is a/an.
Q2) - Which of the following dances is 1. annual event 2.biennial event
performed by the Santhal tribe of Jharkhand? 3. quarterly event 4. triennial event
1. Koli 2.JhikaDasain Answer- 2
3. Kolkali 4. Ghumar
Answer- 2 Q.9)- Identify the group of states that are
covered in the Sardar Sarovar Project.
Q.3) - Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar was in 1. Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana,
news for being conferred with Arjuna Award Rajasthan
2022 for his outstanding contribution in which 2. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and
of the following sports? Telangana
1. Chess 2.Kabbadi 3. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat
3. Mallakhamb 4. Judo andRajasthan
Answer- 3 4. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh andJharkhand
Q.4) - Which of the following Acts was Answer- 3
introduced to regulate Foreign Exchange in
India in 1973? Q.10) - 'Penalty Corner' is related to which of
1. SARFESI 2.FEMA the following sports?
3. FRBM 4. FERA 1. Tennis 2.Badminton
Answer- 4 3. Hockey 4. Chess
Answer- 3
Q.5) - On International Women's Day 2022,
the Ministry of MSME launched an Q.11)- _____ became the first swimmer
entrepreneurship drive for women by which of fromIndia to breach the Olympic Qualification
the following names? Time (A cut) in swimming as he capped the
1. SWADHAR 2.SAMARTH qualification period with an outstanding
3. UJJAWALA 4. NIRBHAYA performance in the Sette Colli Trophy in
Answer- 2 Rome, Italy in June 2021.
1. Srihari Nataraj 2.Sajan Prakash 1. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a 2.1-a, 2-b, 3-c
3. Anand Anilkumar 4. Virdhawal Khade 3. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a 4. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Shylaja Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.16)- Who among the following is the author
Q.12) - Select the correct statement about the of the book 'The Buddha and his Dhamma',
achievements of Sruti Bandopadhay, an which appeared in 1957 after the death of its
eminent Manipuri dancer. author?
1. She received Kalidas Samman for the year 1. Motilal Nehru 2.Mahatma Gandhi
2020.
3. Subhas Chandra 4. BR Ambedkar
2. She received Sangeet Natak Akademi
Bose
Award for the year 2020.
Answer- 4
3. She received Padma Shri for the year
2020.
Q.17) - Which German chemist and
4. She received Padma Vibhushan for the
physicistproposed that an aromatc compound
year 2020.
must have an
Answer- 2
odd number of pairs of electrons. Which
carmathematically be written as 4n+2 (n =
Q.13) - Which is the only living representative
0,1,2,3, etc.)in 1931?
of Sphenopsida that has an underground,
1. Friedrich Kekule 2.Rosalind Franklin
creeping and perennial rhizome that gives off
aerial as well as underground branches? 3. Antoine Lavoisier 4. Erich Huckel
1. Equisetum 2.Dryopteris Answer- 4
3. Adiantum 4. Selaginella
Answer- 1 Q.18) - Trichloromethane is better known as:
1. butanes 2.chloroform
Q.14) - Which of the following cell organelles 3. LPG 4. laughing gas
is made up of ribosomal RNA and protein? Answer- 2
1. Lysosome 2.Nucleus
3. Ribosome 4. Golgi body Q.19) - Which Constitutional Amendment
Answer- 3 addedFundamental Duties in the
Constitution?
1. Forty-Second Amendment Act, 1976
2. Forty-Fourth Amendment Act 1978
3. Fifty-Second Amendment, 1985
4. Forty-Seventh Amendment, 1984
Q.15) –Match the columns Answer- 1
States Hills
1. Kerala a. Anaimalai Hills Q.20)- Which of the given personalities is
NOT associated with Carnatic Music?
2. Meghalaya b. Garo Hills 1. Kalyani 2.SubramaniaBharathiyar
Varadarajan
3. Mizoram c. Lushai Fills 3. MS 4. Vishnu
Subbulakshmi NarayanBhatkhande
Answer- 4
 Answer- 1
Q.21) - Who is the regulator of Micro
FinanceInstitutions in India? Q.2)- Which of the following is used to
1. RBI 2.SBI chemically test starch?
3. NABARD 4. SEBI 1. Sulphur solution
Answer- 1 3. Chlorine solution
2. Bromine solution
Q.22) - Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadeva 4. Iodine solution
Raya founded a suburban township near Answer- 4
Vijayanagara called Nagalapuram after his .
1. sister 2.teacher Q.3)- Which of the following states in India,
3. mother 4. father during October to December, receive rainfall
Answer- 3 due to Northeast monsoon?
1. Andra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Q.23) - Nag Panchami is celebrated in which Karnataka
month of Hindu Calendar? 2. Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh
1. Shravan 2.Sharad 3. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh
3. Asadh 4. Kartik 4. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal
Answer- 1 Answer- 3

Q.24) - Under whom was CP Ilbert a law Q.4) - 'Dalkhai' is a folk dance of which of the
member ofthe council? following states of India?
1. Lord Curzon 2.Lord Cornwallis 1. Karnataka 2.Odisha
3. Lord Lytton 4. Lord Ripon 3. Punjab 4. Kerala
Answer- 4 Answer- 2

Q.25) - Which Chinese traveller visited India Q.5) - Who was the first Odissi dancer from
during the reign of Harshavardhana? Odisha to receive Padma Vibhushan?
1. Faxian 2.Hsuan Tsang 1. Kelucharan Mohapatra
3. Ibn Battuta 4. Etsing 2. Madhvi Mudgal
Answer- 2 3. Sanjukta Panigrahi
4. Sonal Mansingh
Answer- 1
17 July Shift 1
Q.6) - The Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana
was started during the _____.
(9:00AM-10:00AM) 1. Eighth Five Year Plan
3. Ninth Five Year Plan
Q.1) - Who was the first social reformer to 2. Tenth Five Year Plan
view modern education as a vehicle for the 4. Seventh Five Year Plan
spread of modern ideas in the country? Answer-1
1. Raja Ram 2.Savitribai Phule
Mohan Roy Q.7)- Which of the following has the highest
3. DK Karve 4. Swami value of resistivity?
Vivekananda 1. Chromium 2.Iron
3. Nichrome 4. Silver Q.13)- Identify the subsidiary of SAIL that is
Answer- 3 located along the Kolkata-Asansol railway
line?
1. Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (SPL)
Q.8) - Machines, tools and implements, and 2. ESL Steel Limited (ESL)
buildings are examples of which type of 3. Tata Iron and Steel plant (TISCO)
goods? 4. Indian Iron and Steel Company (ISCO)
1. Inferior goods 2.Intermediate goods Answer- 4
3. Consumer goods 4. Capital goods
Answer- 4 Q.14) - The Mana Ooru - Mana Badi
programme was formally launched by the
Q.9)- Which of the following organisations is government in March 2022 to introduce
credited with writing literary pieces for the English medium in government schools.
abolition of Sati Pratha? 1. West Bengal 2.Telangana
1. The Harijan Sevak Samaj 3. Odisha 4. Andhra Pradesh
2. The Brahmo Samaj Answer- 2
3. The Bahujan Samaj
4. The Satya ShodhakSamaj Q.15) - Asad Ali Khan is best known for his
Answer- 2 mastery over which of the given musical
instruments?
Q.10) - The pensions payable to or in respect 1. Surbahar 2.Violin
of the officers and servants of the Supreme 3. Tabla 4. Rudra Veena
Court are charged upon______. Answer- 4
1. Consolidated Fund of India
2. Public Account of India Q.16) - When did the Drafting Committee
3. Finance Commission of India publish the first draft of the Indian
4. Reserve Bank of India Constitution?
Answer-1 1. May 1948 2.June 1948
3. February 1948 4. January 1948
Q.11)- Which of the following countries never Answer- 3
hosted the Paralympic games?
1. Israel 2.India Q.17) - On 20 July 2021, the Supreme Court
3. Japan 4. South Korea struck down certain provisions of part IX B of
Answer- 2 the Constitution of India. Part IX B was
related to:
Q.12) - The 'Right to Work' plan, under the 1. Sub-ordinate 2.Municipalities
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Courts
2005, was implemented in how many districts 3. Co-operative 4. Panchayats
in the first phase? Societies
1. 100 2.200 Answer- 3
3. 120 4. 150
Answer- 2 Q.18) - Which of the following Indian states
was the host of the 36th national games?
1. Haryana 2.Gujarat
3. Maharashtra 4. Punjab
Answer- 2 1. Alpine Skiing 2.Billiards
3. Figure Skating 4. Biathlon
Q.19) - In which state is the Maski inscription Answer- 1
located at present?
1. Tamil Nadu 2.Karnataka Q.24) - Name the French jeweller who
3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Andhra Pradesh travelled to India at least six times during the
Mughal period.
Answer- 2 1. Seydi Ali Reis 2.Antonio
Monserrate
Q.20) – Which of the following is the correct 3. Peter Mundy 4. Jean-Baptiste
match of the column-A with column-B? Tavernier
Answer- 4
Column-A Column-B
(Nutrients) (Source)
Q.25)- Which element of Group 17 has two
i. Protein rich food a. Wheat isotopes of masses 35 and 37 amu with
ii. Fat rich food b. Lemon average abundance of 75.77% and 24.23%,
iii. Carbohydrate c. Egg white respectively?
rich food 1. Chlorine 2.Fluorine
iv. Vitamin C rich d. Butter and 3. Astatine 4. Iodine
food cheese Answer- 1

1. .i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a 2.i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d

17 JULY SHIFT – 2
3. i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a 4. i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b
Answer- 4
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
Q.21) - Banganga festival takes place
Q.1) - Changai dance is associated with
annually at which of the following places in
whichIndian state?
Maharashtra?
1. Maharashtra 2.Madhya Pradesh
1. Nashik 2.Mumbai
3. Nagpur 4. Pune 3. Nagaland 4. Jharkhand
Answer- 2 Answer- 3

Q.22)- The part of the Himalayas lying Q.2) - Which of the following reforming
between Satluj and______ rivers is known as societies believed Vedas to be the fountain of
Kumaon Himalayas. all the knowledge?
1. Indus 2.Kali 1. Brahmo Samaj 2.Theosophical Society
3. Brahmaputra 4. Testa 3. Arya Samaj 4. Prarthana Samaj
Answer- 2
Answer- 2

Q.23) - In December 2021, Aanchal Thakur

Q.3) - Which of the following is another name
was in news for winning a bronze medal at an
for starch found mainly in the pulp of seeds,
international event. Which sport is she
fruits, tubers, roots and stems of plants,
associated with?
especially in corn, potatoes, wheat and rice?
1. Saponin 2.Amylum
3. Olestra 4. Xanthan Q.9)- Which of the following systems of the
Answer- 2 Delhi sultanate had a influence on the
Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms?
Q.4) - Seismograph is used to measure: 1. Bitikchi 2.Cahalgani
1. earthquakes 3. Igtadari 4. Walis
2. rain precipitation Answer- 3
3. underground water level
4. underground mineral contentAnswer- 1 Q.10)- What was the function of an officer
called Samaharta?
1. Security assurance
Q.5) - Which of the following pairs of 2. Tax assessment
musicians and their instruments is 3. To correspond
INCORRECT? 4. Reserve the state treasury
1. Pt. Ravi Shankar - Sitar Answer- 2
2. Pt. Ram Narayan - Sarod
3. N Rajam - Violin Q.11) - Which of the following is the closest
4. Bismillah Khan - Shehnai wild relative of domestic cattle protected in
Answer- 2 some of the famous national parks of India
like Nagarhole and Bandipur?
Q.6) - The Second Five-Year Plan (1956-61) 1. Asiatic buffalo 2.Red angus
had a major goal of achieving which of the 3. Nilgai 4. Gaur
following targets? Answer- 4
1. Growth with social justice
2. Growth with stability Q.12) - In February 2021, through which of
3. Self-reliant and self-generating economy the following cases did the Supreme court
4. Rapid industrialisation with focus on heavy rule that in the cases when the Juvenile
industries offender is under 18 years and above 16
Answer- 4 years, he/she should be remitted to
jurisdictional Juvenile Justice Board?
Q.7)- Who was hailed as a resident dancer of 1. Satbir Singh v. State of Haryana
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam for her 2. Devilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
unique 3. Laxmibai Chandaragi v. The State of
contribution to the promotion of classical Karnataka
dance forms? 4. Rahul Sharma v. National Insurance
1. Ragini Devi 2.Rukmini Devi Company Ltd
3. Yamini 4. Uma Sharma Answer- 2
Krishnamurthy
Answer- 3 Q.13) - Which of the following countries won
the highest number of gold medals in the
Q.8)- Which of the following countries has Tokyo Paralympic 2020?
hosted the three Asian Games? 1. China 2.USA
1. Philippines 2.India 3. Australia 4. India
3. South Korea 4 Japan. Answer- 1
Answer- 3
Q.14) - What is the name of the scheme Property a Legal Right in place of a
launched tc fund infrastructure and social Fundamental Right?
development projects in the Northeast for a 1. 48th 2.44th
period of four years from 2022-23 to 2025- 3. 40th 4. 45th
26? Answer- 2
1. PM-DRUV 2.PM-DevINE
3. PM-FME 4. PM- NERLP Q.21) - An annual statement of the estimated
Answer- 2 receipts and expenditure of the government
over the fiscal year is known as _______.
Q.15) - This event is celebrated to mark the 1. Plan 2.Budget
resurrection of Christ. Identify the event. 3. Account 4. Income sheet
1. Good Friday 2.Christmas Answer- 2
3. Easter 4. Holy Thursday
Answer- 3 Q.22)- Which of the following chemicals is
used as a preservative to slow browning and
Q.16) - Which is the national fruit of discolouration in foods and beverages during
Bangladesh? preparation, storage and distribution?
1. Mango 2.Apple 1. Sulphites 2.Chlorine
3. Pomegranate 4. Jackfruit 3. Nitrous oxide 4. Phosgene
Answer- 4 Answer- 1

Q.17) - What is the product formed when Q.23) - Who led the English army in the
CH3CH2OH reacts with 02? Battle of Buxar?
1. CO2 + H2O + light 1. Charles Eyrecoot
2. H2O + heat 2. Lord Clive
3. CO2 + H2O + heat and light 3. William Henry Sleeman
4. CO2 + heat and light 4. Hector Munro
Answer- 3 Answer- 4

Q.18) - In January 2022, who was named for Q.24) - President of India, Droupadi Murmu
the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC presented the____,of the Digital India Awards
Women's Cricketer of the Year? on7th January 2023 in New Delhi.
1. Lizelle Lee 2.Elyse Perry 1. 7th edition 2.5th edition
3. Mithali Raj 4. Smriti 3. 6th edition 4. 8th edition
Mandhana Answer- 1
Answer-4
Q.25) - The chemical formula of propene is:
Q.19) - Which part of the Constitution of India 1. СзН6 2.С2Hz
contains the provisions of Union Executive? 3. СзН4 4. C2H4
1. Part III 2.Part VI Answer- 1
3. Part IV 4. Part V
Answer- 4 17 JULY SHIFT- 3
Q.20) - Which of the following amendments to
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
the Indian Constitution made the Right to
Q.1) - The Desh Ke Mentor Programme 3. Taenia - Tapeworm
launched by the Delhi government in October 4. Wuchereria - Filaria worm
2021 is for the students of classes____. Answer- 1
1. VI to XII 2.VI to VIII
3. I to V 4. IX to XII Q.7) - Who was awarded the Mother Teresa
Answer- 4 Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021?
1. Jadav Payeng 2.Sumaira Abdulali
Q.2)- Satyaram Reang received the Padma 3. Anil Prakash 4. Rajendra Singh
Shri for promoting the Hojagiri dance form. Joshi
He belongs to which of the following states? Answer- 3
1. Manipur 2.Sikkim
3. Tripura 4. Assam Q.8) - Which of the following is NOT a
Answer- 3 function of money?
1. Medium of exchange payments
Q.3) - Consider the following statements 3. Measure of value
about unemployment in India: 2. Standard of deferred
a) Seasonal unemployment is mainly found in 4. Problem in storage
urban areas. Answer- 4
b) Educated unemployed people are mainly
found in rural areas of India. Q.9)- The folk dance of Kummi is performed
c) Higher cropping intensity is desirable for by the women of which Indian state?
reducing unemployment in the rural economy. 1. Rajasthan 2.Tamil Nadu
Which of the given statements is/are correct? 3. Madhya 4. Jharkhand
1. Only a 2.Only band c Pradesh
3. Only a and b 4. Only c Answer- 2
Answer- 4
Q.10)- Which sodium compound is the most
Q.4) - Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya popular additive to various items such as
Mukherjee and Anoushka Shankar are sauces, salad dressings and beverages for its
associated with which of the following musical preservative action?
instruments? 1. Sodium fluoride
1. Been 2.Sarod 2. Sodium hypochlorite
3. Santoor 4. Sitar 3. Sodium bicarbonate
Answer- 4 4. Sodium benzoate
Answer- 4
Q.5) - The Bailadila range of Chhattisgarh is
famous for which of the following minerals? Q.11)- Identify the element one that does
1. Bauxite 2.Coal NOT belong to Group 1 of the Modern
3. Copper 4. Iron ore Periodic Table.
Answer- 4 1. Sodium 2.Hydrogen
3. Rubidium 4. Lithium
Q.6)- Which of the following pairs is Answer- 2
INCORRECTLY matched?
1. Ancylostoma - Pinworm Q.12) - What is the priority zone of the
2. Ascaris - Roundworm AMRUT(Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
UrbanTransformation) mission, which was
launched by the Government of India in
2015?
1. Primary education for all
2. Water supply followed by sewerage
3. Health care of urban dwellers
4. Electricity and power generation
Answer- 2
to reservation in promotion under Article
16(4) of the Constitution of India, 1950, in the
case of:
1. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India
2. State of Kerala v. Leesamma Joseph
3. Rajeev Kumar Gupta v. Rangachari
4. State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas
Answer- 2

Q.13)- What was India's rank in Paralympic Q.19) - Who is the author of Tarikh-i-Firuz
2020? Shahi?
1. 25 2.21 1. Amir Khusrow 2.Ibn Battuta
3. 19 4. 24 3. Al-Biruni 4. Ziauddin Barani
Answer- 4 Answer- 4

Q.14) - One of the important institutes Q.20)- In the Olympic flag, the total number of
associated with green revolution is the Indian rings are ____.
Agriculture Research Institute. Where is it 1. 3 2. 7
located? 3. 5 4. 4
1. Patna 2.New Delhi Answer- 3
3. Ludhiana 4. Mumbai
Answer- 2 Q.21) - The Hemis Festival is widely
celebrated in which state of India?
Q.15)-.______ is a naturally occurring 1. Assam 2.Ladakh
organiccompound with the formula (CHs),CO. 3. Arunachala 4. Lakshadweep
1. Methcathinone 2.Benzophenone Pradesh
3. Acetophenone 4. Propiophenone Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.22) - During the reign of which of the
Q.16) - Which of the following Articles of the following rulers did Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese
Indian Constitution provides for a bicameral traveller, come to India?
Parliament of India? 1. Ashoka 2.Chandragupta II
1. Article 49 2.Article 89 3. Harshavardhana, 4. Samudragupta
3. Article 79 4. Article 59
Answer- 3
Answer- 3

Q.23) - Sohan Singh Bhakna and Har Dayal

Q.17) - Fundamental duties were not placed
were primarily associated with which of the
in PartIll of the Indian Constitution because
following organisations?
Part Ill is _____.
1. Yugantar 2.Ghadar Party
1. not enforceable 2.non-justifiable
3. Kisan Sabha 4. Anushilan
3. justifiable 4. absolute
Samiti
Answer- 3
Answer- 3
Q.18) - On 28 June 2021, the Supreme Court
held that persons with disabilities have a right
Q.24) - Mawsynram in the southern ranges of Answer- 4
the _______ receives the highest average
rainfall in theworld. Q.5) - Nana Sahib, a rebel at Kanpur was the
1. Aravali 2.Shivalik son of which of the following Peshwas?
3. Nilgiri 4. Khasi hills 1. Baji Rao I 2.Balaji Vishwanath
Answer- 4
3. Baji Rao II 4. Balaji Baji Rao
Answer- 3
Q.25) - Who was the founder of Harijan
SevakSangh founded in 1932?
Q.6) - The Fundamental Duties of citizens
1. BR Ambedkar 2.Mahatma Gandhi
were added to the Constitution of India, upon
3. Jawaharlal 4. Jyotiba Phule
the recommendations of which of the
Nehru
following committees?
Answer- 2
1. Swaran Singh Committee
2. Kelkar Committee
3. Santhanam Committee
17 JULY SHIFT- 4 4. Raja ChelliahCommittee
Answer- 1
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
Q.7) - For which discovery did William
Q.1) - Which group of rivers is a part of the Bradford Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter
peninsular drainage system? Houser Brattain jointly receive the Nobel
1. Mahanadi and Godavari Prize in Physics in 1956?
2. Gandak andGhaghra 1. Discovery of transistor effect
3. Ganga and Yamuna 2. Discovery of electromagnetic induction
4. Damodar and Sarda 3. Discovery of receptors for temperature and
Answer- 1 touch
4. Discovery of thermionic emission
Q.2) - The musician Sivamani is associated Answer- 1
with which musical instrument?
1. Drums 2.Sarod Q.8) - Which of the following hill stations do
3. Violin 4. Shehnai NOT experience snowfall in winters?
Answer- 1 1. Ooty 2.Srinagar
3. Shimla 4. Nainital
Q.3) - Who was behind publishing the first Answer- 1
NewsPaper in India?
1. James Augustus Hickey Q.9)-Match column A with column B.
2. Hem Chandrakar
3. Harishchandra Mukherjee Column A (Type Column B (Proper
4. Deen Bandhu Mitra of algae) Name)
Answer- 1 a. Blue-green i. Sargassum
algae
Q.4) - The number of on-field umpires in b. Red algae ii.Chlamydomonas
cricket matches is________. c. Green algae ill. Rhodophyta
1. 4 2. 1 d. Brown algae iv. Cyanobacteria
3. 3 4. 2
1. a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i 2.a-i, b-ili, c-ji, d-iv Answer- 3
3. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i 4. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
Q.14) - What is the child sex ratio in India in
Answer- 3 the2011 Census?
1. 814 females per 1000 males
Q.10) - Schools and hostels under the 2.941 females per 1000 males
Ministry of Education's Samagra Shiksha 3.914 females per 1000 males
scheme will be renamed after: 4. 911 females per 1000 males
1. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Answer- 3
2. Shyama PrashadMukharjee
3. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Q.15) - What helps making the acidic food
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel alkaline that is coming from the stomach?
Answer- 3 1. Bile juice 2.Hydrochloric acid
3. Gastric juice 4. Pepsin
Q.11) - Ashoka sent a mission to spread the Answer- 1
principle of Dhamma led by his son,
Mahendra and daughter, Sanghamitra to Q.16) - Paramvir Chakra, Ashok Chakra and
_______. Vir Chakra are presented during the
1. Thailand 2.Kalinga celebration of which day?
3. Cambodia 4. Ceylon 1. Indian Air Force Day
Answer- 4 2. Gandhi Jayanti
3. Independence Day
Q.12)- Which of the following statements are 4. Republic Day
correct regarding the Centre-State Relations Answer- 4
pertaining to the three lists of the Indian
Constitution? Q.17) - Padma Shri awardee in 2022, Arjun
A.The subjects which are not included in any Singh Dhurve, is a tribal dancer of which of
of the three lists are called Residuary the following dance forms?
subjects. 1. Baiga 2.Santhal
B.If there is any conflict between the Union 3. Tertali 4. Chhau
List and the State List, then the former Answer- 1
prevails.
C.When the Parliament enacts a law on the Q.18) - Borgeet is associated with which
request of two or more states, then that law Indian classical dance form?
made by theParliament on the State List is 1. Odissi 2.Manipuri
applicable to all the states. 3. Sattriya 4. Kuchipudi
1. A, BandC 2.Band C only Answer- 3
3. A and B only 4. A And C only
Answer- 3
Q.19) - On 7 November 2022, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi attended and offered prayers
Q.13) - 'BFSI' stands for Banking, Financial at celebrations of thePrakash Parv of
Services and in India. It is a broad term for Shri______Guru Nanak Dev I at New Delhi.
industries that offer financial products and 1. 552nd 2.553rd
services. 3. 551st 4. 550th
1. Index Fund 2.Investment Answer- 2
3. Insurance 4. Inflation
 Answer- 4
Q.20)- Who among the following was the
slave-general of Alauddin Khilji, who led his
army in the battle against Ramachandra of
Devagiri?
1. Ulugh Khan 2.Zafar Khan
3. Nusrat Khan 4. Malik Kafur
Answer- 4

Q.21)- Haryana government announced

18 JULY SHIFT- 1
provide support to women entrepreneurs, on
International Women's Day 2022. (9:00AM-10:00AM)
1. SWADHAR Scheme
2. Mahila E-Haat Scheme
3. MatrushaktiUdaymita Scheme
Q.1) - Which of the following is the correct Lewis
4. UJJWALA Scheme structure of O3 ?
Answer- 3

Q.22)- Intensive agriculture implies________.

1. bringing more land under cultivation
2. cultivating large farms with moderately low 1. a 2. c
inputs of labor and capital 3. b 4. d
3. use of more labor and capital inputs on the Answer- 4
given land under cultivation
4. spreading farming across more states of Q.2)- This festival was started by the
India Government of Nagaland in 2000 to
Answer- 3 encourage interaction among tribes
and to promote the cultural heritage of the
Q.23)- Which country will host the 2031 State.
Cricket World Cup? Identify the festival.
1. Australia 2.India and 1. Nazu festival 2.Nuakhai festival
Bangladesh 3. Gaan-Ngai 4. Hornbill festival
3. West Indies 4. England festival
Answer- 2 Answer- 4

Q.24)- If the government revenue expenditure Q.3) - In December 2021, the Supreme Court
exceeds revenue receipt, it is called: suspended OBC quotas for local body
1. revenue deficit 2.fiscal deficit elections in which of the following states?
3. primary deficit 4. capital deficit 1. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Answer- 1 2. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
3. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Q.25)- What happens to the atomic size as 4. West Bengal and Odisha
you go down the group? Answer-2
1. Decreases 2.Triples
3. No change 4. Increases
Q.4)- During which festival is Garba Q.9) - The Ashtadhyayi of Panini is a
performed? renowned work on _____.
1. Navratri 2.Bihu 1. Gupta Administration
3. Pongal 4. Diwali 2. Medicine
Answer-1 3. Mauryan Polity
Q.5) - Ferns, horsetails and lycophytes 4. Sanskrit Grammar
belong to which of the following groups? Answer- 4
1. Pteridophyta 2.Algae
3. Fungi 4. Bryophyta Q.10) - President Ram Nath Kovind conferred
Answer- 1 which award on Matha B Manjamma for
JogatiNrithyaa in 2021?
Q.6)- Which of the following statements are 1. Sangeet Natak Akademi
correct regarding the Union Public Service 2. Padma Bhushan
Commission? 3. Padma Vibhushan
A. The Parliament has the power to make 4. Padma Shri
regulations as to conditions of service of the Answer- 4
Chairman, members and staff of the
commission. Q.11)- Who among the following
B. The Government of India Act, 1935, sportspersons was awarded the Chhattisgarh
envisaged a Public Service Commission for Veerni Award 2021?
the Federation and a Provincial Public 1. Bajrang Punia 2.P V Sindhu
Service Commission for each Province or 3. Shikhar Dhawan 4. Dutee Chand
group of Provinces.
C. The Federal Public Service Commission Answer- 4
came tobe known as the Union Public
Service Commission by virtue of Clause (1) of Q.12)- What is humidity?
Article 378 of the Constitution in 1950. 1. When water vapour is present in the air
1. A and C only 2.A and B only 2. When the water vapour transfers into water
3. B and C only 4. A, B and C from air
Answer- 3 3. When air is present in the water
4. When the other gases transfer to air
Q.7)- At which Olympic Games did India win Answer- 1
a gold medal for the first time?
1. 1928 Amsterdam 2.21968 Mexico Q.13) - Identify the option that arranges the
following neighbouring countries of India
3. 1936 Berlin 4. 1952 Helsinki according to their Human Development Index
Answer- 1
(HDI) ranks in2021-22 in increasing order.
a) Sri Lanka
Q.8)-My is one of the measures of money b) Maldives
supply. My is the sum of Mi+ ____.
c) Bhutan
1. coins and currency notes
d) Bangladesh
2. saving deposits with post office
1. a-b-d-c 2.a-b-c-d
3. National Saving Certificates 3. b-a-c-d 4. b-a-d-c
4. demand deposits Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.14) - What cells help in osmoregulation in Q.21) - Asansol, Howrah, Malda and Sealdah
platyhelminthes? division come under which railway zone of
1. Flame cells 2.Hooks India?
3. Ganglia 4. Nerve cells 1. Central Railway
Answer- 1 3. Eastern Railway
2. Northern Railway
Q.15) - Who among the following is 4. West Central Railway
associated with the musical instrument Answer-3
Surbahar?
1. Sharan Rani 2.Bhajan Sopari Q.22)- The authorities of which country
3. Shiv Kumar 4. Annapurna Devi denied the permission to land the ship
Sharma Komagata Maru, carrying Indians?
Answer-4 1. New Zealand 2.Canada
3. Australia 4. America
Q.16) - How many industries were listed in Answer- 2
Schedule A of Industrial Policy, 1956?
1. 17 2.16 Q.23)- Who became the first woman officer to
3. 10 4. 12 join Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator
Answer-1 after the successful completion of training in
May 2022?
Q.17) - Malik Ambar, who resisted Mughals in 1. Captain Abhilasha Barak
Deccan, was an able administrator of which 2. Captain Manju Sharma
state? 3. Captain Gursimran Kaur
1. Bijapur 2.Golconda 4. Captain Shiva Chauhan
3. Ahmednagar 4. Bidar Answer- 1
Answer-3
Q.24)- In which year was the Vernacular
Q.18) - Identify the black soil region of India Press Act enacted in British India?
from the following. 1. 1878 2.1872
1. Himalayas 2.Deccan trap 3. 1874 4. 1876
3. Coastal plains 4. Northern plains Answer- 1
Answer-2
Q.19) - Who is the first Indian woman to win Q25)- Which of the following statements is
an Olympic medal? NOT correct about surface tension?
1. PV Sindhu 2.Karnam Malleswari 1. Surface tension is typically measured in
dynes/cm.
3. Saina Nehwal 4. Mirabai Chanu 2. The shape of water drop is spherical due to
Answer-2 surface tension.
3. The cohesive forces between liquid
Q.20) - Which Article of the Indian molecules are responsible for the
Constitution talks about 'abolition of title"? phenomenon known as surface tension.
1. Article18 2.Article 19 4. At room temperature, surface tension of
3. Article 20 4. Article 17 water is less than ethyl alcohol.
Answer-1 Answer- 4
 Answer-1
18 JULY SHIFT – 2
Q.7)- The Telugu movie RRR created history
by winning a Golden Globe for the Natu Natu
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
song composed by whom among the
following personalities?
Q.1) - 'Alarippu' is a dance piece from which 1. AR Rahman
of the following classical dances of India? 2. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
1. Bharatanatyam 2. Odissi 3. MM Keeravani
3. Kathak 4. Kathakali 4. Mervin Solomon
Answer-1 Answer- 3

Q.2) - Who among the following was the Q.8) - How many points are there in the 4th
founder of the Aligarh Movement, which was set in volleyball?
largely responsible for the revival of Muslims 1. 16 2. 8
in India? 3. 25 4. 15
1. Muhammad Iqbal Answer- 3
2. Abdul Gaffar Khan
3. Sayyid Ahmad Khan Q.9)- The Hemis Festival has an influence of
4. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad which religion?
Answer- 3 1. Islam 2. Buddhism
3. Jainism 4. Hinduism
Q.3) - In India The State election Answer- 2
Commissioner is appointed by the _____.
1. Chief Minister 2. President Q.10)- Which of the following are metalloids?
3. Chief Justice 4. Governor 1. Aluminium, mercury, copper
Answer- 4 2. Boron, silicon, antimony
3. Boron, oxygen, aluminium
Q.4)- What is Typhlops? 4. Boron, mercury, iron
1. Blind snake 2. Glass snakes Answer- 2
3. Grass snake 4. Sea snake
Answer- 1 Q.11)- Which of the following periods is
referred to as a period of stagnant or
Q.5) - Who among the following has been stationary phase of growth of India's
named as the World Bank Education Advisor population?
for the period of June 2021 to June 2024? 1. 1921 - 1941 2. 1901 - 1921
1. Peter Tabichi 2. Keisha Thorpe 3. 1961 - 1981 4. 1941 - 1961
3. Ranjitsinh 4. Vishwavir Ahuja Answer- 2
Disale
Answer- 3 Q.12) - In which Five-Year Plan was the
process of economic reforms introduced in
Q.6) - Who among the following Mauryan India?
kings gave up war after the battle of Kalinga? 1. Sixth 2 Tenth.
1. Ashoka 2. Bindusara 3. Fifth 4. Eighth
3. Chandragupta 4. Mahinda Answer- 4
Maurya
 coin.
Q.13) - According to Article 1. Rupee 2. Rupak
of theConstitution of India, it shall be the duty 3. Tanka 4. Jittal
of every citizen of India to develop the Answer- 4
scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of
inquiry and reform. Q.18) - Who among the following leaders led
1. 52A 2. 51A the Bardoli Satyagraha?
3. 49A 4. 50A 1. Vallabhbhai 2. Motilal Nehru
Answer-2 Patel
3. C 4. Lala Lajpat Rai
Q.14) - In July 2021, the Government of India Rajagopalachari
launched a National Initiative for Proficiency Answer- 1
in Reading with Understanding and
Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) for ensuring that Q.19) - The approximate amount of silica
every child in the country necessarily attains present in cement is:
foundational literacy and numeracy by the 1. between 37% and 45%
end of Grade ______. 2. between 27% and35%
1. 5 2. 4 3. between 47% and 55%
3. 2 4. 3 4. between 17% and 25%
Answer- 4 Answer- 4

Q.15) - Narthaki Nataraj, Padma Shri Q.20) - According to Koeppen's Scheme,

awardee in 2019, was conferred this award which type of climate is denoted by 'Cwg in
for which of the following contributions? India?
1. Bringing the women empowerment through 1. Semi-arid steppe climate
agriculture 2. Monsoon with dry summer
2. Popularizing Indian cuisine in the world 3. Polar type
3. Overcoming social exclusion through 4. Monsoon with dry winter
Bharatanatyam dance performances Answer-4
4. Specialising in Indian knowledge
system,Nyayshastra Q.21)- Which of the following is an
Answer- 3 institutional source of credit in India?
1. Traders 2. Money lenders
Q.16) - Which region has the maximum 3. Commission 4. Commercial
concentration of iron and steel industries in agents banks
India? Answer- 4
1. Deccan Plateau
2. Chhattisgarh Plateau Q.22)- Which scientist revised the nebular
3. Chota Nagpur plateau hypothesis in 1796?
4. Malwa Plateau 1. Pierre Laplace 2. Neville
Answer- 3 Chamberlain
3. Edwin Hubble 4. Harold Jeffrey
Q.17) - Muhammad bin Tughlaq introduced a Answer- 1
copper coin called_______ in place of the
silver
Q.23)- In cells, proteins are synthesised in 1. Andhra Pradesh 2.Telangana
_____. 3. Odisha 4. Bihar
1. Golgi apparatus 2. Nucleus Answer- 1
3. Ribosome 4. Mitochondria
Answer- 3 Q.4)- The origin of Directive Principles of
State Policy can be traced to which of the
Q24)- The Indian Railways on October 7, following?
2021, launched and operated two long-haul 1. Poona Pact
freight trains namedto provide a very effective 2. Gandhi Irwin Pact
solution to the problem of capacity constraints 3. Second Round Table Conference
in critical rail sections. 4. Karachi Resolution
1. Himalaya and Thar Answer- 4
2. Trishul and Garuda
3. Sagar and Prithvi Q.5) - Diwali falls in which of the following
4. Aakash and Vijay months of the Hindu calendar?
Answer- 2 1. Jyeshtha 2.Kartika
3. Ashadha 4. Bhadrapada
Q.25)- Maximum how many overs can a Answer- 2
bowler bowl in ODI cricket matches?
1.9 2.10 3.11 4.8 Q.6) - What is the name of the scheme
1. 9 2. 10 launched in 2022 for the welfare measures of
3. 11 4. 8 the transgender community and for persons
Answer- 2 who are engaged in the act of begging?
1. RISE 2.SHINE
3. SHRI 4. SMILE
Answer- 4
18 JULY SHIFT- 3
Q.7) - Due to attraction of the sun and the
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM) moon, what is the frequency of up and falls
down of ocean water in a day?
Q.1) - The cultivation of _______was 1. Three 2.Two
introduced on the Baba Budan Hills in India. 3. Four 4. One
1. tea 2.silk Answer- 2
3. coffee 4. cardamom
Answer-3 Q.8) - Padmaja Reddy, who was conferred
the Padma Shri in 2022, is renowned for
Q.2) - ThabalChongba is a folk dance of which of the following dance forms?
whichIndian state? 1. Kuchipudi 2.Bharatanatyam
1. Mizoram 2.Manipur 3. Kathak 4. Odissi
3. Goa 4. West Bengal Answer- 1
Answer- 2
Q.9) -Match the following neighbouring
Q3)- The biennial tri-services amphibious countries of India with their official languages.
exercise,AMPHEX 2023 was conducted Country Official Language
in_______ from 17 to22 January 2023.
1. Sri Lanka a. Dzongkha 3. Babur 4. Aurangzeb
2. Bhutan b. Burmese Answer-2
3. Myanmar c. Sinhala
Q.16) - Single-celled life forms were
1. 1-а, 2-c, 3-b 2.1-a, 2-b, 3-c discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in
3. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c 4. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b ________.
Answer- 4 1. 1674 2.1774
3. 1884 4. 1837
Q.10)- Industries are classified into _______ Answer- 1
categories in the Industrial Policy Resolution.
1. two 2.three Q.17) - Select the INCORRECT statement
3. five 4. four aboutGymnosperms.
Answer- 2 1. Gymnosperms are seedless flowering
plants.
Q.11)- Sports Authority of India, the apex 2. Gymnosperms are typically slow in terms
body for sports promotion, was set up in the of reproduction; up to a year may pass
year ______. between pollination and fertilisation and seed
1. 1990 2.1961 maturation may require 3 years.
3. 1982 4. 1984 3. Gymnosperms are found as woody shrubs,
Answer- 4 trees or lianas and include no true aquatics
and few epiphytes.
Q.12)- GDP deflator = ________. 4. Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili and
1. (nominal GDP / Real GDP) × 100 naked seeds, but not flowers
2. (nominal GDP - Real GDP) × 100 Answer- 1
3. (nominal GDP + Real GDP) × 100 .
4. (nominal GDP × Real GDP) × 100
Answer- 1 Q.18) - A non-SI unit called 'nit' is the unit of
which of the following photometric quantities
Q.13)- Identify an application in which solar used to measure a multitude of light
cells are NOT used. intensity?
1. Artificial satellites 2.Lift system 1. Luminous exposure
2. Luminous emittance
3. Space probes 4. Radio
3. Luminosity
Answer- 2
4. Luminance
Answer- 4
Q.14)- Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
1. Bakht Khan 2.Veer Kunwar
Q.19) - Which of the following is NOT a
Singh
freshwater lake in India?
3. Azimullah 4. Maulvi
1. Loktak 2.Nainital
Ahmadullah
3. Pulicat 4. Bhimtal
Answer- 2
Answer- 3
.
Q.15)- Sisodiya Rajput ruler of Mewar, Amar
Q.20)- 'We have wings' is associated with
Singh accepted Mughal services during the
which of the following sports events?
reign of _______.
1. Olympic 2016
1. Akbar 2.Jahangir
2. Paralympic 2020 2. Tabla, Ghatam, Pakhawaj
3. Winter Olympic 2020 3. Ghatam, Pakhawaj, Tabla
4. Olympic 2020 4. Tabla, Pakhawaj, Ghatam
Answer-2 Answer- 4

Q.21)______was the first woman to be

ordained as a bhikkhuni in the Buddhism. 18 JULY SHIFT- 4
1. Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
2. Sujata
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
3. Sanghamitta
4. Mahapajapati Gotami
Answer-4
Q.1) - Tansen, who was included in the
Navaratnas of Akbar, was an expert in
Q.22) - The total number of Ministers,
playing which of the following musical
including the Chief Minister, in the Council of
instruments?
Ministers in a State shall NOT exceed
1. Rabab 2.Veena
______ of the total number ofmembers of the
3. Sarangi 4. Nagada
Legislative Assembly of that State.
Answer- 1
1. twenty five percent 2.twenty percent

3. fifteen percent 4. ten percent Q.2) - Under which policy has the Union
Answer- 3 Ministry of Power launched a scheme for
procurement of aggregate power of 4500 MW
Q.23) - On 29 July 2021, the Government of for five years?
India launched Vidya Pravesh, a preschool 1. Shakti Policy 2.Naiurja Policy
preparation programme for _____ students, 3. Gatishakti Policy 4. Urja Sanchay
preparing the children for school. Policy
1. class first 2.nursery Answer- 1
3. kindergarten 4. pre-nursery
Answer- 1 Q.3) - Select the INCORRECT statement
aboutPhylum Arthropoda.
1. Class Insecta is the largest class of
Q.24) - RG Bhandarkar was a popular leader Phylum Arthropoda.
of which reforming society? 2. Over 85% of all the known animal species
1. Brahmo Samaj 2.Prarthana Samaj are arthropods.
3. Phylum Arthropoda comprises a wide
3. Theosophical 4. Arya Samaj diversity of animals with hard exoskeletons
Society and jointed appendages.
Answer- 2 4. Lignin is the main component of the
exoskeletons of arthropods.
Q.25) - Select the correct sequence of the Answer- 4
musical instruments according to the given
sequence of their associated personalities: Q.4)- Who sent the Greek ambassador
Ustad Allah Rakha, Totaram Sharma, TH Megasthenes to the court of Chandragupta
Vinayakam. Maurya?
1. Pakhawaj, Tabla, Ghatam 1. Dionysus 2.Tolmi
3. Sikandar 4. Seleucus 2. Justice Ashok Bhushan
Answer- 4 3. Justice Abhay Oka
4. Justice BV Nagarathna
Q.5)- Which of the following is a highly Answer- 2
electropositive element that readily gives up
an electron in order to obtain a stable Q.11) - Where in India are the Sundari trees
electronic configuration? that provide durable and hard timber found?
1. N 2.0 1. Mangrove Forests
3. CI 4. Na 2. Tropical EvergreenForests
Answer- 4 3. Montane Forests
4. Tropical Deciduous Forests
Q.6) - Which of the following states recognise Answer- 1
the Dahi Handi as a sports event?
1. Bihar 2.Madhya Pradesh Q.12) - Diwan-i-Arz was essentially the
3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Maharashtra department of______ under Delhi Sultanate.
Answer- 4 1. military services 2.court ceremonies
3. financial 4. royal karkhanas
Q.7) - The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, services
was inspired by whose idea of non-violence? Answer- 1
1. Vardhaman Mahavira
2. BR Ambedkar Q.13) - Which element was arbitrarily
3. Gautam Buddha assigned a value of 4.0 in the 'Halogens'
4. Mahatma Gandhi section in 1922 by Linus Pauling, an
Answer- 4 American scientist?
1. Fluorine 2.Iodine
Q.8) - Mitochondria is NOT found in ______. 3. Astatine 4. Bromine
1. bacteria 2.yeast Answer- 1
3. algae 4. fungi
Answer- 1 Q.14) - Kalbelia dance is generally performed
in which of the following states of India?
Q.9)- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1. Assam 2.Punjab
(AkademiPuraskar) for the year 2020 was 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Rajasthan
awarded to MeenakshiChitharanjan for her Answer- 4
contribution to which of the following?
1. Manipuri 2.Bharatanatyam Q.15) - Which of the following pairs is/ are
3. Kuchipudi 4. Odissi correctly matched regarding the terminology
Answer- 2 used in the Parliament?
A.Appropriation Bill - A Money Bill passed for
Q.10) - Who among the following has been providing for the withdrawal or appropriation
appointed as the new Chairperson of the from and out of the Consolidated Fund of
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal India B.Demand for Grants - Earmarking of
(NCLAT), for a period of four years or until he budgetary allocation for meeting only planned
attains the age of 70 years, whichever is the expenditure of a Ministry/Department
earliest in November 2021? C.Short Duration Discussion - For raising a
1. Justice Vikram Nath discussion on a matter of urgent public
importance for which a notice has to be given 3. Indian Agricultural Development
by a Member and supported by 50 Members Programme
1. B and C only 2.A, Band C 4. Integrated Agricultural District Plan
3. A only 4. A and C only Answer- 1
Answer- 3
Q.20)- The rule of the English East India
Q.16) - Which of the following is company was ended in British India under the
INCORRECTLY matched? Government of India Act_______.
1. Montane climate - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar 1. 1858 2.1859
and ]harkhand 3. 1856 4. 1857
2. Hot deserts, arid climate - Rajasthan and Answer- 1
some parts of Gujarat
3. Tropical monsoon climate - The Western Q.21)- Which of the following amendment
Ghats, the Malabar Coast and southern acts included Fundamental Duties in the
Assam Constitution of India?
4. Tropical semi-arid (steppe) climate - 1. 41$Amendment Act
Karnataka, central Maharashtra, some parts 3. 39th Amendment Act
of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh 2. 40nd Amendment Act
Answer- 1 4. 42'd Amendment Act
Answer- 4
Q.17) _______ countries participated in the
TokyoParalympic 2020. Q.22) - In which state is the Chithirai festival
celebrated?
1. 163 2.162 1. Rajasthan 2.Punjab
3. 161 4. 164 3. Meghalaya 4. Tamil Nadu
Answer-2 Answer- 4
Country Rank
Q.1 Q.23)-Match the following countries with
1. India a. 99
8) - respect to their ranking on the GlobalHunger
2. Pakistan b. 107
Whi Index 2022 out of 121 countries.
3. Nepal c. 81
ch
of the following is NOT included in domestic 1. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a 2.1-a, 2-b, 3-c
income? 3. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b 4. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
1. Income earned by all the employees of Answer- 4
thecountrv .
2. Profit of all the industries of the country Q.24)- The MITRA scheme was first
3. Income earned by the residents of the announced in the Union Budget for 2021-22
country to set up world-class infrastructure in which
4. Income earned by the non-residents sector?
outside the country 1. Defence manufacturing
Answer- 4 2. Automobiles
3. Pharmaceuticals
Q.19) - What is the full form of IADP? 4. Textile industry
1. Intensive Agricultural District Programme Answer- 4
2. Intensive Agricultural Development Project
Q.25) - As per National Family Health Survey 4. For taking Indian cuisine to the world
(NFHS 5) 2019-21, what percentage of Answer- 1
women have a bank or savings account that
they themselves use? Q.5- Identify the water harvesting system
1. 87.7% 2.78.6% inWestern Himalayas.
3. 58.5% 4. 68.3% 1. None of these 2.Johads
Answer- 2 3. Khadins 4. Guls
Answer- 4

19 JULY SHIFT- 1 Q.6) -Which of the following statements are

correct regarding composition of the State
Legislative Council?
(9:00AM-10:00AM) A. The maximum strength of the Council is
Q.1) - Imadshahi family was known for the fixed at one-third of the total strength of the
foundation of which state? Assembly.
1. Berar 2.Bidar B. The minimum strength of the Council is
3. Ahmednagar 4. Golkonda fixed at 40.
Answer- 1 C. A totalof of the total number of members of
a Legislative Council are
Q.2) - Who among the following was the indirectly elected and - members are
author of'Indica', an account of India under nominated.
the reign of the Maurya dynasty? D. The nominations (nominated members)
1. Diodorus 2.Strabo made by the Governor can be challenged in
Siculus the cout.
3. Megasthenes 4. Pliny 1. B, C and D only 2.A, B and D only
Answer- 3 3. A, B and C only 4. A, B, C and D
Answer- 3
Q3)- Which of the following have been
characteristics of Green Revolution? Q.7) - According to a written reply to the Lok
A. Spurt in crop productivity. Sabha by Government of India, as on 20 July
B. Shift away from commercial farming to 2022, approximately ______ unorganised
subsistence farming. sectorworkers are registered on the e-Shram
C. Rise in acreage. portal.
1. Only A and C 2.Only A and B 1. 25 crores 2.26 crores
3. All - A, B and C 4. Only B and C 3. 27 crores 4. 28 crores
Answer- 1 Answer- 4
.
Q.4) - Kamalini and Nalini Asthana were Q.8- The famous physicist Victor Franz Hess
conferred the Padma Shri in 2022 for which is known for the discovery of:
of the following? 1. quantum statistics
1. For teaching and propagating Kathak 2. cosmic radiation
globally 3. theory of super conductivity
2. For disaster relief work in Gujarat 4. expanding universe
3. For specialising in the study of Indian Answer- 2
society
Q.9)-Match the animals in column A with the Executive Board Meeting was Brisbane voted
phylum they belong to in column B to host the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics?
Column-A Column-B 1.137th Session held in Lausanne
2.138th Session held in Tokyo
i. Jelly fish a. Mollusca 3.139th Session held in Beijing
4. 140th Session held in India
ii. Cray fish b. Mammal Answer- 2

iii. Whale fish c. Insect Q.14) - Moplahs, or Muslim peasants, created

a powerful anti-zamindar movement in:
iv. Devil fish d. Coelenterate 1. Bengal 2.Uttar Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu 4. Kerala
Answer- 4
1. i - a, ii - b, iii - c, iv - 2.i -a, ii - c, iii - b, iv - d
d. Q.15) - Who among the following Indian
3. i - d, ii - c, iii - b, iv - 4. i - d, ii - a, iii - b, iv - classical tabla players was called 'Abbaji'? He
a. c collaborated with American jazz drummer
Answer- 3 Buddy Rich to create a music album in 1968.
1. Zakir Hussain 2.Fazal Qureshi
Q.10) - According to the 2011 Census of 3. Taufiq Qureshi 4. Alla Rakha
India, which state has the highest population Answer- 4
in India?
1. Bihar 2.Uttar Pradesh Q.16) - The activity of making a human
3. West Bengal 4. Maharashtra pyramid and putting efforts to break an
earthen pot filled with buttermilk is associated
Answer- 2
with which festival?
1. Dushara 2.Holi
Q.11)- Which is the first integrated steel plant
3. Janmashtami 4. Mahashivaratri
in the public sector in India?
Answer- 3
1. Indian Iron and Steel Company
2. The Salem Steel Plant
Q.17) - In which year did E Gorter and F
3. Rourkela Steel Plant
Grendel make a breakthrough by examining
4. The Visvesvaraya Iron
the surface area of lipids and concluded that
and Steel Limited
the lipid surface surrounding cells must be of
Answer- 3
two layers?
1. 1910 2.1925
Q.12)- Which part of the Constitution of India
3. 1945 4. 1962
incorporates the Directive Principles of
Answer- 2
StatePolicy?
1. Part III 2.Part VI
Q.18) - In November 2022, the Union
3. Part IV 4. Part V
Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister
Answer- 3
Narendra Modi, approved the naming of
Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, Itanagar as:
Q.13) - In which of the following Sessions of
1. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
the IOC
International Airport
 2. Changlang Airport
3. Donyi Polo Airport Q.24)- The first phase of the action plan for
4. East Siang Airport introduction of the Cheetah in India'
Answer- 3 witnessed_________being released in the
Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh in
Q.19)- Which of the following states has won September 2022.
the 2022 Santosh Trophy? 1. 12 cheetahs 2.6 cheetahs
1. Kerala 2 Tamil Nadu 3. 10 cheetahs 4. 8 cheetahs
3. Goa 4. West Bengal Answer- 4
Answer- 1
Q.25)- When did Henry Cavendish report the
Q.20)- The National Multidimensional Poverty measurement of the gravitational constant
Index 2021 (MPI) was released by which of with the mass and density of the Earth?
the following? 1. June 1798 2.April 1796
1. Ministry of 2.World Bank 3. March 1795 4. May 1797
Finance Answer- 1
3. NITI Aayog 4. Ministry of
Social Justice and
Empowerment 19 JULY SHIFT – 2
Answer- 3
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
Q.21) - Which of the following awards was
received by Pandit Birju Maharaj in 1986?
Q.1) - Lord Curzon declared the partition
1. Padma Bhushan 2.Padma Vibhushan
of______ in 1905.
3. Sangeet Natak 4. Padma Shri 1. Bengal 2 United
Akademi Provinces.
Answer- 2 3. Punjab 4. Central
Provinces
Q.22)- Who among the following advocated Answer- 1
the ideology of "orujati, orumatam, Q.2) - Who discovered that diborane reacts
orudaivammanushyanu" (one caste, one with aldehydes and ketones to produce
religion, one god for humankind? dialkoxyboranes,Which are hydrolysed by
1. Keshub Chunder Sen water to produce alcohols?
2. Swami Shradhanand 1. Arne Tiselius 2.Arthur Stoll
3. Birsa Munda 3. Hugo Rudolph 4. HC Brown
4. Narayana Guru Kruyt
Answer- 4 Answer- 4

Q.23) - Net Investment plus Depreciation Q.3) - Who is known as the father of the
gives an estimate of which of the following? green revolution in the world?
1. Private investment 1. Ralph Bunche
2. Gross Domestic Product 2. Norman Borlaug
3. Personal income 3. MS Swaminathan
4. Gross investment 4. Linus Pauling
Answer- 4 Answer- 2
 3. Pop Music 4. Jazz Music
Q.4)- When was the Smart Cities Mission Answer-2
launched in India?
1. 2014 2.2015 Q.9) - The State of Kerala Vs Leesamma
3. 2016 4. 2017 Joseph case deals with ________.
Answer- 2 1. persons with disabilities
2. dowry
Q.5) - Which of the following statements are 3. the economic weaker section
correct regarding removal of the President of 4. education
India? Answer- 1
A. The impeachment process can be initiated
in the either House of Parliament. Q.10)- The origin of'Carnatic music' is related
B. The impeachment charges must be signed to which of the following Dynasties?
by the one-third members of the House in 1. Bahamani 2.Vijayanagar
which the process is initiated. 3. Chola 4. Pandaya
C. In the impeachment process, a 30 days' Answer- 2
notice should be given to the President. .
D. The impeachment resolution is passed by Q.11)- Which of the following dances is NOT
a majority of two-thirds of the total predominantly performed in the Indian state
membership of that House. of Odisha?
1. A, Band Conly 2.A, B, C and D 1. Paika 2.Ghumra
3. B and C only 4. A and D only 3. Bhavai 4. Dhap
Answer- 4 Answer- 3

Q.6) - Which plant is considered a noxious Q.12)- What is the correct sequence of layers
weed that has a chemical defence of Earth from the outside of the planet to the
mechanism to protect it from predators? inside?
1. Calotropis 2.Field bindweed 1. Mantle (outermost) - core - crust
3. Black henbane 4. Chicory (innermost)
Answer- 1 2. Crust (outermost) - mantle - core
(innermost)
Q.7) - Guru Shashadhar Acharya was 3. Core (outermost) - mantle - crust
awarded the Padma Shri in 2020 for his (innermost)
contribution to which of the following? 4. Crust (outermost) - core - mantle
1. Kathak dance and training (innermost)
2. Chhau dance Answer- 2
3. Folk and Sufi singingdance
4. Odissi ChaitiGhoda Q.13) - According to the Indian calendar,
Answer- 2 Vasanta Season falls in which months?
1. Sravana-Bhadra 2.Chaitra-Vaisakha
Q.8) - Pandit Jasraj, Bhimsen Joshi and Zakir 3. Jyaistha-Asadha 4. Margashirsa-
Hussain are associated with which form of Pausa
music? Answer- 2
1. Carnatic Music 2.Hindustani
Classical Music
Q.14) - In which of the following states is the Q.20) - Singhraj Adhana is associated with
National Sports University located? which of the following sports events?
1. Madhya 2.Assam 1. High jump 2.Shooting
Pradesh 3. Discus throw 4. Badminton
3. Manipur 4. Punjab Answer-2
Answer- 3
Q.21)- 1,3-Dimethylbenzene also known as:
Q.15) - Shri Omprakash Mitharval was in 1. toluene 2.BHC
news for being conferred with Arjuna Award 3. m-Xylene 4. terelene
2022 for his outstanding contribution in which Answer- 3
of the following sports?
1. Table Tennis 2.Weightlifting Q.22)- Which of the following is NOT a
3. Wushu 4. Shooting Fundamental Right mentioned in the Indian
Answer- 4 Constitution?
1. Right to vote
Q.16) - The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti 2. Right to freedom of religion
Bima Yojana is for Indian citizens in the age 3. Right to freedom
group of ____. 4. Right to equality
1. 40 to 70 years 2.18 to 50 years Answer- 1
3. 29 to 55 vears 4. 35 to 60 years
Answer- 3 Q.23)- In which of the following years did
India celebrate its 73rd Republic Day?
Q.17) - The minimum requirement of 1. 2020 2.2021
microfinance loans for NBFC-MFIs is 3. 2019 4. 2022
_______. Answer- 4
1. 90% of the total assets
2. 75% of the total equity Q.24)- Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
3. 80% of the total equity andMahadev Govind Ranade carried out their
4. 75% of the total assets work of religious reforms in Maharashtra
Answer- 4 through which of the following organisations?
1. Theosophical Society
Q.18) - What is the common term for 2. Brahmo Samaj
Ancylostoma? 3. Prarthana Samaj
1. Filaria worm 2.Tape worm 4. Atmiya Sabha
3. Hookworm 4. Round worm Answer- 3
Answer- 3
Q.25- Which of the following can be referred
Q.19) - Which of the following was one of the to in the estimation of poverty?
first countries to use iron for the manufacture 1. Minimum Support Price
of weapons in as early as 1700 BCE? 2. Maximum SupportValue
1. Morocco 2.Bulgaria 3. Average Marginal Utility
3. India 4. Romania 4. Monthly Per Capita Expenditure
Answer- 4 Answer- 4
19 JULY SHIFT- 3 3. Manipuri 4. Odissi
Answer- 1

(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.6) - In a plant,is present in the
middlelamella, primary cell and secondary
Q.1- Which state is also known as the
walls and accumulates in the initial stages of
'Molasses basin', which is made up of soft
development during cell expansion.
unconsolidated deposits?
1. alginate 2.pectin
1. Nagaland 2.Mizoram
3. chitin 4. gelatin
3. Manipur 4. Meghalaya
Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.7)- Which of the following was established
Q.2)- Which is the correct sequence of lakes
on the recommendation of the Hilton Young
according to depth (from maximum to
Commission?
minimum)?
1. SEBI 2.SBI
1. Caspian Sea > Tanganyika > Vostok >
3. NABARD 4. RBI
Baikal
Answer- 4
2. Baikal > Caspian Sea > Tanganyika >
Vostok
Q.8)- Which five-year plan emphasised on
3. Caspian Sea > Baikal > Tanganyika >
the development of industries and industrial
Vostok
base in India?
4. Baikal > Tanganyika > Caspian Sea >
1. First 2.Third
Vostok
3. Fourth 4. Second
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.3) - 'Hind Swaraj' or 'Indian Home Rule' is

Q.9) - What is the percentage composition of
written by which of the following freedom
the element of H2SOz?
fighters?
1. 2.5% H, 39% S, 58.5% 0
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2.33% H, 16% S, 51% 0
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. 2.5% H, 58.5% S, 39% 0
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4.58.5% H, 39% S, 2.5% 0
4. Annie Besant
Answer- 1
Answer- 1
Q.10) - "Amatya" in the Saptang Theory of
Q.4)- As per Article 172 (2)______ shall NOT
Kautilya denotes which of the following?
be subject to dissolution.
1. Friend 2.Territory
of a State
3. Minister and 4. Fort
1. Legislative Council
Officials
2. Council of States
Answer- 3
3. House of People
4. Legislative Assembly
Q.11) - Whose law states that total energy
Answer- 1
per unit mass of flowing fluid, at any point in
the subsurface, is the sum of the kinetic,
Q.5) - The Raigarh Gharana is associated
potential, and fluid-pressure energy and is
with which of the following dance forms?
equal to a constant value?
1. Kathak 2.Kathakali
1. Marie Poiseuille Q.18) - The total number of medals won by
2. Evangelista Torricelli India in Paralympic 2020 was:
3. Daniel Bernoulli 1. 6 2. 19
4. Blaise Pascal 3. 8 4. 5
Answer- 3 Answer- 2

Q.12) - The famous musician, Faiyaz Khan is Q.19) - Joravarsinh Jadav was awarded the
associated with which musical instrument? Padma Shri 2019 for his contribution to which
1. Veena 2.Shehnai of the following dance forms?
3. Sitar 4. Tabla 1. Gujarati folk dance form, Bhavai
Answer- 4 2. Rajasthani folk dance form, Ghoomar
3. Karnataka folk dance, Yakshagana
Q.13) - Abdur Razzaq, an envoy from Persia 4. Maharashtrian folk dance form, Tamasha
came to Vijaynagar during the reign of whose Answer- 1
rule?
1. Deva Raya I 2.Deva Raya II Q.20) - The Indian Constitution was enacted
3. Harihar lI 4. Bukka I on which of the following dates?
Answer- 2 1. 26th November 1949
2. 26th November 1950
Q.14) - Which of the following pairs is 3.26th January 1949
INCORRECTLY matched? 4. 26th January 1950
1. Bryophyta - Moss Answer- 1
2. Gymnosperms - Pinus
3. Angiosperms - Rose Q.21) - Justice NV Ramana was appointed as
4. Pteridophyta– Cycas the ______ Chief Justice of India in April
Answer- 4 2021.
1. 46th 2.47th
Q.15 - In which city of Assam is the Tea 3. 48th 4. 44th
Festival celebrated every year? Answer- 2
1. Guwahati 2.Jorhat
3. Silchar 4. Dibrugarh Q.22)- Who among the following won the
Answer- 2 Padma award for the year 2023 for his efforts
on S&T based innovative ways of creating
Q.16) - Mahatma Gandhi returned to India Naga folk music?
from South Africa in ______. 1. Baba Balia 2.T Senka Ao
1. January 1913 2.January 1915 3. Moa Subong 4. CV Raju
3. January 1914 4. January 1912 Answer- 3
Answer- 2
Q23)- India can be considered to be a
Q.17) - The Olympic Games are held every country with Demographic Dividend due to
_______. ______.
1. third year 2.fifth year 1. high population between 15- 64 years
3. second year 4. fourth year 2. high population between 10-20 years
Answer- 4 3. high total population
4. high population above70 years
Answer-1 occupied, they believed, by Kingsford, the
unpopular judge of Muzzafarpur.
Q.24) - Justice Indu Malhotra penned a 1. Jaitndranath 2.Rajguru
dissenting opinion in which of the following Bose
landmark judgements? 3. Khudiram Bose 4. Bhagat Singh
1. Entry of women to Sabarimala Answer- 3
2. Land reforms in India
3. Basic structure doctrine Q.4) - Pepperonil, ethyl acetate,
4. Preamble part of the Constitution butyraldehyde and nitrate are some common
Answer-1 adulterants used in:
1. oils 2.spices
Q.25) - What is the name of the flagship 3. ice cream 4. honey
program that was launched in 2005 to Answer- 3
address the lack of infrastructure in urban
India? Q.5- Which pioneer scientist used radio
1. Integrated Development of Small & waves to transmit signals over distances of
MediumTowns several kilometres in the 1890s?
2. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and 1. Guglielmo 2.Pierre Weiss
UrbanTransformation Marconi
3. National Urban Livelihoods Mission 3. Paul Langevin 4. Michael Faraday
4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Answer-1
RenewalMission
Answer- 4 Q.6)- Why is PC Mahalanobis' name talked
about in the context of Five-Year Plans?
1. He conceptualised the framework for the
19 JULY SHIFT- 4 Second Five-Year Plan.
2. He was the finance minister during the
First Five-Year Plan period.
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
3. He established the Institute of Economic
Growth.
Q.1) - The Prime Minister AtmanirbharSwasth
4. He was the chairman of the Planning
Bharat Yojana was announced in which
Commission.
year'sUnion Budget?
Answer- 1
1. 2018-19 2.2019-20
3. 2020-20 4. 2021-22
Q.7) - Micro credit or micro finance is a novel
Answer-4
approach to bank with poor. In this approach
bank credit is extended to the poor through
Q.2)- In which year was the 1St winter edition
1. co-operative 2.anganwadees
of the Olympic Games organised?
credit societies
1. 1924 2.1922
3. self-help groups 4. RBI
3. 1920 4. 1926
Answer- 3
Answer- 1
Q.8)- The slogan of which census of India
Q.3)- In 1908, _____ and Prafulla Chaki
was 'Our Census, Our Future'?
threw a bomb at a carriage that was
1. 1981 2.2001
3. 2011 4. 1991 1. National Highways Authority of India
Answer- 3 (NHAI)
2. Centre for Railway Information System
Q.9) - Jamda folk dance is associated with (CRIS)
whichIndian state? 3. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)
1. Maharashtra 2.Assam 4. Border Roads Organization (BRO)Answer-
3. Jharkhand 4. Manipur 1
Answer- 3
Q.15) - The art of decoration, called Pietra
Q.10) - The Constitution (Scheduled Castes dura became popular during whose reign?
and Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second 1. Akbar 2.Jahangir
Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed by the 3. Sher Shah Suri 4. Shah Jahan
Parliament. This is pertaining to the state Answer- 4
of______
1. Jammu and Kashmir Q.16) - "India House", a revolutionary
2. Andhra Pradesh organisation, was established by Shyamji
3. Uttar Pradesh Krishna Varma in ______ for the spread of
4. Kerala Indian Nationalism.
Answer- 3 1. San Francisco 2.Paris
3. Singapore 4. London
Q.11)- The capital of VajjiMahajanapada Answer- 4
was_______
1. Vaishali 2.Koshala Q.17) - Which from the following is a phylum
3. Pataliputra 4. Champa of animals found in fresh water ponds, lakes
Answer- 1 and swamps provides setae or parapodia for
locomotion?
Q.12)- Which of the following pair of 1. Porifera 2.Platyhelminthes
compound - boiling point is correct? 3. Ctenophora 4. Annelida
I. Chloroform - 334K Answer- 4
II. Methane - 111K
1. Both I and II 2.Only II Q.18) - Vajira Chitrasena of Sri Lanka was
3. Neither I nor II 4. Only I conferred the Padma Shri award 2020 for
Answer- 1 which of the following?
1. Enriching India- Sri Lanka ties through
Q.13)- Which Grand Slam tournament was social work
played between 17 to 30 January 2022? 2. Enriching India-Sri Lanka ties through
1. Australian Open 2.French Open Indian classical music
3. US Open 4. Wimbledon 3. Enriching India-Sri Lanka ties through
open Indian classical dance
Answer- 1 4. Enriching India- Sri Lanka ties through
education
Q.14) - Which autonomous body was Answer- 3
operationalised under the Ministry of Surface
Transport in 1995?
Q.19) - Which of the following states canals, which is about 17% of the total length
organises'Lokrang', a five-day festival, of rivers and canals in the country?
beginning every year on 26 January? 1. West Bengal 2.Kerala
1. Madhya 2.Uttar Pradesh 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Madhya
Pradesh Pradesh
3. Himachal 4. Arunachal Answer- 3
Pradesh Pradesh
Answer- 1 Q.25) - Who among the following
personalities is associated with the musical
Q.20)- Who administers oath of office to the instrument Mandolin?
Vice President of India? 1. U Srinivas 2.MS
1. The Prime Minister of India Gopalkrishnan
2. The Speaker of Lok Sabha 3. Vishwa Mohan 4. Brij Bhushan
3. The Chief Justice of India Bhat Kabra
4. The President of India Answer- 1
Answer- 4

Q.21) - Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) was 20 JULY SHIFT- 1

incorporated in the year
1. 1981 2.1967
3. 1972 4. 1963 (9:00AM-10:00AM)
Answer- 2
Q1)- Which of the following has the highest
Q.22) - Which of the following committees boiling point?
recommended for the inclusion of 1. Alkanes 2.Alkenes
fundamental duties in the Constitution of 3. Free carbon 4. Alkynes
India? dioxide
1. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Answer- 4
2. Swaran Singh Committee
3. Rajamannar CommitteeCommission Q.2) - The maximum distance covered in a
4. Sarkaria marathon is ______.
Answer- 2 1. 42.5 km 2.41.5 km
3. 42.195 km 4. 40 km
Q.23) - In December 2022, India's Pension Answer- 3
Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA) has recommended the federal Q.3) - India won the Thomas Cup in the year
government to introduce a pension scheme _____.
like UK pension scheme for the 1. 2022 2.2020
country's______. 3. 2019 4. 2018
1. gig workers 2.paramedics Answer- 1
3. textile workers 4. farmers
Answer- 1 Q.4) - According to Census of India 2011,
which group of states of India has the highest
Q.24) - Which state ranks first with a total population?
length of 31.2 thousand km of rivers and 1. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
2. Maharashtra and Bihar Q.10) - Assume a situation where A has gone
3. Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur to a cinema hall with her friends to watch a
4. Uttar Pradesh and MaharashtraAnswer- 4 movie. In the next seat she realises that it is
her maid who is also watching the movie.
Q.5) - Who among the following was the first Now A asks her maid to leave the cinema
Chief Election Commissioner of India? hall.
1. Dr. Nagendra 2.KVK Sundaram In the above scenario, which of the following
Singh Article of the Constitution of India can provide
3. SP Sen Verma 4. Sukumar Sen relief to the maid?
Answer- 4 1. Article 18 2.Article 17
3. Article 15 4. Article 16
Q.6) - Who was the president of the second Answer- 3
session of the Indian National Congress?
1. Dadabhai 2.George Yule Q.11) - Identify the function of lipase in the
Naoroji process of digestion.
3. Pherozeshah 4. Womesh 1. Secreting intestinal fluids
Mehta ChandraBonnerjee 2. Digesting proteins
Answer- 1 3. Breaking down emulsified fats
4. Breaking down roughage
Q.7)- According to the Indian calendar, Answer- 3
Hemanta season falls in which months?
1. Sravana-Bhadra Q.12) - Select the option that is true regarding
3. Jyaistha-Asadha the following two statements labelled
2. Margashirsa-Pausa Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
4. Chaitra-Vaisakha (A): An object slips less on a rough surface
Answer- 2 than a smooth surface.
(R): When a surface is rough, frictional force
Q.8) - Who among the following was defeated increases.
by Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya? 1. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is
1. Ptolemy 2.Antigones true.
3. Cassander 4. Seleucus 2. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the
Nicator true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation
Answer- 4 of Assertion (A).
. 3. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is
Q.9) Who among the following was a Padma false.
Bhushan awardee, legendary Bharatanatyam 4. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the
exponent, theosophist and founder of the true but Reason (R) is not a correct
Kalakshetra Dance School? explanation of Assertion (A).
1. Saroja Vaidyanathan Answer- 2
2. Mallika Sarabhai
3. Sonal Mansingh Q.13) - When was the National Urban Health
4. Rukmini Devi Arundale Mission approved by the Government of
Answer- 4 India?
1. 2015 2.2013
3. 2012 4. 2014
Answer- 2 Q.18) - Under the Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana
launched in September 2021, the
Q.14) - M S Subbulakshmi, a legend in India Government of India has proposed to impart
is known for which of the following? training to a total of 50,000 candidates over
1. Sufi devotional music a_____ year period.
2. Hindustani music 1. two 2.five
3. Ghazal music 3. three 4. four
4. Carnatic music Answer- 3
Answer- 4
Q.19) - Which of the following cyclones did
Q.15) - Sabha and Ur, two kinds of village NOT hit India during the years 2021-2022?
assemblies are referred to in which of the 1. Gulab 2.Julia
following dynasties? 3. Yaas 4. Tauktae
1. Chalukya 2.GurjaraPratihara Answer- 2
3. Chola 4. Rashtrakuta
Answer- 3 Q.20) - Elphinstone was the Governor of
which province of India during 1819-27?
Q.16) - Which of the following is a negative 1. North West 2.Madras
effect of Green Revolution in India? Frontier province
(i) Depletion of groundwater table (ii) 3. Bombay 4. Bengal
Deterioration in the quality of soil (iri) Answer- 3
Increased input cost
1. (i), (ii) and (iii) 2.Only (iii) Q.21) - Which of the following is NOT an
3. (i) and (ii) 4. (ii) and (iii) initiative by the government for development
Answer- 1 of the microfinance sector in India?
1. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
Q.17) - Which of the following is the correct 2. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
match of the column-A with column-B? 3. India Micro Finance Equity Fund
Column-A (Name Column-B 4. E-Shakti Initiative
of Disease) (Affected Organs) Answer- 2

i. Alzheimer's a. Salivary glands Q.22)- On 1 February 2021, Finance Minister

diseases Nirmala Sitharaman informed
ii. Diphtheria b. Reproductive that______And_____will be merged under
tract the umbrella of MissionPOSHAN 2.0.
iii. Gonorrhoea c. Brain 1. Supplementary Nutrition Programme;
iv. Mumps d. Nose and National Health Mission
throat 2. Supplementary Health Programme;
National health Mission
3. Supplementary Health Programme;
1. i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a. 2.i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a National Nutrition Mission
3. i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d. 4. i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b 4. Supplementary Nutrition Programme;
Answer- 1 National Nutrition Mission
Answer- 4
Q.23)- Who among the following Kathak Q.3) - Under the National Waterways Act,
dancers of India founded the KADAMB 2016, how many inland waterways have been
Centre for Dance in 1964? declared as 'national waterways'?
1. Kumudini Lakhia 2.Rohini Bhate 1. 132 2. 121
3. Sitara Devi 4. Shovana 3. 109 4. 111
Narayan Answer- 4
Answer- 1
Q.4) - Giddha and Bhagra are the folk dances
Q.24)- Which festival traces its origin to the of which Indian state?
Tibetan New Year and in Ladakh, it is 1. Gujarat 2. Jharkhand
celebrated every year at the end of the 3. Bihar 4. Punjab
harvesting season? Answer- 4
1. Dosmoche 2.YuruKabgyat
3. Matho Nagrang 4. Losar festival Q.5) - The Cabinet Mission came to India in
Answer- 4 _______ to discuss the ultimate transfer of
power.
Q.25)- Who among the following was 1. 1942 2. 1945
appointed as the chairperson of the 22nd Law 3. 1943 4. 1946
Commission in 2022? Answer- 4
1. Justice VV Raman
3. Justice UU Lalit Q.6) - Where does the Bay of Bengal
2. Justice KT Shankaran Monsoon
4. Justice Rituraj Awasth Branch and Arabian Sea Branch merge?
Answer- 4 1. North of Deccan Plateau
2. Coromandel Coast
3. North Western Part of Ganga Plains
20 JULY SHIFT – 2 4. Southern Part of Peninsular
Answer- 3
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
Q.7) - If the interest rate goes up, the demand
for money will ______.
Q.1) - Which player among the following is the
twenty-third Woman Grandmaster of India?
1. fall 2. First rise and
1. Priyanka Nutakki then falls
2. Bhakti Kulkarni 3. rise 4. remain the
3. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi same
4. Eesha Karavade Answer- 1
Answer- 1
Q.8) - The partially molten upper mantle
Q.2) - The 'Kambala' festival is organised by material called _____ is a mechanically
farming communities in the state of ______. vulnerable layer beneath the lithosphere
1. Rajasthan 2. Karnataka characterised by low seismic wave velocity
3. Himachal 4. Madhya and high attenuation.
Pradesh Pradesh 1. magnetosphere 2. stratosphere
Answer- 2 3. asthenosphere 4. mesosphere
Answer- 3
 Q.15) - Ricky Kej won his third Grammy
Q.9)- When was the first Session of the Lok under which of the following categories?
Sabha of independent India held? 1. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
1. 13th May 1952 2. Song of the Year
3. 13th June 1952 3. Best Immersive Audio Album
2.13th May 1951 4. Album of the Year
4. 13th June 1951 Answer- 3
Answer- 1
Q.16) - The concept of fundamental rights
Q.10) - Who among the following signed the first came into being in the Magna Carta in
Poona pact with Mahatma Gandhi? ______.
1. Chittaranjan Das 1. The US 2. Australia
2. Ali Brothers 3. Canada 4. England
3. Bhimrao Ambedkar Answer- 4
4. Jyotiba Phule
Answer- 3 Q.17)- Which of the following states are a
part of Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan?
Q.11) - Who was given the title of 'Hanjaba' 1. Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
by the Maharaj of Manipur for reviving 2. Assam and West Bengal
Manipuri dance? 3. Haryana and Bihar
1. Bipin Singh 2. Charu Malhar 4. Madhya Pradesh andGujarat
3. Kalavati Devi 4. Darshana haveri Answer- 1
Answer- 1
Q.18) - Which player among the following
Q.12) - Khelo India Winter Games started in won double gold at the 4th Para Badminton
which year? National Championship in December 2021?
1. 2020 2. 2018 1. Pramod Bhagat 2. Nitesh Kumar
3. 2022 4. 2019 3. Manoj Sarkar 4. Tarun Dhillon
Answer- 1 Answer- 2

Q.13)- Under whose reign was the maximum Q.19) - A football match lasts two equal
number of books in Persian on classical periods of _____.
Indian Music written? 1. 40 minutes 2. 20 minutes
1. Akbar 2. Aurangzeb 3. 45 minutes 4. 50 minutes
3. Shah Jahan 4. Jahangir Answer- 2
Answer- 2
Q.20)- Identify an organism that has a well-
Q.14) - Who among the following was the defined muscular pharynx.
most famous Shaka ruler, who got the 1. Ascaris 2. Ctenoplana
Sudarshana Lake in Kathiawar renovated? 3. Gorgonia 4. Adamsia
1. Chashtana 2. Rudradaman I Answer- 1
3. Maues 4. Rudrasimha III
Answer- 2 Q.21) - Creaming fat and sugar, whipping egg
whites, or whipping heavy cream are
examples of what type of leavening?
1. Mechanical leavening 1. Kerala 2. Punjab
2. Organic leavening 3. Mumbai 4. Delhi
3. Chemical leavening Answer-1
4. Physical leavening
Answer-1 Q2)- Which of the following helps the coffee
flowers to blossom in Karnataka?
Q.22)- Which element's atomic number in the 1. Nor'westers 2. Blossom shower
periodic table is named seaborgium, 3. Loo 4. Mango shower
according to the notation of IUPAC Answer- 2
nomenclature?
1. 113 2. 102 Q.3)- Which of the following is a synthetic
3. 110 4. 106 fluorinated compound with an extremely
Answer- 4 stable molecular structure known to be the
most potent greenhouse gas ever found?
Q.23)- Agriculture sector is a part of the: 1. Sulphur hexafluoride
1. secondary 2. primary sector 2. Sodium monofluorophosphate
sector 3. Calcium fluoride
3. quaternary 4. tertiary sector 4. Hydrogen fluoride
sector Answer- 1
Answer- 2
Q.4) - Which type of liverworts form umbrella-
Q.24) - A class of organic compounds that shaped structures that raise gametangia
contain an oxygen between two alkyl groups above the main gametophyte body and
is called: sporophytes develop below these structures?
1. aldehyde 2. ether 1. Funaria 2. Polytrichum
3. alcohol 4. ketone 3. Marchantia 4. Sphagnum
Answer- 2 Answer- 3

Q.25)- The 'Donate-a-Pension' campaign Q.5)- Which of the following sponsored

under_____ scheme, was launched in the 'UbharteSitaare Fund', in August 2021?
'Iconic Week' celebrations by the Labour 1. IDBI and LIC 2. ICICI bank
Ministry from 7 to 13 March 2022. 3. HDFC 4. Exim Bank and
1. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana SIDBI
2. Pradhan Mantri Donate Answer- 4
3. Pradhan Mantri HRIDAY
4. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Q.6) - In case an Indian citizen is arrested
Answer- 4 and denied the right to be defended, then in
such a situation, which Article of the Indian
Constitution can provide a relief?
20 JULY SHIFT- 3 1. Article 25 2. Article 23
3. Article 22 4. Article 24
Answer- 3
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.7) - Tila, Seti and Beri are the tributaries of:
Q.1) - Where were the 35th National Games
1. Ghaghara 2. Sabarmati
held in the year 2015?
3. Tamsa 4. Mahi 1. Bhanugupta 2. Bindusara
Answer- 1 3. Vishnu Gupta 4. Chandragupta
Maurya
Q.8) - Meandrina is the generic name of Answer- 3
which Coelenterata animal having soft tube-
shaped bodies that live together in large Q.14) - In February 2022, the Delhi High
groups? Court reserved judgement on a series of
1. Sea anemone 2. Sea-fan Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging
3. Medusa 4. Brain coral which exception in
Answer- 4 Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IC)?
1. Marital rape 2. Dowry death
Q.9)- Who among the following Indian 3. Physical torture 4. Suicide
musicians is known as 'Pancham Da'? Answer- 1
1. Kishore Kumar
3. Nitin Mukesh Q.15) - The first railway line in India was
2. Rahul Dev Barman started from _____ to______ in 1853.
4. Sachin Dev Barman 1. Bombay to Thane
Answer- 2 3. Bombay to Karat
2. Bombay to Poona
Q.10)- What type of vegetation is found in the 4. Bombay to Palghar
plateau of Meghalaya, Sahyadri and the Answer- 1
central and southern islands of the Nicobar
group? Q.16) - What is the total number of rivers
1. Dry Tropical Thorny Vegetation including tributaries in Bangladesh?
2. Moist Tropical Semi-Evergreen Vegetation 1. About 700 2. About 1000
3. Dry Tropical Deciduous Vegetation 3. About 800 4. About 500
4. Alpine Vegetation Answer- 1
Answer- 2
Q.17) - In Five year plans, Plan Holiday is
Q.11)- 'Kalasam' is a dance sequence in from_______.
which of the following classical dances of 1. 1969-1974 2. 1974-1979
India? 3. 1961-1966 4. 1966-1969
1. Bharatanatyam 2. Kathak Answer- 4
3. Manipuri 4. Kathakali
Answer- 4 Q.18) - Through which of the following
organisations did Annie Besant promote the
Q.12) - The local communities of merchants studies of ancient Indian religions,
were known as ______ philosophies and doctrines?
in the Vijayanagara empire. 1. Prarthana Samaj
1. Gajapattis 2. Narapattis 2. Paramhans Mandali
3. Rachavarus 4. KudiraiChettis 3. Theosophical Society
Answer- 4 4. Arya Samaj
Answer- 3
Q.13) - Who wrote the Mauryan period book
Arthashastra?
Q.19) - The National Nritya Shiromani Award Q.25) - Goods and Service Tax is an example
2022 was awarded to Aparna Satheesan for of ________.
which of the following dance forms? 1. indirect tax 2. compensation to
1. Kathakali 2. Kuchipudi employees
3. Bharatanatyam 4. Odissi 3. transfer 4. direct tax
Answer- 2 payment
Answer- 1
Q.20)- Who among the following leaders from
INC attended the Second Round Table 20 JULY SHIFT- 4
Conference?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Mahatma Gandhi
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
3. Sucheta Kripalani 4. Subhash Chandra
Bose Q.1)- When did the first 5 year plan start?
Answer- 2 1. 15 August 1947 2. 26 January
1950
Q.21)- The 36th National games was 3. 15 August 1948 4. 1 April 1951
organised by _____. Answer- 4
1. Maharashtra 2. Karnataka
3. Gujarat 4. Haryana Q.2) - In 1995, with whom did Eric Cornell
Answer- 3 experimentally produce the first Bose-
Einstein condensate in a rarefied gas of
Q.22)- Who among the following became the rubidium atoms at extremely low
first Indian female sailor to qualify for the temperatures?
Olympics when she qualified for the Tokyo 1. Kary B Mullis 2. Geoffrey
2020 Olympics? Wilkinson
1. Manu Bhaker 2. Bhavani Devi 3. Paul J Flory 4. Carl Wieman
3. Nethra 4. Maana Patel Answer- 4
Kumanan
Answer- 3 Q.3) - What is known as aggregate monetary
resources?
Q.23) - On August 15, 2022, India celebrated 1. M1 + Net time deposits of commercial
its______ Independence Day from the British banks
rule. 2. Currency (notes plus coins) held by the
1. 73rd 2. 77th public and demand deposits held by
3. 76th 4. 72nd commercial banks
Answer- 3 3. M3 + Total deposits with Post Office
savings organisations (excluding National
Q.24)- The Chairman of a State Public Savings Certificates)
Service Commission can be removed by the 4. M1 + Savings deposits with Post Office
order of the ____. savings banks
1. President 2. Governor Answer- 1
3. Chief Minister 4. Prime Minister
Answer- 1 Q.4)- In which district of Gujarat is the
Modhera dance festival organised by the
Government of Gujarat?
1. Bharuch 2. Amreli 2. Naik Siddiqui
3. Dang 4. Mehsana 3. Saswati Sen
Answer- 4 4. Birju Maharaj
Answer- 1
Q.5) - Self-Government or 'Swaraj' as the
ultimate goal of the Indian National Congress- Q.11)- The valency of argentic is:
-this declaration was made by Dadabhai 1. -1 2. -2
Naoroji in which of the following sessions of 3. +2 4. +3
the INC? Answer- 3
1. Madras 2. Calcutta
3. Bombay 4. Bankipur Q.12) - Which of the following Amendment
Answer- 2 Acts added four new subjects (Article 39,
39A, 43A, 48A) in the Directive Principles of
Q.6) - The Vakataka dynasty was directly State Policy?
related to which Gupta emperor? 1. 41St Amendment Act, 1976
1. Chandra Gupta l 2. Chandra Gupta 2. 40th Amendment Act, 1976
II 3. 39th Amendment Act, 1975
3. Shree Gupta 4. Samudra Gupta 4. 42nd Amendment Act. 1976
Answer- 2 Answer- 4

Q.7)- What is the name of the scheme Q.13) - What is the name of the branch of
launched in 2022 for SC students who could river Godavari that joins the Bay of Bengal
not get higher quality education in high flowing through the Yanam enclave of the
schools? union territory of Puducherry?
1. SHRESHTA 2. SAMBAL 1. Bhavani 2. Indravati
3. SAMBHAV 4. SAMARTH 3. Gautami 4. Kapila
Answer- 1 Answer- 3

Q.8) - As per National Multidimensional Q.14) - Identify the musician who is

Poverty Index - Baseline Report, published by associated with musical instrument Sarod.
NITI Aayog in 2021, what percentage of 1. Allaudin Khan
population in urban areas is poor? 3. Vilayat Khan
1. 10.32% 2. 5% 2. Annapurna Devi
3. 8.81% 4. 21.09% 4. Hariprasad Chaurasia
Answer- 3 Answer- 1

Q.9) - Where did Vivekananda participate at Q.15) - Which of the following statements
the World's Parliament of Religions? is/are correct regarding the Finance
1. New York 2. Chicago Commission of India?
3. San Francisco 4. Washington A. The Finance Commission consist of a
Answer- 2 Chairman and four other members.
B. The recommendations made by the
Q.10)- Which of the following personalities is Finance Commission are binding on the
a famous Bharatanatyam dancer? government and government needs to grant
1. Padma Subrahmanyam
funds according to the advice of the 1. Below 2. It is separate
Commission. 3. It combines 4. Above
C. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution talks Answer- 4
about the recommendations of the Finance
Commission. Q.22)- When were the Commonwealth
1. A and B only 2. A only Games-2022 conducted?
3. B and C only 4. A, B and C 1. From 28 July 2022 to 8 August 2022
Answer– 2 2. From 2 March 2022 to 15 March 2022
3. From 15 April 2022 to 26 April 2022
Q.16) - Which of the following state 4. From 20 September 2022 to 30 September
governments has launched the Paray 2022
Shikshalaya scheme in February 2022? Answer- 1
1. Odisha 2. Jharkhand
3. Andhra Pradesh 4. West Bengal Q.23)- In which year did an American
Answer- 4 cytogeneticist named Joe in Tjio publish a
research finding that defined 2n=46 as the
Q.17) - In which union budget was India's exact number of human chromosomes?
first' sovereign wealth fund named 'National 1. 1956 21950.
Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)' 3. 1960 4. 1952
announced? Answer- 1
1. 2021-22 2. 2015-16
3. 2017-18 4. 2019-20 Q.24) - Which of the following is known
Answer- 2 as'bodybuilding food'?
1. Proteins 2. Vitamins
Q.18) The colours of the squares used in a 3. Fats 4. Carbohydrates
chessboard are____. Answer- 1
1. white and black 2. white and green
3. white and red 4. red and black Q.25) - Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan
Answer- 1 awardee, Yamini Krishnamurthy is renowned
for Bharatanatyam and which of the following
Q.19)______ district in February 2022. dances?
has become the 100th 'Har Ghar lal' 1. Manipuri 2. Kuchipudi
1. Kurnool 2. Chamba 3. Kathakali 4. Kathak
3. Mewat 4. Kachchh Answer-2
Answer- 2

Q.20) - Krishnadeva Raya composed a work

on_____ in Telugu known as the
Amuktamalyada.
21 JULY SHIFT- 1
1. dance 2. statecraft
3. music 4. medicine (9:00AM-10:00AM)
Answer- 2
Q.1) - Aditi Mangal Das was conferred the
Q.21)- Where does the lower salinity water Mahari Award for dance in 2022 for which of
rest with the higher salinity dense water? the following dance forms?
1. Manipuri 2.Kathak Q.5- What do you call the glycocaly× when it
3. Bharatanatyam 4. Odissi is like a loose sheath in the cell envelope of
Answer- 2 bacteria?
1. Capsule 2.Slime layer
Q.2)- Who among the following gave the 3. Mesoderm 4. Organelle
famous'Do or Die' slogan during Quit India Answer- 2
Movement?
1. Jawaharlal 2.Mahatma Gandhi Q.6)- Which of the following organic
Nehru compounds is synonymous with olefiant gas
3. Subhash 4. Abul Kalam which is used to make anaesthetics,
Chandra Bose Azad refrigerants and other chemicals?
Answer- 2 1. Ethylene 2.1-Pentene
3. Butane 4. Methane
Q.3)- Which of the following can be Answer- 1
considered as an example of flow variable?
(i)Production of rice Q.7)- During the reign of Akbar, ______ was
the landthat has lain fallow for three or four
(ii)Import of cloth years.
(iii) Change in capital
1. None of (i), (ii) 2.All of (i), (in) and 1. Banjar 2.Polaj
and (iii) (iii) 3. Chachar 4. Parauti
3. Only (i) and (i) 4. Only (ii) Answer- 3
Answer- 2

Q.8) - How many main styles of Chhau folk

Q.4) - Select the correct option about dance exist?
Kwashiorkor.
1. 5 2. 7
Statement A: It is a form of malnutrition 3. 3 4. 9
caused by a lack of fat in the diet. Answer- 3
Statement B: Children who develop
Kwashiorkor may not grow or develop
Q.9)- Dr DS Athwal was known as the 'Father
properly and may remain stunted for the rest
ofRevolution in India'.
of their lives.
1. Millet 2.Rice
1. Only statement A is correct
3. Oilseed 4. Wheat
2. Only statement B is correct Answer- 4
3. Both statements A and B areincorrect
Q.10) - What is the significance of 26 January
4. Both statements A and B are
being chosen as a day to celebrate the
correctAnswer- 2
Republic Day, aside from the adoption of the
constitution?
1. Foundation day of the Indian National
Congress
2. Declaration of Purna Swaraj 1. Chittaranjan Das
3. Day of the Champaran Satyagraha 3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Revolution of 1857 2. Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Answer- 2
4. Surendranath Banerjee
Answer- 3
Q.11)- What is the age criteria for the
subscribers of Atal Pension Yojana?
Q.16) - The national poverty line for 2011-12
1. 18-40 Years 2.40-60 Years
was estimated at _____ per capita per month
3. 20-30 Years 4. 25-35 Years forurban areas of India.
Answer- 1
1. 81,500 2.83,000
3. 22,000 4. 21,000
Q.12) - Why do most parts of India receive Answer- 4
rainfall from June to September?
1. Due to the South-West monsoon
Q.17) - The finance commission of India is
2. Due to extremely cold nights in these required to make recommendations to the
regions ______.

3. Due to high pressure in these months 1. Ministry of 2.Central Cabinet

Finance
4. Due to the North-east monsoon
3. Parliament 4. President of
Answer- 1 India
Answer- 4
Q.13) - Which of the following is NOT a
tributary of Q.18) - FTX Crypto Cup is associated with
which of the following sports events?
1. Manjra 2.Purna
3. Mahi 4. Pranhita 1. Billiards 2.Golf
Answer- 3 3. Snooker 4. Chess
Answer- 4
Q.14)- Which of the following countries will
host the para badminton championship in Q.19) - In February 2021, In which of the
2023? following cases did the Court observe that
Consent of a family is not needed once two
1. Indonesia 2.India
adults decide to marry?
3. Thailand 4. China
Answer- 3 1. Satbir Singh v. State of Haryana
2. Laxmibai Chandaragi v. The State of
Q.15) - Who among the following freedom Karnataka
fighters lost his life during the protest against
3. Rahul Sharma v. National Insurance
Simon
Company Ltd.
Commission where black flags were waved at
4. Devilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
the Commission?
Answer- 2
 2. Pandit Jasraj
Q.20) - Which of the following parts of the 3. Pandit Omkarnath Thakur
Indian Constitution deals with fundamental
4. Pandit Dinkar Kaikini
rights?
Answer- 1
1. Part IX 2.Part III
3. Part XI 4. Part VI
Answer- 2 Q.25) - In Which year did John Newlands
propound the 'Law of Octaves' an innovative
concept proposing the periodicity of chemical
Q.21) - Kosala Mahajanapada (6th century elements arranged in the order of atomic
BCE) is a part of modern day: weight?
1. Uttar Pradesh 2.Maharashtra 1. 1863 2.1867
3. Haryana 4. Madhya
3. 1861 4. 1865
Pradesh Answer- 4
Answer- 1

Q.22)- Who among the following won the

Padma award for the year 2023 for his efforts
21 JULY SHIFT – 2
of reviving the traditional art of making
Etikoppaka toys by adoption of eco-friendly (11:45PM – 12:45PM)
technologies?
1. CV Raju 2.Radheyshyam Q.1) - V Satyanarayana Sarma, a Padma
Shri awardee, was recognised for which of
Khemka
the following dance forms?
3. Devendra 4. Victor Baneriee
Jhajharia 1. Kuchipudi 2.Odissi
Answer- 1 3. Kathak 4. Bharatanatyam
Answer- 1
Q.23) - The North-South corridor links which
of the two major cities? Q.2)- Which organic compound has a
pleasant almond aroma that is commonly
1. Leh and Vishakhapatnam
used to impart almond flavour to chocolate
2. Leh and Kanyakumari and baked goods?
3. Srinagar and Vishakhapatnam 1. Benzaldehyde 2.Manzanate
3. Ethyl maltol 4. Isoamyl acetate
4. Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Answer- 1
Answer- 4

Q.3) - On 30 January 2023, the two-day

Q.24) -
ShivaputraSiddharamayyaKomkalimath is the
original name of which of the following Indian
classical singers?
1. Pandit Kumar Gandharva
meeting of the first International Financial
Architecture Working Group of G-20, being
held under the chairmanship of India, was
inaugurated by the Union Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra
Singh Tomar and Minister of Food
Processing Industries, Pashupati Kumar
Paras in _____.
Q.8) - The term 'Straight drive' is related to
1. Chandigarh 2.Mumbai which of the following sports?
3. Bhubaneswar 4. New Delhi
1. Badminton 2.Hockey
Answer- 1
3. Football 4. Cricket
Answer- 4
Q.4- When and at which place did the
Jallianwala
Q.9) - Which crop is grown during the Zaid
Bagh massacre take place? season in India?
1. On 13 April 1919, at Amritsar 1. Cucumber 2.Maize
3. Jowar 4. Bajra
2. On 12 April 1919, at Chauri Chaura
Answer- 1
3. On 14 March 1919, at Amritsar
4. On 13 May 1918, at Amritsar Q.10) - Who among the following Sultans of
Delhi started the system of Sijda and Paibos?
Answer-1
1. Muhammad Bin Tughlug
Q.5) - Pandit Kishan Maharaj of Benaras Muhammad
Gharanawas a______ player.
3. Ghiyasud din Balban
1. tabla 2.sarangi
3. flute 4. santoor 2. Nasir ud din
Answer- 1
4. Qutb ud-Din Aibak
Answer-3
Q.6) - The Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhorh
Divas which coincides with which Hindu
festival?
Q.11)-Match the columns.
1. Dussehra 2.Ganesh
Column-A Column-B (Role in
Chaturthi (Enzyme/Protein) DNA replication)
3. Holi 4. Diwali
i. Helicase a. Joins the 3' end
Answer- 4
of the new DNA
fragment to the 5'
Q.7) - In February 2022, Ministry of end of the
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare announced previous one
the launch of _____, which is a doorstep ii. RNA primase b. Nucleotide
distribution drive to deliver crop insurance polymerisation
policies to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri iii. DNA c. RNA primer
Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). polymerase synthesis
1. SEED scheme 2.Meri Policy Mere
iv. DNA ligase d. Opens up the
Hath
DNA double helix
3. Kaushal Yojana 4. Saubhagya
scheme
Answer- 2 1. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
3. i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
2. i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c Q.17) - Identify the correct statement about
4. i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d Newlands' law of octaves.
Answer-3 1. He started with the element having the
highest atomic mass (hydrogen) and ended
at thorium which was the 56th element.
Q.12) - Kalakshetra style is associated with
2. He started with the element having the
whichIndian classical dance form?
lowest atomic mass (hydrogen) and ended at
1. Kuchipudi 2.Kathak aluminium.
3. Bharatanatyam 4. Odissi 3. He started with the element having the
Answer- 3 lowest atomic mass (hydrogen) and ended at
thorium which was the 56th element.
Q.13) - Under the PL 480 scheme, India used 4. He started with the element having the
to import wheat from which country? lowest atomic mass (hydrogen) and ended at
1. USSR 2.USA sodium.
3. UK 4. France Answer- 3
Answer- 2

Q.14)- Which of the following rights is
guaranteed by Article 25 of the Indian
Constitution?
1. Right to equality
2. Right to freedom of religion
3. Cultural and educational rights
4. Right to constitutional remedies
Answer-2
Q.18) - What is Net National Product?
1. Net National Product is equal to Gross
National Product plus depreciation.
2. Net National Product is equal to Gross
National Product plus income of the
foreigners.
3. Net National Product is equal to Gross
National Product minus depreciation.
4. Net National Product is equal to Gross
National Product.

Q.15) - Who among the following Mauryan Answer- 3

rulers conquered Kalinga?
1. Bindusara 2.Ashoka Q.19) - Which water body separates
3. Chandragupta 4. Brihadratha Andaman in the north and Nicobar in the
Maurya south?
Answer- 2 1. Eleven Degree Channel
2. Nine Degree Channel
Q.16) - The largest freshwater lake of India is
______. 3. Eight Degree Channel

1. Vembanad 2.Koleru 4. Ten Degree Channel

3. Wular 4. Chilika Answer- 4
Answer- 3
Q.20)- Someity is related to which of the 1. Article 142 2.Article 140
following events? 3. Article 141 4. Article 145
Answer- 3
1. Tokyo paralympic 2020
2. Commonwealth games 2022
3. Winter Olympics 2022 21JULY SHIFT- 3
4. Tokyo Olympics2020
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Answer- 1

Q.21)- Which of the following cities of Nepal Q.1)- Which of the following statements is/are
doesNOT have a branch of 'Indian Citizen's correct regarding Parliamentary Committees?
Association of Nepal?
A. A minister cannot be a member of the
1. Damak 2.Lalitpur Public Accounts Committee.
3. Pokhara 4. Bhairahawa
B. The members of the Estimates Committee
Answer- 2
are nominated by the Speaker of the Lok
Sabha.
Q.22) - Identify the last element from the fifth C. A minister can be a member of the
period. Estimates Committee if he is nominated by
1. Rubidium 2.Xenon the Speaker.
3. Helium 4. Yttrium D. A member of the Committee on Public
Answer- 2 Undertakings will have tenure of 2 years.
1. A only 2.A, B and C only
Q.23)- Who designed the administrative code 3. A, B, C and D 4. B, C and D only
to separate revenue administration from Answer- 1
judicial administration?
1. Warren 2.Lord Auckland Q.2)- The first modern Olympic Games was
Hastings held in the year _____.
3. Lord Cornwallis 4. Lord Lytton
Answer- 3 1. 1900 2.1896
3. 1894 4. 1892
Answer- 2
Q.24)- In which of the following states
VidhanSabha elections was not held in 2022?
Q.3)- The famous Arabic scholar Al Biruni
1. Goa 2.Haryana came to contact with India through _______in
3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Punjab the eleventhcentury A.D.
Answer- 2
1. Al-Walid 2.Abdullah Shah
Ghazi
Q.25)- Which Article of the Indian Constitution 3. Mahmud 4. Muhammad Bin
stipulates that the law declared by the Ghaznavi Qasim
Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts Answer- 3
within the territory of India?
Q.4) - During which of the following periods Q.8) - For the year 2022, who among the
was theFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held following won the Indian Film Personality
in 2022? Award awarded by International Film Festival
of India (IFFI)?
1. 11-19 2.4-11 April
December 1. Mahesh Babu 2.Rajnikant
3. 11-30 October 4. 8-21 June 3. Chiranjeevi 4. Prakash Raj
Answer- 3 Answer- 3

Q.5) - 'A Plan of Economic Development for Q.9)- Which of the following is also known as
India' is also known as ______. the'ender of the last resort?

1. Surat Plan 2.Gujarat Plan 1. RRBs 2 SEBI.

3. Delhi Plan 4. Bombay Plan 3. RBI 4. SBI
Answer- 4 Answer- 3

Q.6)-The sex ratio in various states and
Union Territories is very important to get
information about women in the country.
Given below are statistics as per Census of
India 2011. Match the following and identify
the correct option.
Q.10) - Radhe Sham Barle received the
Padma Shri in 2020-21 for promoting the
Panthi dance of tribals from the Santnami
community on the birth anniversary of Guru
Ghasidas. Which state does this dance form
belong to?

States UT Females per 1000 1. Madhya 2.Chhattisgarh

males Pradesh
3. Odisha 4. Bihar
1. Kerala a. 1037 Answer- 2
2. Puducherry b. 1084
3. Delhi c. 879
Q.11) - Whose research was fundamental in
4. Haryana d. 868
establishing the modern discipline known as
1. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d
surface tension, Which describes the
2. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d properties of liquid and solid surfaces and
interfaces?
3. 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
1. Lise Meitner 2.Agnes Pockels
4. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d
3. Gerty Cori 4. Nettie Stevens
Answer- 3 Answer- 2

Q.7) - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Q.12) - Which of the following trade
(PM|DY) - National Mission for Financial agreements aims to 'strengthen intra-SAARC
Inclusion completed how many years of economic cooperation to maximise the
implementation in 2022? region's potential for trade and achieving
development for their people"?
1. 8 years 2.4 years
3. 6 years 4. 9 years 1. LAIA 2.SAFTA
Answer- 1 3. NAFTA 4. APTA
Answer- 2
Q.13)- In the 15th century, a text Q.19) - When did the All India Congress
called______ is ascribed popularly to Lochan formalise the demand for 'Purna Swaraj' or
Kavi. full independence for India?
1. Raag Tarangini 2.Anup Vilas 1. At its Lahore Session in 1929
3. Sangeet Darpan 4. Hridayprakash
2. At its Karachi Session in 1931
Answer- 1
3. At its Madras Session in 1927

Q.14) - Which of the following acids makes 4. At its Guwahati Session in 1926
up 55-80% of olive oil, making it a good Answer- 1
choice for most cooking methods?
1. Oleic acid 2.Lauric acid
Q.20) - In December 2021, who among the
3. Stearic acid 4. Arachidic acid
following became the first-ever Indian male
Answer- 1 shuttler to play in the final of the BWF World
Championship Final?
Q.15) - Which of the following Articles of the 1. Kidambi 2.V Diju
Constitution of India enshrines to value and Srikanth
preserve the rich heritage of our composite
3. Chirag Shetty 4. B Sai Praneeth
culture?
Answer- 1
1. Article 48 (A) 2.Article 124 (A)
3. Article 51 (A) 4. Article 43 (A)
Q.21)- Which of the following statement is
Answer- 3
NOT correct regarding the liver?
1. It is a reddish-brown gland.
Q.16) - Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the
NandaDynasty of Magadha with the help of 2. It is situated in the upper part of the
_____. abdomen on the left side.

1. Vishnugupta 2.Samudragupta 3. It is the largest gland in the body.

3. Chandragupta II 4. Skandagupta 4. It secretes bile juice that is stored in a sac
Answer- 1 called the gall bladder.
Answer- 2
Q.17) - Padma Shri awardee, Darshana
Jhaveri is a_____ dancer of India.
Q.22)- The All India Forward Bloc was
1. Kathak 2.Manipuri founded by _____ in 1939 after resigning
3. Bharatanatyam 4. Kathakali from the CongressPresidentship.
Answer- 2
1. Jawaharlal Nehru

Q.18) - Where does the Narmada river rise? 2. Subhash Chandra Bose

1. Western Ghats 2.Amarkantak 3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ranges 4. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Satpura Ranges 4. Gawilgarh Hills
Answer- 2
Answer- 2
 Q.2) - Who was the Chairman of the
FifteenthFinance Commission of India?
Q.23)- What is an instrument that sends
pulses of electromagnetic energy into the 1. AK Chanda 2.YV Reddy
atmosphere to detect rainfall, determine its 3. NK Singh 4. Vijay Kelkar
speed and intensity, and identify precipitation Answer- 3
types such as rain, snow or hail?
1. Spectral pyranometer radar Q.3)- Which of the following pairs is
3. 2D sonic anemometer INCORRECTLY matched?

2. Doppler weather 1. Acromegaly - Adrenaline

4. Barometer 2. Diabetes - Insulin

Answer- 2 3. Cushing's syndrome - Cortisol

4. Goitre – Thyroxin
Q.24- Which of the following group elements Answer- 1
are called chalcogens?
1. Group-17 2.Group-18 Q.4)- Who introduced the system of Dagh
3. Group-2 4. Group-16 and Huliyah and cash payment to soldiers in
Answer- 4 the Delhi sultanate?
1. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq
Q.25- In which month of the Islamic calendar
2. Jalaluddin Khalji
is'Ramadan', a holy time when Muslims
around the world fast and focus their attention 3. Alauddin Khalji
on giving to charity (known as Zakat),
observed? 4. Firuz Shah Tughluq

1. Sixth 2.Second Answer- 3

3. Ninth 4. Seventh
Answer- 3 Q.5) - The principal ______ reserves are in
Neyveliin Tamil Nadu.
1. copper 2.iron ore
21 JULY SHIFT- 4 3. bauxite 4. lignite
Answer- 4
(5:15PM – 6:15PM)
Q.6)- What is the percentage share of
Q1) - In which of the following Vedas agricultural workers in India as per Census
wasDasarajna war (the war of ten kings) 2011?
mentioned?
1. 54.6% 2.64.6%
1. Atharvaveda 2.Yajurveda 3. 44.6% 4. 55.6%
3. Rigveda 4. Samaveda Answer- 1
Answer- 3
Q.7)- Who found an empirical relationship Q.12)- The length of the pitch in cricket
between the half-life of alpha decay and the is______.
energy of the emitted alpha particles in 1911?
1. 22 yards 2.20 yards
1. Geiger and 2.Fermi and 3. 24 yards 4. 18 yards
Nuttall Meitner Answer- 1
3. Soddy and 4. Chadwick and
Aston Lawrence
Q.13) - Which of the following pairs is
Answer- 1
correctly matched?
1. Article 17 - Abolition of titles
Q.8) - Who founded the independent State of
Bengal? 2. Article 15- Right againstexploitation
1. Alivardi khan 2.Shuja-ud-Din 3. Article 14- Abolition of untouchability
3. Sarafraz Khan 4. Murshid Quli
4. Article 19 - Protection of certain rights
Khan regarding freedom of speech
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.9)-._______expenditure
and______receipts areshown by the Q.14) - Which state government
government budget. launched'Kaushalya Matritva Yojana' in
March 2022?
1. Actual; actual 2.Estimated; actual
3. Actual; 4. Estimated; 1. Uttar Pradesh 2.Chhattisgarh
estimated estimated 3. Madhya 4. Harvana
Answer- 4 Pradesh
Answer- 2

Q.10) - Which of the following rivers is

Q.15) - Which of the following lines is NOT
INCORRECTLY matched with its respective related to kabaddi?
place of origin?
1. Bonus line 2.Attack line
1. Sutlej - Dal Lake 3. End line 4. Baulk line
2. Ganga - Gangotri glacier Answer- 2

3. Mahanadi - Sihawa Mountain

Q.16) - Which sector has the highest
4. Godavari –Trimbakeshwar percentage share of goods exports in the
Answer- 1 annual GDP (at current prices for the year
2020-21?

Q.11) - Where was the first All India Kisan 1. Electronic Goods
Sabha formed? 2. Engineering Goods
1. Lahore 2.Lucknow 3. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
3. Delhi 4. Amritsar
Answer- 2 4. Organic and Inorganic Chemicals
Answer- 2
 Pradesh
Answer- 4
Q.17) - Identify the animal that does NOT
have bilateral symmetry.
Q.22) - Nati is a folk dance from which of the
1. Annelida 2.Cnidarian
following states of India?
3. Arthropoda 4. Molluscs
Answer- 2 1. Kerala 2.Nagaland
3. Himachal 4. Andhra Pradesh
Pradesh
Q.18) - What is the name of a metallic
Answer- 3
radioactive transuranic element with atomic
number 101 in the actinide series, discovered
in 1955? Q.23) - U Srinivas is a famous player of which
1. Nobelium 2.Seaborgium of the following instruments?
3. Mendelevium 4. Rutherfordium 1. Sitar 2.Mandolin
Answer- 3 3. Guitar 4. Violin
Answer- 2

Q.19)- The _______ National Voters' Day Q.24) - In 2021, which State Government was
wascelebrated across the country on 25th in the news for planning to set up a Vedic
January 2023, with President of India Education and Sanskar Board to revive the
Draupadi Murmu® gracing the national level knowledge of Sanskrit scriptures and Vedas?
event held at New Delhi. 1. Meghalaya 2.Punjab
1. 13th 2.12th 3. Rajasthan 4. Kerala
3. 11th 4. 10th Answer- 3
Answer- 1
Q.25) - Noted dancer Birju Maharaj bagged
the Filmfare award for best Choreographer
for which film in 2016?
Q.20- Which of the Five-Year Plans was
prepared and launched by DP Dhar? 1. Mohenjo Daro 2.Befikre
3. Dangal 4. Bajirao Mastani
1. Sixth Five-Year Plan Answer- 4
2. Fifth Five-Year Plan
3. Fourth Five-Year Plan
4. Seventh Five-Year Plan
Answer- 2

24 JULY SHIFT- 1
Q.21) - The Sirpur National Dance and Music
Festival is organised every year in which
Indian state? (9:00AM-10:00AM)
1. Uttar Pradesh 2.Jharkhand
3. Madhya 4. Chhattisgarh
Q.1- Emperor Ashoka conquered Kalinga Q.6) - Who was the first nationalist to give the
after how many years of his coronation? theory of drain of wealth from India to
England?
1. 8 years 2.15 years
3. 5 years 4. 11 years 1. RC Dutt 2.Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer- 1 3. SN Banerjee 4. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer- 2
Q.2)- During Alauddin Khilji's reign, the cloth
market was known as _____.
Q.7)- In the early 1800s, who discovered that
1. Shahna-i-Mandi 2.Sarai-i-Adl each chemical element is made up of a
3. Mandi 4. Munhiyans unique type of atom and that atoms differ by
Answer- 2 their mass?
1. Antoine 2.Robert Boyle
Q.3)- Which Article of the Constitution of India Lavoisier
mentions that law declared by Supreme Court 3. john Dalton 4. Amedeo
is binding on all courts? Avogadro
Answer- 3
1. Article 141 2.Article 142
3. Article 143 4. Article 144
Answer- 1 Q.8) - Which of the following does NOT come
under the Fundamental Duties in the
Constitution of India?
Q.4) - As per the report released by NITI
Aayog in September 2021 entitled 'Best 1. Uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity
Practices in the Performance of District and integrity of India
Hospitals', on average, how many beds per
2. Cherish and follow the noble ideals that
lakh population do district hospitals have?
inspired the national struggle for freedom
1. 40 beds 2.12 beds
3. Safeguard public property and to abjure
3. 36 beds 4. 24 beds violence
Answer- 4
4. Exercise adult franchise

Q.5) - Which of the following modern Answer- 4

industries was in operation in India during the
British rule? Q.9)- Which festival has the meaning 'to boil'
a.Cotton or'boiling' in its name?

b.Jute 1. Pongal 2.Bihu

3. Raja 4. Onam
c.Iron and Steel
Answer- 1
1. Only a 2.Only c
3. All of a, b and c 4. Both a and b
Q.10) - The Ryotwari Settlement, in which
Answer- 3 cultivators had to pay annual taxes directly to
the government, was primarily introduced in
which of the following provinces?
1. Central province
2. Assam and Bengal 4. UttarakhandHimalayas
3. Madras and Bombay Answer- 1
4. Punjab
Q.14) - In which year was the 'Pradhan
Answer- 3
MantriKaushal Vikas Yojana' launched?
1. 2015 2.2014
Q.11) - Which of the following is the correct
3. 2020 4. 2019
match of the column-A with column-B?
Answer- 1
Column-A Column-B (Unit)
(Physical
Q.15) - In 2019, a minor planet between Mars
Property)
and Jupiter was named after whom among
i. Electric current a. Tesla the following Indian musicians by the
ii. Voltage b. Farad International Astronomical Union (IAU)?
iii. Capacitance c. Ampere
iv. Magnetic field d. Volt 1. Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia
2. Ustad Zakir Hussain
1. i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a 3. Pt Ravi Shankar
2. i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a 4. Pt Jasraj
3. i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b Answer- 4
4. i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d
Answer- 1 Q.16) - Who is known as the 'Father of
Modern Dance in India?
1. Guru Bipin 2.Gopi Krishna
Q.12)- Who became the first woman soldier
Singh
sky diver of the Indian Army to have jumped
from a height of 10,000 feet? 3. Birju Maharaj 4. Uday Shankar
Answer- 4
1. Lieutenant General Madhuri Kanitkar
2. Lieutenant General Rajshree Ramasethu Q.17) - Vitamins and minerals are helpful for
3. Air Marshal Arti Sarin which of the following?

4. Lance Naik Manju 1. Proper breathing reactions in our body

Answer- 4 3. Proper sweating

2. Carry out metabolic
Q.13) - In which part of the Himalayas does 4. Proper fat storage
its highest mountain peak, Kanchenjunga,
lie? Answer- 2

1. The Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas

Q.18) - Which country hosted the FIFA World
2. Kashmir Himalayas Cup
3. Arunachal Himalayas 2022?
1. USA 2.Japan iii. Acromegaly c. Growth
3. Qatar 4. France hormone
Answer- 3 iv. SIADH d. Vasopressin

Q.19) - Which of the following sedimentary 1. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d.

minerals, known to everyone as 'salt', usually
forms in arid climates where sea water 3. i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d.
evaporates? 2.i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
1. Zeolite 2.Calcite 4.i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c
3. Halite 4. Pyrite
Answer- 1
Answer- 3

Q.24) - Khemraj received the Sangeet Natak

Q.20)- As of April 2022, who among the
Akademi award for his contribution to folk
following is the Chairman of the National
music and dance of 'Kud'. Which state is the
Green Tribunal?
folk dance from?
1. Anoop Kumar Mendiratta
1. Haryana 2.Punjab
2. Adarsh Kumar Goel 3. Himachal 4. Jammu and
3. Uday Umesh Lalit Pradesh Kashmir
Answer- 4
4. Vikram Nath
Answer- 2 Q.25)- The central bank may _______ to
discouragecredit in the economy.
Q.21)- Which of the following ports is NOT 1. decrease CRR 2.reduce SLR
situated on the west coast of India? 3. increase bank 4. buy securities in
1. Kandla 2.Haldia rate open
market
3. Mangaluru 4. Marmagao
Answer- 2
Answer- 3

Q.22) - Who was the captain of U- 19 Indian 24 JULY SHIFT – 2

cricket team in World Cup 2022?
1. Dinesh Bana 2.Vasu Vats (11:45PM – 12:45PM)
3. Yash Dhull 4. Manav Parakh Q.1) - Khan Bahadur led the revolt of 1857
Answer- 3 from:
1. Delhi 2.Kanpur
Q.23)-Match the columns. 3. Bareilly 4. Lucknow
Column-A Column-B Answer- 3
(Disorder) (Hormone/Gland)
i. Addison's a. Adrenal gland Q.2)- Who received the Nobel Prize 'for his
disease research in the stereochemistry of organic
ii. Hashimoto's b. Thyroid gland molecules and reactions' in 1975?
disease
1. Geoffrey Wilkinson 1. West Indies 2.Australia
3. England 4. New Zealand
2. Vladimir Prelog
Answer- 3
3. Paul J Flory
4. William N Lipscomb Q.7) - Plant varieties like bamboo, epiphytes,
Answer- 2 aini, semul, gutel and mundane are found in
which type of Indian forest?
1. Alpine forest 2.Moist tropical
Q.3- Ustad Hassu Khan was one of the
forest
founders of which of the following Gharanas
of music? 3. Montane 4. Dry tropical
temperate forest forest
1. Agra 2 Patiala. Answer- 2
3. Gwalior 4. Rampur
Answer- 3
Q.8)- As per the 2011 Census, what is the
density of the population of India?
Q.4- Which of the following expression is
correct regarding the gross fiscal deficit? 1. 482 persons/km?

1. Gross fiscal deficit = Net borrowing at 2. 382 persons/km?

home - Borrowing from RBI + Borrowing from 3. 282 persons/km?
abroad
4.328 persons/km?
2. Gross fiscal deficit = Net borrowing at
home +Borrowing from RBI + Borrowing from Answer- 2
abroad
3. Gross fiscal deficit = Net borrowing at Q.9)- Which of the following cities was
home -Borrowing from RBI - Borrowing from sacked by victorious armies after the battle of
abroad Talikota?

4. Gross fiscal deficit = Net borrowing at 1. Ahmadnagar 2.Golconda

home +Borrowing from RBI - Borrowing from 3. Vijayanagar 4. Bijapur
abroad Answer- 3

Answer- 2
Q.10)- In India, which organisation maintains
the national highways?
Q.5)- Which was the first country to
incorporateFundamental Duties in its 1. State government
Constitution?
2. Border Road Organisation
1. USSR 2.Poland
3. Public Works Department
3. India 4. Albania
Answer- 1 4. National Highways Authority of India
Answer- 4
Q.6)- The first Women's Cricket World Cup
was hosted by which of the following Q.11) - The Prajjwala Challenge, a
countries? nationwide initiative to provide thoughtful
minds a platform to bring a change was
launched by the _____.
Q.16) - Which hill is a part of the Meghalaya
1. Ministry of Rural Development plateau?
2. Ministry of Education 1. Anaimalai hills 2.Jaintia Hills
3. Cardamom hills 4. Nilgiri Hills
3. Ministry of Science and Technology
Answer- 2
4. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Answer- 1

Q.17) - Which five year plan aimed to

Q.12)- The Supreme Court of India came into increase the rapid growth in food grains
existence on ______. production?
1. 26 January 1950 1. Sixth Five Year Plan
2. 2 October 1952 2. Eighth Five Year Plan
3. 15 August 1947 3. Fifth Five Year Plan
4. 30 January 1935 4. Seventh Five Year Plan
Answer- 1 Answer- 4

Q.13) - Ishwari Prasad is associated with Q.18) - Select the correct statement.
which of the following Indian classical
1. Chloroplast, ribosomes and nucleus are
dances?
present in fungal cell.
1. Kathakali 2.Kathak
2. Mitochondria and nucleus are found in
3. Manipuri 4. Bharatanatyam
bacteria.
Answer- 2
3. Mitochondria and nucleus is absent in plant
cell.
Q.14) - Which state is famous for celebrating
the Majuli festival? 4. Ribosomes, mitochondria and lysosomes
are found in animal cells.
1. Sikkim 2.Meghalaya
3. Manipur 4. Assam Answer- 4
Answer- 4
Q.19) - Which Social Media Platform's plea
Q.15) - Dry ice, ammonium chloride, against summons to Delhi Assembly was
naphthalene balls and camphor, all these rejected by Supreme Court in July 2021?
compounds are an example of: 1. Twitter 2.Snapchat
1. Cooling agents 3. Instagram 4. Facebook
Answer- 4
3. Sublimable substances
2. Inflammable substances
Q.20)- Lake Victoria is in which of the
4. Solidifying agents following countries?
Answer- 3 1. Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya
2. The US and Canada Answer- 4
3. Tanzania, Nigeria and Egypt
4. Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia 24JULY SHIFT- 3
Answer- 1
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.21) - Who was the first Indian to qualify for
Covenanted service? Q.1)- According to the World Meteorological
Organization report reviewed during 2010-
1. Satyendra Nath Tagore 2012, the highest registered shade
2. Subhash ChandraBose temperature of______ was recorded at Al
Aziziyah, Libya.
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
1. 68°C 2.58°C
4. Surendra NathBaneriee 3. 50°C 4. 72°C
Answer- 1 Answer- 2

Q.22)- Who was the last king of Shunga Q.2) - Which group of Kingdom Animalia has
dynasty? unsegmented, bilaterally symmetrical, soft
bodies, with a triploblastic construction
1. Pushya mitra 2.Bhavbhuti (comprising three layers of cells) and a
3. Devabhuti 4. Shashanka lacking coelom, skeleton and anus?
Answer- 3
1. Platyhelminthes 2.Porifera
3. Ctenophora 4. Cnidaria
Q.23)- In which month of 2021 was the All Answer- 1
India Survey on Migrant Workers under the
overall guidance of an Expert Group came
into effect? Q.3) - Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
Awards-2022, which was presented by
1. February 2.June President of India Droupadi Murmu on 30th
3. April 4. August November 2022, was given to ________.
Answer- 3
1. Sharath Kamal 2.Venkatesh
Prasad
Q.24) - Which of the following was the 3. Manpreet Singh 4. Deepika Kumari
debutant team in the ICC women T20 World Answer- 1
Cup 2020?
1. Bangladesh 2.Thailand Q.4)- Identify the element that does NOT
3. Ireland 4. Afghanistan belong to Period 6 of Modern Periodic Table.
Answer- 2
1. Platinum 2.Tungsten
3. Silicon 4. Rhenium
Q.25)- Who founded Lucknow gharana of Answer- 3
Kathak?
1. Birju Maharaj 2 Rukmini Devi. Q.5) - Which of the following hills is a part of
3. Sitara Devi 4. Ishwari Prasad the Western Ghats?
1. Anaimalai Hills 2 Khasi Hills. Il. Water may also move across this
3. Jaintia Hills 4. Garo Hills membrane from lower to higher
Answer- 1 concentration.
1. Both Iand II 2.Only I
0.6)- The ten-day festival of Bastar Dussehra 3. Only II 4. Neither I nor II
is associated with which Indian state? Answer- 2

1. Bihar 2.Chhattisgarh
3. Odisha 4. Jharkhand Q.11)- With which of the following
Answer- 2 Government of India Acts did the Montagu-
Chelmsford Reforms introduce Dyarchy in the
provinces?
1. Government of India Act, 1935
Q.7)- Rovers Cup is associated with which
game? 2. Government of India Act, 1923

1. Badminton 2.Tennis 3. Government of India Act, 1945

3. Hockey 4. Football 4. Government of India Act, 1919
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.8) - The 'Pattanulkars' migrated from the

Gujarat region to the Vijayanagar state. They Q.12) - How many substitute players are
were _____. there in aBeach Volleyball team?

1. silk weavers 2.diamond makers 1. 0 2. 3

3. 2 4. 1
3. goldsmiths 4. cotton traders Answer- 1
Answer- 1
Q.13) - The Prime Minister in August 2021
Q.9) - Theoretical foundations of announced the fortification of rice distributed
Bharatanatyam have been found in which of under various government schemes including
these Shastras? the Public Distribution System (PDS) and
Mid-Day-Meal scheme by the year
1. Dharma Shastra
1. 2025 2.2026
2. VaimänikaShâstra 3. 2023 4. 2024
3. Arth Shastra Answer- 4

4. Natya Shastra Q.14) - How many classes of Indian society

Answer- 4 are mentioned in Megasthene's book Indica?
1. 12 2.10
Q.10)- Which of the following statement is 3. 5 4. 7
correct regarding cell membrane? Answer- 4

I. The membrane is selectively permeable to

some molecules present on either side of it. Q.15 - Article 323 of the Indian Constitution
deals with_______.
1. expenses of Public Services Commissions Answer- 3
2. functions of Public Services Commissions
Q.19 - Lanthenides are often called:
3. power to extend functions of Public
Services 1. inert gases 2.rare earth
elements
Commissions
3. d-block 4. alkali metals
4. reports of Public Services Commissions elements
Answer- 4 Answer- 2

Q.16) - Ramkrishna Talukdar received the Q.20)- Which tunnel has been built with
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2018 for ultramodern specifications in the Pir Panjal
his contribution to the Sattriya dance form. To range of the Himalayas at an altitude of 3000
which state does this dance form belong? metres above

1. Assam 2.Jharkhand Mean Sea Level?

3. West Bengal 4. Meghalaya 1. Atal Tunnel
Answer- 1
2. Jawahar Tunnel
3. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel
Q.17) - Select the Indian musician who is
associated with percussion instruments 4. Bhatan Tunnel
(played by striking).
Answer- 1
1. Vishwa Mohan Bhat
2. Bismillah Khan Q.21)- Who among the following was the first
3. Pandit Ravi Shankar non-European to win a Noble prize in 1913 in
literature for his work 'Gitanjali'?
4. Pandit Ayodhya Prasad
1. Abanindranath Tagore
Answer- 4
2. Dwarka Nath Tagore
3. Rabindranath TagoreChatterjee
Q.18) - Identify the INCORRECT statement in
the context of Microfinance Institutions in 4. Bankim Chandra
India.
Answer- 3
1. A microfinance loan is given to a
household having annual household income
up to £3,00,000. Q.22)- The national poverty line for 2011-12
was estimated at_____ per capita per month
2. When giving a micro loan, a household for
means an individual family unit, i.e., husband,
wife, and their unmarried children. rural areas of India.

3. A microfinance loan should be linked with a 1. 2900 2.<760

lien on the deposit account of the borrower. 3. 11,206 4. <816
Answer- 4
4. A microfinance loan is a collateral-free
loan.
Q.23)- From which country were the 1. 1951 - 1981 2.1981 - 2021
DirectivePrinciples of State Policy of the 3. 1921 - 1951 4. 1931 - 1961
Indian Constitution borrowed? Answer- 1
1. Ireland 2.China
3. The USSR 4. The US Q.4) - Who was the Mughal emperor during
Answer- 1 the third battle of Panipat?
1. Shahalam II 2.Bahadurshah
Q.24- In which Five-Year Plan was the Jafar
JawaharRozgar Yojana started? 3. Akbar Il 4. Bahadur Shah I
1. Fourth 2.Sixth Answer- 1
3. Fifth 4. Seventh
Answer- 4 Q.5) - The 'East-West' corridor connects
which of the following cities?
Q.25)- The Union Ministry of Environment, 1. Silchar and 2.Guwahati and
Forest, and Climate Change notified the E- Porbandar Gandhinagar
Waste Management Rules in 2022. These
rules are supposed to be come into force 3. Shillong and 4. Itanagar and
from______. Kandla Dwarka
Answer- 1
1. 1 January 2023 2.1 July 2023
3. 1 December 4. 1 April 2023
2022 Q.6) - Arjun Singh Dhurve was conferred the
Answer- 4 Padma Shri in 2022 for his contribution to the
Baiga dance form of which state?
24 JULY SHIFT- 4 1. Rajasthan 2.West Bengal
3. Madhya 4. Odisha
(5:15PM – 6:15PM) Pradesh
Q.1) - The Nehru trophy boat race was Answer- 3
organised by which of the following states?
1. Karnataka 2.Tamil Nadu Q.7)- Which suffix is used when the -CHO
3. West Bengal 4. Kerala group is attached to a carbon atom of a ring
Answer- 4 or ring system, or to a heteroatom?
1. Nitrile 2.Halide
Q.2)- Which of the soluble fibres found in 3. Amide 4. Carbaldehyde
fruits is used as a thickener in cooking and Answer- 4
baking?
1. Cellulose 2.Lignin Q.8) - When did Carl Friedrich Gauss and
3. Pectin 4. Inulin WilhelmEduard Weber invent the world's first
Answer- 3 electromagnetic telegraph?
1. 1831 2.1832
Q.3)- Which of the following periods is known 3. 1830 4. 1833
as the period of population explosion in Answer- 4
India?
Q.9)- According to Koeppen's Scheme, which 3. Aatmarang Pandurang
type of climate is denoted by the letter 'E' in
4. Kesub Chandra Sen
India?
Answer- 2
1. Polar type 2.Hot desert
3. Monsoon with 4. Tropical
dry summer savannah Q.14)- Which of the following is NOT one of
Answer- 1 the scenarios of National Digital Education
Architecture

Q.10) - As mentioned in the Government of (NDEAR) launched by the Government of

India's Economic Survey 2022-23, Aadhaar is India in 2021?
an essential tool for social delivery of how
1. Help Learn 2.Develop Learn
many Central Schemes as notified under
3. Learn 4. Manage Learn
Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016?
Answer- 2
1. 318 2.228
3. 564 4. 720
Q.15 - Which form of leucoplast specialises in
Answer- 1
oil synthesis and storage and is mainly found
in the layer of cells in pollen grains that
Q.11) - Doongri festival of Himachal Pradesh develop pollen grains?
is primarily celebrated by which religious 1. Gerontoplasts 2.Elaioplasts
community?
3. Proteinoplasts 4. Chloroplasts
1. Buddhist 2.Sikh Answer- 2
3. Hindu 4. Muslim
Answer- 3
Q.16) - The centre of a cyclone is a calm
area. It is called the _____ of the storm.
Q.12) -_____ was the chairman of the
1. base 2.focal point
planningcommission when the first five year
3. eye 4. trigger point
plan was formulated in India.
Answer- 3
1. Dr Rajendra Prasad
2. Jawaharlal Nehru Q.17) - When did India first win the first World
Cup title in Hockey?
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
1. 1975 2.1978
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri
3. 1982 4. 1971
Answer- 2 Answer- 1

Q.13) - Who among the following was one of Q.18) - Which of the following statements are
the founders of RahnumaiMazdayasnan correct regarding the State Executive?
Sabha or
A. Article 152 of the Indian Constitution states
Religious Reform Association?
'Unless the context otherwise requires, the
1. Muhammad Iqbal expression 'State' does not include Jammu
and Kashmir'.
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. The 7th Constitutional Amendment Act has 3. Kathak4 4. Kathakali
provided for the appointment of the same Answer- 2
person as Governor for two or more states.
C. The Supreme Court clearly mentioned that Q.23) - In which of the following cities of
the office of the Governor is under the control BritishIndia was Lata Mangeshkar born?
of the Central Government.
1. Indore 2.Lucknow
1. A and C only 2.B and C only 3. Calcutta 4. Bombay
3. A, B and C 4. A and B only Answer- 1
Answer- 4

Q.24) - The Champaran Satyagraha took

Q.19) - According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, place in _____.
the Commanding Officer of the cavalry in the
Mauryan administration was known as: 1. 1917 2.1923
3. 1920 4. 1914
1. Patyadhyaksha 2.Rathadhyaksha Answer- 1
3. Ashwadhyaksha 4. Hastyadhyaksha

Answer- 3 Q.25) - In the self-help group, the loan and

saving decisions are taken by the ____.
1. group members 2. non-
Q.20) - As per the announcement made by
the Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan government
in August 2021, the duration of Samagra organisation
Shiksha Scheme 2 is from 1 April 2021 to 3. bank 4. government
______. Answer- 1

1.31 March 2023

2.31 March 2026 25 JULY SHIFT- 1
3. 31 December 2021
4. 31 December 2024 (9:00AM-10:00AM)
Answer- 2
Q.1)- 'Luddi' is a folk dance of which of the
following states of India?
Q.21) - The feature of fundamental duties in
1. Madhya Pradesh 2.Kerala
the Indian Constitution is adopted from which
of the following countries? 3. Punjab 4. Manipur
1. Germany 2.Soviet Union Answer- 3
(USSR)
3. US 4. UK Q.2) - The Ministry of Education (Mo) in
Answer- 2 February 2022 approved a new scheme
_____for the next five years to cover all the
aspects of adult education to align with new
Q.22) - 'Vazhuvoor'is one of the styles of
the National Education Policy (NEP).
whichIndian classical dance form?
1. New India Literacy Programme
1. Mohinivattam 2.Bharatanatyam
2. Open Education Programme 1. Manipur 2.Tripura
3. Assam 4. Meghalaya
3. New India Education Plan
Answer- 1
4. ASHA
Answer- 1 Q.7) - Sporophyte stage is dominant in which
plant group?
Q.3)- 'Back to Vedas' was the slogan of 1. Pteridophytes 2.Vascular plants
whichReform Movement? 3. Algae 4. Bryophytes
1. Dev Samaj 2.Prarthana Samaj Answer- 2

3. Brahmo Samaj 4. Arya Samaj Q.8)-_______became India's first sports

Answer- 4 unicornwith its market cap having touched a
high of Rs.7,600 crores as of 30 January
2022.
Q.4)- How many silver medals was won by
India in Tokyo Paralympic 2020? 1. Chennai Super Kings
1. 5 2. 6 2. Kolkata Knight Riders
3. 8 4. 7
3. Mumbai Indians
Answer- 3
4. Delhi Capitals
Q.5) - Which among the following statements
Answer- 1
about judicial review in India are correct?
A. Judicial review means that the courts of
Q.9)- The Viceroy who took keen interest in
law have the power of testing the validity of
the restoration and protection of historical
legislative as well as other governmental
monuments was
action with reference to the provisions of the
Constitution. 1. Lord Auckland 2.Lord Curzon
3. Lord 4. Lord Lytton
B. Under Article 23 of the Indian Constitution,
the compulsion of judicial review was Ellenborough
described in the Fundamental Rights in Part Answer- 2
III.
C. The power of judicial review is significantly Q.10) - What is the colour of the flame when
vested upon the High Courts and the unsaturated hydrocarbons burn?
Supreme Court of India. 1. Blue 2.Red
3. Yellow 4. Green
Answer- 3
1. Band Conly 2.A, Band C
3. A and B only 4. A and C only
Answer- 4 Q.11) - As per the Census data, What was
the density of population in India in 2011?

Q.6) - 'Ras-Lila' recognised as one of the 1. 822 persons/sq km

classical dance forms of India belongs to 2.382 persons/sq km
which of the following states?
3.282 persons/sq km
4. 328 persons/sq km 3. Maharana Kumbha
Answer- 2 4. Maharana Udai Singh
Answer- 3
Q.12)- Tamladu is a festival celebrated by the
Buddhist community of which Indian state?
Q.16) - According to India State of Forest
1. Himachal Pradesh Report 2019, what is the total forest cover in
India?
2. Madhya Pradesh
1. 24.67% 2.23.67%
3. Arunachal Pradesh
3. 21.67% 4. 20.87%
4. Karnataka Answer- 3
Answer- 3
Q.17)- India borrowed the DPSP from the
_____ Constitution.
Q.13) - Who among the following Supreme
Court judges was in news in 2022 for 1. Australian 2.German
recusing himself from hearing a plea against 3. Austrian 4. Irish
the ED chief's tenure extension? Answer- 4
1. Justice Ajay Rastogi
2. Justice KM Joseph Q.18) - Commonwealth Games 2022 was
held in
3. Justice SK Kaul
1. Birmingham 2.New Delhi
4. Justice Mukesh Shah 3. Beijing 4. Tokyo
Answer- 3 Answer- 1

Q.14) - Pectin, which is responsible for the Q.19) - The country can improve its balance
firmness and softness of fruits, is mainly of payments by devaluation when the sum of
composed of which acid unit? elasticity of demand for exports and imports
is _____ .
1. Glutamic acid
1. greater than 2.equal to unity
2. Lactic acid unity
3. Aspartic acid 3. zero 4. less than unity
Answer- 1
4. Galacturonic acid
Answer- 4
Q.20) - The 'Jal Kranti Abhiyan' was launched
by which government during the financial
Q.15) - Who among the following was the year 2015-2016?
Maharana of Mewar and composed a book 1. Government of Uttar Pradesh
on music called
2. Government of Punjab
'Sangeet Raj'?
3. Government of India
1. Maharana Sanga
4. Government ofHaryana
2. Maharana Pratap
Answer- 3 Answer-3

Q.21) - Iron mines in Jharkhand attributed to

Q.24)- Which of the following committees was
the rise of which of the following kingdoms in
constituted to study the issues and concerns
ancient
in the Micro Finance Institution in 2010?
India?
1. Ghosh Committee
1. Kuru 2.Kashi
2. Sivaraman Committee
3. Magadha 4. Kushan
Answer- 3 3. Malegam Committee
4. Khan Committee
Q.22) - Which of the following statements Answer-3
isINCORRECT about granite?
1. Granite is composed mainly of quartz and
feldspar with minor amounts of mica. Q.25) - The Amara-Nayakas were _____ in
Vijayanagara Empire.
2. Granite is the most abundant rock in the
continental crust. 1. finance officers

3. These are igneous rocks that form when 3. forced labourers

hot, molten rock crystallises and solidifies.
2. military commanders
4. It is the most common sedimentary rock.
4. ordinary peasants
Answer-4
Answer- 2

Q.23) -Match the columns.

25 JULY SHIFT – 2
Column-A Column-B (Group
(Common name) number in
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
theModem
Q.1) - The Indian Constitution originally
Periodic Table)
consisted of ______ Articles.
i Alkali metals a. 18
1. 395 2.365
ii Alkaline earth b. 17 3. 385 4. 375
metals Answer- 1
iii Halogens c.2

iv. Noble gases d. I Q.2) - Who, being the Commander-in-Chief of

the Indian Armed Forces, takes the salute of
different regiments of the armed forces during
the march-past on Republic Day?
1. i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d
1. The Defence Minister of India
2. i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d
2. The Prime Minister of India
3. i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a
3. The Home Minister of India
4. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
4. The President of India 1. Allauddin Khan
Answer- 4 2. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
3. Vilayat Khan
Q.3) - Guru Shashadhar Acharya was
4. Annapurna Devi
awarded the Padma Shri in 2020 for which of
the following contributions? Answer- 2
1. Instrument playing
Q.8) - How many elected members are there
2. Hindustani Classicalvocals
in the Legislative Assembly of Telangana till
3. Classical dance December2022?
4. Folk dance 1. 121 2.120
3. 124 4. 119
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.4)- Who among the following is appointed

Q.9)- How many cities have been identified
as new Attorney General for India in
for Ring Roads under Phase-I of the
September 2022?
'BharatmalaPariyojana' to decongest traffic in
1. R Venkataramani various cities across India (As of November
2021)?
2. KK Venugopal
1. 33 2.28
3. Fali Sam Nariman
3. 21 4. 41
4. Harish Salve Answer- 2
Answer-1
Q.10) - In Which year did an English scientist
named Michael Faraday discover benzene in
Q.5) - Who introduced the Zamindari the illuminating gas?
Settlement as a measure of land revenue
administration? 1. 1827 2.1820
3. 1822 4. 1825
1. Lord Lytton 2.Lord Curzon Answer- 4
3. Lord Cornwallis 4. Lord Wellesley
Answer- 3
Q.11) - In the year 2022, the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare announced a
Q.6)- In______ , Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of National Suicide Prevention Strategy to
India,announced the partition of Bengal. achieve reduction in suicide mortality by
______ per cent by 2030.
1. 1911 2.1907
3. 1905 4. 1906 1. 10 2.25
Answer- 3 3. 15 4. 20
Answer- 1
Q.7) - Which of the given musicians is
associated with the musical instrument Q.12)- Identify the meaning of continentality.
Santoor?
1. Very hot during summers and very cold 1. Kusum 2.Sundari
during winters 3. Arjun 4. Kachnar
Answer- 2
2. Very cold during winters and not hot during
summers
3. Very hot during summers and lots of rain Q.17) - What is the atomicity of Chlorine?

4. Very hot during winters and very cold 1. Tetra-atomic 2.Monoatomic

duringsummers 3. Diatomic 4. Poly-atomic
Answer- 3
Answer- 1

Q.18) - On 21 November 2022, who assumed

Q.13)- Who among the following is a charge as the new Election Commissioner
NobelLaureate who is also known as the (EC) of India?
father of micro finance systems?
1. Rajiv Kumar 2.Arun Goel
1. Raghuram 2.Sandra Roman 3. Anup Chandra 4. Manoj Kumar
Rajan Pandey
3. Amartya Sen 4. Muhammad Answer- 2
Yunus
Answer- 4
Q.19) - Which cells, also called neurilemma
cells, are the main glial cells in the PNS and
Q.14) - Of which of the following Pratihara play an essential role in the survival and
kings was Rajashekhara, the famous poet functions of neurons?
and dramatist, the court poet?
1. Bipolar cells 2.Schwann cells
1. Rajapala 2.Devapala 3. Ganglion cells 4. Photoreceptor
3. Ramabhadra 4. Mahendrapala cells
Answer- 4 Answer- 2

Q.15) - Prime Minister's Employment

Generation Programme (PMEGP scheme Q.20)- Raut Nacha is famous in which of
these states?
was started by which
Ministry of the Government of India? 1. Gujarat 2.Chhattisgarh
3. Assam 4. Punjab
1. The ministry of finance
Answer- 2
2. The ministry of housing and urban affairs
3. The ministry of rural development Q.21)- As per the dietary guidelines
4. The ministry of micro, small and medium recommended by doctors, the RDA for
enterprises cholesterol intake in healthy adults and
children above four years of age is ______
Answer- 4 mg/day.
1. 400 2.600
Q.16) - Which species of mangrove tree is 3. 500 4. 300
scientifically known as 'Heritiera fomes' in Answer- 4
Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh?
Q.22)- Who among the following is India's i.e., Dugong dugon and sea turtles also
secondGrand Master after Viswanathan found?
Anand?
1. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
1. P Harikrishna 2.Sasikran
2. Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve
Krishnan
3. Dibyendu Barua 4. Abhijit Kunte 3. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Answer- 3
4. Khangchendzonga Biosphere
Answer- 1
Q.23)- Where and when were the first Khelo
IndiaUniversity Games held?
Q.2)- Which Article of the Indian Constitution
1. Maharashtra, 2.Kerala, 2020 empowers the Supreme Court to review its
2019 own judgements or orders?
3. Odisha, 2020 4. Punjab, 2019
Answer- 3 1. Article 135 2.Article 136
3. Article 138 4. Article 137
Answer- 4
Q.24)- Which of the following is NOT one of
the characteristics of the new agricultural
strategy? Q.3) - In how many agro-climatic zones has
TamilNadu been classified?
1. Use of hybrid seeds
1. 5 2. 7
2. Use of organic manures 3. 3 4. 9
3. Use of chemical fertilisers Answer- 2

4. Extensive irrigation
Q.4) - The first phase of the Green Revolution
Answer- 2
was restricted largely to two crops and the
regions where they are grown. Which of the
Q.25)- Which of the following varnas primarily following pairs best represents these two
used to do cultivation, animal husbandry and crops?
trade during the later Vedic period? 1. Millet, wheat 2.Wheat, rice
1. Kshatriya 2.Brahmana 3. Cotton, indigo 4. Rice, corn
3. Shudra 4. Vaishya Answer- 2
Answer- 4
Q.5) - Famous dance personality
KelucharanMohapatra is associated with
which of these dance forms?

25 JULY SHIFT- 3 1. Odissi 2.Kathak

3. Bharatanatyam 4. Kathakali
Answer- 1
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)

Q.1) - In which Biosphere Reserve is the Q.6)- Which player led India at the women's
largest endangered marine mammal Dugong Hockey Asia Cup in Muscat, which was held
in January 2022?
1. Savita Punia 2.Navneet Kaur 1. Mohammad Hidayatullah
3. Rani Rampal 4. Susmita Patil
2. Jakir Husain
Answer- 1
3. Sarvpalli Radhakrishna

Q.7)- Which of the following is the only rack 4. Rajendra Prasad

railway in India that was declared a UNESCO Answer- 4
World Heritage Site in 2005?
1. Kalka-Shimla Railway
Q.12) - Non-Tax revenue is part of ______ .
2. Nilgiri MountainRailway
1. Capital Receipts
3. Kangra Valley Railway
2. Capital Expenditure
4. Matheran HillRailway
3. Revenue Expenditure
Answer- 2
4. Revenue Receipts
Answer- 4
Q.8)- Which is the largest Dun formations in
India?
Q.13)- Which year census is the 15th
1. Harike Dun 2.Kota Dun
National census survey conducted by the
3. Nalagarh Dun 4. Dehra Dun
CensusOrganisation of India?
Answer- 4
1. 2001 2.1991
3. 1981 4. 2011
Q.9) - In which of the following sports, apart Answer- 4
from volleyball, do players make use of the
Screen technique?
Q.14) - The Hindu Mahasabha was founded
1. Basketball 2.Baseball
as a response to muslim fundamentalism in
3. Handball 4. Cricket
which year?
Answer- 1
1. 1925 2.1910
3. 1917 4. 1915
Q.10) - While historians use the term Answer- 4
Vijayanagara Empire and contemporaries of
this empire described it as the______.
Q.15) - Which of the following elements has
1. SthalapatiSamrajya
variable valency?
3. Gajapati Samarajya
1. Sulphur 2.Sodium
2. Karnataka Samrajyamu 3. Iron 4. Magnesium
Answer- 3
4. Andhra Samarajyu
Answer- 2
Q.16) - What do you understand by 'dual
citizenship' as in the case of the US?
Q.11) - The President of India ________
1. Citizenship of two countries simultaneously
inaugurated Sangeet Natak Academi on 28
January 1953.
2. Citizenship of two states alongwith two Q.20) - Padma Bhushan awardee, Guru
countries Vempati China Satyam, was a renowned
guru for which of the following classical dance
3. Citizenship of two states simultaneously
forms?
with
1. Odissi 2.Kathak
two countries
3. Kathakali 4. Kuchipudi
4. Citizenship of a country alongwith that of a Answer- 4
constituent State, where one resides/ born
Answer- 4 Q.21) - As per physicists and their major
contributions/discoveries, Which of the
following pair is INCORRECT?
Q.17) - What was the period of
Harshavardhana's reign? 1. Victor Francis Hess - Cosmic radiation
1.647 CE to 700 CE 2. Paul Dirac - Liquid helium
2.545 CE to 570 CE 3. Louis Victor de Broglie -Wavenature of
matter
3.606 CE to 647 CE
4. John Bardeen - Theory of
4. 570 CE to 610 CE
superconductivity
Answer- 3
Answer- 2

Q.18) - Who among the following was the flag

Q.22)- When was the International Day for
bearer of the Indian contingent at the opening
ElderPersons 2021 celebrated?
ceremony of the Asian Games 2018?
1. 3 October 2.1 October
1. PT Usha
3. 2 October 4. 4 October
2. Bajrang Punia Answer- 2
3. Saina Nehwal
4. Neeraj Chopra Q.23) - In which year did Walther Flemming
coined the term 'chromatin' for the stained
Answer- 4 substance found in the cell nucleus?
1. 1900 2.1840
Q.19) - In December 2022, who among the 3. 1849 4. 1879
following was elected as the first woman Answer- 4
President of Indian Olympic Association?
1. Dola Banarjee Q.24)- In which of the following Indian states,
2. PT Usha is Makar Sankranti celebrated by the name of
'Magha Saaji?
3. Rajlaxmi Singh Deo
1. Puniab 2.Uttarakhand
4. Karnam Malleswari 3. Jharkhand 4. Himachal
Answer- 2 Pradesh
Answer- 4
Q.25)- For the political education of the panchayats and endow them with such
people at the local level, who brought the powers and authority as may be necessary to
resolution on local self-government? enable them to function as units of self-
government.
1. Lord Mayo 2.Lord Canning
3. Lord Lytton 4. Lord Ripon 1. Article 32 2.Article 35
Answer- 4 3. Article 40 4. Article 38
Answer- 3

25 JULY SHIFT- 4 Q.5) - According to World Bank, what was the

density of the population of Sri Lanka in
(5:15PM – 6:15PM) 2020?
Q.1) - Which of the following perennial rivers 1. 300 Persons per sq. km.
is 720 km long and originates in the
Himalayas in flow through chamba of 2.554 Persons per sq. km.
Himachal Pradesh? 3.364 Persons per sq. km.
1. Ravi River 2.Saryu River 4. 354 Persons per sq. km.
3. Krishna River 4. Yamuna river
Answer- 4
Answer- 1

Q.2) - Which of the following combinations Q.6) - In hockey,______ is awarded if the ball
of"animal" and "area they found" is goesover the back line after last being
INCORRECT? touched by a defender.
1. off side 2.free hit
1. Orangutan - Caribbean islands
3. penalty corner 4. long corner
2. Kangaroo - Australia Answer- 4
3. Lemurs - Madagascar
4. Ostrich - Savanna and Q.7)- Why can you not see objects in a dim lit
room when you come from a brightly lit room?
desert regions,
1. The cornea contracts the pupil to allow less
Answer- 1 light to enter the eye.
2. The iris contracts the pupil to allow less
Q.3)- Bramho Samaj was founded by whom? light to enter the eye.
1. Debendranath Tagore 3. The iris dilates the eye lens to allow less
light to enter the eye.
2. Dayanand Saraswati
4. The vitreous humour dilates the pupil to
3. Keshab Chandra Sen
allow less light to enter the eye.
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.8)- Who among the following is an

Q.4) -______of the Constitution of India says exponent of the classical instrument,
thatthe State shall take steps to organise Santoor?
1. Pandit Ravi ShankarGandharva Q.13) - Guru Bipin Singh is associated with
which of these dance forms?
2. Pandit Kumar
1. Kathakali 2.Manipuri
3. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
3. Odissi 4. Kathak
4. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Answer- 2
Answer- 3
Q.14)- Which of the following is the correct
duration of 'Financial Year 2022-23' in India?
Q.9)- The Rourkela steel plant was set up in
collaboration with Germany in which state of 1. 1 January 2022 to 1 January 2023
India?
2.1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
1. Jharkhand 2.Odisha
3.30 April 2022 to 1 March 2023
3. Assam 4. Bihar
Answer- 2 4.30 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Answer- 2
Q.10) - The Governor of an Indian state
before entering upon his office takes an oath
or affirmation before Q.15) - Which Mughal ruler contributed to the
revolt of 1857?
1. the Chief Minister of the concerned state
1. Shahalam II
2. the Chief Justice of the High Court
exercising jurisdiction in relation to the State 3. Alamgir II
3. the Prime Minister of India 2. Bahadur shah I
4. the President of India 4. Bahadur shah II
Answer- 2 Answer- 4

Q.11) - Who among the following, along with
her close associates, started the secret
congress radio during the Quit India
Movement?
1. Usha Mehta 2.Lakshmi Sehgal
Q.16) - Which of the following states
presented the'Child Budget for the first time in
March 2022 as a part of their annual financial
plan?
1. Arunachal Pradesh

3. Sarojini Naidu 4. Bhikaiji Cama 2. Andhra Pradesh

Answer- 1 3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh
Q.12) - Which of the following is a Disability
Screening Mobile App developed by NCERT Answer- 3
launched in Delhi schools to screen students
with suspected disabilities? Q.17) - The given equation provides the
1. SAMAGAM 2.SAMAGRA property of the motion of an object, traversing
3. VIDYAN 4. PRASHAST a circular path.What is 'v' in this equation?
Answer- 4 ac = v2/R
1. Distance 2.Speed Q.22) - Which Kushana ruler was famous in
3. Surface area 4. Intensity history as a great patron of Buddhism and
Answer- 2 organised the fourth Buddhist Council?
1. Kanishka 2.Vasudeva I
Q.18) - According to traditional Indian 3. Vima Kadphises 4. Huvishka
Seasons, which of the following seasons
Answer- 1
occurs in the months of November-
December?
Q.23)- Which of the following is found in plant
1. Sharada 2.Shishira
cells only?
3. Hemanta 4. Vasanta
Answer- 3 1. Mitochondria 2.Nucleolus
3. Cell wall 4. Cell membrane
Answer- 3
Q.19) - The term of trade refers to
1. the terms and conditions on which a
Q.24)- In 2022, the Government of India
country is offered loan
urged people to hoist or display the Tricolour
2. the excess of import expenditures over in their homes from August _____to 15th to
export earnings celebrateIndependence Day.
3. the trade agreements 1. 10th 2.11th
3. 13th 4. 12th
4. the ratio betweenexport prices and import
Answer- 3
prices
Answer- 4
Q.25) - The Social Justice and Empowerment
Q.20)- Which of the following pairs of Ministry of India, which caters to the welfare
countries are going to host 2022 FIVA of the backward classes and those with
Volleyball Women's World Championship? disabilities, saw increase in the allocation in
the Union
1. Poland and Netherlands
Budget 2022-23.
2. Belarus and Slovenia
1. 12% 2.5%
3. Lithuania and Poland
3. 10% 4. 15%
4. Poland and Slovenia Answer- 1
Answer- 1

Q.21) - Akham Lakshmi Devi, a recipient of 26 JULY SHIFT- 1

the Sangeet Natak Akademi award, is
renowned for which of the following dances?
(9:00AM-10:00AM)
1. Manipuri 2.Sattriya
3. Odissi 4. Kathak Q.1) - In January 2023, Union Minister of
Answer- 1 Education and Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan along
with Minister for Railways, Communications,
Electronics & Information Technology, 3. 1858 4. 1813
Ashwini Vaishnaw successfully tested Answer- 2
'BharOS', a made-in-India mobile operating
system developed by _____.
Q.6) - In the early nineteenth century, who
1. IT Kharagpur 2.IIT Mumbai demonstrated that there are fourteen space
3. IT Madras 4. IIT Kanpur lattices, or regularly repeating arrangements
Answer- 3 of points in space, that differ in symmetry and
geometry?
Q.2) - Which of the following is the largest 1. Auguste Bravais 2.Jerome Karle
lake in India? 3. William Bragg 4. Charles Frank
Answer- 1
1. Indira Sagar Lake
2. Vembanad Lake
Q.7) - In 2021,which financial institution
3. Shivaji Sagar Lake entered into a collaboration with Google India
Pvt Ltd
4. Chilika Lake
(GIPL) for piloting a social impact lending
Answer- 2
programme with financial assistance up to 21
crore at subsidised interest rates?
Q.3)- The first Paralympic games were held
1. IIFCL 2.IFCI
in:
3. NABARD 4. SIDBI
1. Tokyo 2.Beijing Answer- 4
3. Rome 4. Sydney
Answer- 4
Q.8) - What was the prime target of the first
five-year plan of India?
Q.4)- Which of the following statements is
1. Development of agriculture
FALSE?
2. Development of infrastructure
1. Histidine is an essential alpha amino acid
and works towards growth and tissue repair. 3. Development of industries
2. Histidine plays an important role in growth, 4. Development of ports
repair of damaged tissues and making of
Answer- 1
blood cells.
3. Lysine plays an important role in normal
Q.9) - Who among the following was the
growth and muscle turnover.
founder of the Bahmani Sultanate, who took
4. Valine is a non-essential amino acid, and it the title of Bahman Shah after his accession
is synthesised in the human body. to the throne?
Answer- 4 1. Daud Shah
2. Ghiyasud din Tahmatan Shah
Q.5) - When was a comprehensive despatch
3. Muhammad Shah
on education called Wood's despatch on
education sent? 4. Alauddin Hasan
1. 1833 2.1854 Answer- 4
 3. Haldia Petrochemicals Limited
Q.10) - Kathak is found in three distinct 4. Gas Authority of India Limited
forms, called 'gharanas', named after the
Answer- 1
cities where the Kathak dance tradition
evolved. Name those three cities.
Q.14) -Match the columns (As per Census
1. Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Jaipur
2011).
2. Jaipur, Benaras, Lucknow
3. Banaras, Ayodhya, Lucknow
States Demographic
4. Prayagraj, Thiruvananthpuram, Surat characteristics
Answer- 2 1. Kerala a. Highest sex
ratio
Q.11) - In September 2021, the Pension Fund
2. Haryana b. Lowest sex
Regulatory and Development Authority
ratio
(PFRDA) increased the entry age for the
National Pension System (NPS) from 3. Goa c. Highest
______ to______ . percentage share
of urban
1. 65 years; 70 years population
2.62 years; 70 years
3. 62 years; 65 years
1.1-a, 2-c, 3-b
4.60 years; 65 years
2.1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Answer- 1
3.1-c, 2-b, 3-a
4. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
Q.12) - Which of the following can make
provisions for Ancillary powers of the Answer- 4
Supreme Court?
1. Parliament of India Q.15 - Part 3 of the Indian Constitution enlists
how many groups of Fundamental Rights?
2. Minister of Law & Justice
1. 5 2. 6
3. President of India
3. 7 4. 4
4. Law Commission of India Answer- 2
Answer- 1
Q.16) - Aner, Panzara and Waghur are the
tributaries of which river?
Q.13) - Which was the first petrochemical
company in India? 1. Tapi 2.Kaveri
3. Godavari 4. Mahanadi
1. Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
Answer- 1
2. National Organic Chemical Industry
Limited
Q.17) - Which of the following is NOT one of Classical Music
the scheduled public sector banks in India? Answer- 1
1. Bandhan Bank 2.UCO Bank
3. Canara Bank 4. Indian Overseas Q.22)- Indian Olympic Association (I0A)
Bank ______ was formed in the year
Answer- 1
1. 1926 2.1927
3. 1929 4. 1930
Q.18) - KarsondasMulji and Dadoba Answer- 2
Pandurang were associated with _______
which worked against
Q.23)- The main (chief) social unit of the
evils like caste system and encouraged Aryanswas ______.
widow remarriage.
1. Rajan 2.Parishad
1. Brahmo Samaj 2.Arya samaj 3. Gana 4. Jana
3. Ramkrishna 4. Answer- 4
Mission ParamahansaMandali
Answer- 4
Q.24) - In 1808, whose work provided a
physical picture of how compounds are
Q.19) - Padma Bhushan awardee, Alarmel formed by the combination of two or more
Velli, who is renowned for Bharatanatyam, is different types of atoms?
also an exponent of which of the following
1. John Dalton 2.Joseph J
dance forms?
Thomson
1. Kuchipudi 2.Kathakali 3. George Zweig 4. Niels Bohr
3. Kathak 4. Odissi Answer- 1
Answer- 4

Q.25)- Which edition of India International

Q.20)- In a particular trophi level, how is the TradeFair (ITF) took place in the year 2021?
standing crop measured?
1. 38th 2.40th
1. As biomass 3. 41st 4. 39th
2. As gross productivity Answer- 2

3. As pyramid of energy
4. As net productivity 26 JULY SHIFT – 2
Answer- 1
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
Q.1) - Who was the winner of ICC Men's T20
World Cup- 2021?
Q.21) - Aruna Sairam, T M Krishna and 1. India 2.Australia
Gayathri Girish are associated with which
3. West Indies 4. England
form of music?
Answer- 2
1. Carnatic Music 2.Jazz Music
3. Pop Music 4. Hindustani
Q.2) - Hindustani vocalist Pandit M Answer- 4
Venkatesh
Kumar was awarded which of the following Q.8) - In which method of cooking is food
awards in 2022? heated slowly over a source of heat and
cooked by high heat and air convection
1. Sangeeta 2.Tagore Puraskar
depending on the position of the food in
Kalanidhi
relation to the fire?
3. Sangeet Natak 4. Kalidas
Akademi Samman 1. Stewing 2.Braising
Answer- 4 3. Spit-roasting 4. Poaching
Answer- 3

Q.3)- In which of the following animal phyla,

is the body divided into head, thorax and Q.9)- Which of the following elements is
abdomen? highly effective for making a permanent
magnet?
1. Chordata 2.Arthropoda
3. Annelida 4. Mollusca 1. Aluminium 2.Copper
Answer- 2 3. Zinc 4. Steel
Answer- 4

Q.4)- Which of the four Vedas contains a

collection of magic spells and charms to fend Q.10)- Identify the option that arranges the
off evil spirits and diseases? following states' literacy rates in descending
order, according to Census 2011.
1. Atharva Veda 2.Rig Veda
3. Yajur Veda 4. Sama Veda A. Kerala
Answer- 1 B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Haryana
Q.5) - Bhortal dance is famous in
1. (A), (B), (C) 2.(C), (B), (A)
1. Punjab 2.Madhya Pradesh 3. (A), (C), (B) 4. (B), (A), (C)
Answer- 1
3. Odisha 4. Assam
Answer- 4
Q.11)- In which year did Antoine Lavoisier
publish'Methods of Chemical Nomenclature',
Q.6) - The National Highway Authority of which included the rules for naming chemical
India(NHAI) was operationalised in which compounds that are still in use today?
year?
1. 1780 2.1790
1. 2005 2.1995
3. 1787 4. 1783
3. 1993 4. 2000 Answer- 3
Answer- 2

Q.12) - Nor Westers are dreaded evening

Q.7)- Which state had the first female thunderstorms seen in_____.
Governor in independent India?
1. Punjab and Haryana
1. West Bengal 2.Rajasthan
3. Gujarat 4. Uttar Pradesh 2. Rajasthan and MadhyaPradesh
3. Telangana and Maharashtra 2. Kumkum Mohanty, Sonal Mansingh and
Kiran Sehgal
4. Bengal and Assam
3. Sitara Devi, Shaswati Sen and Urmila
Answer- 4
Nagar
4. Yamini Krishnamurthy, Shobha Naidu and
Q.13)- Who among the following was the Swapnasundari
head of the Diwan-i-Insha department under
the Delhi sultanate? Answer-3

1. Wakil-i-Dar
2. Amir-i-Dad Q.17) - Deepika Pallikal is associated with
3. Barid-i-Mumalik 1. chess 2.squash
3. billiards 4. cricket
4. Dabir-i-Khas
Answer- 2
Answer-4
Q.18) - Which Article of the Indian
Constitution deals with the Right against
Q.14) - Under Statutory liquidity ratio,
Exploitation?
commercial banks are required to keep a
fraction of_______ inform of liquid assets. 1. Article 21 2.Article 23
3. Article 20 4. Article 22
1. saving deposits
Answer- 2
2. current deposits
3. total demand and term deposits Q.19) - How many times in a year is the Bihu
4. term deposits festival celebrated in Assam?

Answer-3 1. 4 2. 2
3. 5 4. 3
Answer- 4
Q.15 - Who founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha
that was set up to explore spiritual truth? Q.20) - Which is the correct sequence of
1. Kesha Chandra Sen oceans according to size (from largest to
smallest)?
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1. Pacific Ocean > Indian Ocean > Atlantic
2. Dayanand Saraswati Ocean >Antarctic Ocean
4. Debendranath Tagore 2. Pacific Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > Indian
Answer-4 Ocean >Antarctic Ocean
3. Pacific Ocean > Indian Ocean > Antarctic
Ocean >Atlantic Ocean
Q.16- Which of the following groups of
classical dancers is related to Kathak? 4. Pacific Ocean > Antarctic Ocean > Indian
Ocean >Atlantic Ocean
1. Alarmel Valli, Malavika Sarukkai and
Sucheta Chaphekar Answer-2
Q.21)- On the occasion of National Youth Q.25) - At the 108th Indian Science Congress
Day on 12th January 2023, also known as concluded at RashtrasantTukdoji Maharaj
Vivekananda Jayanti, the Government of Nagpur University on 7 January 2023. Who
India gave awards to 82 of the bestof the among the following won the Dr CV Raman
country. Birth Centenary
1. engineers 2.agripreneurs Award?
3. doctors 4. teachers
1. Dr Ranjan Kumar Nandy
Answer- 2
2. Dr Kaushal PrasadMishra

Q.22)- Which of the following institutions was
set up in 1982 in order to streamline credit
facilities to farmers at a national level?
1. SIDBI 2.IFCI
3. NEDFI 4. NABARD
Answer- 4
Q.23) - In November 2022, which of the
following Union Ministries has launched a
month-long campaign titled, 'Nai Chetna-
Pahal Badlav Ki' - A Community-led National
Campaign against Gender-Based
Discrimination?
1. Ministry of Women and Child Development
3. Prof Subhash Chandra Parija
4. Prof SR Niranjana
Answer- 4
26 JULY SHIFT- 3
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.1)- In January 2023, the legislative bill
providing _______ reservation to women in
state governmentjobs has been approved by
Uttarakhand Governor, Lt Gen (Retd.) Gurmit
Singh.

2. Ministry of Social Justice and 1. 30% 2.35%

Empowerment 3. 25% 4. 20%
Answer- 1
3. Ministry of Rural Development
4. Ministry of Culture Q.2) - Magadha Mahajanapada was
Answer- 3 surrounded by the rivers
1. Ganga and Son
Q.24) - By which of the following acts was a 2. Ganga and Yamuna
bicameral legislature introduced in India at
the centre level? 3. Ganga and Jhelum

1. Government of India Act of 1935 4. Ganga and Ghaghara

2. Indian councils Act of 1861 Answer- 1

3. Regulating Act of 1773

Q.3) - Indian musician Ravi Shankar won his
4. Government of India Act of 1919 first Grammy Award in 1968 for best chamber
Answer- 4 music performance for which of the following
works done by him?
1. The Sounds of India
2. Full Circle – CarnegieHall compulsory education to all children from the
age of six to fourteen years?.
3. West Meets East
1. 62nd 2.42nd
4. The Concert for Bangladesh
3. 86th 4. 73rd
Answer- 3 Answer- 3

Q.10)- Guruvayur Ekadashi is the cultural

Q.4) - Identify an organism that exhibits
festival of which Indian state?
metagenesis.
1. Tamil Nadu 2.Karnataka
1. Spongilla 2.Euspongia
3. Andhra Pradesh 4. Kerala
3. Sycon 4. Obelia
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.5) - The outermost cover of plant cells is

O.11)- He was a Delhi Sultan who started
areknown as____.
thepractice of Sijada and Paibos in the court.
1. Cell wall 2.Golgi apparatus Who was he?
3. Cell membrane 4. Lysosomes
1. Iltutmish 2.Ibrahim Lodhi
Answer- 1
3. Firoz Shah 4. Ghiyasuddin
Tughlag Balban
Q.6) - Census in India was first started under Answer- 4
in the year 1872.
1. Lord Mayo 2.Lord Cornwallis Q.12)- Which of the following rivers does
3. Lord Canning 4. Lord Lawrence NOT flow in Kerala State?
Answer- 1
1. Penner 2.Bharathapuzha
3. Pamba 4. Periyar
Q.7) - Which Article of the Indian Constitution Answer- 1
empowers the Parliament to establish
additional courts for better administration of
laws made by it? Q.13)- Who wrote 'Gift to Monotheists' in
Persian to denounce the belief in many
1. Article 253 2.Article 247 Gods?
3. Article 248 4. Article 246
1. Swami Dayanand
Answer- 2
2. Swami Vivekanand

Q.8)- Butan-2-ol is a: 3. Swami Shraddhanand

1. secondary 2.ketone 4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
alcohol Answer- 4
3. tertiary alcohol 4. primary alcohol
Answer- 1
Q.14)- Which of the following countries won
the highest number of golds in Paralympic-
Q.9) - Under which Constitutional 2020?
Amendment, the State shall provide free and
1. Great Britain 2.China
3. The US 4. Australia 2. GST collected by the government
Answer- 2
3. Recovery of loans
4. Receipts from sale of shares of public
Q.15) - Who along with Arthur Compton sector companies
received the Nobel Prize in 1927 for the
development of the cloud chamber for the Answer- 2
detection of charged particles?
1. Charles Wilson 2.Ernest Lawrence Q.20) - Who among the following became the
first fast bowler to take up captaincy of the
3. Harold Urey 4. Frederick Soddy Australian men's Test side full-time in
November 2021?
Answer- 1
1. Pat Cummins 2.Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith 4. Tim Paine
Q.16) - Primarily under whosepersuasion
Answer- 1
didMahatma Gandhi visit Champaran to
understand the problems of peasants?
Q.21) - Where did IISCO (Indian Iron and
1. Raikumar Shukla
SteelCompany) set up its first factory?
2. Jaiprakash Narayan
1. Bhilai 2.Rookie
3. Vallabhbhai Patel 3. Hirapur 4. Jamshedpur
Answer- 3
4. Maulana Mazharul Haque
Answer- 1
Q.22)- The Western cyclonic disturbance
originatesover _____.
Q.17) - The number of flights in a 110 m
1. Arabian Sea
hurdle race is
2. Pacific Ocean
1. 11 2. 10
3. 9 4. 8 3. Bay of Bengal
Answer- 2
4. The Mediterranean
Answer- 4
Q.18) - Small scale units are differentiated
from large scale units on the basis of:
Q.23)- Celebrated every year, the Guru
1. the size of unit area
Kelucharan Mohapatra Award festival is
2. the amount ofinvestment named after the famous classical dancer of
which of the following dance forms?
3. the volume of output
1. Odissi 2.Kuchipudi
4. the volume of sales
3. Kathak 4. Mohiniyattam
Answer- 2 Answer- 1

Q.19) - Which of the following is an example Q.24) - Lai Haraoba is the earliest form of
of revenue receipt of the government? which of the following classical dances of
India?
1. Borrowings from public
1. Kathakali 2.Manipuri 3. Kuchipudi 4. Kathakali
3. Sattriya 4. Mohiniyattam Answer- 4
Answer- 2
Q.4) - By what name did Allauddin Khilji build
Q.25) - Which State Assembly passed a his capital?
resolution to create a Legislative Council in
1. Khijrabad 2.Dinpanah
2021?
3. Siri 4. Rajpithora
1. Maharashtra 2.Uttar Pradesh Answer- 3
3. West Bengal 4. Andhra Pradesh

Q.5) - The 'JoenpaLegso' is a welcome dance

Answer- 3
of _______.
1. Bhutan 2.Sri Lanka
3. Afghanistan 4. Bangladesh
26 JULY SHIFT- 4 Answer- 1

(5:15PM – 6:15PM) Q.6) - What is the duty of the Chief Minister,

Q.1) - Following an order of 16 July 2021, the
Supreme Court of India introduced an
electronic system named_______ , in
November 2021,
as mentioned under Article 167 of the Indian
Constitution?
1. Appointment of Advocate General of the
state in consultation with Attorney general.

through which its crucial decisions can be 2. Appointment of the Speaker of the
communicated electronically to prison Legislative Assembly.
authorities and investigating agencies. 3. Appointment and removal of Council of the
1. QUICKER 2.RAPID Ministers.
3. FASTER 4. INSTANT 4. Communication of all decisions of the
Answer- 3 Council of Ministers to the Governor.
Answer- 4
Q.2)- Identify the ODD one out.
1. Modern agricultural technology Q.7) - Select the correct statement from the
given options.
2. Seed-fertiliser-water technology
1. There is plenty of rain observed in central
3. Green revolution
India throughout the year.
4. White revolution
2. There is extreme cold in southern India
Answer- 4 during winter season.
3. There is very little temperature difference
Q.3) - Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai, the between day and night in the coastal areas of
Bharatanatyam legend, was also recognised Kerala.
for which of the following dance forms?
4. There is very little temperature difference
1. Kathak 2.Odissi between day and night in Rajasthan.
Answer- 3
 Q.14) - Which state ranked first among the 18
large and mid-sized states (with population of
Q.8)- Which sportsperson was named by
over one crore each) in justice delivery in
homegrown pharma major Lupin Ltd as a
India as per the second edition of the India
brand ambassador for its Shakti campaign in
Justice Report?
2022?
1. Tamil Nadu 2.West Bengal
1. Rahul Dravid 2.Mary Kom
3. Karnataka 4. Maharashtra
3. PV Sindhu 4. Mithali Raj
Answer- 4
Answer- 2

Q.15) - In 1942, the British government sent

Q.9)- The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
the______ mission to India.
2022 was hosted by _
1. Cabinet 2.Linlithgow
1. Indonesia 2.Bangladesh
3. Lansdowne 4. Cripps
3. Qatar 4. India
Answer- 4
Answer- 4

Q.16) - The policy of dual system of

Q.10) - Narali Poornima marks the end of
government of Bengal was the brainchild of
monsoon season in which Indian state?
which Governor-General?
1. Bihar 2.Maharashtra
1. Lord Lytton 2.Lord Dalhousie
3. Tamil Nadu 4. West Bengal
3. Lord Hastings 4. Lord Clive
Answer- 2
Answer- 4

Q.11)- In which period is the first inscriptional

Q.17)- Who among the following Indian
example of the practice of Sati found?
music. directors, specially known as a leading
1. Maukhari 2.Gupta drummer of India, was awarded the Padma
3. Satavahana 4. Vardhana Shri in 2019?
Answer- 2 1. Nucleya 2.Sivamani
3. Bappi Lahiri 4. Naushad
Q.12) - Which Article of the Indian Answer- 2
Constitution prohibits religious instructions in
any state-funded educational institution?
Q.18) - In which state is the Gorumara
1. Article 30 2.Article 29 NationalPark located?
3. Article 27 4. Article 28
Answer- 4 1. Assam 2.West Bengal
3. Bihar 4. Uttarakhand
Answer- 2
Q.13) - Which physical unit is defined as the
intensity of the field which produces one
newton(N) of force per ampere (A) per metre Q.19) - Which water-soluble pigment
of conductor? belonging to a phenolic group is present in
pomegranate, eggplant, black carrots and red
1. Coulomb 2.Pascal cabbage?
3. Tesla 4. Candela
Answer- 3 1. Phycobilins 2.Betalains
3. Phycoerythrin 4. Anthocyanins Q.24)- Choose the correct set of the names
Answer- 4 for theorganic compounds in the given figure.

Q.20)-Match the columns.

Column-A Column-B
(Disorder) (Enzyme)
1. a: Furan, b: Thiophene, c: Aniline
i. Gaucher a. Phenylalanine 2. a: Furan, b: Pyridine, c: Thiophene
disease hydroxylase
ii. Hunter b. Hexosaminidase 3. a: Furan, b: Toluene, c: Pyridine
syndrome A 4. a: Anisole, b: Thiophene, c: Pyridine
iii. Tay-Sachs c. Iduronate-2-
Answer- 2
disease sulfatase
iv. d.
Phenylketonuria Glucocerebrosidase Q.25)- Which of the followings is NOT an
1. i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a example of factor payment?

2. i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d 1. Interest 2.Rent

3. Wages 4. Pension
3. i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c Answer- 4
4. i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d
Answer- 1
27 JULY SHIFT- 1
Q.21)- Dhalo is a folk dance of which Indian
state? (9:00AM-10:00AM)
Q.1)- In T20 cricket matches, a bowler can
1. Goa 2.Uttar Pradesh
bowl a maximum of
3. Tamil Nadu 4. Madhya
Pradesh 1. 4 overs 2.6 overs
Answer- 1 3. 7 overs 4. 5 overs
Answer-1
Q.22)- Which is the largest container port in
India?
Q.2) - Identify an endoparasite found in
1. Kolkata Port 2.Hazira Port animals.
3. Kandla Port 4. Jawaharlal
1. Flatworms 2.Ctenoplana
Nehru Port
3. Pleurobrachia 4. Adamsia
Answer- 4
Answer- 1

Q.23)- In which of the following years did the

Indian Premier League begin? Q.3) - The Lomas Rishi cave which is a
manmade cave is located in which state of
1. 2007 2.2008 India?
3. 2009 4. 2010
Answer- 2 1. Karnataka 2.Maharashtra
3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Bihar Q.8) - The characteristic garlicky odour of
garlic is due to____.
Answer- 4 1. copper 2.iodine
3. chlorine 4. sulphur
Q.4) - The first day of the Tamil calendar on Answer- 4
14 Aprilis celebrated as_____.
1. Pongal 2.Puthandu Q.9) - Which of the following organisations
3. Onam 4. Mahamaham was established in 1885?
Answer- 2
1. Communist Party of India

Q.5)- Who among the following IPS officers in 2. Indian National Congress
2023 is one of the first women officers to 3. East India Organization
become the Director General of police in
Punjab? 4. Muslim League

1. Aparajita Rai Answer-2

2. Ruveda Salam
3. Meera Chadha Borwankar Q.10) - Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and
Padma Vibushan awardee, Guru Kelucharan
4. Shashi Prabha Dwivedi Mohapatra, was instrumental in reviving
Answer- 4 which of the following classical dances?
1. Manipuri 2.Kuchipudi
Q.6)- The Gulf of Khambhat, the Gulf of 3. Odissi 4. Bharatanatyam
Kutch and Sundarbans region provide ideal Answer- 3
conditions for utilising
energy in India. Q.11)- Who among the following wrote
'Anand Math' from where India's National
1. thermal 2.solar song 'VandeMataram' has been taken?
3. wind 4. tidal
Answer- 4 1. Mohammad Iqbal
2. Abanindranath Tagore
Q.7) - According to the Census of India 2011, 3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
which state of India has the highest Hindu
population percentage of the total population? 4. Rabindranath Tagore

1. Himachal Pradesh Answer- 3

2. Madhya Pradesh
Q.12)- Commercialisation of agriculture is an
3. Chhattisgarh indication of
4. Odisha 1. producers' surplus
Answer- 1 2. income surplus
3. marketable surplus
4. consumer surplus
Answer- 3 Q.17) - Ricky Kej won his third Grammy
award in 2023 for which of the following
albums?
Q.13)- Which institution launched the Self-
Help Group - Bank Linkage Programme in 1. Mann Mein Aman
1992-93?
2. Divine Tides
1. NABARD 2.IDBI
3. Ballad of Maya
3. SBI 4. SIDBI
Answer- 1 4. Winds of Samsara
Answer- 2

Q.14) - Who among the following revolted Q.18) - Name the longest highway single-
against Balban, Sultan of Delhi, and declared tube tunnel that reduces the travel time and
himself as an independent ruler of Bengal in overall distance between Manali and
1279? Keylong.

1. Tughril Beg 2.Nasir-ud-din 1. Jawahar Tunnel

Mahmud 2. Atal Tunnel
3. Muhammad Khan 4. Bughra Khan
3. Karbude Tunnel
Answer- 1
4. Natuwadi Tunnel
Answer- 2
Q.15) - Which actinide, discovered by Glenn
T Seaborg in 1940, is used as a heat source
for sensitive electrical components in Q.19) - In September 2022, who among the
satellites as well as a power source for following was appointed as Chief of Defence
satellites? Staff (CDS) of India?
1. Americium 2.Nobelium 1. General Dalbir Singh Suhag
3. Curium 4. Plutonium
Answer- 4 2. Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired)
3. General Manoj Pande
Q.16) - A natural process of mechanical 4. General Manoj Mukund Naravane
disintegration and or chemical decomposition
Answer- 2
of the rocks of the crust of the Earth by
certain physical and chemical agencies of the
atmosphere is known as: Q.20)- Which of the following is mentioned in
1. mew rock formation the Preamble of the Constitution of India?

2. weathering 1. Equality of status and employment

3. solidification of rocks 2. Fraternity assuring human dignity

4. watering of rocks 3. Justice, social, economic and

administrative
Answer- 2
4. Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith
and worship
Answer- 4

Q.21) - Who among the following served the 27 JULY SHIFT – 2

shortest tenure as the Prime Minister of
India?
(11:45PM – 12:45PM)
1. HD Deva 2.IK Gujral
Gowda Q.1) - Ethanoic acid is a synonym for which
3. VP Singh 4. Chandra acidic liquid is used in kitchens around the
Shekhar world as a basic seasoning in the preparation
Answer- 4 and cooking of certain foods?
1. Vanillin 2.Vinegar
Q.22)- The compound in which a hydroxy
3. Caustic Soda 4. Apple Juice
group, - OH, is attached to a saturated
Answer- 2
carbon atom which has two other carbon
atoms attached to it is called:
1. tertiary alcohol 2.aldehyde Q.2) - Harrod Domar growth model is known
for highlighting the role of savings and
3. secondary 4. primary alcohol
investments.
alcohol
Answer- 3 Which Five-Year Plan in India was based on
this model?
Q.23) - In which year India won gold in men's 1. First 2.Fourth
hockey in the Olympic games? 3. Second 4. Third
Answer- 1
1. 1984 2.1980
3. 1992 4. 1988
Answer- 2 Q.3) - 'Padhe Bharat reading campaign,
launched by the Department of School
Education and Literacy to support and
Q.24)- In February 2022, West Bengal
encourage children to read for a joyful
government launched an open-air classroom learning experience started on January 1,
programme for students from Class 1 to 7, by 2022, for a period ofdays.
the name
1. 200 2.50
1. SHREYAS 2.Shiksha Abhiyan
3. 150 4. 100
3. Samagra 4. Paray
Answer- 4
Shiksha Shikshalaya
Answer- 4
Q.4) - Which committee recommended the
formation of a new category of NBFCie., Non-
Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance
Q.25- The Jagannath Temple in Puri depicts Institution?
whichIndian classical dance form? 1. Shah Committee
1. Bharatanatyam 2.Kuchipudi 2. Hussain Committee
3. Odissi 4. Kathak
Answer- 3 3. Kamath Committee
4. Malegam Committee
Answer- 4 Q.10) - Till which year did the High Court of
Delhi continue to exercise jurisdiction over
Himachal
Q.5) - Fundamental duties are
Pradesh?
and notenforceable by law but are taken into
account by the courts while adjudicating any 1. 1967 2.1968
matter. 3. 1971 4. 1969
Answer- 3
1. regulatory 2.non-statutory
3. statutory 4. common
Answer- 3 Q.11) - Who among the following devised a
policy that came to be known as the Doctrine
of Lapse?
Q.6)- Which ecologist is famous for studying
plant life in the Indiana Dunes in 1896? 1. The Lord Ellenborough
1. Henry Chandler Cowles 3. Lord William Bentinck
2. Robert MacArthur 2. Lord Dalhousie

3. Aldo Leopold 4. Lord Canning

4. G Evelyn Hutchinson Answer- 2
Answer- 1
Q.12)- The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be
hosted by
Q.7) - 'Mati-Akhora' is associated with which
of the following classical dances of India? 1. Canada, USA and Brazil
1. Odissi 2.Sattriya 2. USA, Brazil and Chili
3. Kathak 4. Kathakali 3. Argentina, Brazil and USA
Answer- 2
4. Canada, USA and Mexico

Q.8)- Iron age is so named because during Answer- 4

this time iron mostly replaced
2 in implements andweapons, beginning in Q.13)- Which country celebrates one of the
the Middle East and Southeastern Europe. famous festivals known as Paro Tschechu?

1. wood 2.brass 1. Thailand 2.Bhutan

3. stone 4. bronze 3. Japan 4. Burma
Answer- 4 Answer- 2

Q.9)- The word 'direct free kick' is related to Q.14) - The layer of earth that separates the
which of the following sports? crust from the core is:

1. Basketball 2.Football 1. Stratosphere 2.country

3. Volleyball 4. Baseball 3. Mantle 4. magma layer
Answer- 2 Answer- 3
 Q.19) - Who among the following became the
first Indian to be invited to perform at the
Q.15) - The Rajgir Zoo is located in which of
prestigious Lincoln Centre Hall in the United
the following states?
States of America?
1. Gujarat 2.Tamil Nadu
1. Ravi Shankar 2.M.S.Subbalakshmi
3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Bihar
3. Bismillah Khan 4. Zakir Hussain
Answer- 4 Answer- 3

Q.16) - When did Dmitri Mendeleev invent the Q.20- In which of the following cities is the
periodic table, ordering the symbols of the Quwwat al-Islam mosque situated?
chemical elements according to their atomic 1. Lahore 2.Ajmer
weights? 3. Panipat 4. Delhi
1. 1779 2.1890 Answer- 4
3. 1869 4. 1794
Answer- 3 Q.21) - Sonal Mansingh, Padma Bhushan
and Padma Vibhushan awardee, is an
Q.17) - In December 2021, the accomplished dancer of which of the
following dances in addition to the
approved a$500 million loan to the Bharatanatyam?
Government of India to help improve the
quality of the country's school education and 1. Kathakali 2.Kathak
mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic 3. Odissi 4. Sattriya
on the students' learning. Answer- 3

1. National Development Bank

2. European Central Bank
3. Asian Development Bank
4. Central Bank of Bahrain
Answer- 3
Q.18) - Chittaranjan Das along with
set upthe Swaraj Party in 1923 to contest the
elections.
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q.22)- Which of the following schemes is
available to people in the age group of 18 to
50 years and provides risk coverage of 22
lakh in case of death of the insured, due to
any reason, at an annual premium of 2436?
1. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
(PMJJY)
2. Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
(PMVVY)
3. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
(PMSBY)

2. Vallabhbhai Patel 4. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan- Dhan

Yojana (PM-SYM)
3. Motilal Nehru
Answer- 1
4. Rajendra Prasad
Answer- 3 Q.23)- Identify the sealed glass vacuum tube
containing an electron beam that is focused
on a phosphor-coated glass screen when 1. Basavanna
light is emitted.
2. Eknath
1. Cathode ray tube
3. TallapakaAnnamacharya
2. Light Emitting Diode tube
4. KaraikkalAmmaiyar
3. Liquid Crystal Display tube
Answer- 1
4. Flat array tube
Answer- 1 Q.3)- Which of the following pair of compound
- melting point is correct?
Q.24)- 'Swachh Bharat Mission' is associated 1. Acetic acid - 290K
with which public figure?
II. Ethanol - 156K
1. Lal Bahadur Shastri
1. Only I 2.Both I and II
2. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. Neither I nor II 4. Only II
Answer- 2
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Vallabhbhai Patel
Q.4)- Who was the founder of Benaras
Answer- 3 Gharana of Kathak?
1. Raja Chakradhar Singh
Q.25) - Which is the oldest aluminium refinery
3. Shambhu Maharaj
plant in India?
2. Ishwari Prasad
1. The Mettur Plant
4. Janaki Prasad
2. The Belgaum Plant
Answer- 4
3. The Muri Alumina Plant
4. The Damanjodi Plant
Q.5) - The Shevaroy Hills are located in
Answer- 3
which state of India?
1. Tamil Nadu 2.Rajasthan
27 JULY SHIFT- 3 3. Odisha 4. Chhattisgarh
Answer- 1
(2:30 PM – 3:30PM)
Q.1) - Where is the National Dope Q6) - What happens to the guard cells when
TestingLaboratory located? water flows into them?
1. Mumbai 2.Punjab 1. Stomatal pores close.
3. Bangalore 4. New Delhi
2. Stomatal pores open.
Answer- 4
3. Stomatal pores shrink.

Q.2) - Name the Bhakti Saint from South 4. The guard cells close.
India who was initially a Jaina and a minister Answer- 2
in the court of a Chalukya king in the twelfth
century.
Q.7) - The Mauryan pillar capital found (FM launched in the context of National
at_______ispopularly known as the Lion Forest Policy?
Capital.
1. 1947 2.1965
1. Sarnath 2.Bhabru 3. 1988 4. 1996
3. Bairat 4. Sanchi Answer- 3
Answer- 1

Q.13) - Pandit Ram Narayan was associated

Q.8)- The President of which country with which of the following instruments?
attended the first Republic Day celebrations
1. Sarangi 2.Bansuri
of India as its chief guest?
3. Tabla 4. Ghatam
1. Japan 2.China Answer- 1
3. Bhutan 4. Indonesia
Answer- 4
Q.14) - In January 2022, the Supreme Court
conferred daughters with equal right to the
Q.9- In which year did Narendra Modi father's property even prior to codification of
propose to celebrate a day for yoga as Hindu Personal Laws and enactment of the
'International Day of Yoga' while speaking at Hindu Succession Act in_____.
the United Nations General Assembly?
1. 1947 2.1959
1. 2014 2.2015 3. 1952 4. 1956
3. 2016 4. 2013 Answer- 4
Answer- 1

Q.15) - Which Session of Congress and

Q.10) - The "Nalacharitam" play is associated MuslimLeague reached an understanding of
with which Indian dance form? creating a joint front against the British
regime?
1. Odissi 2.Kathakali
3. Kathak 4. Sattriya 1. Bombay 2.Lucknow
Answer- 2 3. Allahabad 4. Delhi
Answer- 2

Q.11) - Who coined the term 'zeroth law of

thermodynamics' in 1931, which asserts that Q.16) - What would happen if the difference
two bodies in equilibrium with a third are in in pressure in Tahiti was negative?
equilibrium with each other?
1. Below average and late monsoon
1. Ralph H Fowler
2. Above average late monsoon
2. Max Planck
3. Drought
3. James Clerk Maxwell
4. Above average and early monsoon
4. Josiah Willard Gibbs
Answer-1
Answer- 1

Q.17) - Which amendment of Indian

Q.12) - In which year was an approach and
Constitution removed the right to property
program named Joint Forest Management
from the list of fundamental rights?
1. 43rd 2.41st Q.22) - The question consists of two
3. 42th 4. 44th statements, namely, Assertion (A) and
Answer- 4 Reason (R). Use them to choose the correct
alternative.

Q.18) - Who was associated with the Assertion (A): During the British rule, India's
foundation of the Fergusson College? exports exceeded the imports leading to
surplus of balance of trade.
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Reason (R): The surplus of balance of trade
2. Lajpat Rai was used for growth and development of
3. Dadabhai Naoroji India.

4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 1. A is true and R is false

Answer- 1 2. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct

explanation of A

Q.19) - How many engines drive 'PM Gati 3. Both A and R are true, but R is not the
Shakti', a project launched by the central correct explanation of A
government with an aim to revolutionise 4. A is false but R is true
infrastructure in India?
Answer- 1
1. Two 2.Nine
3. Seven 4. Four
Answer- 3 Q.23) - In India Who among the following has
the power to pardon, reprieve or commute the
punishment of any criminal?
Q.20) - What is the name of the portal
1. Vice-President
launched by the Government in 2022 that
aims to ease the loan application and 2. Attorney General of India
disbursement process by the applicant?
3. Prime Minister
1. E- Shram 2.Swayatta
3. Yukti 4. Jan Samarth 4. President
Answer- 4 Answer- 4

Q.21) - Indian boxerswon gold medals Q.24- In India, what type of unemployment is
created due to lack of employable skills
at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing
among the educated youths in India?
Tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria in
February 2022. 1. Technological unemployment
1. Manju Rani (52 kg) and Nitu (48 kg) 2. Structural unemployment
2. Nikhat Zareen (52 kg) and Pooja Rani (48 3. Educated unemployment
kg)
4. Cyclical unemployment
3. Manju Rani (52 kg) and Pooja Rani (48 kg)
Answer- 3
4. Nikhat Zareen (52 kg) and Nitu (48 kg)
Answer- 4
Q.25)- Which of the following is NOT included
in capital receipts?
1. Recovery of loans
2. Borrowings
3. Taxes
4. Foreign aid
Answer- 3