Mock PU-5 2023

Section-1
Q 1. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is India's national regulatory body headquartered
in__________.

A) Pune B) Mumbai C) Hyderabad D) Delhi

Q 2. Which of the following articles has empowered the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir legislature to define the state’s
permanent residents and their special rights and privileges?

A) Article 370A B) Article 35A C) Article 36A D) Article 306A

Q 3. India, the world's fifth largest economy, can achieve energy independence through clean technology by____________.

A) 2030 B) 2035 C) 2047 D) 2050

Q 4. The Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for ____________________ in India.

A) Fixing the government expenditure for the financial year

B) Fixing the benchmark Interest rate
C) Fixing the fiscal deficit of the government for the financial year
D) Fixing the total borrowings by the government from the multilateral institutions in the world.

Q 5. The Viceroy of India at the time of Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre is

A) Lord Irwin B) Lord Mayo C) Lord Curzon D) Lord Dalhousie

Q 6. Which of the following countries joined the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate in February 2023?

A) China B) Russia C) Finland D) India

Q 7. Which of the following countries is Not associated with I2U2?

A) India B) Israel C) USA D) Ukraine

Q 8. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is headquartered in:

A) Manila B) Beijing C) New Delhi D) Moscow

Q 9. Asia’s largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope inaugurated in_________.

A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) Uttarakhand D) Sikkim

Q 10. Name the Indian women’s discus thrower who won the gold medal at the Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet in
Almaty, Kazakhstan.

A) Anita Roy B) Navjeet Dhillon C) Karamjyoti Dalal D) Anita Desai

Q 11. Which of the following states won the first prize under the Large States category under Swachh Survekshan Gramin
(SSG) 2022?

A) Haryana B) Gujarat C) Bihar D) Telangana

Q 12. The national motto of India, ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed below the Emblem of India is taken from ____________.

A) Mundaka Upanishad B) Katha Upanishad C) Chandogya Upanishad D) Aitareya Upanishad

Q 13. The foundation stone for establishment of a “Greenfield Data Centre' and 'Enterprise Computing & Cybersecurity
Training Institute' laid in__________.

A) Hyderabad B) Bhubaneswar C) Mumbai D) Kolkata

Q 14. Which of the following countries does not refer as a Horn of Africa?

A) Djibouti B) Ethiopia C) Somalia D) Kenya

Q 15. Which of the following countries is not included in Golden Crescent?

A) India B) Afghanistan C) Iran D) Pakistan

Q 16. India launched its first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (qHPV) against Cervical
cancer with the help of the _____________and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on 1st September 2022.

A) Cipla Pharma Ltd. B) Bharat Biotech C) Hetero Drugs Ltd. D)

Serum Institute of India (SII)

Q 17. The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she
uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". She is a/an __________.

A) French author B) Mexican author C) American author D) German author

Q 18. According to the latest figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India surpassed the _____________to
become the fifth-largest economy in the world in the last quarter of 2021.

A) The United Kingdom B) Japan C) Germany D) France

Q 19. Which of the following countries hosted a historic summit and signed a partnership agreement with more than a dozen
Pacific island nations including Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Tonga among others?

A) Russia B) India C) China D) USA

Q 20. The first player in history to win 80 matches in all four Grand Slams is_______.

A) Novak Djokovic B) Roger Federer C) Rafael Nadal D) Andy Murray

Q 21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the PM SHRI Yojana, what is the full form of PM SHRI Yojana?

A) B)
Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana Pradhan Mantri Schools For Reforming India (PM-SHRI)
Yojana
C) D)
Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rendering India (PM-SHRI) Pradhan Mantri Schlorship For Rising India (PM-SHRI)
Yojana Yojana

Q 22. The first woman President of Indian National Congress was

A) Indira Gandhi B) Sarojini Naidu C) Annie Besant D) Sonia Gandhi

Q 23. Recently, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has released the State of World Population report 2023, which
states that India will overtake _________to become the world's most populous country by the middle of 2023.

A) China B) USA C) Russia D) France

Q 24. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha; he was given the title of Raja by

A) Lord Curzon B) Akbar II C) Robert Clive D) Lord Hasting

Q 25. The 49th Parallel is the boundary line between which two countries?

A) USA and Canada B) USA and Mexico C) Peru and Chile D) France and Germany

Q 26. Which among the following is known as the summary of all monetary transactions between a country and rest of the
world?

A) Balance of payments B) Gross Domestic Product C) Gross National Product D) Current Account

Q 27.

A) a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-vi B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv C) a-vi, b-iv, c-ii, d-i D) a-vi, b-iii, c-iv, d-v

Q 28. Who among the following is the head of Delimitation Commission of Jammu and Kashmir?

A) Justice A.K Sikri B) C) Sushil Chandra D) K. K. Sharma

Justice Ranjana Prakash
Desai

Q 29. India’s first EV charging station powered by bio-gas was inaugurated in__________.

A) Hyderabad B) Chennai C) Kolkata D) Mumbai

Q 30. Which of the following space agencies has successfully placed two Singaporean satellites, TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4,
in orbit aboard the trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle?

A) NASA B) ISRO C) CERN D) CSA

Q 31. In October 2022, OneWeb confirmed the successful deployment of __________ satellites launched by NewSpace India
Limited (NSIL) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC- SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.

A) 26 B) 36 C) 46 D) 50

Q 32. National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) is being developed at Lothal which is located in____________.

A) Haryana B) Punjab C) Gujarat D) Rajasthan

Q 33. Which of the following countries is Not a member in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

A) Maldives B) Nepal C) Sri Lanka D) Mauritius

Q 34. Which is the most abundant element found on earth’s surface after oxygen?

A) Calcium B) Carbon C) Silicon D) Sodium

Q 35. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the people of India for achieving over __________ Billion exports in
75th year of India’s independence.

A) $750 Billion B) $1000 Billion C) $1500 Billion D) $2000 Billion

Q 36. The Korba coalfields are located in:

A) Odisha B) Chhattisgarh C) West Bengal D) Assam

Q 37. Which of the following articles of the Indian constitution deals with the Citizenship of India?

A) Articles 4-13 B) Articles 5-11 C) Articles 7-13 D) Articles 302-304

Q 38. Line of Actual Control is between which of the following two countries?

A) India and Pakistan B) India and China C) India and Nepal D) India and Bangladesh

Q 39. India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier built by Cochin Shipyard is_________.

A) INS Virat B) INS Vishesh C) INS Vinayak D) INS Vikrant

Q 40. Who among the following statues will be installed inside the iconic Wankhede stadium in India, where he played his last
game for India?

A) Rahul Dravid B) Kapil Dev C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Sunil Gavaskar

Q 41. ULTRASAT is an ___________scientific satellite that is planned to be launched to GEO orbit in the first quarter of 2026.

A) UAE B) India C) Israel D) USA

Q 42. The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2023 was held in__________.

A) Switzerland B) Spain C) Finland D) Norway

Q 43. The Government is considering a proposal to give buyers additional concessions on buying new vehicles after
scrapping of their old vehicles. Old vehicles will have to pass a fitness test before re-registration and as per the policy
government commercial vehicles more than 15 years old and private vehicles which are over ___________old will be
scrapped.

A) 10 years B) 12 years C) 20 years D) 25 years

Q 44. Carbon dating method is used to determine the age of

A) Rocks B) Fossils C) Trees D) Ancient monuments

Q 45. Who is current Director-General of the World Health Organization?

A) Anders Nordstrom B) Margaret Chan Fung C) D) Peter Salama

Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus

Q 46. Who is the current National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India?

A) Pankaj Saran B) Rajive Khanan C) Ajit Kumar Doval D) Shivashankar Menon

Q 47. Nagri Dubraj rice from ____________ has been granted a geographical indication (GI) tag by the Geographical
Indication Registry.

A) Telangana B) Kerala C) West Bengal D) Chhattisgarh

Q 48. Which of the following article of the Constitution of India speaks about the official languages of state?

A) Article 325 B) Article 345 C) Article 335 D) Article 336

Q 49. Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. It is located in:

A) Jammu and Kashmir B) Andhra Pradesh C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka

Q 50. The Project Kuiper is associated with which of the following?

A) Google B) Amazon C) SpaxeX D) ISRO

Q 51. Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant is located in:

A) Tamil Nadu B) Karnataka C) Uttar Pradesh D) Gujarat

Q 52. The longest tributary in India is

A) Yamuna B) Manas C) Son D) Kosi

Q 53. The law of contempt in India includes civil and criminal contempt, under which of the following acts is related to the
Contempt of Courts in India?

A) B) C) D)
Contempt of Courts Act 1951 Contempt of Courts Act 1961 Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Contempt of Courts Act 1981

Q 54. When plasma is allowed to clot, fibrinogen converts to fibrin, trapping the cellular elements of blood. The resulting
liquid, devoid of cells and fibrinogen, is called____________.

A) Albumin B) Globulin C) Serum D) Bile

Q 55. International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day had been chosen by the American Federation of Labor to
continue an earlier campaign for the eight-hour day in the United States, which had culminated in the Haymarket affair, which
occurred in:

A) New York B) Chicago C) Los Angels D) California

Q 56. The Wood's Dispatch is called Magna Carta of English Education in India. It was created in:

A) 1850 B) 1854 C) 1861 D) 1891

Q 57. The Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, and Scarborough Shoal are disputed Islands located in:

A) South China Sea B) Pacific Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Bay of Bengal

Q 58. In economics, the situation in which the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment
remains steadily high is referred as

A) Stagflation B) Recession C) Stagnation D) Dumping

Q 59. Which of the following countries has launched the Golden Licence to attract large-scale investment projects in April
2023?

A) India B) China C) Bahrain D) Qatar

Q 60. Operation Vijay was launched to liberate Portuguese territories of which of the following?

A) Goa B) Daman and Diu C) Hyderabad D) Both A and B

Q 61. Parliament has power to legislate with respect to a matter in the State list, provided it is in the
A) National Interest B) Interest of the concerned State
C) Interest of public D) Interest of Minority

Q 62. The State of J & K has been accorded Special Status under

A) Article 365 of the Constitution B) Article 370 of the Constitution

C) Article 375 of the Constitution D) Article 356 of the Constitution

Q 63. In a Valid Contract, What comes first?

A) Enforceability B) Acceptance C) Promise D) Proposal

Q 64. A contract with or by a Minor is a

A) Valid Contract B) Voidable Contract C) Illegal Contract D) Void Contract

Q 65. Proceedings in the Parliament and State Legislatures comes under

A) Absolute Privileges B) Qualified Privileges C) Both (A) & (B) D) None of the above

Q 66. In which of the following case, it was held that RBI will also come under RTI Act.

A) RBI v. JayantilalMistry B) RBI v. Sohan Kumar C) RBI v. Praksh Kumar D) None of the above

Q 67. A Woman can be the Manager of a Joint Family, was held in

A) ShreyaVidyarthi v. Ashok Vidyarthi B) Puja Vidyarthi V. AshwiniVidyarthi

C) Seem Vidyarthi v. PrakashVidyarthi D) None of the above

Q 68. Recently, The Supreme Court has held that "Minimum educational qualifications must be there for those who wants to
contest elections". This was held in

A) Rajbala v. State of Haryana B) SarojKumari v. State of Rajasthan

C) Nidhi v. State of Punjab D) None of the above

Q 69. Libel is a publication of a defamatory statement in a

A) Transient From B) Permanent Form

C) Both in Transient and Permanent form D) Either transient or permanent form

Q 70. Who Propounded the famous "Pigeon hole theory"?

A) Austin B) Bentham C) Salmond D) Winfield

Q 71. In which case the Supreme Court gave a ruling that the preamble was a part of the Constitution?

A) I C Golaknath Case B) In re Berubari Case C) D) None of the above

KeshavanandaBharti Case

Q 72. Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife is rape if wife is below

A) 14 years of age B) 12 years of age C) 15 years of age D) 16 years of age

Q 73. Abetment by way of aidinig includes

A) Active aiding B) Intentional aiding C) Passive aiding D) All of the above

Q 74. Bigamy is committed if the subsisting marriage is:

A) Valid B) Voidable C) Void D) Either (A) or (B)

Q 75. The president of India can declare emergency if there is

A) War or Threat of war B) Failure of constitutional Machinery

C) Financial Emergency D) All of the above

Q 76. The doctrine of estoppel is a

A) substantive law B) rule of equity C) rule of evidence D) law of pleadings

Q 77. Sarkaria commission is related to

A) Babri Masjid Demolition B) Review of the Constitution

C) Reviewing of Centre- State relationship D) To Investigate 1984 Anti Sikh riots

Q 78. The Judges of the Supreme Court take an oath conducted by

A) Chief Justice of India B) President

C) Vice President D) President or some person appointed by him

Q 79. Under Hindu law the ground for divorce is

A) Insanity B) Cruelty C) Adultry D) All of the above

Q 80. Playing time of full version of National Anthem is:

A) Approx. 90 Seconds B) Approx. 60 Seconds C) Approx. 52 Seconds D) Approx. 42 Seconds

Q 81. Select the correct synonym of the word 'discern'.

A) Overlook B) Perceive C) Contempt D) Admire

Q 82. Select the correct synonym of the word 'indigenous'.

A) Genius B) Genuine C) Alien D) Domestic

Q 83. Select the correct antonym of the word 'extrovert'.

A) Nictitate B) Squint C) Modest D) Transmogrify

Q 84. 'Narcissistic' means

A) Admiration of oneself B) Helping others C) Believe in God D) Believe in oneself

Q 85. The boss 'called for' an explanation at the sudden resignation of the secretary.

A) Filtered B) Searched C) Omitted D) Demanded

Q 86. His condition makes it obvious that he is 'struck down' with dengue.

A) Recovered from B) Shocked from C) Attacked by D) Pained with

Q 87. Give one word for a person who prides in being talented and genius.

A) Prodigal B) Hubristic C) Alien D) Domestic

Q 88. Give one word for the outskirts of a town or a city.

A) Ploy B) Vicinity C) Adjacent D) Periphery

Q 89. Give an appropriate term for something that is shaped into a series of ridges..

A) Impish B) Elvish C) Corrugate D) Smooth

Q 90. Since his arrival in Newarh, he is paying less attention to his studies _____ he used to.

A) than B) that C) which D) then

Q 91. After the final announcement, the rioters _____.

A) fell in B) fell for C) fell back D) fell to

Q 92. Complete the following sequence.

23, 25, 28, 33, 40, 51, ?

A) 62 B) 63 C) 64 D) 65

Q 93. Complete the following sequence.

ABC, FYE, KVG, PSI, ?

A) UPK B) UQK C) UPL D) VPL

Q 94. In a certain code language, ROCK = 47 and LATE = 38. Find the code for FOOL.

A) 48 B) 52 C) 26 D) 32

Q 95. Pointing to a lady, Palak said, “She is the daughter of the only sister of my father”. How is the lady related to Palak?

A) Mother B) Aunt C) Sister D) Cousin sister

Q 96. Find the odd one among the following.

A) Volkswagen B) BMW C) Audi D) Jaguar

Q 97. Find the odd one among the following.

A) Duck B) Gully C) LBW D) Kite

Q 98. Pointing to a boy, Lalit said, “He is the grandson of my mother’s husband”. If Lalit has no brother and sister, then how is
the boy related to Lalit ?

A) Uncle B) Son C) Nephew D) Cousin

Q 99. In a certain code language, CUSTOMER is coded as RCEUMSOT. How will DOMESTIC be coded in the same
language?

A) CDIOMTES B) CDIOTMSE C) CTSIMODE D) CSITEMOD

Q 100. Pointing to a man, Miss Pinki said, “He is the son of the mother of my father’s daughter.” How is man related to Pinki?

A) Uncle B) Brother C) Father D) Nephew