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GENERAL AWARENESS 1100 MCQ’S QUESTIONS
1. ATM is the abbreviated form of:
(a) Automatic Teller Machine
(b) Automated Teller Machine
(c) All Time Money
(d) Automatic Tally Machine
2. The Chairman of NITI Ayog is………
(a) Industry Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Finance Minister
(d) Commerce Minister
3. The film ‘Phoolan Devi’ was directed by:
(a) Raj Kapoor
(b) Shashi Kapoor
(c) Shekhar Kapoor
(d) Anik Kapoor
4. Which of the following is not a scheme/programme started
by the NDA Government?
(a) Mission Indradhanush
(b) Jan Dhan Yojana
(c) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
(d) MNREGA
5. We are able to walk on earth without slipping because of:
(a) Gravitational force
(b) Frictional force
(c) Viscous force
(d) Centrifugal force
6. Majority of the fungal bionts of lichens belong to:
(a) Baridiomycetes
(b) Ascomycetes
(c) Gomycetes
(d) Deuteromycetes
7. Which of the following has open vascular system?
(a) Cockroach
(b) Human
(c) Rat
(d) Birds
8. The warm and cold ocean currents are caused by:
(a) Prevailing winds
(b) Earth’s rotation
(c) Variations in density of sea water
(d) All of these
9. Who was known as the Second founder of the Maratha
Empire?
(a) Balaji Bishwanath
(b) Balaji Baji Rao
(c) Baji Rao I
(d) Madhav Rao
10. Purpose of an optical filter is to:
(a) reflect lights of different colours
(b) dispense light into component colours
(c) refract light to different colours
(d) transmit or absorb light of different colours
11. Which of the following is not a weighted code?
(a) Excess 3 – Code
(b) Binary Number System
(c) Decimal number System
(d) BCD Number System
12. ‘Residex’ is associated with:
(a) Share prices
(b) Price inflation
(c) Mutual fund prices
(d) Land prices
13. Ozone saves the biosphere by absorbing high energy
radiations called…….
(a) Infra-red (IR)
(b) Gamma rays
(c) Ultraviolet rays (UV)
(d) X-rays
14. Birju Maharaj is a well known exponent of:
(a) Manipuri dance
(b) Kathak
(c) Odissi
(d) Kathakali
15. In the absence of the earth’s atmosphere, sky would
appear……….
(a) blue
(b) deep red
(c) white
(d) black
16. Who was elected the Prime Minister of Nepal recently?
(a) Keshav Kumar Budhathoki
(b) Khadga Prasad Sharma Koli
(c) Sushil Koirala
(d) Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
17. Which lobe of human brain is associated with hearing?
(a) Frontal lobe
(b) Parietal lobe
(c) Temporal lobe
(d) Occipital lobe
18. Which of the following is not soluble in water?
(a) Lead sulphate
(b) Zinc sulphate
(c) Potassium sulphate
(d) Sodium sulphate
19. Activated charcoal is used to remove colouting matter from
pure substances by…………
(a) Bleaching
(b) Oxidation
(c) Adsorption
(d) Reduction
20. Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution by……….
(a) Oil spill
(b) Acid rain
(c) Carbon dioxide
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(d) Radioactive waste
21. Which of the following caused radioactive pollution along
the coast of Kerala?
(a) Plutonium
(b) Zinc
(c) Thorium
(d) Radium
22. In mammals, an important role of excretion is played by:
(a) Large intestine
(b) Kidneys
(c) Lungs
(d) Liver
23. Pellagra and Scurvy are caused by which pair of vitamin
deficiency respectively…………
(a) Vitamin C and Vitamin D
(b) Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin C and Vitamin A
(d) Vitamin A and Vitamin B-12
24. Who appoints the Finance Commission in India?
(a) Governor, R.B.I.
(b) CAG of India
(c) President of India
(d) Central Finance Minister
25. The term ‘Macro Economics’ was used by……
(a) J.M. Keynes
(b) Ranger Frisch
(c) Ranger Nurkse
(d) Prof. Knight
26. Who was the first chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
University at Aligarh?
(a) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(c) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(d) Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan
27. Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature?
(a) Nayakas
(b) Chandellas
(c) Pandyas
(d) Solankis
28. Where in India was the first French factory established?
(a) Surat
(b) Pondicherry
(c) Chandannagore
(d) Masulipatnam
29. Which algorithm is used to decide the path to transfer the
packets from source to destination?
(a) Routing
(b) Pathing
(c) Selecting
(d) Directing
30. Which one of the following is an ohmic conductor?
(a) Germanium
(b) Silicon
(c) Carbon
(d) Silver
31. Which mechanism is used by the computer virus ‘worm’ to
duplicate itself?
(a) Swap
(b) Increment
(c) Spawn
(d) Swarm
32. The second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural
output to promote:
(a) Availability of easy credit to big farmers
(b) Co-operative farming
(c) Inclusive growth
(d) Development of rural sector
33. The Union Government of 22 May, 2016 appointed whom as
the new Lieutenant governor of the Union Territory (UT) of
Pondicherry?
(a) Kiran Bedi
(b) Kalyan Singh
(c) Ram Naik
(d) Mukul Sangma
34. The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base
increases in called:
(a) Proportional tax
(b) Progressive tax
(c) Regressive tax
(d) Degressive tax
35. Vikram Shila University was founded by :
(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(b) Kanishka
(c) Dharampala
(d) Pulakesin II
36. The tree species most commonly used in social forestry is :
(a) Peepal
(b) Gulmohar
(c) Eucalyptus
(d) Mango
37. The most productive ecosystem in the biosphere is :
(a) Desert
(b) Open Ocean
(c) Estuary
(d) Tundra
38. What type of force acts on a car moving around a curve?
(a) Centrifugal force
(b) Cohesive force
(c) Centripetal force
(d) Gravitational force
39. Which phenomenon is responsible for the echo of sound
wave?
(a) Reflection
(b) Refraction
(c) Interference
(d) Polarization
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40. In the following list of devices, which device is used in
datalink layer?
(a) Repeaters
(b) Routers
(c) Application gateway
(d) Bridge
41. Which of the metals has the maximum thermal conductivity?
(a) Iron
(b) Aluminium
(c) Silver
(d) Copper
42. Who is the author of Meghdoot?
(a) Shundraka
(b) Vishakhadatta
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Chanakya
43. One of the best solutions to get rid of non-biodegradable
waste is :
(a) Burning
(b) Dumping
(c) Burying
(d) Recycling
44. The Sharda Act is related to :
(a) Upliftment of scheduled tribes
(b) Upliftment of minorities
(c) Child Marriage
(d) Empowerment of women
45. In the battle of Panipat, Babar faced the armies of :
(a) Jaichand
(b) Hemu
(c) Daulat Khan
(d) Ibrahim Lodi
46. “Smart Money” term is used for :
(a) Credit Card
(b) Internet Banking
(c) e-Banking
(d) Cash with Public
47. The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on…….
(a) Producer
(b) Global economy
(c) Consumer
(d) Middle Man
48. The founding father of “Theory of bureaucracy” was:
(a) F. W. Taylor
(b) Max Weber
(c) Elton Mayo
(d) Herbert Simon
49. The United Nations Organisation came into existence in:
(a) 1947
(b) 1950
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
50. Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State?
(a) Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
(b) Miss Padmaja Naidu
(c) Mrs Tarkeswari Sinha
(d) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
51. Which of the following is an application protocol?
(a) HTTP
(b) TCP
(c) IP
(d) UDP
52. Which one of the following is not a scheme/project of the
present Government?
(a) AMRUT
(b) Swachh Bharat
(c) AYUSH
(d) Jan Dhan Yojana
53. Which of the following was India’s first interplanetary
mission?
(a) Chandrayaan Mission
(b) Mangalyaan Mission
(c) Aryabhatta Mission
(d) Philae Mission
54. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere?
(a) Winds
(b) Clouds
(c) Gravity
(d) Rotation of the Earth
55. Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because:
(a) they emit light of a constant intensity
(b) their distance from the earth does not change with time
(c) they are very far away from the earth resulting in
decrease in intensity of light
(d) they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a
greater amount of light and therefore minor
variations in intensity are not noticeable
56. Which of the following in not true about X-rays?
(a) have low penetrating power
(b) travel with the speed of light
(c) can be reflected or refracted
(d) can affect photographic plates
57. Sending a frame to a group stations is knows as :
(a) Single casting
(b) Spreading
(c) Multicasting
(d) Casting
58. Prince of Wales Cup is associated with ……… .
(a) Rugby
(b) Golf
(c) Polo
(d) Chess
59. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries
approximately at right angles is :
(a) Dendritic
(b) Trellis
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(c) Rectangular
(d) Radial
60. Who was the founder of the Indian Reform association in
1870?
(a) Debendranath Tagore
(b) Keshab Chandra Sen
(c) Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
61. Which Constitutional Amendment Act deals with the
disqualification of MPs and MLAs?
(a) 42nd Amendment Act
(b) 52nd Amendment Act
(c) 62nd Amendment Act
(d) 32nd Amendment Act
62. Which of the following increases the rate of heart beat?
(a) Peripheral nerves
(b) Sympathetic nerves
(c) Parasympathetic nerves
(d) Cranial nerves
63. The deficiency of Niacin-a vitamin of B complex group
causes the disease……. .
(a) Marasmus
(b) Pellagra
(c) Rickets
(d) Night-blindness
64. The core of the earth is also known as :
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Mesosphere
(c) Barysphere
(d) Centrosphere
65. Iron and manganese present as pollutants in water cannot be
removed by……… .
(a) oxidation followed be settling and filtration
(b) chlorination
(c) ion exchange process
(d) lime soda process or manganese zeolite process
66. A pair of contrasting characters controlling the same trait is
called:
(a) factors
(b) Loci
(c) Allele
(d) Lineage
67. The antiparticle of an electron is :
(a) Positron
(b) Proton
(c) Alpha particles
(d) Beta particles
68. The polar regions are sparsely populated because of :
(a) lack of minerals
(b) unsuitable climatic conditions
(c) infertile land
(d) mountainous topography
69. Algal bloom results from :
(a) Global warming
(b) Salination
(c) Eutrophication
(d) Biomagnification
70. Which of the following pairing is incorrect?
(a) Hygrometer –Water vapour content of the atmosphere
(b) Lactometer –Specific gravity of liquids
(c) Anemometer –Speed of the wind
(d) Seismograph –Earthquakes
71. Money transfer through mobile is called :
(a) IFSC
(b) ATM
(c) IMPS
(d) IFS
72. The founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save Child
Movement) is :
(a) Malala Yousafzai
(b) Sane Guruji
(c) Salman Khan
(d) Kailash Satyarthi
73. If an electron and photon have the same wavelength, then
they will have the same :
(a) Velocity
(b) Linear momentum
(c) Angular momentum
(d) Energy
74. Pandit Lachhu Maharaj, who passed away recently, was
associated with :
(a) Flute
(b) Table
(c) Kathak
(d) Bharatnatyam
75. A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is :
(a) Teak
(b) Shisam
(c) Sandalwood
(d) Sal
76. Kalarippayatt is the martial art of which State of?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Mizoram
(c) Nagaland
(d) Kerala
77. Leptospirosis is a disease caused by :
(a) Virus
(b) Fungus
(c) Protozoa
(d) None
78. The most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is :
(a) Zinc
(b) Copper
(c) Aluminium
(d) Iron
79. Hepatitis affects which organ of the human body?
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(a) Liver
(b) Pancreas
(c) Spleen
(d) Small intestine
80. Mohammed Shahid, who recently passed away, was
associated with which sport?
(a) Badminton
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Cricket
81. A ‘Market Economy’ is one which :
(a) is controlled by the Government
(b) is free from the government control
(c) in influenced by international market forces
(d) All of these
82. The novelist, poet and critic of which language has been
conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015?
(a) Bengali
(b) Telugu
(c) Odia
(d) Gujarati
83. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by :
(a) Lord Linlithgow
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Sir Pethic Lawrence
(d) Sir Mountford
84. Mount Abu is a hill station located in……… ranges.
(a) Vindhya
(b) Satpuda
(c) Aravalli
(d) Sahyadri
85. The only perennial river in Peninsular India is……….. .
(a) Godavari
(b) Kaveri
(c) Krishna
(d) Bhima
86. Which one of the following forms the base of vegetable
fibres?
(a) Cellulose
(b) Proteins
(c) Fats
(d) Oils
87. A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it reaches the
highest point, it has……… .
(a) a downward acceleration
(b) an upward acceleration
(c) a downward velocity
(d) a horizontal velocity
88. CPU Scheduler is also known as….. .
(a) Job Scheduler
(b) Resource Scheduler
(c) Short-term Scheduler
(d) Process Scheduler
89. In bio fortification technique plant breeders use breeding to
overcome:
a) Loss due to insect pests
b) Decrease in food production
c) Deficiencies of micronutrients and vitamins
d) Loss due to plant diseases
90. Which institution has the final authority to interpret the
constitution of India?
a) Parliament
b) Supreme court of India
c) President
d) Attorney general of India
91. Which institution is known as ‘Soft Loan Window’ of World
Bank?
(a) IDBI
(b) IDA
(c) IMF
(d) RBI
92. Which curve shows the inverse relationship between
unemployment and inflation rates?
(a) Supply curve
(b) Indifference curve
(c) IS curve
(d) Phillips curve
93. The longest sea beach in India is :
(a) Chapora beach
(b) Diu beach
(c) Aksa beach
(d) Marina beach
94. The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly has a
tenure of……..
(a) 6 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 7 years
95. Which one of the following Committees is described as the
‘twin sister’ of the Estimates Committee?
(a) Public Accounts Committee
(b) Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) Departmental Standing Committee
(d) Privilege Committee
96. Potato is a :
(a) Root
(b) Stem
(c) Bud
(d) Fruit
97. English education was introduced in India by :
(a) Curzon
(b) Macaulay
(c) Dalhousie
(d) Bentick
98. Short term contractions and expansions in economic activity
are called……….
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(a) Expansions
(b) Recession
(c) Deficits
(d) The business cycle
99. Which one of the following region is most rich in coal
deposits?
(a) Brahmaputra valley
(b) Damodar valley
(c) Mahanadi valley
(d) Godavari valley
100. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is
called :
(a) Orographic rainfall
(b) Cyclonic rainfall
(c) Frontal rainfall
(d) Convectional rainfall
101. Haematopoiesis is take place in :
(a) Lungs
(b) Pancreas
(c) Liver
(d) Bone marrow
102. ……..is a hormone that regulates the amount of glucose in
the blood.
(a) Glucogen
(b) Thyroxine
(c) Oxytocin
(d) Insulin
103. Wall Street collapse led to………
(a) World War II
(b) Recession
(c) U.S. attack on Iraq
(d) Great Depression
104. Gandhara Art is the combination of :
(a) Indo – Roman
(b) Indo – Greek
(c) Indo – Islamic
(d) Indo – China
105. If electric resistance is to be decreased, then the number of
resistances should be connected in :
(a) Series
(b) Parallel
(c) Mixed arrangement
(d) None of these
106. Related to computers, what is ‘Wetware’?
(a) Computer programs
(b) Circuitory
(c) Human brain
(d) Chemical storage devices
107. Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, scholar and writer
won the Jnanpith award in which language?
(a) Bengali
(b) Odia
(c) Assamese
(d) Hindi
108. Ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is absorbed by :
(a) So2
(b) Ozone
(c) Oxygen
(d) Argon
109. All isotopes of the same element have…….
(a) different atomic numbers and different atomic mass
(b) different atomic numbers and the same atomic mass
(c) the same atomic number but different atomic masses
(d) the same atomic number and the atomic mass
110. Nitric acid does not react with :
(a) Gold
(b) Copper
(c) Zinc
(d) Iron
111. Nanda devi peak is located in…… State.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Sikkim
112. Which one of the following industries is known as ‘Sunrise
Industry’?
(a) Iron and Steel
(b) Cotton Textile
(c) Information Technology
(d) Tea and coffee
113. The material used in electric heater is :
(a) Tungsten
(b) Nichrome
(c) Brass
(d) Steel
114. Kutir Jyoti Scheme is associated with :
(a) promoting cottage industry in villages
(b) promoting employment a,ong rural unemployed youth
(c) providing electricity to rural families living below
poverty line
(d) all of these
115. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the
Viceroyalty of :
(a) Canning
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Ripon
(d) Elgin
116. Which river in the Southern Peninsula has the second largest
river basin in India?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Cauvery
(d) Mahanadi
117. Which among the following has the maximum life span?
(a) Eagle
(b) Tortoise
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(c) Tiger
(d) Elephant
118. Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) K
(d) D
119. Biofortification is a :
(a) method of breeding crops to increase their nutritional
value
(b) strategy to combat unwanted nutrients in plants
(c) method of developing resistance to insect pests
(d) method of plant breeding for disease resistance
120. The force which makes a vehicle to stop when break is
applied is called :
(a) Gravitational force
(b) Vander-walls force
(c) Frictional force
(d) Co-valant force
121. Synthetic detergents are prepared from :
(a) potassium salts of higher fatty-acids
(b) sodium salts of higher fatty-acids
(c) hydrocarbons of petroleum
(d) glycerides
122. All doubts and disputes in connection with election of the
President are inquired into and decided by………
(a) the Election Commission
(b) the Supreme Court
(c) the Parliament
(d) the Prime Minister
123. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which
monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’?
(a) The Rang Mahal
(b) The Panch Mahal
(c) The Red Fort
(d) The Bahai temple
124. Sex-ratio in India is measured as :
(a) Number of males per thousand females
(b) Number of females per thousand males
(c) Number of males per hundred females
(d) Number of females per hundred males
125. Companion cells are unique to :
(a) Bryophytes
(b) Pteridophytes
(c) Angiosperms
(d) Gymnosperms
126. Which one of the following is an insulator?
(a) Copper
(b) Wood
(c) Mercury
(d) Aluminium
127. Bubbles of air rise up through liquids due to :
(a) Surface tension and adherence
(b) Viscosity and buoyancy
(c) Air current over the liquid and buoyancy
(d) Up thrust and surface tension
128. Zeolite is :
(a) Hydrated ferric oxide
(b) Hydrated sodium aluminium silicate
(c) Sodium hexameta phosphate
(d) Sodium tetra borate
129. The boiling point of liquids vary as :
(a) pressure varies
(b) temperature varies
(c) volume varies
(d) density varies
130. The largest source of pollution in the world is :
(a) Herbicides and insecticides
(b) Automobile exhausts
(c) Sewage and garbage
(d) Industrial effluents
131. The country which tops in the production of cocoa is :
(a) Ghana
(b) Brazil
(c) Ivory Coast
(d) Nigeria
132. Increased RBC’s in the blood leads to a condition called :
(a) Anemia
(b) Haemophilia
(c) Polycythemia
(d) Leukaemia
133. The spring balance works on the principle of……..
(a) Boyle’s Law
(b) Hooke’s Law
(c) Bernoulli’s principle
(d) Pascal’s Law
134. If there were no gravity, which of the following will not be
there for a fluid?
(a) Viscosity
(b) Surface Tension
(c) Pressure
(d) Upward Thrust
135. Calcium salts used as fertilizer is :
(a) Calcium Carbide
(b) Calcium Carbonate
(c) Calcium Cyanide
(d) Calcium Sulphate
136. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for…….
(a) Government service
(b) Literary work
(c) International understanding
(d) Social work
137. Which of the following is called ‘Queen of the Adriatic’?
(a) Venice
(b) Rome
(c) Flanders
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(d) Lisbon
138. The liberation of oxygen during photosynthesis is due to :
(a) Hydrolysis of carbohydrates
(b) Photolysis of water
(c) Reduction of CO2
(d) Breakdown of chlorophyll
139. Formic acid is produced by……..
(a) White ants
(b) Cockroaches
(c) Red ants
(d) Mosquitoes
140. Which one of the following forms of phosphorus is most
reactive?
(a) Black phosphorus
(b) White phosphorus
(c) Violet phosphorus
(d) Red phosphorus
141. Who was the revolutionary leader who ended his days as a
Swami of Ramakrishna Mission?
(a) Ajit Singh
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
(d) Hemachandra Kanungo
142. The “Red Shirts” movement was led by:
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mohammed Ali
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Asfaqulla Khan
143. In the context of non-conventional energy, what is the
meaning of ‘OTE’?
(a) Ocean Tidal Energy
(b) Ocean Thermal Energy
(c) Ocean Tidal Electricity
(d) Other Thermal Energy
144. The atomic bomb is based on the principle of:
(a) Uncontrolled nuclear fusion
(b) Uncontrolled nuclear fission
(c) Controlled nuclear fission
(d) Controlled nuclear fusion
145. Systems running more than one process concurrently are
called…………..
(a) Multiprocessing
(b) Multiprogramming
(c) Real time
(d) Batch processing
146. Butter is colloid formed when:
(a) Proteins are dispersed in water
(b) Water is dispersed in fat
(c) Fat globules are dispersed in water
(d) Carbohydrates are dissolved in water
147. What is Damodar Valley Corporation?
(a) Statutory body
(b) Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
(c) A private enterprise located in Bihar
(d) A non Government organization
148. Which is the highest gallantry Award in India?
(a) Vir Chakra
(b) Param Vishist Seva Medal
(c) Kirti Chakra
(d) Param Vir Chakra
149. Who was recently appointed as the first woman president of
Napal?
(a) Sita Subedi
(b) Pampha Bhusal
(c) Urmila Rana
(d) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
150. In which field is Pulitzer Prize awarded for outstanding
work?
(a) Environment study
(b) Science and Technology
(c) Literature and Journalism
(d) International Understanding
151. Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant?
(a) Reacts with hemoglobin
(b) Makes nervous system inactive
(c) It reacts with Oxygen
(d) It inhibits glycolysis
152. Why is Rann Of Kutch of India famous for?
(a) Tidal and flats
(b) Fertile soil
(c) Dense Vegetation
(d) All are correct
153. Commercial banks lend to which of the following Priority
sectors?
(a) Heavy Industries
(b) Agriculture, Small scale industries
(c) Foreign Companies
(d) State government in emergency situation
154. What is the accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India?
(a) April-March
(b) July-June
(c) October-September
(d) January-December
155. Which of the following is a tertiary activity?
(a) Farming
(b) Manufacturing
(c) Dairying
(d) Trading
156. The compound used in prickly-heat powder to prevent
excessive sweating is :
(a) Boric acid
(b) Phosphoric acid
(c) Carbonic acid
(d) Sulphonic acid
157. Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global
warming?
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(a) Increased frequency of hurricanes
(b) Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture
(c) Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
(d) Shrinking of the polar ice regions
158. Which state in India has introduced FAT tax on junk food?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Bihar
159. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was held at……… .
(a) Champaran
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Kheda
(d) Allahabad
160. Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National
Highways was initiated by :
(a) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(b) I. K. Gujral
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
161. Which of the following sources has the largest share in power
generation in India?
(a) Atomic power
(b) Thermal power
(c) Hydro power
(d) Wind power
162. National Income of India is compiled by :
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Indian Statistical Institute
(c) National Development Council
Central statistical Organization
163. Zubin Mehta is associated with……….
(a) Literature
(b) Painting
(c) Music
(d) Journalism
164. The minimum short-term natural hazard is…..
(a) blizzard
(b) earthquake
(c) volcanic eruption
(d) bolt of lightning
165. DOTS is a treatment given to patients suffering from………..
(a) Polio
(b) AIDS
(c) Hepatitis
(d) Tuberculosis
166. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time
of the Battle of Talikota?
(a) Sangam
(b) Aniridu
(c) Tuluva
(d) Saluva
167. Which of the following sultans died while playing Polo or
Chaugan?
(a) Qutb-ud-din-Aibak
(b) Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Nasiruddin Muhammad
168. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called……..
(a) Basalt
(b) Laccolith
(c) Lava
(d) Magma
169. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest
distance from the sun?
(a) Aphelion
(b) Antipode
(c) Perihelion
(d) Aldiatc
170. Which of the following causes rainfall during winters in the
north-western part of India?
(a) Western disturbances
(b) Cyclonic depression
(c) Southwest monsoon
(d) Retreating monsoon
171. The ‘Blue Water policy’ was introduced by the Portugese
leader:
(a) Franscisco-de-Almeida
(b) Alfonso de Albuquerque
(c) Francis Caron
(d) Francis Martin
172. Who among the following is not a member of the National
Development Council?
(a) The Prime Minister
(b) The Member of NITI Aayog
(c) The Chief Ministers of States
(d) The President of India
173. ……changes each time it is installed to avoid detection by
antivirus software.
(a) Polymorphic virus
(b) worm
(c) logic bomb
(d) trojan horse
174. Which one of the following weeds is effective in controlling
water pollution caused by industrial effluents?
(a) Parthenium
(b) Elephant grass
(c) Water hycinth
(d) Mogar grass
175. One of the following is also called as World Bank:
(a) IMF
(b) IBRD
(c) WTO
(d) IDA
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176. The book entitled, ‘Playing it my way’ has been authored by:
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) V.V.S. Laxman
(c) Saurav Ganguly
(d) Chetan Chauhan
177. The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by…….
(a) Nitrous oxide
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Chlorofluorocarbons
(d) Methane
178. Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the
following?
(a) Lion
(b) Deer
(c) Tiger
(d) Dear
179. The prestigious ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International
Understanding’ is instituted by :
(a) National Centre for Art and Culture
(b) Department of Youth and Sports
(c) Nehru Memorial Museum
(d) Indian Council for Cultural relations
180. Phosphorus is kept in water because:
(a) its ignition temperature is very high
(b) its ignition temperature is very low
(c) its critical temperature is high
(d) its critical temperature is low
181. Which of the following is an example of Cartel?
(a) OPEC
(b) IMF
(c) WTO
(d) UNO
182. Sullage water is……….
(a) Waste water released from kitchen
(b) Waste water released from toilets
(c) Waste water released from factories
(d) Waste water released hospitals
183. Who was the first woman Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Mayawati
(c) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(d) Sucheta Kriplani
184. The most pure form of carbon among the options is:
(a) Anthracite
(b) Lampblack
(c) Graphite
(d) Wood Charcoal
185. Chalukya tenples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in:
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Haryana
186. Among the following States, …….. has the lowest birth rate
in India.
(a) Kerala
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) West Bengal
187. The Secretarial of SAARC is set up at…….
(a) Washington
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Hague
(d) New Delhi
188. The outermost range of Himalayas is called………
(a) Kali
(b) Shiwaliks
(c) Dehradun
(d) Kumaon
189. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian
Renaissance?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Phule
(d) M.G.Ranade
190. The longest river of peninsular India is:
(a) Narmada
(b) Godavari
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Cauvery
191. ……….gives hardness to stainless steel.
(a) Zinc
(b) Lead
(c) Carbon
(d) Tin
192. Which of the following is responsible for transport of food
and other substances in planes?
(a) Xylem
(b) Phloem
(c) Chloroplast
(d) None of these
193. Trickle down theory ignores the impact of economic growth
on :
(a) Investment
(b) Savings
(c) Income distribution
(d) Consumption
194. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India does not audit
the receipts and expenditure of:
(a) Central Government
(b) Local Bodies
(c) State Government
(d) Government Companies
195. In which year did the Kakori conspiracy case take place?
(a) 1925
(b) 1924
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(c) 1926
(d) 1927
196. The biogas used for cooking is a mixture of which of the
following?
(a) Carbon dioxide and oxygen
(b) Isobutane and propane
(c) Methane and carbon monoxide
(d) Methane and carbon dioxide
197. From the following, who was the first women speaker of Lok
Sabha?
(a) Sushma Swaraj
(b) Margret Alva
(c) Meera Kumar
(d) Sarojini Naidu
198. Which of the following wind is blowing from the
Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?
(a) Western disturbances
(b) Norwesters
(c) Loo
(d) Mango showers
199. Azolla increases soil fertility for:
(a) maize cultivation
(b) wheat cultivation
(c) barley cultivation
(d) rice cultivation
200. Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
(a) Election Commission
(b) Finance Commission
(c) Public Service Commission
(d) Planning Commission
201. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at
Mahabalipuram?
(a) Rathas
(b) Prasadas
(c) Mathika
(d) Gandhakuti
202. What is the name of the device used to convert alternating
current into direct current?
(a) Ammeter
(b) Galvanometer
(c) Rectifier
(d) Transformer
203. Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly?
(a) Sawdust does not allow the air to touch the ice
(b) The water is absorbed by sawdust
(c) Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat
(d) Sawdust is good conductor of heat
204. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone
layer?
(a) Troposphere
(b) Mesosphere
(c) Ionosphere
(d) Stratosphere
205. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Arctic Ocean
206. In a Parliamentary form of Government………….
(a) The Legislature is responsible to the Judiciary
(b) The Executive is responsible to the legislature
(c) The Legislature is responsible to the Executive
(d) The Judiciary is responsible to the Legislature
207. Which of the following statements is correct about the
President of India?
(a) Addresses first session of Parliament after each
General Election.
(b) Addresses first session of Parliament at the beginning of
each year
(c) Addresses every session of Parliament
(d) Never addresses Parliament
208. Which State in India has the largest coastline?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) West Bengal
209. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river?
(a) Kaveri
(b) Godavari
(c) Saraswati
(d) Krishna
210. In which of the following market forms, a firm does not
exercise control over price?
(a) Monopoly
(b) Perfect competition
(c) Oligopoly
(d) Monopolistic competition
211. Charcoal can be made at home by burning:
(a) Wood in absence of air
(b) Coal in absence of air
(c) Coal in an insufficient supply of air
(d) Wood in an insufficient supply of air
212. Depletion of ozone layer causes:
(a) Breast cancer
(b) Skin cancer
(c) Lung cancer
(d) Blood cancer
213. SMOG is a combination of:
(a) Air and water Vapour
(b) Water and smoke
(c) Fire and water
(d) Smoke and fog
214. The washing machine works on the principle of………
(a) Dialysis
(b) Diffusion
(c) Reverse osmosis
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(d) Centrifugation
215. Which is not an external storage device?
(a) CD-ROM
(b) DVD-ROM
(c) Pen Drive
(d) RAM
216. Which of the following is the correct description of the term
sex-ratio as used in the context of the census of population?
(a) Number of males per 1000 females
(b) Number of females per 1000 males
(c) Number of females per 100 males
(d) Number of females in a sample of 1000 persons
217. The atomic power station in Rajasthan is situated at:
(a) Pokhran
(b) Suratgarh
(c) Rawatbhata
(d) Chittorgarh
218. The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in
how many Indian languages?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 24
219. Right to Privacy comes under…….
(a) Article 19
(b) Article 20
(c) Article 21
(d) Article 18
220. The foreign traveler who visited India during the reign of
Shahjahan was…..
(a) Thomas Roe
(b) William Hawkins
(c) Ibn Batuta
(d) Manucci
221. The GST (Goods and Services Tax), recently passed by
Government will be levied on which of the following
products?
(a) Petroleum crude
(b) Tobacco
(c) Natural Gas
(d) Aviation Turbile Fuel
222. In India which of the following taxes is levied by the State
governments?
(a) Excise duty on liquor
(b) Capital gains tax
(c) Customs tax
(d) Corporation tax
223. After question hour, a motion moved by a Member of
Parliament to drew the attention of Executive of for
discussing a definite matter of public importance is:
(a) Privilege motion
(b) Calling attention Motion
(c) Adjournment motion
(d) No-confidence motion
224. The major objective of monetary policy is to :
(a) increase government’s tax revenue
(b) revamp the Public Distribution System
(c) promote economic growth with price stability
(d) weed out corruption in the economy
225. The only viceroy to be assassinated in India was :
(a) Lord Harding
(b) Lord Northbrook
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Lord Mayo
226. Which one is not the main objective of fiscal policy in India?
(a) To increase liquidity in the economy
(b) To promote price stability
(c) To minimize the inequalities of income and wealth
(d) To promote employment opportunity
227. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society?
(a) Justice Ranade
(b) Madam Blavatsky
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
228. India recently signed land boundary agreement with which
country?
(a) China
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Bangladesh
229. Who among the following Indians is one who has been
selected on july 27,for the Ramon Magsaysay Award, 2016?
(a) Bezwade Wilson
(b) Kailash Satyarthi
(c) Kiran Bedi
(d) Mahasweta devi
230. The first Field Marshall in India was :
(a) A.S. Vaidya
(b) K.M. Cariappa
(c) Sunderji
(d) S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
231. “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not
everyman’s greed”. Who said this?
(a) Guru Nanak Dev
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Pope Paul VI
(d) Smt. Indira Gandhi
232. Who won the first medal for India at the Rio Olympics?
(a) Babita Kumari
(b) Narsingh Yadav
(c) P.V. Sindhu
(d) Sakshi Malik
233. The most serious air pollutant causing health hazard is :
(a) Sulphur dioxide
(b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Ozone
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(d) Nitrogen oxide
234. Helium is added to the oxygen supply of deep sea divers
because it is ……….
(a) less poisonous than nitrogen
(b) lighter than nitrogen
(c) readily miscible with oxygen
(d) less soluble in blood than nitrogen at high pressure
235. Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene glycol and
which acid?
(a) Benzoic Acid
(b) Salicylic acid
(c) Phthalic acid
(d) Terephthalic acid
236. In IT, ……….. means that the data available in the database
is both accurate and consistent.
(a) Data Security
(b) Data Availability
(c) Data Binding
(d) Data Integrity
237. Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
(a) Sheikh Mubarak
(b) Hazarat Khwaja
(c) Nasiruddin Chirag
(d) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
238. French revolution broke out in the year:
(a) 1917
(b) 1911
(c) 1789
(d) 1790
239. The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book……….
(a) Geetanjali
(b) Anandmath
(c) Indian People
(d) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
240. Which mosquito is the carrier of Zika virus?
(a) Culex
(b) Aedes
(c) Anopheles
(d) Culiseta
241. Geothermal energy is maximum utilized in……….
(a) Iceland
(b) New Zealand
(c) Russia
(d) Japan
242. Root cap is derived from:
(a) Dermatogen
(b) Calyptrogen
(c) Protoderm
(d) Histogen
243. The blotting technique used to identify the isolated protein
is……..
(a) Northern blotting
(b) Western blotting
(c) Southern blotting
(d) Cloning
244. Morphology of Chromosomes can be best studied at:
(a) Interphase
(b) Prophase
(c) Metaphase
(d) Zygotene
245. The ‘Choke’ used with a tube light is basically…………
(a) An inductor
(b) A capacitor
(c) A transformer
(d) A resistor
246. Curie is a unit of ……. .
(a) Radioactivity
(b) Energy of Gamma rays
(c) Intensity of Gamma rays
(d) Work function
247. In Networks, WEP stands for:
(a) Wireless Equivalent Privacy
(b) Wired Extra Privacy
(c) Wired Equivalent Privacy
(d) Wireless Embedded Privacy
248. For extinguishing fire, we use……
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Carbon Monoxide
(c) Carbon Dioxide
(d) Marsh gas
249. The chemical name of quartz is……….
(a) Calcium oxide
(b) Calcium phosphate
(c) Sodium phosphate
(d) Sodium silicate
250. Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less
parallel to the coastline of India is:
(a) Aravalli
(b) Sutpura
(c) Eastern ghats
(d) Western ghats
251. The biggest reserves of thorium are in………..
(a) China
(b) USA
(c) India
(d) France
252. Which of the following became the first country in the world
to legalise euthanasia?
(a) Belgium
(b) Nathelands
(c) Denmark
(d) Canada
253. Which of the following countries won Euro Cup 2016
(football)?
(a) France
(b) Germany
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(c) Portugal
(d) Iceland
254. Shivkumar Sharma is famous playing the……..
(a) Sitar
(b) Flute
(c) Santoor
(d) Table
255. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Blade
Runner’?
(a) Usain Bolt
(b) Oscar Carl Pistorious
(c) Carl Lewis
(d) Ben Johnson
256. FCRA administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs stands
for……..
(a) Foreign Currency Regulation Act
(b) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
(c) Foreign Contract Regulation Act
(d) Foreign Cartel Restriction Act
257. Silver gets corroded due to …..to air.
(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen Sulphide
(c) Cardon dioxide
(d) Nitrogen
258. Which of the following is a radioactive element?
(a) Cobalt
(b) Uranium
(c) Argon
(d) Chromium
259. Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under ……….
(a) Legal rights
(b) Fundamental rights
(c) Human rights
(d) Natural rights
260. Which of the digestive organs contains acid?
(a) Stomach
(b) Small intestine
(c) Appendix
(d) Colon
261. Which country is separated from India by a narrow channel
of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Myanmar
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Pakistan
262. Which of the following fibres is considered as the strongest
natural fibre?
(a) Cotton
(b) Jute
(c) Wool
(d) Silk
263. Appointments for all Indian Services are made by:
a) UPSC
b) President
c) Prime minister
d) Parliament
264. What is the name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that
erupted again in May 2016?
(a) Mount Singabung
(b) Mount Merapi
(c) Mount Rinjani
(d) Mount Agung
265. The world’s largest and deepest rail tunnel Gotthard Base
Tunnel is located in which country?
(a) Belgium
(b) Austria
(c) Switzerland
(d) Sweden
266. SIDO is related to the development of.
(a) Small industries
(b) Steel Industry
(c) Soap Industry
(d) Sugar Industry
267. The Wheeler Island has been renamed as :
(a) Vikram Sarabhai island
(b) Satish Dhawan island
(c) Abdul kalam island
(d) C.V. Raman island
268. Which is the biggest building at Mohenjodaro?
(a) Great Bath
(b) Great Granary
(c) Assembly Hall
(d) Rectangular Building
269. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil-
water is called :
a) Percolation
b) Conduction
c) Leaching
d) Transpiration
270. Heat is transmitted from higher temperature to lower
temperature through the actual motion of the molecules in:
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Both conduction and convection
271. Polio is caused by:
a) Bacteria
b) Virus
c) Fungus
d) Protozoa
272. Which country is in the process of building the largest single
aperture radio telescope- FAST?
a) Japan
b) China
c) USA
d) Russia
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273. The kovvada nuclear park project is proposed to be setup in
which state?
a) Rajasthan
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
274. Fixed foreign exchange rate can be changed by:
a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) Ministry of finance
d) FIPB
275. Tax on inheritance is called………
(a) Excise duty
(b) Estate duty
(c) Gift tax
(d) Sales tax
276. Who among the following was the first grammarian of the
Sanskrit language?
(a) Kalhana
(b) Maitreyi
(c) Kalidasa
(d) Panini
277. The term ‘dumping; refers to :
(a) the sale of a substandard commodity
(b) sale in a foreign market of a commodity at a price
below marginal cost
(c) sale in a foreign market of a commodity just at marginal
cost with too much of profit
(d) smuggling of goods without paying any customs duty
278. When does the sun shine vertically on the Equator?
(a) Throughout the year
(b) For six months
(c) Twice a year
(d) Once a year
279. Lichen is an association between which of the two?
(a) Algae and fungus
(b) Algae and tree
(c) Fungus and tree
(d) Bacteria and legume plant
280. Among the given nutrients, milk is a poor source of which of
the following?
(a) Vitamin ‘C’
(b) Calcium
(c) Protein
(d) Carbohydrate
281. What is Pepper plant?
(a) Bush
(b) Shrub
(c) Vine
(d) Tree
282. Why does a cannon recoil after firing?
(a) Conservation of energy
(b) Backward thrust of gases produced
(c) Newton’s third law of motion
(d) Newton’s first law of motion
283. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) A Primary key is also a candidate key
(b) Each relation has at least one foreign key
(c) Foreign keys can’t have null values
(d) A Primary key is also an alternate key
284. Which of the following is used as non-stick coating for
cooking utensils?
(a) Perspex
(b) Styrofoam
(c) Polystyrene
(d) Teflon
285. “Tsunami” is the name given to which of the following?
(a) Earthquake
(b) Cyclone
(c) Tidal Waves
(d) Undersea Waves
286. In hydel power station, the motion produced in turbines is
due to :
(a) flow of water
(b) burning of coal
(c) burning of diesel
(d) production of steam
287. Which of the following gases is known as “Laughing Gas”?
(a) Nitrous oxide
(b) Nitrogen peroxide
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Nitric oxide
288. The ‘solid waste’ is also known as :
(a) Sedge
(b) Toxic waste
(c) Sludge
(d) Scrubber
289. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water,
which of the following diseases will spread?
(a) Scurvy
(b) Typhoid
(c) Malaria
(d) Anaemia
290. Kalamkari painting refers to :
(a) a hand painted cotton textile in South India
(b) a handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in
North-East India
(c) a block painted woolen cloth in Western Himalayan
region of India
(d) a hand painted decorative silk cloth North-Western India
291. Which of the following areas make the largest contribution to
national income in India?
(a) Industry
(b) Services
(c) Agriculture
(d) Mining
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292. Chachnama records the history of which conquest?
(a) Kushanas
(b) Hunas
(c) Arabs
(d) Greeks
293. The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is :
(a) Java trench
(b) Aleutian trench
(c) Atacama trench
(d) Tizard trench
294. “Abhivan Bharat” was founded in 1904 as a secret society of
revolutionaries by :
(a) Damodar Chapekar
(b) V.D. Savarkar
(c) Praffula Chaki
(d) Khudiram Bose
295. Ideal of welfare state are contained in :
(a) Fundamental Rights
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) Preamble of the constitution
(d) Part VII
296. Which of the following is called the ‘Land of the Golden
Pagoda’?
(a) Myanmar
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) North Korea
297. Which Indian author in May 2016 won the prestigious 2016
scholastic Asian Book Award for her work ‘Codex: The Lost
Treasure of the Indus’?
(a) Anita Desai
(b) Aditi Krishna Kumar
(c) Rupa Iyer
(d) Preethi Nair
298. Pneumonia is a bacterial disease caused by the type of
bacteria called………. .
(a) Bacilli
(b) Cocci
(c) Sprilli
(d) Vibrio
299. Intensive cultivation refers to :
(a) production with intensive use of labour
(b) production with intensive use of fertilizer
(c) raising production by intensive use of existing land
(d) raising production by large scale use of imported inputs
300. Upon winning Wimbledon Women’s Tennis Tournament
2016, Serena Williams equaled record 22 Grand Slam wins
of :
a) Martina Navratilova
b) Steffi Graf
c) Martina Hingis
d) Maria Sharapova
301. A universal donor has the blood group :
a) B
b) AB
c) A
d) O
302. What is the total strength of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) 250
(b) 260
(c) 270
(d) 280
303. Which of the following is done at a Stock Exchange?
(a) Commodities are bought and sold at wholesale price
(b) Commodities are bought and sold at retail price
(c) Securities are bought and sold
(d) None of these
304. Which of the following is India’s military offensive against
Pakistan in the Kargil war?
(a) Operation Kargil
(b) Operation LOC
(c) Operation Vijay
(d) Operation Success
305. Who gave the title ‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini Naidu?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Rajendra Prased
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
306. The headquarters of RBI is in :
(a) Delhi
(b) Kanpur
(c) Mumbai
(d) Nasik
307. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana has now been
restructured as :
(a) Prime Minister’s Rojgar Yojna
(b) National Rural Livelihoods Mission
(c) Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana
(d) Sampoorna Gramin Rojgar Yojana
308. Neeraj Chopra is associated with which sports?
(a) Kabaddi
(b) Cricket
(c) Javelin Throw
(d) Wrestling
309. Which of the following is not a commercial source of
energy?
(a) Coal
(b) Petroleum
(c) Natural Gas
(d) Firewood
310. Who is the runners-up in the recently held UEFA Euro-16?
(a) Germany
(b) Portugal
(c) France
(d) U.K.
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311. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious
belief deeply rooted in :
(a) Taiwanese custom and world view
(b) Chinese custom and world view
(c) Japanese custom and world view
(d) Vietnamese custom and world view
312. Which of the following is an emergency hormone in humans?
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Insulin
(c) Adrenalin
(d) Progesterone
313. Beginning from the Financial Year 2017-18 NITI Ayog plans
to replace the 5 year with which of the following?
(a) 5 year Vision Document
(b) 10 year Vision Document
(c) 15 year Vision Document
(d) 20 year Vision Document
314. The connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone is :
(a) Cartilage
(b) Ligament
(c) Tendon
(d) Interstitial fluid
315. Indian Citizenship is granted by :
(a) The president of India
(b) The prime Minister
(c) The Minister of Home Affairs
(d) The Minister of External affairs
316. Which of the following taxes is levied by the State
Government only?
(a) Wealth tax
(b) Entertainment tax
(c) Income tax
(d) Gift tax
317. HDI is an aggregate measure of progress in which of the
three dimensions?
(a) Health, Education, Income
(b) Food Security, Employment, Income
(c) Agriculture, Industry, Services
(d) Height, Weight, Colour
318. The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned
the resolution named ‘Quit India’ at:
(a) Wardha
(b) Nagpur
(c) Mumbai
(d) Delhi
319. Preservation of historical articles is done in science of :
(a) Iconography
(b) Numismatic
(c) Museology
(d) Epigraphy
320. “Alfalfa” is the name of a …… .
(a) Mineral
(b) Tribe
(c) Grass
(d) Town
321. The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes is :
(a) Calcium sulphide
(b) Calcium carbide
(c) Calcium carbonate
(d) Calcium chloride
322. The term ‘Smasher’ is associated with which sport?
(a) Hockey
(b) Boxing
(c) Volley Ball
(d) Cricket
323. ………involves traversing the entire file system, marking
everything that can be accessed.
(a) Index pointer
(b) Garbage collection
(c) File system s
(d) Stack pointer
324. Nylon threads are made of
(a) Polyester polymer
(b) Polyamide polymer
(c) Polyvinyl polymer
(d) Polysaccharide
325. The longest railway line in the world connects……….. .
(a) New York and Seattle
(b) Leningrad and Vladivostok
(c) Trivandrum and Guwahati
(d) Perth and Sydney
326. The people of the Indus valley civilization worshipped
………..?
a) Vishnu
b) Pashupati
c) Indra
d) Brahma
327. The Upanishads are the…………?
a) Great Epics
b) Story Books
c) Source of Hindu philosophy
d) Law Books
328. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for….?
a) Kosi
b) Gandak
c) Brahmaputra
d) Ganga
329. The largest herbarium of India is located at:
a) Kolkata
b) Lucknow
c) Mumbai
d) Coimbatore
330. Temperature of distant luminous bodies can be determined
by:
a) Mercury thermometers
b) Gas thermometers
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c) Pyrometers
d) Colour thermometers
331. In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called as:
a) Crash
b) Crash dump
c) Dump
d) Kernel error
332. Which of the following institution was not founded by
Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Sabarmati ashram
b) Sevagarm ashram
c) Vishwa bharti
d) Phoenix ashram
333. Which of the following state has become India’s first carbon
free state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
334. Energy travels from sun to Earth through:
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Modulation
335. C.K. Naidu Cup is associated with which of the following
sporting events?
a) Tennis
b) Cricket
c) Hockey
d) Golf
336. Pump priming should be resorted to at a time of:
a) Inflation
b) Deflation
c) Stagflation
d) Reflation
337. Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?
a) Vir chakra
b) Param vir chakra
c) Ashok chakra
d) Mahavir chakra
338. At barren island, the only active volcano in India is situated
in:
a) Andaman islands
b) Nicobar islands
c) Lakshadweep
d) Minicoy
339. The minimum age limit for the membership of the Vidhan
Parishad is ………. .
(a) 21 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 35 years
340. Ten thaats or scales, belong to which system of music?
(a) Hindustani Music
(b) Folk Music
(c) Chinese Music
(d) Western Music
341. Which one among the following components can not be
developed within an “integrated circuit”?
(a) Diode
(b) Triode
(c) Transformer
(d) Transistor
342. What is the transplantation of graft between genetically
identical individuals?
(a) Autograft
(b) Isograft
(c) Allograft
(d) Xenograft
343. Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with which sport?
(a) Discus Throw
(b) Wrestling
(c) Shooting
(d) Pole Vault
344. Which of the following green house gases has the greatest
heat-trapping ability?
(a) Chlorofluoro carbon
(b) Methane
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Nitrous oxide
345. Which State of India is leading in solar energy generation?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttar Pradesh
346. Diamond does not conduct electricity, because :
(a) It’s structure is very compact
(b) It is of crystalline nature
(c) There are only carbon atoms present in it
(d) No free electrons are present in it
347. Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers bhagirathi and
Alakananda at which place?
(a) Dev Prayag
(b) Karan Prayag
(c) Gangotri
(d) Rudra Prayag
348. What are Aldehydes?
(a) Mild oxidising agents
(b) Strong oxidising agents
(c) Strong reducing agents
(d) Mild reducing agents
349. Which circuit is used to store one bit of data?
(a) Register
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(b) Flip Flop
(c) Vector
(d) Encoder
350. Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth
in space ships?
(a) Inertia
(b) Acceleration
(c) Zero gravity
(d) Orbital motion
351. Which is the largest gland in human body?
(a) Liver
(b) Thyroid
(c) Pituitary
(d) Salivary gland
352. Who was the President of Indian National congress at the
time of Indian independence?
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) J. B. Kriplani
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
353. What is the minimum age for membership to Rajya Sabha?
(a) 20 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 35 years
354. What is an octroi?
(a) Tax
(b) Tax collection centre
(c) Tax processing centre
(d) Tax information centre
355. Sextant is an instrument used in which of the following?
(a) Gynaecology
(b) Navigation
(c) Birth control
(d) Medical treatment
356. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) The Mhakaal temple – Ujjain
(b) Sringeri Matha – Chikkmanglur district
(c) The Sun Temple – Konark
(d) Jain temples – Khajuraho
357. What is Gol Gumbadh?
(a) Mausoleum of Hyder Ali
(b) Mausoleum of Aurangazeb
(c) Mausoleum of Chand Bibi
(d) Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah
358. Where is a transistor most likely to be found?
(a) Wrist watch
(b) Fuse
(c) Heating aid
(d) Fluorescent lamp
359. Which organ of human body secretes Insulin?
(a) Pancreas
(b) Kidney
(c) Gall bladder
(d) Liver
360. National Anthem of Bangladesh ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ was
written by :
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(d) Taslima Nasrin
361. The largest producer of Lac in India is :
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) West Bengal
(d) Gujarat
362. Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by :
(a) Nationalized Commercial Bank
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Government of India
363. Removal of carbon particles from air involves the principle
of :
(a) Precipitation
(b) Filteration
(c) Electrophoresis
(d) Sedimentation
364. Which light is least effective in photosynthesis?
(a) Blue light
(b) Green light
(c) Red light
(d) Sunlight
365. Which of the following acts as best adsorbent?
(a) Charcoal
(b) Activated Charcoal
(c) Activated Coconut Charcoal
(d) Carbon Black
366. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by :
(a) Bacteria
(b) Protozoa
(c) Fungi
(d) Green plants
367. Harsha moved his capital from……… to……….. .
(a) Thanesar , Kannauj
(b) Delhi , Deogiri
(c) Kamboj , Kannauj
(d) Valabhi , Delhi
368. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of
India?
(a) Raghu Ram Rajan
(b) Arvind Subramanian
(c) Rajiv Mahirishi
(d) Arvind Pangariya
369. Which type to foreign investment is considered as unsafe?
(a) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
(b) Portfolio investment
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(c) NRI Deposits
(d) External commercial Borrowing
370. The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent
Assembly of India was :
(a) K.M. Munshi
(b) D.P. Khaitan
(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(d) T.T. Krishnamachari
371. Which of the following brings out the ‘Consumer Price Index
Number’ for Industrial workers?
(a) RBI
(b) The Labour Bureau
(c) Commerce Department
(d) NITI Ayog
372. The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in
India is……
(a) National Income
(b) Consumer Price Index
(c) Standard of Living
(d) Inflation Rate
373. An Indifference curve measures the same level of……… .
(a) output from two factors
(b) satisfaction from two commodities
(c) satisfaction from Income and capital
(d) satisfaction from expenditure and savings
374. The largest committee of Parliament of India is :
(a) public accounts committee
(b) estimates committee
(c) committee on public undertakings
(d) joint parliamentary committee
375. Which of the following State has bicameral legislature?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Punjab
(c) Sikkim
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
376. Cod liver oil from fish is rich in which vitamin?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin B
377. Isolines joining places of equal rainfall are called……….. .
(a) Isohyets
(b) Isotherms
(c) Isobars
(d) Contours
378. The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to :
(a) Partition of Bengal in 1947
(b) Partition of Bengal in 1905
(c) Non cooperation movement in 1921
(d) Partition of Punjab in 1947
379. Which river does not form a delta?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmputra
(c) Godavari
(d) Tapi
380. Babita Kumari represented India in the Rio Olympics 2016 in
which sport?
(a) Boxing
(b) Wrestling
(c) Hockey
(d) Badminton
381. Which one of the following is commonly used for pulp
bleaching in the paper industry?
(a) Mild sulphuric acid
(b) Glucose isomerase
(c) Hydrogen peroxide
(d) Iodine and water
382. The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was :
(a) Urdu
(b) Arabic
(c) Persian
(d) Hindi
383. Yeast is a…..….. .
(a) Bacteria
(b) Fungi
(c) Algae
(d) Bryophyte
384. Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of
Independence by :
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) V.D. Savarkar
385. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which State?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Jharkhand
386. C.P.U. consists of :
(a) Arithmetic and Logical unit and Register
(b) Arithmetic and Logical unit, Register and Control
unit
(c) System unit and Memory
(d) Hard disk and Control unit
387. Which of the following is not connective tissue?
(a) Bone
(b) Cartilage
(c) Blood
(d) Skeleral muscle
388. The first Commonwealth Games in 1930 was held in which
country?
(a) Australia
(b) England
(c) New Zealand
(d) Canada
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389. The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is
called………..
(a) Continental shelf
(b) Continental rise
(c) Abyssal plains
(d) Submarine ridges
390. The aim of Differentiated Interest Scheme was to provide
concessional loans to……….
(a) weaker section of the society
(b) Public Sector Industries
(c) Public Limited Companies
(d) big exports
391. Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring………..
(a) velocity
(b) air masses
(c) wind speed
(d) temperature
392. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by…..
(a) Qutubuddin Aibak
(b) Iltutmish
(c) Balban
(d) Bahram khan
393. Which of the following international prizes/awards is given
for outstanding contribution in the field of Journalism?
(a) Oscar Award
(b) Booker Prize
(c) Pulitzer Prize
(d) Sullivan Award
394. The commonly used coolant in refrigerators is :
(a) Ammonia
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Freon
(d) Oxygen
395. The complete form of ‘IC’ in electronics is :
(a) Internal Circuit
(b) Independent Circuit
(c) Integrated Circuit
(d) Inbuilt Circuit
396. Who among the following did Gandhiji regard as his political
Guru?
(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Dayanand Saraswati
(c) Acharya Narendra Dev
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
397. Which of the following constitutional Amendment Act, deals
with the Elementary as a Fundamental Right?
(a) 84th Amendment Act
(b) 85th Amendment Act
(c) 86th Amendment Act
(d) 87th Amendment Act
398. The World’s largest island is :
(a) Greenland
(b) Iceland
(c) New Guinea
(d) Madagascar
399. Sea water is saltier than rain water because :
(a) Sea animals are salt producing
(b) The air around the sea is saltish
(c) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them
into the sea
(d) Sea beds have salt producing mines
400. Pannalal Ghosh played which of the following musical
instruments?
(a) Flute
(b) Sitar
(c) Violin
(d) Santoor
401. Rio Summit is associated with :
(a) Convention on Biological Diversity
(b) Green house gases
(c) Ozone depletion
(d) Wet lands
402. The source of energy that causes the least global warming is
(a) coal
(b) Geothermal energy
(c) Natural Gas
(d) Petroleum
403. The purest form of water in nature is
(a) Rain water
(b) Lake water
(c) River water
(d) Sea water
404. The constellation 'Sapta Rishi' is known to Westerners as the
(a) Seven Monks
(b) Alpha Centauri
(c) Big Dipper
(d) Small Bear
405. Bridge is the technique used in
(a) Athletics
(b) Wrestling
(c) Weight lifting
(d) Karate
406. Which of the following books is called the 'Bible of
Socialism'?
(a) Economics of Welfare
(b) Das Capital
(c) Value and Capital
(d) Asian Drama
407. Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?
(a) North Korea
(b) South Korea
(c) Iran
(d) Libya
408. The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojna (SJSRY) mainly
aims at creating employment opportunities for
(a) both self employment and wage employment in urban
areas
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(b) self employment in urban areas only
(c) wage employment in urban areas only
(d) None of these
409. Who is known as the 'Father of Green Revolution' in India?
(a) G. Paul
(b) Norman Borlaug
(c) Van Neil
(d) Dr. Mithchell
410. The component used for tuning a radio is basically a variable
____.
(a) Resistor
(b) Condenser
(c) Inductor
(d) Transformer
411. Which of the following is not a donor atom?
(a) Phosphorus
(b) Antimony
(c) Arsenic
(d) Aluminium
412. Which one of the following party was founded by Subhash
Chandra Bose?
(a) Abhinav Bharat
(b) Azad Hind Sena
(c) Revolutionary Army
(d) Forward Block
413. 0°K is equivalent to
(a) 273°C
(b) -273°C
(c) 0°C
(d) 100°C
414. The oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
(a) Water (b)Carbon dioxide
(c) Glucose
(d) Chlorophyll
415. First national park of India that was established in 1936 was
named as
(a) Kanha National Park
(b) Bharatpur National Park
(c) Hailey National Park
(d) Rajaji National Park
416. Who is the 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount
Everest?
(a) Arunima Sinha
(b) Bachendri Pal
(c) Santosh Yadav
(d) Premlata Agarwal
417. The term 'Higgs Boson' is associated with
(a) Nano Technology
(b) Oncology
(c) God Particle
(d) Stem Cell Research
418. Polyploidy arises due to change in the :
(a) Number of chromatids
(b) Structure of genes
(c) Number of chromosomes
(d) Structure of chromosomes
419. Which South Korean author in May 2016 won the 2016 Man
Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’?
a) Hong kang
b) Yiyun Li
c) Tami Hoag
d) Taya Zinkin
420. Special Drawing Rights were created by :
(a) IBRD
(b) ADB
(c) IMF
(d) WTO
421. In which of the following State India’s first Green Rail
Corridor was recently launched?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
422. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water
body?
(a) 110 Channel
(b) 100 Channel
(c) Palk Strait
(d) Gulf of Mannar
423. The suicidal bags of the cell are :
(a) Lysosomes
(b) Ribosomes
(c) Dictyosomes
(d) Phagosomes
424. In arc welding, Argon is used because of its:
(a) Low reactivity with metal
(b) Ability to lower the melting point of the metal
(c) High flammability
(d) High calorific value
425. In India, which city is also known as ‘City of Palaces’?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Kolkata
(c) Gwalior
(d) Udaipur
426. Inert geses are :
(a) Miscible with water
(b) Not stable
(c) Chemically unreactive
(d) Chemically very active
427. Chemical name of vinegar is :
(a) Acetone
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Formaldehyde
(d) Ethanol
428. Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival?
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(a) Onam
(b) Pongal
(c) Bihu
(d) Hornbill
429. Aung San Suu Kyi is the ;
(a) Prime Minister of Myanmar
(b) President of Myanmar
(c) Foreign Minister of Myanmar
(d) Home Minister of Myanmar
430. The amount of insurance over provided by Indian Railways
for passengers at a premium of rupee 1 is :
(a) 1 lakh
(b) 50 thousands
(c) 10 lakhs
(d) 5 lakhs
431. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by ;
(a) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
(b) Elected members of Legislative Council
(c) The people
(d) Lok Sabha
432. Which of these is a dwarf planet?
(a) Neptune
(b) Titan
(c) Eris
(d) Hydra
433. The concept of joint sector implies cooperation between :
(a) Public sector and private sector industries
(b) State Government and Central Government
(c) Domestic and Foreign Companies
(d) None of these
434. What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’?
(a) Forge cordial relations with the British
(b) Purify Islam
(c) Improve the condition of women
(d) Adopt rational education
435. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by
Cabinet is to be setup in :
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Madhya Pradesh
436. Who among the following is credited with starting the work
on plant tissue culture?
(a) F.C. Steward
(b) P. Maheshwari
(c) P. R. White
(d) Haberlandt
437. What causes the mottling of the dental enamel?
(a) High levels of chlorine in the water
(b) High levels of nitrate in the water
(c) High levels of fluorides in the water
(d) High levels of calcium in the water
438. Which one of the following processes is responsible for the
glittering of air bubble rising through water?
(a) Reflection of light
(b) Refraction of light
(c) Total internal reflection of light
(d) Scattering of light
439. In an optical fibre the signal is transmitted :
(a) in a straight line path
(b) in a curved path
(c) due to total internal reflection
(d) due to refrection
440. In IT, the method for updating the main memory as soon as a
word is removed from the cache is called :
(a) Write-through
(b) Write-back
(c) Protected-write
(d) Cache-write
441. Which one of the following is not a non-conventional source
of energy?
(a) Solar Energy
(b) Natural Gas
(c) Wind Energy
(d) Tidal Power
442. The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth
was :
(a) Challenger
(b) Galileo
(c) Discovery
(d) Voyager-2
443. Selling cost have to be incurred in case of :
(a) Perfect Competition
(b) Monopoly
(c) Monopolistic Competition
(d) None of the given options
444. The earliest reference to Sati custom is made in which of the
following inscriptions?
(a) Allahabad Pillar inscription
(b) Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
(c) Aihole inscription of Pulkesin II
(d) Bhitan inscription of Skandgupta
445. Which is the heaviest metal among the following?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Iron
(d) Copper
446. The first Indian citizen to get commercial Pilot’s Licence was
(a) Vijaypat Singhania
(b) J.R.D. Tata
(c) Captain Gopinath
(d) Vijay Mallya
447. During fermentation of sugar, the compound which is always
formed is :
(a) Methyl Alcohol
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(b) Ethyl Alcohol
(c) Acetic Acid
(d) Ethylene
448. Which type of democracy do we following in India?
(a) Direct
(b) Presidential
(c) Representative
(d) Dictatorship
449. Social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has recently
announced to end 16 year old hunger strike belongs to which
State?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Manipur
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
450. The quality or tone of a musical sound produced by a
stringed instrument depends on :
(a) frequency of vibration
(b) length of the strings in the instrument
(c) amplitude of vibration
(d) waveform of the sound
451. What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’?
(a) Nonviolence
(b) Upliftment of untouchables or dalits
(c) The birth of a new society based on ethical values
(d) Satyagraha
452. When does solar eclipse take place?
(a) When the sun is between the moon and earth
(b) When the earth is between the moon and sun
(c) When the earth is between the sun and earth
(d) When the moon does not lie on the line joining the
sun and earth
453. Strait of Gibraltar connects which of the following?
(a) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea
(b) Red Sea-Arabian Sea
(c) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea
(d) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea
454. The largest solar power plant in India is located at :
(a) Nagercoil
(b) Jaisalmer
(c) Madhapur
(d) Ran of kutchh
455. Which of the following was not a purpose for building
Farakka Barrage?
(a) Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
(b) Checking silting of Kolkata Port
(c) Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
(d) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
456. Who decides disputes regarding disqualification of members
of Parliament?
(a) The Supreme Court
(b) The Election Commission
(c) The Prime Minister in Consultation with the Election
Commission
(d) The President in Consultation with the Election
Commission
457. In ……..forests, trees shed their leaves in a particular season.
(a) evergreen
(b) mangrove
(c) deciduous
(d) thorny
458. The famous poet Amit Khusrau was contemporary of all
except following :
(a) Alauddin Khilki
(b) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(c) Iltutmish
(d) Jaladuddin Khilji
459. G-20 is the Group of Twenty largest economies represented
by their :
(a) Prime Ministers only
(b) Finance Ministers inly
(c) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
(d) Heads of States
460. Cache memory works on the principle of…….. .
(a) Locality of data
(b) Locality of reference
(c) Locality of memory
(d) Locality of memory and reference
461. Where is the headquarters of National Film Archives of India
(NFAI) located?
(a) Pune
(b) Chennai
(c) Bangalore
(d) Mumbai
462. In India, the Black Revolution is related to the manufacturing
of which product?
(a) Charcoal
(b) Crude petroleum
(c) Diamond
(d) Black gram
463. Who introduced Western education?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
464. Bridgmanite is :
(a) a bridge on the river Thames
(b) name of a game
(c) earth’s most abundant mineral
(d) name of a music
465. The 18th Asian Games also known as ‘Asiad’ will be held in
2018 in :
(a) Bangkok
(b) Jakarta
(c) Beijing
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(d) Seoul
466. The Asiatic society was established in Calcutta by :
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Macaulay
467. Every hot object emits………. .
(a) X-rays
(b) visible light
(c) infrared rays
(d) ultraviolet rays
468. Ozone protects biosphere from……..
(a) X-rays
(b) bamma rays
(c) ultraviolet rays
(d) linfrated rays
469. Which of the following is/are ‘rain cloud’?
a. Cirrus
b. Nimbostratus
c. Cumulonimbus
d. Altocumulus
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
470. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to
declare emergency?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Chief Justice
(d) Parliament
471. Particulates (< 1µ m size) remaining suspended in air
indefinitely and transported by wind currents are called :
(a) Mists
(b) Fumes
(c) Aerosols
(d) Smoke
472. The least preferred technique in the disposal of Municipal
Solid Waste is :
(a) Incineration
(b) Composting
(c) Land filling
(d) Bricketting
473. A bomb explodes on the moon. You will hear its sound on
earth after……… .
(a) 20 min
(b) 2 hours 20 min
(c) 3.7 hours
(d) You cannot hear the sound of explosion
474. Which one of the following takes place during a nuclear
fusion?
(a) A heavy nucleus bombarded by neutrons breaks up
(b) A heavy nucleus breaks up spontaneously
(c) Two light nuclei combine to form a heavy nucleus
(d) A light nucleus breaks up spontaneously
475. Arrange the following cities in an order from North to South :
a. Bhubaneshwar
b. Chennai
c. Hyderabad
d. Cochin
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 1, 2, 3, 4
(c) 1, 2, 4, 3
(d) 1, 3, 4, 2
476. British achieved political power in India after which of the
following?
(a) Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Panipat
(c) Battle of Buxar
(d) Battle of Wndiwash
477. The number of permanent members of the U.N. security
Council is :
(a) 5
(b) 15
(c) 10
(d) 25
478. Match list-I with list-II
List-I list-II
A) SARAS 1. Battle tank
B) BHISHMA 2. Multipurpose civil Aircraft
C) BRAHMOS 3. Satellite
D) INSAT-3C 4. Misslle
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 2 1 4 3
479. “World Economic Outlook” report is published by which of
the following?
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) RBI
(d) UNCTAD
480. Bilateral monopoly situation is :
(a) when there are only two sellers of a product
(b) when there are only two buyers of a product
(c) when there is only one buyer and one seller of a
product
(d) when there are two buyers and two sellers of a product
481. Lorenz curve shows :
(a) Inflation
(b) Unemployment
(c) Income distribution
(d) Poverty
482. The preventive Detention Act curtailed :
(a) Right to Freedom
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(b) Right to Equality
(c) Right to Property
(d) Education Right
483. Ornithophily is effected by :
(a) Snails
(b) Bats
(c) Insects
(d) Birds
484. To which ganaraiya Gautam Buddha belonged?
(a) Shibi
(b) Shakya
(c) Saurasena
(d) Shabara
485. Which of the following is not an Igneous Rock?
(a) Dolomite
(b) Granite
(c) Basalt
(d) Gabbro
486. Which of the following vitamins help in the absorption of
calcium?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin B
(d) Vitamin C
487. The outermost layer of sun is called :
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Chromosphere
(c) Photosphere
(d) Corona
488. Constantly running system-program processes are known as :
(a) Daemons
(b) Processes
(c) Process Block
(d) Process Control Block
489. Which of the following vitamins contain nitrogen?
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
490. Science dealing with study of soil is called :
(a) Pedology
(b) Pedagogy
(c) Ecology
(d) Pomology
491. With which sport is P.V. Sindhu associated?
(a) Shooting
(b) Boxing
(c) Swimming
(d) Badminton
492. Which of the following uses the spawn mechanism to
duplicate itself?
(a) Trojan horse
(b) Worm
(c) Keystroke logger
(d) Logic bomb
493. Sum appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to :
(a) the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time
(b) red light having longer wave length scatters away
(c) that sun comes out of the mountains
(d) that all other colours scatter away except red
494. What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles?
(a) to carry nutrients
(b) to combat infection
(c) to carry oxygen
(d) to give strength
495. The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing
altitude is totally absent is :
(a) Troposphere
(b) Ionosphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Mesosphere
496. At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be :
(a) same as at sea level
(b) less than that at sea level
(c) more than that at sea level
(d) equal to the melting point of ice
497. Gandhiji’s Satyagraha meant an attachment to the following
two elements :
(a) Knowledge and religion
(b) Truth and non-violence
(c) Truth and chastity
(d) Love for motherland and hate for colonial masters
498. What do you mean by ‘Density of Population’?
(a) Ratio of people living below poverty line to total
population
(b) Number of persons live per square kilometer
(c) Number of persons in a city
(d) Number of persons living per kilometer
499. Which of the following is not a feature of a capitalist
economy?
(a) Right to private property
(b) Existence of competition
(c) Service motive
(d) Freedom of choice to consumers
500. Sunita Williams is a :
(a) Astronaut
(b) Missile scientist
(c) Nuclear scientist
(d) Astro physicist
501. Who is the writer of the famous book ‘Kabuliwala’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(c) Munshi Prem Chand
(d) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
502. The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sport?
(a) Cricket
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(b) Hockey
(c) Badminton
(d) Tennis
503. Who amongst the following wrestlers has been the recipient
of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
(a) Vijender Singh
(b) Sushil Kumar
(c) Anand Kumar Singh
(d) Zoravar Singh Faujdar
504. Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of :
(a) silica dust
(b) iron dust
(c) zinc dust
(d) coal dust
505. The term ‘Doab’ means :
(a) a land between two mountains
(b) a land between two lakes
(c) a land between two rivers
(d) a land between two seas
506. Which of the following is used as anaesthetics?
(a) N2
(b) N2O
(c) CH4
(d) CO2
507. Clove is obtained from :
(a) Root
(b) Stem
(c) Leaves
(d) Flower buds
508. What is Dakshin Gangotri?
(a) River valley in Andhra Pradesh
(b) Unmanned station located in Antarctica
(c) Second source of River Ganga
(d) Island in the Indian Ocean
509. Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ because :
(a) Sun rises there as soon as it sets
(b) Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky
throughout the day in Japan
(c) Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it
has the earliest sunrise
(d) The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the
sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
510. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court
during Jahangir’s reign?
(a) Paul Canning
(b) Captain William Hawkins
(c) William Edward
(d) Ralph Fitch
511. Which of the following is usually not an air-pollutant?
(a) Hydrocarbons
(b) Sulphur dioxide
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Nitrous oxide
512. Which of the following is called ‘the Land of White
Elephants’?
(a) Thailand
(b) Africa
(c) Cuba
(d) Turkey
513. On April 10, 2016, a huge fire broke out during fireworks
display at one of the following temples of Kerala :
(a) Chhotanikkara temple
(b) Puttingal temple
(c) Vishnuvira temple
(d) Mannarasala temple
514. Which of the following games was included in Rio Olympics
after more than 100 years?
(a) Diving
(b) Taekwondo
(c) Beach volleyball
(d) Golf
515. One of the following is ‘Labour’ in Economics :
(a) A musician performing for a benefit fund
(b) A painter working for his own pleasure
(c) Reading a book as a hobby
(d) A Mother teaching her own son
516. Which of the following is fish?
(a) Jelly fish
(b) Lobster
(c) Salmon
(d) Whale
517. The disconnected lines drawn on a map for showing slope :
(a) Bench marks
(b) Contours
(c) Form lines
(d) Hachure
518. A man standing close to the platform at a railway station
experiences a pulling force towards a fast moving train
because of…..
(a) gravitational force between train and man
(b) illusion of the man
(c) the centripetal force
(d) pressure difference due to fast moving air in between
519. The Network is overloaded with enormous data sent by many
computers within the network. The inability of the network to
deliver the data is termed as :
(a) Access control
(b) Congestion
(c) Error propagation
(d) Deadlock
520. Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Sheikh Abdullah
(b) Manilal Gandhi
(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
521. The weight of an object is maximum :
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(a) on the equator
(b) on the surface of the earth
(c) at the centre of the earth
(d) on the poles of the earth
522. Which of the following plays an important role in
photosynthesis?
(a) Chloroplast
(b) Centrosome
(c) Tonoplast
(d) Nematoblast
523. The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the case of :
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Pulses
(d) Oil seeds
524. What is a bank rate?
(a) Rate at which Central bank of a country advances
loans to other banks in the country
(b) Rate at which banks advance loans to the customers
(c) Rate at which banks lend among themselves
(d) Rate at which banks lend to money lenders
525. Which of the following tax systems will help to reduce
economic inequalities in India?
(a) Regressive Tax
(b) Progressive Tax
(c) Flat Rate Tax
(d) None of these
526. President on India can be removed from his office by :
(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Parliament
(d) Lok Sabha
527. A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river
channel during floods is called :
(a) Delta
(b) Levee
(c) Flood Plain
(d) Dune
528. At which stage in its life cycle does the silkworm yield the
fiber of commercial use:
(a) Larva
(b) Egg
(c) Pupa
(d) Imago
529. Quality of a musical note depends on :
(a) Fundamental frequency
(b) Amplitude of the wave
(c) Harmonics present
(d) Velocity of sound in the medium
530. The tides in the sea are primarily due to:
(a) The atmospheric effect of the Earth
(b) The gravitational effect of Venus on the Earth
(c) The gravitational effect of the Sun on the Earth
(d) The gravitational effect of the Moon on the Earth
531. The five permanent members of the UN security council are :
(a) USA, China, france, Russia and Canada
(b) China, France, Russia, UK and USA
(c) Japan, Germany, Russia, UK and USA
(d) Germany, China, USA, Russia and UK
532. Which of the following is not correctly paired?
(a) Sania Mirza - Tennis
(b) Saina Nehwal - Badminton
(c) Jhoolan Goswami - cricket
(d) Jeev Milikha Singh - Chess
533. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of which Gupta
Emperor?
(a) Kumara Gupta I
(b) Chandra Gupta II
(c) Samudra Gupta
(d) Skanda Gupta
534. What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?
(a) Valley widening
(b) River rejuvenating
(c) Valley deepening
(d) Meandering
535. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted
from Calcutta to Delhi?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Clive
536. Who among the following was the court physician of
Kanishka?
(a) Vasumitra
(b) Nagarjuna
(c) Charaka
(d) Patanjali
537. The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and
Indus river systems is :
(a) Haridwar
(b) Namchobarva
(c) Alakananda
(d) Ambala
538. Subordinate courts are supervised by………… .
(a) Supreme Court
(b) District Court
(c) High Court
(d) Parliament
539. Which of the following is the world’s top environmental
conservation award?
(a) Golden Bear Award
(b) Golden Panda Award
(c) Golden Globe Award
(d) Golden Palms Award
540. A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter by
connecting :
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(a) a high resistance in parallel
(b) a high resistance in series
(c) a low resistance in series
(d) a low resistance in parallel
541. Bee sting contains ….. .
(a) an acidic liquid
(b) a salt solution
(c) an alkaline liquid
(d) a corrosive liquid
542. Which scheduling service is used to handle traffic with
different priorities?
(a) Traffic management
(b) QoS traffic scheduling
(c) QoS Scheduler
(d) Qos Manager
543. The outer most layer of Sun is known as :
(a) Chromosphere
(b) Photosphere
(c) Radioactive zone
(d) Corona
544. Highest percentage of carbon is found in which form of coal?
(a) Anthracite
(b) Bituminous
(c) Peat
(d) Lignite
545. Which country has the largest internet users?
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) India
(d) Russia
546. The xylem in plants are responsible for :
(a) Transport of water
(b) Transport of food
(c) Transport of amino acids
(d) Transport of oxygen
547. Which of the following cities is the new capital of
Seemaandhra?
(a) Amaravati
(b) Secunderabad
(c) Vijayawada
(d) Vishakhapatnam
548. Which State Government has recently abolished “agriculture
income tax”?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Bihar
(d) Assam
549. Which of the following is not a method of estimating national
income?
(a) Expenditure method
(b) Output method
(c) Matrix method
(d) Income method
550. If the name of a tribe has to be excluded from the list of
Scheduled Tribe, who has the power for such exclusion?
(a) President
(b) Parliament
(c) National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
(d) Union Council of Ministers
551. Project ‘Sankalp’ started for the purpose……….
(a) to eradicate illiteracy
(b) to eradicate Polio
(c) to eliminate AIDS/HIV
(d) to eliminate unemployment
552. Ring of Fire is found commonly in :
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Arctic Ocean
553. Which of the following bacterium causes crown gall disease
in plants?
(a) Bacillus thurigiensis
(b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(c) Pseudomonas fluorescens
(d) None of these
554. Eustachian Tube is located in which part of human body?
(a) Nose
(b) Ear
(c) Eyes
(d) Throat
555. Which part of the brain plays an important role in motor
control?
(a) Cerebellum
(b) Cerebrum
(c) Medulla
(d) Pons
556. The frequency of direct current is :
(a) Zero
(b) 50 Hz
(c) 60 Hz
(d) 100 Hz
557. The vade which deals with the rituals is known as………
(a) Rigveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Samaveda
(d) Atharvaveda
558. Prime Minister’s ‘Ujjwala Yojana’ is related to :
(a) free distribution of LPG connections to socially
backward classes
(b) free electric connections to members of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(c) mass immunization campaign for children
(d) None of these
559. ‘Agronomy’ is the practice of raising ……….
(a) plants and animals
(b) crop plants
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(c) agriculture
(d) fruit plants only
560. Besides CO2, the other green house gas is :
(a) CH4
(b) N2
(c) Ar
(d) O2
561. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management
Authority (NDMA) is :
(a) National Security Advisor
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Chief of DRDO
(d) Home Minister of India
562. When the offices of the President and Vice-president fall
vacant simultaneously, who acts as President?
(a) Prime Minister of India
(b) The Chief Justice of India
(c) The Speaker Of Lok Sabha
(d) The Comptroller ad auditor General of India
563. Goitre is caused by the deficiency of ………. .
(a) Zinc
(b) Calcium
(c) Iodine
(d) Chlorine
564. For photoelectric effect of take place, the metal used as the
cathode should have ……. .
(a) high melting point
(b) low melting point
(c) low work function
(d) low resistance
565. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed from his
office by…..
(a) the President
(b) the Prime Minister
(c) a resolution passed by both houses of Parliament
(d) a resolution passed by the Lok Sabha
566. What does Section 124A of Indian Penal Code deal with?
(a) Atrocity against women
(b) Sedition
(c) Crime for demanding dowry
(d) Atrocity against SC/ST
567. Which instrument is used for photographing the Sun?
(a) Galvanometer
(b) Potentiometer
(c) Spectrophoto meter
(d) Spectroheliograph
568. Which country won 2016 Men’s Hockey Champions
Trophy?
(a) India
(b) Germany
(c) Belgium
(d) Australia
569. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-8?
(a) USA
(b) UK
(c) Germany
(d) Russia
570. The main protein found in milk is………. .
(a) Albumin
(b) Globulin
(c) Globin
(d) Casein
571. Which organ gets affected in Weil’s disease?
(a) Liver
(b) Lung
(c) Heart
(d) Kidney
572. Which of the following was the Official slogan for the 2016
Rio Olympic and Para Olympic Games?
(a) Welcome Home
(b) A New World
(c) Love & Save Nature
(d) Inspire a Generation
573. The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at :
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Pune
574. The capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was located at :
(a) Pataliputra
(b) Vaishali
(c) Lumbini
(d) Gaya
575. Golden Hand Shake scheme is the name of :
(a) Retirement Scheme
(b) Voluntary Retirement Scheme
(c) One Rank One Pension Scheme
(d) Private Sector Retirement Scheme
576. Indian Constitution can be amended according to the
procedure laid down in the following Article.
(a) Article 368
(b) Article 345
(c) Article 351
(d) Article 333
577. Who is the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog?
(a) Dr. Bidek Debroy
(b) Dr. V.K. Saraswat
(c) Dr. Arvind Panagariya
(d) Arun Jaitley
578. The city of Vijayanagar is also Known as :
(a) Halebidu
(b) Chandragiri
(c) Hampi
(d) Kondavidu
579. Which of the following Sultans of Tughlaq dynasty issued
copper coins instead of silver ones?
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(a) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(b) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Mahmud Tughlaq
580. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to
earthquakes?
(a) Deccan Palaeau
(b) Ganga – Brahmaputra Valley
(c) Plains of northern India
(d) Western Ghats
581. Honey that has high concentration of sugar does not decay
because :
(a) Bacteria cannot survive is an active state as it is totally
deprived of oxygen
(b) It contains natural antioxidant that prevents bacterial
attack
(c) Bacteria cannot survive in an active state in a
solution of high osmotic strength as water is drawn
out
(d) None of these
582. At low temperature, Lead behaves as a :
(a) Semi conductor
(b) Super conductor
(c) Insulator
(d) Conductor
583. In networks, a small message used to pass between one
station to another is known as …….. .
(a) Token
(b) Byte
(c) Word
(d) Ring
584. Which of the following is a natural polymer?
(a) Bakelite
(b) Nylon
(c) Polythene
(d) Starch
585. Which of the following mammals lay eggs?
(a) Bat
(b) Whale
(c) Weasel
(d) Platypus
586. Akbar’s tomb is located at which of the following places?
(a) Sikandara
(b) Agra
(c) Fatehpursikri
(d) Allahabad
587. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi is associated with which of the following
fields?
(a) Literature
(b) Social Services
(c) Classical Music
(d) Politics
588. Security Council of the UN comprises of 10 non-permanent
members and their tenure is……
(a) 5 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 2 years
589. ‘Tripitakas’ are sacred books of ……. .
(a) Hindus
(b) Jains
(c) Parsis
(d) Buddhists
590. If a country devalues its currency, its ……….. .
(a) Exports become cheaper and imports become
costlier.
(b) Exports become costlier and imports become cheaper.
(c) Exports value is equivalent to imports value.
(d) No effect on exports and imports value.
591. Which one of the following non-metals shows allotropy in
the liquid state?
(a) Carbon
(b) Sulphur
(c) Phosphorous
(d) Bromine
592. Sectoral distribution of GDP index measures ………. .
(a) Agriculture development of a country
(b) Economic development of a country
(c) Social development of a country
(d) Socio-Economic development of a country
593. Ragini is a popular form of folk song belonging to the State
of…… .
(a) Kashmir
(b) Kerala
(c) Haryana
(d) Manipur
594. Which of the following border is known as Radcliffe line?
(a) India and China
(b) India and Bangladesh
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) India and Afghanistan
595. Deepika Kumari is associated with which of the following
sports?
(a) Archery
(b) Gymnastics
(c) Badminton
(d) Athletics
596. What does the term ‘Ebola’ stand for?
(a) A viral disease outbreak in West Africa
(b) A viral disease outbreak in Bangladesh
(c) A city in Syria destroyed by ISIS.
(d) None of these
597. The virus of AIDS affects the growth of …….. .
(a) Haemoglobin
(b) RBCs in blood
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(c) T cells in blood
(d) Grey cells in brain
598. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer?
(a) Ammonium sulphate
(b) Urea
(c) Ammonium nitrate
(d) Superphosphate
599. The absolute zero is a temperature at which ……….. .
(a) Molecular motion in a gas would cease
(b) Water freezes
(c) All gases become liquid
(d) All gases become solid
600. Which of the following states has the lowest literacy rate?
(a) Kerala
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Bihar
(d) Maharashtra
601. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?
(a) December 22
(b) March 21
(c) June 22
(d) September 23
602. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is
called:
(a) Drizzle
(b) Hail
(c) Sleet
(d) Snow
603. Fuse wire is made of an alloy of :
(a) Tin and Lead
(b) Tin and Copper
(c) Lead and Copper
(d) Copper and Silver
604. Bacterial decomposition of biological material under
anaerobic condition is :
(a) Fermentation
(b) Fertilization
(c) Contamination
(d) Composting
605. Which of the following has the lowest frequency?
(a) Visible light
(b) Gamma rays
(c) X-rays
(d) Ultra violet rays
606. UDP is a :
(a) Connection oriented protocol
(b) Connectionless protocol
(c) User-defined protocol
(d) Security protocol
607. The important book written by kautilya is :
(a) Arthashastra
(b) Indica
(c) Arya Manju Sri Mula Kapa
(d) Rajatarangini
608. The northern part of the west coast in India is known as :
(a) Konkan coast
(b) Coromandel coast
(c) Malabar coast
(d) Godavari Coast
609. The elements known as primary nutrients for plants:
(a) Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium
(b) Nitrogen, Oxygen and Silicon
(c) Potassium, Boron and Nitrogen
(d) Nitrogen, phosphorus and Iron
610. Which sanctuary in India is famous for Rhinoceros and in
which state is it located?
(a) Gir, Gujarat
(b) Kaziranga, Assam
(c) Ranthambore, Rajasthan
(d) Corbett, Uttarakhand
611. ‘Davis Cup’ is associated with the game of :
(a) Cricket
(b) Lawn Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Table Tennis
612. The unit of measurement of noise is :
(a) Decibel
(b) Hertz
(c) Amplifier
(d) Acoustics
613. Among the following states, the literacy rate is highest in :
(a) Orissa
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Mizoram
614. The minimum number of members that must be present to
hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is :
(a) One-fourth of the total membership
(b) One-tenth of the total membership
(c) Fifty percent strength of the Lok Sabha
(d) At least hundred members
615. India’s population growth is characterized by :
(a) An increase in rate of death
(b) An increase in the ratio of females
(c) An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate
(d) Increasing number of old people
616. What will you call a system of taxation under which the
poorer sections are taxed at higher rates than the richer
sections?
(a) Progressive tax
(b) Proportional tax
(c) Regressive tax
(d) Degressive tax
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617. The most important function of an interest group is to :
(a) form the government
(b) alter government policies to its liking
(c) build up public opinion
(d) contest elections
618. Which among the following is not correctly paired?
(a) Shivaji-Afzal Khan
(b) Nurjahan-Mahabat Khan
(c) Akbar-Rana Pratap
(d) Babar-Bairam khan
619. Which of the following deserts is rich in gold reserves?
(a) Arabian
(b) Thar
(c) Mongolian
(d) Atacama
620. Lacrymal glands are situated in the :
(a) Palms
(b) Buccal cavity
(c) Eye orbit
(d) Stomach
621. The most extensive use of molasses after fermentation is for
producing :
(a) Methanol
(b) Sugar
(c) Ethanol
(d) Sugarcane
622. Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere by :
(a) oxides of nitrogen and sulphur
(b) oxides of nitrogen and phosphorous
(c) oxides of carbon and nitrogen
(d) oxides of nitrogen and methane
623. Charles Darwin, the famous evolutionist, proposed his theory
in which one of his books?
(a) The families of flowering plant
(b) The origin of species
(c) The life on earth
(d) The story of the living world
624. ‘Green Banking means:
(a) Banks financing agriculture
(b) Banks financing irrigation projects
(c) Banks financing farmers
(d) Banks financing pro-environmental projects
625. Who was the first Indian governor General of Independent
India?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) A. Kriplani
(d) Lord Mountbatten
626. A fresh egg when placed in salt water will :
(a) sink and go to the bottom
(b) sink but will not go to the bottom
(c) float
(d) burst
627. A genetically engineered form of brinjal known as the BT-
brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is :
(a) to make it pest resistant
(b) to improve its taste and nutritive value
(c) to make it drought resistant
(d) to make its shelf-life longer
628. Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain
production are …….. .
(a) wheat, rice, barley
(b) rice, maize, sorghum
(c) wheat, maize, sorghum
(d) wheat, rice, maize
629. Magnesium is a constituent metal of……..
(a) Chlorophyll molecule
(b) DNA
(c) Mitochondria
(d) Ribosomes
630. Which one among the following components is used as an
amplifying device?
(a) Transformer
(b) Diode
(c) Capacitor
(d) Transistor
631. A ……..is an agreement between the communicating parties
on how communication is to proceed.
(a) Path
(b) SLA
(c) Bond
(d) Protocol
632. Name the gas used in preparation of bleaching powder.
(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Chlorine
633. The famous Dilwara temples of Mount Abu are a sacred
pilgrimage place for the :
(a) Buddhists
(b) Jains
(c) Sikhs
(d) Parsis
634. The dispute over Siachin Glacier is between :
(a) India and China
(b) India and Afghanistan
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) India and Nepal
635. Who wrote the famous line: ‘A thing of beauty is a joy
forever’?
(a) John Keats
(b) V.S. Naipaul
(c) Sir Richard Burton
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(d) Larry Collins
636. On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin
layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical
because ………
(a) Mercury is a metal
(b) Density of mercury is greater than that of water
(c) Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with
glass
(d) Cohesion of water is greater than its adhesion with glass
637. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is :
(a) Maldives
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Mauritius
(d) Madagascar
638. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the
Parliament is appointed by the.
(a) President of India
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
639. Bank earn interest on :
(a) Deposits
(b) Loans
(c) Demand Drafts
(d) Bills of Exchange
640. Which is the most important factor that determines whether
advertising by manufacturing sector will lead to higher sales?
(a) Demand is elastic
(b) Demand is inelastic
(c) The product can be differentiated
(d) The product can be homogenous.
641. Which among the following is true for the Supreme Court of
India?
(a) Federal Court
(b) Court of Appeal
(c) Guardian of the Constitution
(d) All of these
(d)
642. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes
between the Centre and the States falls under its :
(a) Advisory jurisdiction
(b) Original Jurisdiction
(c) Appellate jurisdiction
(d) Jurisprudence
643. The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ have been derived from which
Upanishad?
(a) Akshi Upanishad
(b) Mundaka Upanishad
(c) Garuda Upanishad
(d) Mahavakya Upanishad
644. When Granite rocks get metamorphosed, they form :
(a) Quartzite
(b) Gneiss
(c) Marble
(d) Slate
645. Which of the following is a commercial source of energy?
(a) Agricultural waste
(b) Dried dung
(c) Sun
(d) Natural gas
646. Backward bending supply curve belongs to which market?
(a) Capital
(b) Labour
(c) Money
(d) Inventories
647. In IT, associative memory is called as :
(a) Virtual memory
(b) Cache memory
(c) Content addressable memory
(d) Main memory
648. Addition of suitable impurities into semiconductor, is called :
(a) Doping
(b) Mixing
(c) Forming
(d) Diluting
649. Kyoto Protocol is associated with:
(a) Species conservation
(b) Climate change
(c) Wetland Conservation
(d) Medicinal plants
650. Ebraham Alkazi is an eminent personality in which one of
the following areas?
(a) Heart surgery
(b) Civil aviation
(c) Theatre
(d) Painting
651. Skoda, which launched sedan ‘Rapid’, is an automobile
manufacturer based in :
(a) Japan
(b) France
(c) South Korea
(d) Czech Republic
652. Sattriya is a classical dance form of ………..
(a) Manipur
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Andhra Pradesh
653. P.V. Sindhu defeated Wang Yihan to enter the semi final of
women’s singles of badminton at the Rio Olympics. Wang
Yihan belongs to ……….
(a) Indonesia
(b) Taiwan
(c) China
(d) Japan
654. If a budget is defeated in the legislature of a state, then :
(a) the Finance Minister alone has to resign
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(b) the Finance Minister concerned has to be suspended
(c) the council of Minister along with the Chief Minister
has to resign
(d) re-election have to be ordered
655. Which one of following papers was edited by Gandhiji in
South Africa?
(a) Indian Opinion
(b) Harijan
(c) Young India
(d) Indian Mirror
656. In which of the following cities India’s first water metro
project was recently launched?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Kochi
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Mumbai
657. Meibomian glands are located in:
(a) Eye
(b) Ear
(c) Nose
(d) Skin
658. In which city is India’s first Post Office ATM opened?
(a) Chennai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Mumbai
659. Arsenic problem in India is primarily due to :
(a) Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
(b) Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in the hinterland
(c) Overexploitation of ground water in the affected
areas
(d) Overexploitation of surface water in the affected areas
660. Men’s Singles Wimbledon championship 2016, is bagged by:
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Milos Ravnic
(c) Roger Federer
(d) Novak Dijokovic
661. Which of the following vitamins are water soluble?
(a) Vit. A and Vit. B
(b) Vit. B and Vit. C
(c) Vit. C and Vit. D
(d) Vit. A and Vit. K
662. In terms of economics, if it is possible to make someone
better-off without making someone worse-off, then the
situation is :
(a) Inefficient
(b) Efficient
(c) Optimal
(d) Pareto-superior
663. Green House Effect means :
(a) Pollution in houses in tropical region
(b) Prevention of ultra-violet radiation by the ozone layer
(c) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases
(d) Damage to green painted buildings
664. General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh
massacre, was shot dead by:
(a) Hasrat Mohini
(b) Vir Savarkar
(c) Udham Singh
(d) Jatin Das
665. The innovation theory of profit was proposed by :
(a) Marshall
(b) Clark
(c) Schumpeter
(d) Joan Robbinson
666. The most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere is :
(a) Argon
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Oxygen
(d) Krypton
667. Who was the first Indian to be elected as a Member of the
British House of Commons?
(a) Jayaprakash Narayan
(b) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(c) Ram Manohar Lohia
(d) Sarojini Naidu
668. Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from:
(a) Delhi to Warangal
(b) Delhi to Devagiri
(c) Delhi to Madurai
(d) Delhi to Vijayanagar
669. Winds blowing constantly in one direction in rocky deserts
form:
(a) Chimneys
(b) Mushrooms rocks
(c) Yardangs
(d) Demoiselles
670. Sphygmomanometer measures the blood pressure in the :
(a) Veins
(b) Arteries
(c) Eyes
(d) Synovial
671. The reverse effect of X-ray emission is:
(a) Raman effect
(b) Compton effect
(c) Zeeman effect
(d) Photo-electric effect
672. WIMAX stands for:
(a) Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access
(b) Wired Interoperability for Microwave Access
(c) Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
(d) Worldwide infrastructure for Microwave Access
673. India is developing Chabahar Port in which of the following
countries?
(a) Iraq
(b) Oman
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(c) Iran
(d) Afghanistan
674. Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian women to have qualified
for Rio Olympic Games in which sport?
(a) Archery
(b) Boxing
(c) Badminton
(d) Gymnastics
675. How many Constitutional Amendments of the Constitution of
India have been made so far?
(a) 122
(b) 121
(c) 120
(d) 119
676. The rate at which RBI gives short term loan to commercial
banks is called :
(a) Repo rate
(b) Reverse Repo rate
(c) Bank rate
(d) Cash Reserve rate
677. The nationalisation of major commercial banks took place in
:
(a) 1947
(b) 1956
(c) 1969
(d) 1980
678. Lok Sabha secretariat comes under the direct control of :
(a) Minister of Home Affairs
(b) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) President
679. Which of the following Act introduced separate electorates
(communal representation) for Muslims?
(a) 1892 Act
(b) Act of 1909
(c) Reforms of 1919
(d) Government of India Act of 1935
680. Where is the Brihadeshwar temple, built during the Chola
period, located?
(a) Mysore
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) Tanjavur
(d) Kanyakumari
681. The first protocol to ban the emissions of
choloroflurocarbons in the atmosphere was made in :
(a) Montreal
(b) Osaka
(c) Geneva
(d) Florida
682. Blood group was discovered by :
(a) Alexander Fleming
(b) William Harvey
(c) Landsteiner
(d) Paulov
683. Magnetic Meridian is a :
(a) Line parallel to the equator of the Earth
(b) Latitude
(c) Line joining the geographic north and geographic south
of Earth
(d) Plane passing through the magnetic north and
magnetic south of Earth
684. Programs that duplicate the functionality of one system on
another system is known as :
(a) Emulators
(b) Simulators
(c) Evaluators
(d) PCB
685. The manufacturing of iron from iron-ore involves the process
of :
(a) Oxidation
(b) Reduction
(c) Electrolysis
(d) Fractional distillation
686. In a rainforest, the vegetation that grows under the shade of a
canopy is known as :
(a) Crown
(b) Canopy
(c) Understory
(d) Forest floor
687. The term “roll-in” is used in :
(a) Cricket
(b) Tennis
(c) Hockey
(d) Golf
688. Which of the following is the busiest International sea port in
India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Kochi
(d) Tuticorin
689. The word “Secular” was added to the Preamble of the
Constitution of India by which Constitutional Amendment?
(a) 41st Constitutional Amendment
(b) 42nd Constitutional Amendment
(c) 43rd Constitutional Amendment
(d) 44th Constitutional Amendment
690. Who coined the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
(a) Subash Chandra Bose
(b) Balagangadhar Tilak
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Sukhdev
691. “Great Barrier Reef”, the world’s largest Coral reef is located
in :
(a) Caribbean Islands
(b) Australia
(c) Philippines
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(d) Indonesia
692. Decoding and interpretation of visual information in brain is
associated with :
(a) Frontal lobe
(b) Occipital lobe
(c) Temporal lobe
(d) Parietal lobe
693. Flemings “le hand Rule” is associated with the effect of :
(a) Electric field on current
(b) Magnetic field on magnet
(c) Electric field on magnet
(d) Magnetic Field on current
694. An emulsion is a colloidal solution of :
(a) Liquid in liquid
(b) Solid in liquid
(c) Gas in solid
(d) Solid is solid
695. ………..is a byproduct of sewage treatment and can be
decomposed to produce bio-gas.
(a) Sewage
(b) Sludge
(c) Sewer
(d) Scum
696. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is headquartered
at :
(a) Shanghai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Brasilia
(d) Moscow
697. Which one of the following cities of Iraq is located on Tigris
river?
(a) Baghdad
(b) Mousul
(c) Kirkuk
(d) Basra
698. Human Development Index is prepared by :
(a) UNDP
(b) WHO
(c) IMF
(d) WHO
699. Uber Cup is associated with :
(a) Football
(b) Handball
(c) Badminton
(d) Squash
700. The food in Onion is stored in the form of …….. .
a) Cellulose
b) Protein
c) Starch
d) Sugar
701. What is the maximum number of days of employment a rural
poor would get under ‘MGNREGA’?
(a) 180 days
(b) 120 days
(c) 100 days
(d) 90 days
702. Scheduled bank is a bank which is:
(a) Nationalized
(b) Not nationalized
(c) Based in foreign country
(d) Included in the second schedule of RBI
703. Black soil us also known by which of the following name?
(a) Khaddar Soil
(b) Bangar Soil
(c) Alluvial Soil
(d) Regur Soil
704. What is the name of the book written by Panini?
(a) Mahabhashya
(b) Mitakshara
(c) Madhyamika karika
(d) Ashtadhyayi
705. Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan?
(a) The Sayyads
(b) The Lodhis
(c) The Rajputs
(d) The Khiljis
706. The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called :
(a) Anemometer
(b) Barometer
(c) Hygrometer
(d) Thermometer
707. Gustation refers to the sense of which of the following?
(a) Smell
(b) Hearing
(c) Tactile
(d) Taste
708. Intensity of any wave is proportional to which of the
following?
(a) Amplitude
(b) Square of amplitude
(c) Square root of amplitude
(d) Cube of amplitude
709. In the following list of devices which device is used in
network layer?
(a) Repeaters
(b) Router
(c) Application Gateway
(d) Switch
710. NTPC is a Central Public Sector Enterprise in which sector?
(a) Education
(b) Health
(c) Power
(d) Transport
711. Which State government has launched the Smart Village
Programme, to improve public facilities in village?
(a) Maharashtra
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(b) Rajasthan
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
712. Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte emerged winner in 2006
presidential elections of which country?
(a) Mexico
(b) The Philippines
(c) Spain
(d) Singapore
713. What is commonly known as ‘white plague’?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Malaria
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Plague
714. What are gilt-edged securities?
(a) Securities issued by the multinational companies
(b) Securities issued by the Government
(c) Securities issued by the private sector
(d) Securities issued by the joint venture companies
715. In whose consultation does the President convene and
prorpgue all sessions of Parliament?
(a) The Speaker
(b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition in
Lok Sabha
(d) The Council of Ministers
716. With which religion is Kaivalya associated?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Jainism
(c) Hinduism
(d) Sikhism
717. Bauxite is used as raw material by which industry?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Iron
(c) Steel
(d) Gold
718. The large collection of stars, dust and gas held together by
gravitational attraction between components is known as :
(a) Cluster
(b) Atmosphere
(c) Galaxy
(d) Sun family
719. Thermal electricity is generated by using which of these?
(a) Coal only
(b) Coal and Natural Gas only
(c) Coal, Natural Gas and Petroleum
(d) None of these
720. When iron rusts, its weight..…..
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains the same
(d) first increases and then decreases
721. The driest location on Earth is in which country?
(a) Kenya
(b) Chile
(c) Congo
(d) Libya
722. Which leader of British Labour Party was recently elected the
first Muslim Mayor of London?
(a) Sadiq Khan
(b) Ataullah Khan
(c) Firdauz Zaidi
(d) Karim Shaikh
723. ‘Lady Ratan Tata Trophy’ is related to which game?
(a) Basketball
(b) Hockey
(c) Kho-Kho
(d) Cricket
724. Which instrument is used for measuring humidity of
atmosphere?
(a) Barometer
(b) Anemometer
(c) Thermometer
(d) Hygrometer
725. Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport?
(a) Billiards
(b) Boxing
(c) Cricket
(d) Badminton
726. “The General Equilibrium Analysis” was developed by :
(a) Marshall
(b) Ricardo
(c) Walras
(d) Adam Smith
727. Insider trading is related to :
(a) Trade sector
(b) Share market
(c) Credit market
(d) Horse racing
728. The operational period of 12th Five Year Plan is :
(a) 2007-12
(b) 2012-17
(c) 2015-20
(d) 2005-10
729. A unitary form of government is that in which all the powers
are concentrated in the hands of :
(a) Local government
(b) Central government
(c) Provincial government
(d) Panchayats
730. The school of Indian art which is also known as name of
Greco-Roman, Budhist art’ is the……school.
(a) Mauryan
(b) Shunga
(c) Gandhara
(d) Gupta
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731. Which of the following Pallava Kings assumed the title of
‘Vatapikonda’ after defeating and slaying the great
Chalukyan King Pulekesin II ?
(a) Narsingh Varman I
(b) Mahendra Varman I
(c) Parameshwar Varman I
(d) Nandi Varman
732. The land forms formed by wave erosion is :
(a) Spit
(b) Beach
(c) Cave
(d) Barrier island
733. Which one among the following is not an electro-magnetic
wave?
(a) X-Ray
(b) R-Ray
(c) Cathode Ray
(d) Infrared Ray
734. Which one of the following is a good electrical conductor?
(a) Graphite
(b) Diamond
(c) Peat
(d) Charcoal
735. Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is
known as :
(a) Social forestry
(b) Jhum
(c) Taungya system
(d) Agro forestry
736. Name the longest lake in India.
(a) Pangong Lake
(b) Pulicat Lake
(c) Kolleru Lake
(d) Vembanad Lake
737. Red Data Book provides an account of :
(a) extinct animals only
(b) endangered plants and animals
(c) endangered plants only
(d) fossil plants
738. Suez Canal connects :
(a) Red Sea and Arabian Sea
(b) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(c) Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(d) North Sea and Baltic Sea
739. CENVAT is related to which of the following?
(a) Sales Tax
(b) Excise Duty
(c) Custom Duty
(d) Service Tax
740. Malthusian theory is associated with which of the following?
(a) Poverty
(b) Employment
(c) Diseases
(d) Population
741. An amendment of the constitution may be initiated…………
(a) by introduction be the President of India
(b) by introduction of a Bill in Rajya Sabha
(c) by the Governors of States
(d) by the introduction of a bill in either House of
Parliament
742. kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka
(d) Assam
743. Which is the parameter for the economic development?
(a) Per capita monetary income
(b) National income
(c) Per capita rural income
(d) Population
744. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above:
(a) Tropic of Capricorn
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) Poles
(d) Equator
745. Which battle led to the downfall of Vijaynagar empire?
(a) Battle of Takkolam
(b) Battle of talikota
(c) Battle of Kanwah
(d) Battle of Panipat
746. The antibiotic penicillin is obtained from which of the
following?
(a) Synthetic process
(b) A bacterium
(c) Fungus
(d) Virus infected cells
747. Among the world oceans, which ocean is having the widest
continental shelf?
(a) Antarctic Ocean
(b) Arctic Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Atlantic Ocean
748. Data in database at a particular point of tome is called as :
(a) Intension
(b) Extension
(c) Back up
(d) Application
749. Which is the largest peninsular river in India?
(a) Krishna
(b) Godavari
(c) Cauvery
(d) Mahanadi
750. Red soil is normally found in India in which regions?
(a) Eastern Region only
(b) Southern Region only
(c) Eastern and southern part of the Deccan Plateau
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(d) None of these
751. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India?
(a) Babur
(b) Humayun
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir
752. Limestone is a raw material used by which industry?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Fertilzers
(c) Cement
(d) Petrochemicals
753. The Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted
from which Constitution?
(a) U.S. Constitution
(b) British constitution
(c) Irish Constitution
(d) French constitution
754. Which of the following is indicated by the colour of a star?
(a) Weight
(b) Distance
(c) Temperature
(d) Size
755. Atomic number of an atom gives the number of which of the
following?
(a) Electrons
(b) Protons
(c) Neutrons
(d) Neutrons and protons
756. DPT vaccine is categorized as which of the following?
(a) Anti viral vaccine
(b) Anti protozoan vaccine
(c) Anti rickettsial vaccine
(d) A combined vaccine
757. Which is the highest quality of hard coal?
(a) Anthracite
(b) Bituminous
(c) Lignite
(d) Peat
758. For which one of the following, ‘diodes’ are generally used
for?
(a) Rectification
(b) Amplification
(c) Modulation
(d) Filtration
759. An anemometer measures which of the following?
(a) Speed of light
(b) Speed of wind
(c) Speed of water current
(d) Speed of satellites
760. ‘Mission Indradhanush’ Campaign in India is associated with
:
(a) Nutrition to Pregnant Women
(b) Awareness of Diabetes
(c) Eradication of blindness
(d) Vaccination of children
761. Who is the new Director of Film and Television Institute of
India (FTII)?
(a) Prashant Pathrabe
(b) Amol Palekar
(c) Shabana Azmi
(d) Bhupendra Kainthola
762. Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colour
blindness?
(a) WBC
(b) Cone cell
(c) Rod cell
(d) Neuron
763. Who is the recipient of Man Booker International Prize 2016
for the novel ‘The Vegetarian’?
(a) Orhan Pamuk
(b) Han Kang
(c) Elena Ferrante
(d) Tonkin
764. Saving is that portion of money income that is :
(a) spent for development of Industries
(b) not spent on consumption
(c) spent on health and education
(d) spent for consumer durables
765. In which field did Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize?
(a) Micro Economics
(b) Welfare economics
(c) Economic Growth Model
(d) Input-Output Model
766. Raja Ravi Verma was a great painter of which of the
following?
(a) Bengal
(b) Bihar
(c) Punjab
(d) Kerala
767. Who was the founder of the Theosophical society of India?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
768. Who coined the Chipko slogan “Ecology is Permanent
Economy”?
(a) Chan Prasad Bhatt
(b) Sundarlal Bahuguna
(c) Shayam Prasad Bahuguna
(d) Bachni Devi
769. Which of the following is study of fossils?
(a) Ethology
(b) Etiology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Palaeontology
770. Chemical properties of isotopes :
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(a) must be same
(b) must be different
(c) need not be same
(d) need not be different
771. Which of the following is the operation executed on data
stored in registers?
(a) Bit-operation
(b) Macro-operation
(c) Micro-operation
(d) Byte-operation
772. Sour taste of lemon is due to the presence of which of the
following?
(a) Citric acid
(b) Acetic acid
(c) Oxalic acid
(d) Formic acid
773. Which State has the longest coastline?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Karnataka
774. Which among the following cities in India is not located in
golden quadrilateral Road Network?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
775. Which is the first Indian State to go wholly organic?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Sikkim
(c) Manipur
(d) Assam
776. What is the role of “Ombudsman” in a bank?
(a) To provide quality and speedy redressal of grievances
of customers
(b) To provide suggestions for innovative schemes in the
banks
(c) To inspect the internal working of the branches
(d) To monitor the poverty alleviation programmes
undertaken by or implemented by the bank
777. Which of the following schedules contains special provisions
for the administration of tribal areas in the four north-eastern
states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram?
(a) First schedule
(b) Second schedule
(c) Third schedule
(d) Sixth schedule
778. The ‘Narmada water dipute tribunal was constituted to
resolve the water sharing between:
a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
b) Gujarat and Maharashtra
c) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya
Pradesh
d) Gujarat and Daman and Diu
779. In which way the president can assign any of the functions of
the union government to the state Government?
a) In his discretion
b) In consultation with the chief justice of India
c) In consultation with the Government of the state
d) In consultation with the state governor
780. Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated?
a) Delhi
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Himachal Pradesh
781. Which of the following is not true about Ajanta caves?
a) They are in Maharashtra
b) They are decorated with Buddhist art
c) They depict the techniques used in ancient India
d) They do not contain paintings of flora and fauna
782. Who was the founder of Arya samaj?
a) Acharya Narendra Dev
b) Dayanand saraswati
c) Raja ram mohan roy
d) Acharya vinoba bhave
783. Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the
foundation of Amritsar?
(a) Guru Amar Das
(b) Guru Ram Das
(c) Guru Arjan Dev
(d) Guru Har Govind
784. In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which word
was added to the Preamble?
(a) Democratic
(b) Equality
(c) Secular
(d) Socialist
785. Which monument is known as ‘The National Monument of
India’?
(a) India Gate
(b) Gateway of India
(c) Raj Ghat
(d) Red Fort
786. Which of the following country has recently declared 3
month emergency following a failed military coup?
(a) Sudan
(b) Turkey
(c) Maldives
(d) Syria
787. The award which, the famous writer and social activist
Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win?
(a) Sahity Akademi Award
(b) Jwanpith Award
(c) Magsaysay Award
(d) Padam Vidhushan
788. Which place is said to be the Mahchester of South India?
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(a) Coimbatore
(b) Salem
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Madurai
789. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by
connecting with it a :
(a) high resistance in parallel
(b) how resistance on parallel
(c) high resistance on series
(d) low resistance in series
790. In computer processing, ……… selects processes from the
pool and loads them into memory for execution.
(a) Job Scheduler
(b) Resource Scheduler
(c) CPU Scheduler
(d) Process scheduler
791. Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in
any competitive match.
(a) Prithvi Shaw
(b) Pranav Dhanawade
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Shikhar Dhawan
792. The beach sands of Kerala are rich in :
(a) calcium
(b) radium
(c) thorium
(d) manganese
793. During which of the following operating conditions of an
automobile, carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is
maximum?
(a) Acceleration
(b) Cruising
(c) Idle running
(d) Deacceleration
794. India’s first Railway University will come up at :
(a) Vadodara, Gujarat
(b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(c) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
795. The Himalayas is the example of………
(a) Fold mountains
(b) Block mountains
(c) Ancient mountains
(d) Residual mountains
796. The largest irrigation canal in India is………
(a) Yamuna canal
(b) Indira Gandhi canal
(c) Sirhand canal
(d) Upper Bari Doab canal
797. Even after sunset, the air near the Earth’s surface continue to
receive heat due to :
(a) insolation
(b) terrestrial radiation
(c) conduction
(d) convection
798. At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian
contingent?
(a) Narsingh Yadav
(b) Abhinav Bindra
(c) Dipa Karmakar
(d) Sania Mirza
799. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth
along which one side has moved down with reference to the
other is known as :
(a) Rift valley
(b) U shaped valley
(c) V shaped valley
(d) Hanging valley
800. The largest artery in human body is :
(a) Aorta
(b) Capillary
(c) Vena cava
(d) Pulmonary vein
801. An eudiometer measures :
(a) atmospheric pressure
(b) time
(c) volume of gases
(d) vapour pressure
802. Trinitrotoluene is :
(a) Used to melt metals
(b) Used to fuse two metals
(c) Used as an abrasive
(d) Used as an explosive
803. In a cut motion, when the amount of demand is reduced by
100/-, it is known as:
(a) Disapproval of policy cut
(b) Economy cut
(c) Vote on account
(d) Token cut
804. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is :
(a) Australia
(b) Russia
(c) Canada
(d) Armenia
805. Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following
game?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Volleyball
806. If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it
will ;
(a) increase credit creation
(b) decrease credit creation
(c) have no impact on credit creation
(d) have no definite impact on credit creation
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807. nitrification is the biological process of converting :
(a) N2 into nitrate
(b) N2 into nitrite
(c) Ammonia into nitrite
(d) Ammonia into N
808. During the reign of which was the Great Wall of China
constructed?
(a) Sung
(b) Tang
(c) Han
(d) Chin
809. Which of the following was published by Gandhji during his
stay in South Africa?
(a) Young India
(b) Indian Opinion
(c) Nav Jivan
(d) None of these
810. What was the immediate aim of the Treaty of Purander in
1665?
(a) To gain goodwill of Shivaji
(b) To sow seeds of contention between Shivaji and
Sultan of Bijapur
(c) To deceive Shivaji
(d) To make Shivaji a puppet of Mughals
811. Match the following :
A. Mohenjodaro 1. Statue of a priest
B. Harappa 2. Port
C. Kalibangan 3. Plough marks
D. Lothal 4. The Great Bath
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 1 4 2 3
812. Blood is red in colour due to the presence of………….
(a) cytochrome
(b) chlorophy II
(c) hemocyanin
(d) heamoglobin
813. Which one of the following events in a botanical garden is
never directly influenced by light?
(a) Flowering
(b) Photosynthesis
(c) Transpiration
(d) Fertilization
814. What type of lens is used to correct vision of a person
suffering from Myopia?
(a) Convex lens
(b) Concave lens
(c) Crossed lens
(d) Cylindrical lens
815. Iolex, a pain relief balm, has the smell of……….
(a) methyl salicylate
(b) ethyl salicylate
(c) propyl salicylate
(d) butyl salicylate
816. Who appoints the members of the State Public Service
Commission?
(a) Chief Minister
(b) Governor
(c) Chief Justice
(d) Vice President
817. Who was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the
Communist International?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) P.C. Joshi
(c) Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel
(d) M.N. Roy
818. What is the source of natural energy of the hot springs at
Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh?
(a) Geothermal Energy
(b) Biomass Energy
(c) Thermal Energy
(d) Hydro Energy
819. Which of the following is a Dominant Autosomal Disorder?
(a) Albinism
(b) Cystic Fibrosis
(c) Phenyl Ketorunia
(d) Alzheimer’s Disease
820. Glycol is used to manufacture which of the following?
(a) Nylon
(b) Artificial silk
(c) Terylene
(d) Rubber
821. The movement inside the Earth’s crust is studied by which of
the following?
(a) Geology
(b) Seismology
(c) Plate tectonics
(d) Pantograph
822. “Lona” is related to which game?
(a) Kho Kho
(b) Kabaddi
(c) Lawn Tennis
(d) Badminton
823. If a healthy freshwater fish is placed in salt water, what will
be the expected consequence?
(a) The fish becomes dehydrated and dies
(b) The fish becomes bloated and dies
(c) The fish suffers from fungal or bacterial disease and dies
(d) There is no observable effect on the fish provided there
is sufficient food
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824. Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight sun’?
(a) Sweden
(b) Norway
(c) Germany
(d) Finland
825. Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India?
(a) Indus
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Ganges
(d) Damodar
826. The molecular mass of a gas is…….. .
(a) twice its vapour pressure
(b) equal to its vapour pressure
(c) half its vapour pressure
(d) not related to its vapour pressure]
827. ‘Stand up India’ scheme launched by the Prime Minister
recently is related with :
(a) Promotion of entrepreneurship among SC, ST and
women
(b) Promotion of rights of Divyangs
(c) Promotion of compulsory education for women
(d) Promotion of Indian exports in western countries
828. Which one of the following institutions is also called “World
Bank”?
(a) International Bank of Reconstruction and
Development
(b) International Monetary Fund
(c) UNICEF
(d) IFC
829. Which is called the “Lake District of India”?
(a) Nainital
(b) Shimla
(c) Sikkim
(d) Matheran
830. Which of the following set of taxes belongs to Central
Government?
(a) Excise duty, Sales tax and Custom duty
(b) Income tax, Custom duty and House tax
(c) Excise duty, Custom duty and Income tax
(d) Custom duty, Entertainment tax and Income tax
831. Brown stains in vessels and clothes indicate the presence of
high quantities of………. in water.
(a) magnesium
(b) calcium
(c) manganese
(d) chromium
832. Which one of the following countries is not a member of the
“BRICS” group?
(a) Brazil
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) Indonesia
833. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the movement in
India’s freedom struggle?
(a) Dandi March
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Khilafat Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
834. ‘Parsec’ is the unit measurement of :
(a) Density of stars
(b) Astronomical distance
(c) Brightness of heavenly bodies
(d) Orbital velocity of giant stars
835. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is :
(a) Prabandhas
(b) Angas
(c) Nibandhas
(d) Charits
836. Which one of the following is not an instrument of Fiscal
policy?
(a) Open Market Operations
(b) Taxation
(c) Public borrowing
(d) Public expenditure
837. At room temperature, the metal that remains liquid is :
(a) mercury
(b) platinum
(c) lead
(d) zinc
838. Which is known as carbolic acid?
(a) Phenol
(b) Ethanol
(c) Acetic acid
(d) Oxalic acid
839. On which river is the Tehri bam built?
(a) Alakananda
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Ganga
(d) Hooghly
840. With which country, India has the longest international
boundary?
(a) Nepal
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Bangladesh
841. Male mosquitoes take their food from :
(a) human blood
(b) standing water
(c) sap of plants
(d) dung and debris
842. The range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan
is :
(a) Zaskar
(b) Kailash
(c) Karakoram
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(d) Ladakh
843. Kolattam and Chholiya are the dance forms of which of the
two States?
(a) Kerala and Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Karnataka and Bihar
844. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired
by a prominent member of the opposition?
(a) Committee on Government Assurances
(b) Estimates Committee
(c) Privileges Committee
(d) Public Accounts Committee
845. The specific role of Vitamin K is in the synthesis of :
(a) Albumin
(b) Antibodies
(c) Globulin
(d) Prothrombin
846. From the national point of view, which of the following
indicates micro approach?
(a) Study of sales of mobile phones by BSNL
(b) Unemployment among women
(c) Per capita income in India
(d) Inflation in India
847. Money market is a market for……..?
a) Short term fund
b) Long term fund
c) Negotiable instruments
d) Sale of shares
848. India shares longest international boundary with which
country?
a) Bangladesh
b) China
c) Nepal
d) Bhutan
849. The Residuary powers of legislation under Indian
Constitution rests with:
a) President
b) Prime minister
c) Parliament
d) States
850. Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of ‘Ram Rajya’ was:
(a) A centralised government
(b) A totalitarian state
(c) A stateless society
(d) Power in the hands of religious leaders
851. Credit Rationing in India is done by:
(a) RBI
(b) SBI
(c) LIC
(d) Finance Ministry
852. The human faeces is yellow in colour due to the presence of a
pigment called:
(a) Pepsin
(b) Renin
(c) Amylase
(d) Urobilin
853. Where are coins minted in India?
(a) Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
(b) Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
(d) Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Noida
854. What is the phenomenon which established the transverse
nature of light?
(a) Reflection
(b) Interference
(c) Diffraction
(d) Polarization
855. What is the name of a memory buffer used to accommodate a
speed differential?
(a) Cache
(b) Stack Pointer
(c) Accumulator
(d) DISC
856. What is contained in Chlorophyll?
(a) Sodium
(b) Potassium
(c) Manganese
(d) Magnesium
857. Epigraphy is the study of which of the following?
(a) Coins
(b) Inscriptions
(c) Temples
(d) Birds
858. Who won the Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship
2016?
(a) Angilique Kuber
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Venus Williams
(d) Steffi Graff
859. In which field is B.C.Roy Award given?
(a) Music
(b) Journalism
(c) Medicine
(d) Environment
860. Which one of the following areas of India is covered by
tropical evergreen forest?
(a) Semi-arid areas of Gujarat
(b) Eastern Ghats
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Madhya Pradesh
861. Which one of the following substances is normally found in
urine?
(a) Blood proteins
(b) Creatinine
(c) Red blood cells
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(d) White blood cells
862. The thymus gland produces a hormone called :
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Thymosin
(c) Thyronine
(d) Calcitonin
863. Blood group AB has :
(a) no antigen
(b) no antibody
(c) neither antigen nor antibody
(d) both antigen and anibody
864. Which vitamins are those, if taken in excess can be
dangerous as they are stored in the body?
(a) B Complex
(b) E and C
(c) B and C
(d) A and D
865. Atomic explosion is triggered by :
(a) thermo nuclear reaction
(b) chemical reaction
(c) controlled chain reaction
(d) uncontrolled chain reaction
866. The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it
passes from one medium to another is called :
(a) propagation
(b) reflection
(c) refraction
(d) dispersion
867. Who has the right to decide whether a Bill is a money bill or
not?
(a) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President
(d) Finance Minister
868. Motor skills are associated with which part of the brain?
(a) Frontal Lobe
(b) Parietal Lobe
(c) Temporal Lobe
(d) Occipital Lobe
869. Which enzyme is present in all members of the animal
kingdom except Protozoa?
(a) Insulin
(b) Pepsin
(c) Renin
(d) Amylase
870. At boiling point of liquids, its ……….
(a) Temperature increases
(b) Atmospheric pressure increases
(c) Temperature remains constant
(d) Vapour pressure decreases
871. A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of electrons
and positive ions is called :
(a) Troposphere
(b) Ionosphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Mesosphere
872. The First Woman President of the Indian National Congress
was:
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Kadambani Ganguli
873. Which of the following programmes meet the credit needs of
poor women?
(a) Mahila Samriddhi Yojna
(b) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
(c) Indira Mahila Yojna
(d) Mahila Samakhya Programme
874. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India submits his
report relating to the accounts of the Union to the:
(a) Finance Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President
(d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
875. The first Buddhist Council was held at……..
(a) Kashmir
(b) Rajagriha
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Vaishali
876. Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet?
(a) Nilgiri hills
(b) Cardamom hills
(c) Palani hills
(d) Annamalai hills
877. Who was the founder of the Satvahana Empire?
(a) Kanha
(b) Simuka
(c) Hala
(d) Gautamiputra
878. Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session
at:
(a) Allahabad
(b) Calcutta
(c) Surat
(d) Lahore
879. Silica gel is a:
(a) Moisturizer
(b) Flavouring agent
(c) Drying agent
(d) Delicious food
880. Which Superfast train has AC Coach having Braille Signals?
(a) Purushottam Express
(b) Shramjeevi Express
(c) Himgiri Express
(d) Purva Express
881. Biofertilizers convert nitrogen to…..
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(a) nitrates
(b) ammonia
(c) nitrogenase
(d) amino acids
882. Shiva Thapa is associated with which of the following
sports?
(a) Boxing
(b) Golf
(c) Shooting
(d) Badminton
883. Which term is not associated with sound wave?
(a) Hertz
(b) Decibel
(c) Candela
(d) Mach
884. In computer science, data hazard occurs when :
(a) pipeline changes the order of read/write access to
operands
(b) performance loss
(c) machine size is limited
(d) some functional unit is not fully pipelined
885. During the period of which Governor General/viceroy was
the Indian Civil Service introduced?
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Curzon
(c) Bentinck
(d) Cornwallis
886. Which of the following is the uppermost layer of the
atmosphere?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Mesosphere
(c) Ionosphere
(d) Exosphere
887. The first Commercial Civilian Aircraft developed by India is
(a) Pawan Hans
(b) Tejas
(c) Gajraj
(d) Saras
888. Wedded neck is a characteristic of :
(a) Down’s syndrome
(b) Turner’s syndrome
(c) Klinefelter’s syndrome
(d) Cri-du-chat syndrome
889. The World Trade Organisation, which replaced GATT, has
its headquarters in :
(a) Vienna
(b) Brussels
(c) New York
(d) Geneva
890. One of the common forms of representing remote sensing
data as information is in the form of :
(a) Thematic maps
(b) Political maps
(c) Distribution maps
(d) Land use maps
891. Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across which river?
(a) Ganga
(b) Sutlej
(c) Cauvery
(d) Brahmaputra
892. The group of solar cells joined together in a definite pattern is
called a :
(a) Battery
(b) Solar heater
(c) Solar cooker
(d) Solar cell panel
893. Chemical composition of cement is:
(a) Limestone and Clay
(b) Limestone, Clay and Gypsum
(c) Limestone and Gypsum
(d) Clay and Gypsum
894. A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow
strip from the main sea is called :
(a) Bay
(b) Isthmus
(c) Lagoon
(d) Strait
895. The sigmoid colon is a part of :
(a) Small Intestine
(b) Large Intestine
(c) Pharynx
(d) Rectum
896. The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is:
(a) Bharatpur
(b) Gir forest
(c) Khaziranga
(d) Nilgiris
897. Which country recently voted to leave the European Union
(EU)?
(a) Greece
(b) Spain
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Germany
898. ‘Capital gains’ refers to goods which:
(a) serve as a source of raising further capital
(b) help in the further production of goods
(c) directly go into the satisfaction of human wants
(d) find multiple uses
899. The President can dismiss a member of the Council of
Ministers…………
(a) with the consent of the Speaker
(b) only under emergency conditions
(c) on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
(d) on his own
900. Securities and Exchange Board of India is a :
(a) Quasi Judicial Body
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(b) Regulatory Body
(c) Advisory Body
(d) Constitutional Body
901. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were jointly
presented with which award?
(a) Magsaysay Award
(b) Nobel Peace Prize
(c) Gandhi Peace Prize
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
902. Warming Ammonium chloride with sodium hydrochloride in
a test tube is an example of :
(a) Open system
(b) Closed system
(c) Isobaric system
(d) Isothermal system
903. Which of the following is the cleanest source of energy?
(a) Biofuel
(b) Fossil fuel
(c) Nuclear power
(d) Wind energy
904. The first woman of Indian origin who undertook a space
journey :
(a) Sunita Williams
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Darshan Ranganath
(d) Avani Chaturvedi
905. Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched
with its editor?
(a) Bande Mataram : Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) New India : Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Yugantar : Bhupendranath Dutta
(d) Sandhya : Barindra Ghosh
906. Silk worms feed on:
(a) Basil leaves
(b) Curry leaves
(c) Rose leaves
(d) Mulberry leaves
907. Who among the following has been appointed the new Coach
of the Indian Cricket team by the BCCI recently?
(a) Saurav Ganguly
(b) Anil Kumble
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) S.R. Kulkarni
908. What is the product formed when sodium dicarbonate is
heated strongly?
(a) Sodium Carbonate
(b) Sodium Hydroxide
(c) Sodium Peroxide
(d) Sodium Monoxide
909. Mission Indradhanush, a programme introduced recently in
the country by the NDA Government, is related to:
(a) Systematic immunization of children against disease
(b) Providing Insurance cover to farmers against crop failure
(c) Development of fisheries in rural areas
(d) Development of multiple cropping in hilly region
910. Who among the following Indians has been honoured by a
special Oscar?
(a) Mahesh Bhatt
(b) Satyajit Ray
(c) Mira Nair
(d) G.P. Sippy
911. What situation would result if Government expenditure
exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?
(a) Deficit budgeting
(b) Zero-based budgeting
(c) Performance-based budgeting
(d) Surplus budgeting
912. Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to:
(a) Agricultural Sector
(b) Rural Area
(c) Factory Sector
(d) Urban Area
913. Which of the following is not guaranteed by Indian
Constitution?
(a) Right to Equality
(b) Right of religious freedom
(c) Right to Constitutional remedies
(d) Right to free education for all
914. A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as
a:
(a) Strait
(b) Sound
(c) Bay
(d) Fjord
915. Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing
water from:
(a) Jhelum river
(b) Chenab river
(c) Beas river
(d) Sutlaj river
916. The sexual reproductive organs of aspergillus are:
(a) Spermatium and Oogonium
(b) Antheridium and Oogonium
(c) Spermatium and Ascogonium
(d) Antheridium and Ascogonium
917. What is the name of portal launched by RBI recently to check
illegal money collection?
(a) Sahyog
(b) Sahayata
(c) Sampark
(d) Sachet
918. Which of the following is not an operating system?
(a) Android
(b) Vista
(c) iOS
(d) Opera
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919. Which pair of the following Indians has been selected for
grant of Raman Magasaysay Award 2016?
(a) Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna
(b) T.M. Krishna and Arvind Adiga
(c) Arvind Adiga and Bezwada Wilson
(d) T.M. Krishna and Satish Gujral
920. The discretionary powers of a Governor is limited in :
(a) Appointment of Chief Minister
(b) Dismissal of the Minister
(c) Dissolution of the Legislative Assembly
(d) Assent to Bills
921. Who is the first law officer of the country?
(a) Chief Justice of India
(b) Attorney General
(c) Law Minister
(d) Solicitor General
922. Which of the following was not actively engaged in social
and religious reforms in India?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Jotiba Phule
(d) Bharatendu Harish Chandra
923. The main effect of Direct Taxes is on :
(a) food prices
(b) consumer goods
(c) capital goods
(d) income
924. Who has the power to protogue the Lok Sabha?
(a) The Speaker
(b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
(d) The President
925. The first Europeans to come to India were :
(a) British
(b) Dutch
(c) French
(d) Portuguese
926. Amir Khusro was a :
(a) Poet
(b) Play writer
(c) Painter
(d) Architect
927. The members of the All India Services serve the :
a) Central Government only
b) State Government only
c) Union Territories only
d) Both the Union and State Governments
928. The term of office of the Vice-President of India is :
a) 4 years
b) 5 years
c) 2 years
d) 6 years
929. Who was responsible for the integration of princely states
into the Indian Union after Independence?
a) Sri Rajagopalachari
b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
930. Why does the west coast of India receive more rainfall from
southwest monsoon than the east coast?
a) Unlike the east coast the coast is straight
b) The western Ghats obstruct the winds causing
rainfall
c) The east coast is broader than the west coast
d) The Eastern Ghats extend parallel to wind direction
931. The plateau that has both West and East flowing drainage
(a) Malwa
(b) Chhota Nagpur
(c) Ranchi
(d) Hazaribagh
932. Symbiotic Bacteria responsible for the fixation of
atmospheric nitrogen are present in :
(a) Peas
(b) Wheat
(c) Corn
(d) Oats
933. Children especially in western countries who receive very
little sunshine suffer from :
(a) Rickets
(b) Dermatitis
(c) Scurvy
(d) Kwashiorkor
934. In water treatment plant, use of chloramines ensures……… .
(a) taste and odour control
(b) weed control in reservoirs
(c) disinfection
(d) removal of permanent hardness
935. Super cooling stands for cooling of a liquid :
(a) at freezing point
(b) below freezing point
(c) at melting point
(d) above melting point
936. Alcohol is more volatile than water because………..is lower
than water:
(a) its boiling point
(b) its density
(c) its viscosity
(d) its surface tension
937. Which of the following is used to protect objects in computer
system, in the absence of more complete protection schemes?
(a) Digital certificate
(b) Digital signature
(c) Passwords
(d) Tokens
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938. Which one is not included in Non-Banking financial
Institutions (NBFIs)?
(a) EXIM
(b) SIDBI
(c) NABARD
(d) BOI
939. Which method will be employed to test the hardness of
water?
(a) Boiling
(b) Distillation
(c) Formation of lather with soap
(d) None of these
940. Who is the first Indian Gold Medal Winner in individual
category in Olympic games?
(a) Abhinav Bindra
(b) Sushil Kumar
(c) R.V.S. Rathore
(d) Leander Paes
941. Which is the warmest layer of the atmosphere?
(a) Thermosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Mesosphere
942. A universal donor has the blood group :
(a) B
(b) AB
(c) A
(d) O
943. The Siachin glacier’s melting waters are the main source of
which of the following rivers?
(a) Bias
(b) Sutlej
(c) Shylok
(d) Nubra
944. Thomas Cup is associated with which of the following
sports?
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Basketball
(d) Badminton
945. The famous book ‘Anandmath’ was written by :
(a) Sri Aurobindo
(b) Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Sri Rabindra Nath Tagore
(d) Smt. Aarti Chaudhary
946. Who introduced the term ‘Hindu rate of growth’?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) Raj Krishna
(c) V. K. R. V. Rao
(d) Kaushik Basu
947. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has been set up
for :
(a) funding infrastructure projects in emerging
economics for sustainable development
(b) funding non-infrastructure projects in emerging
economics for sustainable development
(c) funding infrastructural projects in developed countries
(d) funding infrastructural projects in BRICS countries only
948. Which governor General decided to make English as the
medium of instruction in India?
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord William Bentinck
949. Who among the following is a renowned campaigner against
manual scavenging who was recently conferred with the
prestigious Magsaysay award?
(a) T.M. Krishna
(b) Bezwada Wilson
(c) Anshu Gupta
(d) Sanjiv Chaturvedi
950. An indifference curve measures……… level of satisfaction
derived from different combinations of commodity X and Y.
(a) same
(b) higher
(c) lower
(d) minimum
951. Who among the following was the first to make use of
artillery in warfare in medieval India?
(a) Babur
(b) Ibrahim Lodi
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Akbar
952. Person who is colour-blind cannot distinguish between :
(a) Black and yellow
(b) Red and green
(c) Yellow and white
(d) Green and blue
953. During the motion of a projectile fired from the earth surface.
(a) its kinetic energy remains constant
(b) its momentum remains constant
(c) vertical component of its velocity remains constant
(d) horizontal component of its velocity remains
constant
954. Which of the following waves cannot be polarised?
(a) Radio
(b) Ultra violet
(c) Infrared
(d) Ultrasonic
955. Of the following commonly used materials, the one that is
not an alloy is :
(a) Steel
(b) Brass
(c) Bronze
(d) Copper
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956. “Himayat” is a training cum-placement programme for
unemployed youth in the State of :
(a) Haryana
(b) Punjab
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Himachal Pradesh
957. “Agha Khan Cup” is associated with the game of :
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Lown tennis
(d) Hockey
958. Absolute Zero is defined as :
(a) The temperature at which all molecular motion
ceases
(b) At which water boils at 298K
(c) At which liquid helium boils
(d) At which the volume becomes zero
959. Nitrogen fixation is a process of :
(a) Assimilation of nitrate
(b) Utilization of nitrogen gas
(c) Conversion of organic nitrogen to proteins
(d) Conversion of molecular nitrogen to ammonia
960. Which among the following is called as ‘Land of the
midnight Sun’?
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Denmark
(d) France
961. Among the following which one lays eggs and does not
produce young ones directly?
(a) Echidna
(b) Kangaroo
(c) Porcupine
(d) Whale
962. The mountain range which divides the North and the South
India is :
(a) Himalayas
(b) Western ghats
(c) Vindhyas
(d) Satpura
963. Bronze is an alloy of :
(a) Copper and tin
(b) Copper and zinc
(c) Copper and iron
(d) Iron and nickel
964. In which of the following States is Dampa Tiger Reserve
situated?
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Mizoram
(d) Odisha
965. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single
sacred scripture, is popularly known as……. .
(a) Taoism
(b) Zoroastrianism
(c) Shintoism
(d) Paganism
966. Which of the following fuels causes minimum environmental
pollution?
(a) Diesel
(b) Kerosene
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Coal
967. ‘Sun Temple’ is situated in the state of…….
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
968. Vinegar is………..
(a) diluted acetic acid
(b) glacial acetic acid
(c) glacial formic acid
(d) diluted formic acid
969. Open Market Operations refer to……
(a) borrowings by Scheduled banks from RBI
(b) lending by Commercial banks to industry
(c) purchase and sale of Government securities by RBI
(d) deposit mobilisation
970. International ‘Yoga Divas’ is celebrated every year on :
(a) 21st May
(b) 21st June
(c) 25th May
(d) 25th June
971. Which of the following Article of Indian Constitution deals
with the Right to Equality before Law?
(a) Article 13
(b) Article 14
(c) Article 15
(d) Article 16
972. A group of inter-connected islands is known as………….
(a) Strait
(b) Peninsula
(c) Archipelago
(d) Lagoon
973. Chief Ministers of State are members of…..
(a) NITI Commission (Aayog)
(b) Finance Commission
(c) National Development Council
(d) Election Commission
974. When the demand for a good increases with an increase in
income, such a good is called….. .
(a) Superior good
(b) Giffin good
(c) Inferior good
(d) Normal good
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975. Which of the following is the most important raw material
for generation of power in India?
(a) Mineral Oil
(b) Natural Gas
(c) Uranium
(d) Coal
976. Which of the following is the treatment to water pollution?
(a) Bag house filter
(b) Windrow composting
(c) Venturi scrubber
(d) Reverse Osmosis
977. The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected
with which of the following Committees of Parliament?
(a) The Estimates Committee
(b) The Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) The Public Accounts Committee
(d) All of these
978. The demand of a commodity is a direct demand but the
demand of a factor of production is called a :
(a) Crossed demand
(b) Joint demand
(c) Derived demand
(d) Independent demand
979. Depreciation is loss in value of :
(a) Final goods
(b) Machinery
(c) Capital stock
(d) Stock of inventory
980. What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar
primarily famous for?
(a) Proverbial height
(b) Skilful stone cutting
(c) Excellent quality steel
(d) Statue of Buddha on top
981. Harvesting season of Kharif crop in India is :
(a) January-March
(b) February-April
(c) September-October
(d) November-January
982. Which of the following produces the most solid waste?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Nuclear Power Plants
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Packaging Industry
983. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking
water, because :
(a) It is a reducing agent
(b) It is an oxidizing agent
(c) It is a sterilizing agent
(d) It dissolves the impurities of water
984. Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of :
(a) Air and Soil
(b) Crops and Air
(c) Soil and Water
(d) Air and Water
985. Which cells in pancreas produce Insulin?
(a) Thymus
(b) Estrogen
(c) Corpus epididymis
(d) Islets of Langerhans
986. When we see an object, the image formed on the retina is :
(a) Real and inverted
(b) Real and erect
(c) Virtual and erect
(d) Virtual and inverted
987. Find the odd one out.
(a) Linux
(b) Windows 98
(c) C++
(d) Windows 7
988. Kinetic energy depends on :
(a) the velocity or speed of the moving body
(b) the mass of the moving body
(c) the pressure of the moving body
(d) both mass and velocity of the moving body
989. In which form is the supplied heat energy stored during
change in temperature of substance?
(a) Heat energy
(b) Kinetic energy
(c) Potential energy
(d) Both kinetic and potential energy
990. Atoms of same element having different mass numbers are
called :
(a) Isobars
(b) Isotopes
(c) Isotones
(d) Isomers
991. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions?
(a) Brahmi
(b) Devanagairi
(c) Gurmukhi
(d) Sanskrit
992. The ideas of Liberty, Equality ad fraternity, which influenced
the Indian National Movement, was taken from :
(a) American Revolution
(b) Russian Revolution
(c) Chinese Revolution
(d) French Revolution
993. The Kaushal Kendra (skilling center) under the Pradhan
Mantri Mudra Yojana has been inaugurated in the city of :
(a) Noida
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Hyderabad
994. Which one of the following is not the official language of the
UNO?
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(a) French
(b) Arabic
(c) Spanish
(d) Japanese
995. With the participation in the Rio Olympics who has become
the first tennis player in the world to have 7 appearances
(a) Martina Navratilova
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Leander Paes
(d) Roger Federer
996. How many rings are there in the Olympic flag?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
997. Indian Army’s School of Artillery is located at :
(a) Khadakvasala
(b) Dehradun
(c) Deolali
(d) Roorkee
998. Which of the following was not advocated by Mahatma
Gandhi?
(a) Prohibition
(b) Heavy Industries
(c) Village Panchayat
(d) Dignity of Labour
999. The term of a Governor is :
(a) 4 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 3 years
1000.One of the following was not associated with the Gadar
party :
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Baba Gurdit Singh
(c) Mohammad barkatullah
(d) Sohan Singh Bhakna
1001.The hormone that stimulates heart beat is :
(a) Thyroxine
(b) Gastrin
(c) Glycogen
(d) Dopamine
1002.Transformer is a device to convert :
(a) D.C. to A.C.
(b) Low voltage D.C. into high voltage D.C.
(c) Low voltage A.C. into high voltage A.C.
(d) Mechanical energy into electrical energy
1003.……… is a type of computing that performs computation,
storage and even applications as a service across a network.
(a) Cloud Computing
(b) Distributed Computing
(c) Parallel Computing
(d) Virtual Computing
1004.The presence of air buddle in blood stream is dangerous to
life because :
(a) Air combines with blood forming a complex
(b) The flow of blood increase manifold
(c) The flow of blood is obstructed
(d) The pressure of blood increases manifold
1005.The study of relation of animals and plants to their
surroundings is called :
(a) Ecology
(b) Ethrology
(c) Genealogy
(d) Iconology
1006.Who among the following was not a member of Boxing
team of India at Rio Olympics?
(a) Shiv Thapa
(b) Manoj Kumar
(c) Vikas Krishan
(d) Avtar Singh
1007.As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of money to
the Government of India is :
(a) Income Tax
(b) Corporation Tax
(c) Non-tax revenues
(d) Borrowings and other liabilities
1008.According to Malthusian theory of population :
(a) Population increases in geometric ratio, food supply
increases in arithmetic ratio
(b) Population increases in arithmetic ratio, food supply
increases in geometric ratio
(c) Population increases in a harmonic mean, food supply
increases in geometric ratio
(d) Population increases in a harmonic ratio, food supply
increases in a arithmetic ratio
1009. In IT the technique that is used to increase the bandwidth is
(a) Memory Management
(b) Memory Interleaving
(c) Memory Intraleaving
(d) Memory Leaving
1010. A motion that seeks to reduce the amount of demand
presented by government to 1/- is known as :
(a) Disapproval of policy cut
(b) Token cut
(c) Economy cut
(d) Vote on account
1011. The State which produces largest number of orchids in
India is :
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Sikkim
1012. Which one of the following bio reserves of India is not
included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserve?
(a) Sunderbans
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(b) Gulf of Mannar
(c) Nandadevi
(d) Corbett
1013. What was ‘Kamagata Maru’?
(a) An army unit
(b) A harbor
(c) A ship
(d) An industrial township
1014.Redistribution of income in a country can be brought about
through.
(a) Progressive taxation combined with progressive
expenditure
(b) Progressive taxation combined with regressive
expenditure
(c) Regressive taxation combined with regressive
expenditure
(d) Regressive taxation combined with progressive
expenditure
1015.A motion moved by Member of Parliament when he feels a
minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House by
withholding facts of a case is called :
(a) No confidence motion
(b) Censure motion
(c) Privilege motion
(d) Cut motion
1016.Who propounded the “Doctrine of Passive Resistance”?
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
1017.At Rio Olympics, what was the final position of Dipa
Karmakar in her Category?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
1018. The 14th Finance Commission has recommended increase
in States share in net proceeds from tax collection from
32% to :
a) 35%
b) 40%
c) 42%
d) 45%
1019. Fiscal policy in India is formulated by :
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Planning Commission
c) Finance Ministry
d) SEBI
1020. Which of the following has pH value 7?
(a) Pure Water
(b) H2SO4
(c) Sodium Carbonate
(d) HCI
1021. When ice cubes are made, the entropy of water :
(a) does not change
(b) decreases
(c) increases
(d) may either increase or decrease depending on the
process used
1022. Two vectors are said to be equal if :
(a) Only their magnitudes are same
(b) Only their directions are same
(c) Both magnitude and direction are same
(d) Magnitudes are same but directions are opposite
1023. The chemical component that is invariably found in all
viruses is :
(a) Proteins
(b) Lipids
(c) DNA
(d) RNA
1024. Which is used as an Air pollution indicator?
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bacteria
(d) Lichens
1025. The study of mountains is known as :
(a) Oncology
(b) Lithology
(c) Orology
(d) Ornithology
1026. Salination of soil is caused by :
(a) Pesticides
(b) Soil erosion
(c) Excess irrigation
(d) Crop rotation
1027. ICC World Cup T-20 in 2016 was won by :
(a) India
(b) England
(c) New Zealand
(d) West Indies
1028. Which one of the following was established with a definite
provision under an Article of the Constitution of India?
(a) Union Public Service Commission
(b) National Human Rights Commission
(c) Election Commission
(d) Central Vigilance Commission
1029. The President can advance money to meet unforeseen
expenses from the :
(a) Consolidated Fund of India
(b) Grants of the central Government
(c) Aid from the Union Government
(d) Contingency Fund
1030. The famous Vishnu temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia
was built by :
(a) Shrutavarman
(b) Suryavarman II
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(c) Indravarman
(d) Aniruddha
1031. In IT, technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements
temporarily is known as :
(a) A.R. Acknowledgement
(b) A.R. request
(c) Piggybacking
(d) Piggyframing
1032. If speed of rotation of the earth increases, the weight of
the body :
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains the same
(d) may increase of decrease
1033. Which among the following countries is facing debt
crists?
(a) China
(b) Canada
(c) Germany
(d) Greece
1034. The new symbol of Indian currency is designed by :
(a) Santosh Kumar
(b) Y.V. Reddy
(c) Udaya Kumar
(d) Dr. Rangarajan
1035. What is MUDRA?
(a) Development and Refinance Agency
(b) Scheme for Agricultural Insurance
(c) New Planet Discovered
(d) Development and Regulatory authority for Urban
Township
1036. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Sania Mirza – Tennis
(b) Sania Nehwal – Badminton
(c) Mary Kom – Boxing
(d) Pankaj Advani – Wrestling
1037. Which of the following State is surrounded by Bangladesh
from three sides?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Tripura
1038. Which enzyme digests proteins in the stomach?
(a) Trypsin
(b) Pepsin
(c) Salivary amylase
(d) Pancreatic canal
1039. Fermentation is type of……..process.
(a) Aerobic Respiration
(b) Anaerobic Respiration
(c) Exothermic Reaction
(d) Transpiration
1040. The first Muslim to be elected President of ‘Indian
National Congress’ was :
(a) Maulana Azad
(b) Mohammed Ali
(c) Badruddin Tyabji
(d) Shah Wali-ullah
1041. What is the limit of Territorial water of a country from the
coast?
(a) 20 km
(b) 22 km
(c) 22.20 km
(d) 12 km
1042. What is included in the Teriary sector?
(a) Banking
(b) Manufacturing
(c) Forestry
(d) Mining
1043. Which one of the following counties was first to establish a
modern democracy?
(a) France
(b) England
(c) America
(d) India
1044. Who was the reformer of oppressed and backward classed?
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
1045. Which of the following Harappan sites had a dockyard?
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Alamgirpur
1046. What was the Wood’s Despatch about?
(a) Industry
(b) Army
(c) Education
(d) Agriculture
1047. The country whose 40 percent of area is below sea level
at high tide is :
(a) Denmark
(b) Norway
(c) Finland
(d) The Netherlands
1048. BCG is a vaccine meant for protection against which of
the following diseases?
(a) Mumps
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Leprosy
(d) Tetanus
1049. Electromagnet is constructed with which of the
following?
(a) Steel
(b) Soft iron
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(c) Aluminium
(d) Nickel
1050. When does a Page fault occur?
(a) There is an error in a specific page
(b) A program accesses a page not currently in main
memory
(c) A program accesses a page of main memory
(d) A program accesses a page belonging to another
program
1051. Which acid is used in Lead storage battery?
(a) Sulphuric acid
(b) Nitric acid
(c) Hydrochloric acid
(d) Acetic acid
1052. The rock that results from solidification of molten lava
from a volcano is an example of which of the following?
(a) Igneous rock
(b) Granite Rock
(c) Basalt Rock
(d) Magnetite
1053. Which city will host the 2020 Summer Olympic games?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Beijing
(c) Kyoto
(d) Canberra
1054. Who is known as the “Hockey Wizard”?
(a) Milkha Singh
(b) Dhyanchand
(c) Dhanraj Pillai
(d) Jafar Iqbal
1055. Heavy water is manufactured at which of the following
places?
(a) Trombay
(b) Patna
(c) Delhi
(d) Bhilai
1056. Who was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank
of India?
(a) C. D. Deshmukh
(b) Sechindra Roy
(c) S. Mukherjee
(d) None of these
1057. Khilafat Movement was connected with which of the
following?
(a) Turkey
(b) Egypt
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Iran
1058. In India, the Temperate Forest Research Centre is in
which city?
(a) Shimla
(b) Ranchi
(c) Dehrabun
(d) Srinagar
1059. What is cultivation of trees, in dwarf form?
(a) Bonsai
(b) Ikebana
(c) Dwarfism
(d) Etiolation
1060. A body moving in a circular path with a constant speed
has a…….. .
(a) Constant velocity
(b) Constant acceleration
(c) Constant kinetic energy
(d) Constant displacement
1061. Copper wires are generally used for electrical power
transmission instead of iron wire because :
(a) copper is cheaper than iron
(b) copper is lighter than iron
(c) copper is a better conductor of electricity than
iron
(d) copper can take higher power than iron
1062. Two electrons in an orbital are differentiated by which of
the following?
(a) Magnetic quantum number
(b) Spin quantum number
(c) Principal quantum number
(d) Azimuthal quantum number
1063. Which among the following is a form of folk theatre
belonging to Gujarat?
(a) Jatra
(b) Raas
(c) Tamasha
(d) Bhavai
1064. Which Indian has won an Olympic Gold Medal in
shooting?
(a) Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathor
(b) Gagan Narang
(c) Anjali Bhagwat
(d) Abhinav Bindra
1065. Which is the sensory receptor involved in detecting blood
pressure?
(a) Chemo receptor
(b) Mechano receptor
(c) Photo receptor
(d) Magneto receptor
1066. Popular brand Maggi was banned across India recently
due to which dangerous substance found in it?
(a) Zinc
(b) Manganese
(c) Lead
(d) Mercury
1067. Which among the following is a tax levied by Centre and
to stared with States?
(a) Sales Tax
(b) Excise Duty
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(c) Corporation Tax
(d) Income Tax
1068. Which of the following is the right expansion of GATT?
(a) Government agreement of Trade and Tax
(b) General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
(c) General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs
(d) General Agreement on trade and Tax
1069. The President of India is :
(a) the Head of state
(b) the Head of Government
(c) the Head of State and Government
(d) the Head of Parliament
1070. What is true about origin of Naxalism?
(a) A peasant revolt which began from Naxalbari village
of West Bengal
(b) It was led by Charu Mazumbar, Kanu Sanyal and
Jungal Santhal
(c) It was inspired by the – Marxism – Leninism- Maoism
(d) All of the above
1071. Which city is known as ‘Electronic City’?
(a) Gurugram
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Jaipur
(d) Salem (Tamil Nadu)
1072. Who was known as the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
1073. In which of its sessions did the Indian National Congress
declare ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its specific goal?
(a) Lahore Session, 1929
(b) Tripuri Session, 1939
(c) Surat Session, 1905
(d) Special Session in Calcutta, 1920
1074. Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das were the founders of a party
known as the:
(a) Gadar Party
(b) Forward Bloc
(c) Swarajya Party
(d) Socialist Congress
1075. Cooperative farming has been most successful in which
country?
(a) India
(b) Denmark
(c) USA
(d) Russia
1076. Solar energy is converted into chemical energy during:
(a) Combustion
(b) Transition
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Fusion
1077. Which one of the following is not the excretory organ?
(a) Kidneys
(b) Liver
(c) Lungs
(d) Spleen
1078. Mechanism preventing interbreeding is called…….. .
(a) Adaptation
(b) Isolation
(c) Reproduction
(d) Recombination
1079. The Soral energy produced by :
(a) Fusion reaction
(b) Fission reaction
(c) Combustion reaction
(d) None
1080. On a cold day when the room temperature is 15ºC, the
metallic cap of a pen becomes much colder than its plastic
body, though both are at the same temperature of 15ºC,
because :
(a) metals have higher thermal capacity than plastics
(b) plastics have a lower density than metals
(c) metals are good conductors of heat
(d) plastics have a higher thermal conductivity than
metals
1081. Cache memory acts between………. .
(a) CPU and RAM
(b) CPU and ROM
(c) RAM and ROM
(d) CPU and Hard disk
1082. Sueze Canal is located in which of the following
countries?
(a) Sudan
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Egypt
(d) Jordan
1083. “Globalisation of Indian Economy” denotes :
(a) increase of external borrowings
(b) having minimum intervention in economic
relations with other countries
(c) starting of new business units abroad
(d) relaxing the programmes of import substitution
1084. Ozone layer is formed due to reactions of :
(a) oxygen and ultraviolet rays
(b) carbon dioxide and layers of atmosphere
(c) cosmic rays and layers of atmosphere
(d) infrared rays and ultraviolet rays
1085. Biodegradable wastes can usually be converted into useful
substances with the help of :
(a) Bacteria
(b) Nuclear proteins
(c) Radioactive substances
(d) Viruses
1086. ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana’ has been launched for :
(a) Promoting financial inclusion in the country
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(b) Providing loans to poorest people in the country
(c) Providing financial help to the marginalized community
(d) Promoting women in backward areas
1087.The first woman ruler in Indian history was :
(a) Razia Sultan
(b) Hamida Begum
(c) Mehrunissa
(d) Hazrat Mahal
1088.Which of the following princely states did not accede to the
Indian Union after independence?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Junagarh
(c) Kashmir
(d) Jodhpur
1089.Which of the following books is not written by Munshi
Premchand?
(a) Gadan
(b) Godan
(c) Guide
(d) Nirmala
1090. Economic Survey in India is published officially, every
year by the :
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Minister of Finance
(d) Ministry of Commerce
1091. MUDRA Bank has been launched to help :
(a) Small business
(b) Marginal farmers
(c) Poor women
(d) Rural sector
1092. Which of the following controls the insurance
business of India?
(a) RBI
(b) IDBI
(c) SEBI
(d) IRDA
1093. The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of
resignation to the :
(a) President of India
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) The Chief Justice of India
1094. Who presided over the first session of the Indian
National Congress?
(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Badruddin Tayyabji
1095. Which of the following writers has called akbar’s
Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of
wisdom?
(a) Badayuni
(b) Vincent Smith
(c) Barni
(d) W. Haigh
1096. Which of the following region in India is now
regarded as an ‘Ecological Hot Spot’?
(a) Western Himalayas
(b) Eastern Himalayas
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Eastern Ghats
1097. The Beaufort scale is used to measure:
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Altitudes of mountains
(c) Wind velocity
(d) intensity of earthquakes
1098. The waste management technique that involves the
use of micro-organisms to remove or neutralize
pollutants from contaminated site is called :
(a) Bio sensor
(b) Bio magnification
(c) Bio remediation
(d) Bio concentration
1099. In IT networking, which of the following device is
used in physical layer?
(a) Repeater
(b) Router
(c) Transport Gateway
(d) Bridge
1100. Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct control
of :
(a) Ministry of Home affairs
(b) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
(c) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(d) President