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 1. Insects that can transmit diseases in 6. Which planet is commonly known as
human are referred to as dwarf planet?
(A) carrier (A) Mercury
(B) vector (B) Venus
(C) reservoir (C) Saturn
(D) All of the above (D) Pluto

7. At what temperature do the Fahrenheit

2. Acute lead poisoning is known as and Celsius scales show the same
(A) plumbism reading?

(B) autism (A) Zero degree

(C) leadism (B) Forty degree

(D) neuralism (C) Minus forty degree

(D) Thirty seven degree

3. Rate of growth of a plant is measured by

8. Which is the smallest flower in the
(A) auxanometer world?

(B) hygrometer (A) Wolffia

(C) photometer (B) Rafflesia

(D) None of the above (C) Duckweed
(D) None of the above

4. Which ray is very helpful in long distance

photography? 9. The Patagonia desert is in which
country?
(A) Cosmic ray
(A) North Chile
(B) Ultraviolet ray
(B) Argentina
(C) Infrared ray
(C) Namibia
(D) Gamma ray
(D) Iran

5. Which gas is most popular as laughing 10. Besides being a bird, what else is a
gas? Kiwi?
(A) Sulphur dioxide (A) Mammal
(B) Hydrogen peroxide (B) Fruit
(C) Hydrogen sulphide (C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) Nitrous oxide (D) None of the above

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11. Which tournament is played in a 16. How many novels combine t}t'e Harry
stadium named after the World War I Potter series collection?
flying ace?
(A) s (B) 7
(A) French Open
(c) e (D) 11
(B) Australian Open
(C) US Open 17. Find the odd one out of the following :

(D) Italian Open (A) Wings of frre

(B) India 2020
12. For which University did Imra;r Khan (C) Ignited minds
play Cricket?
(D) The God of small things
(A) Oxford University
(B) Cambridge University
18. Which one is incorrectly matched?
(A) Vivekadeepini-
(C) Harvard University
Adi S hankaracharya
(D) Stanford Universit5r (B) My Life, My Mission-
Baba Ramdev
13. Which was t}le first film to win the Oscar (C) We are Displaced-
award for best film? Mala-la Yousafzai
(A) Unforgiven (D) My Journey- Narendra Modi
(B) The Deer Hunter
19. The number of Central Universities in
(C) Wings India till November 2020 was
(D) The Waterfront (A) ss (B) s4
(c) s3 (D) s6
14. Who was known as the first lady of
Indian cinema? 2O. According to new educational policy
2020, by how much percent is the gross
(A) Suraiya enrolment ratio in higher education to
(B) Devika Rad Chaudhuri be raised?

(C) Meena Kumari

(A) 10% lBl 20%
(D) Nargis
(c) 3o% (D) so%

21. Who is the Chairman of the 15th

15. First 3D animated film of India is Fina;rce Comrnission?
(A) BaI Ganesh (A) Nand Kishore Singh
(B) Hanuman (B) G. C. Murmu
(C) Roadside Romeo (C) Arvind Mehta

(D) Mogli (D) Dr. Y. V. Reddy

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22. Which of the following
home for freshwater dolphins?
(A) Brahmaputra
(B) Ganga
(C) Yamuna
(D) Mahanadi
23. International Day of Tolerance is
celebrated on which date?
(A) 16th November
(B) 15th November
(Cl 22nd November
(D) 18th November
24. Where was the Battle of Plassey held?
(A) Chattisgarh
(B) Odisha
(C) West Bengal
(D) Bihar
25. Chandella kings are related to which
of the following temples?
(A) Ajanta
(B) Konark
(C) El1ora
(D) Khajuraho
26. Who renamed Calcutta as Alinagar?
(A) Siraj-ud-daulah
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Amir Khusrau
(D) Alauddin Khalji
27. Who was appointed as the
Diwan-i-Ashraf by Akbar in
(A) Todar MaJ
(B) Bairam Khan
(C) Adham Khan
(D) Munim Khan
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rivers is the 28. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his
Knighthood in protest against which
incident?
(A) Non-cooperation Movement
(B) Ja.llianwala Bag Massacre
(C) Quit India Movement
(D) Lucknow Pact
29. Which king built the Sanchi-Stupa in
Bihar?
(A) Chandragupta
(B) Bindusara
(C) Samprati
(D) Ashoka
3O. Which Pallav king introduced the cave
style of Architecture?
(A) Simha Varman I
(B) Vishnugopal
(C) Mahendra Varman I
(D) Nandi Varman II
31. Consider the following events of Indian
National Movement
(t) Gandhi Irwin Pact
(ii./ Poona Pact
(rir) Karachi Session of Indian National
Congress
(iui lndividual Satyagraha
Seiect the correct chronological order of
the events from the codes given below :
Codes :
1582?
(t) (i), (ifl, (fl, (iu)
@) (ii), (iii), (iu), (i)
(c) (iii), (iu), (ii), (i)
(ol (iu), (iii), (ii), (i)
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 32. Kohinoor diamond was found probably 37. The authorization for the withdrawal
from which of the following mines? of funds frorn the Consolidated Fund of
India must come from
(A) Golconda (B) Kalahandi
(C) Panna (D) Bijapur (A) the President of India

(B) the Parliament of India

33. Which of the following books is (C) the Prime Minister of India
called "The Bible of Modern Bengalee
Patriotism"?
(D) the Union Finarce Minister
lA) Young India (B) Bengalee
(Cl Ananda Math (D) Gitanjali
38. Who was the first woman judge of the
Supreme Court of India?
34. Which of the following parties did not
support the Quit India Movement? (A) Fatima Beevi

(A) The Hindu Mahasabha (B) Sujata Manohar

(B) The Communist Party of India (C) Ruma Pal
(C) The Unionist Party of Punjab
(D) None of them
(D) All of the above
J

35. Who among the following initiated the

39. The Comptroller and Auditor General I

Communitlr Development Programme?

is intimately connected with which
of the following Committees of the
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Parliament?

(B) K. M. Munshi (A) The Public Accounts Committee

(C) Ashok Mehta (B) The Estimates Committee

(D) S. K. Dey (C) The Committee on Public
Undertakings
36. The Vice President of India can be (D) All of the above
removed {rom his office before the
expiry of his term by
'(A) the President at his discretion 40. The Constitution has vested the
executive power of the Union
(B) a resolution passed by the Rajya Government in
Sabha and agreed by the Lok Sabha
(A) the President
(C) the Rajya Sabha by two-third
majority (B) the Prime Minister

(D) the President with the consent of (C) the Council of Ministers
the majority of the state legislatures (D) A1l of the above

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41. Which one of the following has been 46. One of the warm currents in the Indian
wrongly listed as a Principle of Oceal is the
Panchsheel? (A) Labrador current
(A) Peaceful co-existence (B) Agulhas current
(B) Mutual respect for each other's
(C) Curoshio curent
territorial integrity and sovereignt5r
(D) Humboldt current
(C) Non-interference in each other's
internal affairs
(D) Non-alignment
47. Which countries are joined by the Palk
Strait?
(A) India and Sri Lanka
42. Which of the following is celebrated as
Army Day? (B) North Korea ald South Korea
(A) 15th January (C) Pakistan and China
(B) 2oth January (D) Britain and France
(C) 15th February
48. Where does the Sabarmati originate?
(D) 22nd February
(A) The Satpuras
43. Which Amendment affirmed the right (B) The Vindhyas
of the Lok Sabha to amend any part of (C) The Aravallis
the Constitution?
(A) The 24th Amendment (D) The Western Ghat

(B) The 39th Amendment

49. Where is the Forest Research Institute
(C) The 42nd Amendment located in India?
(D) The 44th Amendment (A) NewDelhi (B) Bhopa.l

tl4. Who has said that t]"e Preamble is the (C) Dehradun (D) Shimla
keynote to the Constitution?
(A) Sir Emest Barker 5O. Isobaths ale used to show
(B) K. M. Munshi (A) depth (B) pressure
(C) B. R. Ambedkar (C) rainfall (D) snowfall
(D) D. D. Basu
51. As one moves from the equator to the
45. One of the disadvantages of the poles along a meridian,
wholesale price index in India is that (A) the varieties of plants and alimals
(A) it does not cover the service sector increase
(B) it is not available for individual (B) the varieties of plants and animals
commodities decrease
(C) it is available only on monthly (C) the variety of plants increases and
basis alimals decreases
(D) it is available only at constant (D) the variety of animals increases and
prices plants decreases

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52. The rocks in the Himalayan system a.re 58. Among the tax revenues of the Union
mainly Government, the most important single
(A) sedimentary (B) igneous source is

(C) plutonic (D) dyke (A) Income tax

(B) Corporation tax
53. Which soil owes its colour to oxides of
(C) Union excise duties
iron?
(A) Black (B) Alluvial (D) Customs duty
(C) Laterite (D) Clayey
59. Which South-Asian country has
54. Mehsana breed of buffa-lo is found in adopted Gross Nationa-l Happiness as
an index of the well-being of its
(A) Gujarat citizens?
(B) Punjab
(A) Bangladesh (B) Bhutan
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Sri Lanka (D) Myanmar
(D) Haryana

55. Which State is the major producer of 6O. The hrst bank managed by Indians is
copper? (A) Punjab Nationa-l Bank
(A) Rqjasthan
(B) Oudh Commercial Bank
(B) Madhya Pradesh I
I
(C) Benaras State Bank i
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Punjab and Sindh Bank
(D) Ail of the above

56. What is Obra known for? 61. In macro-economics, disposable income

refers to what?
(A) A new refinery
(B) Thermal power station (A) Income after taxes and transfers
(C) An upcoming aluminium (B) Income spent on consumer
plant durable items
(D) Bird sanctuarJr (C) Income over and above cost of
necessities
57. Which of the following is not true in (D) After-ta-r income
case of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)?
(A) They provide direct loans to small
and marginal farmers 62. National securities depository deals
with which of the following?
(B) They are co-sponsored by Reserve
Bank of India (A) Bearer bonds
(C) They also perform other banking (B) GDRs
operations
(C) Electronics share
(D) State governments are share-
holders in RRBs (D) Debentures

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63. Universal Service Obligation Fund 68. Uniform price is a feature of
(USOF) has been created to support
(A) perfect competition
(A) establishment of primary health
sectors in remote areas (B) oligopoly
(B) provision of educationa-l facilities (C) monopolistic competition
for nomadic tribes
(D) monopoly
(C) extended cornmunication facilities
to rural and remote areas
(D) None of the above 69. From where did Corona virus get its
name?

64. During the colonial period, British (A) Due to their crown like position
capita.l was invested primarily in
(B) Due to their ieaf like position
(A) infrastructure
(C) Due to their surface structure of
(B) agriculture brick
(C) industry (D) None of the above
(D) handicrafts
7O. Pollination by birds is ca-lled
65. Disguised unempio1rment refers to
(A) entomophily
(A) persons ri/ith no jobs
(B) ornithophily
(B) more persons employed for a job
which a few can accomplish (C) chiropterophily
(C) unemployment among women (D) wingophily
(D) unemployment of people above 6O
years of age
71. The fastest running terrestria-l animal
1S
66. In India, national income is computed
by (A) cheetah
(A) Ministry of Finance (B) man
(B) Central Statistical Organisation (C) jaguar
(C) Planning Commission
(D) deer
(D) Indian Statistical Institute

67, Mahila Samakhya is a programme 72. What is the name for steel alloyed with
chromium?
which focuses on
(A) women education (in rural areas) (A) Cast iron

(B) issues of adolescent girls (B) Bronze

(C) women role in SHGs (C) Stainless steel
(D) health issues of rural women (D) All of the above

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73. The study of phenomena at very low 78. Which vitamin complex includes
temperature is called thiamine, niacin and riboflavin?
(A) heat transfer (A) Vitamin A
(B) morphologr
(B) Vitamin C
(C) vernalisation
(C) Vitamin K
(D) cryogenics
(D) Vitamin B
74. Tlre Statue of Liberty is green because
of
79. Under the chairmanship of whom
(A) green stone "Committee for Evolution of the New
(B) oxidised brass Education Policy" submitted its report
in May 2O 16?
(C) steel painted green
(A) Late Shri T. S. R. Subramanian
(D) oxidised copper
(B) Dr. K. Kasturirangan
75. The word atom is from a Greek word (C) Rina Ray
meaning
(D) Shri Sanjay Dhotre
(A) small
I
(B) invisible I

(C) unseen 8O. According to the New Educational

Policy 2O2O, teacher will be able to
(D) visible teach lessons in mother tongue or
regional language up to Grade

76. A cyclone is an engineering device that (A) 3

is used to
(B) 4
(A) transport materials
(B) segregate particles (c) s
(C) control switching devices (D) None of t1.e above
(D) model fractals

81. Which one of the following is an example

77. Ozone in the upper atmosphere is of operating system?
produced from
(A) Microsoft Word
(A) lightning
(B) Microsoft Excel
(B) eiectrical appliances on earth
(C) photochemical reaction (C) Microsoft Access
(D) electrochemical reaction (D) Microsoft Windows

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82. A list of instructions used by a computer 87. Sattriya is a dance form of
is called
(A) Arunacha.l Pradesh
(A) Text
(B} CPU (B) Manipur

(C) Program (C) Assam

(D) Output (D) Sikkim

83, Wancho tribe belongs to

(A) North-East
88. A living bridge is a type of simple
suspension bridge formed of living
(B) Madhya Pradesh plant roots by tree shaping is present
in which State?
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Jharkhand (A) Nagaland

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

84. Obra Power station for production
of thermal power is located in which (C) Meghalaya
State?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (D) Assam

(B) Gujarat
(C) Madhya Pradesh 89. In 2019, Ms. Deepa Malik was awarded
with
(D) Odisha
(A) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
85. Who among the following is not a
Nobel Prize winner? (B) Dronacharya Award
(A) Amartya Sen (C) Arjuna Award
(B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Dhyanchand Award
(C) Venkataraman Ramal<rishnan
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
9O. Who among the following served as
the Vice-President and the President
E6. The longest national highway in of India?
India which connects Srinagar to
Kanyakumari is (A) Pranab Mukherjee
(A) NH 46
(B) R. Venkataraman
(B) NH 44
(C) Prativa Patil
(c) NH 34
(D) NH 41 (D) Ram Nath Kovind

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91. Ringgit is the currency of which 96. Name the scientist who invented the
country? thermometer.
(A) Madagascar (A) Alexander Wood
(B) Malawi (B) Galileo Galilei
(C) Macedonia (C) Louis Pasteur
(D) Malaysia (D) James Simpson

92. The Parliament of Spain is known as

97. The author of the book Rebirth is
(A) National assembly
(A) Gloria Steinem
(B) Storting
(B) R. K. Narayan
(C) Cortes Generales
(C) Louis Fischer
(D) Riksdag
(D) Leonid Brezhnev

93. Which of the following countries is

smallest in area? 9E. Capital of Uganda is
(A) Monaco (A) Khartoum
(B) Nauru i
(B) Doduma I
{
(C) Tuvalu (C) Kampala
(D) None of the above (D) Abuja

94. Which of the following States is a land

locked state?
99. Montreal Protocol was signed in

(A) Jharkhand (A) August 1987

(B) Maharashtra (B) August 1989

(C) odisha (C) October 1987

(D) Kamataka (D) October i989

95. Which of the following countries is 1fl). The Colosseum is located at which
known as Island of Nre? place?
(A) Italy (A) Paris
(B) Iceland @) Rome
(C) Bahrain (C) London
(D) Japan (D) New York

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