MOCK TEST 11-20 TOUGH GK QUESTIONS FOR SSC CGL

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The balance of payments of a country is in
equilibrium when the
(A) demand for the domestic currency is
equal to its supply
(B) demand for the domestic currency is the
highest
(C) demand for the domestic currency is the
lowest
(D) demand as well as supply of the
domestic currency are the highest

A

Value-added means value of
(A) output at market prices
(B) goods and services less depreciation
(C) goods and services less cost of
intermediate goods and services
(D) output at factor cost
C


The difference between GNP and NNP
equals
(A) personal taxes (B) transfer payments
(C) depreciation (D) corporate profits
C


Which ofthe following countries is regarded
as the home of 'Fabian Socialism?
(A) England (B) France
(C) Italy (DI Russia
A

Which ofthe following high dignitaries, who
are not members of Parliament, has the
right to address it?
(A) Attorney General of India
(B) Solicitor General of India
(C) Chief Election Commissioner of India
(D) Chief Justice of India
A

The Declaration of American Independence
was based on the theory of
(A) Moral Rights (BI Legal Rights
(C) Natural Rights (DI Civil Right
C



For which tax, was constitutional status
given much later after its introduction in a
small way in 1994 - 95 ?
(AI Corporation Tax
(BI Taxes on Services
(C) Income Tax
(D) Customs Duty
B


The Buddhist monk who spread Buddhism
in Tibet was
(AI Ananda
(BI Asangs
(C) Padmasambhava
(D) Nagarjuna
C



"What is the Third Estate?" pamphlet
associated with the French Revolution, was
written by
(AI Edmund Burke (BI Joseph Foulon
(C) Abbe Sieyes (DI Marquis Lafayette
C



The atmospheric layer farthest from the
Earth's surface is known as
(AI Exosphere (BI Ionosphere
(C) Mesosphere (DI Stratosphere

तुम से मिलने थी आई!!!
T S M The I E (Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Ionosphere Exosphere)
OR
Our Inner-consciousness says…
TruSt Me In The Exam
Tr – Troposphere
St – Stratosphere
Me – Mesosphere
In – Ionosphere
The -Thermosphere
Ex -Exosphere




The temperate grasslands of South America
are called
(AI Pampas (BI Downs
(CI Steppes (DI Prairies


Grasslands go by many names. In the U.S. Midwest, they're known as prairies. In South
America, they're called pampas. Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes, while in
Africa they're named savannas



Which strait separates Australia and
Tasmania?
(A] Bab-el-Mandeb (B] Palk
(C] Berring (D] Bass
D


In plant - water relationships, symbol' \jI1U '
used to represent
(A] Water potential (B] Solute potential
(C] Osmosis (D] Osmotic pressure
A


When Arsenic atoms are added to
Germanium lattice it becomes a/an
(A] Superconductor
(B] Intrinsic semiconductor
(C] Extrinsic semiconductor
(D] Insulator

C

A liquid disturbed by stirring comes to rest
dueto
(A] surface tension
(B] viscosity
(C] centripetal force
(D] density

B RYT  vis·cos·i·ty
The state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction.


The nuclear particle having no mass and
no charge, but only spin is
(A] neutrino (B] meson
(C] electron (D] proton

A RIGHT neu·tri·no
A neutral subatomic particle with a mass close to zero and half-integral spin, rarely reacting with normal matter. Three kinds of neutrinos are known, associated with the electron, muon, and tau particle.

The technology that is used to establish
wireless networking is
(A] J2ME (B] MATLAB
(C] Bluetooth (D] TCP/IP

C

In a period from Li to F, ionisation potential
(A] increases
(B] decreases
(C] remains same
(D] cannot be predicted
In a period, as we move from left to right, the ionization energy increases.
As we move along a period, the nuclear charge increases and the electrons are added into the same shell. Thereby the effective nuclear charge increases and size decreases. Therefore, the energy required to remove an electron increases.

Elements
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Ionization Potential 520 900 802 1085
1398
1315
1680
2080


Which one of the following does not form
oxyacid?
(A] Chlorine (B] Nitrogen
(C] Fluorine (D] Sulphur

C RIGHT ox·y·ac·id
An inorganic acid whose molecules contain oxygen, such as sulfuric or nitric acid.


The release of which of the following into
ponds and wells helps in controlling
mosquitoes?
(A] Crab (B] Dogfish
(C] Gambusia fish (D] Snail

The Gambusia fish feeds on the larvae of mosquitoes so it helps in controlling their population.


The ambient air is stable when the ambient
lapse rat e is
(A] Hyper-adiabatic (B] Sub-adiabatic
(C] Super-adiabatic (D] Neutrally stable
If the environmental lapse rate is greater than – 5.5 K/km , then there is some small amount of vertical turbulence and the atmosphere is said to be stable. It is also referred to as being sub-adiabatic.


Exposure to mixtures of chemicals are
greater than expected on the basis ofeffects
of exposure to each chemical individually.
This is known as
(A] Antagonism (B] Synergism
(C] Independent (D] Additives
B


The filter over which sewage is sprinkled
is called as
(A] Percolating filter
(B] Contact-bed
(C] Intermittent sand filter
(D] Trickling filter
D


whO won the T-20 World
Cup 2014?
(A] Srilanka (B] Australia
(C] India (D] South Africa
A


Which football player has won the FIFA
World Player Award (FIFA Bailon d' Or] for
2016?
(A] Christiano Ronaldo
(B] Lionel Messi
(C] Michel Platini
(D] Andres Iniesta
B


Who won the "Miss World" title for 2015?
(A] Vanya Mishra (B]  Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
(C] Ivian Sarcos (D]  Mireia Lalaguna Rozo

Mireia Lalaguna Rozo of Spain waves after winning the new title at the Miss World Grand Final in Sanya, miss universe > 2015 >Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach won the title



Who was the first Hindi writer to receive
Jnanpith Award?
(A] Sumitranandan Pant
(B] Dr. Ramdhari Singh Oinkar
(C] S.H. Vatsyayan
(D] Mahadevi Verma
B


Who is the Chair Person of the NITI AAYOG ?
(A] Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(b] Narendra Modi
(C] Amitabh kant
(d] Aarbind pangariya

NITI AAYOG
chair person: Prime Minister of India
CEO: Amitabh kant
Vice Chairperson: Arvind Panagariya
Ex-Officio Members: Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh Special Invitees: Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot
Full-time Members: Bibek Debroy (Economist), V. K. Saraswat (former DRDO Chief) and Ramesh Chand (Agriculture Expert)[3]
Governing Council: All Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors of States and Union Territories


The largest coral reef in the world is found
near the coast of
(A] Australia (B] Sri Lanka
(C] Cuba (0] Brazil
A

Carbon monoxide poisoning can be cured
by
(A) exposing the affected person to fresh
oxygen.
(B) eating butter.
(C) drinking lemon-water.
(D) consuming multi-vitamin tablet
A


Which of the following phenomena is
supposedly associated with global warming?
(A) Southern Oscillations
(B) EI Nino
(C) La Nino
(D) El Nino Modiki
D

Which one the following is a greenhouse
gas?
(A) Nitrogen (B) Helium
(C) Carbon dioxide (D) Sulphur dioxide
C

The world's largest producer of desalinated
sea water is
(A) Kuwait (B) Iran
(C) Saudi Arabia (D) Iraq
C

Pressure Cooker cooks faster because
(A) boiling point decrease with rise of
pressure
(B) it cooks the food at low pressure
(C) higher temperature is attained for
cooking
(D) the material of the cooker is a good
conductor
C

Who amongst the following Indians has
featured in the list of "World's 100 most
influential women", selected by the "Time
Magazine"?2016
(A) Mamta banerjee (B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Pratibha Patil (D) Sushma Swaraj
A AND B BOTH


For which type of fertilizer, India is fully
dependent on imports?
(A) Nitorgen Fertilizer
(B) Phosphatic Fertilizer
(C) Potash fertilizer
(D) None of these
C

A holding which will yield the farmers at
least a subsistence is known as
(A) Optimum holding
(B) Marginal holding
(C) Economic holding
(D) Subsistence holding
C

Who of the following enjoy constitutional
position?
1. Finance Commission
2. National Development Council
3. Election Commission
4. Planning Commission
(A) 1, 3 (B) 1, 2
(C) 2, 4 (D) 2, 3
A

One of the following is the smallest (areawise) Lok Sabha Constituency in India
(A) Chandni Chowk
(B) Delhi Sadar
(C) Kolkata North-West
(D) Mumbai South
A

According to Gandhi, the scope for class
struggle and love for property can be
reduced by
(A) Decentralization
(B) Participatory democracy
(C) Separation of Judiciary from Executive
(D) Trusteeship
D

Name of the Pakistan Prime-Minister who
signed the Simla-Agreement in 1972
(A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan
(C) Z.A. Bhutto (D) Benazir Bhutto
C


The Non-Cooperation Movement started in
(A) 1870 (B) 1920
(C) 1921 (D) 1942
Gandhi started the non-cooperation movement for removing British in January 1920 after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. It aimed to resist British rule in India through nonviolent means.


Who was the Nawab when Dalhousie
annexed Awadh in 1856?
(A) Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
(B) Wajid Ali Shah
(C) Shuja ud Daula
(D) Alivardi Khan
B


The winning candidate in the Election of
President of India should secure.
(A) Majority number of votes polled.
(B) Sixty six percent of votes polled.
(C) Fifty percent of votes polled.
(D) More than fifty percent and majority of
the total votes polled.
D


The typical natural vegetation above 3600
metres on the Himalaya is
(A) Alpine grassland
(B) Alpine forests
(C) Coniferous forests
(D) Subtropical pine forests
A


Delhi gets winter rainfall due to
(A) South west monsoons
(B) North east monsoons
(C) Conventional rain
(D) Western disturbance
D

EI Nino occurs over
(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Indian Ocean
(C) Pacific Ocean
(D) Mediterranean Sea
C

'Iodine solution is used to test the presence
of'
(A) Sugar (B) Proteins
(C) Starch (D) Fats
C


All are protozoan disease except
(A) Elephantiasis
(B) Oriental scores
(C) Sleeping sickness
(D) Kala-azar
A


The burst of monsoons in the month of June
brings rain to
(A) Kerala and Karnataka
(B) Kerala and Southern coast of Tamil
Nadu
(C) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and part of Andhra
Pradesh
(D) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
B

Microphone is a device which transforms the
(A) Sound signal into current signal
(B) Current signal into sound signal
(C) Sound signal into light signal
(D) Light signal into sound signal
A

Which among the following is liquid nonmetal?
(A) Mercury (B) Bromine
(C) Water (D) Alcohol
B


The largest invertebrate is a/an
(A) Sponge (B) Mollusc
(C) Arthropod (D) Echinoderm
B

The basic structural and functional unit of
living organisms is
(A) Cell (B) Tissue
(C) Organ (D) Systems
A


Which of the following is not a characteristic
of Indian agriculture?
(A) Overdependence on nature
(B) Low level of productivity
(C) Multiplicity of crops
(D) Predominance of large farms
D

Who is the highest Law Officer of a State?
(A) Attorney General
(B) Advocate General
(C) Solicitor General
(D) Secretary General, Law Department

COUNTRY >A
STATE>B

If Parliament appoints a Committee for a
specific purpose, it is known as
(A) Standing Committee
(B) Ad hoc Committee
(C) Joint Committee
(D) Permanent Committee
B


The Pension of a High Court Judge is
charged on the
(A) Public Accounts of the State
(B) Consolidated Fund of India
(C) Public Accounts of India
(D) Consolidated Fund of the State
B

The Anti-Defection Law was passed by the
Indian Parliament in the year
(A) 1984 (B) 1985
(C) 1986 (D) 1988
B

Which was the main cause for starting of
the Quit India Movement in 1942?
(A) Failure of the Cripps Mission
(B) British involved in the World War II
(C) Severe unrest among the people
(D) Report of Simon Commission
A


Who among the following was known as
Indian Napoleon?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Chandragupta II
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Skandagupta
C


Which movement got the support both from
Hindus and Muslims?
(A) Champaran Satyagraha
(B) Anti-Partition Movement
(C) Non Co-operation Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
C

Name the Governor-General who accepted
the view of Macaulay to make English as
the medium of instruction.
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord William Bentinck
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Ripon
B

Saline and alkaline soils in India are also
called as
(A) Regur (B) Bangar
(C) Kallar (D) Khadar
C

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.
C


A seed can germinate in the absence of
(A) suitable moisture
(B) suitable temperature
(C) adequate light
(D) supply of oxygen
C

Normally animals can change the place, but
which one of the following animals cannot
change the place?
(A) Hydra (B) Leech
(C) Starfish (D) Sponge
D

Production of alcohol from organic
compounds by micro organisms is known as
(A) Anareorbic
(B) Aerobic respiration
(C) Combustion
(D) Fermentation
D

Which of the following criterion is used for
any metal to be used as a cooking material?
(A) Less thermal conductivity
(B) Less electrical conductivity
(C) More specific heat
(D) More thermal conductivity
D


The act of writing new data into register
(A) erases the previous contents of the
register
(B) is non-destructive to existing contents.
(C) is possible only when the register is an
accumulator
(D) is possible only when the register is an
accumulator or instruction register.
A


Which one of the following is an optical disk?
(A) Worm disk (B) Zip disk
(C) Jaz disk (D) Super disk
A

Sodium vapour lamps glow with yellow
colour. This is due to
(A) the low ionisation energy of sodium
(B) its ability to absorb all other colours
except yellow
(C) sublimation of sodium to emit yellow
colour
(D) the emission of excess energy absorbed
by sodium atoms, in the yellow region
of the spectrum
D


Which of the following agricultural practices
have been primarily responsible for pollution
of our water resources?
1. Use of live-stock manure
2. Use of chemical fertilizers
3. Excessive use of chemical pesticides
4. Deforestation
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 3 and 4
C

Which of the following weeds has been found
useful to check water pollution caused by
industrial effluents?
(A) Parthenium (B) Elephant grass
(C) Water hyacinth (D) Both (A) and (B)
C

Charcoal is used in water treatment as a/
an
(A) solvent (B) adsorbent
(C) absorbent (D) coagulant
B

Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at
(A) Geneva (B) Oslo
(C) Stockholm (D) Washington
C
PEACE OSLO AND BAKI K STOCK HOLM BOBEL PRIZE



Mixed Doubles Title at the French Open,
2015 was won by
(A) Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza
(B) ethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan
(C) Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams
(D) Roger Federer and Venus William
B



As per 2011 Census data, which of the
following statements is incorrect?
(A) The overall literacy rate has gone up
(B) Kerala has the highest literacy rate
(C) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
(D) Men out number women among the
literates.
D


Which one of the following players has the
unique distinction of winning 50 Double
Title in A.T.P. tour history?
(A) Andy Roddick (B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Leander Paes (D) Novac Djokovic
C

Firms under perfectly competitive markets
generally are
(A) Price makers (B) Price givers
(C) Price takers (D) Price fixers
C

Select the odd one in the following :
(A) Petroleum (B) Coal
(C) Fuel wood (D) Electricity
C

Which statement is true?
(A) Money is good servant
(B) Money is a good servant but a bad
master.
(C) Money is a good master but a bad
servant
(D) Money is a good master and a good
servant.
B



One of the following laws favours women's
interests:
(A) Equal Remuneration Act
(B) Protection of Civil Rights Act
(C) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
(D) None of the above.
C RIGHT
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 - The "child" under ITPA means a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years and "prostitution" means the sexual exploitation or abuse
of persons for commercial purposes.
Section 3 : Stringent action and punishment for keeping a brothel or allowing premises to be used as a brothel
Section 4 : Living on the earnings of prostitution
Section 5 : Procuring, inducing or taking a person for the sake of prostitution
Section 6 : If any person is found with a child in a brothel it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he has committed an offence of detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on. The punishment consists of imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than 7 years
Section 21 : Establishment of protective homes by the State Government
ITPA Amendment Bill, 2006 -
Section 2 : Change the definition of child from 16- to 18-year-old
Section 3 : Enhance the punishment for a person who keeps or manages or acts or assists in keeping or managing of a brothel
New Section 5 : Define the offence of "Trafficking in Persons", to provide punishment for the said offence and also to provide punishment for a person who visits or is found in a brothel for the purpose of sexual exploitation
Section 6 : Enhance the punishment provided for the offence of detaining a person on a premises where prostitution is carried on
Section 8 : Omission of
Section 22 : Make provision for in camera proceedings to protect the privacy and dignity of the victims
Confiscation of the property of the persons involved in the offence of trafficking in persons.


Who among the following was the leader of
Cabinet Mission
(A) Stafford Cripps (B) Linlithgow
(C) A.V.Alexander (D) Sir Pethick Lawrence
D
Formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty.


‘Mahabashya’ was written by
(A) Gargi (B) Manu
(C) Bana (D) Patanjali
D
The Mahābhāṣya, attributed to Patañjali, is a commentary on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Pāṇini's treatise, the Ashtadhyayi, as well as Kātyāyana's Varttika, an elaboration of Pāṇini's grammar. It is dated to the 4th century BCE



The song ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ composed by
Rabindra Nath Tagore was published in
January, 1912 under the title of
(A) Rashtra Jagrati(B) Tatva Bodhini
(C) Bharat Vidhata (D) None of the above
C

Days and nights are caused because of
(A) shape of Earth's orbit
(B) revolution movement
(C) rotational movement
(D) None of the above
C
earth rotates from west to east
ONLY venus AND URANUS rotates east to west

Chennai gets less rain than other places
from the South-West monsoons because
(A) The monsoon runs parallel to
Coromandel coast
(B) Chennai is too hot to allow moisture to
condense
(C) They are off-shore winds
(D) All the above
A

Birds and bats are good fliers. The bat differs
from bird in having
(A) Four chambered heart
(B) Diaphragm
(C) Wings
(D) Small brain
B


‘Tube within a tube’’ type of body plan is found
in
(A) Sea anemone (B) Leech
(C) Amoeba (D) Sycon
B

The portion of a plant that is grafted on to
the other plant is called
(A) Stock (B) Scion
(C) Stalk (D) Sucker
B
sci·on
A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting


Surface tension arises due to
(A) adhesive force between molecules
(B) cohesive force between molecules
(C) gravitational force between molecules
(D) electrical force between molecules
B



A particle covers equal distance around a
circular path in equal interval of time. It
has uniform
(A) Velocity (B) Speed
(C) Acceleration (D) Momentum
Yes b is right velocity me direction change hoga
B It is possible for a body to move in a circular path with uniform speed as long as it is
        traveling equal distances in equal interval of time, but the velocity cannot be uniform
        since the direction of motion is continually changing.






Which of the following will always produce a
diminished image of an object placed before it?
(A) Plane mirror (B) Convex mirror
(C) Convex lens (D) Concave mirror
B


Example of aerosol is
(A) Milk (B) River water
(C) Smoke (D) Blood
An aerosol is a colloid of fine solid particles or liquid droplets, in air or another gas. Aerosols can be natural or artificial. Examples of natural aerosols are fog, forest exudates and geyser steam. Examples of artificial aerosols are haze, dust, particulate air pollutants and smoke.



Ozone hole was discovered over Antarctica
in
(A) 1975 (B) 1985
(C) 1978 (D) 1987
ANSWER IS A  BUT
The discovery of the annual depletion of ozone above the Antarctic was first announced in a paper by Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin which appeared in Nature in May 1985. Later, NASA scientists re-analyzed their satellite data and found that the whole of the Antarctic was affected.


Yusho disease, discovered in Japan, is
related with pollution due to
(A) PCB (B) Cadmium
(C) Acid Rain (D) PAN
Yusho disease (oil disease) caused by leakage of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
         which contaminated edible oil on the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1968.


The pyramid of Biomass is inverted in which
ecosystem?
(A) Pond (B) Forest
(C) Grassland (D) Mangrove
A
pyramid of biomass A diagrammatic representation of the amount of organic material (see biomass), measured in grams of dry mass per square metre (g m–2), found in a particular habitat at ascending trophic levels of a food chain. Biomass decreases at each ascending level of the food chain. A pyramid of biomass is a more accurate representation of the flow of energy through a food chain than a pyramid of numbers, but seasonal variations in the rate of turnover of the organisms at a particular level may result in higher or lower values for the amount of biomass sampled at a particular time than the average amount over the whole year. The best representation of energy flow in a food chain is a pyramid of energy.



Central Pollution Control Board comes
under the Ministry of
(A) Health and Family Welfare
(B) Oil and Petroleum
(C) Social Welfare
(D) Environment and Forest
D


First woman President of India is
(A) Mrs. Najma Heptulla
(B) Mrs. Sheila Dikshit
(C) Mrs. Vasundhara Raje Scindia
(D) Mrs. Pratibha Patil
D


The President of India has awarded Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to
(A) Vijay Kumar (Shooter)
(B) M.S. Dhoni (Cricketer)
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
ANSWER IS D
FIRST WAS VISWANATHAN AANAND
LAST WAS GIVEN TO SANIYA MIRZA (TENNIS)2014-15


WHO  won the Under-19 Cricket World
Cup, 2015?

A.West Indies   B. India  
C. Pakistan D. South Africa
A


The 2016 Shooting World Championship will
be held in
A.ITALY
B.INDIA
C.GERMANY
D.USA

2016> ITALY
2017>INDIA
2018>USA
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C


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B


B

B

C


A

D


C

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C

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2015 women us (W) Italy Flavia Pennetta (RunnerUp) Roberta Vinci



NAM (Non Aligned Movement) Summit 2015 – Venezuela  

The doctrines of “non-violence” and “civil
disobedience” associated with Mahatma
Gandhi were influenced by the works of
(A) Churchill-Irwin-Tolstoy
(B) Ruskin-Tolstoy-Thoreau
(C) Thoreau-Hume-Shaw
(D) Cripps-Tolstoy-Howes
B




Consider the following passage:
It urged people to resign from government
offices, shun the British law-courts,
withdraw from schools and colleges and
boycott the elections. On the other hand,
there was a campaign for using indigenous
goods, especially khadi or homespun cloth.
Which movement does the above passage
relate to?
(A) Swadeshi (B) Non-cooperation
(C) Civil Disobedience (D) Quit India

B



The Chola kings were ruling over
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Andhra
(C) Kerala (D) Bengal
A

Which British Military Officer defeated Tipu
Sultan in India, Napolean Bonaparte in
Europe and eventually became the Duke of
Wellington?
(A) Arthur Wellesley (B) Robert Clive
(C) Warren Hastings (D) Richard Wellesley
A


On the tributary of which river has Rihand
Dam been constructed?
(A) Chambal (B) Yamuna
(C) Son (D) Periyar
C
The Gandhi Sagar dam is the first of the four dams built on the Chambal River, located on the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border. It is a 64 metre high masonry gravity dam, with a live storage capacity of 6,920 MCM (million cubic metres) and a catchment area of 22,584 km2, of which only 1,537 km2 is in Rajasthan.


The length of India’s coastline is about
(A) 4900 kms (B) 5700 kms
(C) 7500 kms (D) 8300 kms
7,517 km
India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km(1,822 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,517 km (4,671 mi).


Which one among the following is the most
important reason behind the prevalence of
extreme type of climate in different parts
of India?
(A) The long latitudinal extent
(B) The east-west alignment of the
Himalayas
(C) The peninsular location of the country
(D) The significant variation in altitude
B

Which one of the following lakes in the
India has the highest water salinity?
(A) Dal (B) Chilika
(C) Wular (D) Sambhar
D

In which one of the following islands of India
is an active volcano found?
(A) Car Nicobar Island
(B) Nancowry Island
(C) Barren Island
(D) Maya Bunder Island
C


Which one of the following is advance
grants made by the House of People in
respect of the estimated expenditure for a
part of the ensuing financial year, pending
the regular passage of the budget?
(A) Supplementary grants
(B) Special grants
(C) Vote on credit
(D) Vote on account
D

Which of the following statements are
correct?
The attorney general of India
1. must have the qualifications as that
required by a judge of the supreme court.
2. enjoys the same privileges and immunities
as the members of Parliament.
3. has the right of audience in all courts of
India .
4. his salaries and expenses are charged
on the Consolidated Fund of India.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 3 and 4 (D) 2 and 4
A

Who among the following Prime Ministers
of India never had to seek trust vote (vote
of confidence) from the Lok Sabha?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(C) H.D. Devegowda
(D) Manmohan Singh
A



Who were the three eminent statement who
started the Non-aligned Movement?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru, Anwar Sadat,
Soekarno
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru, Chou En-lai, Kwame
Nkrumah
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru, Fidel-Castro,
Marshal Tito
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru, Gamal Abdul Nasser,
Marshal Tito
C

Who is empowered to transfer a Judge from
one High Court to another High Court?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) President of India
(C) Law Minister of India
(D) The Union Cabinet
B

Persons who are colour-blind cannot
distinguish between
(A) yellow and white (B) green and blue
(C) red and green (D) black and yellow
C


Estrogen and Progesterone control and
stimulate the growth in
(A) Pituitary Gland (B) Thyroid Gland
(C) Mammary Gland (D) Supra Renal Gland
C

The basic chemical building block of natural
rubber obtained from trees is
(A) Isoprene (B) Vinyl Chloride
(C) Acetylene (D) Neoprene
A


The surface tension of water on adding
detergent to it
(A) increases (B) decreases
(C) no change (D) becomes zero
B



In a refrigerator, the cooling system should
always be
(A) at the top (B) at the bottom
(C) at the middle (D) can be anywhere
D


Which metal does not undergo corrosion due
to the formation of oxide layer?
(A) Copper (B) Iron
(C) Aluminium (D) Zinc
D

The Bhopal gas tragedy was caused by the gas
(A) Methyl chloride
(B) Methyl Iso Cyanide
(C) Methyl Iso Cyanate
(D) Methyl Cyanide
B


Consider the following statements:
1. Corporation tax and customs duty go
exclusively to the Union.
2. Surcharge on income tax and stamp
duty go exclusively to the States.
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct?
(A) 1 only (B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2
A


Deepika Kumari is associated with the
game of -------.
(A) Golf (B) Archery
(C) Lawn Tennis (D) Hockey
B


The next G-20 Summit will be held in September, 2016 in -------.
(A)Turkey (B) China
(C) India (D) japan

2015 antalya turkey
2016 > chinia ghonjhu


Next Olymipcs were held in which of
the following country?
(A) London (B) Tokyo
(C) Brazil (D) Washington

c 2016 brazil
2020 tokyo olympics

Consider the following treaties/agreements:
1. Indira-Mujib treaty.
2. Indo-Sri Lanka free trade agreement.
3. Indo-Bhutan treaty of friendship.
4. Indo-Myanmar border trade agreement
Which one of the following is the correct
chronological order of the above (starting
with the earliest)?
(A) 1-2-3-4 (B) 4-2-1-3
(C) 3-1-4-2 (D) 3-4-1-2
c

Parliament to ratify 1974 Indira-Mujib pact. The government will bring a constitutional amendment Bill in Parliament during
the forthcoming monsoon session, beginning August 5, for implementation of the Indo-Bangla land boundary agreement.
Free Trade Agreement Text Agreement signed by the Prime Minister of India and the President of Sri Lanka (28 December 1999).
On August 8, 1949 Bhutan and India signed the Treaty of Friendship, calling for peace between the two nations and non-interference in each other's
internal affairs
An agreement on Indo-Myanmar Border Trade was signed in January. 1994


Who among the following built the famous
Khajuraho Temple?
(A) The Chandella Kings
(B) The Pala Kings
(C) Vikramaditya
(D) The Jaina Monks of Central India
A

Which of the following organisations
prepares topographical maps of India?
(A) Geographical Survey of India
(B) Survey of India
(C) Geological Survey of India
(D) Archaeological Survey of India  
C


Which one of the following is the correct
statement?
(A) The Himalayan Pass Nathula is in
Himachal Pradesh
(B) The Dhaola Dhar Range of mountains
is in Arunachal Pradesh
(C) The Nanda Devi Peak is in Sikkim
(D) The Pir Panjal Range of mountains is
in Kashmir

D



The Constituent Assembly of India started
functioning from
(A) 9th December, 1946
(B) 1 st January, 1947
(C) 26th January, 1947
(D) 15th August, 1947

A

The minimum age of voting in India was
lowered from 21 to 18 years by the
Constitutional Amendment Act.
(A) 57th (B) 59th
(C) 61 st (D) 63rd
C


If a money bill passed by the Lok Sabha is
not returned by the Rajya Sabha within
fourteen days, then
(A) Lok Sabha will reconsider it
(B) Money bill will be rejected
(C) President will summon a joint meeting
of both the Houses to discuss it.
(D) The Bill will be sent to the President
for his signature and consent
D


If the Prime Minister is a member of the
Rajya Sabha
(A) He/she has to get elected to the Lok
Sabha within six months
(B) He/she can declare the government’s
policies only in the Rajya Sabha
(C) He/she cannot take part in the voting
when a vote of no confidence is under
consideration
(D) He/she cannot take part in the budget
deliberations in the Lok Sabha
C


Who among the following was elected
President of India unopposed?
(A) Dr. Rajendar Prasad
(B) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(D) K. R. Narayanan
C

The Articles of the Constitution of India
which deal with the Directive Principles of
State Policy are:
(A) 26 to 41 (B) 30 to 45
(C) 36 to 51 (D) 40 to 55
C


The total energy of a revolving electron in
an atom
(A) Cannot be negative
(B) Can have any value above zero
(C) Can never be positive
(D) Will always be positive
A


Nitrogenous food is
(A) Carbohydrate (B) Lipid
(C) Protein (D) Salt
C


Which of the following causes Malaria?
(A) Insect (B) Bacteria
(C) Protozoa (D) Virus
C


Which colour of light shows maximum
deviation when passed through a prism?
(A) White (B) Red
(C) Violet (D) Green
C


Which of the following state is related to
'Chief Minister Tirth Darshan Yojana'?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan (D) Bihar
B


Consider the following statements:
1. Modem is used to link a computer with
a telephone line so that data can be
transmitted at high speeds from one
computer to another.
2. Pentium chip performs the function of
RAM in a computer CPU.
3. Giga represents 109.
Which of the statements given above is/
are correct?
(A) 1 and 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3
C


One which of the following achievements
does the UNDP Human Development Report
base its rating of Human Development
Index (HDI) in respect of different
countries?
1. Life expectancy
2. Educational attainment
3. Adjusted real income
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

D

From which of the games player Kim
Clijsters retired?
(A) Tennis (B) Badminton
(C) Squash (D) Boxing
A


Which country recently banned the use of
Air Conditioners in Government offices?
(A) China (B) India
(C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh
C


Who has been appointed as the new
Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes?
(A) Sudha Sharma (B) Suresh Sharma
(C) Shikha Sharma (D) A K Jain
D


Who has been honoured with the National
Lata Mangeshkar Award?
(A) Himesh Reshammiya (B) Krishna kale
(C) Harshit Saxena (D) Harjeet Mehndi
B



Who is the author of the book 'The Casual
Vacancy'?
(A) J. K. Rowling (B) Salman Rushdie
(C) Allison Moore (D) Bill Gates
A


Market fail when
(A) they do not maximise the aggregate
consumer and producer surplus
(B) they maximise aggregate consumer and
producer surplus
(C) they equalise the aggregate consumer
and producer surplus
(D) they escalate the aggregate consumer
and producer surplus
A

Neglect of agriculture in the development
process will lead to
(A) insufficient savings
(B) shortage of foreign exchange
(C) lower levels of production
(D) severe bottlenecks in overall development
C

Monopolistic competition produces
(A) Complementary goods
(B) Homogeneous goods
(C) Close substitutes
(D) Perfect substitutes
C


Gandhian economy emphasises on
(A) Humanitarian and cultural values
(B) Spiritual and religious values
(C) Political and social values
(D) Socialist and economic values
D


The term "closure" in Parliamentary
terminology implies
(A) the end of session of Parliament
(B) stoppage of debate on a motion
(C) end of a day's proceedings
(D) None of the above
B


Which of the following Presidents held office
for two consecutive terms?
(A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Both (A) and (C)
C


Which Amendment Act reduced the voting
age from 21 to 18?
(A) 42 nd (B) 44 th
(C) 52 nd (D) 61 st
D


The Ilbert Bill was introduced during time
of ______ .
(A) Lytton (B) Ripon
(C) Curzon (D) Minto

The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced in 1883 for British India by Viceroy Ripon that proposed an amendment for existing laws in the country at the time to allow Indian judges and magistrates the jurisdiction to try British offenders in criminal cases at the District level, something that was disallowed at the time.


Who among the following was the First Viceroy
of India?
(A) Lord Ripon (B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Mountbatten(D) Lord Canning
D


One of the following Chief Ministers is/was
received the Highest Civilian Award 'Bharat
Ratna'
(A) Lalu Prasad Yadav of Bihar
(B) Late M. G Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu
(C) Jyoti Basu of West Begnal
(D) Late N. T Rama Rao of Andhra Pradesh
B




Magnetic Equator is closely associated with
(A) Tidal current
(B) Satellite launching
(C) Natural calamities
(D) Fishing ground
B



Lands dependent on rain are
(A) rain-fed (B) irrigated
(C) dry (D) arid
A


Which of the following mountain systems
has the feature of syntaxial bend?
(A) Aravallis (B) Vindhyas
(C) Western Ghats (D) Himalayas
D


Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by
(A) Streptomyces (B) Aspergillus
(C) Pencillium (D) Bacillus
A


The pigment that protect plants from
harmful effect of ultraviolet rays is
(A) Chlorophyll (B) Carotenoid
(C) Phycocyanin (D) Plastid
B

Which one of the following is obtained as
slag in a blast furnance?
(A) Calcium Carbonate
(B) Calcium Sulphate
(C) Calcium Chloride
(D) Calcium Silicate
D


During respiration the gases enter into the
blood and leave the same by the process of
(A) Active transport
(B) Diffusion
(C) Diffusion and active transport
(D) Osmosis
B


Instruments can be shielded from outside
magnetic effects by surrounding them with
(A) Iron shield (B) Rubber shield
(C) Brass shield (D) Glass shield
C



Amides can be converted to amines by the
reaction named
(A) Perkin (B) Claisen
(C) Hoffman (D) Clemmesen
C



Of the following, which is the fastest?
(A) CD-ROM (B) RAM
(C) Registers (D) Cache
C


An alternate name for the completely
interconnected network topology is
(A) Mesh (B) Star
(C) Tree (D) Ring
A



GIS stands for
(A) Global Institute for Soils
(B) Geographical International Studies
(C) Geographical Information Systems
(D) Global Information Statistics

C


Which one is regarded as "World heritage
forest"?
(A) Nandan Kanan of Odisa
(B) Kaziranga of Assam
(C) Sundarbans of West Bengal
(D) Indian Botanical Garden, Shibpur of
West Bengal
C


As per the 2011 census, the state with the
largest gap in male and female literacy is
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan (D) Kerala
C


Which one of the following statements is
not correct about India's population as per
the 2011 census?
(A) Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
(B) Kerala has the highest literacy rate
(C) Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
(D) Men outnumber women in growth of
literates
D


Sales Tax is an example of
(A) Corporate Tax (B) Direct Tax
(C) Indirect Tax (D) Welfare Tax
C


The area which was popularly known as
North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) at the
advent of the Constitution now is the State of
(A) Assam (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Meghalaya (D) Nagaland
B

In Potato the ‘eyes’ help in
(A) Sexual reproduction
(B) Vegetative reproduction
(C) Storing food material
(D) For beautifying the tuber
B


In which of the following convection takes
place?
(A) Solids and liquids only
(B) Liquids and gases only
(C) Gases and solids only
(D) Solids, liquids and gases
B


Which of the following is used as
anaesthesia?
(A) Methane (B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Nitrous oxide (D) Nitrogen
C


Coliform count in drinking water is done
to ascertain
(A) amount of suspended impurities
(B) effect of chlorination
(C) faecal contamination
(D) hardness
C


The Atomic Energy Commission was set up
in:
(A) 1948 (B) 1950
(C) 1952 (D) 1960
A



The second session of the Indian National
Congress was presided over by:
(A) W.C. Banerjee
(B) BadruddinTyabji
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
C


The most abundant metal in the earth's
crust is:
(A) calcium (B) aluminium
(C) iron (D) magnesium
B

Which one of the following event made the
crown of England to take over the Indian
Administration?
(A) Battle of Plassey (B) Battle of Buxar
(C) The Carnatic Wars (D) The Sepoy Mutiny
D




Who built the famous Dilwara temple at
Mount Abu in Rajasthan in the 13rd
century?
(A) Mahendra pal (B) Mahipala
(C) Rajapala (D) Tejapala
D


Which of the following is a TransHimalayan river?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna
(C) Sutlej (D) Ravi
C

Suez canal joins
(A) Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
(B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(C) Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
(D) Red Sea and Arabian Sea
B



Who among the following rulers paid
considerable attention to irrigation and
public works?
(A) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Firoz Tughlaq
(D) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
C


Who has been appointed as the National
Security Adviser of US President Barack
Obama?
(A) John Kerry(B)Adewale “Wally” Adeyem,
(C) Susan Rice (D) Hillary Clinton

B



Yeast is an important source of which of the following?
(A) Vitamin B (B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin E (D) Vitamin D
A

What is a water-insoluble substance referred to in
biology?
(A) Hydrophilic (B) Hydrophobic
(C) Hydrokinetic (D) Hydrodynamic
B

Who among the following is known as the father of
medicine?
(A) HJ Muller (B) Stephen Hales
(C) William Harvey (D) Hippocrates
D

Which of the following is a cool ocean current?
(A) Gulf Stream (B) California Current
(C) Kuroshio Current (D) Agulhas Current`
B


Data transfer rates for disk drives and networks are
measured in terms of
(A) Throughput (B) Turnaround
(C) Transfer rate (D) Output

A


The process of nuclear fusion is involved in
(A) Energy generation in the Sun
(B) Hydrogen bomb
(C) Atom bomb
(D) Both (A) and (B)
D


The substance which does not have one melting point
is
(A) Mercury (B) Glass
(C) Tungsten (D) Diamond
B



The most stable ecosystem is
(A) Forest (B) Desert
(C) Ocean (D) Mountain
C


Who is the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of
India at present?
(A) Arunima Sinha
(B) Vinod Rai
(c) v narahari rao
(D) Shashi Kant Sharma

D



Who among the following has been given the
European Union (EU)'s prestigious Sakharov Prize
2015?
(A) Raif Badawi (B) Aung San Suu Kyi
(C) Malala Yousafzai (D) Angela Merkel
A

































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