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Q.1 Governor is appointed by the …… 

(A) Prime Minister

(B) President

(C) Chief Justice of India

(D) Chief Justice of the concerned state high court

Ans .  B

 

Q.2 Find the odd one out.

(A) A. Ramaswamy

(B) Pankaj Advani

(C) P. Hari Krishna

(D) S.S. Ganguli

Ans .  B

 

Q.3 My passage from India is a book authored by….

(A) E.M. Foster

(B) Ismail Merchant

(C) Nairad C. Choudhary

(D) Mulk Raj Anand

Ans .  B

 

Q.4 Coolie is a famous work of….

(A) Khushwant Singh

(B) V.S. Naipaul

(C) Mulk Raj Anand

(D) R.K. Narayan

Ans .  C

 

Q.5 This personality is credited with the invention of e-mail. Can you identify him from the given?

(A) T. Leo Burns

(B) Larry Page

(C) Ray Tomlinson

(D) None of these

Ans .  C

 

Q.6 When did the Second Round Table conference took place?

(A) 1915

(B) 1922

(C) 1928

(D) 1931

Ans .  D

 

Q.7 ‘Ansett’ is the name of the domestic airline of which of the following countries?

(A) New Zealand

(B) Germany

(C) The Netherlands

(D) Australia

Ans .  D

 

Q.8 Metals which chemically behave both as metals and non-metals is called.

(A) alloys

(B) metalloids

(C) halogens

(D) chalkogens

Ans .  B

 

Q.9 Which of the following articles of the Constitution deals with a financial emergency?

(A) Article 352

(B) Article 356

(C) Article 360

(D) Article 370

Ans .  C

 

Q.10 The largest river (in terms of volume of water it carries) is….

(A) Nile

(B) Mississippi Missouri

(C) Amazon

(D) Yangtze

Ans .  C

 

Q.11 The World Environment Day is celebrated through the world on …… every year.

(A) May 8

(B) June 5

(C) July 11

(D) August 27

Ans .  B

 

Q.12 FICCI expands to….

(A) Federation of Indian Companies of Commerce and Instrumentation

(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries

(C) Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industries

(D) Federation of Indian Conglomerate of Commerce and Industries

Ans .  B

 

Q.13 This place is also known as the ‘Manchester of South India’. Identify it from the given options.

(A) Madurai

(B) Coimbatore

(C) Bangalore

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

Ans .  B

 

Q.14 Approximately what portion of the world’s population resides in India?

(A) One-third

(B) One-fourth

(C) One-fifth

(D) One-sixth

Ans .  D

 

Q.15 Decibel is the unit of….

(A) frequency

(B) wavelength

(C) sound

(D) luminous intensity

Ans .  C

 

Q.16 Which of the following trains is India’s first certified ISO-9001 train?

(A) Mumbai-Delhi Shatabdi Express

(B) Magadha Express

(C) Bhopal Express

(D) AP Express

Ans .  C

 

Q.17 Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is based at…..

(A) Varanasi

(B) Chennai

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Kanpur

Ans .  B

 

Q.18 December 1 is celebrated as the…… throughout the world.

(A) World Health Day

(B) World AIDS Day

(C) World Human Rights Day

(D) World Habitat Day

Ans .  B

 

Q.19 Who wrote the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice?

(A) Virama Seth

(B) Rohinton Mistry

(C) Anurag Mathur

(D) Arundhati Roy

Ans .  D

 

Q.20 ‘Manas Tiger Sanctuary’ is in….

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Aasam

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Ans .  B

 

Q.21 Panini was……

(A) a Greek philosopher

(B) an Indian astronomer and famous mathematician

(C) a Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times

(D) great poet of ancient times.

Ans .  C

 

Q.22 Mein Kampf is authored by…

(A) Napoleon Bonaparte

(B) Karl Marx

(C) Adolf Hitler

(D) Benito Mussolini

Ans .  C

 

Q.23 Which of the following is the largest and the deepest ocean of the world?

(A) Arctic

(B) Atlantic

(C) Pacific

(D) Indian

Ans .  C

 

Q.24 The literacy rate of India is….

(A) 57.86%

(B) 61.34%

(C) 63.98%

(D) 65.38%

Ans .  D

 

Q.25 Which Indian state has the least literacy rate?

(A) Bihar

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Orissa

Ans .  A

 

Q.26 SAARC was formed in ……

(A) 1982

(B) 1984

(C) 1985

(D) 1986

Ans .  C

 

Q.27 Which of the following is not the member of the European Union?

(A) Greece

(B) Finland

(C) Norway

(D) United Kingdom

Ans .  C

 

Q.28 ASEAN is headquartered at….

(A) Male

(B) Kathmandu

(C) Jakarta

(D) Kuala Lumpur

Ans .  C

 

Q.29 This river was also called as the Ganges of the South, Name the river from the given options.

(A) Godavari

(B) Krishna

(C) Cauvery

(D) None of these

Ans .  C

 

Q.30 Which Indian state is inhabited by ‘Jaintiya tribes’?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Mizoram

(C) Manipur

(D) Meghalaya

Ans .  D

 

Q.31 The capital of Greece is….

(A) Warsaw

(B) Athens

(C) Oslo

(D) Ottawa

Ans .  B

Q.32 This country is known as the cockpit of Europe. Identify it from the given options.

(A) Poland

(B) Belgium

(C) Turkey

(D) Sweden

Ans .  B

 

Q.33 Natyashastra is a famous work of….

(A) Bana Bhatta

(B) Lord Brahma

(C) Kalhan

(D) Kalidas

Ans .  B

 

Q.34 In which of the following years did United Nations (UN) come into existence?

(A) 1941

(B) 1943

(C) 1944

(D) 1945

Ans .  D

 

Q.35 Eduskusta is the name of the Parliament of….

(A) Norway

(B) Finland

(C) Austria

(D) Italy

Ans .  B

 

Q.36 The line that demarcates the boundary between India and Pakistan is….

(A) McMahon Line

(B) Durand Line

(C) Radcliffe Line

(D) None of these

Ans .  C

 

Q.37 Which of the following represents the number of judges in The International Court of Justice?

(A) 12

(B) 15

(C) 18

(D) 21

Ans .  B

 

Q.38 Obstetrics is….

(A) a branch of medicine that deals with pregnancy, labour and child birth

(B) a branch of medicine that deals with child diseases

(C) a branch of medicine that deals with eye related diseases

 (D) a branch of medicine that deals with kidney diseases.

Ans .  A

Q.39 Which of the following years you would associate with the foundation of Indian National Congress (INC)?

(A) 1875

(B) 1881

(C) 1883

(D) 1885

Ans .  D

 

Q.40 The weight of the man will be……. On the surface of the moon of his actual weight.

(A) one-third

(B) one-fourth

(C) one-fifth

(D) one-sixth

Ans .  D

 

Q.41 ‘AFP’ is the news agency of …….

(A) UK

(B) USA

(C) Germany

(D) None of these

Ans .  D

 

Q.42 Which of the following represents the year in which Alexander invaded India?

(A) 323 BC

(B) 324 BC

(C) 326 BC

(D) 328 BC

Ans .  C

 

Q.43 Khyber Pass is in……

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) Myanmar

(D) Afghanistan

Ans .  D

 

Q.44 The first secretary-general of the United Nations was…..

(A) U. Thant

(B) Trygve Lie

(C) Boutros-Boutros Ghali

(D) Javier Perez de Cuellar

Ans .  B

 

Q.45 Southern Railway is headquartered at…..

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bangalore

(C) Secunderabad

(D) Chennai

Ans .  C

 

Q.46 First ministerial meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) took place at…..

(A) Washington

(B) New York

(C) Geneva

(D) Singapore

Ans .  D

 

Q.47 The highest producer of milk in the world is…..

(A) USA

(B) China

(C) India

(D) Germany

Ans .  C

 

Q.48 The first woman chief justice of the high court of India was……

(A) Fatima Biwi

(B) Ruma Pal

(C) Leila Seth

(D) None of these

Ans .  C

 

Q.49 Identify the correct match:

(A) May 8     World Health Day

(B) May 1     World Literacy Day

(C) May 17   World Telecommunication Day

(D) June 5    World Ozone Day

Ans .  C

 

Q.50 The world record for the fastest double century is held by….

(A) Sanath Jaisurya

(B) Nathan Astle

(C) Adam Gilchrist

(D) Saeed Anwar

Ans .  B

 

Q.51 The first speaker of Lok Sabha was……

(A) K.M. Munshi

(B) C.D. Deshmukh

(C) G.V. Mavalankar

(D) H.J. Kania

Ans .  C

 

Q.52 Which of the following represents the number of  nations of the Non-Aligned Movement?

(A) 54

(B) 75

(C) 93

(D) 118

Ans .  D

 

Q.53 This personality is known as the Father of Economics. Can you identify him from the given options?

(A) J.M. Keynes

(B) Adam Smith

(C) Abraham Maslow

(D) J.K. Galbraith

Ans .  B

 

Q.54 Mount Etna is a famous volcano located in ….

(A) Argentina

(B) Italy

(C) Mexico

(D) Philipines

Ans .  B

 

Q.55 Where is the Tungabhadra sanctuary located?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Kamataka

(D) West Bengal

Ans .  C

 

Q.56 The agency of United Nations that was set up to strengthen the international cooperation in the field of education and improve the standards of education is…..

(A) UNEP

(B) UNCTAD

(C) UNESCO

(D) UNDP

Ans .  C

 

Q.57 Reserve Bank of India is headquartered at…..

(A) Kolkata

(B) New Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Chennai

Ans .  C

 

Q.58 Jana Gana Mana, was accepted as the National Anthem of India by the Constituent Assembly of India in which of the following years?

(A) 1950

(B) 1949

(C) 1948

(D) 1947

Ans .  A

 

Q.59 The person who has climbed Mount Everest the most ------ 17 times ----- is…….

(A) Babu Cheri

(B) Appa Sherpa

(C) Peter Hillary

(D) T.W. Tenzing

Ans .  B

 

Q.60 Which Indian state has its maximum area under the forest cover?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Kerala

Ans .  C

 

Q.61 This personality is known as The Father of Geometry. Identify him from the given options.

(A) Euclid

(B) Pythagoras

(C) Newton

(D) Laplace

Ans .  A

 

Q,62 The biggest producers of oil within the members of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is….

(A)Iraq

(B) Iran

(C) Saudi Arabia

(D) Kuwait

Ans .  C

 

Q.63 The first Indian animation film was produced by…..

(A) H.S. Bhatwadekar

(B) Dada Saheb Phalke

(C) Hiralal Sen

(D) J.F. Madan

Ans .  C

 

Q.64 Who is the founder of the World Economic Forum?

(A) George McDonald

(B) Jack Barry

(C) Robert Allen

(D) Klaus Schwab

Ans .  D

Q.65 Who among the following is the author of Meghdoot?

(A) Bana Bhatta

(B) Kalhana

(C) Kalidas

(D) Tulsidas

Ans .  C

 

Q.66 Under whose presidentship, the first session of Indian National Congress took place in Bombay?

(A) A. D. Hume

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) G.K. Gokhale

(D) W.C. Banerjee

Ans .  D

 

Q.67 How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha?

(A) 238

(B) 242

(C) 246

(D) 250

Ans .  D

 

Q.68 Panama Canal links which of the following water resources?

(A) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

(B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Se

(C) Red Sea and Caspian Sea

(D) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean

Ans .  A

 

Q.69 Which of the following rays is NOT harmful?

(A) Ultraviolet rays

(B) X-rays

(C) Infrared rays

(D) Short radio waves

Ans .  D

 

Q.70 Who is considered as the Father of History?

(A) Aristotle

(B) Herodotus

(C) Socrates

(D) Plato

Ans .  B

 

Q.71 Who was the person behind the ‘Kuka movement’?

(A) Kunwar Singh

(B) V.B. Phadke

(C) Guru Ram Singh

(D) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

Ans .  C

 

Q.72 In the 552 --- strong Lok Sabha, how many members are there from the Union Territories?

(A) 10

(B) 20

(C) 30

(D) 40

Ans .  B

 

Q.73 Which of the following personalities gave ‘The Laws of Heredity’?

(A) Robert Hook

(B) G.J. Mendel

(C) Charles Darwin

(D) William Harvey

Ans .  B

 

Q.74 Name the person who was also known as Deshbandhu.

(A) S. Radhakrishnan

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Chittaranjan Das

(D) Madan Mohan Malviya

Ans .  C

 

Q.75 Which of the following is NOT the language enshrined in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, as the language of the state?

(A) Nepali

(B) Kashmiri

(C) English

(D) Konkani

Ans .  C

 

Q.76 The capital of Uttarakhand is….

(A) Masoorie

(B) Dehra Dun

(C) Nainital

(D) None of these

Ans .  B

 

Q.77 Geet Govind is a famous creation of ……

(A) Bana Bhatt

(B) Kalidas

(C) Jayadev

(D) Bharat Muni

Ans .  C

 

Q.78 Which of the following represents the Finance Commissions that have been set-up so far?

(A) 10

(B) 11

(C 12

(D) 13

Ans .  D

 

Q.79 World Trade Organization came into existence in……

(A) 1992

(B) 1993

(C) 1994

(D) 1995

Ans .  D

 

Q.80 According to the Constitution of India, which of the following is NOT one of the main organs of the Government?

(A) Legislature

(B) Bureaucracy

(C) Executive

(D) Judiciary

Ans .  B

 

Q.83 Which of the amendments of the following constitution was responsible for deleting the right to property from the list of fundamentals rights?

(A) 43rd amendment

(B) 44th amendment

(C) 48th amendment

(D) 52nd amendment

Ans .  B

 

Q.84 Harshcharita and KadamBari are the works of…..

(A) Kalhan

(B) Panini

(C) Bana Bhatta

(D) Patanjali

Ans .  C

 

Q.85 When did the war of Americans Independence take place?

 

(A) 1770

(B) 1772

(C) 1774

(D) 1776

Ans .  D

 

Q.86 Which of the following countries is NOT a member of SAARC?

(A) Maldives

(B) Bhutan

(C) Malaysia

(D) Nepal

Ans .  C

 

Q.87 Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of….

(A) South Africa

(B) Denmark

(C) Columbia

(D) The Netherlands

Ans .  A

 

Q.88 Which of the following planets is NOT a terrestrial planet?

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(C) Earth

(D) Saturn

Ans .  D

 

Q.89 What is the minimum age required to become the President, Vice-President of India or Governor of Indian state?

(A) 21 years

(B) 25 years

(C) 30 years

(D) 35 years

Ans .  D

 

Q.90 The Treaty of Versailles was signed in….

(A) 1914

(B) 1916

(C) 1919

(D) 1923

Ans .  C

 

Q.91 Which of the following personalities was the first to climb Mount Everest twice?

(A) Tenzing Norway

(B) Tamba Tsheri

(C) Nawang Gombu

(D) Phu Dorjee

Ans .  C

 

Q.92 The controversial Tehri Dam was built over.

(A) Ganga

(B) Godavari

(C) Bhagirathi

(D) Narmada

Ans .  C

 

Q.93 Which of the following constitutional amendments was responsible for the inclusion of Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali languages in the eights schedule of the Constitution?

(A) 68th amendment

(B) 70th amendment

(C) 71st amendment

(D) 76th amendment

Ans .  C

 

Q.94 Vincent Van Gogh was a

(A) German Poet

(B) Dutch painter

(C) Polish scientist

(D) French musician

Ans .  B

 

Q.95 Who was the first premier of Pakistan?

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan

(B) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(C) Ali Mohammad Khusro

(D) Mohammed Ayub Khan

Ans .  A

 

Q.96 Telephone was invented by…

(A) J.L. Baird

(B) Alexander Graham Bell

(C) K. Macmillan

(D) None of these

Ans .  B

 

Q.97 The famous Chinese traveler Fahien came to India during the reign of….

(A) Harshvardhan

(B) Chandragupta II

(C) Kanishka

(D) Samudragupta

Ans .  B

 

Q.98 Name the Governor-General and the first Viceroy of India during whose tenure the 1857 revolt took place.

(A) Lord Rippon

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Lord Canning

(D) Lord Harding

Ans .  C

 

Q.99 The absorption of ink by a blotting paper is based on….

(A) Newton third law of motion

(B) Bernoulli’s theorem

(C) Pascal’s law

(D) Capillary action

Ans .  D

 

Q.100 The point in the orbit of any artificial satellite of earth which is at the maximum distance from the earth is known as….

(A) Perigee

(B) Aphelion

(C) Antipodes

(D) Apogee

Ans .  D

 

101. Who won the 2019 Dylan Thomas prize?

(A) Zoe Gilbert

(B) Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

(C) Guy Gunaratne

(D) Sarah Perry

Ans .  C

 

102. India and China Industry Cooperation Forum was held in __________, China.

(A) Guizhou

(B) Yunnan

(C) Sichuan

(D) Hunan

Ans .  A

 

103. Scott Morrison has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of __________.

(A) Singapore

(B) Germany

(C) Australia

(D) Malaysia

Ans .  C

 

104. What is the theme UN-Habitat Assembly 2019?

(A) Harnessing the power of technology in Healthcare

(B) Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future

(C) Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities

(D) Solutions for Sustainable Future: Saving Lives, Building Resilient Communities

Ans .  C

 

105. Along with which country, Sri Lanka and Japan signed a deal to develop container terminal at Colombo?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Nepal

(C) India

(D) Myanmar

Ans .  C

 

106. Name the organization, which has tied up with Oriental Bank of Commerce to offer loans for purchase of equipment under a co-lending arrangement.

(A) Paisalo Digital Ltd

(B) Paisalo Digital Ltd

(C) MAS Financial Services Ltd

(D) Srei Equipment Finance

Ans .  D

 

107. Who is the new President of Nigeria?

(A) Kingsley Moghalu

(B) Muhammadu Buhari

(C) Murtala Muhammed

(D) Yakubu Gowon

Ans .  B

 

Q.108 Who received "Champions of Empathy Award" for spreading awareness about hepatitis?

(A) Doordarshan

(B) NDTV

(C) Zee Entertainment Enterprises

(D) StarPlus

Ans .  A

 

Q.109 Who released the 4th cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018?

(A) Rajnath Singh

(B) Narendra Modi

(C) Amit Shah

(D) Ram Nath Kovind

Ans .  B

 

Q.110 Who was sworn in as the 18th Governor of Tripura?

(A) Jagdeep Dhankhar

(B) E. S. L. Narasimhan

(C) Ganga Prasad

(D) Ramesh Bais

Ans .  D

 

Q.111 Who was appointed as the new speaker of Karnataka Assembly?

(A) S Suresh Kumar

(B) Jagadish Shettar

(C) K S Eshwarappa

(D) Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Ans .  D

 

Q.112 When did World Day Against Trafficking in Persons celebrated?

(A) 31st July

(B) 30th July

(C) 29th July

(D) 28th July

Ans .  B

 

Q.113 Lok Seva Bhawan is the new name of this state's Secretariat.

(A) Andra Pradesh

(B) Karnataka

(C) Odisha

(D) West Bengal

Ans .  C

 

Q.114 Who was appointed as the interim COO of Coffee Day Enterprises?

(A) Sanad Thawde

(B) Nitin Bagmane

(C) Sunil Misra

(D) Kumara Ranganath

Ans .  B

 

Q.118 __________ and the US successfully tested Arrow-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile System.

(A) India

(B) China

(C) Israel

(D) Russia

Ans .  C

 

Q.119 Name the mobile application launched to estimate the tiger population in the country.

(A) Monitoring System For Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPES)

(B) Monitoring System For Tigers Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrPES)

(C) Monitoring System For Tigers & Other wild life Status (M-STOWS)

(D) Monitoring System For Tiger Conservation (M-STC)

Ans .  A

 

Q.120 J Jerlin Anika has bagged 4 medals at 2nd World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships 2019. She is from which Indian state?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Punjab

(C) Gujarat

(D) Rajasthan

Ans .  A