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Index S.No Content No. of Questions Page.No 1 Physics 450 02 2 Chemistry 450 60 3 Biology 400 116 4 Geography 400 164 5 Polity 250 214 6 History 350 246 7 Environmental 100 289 8 Computer 100 301 9 Static GK 300 313 Total No.of Questions 2800

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2 1. The SI unit of Resistance F1=25 kq1q2/ r

A. Coulomb F1=25F (by using equation 1). B. Newton 4. Negative acceleration is in the opposite direction of C. Ohm A. Velocity D. Joule B. Force ANS: C. ohm C. Momentum 2. 1 kWh=? D. Distance A. 3.6x10 -5 J ANS: A. velocity B. 3.6x10 5 J 5. The reflector of a search light is a C. 3.6x10 -6 J A. Cylindrical mirror D. 3.6x106 J B. Convex mirror ANS: D. 3.6X106 J C. Concave mirror 3. Two particles with charge q1 and q2 are kept at a D. Plane mirror certain distance to exert force F on each other. If the ANS: C. Concave mirror distance is reduced to one one-fifth, then the force 6. When a number of resistor are connected in series between them is: in a circuit, the value of current A. F/5 A. Decreases B. F/25 B. Remains the same C. 5F C. Increases D. 25F D. Becomes half ANS: D. 25F ANS: B. Remains the same Solution 7. A convex mirror of focal length f (in air) is 2 Let the force be F=kq1q2/ r ....(1) immersed in liquid (u=4/3). The focal length of So distance is reduced to r/5 mirror in liquid will be 2 F1=kq1q2/(r/5) A. (7/3) f

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B. f 10. The focal length of a concave mirror with a radius C. (4/3)f of curvature of 20.0cm is D. (3/4)f A. 5cm ANS: B. f B. 15cm 8. Momentum is measured as the product of C. 10cm. A. Mass and velocity D. 20cm B. Mass and force ANS: C. 10cm C. Mass and inertia Solution: D. Mass and acceleration Radius of curvature = 2 x focal length. ANS: A. Mass and velocity So, focal length = (½)× radius of curvature = (½)×20 cm 9. A 4.0 kg object is moving horizontally with a speed = 10 cm of 5.0m/s. To increase its speed10m/s, the amount of 11. An object with a mass of 22kg moving with a net work required to be done on this object is velocity of 5m/s possesses a kinetic energy of A. 75J A. 275 J B. 150J B. 2750 J C. 50J C. 1100 J D. 100J D. 110 J ANS: B. 150 J ANS: A.275 J Solution Solution: m=4 kg K.E= (1/2) x mv2 = (1/2) x 22 x 52 =275 J Initial velocity (u) =5 m/s 12. If you look into a mirror and find that the image Final velocity (v) =10 m/s (your reflection) is smaller than you, then the type of w = (1/2) × m × (v2-u2) mirror w=1/2 x 4x (102-52) A. Concave mirror w=2 x (100-25) B. Convex mirror w=2 × 75 C. Plano-concave mirror w=150 J D. Plane mirror ANS: B. convex mirror

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13. The resistance of a conductor is inversely W = K.E. proportional to its W = 1/2 mv2 A. Area of cross section W = 1/2 × 4 × 52 B. Length W = 2 × 25 C. Temperature W = 50 J D. Resistivity 16. Which are the following never occurs singly in ANS: A. Area of cross section (R ∝ 1/A) nature 14. A body of mass 2kg is thrown upward with initial A. Inertia velocity of 20m/s after 2s its kinetic energy will be B. Force A. 200J C. Velocity B. 400 J D. Momentum C. 0J ANS. B. Force

D. 100J 17. What will be the kinetic energy (Ek) of a moving ANS: C. 0J body mass m. If its speed doubled from v to 2v

Solution: A. 1/2 EK

V=u-gt B. 4EK

In 2s, v=20−10×2=0 C. E K 2 As, K.E= (1/2) mv =0 D. 2EK

15. A body of 4kg lying at rest under the action of ANS: B. 4EK your constant force it gains a speed of 5m/s the work 18. A current I flows through a resistor. A source done by the force will be maintains a potential difference of V across the A. 30J resistor. The energy supplied by the source of time t B. 50J is C. 40J A. VI/t D. 20J B. VI ANS: B. 50J C. VIt2 Solution: D. VIt ANS: D. VIt

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19. A raised hammer possesses 23. If a body takes t seconds to go once round the A. Kinetic energy circular path of radius r the velocity v is given by B. Mechanic energy A. 2 πr/t C. Potential energy B. t/2π r D. Muscular energy C. 2π/ r t ANS: C. potential energy D. 2π t/r 20. A boiling point of an alcohol is 780c what is the ANS: A. 2π r/ t temperature in Kelvin scale 24. Find the position of the image formed by a A. 78k concave mirror when the object is placed between B. 341k Pole and Focus C. 373k A. Between F and C D. 351k B. Beyond C ANS: D. 351k C. At infinity 21. If the Resistance of a conductor is doubled, the D. Behind the mirror current gets halved. This is because ANS: D. Behind the mirror A. I=R/V 25. A person holding a pen in his left hand sees his B. I=V-R reflection in the mirror holding the pen in his right C. I=VR hand. This is due to which of the following D. I=V/R phenomena? ANS: D. I=V/R A. Total internal reflection 22. The value of universal gravitation constant (G) B. Refraction was determined by C. Lateral inversion A. Antoine Lavoisier D. Reflection B. Henry Cavendish ANS: C. Lateral inversion C. Issac newton 26. The kinetic energy of a ball weighting 0.5kg D. Jhon dalton moving with a velocity of 4m/s will be ANS: B. Henry Cavendish A. 12J B. 8J

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C. 4J D. Towards the normal and slows down D. 16J ANS: A. Away from normal and speeds up ANS: C. 4J 30. The tendency of undisturbed objects to stay at Solution: rest of to keep moving with same velocity is called Mass = 0.5 kg A. Momentum velocity = 4 m/s B. Force kinetic energy is given as: C. Energy KE= (1/2) x mv2 =1/2 x 0.5 x16 =4J D. Inertia ANS.D. Inertia 27. According to ohm’s law, If current increases and 31. When a compressed slinky is released it converts potential difference (v) remains constant, then potential energy into A. Resistance increases A. Mechanical energy B. Potential different decreases B. Heat energy C. Resistance unchanged C. Kinetic energy D. Resistance decrease D. Chemical energy ANS: D. Resistance decreases ANS: C. kinetic 28. Which is the form of energy that does not occur energy while riding a bicycle? A. Kinetic energy 32. Sounds travels at a speed of 333m/s in the air, B. Heat energy thus in one sec a distance of 333m is travelled by C. Mechanical energy A. Particles D. Chemical energy B. Receiver ANS: D. Chemical energy C. Source 29. When a ray of light travels from a denser medium D. Disturbance to a rarer medium, it bends: ANS: D. Disturbance A. Away from normal and speeds up 33. Velocity of the light in vacuum B. Towards the normal and speeds up A. 3x108m/s C. Away from the normal and slows down B. 3x106 m/s

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C. 3x105m/s C. Wavelength D. 3x104 m/s D. Frequency ANS: A. 3x108 m/s ANS: D. Frequency 34. First equation of motion gives the relation 38. The centre of the reflecting surface of a spherical between mirror is called the A. Velocity and acceleration A. Focus B. Position and time B. Pole C. Velocity and time C. Radius D. Position and velocity D. Centre of curvature ANS: C. velocity and time ANS: B. pole 35. Mechanic energy is combination of kinetic energy 39. Name the type of mirror in headlight of vehicle and A. Concave mirror A. Potential energy B. Convex mirror B. Nuclear energy C. Plane mirror C. Chemical energy D. Plano-convex mirror D. Heat energy ANS: A. concave mirror ANS: A. Potential energy 40. Which of the following is a Non-Luminous body? 36. Which of the following scientists gave the law that A. Glowing bulb governs the force of attraction /repulsion between two B. Moon charged particles? C. Firefly A. Michael Faraday D. Burning candle B. Charles coulomb ANS: B. moon C. Archimedes 41. The second equation of motion gives the relation D. Charles Dufay between ANS: B. Charles coulomb A. Position and velocity 37. The pitch of a sound depends on it B. Position and time A. Amplitude C. Velocity and acceleration B. Timbure D. Velocity and time

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ANS: B. Position and time C. Density 42. The SI unit of electric charge is D. Pressure A. coulomb ANS. C. Density B. Ampere 46. Which type of waves is used to penetrate hard C. Volt objects at hospitals and Airports? D. Ohm A. Sound waves ANS: A. coulomb B. X-Ray 43. A ball of 0.1 kg is dropped from rest. When it falls C. Electromagnetic through a distance of 2 m , the work done by the force D. Mechanic of gravity is ANS.B.X-Ray A. 0.98 J 47. Freely suspended magnet always stays in the B. -0.98J direction? C. -1.96J A. East North D. 1.96J B. North South ANS: D. 1.96J C. East North Solution D. West South Work done by the gravity=mgh Ans. B. North South =0.1 x 9.8 x 2 48. Study the following statements and choose right =1.96 J option. 44. The distance from Earth to the sun is measured in (i) To know this, a star is comes to us or goes too far A. Light years away. B. Astronomical unit (ii) To know about the drawbacks of internal parts of C. Kelvin storerooms of oil and minerals D. Joule A. (i) and (ii) are applications of resonance principle. ANS. B. Astronomical unit B. (i) is from Doppler effect and (ii) is from 45. What is mass per unit volume? Reverberation principle A. Force C. (i) is reverberation principle and (ii) is Doppler effect. B. Work D. (i) and (ii) both are Doppler effect

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ANS:B.(i) is from Doppler effect and (ii) is from 51. Spacecraft needs a speed of over ____to escape Reverberation principle . Earth’s gravity. 49. The theory behind stars twinkling is that A. 40,000 km/hr. A. The refractive index of the different layers of earth’s B. 40,270 km/hr. atmosphere changes continuously consequently the C. 42,326 km/hr. position of the star’s image changes with time. D. 41,721 km/hr. B. The intensity of light emitted by them changes with ANS. B.40,270 km/hr time 52. If two plane mirrors are kept at an angle of 120o C. The light from the star is scattered by the dust to each other, then how many images will be formed? particles and air molecules in the earth’s atmosphere A. 3 D. The distance of the stars from the earth changes with B. 4 time C. 2 D. 6 ANSWER: A. The refractive index of the different layers ANS.C.2 of earth’s atmosphere changes continuously 53. What will be the effect of a moving lift on a consequently the position of the star’s image changes person’s mass? with time. A. It will increase 50. While watching 3D movies at the theatre, we have B. It will decrease to wear special glasses because C. It will remain constant A. The glasses allow our left and right eyes to see D. It may increase or decrease different images ANS.C. It will remain constant B. 3-D movies special colors which cannot be sensed by 54. Which of the following is not an electrical the human eye conductor? C. 3-D movies are brighter than ordinary movies and A. Porcelain can hurt our eyes if seen directly. B. Aluminium D. The glasses allow both the eyes to see similar images C. Tungsten ANS.A. The glasses allow our left and right eyes to see D. Nickel different images ANS.A. Porcelain

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55. Infra-red rays are ANS.A. Image formed at retina is inverted A. Longitudinal waves 59. Out of the following, which one does NOT have B. Transverse waves magnetic properties like a permanent magnet? C. Mechanical waves A. Nickel D. Electromagnetic waves B. Iron ANS: D. Electromagnetic waves C. Aluminium 56. What is an Electron? D. Lodestone A. A subatomic particle with a net Charge, that is ANS. D. Lodestone neutral. B. A subatomic particle with a net charge that is positive. 60. The sub-atomic particles which show property C. A subatomic particle with a net charge that is opposite to the general subatomic particles, are called negative. A. Positrons D. A subatomic particle with a net charge that is zero. B. Antimatter ANS: C. A subatomic particle with a net charge that is C. Photons negative D. Neutrinos 57. If resistance of a circuit is doubled then to ANS. B. Antimatter maintain the same voltage, flow of current in the 61. What does the kinetic energy of an object circuit will increases with A. Increase by Half A. Speed B. Decrease by Half B. Mass C. Remain constant C. Friction D. Becomes zero D. Time ANS: B. Decrease by Half ANS: A. Speed 58. Which of the following is true? 62. If the power of corrective lens is +2.0 D then it is a A. Image formed at retina is inverted A. Convex lens B. Image formed at retina is twice of original image B. Concave lens C. Image formed at retina is similar or Original Image C. Concave mirror D. Image formed at retina is small D. Convex mirror

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ANS: A. Convex Lens C. Infrasound 63. A curved mirror where is the reflected surface is D. None of these curved inwards is called Answer: A. Ultrasound A. Plane mirror 67. Which process divides the light of sun into its B. Concave mirror component colours? C. Convex mirror A. Dispersion D. Plano-convex mirror B. Reflection ANS: B. Concave mirror C. Retraction 64. Which of the following physicist explained the D. Radiation existence of buoyant force ? ANS. A. Dispersion A. Issac Newton 68. Pressure is measured in terms of- B. Archemedes A. Mass and density C. Blasie pascal B. Work done D. coulumb C. Force and area ANS: B. Archemedes D. Force and distance 65. Which of the following is a conductor of electric ANS.C. Force and area charge? 69. If frequency of wave increases, its wavelength A. Glass A. Increases B. Paper B. Decreases C. Copper C. Remains constant D. Water D. Becomes infinite ANS. C. Copper ANS. B. Decreases 66. The bats can fly in the darkness of night without 70. The value of g on the moon is 1/6th of the value of colliding with the other objects by emitting special the g on earth .If a man x an jump 1.5m high on sounds while flying. Which characteristic of sound is earth, on the moon he can jump up the height of used by the bats to navigate? A. 6m A. Ultrasound B. 7m B. Audible sound C. 9m

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D. 15m ANS: B. Refraction ANS: C. 9m 75. Which of the following branches of Physics 71. The instrument used to regulate temperature to a related with the study of heat particular degree is called A. Optics A. Thermostat B. Acoustics B. Thermometer C. Thermodynamics C. Pyrometer D. Relativity D. Thermocouple ANS: C. Thermodynamics ANS. A. Thermostat 76. Centigrade, which is unit of temperature is 72. The pressure of cabin of a flying Aeroplane at denoted on the name of: height is- A. Kelvin A. Equal to outside B. Jean-Pierre Christin B. Lower than outside C. Marten Stromer C. More than outside D. Anders Celsius D. Normal atmospheric pressure at sea level ANS: D. Anders Celsiuls ANS.C. More than outside 77. What happens to the potential and kinetic 73. Which of the following is true about Glucometer? energies of a body as its fall from height A. It is medical instrument A. Both decreses B. It is non-medical instrument B. Both increases C. It is used to measure the oxygen level in air C. There is no change D. It is used to measure the nitrogen level in air. D. P.E decreases K.E increases ANS. A. It is medical instrument ANS: D. P.E decreases K.E increases 74. A spoon which seems tilted in water, is an 78. Which of the following physical quantity is example of measured in ‘Siemens’? A. Reflection A. Electric Resistance B. Refraction B. Electric Conductance C. Retention C. Magnetic Flux D. focus D. Refractive Index

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Answer: B) Electric Conductance 83. Which of the following colour has the least 79. Which of the following is not a vector quantity? wavelength? A. Motion/impulse A. Green B. Gravitation of force B. Blue C. Electric flow C. Red D. Displacement D. Violet Ans. C. Electric flow Ans. (B) Violet 80. The principle of changing magnetic field which 84. When the human body temperature rises by about produces an electric current in a wire is used 5.4 to 8 o F above the normal body temperature, the A. Electric bell condition is known as B. Electric generator A. Viral C. Electromagnets B. Hypothermia D. Magnetic compass C. Pyretic Ans. B. Electric generator D. Hyperpyrexia 81. What is the unit of length used informally to Ans. D. Hyperpyrexia express astronomical distances? 85. Evaporation of a liquid to absorb heat is the A. Petameter principle used by B. Parsecs A. Microwave oven C. Light Years B. Refrigerator D. Hubble Length C. Geyser Ans. C. Light years D. Electric Kettle 82. Sound waves are ______waves Ans. B. Refrigerator A. Pressure 86. A moving body definitely possesses- B. Longitudinal A. Kinetic energy C. Electromagnetic B. Potential energy D. Mechanical C. Mechanical energy Ans. B. Longitudinal D. Heat energy Ans. A. Kinetic energy

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87. ‘Gallon’ is commonly used______. B. Newton A. To refer to speed. C. Pascal B. To refer to a container. D. Volt C. As a measure of volume Ans. B. Newton D. To express containers in terms of barrel. 92. Water droplets cause rainbow due to Ans. C. As a measure of volume A. Reflection of sunlight 88. How many millimeters make ten Kilometers? B. Refraction of sunlight A. 1010 C. Reflection & refraction of sunlight B. 109 D. Diffusion of sunlight C. 108 Ans. C. Reflection & refraction of sunlight D. 107 93. The instrument used to measure the rotation Ans. D.107 speed of a shaft is called _____ 89. When a person can see only nearby objects, the A. Speedometer condition is called______. B. Tachometer A. Hypermetropia C. Anemometer B. Astigmatism D. Chronometer C. Myopia Ans. B. Tachometer D. Retinopathy 94. Blotting paper absorbs ink due to Ans. C. Myopia A. Coarse nature of paper 90. By the material, light can transmit without any B. Osmosis loss, known as C. Capillary action A. Translucent D. Siphoning. B. Opaque Ans. C. Capillary action C. Transparent 95. Least distance of distinct vision for normal eye D. Vitreous is______. Ans. C. Transparent A. 15 cm 91. What is the SI unit of force? B. 20 cm A. Kelvin C. 25 cm

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D. 30 cm ANS: A. 2s Ans. C.25cm 99. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun moves 96. Which of the following instruments is used to in the opposite direction. This illustrates newton’s measure electric current? A. First and second law A. Rheostat B. Third law B. Ammeter C. Second law C. Galvanometer D. First law D. Voltmeter ANS: B. Third law ANS: B. Ammeter 100. Sound cannot travel through 97. The weight of a boy on the surface of the moon is A. Liquid 300N. The weight of the same boy on the surface of B. Air the earth will be C. Vacuum A. 1800N D. solid B. 5N ANS: C. Vacuum C. 300N 101. The unit of power used in industry is D. 50N A. Kilowatts ANS: A.1800N B. Joule Solution C. Watts Weight of the object on the moon = (1/6) × its weight on D. Horsepower the earth ANS: D. Horsepower Weight of Boy = 300×6=1800N 102. Which of the following devices helps to maintain 98. A sound wave has a frequency of 4 kHz and a a potential difference across a conductor? wavelength of 40 cm. The time taken by the Sound A. Voltmeter wave to travel a distance of 3.2km is B. A cell or battery A. 2s C. Ammeter B. b. 0.5s D. Galvanometer C. c. 4s ANS: B. A cell or battery D. d. 1s 103. The capacity to do work is called

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A. Power B. Homi baba B. Force C. Vikram sarabai C. Pressure D. Satheyendra nath bose D. Energy ANS: D. Sathyendra nath bose ANS: D. Energy 108. The energy possess by an object by its position or 104. In force equation F is equal to configuration is called A. ma A. Potential energy B. mgh B. Kinetic energy C. mv C. Nuclear energy D. u+at D. Electrical energy ANS: A.ma ANS: A. Potential energy 105. An odometer is an instrument used to measure 109: The speed of sound in air at 0oc is A. Speed A. 331m/s B. Odour B. 331ms C. Direction C. 330ms D. Distance D. 330m/s ANS: D. Distance ANS: A.331m/s 106. If the kinetic energy of a body becomes 256 times 110. Which of the following process will take place its initial value, then the new linear momentum will the slowest for the same quantity of liquid? be A. Evaporation A. Same as initial B. Freezing B. 8times the initial value C. Boiling C. 16times the initial value D. Condensation D. 32times the initial value ANS: A. Evaporation ANS: C. 16times the initial value 111. In a hydrogen atom, an electron moves in an 107. Which scientist had done some calculation for orbit of radius 5.0x10-11m with a speed of 2.2x106 m/s the fifth state of matter? what is the equalent current A. C.V.Raman A. 1.12mA

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B. 0.112mA D. Energy C. 112mA ANS: B. power D. 11.2mA 116.18volts=______x3ohms ANS: A. 1.12mA A. 6 joules 112. Which of the following changes when a body B. 6 amperes perform uniform circular motion? C. 6 watts A. Direction D. 6 milli amperes B. Speed ANS: B. 6 amperes C. Momentum 117. Which of the following can be neither be created D. Mass nor be destroyed ANS: A. direction A. Momentum 113. Which of the following device converts chemical B. Energy energy into electrical energy C. Power A. Electric cell D. Velocity B. Electric heater ANS: B. Energy C. Hair dryer 118. The characteristic of ____is used in the breaking D. Electric fan pads of cars ANS: A. Electric cell A. Positive effect of friction 114. The unit of momentum is B. Zero effect of friction A. kgms C. Weight impulse force tension action B. kgm/s D. Negative effect of friction C. kgm/s2 ANS: A. Positive effect of friction D. kg/ms 119. If the distance travelled by an object is zero then ANS: B. kgm/s the displacement 115. Rate of work done A. Is positive A. Force B. Zero B. Power C. Negative C. Momentum D. May or may not be zero

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ANS: Zero Potential Difference=2v 120. A stone is released from the top of a tower of Current = 1 A height 19.6 m. Then its final velocity just before V=IR touching the ground will be 2=1 X R A. 384.16 m/ s Resistance=2 Ohms B. 196 m/s 122. If an object is placed at the centre of curvature C. 19.6 m/s of a concave mirror then the image formed will be D. 3841.4 m/s A. Virtual and diminished (Take g = 9.8 m/s2) B. Real and of the same size Answer: C. 19.6 m/s C. Real and enlarged Solution D. Virtual and enlarged Initial Velocity u=0 ANS: B. Real and the same size Final velocity v=? 123. Which of the following glows with special color Height, s=19.6m depending on the nature of gas in the fluorescent? By third equation of motion A. Helium v2=u2+2gs B. hydrogen v2=0+2×9.8×19.6 C. Bose-Einstein condensate v2=384.16 D. plasma ⇒v=19.6m/s ANS: D. Plasma 121. What will be the resistance of a wire across 124. A sound of single frequency is called a which, when 2v potential difference is applied 1A A. hertz Current flows through the wire B. pitch A. 2 ohms C. Note B. 0.02 ohms D. Tone C. 20 ohms ANS: D. Tone D. 0.5 ohms 125. What will be the force of attraction between two ANS: A. 2 ohms bodies weighting 20kg and 50kg Respectively, with Solution a distance of 2 metre between them?

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A. 16.67x5-10 ANS: B. 1Joule/sec B. 6.67x10-11 128. The universal constant of gravitation is C. 16.675x10-11 A. 9.8Nm2/kg2 D. 166.75x10-10 B. 6.76x10-10Nm2/kg2 ANS.D.166.75 X 10-10 C. 6.67x10-11Nm2/kg2 Solution D. 6.67x1010Nm2/kg2 m1 = 20kg ANS: C. 6. 67x10-11Nm2/kg2 m2 = 50kg 129. The absolute refractive index of air is: r = 2 m A. 1.03 G = 6.67 × 10 -11 B. 1.00003 F= ? C. 1.003 By newton’s law of gravitation D. 1.0003 F = Gm1m2/ r2 ANS: D. 1.0003 = (6.67 x 10-11 x 20 x 50)/22 130. The acceleration due to gravity at the surface of = 166.75 × 10−10 N earth (mass M and radius R) is proportional to A. M/R 126. What enables an electric currents to flow in a B. M/R2 circuit? C. M2/R A. The motion of positrons D. MR B. The motion of neutrons ANS: B. M2/R C. The motion of protons 131. Assuming that the charge of an electron is D. The motion of electrons 1.6x10-19 C the number of electrons passing through a ANS: D. The motion of electrons Section of wire per second when the wire carries a 127. one watt= current of 1A is A. 1erg/sec A. 0.626x1017 B. 1joule/sec B. 1.6x1019 C. 1m/s C. 6.25x1018 D. 1pascal/sec D. 1.6x10-19

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ANS: C. 6.25x1018 ANS: 2ampere 132. The rate of change of velocity is called 136. A compressed spring possesses more energy than A. force a spring of normal length because the B. Momentum A. Potential energy C. Acceleration B. Kinetic energy D. speed C. Chemical energy ANS: C. Acceleration D. Heat energy 133. This is NOT a use of a concave mirror ANS. A. Potential energy A. In torches 137. The quantum theory of light was given by B. As rear view mirrors A. Einstein C. As shaving mirrors B. Newton D. In headlights C. Faraday ANS: B. As rear view mirrors D. Plank ANS: D. Plank 134. The diameter of the reflecting surface of a 138. In which of the following examples will an spherical mirror is called athelete have maximum accelerated motion? A. Focus A. Running on an octagonal track B. Pole B. Running on a rectangular track C. Principle axis C. Running on a hexagonal track D. Aperture D. Running on a circular track. ANS: D. Aperture ANS: D. Running on a circular track. 135. If two coulmb of charge flows through any cross- 139. The repeated reflection that results in section of a conductor in one second. What will be persistence of sound is called: the current flowing through it? A. Reflection A. 0.5 ampere B. Rarefaction B. 1 ampere C. Reverberation C. 0.25ampere D. Echo D. 2ampere ANS: C. Reverberation

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140. A force of 20N displaces an object through 2m R = 10 ohm and does a work 20J. The angle between the force and I = 1.5 A displacement is t = 1 min = 60 s A. 60o H = I2Rt B. 30o H = 1.52 × 10 × 60 C. 90o H = 2.25 × 600 D. 0o H = 1350 W ANS: A .60o Solution 143. Which of the following has low resistivity? W= F.S =F S cosθ A. Glass Cosθ=20/ (20 x2) B. Diamond Cosθ =1/2 C. Ebonite θ=60o D. Nichrome 141. Ice floats on water because its density is ANS: D. Nichrome A. More than water 144. The number of valence electrons in an atom of B. Same as water phosphorus is C. Less than water A. 1 D. Zero B. 2 ANS: C. Less than water C. 4 142. If a current of 1.5A is maintained in a resistor of D. 5 10ohm, then the energy dissipated in the resistor in 1 ANS: D. 5 minute will be 145. Work done by a passenger standing on platform A. 135W holding a suitcase weighting 10kg is B. 1350W A. 0j C. 15W B. 980j D. 22.5W C. 98j ANS: 1350W D. 100j Solution ANS: A. 0J

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146. What is the upward force exerted by water 150. A 5kg object is raised through a height of 4m called? .The work done by the force of gravity acting on the A. Gravitation object is B. Buoyant force A. -200j C. Friction B. -20j D. Density C. 200j ANS: B. Buoyant force D. 20j 147. If the resistance of a conductor is reduced to half ANS: A.-200J its initial value then the heating effect in the Solution conductor will become Mass of the object = 5 kg A. Half Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2 B. Fourtimes Height (h) = 4 m C. Double Work done by gravity = - mgh D. Onefourth Work done by gravity = - 5 × 10 × 4 ANS: A.half Work done by gravity = - 200 Joules 148. Which of the following has the same unit as 151. What is the standard room temperature in energy? Kelvin? A. Force A. 198k B. Power B. 298k C. Density C. 373k D. Work D. 273k ANS. D. Work ANS: B. 298k 149. If V/I is a constant it is called 152. Echoes maybe heard more than once due to A. Current successive or multiple B. Potential difference A. Rarefactions C. Resistance B. Diffractions D. Coulmb C. Refractions ANS.C. Resistance D. Reflections

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ANS: D. Reflections 157. The Sensitivity of a Potentiometer can be 153. Which of the following has NO Unit? increased by which of the following methods? A. Displacement A. Increasing the current in the main circuit B. Relative density B. Decreasing the current in the main circuit C. Pressure C. Increasing the length of the wire D. Density D. Both b and c are correct ANS: B. Relative density Ans: D. Both b and c are correct 154. In hydroelectric power station ultimately which 158. Which of the following device converts low- energy is converted into electrical energy voltage alternating current into high-voltage A. Kinetic energy alternating current? B. Potential energy A. Transistor C. Heat energy B. Rectifier D. Mechanical energy C. Galvanometer ANS: A. kinetic energy D. Transformer 155. What is the radius of an atom used to measure? Ans: D. Transformer A. Atomic number 159. A Javelin or shot-put thrown by an athlete B. Atomicity moving along a curved path possesses which type of C. Atomic mass motion? D. Atomic size A. Rectilinear Motion ANS: D. Atomic size B. Oscillatory Motion 156. What happens to the ammeter reading when the C. Curvilinear Motion length of the wire is doubled? D. Rotatory Motion A. Decrease to one half Ans : C. Curvilinear Motion B. Decreases to three fourth 160. Which of the following illustration is an example C. Remains same of Non-Uniform Motion? D. Increases two times A. The Movement of hands of watches ANS: A. Decrease to one half B. The Movement of Earth about its axis C. Free-falling stone under the action of gravity

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D. The movement of Earth around the Sun A. Object will sink in water Answer: C. Free-falling stone under the action of gravity B. Object will remain submerged completely 161. On shaking or giving jerks to the branches of the C. Object will float on the surface of water tree, the fruits fall down. This happens due to which D. None of these of the following phenomenon? Answer: C. Object will float on the surface of water A. Inertia of Rest 165. What will be the angle between the Gravitational B. Acceleration force (F) and the displacement (S) when a stone is C. Inertia of Motion thrown upwards? D. Displacement A. 90° Answer: A. Inertia of Rest B. 45° 162. Which of the following statement is false with C. 120° respect to mass of a body? D. 180° A. Mass is the basic property of the matter Answer: D. 1800 B. Mass of the body can never be zero 166. The Quality or tone of a musical sound produced C. It can be measured with the help of beam- by the stringed instrument depends upon which of the balance following factor? D. Mass is a vector quantity A. Waveform Answer D. Mass is a vector quantity B. Fundamental Frequency 163. The needle of the iron swims on the surface of the C. Length of the string water when it is kept gently. This happens because of D. Amplitude of the vibration which of the following factor? Answer: A. Waveform A. Buoyant Force 167. Person who is suffering from Colour-Blindness B. Due to Surface-Tension cannot distinguish between which two colours? C. Density of needle is less than that of water A. Yellow and Blue D. Due to its shape B. Red and Yellow Answer: B. Due to Surface-Tension C. Black and white 164. What will happen to the object if the density of D. Red and Green the object is less than the density of the water? Answer: D. Red and Green

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168. A Galvanometer can be converted into voltmeter C. Mechanical waves are produced by connecting……………...? D. Both a and b A. Low Resistance in series Answer: d) Both a and b B. High Resistance in series 172. Which of the following device is used for C. High Resistance in parallel measuring the wavelength of the X-rays? D. Low Resistance in parallel A. Cyclotron Answer: B. High Resistance in series B. Manometer 169. Which of the following law validates the C. Mass Spectrometer statement that that “the current flowing through a D. Bragg Spectrometer conductor between two points is directly proportional Answer: D. Bragg Spectrometer to the voltage across the two points? 173. Which of the following phenomenon is not A. Coulomb’s law caused due to the Atmospheric Refraction of light? B. Ohm’s law A. Mirage on a highway C. Faraday’s law B. Twinkling of stars D. Avogadro’s law C. Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before Answer: B. Ohm’s law actual sunrise 170. The Moment of Inertia does not depend upon D. Sun appearing higher than it actually is which of the following factor? Answer: D. Sun appearing higher than it actually is A. Axis of Rotation 174. Convex Mirrors are used as rear-view mirrors in B. Distribution of mass of the body cars and motor-vehicles due to which of the following C. Shape and size of the body characteristic property? D. Angular Velocity A. It forms inverted image of the object Answer: D. Angular Velocity B. It forms real image of the object 171. What is the nature of the waves produced on the C. It forms larger image of the object surface of the water when a stone is thrown in the D. It forms smaller image as compared with the object calm water of a pond? Answer: D. It forms smaller image as compared with the A. Longitudinal waves are produced object B. Transverse waves are produced

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175. Burns caused by steam are much more severe C. D.C. circuits only than those caused by boiling water because of which D. Both A.C. as well D.C. circuits of the following reason? Answer: D. Both A.C. as well D.C. circuits A. Higher temperature of steam as compared to boiling 179. A Device which reverses the direction of the water current flowing through a circuit is ………...? B. Steam being in gaseous form engulfs the body quickly A. Resistor C. Latent heat of steam greater than boiling water B. Galvanometer D. Steam pierces through the pores of the body quickly C. Commutator Answer: C. Latent heat of steam greater than boiling D. Ammeter water Answer: C. Commutator 176. What will happen to the level of the water in a 180. Two objects of different masses falling freely beaker when a piece of ice floating on its surface near the surface of moon would: melts? A. Have different accelerations A. Level of the water remains the same B. Undergo a change in their inertia B. Level of the water increases C. Have same velocities at any instant C. Level of the water decreases D. Experience forces of same magnitude D. First Increases then decreases gradually Answer: C. Have same velocities at any instant Answer: A. Level of the water remains the same 181. Circuit breaker device which can be used in 177. When a body falls freely towards the earth, then place of fuse in domestic electric wiring is called its total energy as……….? A. Decreases A. CBD B. Increases B. MCB C. First increases and then decreases C. MCD D. Remains constant D. DCB Answer: D. Remains constant Answer: B. MCB 178. Kirchhoff’s law is applicable to 182. Which of the following is used as a moderator in A. Passive networks only the reactor of a nuclear power station? B. A.C. circuits only A. Carbon dioxide

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B. Graphite Answer: C.4 Dioptres C. Boron 186. Which of the following is a defect of vision in D. Liquid Sodium which an old person cannot see the nearby objects Answer: B. Graphite clearly due to loss of power of accommodation of the 183. An electric bulb is connected to a 220V eye? generator. The current is 2 A. What is the power of A. Myopia the bulb? B. Cataract A. 440 W C. Hypermetropia B. 110 W D. Presbyopia C. 55 W Answer: D. Presbyopia D. 0.0023 W 187. Which of the following defect of vision cannot be Answer: B. 440 W corrected by using any type of spectacle lenses? Solution A. Cataract P=VI=220 x 2 =440 W B. Presbyopia 184. A pool of water appears to be less deep than it C. Myopia actually is. This happens due to which of the D. Hypermetropia following phenomenon? Answer: a) Cataract A. Interference B. Diffraction 188. Which colour of the white light suffers maximum C. Reflection bending when it passes through a glass prism? D. Refraction A. Red Answer: D. Refraction B. Blue 185. What is the power of accommodation of the eye C. Violet for a person having normal vision? D. Green A. 5 Dioptres Answer: c) Violet B. 6 Dioptres 189. The loudness of the sound is measured in terms C. 4 Dioptres of………….? D. 2 Dioptres A. Metres

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B. Decibel B. High resistance in parallel C. Pitch C. Low resistance in series D. Hertz D. High resistance in series Answer: B.Decibel Answer: A.Low resistance in parallel 190. What is the minimum distance from a sound 194. Which form of energy is possessed by a horse reflecting surface to hear an echo? running on a level road? A. 17.2 m A. Potential Energy B. 17.5 m B. Kinetic Energy C. 18.2 m C. Work Energy D. 16.2 m D. Heat Energy Answer: A. 17. 2m Answer: B. Kinetic Energy 195. What is the term used for the maximum 191. What is the S.I unit of Magnetic Flux Density? displacement of a vibrating body from its mean A. Weber position? B. Newton A. Force C. Tesla B. Impulse D. Gauss C. Amplitude Answer: C. Tesla D. Wavelength 192. The electrical resistance of insulators is Answer: C. Amplitude A. high 196. Name the scientist who was the first to use a B. low glass prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight. C. zero A. Isaac Newton D. infinitely high B. Einstein Answer D. infinitely high C. Kepler 193. Which of the following method is used for D. Hans Christian Oersted converting moving coil Galvanometer into an Answer A. Isaac Newton ammeter? A. Low resistance in parallel

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197. As a train approaches us, the frequency or C. Less than 1 shrillness of its whistle increases. This phenomenon D. More than 1 can be explained by? Answer: C. Less than 1 A. Charles’s Law 201. If an incident ray passes through the focus, the B. Faraday’s law reflected ray will C. Doppler Effect A. Pass through the pole D. Archimedes Principle B. Be parallel to the principal axis Answer: C. Doppler Effect C. Retrace its path 198. Which of the following is commonly used as a D. Pass through the centre of curvature fuel for producing heat in Nuclear-Power Station? Answer (b) Be parallel to the principal axis A. Heavy Water 202. Focal length of a concave mirror is B. Helium A. Negative C. Coal B. Positive D. Uranium C. Depends on the position of object Answer: D. Uranium D. Depends on the position of image 199. If the power of a lens is – 2 D, what is its focal Answer: A. Negative length? 203. Pyrometer is an instrument which is used to A. +50 cm measure………? B. -100 cm A. Stress C. -50 cm B. Pressure D. +100 cm C. Strain Answer C. -50 cm D. Temperature Solution Answer: d)Temperature Focal length (f) =1/Power 204. Electric current induced within the conductor by f=−1/2=−0.5 m=-50 cm changing magnetic field, which flows in closed loops 200. Magnifying power of a concave lens is within the conductor is known as? A. More than 1 A. Fleming’s current B. Equal to 1 B. Eddy current

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C. Direct current B. Momentum D. Secondary current C. Acceleration Answer: B. Eddy current D. Retardation 205. The Density of the water is highest at which of Answer: A. Inertia the following temperature? 209. Image formed by reflection from a plane mirror A. 100 Degree Celsius is B. 0 Degree Celsius A. Real and inverted C. -273 Degree Celsius B. Virtual and erect D. 4 Degree Celsius C. Real and erect Answer: D. 4 Degree Celsius D. Virtual and inverted 206. Which of the following metal is generally used to Answer. B. Virtual and erect make Electromagnets? 210. What is the minimum velocity with which a A. Iron body should be projected from the earth surface so B. Cobalt that it goes out of the gravitational field and never C. Nickel return back is? D. Copper A. Terminal Velocity Answer: A. Iron B. Escape Velocity 207. The Shortest distance covered by the body in a C. Constant Velocity definite direction is known as……….? D. Instantaneous Velocity A. Distance Answer: B. Escape velocity B. Velocity 211. The Distance-Time graph for a body having C. Acceleration uniform-motion is a…………? D. Displacement A. Parabola Answer: d) Displacement B. Curved Line 208. While jumping from a slowly moving bus, one C. Straight line sloping upwards must run for a short distance in the direction of D. Straight line sloping downwards motion due to………? Answer: C. Straight line sloping upwards A. Inertia

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212. Which of the following instrument is used to D. Ohm’s Law measure the Relative Density? Answer: C. Hook’s Law A. Altimeter 216. What is the maximum time-period of a Simple B. Hygrometer Pendulum? C. Hydrometer A. 84.6 min D. Hypsometer B. 84.5 min Answer: C. Hydrometer C. 78.5 min 213. Which state of matter shows viscosity due to the D. 88.5 min presence of cohesive force between its molecules? Answer: A. 84.6 min A. Gases 217. Which among the following waves can propagate B. Solid even through the vacuum and do not require material C. Liquid medium for propagation? D. All of the above A. Longitudinal Waves Answer: C. Liquid B. Transverse Waves 214. Which of the following processes is used to C. Mechanical Waves separate cream from milk? D. Electromagnetic Waves Answer: D. Electromagnetic Waves A. Centrifugation 218. The spherical shape of a small drop of rain is due B. Filtration to C. Distillation A. Viscosity D. Chromatography B. Surface tension Answer: A. Centrifugation C. Atmospheric pressure 215. Which of the following law states that the stress D. Gravity imposed is directly proportional to the strain under Answer : B. Surface tension elastic limit? 219.Which of the following type of waves cannot be A. Snell’s Law detected by the human ear? B. Lenz’s Law A. Transverse Waves C. Hook’s Law B. Ultrasonic Waves

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C. Mechanical Waves 223. Which of the following law states that ‘the ratio D. Electromagnetic Waves of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of Answer: B. Ultrasonic waves refraction is a constant? 220. What is the effect on the apparent frequency A. Lenz’s law when the distance between the source and the B. Faraday’s law observer decreases? C. Hook’s law A. Decreases D. Snell’s law B. Increases Answer: D. Snell’s law C. Increases then decreases gradually 224. The air-bubbles shine in water due to which of D. Remains the same. the following phenomenon? Answer: B. Increases A. Refraction of Light 221. Name the process in which the heat is transferred B. Dispersion of Light from one place to another with the speed of light C. Total internal reflection without affecting the intervening medium? D. Reflection of Light A. Radiation Answer: C. Total internal reflection B. Conduction 225. Which eye-disorder arises due to difference in C. Convection the radius of curvature of cornea in the different D. Transmission planes? Answer: A. Radiation A. Hypermetropia 222. Which device converts heat-energy into B. Myopia mechanical work continuously through a cyclic C. Presbyopia process? D. Astigmatism A. Heat-Engine Answer: D. Astigmatism B. Internal Combustion Engine 226. What is the SI unit of the Electric capacity of a C. Electric Generator conductor? D. Transformer A. Joule Answer: A. Heat-Engine B. Volt C. Ampere

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D. Farad C. Microscope Answer: D. Farad D. Anemometer 227. Which instrument is used to measure the force Answer: A. Spectrometer and the velocity of the wind? 231. Radio-waves are reflected back to the earth’s A. Altimeter surface through which layer of the atmosphere? B. Anemometer A. Mesosphere C. Audiometer B. Troposphere D. Ammeter C. Ionosphere Answer: B. Anemometer D. Stratosphere 228. Which instrument is used to measure the Answer: C. Ionosphere scattering of the light by particles suspended in a 232. The intensity of the Gravitational field of the liquid? Earth is maximum at the…………? A. Nephelometer A. Surface of the earth B. Lactometer B. Poles C. Ondometer C. Centre of the earth D. Photometer D. Equator Answer: A. Nephelometer Answer: B. Poles 229. Dynamo is a device that converts mechanical 233. The Filament of an Electric-Bulb is made up of energy into …….? which of the following material? A. Heat Energy A. Iron B. Electrical Energy B. Tungsten C. Light Energy C. Nichrome D. Chemical Energy D. Copper Answer: B. Electrical Energy Answer: B. Tungsten 230. Which of the following instrument is used to 234. Which of the following supports the particle study the phenomenon of Dispersion of Light? nature of the Photons? A. Spectrometer A. Polarization B. Photometer B. Diffraction

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C. Interference C. Solar Cell Panel D. Photoelectric Effect D. Solar Compartment Answer: D. Photoelectric Effect Answer: C. Solar cell panel 235. The moderators are used in Nuclear Reactors 239. Fuse-Wire is made up of which of the following because of which of the following reason? two components? A. They absorb the neutrons A. Tin and Copper B. They accelerate the neutrons B. Tin and Lead C. They generate the neutrons C. Lead and Copper D. They slow down the speed of neutrons D. Copper and Silver Answer: D. They slow down the speed of neutrons Answer: B. Tin and Lead 236. Which of the following instrument is used to 239. When the kerosene oil is sprinkled on water, the study the behaviour of a vibrating string? larva of the mosquitoes floating on the surface die. A. Hydrometer This happens due to which of the following B. Barometer phenomenon? C. Sonometer A. Capillarity D. Altimeter B. Buoyant Force Answer: C. Sonometer C. Viscosity 237. What is the minimum escape-velocity of the D. Surface-Tension rocket to be launched into space? Answer: D. Surface-Tension A. 6 Km/sec 240. What is the term used for the force which B. 11 Km/sec opposes the relative motion between the different C. 18 Km/sec layers of the liquids and gases? D. 5 Km/sec A. Buoyant force B. Cohesive force C. Viscous Answer: B. 11 Km/sec force D. Adhesive force 238. The group of solar-cells joined together in a Answer: C. Viscous force definite pattern is called as…….? A. Solar Heater 241. The function of ball bearings in a wheel is: B. Solar Cooker A. to increase friction

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B. to convert kinetic friction into rolling friction B. F = mw C to convert static friction into kinetic friction C. F = ma D. Just for convenience D. m = Fa Answer. B. To convert kinetic friction into rolling Answer: C F=ma friction 246.According to the Boyle's Law, what is the 242. What is the value of gravity on the moon? relationship between volume and pressure at constant A. 1.62 temperature? B. 1.93 A. Volume is logarithmic of pressure C. 4.903 B. Volume is directly proportional to pressure D. 9.807 C. Volume is inversely proportional to pressure Answer: A.1.62 D. None of these 243.The wavelength of ultra-violet light is of which Answer: C Volume is inversely proportional to pressure order? 247.The phenomenon by which light bends when it A. 100 nm travels from one medium to another is called B. 100 microns A. Polarization C. 100 mm B. Diffraction D. 100 cm C. Lateral inversion Answer: A 100nm D. Refraction 244.What is the mathematical expression of Mass Answer: D. Refraction energy equation? 248.What is the reason behind the spherical shape of A. E =cm2 water drops? B. c =me A The surface area of a sphere is the minimum for a C. m =Ec given volume D. E =mc2 B The surface area of a sphere is the maximum for a Answer: D.E=mc2 given volume 245.What is the mathematical expression for the C The volume of a sphere is the least Newton's Second law of Motion? D The shape of water drops is not spherical A .a = Fm Answer: A The surface area of a sphere is the minimum

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams for a given drops 253. What is the best material for making the core of 249.What is the SI unit of work? an electromagnet? A. Newton A. Annealed steel B. Watt B. High Carbon steel C. Joule C. Low carbon steel D. Meter D. Soft iron Answer: C joule Answer. D. Soft iron 250.The distance between galaxies is usually 254.Which alloy of aluminium is used for making measured in what units? magnets? A. Meters A. Duralumin B. Light years B. Magnalium C. kilo light years C. Alnico D. Kilometers D. Magnox Answer: B light years Answer: C Alnico 251.Among the following forces, which one is the 255.Escape velocity of moon is: weakest? A. 9.8 km/s A. Weak nuclear force B. 9.8 m/s B. Electromagnetic force C. 2.38 km/s C. gravitational force D. 2.38 m/s D. strong nuclear force Answer: C. 2.38km/s Answer: C. Gravitational force 256.Escape velocity of earth is: 252. Loudness of sound is determined by A. 9.8 m/s A. Pitch B. 9.8 m/ hr B. Frequency C. 11.2 km/s C. Amplitude D. 11.2 km/h D. Time period Answer: 11.22km/s Answer: C. Amplitude 257.The SI unit of acceleration due to gravity is: A. m/s2

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B. m/s B. Decrease C. m2/s C. Remain constant D. kg ms-1 D. Will increase first and then decrease Answer: A. m/s2 Answer: A. Increase 258.The unit of power is: 262. To an astronaut in space, the sky will appear to A. Joule be B. Watt A. Violet C. Kelvin B. Red D. Pascal C. Blue Answer: B. Watt D. Black 259.A piece of paper and a cricket ball are dropped Answer. D. Black from the same height. Under which of the following 263. On a rainy day, small oil films on water show conditions do both reach the surface simultaneously? brilliant colours. This is due to A. They must have the same volume A. Scattering B. They must have the same density B. Interference C. They must have the same mass C. Polarisation D. They must be dropped in vacuum D. None of these Answer: D. They must be dropped in vacuum Answer. B. Interference 260. The sound in the audible range is called 264. Rainbow formation is due to A. Ultrasonic sound A. Absorption of sunlight by water droplets B. Sonic sound B. Diffusion of sunlight through water droplets C. Subonic sound C. Ionisation of water droplets D. Light sound D. Dispersion and total internal reflection Answer: B. sonic sound Answer: D. Dispersion and total internal reflection 261. A metal plate with a circular hole at the centre is 265. Red light is used in traffic signals, because heated. What will happen to the area of the hole? A. Minimum Wavelength and Less Scatter A. Increase B. Animals can identify red C. Maximum Wavelength and Less Scatter

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D. Red is the symbol of danger Answer: B .increases Answer C. Maximum Wavelength and Less Scatter 270.The star appear shifted from their actual position 266. Golden view of sea shell is due to due to the phenomenon of. A. Diffraction A. Diffraction of light B. Dispersion B. Scattering of light C. Polarisation C. Refraction of light D. Reflection D. Reflection of light Answer C. Polarisation Answer: C. Refraction of light 267. A star appears twinkling in the sky because of 271. Mirage is an example A. Scattering of light by atmosphere A Refraction of light only B. Reflection of light by atmosphere B Total internal, reflection of light only C. Refraction of light by atmosphere C Refraction and total internal reflection of light D. Diffraction of light by atmosphere D Dispersion of light only Answer: C. Refraction of light by atmosphere Answer C Refraction and total internal reflection of light 268. When a strong beam of light is passed through a 272. Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of colloidal solution, the light will A. Interference A. Be scattered B. Dispersion B. Pass unchanged C. Diffraction C. Be absorbed D. Total internal reflection D. Be reflected Answer D Total internal reflection Answer A Be scattered 273. The phenomenon of light associated with the 269. When a person sitting on a swing stands up on appearance of blue colour of the sky is the swing the frequency of oscillation A. Interference A. Decreases B. Reflection B. Increases C. Refraction C. becomes infinite D. Scattering D. zero Answer: D. Scattering

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274. Lens in made up of B. Winds A. Pyrex glass C. Clouds B. Flint glass D. Rotation of the Earth C. Ordinary glass Answer.A.Gravity D. Cobalt glass 279. The minimum amount of the work necessary to Answer: B. Flint glass remove a free electron from the surface of the 275. Lambert’s law is related to material. A. Reflection A. The electro-repulsive force B. Refraction B. The coulomb factor C. Interference C. The power factor D. Illumination D. The work function Answer D. Illumination Answer: D. The work function 276. A water tank appears shallower when it is 280. What is the SI unit of Torque? viewed from top due to A. Newton/meter A. Rectilinear propagation of light B. Newton meter B. Reflection C. Newton second C. Total internal reflection D. Newton/meter squared D. Refraction Answer: B. Newton meter Answer D.Refraction 281. Rate of change of momentum is 277. The time period of a pendulum when taken to A. Area the moon would B. Pressure A. Remain the same C. Force B. Decrease D. Velocity C. Become zero Answer: C. Force D. Increase 282. Which mirror is used in the headlights of cars? Answer.D. Increase A. Semi-circular 278.The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by: B. Conical C. Convex D. Concave A. Gravity Answer: D. Concave

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283. For what is Mohs scale used? A. Change in momentum A. To measure brightness of a substance B. Change in force B. To measure viscosity of a liquid C. Change in velocity C. To measure elasticity of a material D. Change in acceleration D. To measure hardness of minerals Answer: A. Change in momentum Answer: D. To measure hardness of minerals 288. Which among the following is a vector quantity? 284. Electrons in the highest energy level of an atom A. Heat are called...... B. Angular momentum A. Valence protons C. Work B. Orbital protons D. Time C. Valence electrons Answer: B. Angular momentum D. Orbital electrons 289. What is the unit of electric resistance? Answer: C. valence electrons A. Dyne 285. The unit of which physical quantity is not B. Pascal Pascal? C. Joule A. Moment of inertia D. Ohms B. Pressure Answer: D. Ohms C. Stress 290. Formula for distance is D. Young's modulus A. Speed x time Answer: A. Moment of inertia B. Time / speed 286. Physical quantities, which have ______only C. Speed x acceleration and no ______are called scalar quantities. D. Velocity / speed A. Direction, magnitude Answer: A speed x time B. Magnitude, direction 291. The bending of light when it passes around a C. Speed, velocity corner or a slit is due to ______. D. Velocity, speed A. Reflection Answer: B. magnitude, direction B. Refraction 287. What is impulse equal to? C. Diffraction

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D. Total internal reflection 296. A force may change ______of an object. Answer: C. Diffraction A. Speed 292. What is the SI unit of frequency? B. Direction A. Newton C. Shape B. Watt D. All options are correct C. Farad Answer: D All options are correct D. Hertz 297. It is difficult to walk on ice because of _____. Answer: D Hertz A. Absence of friction 293. What is the phenomenon which established the B. Less inertia transverse nature of light? C. More inertia A. Reflection D. More mass B. Interference Answer: A. Absence of friction C. Diffraction 298. Heat is which component of habitat? D. Polarization A. Biotic component Answer: D Polarization B. Abiotic component 294. The period of revolution of a geo stationary C. Both Biotic and Abiotic component satellite is D. Neither of the two components A. 365 days Answer: B Abiotic component B. 30 days 299. The frequency of sound waves can be expressed C. 24 hours in: D. changing continuously A. Second Answer: C. 24 hours B. Cycle 295. 0°K is equivalent to C. Cycle per second A. 273°C D. Meter per second B. -273°C Answer: C. Cycle per second C. 0°C 300. Diode is used as a/an? D. 100°C A. Modulator Answer: B -273°C B. Oscillator

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C. Amplifier D. One fourth D. Rectifier Answer: A. four times Answer: D. Rectifier 305.The dimension of which of the following is the 301. Curie point is the temperature at which same as that of impulse? A. Matter becomes radioactive A. Volume B. A metal loses magnetic properties. B. Momentum C. A metal loses conductivity C. Torque D. Transmutation of metal D. Change in the rate of momentum Answer: B. A metal loses magnetic properties Answer: B. Momentum 302.Angle of friction and angle of repose are 306.Which among the following is the fundamental A. Equal to each other quantity? B. Not equal to each other A. Volume C. Proportional to each other B. Time D. None of the above C. Velocity Answer: A. Equal to each other D. Force 303. Which among the following waves is used for Answer: B. Time communication by artificial satellites? 307.If the diameter of a capillary is doubled then the A. Microwaves rise of water in it will be B. Radio waves A. Two times C. Infrared Waves. B. Half D. Frequency of 101 series C. Four times Answer A. Microwaves D. No change 304.When the speed of car is doubled then what will Answer: B. half be the breaking force of the car to stop within the 308.Why the needle of iron swims on Water surface same distance ? when it is kept gently? A. Four times A. It will remain under the water when it will displace B. Two times more water than its weight C. Half B. The density of needle is less than that of water

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C. Due to surface tension C. They generate flashes of light D. Due to its shape D. They generate ultrasonic sound waves Answer: C. Due to surface tension Answer: D. they generate ultrasonic sound waves 309.Raindrops fall from great height. Which among 312.What changes will happen to a bowl of ice and the following statements is true regarding it? water kept at exactly zero degree Celsius? A. They fall with that ultimate velocity which are A All ice will melt different for different droplets B All water will become ice B. They fall with same ultimate velocity C No change will happen C. Their velocity increases and they fall with different D Only some ice will melt velocity on the earth Answer:C. No change will happen D. Their velocity increases and they fall with same 313. The splitting of different colours of light in a velocity of the earth prism is: Answer: A they fall with that ultimate velocity which A Reflection of light are different for different droplets B Dispersion of light C Diffraction of light 310. Which of the following statements is true when D Refraction of light we see rainbow? Answer: B. Dispersion of light A. We face sun and rain drops 314.A boat will submerge when it displaces water B. The Sun remains behind us and we face raindrops equal to its own C. In light rainfall we face Sun A. Volume D. The sky remains clear and the sun is at lower position B. Weight in the sky C. Surface area Answer: B. The Sun remains behind us and we face D. Density raindrops Answer: B. weight 311. The bats can fly in the dark because 315. The spokes Used in the wheel of a bicycle A. They can see the objects in darkness increase its B. They have weak legs and are likely to be attacked by A Moment of inertia predators B Velocity

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C Acceleration Answer: C. Microwaves D Momentum 320.When heated from 0° to10°C volume of a given Answer.A: Moment of inertia mass of water Will 316.A transformer works on the principle of A. Increase gradually A. Self-induction B. Decrease gradually B. Mutual induction C. Increase and then will decrease C. Generator D. Decrease and then will increase D. Inverter Answer: D. Decrease and then will increase. Answer: B. Mutual induction 321. Energy is continuously created in the sun due to: 317.The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves A Nuclear fusion to distant places is B Nuclear fission A. James clerk Maxwell C Radioactivity B. Heinrich Hertz D Artificial radioactivity C. Thomas Alva Edison Answer .A Nuclear fusion D. John Logie Baird 322.Which of the following is used for regulate Answer: B. Heinrich Hertz electric supply ? 318.The centre of gravity of a sprinter during the A. Zener diode race lies B. Junction diode A. Ahead of his feet C. Gun diode B. Behind his feet D. Tunnel diode C. At the centre of the body Answer .A. Zener diode D. To the left side of the body 323.The substance which conducts current in the Answer.A. Ahead of his feet solid state is 319. Which of the following is used in oven? A. Diamond A. X-rays B. Graphite B. UV rays C. Iodine C. Microwaves D. sodium chloride D. Radio waves Answer: B. Graphite

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324.Which set of conditions represents the easiest way B. Structure of bacteria and viruses to liquefy a gas? C. Inside of human stomach A Low temperature and high pressure D. Inside of the human eye B High temperature and low pressure Answer: B. Structure of bacteria and viruses C Low temperature and low pressure 329.What apparatus is used to locate a submerged D High temperature and high pressure object? Answer: A. Low temperature and high pressure A Radar 325.What is colour of light related to? B Sonar A. Amplitude C Quasar B. Frequency D Pulsar C. Quality Answer: B. Sonar D. Velocity 330.Which combination of colour is the most Answer.A .Amplitude convenient during day and night time? 326.What principle law explains the working of the A. Orange and blue hydraulic breakes in automobiles? B. White and black A Bernoulli’s law C. Yellow and blue B Posieulles principle D. Red and green C Pascal’s law Answer: D. Red and green D Archimedes principle 331.The shape of our Milky Way galaxy is Answer:C. Pascal’s law A. Circular 327.The best conductor of heat among the following is B. Elliptical A Alcohol C. Spiral B Mercury D. None of the above C Ether Answer: C. Spiral D Water 332.The different colours of different stars are due to Answer: B.Mercury the variation of 328.What is viewed through an electron microscope? A temperature A. Electrons and other elementary particles B pressure

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C density C. Great circle D radiation from them D. Hyper parabolic Answer A.Temperature Answer: B. Parabolic 333.Woolen clothes keep the body warm because 337.When a bottle of scent is kept open in a corner of A. Wool increases the temperature of the body a room its odour is felt in all parts of the room. This is B. Wool is a bad conductor due to the phenomenon of: C. Wool absorbs radiant heat from outer objects A. Evaporation D. Wool rejects heat from the outer objects B. Vaporization Answer. B. Wool is a bad conductor C. Diffusion 334.Mist is caused by D. Sublimation A. Dry ice Answer: C. Diffusion B. Ice at low temperature 338.Clear nights are cooler than cloudy nights C. Water vapour at low temperature because of D. Carbon monoxide in solid form A. Conduction Answer: C. Water vapour at low temperature B. Condensation 335.While catching a ball a player pulls down his C. Radiation hands to lower the D. Insulation A. Force Answer: C. Radiation B. Momentum 339.A gas thermometer is more sensitive than a liquid C. Impulse thermometer because a gas: D. Catching time A. Is lighter than liquid Answer: B. Momentum B. Expands more than a liquid 336.A particle dropped from the top of a tower C. Is easy to obtain uniformly falls on ground at a distance which is equal D. Does not change state easily to the height of tower. Which of the following paths Answer. B. Expands more than a liquid will be traversed by the particle? 340.Which one of the following is used for sun A. Circle glasses? B. Parabolic A Pyrex glass

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B Flint glass C. Decreases C Crooks glass D. Depends on the impurities in the ice D Crystal glass Answer: C. Decreases Answer:C. Crooks glass 345.Electrostatic precipitator is used to control the 341.The speed of light with the rise in the pollution of temperature of the medium : A. Air A Increases B. Water B Decreases C. Noise C Remains unaltered D. Thermal D Drops suddenly Answer: A. Air Answer:C. Remains unaltered 346.Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because 342.Heat from the Sun reaches the Earth by A. Oil is very light A Reflection B. Of the diffusion of oil through the wick B Conduction C. Of the Gravitational pull of the wick C Radiation D. Of the capillary action phenomenon D Convection Answer: D. Of the capillary action phenomenon Answer: C. Radiation 347.An electron microscope gives higher 343.A passenger standing In a bus is thrown outward magnification than an optical microscope because: when the bus takes a sudden turn happens due to A. it uses more powerful lenses A. Outward pull on him B. the velocity of electron is smaller than that of visible B. Inertia of motion light C. Change in momentum C. the electrons have more energy than the light particles D. Change in acceleration D. The wavelength of elections is smaller as compared to Answer: B. Inertia of motion the wavelength of visible light 344.When pressure is increased the melting point of Answer: D. The wavelength of elections is smaller as ice compared to the wavelength of visible light A. Increases 348.For a body moving with non-uniform velocity B. Does not change and uniform acceleration

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A. Displacement Time graph is linear. B. Quartz clocks B. Displacement time graph is nonlinear C. Atomic clocks C. Velocity Time graph is nonlinear D. White dwarfs D. Velocity Time graph is linear Answer: C. Atomic clocks Answer: B. Displacement Time graph is nonlinear 353.An oil drop spreads over water because 349.Which of the following laws validates the A. Oil Is lighter than water statement that matter can neither be created nor B. Oil is more viscous destroyed? C. Oil does not mix with water A. Law of conservation of energy D. Surface tension of oil is much smaller than that of B. Le Chatelier's Principle water C. Law of conservation of mass Answer: D. Surface tension of oil is much smaller than D. Law of osmosis that of water Answer: C. Law of conservation of mass 354.The device which convert AC to DC is: 350.Decibel is the unit used for A. Oscillator A. Speed of light B. Amplifier B. Intensify of heat C. Rectifier C. Intensity of sound D. None of these D. Radio wave frequency Answer: C. Rectifier Answer: C. Intensity of sound 355.Knot is a measure of 351.The mass energy relation is the outcome of A. The speed of ship A. Quantum theory B. The curvature of spherical objects B. General theory of relativity C. Solar radiation C. Field theory of energy D. Intensity of earthquake shock D. Special theory of relativity Answer.A. The speed of ship Answer: D. Special theory of relativity 356.Whichofthe following produces more severe 352.Which of the following are used for accurately burns? measuring very small time intervals ? A. Boiling water A. Pulsars B. Hot water

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C. Steam Answer: D. Prism D. Melting ice berg 361. Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are Answer: C. Steam based on 357.Magnetism in materials is due to A Nuclear fission A. Electrons at rest B Nuclear fusion B. Circular motion of electrons C Cold fusion C. Protons at rest D Superconductivity D. All neutrons at rest Answer.A. Nuclear fission Answer. B. circular motion of electrons 362.A fountain pen Works on the principle of 358.The instrument for measuring intensity of A. flow of liquids from higher to lower potential earthquakes is called B. Capillary action A. Ideograph C. Bernoulli’s principle B. Pantograph D. Viscosity of liquids C. Ergograph Answer: B. Capillary action D. Seismograph 363.Pycnometer is an instrument used to measure the Answer: D. Seismograph A. Density 359.A multi meter is used to measure B. Intensity of solar radiation A. current C. Intensity of earthquake B. voltage D. High temperatures C. resistance Answer: A. Density D. All of the above Answer: D. All the above 364.The metal used to make lightning conductors is 360.Which of the following is used to split white light A. Iron into different colours? B. Aluminum A. Glass slab C. Copper B. Convex lens D. Zinc C. Concave lens Answer C. Copper D. Prism 365.A hydrogen balloon floats up because of

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A. Air pressure decreases with decrease in height Answer: B. Water B. Air pressure decreases with decrease in weight 369.If the temperature of a place Increases suddenly C. Weight of the balloon is less than the weight of air the relative humidity displaced by it. A. Increases D. The pressure inside the balloon is more than the B. Decreases pressure outside it C. Remains constant Answer. C. Weight of the balloon is less than the weight D. Fluctuates of air displaced by it. Answer: B. Decreases 366. Which one of the following lenses should be used 370.what is the full form of A.M regarding radio to correct the defect of Astigmatism? broadcasting? A. Cylindrical lens A. Amplitude movement B. Concave lens B. Anywhere Movement C. Convex lens C. Amplitude Matching D. Bifocal lens D. Amplitude Modulation Answer: A. Cylindrical lens Answer.D. Amplitude Modulation. 367.In a laser (say neon laser) all the atoms emit the 371. When a beam of white light falls on a glass light waves of prism, the colour of light which will deviate least is A. Same frequency (a) Violet B. Same amplitude (b) Red C. Same phase (c) Green D. All of the above (d) Blue Answer: D. All of the above Answer: B. Red 368.Which of the following has got more heat capacity? 372.Therm is the unit of A. Iron piece A Power B. Water B Heat C. Gold piece C Light D. Benzene D Distance

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Answer: B. Heat resistance is more 373.The oldest type of energy known to man is A wind power 376. When a person walking in bright Sunlight enters B solar power a dark room he is not able to see clearly for a little C tidal energy while because D geothermal energy A. the eye muscles cannot immediately adjust the focal Answer: D. Geothermal energy length of the eye lens. B. the retina retains the bright images for some time and 374.Water pipes in hilly areas often burst on a cold becomes momentarily insensitive. frosty night because C. the iris is unable to contract the pupil immediately A the material of which pipes are made contracts due to D. the iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately cold and so breaks Answer.D. The iris is unable to dilate the pupil B water in the pipes freezes and on freezing water immediately. expands so pipes break 377. What should a person on a freely rotating turn C frost makes the pipes rusty so they break table do to decrease his (angular) speed? D None of these A Bring his hands together Answer: B .water in the pipes freezes and on freezing B Raise his hands up water expands so pipes break C Spread his hands outwards D Sit down with raised hands 375. A parachute descends slowly whereas a stone Answer: C. Spread his hands outwards dropped from the same Height falls rapidly because 378.Which of the following circuit elements is used to A. Stone is heavier than parachute block DC in an electronic circuit ? B. Special mechanisms are present in parachute A. Resistances C. A parachute has a larger surface area and air B. Capacitance resistance is more C. Inductance D. None of these D. Diode Answer: C. A parachute has a larger surface area and air Answer: B. Capacitance 379.A boy sitting in an open car moving with the

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams constant speed throws a ball straight up into the air. change of The ball falls A. Temperature of air A. behind him B. Pressure of air B. In front of him C. Moisture content in air C. into his hand D. Wind in the direction of propagation of sound D. by his side Answer: B. Pressure of air Answer: A. Behind him 384.The density of gas is maximum at 380.A kilowatt-hour is unit of A Low temperature low pressure A. Energy B Low temperature high pressure B. Power C High temperature low pressure C. Electric charge D High temperature high pressure D. Electric current Answer: B. Low temperature high pressure Answer: A .Energy 385.Why is it difficult to breathe at higher altitudes? 381.The hair of shaving brush clings together when A. Due to low air pressure removed from water due to B. Due to low temperature A. Surface tension C. Due to ozone B. Viscosity D. Due to high humidity C. Elasticity Answer.A. Due to low air pressure D. Friction 386.The strongest force in nature is Answer.A. Surface tension A. Electrical force 382.In the process of magnetization of a bar B. Gravitational force A. The entire bulk of the bar gets magnetised C. Nuclear force B. Only the surface of the bar gets magnetised D. Magnetic force C. Only the ends of the bar get magnetised Answer: C. Nuclear force D. Only some parts of the outer layers of the bar get 387.The spoon dropped by an astronaut in a satellite magnetized will Answer.A The entire bulk of the bar gets magnetised A. Fall to the floor 383.Velocity of sound in air does not change with the B. Remain stationary

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C. Continue to follow the motion of the satellite Answer.A. Terrestrial telescope D. Move tangentially away Answer:C. Continue to follow the motion of the satellite 392.The device used to change the speed of an electric 388.When a body is taken from earth to moon fan is A. Mass changes but weight remains same A. Amplifier B. Weight changes but mass remains same B. Regulator C. Both weight and mass change C. Switch D. Both weight and mass remain same D. Rectifier Answer: B. Weight changes but mass remains same Answer. B. Regulator 389.A person is hurt on kicking a stone due to 393. Who is thought to have invented the thermo A. Inertia scope? B. Velocity A. Galileo Galilei C. Reaction B. Copernicus D. Momentum C. Isaac Newton Answer:C. Reaction D. J.Kepler 390.The fuse in domestic electric circuit melts when Answer: A. Galileo Galilei there is a high rise in 394. The function of the lens in our eyes is to A Inductance A. Cover the Eyes B Current B. Send Messages of images to the brain C Resistance C. Change the focal distance of the eye D Capacitance D. Protects eyes from Injury Answer B. Current Answer: C. Change the focal distance of the eye 391.The Instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is 395. Motion of spinning 'top' is an example of A Terrestrial telescope A. Centripetal force B Astronomical telescope B. Centrifugal force C Compound microscope C. Gravitational force D Simple microscope D. Frictional force

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Answer: A. Centripetal force Answer: B. Velocity is zero and its acceleration is about 396. When the car takes a bend, the force that pushes 10 m/s2 us to the outside of the curve is the 400. Who created the electric Dynamo A. Centripetal force A. Benjamin Franklin B. Centrifugal force B. Alessandro Volta C. Gravitational force C. Michael Faraday D. Tension force D. Thomas Edison Answer: B. Centrifugal force Answer: C. Michael Faraday 397. Which of the following coloured light has the 401. An electrical appliance has a resistance of 22 Ω. lowest frequency? When this electrical appliance is connected to a 220 V A. Green supply line, the current passing through it will be B. Blue A. 9.2 A C. Red B. 9 A D. Violet C. 10 A Answer: C. Red D. 92 A 398. The colour of solid Iodine is Answer: C. 10 A A.White 402. If the current flowing through a fixed resistor is B.Colorless halved, the heat produced in it will become: C.Purpliish Grey to Black A. One-half D.Reddish Brown B. One- fourth Answer: C. Purpliish Grey to Black C. Double 399. When an object thrown straight upwards gets to D. Four times the top of its path, its Answer: B. One-fourth A. Velocity is zero and its acceleration is zero 403. The force exerted on a current carrying wire B. Velocity is zero and its acceleration is about 10 m/s2 placed in a magnetic field is zero when the angle C. Velocity is 10m/s and its acceleration is zero between wire and the direction of magnetic field is. D. Velocity is 10m/s and its acceleration is about 10m/s2 A. 45o B. 60o

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C. 90o D. First increases then becomes constant D. 180o Answer: A. Increases Answer: D. 180o 408. Which of the following can produce longitudinal 404. The shape of the magnetic field lines produced as well as transverse waves under different by a current carrying conductor are. conditions? A. Straight lines A. Bats B. Concentric circles B. Slinky C. Concentric ellipse C. Tuning fork D. Concentric parabolas D. None of these Answer: B. Concentric circles Answer: (b) Slinky 405. An electric motor is a device which transforms 409. A car is accelerated on a leveled road and attains A. Mechanical energy into electrical energy a velocity 2 times of its initial velocity. In this process, B. Electrical energy into mechanical energy the kinetic energy of the car C. Kinetic energy into potential energy A. Becomes twice to that of the initial D. Electrical energy into Potential energy B. Becomes four times to that of the initial Answer: B. Electrical energy into mechanical energy C. Remains the same 406. The frequency of electricity produced by DC D. Becomes 4 times to that of the initial generator is equal to Answer: D. Becomes 4 times to that of the initial A. 0 Hz 410. A man of mass 60 kg jumps to a height of 2 m. B. 50 Hz His potential energy at the highest point is (g = 10 C. 100 Hz m/s2): D. 200 Hz A. 600 J Answer: A. 0 Hz B. 1200 J 407. On increasing the temperature, the speed of C. 120 J sound in air: D. 6000 J A. Increases Answer: B. 1200 J B. Decreases 411. A body is falling from a height h. After it has C. Does not change fallen to a height of h/3, it will possess:

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A. Only kinetic energy 415. What do the terms Geocentric and Heliocentric B. Half kinetic and half potential energy refers to? C. Only potential energy A. Laws governing the motion of planetary bodies D. More kinetic and less potential energy around Earth and Sun Answer: D. More kinetic and less potential energy B. Pioneering Telescopic Greece 412. What is planet nine? C. Religions of ancient Greece A. A planet in the Comet Galaxy D. Two schools of thought in Roman Philosophy B. A planet in Andromeda Galaxy Answer: A. Laws governing the motion of planetary C. A planet where the ‘Star Wars’ series took place bodies around Earth and Sun D. A large icy planet proposed in the outer solar system 416. Which following is used to detect current in a Answer: D. A large icy planet proposed in the outer solar circuit? system A. Galvanometer 413. What is the rate of change of position of an B. Anemometer object with respect to a frame of reference, which is a C. Barometer Function of time called? D. Lactometer A. Mchanics Answer: A. Galvanometer B. Vector 417. What is the technology used in a compact disc? C. Velocity A. Electrical D. Magnitude B. Laser Answer: C. Velocity C. Electro magnetic 414. What is the gravitational force exerted on a mass D. Aeronautical called? Answer: B. Laser A. Stress 418. A Refrigerator works on which of the following B. Inertia principles? C. Weight A. Osmosis D. Work B. Centrifugation Answer: C. Weight C. Dispersion D. Evaporation

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Answer: D. Evaporation 423. Which one of the states of matter obtained by 419. Which instrument is used for viewing the sun? cooling a gas of very low density to extremely low A. Stroboscope temperatures. B. Telescope A. Gas C. Helioscope B. Plasma D. Sun meter C. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) Answer: C. Helioscope D. Plasma Condensate 420. A ball rolling on the ground slows down and Answer: C. Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) finally stops. This is because of 424. X-Rays , which are now used on a day to day A. Force basis for diagnosis in medicine, was discovered by? B. Less force applied A. Wilhelm Rontgen C. Friction B. Niels Bohr D. None of the above C. Emest Rutherford Answer: C. Friction D. Max Bon 421. Objects float on water based on Answer: A. Wilhelm Rontgen A. Newton's third law of motion 425. When two forces act in opposite directions, then B. Hooke's law net force acting is the C. Faraday's law A. Sum of two forces D. Archimedes principle B. Difference between two forces Answer: D. Archimedes principle C. Both of these 422. Which is not an example of refraction of light D. None of these A. Twinkling effect of stars Answer: B. Difference between two forces B. Mirages 426. Who invented the bifocal glasses? C. Lateral inversion A. Thomas Alva Edison D. Bending of light while passing through a medium B. Benjamin franklin Answer: C. Lateral inversion C. Evangelist D. Isaac Newton Answer: B. Benjamin franklin

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427. Rate of heat conduction in solids does not depend B. Computer Networking on C. Sensors A. Density of the material D. Power Transmission B. Dimensions of the material Answer: A. Power Generation C. Friction 432. IRS series of Indian Satellites are used for: D. Electronic configuration A. Forestry Answer: C. Friction B. Communication 428. Echocardiogram is more closely related to C. Remote Sensing A. Doppler effect D. Astronomy B. Zeeman effect Answer: C. Remote Sensing C. Photoelectric effect 433. Antonio Meucci is associated with the invention D. Magnetic effect of: Answer: A. Doppler effect A. Telephone 429. Who discovered radioactivity? B. Automobile A. Planck C. LED B. James Clerk Maxwell D. Industrial Robot C. Henri Becquerel Answer: A. Telephone D. Heinrich Hertz 434. Velocity of a car does not depend on Answer: C. Henri Becquerel A. Speedometer 430. The mass per unit volume is called B. Change in direction A. Force C. Change in speed B. Work D. Change in acceleration C. Density Answer: A. Speedometer D. Pressure 435. Which of the following type of rays does NOT Answer: C. Density penetrate Earth's atmosphere? 431. Which of the following is NOT an application of A. Visible Light Fiber optics? B. X-Rays A. Power Generation C. Ultraviolet Rays

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D. Radio Waves 440. Which of the following coloured light has the Answer: B. X-Rays highest frequency? 436. Which of the following technological inventions A. Green came first? B. Violet A. Telegraph C. Blue B. Telescope D. Yellow C. Telephone Answer: B. Violet D. Teletype 442. Which of the following is a WRONG example of Answer: B. Telescope friction? 437. An electric motor converts Converse A. Washing machine pushed alone a floor A. Mechanical energy into electrical energy. B. Sled sliding across snow B. Thermal energy into electrical energy. C.A person sliding down a slide C. Electrical energy into mechanical energy. D.A person lifting an heavy object D. Radiant energy into electrical energy. Answer: D.A person lifting an heavy object Answer: C. Electrical energy into mechanical energy. 443. The Ionization power is maximum for 438 .A generator converts A. Neutrons A. Mechanical energy into electrical energy B. Alpha particle B. Electrical energy into chemical energy. C. Gamma rays C. Thermal energy into electrical energy. D. Beta particles D. Electrical energy into light energy. Answer: B. Alpha particle Answer: A. mechanical energy into electrical energy 444. A toaster operating at 240V has a resistance of 439. Infra-red rays are 120 ohm. The power is A. Longitudinal waves A.400W B. Transverse waves B.4W C. Mechanical waves C.480W D. Electromagnetic waves D.240W Answer: D. Electromagnetic waves Answer: C.480W

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445. Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting Answer: C. Sonic Boom the earth in space ships? 448. Beats occur because of A. Inertia A. Interference B. Acceleration B. Reflection C. Zero gravity C. Refraction D. Orbital motion D. Doppler effect Answer: C. Zero gravity Answer: A. Interference 446. A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block 449. A large force on a rotating body results in large resting on a horizontal frictionless table. Which of the A. Mass following is conserved? B. Torque A. Momentum and K.E C. Axis of rotation B.K.E alone D. Center of rotation C. Momentum alone Answer: B. Torque D.P.E alone 450. With both eyes open, a person’s field of view is Answer: C. Momentum alone about 447. Supersonic air plane creates a shock wave called (a) 90o A. Transverse wave (b) 150o B. Ultrasound wave (c) 180o C. Sonic Boom (d) 360o D. Mechanical wave Answer: C. 180o

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1. What is the chemical name of the Laughing Gas? Answer: B. Nitrous oxide A. Nitric oxide 2. When two liquid materials do not mix with each B. Nitrous oxide other and do not make solution, then they are C. Nitrogen dioxide called- D. Nitrogen Pentaoxide A. Solvent Page 60 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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B. Solute A. Osmosis C. Immiscible B. Active Transport D. Decantation C. Diffusion Answer.C. Immiscible D. Passive Transport 3. Milk of Magnesia is used as- Answer: A. Osmosis A. Laxative 7. Cement was discovered by B. Painkiller A. Joseph Aspidin C. Sedative B. Rutherford D. Antibiotic C. Antoine Lavoiser Answer: A. Laxative D. Plum and Budding 4. When two liquids can be mixed to form a solution Answer: A. Joseph Aspidin they are called 8. _____ is the transition of a substance directly A. Solvent from the solid to the gas phase without passing B. Miscible through the intermediate liquid phase. C. Immiscible A. Sublimation D. Homogenous mixture B. Evaporation Answer: B. Miscible C. Condensation 5. What is the reason for different isotopes of an D. Liquidation element have a different mass number? Answer: A. Sublimation (A) Different number of proton in their nucleus 9. For printing MICR characters, the ink used (B) Different number of neutron in their nucleus contains which of following? (C) Different number of electron in their nucleus A. Lead oxide (D) Different number of compounded electrons. B. Graphite Answer. (B) Different number of neutron in their C. Cuprous oxide nucleus D. Iron oxide 6. Dried fruit like raisins when soaked in water, Answer: D. Iron oxide bulge and get filled with water. What is the scientific reason that explains this daily life event?

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10. Not servicing the vehicles results in incomplete (A) Sand combustion of carbonaceous matter in automobile (B) Sugar engine which generates ______. (C) Salt A. Carbon monoxide (D) Clay B. Carbon dioxide Ans. (B) Sugar C. Nitrous oxide 15. NaCl is chemical formula of ______. D. Nitrogen dioxide (A) Ammonia Answer: A. Carbon monoxide (B) Water 11. Which one of the following is not alkaline? (C) Salt A. Sodium (D) Sugar B. Potassium Ans. (C) Salt C. Lithium 16. Which out of the following contains Ethanoic D. Sulphur acid? Answer: D. Sulphur (A) Lemon juice 12. What are the 4 key elements? (B) Orange juice A. Iron, Sulphur, Silicon and Potassium (C) White vinegar B. Helium, Lithium, Beryllium and Boron (D) Tomato ketchup C. Plutonium, Uranium, Promethium and Neon Ans. (C) White vinegar D. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen 17. Which of the following statement is true? Answer: D. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen (A) Water is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen 13. Which of the following is the last element in (B) Water is a compound of nitrogen oxygen Newlands’ Law of Octaves? (C) Water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen A. Radium (D) Water is an element B. Iron Answer: (C) Water is a compound of oxygen and C. Thorium hydrogen D. Rhodium 18. Four pairs of words are given. Find the odd one Ans. C. Thorium out.

14. C12 H22 O11 is also known as (A) Mercury : Liquid

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(B) Gunpowder : Solid (D) An infected wound (C) Camphor : Gas Answer: A. Allotrope of carbon (D) Helium : Gas 23. Pitchblende is the ore of Answer: C. Camphor : Gas (A)Uranium 19. The process of removing hydrogen from water (B)Aluminium is known as- (C)Copper (A) Electrolysis (D)Zinc (B) Osmosis Answer: A. Uranium (C) Ozonation 24. Which particle has positive charge? (D) Oxidation (A) Neutron Answer: A. Electrolysis (B) Proton 20. Which among the following is used for cooking- (C) Electron (A) Liquified Natural Gas (D) Kryton (B) Compressed natural Gas Ans. B. Proton (C) Liquified Petroleum Gas 25. Which process removes the carbon dioxide (D) Compressed Petroleum Gas from the atmosphere? Ans. C. Liquified Petroleum Gas (A) Photosynthesis 21. Which of the following is not a natural (B) Biodegradation bleaching agent? (C) Electrolysis (A) Lemon (D) Galvanization (B) Capsicum Answer: A. Photosynthesis (C) Potato 26. Which of the following is used as a catalyst in (D) Tomato the hydrogenation of vegetable oil? Ans. B. Capsicum (A) He 22. What is Graphene? (B) H2 (A) Allotrope of carbon (C) Pb (B) A popular graphics software (D)Ni (C) A legendary animal Answer: D. Ni

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27. What is Baking Soda? (A) Methane (A) Potassium Permanganate (B) Ethane (B) Sodium Chloride (C) Propane (C) Sodium Bicarbonate (D) Butane (D) Sodium Carbonate Answer: A. Methane Answer: C. Sodium Bicarbonate 32. Which of the following is not a bleaching 28. The smell that we get when LPG cylinder leaks agent? is due to the presence of- (A) Sodium hypochlorite (A) Nitrogen peroxide (B) Calcium hypochlorite (B) Carbon monoxide (C) Hydrogen peroxide (C) Sulphur compound (D) Hydrogen sulphide (D) Carbon dioxide Answer: D. Hydrogen sulphide Answer: C. Sulphur compound 33. Who gave the way for Chemical symbols in 29. Rupee 5 and 10 coins are now made of: modern time used by us? (A) Ferritic stainless steel (A) Louis Pasteur (B) Silver and steel (B) Robert Boyle (C) Copper nickel alloy (C) Berzelius (D) Copper and brass (D) John Dalton Ans. C. Copper nickel alloy Answer: C. Berzelius 30. Atomic weight of an element is compared with 34. Which one of these is noble element? the atomic weight of which of the following (A) Iron elements? (B) Silver (A) Oxygen (C) Bronze (B) Hydrogen (D) Aluminum (C) Carbon Answer: B. Silver (D) Nitrogen 35. Which are of these is an example of chemical Answer: C. Carbon reaction? 31. Which of the following is known as Marsh gas? (A) Sublimation

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(B) Crystallization (B) Humidifying (C) Neutralization (C) Condensation (D) Distillation (D) Decantation Answer: C. Neutralization Ans. (A) Annealing 36. Which agent is good for purification of 40. Which of the following is known as drinking water? quicksilver? (A) Catalytic agent (A) Titanium (B) Reducing agent (B) Mercury (C) Sterilizing agent (C) Platinum (D) Oxidizing agent (D) Radium Answer: D. Oxidizing agent Answer: B. Mercury 37. Which element is used in thermometer as 41. What is the full form of CFC? element is very toxic in nature? (A) Chloro Fluoro Carbon (A) Carbon (B) Chloro Fluoro Carbide (B) Mercury (C) Chlorine Flourine Carbon dioxide (C) Arsenic (D) Carbo Fluoro Chloride (D) Cadmium Answer: A. Chloro Fluoro Carbon Answer: B. Mercury 42. Medical drugs work in the human body by 38. Which of the following in nucleus represent which of following? atomic number? (A) Correcting chemical reactions within the body (A) Protons responsible for diseases (B) Neutrons (B) Diverting chemical reactions within the body (C) Electrons responsible for diseases. (D) Hydrons (C) Fastening chemical reactions within body Answer: A. Protons responsible for disease 39. The Process of quenching of hot glass is known (D) Slowing chemical reactions within body as- responsible for disease (A) Annealing

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Answer: A. Correcting chemical reactions within the (A) Rutile body responsible for diseases (B) Haematite 43. The colour of solid Iodine is (C) Limestone A. White (D) Pitchblende B. Colorless Answer: D. Pitchblende C. Purpliish Grey to Black 48. Who was the first scientist to prepare periodic D. Reddish Brown table for chemical elements Answer: C. Purpliish Grey to Black (A) Henry Moseley 44. Stainless steel is (B) Robert Boyle (A) A compound (C) Dmitri Mendeleev (B) A mixture (D) John Newlands (C) An element Answer: C. Dmitri Mendeleev (D) An alloy 49. Which of the following is not the greenhouse Answer: D. An alloy gas? 45. Gunpowder mainly contains (A) Ozone (A) Calcium sulphate (B) Nitrous Oxide (B) Potassium nitrate (C) Water Vapour (C) Lead sulphide (D) Hydrogen (D) Zinc sulphide Answer: D. Hydrogen Answer: B. Potassium nitrate 50. What is the name of the process where gas is 46. The non-metal which is liquid at room directly converted to solid called? temperature is A. Sublimation (A) Mercury B. Deposition (B) Bromine C. Condensation (C) Chlorine D. Evaporation (D) Gallium Answer: B. Deposition Answer: B. Bromine 51. Which process is responsible to generate solar 47. Radium is extracted from which mineral energy in the sun?

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(A) Nuclear Fusion C. Rate constant (B) Solar Power D. Molar Law (C) Thermal Power Answer: A. Rate law (D) Gravitational energy 56. Freezing point of water is Ans. (A) Nuclear Fusion A.400 F 52. The chemical bond in germanium crystal is B.420F A. Metallic C.340 F B. Covalent D.320 F C. Electro – valent Answer: D.320 F D. Vaander walls 57. What is the atomic number of the element Answer: B. Covalent Indium? 53. The main chemical substance present in bones A. 44 and teeth of animals is B. 54 A. Sodium Chloride C. 36 B. Sugar D. 49 C. Calcium phosphate Answer: D.49 D. Calcium Sulphate 58. Which is the substance that enhances the activity Answer: C. Calcium phosphate of a catalyst? 54. The term 'Heavy Water" refers to: A. Increaser A. Ice B. Promoters B. Deuterium oxide C. Poison C. Re-distilled water D. Adsorbents D. Water at 4oc Answer: B. Promoters Answer: B. Deuterium oxide 59. The major ingredient of sweetened soft drink is 55. How is the rate of reaction based on the A. Carbonated water concentration of chemical products? B. Hydrochloric acid A. Rate law C. Phosphoric acid B. Instantaneous rate D. Caffeine

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Answer: A. Carbonated water 65. Which is the only non-metal placed at the left side 60. Acid Rain has pH value of of the Modern Periodic Table? A 5.5 or less A. Hydrogen B 12.5 or more B. Carbon C 10.5 or more C. Neon D 8.5 or more D. Helium Answer: A. 5.5 or less Answer: A. Hydrogen 61...... is the most electropositive and ...... is 66. Tooth decay starts when the pH of the mouth most electronegative element of the third period of is...... modern periodic table. A more than 5.5 A. Sodium, Potassium B less than 5.5 B. Magnesium, Aluminium C less than 4.5 C. Sodium, Chlorine D more than 4.5 D. Aluminium, Chlorine Answer: B less than 5.5 Answer: C. Sodium, Chlorine 67. The bonds formed by the elements having larger 62. The substances whose odour changes in acidic or atoms are: basic medium are called...... A. weaker A. Natural indicators B. stronger B. Synthetic indicators C. very weak C. Acid-base indicators D. very strong D. Olfactory indicators Answer: C. very weak Answer: D Olfactory indicators 68. In Modern Periodic Table, there is an anomaly 63. Aluminium metal is extracted only by: when it comes to the position of...... because it can be A. Electrolysis placed either in group 1 or group 17 in the first B. Calcination period. C. Reduction A. He D. Oxidation B. H Answer: A. Electrolysis C. Li

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D. Be Answer: D. C Answer: B.H 73...... is a purple-coloured solid halogen. 69. Non-metals are generally more electronegative A. Bromine due to their: B. Fluorine A. Large number of electrons. C. Chlorine B. Smaller atomic radii D. Iodine C. Smaller atomic number. Answer: D. Iodine D. Smaller ionization energy. 74...... solution is used to treat bee sting. Answer: B. smaller atomic radii A. Lemon juice 70. Oxides of non-metals are usually...... B. Milk A. Acidic C. Vinegar B. Neutral D. Baking soda C. Less reactive Answer: D. Baking soda D. Basic 75. Constantan is alloyed from ...... metals. Answer: A. Acidic A. Ni, Ti, Fe, Cr 71. What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is B. Cu, Ni, Mn added to iron filings? C. Ni, Cr, Mn, Fe A. Only chloride are produced D. Cu, Ni B. Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced Answer: D. Cu, Ni C. No reaction takes place 76. The force that a neutron exerts on a proton inside D. Only hydrogen gas is produced an atom is: Answer: B. Hydrogen gas and iron chloride are produced A. Tidal force 72. Which element in the periodic table forms B. Gravitational force maximum number of compounds? C. Electrostatic force A. H D. Nuclear force B. O Answer: D. Nuclear force C. S 77...... elements are present in the sixth period of D. C the modern periodic table.

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A. 32 A. Cerium B. 18 B. Lanthanum C. 33 C. Thorium D. 8 D. Strontium Answer: A.32 Answer: A. Cerium 78. According to ...... , the properties of elements are 82. When copper oxide is heated with hydrogen. a periodic function of their atomic masses. Copper metal and water are formed. What happens A. Newlands Law of Octaves to the hydrogen in this reaction? B. Mendeleev's Periodic Law A. both oxidation and reduction C. Dobereiner's Law of Triads B. Reduction D. Newton's Law C. Oxidation Answer: B Mendeleev's Periodic Law D. Decomposition 79. When washing soda reacts with hydrochloric acid Answer: C. Oxidation ...... gas is evolved. 83...... has the greatest electron affnity. A. Oxygen A. Br B. Carbon monoxide B. Cl C. Carbon dioxide C. I D. Hydrogen D. F Answer: C. Carbon dioxide Answer: B. Cl 80 .When phenolphthalein is added to vinegar, the 84. In ethane, each carbon atom is bonded to: solution becomes...... A. One atom A. Blue B. Three atoms B. Red C. Five atoms C. Pink D. Four atoms D. Colourless Answer: D. Four atoms Answer: D. Colourless 85.'Alum' is an example of 81. The element of the Lanthanide series having the A. Flake salt atomic number 58 is...... B. Table salt

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C. Single salt 89. The number of neutrons in an atom is equal to D. Double salt the: Answer: D. Double salt A. Mass number 86. Heating of ores in the absence of oxygen is called: B. Atomic number A. Extraction C. Mass number — atomic number B. Calcination D. Number of electrons C. Roasting Answer: C. Mass number — atomic number D. Corrosion 90. Name the metal that can be easily cut with a Answer: B. Calcination knife: 87. Electronegativity..... from left to right in a row in A. Copper the periodic table and electro positivity ...... from left B. Gold to right in a row in the periodic table C. Sodium A. Decreases, Increases D. Aluminium B. Decreases, Decreases Answer: C. Sodium C. Increases, Increases 91. What happens as we go down the group in the D. Increases, Decreases periodic table? Answer: D. Increases, Decreases A. The number of shells decreases 88. What was the position of noble gases in the B. Valence electrons decreases Mendeleev's periodic table? C. The number of shells increases A. Noble gases, being very inert, were not necessarily D. Atomic size decreases put in the periodic table Answer: C. The number of shells increases B. Noble gases were there in the seventh group 92. The molecular formula of Propane is:

C. Mendeleev divided all elements into 8 groups, so A. C2H6 there was no place for noble gases B. C4H10

D. Noble gases were not discovered by that time C. C3H8 Answer: D. Noble gases were not discovered by that D. CH4 time Answer: C. C3H8

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93. The vast amount of sea weeds present in oceans 97. The number of free electrons in the outermost may produce an endless source of: shell of carbon atoms in diamond is: A. Methane A. zero B. Ocean thermal energy B. two C. Sea wave energy C. four D. Nuclear energy D. three Answer: A. Methane Answer: A. Zero 94. If Metal A displaces Metal B from its solution, 98. What is the action of dry HCI gas on dry litmus then Metal A ...... paper? A. is more reactive than B A. Blue litmus paper turns white. B. is less reactive than B B. Blue or red litmus paper does not change its colour. C. is heavier than B C. Blue litmus paper turns red. D. has the same reactivity as B D. Red litmus paper turns blue. Answer: A. is more reactive than B Answer: B. Blue or red litmus paper does not change its 95. Which compound is formed when a Magnesium colour. ribbon is burnt in air? 99. Which inert gas mixed with oxygen is given to the A Magnesium Nitrate patients suffering from restricted breathing? B Magnesium Carbonate A. Xenon C Magnesium Oxide B. Krypton D Magnesium Nitride C. Helium Answer: C. Magnesium Oxide D. Argon 96. Ammonium nitrate, on thermal decomposition, Answer: C. Helium produces: 100. Who is known as “Father of modern A. NH3 and NO2 chemistry’? B. NH3 and NO (A) Emest Rutherford C. N2 and H2O (B) Otto Hahn D. N2O and H2O (C) Dmitri Mendeleev Answer: D. N2O and H2O (D) Antotne Lavoisier

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Answer: D. Antotne Lavoisier D. In the increasing order of their Mass Number 101. If the first and third members of a Dobereiner Answer: C. In the increasing order of their Atomic triad are Phosphorus and Antimony, the second Number member of this triad is. 105. The pH value increase from 7 to 14 represents a: A. Calcium A. Decrease in H ion concentration B. Iodine B. Decrease in OH ion concentration C. Arsenic C. Increase in OH ion concentration D. Sulphur D. Increase in H ion concentration Answer: C. Arsenic Answer: C. increase in OH ion concentration 102. Which is the first metallic element in the Modern 106. Metal oxides which react with acids as well as Periodic Table? bases are called: A. Li A. Amphoteric oxides B. Na B. Neutral oxides C. He C. Basic oxides D. H D. Acidic oxides Answer: A. Li Answer: A. Amphoteric oxides 103. A/an ...... flame is produced when the oxygen 107. What is the atomicity of Phosphorus? supply is sufficient. A. Di-atomic A. Red B. Poly-atomic B. Orange C. Tetra-atomic C. Blue D. Mono-atomic D. Green Answer: C. Tetra-atomic Answer: C. Blue 108. In the Modern Periodic Table, a zig-zag line 104. How are elements arranged in the Modern separates: Periodic Table? A. Metals from halogens A. In the increasing order of their Molecular Mass B. Mon-metals from metalloids B. In the increasing order of their Atomic Mass C. Metals from non-metals C. In the increasing order of their Atomic Number D. Metals from metalloids

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Answer: C. Metals from non-metals Answer: D. 2n2 109. What product is formed when electricity is 113. Which type of reaction occurs when carbon passed through an aqueous solution of sodium burns in oxygen to give carbon dioxide? chloride? A. Addition reaction A. Sodium and chlorine B. Substitution reaction B. Sodium oxide C. Combustion reaction C. Sodium hydroxide D. Decomposition reaction D. Sodium and water Answer: C. Combustion reaction Answer: C. Sodium hydroxide 114. Who first discovered that every eighth element 110. The hardest natural substance is: had properties similar to that of the first? A. Graphite A. John Newlands B. Diamond B. Moseley C. Iron C. Dobereiner D. Copper D. Mendeleev Answer: B. Diamond Answer: A. John Newlands 111. The number of valence electrons in an atom of 115. What is the radius of an atom used to measure? Phosphorus is: A. Atomic number A. 4 B. Atomic mass B. 3 C. Atomic size C. 2 D. Atomicity D. 5 Answer: C. Atomic size Answer: D.5 116. During combustion of unsaturated compounds a 112. The maximum number of electrons that can be ...... is seen. accommodated in a shell depends on the formula: A. Clean flame A. 4n2 B. Blue flame B. 3n2 C. Red flame C. n2 D. Yellow flame D. 2n2 Answer: D. Yellow flame

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117. What are elements F, Cl, Br, I and At commonly 121. Acids that contain Hydrogen and other non- known as? metallic element(s), except Oxygen, are called: A. Transition elements A. Hydracids B. Halogens B. Dilute acids C. Rare earth elements C. Strong acids D. Actinoids D. Weak acids Answer: B. Halogens Answer: A. Hydracids 118. Common metals arranged in order of their 122...... is the most ductile metal. decreasing reactivity is known as: A. Ph A. Reactivity B. C B. Conductivity C. Au C. Electrolytic reduction D. Ag D. Activity series Answer: C. Au Answer: D. Activity series 123. An unbalanced chemical equation is called a: 119. Alkali metals are assigned which group in the A. Rough chemical equation Modern Periodic Table? B. Natural chemical equation A. Second group C. Complex chemical equation B. Eighteenth group D. Skeletal chemical equation C. Third group Answer: D. Skeletal chemical equation D. First group 124. Saturated Hydrocarbons are called: Answer: D. First group A. Alkynes 120. In Newlands’ table, the elements...... were B. Isomers placed with the halogens. C. Alkanes A. Ce and La D. Alkenes B. Fe and Se Answer: C. Alkanes C. Mn and As 125. The primitive atmosphere was reducing because: D. Co and Ni A. Hydrogen atoms were few Answer: D. Co and Ni B. Hydrogen atoms were active and in greater numbers

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C. Oxygen atoms were more C. Calcium Carbide D. Nitrogen atoms were more D. Calcium Carbonate Answer: B. Hydrogen atoms were active and in greater Answer: B. Calcium Sulphate numbers 130. Which of the following metal has the maximum 126. The formula represents the hydrocarbon...... thermal conductivity? A. Hexene A. Silver B. Heptyne B. Aluminium C. Hexane C. Copper D. Hexyne D. Iron Answer: C. Hexane Answer: A. Silver 127. According to Newlands’ Law of Octaves, how 131. Which of the following non-metal gives hardness many elements exist in nature? to the stainless steel? A. 56 A. Selenium B. 66 B. Phosphorous C. 55 C. Carbon D. 65 D. Sulphur Answer: A.56 Answer: C. Carbon 128. Nitric acid does not react with which of the 132. Activated charcoal is used to remove colouring following metal? matter from pure substances by which of the A. Iron following process? B. Copper A. Oxidation C. Gold B. Reduction D. Zinc C. Absorption Answer: C. Gold D. Adsorption 129. Which one of the following calcium salts is used Answer: D. Adsorption as a fertilizer? 133. Biogas which is used for cooking purpose is a A. Calcium Cyanide mixture of which of the following two components? B. Calcium Sulphate A. Methane and Carbon dioxide

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B. Methane and Carbon monoxide B. Sulphuric acid C. Isobutane and Propane C. Carboxylic acid D. Carbon dioxide and Oxygen D. Hydrochloric acid Answer: A. Methane and Carbon dioxide Answer: A. Citric acid 134. The Boiling Point of a liquid varies with the 138. Which of the following indicator produces a pink variation in…………...? colour in an alkaline solution? A. Density A. Turmeric paper B. Pressure B. Methyl Orange C. Volume C. litmus paper D. Temperature D. Phenolphthalein Answer: B. Pressure Answer: D. Phenolphthalein 135. Which type of glass is used for making chemical 139. Plaster of Paris is prepared by heating which of apparatus like beakers, flasks etc.? the following at a temperature of 100 Degree Celsius? A. Pyrex glass A. CaCl2.2H2O B. Optical glass B. CaSO4.2H2O C. Hard glass C. Ca (OH)2 D. Photo-chromatic glass D. CaCO3.2H2O Answer: C. Hard glass Answer: B. CaSO4.2H2O 136. Which of the following instrument is used for 140. Which of the following is treated with chlorine to measuring low temperatures? obtain bleaching powder?

A. Cryometer A. Ca (OH)2

B. Chromatoptometer B. Mg (OH)2

C. Cymometer C. CaSO4

D. Diagometer D. CaCl2

Answer: A. Cryometer Answer: A. Ca (OH)2 137. Which of the following acid can decolourise 141. Which among the following are Dibasic Acids? purple coloured Potassium Permanganate solution? A. Phosphoric Acid A. Citric acid B. Nitric Acid

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C. Hydrochloric Acid Answer: A. Cathode D. Sulphuric Acid 146. What is philosopher's wool? Answer: D. Sulphuric Acid A. Zinc hydroxide 142. What is the pH value of Sodium Hydroxide? B. Zinc oxide A. 12 C. Zinc bromide B. 11 D. None of these C. 14 Answer: B. Zinc oxide D. 7 147. NBR stands for? Answer: C. 14 A. Nitrile Butyl Rubber 143. What is the chemical name of caustic potash? B. AcryloNitrile-butadiene rubber A. Potassium Hydroxide C. Nitrile Butene Rubber B. Manganese Hydroxide D. None of these C. Ferrous Hydroxide Answer: B. AcryloNitrile-butadiene rubber D. Phosphorous Hydroxide 148. The composition of soap comprises of? Answer: A. Potassium Hydroxide A. Sodium salt with fatty acids. 144. What is the approximate carbon composition of B. Sodium and Potassium salt mixed with chemicals kerosene? C. Potassium salt with fatty acids A. C31 - C32 D. Both a & c B. C8 - C10 Answer: D. Both a & c C. C10 - C16 149. What is the octane number of iso-octane? D. C20 - C25 A 100 Answer: C. C10 - C16 B 108 145. Where does the process of electrolysis occur C 104 during reduction? D 101 A. Cathode Answer: A.100 B. Anode 150. Which gas is used in voyage as Holmes signal? C. Both A. Water gas D. None of these B. Chlorine gas

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C. Syn gas 155. Which Group metals are called Alkali Earth D. Phosphine gas metals? Answer: D. Phosphine gas A. Group I 151. All ores are _____? B. Group II A. Metals C. Group III B. Non-metals D. Group IV C. Metalloids Answer: B. Group II D. Minerals 156. Which among the following chemical substances Answer: D. Minerals are used in the formation of mustard gas? 152. Which among the following radius has largest A. Bromine size? B. Chlorine A. Covalent radius C. Sulphur B. Metallic radius D. Ammonia C. Nonmetallic radius Answer: B. Chlorine D. Vanderwall radius 157. What are the examples of strong electrolytes? Answer: D. Vanderwall radius A. Acetic Acid 153. Which among the following is true? B. Carbonic Acid A. Thomson’s model - Plum pudding model C. Sodium Hydroxide B. Bohr’s model - Nuclear theory D. All of the above C. Rutherford’s model - Quantization of energy Answer: C. Sodium Hydroxide D. All of the above 158. What is the boiling point of ethanol? Answer: A Thomson’s model - Plum pudding model A.78.30C 154. Which of the following is a natural dye? B.560C A: Crystal violet C.480C B: Aniline blue D.460C C: Alizarin Answer: A.78.30C D: Phenolphthalein 159. Which among the following elements are the Answer: C. Alizarin constituents of stainless steel?

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A. Iron A. We get three orbitals in a plane B. Copper B. We get two orbitals at 180 degrees C. Zinc C. We get two mutually perpendicular orbitals D. Lead D. We get four orbitals directed tetrahedrally Answer: A. Iron Answer: B. we get two orbitals at 180 degrees 160. What is the geometrical structure for 164. Which among the following occurs in the process hybridization of S 3 ? of oxidation? A. Linear A. Addition of oxygen B. Trigonal B. Removal of hydrogen C. Tetrahedral C. Addition of electro negative element D. Octahedral D. All of the above Answer: C. Tetrahedral Answer: D. All of the above 161. What is the Oxidation Number of Alkali metals 165. The desirable range of pH for milk is? like Sodium, Potassium, Lithium etc? A 6.6 A +2 B 4.1 B +1 C 7.8 C -1 D 2.4 D -2 Answer: A. 6.6 Answer: B. +1 166. The (O-H) bond in CH3OH is which type of 162. What is the common characteristic of the bond? elements of the same group in the periodic table? A. Polar covalent A. Electrons in outer most shell B. Ionic B. Total number of electrons C. Non polar covalent C. Total number of protons D. Cationic D. Atomic weight Answer: A. Polar covalent Answer: A. Electrons in outer most shell 167. Adding which substance gives blue colour to 163. What happens when one S and one P orbital is glass? hybridized? A. Manganese oxide

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B. Cobalt oxide D. Prednisone C. Chromium oxide Answer: D. Prednisone D. Iron oxide 172. Who invented the atomic theory? Answer: B. Cobalt oxide A. Albert Einstein 168. Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene B. John Dalton glycol and which acid? C. Madam curie A. Benzoic Acid D. None of these B. Salicylic acid Answer: B. John Dalton C. Phthalic acid 173. The common name of hydrogen peroxide is D. Terephthalic acid A. Borax Answer: D. Terephthalic acid B. Bleach (liquid) 169. The conversion of hard water into soft water by C. Baking soda boiling or adding calcium hydroxide is called D. Gypsum A. Baker's process Answer: B. Bleach (liquid) B. Temp's process 174. Which element gives hardness to stainless steel? C. Clarke's process A. Zinc D. Lake's process B. Lead Answer: C. Clarke's process C. Carbon 170. Biofertilizers convert nitrogen to ______. D. Tin A. Nitrates Answer: C. Carbon B. Ammonia 175. The density of gold is ___ the density of C. Nitrogenase mercury? D. Amino acids A. Higher than Answer: B. Ammonia B. Lower than 171. Which drug is used as an Anti-Inflammatory? C. Equal to A. Metformin D. Incomparable to B. Diazepam Answer: A. Higher than C. Latanoprost

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176. The process of depositing a layer of any desired A. Losing of electrons metal on another material by means of electricity is B. Gaining of electrons called C. Gaining of neutrons A. Electroplating D. Losing of neutrons B. Galvanisation Answer: B. Gaining of electrons C. Rusting 181. The anode in a dry cell consists of? D. Crystallisation A. Copper Answer: A. Electroplating B. Zinc 177 .Which base is present in soap? C. Cadmium A. Sodium hydroxide D. Graphite B. Silicon dioxide Answer: B. Zinc C. Calcium hydroxide 182 .If water smells bad, then that odour can be D. Ammonium hydroxide removed by adding Answer: A. Sodium hydroxide A. Alum 178. Which gas is produced due to incomplete B. Bleach combustion of fuel? C. Activated carbon A. Carbon Dioxide D. Deactivated nitrogen B. Carbon Monoxide Answer: C. Activated carbon C. Methane 183. Which compound’s structure is held by weak D. Ethane Vanderwaal’s force? Answer: B. Carbon Monoxide A. Diamond 179. Magnesium oxide (MgO) + Water (H2O) =? B. Gold A. [Mg(OH)] C. Graphite

B. [Mg2(OH)] D. Magnesium

C. [Mg(O2H)2] Answer: C. Graphite

D. [Mg(OH)2] 184. NaCl has which kind of bonds?

Answer: D. [Mg(OH)2] A. Nonpolar bonds 180. Anions are formed through which process? B. Polar covalent bonds

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C. Metallic bonds Answer: B. Reduction D. Ionic bonds 189. The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is Answer: D. Ionic bonds A. Zinc 185. Which chemical is used to generate light, to weld B. Copper metals? C. Aluminium A. Ethylene D. Iron B. Acetylene Answer: C. Aluminium C. Glycol 190. Name the source from which Aspirin is D. Oxalic acid produced? Answer: B Acetylene A. Willow bark 186. Which man-made polymer is used to make B. Oak Tree bottle? C. Acacia A. Polypropene D. Eucalyptus B. Polythene Answer: A. Willow bark C. Teflon 191. Which substance is used in purifying closed air D. Nylon in hospital? Answer: A. Polypropene A. Strontium 187. Turquoise is an ore/mineral of B. Cadmium A. Copper C. Sodium Peroxide B. Manganese D. Zinc Oxide C. Mercury Answer: C. Sodium Peroxide D. Tin 192. In a compound the elements are always present Answer: A. Copper in definite proportions by 188. Process of gaining electrons is known as _____. A. Mass A. Oxidation B. Volume B. Reduction C. Size C. Radiation D. No option is correct. D. Both oxidation and reduction Answer: A. Mass

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193. What is nature of pH of Milk? C. Carbonic acid A. Slightly Acidic D. Sulphonic acid B. Slightly Basic Answer: A. Boric acid C. Highly Acidic 198. Ionization Potential for inert gas D. Highly Basic A. Zero Answer: A. Slightly Acidic B. Low 194. Marble is a metamorphic rock of ...... C. High A. Sandstone D. Negative B. Limestone Answer: C. High C. Granite 199. Which property of iron metal is utilised in D. Clay producing iron sheets required for making buckets? Answer: B. Limestone A. Ductility 195. Which chemical is also known as Carbolic Acid? B. Malleability A. Phenol C. High Density B. Hydroxide D. Metallic Lustre C. Sulphuric Acid Answer: B. Malleability D. Ethanol 200. The rechargeable battery used in mobile-phone Answer: A. Phenol handset is usually……….? 196. What is the hybridization of carbon in graphite? A. Sodium ion battery A. SP B. Lead ion battery B. SP2 C. Lithium ion battery C. SP3 D. Hydrogen ion battery D. SP6 Answer: C. Lithium ion battery Answer: B. SP2 201. Which of the following metal can be extracted 197. The compound used in prickly-heat powder to from the bauxite ore? prevent excessive sweating is A. Manganese A. Boric acid B. Cobalt B. Phosphoric acid C. Nickel

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D. Aluminium D. Energy is neither released nor absorbed Answer: D. Aluminium Answer: A. Energy is always absorbed 202. Beryllium Sulphate is less soluble in water due 206. Which among the following is a carbohydrate? to? A. Nylon A: High inflammable energy B. Cane sugar B: Low Energy of dissociation C. Turpentine C: Low inflammable energy D. Hydrogen peroxide D: Ionic band Answer: B. Cane sugar Answer: A. High inflammable energy 207. In which of the following states maximum iron 203.What is the name of that system which uses ore is found? radioactivity to decide the period of materials of pre- A. FeC03 historic period? B. Fe203

A: Radium dating C. Fe304

B: Uranium dating D. FeS2

C: Carbon dating Answer: B. Fe203 D: Deuterium dating 208. Which one of the following metals pollutes the Answer: C. Carbon dating air of a city having large number of automobiles? 204. Cement is made hard with A. Cadmium A. Dehydration B. Chromium B. Hydration and dissociation of water C. Lead C. Dissociation of water D. Copper D. Polymerisation Answer: C. Lead Answer: B. Hydration and dissociation of water 209. Nonstick kitchen wares are coated with 205. What happens when a chemical bond is formed ? A. FVC A. Energy is always absorbed B. Graphite B. Energy in always released C. Teflon C. More energy is released than is absorbed D. Silicon Answer: C. Teflon

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210. An atomic pile is used for B. sodium chloride is deliquescent A: Producing X rays C. sodium chloride contains some quantity of sodium B: Conducting nuclear fission iodide C: Conducting thermonuclear fusion D. sodium chloride contains hygroscopic impurities like D: Accelerating atoms magnesium chloride Answer: B. Conducting nuclear fission Answer:D. sodium chloride contains hygroscopic 211. Sea weeds are important source of impurities like magnesium chloride A. Iron 215. Which of the following is used as a lubricant in B. Chlorine heavy machines? C. Bromine A: Bauxite D. Iodine B: Sulphur Answer: D. Iodine C: Phosphorus 212. The substance which does not expand on going D: Graphite from liquid state to solid state is Answer: D. Graphite A. Water 216. Which of the following is used to iodine common B. Cast iron salt? C. Aluminium A. Potassium iodide D. Type metal B. Iodine Answer: D. Type metal C. Potassium iodide 213. The element which is commonly used in nuclear D. Sodium iodide for producing electricity by nuclear fission is Answer: C. Potassium iodide A. Radium 217. Milk is a colloidal system in which B. Plutonium A. Water is dispersed in fat C. Uranium B. Fat is dispersed in water D. Deuterium C. Fat and water are dispersed in each other Answer: C. Uranium D. Fat is dissolved 214. Table salt gets moist during rainy season because Answer: B. Fat is dispersed in water A. sodium chloride is hygroscopic

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218. The common name for the compound having A. Iron formal NaOH is B. Copper A. Caustic soda C. Bauxite B. Caustic potash D. Manganes C. Soda ash Answer: B. Copper D. Sodium hydroxide 223. Fermentation of milk to curd is due to: Answer: A. Caustic soda A. Mycobacterium 219. Silk fibre chemically is: B. Staphylococcus A: Carbohydrate C. Lactobacillus B: Fat D. Yeasts C: Protein Answer: C. Lactobacillus D: Cellulose 224. By which organic compound all the oils are Answer: C. Protein known? 220. Who developed Hydrogen Bomb? A. Carbohydrate A. Werner Von Braun B. Protein B. J. Robert Oppen Heimer C. Hydrocarbon C. Edward Teller D. Ester D. Samuel Cohen Answer: C. Hydrocarbon Answer: C. Edward Teller 225. The atomic number of carbon is 6 and its atomic 221. When there are two electrons in the same orbital mass is how many are there protons in the nucleus of they have: carbon? A: Same spin A. 6 B: Opposite spin B. 12 C: Same or opposite spin C. 18 D: No spin D. Zero Answer: B. Opposite spin Answer: A. 6 222. Which one of the following minerals is found in 226. The drug Marijuana is a pure form? A. Sedative

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B. Mental stimulant C. Calcium hydroxide C. Hallucinating substance D. Magnesium hydroxide D. Tranquillizer Answer: D. Magnesium hydroxide Answer: A. Sedative 231. Among the fuels given below the one with highest 227. The major harmful gas emitted by automobile calorific value is vehicles which causes air pollution is A. Coke A. Carbon Monoxide B. Coal B. Methane C. Wood C. Carbon dioxide D. Natural gas D. Ozone gas Answer: D. Natural gas Answer: C. Carbon dioxide 232. The natural source of hydrocarbon is 228. Milk tastes sour when kept in the open for some A. Crude oil time due to the formation of . B. Biomass A. Lactic acid C. Coal B. Citric acid D. Carbohydrates C. Acetic acid Answer: A. Crude oil D. Carbonic acid 233. Which of the following is chiefly present in LPG Answer: A. Lactic acid (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)? 229. What is the most commonly used Substance in A. Methane fluorescent tubes? B. Ethane A. Sodium oxide and argon C. Propane B. Sodium vapour and neon D. Butane C. Mercury vapour and argon Answer: D. Butane D. Mercury oxide and neon 234. Tear gas used by the police to disperse the mob Answer: C. Mercury vapour and argon contains 230. What is "milk of magnesia” chemically? A. Carbon dioxide A. Magnesium carbonate B. Chlorine B. Sodium bicarbonate

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C. Ammonia C: Air D. Hydrogen sulphide D: Iron Answer: B. Chlorine Answer: A. Carbon dioxide 239.Which among the following coal contains 90 per 235. Which among the following metals provides cent of carbon? atmospheric oxide? A: Anthracite A: Sodium B: Bitumen B: Silver C: Lignite C: Aluminium D: Peat D: Calcium Answer: A. Anthracite Answer: C. Aluminium 240. The charcoal used to decolourise brown sugar 236.Humburger effect is otherwise known as solution is A. Sodium pump A. Wood charcoal B. Anaerobic metabolism B. Coconut charcoal C. Choloride shift C. Animal charcoal D. Respiratory product D. Sugar charcoal Answer: C. Choloride shift Answer: C. Animal charcoal 237. Which among the following stage is suitable 241. Which metal does not undergo corrosion due to indicator when solution of sodium carbonate is mixed the formation of oxide layer? with sulphuric acid? A. Copper A: Methylene blue B. Iron B: Methyl red C. Aluminium C: Phenolphthalein D. Zinc D: Methyl orange Answer: C. Aluminium Answer: D. Methyl orange 242. Which of these acids is not organic in origin? 238. Which among the following is pure matter? A. Lactic acid A: Carbon dioxide B. Sulphuric acid B: Brass

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C. Citric acid B. Sulphur D. Oxalic acid C. Fluorine Answer: B. Sulphuric acid D. Phosphorous 243. Which is abundant in Gobar gas? Answer: A. Carbon A: Carbon dioxide 247. Which of the following hydrocarbon has B: Methane alternate single and double bonds arranged in the C: Oxygen form of a ring? D: Hydrogen A. Hexene Answer: B. Methane B. Propene C. Butene 244. A sulphide ore is converted into metal oxide by D. Benzene which of the following process? Answer: D. Benzene A. Roasting 248. Which of the following substance produces brisk B. Anodising effervescence when treated with baking-soda C. Calcination solution? D. Carbonation A. Vegetable oil Answer: A. Roasting B. Vinegar 245. The property of the self-combination of the C. Ethanol atoms of the same element to form long-chains is D. Chloroform called………….? Answer: B. Vinegar A. Carbonation 249. According to Mendeleev’s Periodic law, the B. Catenation elements were arranged in the periodic table in the C. Protonation order of…………...? D. Coronation A. Increasing atomic numbers Answer: B. Catenation B. Decreasing atomic numbers 246. Buckminsterfullerene is an allotropic form of C. Increasing atomic masses which of the following element? D. Decreasing atomic masses A. Carbon Answer: C. Increasing atomic masses

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250. The two metal ions that cause hardness to water Answer: C. Formation of lather with soap are……………? 254. During the fermentation of sugar, the compound A. Calcium and Magnesium which is always formed is…………? B. Sodium and Magnesium A. Acetic acid C. Magnesium and Sulphur B. Ethylene D. Sodium and Chlorine C. Ethyl Alcohol Answer: A. Calcium and Magnesium D. Methyl Alcohol 251 Which among the following is the lightest Answer: C. Ethyl Alcohol radioactive element in the Periodic Table? 255. The process of removal of carbon particles from A. Polonium the air involves which of the following principle? B. Uranium A. Sedimentation C. Tritium B. Filtration D. Deuterium C. Sedimentation Answer: C. Tritium D. Electrophoresis 252. When diamond is heated at more than 1500 Answer: D. Electrophoresis Degree Celsius in the absence of air, then it turns 256. Which one of the following is commonly used for to………….? pulp bleaching in the paper industry? A. Coal A. Glucose Isomerase B. Carbondioxide B. Hydrogen Peroxide C. Fullerene C. Mixture of Iodine and Water D. Graphite D. Mild Sulphuric acid Answer: D. Graphite Answer: B. Hydrogen Peroxide 253. Which of the following method can be employed 257. Diamond does not conduct electricity because of to test the Hardness of Water? which of the following reason? A. Sublimation A. Because of its crystalline nature B. Distillation B. Because of its compact structure C. Formation of lather with soap C. Because only carbon atoms are present in it D. Saponification D. Due to absence of free electrons

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Answer: D. Due to absence of free electrons D. Isoelectronic 258. Which of the following process is involved in the Answer: B. Isotopes manufacturing of iron from iron-ore? 262. Who among the following classified the elements A. Oxidation into metals and non-metals? B. Reduction A. Mendeleev C. Electrolysis B. Lavoisier D. Fractional Distillation C. Moseley Answer: B. Reduction D. John Dalton 259. Which of the following instrument is used to Answer: B. Lavoisier measure the change in the volume of the gases? 263. A reaction in which oxidation and reduction A. Viscometer takes place simultaneously is…………...? B. Calorimeter A. Oxidation Reaction C. Tensiometer B. Reduction Reaction D. Eudiometer C. Displacement Reaction Answer: D. Eudiometer D. Redox Reaction 260. Which of the following gas is used in the Answer: D. Redox Reaction preparation of the bleaching powder? 264. What is the name of the reaction in which acid A. Oxygen reacts with base to form salt and water? B. Nitrogen A. Substitution reaction C. Chlorine B. Decomposition reaction D. Hydrogen C. Combination reaction Answer: C. Chlorine D. Neutralisation reaction 261. Atoms of the elements having same atomic Answer: D. Neutralisation reaction number, but different mass numbers are known 265. Which acid is present in a tomato? as………...? A. Tartaric acid A. Isobars B. Maleic acid B. Isotopes C. Oxalic acid C. Isotones D. Stearic acid

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Answer: C. Oxalic acid Answer: A. Butane and Propane 266. Which of the following acid proves to be useful 270. The earthy impurities like sand, rocks and for the purification of gold and silver? limestone present in an ore is called…………...? A. Sulphuric acid A. Gangue B. Hydrochloric acid B. Flux C. Carboxylic acid C. Slag D. Nitric acid D. Both a and b Answer: D. Nitric acid Answer: A. Gangue. 267. What is the value of the specific-gravity of 271. Which of the following isotope of hydrogen is diamond? radioactive in nature? A. 3.53 A. Protium B. 3.45 B. Tritium C. 3.52 C. Deuterium D. 3.33 D. All of the above Answer: C. 3.52 Answer: B. Tritium

268. Which substance is used for making the 272. Which catalyst is used for the synthesis of H2SO4 electrodes of the electric furnaces? by Lead-Chamber process? A. Carbon A. Platinum B. Zinc B. Nickel C. Iron C. Aluminium oxide D. Graphite D. Nitrogen oxide Answer: D. Graphite Answer: D. Nitrogen oxide 269. Liquified Petroleum gas (LPG) is a mixture of 273. Glycol is used to manufacture which of the which of the following two components? following? A. Butane and Propane A. Natural rubber B. Methane and Propane B. Nylon C. Isobutane and Propane C. Artificial silk D. Methane and Isobutane D. Terylene

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Answer: D. Terylene Answer: D. Phosphoric acid 274. Galvanised iron is made by coating iron with 278. Which scientist gave the concept of fixed energy which of the following metal? levels around the nucleus? A. Nickel A. Ernest Rutherford B. Zirconium B. Neils Bohar C. Zinc C. J.J.Thomsan D. Manganese D. None of these Answer: C. Zinc Answer. B. Neils Bohar 275. The Polymerisation of which of the following is 279. Which of the following compound is commonly used in the manufacturing of polythene in industry? used to restore the colour of the old-paintings? A. Acetylene A. Hydrogen Peroxide B. Vinyl Chloride B. Sodium Peroxide C. Styrene C. Sodium Chloride D. Ethylene D. Manganese dioxide Answer: D. Ethylene Answer: A. Hydrogen Peroxide 276. The anode of the lead-storage battery is made 280. Cream gets separated out of milk when it is up of which of the following metal? churned. This happens due to which of the following A. Lead force? B. Iron A. Centrifugal force C. Cobalt B. Centripetal force D. Copper C. Gravitational force Answer: A. Lead D. Frictional force 277. Sour Taste of Coca-Cola is due to the presence of Answer: A. Centrifugal force which of the following acid? 281. Which of the following chemical is most A. Acetic acid commonly used for cloud-seeding or artificial B. Formic acid rainmaking? C. Tartaric acid A. Sodium Chloride D. Phosphoric acid B. Silver Iodide

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C. Magnesium Chloride C. Glucose D. Sodium Sulphate D. Urea Answer: B. Silver Iodide Answer: D. Urea 282. Which of the following gas is used in the 286. Which of the following non-metallic element manufacture of Vanaspati Ghee? shows allotropy in the liquid state? A. Nitrogen A. Sulphur B. Oxygen B. Oxygen C. Carbondioxide C. Nitrogen D. Hydrogen D. Carbon Answer: D. Hydrogen Answer: A. Sulphur 283. Which of the following acid is used to remove ink 281. Which of the following form of Phosphorous is and rust spots on clothes? considered to be the most reactive? A. Hydrochloric acid A. Violet phosphorous B. Formic acid B. Red phosphorous C. Oxalic acid C. White phosphorous D. Sulphuric acid D. Black phosphorous Answer: C. Oxalic acid Answer: C. White phosphorous 284. Which of the following apparatus is used to test 282. Who among the following is known for the the acidity of the aqueous solution? discovery of atomic-bomb? A. Calorimeter A. J. Robert Oppenheimer B. Lactometer B. John Albery C. Hygrometer C. John Dalton D. pH meter D. Richard R. Ernst Answer: D. pH meter Answer: A. J. Robert Oppenheimer 285. Which of the following is the first organic 283. Which of the following element is found in compound that was synthesised in the laboratory? maximum percentage in the human body? A. Uric acid A. Calcium B. Sulphuric acid B. Phosphorous

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C. Oxygen C. Potassium D. Nitrogen D. Thallium Answer: C. Oxygen Answer: A. Silicon 284. Which of the following alkali metals has the 288. Which one of the following is considered as the highest specific heat? purest form of iron? A. Potassium A. Pig Iron B. Rubidium B. Cast Iron C. Lithium C. Steel D. Francium D. Wrought Iron Answer: C. Lithium Answer: D. Wrought Iron 285. Which of the following fundamental particles are 289. Which of the following substance is commonly found in the nucleus of an atom? used as a preservative in foods? A. Neutrons and electrons A. Acetic acid B. Neutrons and protons B. Tartaric acid C. Protons and electrons C. Sodium Benzoate D. Electrons, protons and neutrons D. Sodium Carbonate Answer: B. Neutrons and protons Answer: C. Sodium Benzoate 286. Which of the following gas is used for the 290. Which one of the following is the most abundant artificial ripening of the green-fruits? inert gas present in the atmosphere? A. Phosphine A. Helium B. Ethylene B. Argon C. Fluoroacetylene C. Krypton D. Propane D. Radon Answer: B. Ethylene Answer: B. Argon 287. Which of the following element is required for 291. Which of the following isotope of uranium is the conversion of the solar energy? used as a nuclear-fuel in reactors? A. Silicon A. U-237 B. Rubidium B. U-238

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C. U-235 C. Butyric acid D. U-233 D. Hydrochloric acid Answer: C. U-235 Answer: D. Hydrochloric acid 292. Vinegar prepared by fermentation of cane-sugar 296. Which of the following element is used for the contains what percentage of acetic acid by volume? manufacture of the safety-matches? A. 10-20% A. Thorium B. 5-20% B. Tungsten C. 15-20% C. Phosphorous D. 8-15% D. Sulphur Answer: B. 5-20% Answer: C. Phosphorous 293. Which of the following gas usually causes 297. Which of the following element can form a large explosions in coal-mines? number of compounds because of its property of A. Propane catenation? B. Methane A. Sulphur C. Fluoroethane B. Potassium D. Diazomethane C. Aluminium Answer: B. Methane D. Carbon 294. Which of the following is the most reactive Answer: D. Carbon element in the Halogen series? 298. What is the element that is in the highest A. Chlorine percentage in the composition of the earth? B. Bromine A: Silicon C. Fluorine B: Oxygen D. Iodine C: Magnesium Answer: C. Fluorine D: Iron 295. Which of the following acid is secreted by the Answer: B. Oxygen glands in the wall of the stomach? 299. Which is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s A. Acetic acid crust? B. Oxalic acid A. Aluminium

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B. Nickel C. Oxidising property C. Iron D. Reducing property D. Silicon Answer: D. Reducing property Answer: A. Aluminium 304. The long range potential of nuclear energy in 300. Solder is an alloy of India depends on its reserves of A. Lead, Zinc A. Thorium B. Copper, Lead B. Uranium C. Tin, Lead C. Plutonium D. Sodium, Lead D. Radium Answer: C. Tin, lead Answer: B: Uranium 301. Gelatin is mostly used in making ice creams in 305.Which of the following gases will effuse out of order to football bladder most quickly? A. Prevent making a colloid A. He

B. Stabilise the colloid and prevent crystallisation B. H2

C. Stabilise mixture C. N2

D. Enrich the aroma D. 02

Answer: B. stabilise the colloid and prevent Answer: B. H2 crystallisation 306.Which of the following alkali metals has highest 302.The advantage of detergents over soaps is specific heat? A. Detergents are soluble in water A. Cesium B. Detergents could not give much lather B. Rubidium C. Detergents give lather even with hard Water C. Potassium D. Soaps give lather with only soft water D. lithium Answer: C. Detergents give lather even with hard Water Answer: D. Lithium 303. Bleaching action of moist sulphur dioxide is 307.In which of the following substances all carbon because of its atoms are quaternary in nature? A. Basic property A. Graphite B. Acidic property B. Diamond

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C. Teflon Answer: D. Neon D. Napthalene 312. Muscle fatigue is caused by the accumulation of Answer:B. Diamond A. Pyruvic acid 308. The acid present in red ants is B. Lactic acid A. Acetic acid C. Oxalic acid B. Butyric acid D. Uric acid C. Caproicacid Answer: B. Lactic acid D. Formic acid 313. Which of the following type of coal has the lowest Answer: D. Formic acid proportion of volatile matter? 309. The wire of flash bulb is made of A. Lignite A. Copper B. Peat B. Barium C. Bituminous C. Magnesium D. Anthracite D. Silver Answer: D. Anthracite Answer: C. Magnesium 314. The natural resource known as black gold is 310.Which of the following elements is non- A. Petroleum radioactive? B. Lead A. Uranium C. Tin B. Thorium D. Platinum C. Plutonium Answer: A . Petroleum D. Zirconium 315.Saccharin is made up of Answer: D. Zirconium A. Toluene 311. The coloured discharge tubes for advertisement B. Phenol mainly contain C. Propane A. Xenon D. Butane B. Argon Answer: A. Toluene C. Helium 316. PVC is obtained by the polymerisation of D. Neon A. Propane

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B. Vinyl chloride C: Coke C. Styrene D: Graphite D. Acetylene Answer: A. Carbon black Answer: B. Vinyl chloride 321. Copper is refined by 317. Which of the following vegetable oils does not A. Roasting contain essential fatty acids? B. Oxidation A: Sunflower oil C. Electrolysis B: Mustard oil D. Zone refining C: Coconut oil Answer: A. Roasting D: Groundnut oil 322. The element with highest first ionisation energy Answer: A. Sunflower oil is 318. Which of the following imparts deep blue colour A. Hydrogen to glass? B. Helium A. Cobalt oxide C. Lithium B. Cupric oxide D. Sodium C. Ferrous oxide Answer: B. Helium D. Nickel oxide 323.What is noble’s oil Answer: A.Cobalt oxide A. Nitric oxide 319. Which of the following fibres catches fire least? B. Nitro glycerine A. Nylon C. H2so4 B. Cotton D. Sodium C. Rayon Answer: B. Nitro glycerine D. Terricot 324. Aspirin is Answer: B. Cotton A. Methyl benzoic acid 320. Which of the following is used as filler in tyre of B. Methyl Salicilate rubber? C. Acetylsalicylic acid A: Carbon black D. Phenyl Salicilate B: Coal Answer: C. Acetylsalicylic acid

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325. Cloud is a colloidal dispersion of B. Diesel A. Air in a dispersion medium of water C. LPG B. Fog in a dispersion medium of water D. Mercury C. Mist in a dispersion medium of air Answer: A. Petrol D. Water drops in a dispersion medium of air 330. Detergents used for cleaning clothes and utensils Answer: D. Water drops in a dispersion medium of air contain 326. Which of the following is the petroleum wax? A. Nitrates A. Bees wax B. Bicarbonates B. Camauba wax C. Sulphonates C. Paraffin wax D. Bismuthates D. Jojoba wax Answer: C. Sulphonates Answer: C. Paraffin wax 331. Radioactive disintegration of uranium ultimately 327. Which variety of coal contains recognizable results in formation of traces of the original plant material? A. Radium A. Anthracite B. Thorium B. Lignite C. Polonium C. Peat D. Lead D. Bitumen Answer: D. Lead Answer: C. Peat 332. Which of the following is used in making smoke 328. Which of the following metals form an amalgam bombs? with other metals? A. Sulphur A. Lead B. Phosphorus B. Tin C. Hydrogen C. Zinc D. Carbon D. Mercury Answer: B. Phosphorus Answer: D. Mercury 333. German silver is an alloy of 329. Octane number is the measure of quality of A. Copper nickel and silver A. Petrol B. Silver copper and Aluminium

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C. Zinc copper and nickel C. The molecules in them collide Very freely D. Zinc silver and copper D. They contain reflecting surface Answer: C. Zinc copper and nickel Answer: A. They contain free electrons 334. A metal is exposed to the atmosphere for some 338.The first metal used by a man was time It becomes coated with green carbonate. The A. Copper metal must be B. Silver A. Silver C. Bronze B. Copper D. Brass C. Aluminium Answer: A. Copper D. Zinc 339.Which of the following is used to remove rust Answer: B. Copper stains on clothes? 335. Which of the following pairs of materials serves A. Kerosene as electrodes in chargeable batteries commonly used B. Lime in devices such as torch lights electric shavers etc.? C. Oxalic acid solution A. Iron and cadmium D. Petrol B. Nickel and cadmium Answer: C. Oxalic acid solution C. Lead peroxide and lead 340. Curd is sour due to presence of D. Zinc and carbon A. Tartaric acid Answer: B. Nickel and cadmium B. Lactic acid 336. Which of the following is a super cooled liquid? C. Acetic acid A. Ice Cream D. Oxalic acid B. Teflon Answer: B. Lactic acid C. Glass 342.Which of the following compounds is commonly D. Mercury used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes and Answer: C. Glass toothpastes? 337. Metal are good conductors because A. Borax A. They contain free electrons B. Saltpetre B. The molecules in them are very close to each other C. Hydrogen peroxide

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D. Sodium chloride Answer: C. Lead oxide Answer: D. Sodium chloride 347.Which one of the following is radioactive? 343. Which of the following substance is highly A. Cesium plastic? B. Platinum A. Quartz C. Strontium B. Mica D. Thorium C. Granite Answer: D. Thorium D. Clay 348. Aluminum can be purified by Answer: D. Clay A. Oxidation 344. Milk is a natural B. Distillation A. Solution C. Electrolysis B. Emulsion D. Ozonolysis C. Mixture Answer: C. Electrolysis D. Suspension 349. Impure camphor is purified by Answer: B. Emulsion A. sublimation 345.Drinking soda is B. fractional crystallisation A. Alkaline C. fractional distillation B. Acidic D. Steam distillation C. Neutral Answer: A. sublimation D. Oxidant 350. Type metal used in printing press is an alloy of Answer: B. Acidic A. Lead and copper 346.The cathode of a lead storage battery is made up B. Lead and antimony of C. Lead and bismuth A. Zinc D. Lead and zinc. B. Lead Answer: B. Lead and antimony C. Lead oxide 351. Which of the following is used in welding broken D. Manganese dioxide pieces of iron rails and machine parts? A. Aluminium sulphate

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B. Solder D: None of these C. Aluminium powder Answer: A. Increases the rate of the reaction D. None of the above 356. Which of the following gases is most toxic? Answer: C. Aluminium powder A. Carbon dioxide 352.Bhopal gas tragedy is associated with leakage of B. Carbon monoxide A. Carbon dioxide C. Sulphur dioxide B. Nitrogen dioxide D. Chlorine C. Sulphur dioxide Answer: B. Carbon monoxide D. Methyl isocynate 357. Which of the following could be used as fuel in Answer: D. Methyl isocynate propellant or rockets? 353.The acid rain destroys vegetations because it A. Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Nitrogen contains B. Liquid Oxygen + Liquid Argon A. Nitric acid C. Liquid Nitrogen + Liquid Oxygen B. Ozone D. Liquid Hydrogen + Liquid Oxygen C. Carbon monoxide Answer: D. Liquid Hydrogen +Liquid Oxygen D. Sulphuric acid 358. The Refrigerant FREON is Answer: D. Sulphuric acid A. Calcium Tetra Fluoride 354. Diamonds are glittering and attractive because B. Di fluoro Di chloro Methane light Incident on them undergoes C. Fluorspar and Feldspar A: Highest refraction D. Hydroflurodslicic Acid B: Multiple internal reflections Answer: B. Di fluoro Di chloro Methane C: Multiple surface reflections 359. Alum stops bleeding in minor cuts because of D: Hundred percent transmission A. Salvation Answer: B. Multiple Internal Reflections B. Emulsion 355.Catalyst is a substance which C. Dialysis A: Increases the rate of the reaction D. Coagulation B: Decreases the rate of reaction Answer: D. Coagulation C: Has no action on the rate of the reaction 360. The temperature of oxyacetylene flame is around

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A: 280°C C. Air B: 2000°C D. Nitrogen C: >2500°C Answer: A. Helium D: 1500°C 365.Hydrogen is not found in atmosphere because Answer: C: >2500°C A. It is highly inflammable 361.Water can be separated from alcohol water B. It is the lightest gas mixture by C. It is absorbed by plants A. Decantation D. It immediately combines with oxygen to form water B. Evaporation Answer: B. It is the lightest gas C. Distillation 366. The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is D. Sublimation A. 60% Answer: C. Distillation B. 75% 362.Milk Sugar is C. 80% A. Lactose D. 90% B. Maltose Answer: B.75% C. Galactose 367.Which one of the following organic compounds D. Sucrose has fruity smell? Answer: A. Lactose A. Alcohol 363.Petroleum is a mixture of B. Aldehyde A: Elements C. Ester B: Hydrocarbons D. Ether C: Polymers Answer: C. Ester D: Salts 368.What material is used to make electric heater Answer: B. hydrocarbons coil? 364. The gas used for filling weather balloons is A. Copper A. Helium B. Iron B. Hydrogen C. Silver

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D. Nichrome Answer: C. N02 Answer: D. Nichrome 373.The polymer used in making plastic crockery is 369. Byproduct obtained by soap industry is A. Decron A. Caustic soda B. Nylon B. Glycerol C. Bakelite C. Naphthalene D. Melamine D. Caustic potash Answer: D. Mealamine Answer: B. Glycerol 374. Vulcanization of rubber is carried out by adding 370. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture A. Sulphur of B. Carbon A. limestone and graphite C. Ozone B. limestone and clay D. Phosphorus C. chalk and graphite. Answer: A. Sulphur D clay and graphite 375.Which gas is used as fire extinguisher? Answer: B. limestone and clay A. Carbon dioxide 371.When formaldehyde and potassium hydroxide B. Carbon monoxide are heated we get C. Carbon sub oxide A. Acetylene D. Sulphur dioxide B. Methyl alcohol Answer: A. Carbon dioxide C. Methane 376.Which one of the following is extensively used for D. Ethyl formate sterilizing water? Answer: B. Methyl alcohol A. Bleaching powder

372.When cone H2S04 is added to dry KNO3 brown B. Alum fumes are evolved. These fumes are due to C. Borax powder

A. S03 D. Soda powder

B. S02 Answer: A. Bleaching powder

C. N02 377. The major constituent of air is

D. N2O A. Nitrogen

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B. Carbon dioxide C. Sulphuric acid C. Oxygen D. Aqua regia D. Hydrogen Answer: D. Aqua regia Answer: A. Nitrogen 382.An emulsion is a colloid of a 378. Rusting of iron takes place due to A. Gas in a liquid A. oxidation B. Liquid in a liquid B. carbonation C. Liquid in a gas C. exfoliation D. Gas in a solid D. corrosion Answer: B. Liquid in a liquid Answer: A. oxidation 383. Percentage of carbon in steel is ranges from 379. The purity of gold is expressed in carats. The A: 1 to 5 purest form of gold is. B: 5 to 0 A: 24 carats C: 0 to 10 B: 6 carats D: 0 to 20 C: 916 carats Answer: A. 1 to 5 D: 22 carats 384. Glycol is added to aviation gasoline because it Answer: A: 24 carats A. Reduces evaporation of petrol 380. The addition of gypsum to Portland cement B. Increases efficiency of petrol helps in: C. Prevents freezing of petrol A: Increasing the strength of cement D. Reduces consumption of petrol B: Rapid setting of cement Answer: C. Prevents freezing of petrol C: Preventing rapid setting of cement 385.The freezer in a refrigerator is fitted near the top D: Reduction in the cost of cement A: To keep it away from hot compressor which is nearer Answer: C. Preventing rapid setting of cement to the bottom 381.One of the following is used to dissolve noble B: Because of convenience metals. That is C: It facilitates convection currents. A. Nitric acid D: To minimize power consumption B. Hydrochloric acid

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Answer: C. It facilitates convection currents B. 66 386. Which one of the following minerals is found in C. 40 Monazite sand? D. 80 A. Potassium Answer: A. 0 B. Uranium 391. Water is not effective in extinguishing a fire C. Thorium caused by petrol because D. Sodium A. Die flame is too hot for water to cool it down Answer: C. Thorium B. Water and petrol react chemically 387.Denatured spirit is ethanol mixed with C. Water and petrol are miscible with each other A. Petrol D. Water and petrol are immiscible with each other and B. Kerosene petrol which forms the upper layer continues to burn C. Water Answer: D. Water and petrol are immiscible with each D. Pyridine other and petrol which forms the upper layer continues to Answer: D. Pyridine burn 388. Supersonic Jet causes pollution by thinning of 392.Helium gas is used in gas balloons instead of

A. O3 layer hydrogen gas because it is

B. O2 layer A. Lighter than hydrogen

C. SO2 layer B. More abundant than hydrogen

D. CO2 layer C. Non-combustible

Answer: A. O3 layer D. More stable 389.Which metal is extracted from seawater? Answer: C. Non-combustible A: Barium B: Magnesium C: Aluminium 393. Ruby and sapphire are oxides of D: Beryllium A. Copper Answer: B. Magnesium B. Tin 390.Percentage of lead in lead pencils is C. Iron A. 0 D. Aluminium

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Answer D. Aluminium B. Soluble in hyposolution 394.In nuclear reactors graphite is used as an C. Reduced by light A. Fuel D. Totally colourless B. Lubricant Answer: C. Reduced by light C. Moderator 399.Candle is a mixture of D. Insulator A. Paraffin wax and stearic acid Answer: C. Moderator B. Bees wax and stearic acid 395. Detergents clean surfaces on the principle of C. Higher fatty acids and stearic acid A: Viscosity D. Bees wax and paraffin wax B: Surface tension Answer: A Paraffin wax and stearic acid C: Elasticity 400. What is called ethanol solution D: Floatation containing 5% water? Answer: B. Surface tension A. Rectified spirit 396. White phosphorus is always kept under B. Denatured spirit A. Benzene C. Methylated alcohol B. Kerosene D. Power alcohol C. Ether Answer: A. Rectified spirit D. Water 401.The important ore of aluminium is Answer: D. Water A. Bauxite 397. The noble gas used in radiotherapy is B. Cryolite A: Neon C. Fluorspar B: Argon D. Haematite C: Radon Answer: A. Bauxite D: Xenon 402. Aqua regia is a 1:3 mixture by volume of Answer: C. Radon A. Concentric nitric acid and cone hydro chloric acid 398. Silver halides are used in photographic plates B. Cone hydrochloric acid and cone nitric acid because they are C. Cone nitric acid and cone sulphuric acid A. Oxidised in air D. Conc. sulphuric acid and cone nitric acid

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Answer: A. Concentric nitric acid and cone hydro chloric Pencils acid A. Graphite 403.The amount of chlorine available in water after B. Lead disinfection is called as C. Carbon A. Free chlorine D. Mica B. Residual chlorine Answer: A. Graphite C. Free available chlorine 408. If all bullets could not be removed from gunshot D. Combined available chlorine injury of a man it may cause poisoning by Answer: B. Residual chlorine A. Mercury 404.What is the major pollutants of cigarette smoke? B. Lead A. Carbon monoxide and dioxin C. Iron B. Carbon monoxide and nicotine D. Arsenic C. Carbon monoxide and benzene Answer: B .Lead D. Dioxin and benzene 409.Wax used for making candle is chemically a Answer: B. Carbon monoxide and nicotine mixture of 405. Zinc sulphide is commonly used as A. Aliphatic hydrocarbons A: Fungicide B. Aromatic hydrocarbons B: Herbicide C. Cyclic hydrocarbons C: Rodenticide D. Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons D: Deodorant Answer: A. Aliphatic hydrocarbons Answer: C. Rodenticide 410.Litmus is obtained from 406. The purest form of water is A: A bacterium A. Tap water B: A fungus B. Rainwater C: An algae C. Groundwater D: Lichen D. Distilled water Answer: D. Lichen Answer: B. Rainwater 411. Vinegar made by fermentation from cane sugar 407. The material used in the manufacture of lead contains

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A. Palmitic acid C. Limestone B. Lactic acid D. Gypsum C. Citric acid Answer: A. Slaked lime D. Acetic acid 416. It is necessary to balance a chemical equation in Answer: D. Acetic acid order to satisfy the law of: 412. Tetra Ethyle lead (TEL) is A. Conservation of motion A. A catalyst in burning fossil fuel B. Conservation of momentum B. An antioxidant C. Conservation of energy C. A reductant D. Conservation of mass D. An antiknock compound Answer. D. Conservation of mass Answer: D. An antiknock compound 417. The condition produced by aerial oxidation of fats and oils in foods marked by unpleasant smell and 413.Ozone consists of taste is called A. Oxygen only A. Antioxidation B. Oxygen and Nitrogen B. Reduction C. Hydrogen and Carbon C. Rancidity D. Oxygen and Carbon D. Corrosion Answer: A. Oxygen only 414.An emulsifier is an agent which Answer: C. Rancidity A. Stabilizes an emulsion 418. Which of the following gases is used in the B. Aids the flocculation of an emulsion storage of fat and oil containing foods for a long C. Accelerates the dispersion time? D. Homogenises an emulsion A. Carbondioxide gas Answer: A. stabilises an emulsion B. Nitrogen gas 415. Mortar is a mixture of water, sand and C. Oxygen gas A. Slaked lime D. Neon gas B. Quick lime Answer. B. Nitrogen gas

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419. One of the following processes does not involve a 423. We store silver chloride in a dark coloured bottle chemical reaction. That is: because it is A. Melting of candle wax when heated A. A white solid B. Burning of candle wax when heated B. Undergoes redox reaction C. Digestion of food in our stomach C. To avoid action by sunlight D. Ripening of banana D. None of the above Answer. A. Melting of candle wax when heated Answer: C. To avoid action by sunlight 420. Give the ratio in which hydrogen and oxygen 424. Respiration is an: are present in water by volume. A. Exothermic process A. 1:2 B. Endothermic process B. 1:1 C. Reversible process C. 2:1 D. Both A and B D. 1:8 Answer: A. Exothermic process Answer: A. 1:2 425. Dilute acid does not produce carbon dioxide on 421. Fe+ CuSO4 --> FeSO4 + Cu being treated with The above reaction is an example of a A. Marble A. Combination reaction. B. Lime B. Double displacement reaction. C. Baking soda C. Decomposition reaction. D. Limestone D. Displacement reaction. Answer. B. Lime

Answer: D. Displacement reaction. 426. Na2CO3 . 10H2Ois 422. When a magnesium ribbon is burnt in air, the A. Washing soda ash formed is B. Baking soda A. Black C. Bleaching powder B. White D. Tartaric acid C. Yellow D. Pink Answer: A. Washing soda Answer: B. White

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427. Alkalis are C. CaSO₄. H₂O A. Acids, which are soluble in water D. CaSO₄. 3H₂O B. Acids, which are insoluble in water Answer: B. CaSO₄. 2H₂O C. Bases, which are insoluble in water 432. Acid present in apple is: D. Bases, which are soluble in water A. Oxalic acid Answer: D. Bases, which are soluble in water B. Malic acid 428. Nettle sting is a natural source of which acid? C. Acetic acid A. Methanoic acid D. Formic acid B. Lactic acid Answer: B. Malic acid C. Citric acid 433. Generally, non-metals are not lustrous. Which D. Tartaric acid of the given nonmetals is lustrous? Answer: A. Methanoic acid A. Sulphur 429. What is the pH range of our body? B. Oxygen A. 7.0 – 7.8 C. Nitrogen B. 7.2 – 8.0 D. Iodine C. 7.0 – 8.4 Answer: D. Iodine D. 7.2 – 8.4 434. Generally, non-metals are not conductors of Answer: A. 7.0 – 7.8 electricity. Which of the given is a good conductor 430. The chemical formula of Plaster of Paris is of electricity? A. CaSO₄.1/2H₂O A. Diamond B. CaSO₄. 2H₂O B. Graphite C. CaSO₄. H₂O C. Sulphur D. CaSO₄. 3H₂O D. Fullerene Answer: A. CaSO₄.1/2H₂O Answer: B. Graphite 431. The chemical formula of Gypsum is 435. Functional group – COOH is present in which of A. CaSO₄. 1/2H₂O the given? B. CaSO₄. 2H₂O A. Carboxylic acid B. Alcohol

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C. Aldehyde C. Number of shells in the atom D. Ketone D. Valence electrons Answer: A. Carboxylic acid Answer: D. Valence electrons 436. Functional group – CHO is present in which of the given? 440. At the time of Mendeleev, the number of A. Carboxylic acid elements known was B. Alcohol A. 63 C. Aldehyde B. 65 D. Ketone C. 62 Answer: C. Aldehyde D. 64 437. How many periods and groups are present in Answer: A. 63 the periodic table? 441. Which of the following phenomena always A. 7 periods and 18 groups results in the cooling effect? B. 8 periods and 7 groups A. Condensation C. 7 periods and 7 groups B. Evaporation D. 8 periods and 8 groups C. Sublimation Answer: A. 7 periods and 18 groups D. None of these 438. Which group elements are called transition Answer: B. Evaporation metals? 442. The molecular formula of potassium nitrate is

A. Group number 1 to 2 A. KNO3 B. Group number 13 to 18 B. KNO

C. Group number 3 to 12 C. KNO2 D. Group number 1 to 8 D. KON

Answer: C. Group number 3 to 12 Answer. A. KNO3 439. Which of the following does not decrease while 443. The value of Avogadro’s constant is: moving down the group of the periodic table? A. 6.0 × 1024 A. Atomic radius B. 6.01 × 1022 B. Metallic character

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C. 6.022 × 1023 447. Which amongst the following is used in the D. 6.022 × 10-23 manufacturing of perfumes? Answer: C. 6.022 × 1023 A. Coal tar 444. Which radioactive element is used in the B. Coal gas treatment of cancer? C. Coke A. Iodine-131 D. Kerosene B. Uranium-234 Answer: A. Coal tar C. Plutonium-239 448. Which of the following is used in metal D. Cobalt-60 extraction? Answer. D. Cobalt-60 A. Coke B. Petroleum 445. Blood and sea water are C. Coal gas A. Both mixtures D. Coal tar B. Both are compounds Answer: A. Coke C. Blood is a mixture whereas sea water is a 449. Number of valence electrons in carbon is compound A. 2 D. Blood is a compound and sea water is a mixture B. 4 Answer: A. Both mixtures C. 3 446. Fibres of ______resemble that of silk and D. 5 hence, it is popularly known as 'artificial silk'. Answer: B.4

A. Acrylic 450. SiO2 + CaO → CaSiO3 is a B. Polyester A. Decomposition Reaction C. Rayon B. Combination Reaction D. Nylon C. Single Displacement Reaction Answer: C. Rayon D. Double Displacement Reaction Answer: B. Combination Reaction

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Biology

1) What is the normal resting heart rate range for D. Kidney adults in beats/min? Answer: C. Liver A. 50 to 80 5) Which of the following hormone is secreted by the B. 120 to 150 posterior pituitary gland? C. 75 to 120 A. Oxytocin D. 60 to 100 B. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) Answer: D. 60 to 100 C. Prolactin 2) Anaemic condition in humans occurs due to the D. Follicle Stimulating hormone (FSH) deficiency of …….? Answer: A. Oxytocin A. RBC 6) Zeatin is produced in……… and transported B. Platelets to………. in the xylem where it promotes cell- C. WBC division? D. Oxidants a) Shoots, Roots Answer: A. RBC b) Shoots, Leaves 3) Which of the following bacterium is responsible c) Roots, Shoots for the conversion of milk into curd? d) Leaves, Stem A. Vibrio Answer: c) Roots, Shoots B. Lactobacillus 7) Which of the following cell-organelle is found in C. Spirilla the plant cell but not in the animal cell? D. Spirochete a) Golgi-bodies Answer: B. Lactobacillus b) Chloroplast 4) The disease Cirrhosis affects which of the c) Mitochondria following organ in the human body? d) Ribosomes A. Brain Answer: b) Chloroplast B. Heart 8) Mitochondria is absent in which of the following C. Liver cells in the human body? Page 116 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams a) Red blood cells 12) What is the name of the enzyme that digests the b) Liver cell high protein content present in soya beans and c) Muscle cell peas? d) White blood cells a) Lipases Answer: a) Red blood cells b) Lactase 9) The hormone secreted in plants due to which its c) Amylases stem bends towards sunlight towards sunlight is d) Proteases called- Answer: d) Proteases a) Gibberellin 13) Which mineral helps in the absorption of oxygen in b) Cytokinin the blood? c) Ascorbic acid a) Calcium d) Auxin b) Potassium Answer: d) Auxin c) Zinc 10) The chemoautotrophs use heat energy in the d) Iron absence of sunlight to convert dissolved hydrogen Answer: d) Iron sulphide and carbon dioxide into? 14) Which of the following is not the function of the a) Toxic compounds liver, the largest gland in human body? b) Organic compounds a) Removes certain wastes from the body c) Inorganic compounds b) Protects gall-bladder d) Both b and c c) Stores Glycogen Answer: b) Organic compounds d) Produces Bile 11) Who gave the theory of natural selection to explain Answer: b) Protects gall-bladder organic evolution? 15) In human body the fluids involved in the exchange a) Albert Einstein of substances between cells and their immediate b) Robert Hooke environment are …….? c) Charles Darwin a) Blood d) Herbert Spencer b) Lymph and blood Answer: c) Charales Darwin c) Lymph or extracellular fluid

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams d) Water circulating in the body d) Stomata Answer: b) Lymph and blood Answer: d) Stomata 16) Which part of the flower becomes seed after 20) Which of the following gland secretes enzymes as undergoing fertilization? well as hormones? a) Pollen a) Thyroid b) Carpel b) Liver c) Ovary c) Pancreas d) Ovule d) Pituitary Answer: d) Ovule. Answer: c) Pancreas 17) Pulmonary artery carries blood to the lungs from 21) Which among the following is known as “control which chamber of the heart? room” of the cell? a) Left atrium a) Mitochondria b) Right ventricle b) Lysosomes c) Left ventricle c) Nucleus d) Right atrium d) Golgi-bodies Answer: b) Right ventricle Answer: c) Nucleus 18) Which technique is used for the survival of the 22) Which of the following are the two important patient when both the kidneys fail to work? constituents of viruses? a) Kidney transplant only a) Lipids and Carbohydrates b) Dialysis only b) Lipids and Proteins c) Dialysis or Kidney Transplant c) Carbohydrate and Nucleic acid d) None of these d) Nucleic acid and Proteins Answer: c) Dialysis or Kidney Transplant Answer: d) Nucleic acid and Proteins 19) Which part of the leaf makes carbon dioxide 23) Which of the following hormone is secreted by the available for Photosynthesis? human ovary? a) Leaf margin a) Estrogen b) Lower surface of the leaf b) Testosterone c) Veins c) Follicle stimulating hormone

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams d) Luteinizing hormone Answer: c) Pancreas Answer: a) Estrogen 28) Which of the following disorder occurs due to 24) Which one of the following is not an essential change in the 12th autosomal chromosomes? micronutrient for the growth of the plants? a) Klinefelter Syndrome a) Zinc b) Down’s Syndrome b) Sodium c) Patau’s Syndrome c) Boron d) Phenylketonuria d) Manganese Answer: d) Phenylketonuria Answer: b) Sodium 29) Which of the following part of the human brain is 25) The disease Thalassemia in which a person is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting? unable to make haemoglobin is a ……? a) Cerebrum a) Genetic disorder b) Medulla oblongata b) Metabolic disorder c) Cerebellum c) Infectious disease d) Pones d) Bacterial disease Answer: b)Medulla oblongata Answer: a) Genetic disorder 30) Which of the following plant hormone turns the 26) Virus caused to chicken pox dwarf plant into long plants and helps in a) Variola flowering? b) Varicella a) Ethylene c) Rabies b) Auxins d) Pestuis c) Gibberellins Answer: b) varicella d) Cytokinins 27) Insulin hormone which is responsible for causing Answer: c) Gibberellins Diabetes mellitus is secreted through which gland? 31) The process of initial invasion followed by a) Adrenal progression from one biotic community to next is b) Pituitary termed as? c) Pancreas a) Ecological succession d) Thyroid b) Primary succession

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams c) Secondary succession c) Stapes d) Natural succession d) Tibia Answer: b) Primary succession Answer: b) Femur 32) What is the effect of the excessive transpiration in 36) Auxillary Bud develops into which of the following plants? part of the plant? a) Fast growth of leaves a) Fruit b) Yellowing of leaves b) Leaves c) Wilting c) Roots d) Large leaves d) Branch Answer: c) Wilting Answer: d) Branch 33) What is the term used for the permanent stopping 37) Which of the following metal is responsible for of menstrual cycle in women? causing Itai-Itai disease? a) Menarche a) Cadmium b) Dismenorrhea b) Mercury c) Amenorrhea c) Nickel d) Menopause d) Chromium Answer: d) Menopause Answer: a) Cadmium 34) The body of all the complex animals consists of 38) Synapse gap is present between which of the how many basic types of tissues? following? a) 40 a) Brain and spinal cord b) 400 b) Two kidneys c) 4 c) Two neurons d) 4000 d) None of these Answer: c) 4 Answer: c) Two neurons 35) Which of the following is the longest bone in the 39) Which organ has finger like outgrowths which are human body? called as ‘Villi’? a) Febula a) Small intestine b) Femur b) Large intestine

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams c) Gall-Bladder c) Paramecium d) Stomach d) Both a and c Answer: a) Small intestine Answer: b) Mycoplasma 40) What is the term given to a group of similar cells 44) Which component in tobacco makes it harmful for performing a specific function? human consumption? a) Organ a) Morphine b) Organ system b) Nicotine c) Cellular organization c) Heroine d) Tissue d) Caffeine Answer: d)Tissue Answer: b) Nicotine 41) What is the name of the hormone that is produced 45) How many pairs of ribs are there in the human by thymus gland? body? a) Thyroxine a) 13 b) Auxin b) 15 c) Cytokinin c) 12 d) Thymosin d) 14 Answer: d)Thymosin Answer: c)12 42) Which among the following carries impure blood from the human heart to the lungs? 46) Which of the following region has the maximum a) Pulmonary artery biodiversity? b) Pulmonary veins a) Polar region c) Aorta b) Desert d) Vena cava c) River Answer: a) Pulmonary artery d) Tropical region 43) Cell – wall is absent in which of the following Answer: d) Tropical region organism? 47) Who among the following is credited with starting a) Euglena the work on Plant-Tissue Culture? b) Mycoplasma a) P.R White

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams b) P. Maheshwari a) Fertilization c) Haberlandt b) Contamination d) F.C Steward c) Fermentation Answer: c) Haberlandt d) Composting 48) DOTS Treatment is given to the patient suffering Answer: c) Fermentation from which of the following disease? 52) What was the objective of developing a genetically a) AIDS engineered form of Brinjal known as BT-Brinjal? b) Cancer a) To improve its taste and nutritive value c) Hepatitis b) To make it drought resistant d) Tuberculosis c) To increase its size and weight Answer: d) Tuberculosis d) To make it pests resistant 49) Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of Answer: d) To make it pests resistant which of the following component? 53) what is the term used for the pair of contrasting a) Iron dust characters controlling the same trait in an b) Silica dust organism? c) Coal dust a) Lineage d) Zinc dust b) Factors Answer: a) Iron dust c) Loci 50) What is the name of the main protein that is found d) Alleles in milk? Answer: d)Alleles a) Globulin 54) Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for b) Casein causing Colour-Blindness? c) Globin a) WBC d) Albumin b) Cone cells Answer: b) Casein c) Rod cells 51) What is the term used for the bacterial d) Neuron decomposition of the biological matter under Answer: b) Cone cells anaerobic conditions?

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55) Which among the following is a dominant 59) Which of the following chemical component is autosomal disorder in humans? invariably found in all viruses? a) Alzheimer’s disease a) Proteins b) Cystic Fibrosis b) Lipids c) Phenylketonuria c) DNA d) Albinism d) RNA Answer: a) Alzheimer’s disease Answer: a) Protein 56) Which of the following component forms the base 60) Which of the following mosquito is the carrier of of the vegetable fibres? Zika Virus? a) Proteins a) Culiseta b) Cellulose b) Aedes c) Fats c) Culex d) Oils d) Anopheles Answer: b) Cellulose Answer: b) Aedes 57) Lichen is an association between which of the two? 61) Morphology of the chromosomes can be best a) Algae and tree studied at which stage of the Mitosis? b) Algae and fungus a) Prophase c) Algae and bacteria b) Metaphase d) Algae and Legumes c) Anaphase Answer: b) Algae and fungus d) Telophase 58) Which of the following is known to help in the Answer: b) Metaphase absorption of calcium? 62) Which of the following is responsible for the a) Vitamin D transportation of food and other substances in b) Vitamin C plants? c) Vitamin E a) Chloroplast d) Vitamin K b) Xylem Answer: a) Vitamin D c) Phloem d) Both xylem and phloem

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Answer: c) Phloem Answer: c) Cocoon 63) Which term is used to refer to the condition caused 67) Which of the following substances is normally due to the increased RBC’s in the blood? found in urine? a) Polycythemia a) Creatinine b) Anaemia b) Blood proteins c) Leukaemia c) Red blood cells d) Haemophilia d) White blood cells Answer: a) Polycythemia Answer: a) Creatinine 64) Which animal among the following has open 68) What is the total number of bones that are present vascular system? in human body? a) Human a) 309 b) Rats b) 405 c) Cockroach c) 103 d) Birds d) 206 Answer: c) Cockroach Answer: d) 206 65) Lachrymal glands are situated in which of the 69) What is the term used for the process of following part of the human body? pollination by birds? a) Eye orbit a) Embryophily b) Buccal cavity b) Ornithophily c) Nose c) Entomophily d) Palms d) Hydrophily Answer: a) Eye orbit Answer: b) Ornithophily 66) At which stage of the life-cycle, the silkworm yields 70) Which of the following instrument is used to the fibre which is used for commercial purposes? measure the blood-pressure? a) Imago a) Thermometer b) Larva b) ECG c) Cocoon c) Sphygmomanometer d) Egg d) Stethoscope

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Answer: c) Sphygmomanometer d) A 71) Which of the following cell-organelle is known as Answer: c) AB suicidal bags of the cell? 75) Bile is secreted by which of the following part of a) Mitochondria the human body? b) Golgi-bodies A. Liver c) Lysosomes B. Pancreas d) Ribosomes C. Gall-bladder Answer: c) Lysosomes D. Small-intestine 72) Which is the multibranched polysaccharide of Answer: A. Liver glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in 76) Which is the condition in which the concentration animals and fungi? of glucose in the blood is high? a) Chitin A. Emphysema b) Cellulose B. Hypoglycaemia c) Pectin C. Hyperglycemia d) Glycogen D. Glgcosuria Answer: d) Glycogen Answer: C. Hyperglycemia 73) The yellow colour of the urine is due to the 77) Which of the following cell organelles is called the presence of which of the following components? powerhouse of the cell? a) Cholesterol A. Nucleus b) Urochrome B. Lysosomes c) Bile salts C. Chloroplast d) Lymph D. Mitochondria Answer: b) Urochrome Answer: D. Mitochondria. 74) If a person is a Accepter, then he will have which 78) Which of the following cell organelles is called a of the following blood group? suicidal bag? a) O A. Lysosomes b) B B. Golgi bodies c) AB C. Cell membrane

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D. Mitochondria (D) 0.6% Answer: A. Lysosomes Answer: (C) 0.4% 79) Which of the following cell organelles does not 83) Who produces “like cures likes” homeopathic contain DNA? principle? A. Nucleus A. Hippocrates B. Lysosomes B. Samuel Hahnemann C. Chloroplast C. Samuel Cock Bum D. Mitochondria D. George Vethoulkas Sol: B. Lysosomes. Answer: B. Samuel Hahnemanne 80) Which of the following cell organelles is absent in 84) Ripe grape contains. animal cells and present in a plant cell? A. Fructose A. Cell wall B. Glucose B. Cytoplasm C. Sucrose C. Vacuoles D. Maltose D. Mitochondria Answer: A. Fructose Answer: A. Cell wall. 85) Which of the following is an example for 81) Which cell organelle regulates the transport of marsupials? molecules into and out of the cell? A. Kangaroo A. Lysosomes B. Whale B. Golgi bodies C. Giraffe C. Cell membrane D. Rooster D. Mitochondria Ans. A. Kangaroo Sol: C. Cell membrane. 86) Which of the following is vertebrate animal? 82) How much quantity of salt is found in human A. Kiwi body? B. Sponges (A) 1% B. Star fish (B) 2% D. Threadworm (C) 0.4% Answer: A. Kiwi

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87) Which of the following bacteria is a nitrogen B. Heart fixing bacteria? C. Lung A. Salmonella D. Liver B. Rhizobium Answer: B. Heart C. E-coli 92) In humans, the tissue that connects the muscles D. Pseudomonas to bones is called: Answer: B. Rhizobium A. Fiber 88) UHT process is used for the production of: B. Femur A. Oil C. Tendon B. Milk D. Ligament C. Petrol Answer: C. Tendon D Water Answer: B. Milk 93) By the effect of sunlight, our skin becomes 89) How many bones are there in the infant? black. It is happened because of ______. A. 206 A. Carotene B. 234 B. Oxilofytc C. 270 C. Melanin D. 354 D. Phlavoxanthin Answer: C. 270 Ans. C. Melanin 90) Two bones in human body is connected by: 94) Which of the following hormone is not secreted A. by Joints by thyroid gland? B. by ligaments A. Thyroxin C. by muscle B. Calcitonin D. by small bones C. Trilodothyronine Answer: B. by ligament D. Thaimosin 91) In which of the following part of the human Answer: D. Thaimosin body, “Internal motion determiner” is situated? 95) The Sweat glands are present in which part of A. Mind the human body?

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A. Kidney C. A lifestyle disease B. Liver D. Caused by exposure to light C. Pancreas Ans. (A) A genetic disposition D. Skin 100) what does DNA stand for in biology? Answer: D. Skin A. Do Not Accelerate 96) Which of the following is a part of study of B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid human sciences? C. Digital Network Architecture A. Ornithology D. Designed National Authorities B. Anthropology Answer: B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid C. Ichthyology 101) Find the similarity in the following. Common D Cosmetology Cold, Ringworm, Conjunctivitis, Whooping cough Answer: B. Anthropology A. All of them are non-communicable diseases. 97) Human respiration releases B. All of them do not respond to curative treatment. A. Mixture of gases C. All of them are contagious. B. Carbon monoxide D. No preventive measure is available for all of them. C. Oxygen Answer: C. All of them are contagious. D. Carbon dioxide 102) which of these isn’t an effect of sound Ans. D. Carbon dioxide pollution? 98) Which of the following diseases is not related to A. Death of animals heart? B. Tinnitus A. Aneurysm C. High Blood pressure B. Cardiomyopathy D. Ozone Depletion C. Diphtheria Answer: D. Ozone Depletion D. Myocardial rupture 103) which is known as emergency gland? Answer: C. Diphtheria A. Thyroid 99) Usually, colour blindness is B. Pineal gland A. A genetic disposition C. Adrenal gland B. A non-genetic condition D. Hypothalamus

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Answer: C. Adrenal gland 108) Approximately how many taste buds are 104) Find the viral disease present in human tongue. A. Rabies A. 2000 to 8000 B. Kala-Azar B. 50000 to 100000 C. Tetanus C. 1 Million to 10 Million D. Leprocy D. More than 10 Million Answer: A. Rabies Answer: A. 2000 to 8000 105) which of the following organism doesn’t 109) Which of these is not a type of stem cell? reproduce through budding? A. Umbilical A. Coral B. Fetal B. Hydra C. Embryonic C. Sponges D. Fat D. Annelido Answer: D. Fat Answer: D. Annelido 110) Scientific Name Homo Sapiens Means? 106) ______are the primitive Homonoids who A. Simple human are classified as Homo Sapiens. B. Tall human A. Ergaster line C. Intelligent human B. Cromagnon D. Working human C. Neanderthal Answer: C. Intelligent human D. Proconsul 111) What is Melioidosis? Ans. B. Cromagnon A. Red spots in skin 107) Glaucoma disease affect B. Loss of memory power A. Lungs C. Infectious disease B. Mouth D. Pain in joints C. Eyes Answer: C. Infectious disease D. Nose 112) Involuntary muscles in a human body are Answer: C. Eyes present in A. Limbs

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B. Brain D. Eugenics C. Heart Answer: D. Eugenics D. Tongue 116) Who was the first to isolate DNA? Answer: C. Heart A. Friedrich Miescher 113) What is aedtivation? B. Albrecht Kossel A. Animal Dormancy C. Phoebus Levene B. Death due to lack of food D. James Watson and Francis Crick C. Water retention Answer: A. Friedrich Miescher D. A stage in dreaming 117) In human body, pancreas is a part of the Answer: A. Animal Dormancy A. Urinary system 114) what is the difference between an Aardvark B. Respiratory system and Aardwolf? C. Digestive system A. Aardvark is a Carnivore and Aardwolf is a D. Nervous system Herbivore Answer: C. Digestive system B. Aardvark resembles a pig and Aardwolf resembles 118) Pollution index SPM stand for- a hyena A. Solid pollution matter C. Aardvark is an Amphibian and Aardwolf is a B. Suspended Particulate matter Mountain wolf C. Soluble Particulate Method D. Aardvark is a Herbivore and Aardwolf is an D. Surrounding Pollution Matter Insectivore Answer: B. Suspended Particulate matter Ans. (B) Aardvark resembles a pig and Aardwolf 119) Minimum distance of clear vision for resembles a hyena normal? 115) A set of beliefs and practices that aims at A. 15 cm improving the genetic quality of the human B. 20 cm population is a field of Geneties called: C. 25 cm A. Genetic Engineering D. 30 cm B. Cloning Answer: C. 25 cm C. Embryo Selection 120) Oncology is associated with treatment of-

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A. Osteoporosis D. Depends on male or female B. Diabetes Answer: A. Small intestine C. Cancer 125) The organ which perform different function D. Renal failure but have the same basic structure are called. Answer: C. Cancer A. Vestigal organ 121) The O T C medicine crocin is an B. Analogous organs A. Analgesic C. Homologous organs B. Antipyretic D. Analytic organs C. Analgesic and antipyretic Answer: C. Homologous organs D. Antiseptic 126) What is the noise level of normal Answer: C. Analgesic and antipyretic conversation? 122) Longest bone of human A. 60 dB A. Chest bone B. 70 dB B. Leg bone C. 80 dB C. Thigh bone D. 90 dB D. Back bone Answer: A. 60 dB Answer: C. Thigh bone 127) Who had defined the concept of ecosystem- 123) The test for diagnosing HIV is A. Arthur Tansley A. Rap Smear B. Evelyn Hutchinson B. ELISA C. Raymond Lindeman C. DNA D. Charles Elton D. Mantoux Answer: A. Arthur Tansley Answer: B. ELISA. 128) Four pairs of words are given. Find the odd 124) Between small and large human intestine one out. which one is longer? A. Aquatic : Marine A. Small intestine B. Amphibian : Arial B. Large intestine C. Aerial : Sky C. Both are equal in length D. Terrestrial : Land

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Answer: B. Amphibian : Arial A. Human body structure 129) Blood pressure of normal person is B. Plants ______mmHg C. Posology A. 110/70 D. Human paychology B. 120/80 Ans. (B) Plants C. 130/90 134) For which diseases Chemotherapy is used as D. 100/60 treatment? Answer: B. 120/80 A. Heart Disease 130) Dialysis is performed for the treatment of B. Failure of kidney A. Cancer C. Cancer B. Astigmatism D. Hepatitis C. Renal failure Answer: C. Cancer D. Rheumatism 135) What is lemur? Answer: C. Renal failure A. A bone of human body 131) The property of human eye for seeing near B. A cause of cancer object and distant object is called- C. A simple machine A. Myopia D. An animal that is found in Medagascar B. Accomodation Answer: D. An animal that is found in Medagascar C. Presbyopia 136) By which of the Zika Virus is spread? D. Correction A. Rat Answer: B. Accomodation B. Mosquito 132) What is virus name of small pox? C. Cricket A. West Nile D. Rabbit B. Variola Answer: B. Mosquito C. Herpes Simplex 137) Which animal has highest number of legs? D. Rhinovirus A. Spider Answer: B. Variola B. Millipede 133) Phytology is the study of- C. Centipede

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D. Dragonfly 142) When temperature of human body comes Answer: B. Millipede down 2-3.5oF from normal standard body 138) What is Umami? temperature. Then it is called A. A branch of medical science A. Fever B. A type of taste B. Hypothermia C. A type of metal C. Hyperthermia D. A group of band (A band) D. Hyperpyrexia Answer: B. A type of taste Answer: B. Hypothermia 139) Which statement is false 143) Reproducing new plants by cells instead of A. Mangrove maintains bio-diversity seeds is known as B. Mangrove gives mangoes A. Bio fertilizer C. Mangrove Stops flood B. Mutation D. Mangrove are running due to urbanization C. Tissue culture Answer: B. Mangrove gives mangoes D. Antibiotics 140) What is the colour of blood of octopus? Answer: C. Tissue culture A. Red 144) Osteoporosis is related to which organ B. Blue A. Bone C. Pink B. Heart D. Black C. Kidney Answer: B. Blue D. Lungs 141) Which one is not the cause of cancer? Answer: A. Bone A. Environmental factor 145) Which of the following vaccine is used against B. Genetic mutation tuberculosis? C. Genetic amendments A. BCG D. Transmission B. DPT Answer: D. Transmission C. HIB D. Varicella Answer: A. BCG

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146) ……. Has naked seeds D. Liver A. Pinus Answer: B. Lungs B. Wheat 151) Measles is caused by which of the following? C. Lemon A. Bacteria D. Carrot B. Virus Answer: A.Pinus C. Fungus 147) Plants producing naked seeds belong to D. Mice A. Gymnosperms Answer: B. Virus B. Angiosperms 152) A protruding part of the throat that is C. Cryptogams responsible for growing voice box in boys is D. Thallophytes called______. Answer: A. Gymnosperms A. Larynx 148) Camel who has one hump, is known as: B. Testosterone A. Okapi C. Pharynx B. Ibex D. Adam’s Apple C. Dromedary Answer: D. Adam’s Apple D. Elk 153) Birth Control pills contain ______. Answer: C. Dromedary A. Progesterone only 149. What marks the onset of puberty in females? B. Estrogen only A. Menopause C. Mixture of progesterone and estrogen derivative B. Adolescence D. Neither progesterone nor estrogen C. Menarche Answer: C. Mixture of progesterone and estrogen D. Menstruation derivative Answer: C. Menarche 154) Which among the following is not a 150) Pnemonia affect which part of human body micronutrient for plants? A Heart A. Boron B Lungs B. Copper C Pancreas C. Iron

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D. Nitrogen Answer: D. O- Answer: D. Nitrogen 159) who is credited with discovering Penicillin? 155)______is responsible for regulating blood A. Ernest Duchesne calcium levels. B. Vincenzo Tiberio A. Bones C. Alexander Fleming B. Parathyroid hormone D. Howard Walter Florey C. Muscles Answer: C. Alexander Fleming D. Liver 160) Humans belongs to the class Mammalia to Answer: B. Parathyroid hormone which one of the following does not belong? 156) Protein synthesis occurs in which of the A. Mouse following? B. Lizard A. Endoplasmic reticulum C. Cat B. Nucleolus D. Pig C. Ribosome Answer: B. Lizard D. Lysosomes 161) What larynx is called in the human body? Answer: C. Ribosome A. Reasonator cord 157. A human adult’s entire digestive tract from B. Vibratory cord mouth to anus is about ___ metres long. C. Voice Box A. 8 D. Thyroarytenoid B. 7 Answer: C. Voice Box C. 10 162) In DPT Vaccine, P stands for - D. 9 A. Psoriasts Answer: D. 9 B. Pertussis 158) Universal Blood donor C. Pancolitis A. O+ D. Parkinson’s B. AB+ Answer: B. Pertussis C. AB- 163) Arteries carries blood that are filled with D. O- A. Carbondioxide

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B. Oxygen C. Albumin C. Lypids D. Keratin D. None Answer: D. Keratin Answer: B. Oxygen 168) The medicine paracetamol is 164) What is the function of lens in our eyes? A. An analgesic A. Lower the eyes B. An antipyretic B. Send message of image to brain C. An analgesic and antipyretic C. Change the focal distance of the eye D. Anonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug D. Protect eyes from injury. Answer: C. An analgesic and antipyretic Answer: C. Change the focal distance of the eye 169) Which is the smallest bone of human body? 165) Which of the following is an example of single A. Tibia celled organism? B. Trapezium A. Protozoa C. Stapes B. Arthropod D. Femur C. Echinodern Answer: C. Stapes D. Annelid 170) Transportation of water and minerals in a Answer: A. Protozoa plant is conducted by ______166) The scientific study of preserved remains or A. Stem traces of animals, plants, and other organisms B. Roots from the remote past is called C. Xylem A. Archaeology D. Petiole B. Numismatics Answer: C. Xylem C. Palaeontology 171) Biotechnology is the study of D. Geology A. Technical study of Bacteria Answer: C. Palaeontology B. Technical study of chemical in body 167) Human nails are made of C. Infusion of technology in the field of human body A. Pigment structure science B. Elastin D. Use of living things in industrial processes

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Answer: D. Use of living things in industrial B. Life of animals processes C. Life of plants 172) What is Mycology? D. Life of human being on earth A. The Study of Bacteria Ans. A. Life in outer space B. The Study of Fungi 177) Prostate in human body is a______. C. The Study of Viruses A. Connective tissue D. The Study of Parasites B. Gland Answer: B. The Study of Fungi C. Membrane 173) The young one of crocodile is called D. Muscle A. Codling Ans. B. Gland B. Gosling 178) Which is the most common treatment for C. Fingerling bacterial infections in humans? D. Hatchling A. Antigen Answer: D. Hatchling B. Antibodies 174) The richest source of vitamin D from food is C. Antibiotics A. Cotton seed oil D. Aspirin B. Olive oil Answer: C. Antibiotics C. Cod liver oil 179) The process of producing energy in plants is D. Sunflower oil known as Answer: C. Cod liver oil A. Absorption 175) Blood circulation was determined by B. Reduction A. Robert Hooke C. Photosynthesis B. William Harvy D. Transpiration C. Landsteiner Answer: C. Photosynthesis D. Alexander Flemming 180) Banana freckle is a plant disease. It is caused Ans. B. William Harvy by a 176) What is Exobiology? A. Virus A. Life in outer space B. Fungus

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C. Bacteria D. Skin cancer D. Insect Answer: D. Skin cancer Answer: B. Fungus 185) Nereis, Pheretima (Earthworm) and 181) Which of the following organs produces the Hirudinaria (blood sucking leech) are examples of enzyme lipase? which Phylum? A. Pancreas A. Coelenterata B. Large Intestine B. Aschelminthes C. Liver C. Annelida D. Small Intestine D. Arthropoda Answer: A. Pancreas Answer: C.Annelida 182) Which of the following is responsible for 186) What type of a body plan does coelenterates, Vermicomposting? ctenophores and echinoderms have? A. Fungus A. Annelida B. Worms B. Radial C. Bacteria C. Bilateral D. Birds D. Platyhelminthes Answer: B. Worms Answer: B. Radial 183) Achras sapota is the scientific name of 187) Sycon (Scypha), Spongilla (Fresh water A. Custard Apple sponge) and Euspongia (Bath sponge) are B. Gulmohar examples of which Phylum? C. Tamarind A. Coelenterata D. Chiku B. Platyhelminthes Answer: D.Chiku C. Ctenophora 184) UV rays coming from Sun, majorly causes D. Porifera which cancer? Answer: D. Porifera A. Lungs cancer 188) The male sex organs in a flower is the B. Liver cancer ______. C. Mouth cancer A. Zoospores

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B. Stamen B. Sunlight C. Pistil C. Food D. Chlorophyceae D. Gas Answer: B. Stamen Answer: C. Food 189) Plants with weak stems that cannot stand 193) Robert Hooke discovered cells by observing upright and spread on the ground are called as them in a ______. _____. A. onion peel A. Creepers B. cork slice B. Trees C. pond water C. Shrubs D. No option is correct. D. Herbs Answer: B. cork slice Answer: A. Creepers 194) Plants having body that is differentiated into 190) Who said that, 'Man is be nature a political roots, stems and leaves and have specialized tissue animal' ? for the conduction of water and other substances, A. Plato fall in which group? B. Chew A. Bryophyta C. Polyblus B. Thallophyta D. Aristotle C. Pteridophyta Answer: D. Aristotle D. All option are correct. 191) Chemically fats and oils are : Answer: C. Pteridophyta A. Triglycerides 195) Which of the following is NOT a constituent B. Amines of xylem? C. Aldehydes A. Tracheids D. Ketons B. Companion cells Answer: A. Triglycerides C. Vessels 192) ______is the source of energy and materials D. Xylem parenchyma in human beings. Answer: B. Companion cells A. Water

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196) What is the main constituent of the human A. Primitive eukaryotes bone? B. Aerobic bacteria A. Phosphorus C. Prokaryotic B. Calcium D. Photosynthetic C. Zinc Answer: C. Prokaryotic D. Iron 201) In their laboratory simulation of early Earth, Answer: B. Calcium Miller and Urey observed the abiotic synthesis 197) Which of the following is true with reference A. Amino acids to blood platelets? B. Coacervates A. They have prominent neclue C. DNA B. They are also called thrombocytes D. Liposmes C. They have a pigment called haemoglobin Ans. A. Amino acids D. The are involved in phagocytosis 202) The “Golden age of Reptiles” was Answer: B. They are also called thrombocytes A. Late Paleozoic 198) The Galapagos Islands are associated with B. Cenozoic the visit of C. Mesozoic A. Jean Lamarck D. Proterozoic B. Charles Darwin Answer: C. Mesozoic C. Gregor Mendel 203) The fossil remains of Archaeopteryx is a D. Alfred Wallace connecting link between Answer: B. Charles Darwin A. Amphibians and birds 199. “Survival of the fittest‟ was used by B. Reptiles and birds A. Charles Darwin C. Fish and amphibians B. Jean Baptiste Lamarck D. Reptiles and mammals C. Hugo deVries Ans. B. Reptiles and birds D. Herbert Spencer 204) which of the following anatomical structures, Answer: D. Herbert Spencer which is homologous to the wing of a bat? 200. The first organisms were A. The arm of a human

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B. The wing of a butterfly C. 100 years C. The tail of a fish D. 25 years D. The dorsal fin of a shark Answer: A.50 years Answer: A. The arm of a human 209) Who is called the Father of Genetics ? 205. Which one of the following sets of structures A. Fleming includes only analogous organs? B. Lemark A. Wings of butterfly, housefly and bat C. Darwin B. Hind legs of horse D. Mendal C. Hands of man, monkey and kangaroo Answer: D. Mental D. Mandibles of cockroach, mosquito and honeybee 210) House fly spreads— Answer: A. Wings of butterfly, housefly and bat A. Filaria 206) The earliest animal to have been B. Jaundice domesticated by man most likely the C. Cholera A. Horse D. T.B. B. Pig Answer: C. Cholera C. Dog 211) Number of eyes in Leech is— D. Cow A. One pair Answer: C. Dog B. Two pairs 207) What is the other name for the cork tissue? C. Three pairs A. Phellogen D. Five pairs B. Phelloderm Answer: D. Five pairs C. Phellem 212) The number of segments in leech is— D. Periderm A. 26 Answer: C. Phellem B. 33 208) The cross-section of a trunk of a tree showed C. 36 50 annual rings. The age of tree is D. 40 A. 50 years Answer: B. 33 B. 50 months

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213) Which of the following is a rich source of B. Fat soluble vitamins protein? C. Minerals A. Wheat D. Proteins B. Rice Answer: D. Proteins C. Gram 218) Which animal is devoid of lateral line sense D. Soya bean organ? Answer: D. Soya bean A. Labeo 214) Vitamin soluble in water is— B. Catla A. Vitamin A C. Sea horse B. Vitamin C D. Magur C. Vitamin D Answer: C. Sea horse D. Vitamin K 219. The amount of blood filtered together by both Answer: B. Vitamin C the kidneys in a 70 kg adult male human in a 215) Turpentine oil is obtained from minute is A. Eucalyptus tree A. 1100 ml B. Animal fat B. 100 ml C. Pine Tree C. 1500 ml D. None of these D. 500 ml Answer: C. Pine Tree Answer: A. 1100 ml 216) In human body the ratio of red blood 220) Which part of the brain is responsible for corpuscles and white blood corpuscles is triggering actions like thinking, intelligence, A. 300 : 1 memory and ability to learn? B. 4000 : 1 A. Diencephalon C. 500 : 1 B. Hypothalamus D. 600 : 1 C. Cerebrum Answer: D. 600 : 1 D. Control 217) Liver is a rich source of: Answer: C. Cerebrum A. Sugars

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221) Which of the following disease is caused by A. Pineal female Anopheles mosquito? B. Pancreas A. Chicken Pox C. Pituitary B. Malaria D. Thyroid C. Black Fever Answer: A. Pineal D. Cholera 226) Too much consumption of tea or coffee can Answer: B. Malaria result in deficiency of 222) Which of the following are longest cells of A. Vitamin B12 human body? B. Calcium A. Pancreatic cells C. Vitamin C B. Epethelial cells D. Albumin C. Nerve cells Answer: B. Calcium D. Epidermal cells 227) Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. The most Answer: C. Nerve cells common area affected in it is the lining of the 223) Potato, tomato and brinjal are three different A. Heart species but all belong to which genus? B. Brain A. Solanum C. Stomach B. Panthera D. Lungs C. Felis Answer: D. Lungs D. Tigris 228) Leptospirosis is a disease caused by Answer: A. Solanum A. Virus 224) Polyploidy arises due to change in the B. Fungus A. Number of chromatids C. Protozoa B. Structure of genes D. Bacteria C. Number of chromosomes Answer: D. Bacteria D. Structure of chromosomes 229) Which of the following glands is a source of Answer: C. Number of chromosomes the enzyme Ptyalin? 225) Smallest gland in human body is ______. A. Pancreas

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B. Thyroid Gland B. Glycogen C. Pituitary Gland C. Pectin D. Salivary Glands D. Chitin Answer: D. Salivary Glands Answer: B. Glycogen 230) Which organ stores fat soluble vitamins? 234) Platelets are dead in the A. Blood A. Pancreas B. Skin B. Spleen C. Liver C. Liver D. Pancreas D. Heart Answer: C. Liver Answer: B. Spleen 231.Intestinal bacteria synthesizes which vitamin 235) Mendel had selected which plant for his in the human body? experiment A. Vitamin K A. Pea plant B. Proteins B. Rose plant C. Fats C. Brinjal plant D. Vitamin D D. Tomoto plant Answer: A. Vitamin K Answer: A. Pea plant 232) Which organisms does not fit into the Cell 236) The sex of the child is determined by the Theory? A. chromosome (XY) of the father A. Bacteria B. chromosome (XX) of the mother B. Virus C. Both parents C. Fungi D. None D. Plants Answer: A. chromosome (XY) of the father Answer : B. Virus 237) First use of the word "gene" by 233)...... is a multibranched A. Johansen polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of B. Mendal energy storage in animals and fungi. C. Watson A. Cellulose D. Aristotle

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Answer: A. Johansen A. Conjunctiva 238) The largest white blood cell is B. Cornea A. Thrombocyte C. Iris B. Monacyte D. Pupil C. Erithrocyte Answer: A. Conjunctiva D. Leukocyte 243) Meningitis disease affects whom Answer: B. Monacyte A. Liver 239) What are the main functions of insulin in the B. Lungs human body C. Brain A. to control the blood pressure D. Heart B.to control cholesterol level in blood Answer: C. Brain C. to control the level of sugar in the body 244) In which conglomerate gland with leaf like D.to control muscle actions structure is found Answer: C. to control the level of sugar in the body A.Male cockroach 240. "Hypoglycemi" refers to B.Female cockroach A. Low sugar level in the blood C.Ameba B. High sugar level in the blood D.Tape warm C. Low cholestrol level in the blood Answer: A. Male cockroach D. High cholestrol level in the blood 245) What is the period of dormancy of animals in Answer: A. Low sugar level in the blood winter 241. Life-saving hormone A. Hybernation A. Adrenal B. Dormination B. Insulin C. Generation C. Thyroid D. None of the above D. Lipids Answer: A. Hybernation Answer: A. Adrenal 246) Which gland of human body controls leakage 242) When there is dust in the eye, which part of it of hormones from pituitary gland becomes swollen and turns pink A. Adrenal gland

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B. Hypothalamus gland Answer: B. Incomplete antigens C. Thyroid 251) Pinna is present in D. Liver A. Amphibian Answer: B. Hypothalamus gland B. Fish 247) Pleura is the cover of C. Mammal A. Heart D. Reptile B. Liver Answer: C. Mammal C. Lungs 252) Second largest animal phylum D. Pancreas A. Annelida Answer: C. Lungs B. Coelomates 248) Malfunction which part of the body causes C. Chordata diabetes disease D. Mollusca A. Pancreas Answer: D. Mollusca B. Liver 253) Which of the following is an example of Ball C. Lungs and Socket joint in humans D. Intestine A. Wrist joint Answer: A. Pancreas B. Hip joint 249) Which organ is the alternative name of womb C. Finger joint A. Uterus D. Neck joint B. Ureter Answer: B. Hip joint C. Vagina 254) An adult human normally has D. Vulva A.6 molar teeth Answer: A. Uterus B.8 molar teeth 250) Haptens are C.10 molar teeth A. Antigens D.12 molar teeth B. Incomplete antigens Answer: D.12 molar teeth C. Antibodies 255) Functional unit of kidney is D. Pseudo antigens A. Nephrons

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B. Cell D. Edward Jenner C. Adrenal Answer: B. Hippocrates D. Biome 260. Which of the following tests help in diagnosis Answer: A. Nephrons of cancer? 256) Birds usually have a single A. Urine test A. Kidney B. Blood test B. Lung C. Biopsy C. Testis D. X-Ray D. Ovary Answer: C. Biopsy Answer: D. Ovary 261) What does Trypsin do? 257) Which disease is caused by Nickel A. Breaks down Carbohydrates A. Itai-Itai B. Synthesizes proteins B. Dermatitis C. Breaks down fats C. Learning disability D. Breaks down proteins D. Asthma Answer: D. Breaks down proteins Answer: B. Dermatitis 262) The Fungus which is used in the alcohol 258) Which endocrine gland is found in chest industry is . cavity A. Mushroom A. Pineal gland B. Candida Aibicans B. Thymas gland C. Yeast C. Adrenal gland D. Rhizopus D. Thyroid gland Answer: C. Yeast Answer B. Thymas gland 263) The food in Onion is stored in the form of 259) Who among the following is known as ‘Father ______of medicine’ A. Cellulose A. Darwin B. Protein B. Hippocrates C. Starch C. Heckle D. Sugar

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Answer: D. Sugar Answer: C. Ampicillin 268) Our bones and teeth are generally made of 264) Iodized salt is beneficial for A. Tricalcium phosphate A. Lowering of blood pressure B. Fluoropetite B. Prevention of dehydration C. Chloropetite C. Thyroid function D. Hydrolith D. Salivary glands Answer: A. Tricalcium phosphate Answer: C. Thyroid function 269) Pituitary gland is located in 265) Which is the effect of antigen in an ill person? A. brain A. It increases the production of W.B.C. B. kidney B. It increases the production of antibiotics C. liver C. It increases the production of anti-serum against D. intestine bacteria Answer: A. brain D. It prevents the growth of bacteria 270) What is the limit of MG/DL of blood sugar in Answer: B. It increases the production of antibiotics the normal person at the time of fast? 266) Which among the following helps in A. 40-60 circulation of blood? B. 120-150 A. Erithrocytus C. 70-100 B. Blood platelets D. 160-200 C. Monocytes Answer: C. 70-100 D. Lymphocytes 271) The pollination of maize takes place by Answer: D. Lymphocytes A. Self-pollination 267) Which among the following is a large B. Pollination by insects spectrum Antibiotic ? C. Pollination by air A. Paracetamol D. Pollination by rain B. Pencillin Answer: C. Pollination by air C. Ampicillin 272) Why radiologists do not take direct X-ray D. Chlormphenicol photographs of intestine?

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A. Intestines are affected by direct exposure to X-rays B. Paralysis B. X-rays cannot cross intestine C. Diarrhea C. X-rays are not able to capture clear picture D. Dysentery D. Even short exposure of X-rays causes cancer Answer. A. Emphysema intestine 277) In the case of test tube babies Answer :C. X-rays are not able to capture clear A. Egg is fertilized in the uterus. picture B. Embryo completes its development in a test tube. 273) Which of the following is not a gland? C. Embiyo is placed in uterus after 2 months. A. Thyroid D. Egg is fertilized outside mothers body. B. Gastrine Answer: D. Egg is fertilized outside mothers body. C. Liver 278) Maximum photosynthetic activity occurs in : D. Pancreas A. Blue and red region of light Answer: B.Gastrine B. Green and yellow region of light 274) Animals do not have enzyme systems which C. Blue and orange region of light enable them to make use of the energy from D. Violet and orange region of tight- A. Fat Answer: A. Blue and red region of light B. Water 279) AIDS virus has: C. Protein A. Single-stranded RNA D. Carbohydrate B. Double-stranded RNA Answer. A. Fat C. Single-stranded DNA 275) A clone is a colony of: D. Double stranded DNA A. Cells having different shapes Answer. A. Single-stranded RNA B. Cells having similar shape 280) A breath test used by traffic police to check C. Cells having similar genetic constitution drunken driving uses: D. Cells having different genetic constitutions A. Potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid Answer. C. Cells having similar genetic constitution B. Potassium permanganate-sulphuric acid 276) The disease caused by Asbestos is: C. Turmeric on filter paper A. Emphysema D. Silica gel coated with silver nitrate

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Answer. A. Potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid 285) Which of the following diseases is caused by a 281) Typhoid fever is caused by virus? A. Virus A. Poliomyelitis B. Bacteria B. Malaria C. Fungus C. Whooping cough D. Allergy D. Ringworm Answer: B. Bacteria Answer: A. Poliomyelitis 282) Rod shaped bacteria is called 286) Which of the following is known as Vitamin A. Bacillus B1? B. Spirillum A. Retinol C. Coccus B. Thiamin D. Coma C. Riboflavin Answer. A. Bacillus D. Ascorbic Acid 283) All the progeny obtained from a single plant Answer: B. Thiamin by vegetative propagation are called 287) Pathogenic bacteria secrete A. Clones A. Antigens B. Pure line B. Antibodies C. Indeed line C. Hormones D. Pedigree line D. Interferon’s Answer: A. Clones Answer: A. Antigens 284) Which of the following blood groups may be 288) Who discovered sex hormones? present in the children of a couple having blood A. Dreser groups A and B respectively? B. Eugen Steinach A. A and B only C. Edward Calvin B. A B and AB D. Samuel Cohen C. A B AB and O Answer: B. Eugen Steinach D. A B only 289) What are the basic units from which human Answer. C. A B AB and O spare parts can be created?

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A. Nerve cells A. Pineal B. Stem cells B. Pituitary C. Heart cells C. Thyroid D. Kidney cells D. Hypothalamus Answer: B. Stem cells Answer: D. Hypothalamus 290) The area of the human tongue sensitive to 294) The branch of agriculture which deals with bitterness is restricted to: the feeding shelter health and breeding of the A. Tip domestic animals is called B. Edges A. Dairy Science C. Middle part B. Veterinary Science D. Posterior part C. Poultry Answer: D. Posterior part D. Animal Husbandry 291) Which of the following hormone is released in Answer: D. Animal Husbandry excess quantity during excitement? 295) Edward Jenner is associated with A. Cortisone A. Cholera B. Serotonin B. Typhoid C. Adrenaline C. Smallpox D. Estrogen D. Paralysis Answer. C. Adrenaline Answer: C. Smallpox 292) Clove the commonly used spice is obtained 296) A plant with compound leaves is from the A. Papaya A. Fruit B. Coconut B. Stem C. Peepal C. Root D. Hibiscus D. Flower bud Answer: B. Coconut Answer: D. Flower bud 297) Which one of the following is not a digestive 293) Which is the gland that holds the body’s enzyme? thermostat? A. Pepsin

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B. Renin C. Due to excess concentration of C02 in lungs C. Insulin D. None of these D. Amylopsin Answer: A. due to excess concentration of C02 in Answer: C. Insulin blood 298) On the average what percentage of human 302. The tissue in man where no cell division body has the element of oxygen? occurs after birth is A.65 A. Skeletal B. 25 B. Nerves C. 10 C. Connective D. 5 D. Germinal Answer: A. 65 Answer: B. Nerves 299) A Section of DNA that provides information 303) Which one of the following is an abnormal for one protein is called as constituent of urine? A. Lysosome A. Creatinine B. Gene B. Urea C. Chromosome C. Uric acid D. Nucleus D. Ketone bodies Answer: B. Gene Answer: D. Ketone bodies 300) Which among the following bears smallest 304) The metal present in insulin is living cell A. Copper A. Bacterium B. Iron B. Mollusk plasma C. Zinc C. Virus D. Magnesium D. Yeast Answer: C. Zinc Answer: A. Bacterium 305) which part of brain regulates breathing 301) Yawning occurs A. Fore-brain A. Due to excess concentration of C02 in blood B. Cerebellum B. Due to excess concentration of CO2 in lungs C. Mid-brain

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D. Medulla D. Clrease Answer: D. Medulla Answer. A. Amylase 306) Which of the following is a rich source of 310) The animal which uses sounds as its eyes is Vitamin B12? A. Dog A. Cashew nut B. Cat B. Milk C. Snake C. Apple D. Bat D. Watermelon Answer: D. Bat Answer: B. Milk 311) Ginger is a stem and not a root because 307) xerophthalmia is a deficiency disease caused A. It stores food material by lack of B. It grows horizontal in the soil A. Vitamin A C. It has nodes and internodes B. Vitamin B D. It lacks chlorophyll C. Vitamin C Answer: C. It has nodes and internodes D. Vitamin D 312) An ant can see the objects all around it due to Answer: A.Vitamin A the presence of 308) Out of the following glands which is referred A. Simple Eyes to as the master gland B. Eyes over the head A. Thyroid C. Well-developed eyes B. Adrenal gland D. Compound eyes C. Pituitary Answer: D. Compound eyes D. Pancreas 313) Which of the following is not a component of Answer: C. Pituitary chlorophyll? 309) Which was the first enzyme isolated in pure A. Hydrogen crystalline form? B. Magnesium A. Amylase C. Carbon B. Catalase D. Calcium C. Lipase Answer:D. Calcium

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314) Thalassemia is a hereditary disease. It affects Answer: C. Lymph vessels A. Blood 318) The process Glycolysis occurs in B. Spleen A. Cytoplasm C. Lungs B. Nucleus D. Heart C. Mitochondria Answer: A. Blood D. Chloroplast 315) Which of the following represents a food Answer: A. Cytoplasm chain involving a producer a vegetarian and a 319) select the bio fertilizer in the following: nonvegetarian? A. Compost A. Grass - Insect - Elephant B. Ammonium sulphate B. Plant - Rabbit - Tiger C. Cattle dung - C. Fish - Insect - Whale D. Algae and blue-green algae D. Tiger - Rabbit - Owl Answer: D. Algae and blue-green algae Answer: B. Plant - Rabbit - Tiger 320) Development of an egg without fertilization is 316) Which of the following is correlated with called blood pressure? A. Gametogenesis A. Liver B. Parthenogenesis B. Testis C. Oogenesis C. Pancreas D. Metamorphosis D. Adrenal Answer: B. Parthenogenesis Answer : D. Adrenal 321) In the process of dialysis used on patients with 317) Which of the following structures present in affected kidneys the phenomenon involved is mammalian skin directly helps in keeping the body A. Diffusion warm? B. Absorption A. Pigmented cells C. Osmosis B. Sweat glands D. Electrophoresis C. Lymph vessels Answer: C. Osmosis D. Blood capillaries

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322)Why excessive heating and repeated use Of 326) Lac which is used as sealing wax is produced cooking oil are most undesirable? by A. The oil vapour can cause indoor pollution A. Stem B. Carcinogenic substances like benzpyrene are B. Root produced C. Insect C. Nutrient value of food is lost D. Bird D. Loss and wastage of oil Answer: C. Insect Answer: B. Carcinogenic substances like benzpyrene 327) Fluid part of blood devoid of corpuscles is are produced called 323) Toxicology is related to the study of A. Tissue fluid A. Viruses B. Plasma B. Bacteria C. Serum C. Diseases D. Lymph D. Poisons Answer: C. Serum Answer: D. poisons 328) Heart murmur indicates a 324) Jonas Salk invented the vaccine for A. Defective valve A. Polio B. Poor oxygenation B. Hepatitis C. Dislocation of the heart C. Typhoid D. Improper development of muscles D. Cholera Answer. A. Defective valve Answer: A. Polio 329) M.R.I. stands for 325) Cancer is a disease where we find A. Metered Resonance Imaging uncontrolled B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging A. Cell division C. Magnetic Reaction Imaging B. Cell swelling D. Metered Reaction Imaging C. Cell inflammation Answer: B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging D. Cell deformity 330) The science dealing with the study of teeth is Answer: A. Cell division A. Odontology

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B. Ornithology C. Sleeping sickness C. Phenology D. Malaria D. Cosmology Answer: C. Sleeping sickness Answer: A. Odontology 335) …….is the liquid part of the blood of which 331) The enzyme in whose presence glucose and 92% is water and the remaining 8 % is proteins, fructose are converted into alcohol is minerals, hormones, enzymes and so on. A. Diastase A. RBC B. Maltase B. Plasma C. Invertase C. Blood platelet D. Zymase D. WBC Answer: D. Zymase 332) The enzyme that is present in the saliva of Answer: B. Plasma man is 336) Study of newly born up to the age of 3 months A. Pepsin is called B. Renin A. Chorology C. Amylase B. Conchology D. Trypsin C. Nematology Answer: C. Amylase D. Neonatology 333) Which of the following has no skeleton at all? Answer: D. Neonatology A. Star fish 337) Which one of the following is related to B. Sponge Silviculture ? C. Jellyfish A. Culture of Hilsa D. Silver fish B. Culture of silver carp Answer: C. Jellyfish C. Culture of oil-producing plants 334) Which one of the following is not a mosquito D. Forest crops borne disease? Answer: D. Forest crops A. Dengue fever 338) Which is the anticoagulant substance in B. Filariasis blood?

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A. Fibrinogen D. Violet B. Heparin Answer: C. Green C. Thrombin 343) The metal which is a constituent of vitamin D. Globin B12 is Answer: B. Heparin A. Iron 339) Jaundice is a symptom of disease of B. Magnesium A. Kidney C. Zinc B. Liver D. Cobalt C. Pancreas Answer: D. Cobalt D. Thyroid 344) Which of the following is correct about cold Answer: B. Liver blooded animals? 340) Deficiency of Vitamin B6 in man causes A. Their blood remains cold all the time A. Rickets B. Their body temperature changes in accordance B. Scurvy with the atmosphere C. Beri-beri C. Their body temperature remains constant all the D. Anaemia time Answer :D. Anaemia D. They kill all the animals they come across 341) Washing of peeled vegetables removes the Answer: B. Their body temperature changes in vitamin accordance with the atmosphere A. A 345) The vitamin that helps to prevent infections in B. C the human body is C. D A. vitamin A D. E B. vitamin B Answer: B. C C. vitamin C 342) A man with colour blindness will see red as D. vitamin D A. Yellow Answer: C. vitamin C B. Blue 346) Tetanus is caused by C. Green A. Clostridium

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B. Virus D. Niacin C. Bacteriophage Answer: C. Folic acid D. Salmonella 351) Amoebic dysentery is caused by Answer : A. Clostridium A. Entamoeba histolytic 347) Vitamin E is particularly important for B. Salmonella typhi A. Development of teeth C. E coil B. Carbohydrate metabolism D. Streptococcus pyogenes C. Normal activity of sex glands Answer: A. Entamoeba histolytic D. General health of epithelial tissues 352) Cell or tissue death within a living body is Answer: C. Normal activity of sex glands called as 348) In which vertebrate oxygenated and A. Neutrophilia deoxygenated blood gets mixed? B. Nephrosis A. Fish C. Necrosis B. Amphibian D. Neoplasia C. Bird Answer :C. Necrosis D. Mammal 353) Insufficient blood supply in human body is Answer: B. Amphibian referred as 349) Pick out the viral disease among the A. Ischemia following: B. Hyperemia A. Hepatitis C. Hemostasia B. Meningitis D. Hemorrhage C. Arthritis Answer: A. Ischemia D. Nephritis 354) Deep fried food materials are carcinogenic Answer: A. Hepatitis because they are rich in 350) Anaemia occurs due to the deficiency of A. Fats A. Riboflavin B. Hydrocarbons B. Thiamine C. Cooking oil C. Folic acid D. Nicotine

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Answer: A. Fats 359) Which of the following diseases usually 355) Besides carbohydrates a major source of spreads through air? energy in our food is constituted by A. Plague A. Proteins B. Typhoid B. Fats C. Tuberculosis C. Minerals D. Cholera D. Vitamins Answer :C. Tuberculosis Answer: B. Fats 360) Plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells is made 356) A medicine which promotes the secretion of up of urine is called A. Phospholipid A. Adrenaline B. Lipoprotein B. Monouretic C. Phospholipo-protein C. Diuretic D. Phospho-protein D. Triuretic Answer: A. Phospholipid Answer: C. Diuretic 361) The colour of the eye depends upon the 357) EEG records the activity of pigment present in A. heart A. Cornea B. lungs B. Iris C. brain C. Rods D. muscles D. Cones Answer: C. brain Answer: B. Iris 358) The colour of cow s milk is slightly yellow due 362) The ability of the eye to see in the dark is due to the presence of to the production of a purple pigment known as A. Xanthophyll A. Carotene B. Riboflavin B. Rhodopsin C. Ribulose C. Iodopsin D. Carotene D. Retinene Answer :D. Carotene Answer: D. Retinene

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363) The locomotory organ of Amoeba is B. 7.4 A. Pseudopodia C. 14 B. Parapodia D. 4 C. Flagella Answer: B. 7.4 D. Cilia 368) Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to Answer. A. Pseudopodia find prey predators or obstacles ? 364) The term RH factor refers to A. Refraction of sound A. Rhesus factor B. Formation of beats B. Rheumatoid factor C. Scattering of sound C. Renal factor D. Echo location D. Rhombic factor Answer: D. Echo location Answer: A. Rhesus factor 369) The green colour of the leaves is due to the 365) The vitamin most readily destroyed by heat presence of is? A. Proteins A. Riboflavin B. Lipids B. Ascorbic acid C. Chlorophyll C. Tocopherol D. Carbohydrates D. Thiamine Answer: C. Chlorophyll Answer: B.Ascorbic acid 370) The functions of pacemaker is 366) Which of the following are warm blooded A. Regulation of Urine formation animals ? B. Regulation of digestion A. Whales C. Initiation of heart beat B. Whale Sharks D. Initiation of respiration C. Alytes Answer :C. Initiation of heart beat D. Draco 371) Hemoglobin is a Answer: A. Whales A. Protein 367) The PH of human blood is B. Carbohydrate A. 2.4 C. Fat

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D. Vitamin A. Vitamin A Answer: A. Protein B. Vitamin E 372)Largest flower in the world? C. Vitamin D A. Wolffia D. Vitamin K B. Loosia Answer: D .Vitamin K C. Cihon 377) Name the device which is used to check up the D. Rafflesi heartbeat? Anwser:D. Rafflesi A. Ammeter 373) Smallest flower in the world? B. Barometer A. Wolffia C. Thermometer B. Loosia D. Stethoscope C. Cihon Answer: D. Stethoscope D. Rafflesi 378) Which is male sex hormone? Anwser: A.Wolffia A. Testosterone 374) Bile secreted by liver is normally stored in the B. Insulin A. Gall bladder C. Progesterone B. Liver D. Oestrogen C. Pancreas Answer: A. Testosterone D. Bileduct 379) Which lobe of human brain is associated with Answer :A. Gall bladder hearing? 375) which region of the alimentary canal absorbs A. Frontal lobe the digested food? B. Parietal lobe A. Stomach C. Temporal lobe B. Small intestine D. Occipital lobe C. Large intestine Answer: C. Temporal lobe D. Liver 380) World health day? Answer: B. Small intestine A. April 7 376) Which vitamin helps in cogulation of blood? B. March 8

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C. March 20 Answer: D. Blue whale D. January 24 385) Gestation period in elephant Answer :A. April 7 A. 10months 381) The element which is rich in most leafy B. 15months vegetables? C. 10months A. Phosphorous D. 22months B. Zinc Answer:D.22months C. Iron 386) Who invented the electro cardiogram? D. Calcium A. Karl Benz Answer: C. Iron B. Robert Koch 382) Blood vessel carrying from the lungs to the C. Willhem Einthoven heart is ? D. Edward Jenner A. Pulmonary vein Answer: C.Willhem Einthoven B. Pulmonary Artery 387) OXYNTIC cell is meant for secretion of ? C. Hepatic Artery A. Entereo kinase D. Renal Artery B. Lactic acid Answer: A. Pulmonary vein C. Pepsin 383) The Causative organism of dengue fever is? D. HCL A. Fungus Answer :D. HCL B. Bacteria 388) Clitellum is found in C. Virus A. Virus D. Protozoa B. Nereis Answer :C. Virus C. Snail 384) Which animal produces the biggest baby? D. Earthworm A. Camel Answer: D. Earthworm B. Lion 389) Fermentation is a type of___ processes C. Elephant A. Aerobic D. Blue whale B. Anaerobic

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C. Exothermic B. Budding D. Transpiration C. Multiple fission Answer: B.Anaerobic D. Binary fission 390) Arteries and veins are connected by a Answer: C. Multiple fission network of extremely narrow tubes called: 94) Movement of sunflower in accordance with the A. Sieve tubes path of Sun is due to B. Capillaries A. Chemotropism C. Vena cava B. Geotropism D. Valves C. Phototropism Answer: B. Capillaries D. Hydrotropism 391) The plant hormone which triggers the fall of Answer: C. Phototropism mature leaves and fruits from the plant body is: 395) Which plant hormone promotes cell division? A. Auxin A. Auxin B. Gibberellin B. Gibberellin C. Abscisic acid C. Cytokinin D. Cytokinin D. Abscisic acid Answer: C. Abscisic acid Answer: C. Cytokinin 392) A doctor advised a person to take injection of 396) Which of the following acts as both endocrine insulin because his: and exocrine gland? A. Blood pressure was high A. Pancreas B. Heart beat was high B. Thyroid C. Blood sugar was high C. Adrenal D. Thyroxine level in blood was high D. Pituitary Answer :C. Blood sugar was high Answer: A. Pancreas 393) The process of the division of cell into several 397) Gustatory receptors are specialized in cells during reproduction in Plasmodium is termed detecting as: A. Taste A. Fragmentation B. Light

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C. Smell B. Vagina D. Touch C. Cervix Answer: A. Taste D. Fallopian tube 398) Where are the sperms formed in the human Answer: D. Fallopian tube body? 400) Development of embryo in human body takes A. Vas deferens place in- B. Prostate gland A. Ovary C. Ovary B. Oviduct C. Uterus D. Testis D. Ostium Answer: D. Testis Answer: C. Uterus 399) Where does fertilization takes place in human beings? A. Uterus

Geography 1. The oldest oil field in Asia is located in - 3. The Jayakwadi Project. which is one of the largest A. Gujarat irrigation projects is on the river B. Assam A. Godavari C. Arunachal Pradesh B. Narmada D. Nagaland C. Krishna ANS: B. Assam D. Tapi 2. On which lake is the Golden Temple located? ANS: A. Godavari A. Amrit Sarovar Lake 4. Which of the following is the largest glacier in B. Golden Lake India? C. Harike Lake A. Gangotri Glacier D. Sukhna Lake B. Drang Drung Glacier ANS: A. Amrit Sarovar Lake C. Siachen Glacier Page 164 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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D. Shafat Glacier ANS: B India and Myanmar ANS: C. Siachen Glacier 9. Statue of Liberty is situated in 5. Re-location of endangered or rare species from A. Paris their natural habitat to protected areas equipped for B. Washington their protection and preservation is called C. Geneva A. Ex situ conservation D. New York B. In situ conservation ANS: D. New York C. Exile conservation 10. Glaciers are formed by D. Escaped conservation A. Melting snow ANS: A. Ex situ conservation B. Accumulation of snow 6. When did Sikkim become a state of India? C. Heavy hail fall A. 1975 D. High rainfall B. 1973 ANS: B. Accumulation of snow C. 1972 11. In which state is Koyna dam located? D. 1950 A. Madhya Pradesh ANS: A. 1975 B. Rajasthan 7. India covers ...... of earth's land area. C. Maharashtra (approximate) D. Gujarat A. 2.8% ANS: C. Maharashtra B. 2.4% 12. Which of the following is called 'The queen of C. 2.0% Arabian sea'? D. 3.2% A. Mumbai ANS: B 2.4% B. Thiruvananthapuram 8. Bangladesh has a land border with C. Kochi A. only India D. Surat B. India and Myanmar ANS: C. Kochi C. India and Bhutan D. India and China

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13. What is the name of the castle that was built in ANS: D Products honour of world renowned composer Richard 17. The Colosseum, known as the Flavian Wagner? Amphitheatre, is located in A. Balmoral Castle A. Venice B. Neuschwanstein Castle B. Rome C. Convey castle C. Milan D. Kronborg D. Vatican City ANS: B. Neuschwanstein Castle ANS: B. Rome 14. Hawa Mahal in Jaipur is constructed using 18. Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in: A. White and green marble A. Uttar Pradesh B. Granite B. Madhya Pradesh C. Red and Pink sandstone C. Andhra Pradesh D. Normal rocks D. Tamil Nadu ANS: C Red and Pink sandstone ANS: C. Andhra Pradesh 15. Halley's comet is expected to return to the vicinity 19. Bhimbetka caves are located in: of earth in the year... A. Uttar Pradesh A. 2086 B. Madhya Pradesh B. 2061 C. Andhra Pradesh C. 2041 D. Himachal Pradesh D. 2026 ANS: B. Madhya. Pradesh ANS: B. 2061 20. Which one of the three rivers at Triveni Sanaarn, 16. Geographical indication (GI) is related to ...... Prayagraj, is an underground river? having unique geographic origin and evolution over A. Ganges centuries. B. Yamuna A. Hills C. Saraswati B. Mountain ranges D. Kaveri C. Plains ANS: C. Saraswati D. Products

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21. Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal 25. Which state of India has the largest number of halophytic ______forest in the world. cotton mills? A. Woody shrubs A. Karnataka B. Papyrus B. Uttar Pradesh C. Mangrove C. Maharashtra D. Marsh D. Gujarat ANS: C. Mangrove ANS: C. Maharashtra 22."Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram one of 26. India shares water border with ...... countries. the "UNESCO World Heritage Site" founded by the A. One Pallava kings is in ...... district of ...... B. Two A. Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu C. Five B. Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu D. Seven C. Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu ANS: D. Seven D. Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 27. The official journal of the Committee on Space ANS: B. Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu Research (COSPAR) is 23. The huge storm known as Great red spot is A. Astrophysics and Space associated with which planet? B. Space Science Reviews A. Mars C. Advances in Space Research B. Venus D. Cosmic Research C. Pluto ANS: C. Advances in Space Research D. Jupiter 28. ISS stands for ANS: D. Jupiter A. International Space Station 24. South West Monsoon generates in...... B. International Space System A. Arabian Sea C. Indian space Studies B. Indian Ocean D. Inter-Space Spectroscopy C. Bay of Bengal ANS: A. International Space Station D. Himalayas 29. Most of the ...... are formed by sand and silt ANS: B. Indian Ocean deposited by rivers and sea waves.

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A. Laterite and lateritic soils D. 4 B. Alluvial soils ANS: B. 2 C. Peaty and Marshy soils 34. What is the desert adjoining the Thar desert D. Saline and alkaline soils called in Pakistan? ANS: B. Alluvial soils A. Gobi 30. Eastern boundary of Kashmir is B. Cholistan A. LOC C. Sukkur B. Jammu D. Mirpur C. POK ANS: B. Cholistan D. Ladakh region 35. Which is the largest fresh water lake in the ANS: D. Ladakh region World? 31. The famous Nek Chand's Rock Garden is located A. Lake Victoria in B. Lake Erie A. Srinagar C. Lake Superior B. Jammu D. Lake Ontario C. Chandigarh ANS: C. Lake Superior D. Shimla 36.Where can you find the Kunchikal waterfalls? ANS: C. Chandigarh A. Kerala 32. Hirakud reservoir is built across the river B. Karnataka A. Sutlej C. Andhra Pradesh B. Godavari D. Telangana C. Mahanadi ANS: B. Karnataka D. Narmada 37. Losoong festival is popular in ANS: C. Mahanadi A. Himachal Pradesh 33. How many moons does the planet Mars have? B. Sikkim A. 1 C. Arunachal Pradesh B. 2 D. Tripura C. 3 ANS: B. Sikkim

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38. Where is the Island of Seychelles located? A. Goa A. Indian Ocean B. Andhra Pradesh B. Pacific Ocean C. Tamil Nadu C. Atlantic Ocean D. Kerala D. The Southern Ocean ANS: A Goa ANS: A. Indian Ocean 43 .After entering Bangladesh, the main branch of the 39. Which is the largest non-polar desert in the Ganges is known as World? A. Hooghly river A. Kalahari B. Jamuna river B. Gobi C. Meghna river C. Sahara D. Padma river D. Great Australian ANS: D Padma River ANS: C. Sahara 44. In which state is the Valley of Flowers National 40. In which state is 'White Desert' present in India? park situated? A. Gujarat A. Uttarakhand B. Tamil Nadu B. Himachal Pradesh C. Jammu and Kashmir C. Jammu and Kashmir D. Sikkim D. Assam ANS: A Gujarat ANS: A. Uttarakhand 41. The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a 45.____ was the first Geographical Indication (GI) UNESCO World Heritage Site located in tagged product in India. A. Madhya Pradesh A. Darjeeling Tea B. Uttar Pradesh B. Solapuri Chaddar C. Uttarakhand C. Nagpur Orange D. Chattisgarh D. Orissa Ikat ANS: A. Madhya Pradesh ANS: A Darjeeling Tea 42. In which state is the World Heritage Site 'Basilica 46. Maanch is a folk dance from of Born Jesus' located? A. Haryana

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B. Kerala ANS: A Maharashtra C. Assam 51. What is the narrow strip of land across a body of D. Madhya Pradesh water connecting two large land masses called? ANS: D. Madhya Pradesh A. Cape 47. What is Shigmo? B. Isthmus A. A Goan Spring Festival C. Channel B. The tallest peak in Nilgiris D. Lagoon C. A type of Rangoli ANS: B. Isthmus D. One of the Names of Lord Shiva 52. Which is the first planet in the solar system to be ANS: A. A Goan Spring Festival discovered using telescope? 48. What is the official language in Bhutan? A. Uranus A. English B. Saturn B. Hindi C. Neptune C. Dzongkha D. Jupiter D. Khmer ANS: A. Uranus ANS: C .Dzongkha 53. What is the difference between Greenwich Mean 49. A deep crack in a glacier is called Time and Indian Standard Time? A. A crevice A. 6 hours and 30 minutes B. A crevasse B. 4 hours and 30 minutes C. A crack C. 5 hours and 30 minutes D. A cleft D. 3 hours and 30 minutes ANS: B. A crevasse ANS: C. 5 hours and 30 minutes 50. In which State is Karla, famous for its Buddhist 54. What kind of rock is marble? caves, located? A. Extrusive igneous rock A. Maharashtra B. Intrusive igneous rock B. Uttar Pradesh C. Sedimentary rock C. Uttarakhand D. Metamorphic rock D. Madhya Pradesh ANS: D. Metamorphic rock

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55. The area where the warm and cold currents meet 59. Which river enters India through Shipki La Pass? is the best for which activity? A. Ravi A. Sea weed growth B. Beas B. Swimming C. Chenab C. Fishing D. Sutlej D. Surfing ANS: D. Sutlej ANS: C. Fishing 60. What is the pre-monsoon local rainfall and 56. Which passes make way to the land route between thunderstorms in West Bengal called? Kailash and the Manasarovar? A. Kalbaisakhi A. Mana pass B. Mango showers B. Rohtas pass C. Cherry blossom C. Natu la pass D. None of the above D. Zoji la pass ANS: A. Kalbaisakhi ANS: A. Mana Pass 61. Satkosia wildlife sanctuary is located in which 57. Which of the following pass link the Srinagar to state? Leh? A. Assam Mana pass B. Odisha A. Rohtas pass C. Punjab B. Natu la pass D. Mizoram C. Zoji la pass ANS: B. Odisha ANS: D. Zoji La Pass 62. Due to leaching which soils are deficient in 58. With which country does India share its longest nutrients? boundary after Bangladesh? A. Laterite soils A. Pakistan B. Red soils B. China C. Black soils C. Afghanistan D. Desert soils D. Myanmar ANS: A. Laterite soils ANS: B. China

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63. Which river meets Alakananda river at 67. Toda tribes belong to which state in India? Devprayag to form the river Ganga? A. Karnataka A. Bhagirathi B. Kerala B. Mandakini C. Tamil nadu C. Pindar D. Andhra Pradesh D. Dhauliganga ANS: C. Tamil nadu ANS: A. Bhagirathi 68. Which authority is responsible for development 64. Which organisation constructs the strategically and regulation of inland waterways? important roads and roads in high altitude areas? A. Inland Waterways Authority of Bharat A. Border Road Organisation B. Inland Waterways Authority of Country B. Boundary Road Organisation C. Inland Waterways Authority of India C. Border Road Company D. Inland Waterways Authority of Nation D. Border Rail Organisation ANS: C. Inland Waterways Authority of India ANS: A. Border Road Organisation 69. In which state is the Kopili Hydro Power Project 65. Which is the most used raw material for making located? paper in India? A. Nagaland A. Bagasse B. Assam B. Sabai grass C. Manipur C. Soft wood D. Mizoram D. Bamboo ANS: B. Assam ANS: D. Bamboo 70. On the banks of which river is the town Surat 66. What is the position of India in the world in the located? production of sugar? A. Tapi A. Third B. Narmada B. First C. Ghaggra C. Second D. Kosi D. Fourth ANS: A. Tapi ANS: C. Second

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71. Which of the following option denote restoration A. Himalayan rivers are Perennial of forest by naturally or manually? B. Peninsular rivers are Seasonal A. Deforestation C. Himalayan rivers form very small delta B. Afforestation D. Peninsular rivers have little amount of water C. Reforestation ANS: C. Himalayan Rivers form very small delta D. Hiforestation 76. In which of the following state Nathula and jelep ANS: C. Reforestation la passes are situated? 72. Where is Notre-Dame cathedral? A. Sikkim A. California B. Uttrakhand B. Leads C. Himachal Pradesh C. Belgium D. Jammu Kashmir D. Paris ANS: A. Sikkim ANS: D. Paris 77. Which of the following is not true about 73. Where will you be if you were on Filitheyo Island? Kumbhalgarh fort, Rajasthan? A. Sri Lanka A. It is situated in district Rajsamand of Rajasthan at B. Lakshadweep present C. Maldives B. It is a world heritage site of UNESCO D. Thailand C. The wall of Kumbalgarh is the second largest ANS: C Maldives wall after the china wall. 74. In which of the following state is Goecha La D. It is situated on the peak of famous Satpura passes located? series. A. Sikkim ANS: D. It is situated on the peak of famous Satpura B. Assam series. C. Meghalaya 78. How many constellations have been named? D. Uttrakhand A. 88 ANS: A. Sikkim B. 99 75. Which of the following statement is not true about C. 90 Indian River? D. 87

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ANS: A.88 83. Brahmputra river doesn’t flow from which of the 79. What is Kuiper belt? following countries? A. Planetary bodies that orbit around Jupiter A. China B. A type of Galaxy B. Bangladesh C. Icy Planetary bodies that orbit around Neptune C. India D. A type of constellation D. Nepal ANS: C. Icy Planetary bodies that orbit around Neptune ANS: D. Nepal 80. According to World Bank, what Is the 84. A major tectonic plate – The Indian plate (where approximate land utilization percentage of India for India is situated), split off from which ancient agriculture purposes? continent? A. 48 A. Rodinia B. 70 B. Pannotia C. 60 C. Pangaea D. 53 D. Gondwanaland ANS: C.60 ANS: D. Gondwanaland 81. The number of major ports in India is 85. On which hill is the famous Tirumala Temple A.5 situated? B.8 A. Seshadri C.13 B. Neeladr D.15 C. Narayanadri ANS: C.13 D. Venkatadri 82. The Purple Frontier, The Earth Dragon and The ANS: D. Venkatadri Outer Fortresses, all refer to 86. What is Geodesy? A. The Himalayas A. A Branch of Aeronautics B. The Yellow River B. Study of Icebergs C. The Great Wall of China C. Study of Mountains D. Books written by J.R.R. Tolkien D. Branch of mathematics dealing with the shape ANS: C. The Great Wall of China and area of earth

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ANS: D Branch of mathematics dealing with the shape 91. Suez canal joins the Mediterranean sea to- and area of earth A. Caspian sea 87. Which among the following is a major tea B. Red Sea producing state in India? C. Baltic Sea A. Andhra Pradesh D. North Sea B. West Bengal ANS: B .Red Sea C. Odisha 92. Which of them is a cause of earthquake? D. Maharashtra A. Attacks of grasshopper ANS: B. West Bengal B. Storm 88. Which river is known as Dakshin Ganga? C. Moon eclipse A. Cavery D. Volcanic eruption B. Mahanadi ANS: D .Volcanic eruption C. Godaveri 93. The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir D. Krishna government is: ANS: C. Godaveri A. Jammu 89. Which river flows through Karnataka and Tamil B. Srinagar Nadu? C. Gulmarg A. Krishna D. Anantnag B. Godavri ANS: B. Srinagar C. Kaveri 94. Where is the Golden Temple Dambulla located D. Periyar A. Malaysia ANS: C. Kaveri B. Sri lanka 90. Chandrasekhar limit is applied to- C. Philippines A. To stars D. Indonesia B. To volcano ANS: B. Sri lanka C. To motion of light 95. Which of the following rivers is known as the D. To plant life ‘Sorrow of Bengal’? ANS: A .To stars A. Mahanadi

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B. Hooghly D. Saline soil C. Damodar ANS: C. Clay soil D. Son 100. Which is the IInd most speaking language? ANS: C. Damodar A. Mandarin 96. What caused Tsunami (HarbourWave)? B. Spanish A. Under Sea earthquakes C. English B. Typhoons D. Hindi C. Volcanic eruption on land ANS: B. Spanish D. Drought 101. Which is the largest mammal? ANS: A. Under Sea earthquakes A. The African Elephant 97. The only bird which can fly in backward B. Male Hippopotamus direction- C. Blue whale A. Hummingbird D. Male hammer head shark B. Kiwi ANS: C. Blue whale C. Albatross 102. The word equinox stands for- D. Eagle A. The same shape ANS: A Hummingbird B. Same time period of day and night 98. Most densely populated city of Australia is- C. Same time period of summer and cold A. Canberra D. The weather is of same time period B. Sydney ANS: B Same time period of day and night C. Melbourne 103. Mariana Trench is situated in which of the D. Perth ocean? ANS: C. Melbourne A. Atlantic ocean 99. Which one is the lowest porous? B. Pacific ocean A. Sandy soil C. Indian ocean D. Southern ocean B. Silty soil ANS: B .Pacific ocean C. Clay soil

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104. Which city is a planned city according to A. Star Vastushastra? B. Moon A. New Delhi C. Comet B. Bangalore D. Asteroid C. Mumbai ANS: C. Comet D. Chandigarh 109. Which of the following geographical term related ANS: D. Chandigarh with a body of land surrounded by water on three 105. In which of the following river originate from sides? Tibet A. Peninsula A. Godavari B. Strait B. Mahanandi C. Ishtumas C. Brahmaputra D. Canal D. Sone ANS: A Peninsula ANS: C Brahmaputra 110. Study of atmosphere is called: 106. Which type of soil is found in great north plane? A. Atmosphelogy A. Alluvial Soil B. Meteorology B. Black Soil C. Ecology C. Red Soil D. Mertrollogy D. Laterite Soil ANS: B Meteorology ANS: A. Alluvial Soil 111. How many bio-geographical regions are in 107. Which planet is known as evening/morning star? India? A. Mercury A. 2 B. Venus B. 4 C. Mars C. 6 D. Saturn D. 10 ANS: B. Venus ANS: D. 10 108. What is a celestial object consisting of a nucleus 112. Which of the following states is the biggest of ice and dust called? producer of silk?

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A. Kerala A. Betwa B. Andhra Pradesh B. Chamba C. Karnataka C. Sone D. Maharashtra D. Narmada ANS: C. Karnataka ANS: D. Narmada 113. Which princely state was the biggest 117. Which of the following rivers is not part independent state? of ‘Panchnad’? A. Hyderabad A. The Jhelum B. Kochin B. The Indus C. Travankon C. The Chenab D. Puducherri D. The Ravi ANS: A. Hyderabad ANS: B The Indus 114. Chitrakoot waterfall is lying on Indrawati river, 118.Which of the following rivers flows in a rift valley the waterfall is known as India’s Niyagra waterfall. A. Son That is situated in- B. Damodar A. Madhya Pradesh C. Narmada B. Chhattisgarh D. Ganges C. Uttarakhand ANS: C . Narmada D. Jharkhand 119. Which one of the following is the first biosphere ANS: B. Chhattisgarh reserve of India that was set up in the year 1986? 115. In which direction does the tail of a comet point A. Nokrek Biosphere reserve toward? B. Nilgiri Biosphere reserve A. Away from the sun C. Great Nicobar Biosphere reserve B. Towards the sun D. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere reserve C. Away from the earth ANS: B. Nilgiri Biosphere reserve D. Towards the earth 120. Which among the following statements is true? ANS: A .Away from the sun A. Jharkhand is the largest mica producing state in 116. Which river originates from Amarkantak? India

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B. Copper is found in Orissa B. Mana Pass C. Limestone is found in Maharashtra C. Natula Pass D. India is largest producer of Iron ore D. Jhelab la Pass ANS: A Jharkhand is the largest mica producing state in ANS: A. Rohtas Pass India 125. Which of the following is a reason of 121. Which river does not flow into the Arabian Sea? earthquake? A. Narmada A. Global warming of surface of earth B. Tapti B. Increased population on earth C. Periyar C. Underground nuclear explosion test D. Mahanadi D. Motion of tectonic plate of earth ANS: D. Mahanadi ANS: D. Motion of tectonic plate of earth 122. Which of the following planets doesn’t have a 126. Which sanctuary was known as Bharatpur bird satellite? sanctuary earlier? A. Jupiter A. Samaspur bird sanctuary B. Mars B. Mayani bird sanctuary C. Venus C. Salim Ali bird sanctuary D. Neptune D. Keoladeo bird sanctuary ANS: C. Venus ANS: D. Keoladeo bird sanctuary 123. The type of forest that is most widespread in 127. Which one of the following rivers emerged from India is western Ghat? A. Deciduous forest A. Ghaggar B. Thorn forest B. Krishna C. Tidal forest C. Damoder D. Montane forest D. Son ANS: A. Deciduous forest ANS: B. Krishna 124. Which of the following passes cuts through the 128. Which of the following conduct the water cycle Pir Panjal range and links Manali and Leh by road? on earth? A. Rohtas Pass A. Wind

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B. Moon B. Himachal-Uttaranchal Himalayas C. Sun C. Eastern Himalayas D. Earth D. Kashmir Himalayas ANS: C. Sun ANS: D. Kashmir Himalayas 129. Mount Kanchenjunga is 133. Where is the Loktak Lake situated? A. The tallest mountain in the Himalayas A. Kerala B. Located to the north of Mount Everest B. Uttaranchal C. The 2nd highest mountain in the World C. Manipur D. The 3rd highest mountain in the World D. Rajasthan ANS: D. The 3rd highest mountain in the World ANS: C. Manipur 130. Which of the following imaginary line almost 134. Which of the following water bodies separates divides India into two equal parts? the Andaman from the Nicobar? A. Equator A. 11° Channel B. Tropic of Cancer B. Gulf of Mannar C. Tropic of Capricorn C. 10° Channel D. Artic Circle D. Andaman Sea ANS: B. Tropic of Cancer ANS: C. 10° Channel 135. Which of the following hill ranges dominated by 131. Which of the following water bodies is the home the ‘Doddabetta’ peak? of Lakshadweep? A. Nilgiri hills A. Arabian sea B. Anaimalai hills B. Bay of Bengal C. Cardamom hills C. Indian Ocean D. Nallamala hills D. Atlantic Ocean ANS: A. Nilgiri hills ANS: A. Arabian Sea 136. Which of the following river has the largest river 132. Which of the following region supports the basin in India? Karewa formation? A. The Indus A. North-eastern Himalaya B. The Ganga

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C. The Brahmaputra A. Andaman & Nicobar Island D. The Krishna B. Malaysia ANS: B. The Ganga C. Indonesia 137. Which of the following geographical term related D. Maldives with the ”piece of sub-continental land that is ANS: C. Indonesia surrounded by water”? 141. Which of the following is the world’s largest A. Peninsula peninsula? B. Gulf A. India C. Strait B. South Africa D. Island C. Arabia ANS: D. Island D. Both A & B 138. Which of the following geographical term related ANS: C. Arabia with a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable 142. Which of the following pass has been created by waterway that connects two larger bodies of water? the Indus River? A. Peninsula A. Rohtas Pass B. Gulf B. Nathula Pass C. Strait C. Baralachala Pass D. Island D. Banihal Pass ANS: C. Strait ANS: D. Banihal Pass 139. Which of the following is suitable definition of 143. Consider the following statement(s) is/are related ‘Archipelago’? to the Storms during the Hot Weather Season A circular coral reef that encloses a shallow lagoon. I. Mango Showers (since the rain showers are good A. A chain or set of islands grouped together. for the mango trees) occurs along the coast of Kerala. B. The plant and animal life on the earth. II. Loo is the name given to the hot, dry winds that C. None of the above blow in the Northern Plains. It is very common in ANS: B. A chain or set of islands grouped together. Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh (called 140. Which of the following is the largest Archipelago “aandhi”) and Bihar. in the world? Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

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A. Only I C. Mawsynram B. Only II D. Guwahati C. Both I and II ANS: C. Mawsynram D. Neither I nor II 147. What is the local name of the wind blowing in ANS: C. Both I and II the northern plains during summers ? 144. Consider the following statement(s) is/are about A. Kaal Baisakhi South- West Monsoon B. Trade Winds I. The bulk of rainfall is received during this season C. Loo in almost every part of India except TamilNadu. D. None of the above II. Blossom Shower with this shower, coffee flowers ANS: C Loo blossom in Karnataka and its nearby areas. 148. Which of the following reason of rainfall during Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? winters in north-western part of India? Only I A. Cyclonic depression A. Only II B. Western disturbances B. Both I and II C. Retreating monsoon C. Neither I nor II D. Southwest monsoon ANS: A Only I ANS: B. Western disturbances 145. Which of the following longitudes is the standard 149. Consider the following statement(s) is/are related meridian of India? to Himalayan Range A. 69°30’E I. It form the highest mountain range in the world, B. 75°30’E extending 2,500 km over northern India. C. 82°30’E II. Bounded by the Indus river in the west and the D. 90°30’E Brahmaputra in the east, the three parallel ranges, ANS: C. 82°30’E the Himadri, Himachal and Shivaliks have deep 146. Which of the following places receives the canyons gorged by the rivers flowing into the highest rainfall in the world? Gangetic plain. A. Silchar Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? B. Cherrapunji A. Only I

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B. Only II B. Rhone C. Both I and II C. Danube D. Neither I nor II D. Volga ANS: C Both I and II ANS: D. Volga 150. Which of the following factor is characterises 154. Which of the following river crosses the Equator by the cold weather season in India? twice ? A. warm days and warm nights A. Congo B. Warm days and cold nights B. Amazon C. Cool days and cold nights C. Niger D. Cold days and warm nights D. Nile ANS: C. Cool days and cold nights ANS: A. Congo 151. What is the wearing away of the landscape by 155. Which of the following river crosses Tropic of different wind and ice. Agents like water. Capricorn twice? A. weathering A. Vaal River B. Attrition B. Limpopo River C. Erosion C. Niger River D. Abrasion D. Zambezi River ANS: C. Erosion ANS: B Limpopo River 152. In due course of time the meander loop cuts off 156. Which is the largest river of the Asia? from the river and forms Cut-off Lake, also called an A. Indus river lake. B. Yangtze River A. ox-bow C. Hwant Ho river B. oasis D. Ganga River C. lagoon ANS: B. Yangtze River D. tectonic Rivers and Lakes 157. Rivers in "Annular" pattern flow in which ANS: A. ox-bow direction? 153. The longest river of Europe is A. West to East A. Rhine B. North to south

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C. Like a ring ANS: B. Pamir Mountains D. Transverse direction 162. Regur is the name of ANS: C. Like a ring A. Red soil 158. In which river is "Grand canyon"? B. Black soil A. Mississippi C. Alluvial soil B. Colorado D. Clay soil C. Columbia ANS: B. Black soil D. Ohara 163. Which of the following city is known as the ANS: B. Colorado "Eternal city"? 159. The reason behind broadening the river valley is A. London A. Corrosion B. Rome B. Soil erosion C. Athens C. Attrition D. Berlin D. Yhydraulic action ANS: B. Rome ANS: B. Soil erosion 164. Which of the following city is the capital of 160. Which of the following city is located on the desert country mali? banks of river Potomac? A. Damascus A. Berlin B. Bamako B. Islamabad C. Adra C. Madrid D. Ankara D. Washington DC ANS: B. Bamako ANS: D .Washington DC 165. Which is the largest country (in area)? 161. Which of the following is known as the "Roof of A. Canada the World"? B. China A. Everest C. USA B. Pamir Mountains D. Russia C. Siberian field ANS: D .Russia D. Hindu Kush Mountain

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166. The mountain which separates Asia and Europe A. Greenland is ? B. Iceland A. Allai Mountain Range C. New Guinea B. Alps Mountain D. Madagascar C. Ural Mountain ANS: A .Greenland D. Rocky Mountain 171.Among the world oceans, which ocean is having ANS: C .Ural Mountain the widest continental shelf? 167. Which of the following is not a result of A. Antarctic ocean underground water-activity B. Arctic ocean A. Stalactites C. Indian ocean B. Stalagmites D. Atlantic ocean C. Sink holes ANS: B. Arctic Ocean D. Fiords 172. The movement inside the Earth's crust is studied ANS: D. Fiords by which of the following? 168. Hanging valley is very common in A. Geology A. High mountains B. Seismology B. Sub-Arctic region C. Plate Tectonies C. Glaciated areas D. Pantograph D. Coastal belt ANS: B Seismology ANS: C. Glaciated areas 173. The material carried by the glacier such as rocks 169. A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are is termed as a: called glacial A. Strait A. Moraines B. Sound B. Deltas C. Bay C. Plateaus D. Fjord D. Grooves ANS: C. Bay ANS: A. Moraines 170. The World's largest island is

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174. As the river enters the plain it twists and turns A. chromospheres forming large bends known as B. Photosphere A. Crooks C. Corona B. Flections D. Lithosphere C. Rounds ANS: C. Corona D. Meanders 179. The light of Sun takes how much time to reach to ANS: D .Meanders Earth? 175. 49th Parallel is the boundary line between which A. 8 hours 20 seconds two countries? B. 8 minutes 20 seconds A. USA and Canada C. 8 seconds B. North and South Vietnam D. 20 seconds C. Germany and France ANS: B. 8 minutes 20 seconds D. Brazil and Chile 180. The Synchronous satellite moves around the ANS: A. USA and Canada Earth from 176. After Sun, which is the closest star to the Earth? A. East to west A. Vega B. West to east B. Sirius Bosma C. North to south C. Proxima Centauri D. South to North D. Alpha Centauri ANS: B. west to east ANS: C. Proxima Centauri 181. In which of the following areas, the "Midnight 177. The surface temperature of the Sun is Measured Sun" can be seen? (0C) A. In tropical areas A. 6000 B. In temperate areas B. 2000 C. Arctic and Antarctica circle C. 18000 D. Anywhere during solar eclipse D. 21000 ANS: C. Arctic and Antarctica circle ANS: A. 6000 182. The darkest part of the shadow during eclipse is 178. The outermost layer of the Sun is called A. Halo

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B. Umbra D. Neptune and Pluto C. Penumbra ANS: B. Mercury and Venus D. Black Hole 187. Which country has the largest coast line? ANS: B. Umbra A. USA 183. Low tides are B. Australia A. strong C. Canada B. Weak D. India C. Moderate ANS: C. Canada D. Very Weak 188. How many days in one year on mercury? ANS: B. Weak A. 566 184. Milky way Galaxy was first seen by B. 88 A. Galileo C. 300 B. Martin Schmidli D. 36 C. Marconi ANS: B. 88 D. Newton 189. Which of the following is not a satellite of ANS: A .Galileo Jupiter? 185. Which of the following is not related to solar A. Europe system B. Ganimade A. Small planet C. Callisto B. Comets D. Deimos C. Planet ANS: D. Deimos D. Nebula 190. What is the name of hole in outer space which ANS: D .Nebula emits stars and energy? 186. Which of the following planets do not have A. Black Hole satellite B. Ozone Hole A. Mars and Venus C. Asteroid Belt B. Mercury and Venus D. White Hole C. Mars and Mercury ANS: D .White Hole

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191. The mass of Jupiter is almost B. Two A. Tenth of the mass of the Sun C. Four B. One Thousandth of the mass of the sun D. Three C. Hundred of the mass of the sun ANS: D. Three D. Half of the mass of the sun 196. On which day, Earth is closest to the Sun? ANS: B .One Thousandth of the mass of the sun A. 23 September 192. One astronomical unit is the average distance B. 3 January between which of the following? C. 4 July A. Earth and sun D. 21 March B. Earth and Moon ANS: B .3 January C. Jupiter and Sun 197. The earth is tilted on its axis D. Pluto and Sun A. 23.5 degree ANS: A .Earth and sun B. 22.5 degree 193. Which is the hottest planet in the solar system? C. 21.5 degree A. Jupiter D. 20 degree B. Saturn ANS: A .23.5 degree C. Venus 198. Loess is a ______D. Uranus A. Loss of rocks ANS: C. Venus B. Animal deposited sediments 194. Earth's twin C. Water deposited sediments A. Mercury D. Wind deposited sediments B. Mars ANS: D .Wind deposited sediments C. Venus 199. At Barren Island, the only active volcano in D. Pluto India is situated in ANS: C .Venus A. Andaman Islands 195. In how many parts the shadow of Earth is B. Nicobar Islands divided during solar or lunar eclipse? C. Lakshadweep A. Five D. Minicoy

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ANS: A. Andaman Islands C. Both A and B 200. Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ D. None of the above because- ANS: C .Both A and B A. Sun rises there as soon as it sets 204. Sandstone is a _____ B. Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky A. Sedimentary rocks throughout the day in Japan B. Igneous rocks C. Japan being the Eastern most country in the C. Metamorphic rocks world, it has the earliest sunrise D. Transporting rocks D. The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters ANS: A. Sedimentary rocks of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful 205. Which of the following union territories of India ANS: C. Japan being the Eastern most country in the has the highest density of population per sq km? world, it has the earliest sunrise A. Pondicherry 201. The Himalayas is the example of ______. B. Lakshadweep A. Fold mountains C. Delhi B. Block mountains D. Chandigarh C. Ancient mountains ANS: C. Delhi D. Residual mountains 206. The Salal Project is on the river ANS: A. Fold Mountains A. Chenab 202. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the B. Jhelum world is : C. Ravi A. Australia D. Sutlej B. Russia ANS: A. Chenab C. Canada 207. The processes which include geological D. Armenia phenomena and processes that originate externally to ANS: B .Russia the Earth’s surface are called as _____ 203. Sedimentary rocks are derived through. A. Endogenic processes A. Disintegration B. Exogenic processes B. Decomposition C. Biological process

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D. None of these 212. The plateau rich in minerals in India is ANS: B .Exogenic processes ______. 208. Which of the following important rivers of India A. Malwa plateau does not originate from the Western Ghats? B. Chhota Nagpur Plateau A. Cauvery C. Deccan Plateau B. Godavari D. Mysuru Platea C. Krishna ANS: B. Chhota Nagpur Plateau D. Mahanadi 213. Alps mountain range is located in which ANS: D. Mahanadi continent? 209. The scientific study of soil is – A. Europe A. Pedology B. North America B. Earth Study C. South America C. Soil Science D. Africa D. Soil Chemistry ANS: A. Europe ANS: A. Pedology 214. Which of the following neighbouring country of 210. Red Soil look yellow when? India is not a landlocked country? A. It occurs in a iron oxide form. A. Nepal B. It occurs in a loosed form. B. Myanmar C. It occurs in a composed form. C. Bhutan D. It occurs in a hydrated form D. Afghanistan ANS: D. It occurs in a hydrated form ANS: B Myanmar 211. The place of origin of an earthquake is called – 215. The longitudes of main land of India extends A. Epicentre between B. Focus A. 68°7' E and 97°25' E C. Seismal B. 68°7' W and 97°25' D. Amphidromic point C. 68°7' N and 97°25' N ANS: B. Focus D. 68°7' S and 97°25' S ANS: A. 68°7' E and 97°25' E

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216. The boundary between Earth's crust and mantle 220. ______are defined as the mass movement is _____. of rock, debris or earth down a slope. A. Moho discontinuity A. Earthquake B. Lehman discontinuity B. Cyclone C. Conrad discontinuity C. Flood D. Gutenberg discontinuity D. Landslide ANS: A. Moho discontinuity ANS: D .Landslide 217. What is the other name of Sahyadri Range? 221. As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the A. Lesser Himalayas flowing water decreases and the river begins to break B. Shivaliks up into a number of streams called ______. C. Western Ghats A. Plateau D. Eastern Ghats B. Isthmus ANS: C. Western Ghats C. Peninsula 218. Which among the following country is not a part D. Distributaries of Scandinavia? ANS: D. Distributaries A. Norway 222. ______is a cold desert lying in the Great B. Finland Himalayas. C. Sweden A. Ladakh D. Denmark B. Satpura ANS: B .Finland C. Aravalli 219. The oceanic crust mainly consists of silica and D. Vindhya ______. ANS: A. Ladakh A. Magnesium 223. The Sundarbans Reserve Forest (SRF) which is B. Iron adjacent to India's Sundarbans National Park is C. Manganese located in which neighbouring country? D. Sulphur A. Bhutan ANS: A .Magnesium B. Pakistan C. Bangladesh

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D. Nepal ANS: B. Zoji la ANS: C .Bangladesh 228. The place on the earth's surface above the focus 224. The city of Nasik is situated on the banks of is called the ______. which river in India? A. focus A. Krishna B. incentre B. Godavari C. epicentre C. Koshi D. centre D. Tapti ANS: C .epicentre ANS: B. Godavari 229. The longitudinal valley lying between lesser 225. Which Indian state has the longest Coastline? Himalaya and the ______are known as Duns. A. Kerala A. Himadri B. Gujarat B. Himachal C. Andhra Pradesh C. Shiwaliks D. Tamil Nadu D. Tibet ANS: B .Gujarat ANS: C. Shiwaliks 226. Which Indian state is the largest in terms of the 230. Which of the following is a major river in total area covered ? Bangladesh which is also the main distributary of the A. Maharashtra Ganges? B. Madhya Pradesh A. Gandak C. Rajasthan B. Kosi D. Tamil Nadu C. Gomati ANS: C .Rajasthan D. Padma 227. The National Highway 1A connects Leh to ANS: D. Padma Kashmir Valley through the ______pass. 231. Pir Panjal railway tunnel is located in A. Khyber A. Jammu and Kashmir B. Zoji la B. Himachal Pradesh C. Nathula C. Uttarakhand D. Karakoram D. Sikkim

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ANS: A Jammu and Kashmir 236. Which states are related with Mahanadi Water 232. Odisha often faces natural disasters due to Dispute Tribunal- A. Rainfall A. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu B. Earth quakes B. Odisha and Chhattisgarh C. Cyclones C. Kerala and Karnataka D. Drizzle D. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka ANS: C .Cyclones ANS: B. Odisha and Chhattisgarh 233. Madya Pradesh is related to ‘Diamond’ in the 237. Which one of the following is the largest source same way as ‘Karnataka’ is related to of electricity in India? A. Copper A. Hydro power B. Platinum B. Thermal power C. Silver C. Nuclear power D. Gold D. None of the above ANS: D .Gold ANS: B. Thermal power 234. Which among the following is a riverine (Inland 238. The largest Lagoon lake of India is: River) port? A. Dal Lake A. Chennai B. Chilka Lake B. Kandla C. Pulicat Lake C. Kolkata D. Mansarover D. Tutikorin ANS: B. Chilka Lake ANS: C. Kolkata 239. The western-most longitude of India lies in the 235. Which of the following is the largest completed state? hydroelectric power plant in India? A. Rajasthan A. Koyna B. Gujarat B. Sardar Sarovar C. Maharashtra C. Tehri D. Madhya Pradesh D. Nathpa Jhakri ANS: B. Gujarat ANS: A. Koyna

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240. Which of the following is a river flowing from A. Australia and New Zealand Central India and joining Yamuna/Ganga? B. India and China A. Ghagra C. Switzerland and Italy B. Gomti D. Canada and USA C. Kosi ANS: D. Canada and USA D. Betwa 245. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats ANS: D. Betwa both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau 241. The longest river of Peninsular India is: receives scanty rainfall? A. Narmada A. It is a rain shadow area B. Godavari B. It is located parallel to wind direction C. Mahanadi C. It is away from the coast D. Cauvery D. Rain bearing clouds are absent ANS: B. Godavari ANS: A. It is a rain shadow area 242. The layer where the decrease in temperature 246. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently with increasing altitude is totally absent is approved by Cabinet is to be setup in – A. Troposphere A. Rajasthan B. Ionosphere B. Uttar Pradesh C. Stratosphere C. Karnataka D. Mesosphere D. Madhya Pradesh ANS: C. Stratosphere ANS: B. Uttar Pradesh 243. Pagladia Dam Project is located in which state? 247. Sariska and Rathambore are the reserves for A. Arunachal Pradesh which of the following ? B. Sikkim A. Lion C. Assam B. Deer D. West Bengal C. Tiger ANS: C. Assam D. Bear 244. World’s longest land border is between which ANS: C. Tiger two countries?

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248. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is ANS: A. Sagarmatha National Park called ______. 252. The highest peak of the western ghats of India is A. Basalt A. Shevroy hills B. Laccolith B. Mahendragiri hills C. Lava C. Javadi hills D. Magma D. Anamudi hills ANS: D. Magma ANS: D. Anamudi hills 249. The Southern part of Indian mainland from the 253. The Equator does not pass through which of the south of river Krishna till the Southern tip of following? Mainland India at Cape Comorin is also known as – A. Kenya A. Konkan Coast B. Nigeria B. Gujarat Plains C. Uganda C. Coromandel coast D. Somalia D. Malabar coast ANS: B. Nigeria ANS: C. Coromandel coast 254. Which of the following state has the highest 250. Which of the following makes the northern percentage of forest cover in terms of area? boundary of Deccan Plateau A. Jammu and Kashmir A. Aravalli Range B. Haryana B. Vindhya Range C. Madhya Pradesh C. Chota Nagpur Plateau D. Uttar Pradesh D. None of these ANS: C .Madhya Pradesh ANS: B. Vindhya Range 255. Laterite soil is very useful for growing: 251. Which of the following National Park A. Rice, wheat and mustard encompasses Mount Everest in it? B. Tea, coffee and cashewnut A. Sagarmatha National Park C. Pulses, sugarcane and resin B. Great Himalayan National Park D. None of the above C. Valley of Flowers National Park ANS: B. Tea, coffee and cashewnut D. Jim Corbett National Park 256. Melghat Tiger Reserve is in which state?

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A. Maharashtra B. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve B. Rajasthan C. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve C. Arunachal Pradesh D. Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve D. Uttarakhand ANS: B. Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve ANS: A. Maharashtra 261. Which river passes through kaziranga national 257. The “Valley of Flowers” is located in? park? A. Karakoram Range A. Ganga B. Shivalik Range B. Brahmaputra C. Zanskar Range C. Krishna D. None of these D. Mahanadi ANS: C. Zanskar Range ANS: B. Brahmaputra 258. Namdapha National Park is one of the largest 262. Name the state which is at the top in floriculture protected area situated in – cultivation in India? A. Eastern Himalaya A. Assam B. Western Himalaya B. Arunachal Pradesh C. Greater Himalaya C. Meghalaya D. Karakoram Himalaya D. Karnataka ANS: A.Eastern Himalaya ANS: D. Karnataka 259. This is the only sanctuary where Kashmiri Deer 263. The Forest Research Institute is located in? are found? A. Dehradun A. Kanha B. Bhopal B. Gir C. Lucknow C. Dachigam D. Delhi D. Mudumalai ANS: A .Dehradun ANS: C. Dachigam 264. Why is Rann of Kutch of India famous for? 260. Which of the following was India’s First A. Tidal and flats Biosphere Reserves? B. Fertile soil A. Sundarban Biosphere Reserve C. Dense Vegetation

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D. All are correct 269. The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil ANS: A .Tidal and flats Nadu state of India and the ______district of the 265. A short season between the Rabi and Kharif Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. season is known as: A. Puttalam A. Aus B. Chunnakam B. Boro C. Mannar C. Zaid D. Chilaw D. None of the above ANS: C. Mannar ANS: C. Zaid 270. Among the following the literacy rate is highest 266. Which of the following is known as golden fibre? in? A. Cotton A. Delhi B. Jute B. Punjab C. Hemp C. Lakshadweep D. Silk D. Mizoram ANS: B.Jute ANS: C. Lakshadweep 267. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located? 271. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains A. Pacific Ocean the ozone layer? B. Indian Ocean A. Troposphere C. Atlantic Ocean B. Mesosphere D. Arctic Ocean C. Ionosphere ANS: A. Pacific Ocean D. Stratosphere 268. The largest delta in the world is______. ANS: D. Stratosphere A. Yellow River Delta 272. Which of the following causes rainfall during B. Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta winters in the north-western part of India? C. Mississippi Delta A. Western disturbances D. None of these B. Cyclonic depression ANS: B. Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta C. Southwest monsoon D. Retreating monsoon

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ANS: A. Western disturbances 277. Which is India’s longest river that does not flow 273. The Damodar valley is rich in – into the sea? A. Petroleum A. Ganga B. Coal B. Yamuna C. Uranium C. Tapti D. Zinc D. Kaveri ANS: B. Coal ANS: B. Yamuna 274. The first commercial nuclear power station of 278. What is the most cultivated crop in India? India was built in? A. Ragi A. Kaiga B. Wheat B. Tarapur C. Corn C. Narora D. Rice D. Kota ANS: D. Rice ANS: B. Tarapur 279. Mica is available abundantly in which States? 275. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, one of the world’s largest A. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkand, Bihar is constructed on which river- B. Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana A. Kaveri C. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkand B. Indus D. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar C. Godavari ANS: A. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkand, Bihar D. Krishna 280. Where is the Masai Mara National Reserve? ANS: D. Krishna A. Mali 276. Which of the following Hydro Power Project is B. Kenya in Tamil Nadu? C. Gabon A. Iddukki D. Zambia B. Kuttiyadi ANS: B. Kenya C. Kakkad 281. The Dibru-Saikhowa, Nameri and Orang D. Kundah National Park are all found in which State? ANS: D. Kundah A. Andhra Pradesh

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B. Assam D. Great circle C. Anniachal Pra&sh ANS: A. Latitudes D. Uttarakhnd 286. Winter Solstice ANS: B. Assam A. 21 June 282. Which among the following is the Largest B. 22 December Freshwater Lake in India? C. 21 March A. Dal Lake D. 23 September B. Thol Lake ANS: B. 22 December C. Pushkar Lake 287. A difference of one hour between the two D. Wular Lake meridians in degree ANS: D Wular Lake A. 30 283. Which city is the value of Gold determined? B. 15 A. California C. 45 B. Sydney D. 50 C. Rome ANS: B. 15 D. London 288. Discontinuity between core and mantle ANS: D. London A. Conroad 284. Which planet’s rotation period is higher than B. Mohorovic revolution C. Gutenberg A. Mars D. Lahman B. Venus ANS: C. Gutenberg C. Neptune 289. Ojos del Salado is a volcanic mountains located D. Uranus in ANS: B. Venus A. Andes 285. Temperature coordinates of earth B. Rockey A. Latitudes C. Cotapoxi B. Longitudes D. Everest C. Equator ANS: A. Andes

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290. Tornadoes are in D. Astrology A. USA ANS: C. Serinology B. India 295. Which is the oldest mountain range of India? C. China A. Maikal D. Australia B. Himalaya ANS: A. USA C. Aravallis 291. Atacama desert is located in D. Pennines A. North Chile ANS: C. Aravallis B. Argentina 296. India has the ______largest population on C. Botswana Earth. D. Brazil A. Second ANS: A. North Chile B. Third 292. Which of the following is NOT found in India? C. Fourth A. Glacier D. Fifth B. Iceberg ANS: A. Second C. Desert 297. The proportion of the solar radiation reflected D. Lagoon from the surface ANS: B. Iceberg A. Reflection 293. Which country is called “country of canals”? B. Insolation A. Afghanishtan C. Albedo B. Pakistan D. Terrestrial radiation C. Iran ANS: C .Albedo D. Kenya 298. Which river is known as the lifeline of Myanmar ANS: B. Pakistan A. Irawaddy 294. Study of moon B. Yangtze A. Cosmology C. Hwang Ho B. Luminology D. Ganges C. Serinology ANS: A .Irawaddy

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299. Only landlocked country in South-East Asian C. Plateau consists of broad and shallow valleys and Peninsula rounded hills A. Indonesia D. Rocks in the regions are responsible for B. Loas formation of alluvial soil C. Philippines ANS: D.Rocks in the regions are responsible for D. Singapore formation of alluvial soil ANS: B. Loas 303. Which of the following phenomenon is mainly 300. Which mountain divide China into North and responsible for the formation of the rift valley? South China A. The subsidence of the segment of Earth’s crust A. Amur B. Forces of tension in the earth's crust B. Urul C. The deepening of a valley by action of ice C. Quinling D. The valley formed after the formation of Fold D. Elbruz Mountains ANS: C. Quinling ANS: A.The subsidence of the segment of Earth’s crust 301. Which of the following is the highest pass that 304. Which one of the following is the junction point falls on the boundary of Jammu and Kashmir and of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats? China? A. Anamalai Hills A. Banihal Pass B. Nilgiri Hills B. Zoji La Pass C. Ashambu Hills C. Pir Panjal Pass D. Palani Hills D. Karakoram Pass ANS: B. Nilgiri Hills ANS: D.Karakoram Pass 305. Which of the following States has the most 302. Which of the following statement is not true with critical problem of erosion of its coastal areas by the respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? sea? A. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan A. Madhya Pradesh scarps forming the northern flank of the plateau B. Karnataka B. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland C. Kerala consisting of horizontally arranged lavasheets D. Andhra Pradesh

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ANS: C. Kerala D. Kerala 306. Which of the following rivers of the Indian sub- ANS: D. Kerala continent covers the longest distance from its source 310. Which of the following is not one of the reasons to the sea into which it drains? for concentration of jute mills in Kolkata? A. Ganga A. Industry requires a lot of water which is easily B. Godavari available from the Hugli River C. Indus B. Availability of coal D. Brahmaputra C. Cheap and abundant power supply ANS: A. Ganga D. The port of Kolkata can easily export all the jute 307. What is the approximate length of India’s land goods border with the neighbouring countries? ANS: C. Cheap and abundant power supply A. 10 thousand km 311. Which one of the following regions of India is B. 15 thousand km now regarded as an 'ecological hot spot'? C. 12 thousand km A. Eastern Ghats D. 18 thousand km B. Eastern Himalayas ANS: B. 15 thousand km C. Western Ghats 308. What is the term used for very violent and D. Western Himalayas serious type of winds which bring a lot of disaster? ANS: C. Western Ghats A. Stratus 312. Which one of the following is the most important B. Hurricane source of energy in India? C. Trade-Winds A. Coal D. Cirrus B. Petroleum ANS: B.Hurricane C. Natural Gas 309. Which of the following is the major rubber D. Hydroelectricity producing state in India? ANS: A. Coal A. West-Bengal 313. Which of the following non-conventional sources B. Karnataka of energy holds out the maximum importance in C. Tamil-Nadu India?

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A. Tidal Energy A. Lakshadweep Islands B. Wind Energy B. Chandigarh C. Geothermal Energy C. Andaman and Nicobar Islands D. Solar Energy D. Kerala ANS: D. Solar Energy ANS: C. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 314. Which dam in India has the distinction of being 318. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through the longest mainstream dam in the world? which of the following Indian state? A. Bhakra Nangal Dam A. Gujarat B. Tehri Dam B. Rajasthan C. Sardar Sarovar Dam C. Madhya Pradesh D. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam D. Manipur ANS: B. Tehri Dam ANS: D. Manipur 315. Which of the following types of soils is most 319. Which one of the following are the most suited for Tea cultivation? important commercial forests of India? A. Alluvial Soil A. Coniferous Forests B. Laterite Soil B. Tropical Deciduous Forests C. Black Soil C. Tropical Evergreen Forests D. Red Soil D. Mangrove Forests ANS: B. Laterite Soil ANS: B. Tropical Deciduous Forests 316. Which of the following Indian state is popularly 320. The Hirakud Project harnesses the water of known as the ‘Garden of Spices’? which one of the following rivers? A. Tamil Nadu A. Mahanadi B. Kerala B. Ganga C. Karnataka C. Sutlej D. Uttar Pradesh D. Godavari ANS: B. Kerala ANS: A. Mahanadi 317. Which part of India receives rainfall from both the South-West and North-West monsoons?

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321. The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is an important D. Kanyakumari multipurpose project on the river ______in the ANS: C. Great Nicobar Islands ______district of Andhra Pradesh? 325. The system or shifting cultivation in the north A. Krishna, Nalgonda eastern region of India is called………….? B. Godavari, West Godavari A. Bewar C. Tungabhadra, East Godavari B. Taungya D. Mahanadi, Krishna C. Ladang ANS: A. Krishna, Nalgonda D. Jhuming 322. Black soil derived from volcanic rocks with ANS: D. Jhuming humus is suitable for growing which of the following 326. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India crop? comes from which of the following lake in India? A. Maize A. Sambhar Lake B. Cotton B. Vembanad Lake C. Rice C. Chilka Lake D. Sugarcane D. Wular Lake ANS: B. Cotton ANS: A. Sambhar Lake 323. What is the main attraction of Kaziranga 327. The Rajasthan Canal now called the Indira National Park located in Assam? Gandhi Canal draws its water from which of the A. Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros following river? B. Indian Bison A. Krishna river C. Spotted Deer B. Sutlej river D. Wild Elephant C. Beas river ANS: A. Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros D. Both b and c 324. Which of the following represents the ANS: D. Both b and c southernmost geographical unit of India? 328. Which among the following state is known as the A. Rameshwaram ‘Sugar Bowl’ of India? B. Lakshadweep islands A. Himachal Pradesh C. Great Nicobar Islands B. Bihar

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C. Uttar Pradesh B. Nathu La Pass D. Punjab C. Bara Lacha Pass ANS: C. Uttar Pradesh D. Shipki La Pass 329. Which of the following regions has almost all ANS: B. Nathu La Pass prevalent types of natural vegetation in India? 333. The pilgrims of Kailash Mansarovar have to A. The Deccan Plateau pass through which of the following pass to enter into B. The Coastal Plains Tibet? C. The Ganga Plain A. Nathu La Pass D. The Himalayas B. Rohtang Pass ANS: D. The Himalayas C. Lipu Likh Pass 330. Which of the following river rises in the D. Jelep La Pass Kamarpet hill in Chota Nagpur Plateau of Bihar and ANS: A. Nathu La Pass called "The River of Sorrow"? 334. Which of the following foreign country is closest A. Krishna to Andaman and Nicobar Islands? B. Mahanadi A. Indonesia C. Damodar B. Myanmar D. Godavari C. Srilanka ANS: C. Damodar D. Pakistan 331. Which of the following river is the longest of all ANS: B. Myanmar the Indus tributaries? 335. Guru Shikhar on the Abu Hills is the highest A. Chenab River peak of which of the following mountain ranges? B. Sutlej River A. Purvanchal Range C. Beas River B. Pir Panjal Range D. Ravi River C. Aravalli Range ANS: A. Chenab River D. Satpura Range 332. Which one of the following pass was reopened in ANS: C. Aravalli Range 2006 to facilitate the trade between India and China? 336. What is the term used for strip or narrow tract A. Jara La Pass of land between two rivers?

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A. Terai 340. Which of the following non-conventional source B. Doab of energy is harnessed in the Parvati Valley near C. Watershed Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh? D. Water divide A. Solar Energy ANS: B.Doab B. Tidal Energy 337. How many moons does the planet mars have? C. Wind Energy A.2 D. Geothermal Energy B.4 ANS: D. Geothermal Energy C.1 341. Which one of the following iron-ore deposits is D.3 one of the largest deposits in the world? ANS: A.2 A. Kundermukh 338.What is the term used for a narrow strip of land B. Bailadila that connects two larger landmasses and separates C. Badampur two bodies of water? D. Ratnagiri A. Cape ANS: A. Kundermukh B. Peninsula 342. Which one of the following ports is the premier C. Isthmus iron-ore exporting port of the country? D. Strait A. Krishnapatnam port ANS: C. Isthmus B. Mormugao port 339. Which one of the following mineral is the basic C. Paradip port mineral and backbone of industrial development? D. Kandla port A. Magnesium ANS: B. Mormugao port B. Iron-ore 343. Which one of the following state has the highest C. Crude oil road density in India? D. Bauxite A. Andhra Pradesh ANS: B. Iron-ore B. Gujarat C. Rajasthan D. Kerala

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ANS: D. Kerala D. Baba Budan Hills 344. Laterite soil found in areas of high temperature ANS: D. Baba Budan Hills and heavy rainfall is formed by which of the following 348. Which one of the following term is used for the process? system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on A. Weathering a larger area? B. Deposition A. Plantation Agriculture C. Leaching B. Shifting Agriculture D. Both a and c C. Horticulture ANS: C. Leaching D. Intensive Agriculture 345. Gully erosion of soil is mainly caused due to ANS: A. Plantation Agriculture which of the following reason? 349.Which of the following lake was designated as the A. Winds first Indian wetland of international importance B. Sea-Waves under the Ramsar Convention in 1981? C. Terrace Farming A. Wular lake D. Streams formed by rainwater B. Loktak lake ANS: D. Streams formed by rainwater C. Chilika lake 346. Soil-erosion in the state of Punjab is due to D. Pulicat lake which one of the following reasons? ANS: C. Chilika lake A. Overgrazing 350. Which one of the following is the second largest B. Over irrigation brackish water lagoon in India after Chilika lake? C. Deforestation A. Pulicat lake D. Excessive cultivation B. Loktak lake ANS: B. Over irrigation C. Dal lake 347. Cultivation of coffee was introduced on which of D. Wular lake the following hills in India? ANS: A. Pulicat lake A. Khasi Hills 351. Zawar mines which is the largest silver B. Nilgiri Hills producing mine in India is located in which of the C. Palni Hills following Indian state?

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A. Uttar Pradesh 355. Which among the following is the second largest B. Madhya Pradesh tributary of Ganga in terms of length of the river? C. Rajasthan A. Rihand River D. Gujarat B. Kosi River ANS: C. Rajasthan C. Yamuna River 352. Which among the following layers inside the D. Mahananda River Earth is dominantly liquid? ANS: C. Yamuna River A. Outer core 356. Which of the following is the boundary used to B. Inner core separate the Earth’s atmosphere from the outer C. Upper mantle space? D. The Crust A. Space line ANS: A. Outer core B. Durand line 353. Which of the following Indian rivers is also C. Venus line called by the name Vishnupadi and Jaahnavi? D. Karman line A. Brahmaputra ANS: D. Karman line B. Godavari 357. Which of the following layer of the atmosphere C. Krishna separates stratosphere and Troposphere? D. Ganges A. Stratopause ANS: D. Ganges B. Thermopause 354. Mahatma Gandhi Setu which is the second C. Tropopause longest river bridge in India is built on which of the D. Mesopause following river? ANS: C. Tropopause A. Ganga 358. Which of the following is the region of the Earth’s B. Godavari atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the C. Krishna thermosphere? D. Brahmaputra A. Mesosphere ANS: A. Ganga B. Exosphere C. Troposphere

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D. Thermosphere C. Sharda Canal ANS: A. Mesosphere D. Upper Bari Doab Canal 359. Which one of the following state has the largest ANS:A. Indira Gandhi Canal inland saline wetland in India? 363. Tehri dam which is the highest dam in India A. Rajasthan receives water from which of the following river? B. Uttar Pradesh A. Gandak River C. Madhya Pradesh B. Ghagra River D. Arunachal Pradesh C. Bhagirathi River ANS: A. Rajasthan D. Godavari River 360. Which of the following Indian state has the ANS: C. Bhagirathi River maximum percentage of mangrove cover in the 364. Which among the following factor does not have country? an influence on the climate of India? A. Gujarat A. Location and Latitudinal extent B. Orissa B. Monsoon winds C. Bihar C. Ocean currents D. West Bengal D. Distance from the sea ANS: D. West Bengal ANS: C. Ocean currents 361. Which among the following is the third largest 365. Which among the following is the only wildlife reservoir in India in terms of the quantity of water? sanctuary in India where Kashmir Red stag is found? A. Cheruthoni dam A. Bhimbandh wildlife sanctuary B. Mettur dam B. Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary C. Indira sagar dam C. Dachigam wildlife sanctuary D. Bhakra dam D. Changtang wildlife sanctuary ANS:D. Bhakra dam ANS: C. Dachigam wildlife sanctuary 362. Which among the following is the longest 366. Jhum cultivation which is the oldest cultivation irrigation canal in India? practice in India can be observed in which one of the A. Indira Gandhi Canal following states? B. Sutlej Yamuna link Canal A. Arunachal Pradesh

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B. Himachal Pradesh B. Kishtwar C. Gujarat C. Samba D. Uttar Pradesh D. Udhampur ANS: A. Arunachal Pradesh ANS: A. Pampore 367. Which among the following state produces the 371.Which of the following forests are found in the largest quantity of wheat in India? Western Ghats, hills of the north eastern region and A. Rajasthan the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? B. Andhra Pradesh A. Tropical Evergreen Forests C. Madhya Pradesh B. Dry Deciduous Forests D. Uttar Pradesh C. Mangrove Forests ANS: D.Uttar Pradesh D. Coniferous Forests 368. Which among the following place in India has ANS:A. Tropical Evergreen Forests never received the vertical rays of the Sun? 372. Which of the following waterfall which is inside a A. Mumbai coffee estate is located in the Chikmagalur district of B. Orissa Karnataka? C. Visakhapatnam A. Dudhsagar Falls D. Srinagar B. Hebbe Falls ANS: D. Srinagar C. Nohkalikai Falls 369. Which of the following two cities in India are D. Bhimlat Falls called as Twin cities? ANS:B. Hebbe Falls A. Delhi and Agra 373. Which among the following is the second highest B. Mumbai and Pune plunge waterfalls in India? C. Kolkata and Bhubaneswar A. Jog Falls D. Hyderabad and Secunderabad B. Iruppu Falls ANS: D. Hyderabad and Secunderabad C. Jang Falls 370. Which of the following place in Jammu and D. Kune Falls Kashmir is known for the cultivation of Saffron? ANS: A. Jog Falls A. Pampore

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374. Which of the following waterfalls is located on ANS: D. Peninsula the the Leh-Manali highway in Himachal Pradesh? 378. Majuli which is the largest inhabited riverine A. Dudhsagar Falls island in the world is located in which of the following B. Bhimlat Falls state? C. Rehala Falls A. Gujarat D. Chitrakoot Falls B. Himachal Pradesh ANS: C. Rehala Falls C. Arunachal Pradesh 375. Which of the following glacier is located where D. Assam the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends? ANS: D. Assam A. Siachen glacier 379. The Earth’s crust is made up of how many major B. Hispar glacier plates according to the theory of Plate Tectonics? C. Baltoro glacier A. Eight D. Rongbuk glacier B. Seven ANS:A. Siachen glacier C. Four 376.Which of the following is highly viscous and D. Two deforming region of the upper mantle which lies just ANS: B. Seven below the lithosphere? 380. The Challenger Deep which is the deepest known A. Lithosphere point in Earth’s ocean is situated in………..? B. Mesosphere A. Mariana trench C. Barysphere B. Kuri trench D. Asthenosphere C. Bentley subglacial trench ANS: D. Asthenosphere D. Tonga-Kermadec trench 377. What is the term used for the landmass which is ANS: A. Mariana trench bounded by the sea on three sides? 381. What is the term used for a narrow area of water A. Hill that connects two larger areas of water or sea or B. Pass ocean? C. Island A. Peninsula D. Peninsula B. Isthmus

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C. Strait B. Tropical Rain Forests D. Gulf C. Thorn Forests ANS: C. Strait D. Moist Deciduous Forests 382. What is the term used for the part of the ANS: B. Tropical Rain Forests continent that lies underwater directly off the shore? 386. Which of the following countries are divided by A. Ocean Peak the Radcliffe Line? B. Continental Point A. India and Pakistan C. Continental Slope B. India and China D. Continental Shelf C. India and Bangladesh ANS: D. Continental Shelf D. India and Nepal 383. Which of the following district of Himachal ANS: A. India and Pakistan Pradesh touches the border of China? A. Kinnaur 387. Where is the India's permanent research station B. Chamba Dakshin Gangotri? C. Sirmaur A. Great Himalayas D. Kullu B. Indian Ocean ANS: A. Kinnaur C. Antarctica 384. Saddle Peak which is the highest point of the D. Arabian Sea archipelago in Bay of Bengal is located ANS: C. Antarctica in……………? A. Middle Andaman 388. Which of the following Indian state touches the B. Little Andaman boundaries of the maximum number of other States? C. Northern Andaman A. Andhra Pradesh D. Great Nicobar B. Bihar ANS: C. Northern Andaman C. Madhya Pradesh 385. Which among the following types of forests D. Uttar Pradesh exhibit the highest biodiversity? ANS: D. Uttar Pradesh A. Dry deciduous forests

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389. The new capital of Andhra Pradesh is: 393. As per Census 2011, which state of India has the A. Hyderabad highest sex ratio? B. Amaravati A. Tamil Nadu C. Machilipatnam B. Manipur C. Vizianagaram C. Kerala ANS: B. Amaravathi D. Chhattisgarh 390. The Indian Statue of Unity is located near: ANS: C. Kerala A. Sardar Sarovar Dam 394. Tunisia is a country in: B. Bhakra-Nangal Dam A. North America C. Hirakud Dam B. South America D. Tehri Dam C. Africa ANS: A. Sardar Sarovar Dam D. Europe ANS: C. Africa 391. Which of the following states does NOT share its 395. Which of the following coast where is Gulf of border with Nepal? Mannar is located? A. Uttar Pradesh A. Tamil Nadu B. Assam B. Kerala C. Sikkim C. Karnataka D. Uttarakhand D. Andhra Pradesh ANS: B. Assam ANS: A. Tamil Nadu 392. With how many states of India does Jharkhand 396. Which of the following countries are divided by share its boundary? McMohan line? A. 3 A. India and Pakistan B. 4 B. India and China C. 5 C. India and Bangladesh D. 6 D. Pakistan and China ANS: C.5 ANS: B. India and China

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397. Which of the following rivers do not discharge its 399. The Luni River is flowing from which of the water into the Bay of Bengal? following region? A. Mahanadi A. Punjab B. Cauvery B. Rajasthan C. Tapti C. Himachal Pradesh D. Godavari D. Madhya Pradesh ANS: C. Tapti ANS: B. Rajasthan 398. Aizawl is situated on which of the following 400. What is the reason for the red colour of the red riverbank? soil? A. Meghna A. Phosphoric Acid B. Tlawng river B. Humus C. Hwang Ho C. Nitrogen D. Irawadi D. Iron Ans: B. Tlawng river ANS: D. Iron

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1.In the Republic of India, the administrative head of D. Legislators are divided into 8 separate assemblies a Union Territory is ANS: C .Legislators are divided into 2 separate A. Lieutenant Governor assemblies B. Governor 3. Who has never been a Vice President of India? C. President A. Mohammad Hamid Ansari D. Prime minister B. A P J Abdul Kalam ANS: A .Lieutenant Governor C. Ramaswamy Venkataraman 2. What does ‘Bicameral Legislature’ mean? D. Shankar Dayal Sharma A. Legislators are divided into 4 separate assemblies ANS: B .A P J Abdul Kalam B. Legislators are grouped as 1 assembly 4.What is considered the Supreme Law of India? C. Legislators are divided into 2 separate assemblies A. The Indian Constitution Page 214 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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B. Democracy D. 1931-1935 C. Teachings of Dr.Ambedkar ANS: C.1921-1927 D. Secularism 9.Union Government Budget deficit for a particular ANS: A .The Indian Constitution financial year represents 5.Chief Election Commissioner of India can be A. Total amount of revenue receipts removed from the office by B. Total amount of capital receipts A. Both houses of Parliament C. The amount of money that the Government has to B. Union council of Ministers borrow C. President of India D. Total amount of estimated Government D. Chief Justice of India expenditure ANS: A. Both houses of Parliament ANS: C. The amount of money that the Government 6.The political system in Afghanistan is known as has to borrow A. Islamic State of Afghanistan 10.If the posts of the President and Vice-President fall B. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan vacant, who will act as the President of India? C. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan A. Speaker of Lok Sabha D. Islamic Government of Afghanistan B. Prime Minister of India ANS: C. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan C. Chief Justice of India 7.The Constituent Assembly adopted Indian national D. Union Coucil of Ministers flag on ANS: C. Chief Justice of India A. 22 July 1947 11. Which article of the Indian Constitution provides B. 22 August 1947 for equal opportunities for all citizens in Public C. 22 January 1948 employment? D. 22 October 1947 A. Article-16 ANS: A. 22 July 1947 B. Article-20 8.Parliament House in Delhi was constructed during C. Article-25 A. 1895-1900 D. Article-22 B. 1901-1909 ANS: A. Article-16 C. 1921-1927

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12. The method of Impeachment of the President of 16.Which article of the Constitution of India relates India is adopted from the Constitution of………….? to Uniform Civil Code? A. UK A. 41 B. USA B. 42 C. France C. 43 D. USSR D. 44 ANS: B. USA ANS:D. 44 13.Which is the oldest Highcourt of India? 17.Which among the following is not a qualification A. Bombay to become a Vice President of India? B. Madras A. Citizen of India C. Allahabad B. Above 35 years of age D. Calcutta C. Possess the Membership of Rajya Sabha ANS: D. Calcutta D. Member of council of state 14.Who has the distinction of serving as the Chief ANS: C. Possess the Membership of Rajya Sabha Justice of India, President and the Vice president? 18.Article 29 of the Constitution of India grants A. Justice M Hidayatullah which of the following rights? B. Justice Bhagwati A. Protection in respect of conviction for offences C. Justice H.J.Kania B. Traffic in human beings prohibited D. Jusstice Mehr Chand Mahajan C. Protection of interests of minorities ANS: A. Justice M Hidayatullah D. Prohibits taxes on religious grounds 15.The first democratically elected female President ANS: C. Protection of interests of minorities Africa is from 19.Who presented the first Union Budget in 1947 A. Nigeria A. Indira Gandhi B. Liberia B. Moraji Desai C. Tanzania C. R.K.Shanmukham Chetty D. Kenya D. Johm Mathai ANS: B. Liberia ANS: C. R.K.Shanmukham Chetty 20.The Head of the state in India is the

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A. Prime Minister D. The Indian Independence Act 1947 B. President ANS: A. The Government of india Act 1935 C. Parliament 25.The annual financial statement prepared under D. Chief Justice of india article 112 of the Indian Constitution is called ANS: B. President A. Public account 21.Name the type of Government in Bangladesh? B. Consolidated account A. Islamic Republic C. Budget B. Parliamentary Democracy D. Revenue account C. Federal Republic ANS: C. Budget D. Constitutional Monarchy 26.Which of the following exercised the most ANS: B. Parliamentary Democracy profound influence in framing the Indian 22.Which state has the second highest number of Constitution? seats in Lok Sabha? A. British Constitution A. Uttar Preadesh B. US Constitution B. Andhra Pradesh C. Ireland Constitution C. West Bengal D. The Government of India Act 1935 D. Maharastra ANS: D. The Government of India Act 1935 ANS: D. Maharastra 27.What was the basis for constituting the 23.The period of Dominion of India refers to Constituent Assembly of India ? A. Pre-partition day A. The Resolution of the Indian National Congress B. Pre-Independence day B. The Cabinet Mission Plan C. Post Republic day C. The Indian Independence Act 1947 D. Independence day to Republic day D. The resolutions Of the Provincial State ANS: D. Independence day to Republic day Legislatures of the Dominion of India 24.Provincial Autonomy was provided by ANS: B. The Cabinet Mission Plan A. The Government of india Act 1935 28.Who among the following was not a member of the B. The Montage-Chelmsford Report Constituent Assembly established in July 1946 ? C. The Government of india Act 1919 A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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B. K M Munshi ANS: C. Right to Constitutional Remedies C. Mahatma Gandhi 33. Education was made a fundamental right under D. Abdul Kalam Azad which of the following amendment? ANS: C. Mahatma Gandhi . A. 86th amendment, 2002 29.The Constitution of India was adopted on B. 83rd amendment, 2003 A. 26 January 1950 C. 87th amendment, 2003 B. 26 January 1949 D. 83rd amendment, 2002 C. 26 November 1949 ANS: A. 86th amendment, 2002 D. 31 December 19 34. Who was the President of the Constituent ANS: C. 26 November 1949 Assembly of India? 30.When was our National Anthem first sung where ? A. Dr. Br. Ambedkar A. 24th January 1950 in Allahabad B. Jawaharlal Nehru B. 24th January 1950 in Delhi C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad C. 26th December 1942 In Calcutta D. Shri K. M. Munshi D. 27th December 1911 in Calcutta . ANS: C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad ANS: D. 27th December 1911 in Calcutta . 35.Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee 31.The Constitution of India came into force on of the Constituent Assembly ? A. 26 January 1950 A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar B. 26 January 1952 B. Raja gopalchari C. 15 August 1948 C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad D. 26 November 1949 D. Jawaharlal Nehru ANS: A. 26 January 1950 ANS: A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar . 32.Which was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the 36.January 26 selected as the date for the “heart Soul‟ of the Constitution? inauguration of the Constitution because A. Right to Equality A. it was considered to be auspicious day B. Right against Exploitation B. on that day the Quit India Movement was started C. Right to Constitutional Remedies in 1942 D. Right to Freedom of Religion

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C. the Congress had observed it as the Independence B. S.R. Bommai case Day in 1930 C. Indira Sawhney case D. None of these D. Minerva Mills case ANS: C. the Congress had observed it as the ANS: B S.R. Bommai case Independence Day in 1930 41.Universal adult franchise shows that India is a 37.Who is considered the Architect of the Indian country which is Constitution ? A. Secular A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Socialist B. BR. Ambedkar C. Democratic C. Jawaharlal Nehru D. Sovereign D. B.N. Rao ANS:C . Democratic . ANS: B. BR. Ambedkar 42.The idea of parliamentary form of government is 38.The Constitution of India describes India as : adapted from A. A Federation A. US B. A quasi federal B. UK C. Unitary C. Ireland D. Union of states D. Russia ANS: D. Union of states ANS: B. UK 39.Grassroots democracy is related to 43.Which of these is NOT included as a Fundamental A. Devolution of powers Right in the Indian Constitution? B. Decentralization of powers A. Right to Freedom of Speech C. Panchayati Raj System B. Right to Equality before the Law D. All of the above . C. Right to Constitutional Remedies ANS: D. All of the above . D. Right to equal wages for equal work 40.Which one of the following judgments stated that ANS: D. Right to equal wages for equal work “Secularism‟ ,”Federalism‟ are the basic features of 44.Which of the following can a court issue for the Indian Constitution ? enforcement of Fundamental Rights? A. Keshavana Bharati case A. A decree

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B. An Ordinance C. freedom of association C. A writ D. work material security D. A notification ANS: B. freedom of speech ANS: C. A writ 49.When were the Fundamental Duties of the Indian 45.Which of the following Is not a Fundamental citizens incorporated in the constitution Right? A. 1952 A. Right to Equality B. 1976 B. Right to Liberty C. 1979 C. Right against Exploitation D. 1981 D. Right to Property ANS: B .1976 ANS: D .Right to Property 50.Which case is related to Fundamental Rights? 46. Civil equality implies A. Golakhnath vs. State of Punjab (1967) (1959) A. equality before law B. West Bengal vs. Union of India (1963) B. equality of opportunity C. Sharma vs. Krishna C. equal distribution of wealth D. State of Bombay vs. Balsara(1951) D. equal right to participate in the affairs of the state ANS: A Golakhnath vs. State of Punjab (1967) (1959) ANS: A. Equality before law 51.Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the 47. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution, Indian Constitution on the recommendation is the President’s rule promulgated on any state in A. Santhanam Committee India? B. Swaran Singh Committee A. Article 352 C. Shah Commission B. Article 356 D. Administrative Reforms Commission C. Article 370 ANS:B. Swaran Singh Committee D. Article 360 52.The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy ANS: B. Article 356 in Indian Constitution is adopted from 48. Freedom of the press is implied in the right to A. Ireland A. equal protection of the laws B. US B. freedom of speech C. USSR

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D. Japan A. President ANS:A. Ireland B. Cabinet 53.According to the Indian Constitution the vacancy C. Parliament in the office of the President of India shall be filled D. Finance Commission within : ANS: C. Parliament A. 1 month 57.When was zero hour introduced In the B. 6 months parliamentary affairs in India? C. 3 months A. 1952 D. 1 year B. 1962 ANS: B. 6 months C. 1972 54.What is the period with in which a proclamation of D. 1982 national emergency made by the President is to be ANS: B. 1962 placed before each house of the Parliament for 58.The maximum number of members of Lok Sabha approval? Rajya Sabha has been fixed by the Constitution of A. within one month India respectively as B. within two months A. 500 and 250 C. within four months B. 525 and 270 D. within six months C. 537 and 275 ANS: A. within one month D. 545 and 250 55.Which of the following Sting Committees of ANS: D. 545 and 250 Parliament has no MP from Rajya Sabha? 59.In order to be recognised as an official opposition A. Public Accounts Committee Group in the Parliament how many seats should it B. Estimates Committee have ? C. Committee on Public Undertakings A. 1/3rd of the total strength D. Committee on Government Assurances B. 1/4 of the total strength ANS: B. Estimates Committee C. 1/6 of the total strength 56.The salaries allowances payable to the Members of D. 1/10 of the total strength. the Parliament are decided by ANS: D 1/10 of the total strength.

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60.What is the minimum age laid down for a date to ANS: B. Majlis-e-Shoora seek election to the Lok Sabha? 64.The maximum interval between two sessions of A. 18 years state assembly can be B. 21 years A. 3months C. 25 years B. 6months D. 30 years C. 9months ANS: C. 25 years D. 12months 61.Who is eligible to cast the deciding vote over a bill ANS: B. 6 months in a Joint Parliamentary session 65.In 2014, the ------Lok Sabha was elected A. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha A. 16th B. Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha B. 19th C. Speaker of Lok Sabha C. 14th D. Prime Minister D. 23h ANS: C. Speaker of Lok Sabha ANS: A. 16th 62.Representation of any state in Rajya Sabha is 66.When was the Indian Constitution amended for according to the first time? A. area of the state A. 1949 B. population of the state B. 1951 C. number of representatives in Lok Sabha from the C. 1952 state D. 1953 D. fixed number of candidates from each state ANS: B. 1951 ANS:B. Population of the state 67.The GST Bill introduced in parliament in 2015 63.What is the local name given to the parliament of was Pakistan? A. A financial bill A. Majilis B. Not a money bill B. Majlis-e-Shoora C. A constitutional amendment bill C. Saeima-e-majilis D. An ordinary bill D. Jatia Parliament ANS: C. A constitutional amendment bill

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68.Under the Indian constitution, legislative powers 72.In our Constitution Economic Planning is included are vested with the in A. President A. Union list B. Prime minister B. State list C. Union Council of Ministers C. Concurrent list D. Parliament D. Not any specified list ANS: D. Parliament ANS: C. Concurrent list 69.Who can be the member of the Rajya Sabha but 73.A candidate to become a member of the Rajya can speak both in Rajya Sabha LokSabha? Sabha should not be less than A. The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha A. 21 years of age B. Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha B. 25 years of age C. Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha C. 30 years of age D. Ministers who are members of the Rajya Sabha D. 32 years of age ANS:D. Ministers who are members of the Rajya Sabha ANS: C 30 years of age 70.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the 74.The union parliament consists of A. President A. The President of lndia B. Prime Minister B. The Council of States (Rajya Sabha) C. members of both Houses of Parliament C. The House of the People D. Members of lok sabha D. All of the above ANS:D. Members of lok sabha ANS: D All of the above 71.No Government Expenditure can be incurred in 75.How many readings does a non money bill have in India except with the sanction of each House of the Parliament? A. the Parliament A. Two B. the Prime Minister B. Three C. the President C. Four D. the Supreme Court D. One ANS: A . the Parliament ANS: B Three .

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76.By which Bill does the Government propose A. 45 days collection of revenues for a year? B. 60 days A. Economic Bill C. 90 days B. Finance Bill D. 365 days C. Supplementary Bill ANS: B .60 days D. None of the above 81.Indian Parliament Means ANS: B Finance Bill A. Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha 77.The Speaker’s vote' in the Lok Sabha is called B. Rajya Sabha ,Lok Sabha, Prime Minister A. casting vote C. President of India ,Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha B. sound vote D. President of India ,Vice President of India, Lok C. direct vote Sabha Rajya Sabha D. indirect vote ANS: C. President of India ,Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha ANS: A. casting vote 82. Who among the following is the custodian of the 78.The Council of Ministers does not include Indian Constitution? A. Cabinet Ministers A. Prime Minister of India B. Ministers of State B. Chairman of Rajya Sabha C. Cabinet Secretary C. Supreme Court of India D. Ministers without Portfolio D. President of India ANS: C. Cabinet Secretary ANS: C. Supreme Court of India 79.How many members of the Rajya Sabha retire 83. Under the Constitution, the power to issue a writ from the house every 2 years? of Habeas Corpus is vested in…………...? A. 1/6 of the total members A. All Courts down to the District Courts B. 1/3 of the total members B. High Courts alone C. 1/12 of the total members C. Both Supreme Court and High Courts D. 5/6 of the total members D. Supreme Court alone ANS: B 1/3 of the total members ANS: C. Both Supreme Court and High Courts 80.A member of Parliament will lose his membership if he is continuously absent from Sessions for

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84.A joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament may ANS: B. Prime Minister be convened to consider a bill which was passed by 88.The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee one House kept pending by the other for in the Indian Parliament is : A. four months A. The Leader of Opposition Party B. six months B. The Speaker of Lok Sabha C. one year C. The Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha D. two years D. The Chairman of Rajya Sabha ANS: B .six months ANS: A . The Leader of Opposition Party 85.What is the term of a Member of the Rajya Sabha 89.What should be the gap between first No ? Confidence motion second No confidence motion ? A. Three years A. 2 months B. Four years B. 3 months C. Five years C. 6 months D. Six years D. 9 months ANS: D .Six years ANS: C. 6 months 86.What is quorum required for convening the Lok 90.Which one of the following appointments is not Sabha ? within the purview of the President of India? A. 1/6 A. Chief Justice of India B. 1/8 B. Chairman Finance Commission C. 1/10 C. Chief of Army Staff D. 1/5 D. Speaker of Lok Sabha ANS: C .1/10 ANS: D. Speaker of Lok Sabha 87.In the Parliamentary form of Government “He is 91.The expenditure made on which of the following the first among equal‟‟. Who is he? does not require budgetary approval every year In A. President India ? B. Prime Minister A. Defence C. Leader of Opposition B. Natural calamities D. Speaker of lower house C. Consolidated fund

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D. Contingency fund ANS: C. Speaker of Lok Sabha ANS: B. Natural calamities 96.The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee 92. Who among the following proposed the Preamble of the Parliament is appointed by before the drafting committee of the Constitution? A. Speaker of Lok Sabha A. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Prime Minister of India B. B.N Rao C. President of India C. Mahatma Gandhi D. Chairman of Rajya Sabha D. B.R Ambedkar ANS: A. Speaker of Lok Sabha ANS: A. Jawaharlal Nehru 97.In which House is the Presiding Officer not a 93.The Ministers In the Union Government hold member of that House ? office during the pleasure of the A. Lok Sabha A. Lok Sabha B. Rajya Sabha B. President C. Vidhan Sabha C. Parliament D. Vidhan Parishad D. Prime Minister ANS: B. Rajya Sabha ANS:B. President 98.Name the two nonpermanent Houses in the 94.The Estimate Committee consists of Parliamentary setup of India. A. 30 members from Lok Sabha A. The Rajya Sabha Vidhan Sabha B. 30 members from Rajya Sabha B. The Lok Sabha Vidhan Parishad C. 30 members from both Sabha C. The Rajya Sabha Vidhan Parishad D. 22 members from Lok Sabha D. The Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha ANS: A. 30 members from Lok Sabha ANS: D. The Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha 95.Who Chairs the Joint Session of the two Houses of 99.The Ministry sometimes referred to as "Green Parliament? Ministry” in India is Ministry of A. President A. Agriculture Rural Development B. Vice President B. Environment and Forests C. Speaker of Lok Sabha C. Surface Transport D. Prime Minister. D. Urban Development Scalping

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ANS: B. Environment and Forest 104.How many members are there in Public Accounts 100.What Is the minimum age required to become Committee? Prime Minister of India? A. 22 members A. 18 years B. 28 members B. 25 years C. 30 members C. 30 years D. 20 members D. 35 years ANS: A . 22 members ANS: B. 25 years 105.An Ordinary bill passed by the State Assembly 101.Who acts as the channel of communication can be delayed by the Legislative Council for a between the President the Council Ministers maximum period of A. Chairman Rajya Sabha A. 1 month B. Speaker of Lok Sabha B. 6 months C. Vice President C. 3 months D. Prime Minister D. 4 months ANS: D. Prime Minister ANS: D. 4 months 102.Who has got the power to create All India 106.What is the duration of membership of State Services ? Legislative Councils? A. Supreme Court A. 3 years B. The Parliament B. 5 years C. Council of Ministers C. 6 years D. Prime Minister D. 9 years ANS: B. The Parliament ANS: C. 6 years 103.Who admits a new State to the Union of India? 107.Money Bills originate in the State Legislative A. President Assembly on the recommendation of B. Supreme Court A. The Governor C. Prime Minister B. The Chief Minister D. Parliament. C. The Finance Minister ANS: D. Parliament. D. The Speaker

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ANS: A. The Governor C. Kerala 108.An ordinance issued by the Governor without the D. Andhra Pradesh approval of the State Legislature shall be effective for ANS: C. Kerala a period of 112.The oath of office is administered to the A. Six months Governor by the B. Six weeks A. Chief Justice of India C. One year B. Speaker of Legislative Assembly D. One month C. President ANS: B. Six weeks D. Chief Justice of High Court 109.The maximum time a person can continue to be ANS: D. Chief Justice of High Court the minister of the State Government without being a 113.When was the Public Service Commission the member the state legislature original version of the U.P.S.C. set up? A. One year A. 1st October 1926 B. Three months B. 1st April 1937 C. Six months C. 5th August 1947 D. No time limit. D. 6th January 1950 ANS: C. Six months ANS: A. 1st October 1926 110.An ordinance issued by Governor is subject to 114.Members of the Union Public Service approval by Commission can be removed by the A. The President A. Parliament after a resolution adopted with 2/3rds B. The State Legislature majority C. The State Council of Ministers B. President on a unanimous recommendation from D. The Parliament the Union Council of Ministers ANS: B .The State Legislature C. President on the basis of an inquiry report by the 111.Which among the following states didn’t have Supreme Court Vidhan Parishad ? D. President on recommendation from Central A. Karnataka Administrative Tribunal B. Bihar

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ANS: C. President on the basis of an inquiry report by ANS: C. Canada the Supreme Court 119.India is a republic because 115.A federal structure for India was first put A. It is democratic country forward by the B. It is a parliamentary democracy A. Act of 1909 C. The head of the state Is elected by people for a B. Act of 1919 definite period C. Act of 1935 D. All of these D. Act of 197 ANS: C .The head of the state Is elected by people for a ANS: C Act of 1935 definite period 116.The system of judicial review Originated in 120.Who was the Constitutional Advisor to the A. India Constituent Assembly of India? B. Germany A. Dr.Rajendra Prasad C. Russia B. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar D. U.S.A. C. Sir B.N. Rao ANS: D .U.S.A. D. Shri K.M. Munshi 117.Preventive detention means ANS: C. Sir B.N. Rao A. detention for interrogation 121.Which of the following countries has introduced B. detention after interrogation “direct democracy"? C. detention without interrogation A. Russia D. detention for cognizable offence B. India ANS: C detention without interrogation C. France 118.From the Constitution of which country the D. Switzerland provision of Federation was borrowed while framing ANS: D .Switzerland the Constitution of India? 122.Which of the following countries have an A. USA Unwritten Constitution? B. UK A. U.S.A C. Canada B. U.K. D. Switzerland C. Pakistan

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D. India C. 2/3rd majority of the members voting ANS: B U.K. D. 2/3rd majority of the members voting an absolute 123.Which of the following is a feature to both the majority of Its total membership Indian Federation and the American Federation? ANS: A. a simple majority A. A single citizenship 127.Which is the source of political power in India ? B. Dual judiciary A. The Constitution C. Three Lists in the Constitution B. The Parliament D. A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the C. The Parliament the State Legislatives Constitution D. We the People ANS: D. A Federal Supreme Court to interpret the ANS: D. We the People Constitution 128.Which one of the following is a political right ? 124. Indian Penal Code came into operation In A. Right to freedom A. 1858 B. Right to contest elections B. 1860 C. Right to equality before law C. 1859 D. Right to life D. 1862 ANS: B. Right to contest elections ANS: B. 1860 129.Which of the following "writs” of the High Court 125. National Capital Territory of Delhi has been or the Supreme Court is sought to produce in the constituted by……………...? court a person suspected to be missing in custody ? A. 69th amendment A. Mandamus B. 71st amendment B. Quo Warranto C. Ordinance promulgated by the President C. Habeas Corpus D. Ordinance promulgated by the Lieutenant Governor D. Certiorari ANS: A. 69th amendment ANS: C. Habeas Corpus 126. Indian Parliament can rename or redefine the 130.To which of the following Bills the President must boundary of a State by accord his sanction without sending it back for fresh A. a simple majority consideration? B. absolute majority A. Ordinary Bills

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B. Money Bills C. Legal Right C. Bills passed by both Houses of the Parliament D. Natural Right D. Bill seeking amendment to the Constitution ANS: B. Constitutional Right ANS: B. Money Bills 135.The Fundamental Rights in our Constitution are 131.Where in the Indian Constitution has “economic inspired by the Constitution of justice" been provided as one of the objectives? A. United States of America A. Mental Rights B. United Kingdom B. Directive Principles C. Switzerland C. Fundamental Rights D. Canada D. Fundamental Rights the Directive Principles ANS: A. United States of America ANS: B. Directive Principles 136.A right Issued by the Supreme Court compelling 132.Which one of the following is not enumerated as a a quasi judicial public authority to perform Its right in the Constitution of India ? mandatory duty is A. Political social right A. Quo warranto B. Educational right B. Mandamus C. Economic right C. Certiorari D. Right to religion D. Prohibition ANS: C. Economic right ANS: B. Mandamus 133.Which one of the following is not mentioned in 137.Parliamentary form of Government is also known the Preamble to the Constitution of India as : A. Justice A. Responsive Government B. Fraternity B. Responsible Government C. Adult franchise C. Federal Government D. Equality D. Presidential Government ANS: C. Adult franchise ANS: B. Responsible Government 134.The right to vote in elections to a Parliament is a 138.A money bill passed by the Lok Sabha is seemed A. Fundamental Right to have been passed by the Rajya Sabha also when no B. Constitutional Right action is taken by the Upper House within :

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A. 10 days ANS: C Parliament after the State Legislative B. 14 days Assembly passes a resolution to that effect C. 20 days 142.Who is the chief advisor to the Governor? D. 30 days A. Chief Justice of Indian Supreme Court ANS: B .14 days B. Chief Minister 139.No Money bill can be introduced in the Lok C. Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sabha without the prior approval of the D. President A. Vice President ANS: B. Chief Minister B. President 143.Money Bill can be introduced in the State C. Prime Minister Legislative Assembly with the prior permission of D. Finance Minister A. Governor Of the State ANS: B. President B. Chief Minister of the State 140.Who is competent to dissolve the Rajya Sabha ? C. Speaker of Legislative Assembly A. The Chairman Rajya Sabha D. Finance Minister of the State B. The President ANS: A. Governor Of the State C. The Joint session of Parliament 144.There is no provision in the Constitution for the D. None of these impeachment of the ANS: D. None of these A. Chief Justice of India 141.The Legislative Council in a State in India may B. Chief Justice of a High Court: be treated or abolished by the C. Governor A. President on the recommendation of the D. Vice President Governor ANS: C. Governor B. Parliament 145.The Governor of a State has no power to C. Parliament after the State Legislative Assembly A. prorogue the Assembly passes a resolution to that effect B. dissolve the Assembly D. Governor on a recommendation by the State C. adjourn the Assembly Cabinet D. summon the Assembly ANS: C. adjourn the Assembly

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146.The members of the Legislative Assembly are : B. Delegated Authority A. Indirectly elected C. Superior Authority B. directly elected by the people D. Independent Authority C. partly elected partly nominated by the Governor ANS: B. Delegated Authority D. mainly nominated 151.In which year were the States recognized oh a ANS: B. directly elected by the people linguistic basis ? 147.The Chief Minister is appointed by A. 1951 A. The Governor B. 1947 B. The President C. 1950 C. The Chief Justice of Supreme Court D. 1956 D. The Chief Justice of High Court ANS: D. 1956 ANS: A. the Governor 152.Postal voting is otherwise called : 148.The upper house of the State Legislature in India A. plural voting is called : B. proxy voting A. Legislative Council C. weighted voting B. Legislative Assembly D. secret voting C. Executive Council ANS: B. proxy voting D. Governor in Council 153.In case of a disagreement between the two Houses ANS: A. Legislative Council of Parliament over a non-money bill 149.Who is the highest Law Officer of a State ? A. the President the bill will lapse A. Solicitor General B. may sign it into a law B. Secretary General Law Department C. the President may call a joint sitting of both the C. Attorney General Houses to consider it. D. Advocate General. D. the President may ask both the Houses to ANS: D. Advocate General. reconsider it. 150.In relation to the State Government local ANS: C. the President may call a joint sitting of both government exercises : the Houses to consider it. A. Coordinate Authority

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154.Which of the following nonmembers of 158.Which of the following was formerly a Parliament has the right to address it ? fundamental right and now it is only a legal right A. Attorney General of India A. Cultural and Educational right B. Solicitor General of India B. Right to property C. Chief Justice of India C. Right against exploitation D. Chief Election Commissioner D. Right to freedom and religion ANS: A. Attorney General of India ANS: B. Right to property 155.The deciding authority of States share in central 159.How many types of emergencies are there in taxes is the Indian Constitution ? A. Finance Commission A. One B. Planning Commission B. Two C. Election Commission C. Three D. Finance Minister D. Four ANS: A Finance Commission ANS: C. Three 156.The Comptroller Auditor General of india acts as 160.Council of Minister is liable to-- the chief accountant auditor for the A. Lok Sabha A. Union Government B. Rajya Sabha B. State Government C. The Prime Minister C. Union and State Governments D. President D. Neither Union nor State Governments ANS: A. Lok Sabha ANS: C. Union and State Governments 161.The Montague-chelmsford reform was passed in 157.Who constitutes the Finance Commission after the year every five years ? A. 1908 A. The Council of Ministers B. 1918 B. The Parliament C. 1919 C. The President D. 1916 D. The Comptroller Auditor General ANS: C. 1919 ANS: C. The President

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162.Clement Attlee’s announcement proclaimed ANS: C.Between government of India and one or more ______in the parliament states A. Limited voting powers to Indians 166.How many times Lok Sabha can be summoned in B. Formation of Cabinet Mission a year ? C. British decision to Quit India A. Two times D. None of these B. Four times ANS: C. British decision to Quit India C. Six times 163.Right to Equality of Opportunity in Employment D. Three times is enshrined in which Article? ANS: A. Two times A. 17 167.How many members can Indian President B. 19 nominate to Rajya Sabha ? C. 15 A. 10 D. 16 B. 11 ANS: D. 16 C. 15 164.The candidate for the office of the President must D. 12 have qualification required for the ANS: D. 12 A. Lok Sabha 168.Which of the following states came into existence B. Member of Parliament on the basis of language ? C. Raja Sabha A. West Bengal D. MLA B. Andhra Pradesh ANS: A. Lok Sabha C. Uttar Pradesh 165.The Supreme Court has original Jurisdiction of D. Bihar any dispute/decision between ANS: B Andhra Pradesh A. Regarding clarification of constitution 169.Who among the following Presidents had been in B. About Constitutionality of a legislative act office continuously for two terms C. Between government of India and one or more A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad states B. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan D. None of these C. Dr. Zakir Hussain

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D. None of the above leader of opposition and a union cabinet minister ANS: A Dr. Rajendra Prasad nominated by Prime Minister. 170.Under which of the following conditions, the ANS: D. By the President of India on the President can declare a state or Emergency recommendation of a committee consisting of Prime A. In a state of external invasion or internal Minister, leader of opposition and a union cabinet disturbance minister nominated by Prime Minister B. When the rule of laws breaks down in some state 173.How many deputy Prime Ministers have been C. Instability in financial condition appointed so far in history of free and independent D. None of these India ? ANS: A. In a state of external invasion or internal A. 5 disturbance B. 6 171.Who among the following Prime Minister didn’t C. 7 face the Parliament during his term of office? D. None of these A. Chandrashekhar ANS: C. 7 B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 174.How many members are nominated by the C. Charan Singh President in Lok Sabha in India ? D. B. P. Singh A. 2 ANS: C. Charan Singh B. 3 172.The Chief Central Information Commissioner C. 4 and Information Commissioners shall be appointed D. 5 by: ANS: A. 2 A. By the President of India 175.India is a secular state because ? B. By the President of India on the recommendation A. it is a socialist country of Prime Minister B. it treats all religions alike C. By the President of India on the recommendation C. there is no religion of the people of law minister of the union of India D. Religious beliefs and practices are discouraged D. By the President of India on the recommendation ANS: B. it treats all religions alike of a committee consisting of Prime Minister,

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176.Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the A. Dr Zakir Hussain Constitution of India in ? B. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan A. Part I C. V.V Giri B. Part III D. D G.S Pathak C. Part IV ANS: B. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan D. Part V 181.Which important human right is protected in ANS: B. Part III Article 21 of the Constitution of India 177.The supreme Court judges are appointed by ? A. Right to Equality A. Prime Minister B. Right to Freedom of Religion B. President C. Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression C. Chief Minister D. Right to Life and Liberty D. Lok Sabha ANS: D. Right to Life and Liberty ANS: B. President 182.The Judge of High Court retire at the age of 178.The ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is ? A. 60 years A. President B. 62 years B. Vice-President C. 65 years C. Prime Minister D. 70 years D. None of these ANS: B. 62 years ANS: B. Vice-President 183.The President of India can be impeached by 179.Which one of the following High Courts has the A. Specially constituted tribunal Territorial Jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar B. Supreme Court Islands C. Central Cabinet A. Andhra Pradesh D. Parliament B. Kolkata ANS: D. Parliament C. Madras 184.Who administers the oath of office to the D. Orissa President of India ? ANS: B. Kolkata A. Vice-President of India 180.Who was the first Vice-President of India ? B. Prime Minister of India

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C. Speaker of the Lok Sabha B. Lok Sabha D. Chief Justice of India C. Supreme Court ANS: D. Chief Justice of India D. Parliament 185.What is the period of a Fiscal/Financial Year in ANS: D. Parliament India ? 189.Who controls/supervises the Consolidated Fund A. 1st January to 31st December of India? B. 1st March to 28th February A. Indian Finance Minister C. 1st April to 31st March B. Comptroller and Auditor General of India D. 1st June to 31st May C. Parliament ANS: C 1st April to 31st March D. None of these 186.Which of the following Constitutional ANS: B. Comptroller and Auditor General of India Amendments has included fundamental duties into 190.Which of the following is not a constitutional the constitution? arrangement? A. 42nd A. Finance commission B. 43rd B. Planning commission C. 44th C. Election commission D. 39th D. Union Public Service Commission ANS: A. 42nd ANS: B. Planning commission 187.In case the president of india decides to resign, he 191.Who has defined the office of Profit ? will address his letter of resignation to A. Parliament A. Prime Minister B. Supreme court B. Chief Justice C. Council of ministers C. Speaker and Lok Sabha D. Constitution D. Vice-President ANS: D. Constitution ANS: D. Vice-President 192.Which article of the Indian Constitution directs 188.Who is competent to amend the fundamental the State Government to form a Village Panchayat ? rights? A. Article 40 A. President B. Article 32

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C. Article 48 D. Death of a leader D. Article 78 ANS: B. Losing Majority ANS: A Article 40 197.Who addresses the joint sitting of parliament ? 193.By which Article of the Indian Constitution was A. Prime Minister untouchability abolished? B. Speaker A. Article 14 C. Deputy Speaker B. Article 16 D. President C. Article 15 ANS: D. President D. Article 17 198.The final authority with regard to passage of a ANS: D. Article 17 money bill rests with 194.Under which article two Anglo Indians are A. Lok Sabha nominated in the House of People ? B. Rajya Sabha A. 331 C. President B. 380 D. Finance Minister C. 370 ANS: A. Lok Sabha D. 80 199.Who manages the election of panchayats ? ANS: A .331 A. District Collector 195.The only president of India who was elected B. Chief Minister unopposed was? C. Justice of High Court A. Rajendra Prasad D. None of these B. V.V. Giri ANS: A. District Collector C. N. Sanjiva Reddy 200.The session of parliament is called …… D. S.D. Sharma (minimum) in a year ANS: C. N. Sanjiva Reddy A. Twice 196.The central council of ministers resign after/on B. Four time A. Impeachment C. Six times B. Losing Majority D. Thrice C. Advice of the president ANS: A. Twice

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201.What is the minimum age for election of 205.In a Parliamentary form of government, real President of India? powers are vested in : A. 30 years A. President B. 35 years B. Parliament C. 40 years C. Judiciary D. 25 years D. Council of Ministers headed by the Prime ANS: B.35 years Minister 202.Who is regarded as the ‘Architect of the Indian ANS: D. Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Constitution’ Minister A. B.N. Rao 206.In the Indian Constitution, the power to issue a B. Dr.B. Rajendra Prasad Writ of "Habeas Corpus` is vested in : C. B.R. Ambedkar A. Supreme court only D. None of these B. High courts only ANS: C. B.R. Ambedkar C. Subordinate courts 203.The comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of D. Supreme court and High Court India was appointed by ANS: D. Supreme court and High Court A. President of India 207.In which list is 'Education' included in India ? B. Cabinet A. Union list C. Prime Minister B. State list D. Parliament C. Concurrent List ANS: A. President of India D. UGC List 204.Which state of India introduced the common ANS: C. Concurrent List Civil Code for first time? 208.When was RTI Act enacted in India ? A. Goa A. August 2005 B. Gujarat B. March 2005 C. Arunachal Pradesh C. June 2005 D. None of these D. July 2005 ANS: A. Goa ANS: C. June 2005

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209.The Right to Property was deleted from the list of D. 74th Amendment Fundamental Rights by which of the Amendment of ANS:B 42nd Amendment Indian Constitution? 213.Who among the following is not a member of any A. 42 Amendment of the two houses of our country? B. 31Amendment A. Prime Minister C. 48Amendment B. Finance D. 44Amendment C. President ANS: D. 44Amendment D. Railway 210.Panchayati Raj institutions came into existence ANS: C. President under the: 214.Under the article 72 of Indian constitution, Who A. 42 and 43 Amendment Acts can pardon a sentence of death? B. 86 qnd 87 Amendment Acts A. Members of rajya sabha C. 63 and 64 Amendment Acts B. Governor that particular state D. 73 and 74 Amendment Acts C. President of india ANS: D. 73 and 74 Amendment Acts D. Judge of a supreme court 211.Which part of the constitution contains the ANS: C. President of india provision relating to the safeguarding of public 215 .Who among the following has right to vote in the property? elections of both Lok sabha and Rajyasabha? A. Preamble B. Directive principles A. Indian citizen above the age of 18 C. Fundamental duties B. Elected members of Lok sabha D. Fundamental rights C. Elected members of Rajya sabha ANS: C. Fundamental duties D. Elected members of the Vidhan sabha 212.Which of the following Amendments is also ANS: D Elected members of the Vidhan sabha known as the 'Mini Constitution' of India? 216.Which of the following is not a qualification of A. 7th Amendment any person to become governor of a state in India? B. 42nd Amendment A. Must be at least 30 years old C. 44th Amendment

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B. Should not hold any office of profit during 220. Which of the following Articles describes about his/her tenure the person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a C. Must be a citizen of India foreign state not to be citizens? D. Not be a member of either house of the A. Article 9 parliament or state legislature B. Article 8 ANS: A. Must be at least 30 years old C. Article 7 217.Who can be the ex-officio chairman of the D. Article 5 planning commission of India? ANS: A. Article 9 A. Only the judge of the Supreme court 221. The Fundamental Duties of the Indian citizens B. Prime minister are incorporated in the following Article of our C. Only the judge of the High court constitution ? D. Finance minister A. Article 21 A ANS: B. Prime minister B. Article 51 A 218.Who among the following can be the chairman of C. Article 370 A National Human Rights C. Article 19 A Commision(NHRC)? ANS: B. Article 51 A A. Only a retired judge of the supreme court of India 222.Which state of India has the largest number of B. Any serving chief jusice of India seats in legislative assembly? C. Only a retired chief justice of India A. Uttar Pradesh D. All the above B. Tamil Nadu ANS: C. Only a retired chief justice of India C. Madhya Pradesh 219. In India, the concept of single citizenship is D. Bihar adopted from……………...? ANS: A Uttar Pradesh A. France 223.The Right to Profess, Practice and Propagate a B. Canada religion comes under which Article of the India C. England Constitution? D. USA A. Article 29 ANS: C. England B. Article 23

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C. Article 26 A. Article 20 D. Article 25 B. Article 21 ANS: D. Article 25 C. Article 22 224.Which of the following functions is run by the D. Article 23 speaker's leadership? ANS: B. Article 21 A. Rajya Sabha 228.Tell the name of Indian President who had used B. Lok Sabha pocket veto in Indian postal C. Grammar amendment bill. D. Viceroy House A. Rajendra Prasad ANS: B. Lok Sabha B. Nilam Sanjeev Reddy 225.How many Lok Sabha Parliamentary C. Shankar Dayal Verma Constituency seats are there in the Union D. Gyani Jail Singh Territory of Puducherry? ANS: D. Gyani Jail Singh A. 4 229.Which of the following states has a bicameral B. 3 legislature? C. 2 A. Chhattisgarh D. 1 B. Goa ANS: D. 1 C. Jharkhand 226. Which of the following is not a eligibility of to be D. Maharashtra a vice president of India? ANS: D .Maharashtra A. Indian citizen 230.The 100th amendment in our Constitution is B. Age more than 35 years related to which of the C. Member of Lok Sabha following? D. Member of Rajya Sabha A. Protection of livelihood and regulation of street ANS: C Member of Lok Sabha vending 227.According to constitution, which of the following B. Acquiring of territories by India and transfer of article Provides protection of life certain territories to Bangladesh and personal liberty?

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C. Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges to the A. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Governors B. Indira Gandhi D. The reorganisation of the state of Andhra Pradesh C. Dr. Manmohan Singh ANS: B. Acquiring of territories by India and transfer D. Narsimha Rao of certain territories to Bangladesh ANS: C. Dr. Manmohan Singh 231. Article 21A of the Indian constitution illustrates 235. In India, who is executive head of the state? which of the following rights A. President A. Right of Education B. Governor B. Right to Information C. Chief Minister C. Public Representation D. The legislative assembly of the state D. Right to Freedom of Religion ANS: B. Governor ANS: A. Right of Education 236. Emergency provision in Indian constitution is 232. What is the retirement age of Chief Justice of taken from the constitution India? of which country. A. 61 years A. USA B. 63 years B. UK C. 65 years C. Germany D. 68 years D. Ireland ANS: C. 65 years ANS: C. Germany 233. The ‘constitution day’ of India is observed on. 237. The constitutional amendment through which A. 24th November the four regional languages namely Bodo, Dogri, B. 25th November Maithali and Santhali were included in the C. 26th November constitution is? D. 27th November A. 72 ANS: C. 26th November B. 92 234. From the following former Prime Ministers, C. 93 whose name can be found on D. 94 Indian currency notes? ANS: B. 92

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238. Under which of the following amendment, 242. Which Article of the Indian Constitution education was made a fundamental right? prescribes Hindi in Devanagari script as the official A. 83rd amendment in 2003 language of the Union? B. 83rd amendment in 2002 A. Article 343 C. 86rd amendment in 2002 B. Article 342 D. 87rd amendment C. Article 346 ANS: C. 86rd amendment in 2002 D. Article 341 239. Article 60 of the Indian Constitution refers to? ANS: A. Article 343 A. Election of the President of India 243. The National Green Tribunal deals with cases B. Oath of the President relating to? C. Impeachment of the President A. Issues relating to protection and conservation of D. Vice President of India historical monuments. ANS: B. Oath of the President B. Civil cases. 240. Which amendment to the Indian Constitution C. Criminal offences. added the words Secular and Socialist in the D. Environmental protection and conservation of Preamble? forests. A. Fortieth ANS: D. Environmental protection and conservation of B. Forty-first forests. C. Forty-second 244. Indian constitution can be amended according to D. Forty-third the procedure laid down in the ANS: C. Forty-second following Article? 241. Article 324-329 of the Indian Constitution deals A. Article 368 with which of the following? B. Article 345 A. Tribunals C. Article 351 B. Elections D. Article 333 C. Cast System ANS: A. Article 368 D. Panchayat system 245. Which Constitutional Amendment Act deals with ANS: B Elections the disqualification of MPs and

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MLAs? 248. The Election Commission is established under A. 42nd Amendment Act the Article? B. 52nd Amendment Act A. Article-355 C. 62nd Amendment Act B. Article-256 D. 32nd Amendment Act C. Article-324 ANS: B. 52nd Amendment Act D. Article-320 246. Which of the following schedules contains special ANS: C. Article-324. provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the 249.Which Article of the Indian Constitution defines four northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, the duties of the Chief Minister? Tripura and Mizoram A. Article 166 A. First schedule B. Article 163 B. Second schedule C. Article 167 C. Third schedule D. Article 164 D. Sixth schedule ANS: C. Article 167 ANS: D. Sixth schedule 250. Which amendment of the Constitution lowered 247. How many times was the Preamble of the the voting age from 21 years to 18 years? Constitution amended? A. 64th Amendment A. Three times B. 60th Amendment B. Two times C. 61st Amendment C. Once D. 63rd Amendment D. Not amended ANS: C. 61st Amendment ANS: C. Once

History

1. On which festival did the Jallianwala Bagh A. Baisakhi Massacre take place B. Guru Nanak Jayanthi

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C. Diwali B. Truth faith is rare D. Holi C. Truth is Divine ANS: A. Baisakhi D. Truth is a Teasure 2. India's national motto, Satyameva Jayate is a ANS: A. Truth alone triumphs manta from the ancient Indian scripture 6. The first Europeans to establish trade links with A. Rig Veda India were B. Mundaka Upanishad A. Portuguese C. Bhagavad Gita B. Dutch D. Matsaya purana C. British ANS: B. Mundaka Upanishad D. None 3. What is Swadeshi? ANS: A. Portuguese A. Made in India, from materials that have also been 7. The main occupation of vedic-age people was? produced in India A. Trade B. Made in Foreign Lands from materials that are B. Hunting foreign C. Agriculture C. A Charkha that is used to spin cotton wool D. None D. A country flag that is made of cotton ANS: C. Agriculture ANS: A. Made in India, from materials that have also 8. In which of the following session, the Indian been produced in India National Congress demanded ‘Complete 4. The Panchatantra fables are thought to be independence’ for the first time? composed by A. Lahore session, 1929 A. Mullah Nasruddin B. Lucknow session, 1899 B. Vishnu Sharma C. Calcutta Session, 1928 C. King Sudhashan D. Karachi Session, 1931 D. Tenati Raman ANS: A. Lahore session, 1929 ANS: B. Vishnu Sharma 9. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 5. What does Satyameva Jayate mean A. Jan 28, 1949 A. Truth alone triumphs B. Jan 30, 1948

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C. Jan 31, 1947 ANS: A. Ashoka D. None of these 14. The first astronomical observatory of Harappan ANS: B. Jan 30, 1948 Civilization has been found at which of the following 10. In which year did India join the United Nation ancient sites ? Organisation (UNO) A. Ropar A. 1945 B. Daimabad B. 1946 C. Dholavira C. 1949 D. None of the above D. None ANS: C. Dholavira ANS: A. 1945 15. The Sarvodaya Movement was started by : 11. Kabir was the disciple of : A. Mahatma Gandhi A. Ramanuja B. Jayprakash Narayan B. Ramananda C. Vinoba Bhav C. Shankaracharya D. Jyotiba Phule D. Chaitanya ANS: C. Vinoba Bhav ANS: B. Ramananda 16. Token currency was introduced in India for the 12. The first dynasty of the Vijayanagar Kingdom first time by : was : A. Alan-din-Khilji A. Hoysala B. Sher Shah Sari B. Sangama C. Ghiyasud-din-Tughlaq C. Saluva D. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq D. Tuluva ANS: D. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq ANS: B. Sangama 17."Din-i-llahi" was founded by: 13. In whose reign Sanchi Stupa was built ? A. Guru Nanak A. Ashoka B. Kabir B. Harshavardhan C. Akbar C. Kanishka D. Shah Johan D. Samudragupta ANS: C. Akbar

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18. Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated in the 2nd battle B. The Mughals of Tarain by : C. The English A. Babur D. The french B. Mahmud Ghazini ANS: A. The Afghans C. Muhammad ghori 23. The British Government intervened in the affairs D. Ibrahim lodhi of the Company and passed an Act in1773 A.D., ANS: C. Muhammad Ghori known as the 19. Gandhi Irwin pact happened in which year? A. Regulating Act A. 1905 B. Pitt’s India Act B. 1931 C. Charter Act C. 1947 D. Company Act D. 1942 ANS: A. Regulating Act ANS: B. 1931 24. The first Mysore War fought between the British 20. In Greek Mythology Apollo is the god of what? and Hyder Ali in 1767 - 69 A.D., came to an end by A. Prophecy the B. Medicine A. Treaty of Pondicherry C. Love B. Treaty of Madras D. Peace C. Treaty of Mysore ANS: A. Prophecy D. Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle 21. Who was the first Caliph? ANS: B. Treaty of Madras A. Sulaiman The Great 25. Who was a philosopher and theologian from India B. Abu Bakar during early 8th century who consolidated the C. Iman Hussain doctrine of Advaita Vedanta? D. Constantine A. Adi Shankara ANS: B. Abu Bakar B. Dyaneshwar 22. In the third Battle of Panipat, the Marathas were C. Eknath defeated by whom? D. Madhvacharya A. The Afghans ANS: A. Adi Shankara

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26. Who built the Group of Monuments at ANS: B. 458 AD Mahabalipuram? 30.______has a collection of architectural A. Chola Kings astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai B. Pallava Kings Singh II. C. Chera Kings A. Jantar Mantar observatory, Jaipur D. Chalukya Kings B. Group of Monuments at Hampi ANS: B. Pallava Kings C. Group of Monuments at Pattadakal 27. Who was the trusted General of the Mughal D. Nalanda, Bihar emperor Akbar? ANS: A Jantar Mantar observatory, Jaipur A. Raja Todar Mal 31. Bahadur Shah I (1707-1712 AD) was the ruler of B. Man Singh I which dynasty? C. Birbal A. Nanda D. Tansen B. Maurya ANS: B. Man Singh I C. Mughal 28. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by D. Haryanka Indian and Chinese painters in western part of which ANS: C. Mughal country sometime between the fifth and tenth 32. Who was the first king of Pala Dynasty? centuries? A. Gopala A. Iraq B. Nandiala B. Afghanistan C. Madanapala C. Pakistan D. Devapala D. India ANS: A. Gopala ANS: B. Afghanistan 33. Kargil War against Pakistan started in the year? 29. When did the first Huna invasion take place? A. 1961 A. 358 AD B. 1965 B. 458 AD C. 1972 C. 558 AD D. 1999 D. 658 AD ANS: D. 1999

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34. Aurangzeb was the son of B. Jaisalmer A. Babur C. Sahara B. Humayun D. Thar C. Akbar ANS: B. Jaisalmer D. Shah Jahan 39. Which governor general has abolished the dual ANS: D. Shah Jahan system in Bengal? 35. The capital of Mauriyan empire was A. William Bentick A. Nalanda B. Warren Hastings B. Taxila C. Robert Clive C. Magadh D. Lord Cornwallis D. Pataliputra ANS: B. Warren Hastings ANS: D. Pataliputra 40. Which Charter Act has provided a sum of Rs.1 36. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur lakh for the education of Indians in British India? in the battle of A. Charter Act 1813 A. Ghaghra in 1529 A.D. B. Charter Act 1833 B. Chausa in 1539 A.D. C. Charter Act 1853 C. Panipat in 1526 A.D. D. Charter Act 1873 D. Khanwa in 1527 A.D. ANS: A. Charter Act 1813 ANS: B. Chausa in 1539 A.D. 41. Who was the commander-in-chief of the Madras 37. Which Indian Music Legend is the best known army responsible for Vellore mutiny? exponent of the instrument, Sitar? A. T.B.Macalauy A. Bhimsen Joshi B. John Craddock B. Ravi Shankar C. Iyer Coot C. Amjad Ali Khan D. General o tyre D. Alla Rakha ANS: B. John Craddock ANS: B. Ravi Shankar 42. During which war, Hyder Ali died? 38. The Desert Festival is held in _____. A. Third Anglo-Mysore war A. Barmer B. First Anglo-Mysore war

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C. Second Anglo-Mysore war C. Jawaharlal Nehru D. Fourth Anglo-Mysore war D. Subhash Chandra Bose ANS: C. Second Anglo-Mysore war ANS: A. Rash Behari Gosh 43. Which princely state has been acquired first 47. In which year was the Ramakrishna mission under Doctrine of Lapse by Dalhousie? founded? A. Satara A. 1897 B. Udaipur B. 1899 C. Jhansi C. 1895 D. Jaipur D. 1893 ANS: A. Satara ANS: A. 1897 44. The Carnatic wars were essentially fought 48. Who is responsible for the transferred list subjects between whom? introduced through Government of India Act, 1919? A. French & Nizam A. Britian prime minister B. English & French B. Viceroy C. English & Marathas C. Ministers D. Marathas & Hyder Ali D. Governor ANS: B. English & French ANS: C. Ministers 45. Who was the first Secretary of State for India? 49. Which commission was set up to inquire into the A. Lord Wellington jallianwala bagh massacre? B. Lord Hardinge A. William commission C. Lord Stanley B. Robert commission D. Lord Cornwallis C. Dyer commission ANS: C. Lord Stanley D. Hunter commission 46.Who was the president of Indian National ANS: D. Hunter commission Congress 1907 Surat session where moderates and 50. Who has led the Home Rule movement in India? extremists were split? A. Annie Beasant, Bal Gangadhar Tilak A. Rash Behari Gosh B. Madame Blavatsky, Bipin Chandra Pal B. Dadabhai Naoroji C. Annie Beasant, Aurobindo Ghosh

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D. H.S.Olcott, Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. Indigo plantations ANS: A. Annie Beasant, Bal Gangadhar Tilak ANS: B. Temple entry of depressed classes 51. Wagon Tragedy of 1921 is related to which 55. Who was the secretary of Swaraj party formed in rebellion? 1923? A. Coorg rebellion A. Chittaranjan Das B. Moplah rebellion B. Subhash Chandra Bose C. Madras rebellion C. Motilal Nehru D. Nizam rebellion D. Jawaharlal Nehru ANS: B. Moplah rebellion ANS: C Motilal Nehru 52. Which countries were the major Axis Powers of 56. In which year was the August Offer announced? World War 2? A. 1930 A. Germany, Italy, Japan B. 1935 B. Germany, Britian, USA C. 1940 C. Germany, USA, Japan D. 1945 D. Britian, USSR, China ANS: C. 1940 ANS: A Germany, Italy, Japan 57. What is the other name for the Gandhi-Irwin 53. Which Act was the result of Round Table Pact, 1931? Conferences? A. Lucknow Pact A. Government of India Act, 1858 B. Delhi Pact B. Government of India Act, 1909 C. Clacutta Pact C. Government of India Act, 1919 D. Madras Pact D. Government of India Act, 1935 ANS: B. Delhi Pact ANS: D. Government of India Act, 1935 58. Which viceroy has organised the Shimla 54. Vaikom Satyagraha in Kerala was related to Conference? which issue? A. Lord Wavell A. Industrial wages B. Lord Linlithgow B. Temple entry of depressed classes C. Lord Irwin C. Salt tax D. Stafford Cripps

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ANS: A. Lord Wavell ANS: C. Independent Labour Party 59. Who was the last Governor General of 63. August Offer was issued on ______1940 independent India? A. 8 August A. Lord Chelmsford B. 15 August B. Lord Reading C. 20 August C. Lord Mountbatten D. 30 August D. C. Rajagopalachari ANS: A. 8 August ANS: D. C.Rajagopalachari 64. ‘August Offer’ was issued by ___ 60. Nana Saheb was the adopted son of which A. Crown Peshwa? B. Parliament A. Baji Rao C. Viceroy B. Baji Rao II D. Secretary of State C. Raghunath Rao ANS: C. Viceroy D. Madhav Rao 65. The Indians were allowed to frame their ANS: B Baji Rao II Constitution by? 61. In 1917, at Champaran, the government forced A. The Council Act of 1909 the farmers to undertake……………? B. Montford Reforms A. Opium cultivation C. August Offer B. Indigo cultivation D. The Government of India Act of 1935 C. Land ceiling ANS: C. August Offer D. Hallow cultivation 66. Jinnah gave his opposition to Wavell’s Plan in the ANS: B. Indigo cultivation Conference held at 62. Which political organisation was formed by A. Delhi B.R.Ambedkar in 1936? B. Shimla A. Socialist Party C. Calcutta B. Dalit Party D. Madras C. Independent Labour Party ANS: B. Shimla D. Swaraj Party 67. The Cabinet Mission which arrived Delhi in 1946

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General Science & General Awareness Questions Asked in Previous Year Railway Exams was headed by 72. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the Princely States A. Lord Pethick Lawrence would be represented by ______members in the B. Sir Stafford Cripps Constituent Assembly? C. A V Alexander A. 90 D. Lord Alex B. 93 ANS: A. Lord Pethick Lawrence C. 103 69. In the Provinces were allowed to form groups D. 100 with common executives an legislatures? ANS:B. 93 A. Wavell Plan 73. Vande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for B. Dikie Bird Plan agitation in which of the following movements? C. Cabinet Mission Plan A. Quit India movement in 1942 D. Mountbatten Plan B. Revolt of 1857 ANS: C. Cabinet Mission Plan C. Partition of Bengal in 1905 70. As per Cabinet Mission Plan, the strength of the D. Non-Cooperation movement in 1922 Constituent Assembly would be? ANS: C. Partition of Bengal in 1905 A. 389 74. Lord William Bentinck was the governor general B. 289 during the period C. 250 A. 1848-56 D. 350 B. 1813-24 ANS: A. 389 C. 1828-35 71. In the Cabinet Mission Plan, provision was made D. 1841-44 for the Commissioner’s Provinces to represent by ANS: C 1828-35 ______members in the Constituent Assembly? 75. The unilateral domain of East India Company A. 14 was brought under British rule B. 10 A. 1793 C. 8 B. 1783 D. 4 C. 1773 ANS: D .4 D. 1795

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ANS: C .1773 D. None of these 76. In 1866, Dadabhai Naoroji had founded East ANS: B. Manu Indian Association in the following city-- 80. To which king belongs the Lion capital at A. Paris Sarnath? B. London A. Chandragupta C. New York B. Ashoka D. Tokyo C. Kanishka ANS: B. London D. Harsha 77. In which of the following sessions did Indian ANS: B. Ashoka National Congress split into Moderate Party and 81. Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana at? Extremist Party ? A. Bodh Gaya A. Nagpur B. Sarnath B. Allhabad C. Kushinagar C. Surat D. Lumbini D. Kolkata ANS: A. Bodh Gaya ANS: C. Surat 82. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty? 78. Who was mainly worshipped in the Rig Vedic A. Chandragupta I period? B. Chandragupta II A. Indra C. Samudragupta B. Vishnu D. Sri Gupta C. Sun ANS: D. Sri Gupta D. Trimurti 83. Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at ? ANS: A. Indra A. Shravanabelagola 79. Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient B. Nalanda India ? C. Ujjain A. Panini D. Patna B. Manu ANS: A. Shravanabelagola C. Kautilya 84.The Battle of Talikota was fought in the year ?

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A. 1565 C. Large army B. 1526 D. Guerilla warfare C. 1586 ANS: D. Guerilla warfare D. 1576 89. Gandhiji’s famous ‘Quit India’ movement call to ANS: A 1565 the British was given in 85. The capital of Harsha’s empire was ? A. 1940 A. Ujjain B. 1942 B. Kannauj C. 1941 C. Thanesar D. 1943 D. Prayag ANS: B. 1942 ANS: B. Kannuj 90.Indian National Army was formed by ? 86. The Ajanta caves were built during the period of A. Gandhiji the ? B. Subhash Chandra Bose A. Guptas C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak B. Kushans D. Lala Lajpat Rai C. Mauryas ANS: B Subhash Chandra Bose D. Chalukyas 91.The first Satyagraha campaign of Gandhiji was ANS: A. Guptas started in ? 87.___was named Vikramaditya A. Champaran A. Samudragupta B. Bardoli B. Chandragupta II C. Dandi C. Bindusara D. Baroda D. Ashoka ANS: A. Champaran ANS: B Chandragupta II 92.The first Muslim President of the INC was ? 88.Shivaji’s war strategy used against the Mughals A. Ajmal Khan was ? B. M.A Jinnah A. Alert army C. Abul Kalam Azad B. Political supremacy D. Badrudin Tyabhji

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ANS: D. Badrudin Tyabhji 97. Non-Cooperation movement was suspended in 93.The National calendar based on the Saka era which of the following year? began on A. 1922 A. AD 58 B. 1930 B. AD 376 C. 1925 C. AD 78 D. 1928 D. AD 606 ANS: A. 1922 ANS: C. AD 78 94.Who was the first President of the Indian National 98. Who among the following eminent personality Congress ? gave the slogan ‘Dilli Chalo’? A. A.O Hume A. Jawaharlal Nehru B. W.C Banerjee B. G.K Gokhale C. Annie Besant C. Lal Bahadur Shastri D. Motilal Nehru D. Subhash Chandra Bose ANS: B. W.C. Banerjee ANS: D. Subhash Chandra Bose 95.Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the city of 99. The greeting ‘Jai Hind’ was started by which A. Agra famous person ? B. Meerut A. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru C. Amritsar B. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi D. Lahore C. Subhash Chandra Bose ANS: C. Amritsar D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 96.Gandhiji’s Dandi March started from ? ANS: C. Subhash Chandra Bose A. Bardoli 100.The capital of India was transferred from B. Ahmedabad Kolkata to Delhi in C. Surat A. 1858 D. Bombay B. 1911 ANS: B. Ahmedabad C. 1923 D. 1943

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ANS: B. 1911 A. Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram 101.Which one of the following was the first fort B. Jama Masjid, Delhi constructed by the British in India ? C. Tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, Delhi A. Fort William D. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur B. Fort St. George ANS: D. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur C. Fort St. David 105.‘Amir Khusro’ was the court poet of-- D. Fort St. Angelo A. Akbar ANS: B. Fort St. George B. Giyasuddin Balban 102.The song ‘Amaar Sonar Bangla’ composed C. Jahangir during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the D. Alauddin Khilji struggle for liberationthis song of Bangladesh and its ANS: D. Alauddin Khilji was adopted as National Anthem by Bangladesh. 106.Which battle was fought between Akbar and Who had composed Rana Pratap of Mewar ? A. Rajanikant Sen A. Battle of Plassey B. Dwijendra Lal Roy B. Battle of Haldighati C. Mukund Das C. Battle of Panipat D. Rabrindranath Tagore D. Battle of Chandawar ANS: D. Rabrindranath Tagore ANS: B. Battle of Haldighati 103.Who was the Mughal emperor to introduce the 107. In which year was “Jana Gana Mana” adopted custom of ‘’Jharokha Darsan’’ ? as the National Anthem A. Akbar A. 1948 B. Hamayun B. 1949 C. Babur C. 1950 D. Jahangir D. 1951 ANS: A. Akbar ANS: C. 1950 104.Which one of the following monuments has a 108.Where was the capital of Pandya dynasty dome which is said to be one of the largest in the situated? world ? A. Mysore

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B. Kanchipuram C. Pala C. Madurai D. Chola D. Delhi ANS: A Rashtrakoot ANS: C. Madurai 113.The first division of congress took place in - 109.Sikh Guru Arjundev was contemporary to which A. Surat of the following rulers? B. Kolkata A. Humayun C. Allahabad B. Akbar D. Chennai C. Shahjahan ANS: A. Surat D. Jahangir 114.Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the ANS: D. Jahangir following places ? 110.The capital of pallavas was A. Udaigiri A. Arcot B. Dhauli B. Kanchi C. Balasore C. Malkhed D. Barabaki D. Banavasi ANS: B. Dhauli ANS: B. Kanchi 115.The language of chola rulers was: 111. Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provincial A. Sanskrit Government of Free India in………….? B. Kannada A. Singapore C. Tamil B. Burma D. Telugu C. Thailand ANS:C. Tamil D. Indonesia 116. The Bhoodan Movement, a voluntary land ANS: A. Singapore reform movement in India was started by…………? 112. Ellora Caves in Maharashtra were built during A. Vinoba Bhave the rule of which of the following dynasties? B. Mahatma Gandhi A. Rashtrakoot C. Jaiprakash Narain B. Pallav D. Rammanohar Lohia

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ANS: A. Vinoba Bhave investment in india was/were: 117. Ashoka was related to: A. Railways A. Haryana dynasty B. Plantation and mines B. Mauryan dynasty C. Banking and insurance C. Gupta dynasty D. All the above D. vardan dynasty ANS: A. Railways ANS: B. Mauryan dynasty 122. Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Individual 118.The number of puranas is Satyagraha in 1940 from which of the following A. 18 place? B. 21 A. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh C. 23 B. Pavnar, Maharashtra D. 16 C. Nadiad, Gujarat ANS: A. 18 D. Adyar, Tamil Nadu 119. Who spoke: ‘At the stroke of midnight, when ANS: B. Pavnar, Maharashtra the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom? 123.Lala Lajpat Rai suffered fatal injuries during the A. C. Rajagopalachari demonstration against the: B. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose A. Cripps Mission C. Mahatma Gandhi B. Simon commission D. Jawaharlal Nehru C. Jallianwala Bagh massacre ANS: D. Jawaharlal Nehru D. Rowlatt Act 120. Name the persian version of the mahabharata, ANS: B Simon commission translated during Akbar’s reign: 124. The only annual session of the congress presided A. Akbar Namah over by Gandhiji was: B. Iqbal Namah A. Kakinada-1923 C. Saminatu-ul-Aluliy B. Belgaum-1924 D. Razmnamah C. Kanpur-1925 ANS: D. Razmnamah D. Guwahati-1926 121.The single biggest item of british capital ANS: B. Belgaum-1924

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125.Who wrote a book describing the theory of A. Kanishka economic drain of India during British rule B. Vikramaditya A. Dadabhai Naoriji C. Ashoka B. Lala Lajpat Rai D. None of these C. Mahatma Gandhi ANS: A. Kanishka D. J.L. Nehru 130.Where was fought the battle of plassey? ANS: A. Dadabhai Naoriji A. Karnal 126.Partition of Bengal was done during the period B. Haldighati of: C. Mysore A. Lord Curzon D. Bengal B. Lord Clive ANS: D. Bengal C. Lord Cornwallis 131.Who was the founder of of Sikhism ? D. Lord Dalhousie A. Guru Nanak ANS: A. Lord Curzon B. Guru Ramdas 127.The golden period of Indian culture was during C. Guru Gobind Singh A. Rajput Period D. Guru Arjun B. Gupta Period ANS: A. Guru Nanak C. Chola Period 132.Chanakya was the Prime Minister of D. Maurya Period A. Chandra Gupta Maurya ANS: B. Gupta Period B. Chandra Gupta 128.Who introduced the silver coin called “Taka” or C. Ashoka ‘Rupia’ ? D. Bimbisar A. Sher Shah Suri ANS: A Chandra Gupta Maurya B. Akbar 133.In which year did the National Congress Passed C. Timur the resolution of total independence? D. Humayun A. 1930 ANS: A Sher Shah Suri B. 1929 129.Who started the Saka Era ? C. 1927

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D. 1916 138. Who dethroned the Mauryan dynasty ? ANS: B.1929 A. Pulkeshin 2 134.Which Governor General ended the Sati System? B. Jai Singh A. Sir John Shore C. Vikramaditya B. Lord William Benttick D. Pushyamitra sunga C. Lord Curzon ANS: D. Pushyamitra sunga D. Lord Cornwallis 139.During whose rule was Guru Arjun Dev hanged ? ANS: B. Lord William Benttick A. Aurangzeb 135.Who formed the Asiatic Society of Bengal? B. Shahjehan A. Cunningham C. Jahangir B. William Jones D. Farrukhasiar C. R.D. Banerjee ANS: C. Jahangir D. Dayaram Sahney 140.Which of the following is called the mad emperor ANS: B. William Jones ? 136.Who completed the construction of the Kutub A. Iltutmish Minar ? B. Kutubuddin Aibak A. Kutubuddin Aibak C. Muhammad Bin Tughlak B. Iltutmish D. Aurangzeb C. Razia Begum ANS: C. Muhammad Bin Tughlak D. Shahjehan 141.Which ruler died while coming down the ladders ANS: B. Iltutmish ? 137. In Shivaji’s Council of Ministers, the Prime A. Babur Minister was called…………...? B. Akbar A. Mantri C. Dara Sikoh B. Peshwa D. Humayun C. Sachiv ANS: D Humayun D. Samanta 142.The poet Kalidas was contemporary of ANS: B. Peshwa A. Ashoka

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B. Chandragupta II B. Sikandar Lodhi C. Alexander the great C. Firoz Tughlaq D. Akbar D. Alauddin Khilji ANS: B. Chandragupta II Answer: B. Sikandar Lodhi 143.First Muslim invader who came to India in 712, 147.Chauri-chora incident is related to was A. Quit India movement A. Mohammad Ghandi B. Non-cooperative movement B. Babur C. Civil disobedience movement C. Alauddin Ghori D. Partition of Bengal D. Mohammad Bin Kasim ANS: B. Non-cooperative movement ANS: D. Mohammad Bin Kasim 148.Which of the following is the oldest dynasty of 144. Which among the following battle led to the India ? foundation of Muslim power in India? A. Vardhan A. The first battle of Panipat B. Kushan B. The first battle of Tarain C. Maurya C. The second battle of Tarain D. Gupta D. The second battle of Panipat ANS: C. Maurya Answer: C. The second battle of Tarain 149.Lala Lajpat Rai was opposing against - while he 145. Who among the following was the Guru of become the victim of police atrocities Shivaji? A. Rowlatt Act A. Ramdas B. Morley - Minto Reforms B. Namdev C. Pitt’s India Act C. Tukaram D. Simon Commission D. Eknath ANS: D. Simon Commission Answer: A. Ramdas 150. ……………. was the first Muslim women who 146. Who among the following was the founder of the ruled Northern India? city of Agra? A. Nurjahan A. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq B. Razia Sultana

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C. Mumtaz ANS: C. Karikala D. None of the above 155.Chittorgarh was the capital of ______dynasty. Answer: B. Razia Sultana A. Chauhan 151. ‘Do or Die’ was a forceful slogan during freedom B. Sisodia struggle. Who gave this call? C. Hada A. Gandhiji D. Rathore B. J.L. Nehru ANS: B. Sisodia C. S.C. Bose 156.Doctrine of lapse is launched by: D. B.G. Tilak A. Lord Curzen ANS: A. Gandhiji B. Lord Mountbatten 152.‘Red Fort’ at New Delhi was built by C. Lord Dalhousie A. Jehangir D. Robert Clive B. Akbar ANS: C. Lord Dalhousie C. Shahjahan 157. Swadeshi movement was officially declared on D. None A. 15 December, 1905 ANS: C. Shahjahan B. 7 August, 1905 153. When was chillianwala war fought? C. 26 February, 1906 A. 1865 D. 18 July 1905 B. 1892 ANS:B 7 August, 1905 C. 1849 158.Who is known as frontier Gandhi? D. 1856 A. Mahatma Gandhi ANS: C. 1849 B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 154.Which of the following Chola King is considered C. Rajgopalachari as the greatest king? D. Lal Lajpat Rai A. Pulkeshjn II ANS: B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan B. Raj Simha 159.Who was the first king of the Vijaya Nagar C. Karikala empire? D. Nandi Verman A. Bukkaraya I

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B. Krishnadevaraya C. 565 C. Harihara I D. 418 D. Ramadevaraya ANS: C. 565 ANS: C. Harihara I 164.The story of which of following King is describe 160. Which of the following pallava king used to right in Mudrarakshasa drama Sanskrit drama. A. Jaychand A. Raja Raja chola B. Chandragupta II B. Mahendra Verman I C. Chandrapede C. Raj Simha D. Chandragupta Maurya D. Vikramaditya ANS: D. Chandragupta Maurya ANS: B. Mahendra Verman I 165.Which of the following queen of Ahmednagar 161.Who led the Battle of Plassey? fought against Badshah Akbar? A. Robert Clive A. Rani Durgavati B. Lord Dalhousie B. Zeenat Mahal C. Warren Hasting C. Chand Bibi D. James Heartly D. Razia Sultan ANS: A. Robert Clive ANS: C. Chand Bibi 162. Who was the architect who have designed New 167.Who is known as the father of Modern Indian Delhi? Renaissance? A. Le Corbusier A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Sir Edwin Lutyens B. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel C. Andrew Paul C. Vinoba Bhave D. George Baker D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy ANS: B. Sir Edwin Lutyens ANS: D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy 163.How many kingship state were in India during 168.At which place, Mohammad Bin Tughluq shift Independence? his capital from Delhi? A. 347 A. Daulatabad B. 490 B. Aurangabad

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C. Allahabad C. Maithili D. Saharanpur D. Marathi ANS: A. Daulatabad ANS: C. Maithili 169.In which of the following country was hetaki 173.First Hindi newspaper was published in 30 May, dynasty developed? 1826. This day is observed as “Hindi Patrakarita A. Sri Lanka Day”. What was name of the newspaper? B. China A. Bengal Gazette C. Nepal B. Amar Ujala D. Afghanistan C. Udant Martand ANS: D. Afghanistan D. Samachar Sudha Varshan 170.Where was Rani Laxmibai died during fighting ANS: C. Udant martand against Britishers? 174.When was the “All India Muslim league” A. Varanasi established? B. Gwalior A. 1905 C. Morar B. 1906 D. Jhansi C. 1914 ANS: B. Gwalior D. 1918 171.Which of the following Chinese monk had ANS: B. 1906 travelled to India during Gupta Period. 175. When was the national symbol of India adopted A. Hiven Tsang by Indian government? B. Fa Hien A. 15th August, 1947 C. I Ching B. 14th August, 1947 D. Le Xica C. 26th January, 1950 ANS: B. Fa Hien D. 20th August, 1950 172.Vidyapati was the famous poet and author of ANS: C .26th January, 1950 which language? 176.Harappan people did not worship which one of A. Bhojpuri the following Gods? B. Dogri A. Shiva

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B. Vishnu A. End of East India Company Rule (1757-1858) C. Pigeon and British Raj (1858-1947) D. Swastik B. End of British Raj (1757-1947) ANS: B. Vishnu C. End of East India Company Rule(1750-1836) and 177.The Indian National Army reclaimed the British Raj (1836-1947) Andaman and Nicobar Island from British rule and D. End of British Raj (1612-1947) named them ANS: A. End of East India Company Rule (1757-1858) A. Swaraj Islands and British Raj (1858-1947) B. Shaheed and Swaraj Island 181.Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hein Visited India during the C. Free Islands period of which ruler? D. Swatantra and Swaraj Island A. Samudragupta ANS: B. Shaheed and Swaraj Island B. Chandragupta I 178.What title did the British confer Gandhi with, C. Kumaragupta which was relinquished by him? D. Chandragupta II A. Rai Bahadur ANS: D. Chandragupta II B. Rai Sahib 182.The Lion Capital (National Emblem of India) was C. Hind Kesari built during D. Kaiser-e-Hind A. The Mughal Empire ANS: D. Kaiser-e-Hind B. The Mauryan Empire 179.When did the first and second Anglo-Sikh war C. The Gupta Empire take place? D. The Buddhism/Jainism Period A. 1845-1850 and 1850-1851 ANS: B. The Mauryan Empire B. 1843-1845 and 1846-1847 183. Who among the following was the last Mughal C. 1845-1846 and 1848-1849 emperor? D. 1850-1851 and 1852-1853 A. Bahadur Shah II ANS: C. 1845-1846 and 1848-1849 B. Alamgir II 180.The term “Indian Independence Movement” or C. Akbar II “Indian Freedom Struggle” encompasses D. Shah Alam II

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Answer: A. Bahadur Shah II Quli Qutb Shah in membrance of plague eradiction. 184.India came directly under the rule of the British A. Alai Minar Crown in the year ____. B. Char Minar A. 1857 C. Fateh Burj B. 1858 D. Qutub Minar C. 1859 ANS: B. Char Minar D. 1856 189.Which of the following Tourist place was built in ANS: B 1858 memory of King George-I and Queen Mary’s visit to 185. In which year Goa was captured by portuguese? India? A. 1510 A. India Gate B. 1512 B. Gateway of India C. 1515 C. Prince of Wales Museum D. 1516 D. Victoria Terminus ANS: A. 1510 ANS: B. Gateway of India 186.Tashkent Declaration followed Indo- Pak war of 190. .In which year was the Ved Samaj established in A. 1947 Madras? B. 1965 A. 1860 C. 1971 B. 1852 D. 1999 C. 1847 ANS: B. 1965 D. 1864 187.Who replaced Viscount Louis Mountbatten as the ANS: D. 1864 Governor General of India? 191. Prior to independence, which of the following A. Pt. JawaharLal Nehru isn’t a French Colony B. SardarVallabhai Patel A. Pondicherry C. Dr.Rajendra Prasad B. Patna D. Rajagopalachari C. Surat ANS: D. Rajagopalachari D. Goa 188.Which of the Minarets were built by Muhammad ANS: B. Patna

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192. Who ordered the Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre? A. Manmohan Singh A. Colonel Reginald Dyer B. K. Gujral B. Michael O’ Dwyer C. Rajiv Gandhi C. H. H. Asquith D. Narendra Modi D. Winston Churchil ANS: D Narendra Modi ANS: A. Colonel Reginald Dyer 197.Which one of the following does not belong to the 193.Which country got Independence in 2011? group? A. Eritrea A. Buland Darwaza B. South Sudan B. Agra fort C. Slovakia C. Gateway of India D. Brunel D. Jodha Bai’s Palace ANS: B. South Sudan ANS: C. Gateway of India 194.Which of the following Mosques was built by 198.Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider as his Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. political guru or mentor? A. Jama Masjid, Delhi A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale B. Badshahi Masjid, Lahore B. Dadabhai Naoroji C. Kabuli Bagh Masjid, Haryana C. Rabindranath Tagore D. Quila-e-Kuhna Masjid, Delhi D. Motilal Nehru ANS: A. Jama Masjid, Delhi ANS: A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 195.Srilanka got independence as Dominion of 199.In which year; Bhagat Singh was executed- Ceylon in which year? A. 1930 A. 1948 B. 1931 B. 1972 C. 1932 C. 1947 D. 1933 D. 1968 ANS: B 1931 ANS: A. 1948 200.Who was first women president of Indian 196.Who among the following Indian Prime Ministers wascongress post independence? born after India attained Independence? A. Sonia Gandhi

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B. Indira Gandhi B. Dictionary C. Ambika Soni C. Amarakosha D. Sarojini Naidu D. Harshcharit ANS: B. Indira Gandhi ANS: C. Amarakosha 201. Who among the following was the first governor 205.Who advocated the introduction of western of Portuguese who introduced the ‘policy of Blue education and English language in India? water’? A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak A. Martin Alfonso de Souza B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy B. Nino da Cunha C. Dadabhai Naoroji C. Francisco de Almeida D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale D. Alfonso d’ Albuquerque ANS: B Raja Ram Mohan Roy ANS: C. Francisco de Almeida 206.The origin of the tantric yogini cult is believed to 202. Which among the following governor-general be from- introduced the Permanent Settlement System in the A. Uttar Pradesh year 1793? B. Bihar A. Lord Chelmsford C. Odisha B. Lord Ripon D. Rajastha C. Lord Cornwallis ANS: C Odisha D. Lord Canning 207.Shimla Agreement 1972 was signed by : Answer: C. Lord Cornwallis A. Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan 203.In which year the wall of Berlin was demolished? B. Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto A. 1999 C. Indira Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto B. 1982 D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pervez Musharraf. C. 1991 ANS: B. Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. D. 2000 208.In which year was Rowlatt Act passed? ANS: C. 1991 A. 1919 204. Which is the ancient Sanskrit dictionary? B. 1921 A. Vakyawratti C. 1929

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D. 1916 caves located? ANS: A. 1919 A. Odisha 209.Emperor Ashoka was successor of B. Maharashtra A. Chandragupta Maurya C. Bihar B. Bindusara D. Assam C. Sushima ANS: B .Maharashtra D. Dasratha 214.Aruna Asaf Ali is remembered for hoisting the ANS: B. Bindusara INC flag at 210.When did Vasco da Gama land in India? A. Bombay A. 1492 B. London B. 1498 C. Berlin C. 1952 D. Kolkata D. 1841 ANS: A .Bombay ANS: B. 1498 215.Who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of 211.Which of the following is not a memorial to dead Independent India? person? A. K. Kamaraj A. Bibi ka Maqbara B. Morarji Desai B. Taj Mahal C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel C. Charminar D. Rajagopalachari D. Itmad ud Daulah ANS: C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ANS: C. Charminar 216.Who was the founder of Brahmo samaj? 212.Who is believed to have built Konark temple? A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy A. Narasimhadeva I B. Dayanand Saraswati B. Mahendravarman C. Mahatma Gandhi C. Kharvela D. Lokmanya Tilak D. Pulakesin I ANS: A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy ANS: A .Narasimhadeva I 217.Who was the father of Subhash Chandra Bose? 213.In which state are the famous Karla Buddhist A. Satyendra Nath Bose

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B. Janki Nath Bose 222.What was the code name of India- Pakistan C. Jagdish Chandra Bose Kargil war? D. S.N. Bose A. Operation blue ANS: B. Janki Nath Bose B. Operation Vijay 218.Which one of these was a Indian mathematician? C. Operation Virat A. Bharat D. Operation Kargil B. Bana ANS: B .Operation Vijay C. Bhaskara II 223. Which of the following British Prime Minister D. Bhavbhuti headed the First Round Table Conference in ANS: C. Bhaskara II London? 219.What was another name of Chanakya? A. Churchill A. Dev Varman B. Ramsay McDonald B. Vishnu Gupta C. Chamberlain C. Ram Gupt D. Disraeli D. Brijeshwar ANS: B. Ramsay McDonald ANS: B. Vishnu Gupta 224. Three freedom fighters including Bipin Chandra 220.Famous Titanic ship belongs to which country? Pal were popularly known as Lal-Bal-Pal. Who were A. U.S.A. the other two? B. China A. Subhash Chandra Bose & Bal Gangadhar Tilak C. Great Britain B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Lala Lajpat Rai D. France C. Lala Lajpat Rai & Bhagat Singh ANS: C. Great Britain D. Ram Prasad Bismil & Bhikaiji Cama 221.Who is called as “Bismark of India”. ANS: B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak & Lala Lajpat Rai A. Jawaharlal Nehru 225.Slave Dynasty was founded by B. Vallabhbhai Patel A. Qutubuddin Aibak C. Sarojini Naidu B. Mahmud Ghazni D. Lokmanya Tilak C. Muhammad Ghori ANS: B. Vallabhbhai Patel D. Razia Sultana

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ANS: A. Qutubuddin Aibak A. The study of coins 226.When did Bangladesh become an independent B. The study of inscriptions parliamentary democracy? C. The study of epics A. December, 1971 D. The study of geography B. January, 1972 ANS: B. The study of inscriptions C. March, 1972 231.The Harappan Civilisation was discovered in the D. February, 1972 year ANS: B. January, 1972 A. 1935 227.Which religion has the concept of Triratna? B. 1942 A. Sikhism C. 1901 B. Jainism D. 1921 C. Buddhism ANS: D. 1921 D. Zorastrianism 232.Which was the only Indus site with an artificial ANS: C. Buddhism brick dockyard? 228.The Mughal Empire extended upto Tamil A. Lothal Territory in South under the reign of B. Kalibangan A. Akbar C. Harappa B. Aurangzeb D. Mohenjo Daro C. Jahangir ANS: A .Lothal D. Shahjahan 233.Which of the following domesticated animals was ANS: B. Aurangzeb absent in the terracottas of the Indus civilisation? 229.The earliest city discovered in India was A. Buffalo A. Harappa B. Sheep B. Punjab C. Cow C. Mohenjo Daro D. Pig D. Sindh ANS: C. Cow ANS: A .Harappa 234.The language used to write source materials in 230.Epigraphy means ancient time was

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A. Sanskrit A. Ashoka B. Pali B. Ajatasatru C. Brahmi C. Kanishka D. Kharosthi D. Simukha ANS: B. Pali ANS: B . Ajatasatru . 235.The first metal used by man was 239.Who amidst the following was a wife of emperor A. Alumunium Ashoka who in Influenced him? B. Copper A. Chandalika C. iron B. Charulata D. Silver C. Gautami ANS: B. Copper D. Karuwaki 236.Which Of the following scholars who was the first ANS: D .Karuwaki to discovr the traces of the Harappan Civilisation? 240.Tripitaka is the religious book of A. Sir John Marshall A. Jains B. R. D. Banerji B. Buddhists C. A Cunningham C. Sikhs D. Daya Ram Sahani D. Hindus ANS: C .A Cunningham ANS: B. Buddhists 237.The Megalithic culture (500B.C-A.D. 100) brings 241.Charak was the famous court physician of us to the historical period in South India, the A. Harsha Megaliths used B. Chandra Gupta Maurya A. weapons made of stone C. Ashoka B. tools & implements made of stone D. Kanishka C. graves encircled by big pieces of stones ANS: D. Kanishka D. articles of daily use made of stone 242.The Greeks were driven out of India by ANS: C graves encircled by big pieces of stones A. Chandragupta Maurya 238.Which ruler murdered his father Bimbisara to B. Chandragupta Vikramaditya ascend the throne ? C. Ashoka

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D. Bindusara with ANS: A. Chandragupta Maurya A. Astrology 243.Who is the mother of mahavir ? B. Astronomy A. Yashoda C. Medicine B. Trishala D. Anatomy C. Jameli ANS: B .Astronomy D. Mahamaya 248. Who termed Cripps proposals as a postdated ANS: B. Trishala cheque in a crashing bank 244. Prince of Pilgrims was the name attributed to A. Ambedkar A. Fahien B. Annie Besant B. Itsing C. Patel C. Hiuen Tsang D. Gandhi ji D. Megasthenes ANS:D. Gandhi ji ANS: C. Hiuen Tsang 249.From which among the following rulers has the 245.Kalinga war took place in the year Government of India borrowed and adopted its A. 261 BC symbols? B. 263 BC A. Ashoka C. 232 BC B. Krishnadevaraya D. 240 BC C. Pulakesin ANS: A .261 BC D. Kanishka 246.From which modem State did the Alwar saints ANS: A. Ashoka originate? 250.Who among the following Mughal rulers has A. Tamil Nadu been called the Prince of Builders? B. Kerala A. Akbar C. Karnataka B. Jahangir D. Maharashtra C. ShahJahan ANS: A .Tamil Nadu. D. Babur 247. Pancha siddhantham of Varahamihira deals ANS: C ShahJahan

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251. Vindhyashakti was the founder of _____dynasty A. Iltutmish A. Kakatiya B. Balban B. Chola C. Raziya C. Pandava D. Qutubuddin Aibak D. Vakataka ANS: D. Qutubuddin Aibak ANS:D. Vakataka 256.The foreign traveller who visited India during the 252.Which of the following languages was in vogue Mughal period and who left us an experts description during Mughal period in the courts of India ? of the Peacock Throne was A. French A. Geronimo Verroneo B. Persian B. Omrah Danishmand Khan C. Portugese C. Travemier D. Arabic D. Austin of Bordeaux ANS: B .Persian ANS: C. Travemier 253.The Assam State derives its name from that of a 257.Amir Khusrau was a musician and tribe that conquered the region. Where did the A. Sufi saint tribesmen come from ? B. Persian and Hindi writer and scholar A. Tibet C. historian B. Mongolia D. All of the above C. Burma (now Myanmar) ANS:D All of the above D. Siam (now Thailand) 258. Who among the following Viceroys became a ANS: D. Siam (now Thailand) victim of one of the convicts during his visit to the 254.Ranthambhor was Andaman? A. a Mughal palace A. Curzon B. a Rajput fort B. Mayo C. capital of the Khalji’s C. Ripon D. Pilgrimase center of buddisht D. Lytton ANS: B. a Rajput fort ANS: B. Mayo 255.Lakh Baksh was a title given to the ruler 259.Coronation of Shivaji took place in

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A. 1627 A.D. A. Chinmaya mission B. 1674 A.D. B. Arya Samaj C. 1680 A.D. C. Brahmo Samaj D. 1670 A.D. D. Prarthana Samoj ANS: B. 1674 A.D. ANS: B. Arya Samaj 260.The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the 264. Name the language that was designated as the Nalanda University was Camp Language during the Medieval Period A. Allauddin Khilji A. Sanskrit B. Muhammadbin Tughlak B. Pali C. Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar C. Hindi D. Muhammad bin kashim D. Urdu ANS: C. Muhammad bin Bhaktiyar ANS:D. Urdu 261. What was the name of the party launched by 265.Khalsa Panth was created by Guru Gobind Singh Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939 in which year ? A. Communist paty of India A. 1599 B. Socialist Party of India B. 1707 C. All India Forward Bloc C. 1699 D. Azad Bengal Fauj D. 1657 ANS: C. All India Forward Bloc ANS:C. 1699 262. Which Battle laid the foundation of Mughal rule 266. Who gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai in India Patel? A. Battle of Plassey A. Rajaji B. Battle of Talikota B. Gandhiji C. First Battle of Panipat C. Nehru D. Battle of Haldighati D. M.A. Jinnah ANS: C. First Battle of Panipat ANS:B . Gandhiji 263. Dayananda saraswathi was the founder of which 267. Which of the following pairs is incorrect? of the following missions? A. Babar vs. Sangram Singh

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B. Sher Shah vs. Humayun D. Tansen C. Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji ANS: B. Raja Birbal D. Akbar vs. Hemu 272. The Rig veda consists of -----hymns including the ANS: C. Chengiz Khan vs. Alauddin Khilji. apocryphal valakhilya hymns 268.Who among the following attacked the Somnath A. 760 temple? B. 1549 A. Mahmud of Ghazni C. 1028 B. Muhammad Ghori D. 1875 C. Iltutmish ANS: C.1028 D. Qulbuddin Aibak 273. The system of communal electorate in India was ANS: A. Mahmud of Ghazni first introduced by 269.When the rule of the Delhi Sultan began? A. Indian Council Act of 1892 A. 1106 A.D B. Minto Morey reforms of 1909 B. 1206 A.D C. Mantagu Cheknsford reforms of 1919 C. 1306 A.D D. Indian Council Act of 1935 D. 1406 A.D ANS: B. Minto-Morey reforms of 1909 ANS:B. 1206 A.D 274.When was the first train steamed off in India ? 270.Tulsidas wrote Ram charit manas in the reign of A. 1848 A. Babur B. 1853 B. Akbar C. 1875 C. Aurangzeb D. 1880 D. Jahagir ANS: B. 1853 ANS: B. Akbar 275.In which session of Indian National Congress the 271.Who of the following became a member of the tricolour flag was unfurled for the first time ? Din-a- ilahi? A. Calcutta Session 1920 A. Todarmal B. Annual Session of Congress at Nagpur 1920 B. Raja Birbal C. Lahore Congress 1929 C. Raja Man Singh D. Haripura Congress Conference 1938

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ANS: C. Lahore Congress 1929 ANS: B. 1930 276.Which among the following regulations made 280.Cabinet Mission came to India in the year English as a medium of education compulsory in A. 1946 government aided schools and colleges ? B. 1945 A. Pitts India Act 1784 C. 1942 B. Educational Despatch 1854 D. 1940 C. Macaulay Minute 1835 ANS: A. 1946 D. Regulating Act 1773 281. Which day was declared as the Direct Action ANS: C. Macaulay Minute 1835 Day by the Muslim League 277.In which of the following years 26th January was A. 3rd September 1946 celebrated as an independence day B. 16th August 1946 A. 1950 C. 6th May 1946 B. 1929 D. 4th December 1946 C. 1942 ANS: B. 16th August 1946 D. 1947 282.When was the All India Womens Conference ANS:B. 1929 founded 278. In which year did the Bostson Tea party take A. 1924 place B. 1925 A. 1773 C. 1926 B. 1774 D. 1927 C. 1775 ANS: D. 1927 D. 1776 283.When and which Governor General decided to ANS: A. 1773 make English the medium of instruction in India? 279. In which year Salt Satyagraha took place? A. 1805 Lord Wellesley A. 1929 B. 1845 Lord Hardinge B. 1930 C. 1835 Lord William Bentick C. 1931 D. 1850 Lord Dalhousie D. 1932 ANS:C1835 Lord William Bentick

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284.The home of Gargi and Kapila was at ? A. Vidisha A. Vikramaditya B. Ujjain B. Kumaragupta C. Pataliputra C. Harshavardhan D. Mithila D. Kanishka ANS:D. Mithila ANS: C. Harshavardhan 285.The Social System of the Harappan’s was 289.What Inspired the paintings of Ajanta ? A. Fairly egalitarian A. Compassionate Buddha B. Slave Labour based B. Radha Krishan Leela C. Colour (Varna) based C. Jain Thirthankaras D. Caste based D. Mahabharata encounters ANS: A. Fairly egalitarian ANS: A. Compassionate Buddha 286.Which of the following Vedas provides 290.With which of the following is the classic Jivaka information about the civilisation of the Early Vedic Chintamani in Tamil associated ? Age? A. Jainism A. Rigveda B. Buddhism B. Yajurveda C. Hinduism C. Atharvaveda D. Christianity D. Samaveda ANS: A. Jainism ANS: A Rigveda 291.Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last? 287.The university which became famous in the post A. Rajgir Gupta Era was B. Bodh Gaya A. Kanchi C. Samath B. Taxlla D. Kushinagar C. Nalanda ANS: D. Kushinagar D. ValJabhi 292. In the integration of Princely States the following ANS: C. Nalanda played a major role. 288.Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor A. Pannikar and Kunzru

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B. S.K. Dhar and Fazal Ali C. pastoral farming C. Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon D. caste society D. Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawa har Lal Nehru ANS: B. Organised city life ANS: C Vallabhbhai Patel and V.P. Menon 297.Who was the author of the Kadambari a great 293. Ganhadra school of art came into existence in romantic play ? A. Hinayanasect A. Banabhatta B. Mahayanasect B. Harshavardhana C. Vaishnavasect C. Baskaravardhana D. Shaivasect D. Bindusara ANS: B. Mahayanasect ANS: A. Banabhatta 294.Who amongst the following also had the name 298.St. Thomas is said to have come to India to Devanama Piyadassi? propagate Christianity during the reign of A. Mauiyan King Ashoka A. Cheras B. Mauryan King Chandragupta Maurya B. Parthians C. Gautam Buddha C. Pandyas D. Bhagwan Mahavira D. Cholas ANS: A. Mauiyan King Ashoka ANS: B. Parthians 295.Whose achievements are recorded in the 299.In which state was the Nalanda University Allahabad Pillar inscription ? located in India? A. Chandra Gupta Maurya A. Bengal B. Samudra Gupta B. Bihar C. Vikramaditya C. Orissa D. Skand Gupta D. Uttar Pradesh ANS: B. Samudra Gupta ANS: B. Bihar 296.The essential feature of the Indus Valley 300.Which event brought about a profound change in Civilisation was Ashoka’s administrative policy? A. worship of forces of nature A. The third Buddhist Council B. organised city life B. The Kalinga War

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C. His embracing of Buddhism D. Vamsathapakasini D. His sending of missionary to Ceylon ANS: D. Vamsathapakasini ANS: B. The Kalinga War 305.Worship of Mother Goddess was associated with 301.The monk who influenced Ashoka to embrace A. Aryan Civilization Buddhism was B. Mediterranean Civilization A. Vishnu Gupta C. Indus Valley Civilization B. Upa gupta D. Later Vedic Civilization C. Brahma Gupta ANS: C. Indus Valley Civilization D. Badrinath 306.Alexander and Porus fought a battle at ANS: B. Upa gupta A. Hydaspes 302.Harshvardhan was defeated by B. Jhelum A. Prabhakaravardhana C. Panipat B. Pulakesin II D. Tarain C. Narasimha svanna Pallava ANS: A .Hydaspes D. Sasanka 307.After Alexanders death the Eastern part of his ANS: B. Pulakesin II empire came under 303. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta A. Seleucus Nicator Maurya’s Court was B. Menander A. Kautilya C. Rudradaman B. Seleucus Nicator D. Kanishka C. Megasthenes ANS: A. Seleucus Nicator D. Justin 308.In Mohanjadaro the largest building is ANS: C. Megasthenes A. the great bath 304. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist B. a granary text produced In India C. the Pillared Hall A. Divya Vandana D. a two storeyed house B. Dohakosa ANS: B. a granary C. Vajrachedika 309.Who is called as the Second Ashoka?

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A. Samudra Gupta A. Police action B. Chandra Gupta Maurya B. Military action C. Kanishka C. Persuasion D. Harshavardhana D. Negotiations ANS: C. Kanishka ANS: B. Military action 310. The famous Kailashnath Temple at Kanchi was 314.Who discovered sea route to India via the Cape of built by Good Hope? A. Mahendra varman A. Vasco di Gama B. Narasimha varman II B. Amundsen C. Nandi varnan C. Christopher Columbus D. Danti varman D. John Cabot ANS: B. Narasimha varman II ANS:A. Vasco di Gama 311.The first Defence Minister of India was 315. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of A. K. M. Cariappa indigo farmers was observed at B. Gopala swami iyer A. Champaran C. Baldev Singh B. Chaura Chauri D. Sardar Patel C. Bardoli ANS: C. Baldev Singh D. Sabarmati 312.What is the name of the era on which the ANS:A .Champaran National Calendar of India is based? 316.During British rule who was instrumental for the A. Vikram era introduction of the Ryotwari system in the Madras B. Kali era Presidency ? C. Saka era A. Macartney D. None of above B. Elphinstone ANS: C. Saka era C. Thomas Munro 313. After Independence Hyderabad the State of D. John Lawrence Nizam was taken over by the Indian Government ANS:C. Thomas Munro through 317.When the East India Company was formed the

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Mughal emperor in India was B. Lala lajpat Rai A. Jehangir C. Aurobindo Ghosh B. Humayun D. Bipin Chandrapal C. Aurangzeb ANS:A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak D. Akbar 322.The first country which discovered sea route to ANS:D. Akbar India was 318.Which one of the following events did not take A. Portugal place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon? B. Dutch A. Establishment of the Department of Archaeology C. French B. Second Delhi Durbar D. Britain C. Founding of Indian National Congress ANS:A. Portugal D. Partition of Bengal 323.Which rebellion in Bengal was highlighted by ANS: C. Founding of Indian National Congress Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand 319.The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Math? Governor Generalship of A. Chaur Uprising A. Lord Dalhousie B. Sanyasi Rebellion B. Lord Lyttori C. Kol Uprising C. Lord William Bentick D. Santhal Uprising . D. Lord Canning ANS:B. Sanyasi Rebellion ANS:D. Lord Canning 324. The battle of Plassey was fought between 320.Who coined the term Satyagraha? A. East India Company and Shah Alam A. Gandhi B. East India Company and Shujauddaula B. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh C. East India Company and Sirajuddaula C. Rabindranath Tagore D. East India Company and An waruddin D. Ram Mohan Roy ANS: C. East India Company and Sirajuddaula ANS: A. Gandhi 325. Who was the founder of Satya Shodak Sabha in 321.Who is known as the Father of Indian Unrest ? Maharashtra ? A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak A. Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar

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B. Dr. Atmaram Pandurang B. Gandhi and Ambedkar C. Gopal Baba Wala C. Malaviya and Ambedkar D. Jyothiba Phule D. Gandhi and Nehru ANS: D. Jyothiba Phule ANS: B. Gandhi and Ambedkar. 326.Under whose leadership was the Chittagong 330.Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the Armory Raid organised ? capital of British India? A. Sukhdev A. Load Curzon B. Bhagat Singh B. Lord Minto C. Surya Sen C. Lord Hardinge D. Rajguru D. Lord Wavell ANS: C. Surya Sen ANS: C. Lord Hardinge 327.In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as 331.Who established the Indian Civil Liberties Union President of the Congress Party defeating in 1936 ? A. Pattabhi Sitharamayya A. Subhash Chandra Bose B. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad C. Jawahar Lal Nehru D. VB Patel D. Rajendra Prasad ANS: A Pattabhi Sitharamayya ANS: C. Jawaharlal Nehru 328.Who founded the Indian National Party In Berlin 332. Which of the following was established first ? during 1914? A. Banaras Hindu University A. Subhash Chandra Bose B. University of Bombay B. W.C. Banerjee C. Aligarh Muslim University C. Surendra nath Baneijee D. University of Allahabad D. Chempakaraman Pillai ANS: B University of Bombay ANS: D. Chempakaraman Pillai 333. Who gave the title of Mahamana to Madan 329. The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement Mohan Malaviya ? between A. Dada Bhai Naurozi A. Nehru and Ambedkar B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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C. Rabindra Nath Tagore D. William Bentick D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ANS: A.Waaren Hastings ANS: C. Rabindra Nath Tagore 338.What is the name of the Fort built by the English 334.Who said Truth is the ultimate reality and it is in Calcutta ? God ? A. Fort St. David A. Swamy Vivekananda B. Fort St. Andrew B. Rabindra Nath Tagore C. Fort William C. M.KGandhi D. Fort Victoria D. Radhakrishnan ANS: C. Fort William ANS: C .M.K.Gandhi . 339.C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj 335.Who founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha ? Party after A. B.C.Pal A. Swadeshi Movement B. G. Subramania Iyer B. Non Cooperation Movement C. Bagat Singh C. Civil Disobedience Movement D. Rukmani Lakshttiipath D. Quit India Movement ANS: C. Bagat Singh ANS: B .Non Cooperation Movement 336.The Peshwarship was abolished by the British at 340. The Khilafath Movement was launched to the time of Peshwa protest against the humiliation of A. Raghunath Rao A. The Turkish Caliph B. Narayan Rao B. Aga Khan C. Madhav Rao II C. Muhammad Ali Jinnah D. Baji Rao II D. Abul Kalam Azad ANS: D. Baji Rao II ANS: A. The Turkish Caliph 337. The Governor General of India impeached by 341. On April 12 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the House of Commons in England the INA Flag in a town. In which State Union A. Waaren Hastings Territory is that town now ? B. Cornwallis A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands C. Wellesley B. Tripura

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C. Manipur D. Dadabhai Naoroji D. Mizoram ANS: A. Swami Vivekananda ANS: C. Manipur 346.The Lahore Conspiracy Case was registered 342.Who among the following revolutionaries was against whom? executed by the British? A. V.D. Savarkar A. Jatin Das B. Bhagat Singh B. Chandra shekhar Azad C. Chandrashekhar Azad C. Rajguru D. Aurobindo Ghosh D. Kalpana Dutt ANS: B .Bhagat Singh ANS: C. Rajguru 347.Aurobindo was arrested in connection with 343. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil A. Allipore Bomb Case Disobedience Movement in 1930 from B. Kolhapur Bomb Case A. Sabarmati Ashram C. Lahore Conspiracy Case B. Ahmadabad D. Kakori Case C. Porbandar ANS: A. Allipore Bomb Case D. Dandi 348.The National Anthem was first sung in the year ANS: A. Sabarmati Ashram 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National 344.Kesari the Newspaper was started by Congress held at A. G.K. Gokhale A. Pune B. B.G. Tilak B. Mumbai C. Sardar Patel C. Kolkata D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy D. Lucknow ANS: B. B. G. Tilak ANS: C. Kolkata 345.Whom did Bal Gangadhar Tilak refer to as his 349.Who Is known as the Indian Bismarck ? Political Guru ? A. Vallabhai Patel A. Swami Vivekananda B. Subh ash Chandra Bose B. Ram Mohan Roy C. Bhagat Singh C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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ANS: A Vallabhai Patel B. Winston Churchill 350.India was granted freedom during the British C. Ramsay MacDonald Prime Minister D. William Pitt A. Clement Attlee ANS: A Clement Attlee

Environmental 1. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas? B. 1976 A. Nitrous Oxide C. 1948 B. Methane D. 1973 C. Sulphur Hexa fluoride ANS: D. 1973 D. Copper dioxide 5. Bharat Stage Emission standards refers to ANS: D. Copper dioxide A. Vehicular pollution 2. Re-location of endangered of rare species from B. Industrial pollution their natural habitat to protected areas equipped C. Water pollution for their protection and preservation is called D. Soil pollution A. Ex-situ conservation ANS: A. Vehicular pollution B. In-situ conservation 6. The group of gases which contribute to Global C. Exile conservation warning D. Escaped conservation A. Methane, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone ANS: A. Ex-situ conservation B. Nitrogen dioxide, Hydrogen, Oxygen 3. Where did the Chipko movement began? C. Methane, Nitrogen dioxide, Oxygen A. Uttarakhand D. Methane, Hydrogen, Nitrogen B. Assam ANS: A. Methane, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone C. Arunachal Pradesh 7. When was the Environment Protection Act passed? D. Mizoram A. 1982 ANS: A. Uttarakhand B. 1972 4. Project tiger started in C. 1986 A. 1975 D. 1992 Page 289 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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ANS: C. 1986 ANS: A. oxides of nitrogen and sulphur 8. Which of the following is NOT an effect of Noise 12.Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution Pollution? by______A. Death of Animals A. Oil spill B. Tinnitus B. Acid rain C. Hypertension C. Carbon dioxide D. Ozone Depletion D. Radioactive waste ANS: D. Ozone Depletion ANS: D. Radioactive waste 9. Minamata disease is caused by pollution of water 13. Which of the following disease is not caused by by: water pollution? A. Tin A. Cholera B. Methyl isocyanate B. Typhoid C. Mercury C. Asthma D. Lead D. Diarrhoea ANS: C. Mercury ANS: C. Asthma 10. Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of 14. Highly polluted industries come under the colour ______category of A. Air & Soil A. Red B. Crops & Air B. Blue C. Soil & Water C. Black D. Air & Water D. Orange ANS: C. Soil & Water ANS: A. Red 11. Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere 15. Ozone at the highest levels of the atmosphere is a by product of A. oxides of nitrogen and sulphur A. UV radiation acting on oxygen B. oxides of nitrogen and phosphorous B. UV radiation acting on Helium C. oxides of carbon and nitrogen C. UV radiation acting on Hydrogen D. oxides of nitrogen and methane D. UV radiation acting on Nitrogen

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ANS: A. UV radiation acting on oxygen cancer? 16. The most abundant of the rare gases is? A. Benzene vapours A. Helium B. Asbestos particles B. Argon C. Arsenic C. Neon D. Herbicides D. Nitrogen ANS: B. Asbestos particles ANS: B. Argon 21. Substances that are broken down by biological 17. Which of the following is an example of impact of processes are said to be development activities on the Hydrosphere? A. Non-biodegradable A. Air pollution B. Reusable B. Soil pollution C. Biodegradable C. Water pollution D. Non-reusable D. Soil erosion ANS: C. Biodegradable ANS: C. Water pollution 22.____protection must be worn whenever noise 18. The equivalent of one Dobson unit is levels exceed the noise exposure standard A. 0.1m A. Hearing B. 0.01m B. Eye C. 0.1mm C. Foot D. 0.01mm D. Head ANS: D. 0.01mm ANS: A. Hearing 19. The living planet report releases every two years 23. Breathing in about 900 parts of ____ in a million is the flagship of which organsation? parts of air for a short time causes fatigue, dizziness A. The Nature Conservancy and headache B. Wildlife Conservation Society A. Arsenic C. World Wide Fund for Nature B. Pesticides D. Conservation International C. Chloroform ANS: C. World Wide Fund for Nature D. Asbestos particle 20. Which hazardous substances can cause lung ANS: C. Chloroform

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24. Which of the following classes of chemicals can D. Green plants damage the ozone layer ANS: D. Green plants A. Aromatic compounds 28. Which among the following is not a natural B. Phenols ecosystem? C. Chloroflurocarbons A. Forest D. Antimicrobials B. Pond ANS: C. Chloroflurocarbons C. Lake 25. Who among the following coined the term Global D. Gardens Warming? ANS: D. Gardens A. John Muir 29. Reduce. Reuse and ___are the three R's to save B. Aldo leopold the environment C. Wallace Smith Boecker A. Revise D. None of the above B. Restore ANS: C Wallace Smith Boecker C. Recycle 26. What is the greenhouse effect? D. Recall A. Turning of house green because of algae cove ANS: C. Recycle B. Tuning of house green because of green 30. Relative contribution of which of the following compound of white light green house is the most towards total global C. Warming of the Earth because of trapping of warming? radiations by the earth's atmosphere A. Methene D. None of these B. Chlorofluocabons ANS: C. Warming of the Earth because of trapping of C. Carbon dioxide radiations by the earth's atmosphere D. Nitrus oxide 27. Which of the following is the largest compounding ANS: C. Carbon dioxide of solar energy? 31. Which of the following primarily causes lead A. Bacteria pollution? B. Protozoa A. CFL lamp C. Fungus B. Automobile Industry

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C. Polymer ANS: B. Nitrogen D. Diesel engine 36. Which of the following is the treatment of water ANS: B. Automobile Industry pollution? 32.What was the main aim of Montreal protocol? A. Bag house filter A. Protection of Ozone layer B. Windrow composing B. Bio diversity conservation C. Venturi Scrubber C. Global Warming D. Reverse osmosis D. Climate change ANS: D. Reverse osmosis ANS: A. Protection of Ozone layer 37. Ultraviolet radiations in the stratosphere is 33. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a observed by gas which can deplete the ozone layer? A. SO2

A. BBr3 B. Ozone

B. NH3 C. Oxygen

C. CH2N2 D. Argon

D. CCl2F2 ANS: B. Ozone

ANS: D. CCl2F2 38. Which of the following caused radioactive 34. The solid waste is also known as pollution along the coast of kerala A. Sedge A. Plutonium B. Toxic waste B. Zinc C. Sludge C. Thorium D. Scubber D. Radium ANS: C. Sludge ANS: C. Thorium 35. The most abundant element in the earth's 39. What is called scientific analysis and study of atmosphere is other very between organism and the environment? A. Argon A. Ecology B. Nitrogen B. Microbiology C. Oxygen C. Entomology D. Krypton D. Ornithology

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ANS: A. Ecology 44. The poisonous gas accidently released in Bhopal

40. What does BOD 5 refers to gas tragedy is A. Biochemical Oxygen demand in 5 days A. Methane B. Biochemical Oxygen demand in 5 hours B. Nitrous oxide C. Biochemical Oxygen demand in 5 minutes C. Methyl Isocyanate D. Biochemical Oxygen demand in 5 months D. Cyanogen ANS: A. Biochemical Oxygen demand in 5 days ANS: C. Methyl Isocyanate 41. Sulphur dioxide pollution is indicated by an 45. Disadvantage of using DDT as Pesticide is excessive growth of which of the following? A. It becomes ineffective after some time A. Algal blooms B. Not easily degradable in nature B. Lichens C. Less effective than others C. Bryophytes D. its high cost D. Potozoa ANS: B. Not easily degradable in nature ANS: B. Lichens 46. The Climate of which of the following national 42. Methane an air pollutant is produced park varies from tropical to sub-tropical, temperate A. By action of ultraviolet light on nitogenous and arctic? compounds A. Mrugavani National Park B. As a by-product of manufacturing ammonial B. Namdapha National Park fertilizers C. Mouling National Park C. By burning of coal in insufficient air D. Kaziranga National Park D. By digestion of food by animals Answer: B. Namdapha National Park ANS: D. By digestion of food by animals 47. Taj Mahal is said to be suffering from marble 43. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas? cancer due to A. CO2 A. Smokes B. CO B. Acid rain

C. CH4 C. Fungus D. Water vapour D. yellowing of marble ANS: B. CO ANS: B. Acid rain

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48. Which one of the following gas is not a part of large quantity to change climate system? atmosphere? A. Ozone gases A. Nitrogen B. Beta Radiations B. Helium C. Greenhouse gases C. Chlorine D. Alpha Radiations D. None of these ANS: C. Greenhouse gases ANS: C. Chlorine 53. A hard fluid present in smog which cause 49. Black Lung disease occurs in people working in irritation in eyes A. Electroplating industry A. Nitric Acid B. Organic solvent industry B. Sulphur C. Paint manufacturing industry C. Peroxylacetyl nitrate D. Coal mines D. Carbon dioxide ANS: D. Coal mines ANS: C. Peroxylacetyl nitrate 50. Brown air means 54. Oxides of sulphur present in atmosphere washed A. Acidic smoke down by rain to cause B. Industrial smoke A. Industrial smog C. Photochemical smog B. Depletion of fossil fuel D. Sulphur smoke C. Eutrophication in lakes ANS: C. Photochemical smog D. Lowering of pH of soil 51. Acid-Rain is mainly caused due to the emission of ANS: D. Lowering of pH of soil which of the following two gases? 55. Which of the following metal highly pollute the A. Sulphurdioxide and Nitrogen oxide water? B. Methane and Sulphurdioxide A. Arsenic C. Methane and Nitrous oxide B. Lead D. Oxygen and Nitrous oxide C. Magnesium ANS: A. Sulphurdioxide and Nitrogen oxide D. Potassium 52. What is the term used for the gas molecules that ANS: A. Arsenic absorb thermal infrared radiation and are present in 56. BOD value of water indicates

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A. Amount of organic debris pollutant B. Amount of oxygen used for biochemical A. Dye effluent oxidation B. Bleaching effluent C. Amount of oxygen used for biochemical C. Sewage reduction D. Heavy metals D. Amount of ozone used for biochemical reduction ANS: C Sewage ANS: B. Amount of oxygen used for biochemical 61.Ozone layer is essential because it absorbs most of oxidation the 57.Supersonic jet causes pollution by thinning of A. Infrared radiations A. O3 layer B. Heat B. O2 layer C. Solar radiation C. Co2 layer D. Ultraviolet-radiation D. So2 layer ANS: D. Ultraviolet-radiation ANS: A. O3 layer 62.The Tajmahal is threatened due to the effect of 58.Van Mahotsav is associated with A. Oxygen A. Cutting of trees B. Hydrogen B. Planting of trees C. Chlorine C. Genetic modification of trees D. Sulphur D. increase in crops ANS: D. Sulphur ANS: B. Planting of trees 63.Major aerosol pollutant in jet plane emission is 59. Which of the following is not a natural source of A. Sulphur dioxide hydrocorbon B. Carbon monoxide A. Natural gas C. Methane B. Coal D. Chloflurocarbon C. Petroleum ANS: D. Chloflurocarbon D. Mica 64. Sound becomes hazardous noise pollution at level ANS: D. Mica A. Above 30 dB 60.Which of the following is a biodegradable B. Above 80dB

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C. Above 100 dB D. None of the above D. Above 120 dB ANS: C. Both A and B ANS: B. Above 80dB 69. Result of deforestation

65._____ affect(s) the rate of humus formation of soil A. Increase in co2 concentration

A. Flora and Fauna B. Decrease in co2 concentration B. Time C. Water pollution C. Temperature D. All of the above D. Parent rock ANS: A. Increase in co2 concentration ANS: A. Flora and Fauna 70. Maximum noise permissible during daytime to 66. Primary constituents of photochemical smog are residential areas is

A. SO2 and CO A. 75 dB

B. O3 and CO2 B. 55 dB

C. NO2 and hydrocarbons C. 65 dB D. Co2 D. 45 dB

ANS: C. NO2 and hydrocarbons ANS: B. 55 dB 67. Montreal Protocol, an international 71. Greenhouse effect refers to environmental agreement with universal ratification A. Cooling of earth to protect the earth’s ozone layer by eliminating use B. Trapping of UV rays of ozone was finalized in which year? C. Production of cereals A. 1987 D. Warming of earth B. 1985 ANS: D. Warming of earth C. 1988 72. Gases referred to as ‘greenhouse gases’ are D. 1990 A. CO2,O2,NO2,NH3 Answer: A.1987 B. CFC,CO2,NH3,N2 68. Eutrophic lakes are highly C. CH4,N2,CO2,NH3

A. Productive D. CFC,CO2,CH4,N2O

B. Enriched with phosphates ANS: D. CFC, CO2, CH4, N2O C. Both A and B 73. El nino effect is due to __

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A. Odd climatic changes through the food chain and it is B. Air pollution A. Multidirectional flow C. Eutrophication B. Unidirectional flow D. Biomagnification C. Two way flow ANS: A. Odd climatic changes D. Downward flow 74. The act passed for air, water and soil pollution ANS: B. Unidirectional flow was 78. The glasses of artificial green houses are A. Environment act 1986 A. Transparent to incoming solar radiation but B. Air act 1981 opaque to outgoing infrared radiation C. Water act 1974 B. Opaque to incoming infrared radiation but D. Noise pollution act 2000 transparent to outgoing infrared radiation ANS: A. Environment act 1986 C. Opaque to incoming solar radiation as well as 75. Sources of solid wastes are outgoing infrared radiation A. Municipal wastes D. Opaque to incoming solar radiation but B. Electrical wastes transparent to outgoing infrared radiation C. Hospital wastes ANS: A. Transparent to incoming solar radiation but D. All of these opaque to outgoing infrared radiation ANS: D All of these 79. The suspended solids present in surface water can be 76. Identify the incorrect statement determined by Food chains and food webs play a very important role A. Gravimetric test in the ecosystem because B. Colourimetric test A. Energy flow takes place through them C. Titrimetric test B. Nutrient cycle takes place through them D. Spectrophotometric test C. It helps to maintain ecological balance ANS: A. Gravimetric test D. It shows biological magnification of all chemicals 80. The undesirable taste and odours caused by ANS: D. It shows biological magnification of all dissolved gases may be removed by chemicals A. Chemical treatment 77. The energy flow in an ecosystem takes place B. Aeration

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C. Disinfection B. Natural disaster D. Reverse osmosis C. Global warming ANS: B. Aeration D. Conservation of wetlands 81. The fluoride concentration less than prescribed ANS: A. Climate change permissible limit may cause 85. Soil erosion can be prevented by A. Dental cavities A. Afforestation B. Spotting teeth B. Deforestation C. Discoloration of teeth C. Constructing Dams D. Flurosis D. All of these ANS: A. Dental cavities ANS: A. Afforestation 82. According to Central Pollution Control Board 86. Algal bloom results (CPCB), which particulate size in diameter (in A. Global warming micrometres) of the air pollutants is responsible for B. Eutrophication greatest harm to human health? C. Biomagnication A. 2.0 or less D. Salination B. 2.5 or less ANS: B. Eutrophication C. 1.5 or less 87. Which of the following major pollutants are D. 3.5 or less released by the steel industry in India? ANS: B. 2.5 or less A. Oxides of sulphur 83. Which of the following waste can remain active B. Oxides of carbon and dangerous for thousands of years C. Oxides od f nitrogen A. Factory waste D. All of the above B. Biomedical waste ANS: D. All of the above C. Nuclear waste 88. Which of the following phenomenon adds carbon D. Domestic waste dioxide to carbon cycle on the earth? ANS: C. Nuclear waste A. Respiration 84. What was the main aim of kyto protocol? B. Photosynthesis A. Climate change C. Volcanic eruption

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D. Both A and C A. Manures are generally added before the seeds are ANS: D. Both A and C sown 89. The two components of ecosystem is B. Manures can cause harmful effects to the soil A. Hurb and Shurb C. Fertilizers can be used for any crop B. Abiotic and biotic D. Manures are non-voluminous C. Forg and human ANS: B Manures can cause harmful effects to the soil D. Plant and animal 94. The process of removal of carbon particles from ANS: B. Abiotic and biotic the air involves which of the following principle? 90. Who had defined the concept of ecosystem? A. Sedimentation A. Arthur Tansley B. Filtration B. Evelyn Hutchinson C. Sedimentation C. Raymond Lindeman D. Electrophoresis D. Charles Elton ANS: D Electrophoresis ANS: A. Arthur Tansley 95. Which of the following isn’t a source of water 91. What is the noise level of normal conversation? pollution? A. 60 dB A. Ocean Dumping B. 70 dB B. Domestic Waste C. 80 dB C. Fishing in Sea D. 90 dB D. Oil Spill ANS: A. 60 dB ANS: C. Fishing in Sea 92. Cultivation is difficult on red soil because 96. Which plant has been removed the purview of the A. .Its water holding capacity is less Indian Forest Act? B. Its highly contaminated A. Acacia C. Biological components do not mix B. Sand wood D. Its red in colour C. Neem ANS: A. Its water holding capacity is less D. Bamboo 93. Which of the following statement is true ANS: D. Bamboo 97. Which of the following represent the maximum

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Computer

1.Optical Character Reader is an example of which C. Malware type of device? D. Spam A. Output device ANS:C. Malware B. Input device 3.______is the most common way of connecting C. Interface device computers on a network with a wired connection D. Storage device A. Internet ANS:B. Input device B. Wi-Fi 2.___is the general term covering all the different C. LAN types of threats to your computer safety such as D. Ethernet viruses,spyware,worms.trojans,rootkits and so on? ANS: D. Ethernet A. Clickbait 4. Which among following first generation of B. Encryption computers had ? Page 301 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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A.Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum B. Memory Management Unit B. Integrated Circuits C. Main Memory Unit C. Magnetic Tape and Transistors D. Machine Management Unit D. All of above ANS: B. Memory Management Unit ANS: A. Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum 9. Which one is input device? 5.The sum of two binary numbers 1101111 and A. Monitor 1100101 is______. B. Printer A. 11010100 C. Floppy disk B. 11110000 D. Joy Stick C. 10000011 ANS: D. Joy Stick D. 10001110 10. Which of the following refers to the number of ANS:A.11010100 pixels per inch, printed on a page? 6. Which of the following first super computer series A. Print Margin is developed in Pune? B. Resolution A. Science C. Filter B. Param D. Colour mode C. Dhanush ANS: B. Resolution D. Shakti 11.In which generation of computer was ANS: B. Param the mechanical language for programming 7. Which one is first super computer, developed in used? 1976? A. First A. Acorn Atom B. Second B. Cray-1 C. Third C. PCW D. Fourth D. PET ANS: A. First ANS: B. Cray-1 12. What is the full form of PDA? 8.MMU stands for A. Personal Data Assistant A. Machine Memory Unit B. Personal Digital Assistant

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C. Prime Data Assistant ANS: B. To show the properties of the selected item D. Prime Digital Assistant 17. Who is called the Father of Computer? ANS: B. Personal Digital Assistant A. Vint Cerf 13. Which of the following language is a official B. Tim Berner Lee language for development of Android? C. Charles Babbage A. Java D. Steve Jobs B. COBOL ANS: C. Charles Babbage C. FORTRON 18. In a computer, what is the name of the high speed D. Ada memory used? ANS: A. Java A. Cache 14. Who invented mouse of computer? B. Ram A. John Backus C. BIOS B. Charles Babbage D. Hard Disk C. Douglas Engelbart ANS: A. Cache D. Simon Calton 19. Which of the following keys should be pressed ANS: C. Douglas Engelbart simultaneously for highlighting the 15. Which one is known as heart of the computer? text to the default font? A. Software A. Ctrl + Home B. Hardware B. Ctrl + Space bar C. CPU C. Ctrl + Shift + Z D. Monitor D. Ctrl + Alt + F2 ANS: C.CPU ANS: B. Ctrl + Space bar 16. Short key Alt+Enter is used for which of the 20. A small city with limited geographical area following function? generally uses ___ for computer A. To assess one programme to another programme networking. B. To show the properties of the selected item A. CAN C. To open a new tab in a separate window B. MAN D. To force shutdown of the system C. LAN

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D. WAN D. Random Access Machine ANS: A.CAN ANS: A. Random Access Memory 21. A compiler is a 25.What does CPU stand for in Computer Science? A. Hardware A. Core Programming Utility B. Software B. Central Processing Unit C. Neither Hardware nor Software C. Circuit Peripheral Unit D. Card D. Controlled Power Usage ANS: B. Software ANS: B. Central Processing Unit 22.Verification of log-in name and password is for 26.What pointing device in computers functions by A. Authenticating the user detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its B. Re-confirming the user supporting surface? C. Providing formal access to the user A. Pointer D. Completing the formality of login-in B. Tracker ANS: A. Authenticating the user C. Mouse 23.Project Loon is a search engine project by ___ for D. Keyboard providing internet access to rural ANS: C. Mouse and remote areas using high-altitude helium-filled 27.UNIX operating system is the Trademark of ballons. A. Microsoft A. Google B. Bell Laboratories B. Microsoft C. Apple C. Apple D. Motorola D. Yahoo ANS: B. Bell Laboratories ANS: A. Google 28.Which of the following isn’t an example of word 24.What does RAM stand for related to storage in processor? computers? A. IBM Lotus Symphony A. Random Access Memory B. Microsoft Word B. Real Access to Memory C. Google Docs C. Randomly Available Memory D. Microsoft Excel

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ANS: D. Microsoft Excel ANS: C. Main Frame 29.The process when operating system is loaded from 33.Name the first search engine known to have Hard disc to main memory is called: developed in the year 1990? A. Booting A. Bing B. Fetching B. Google C. Processing C. Archie D. Multi-Processing D. Baidu ANS: A.Booting ANS: C. Archie 30. Which of the following is NOT an early computer 35.Which is NOT an operating system? A. Atlas A. UBUNTU B. Leo B. DOS C. ENIAC C. BASIC D. LINC D. MAC OS X ANS: C.ENIAC ANS: C.BASIC 31.What is the full form of MICR? 36. An error in computer programming is termed as-- A. Mutual Ink Character Reader A. Bug B. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition B. Bit C. Magnetic Ink Character Reader C. Wires D. Mutual Ink Code Reader D. None of these ANS: B. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition ANS: A. Bug 32.On the basis of Memory size & performance, 37.IBM 701, IBM 702, IBM 650 are examples of ____ which type of computer is known as "Big iron"? A. First generation computer A. Micro Computer B. Second generation computer B. Mini Computer C. Third generation computer C. Main Frame D. Fourth generation computer D. Super Computer ANS: A. First generation computer 38.The programs in a computer are called A. Hardware

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B. Hard copy A. A computer program C. Software B. Virus D. Softcopy C. Computer professionals who solved complex ANS: C. Software computer problems 39.Which of the following is also termed as main D. All options are correct. memory of computer? ANS: C. Computer professionals who solved complex A. RAM computer problems B. ROM 43.What is the file extension of a notepad in a C. Hard disk computer system? D. Compact disk A. .tet ANS: A.RAM B. .exe 40.The process of connecting computer on a C. .txt communication system is known as? D. .fil A. Processing ANS: C .txt B. Compiling 44.In Microsoft Word, File, edit, view etc. are C. Networking provided in ______. D. Hosting A. Standard tool bar ANS: C. Networking B. Menu bar 41.Which of the following options is used to rename C. Formatting toolbar the existing file and simultaneously save it a different D. Status bar location in a computer? ANS: B. Menu bar A. Save 45.To delete columns or rows we can use the delete B. Find and Replace option under the____in Microsoft Word. C. Copy and Replace A. Menu D. Save as B. Standard toolbar ANS: D. Save as C. Table Menu 42.The term 'hacker' was originally associated with D. Drawing toolbar which of the following? ANS: C. Table Menu

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46.Read only memory that can be modified only once 50.Speed of modern day printers are measured in by a user is? A. Character per minute A. PROM B. Line per minute B. EEPROM C. Page per minute C. EPROM D. Words per minute D. MROM ANS: C. Page per minute ANS: A.PROM 51.What does CRISPR means? 47.The software which is used to prevent or remove A. Categorically Regularly Interspaced Short malicious software that damage the files in a Palindromic computer is? B. Categorically Regularly Interspaced Short A. Antivirus Palindromic Repeats B. No Worm C. Clustered Regularly Interspaced C. Anti Bug Short Palindromic Repeats D. Malware D. Categorically Regularly Interspaced Short ANS: A. Antivirus Palindromic Repeats 48.An example of a Telecommunication device is? ANS: C. Clustered Regularly Interspaced A. Keyboard Short Palindromic Repeats B. Printer 52. After the Program is used by the users/the C. Scanner creators. Which of the following program can’t D. Modem be modified in computer ANS: D. Modem A. EPROM 49.What is the full form of SMTP in computer B. RAM terminology? C. EEPROM A. Simple Mail Transport Protocol D. ROM B. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ANS: D.ROM C. Sample Mobile Transmit protocol 53. CAPTCHA is a computer program D. Simple Mail Transmit Protocol A. To distinguish human input from machine input ANS:B. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol B. To verify user identity

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C. To remove virus ANS: C. Flipkart D. A test administered by user. 58.Which computer key is used to get help menu? ANS: A. To distinguish human input from machine A. F1 input B. F2 54. Which one of the following does not belong to the C. F10 group? D. F11 A. Malware ANS: A.F1 B. Phishing 59.Which of the following does not belong to the C. Ransomware group? D. Spam A. UNIX ANS: D. Spam B. MS-DOS 55.Webpages are written using C. WINDOWS A. HTTP D. FIREWALL B. URL ANS: D.FIREWALL C. HTML 60.IP address refers to. D. FTP A. A numerical network label ANS: C.HTML B. A dynamic link between two computers 56.What is cloud computing? C. A group of networks A. Service D. Digital ‘know your client B. Software ANS: A. A numerical network label C. Hardware 61. The function of BIOS is to D. Website A. Initialize the system hardware components ANS: A. Service B. Update the system 57. Which of the following is not a search engine? C. Ensure system performance A. Yahoo D. Save the system from crashing B. Bing ANS: A. Initialize the system hardware components C. Flipkart 62.Which of the following is correct? D. Gigablast A. 1 Gigabyte=1,00,000 kb

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B. 1 Gigabyte=1,00,00 kb B. Local Area Network C. 1 Gigabyte=10,000,00 kb C. Legal Area Network D. 1 Gigabyte=10,000,000 kb D. Longest Area Network ANS: C. 1 Gigabyte=10,000,00 kb ANS: B. Local Area Network 63.Which key on a windows keyboard sets to full 67.Which of the following does computing in a screen mode in most browsers? personal computer? A. F1 A. CPU B. F10 B. Motherboard C. F11 C. RAM D. F12 D. BIOS ANS: C. F11 ANS: A.CPU 64.Which of the following statements is true with 68.Debugging the process of respect to ASCII? A. Rolling out a software programme A. A programming language B. Modifying software programme B. ASCII chart is not for decimals C. Checking errors in a software programme C. American security code for D. Changing the design structure of programme. information interchange ANS: C. Checking errors in a software programme D. A character encoding scheme 69.What is the full form of TCP in relation ANS: C. American security code for of computer network? information interchange A. Transmission Control Protocol 65.What is light pen? B. Transfer Cali Plan A. Micro tip pen C. Transfer Control Process B. Input device D. Transmission Call protocol C. Pen to write in the dark ANS: A. Transmission Control Protocol D. Weightless pen 70.What is cache memory. ANS: B. Input device A. RAM 66.What is LAN in computer language? B. ROM A. Largest Area Network C. EROM

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D. EPROM A. Uniform Resource Locator ANS: A.RAM B. Uniform Resource Link 71.What is MS Office? C. Uniform Registered Link A. System software D. Unified Resource Link B. Application software ANS: A. Uniform Resource Locator C. Operating system software 76. Conceptually, the circuitry of a central processing D. Coding language unit (CPU) can be subdivided into two major ANS: B. Application software subunits. Which one of the following units would 72.The full form of BIOS is perform the required arithmetic and comparison A. Binary Interchange Operation System operations ? B. Basic Input Output System A. ALU C. Biginners Input Operation Symbol B. Control unit D. Basic Interface Oriented Service C. RAID unit ANS: B. Basic Input Output System D. Fuzzy logic unit 73.ICT is the common abbreviation of ANS: A. ALU A. International Communication Technology 77.The binary equivalent of 63 is: B. Intelligent Communication Technology A. 1100011 C. Inter-state Communication Technology B. 1111111 D. Information and Communication Technology C. 111111 ANS: D. Information and Communication Technology D. None of these 74.The format for storing digital audio in Multimedia ANS: C.111111 application is : 78.Which one of the is not an internal DOS command A. JPEG ? B. TIFF A. RD C. WAV B. TIME D. BMP C. FORMAT ANS: C.WAV D. TYPE 75. Full form of URL is? ANS: C. FORMAT

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79. Which of the following has the smallest storage C. Cinema capacity? D. Light A. CD ANS: A. Calculating machine B. DVD 84.By default, your document print in ---- mode. C. Zip disk A. Landscape D. Floppy disk B. Portrait ANS: D. Floppy disk C. Page Setup 80.What is the full form of the acronym VSAT ? D. Print View A. Very Small Aperture Terminal ANS: B. Portrait B. Virtual System Aperture Terminal 85.Compiler and interpreters are examples of : C. Very Small Antenna Technology A. System software D. Virtual System Antenna Technology B. Application software ANS: A. Very Small Aperture Terminal C. Both (A) and (B) 81. The smallest unit in a digital system is a...... D. None of these A. Bit ANS: A. System software B. Byte 86.Which of the following is a presentation graphics C. Character software ? D. Kilobyte A. MS Windows ANS: A. Bit B. MS Word 82. Dot-matrix is a type of: C. MS Excel A. Tape D. MS PowerPoint B. Disk ANS:D.MS PowerPoint C. Printer 87.Which of the following flip-flops is used as Latch ? D. Bus A. JK flip-flop ANS: C. Printer B. RS flip-flop 83. ‘Blaise Pascal’ is associated with C. D flip-flop A. Calculating machine D. T flip-flop B. Computer ANS: B.RS flip-flop

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88.Which of the following is a universal gate ? A. Spreadsheet A. AND B. Powerpoint B. NAND C. Word processor C. NOR D. Paint D. Both NAND and NOR ANS: C. Word processor ANS: D. Both NAND and NOR 93.Windows 10 is 89.The term 'Operating System' means : A. an utility software. A. A set of programmes which controls computer B. a browser. working C. an application software. B. The way a computer operator works D. an operating system. C. Conversion Of high level language into machine ANS: D.an operating system level language 94.Which of the storage device of computers has now D. None of these become obsolete? ANS: A. set of programmes which controls computer A. Floppy working B. CD ROM 90.Mac OS was introduced by C. Pen drive A. IBM D. Hard disk B. Microsoft ANS: A. Floppy C. Apple 95. WWW stands for ? D. Micromax A. World Whole Web ANS: C. Apple B. Wide World Web 91.Which one is not a network protocol? C. Web World Wide A. SSH D. World Wide Web B. HTML ANS: D. World Wide Web C. PPP 96. Junk e-mail is also called ______D. POP A. Spam ANS: B.HTML B. Spoof 92'.docx' file is created with C. Sniffer script

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D. Spool ANS:A. Bus topology ANS: A. Spam 99. ______is a method of trying to gather personal 97. A ______is a software program used to view information using deceptive e-mails and websites? Web pages. A. Phishing A. site B. Hacking B. host C. Cyber Bullying C. link D. Cyber stalking D. browser ANS:A. Phishing ANS: D. Browser 100.Which among the following is not an extension of 98. Which among the following is a network type in a picture file on a computer which every computer and network device is A. .jpg connected to a single cable? B. .gif A. Bus topology C. .png B. Ring topology D. .tpg C. Mesh topology ANS:D. tpg D. Star topology

Static GK 1.Which of the following folk dances is from Punjab? C. Sitar A. Bagurumba D. Flute B. Giddha ANS:D.Flute C. Nati 3.”My unforgettable Memories” is the autobiography D. Lezim of ANS:B.Giddha A. Nitish Kumar 2.Classical musician TR Mahalingam is associated B. Mamta Banerjee with which musical instrument? C. Jayalalitha A. Sarod D. Aravind Kejiriwal B. Santoor ANS:B.Mamta Banerjee Page 313 of 349 Get to Download More Free PDFs | Get High Standard Mock Test Series for all Railway Exams If any suggestions/ errors in our PDFs Feel Free to contact us via this email: [email protected]

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4.Who is popularly known as “The Picasso of India”? B. Two Lives A. Kanu desai C. Malgudi days B. Ramkinkar Baji D. A suitable boy C. Abanindranath Tagore ANS:C.Malgudi days D. M.F.Hussain 9.Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of ANS: D. M.F.Hussain India? 5.Which country does not from a part of the Middle A. KR Puri east? B. Sir Osborne A Smith A. Honduras C. Sir James Braid taylor B. Yemen D. HVR Iyengar C. Syria ANS:B.Sir Osborne A Smith D. Turkey 10.Latvia is a country on the Baltic Sea between ANS:A.Honduras Lithuania and Estonia known for its strong national 6.Which one of these is a harvest festival? identity, diverse culture, modern cities and A. Janmashtami landscapes ranging from wide beaches to dense, B. Onam sprawling forests. Capital city of Latvia is? C. Deepawali A. Damascus D. Teej B. Havana ANS:B.Onam C. Bandar Seri Begawan 7.Name tha painter of the famous painting D. Riga ‘Mahishasura’ ANS: D.Riga A. Amrita sher-Gil 11.Whose autobiography is “Life on my terms? B. Raja Ravi Verma A. Sharad Pawar C. MF Hussain B. Shashi Tharoor D. Tyeb Mehta C. Chetan Bhagat ANS:D.Tyeb Mehta D. Pranab Mukherjee 8.RK Narayanan is famous for his book ANS :A. Sharad Pawar A. The Toom on the Roof 12. What is English Ivy?

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A. A famous football league C. Ahmedabad B. A flower of violet colour D. Chennai C. A common poisonous plant in USA ANS: A. Hyderabad D. A type of English tea 16.Euro is the currency of ANS: C. A common poisonous plant in USA A. United Kingdom 13. What do you understand by Pravasi Bhartiya B. Sweden Divas (PBD), when was it started? C. Euro Zone A. A Day commemoration NRI sportsmen, January D. Denmark 15th 2014 ANS: C.Euro Zone B. A Day to felicitate Indian Marine Engineers, 17th 17.National good governance day is observed in India July 2014 on- C. A Day commemorating the return of Mahatma A. December 24 Gandhi from South Africa on 9 Jan 1915. B. December 25 D. A Day celebrating Shri Atal BihariVajpayee’s C. December 26 Economic Resurgence, 1st September 2014 D. December 31 ANS: C. A Day commemorating the return of ANS: B.December25 Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa on 9 Jan 1915. 18.Rupee sign ‘___’ is a 14.Real currency belongs to which country? A. Devanagari letter A. China B. Roman letter B. Cuba C. Sanskrit Script C. Brazil D. A combination of Roman and Devanagari letters D. Gambia ANS: D. A combination of Roman and Devanagari ANS: C. Brazil letters 15. Which Indian city is known as “The City Of 19.Thomas cup belongs to which sport? Pearls” as once it was the only global center of large A. Tennis diamonds and natural pearls made? B. Badminton A. Hyderabad C. Table Tennis B. Jodhpur D. Hockey

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ANS: B.Badminton B. Nirad C. Chaudhari 20.Who was the first recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke C. Salman Rushdie Award? D. R.K. Narayan A. Prithvi Raj Kapoor ANS: B. Nirad C. Chaudhari B. Lata Mangeshker 24.What is The Laccadive Sea otherwise known as? C. Satyajit Roy A. Mannar Sea D. Devika Rani B. Sri Lanka Sea ANS: D.Devika Rani C. Lakshadweep Sea 21.‘Grand Slam’ refers to winning certain major D. Maldives Sea tennis tournaments in a single calendar year. The ANS: C. Lakshadweep Sea name of the tournaments are 25.Where is the Shore Temple located? A. Australian Open, French Open and US Open A. Mahabalipuram B. Australian Open, French Open, US Open and B. Thiruvananthapuram Wimbledon C. Dwarka C. French Open, US Open and Wimbledon D. Vishakhapatnam D. French Open, US Open and Wimbledon and ANS: A. Mahabalipuram Olympic 26.Name India’s first satellite. ANS: B. Australian Open, French Open, US Open and A. Aryabhatta Wimbledon B. Lagadha 22.When is Earth Day celebrated? C. Brahmagupta A. September 18th D. Lalla B. August 25th ANS: A. Aryabhatta C. April 22nd 27.Who is popularly known as the Father of White D. April 7th Revolution in India? ANS: C.April 22nd A. AnandDoodhwalla 23.Who wrote ‘The autobiography of an Unknown B. Dr.VergheseKurien Indian? C. Tribhuvandas Patel A. Mahatma Gandhi D. Karsanbhas Patel

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ANS: B. Dr.VergheseKurien 32. ____ was the first female Prime Minister of Sri 28.In which year was the economic liberalization in Lanka. India initiated? A. Ranasinghe Premadasa A. 2005 B. Dingiri Band Wijetunge B. 2014 C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike C. 1978 D. Chandrika Kumaratunga D. 1991 ANS: C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike ANS: D.1991 33. Bill Gates co-founded ‘Microsoft Corporation’ in 29. Which chessman is most powerful in the game of 1975 with ______. chess? A. Chris Hughes A. King B. Tim Berners Lee B. Queen C. Steve Paul Jobs C. Elephant D. Paul G. Allen D. Horse ANS: D. Paul G. Allen ANS: B.Queen 34. The basic concept of Montessori education is 30. Osama Bin Laden was killed at ____in 2011. ______. A. Pakistan A. Discovery by travelling B. Sudan B. Dreaming C. Afghanistan C. Communicating D. Iran D. Self-discovery through experiment ANS: A. Pakistan ANS: D. Self-discovery through experiment 31. Which of the following is a tsunami warning sign? 35. Who was the first person to walk inspace? A. Stormy weather A. Neil Armstrong B. Hailstorm B. Rakesh Sharma C. Water falling back quickly from the beach. C. Alexei Leonov D. Pets acting strangely D. Johannes Kepler ANS: C .Water falling back quickly from the beach. ANS: C. Alexei Leonov

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36. Statue of Lord Bahubali (religious guru of Jains) B. Washington is also known by the name of ______. C. Boston A. Statue of Gomateshwara D. Texas B. Statue of Udayagiri ANS: B. Washington C. Statue of Borobudur 41. The technology developed to track enemy D. Statue of Pavapuri submarines in World War II was ANS: A. Statue of Gomateshwara A. RADAR 37.The Wellington trophy is associated with which of B. SONAR the following sport? C. Echolocation A. Polo D. LIDAR B. Yachting ANS: B. SONAR C. Rowing 42. Statue of Liberty is situated in D. Shooting A. Paris ANS: C. Rowing B. Washington 38. Banaras Hindu University was founded by C. Geneva A. Gulzari Lal Nanda D. New York B. Madan Mohan Malaviya ANS: D. New York C. Jay Prakash Narayan 43. Capital of Nagaland is D. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan A. Dimapur ANS: B. Madan Mohan Malaviya B. Kohima 39. NGT stands for C. Mokokchung A. National Geographic Television D. Tezpur B. National Green Transport ANS: B. Kohima C. National Green Trust 44.In chess, which of the following piece moves D. National Green Tribunal straight but captures the opponent diagonally ANS: D. National Green Tribunal A. Knight 40. Headquarters of NASA is at B. Rook A. New York C. Bishop

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D. Pawn 49. In the sport of Badminton which of these is a hard ANS: D.Pawn hit overhead shot in which shuttle goes at a very fast 45. Maanch is the folk dance of pace towards floor in opponents court. A. Haryana A. Smash B. Kerala B. Wood shot C. Assam C. Hairpin shot D. Madhya Pradesh D. Drive ANS: D. Madhya Pradesh ANS: A.Smash 46. According to constitution what should be the 50. Who was the chief architect of Indian Parliament proportion of length and Breadth of the National situated in New Delhi Flag. A. Sir Edwin Lutens and Sir Herbert Baker A. 3 : 2 B. Duke of Connaught B. 3 : 1 C. Sir John Archer and Sir Edward Batley C. 2 : 1 D. Sir Claude Batley and Sir John Begg) D. 4 : 3 ANS: A. Sir Edwin Lutens and Sir Herbert Baker ANS: A.3:2 51. Who is supposed to have said- ‘Live as if you were 47. National Anthem was written by: to die tomorrow ; learn as if you were to Live A. Ravindra Nath Tagore forever’. B. Bankimchandra Chatterjee A. Mahatma Gandhi C. V. Subba rao B. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru D. Pingali Venkaiah C. APJ Abdul Kalam ANS: A. Ravindra Nath Tagore D. Chanakya 48. Ramkheliya is the Folk Dance of which state? ANS: A. Mahatma Gandhi A. Haryana 52. Which of the following was built by ancient Incas? B. Kerala A. City of petra C. Bihar B. Hagia Sophia D. Madhya Pradesh C. Machu Picchu ANS: C. Bihar D. Acropolis

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ANS: C. Machu Picchu B. Myanmar 53. Who founded the twitter? C. Ceylon A. Mark Zuckerberg D. Bohemia B. Tim Cook ANS: A. Temasek C. Noah Ark 58. The biggest statue of Jesus Christ is located in D. Evan Williams which country ANS: D.Evan Williams A. Brazil 54. What is specific about sword-billed B. Mexico hummingbird? C. Italy A. It is the smallest bird in the world. D. Peru B. Its peeker is longer than its remaining body. ANS: A. Brazil C. It is found in Antartica only. 59. What is the meaning of MRP written on package D. It cannot fly. of any product? ANS: B. Its peeker is longer than its remaining body. A. Marginal Retail Price 55. “Free Style” world is related with: B. Maximum Retail Price A. Tennis C. Monopoly Retail Product B. Kho-Kho D. Maximum Recycle Product C. Kabaddi ANS: B. Maximum Retail Price D. Swimming 60. How much maximum score can be done in ten pin ANS: D. Swimming bowling game? 56. Which marble temple is made by Vimal Shah? A. 100 A. Dilwara Temple B. 200 B. Brahdeshwar Temple C. 300 C. Omkareshwar Temple D. 400 D. Ranakpur Adinath Temple ANS: C.300 ANS: A Dilwara Temple 61. The credit of construction of great wall of China 57. What is the old name of Singapore? goes to A. Temasek A. Qin Shi Huang

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B. Fa-Hien D. 1990 C. Xuanzang or Hiuen Tsang ANS: B. 1982 D. Yijing 66. The first woman to become the Chief Minister of ANS: A. Qin Shi Huang an Indian State. 62. Which of the following is the fastest animal in A. Nandini Satpathy world B. Mayawati A. Dog C. Sushma Swaraj B. Panther D. Sucheta Kriplani C. Tiger ANS: D. Sucheta Kriplani D. Horse 67.National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Divas) was ANS: B.Panther observed in India in the year 2015 on. 63. In which of the following game ‘ Bagel’ word use? A. 31st August A. Tennis B. 30th September B. Cricket C. 31st October C. Squash D. 30th November D. Boxing ANS: C. 31st October ANS: A.Tennis 68.Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in 64. Where is Nobel Museum situated in the world? which state? A. Norway A. Andhra Pradesh B. Stockholm B. Karnataka C. Denmark C. Tamil Nadu D. London D. Kerala ANS: B. Stockholm ANS: C. Tamil Nadu 65.In which year were the Asian Games held in 69.The term ‘Golden Revolution’ is most closely India? related to which of the following missions ? A. 1978 A. National Mission on Clean Coal Technologies. B. 1982 B. National Bamboo Mission. C. 1986 C. National Solar Mission.

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D. National Horticulture Mission. 74.The National Diamond Institute is located at: ANS: D. National Horticulture Mission. A. Gandhinagar 70."Halfway to Heaven" is the slogan adopted to B. Vadodara promote tourism by which Indian state? C. Vapi A. Meghalaya D. Surat B. Jammu and Kashmir ANS: D.Surat C. Sikkim 75.As of 2018, the largest producer of cocoa bean is D. Uttarakhand ______. ANS: A.Meghalaya A. Ivory Coast 71.Raj Ghat is the memorial of ______. B. Brazil A. Indira Gandhi C. Cuba B. Rajiv Gandhi D. India C. Mahatma Gandhi ANS: A.Ivory Coast D. Jawaharlal Nehru 76.Blue jay or Indian Roller is the state bird of how ANS: C. Mahatma Gandhi many Indian states? 72.The headquarters of the Indian Institute of A. 4 Astrophysics is located in _____. B. 5 A. Shillong C. 2 B. Indore D. 3 C. Nainital ANS: D.3 D. Bangalore 77.'Uthagamandalam' is the other name of which of ANS: D. Bangalore these hill stations? 73.The hill station of Kalimpong is situated in _____. A. Darjeeling A. West Bengal B. Kodaikanal B. Arunachal Pradesh C. Nainital C. Jammu and Kashmir D. Ooty D. Sikkim ANS: D. Ooty ANS: A.West Bengal

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78.In which district of Jharkhand is Tagore Hill A. China located? B. Turkey A. Simdega C. Kuwait B. Ranchi D. Dubai C. Gumla ANS: A.China D. Lohardaga 83.Where is Sihravanabelagola situated? ANS: B.Ranchi A. Orisha 79.Which Indian waterfall has four distinct falls B. Kerala namely Raja, Rani, Rocket and Roarer in it? C. Tamil Nadu A. Athirapilly D. Karnataka B. Dudhsagar ANS: D. Karnataka C. Jog 84.Which of the following is capital of Arunachal D. Hirni Pradesh? ANS: C.Jog A. Agartala 80.Tipaimukh Dam is in which of the following B. Shillong states? C. Itanagar A. Tripura D. Dispur B. Mizoram ANS: C. Itanagar C. Nagaland 85.In which of the year for the first time D. Manipur Commonwealth Game was hosted by India? ANS: D. Manipur A. In 1990 81.Who designed prevalling National flag of India? B. In 1998 A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar C. In 2002 B. Madam Cama D. In 2010 C. Pingali Venkayya ANS: D. In 2010 D. Sucheta Kriplani 86.By which material the first wheel was made of- ANS: C.Pingali Venkaya A. Rubber 82.In which country is Canton Tower situated? B. Glass

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C. Wood A. Bangladesh D. Iron B. Bermuda ANS: C. Wood C. Brazil 87.Who is the father of Geometry? D. Bulgaria A. Euclid ANS: C. Brazil B. Pythagoras 92.What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s horse? C. Ramanujan A. Chetak D. Fibonachi B. Shera ANS: A. Euclid C. Jivan 88.Name the boxer who nickname is “The Real Deal’? D. Vayu A. Evander Holyfield ANS: A. Chetak B. Mecike Tyson 93.Kuchipudi originated from C. James Smith A. Andhra Pradesh D. Tony Tucker B. Tamil Nadu ANS: A. Evander Holyfield C. Odisha 89.World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated on D. Kerala A. 24th March ANS: A. Andhra Pradesh B. 28th March 94.National Science Day falls on C. 28 February A. 26th February D. 2 April B. 27th February ANS: A. 24th March C. 28th February 90.What is the capital of Cyprus? D. 29th February A. Ankara ANS: C. 28th February B. Brussels 98.National Institute for the Visually handicapped is C. Nicosia situated in D. Antwerp A. Kolkata ANS: C. Nicosia B. Hyderabad 91.In the acronym BRICS, the letter ‘B’ stands for C. Dehradun

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D. Mumbai ANS: A Kolkata ANS: C. Dehradun 103.Which among the following is India's national 99. The International Day for Biological Diversity song ? was observed on: A. Vande-Mataram A. 4th June B. Bare Jahan so Achcha B. 22 nd May C. Jana-gana-mans C. 24th April D. None of these D. None of the above ANS: A. Vande-Mataram ANS: B. 22 nd May 104.Kaziranga National Park is situated in 100.What is the normal playing time of the full A. Assam version of our National Anthem ? B. Haryana A. 2 minutes C. Gujarat B. 1 minute D. New Delhi C. 52 seconds ANS: A. Assam D. 50 seconds 105.Where in India is silk producing too high? ANS: C. 52 seconds A. Punjab 101.Which National Highway connects Delhi and B. Karnataka Kolkata ? C. Kerala A. NH – 2 D. Haryana B. NH – 4 ANS: B. Karnataka C. NH – 6 106.National Waterways No. 2 has been established D. NH- 10 on which river? ANS: A.NH-2 A. Barak 102.National Institute of Homeopathy is at : B. Brahmaputra A. Kolkata C. Ganges B. Jaipur D. Yamuna C. Chennai ANS: B. Brahmaputra D. Bengalure 107.The World Happiness Report is prepared by

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A. International Monetary Fund 111.Which is the state animal of Andhra Pradesh? B. United Nations Development Programme A. Mithun C. World Trade Organization B. Ox D. United Nations Sustainable Development C. One-homed rhinoceros Solutions Network D. Blackbuck ANS: D. United Nations Sustainable Development ANS:D. Blackbuck Solutions Network 112.The AIADMK party is a regional political party 108.In which of the following States Tarapur Nuclear of which state? Power Plant is located? A. Karnataka A. Maharashtra B. Telangana B. Gujarat C. Tamil Nadu C. Odisha D. Andhra Pradesh D. Rajasthan ANS: C. Tamil Nadu ANS: A. Maharashtra 113______is the state flower of Jharkhand. 109. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International A. Lotus Airport is located at : B. Rohira A. Jaipur C. Orchid B. Bangalore D. Palash C. Guwahati ANS: D. Palash D. Hyderabad 114.Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University is a non- ANS: C. Guwahati profit public higher education institution located in 110.Which National Park is known for the 'Asiatic the urban setting of the large city of ..... lions' ? A. Gorakhpur A. Corbett National Park B. Agra B. Kantha National Park C. Lucknow C. Bandipur National Park D. Kanpur D. Gir National Park ANS: B. Agra ANS: D. Gir National Park 115.Ratnagiri mines are found in which state?

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A. Gujarat D. Rhinoceros B. Telangana ANS: B. Blackbuck C. Maharashtra 120.Bauxite mines are abundantly found in which D. Karnataka state? ANS: C. Maharashtra A. Bihar 116.Raja Ravi Verma was a painter and sculptor B. Rajasthan from the state of ...... C. Andhra Pradesh A. Uttar Pradesh D. Odisha B. Kerala ANS: D. Odisha C. Tamilnadu 121. Kawal Tiger reserve is located in which state? D. Assam A. Mizoram ANS: B. Kerala B. Telengana 117.Which Indian state is the home to the Taj Mahal? C. Uttarakhand A. Bihar D. West Bengal B. Delhi ANS: B. Telengana C. Uttar Pradesh 122. Which state of India celebrates the ‘Sangai D. Uttarakhand Festival’ in November? ANS: C. Uttar Pradesh A. Gujarat 118. _____is the first state of India to receive rainfall. B. Manipur A. Kerala C. Assam B. Goa D. Tamil Nadu C. Maharashtra ANS: B. Manipur D. Gujarat 123. Which Indian state is the largest producer of ANS: A. Kerala Soybean? 119.The state animal of Haryana is ...... A. Himachal Pradesh A. Alligator B. Madhya Pradesh B. Blackbuck C. Andhra Pradesh C. Ox D. Arunanchal Pradesh

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ANS: B. Madhya Pradesh C. Mumbai 124. ______is known as India's Spice Garden. D. Chennai A. Rajasthan ANS: B.Banglore B. Kerala 129.Robert Galbraith is known by which name? C. Karnataka A. Agatha Christie D. Maharashtra B. Sidney Sheldon ANS:B. Kerala C. Enid Blyton 125.The state tree of Haryana is ...... D. J.K. Rowling A. Mango ANS: D J.K. Rowling B. Peepal 130.Where is the head office of ONGC? C. Guava A. Dibrugarh D. Neem B. Kandla ANS: B. Peepal C. Visakhapatnam 126.‘Maharatna’ refers to a group of D. Delhi A. Emerging small and medium enterprises. ANS: D. Delhi B. Central public sector enterprises. 131.Who wrote the book "Ignited Minds"? C. Leading private sector enterprises. A. Vikram Seth D. Leading multi-national companies. B. APJ Abdul Kalam ANS: B. Central public sector enterprises. C. Arundhati Roy 127.The periodicity of the Commonwealth games is D. Manmohan Singh A. No fixed interval ANS: B. APJ Abdul Kalam B. 4 years 132. The Nobel peace prize is awarded in which city? C. 5 years A. Oslo D. 6 years B. Stockholm ANS: B.4 years C. Brussels 128.Indian Institute of science is situated at- D. Geneva A. Kanpur ANS:A.Oslo B. Bangalore

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133. Which of the following personalities is known as 137. National Institute of Rural Development is “Metro Man”? located at: A. PV Chandran A. New Delhi B. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan B. Mumbai C. Tessy Thomas C. Hyderabad D. Man Mohan Sharma D. Kanpur ANS: B. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan ANS:C. Hyderabad 134. Which is the highest gallantry award in India? 138. What is the capital of Australia? A. Param Vishishtat Seva Medal A. Canberra B. Param Vir Chakra B. Sydney C. Kirti Chakra C. Perth D. Vir Chakra D. Adelaide ANS:B. Param Vir Chakra ANS:A.Canberra 135. The five permanent members of the UN security 139.Takshashila University was located between council are which two rivers? A. USA, China, France, Russia and Canada A. Indus and Jhelum B. China, France, Russia, UK and USA B. Jhelum and Ravi C. Japan, Germany, Russia, UK and USA C. Beas and Indus D. Germany, China, USA. Russia and UK D. Satluj and Indus ANS:B. China, France, Russia, UK and USA ANS: A. Indus and Jhelum 136. The United Nations Organization came into 140. The principle government agency in matters existence in related to seismology & allied subjects A. 1947 A. Indian Weather Forecast Agency B. 1950 B. India Meteorological Department C. 1945 C. Geological Survey of India D. 1946 D. None of the above ANS: C. 1945 ANS:B. India Meteorological Department

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141. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is an important 145. The only Indian to be awarded with both research institute situated in a ‘Bharat Ratna’ and ‘Nishan-e-Pakistan’ is A. Sriharikota A. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Thiruvananthapuram B. Morarji Desai C. Bengaluru C. Atal Bihari Vajpayee D. Chennai D. Dr Manmohan Singh ANS:B. Thiruvananthapuram ANS:B.Moraji Desai 142. What does ‘A’ stands for in TRAI, a statutory 146. Birju Maharaj is a famous Indian personality body set up by the Government of India? associated with ______dance form A. Association A. Odissi B. Authority B. Bharat Natyam C. Asian C. Kuchipudi D. Area D. Kathak ANS:B.Authority ANS:D. Kathak 143. What does ‘G’ in GAIL- A Public sector 147. Which famous world politician was nicknamed enterprise stands for? as “The Iron Lady”? A. Government A. Meryl Streep B. Goa B. Theresa May C. Gas C. Margaret Thatcher D. Ganga D. Angela Merkel ANS:C. Gas ANS:C. Margaret Thatcher 144. National Thermal Power Corporation is a 148. Ustad Bismillah Khan was a famous A. Navratna ______player B. Maharatna A. Sitar C. Mini-Ratna B. Shehnai D. Diamond Ratna C. Veena ANS:B. Maharatna D. Sarod ANS:B. Shehnai

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149. Who among the following is a popular world- 153. Only species of apes found on Indian soil are renowned player of Indian classical instrument Sitar? A. Orangutans A. Bhimsen Joshi B. Gorilla B. Baiju Dharmajan C. White Gorilla C. Ustad Daulat Khan D. Hoolock Gibbons D. Pandit Ravi Shankar ANS:D. Hoolock Gibbons ANS:D. Pandit Ravi Shankar 154. Indian Rosewood is a deciduous tree found in 150. ‘Godan’ is a famous novel of modern Indian which of the following state(s)? literature written by A. Kerala A. Kanshi Ram B. Karnataka B. Munshi Premchand C. Haryana C. Rabindranath Tagore D. All of the above D. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar ANS:D. All of the above ANS:B. Munshi Premchand 155. The largest Asian antelope is ……. , found in 151. Ace, Advantage, Deuce and Half volley are some Indian sub-continent. of the terms associated with which sport? A. Wild Ass A. Golf B. Nilgai B. Polo C. One-horned Rhinoceros C. Lawn Tennis D. Asiatic Lion D. Wrestling ANS:B. Nilgai ANS:C. Lawn Tennis 156. Jammu & Kashmir is famous for _____trees 152. Keibul Lamjao National Park is based in which A. Palm state? B. Chinar A. Nagaland C. Rubber B. Manipur D. Banyan C. Sikkim ANS:B.Chinar D. Arunachal Pradesh 157. Largest sports stadium in India by seating ANS: B. Manipur capacity is

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A. Sardar Patel Stadium 161. ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Breast stroke’ are terminologies B. DY Patil Stadium related to C. Eden Gardens A. Volleyball D. None of the above B. Swimming ANS: A. Sardar Patel Stadium C. Baseball 158. In the game of Kho-Kho, the number of players D. Ice-Hockey participating are ANS: B.Swimming A. 5 162. M Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium is situated in B. 9 the city of C. 6 A. Chennai D. 11 B. Mumbai ANS:B.9 C. Bengaluru 159. ‘Target’, ‘Bulls Eye’, ‘Muzzle Flub’ are D. Hyderabad terminologies associated with which of the following ANS:A.Chennai sports? 163. The International Day of Yoga is observed on A. Kho-Kho ______? B. Boxing A. June 15 C. Marathon B. May 15 D. Rifle Shooting C. June 21 ANS:D. Rifle Shooting D. July 25 160. “Golden Ball” is an award presented to an ANS: C. June 21 outstanding player from which sport? 164. Human Rights Day is celebrated annually A. Volleyball A. 24 October B. Baseball B. 10 December C. Football C. 21 June D. Basketball D. 22 April ANS:C. Football ANS:B. 10 December

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165.Shilong is a hill station in northeast India and B. Kerala capital of the state of? C. Tamil Nadu A. Manipur D. Punjab B. Tripura ANS:B.Kerala C. Assaam 170.Which of the following city of india is known as D. Meghalaya the ‘Garden city of India’? ANS:D.Meghalaya A. Pune 166.The Tehri Dam is located in B. Bengaluru A. Uttrakhand C. Chandigarh B. Kerala D. Mangalore C. Karnataka ANS:B.Bengaluru D. Telungana 171.Garo tribes are not found in which of the ANS:A.Uttrakhand following place? 167.What is the currency of China? A. Assam A. Yen B. Manipur B. Taka C. Mizorom C. Renminbi D. Meghalaya D. Dollar ANS:B.Manipur ANS:C.Renminbi 172. National Defence Academy is located at: 168.Traditional dance of Odisha A. Alipore (Kolkata) A. Chhau B. Wellington (Nigiris) B. Kathak C. Khadakwasla (Pune) C. Satriya D. Ezhimala (Kannur) D. Kuchipudi ANS: C. Khadakwasla (Pune) ANS:A.Chauu 173. The hill station of Chail is located in 169.Ananthapura Lake Temple is a Hindu temple A. Himachal Pradesh built in the middle of a lake in B. Madya Pradesh A. West Bengal C. Kerala

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D. Karnataka ANS:A. 382 people per sq.km ANS:A. Himachal Pradesh 178. Bhimbetka caves are located in 174.Loktak Power Station is located in which state? A. Uttar Pradesh A. Assam B. Madhya Pradesh B. Manipur C. Andhra Pradesh C. Mizorom D. Himachal Pradesh D. Meghalaya ANS:B.Madhya Pradesh ANS:B.Manipur 179.One of the best preserved Buddhist caves,Karla is 175.Which of these is a National Park situated in in which state Haryana? A. Bihar A. Sultanpur B. Uttar Pradesh B. Bandipur C. Maharastra C. Chandoli D. Uttarakhand D. Gir ANS:C.Maharastra ANS:A.Sultanpur 180.From the following former Prime Minister whose 176.Which one of the three rivers at Triveni Sangam, name can be found on Indian currency? Allahabad, is an underground river? A. Vajpayee A. Ganges B. Indira Gandhi B. Yamuna C. Manmohan singh C. Saraswati D. Narasimha Rao D. Kaveri ANS:C. Manmohan singh ANS:C.Saraswati 181. Which day is celebrated as the National Doctors’ 177.As per Census of India 2011, the population Day annually? density was about A. May 1 A. 382 people per sq.km B. June 1 B. 402 people per sq.km C. July 1 C. 354 people per sq.km D. August 1 D. 426 people per sq.km ANS: C. July 1

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182. Which is the form of market where there is lack 186.How many gold fields are there in India? of competition? A. 4 A. Monopoly B. 5 B. Oligopoly C. 2 C. Perfect Competition D. 3 D. Maretization ANS:D.3 ANS:A.Monopoly 187. The September 11 terrorist attacks completed 183.What is income available with a person deducting how many years in 2019? for taxes called? A. 17 A. Disposable Income B. 19 B. Cash Income C. 20 C. Salary D. 18 D. General Income ANS:D.18 ANS:A. Disposable Income 188. Who was the Prime Minister of India when in 184.The winner of the open competition for designing 1975 was the emergency declared? the Rupee sign A. Rajeev Gandhi A. Uday kumar B. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed B. Vijay Kumar C. Indira Gandi C. Prem kumar D. Sanjay Gandhi D. Pranav Kumar ANS: C. Indira Gandi ANS: A. Uday kumar 189.Religious city situated in Uttarakhand 185. The United Nations Development Programme A. Puri focuses in B. Kanchi A. Solutions to gloabal development challenges C. Mathura B. Developing nations D. Haridwar C. Under developed nations ANS: D. Haridwar D. Developed nations 190.India’s major information and technology ANS:A.Solutions to gloabal development challenges industry is concentrated in

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A. Noida B. Medha Patekar B. Bengaluru C. Malala Yusufjai C. Ahamedabad D. Kailash Satyarthi D. Mumbai ANS:D. Kailash Satyarthi ANS:B. Bengaluru 195.Who painted the famous painting named “The 191.Which is the highest Civilian award given by the Last Supper”? Indian Government? A. Leonardo da vinci A. Param veer chakra B. Claude monet B. Padma Vibushan C. Mozart C. Ashok Chakra D. Michelangelo D. Bharat Ratna ANS:A. Leonardo da vinci ANS: D. Bharat Ratna 196.What is full form of PCA? 192. World press freedom day is celebrated on A. Prompt Collective Action A. 3 October B. Prompt Corrective Action B. 13 June C. Possible Collective Action C. 3 May D. Possible Corrective Action D. 3 August ANS:B. Prompt Corrective Action ANS: C. 3 May 197.The Lonar lake is in which state? 193. Agricultural Shot is associated with which A. West Bengal games? B. Maharashtra A. Football C. Karnataka B. Cricket D. Madhya pradesh C. Squash ANS:B.Maharashtra D. Hockey 198.On which of the following river banks is the city ANS:B.Cricket Agra located? 194.Who had started the Bachao Mission, for which A. Yamuna the Nobel Peace Prize was given? B. Ganga A. Jaggi Vasudev C. Tapti

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D. Sabarmati B. Beijing ANS:A. Yamuna C. Bangkok 199.The Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir on the D. Pyongyang river Beas is also known as ANS:D.Pyongyang A. Pong dam 203.UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United B. Ukai dam Nations that promotes industrial development for C. Dharoi dam poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and D. Tehri dam environmental sustainability. Where is the ANS:A. Pong dam headquarter of UNIDO? 200. National Technology Day celebrated across India A. Paris, France on B. New York, USA A. May 01 C. Vienna, Austria B. June 05 D. London, UK C. May 11 ANS:C.Vienna,Austria D. May 31 204. PSLV is a: ANS:C.May11 A. Satellite of India 201.Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. B. Satellite launch vehicle of India What is the capital city of Uganda? C. Space mission of India A. Lima D. Satellite launch centre of India B. Kampala ANS: B. Satellite launch vehicle of India C. Hawana 205.The Dudhwa National Park is a national park in D. Rome the Terai of? ANS:B.Kampala A. Madhya Pradesh 202. North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s B. Uttar Pradesh Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia, in the C. Rajasthan northern part of the Korean Peninsula. What is the D. Gujarat capital of North Korea? ANS:B.Uttar Pradesh A. Seul 206.The book “We the People” was written by?

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A. Kushwant Singh B. France B. Jawaharlal Nehru C. UK C. Nani Palkhivala D. China D. Ramachandra Guha ANS:A.Germany ANS:C.Nani Palkhivala 211._____is India’s sole National Issuing and 207.Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located? Guaranteeing Association for ATA Carnets (also A. Geneva known as Passport for Goods) B. Rome A. Confederation of Indian Industry C. Newyork B. International Resource for Fairer Trade D. Paris C. All India Management Association ANS:D.Paris D. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and 208.Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is famous for playing Industry which of the following instrument? ANS:D.Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce A. Tabla and Industry B. Flute 212. Which Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient C. Sarod produced and directed India’s first colour flim D. Harmonium ‘Sairandhri’? ANS:C.Sarod A. V Shanta ram 209.Chhau is popular folk dance of which region of B. LV Prasad India? C. Birendranath Sridar A. North D. Sivaji Ganesan B. West ANS: A. V. Shantaram C. South 213.Name the celebrity who has authored ‘Mrs. D. East Funnybones’? ANS:D.East A. Bipasha Basu 210.Which of the following is not a permannt member B. Twinkle Khanna of the United Nations Security Council? C. Shraddha Kapoor A. Germany D. Sonakshi Sinha

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ANS:B.Twinkle Khanna D. Minstry of Corporate Affairs 214.The hotel Taj Lake Palace, built in the middle of ANS:A.Ministry of Finance lake Pichola, is in which city? 218.Which of the following recipents of the A. Udaipur Dadasaheb Phalke Award received it posthumously? B. Jodhpur A. Naushad C. Jaipur B. Durga khote D. Bikaner C. Vinod Khanna ANS:A.Udaipur D. Satyajit Ray 215.Classical musician Vijay Khan is associated with ANS:C.Vinod Khanna which musical instrument? 219.Who invented the blue jeans? A. Sarod A. Todd Oldham B. Santoor B. Calvin Klein C. Sitar C. Levi Strauss D. Flute D. Gianni Versace ANS:C.Sitar ANS:C.Levi Strauss 216.Which of the following folk dances is from 220.The author of ‘The Monk who sold his Ferrari’ Himachal Pradesh? is A. Bagurumba A. Manohar Malgonkar B. Giddha B. Arundhati Roy C. Nati C. Aravind Adiga D. Lezim D. Robin Sharma ANS: C. Nati ANS:D.Robin Sharma 217.The National Skill Development 221.The Umaid Bhawan Palace is in which city? Corporation(NSDC)is a public –private partnership A. Udaipur formed under India’s? B. Jaipur A. Ministry of Finance C. Bikaner B. Ministry of Electronics D. Jodhpur C. Ministry of science and technology ANS:D.Jodhpur

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222. Which of the following folk dance is from 226.Which of the following is NOT a traditional Assam? dance of Rajasthan? A. Bagurumba A. Ghoomar B. Giddha B. Kathputli C. Nati C. Dumhal D. Lezim D. Gair ANS:A.Bagurumba ANS:C.Dumhal 223.Classical musician Shivkumar Sharma is 227.Which organization comprises of two institution associated with which musical instrument? :The International Bank for Reconstructive and A. Sarod Developmen(IBRD) and The International B. Santoor Development Association(IDA)? C. Sitar A. The Internationall Monetary Fund D. Flute B. The World Bank ANS:B.Santoor C. International Finance Corporation 224.Chile is a part of which continent? D. International Chamber of Commerce A. North America ANS:B.The World Bank B. Europe 228.Who founded Project Nanhi Kali in 1996? C. South America A. Narayana Murthy D. Asia B. Anand Mahindra ANS:C.South America C. Ratan Tata 225.In which year was the Eiffel Tower built,to D. Azim Premji celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the French ANS:B.Anand Mahindra Revolution? 229.Name the author of’The Incredible Adventures of A. 1889 Professor Shonku’? B. 1900 A. Ritwik Ghatak C. 1886 B. Satyajit Ray D. 1914 C. Arundhati Roy ANS:A.1889 D. Aravind Adiga

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ANS:B.Satyajit Ray A. India’s International Bank 230.Hawa mahal is a palace in B. Badhti ka naam zindagi A. Udaipur C. Relationship beyond banking B. Jaipur D. Ek parivaar, Ek Bank C. Bikaner ANS:A.India’s International Bank D. Jodhpur 235.Where is the Federation International de Football ANS:B.Jaipur Association located? 231.SURYA KIRAN is the joint military exercise A. Gland between B. Zurich A. India and Srilanka C. Geneva B. India and Bangladesh D. Bern C. India and Nepal ANS:B.Zurich D. India and Russia 236.Talley valley Wildlife Sanctuary is located in ANS:C.India and Nepal which state? 232.Atapaka Bird Sanctuary is located in which A. Arunachal Pradesh state? B. Mizorom A. Andhra Pradesh C. Nagaland B. Arunachal Pradesh D. Assam C. Assam ANS:A.Arunachal Pradesh D. Tamilnadu 237.What is the Capital and Currency of Chile? ANS: A. Andhra Pradesh A. Santiago and Peso 233. Tunisia is a country in: B. Santiago and dollor A. North America C. Santiago and euro B. South America D. Santiago and berr C. Africa ANS:A.Santiago and Peso D. Europe 238.World Day of social Justice is observed on which ANS: C. Africa day? 234. What is the tagline of Bank of Baroda? A. February 28

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B. February 25 D. Botswana C. February 20 ANS:C.Russia D. February 21 243.Which European country is known as the Land ANS:C.February 20 of a thousand lakes? 239.Nuakhai Juhar festival is celebrated for A. Denmark A. Harvesh crop B. Finland B. New year C. Norway C. Godess D. Sweden D. Tourism ANS:B.Finland ANS:A.Harvesh crop 244.Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which 240.Which of the following states is the most Indian union territory? important producer of asbestos in India A. Lakshadweep A. Jharkhand B. Andaman and Nicobar Islands B. Karnataka C. Daman and Diu C. Rajasthan D. None of these D. Madyapradesh ANS:A.Lakshadweep ANS:C.Rajasthan 245.Garba dance is native of which Indian state? 241.’An Era of Darkness ‘ book is written by? A. Punjab A. Amitabha Bagchi B. Gujarat B. Shashi Tharoor C. Maharashtra C. Jasbinder Bilan D. Haryana D. Yashwant Sinha ANS:B.Gujarat ANS:B.Shashi Tharoor 246.Which is the largest hot desert in the world? 242.Which of the following countries is the largest A. Thar producer of diamond? B. Sahara A. Australia C. Gobi B. Venezuela D. Kalahari C. Russia ANS:B.Sahara

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247.In which city are the headquarters of 251. Which art form was Mrinallini Sarabhai International Olympic Committee located? associated with? A. Paris A. Pattachitra B. Geneva B. Tanjore Painting C. Haugue C. Bharatnatyam D. Lausanne D. Madhubani Painting ANS:D.Lausanne ANS: C. Bharatnatyam 248.Bhogi,Surya,and Kanum are the parts of which 252. The first captain of the Indian cricket team for four day long harvest festival of Tamil Nadu? One day International A. Baisakhi A. Ajit Wadekar B. Pongal B. Sunil Gavaskar C. Onam C. Kapil Dev D. Nuah D. C.K Nayudu ANS:B.Pongal ANS: A. Ajit Wadekar 249.Wheeler island is situated in- 253. The Principle of regarding the beliefs, values and A. Tamil Nadu practices, of a culture from the viewpoint of that B. Odisha culture itself is called C. Madhya Pradesh A. Cultural Functionalism D. Chhattisgarh B. Cultural Relativism ANS:B. Odisha C. Cultural Independence 250.Where is the headquarters of Food Safety and D. Cultural Interpendence Standards Authority of India(FSSAI)? ANS: B. Cultural Relativism A. Chennai 254. Which of the following is the largest glacier in B. Kolkata India? C. New Delhi A. Gangotri Glacier D. Pune B. Drang Drung Glacier ANS:C.New Delhi C. Siachen Glacier D. Shafat Glacier

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ANS: C. Siachen Glacier A. Majlis‐e‐Shoora 255. Which was the first women’s sport to be B. Islamic Parliament introduced in the Olympics? C. Emirate of Pakistan A. Gymnastics D. Islam-e-Shoora B. Volleyball ANS: A. Majlis‐e‐Shoora C. Golf 260. Capital of Manipur D. Badminton A. Dispur ANS: C. Golf B. Aizawl 256. Name the security force which does not fall C. Itanagar under Union Home Ministry D. Imphal A. Sashastra Seema Bal ANS: D. Imphal B. Border Security Force 261. H.S. Prannoy related to C. Railway Protection Force A. Badminton D. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force B. Tennis ANS: C. Railway Protection Force C. Wrestling 257. Official language of Goa D. Weight lifting A. English ANS: A. Badminton B. Kannada 262. The old name of Allahabad C. Konkani A. Devaloak D. Marathi B. Dauladabad ANS: C. Konkani C. Prayagraj 258. Mizoram's capital D. Central Provinces A. Dispur ANS: C. Prayagraj B. Aizawl 263. Official language of Nagaland C. Itanagar A. English D. Gauhati B. Kannada ANS: B. Aizawl C. Konkani 259. Name of Pakistan Parliament D. Marathi

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ANS: A. English C. ISRO 264. The Hornbill festival is celebrated in D. DRDP A. Arunachal Pradesh ANS: B. CSIR B. Nagaland 269. When the AAP Party was established? C. Odisha A. December 2013 D. West Bengal B. November 2012 ANS: B. Nagaland C. September 2012 265. Santosh trophy is related to D. January 2013 A. Badminton ANS: B. November 2012 B. Tennis 270. Mary Kom belongs to which state C. Foot ball A. Manipur D. Weight lifting B. Mizorom ANS: C. Foot ball C. Assam 266. Capital city of Syria? D. Mehalaya A. Damascus ANS: A. Manipur B. Havana 271. Indira point is located at C. Bandar Seri Begawan A. Andaman & Nicobar Islands D. Riga B. Kanyakumari ANS: A. Damascus C. Lakshadweep 267. Forbidden city of China situated at D. Mincoy A. Beijing ANS: A. Andaman & Nicobar Islands A. Xiamen 272. First satellite of India sent towards lunars is B. Shanghai A. Lunatic1 C. Guilin B. Chandrayaan 1 ANS: A. Beijing C. PSLV 20 268. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio President of D. Mangalyan A. CLRI ANS: B. Chandrayaaan 1 B. CSIR 273. Notre Dame Cathedral is located at?

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A. Paris ANS: B. Abdul Gaffer Khan B. Rome 278. Highest statue of Christ is located at C. Germany A. Rio de Janeiro D. Switzerland B. Newyork ANS: A. Paris C. Peru 274. The inventor of fountain pen? D. Isrel A. Todd Oldham ANS: A. Rio de Janeiro B. Calvin Klein 279. Goecha La pass is located in which state? C. Petrache Poenaru A. Sikkim D. Gianni Versace B. Mizorom ANS: C. Petrache Poenaru C. Mehalaya 275. Who is inventor of revolver? D. Himachal Pradesh A. Todd Oldham ANS: A. Sikkim B. Samuel Colt 280. The famous camel trading event is a part of this C. Petrache Poenaru annual fair D. Gianni Versace A. Udaipur mela ANS: B. Samuel Colt B. Thar Mela 276. The Indian Statue of Unity is located near: C. Kumph Mela A. Sardar Sarovar Dam D. Pushkar Mela B. Bhakra-Nangal Dam ANS: D. Pushkar Mela C. Hirakud Dam 281. Golden rock temple (kyaiktiyo pagoda) is located D. Tehri Dam in ? ANS: A. Sardar Sarovar Dam A. Myanmar 277. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi? B. Bengladesh A. Bala Ghangadhara Tilak C. Indonesia B. Abdul Gaffer Khan D. Malasiya C. Nelson Mandela ANS: A. Myanmar D. Gopala Krishana Gohalae 282. Shimla Agreement took place in

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A. 1975 ANS: A. Neptune Spear B. 1976 286. Chenab, Jhelum are tributaries of which river? C. 1972 A. Indus D. 1974 B. Sutlej ANS: C. 1972 C. Tapti 283. What is the full form of UNFCCC? D. Godavari A. United Nations Forest Convention on Climate ANS: A. Indus Change 287. What are number of balls in snooker? B. United Nations Framework Convention on A. 25 Climate Change B. 24 C. United Nations Framework Conference on C. 20 Climate Change D. 22 D. United Nations Forest Conservation on Climate ANS: D. 22 Change 288. Nipah is a: ANS: B. United Nations Framework Convention on A. Computer program Climate Change B. Virus 284. Who is known as “Father of All India Services” C. Cyclone A. Sardar vallabhbhai Patel D. Fighter plane B. Nethaji Subash Chandrabose ANS: B. Virus C. Jawaharlal Nehru 289. Who was first female Judge of High Court? D. Lord Ribbon A. Anna Chandy ANS: A. Sardar vallabhbhai Patel B. Fathima Beevi 285. Name of the operation that led to the capture C. Suchendra Kripalani and death of Osama Bin Laden D. Rajakumari A. Neptune Spear ANS: A. Anna Chandy B. Smiling Buddha 290. EOS-01 is a: C. Operation Vijay A. March for unity in India D. Operation Sakthi B. March for peace in Japan

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C. Satellite launched by India D. The art of honey extraction D. Bullet train of France ANS: C. A folk art practised in Bihar ANS: C. Satellite launched by India 295. What is an archipelago? 291. Who was the first Indian to become a Nobel A. Group, chain, cluster or collection of Islands Laureate? B. The meeting of Land and Sea A. Rabindranath Tagore C. An Architect’s paradise B. Mahatma Gandhi D. A type of Church C. C.V. Raman ANS: A. Group, chain, cluster or collection of Islands D. Mother Teresa 296. Indian currency notes are printed in which ANS: A. Rabindranath Tagore place? 292. In India, the highest cricket ground above sea A. New Delhi level lies in which state? B. Bombay A. Himachal Pradesh C. Nashik B. Sikkim D. Agra C. Uttar Pradesh ANS: C. Nashik D. Assam 297. Mica is available abundantly in which state? ANS: A. Himachal Pradesh A. West Bengal 293. Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold B. Madya Pradesh Championship is held every year at C. Bihar A. Chandigarh D. Rajasthan B. Lucknow ANS: C. Bihar C. Delhi 298. Between which stations does India’s longest train D. Hyderabad run? ANS: B. Lucknow A. Kanyakumari-Baramulla 294. What is Madhubani art? B. Dibrugarh-Naliya A. The art of Storytelling C. Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari B. The art of Gujarat D. Thiruvanathapuram-Newdelhi C. A folk art practised in Bihar ANS: C. Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari

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299. What is Sepak Takraw 300. Male is the capital of which Country? A. A Bird A. Mauritius B. An ancient hunting team in Malaysia B. Lakshadweep C. Kick Volleyball C. Maldives D. A Type of Combat Flight D. Malaysia ANS: C. Kick Volleyball ANS: C. Maldives

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