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(A) S. Trrrs{ (B) St Ig{Qi 1A)Ffi SET-A I Administrative tribunals in India are not I qnt d wrsatq qqftrq {Eii q1 rqrq-cr r'at established by : q1qrfi t' : (A) President (B) Supreme Court (A) n6qqfr ERr (B) sdqqrqEqERr (C) Chief Minister (D) All ofthese (C) E@c* ERr (D) sri-fi sqt ERr 2. Chairman of l4th Finance Commission is : 2. ffi fq-d en+rr * erqs{ * : (A) C. Rangrajan (B) Raehurajan (A) S. trRrs{ (B) st Ig{qi (C) Y. V. Reddy (D) V.K. Menon (c) sri.d tq$ (D) d. d'. trr 3. The Consumer Protection Act,, 1986 came ., sq+ftI qtqTUI sfqt{qq 1986, sil tTrrl into force on : Eiff ? (A) 1e87 (B) r9e0 (A) 1e87 (B) 19e0 (C) 1991 @) Noneof these (c) leel (D) fl+ t 6ti Tfi 4. Arsenic poisoning from drinking water leads 4 ++ + q+ q s16f65-t*v* +'nq wr *m to: B: (A) Cold @) Keratosis (A) ssT (B) +{dFss (C) Ttphoid @) None of these (q zIqsl{s (D) 3T+{a{+$:rd 5. The aim of "Skill India Mission" is to equip 5. "fisa EFsqr fts1q" q1 g-<{q f"-s s{ 500 million Indians with skills by which year- a-*'soo fqfu{H Sqlet qi g{(r< q{r+ t z (A) 2030 (B) 202s (A) 2030 (B) 202s (c) 2022 @) 2020 (c) 2022 (D) 2020 6, In which state the first Non-Government 6. r+q {q c qr{dlq Td 6,,r T6-dr rR-qrsrt Railway Project oflndian Railways has been i-d cRqhi-{ Erd d i W E1 .rfr- commissioned recently ? 1a)ffi (B) f{ffiq (A) Delhi (B) Sikkim (c) q6Rrq (D) re{rd (C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat 7. Which Indian city has been chosen as "City 7 t6s qrd-q vtr{ qi *ksi ERr'fr& ds of musid'by UNESCO ? qvfi'+ Fc { 3-{ rrcr + ? (A) Varanasi @) Pune (A) qRrurd (B) 5d (C) Mathura @) Haridwar (c) qg( (D) EfcR 8. Recently Sheila Ramani passed away. She 8. Erd El i {fl-dr {ql+ 6'r frrfi d.rqrr qa q*' gfrt was a/an .......... (A) Cricketer (A) B*R (B) Actress (B) em+i (C) Writer (q dsn (D) None of these (o)sri-n { qti rO (rxxxxxv) SET.A qrftFil, 9 Ghosts of Calcutta has been authored by : 9. EilW Sfq, ......... Er{r ffi.rfr tr (A) Salman Rushdie (B) Vivek Ganguli (A) vdqr r{.{ (B) ffifi rm (C) Om Dalmia (D) Sebastian Ortiz (c) *q srdFrcr 1o) ffii o{t$-q 10. In shore patrol vessel ........... was inducted 10. r-fi frmt .Rf,l +d ......... oi qrc&q n-atqr+- into Indian Coast Guard. T€ i {Ilfu'm fd,cl qqr (A) Rani Durgavati @) Tatrakshak (A) {+ s"i-dfi (B) Tc{sqt (C) Tarangini (D) Jalvahni (q n'ftfr (D) qa-crfrfi 11. Anand Krishnamurthy is appointed as MD 11. qr+< q@r[fd 6i f+r *sr * r*q ta'tw-o and CEO ofwhich bank ? elt ge e.rffi srFrorft * sq t ftgm (A) ICICI Bank f*'qr rrqr t r (B) HDFC Bank (A) srd.tqd.S.oni. +6 (C) Axis Bank (B) qs.dqs.Ifr +s, (D) Catholic Syrian Bank (c) tks +6 Col *dfcq f{ftTr ++. 12. Which company launched a prepaid card 12. frY{ S q,,qfr i qfi frts 6rd dqrqe qfdz linked mobile wallet service, which includes t* qr {qnq fs-cr * d t-drcTr d i€q pay for service as well as withdraw cash of SrrdH eBti I clrq ETq 6i n KI iil ofl-61-ur upto Rs. 1 lakh ? f*'qr qr s-d-dr t u (A) MTNL @) Airtel (A) MTNL (B) Airtel (C) BSNL (D) None of these (c) BSNL (D) Ed i st$ Tfi 13 part of Sundarbans forest witnessed 13. gq{ Tr + ............ f6c d zooa *r zors a rapid decline in the tiger population d qq qd ql dqr { A-q FRTe <d s1 between 2004 and 201 5. This was revealed 'r{ *r Esq1 qr+fiRl qrq vflpnr 2ol5 t by the tiger census 2015. si tr (A) Bhutan (B) Bangladesh (A) Tctr (B) sirdrt{l (C) Myanmar (D) None of these (C) qrqR (D) E{i'l+ 6ti r-fr 14. RBI decided to put into circulation ............ 14. qrcftc fisd +n i +q + ofrt'W +n coins to commenorate the International Day f€s + scqsq { ..,.......... + f{d' 6} ofYoga. e-qeq + ffid E6r Frolq fw, rrqr tr (A) 10 rupees @) 5 rupees (A) 10 FqE (B) 5 FY+ (C) 2 rupees (D) I rupee (c) 2 5{i (D) I Fccr 15. Which Health Insurance Company had 15. 6h S erea mq4 4 '*1*+1' gtt I lamched "Dengue Carc", fust health insurance Bqt*rd Ed qi sq{ fi'{+ + fdS c-6d policy to cover dengue related expenses ? sr+ea frq crffi E€ +1 ? (A) Star Health Insurance (A) RT{ +i-r ffit( (B) Apollo Mr.rnich Health lnsurance 6e) sT+dqf{s*fltvdhT (C) Aegon Religare (C) lFfq tfutq{ (D) None of these (D) F{i * Eti c.df (rnc\xxv) 16. India is ranked ............ in the world in terms 16. qrm ctrrg std't rq6 -*Kr + H $ of power generation from nuclear sources. Sf{qr i ........... rrlH c{ tt (A) 21st (B) 5lth (A) 21{ (B) 51d (C) l2th (D) None of these (C) 12d (D) {{{ * Tt$ Tbt 17. In NITI Aayog, NITI stands for : 1?. *ft 3n+rr { NITI (+fr) t areq{ t : (A) National Institution for Transforming India (A) t{rrd 1-€ttrH qf( ?isstrf,r Etrsqr (B) NationallnformationandTechnologzlnstitute (B) +{r+o Fqilert R's }6.* t-<tE(a (C) National Instinrtion forTechnical Information (C) +{r+d E-.€tq1qtr qft ?Fffise l;$t{flr (D) New Institution for Transforming India (D) qiq€flr qft ?rqsmftr $rsqr 18. Which ofthe following is not associated with rg. f{q { fosfir qq*r ffi rrq t Tfi Panchayati Raj ? tr (A) Shah Commission (A) Ynd 6ftri (B) Nanavati Commission (B) rTql{fi E.ftr{ (C) Liberhan Commission (C) fu{rar 6.fr{n (D) All of the above (D)srt-n €S 19. In the 2015 Indian Premier Leaeue (IPL). 19. 2ots EF,sqq mfrfi drr (pf){ E{qIr ydr{ Irfan Pathan played for which team ? if+.sAct+flr ? (A) Delhi Daredevils (A) Rd tqr€f*q (B) Chennai Super Kings (B) +it Uc{ fstq (C) Kings XI Punjab (C) fd'rs xc-qrq (D) None of these (D) Er{ t qti T€f 20. India liberated Goa from the Portuguese in 20. qrm i 5-efiffii t .il-qr Ei Effi 6{rr{r year : sd- (A) 1947 (B) l97l (A) 1e47t (B) 1e71{ (C) 1961 (D) None of these (c) 1e6l { (o) std t sti Tfi 21. Mira is a : 21. fit q*. : (A) Super Computer (A) En 5qa t (B) Robot (B) tslc + (C) Spacecraft 1q dvr*rw tr (D) None of these (D) F{q * 6t Tfi qqr 22, The Manasbdari system was introduced by : 22. qasffi ffi Em ertle1G S : (A) Akbar (B) Babur (A) €ffi-fl (B) qr{( (C) ShahJahan (D) Jahangir (c) Yndsrd (D) q6tflr (rxxxxxv) SET.A 23. 'KISAN TV'was announced in the budget : 23. f6s rrci'fuffi a d' d *qqt *1 G 4 : (A) 2010-11 (B) 20ll-12 (A) 20r0-rl (B) 2011-12 (c) 20r2-t3 (D) 2014-15 (c) 2012-13 (D) 2014-15 21, The tlpe of soil spread over large areas in 24. ir{d + Ttrft tqrri d'fea da { wRn 5< the Northem Plains of India is : t, (A) Red soil (A) drd T{r (B) Black soil 6s;6rdl Y{ (C) Alluvial soil (C) Ttild T<r (D) None of these (D) r-+i t 4|$ Tfr 25. David Copperfield is name of a : 25. tf,{s Erctst€ .......... EI ilq *t (A) Famous actor (A) efua 6el6R @) Poem 6n; mF+* (C) Novel (c) B(ranq @) Writer (D) tqn year 26. In which the 'All India Radio' was set 26. 'frf, E&-<<r tH'*1errtr f{rs s{ gi ? up? (A) 1947 (B) 1936 (A) 1947 (B) 1936 (c) l9sr (D) t9s0 (c) 1esl (D) 19s0 27. Belur Math is associated with; q5 qqfra6 27. +({ } 3 (A) Vivekanand (a1fri*r+q t (B) Shankaracharya (B) rrfirq{ t (C) Ram Mohan Roy (q {c+f,{ {Ic t (D) None of these (D) F{i t 6t{ q.fi 28. The Char Minar is situated in : 28. ER qt{R ............ { toro tr (A) Delhi @) Calcutta (A) F€fr { (B) $-fi{,f,r t (C) Chennai Hyderabad q @) (c) $d @) +<rsn { 29. The famous 'Neelkanth Temple' is sitqated 29. yfug 'frffruir qF(r' f{q qaq( q ftqd in which district : *' (A) Chamoli @) Pauri (A) qdd (B) dgt (C) Tehri (D) Uttarkashi (c) f{60 @) 3-dc*r{fr 30. Badrinath is situated on the bank ofriver : 3s. Eft{rq fq,q r{ * t+irt ftq( : (A) t Ganga (A) Trrr @) Alaknanda (B) 3rilifirr<r (C) Yamuna (c) cgn @) Mandakini (D) q-{tu+ 0xxxxxv) SET-A qlfqq 31. YA {rq 6,r qfi : 36. 'e[Fl' or qqftrqr* {rec t : (A) emq (A) 6c (B) cR.€&'( (B) EdRr{ (C) fcf€.q (q +s pyar<t< 6o) sstn sm V6 t {E}i d 'dfu-fi'' q,r trdrq : 32. €rqa Yrq +l qfi *1fuq : 32. vrq t (A) (A) qrFu€ sr{q' (B) (B) Tflrd 5q{ (c) em1tffi (c) s{qrc 6oy rvt< { 6}€ rfl (D) qqr{ 38. ?1q{ff, HqI, {16 qrrr Gnrrd qffi 33. f{q { t dq npr stu * sqruq t : tret t (A) {t{ (A) rdqrq 6ey rdr*< (B) rifi{ (c) (A) *{ @)+d (c) crdfr p1freur (D) tluivl qI 34.
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