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Max. Time: 2 HOURS FULL LENGTH TEST (E.M.) Max. Marks – 200 \ 1. Which of the following is the function of “Iodised 13. Which of the following polymer is used to make Salt” in the human body. Bullet proof windows (a) It helps in checking the cholesterol level in (a) Polycarbonate (b) Polyurethane blood (c) Polystyrene (d) Polyamide (b) It controls the functions of the thyroid glands 14. The presence of what distinguishes a plant cell from (c) It makes the body immune to viral diseases an animal cell (d) It slows down the ageing process (a) Plastids (b) Cell-Wall 2. Which of the following state share longest border (c) Cell membrane (d) Nucleus with Bangladesh ? 15. Who among the following was the 23rd Jain (a) Meghalaya (b) Assam Tirthankar? (a) Rudrasena-I (b) Parshvanatha (c) West Bengal (d) Mizoram 3. ECOMARK is a symbol related to - (c) Prithvisena-I (d) Narendrasena-I (a) Exported goods (b) Imported goods 16. Which of the following Mughal rulers banned the engraving of ‘Kalma’ on coins? (c) Goods safe for environment (d) Best quality (a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb 4. On which date the Universal Declaration of Human (c) Shah Jahan (d) Muhammad Shah Right (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations 17. Which of the following chemical is used for dry cleaning? General Assembly ? (a) 1 December 1948 (b) 10 December 1948 (a) Benzene (b) Calcium Carbide (c) 1 December 1956 (d) 10 December 1956 (c) Isoprene (d) Chlorine 5. Recently after Pulwama Terror attack India 18. Which of the following gland holds the body’s withdrawn MFN (Most favoured nation) status from thermostat? Pakistan. When did India gave this status to (a) Pineal gland (b) Pituitary gland Pakistan ? (c) Thyroid gland (d) Hypothalamus (a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c) 1997 (d) 1998 19. Which is the organ that excretes water, fat and various catabolic wastes? 6. Which instrument is used in submarine to see the object above sea level ? (a) Spleen (b) Kidney (a) Pyrometer (b) Polygraph (c) Salivary glands (d) Skin (c) Photometer (d) Periscope 20. Gas released during Bhopal gas tragedy was : 7. Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has decided to (a) Methyl isothiocyanate establish world’s largest solar telescope at - (b) Ehtyl isothiocynate (a) Ladakh (b) Jodhpur (c) Methyl isocyanate (c) Jaisalmer (d) Bhopal (d) Ethyl isocynate 8. First State in India to pass the Food Security Act is 21. Light year is the unit of - ____ (a) Time (b) Distance (a) Andhra Pradesh (b)Chhattisgarh (c) Speed of light (c) Odisha (d) Bihar (d) Speed with respect to speed of light 9. Who has bacame the youngest Indian Chess Grand 22. "Bring Nature Back" is said by Master ? (a) Plato (b) Aristotle (a) D. Gukesh (b) Aditya Mittal (c) Rousseau (d) Hobbes (c) Nihal Sarin (d) Vidit Gujrathi 23. Who among the following was the first leader to 10. National Energy Conservation Day is observed on organize labour movement in India? ____ (a) B.P.Walia (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) 2nd December (b) 6th December (c) N.M.Lokhande (d) N.G.Ranga (c) 14th December (d) 12th December 24. "Artificial Moon" which was recently in the news 11. What is the range of mercury thermometer. will be deployed for which of the following (a) 0oC to 350oC (b) 10oC to 350oC purpose ? (c) 20oC to 350oC (d) -30oC to 350oC (a) To shield against the solar winds 12. Who among the following was the contemporary of (b) To save electricity Chengiz Khan ? (c) Terraforming (d) Earth observation (a) Iltutamish 25. Who is the chairman of joint session of parliament? (b) Mirza Muhammad Haider Dughlat Beg (a) President (b) Vice President (c) Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (c) Chief of people assembly (d) None of these (d) Prime Minister

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26. Who will decides that a bill is money bill or not? 41. What is the unit of work ? (a) Finance Minister (b) President (A) Watt (B) Watt per second (c) Chairman of Rajyashabha (C) Joule (D) Newton - Second (d) Speaker of Loksabha 42. The Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet to and 27. Writs are issued by- known as Ganga at ? (a) Supreme Court (b) High Court (A) Haridwar (B) Rishikesh (c) President (d) Both A and B (C) Devprayag (D) Rudraprayag 28. In which year was the Mohan Bagan Club of 43. What was the earlier name of Red Fort of Delhi ? football founded ? (a) Kila- e- shah Jahan (b) Kila-e-Mubarak (a) 1850 (b) 1879 (c) Kila-e-Jannat (d) Kila-e-Hind (c) 1889 (d) 1901 44. The scientific name of our National tree ? 29. Who built the Sapt Rath temple at the coast of sea in (A) Tigris (B) Lion Mahabalipuram? (C) Ficus Benghalensis (D) Pavo Cristesus (a) Mahendra Verman I 45. Era in space exploration began with discovery of ? (b) Narsingh Verman I (A) Aeroplanes (B) cycle (c) Nandi Verman II (C) Rocket (D) heat engine (d) Dandi Verman 46. The famous ‘Tulsi Samman’ from Madhya Pradesh 30. Who did Persian translation of Geeta? Government is given in which of the following (a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar fields? (c) Murad (d) Dara Shikoh (a) Folk arts (b) Literature 31. Which Portuguese Governor is responsible for (c) Music (d) Hindi abolition of sati custom in Goa ? 47. The famous ‘Kalidas samman’ from Madhya (a) Albuquerque (b) Cabral Pradesh Government is not given in which of the (c) Almeida (d) De Braganza following fields? 32. Which country adopted the policy of Dual Citizenship - (a) Classical Music (b) Classical Dance (a) India (b) Singapore (c) Literature (d) Theatre (c) Austria (d) U.S.A. 48. ‘Kumar Gandharva Event’ is organised at which of 33. Which strait connects Red Sea and Mediterranean the following place in Madhya Pradesh? sea- (a) Gwalior (b) Indore (a) Panama canal (b) Suez canal (c) Bhopal (d) Dewas (c) Palk strait (d) Bering strait 49. Which place in Madhya Pradesh is known for 34. Who exercises the actual executive power under the ‘Festival of Dances’? parliamentary form of Government- (a) Orchha (b) Khajuraho (a) Parliament (b) Prime Minister & Council (c) Bhopal (d) Chanderi (c) President (d) Bureaucracy 50. ‘Makhanlal chaturvedi Event’ is held in which city 35. From which year was the FEMA promulgated - of Madhya Pradesh? (a) 2003 (b) 2002 (a) Jabalpur (b) Khandwa (c) 2000 (d) 1999 (c) Bhopal (d) Hoshangabad 36. What are ‘Ranjit Sub-1’ and ‘Bahadur Sub-1’ ? 51. Who among the following poet/poetess is well (a) Two fighter planes (b) Two submarines known for his work ‘Brahmarakshas’? (c) Two new varieties of paddy crops (a) Harishankar Parsai (d) Two new varieties of wheat (b) Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh 37. An ice cube is floating in a glass of water. What (c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan happens to the water level when the ice melts. It - (d) Nida Fazli (a) rises (b) falls 52. Who among the following received Sahitya (c) remains the same (d) first rises and then falls Academy award in 1955 for his/her work ‘Him 38. The first Indian State to start State Data Centre Tarangini’? (SDC) is - (a) Harishankar Parsai (a) Telangana (b) Rajasthan (b) Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Himachal Pradesh (c) Subhadra Kumari chauhan 39. Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'? (d) Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 53. Which is the longest State Highway of Madhya (b) Govindra Ballabh Pant Pradesh? (c) Guru Golvalkar (a) SH-17 (b) SH-18 (c) SH-19 (d) SH-20 (d) Mahatma Gandhi 54. Which of the following district of Madhya Pradesh 40. Disaster Management Institute , Bhopal was established in ? do not share border with Rajasthan? (a) 2007 (b) 1990 (c) 1987 (d) 1984 (a) Guna (b) Neemuch (c) Alirajpur (d) Mandsaur

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55. Which river of Madhya Pradesh is considered as the 64. Consider the following statements about ‘HAUSLA- least polluted river of India ? 2018’ : (a) Chambal (b) Narmada 1. It is the National Festival for Children of Child (c) Shipra (d) Tapti Care Institutions (CCIs). 56. Who has been awarded the top prize of mathematics 2. It aims to provide a national platform to victims of child abuse. 'Abel' for 2019 ? 3. The theme for the event is ‘Child Safety’? (a) Maryam Mirzakhani Which of the statements given above are (b) Peter D. Lax correct? (c) Andrew J. Wills (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 and 3 only (d) Karen Uhlenbeck (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 57. What is the name of the private sector alliance for 65. Which of the following is the source of Cosmic disaster resilient communities set up by India ? Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)? (a) SATAR (b) INDOS (A) Black holes (B) Supernovae (c) ARISE (d) India Resillient (C) Pulsars (D) Cosmic Dawn 58. Who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of 66. With reference to Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicles, Goa after Manohar Parrikar's demise ? consider the following statements: (a) Sudini Dhavikar (b) Vijay Sardesai 1. They use a modified internal combustion engine to turn the wheels. (c) Pramod Sawant (d) Shripad Nayak 2. They emit only water as a byproduct. 59. In which article of constitution, provision of "Equal Which of the statement given above is/are Pay for Equal Work" has been mentioned ? correct? (a) Article 37 (b) Article 38 (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (c) Article 39 (d) Article 40 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 60. In order to further deepen digital payments and 67. In which of the following Asian countries the the enhance financial inclusion through Financial largest area under rainforest is found ? Technology, which committee has been formed by (A) India (B) Myanmar the Reserve Bank of India ? (C) Indonesia (D) Sri Lanka (a) Mohan Das Pai committee 68. Consider the following statements about Goat (b) Nandan Nilekani committee Plague: 1. It is a viral disease. (c) NR Narayana Murthy committee 2. This disease is directly transmitted from animals (d) Raghuram Rajan committee to humans and causes breathing-related 61. Which of the following tribal communities are problems. found in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ? 3. There is no vaccine available to prevent the 1. Onge 2. Jarawa disease. 3. Sentinelese 4. Shompen Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 only below: (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1 2 and 3 (A) 2 and 3 only (B) 1, 3 and 4 only 69. Kerch Strait connects which of the following? (C) 2, 3 and 4 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (A) Black sea to the Sea of Azov 62. With reference to Financial Stability and (B) Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea Development Council (FSDC), consider the (C) Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman following statements : (D) Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. 1. The Chairman of the FSDC is the Governor of 70. Consider the following statements about the Reserve Bank of India. GROWTH-India telescope: 2. Its aim is to enhance inter-regulatory 1. The telescope is located at the Indian co-ordination. Astronomical Observatory (IAO) in Ladakh. Which of the statement given above is/are correct? 2. It is the country’s first robotic telescope. (A) 1 only (B) 2 only 3. It aims to capture cosmic events occurring in (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 timescales much shorter than light years. 63. With reference to Global Cooling Prize, Consider Which of the statements given above is/are correct? the following statements : (A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 only 1. It is an award given to incentivize climate- (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 friendly residential cooling solutions. 71. Consider the following statement regarding Ganges 2. The prize is supported by Mission innovation. Dolphin :- Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (1) It is found in India only. (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (2) It is a mammal and cannot breathe in the (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 water.

(3) It has been classified as Endangered in the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species.

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Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 2 and 3 only (b) 3 only below: (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 3 only 71. Consider the following statements : (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 (1) In India, mangroves are distributed along 78. Which of the following items is/are usually basic the eastern coast only. (alkaline) in nature? 1. Toothpaste 2. Distilled water (2) Mangrove wood is highly durable as it 3. Baking soda contains tannin. Select the correct answer using the code given (3) Mangroves attract honey bees and below: facilitate apiculture activities. (A) 3 only (B) 1 and 3 only Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (C) 2 and 3 only (D) None of the above (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only 79. Which of the following is/are used as primary (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 disinfectants in treating wastewater? 1. Chlorine 2. Ozone 73. Why the food cooked in a pressure cooker takes less 3. Ultraviolet light 4. Monochloramine time and consumes lesser amount of water than Select the correct answer using the code given other conventional cooking methods? below: (A) Pressure cooker represents an isolated system in (A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 only thermodynamics that allows no mass and heat to (C) 1, 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 be transferred out of the system. 80. If you get stung by a honey bee, then which one (B) The pressure inside the pressure cooker is higher among the following would be best medication for due to which the boiling point of water the same? decreases. (A) Antibiotic (B) Acidic Vinegar (C) Latent heat of sublimation increases inside the (C) Fresh pine needles (D) Baking soda pressure cooker due to higher pressure. 81. Consider the following statements: (D) The boiling point of water increases inside the 1. A Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha which pressure cooker due to higher pressure. has not been passed by the Lok Sabha shall 74. Consider the following statements regarding Sound lapse on dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Waves: 1. They travel faster in outer space than on earth. 2. A Bill pending in Parliament shall lapse by 2. They travel faster through solids than in liquids reason of the prorogation of the Houses. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? and gases. ½ 3. The speed of these waves decreases with (A) Only 1 (B Only 2 increase in temperature. (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 82. Which of the following diseases is NOT a bacterial (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2 only disease? (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 (A) Pneumonia (B) Typhoid 75. Which of the following situation(s) will result in (C) Malaria (D) Tetanus zero work done? 83. Match List I with List II and select the correct 1. A man with some weight over his head moving in horizontal direction. answer using the codes given below: 2. A person sitting on sofa and watching List I List II television. A. Annual Financial 1. Article 110 Select the correct answer using the code given Statement below: B. Supplementary 2. Article 112 (A) 1 only (B) 2 only grants (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 C. Appropriation Bill 3. Article 114 76. Which of the following statements is/are correct D. Definition of 4. Article 115 regarding weight of a human body? 'Money Bill' 1. It decreases as one moves inside the earth Codes: A B C D towards the centre. (A) 2 3 4 1 2. It is higher at poles than that at equator. (B½ 1 4 3 2 3. It is always greater than the mass of the body. ¼C) 2 4 3 1 Select the correct answer using the code given (D) 1 3 4 2 below: 84. Consider the following statements regarding (A) 2 only (B) 1 and 2 only Viruses: (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 1. They are non-living and made up of DNA or 77. When a sound wave goes from one medium into RNA. another, which of the following quantities do/does 2. They can replicate and reproduce on their own. Not Change with change in medium? 3. Dengue is a viral disease. 1. Velocity 2. Wavelength 3. Frequency

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Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 3. No private member bill has been passed in the (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2 only parliament till date. (C) 1 and 3 only (D) 2 and 3 only Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 85. Which of the following factors affect Transpiration? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2 only 1. Wind Velocity (C) 1 and 3 only (D) None of the above 2. Atmospheric pressure 91. Consider the following pairs: 3. Light Deficiency Disease Select the correct answer using the code given 1. Vitamin E - Pellagra below: 2. Vitamin A - Night Blindness (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 1 and 3 only 3. Vitamin D - Rickets (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 4. Vitamin C - Scurvy 86. With reference to the occurrence and distribution of Which of the pairs given above are correctly matter in the universe, consider the following matched? statement: (A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2, 3 and 4 only 1. Visible matter makes up a majority of the (C) 2 and 3 only (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 universe. 92. With reference to ‘Asia Environment Enforcement 2. The expansion of the universe is attributed to Awards 2018’, consider the following statements: Dark energy 1. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has been given Which of the statements given above is/are correct? this award for successfully implementing (A) 1 only (B) 2 only Project Tiger. (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 2. The award is given by the United Nations 87. Consider the following statements regarding Environment Programme. ‘PAISA’ Portal: Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 1. It is a centralized electronic platform for (A) 1 only (B) 2 only processing interest subvention on bank loans to (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya 93. With which religion is Kalika Purana associated ? Yojana. (a) Vaishnavism (b) Shaktism 2. It is designed and developed by National (c) Buddhism (d) Jainism Payments Corporation of India. 94. The ancestors of Shungas originated from Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) Magadha (b) Prayag (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (c) Ujjain (d) Saurashtra (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 95. Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for 88. Which of the following is/are correct in respect of guarding on borders of which countries ? 'Zero Hour' discussion? 1. It is not directed against individual (a) Pakistan and Nepal Minister (b) Pakistan and Bhutan 2. It covers questions raised over matters of (c) Pakistan and Bangladesh public importance. (d) Pakistan and China Select the correct answer using the codes given 96. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, the below: Governor has the power to promulgate ordinances (A) Only 1 (B½ Only 2 during recess of Legislature ? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 155 (b) 156 (c) 212 (d) 213 89. Which of the following committees are helped by 97. 'En Passant' is related to which game ? the CAG in their work of exercising Parliamentary (a) Billiards (b) Snooker control over the executive? (c) Carrom (d) Chess 1. Public Accounts Committee 98. The player who was awarded with Arjuna Award, 2. Committee of Privileges Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 3. Estimates Committee Award and Padma Shri is 4. Committee on Public Undertakings (a) Abhinav Bindra (b) Sachin Tendulkar Select the correct answer by using the codes given (c) Prakash Padukone below: (d) Pullela Gopichand (A) 1 and 4 (B½ 1, 2 and 4 99. Which of the following is a medicinal crop ? (C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 2, 3 and 4 (a) Sugarcane (b) Aloe vera 90. Recently Private Member’s Bill was in news, consider the following statements regarding it: (c) Cotton (d) Mahua 1. A private member bill can be introduced in Lok 100. When is the 'International Earth Day' celebrated ? Sabha only. (a) 20th April (b) 5th June 2. It is a bill by any member of parliament other (c) 22nd April (d) 3rd March than a Minister.

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