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Question Paper Name : GSMACAS Subject Name : General Studies and Mental Ability Creation Date : 2020-09-23 13:48:52 Duration : 150 Number of Questions : 150 Total Marks : 150 Display Marks: Yes Share Answer Key With Delivery Engine : No Actual Answer Key : Yes Calculator : None Magnifying Glass Required? : No Ruler Required? : No Eraser Required? : No Scratch Pad Required? : No Rough Sketch/Notepad Required? : No Protractor Required? : No Show Watermark on Console? : Yes Highlighter : No Auto Save on Console? : Yes General Studies and Mental Ability Group Number : 1 Group Id : 19273226 Is this Group for Examiner? : No General Studies and Mental Ability Section Id : 19273226 Section Number : 1 Section type : Online Mark As Answered Required? : Yes Sub-Section Number : 1 Sub-Section Id : 19273228 Question Shuffling Allowed : Yes Question Number : 1 Question Id : 1927323601 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 In February, 2020 under which initiative was an MoU signed between the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), State Program Management Group-Uttarakhand (SPMG-UK) and Indorama Charitable Trust (ICT) to work together for renovation/ development of the: Options : 1. Ghat at Badrinath and Ghats and Crematoria at Gangotri in Uttarakhand 2. Diverting Ganga to a cleaner site 3. Creating shipping facilities on Ganga 4. Commercialising Ghats on Ganga Question Number : 2 Question Id : 1927323602 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 In which of the following cities was the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held? Options : 1. Delhi 2. Guwahati 3. Jaipur 4. Pune Question Number : 3 Question Id : 1927323603 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 To accelerate the startup ecosystem, which of the following companies launched the 100X100X100 program for B2B SaaS start-ups in India? Options : 1. Google 2. TCS 3. Microsoft 4. IBM Question Number : 4 Question Id : 1927323604 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which state has become the first state in the country to introduce the unified vehicle registration card? Options : 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Manipur 3. Arunachal Pradesh 4. Madhya Pradesh Question Number : 5 Question Id : 1927323605 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 India's 13-year old Grandmaster D Gukesh won the 34th Cannes Open. In which country was this championship organized? Options : 1. South Korea 2. Japan 3. France 4. Philippines Question Number : 6 Question Id : 1927323606 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Jagat Prakash Nadda was on January 20, 2020 elected as the _______ President of the BJP - Bharatiya Janata Party at the national level. Options : 1. 12th 2. 11th 3. 10th 4. 14th Question Number : 7 Question Id : 1927323607 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following was not one of the six themes of the three-day International Conference on “Ensemble Methods in Modelling and Data Assimilation (EMMDA)” that was organised by NCMRWF, MoES from February 24, 2020 at NCMRWF, Noida, India? Options : 1. Ensemble methods in Global Weather Prediction 2. Ensemble methods in Data Assimilation 3. Ensemble methods in Monthly and Seasonal Forecasting 4. Ensemble method for data collection from networking sites for artificial weather regulation Question Number : 8 Question Id : 1927323608 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following departments launched its first start-up project ‘RateMyStay’ in February, 2020 to address perennial problems faced by leading universities, colleges and students alike? Options : 1. Department of Telecommunication 2. Department of Professional Studies, CHRIST 3. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 4. Departments of Health and Family Welfare Question Number : 9 Question Id : 1927323609 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is cause of main cause of the disease Kwashiorkor? Options : 1. Protein deficiency 2. Water deficiency 3. Polluted air and water 4. Viral infection Question Number : 10 Question Id : 1927323610 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 How many classes of levers are there with reference to simple machines? Options : 1. 3 2. 4 3. 5 4. 6 Question Number : 11 Question Id : 1927323611 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Mortar is a mixture of _______ and water that is most often used to build brick or block walls. Options : 1. Sand and cement 2. Cement and small stones 3. Sand and silica 4. Cement and lime Question Number : 12 Question Id : 1927323612 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 A projector for images of both opaque objects and transparencies is called an _______. Options : 1. Epidiascope 2. Anemometer 3. Ammeter 4. Escalator Question Number : 13 Question Id : 1927323613 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is not a type of a Salivary Gland? Options : 1. Parotid gland 2. Sublingual gland 3. Submandibular gland 4. Pineal gland Question Number : 14 Question Id : 1927323614 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is correctly matched pair of physical quantity and its unit? Options : 1. Pressure : pascal 2. Temperature : decibel 3. Intensity of sound : kelvin 4. Depth of sea : watt Question Number : 15 Question Id : 1927323615 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 What is 'Body Mass Index'? Options : 1. It is a person’s mass in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. 2. It is average weight of humans in various age groups. 3. It is ratio of the weight and the age of a person. 4. It is ratio of the fatty acids and age in the human body. Question Number : 16 Question Id : 1927323616 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is incorrect about the ultrasonic waves? Options : 1. These waves are can be used for imaging 2. It cannot be heard by normal human ears 3. The speed of ultrasonic waves is more in denser media 4. The ultrasonic waves can travel through vacuum Question Number : 17 Question Id : 1927323617 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is incorrect about acids? Options : 1. Aqueous solutions of acids are electrolytes 2. Acids have a sour taste 3. Acids can change the colour of certain acid-base indicators 4. Acids do not react with active metals Question Number : 18 Question Id : 1927323618 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Which of the following is a non-essential amino acid? Options : 1. Tyrosine 2. Methionine 3. Tryptophan 4. Threonine Question Number : 19 Question Id : 1927323619 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 To survey on the growth of which of the following was the Hartog Committee established in 1929 by the British Indian government? Options : 1. Administration 2. Famine 3. Education 4. Price of goods Question Number : 20 Question Id : 1927323620 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 Who was the Nizam of the princely state of Hyderabad when a fanatic struggle was carried on by Razakars to carve out the Nizam’s dominions as an independent Muslim-dominated State? Options : 1. Mir Osman Ali Khan 2. Nasir-ud-Daula 3. Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan 4. Afzal-ud-Daula Question Number : 21 Question Id : 1927323621 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question Mandatory : No Negative Marks Display Text : 1/3 Option Orientation : Vertical Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0.33 With which of the following wars was the Commander of the French forces as well as the Governor of the French East India Company 'Count de Lally' associated ? Options : 1.
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