Set-A Roll Number: Room No. Name of the Student: ............................................................................................................................. Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal General Knowledge Test (February 2020) GK-IV Duration: 30 Min. Max. Marks: 50 Note: Separate OMR SHEET for marking the correct options of Question Paper is provided. Mark your option on the OMR sheet by properly darkening the circle. iz’u&i= ds iz’uksa ds lgh fodYi vafdr djus ds fy;s i`Fkd OMR 'khV nh xbZ gSA vius fodYi blh OMR 'khV ij iw.kZ :i ls xksys dks Hkj dj vafdr djsaA Q-01: Who is the new Army Chief of India? Hkkjr ds u, lsuk izeq[k dkSu gSa\ (A) V.K. Singh oh-ds- flag (B) Praveen Bakshi izoh.k c['kh (C) Dalbir Singh Suhag nychj flag lqgkx (D) Manoj Mukund Naravane eukst eqdqan ujous Q-02: Which city topped the Swachha Survekshan League 2020 for first and second quarters in the 10 lakhs plus population category? 10 yk[k ls vf/kd dh tula[;k Js.kh esa igyh vkSj nwljh frekgh ds fy, LoPN loZs{k.k yhx 2020 esa dkSu lk 'kgj 'kh"kZ ij jgk\ (A) Jamshedpur te’ksniqj (B) Ranchi jkaph (C) Indore bankSj (D) Amravati vejkorh Q-03: What is India’s current rank in the global economy? oSf’od vFkZO;oLFkk esa Hkkjr dh orZeku jSad D;k gS\ (A) 3rd (B) 4th (C) 5th (D) 6th Q-04: What is India’s rank in the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2019-20? lrr~ fodkl y{; lwpdkad 2019&20 esa Hkkjr dh jSad D;k gS\ (A) 35 (B) 41 (C) 49 (D) 57 Q-05: Which state topped in the recently released “India State of Forest Report 2019” for the highest growth in forest area in the country? ns’k esa ou {ks= esa lokZf/kd o`f) ds fy, gky gh esa tkjh ^^bafM;k LVsV vkWQ QkWjsLV fjiksVZ 2019** esa dkSu&lk jkT; 'kh"kZ ij gS\ (A) Karnataka dukZVd (B) Chhattisgarh NRrhlx<+ (C) Kerala dsjy (D) Telangana rsyaxkuk Q-06: Which country recorded the highest number of babies born globally on New Year’s Day? fdl ns’k us uoo"kZ ds fnu fo’o esa lcls vf/kd f’k’kqvksa dk tUe ntZ fd;k\ (A) China phu (B) Indonesia baMksusf’k;k (C) India Hkkjr (D) Vietnam fo;ruke Q-07: The birth anniversary of Shri Guru Govind Singh Ji is celebrated on which date? Jh xq:xksfoUn flag th dh t;arh fdl frfFk dks eukbZ tkrh gS\ (A) 1st January (B) 2nd January (C) 3rd January (D) 4th January Q-08: Which app has been launched by RBI for visually challenged persons to identify new currency notes? n`f"Vckf/kr O;fDr;ksa ds fy, RBI }kjk dkSulk ,si ykWUp fd;k x;k gS ftlls u, djsalh uksVksa dh igpku dh tk lds\ (A) VISMONEY (B) MONEY (C) MANI (D) BLIND Q-09: The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the year of which one of the following topics? fo’o LokLF; laxBu us 2020 dks fuEu esa ls fdl fo"k; ds :i esa ukfer fd;k gS\ (A) The Nurse and the Midwife ulZ vkSj nkbZ (B) The Sustainable Tourism for Development fodkl ds fy, laiks"k.kkh; LFkk;h i;ZVu (C) The Light and Light-based Technologies n ykbV ,aM ykbV&csLM VsDuksykWftl (D) The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements jklk;fud rRoksa dh vkorZ lkj.kh Q-10: Which country has appointed Esmail Qaani as the new Quds Force Commander of IRGC? fdl ns’k us bLekby dSuh dks IRGC dk u;k dqn`l cy dekaMj fu;qDr fd;k gS\ (A) Israel bt+jkby (B) Qatar drj (C) Iran bZjku (D) Pakistan ikfdLrku Number of printed pages: 4 1 Set-A Q-11: Which of the following material is used in pencils? Iksafly esa fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl inkFkZ dk mi;ksx fd;k tkrk gS\ (A) Graphite xzsQkbV (B) Silicon flfydkWu (C) Charcoal pkjdksy (D) Phosphorous QkWLQksjl Q-12: Light year is a measurement of ……….. izdk'k o"kZ ----------- dk ekiu gSA (A) speed of aeroplanes foekuksa dh xfr (B) speed of light izdk’k dh xfr (C) stellar distances rkjdh; nwfj;k¡ (D) speed of rockets jkWdsV dh xfr Q-13: In an atomic explosion, enormous energy is released, which is due to ………….. ,d ijek.kq foLQksV esa] Hkkjh ÅtkZ fudyrh gS] tks ----------- ds dkj.k gksrh gSA (A) conversion of chemical energy into heat energy jklk;fud ÅtkZ dk Å"ek ÅtkZ esa :ikajr.k (B) conversion of mechanical energy into nuclear energy ;kaf=dh ÅtkZ dk ijek.kq ÅtkZ esa :ikarj.k (C) conversion of mass into energy nzO;eku dk ÅtkZ esa :ikarj.k (D) conversion of neutrons into protons U;wVªkWu dk izksVkWu esa :ikarj.k Q-14: Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of: ijek.kq fo[k.Mu ------------- ds vlj ds dkj.k gksrk gSA (A) neutron U;wVªkWu (B) proton izksVkWu (C) deuteron M~;wVjkWu (D) electron bysDVªkWu Q-15: Optic fibers are mainly used for which of the following? vkWfIVd Qkbcj eq[; :i ls fuEu esa ls fdlds fy, mi;ksx fd, tkrs gSa\ (A) Musical instruments laxhr okn~;;a= (B) Food industry [kkn~; m|ksx (C) Weaving cqukbZ (D) Communication lapkj Q-16: The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called: Hkwty nks vHksn~; ijrksa ds chp gks ldrk gSA bl izdkj ds vkc) ty dks dgk tkrk gS% (A) Artesian vkVZsfl;u (B) Artesian well vkVZsfl;u dqavk (C) Unconfined groundwater vlhfer Hkwty (D) Confined groundwater lhfer Hkwty Q-17: The largest part of our hydrosphere is: gekjs tye.My dk lcls cM+k fgLlk gS% (A) Atlantic Ocean vVykafVd egklkxj (B) Indian Ocean fgan egklkxj (C) Pacific Ocean iz’kkar egklkxj (D) Antarctica Ocean vaVkdZfVdk egklkxj Q-18: The imaginary axis at which the earth rotates remains inclined at an angle of ……… to the plane of earth’s orbit. og dkYifud v{k] ftl ij i`Foh ?kwerh gS] i`Foh ds d{kk ds lery ls ------ ds dks.k ij >qdh jgrh gSA (A) 44 ½° (B) 55 ½° (C) 66 ½° (D) 0° Q-19: The ratio of width to its length of our National Flag is: gekjs jk"Vªh; /ot dh pkSM+kbZ dk yEckbZ ls vuqikr gS% (A) 3:5 (B) 2:3 (C) 2:4 (D) 3:4 Q-20: Which of the following is a solo dance? fuEufyf[kr esa ls dkSu&lk ,dy u`R; gS\ (A) Ottan Thullal vksV~Vu FkqYy (B) Kuchipudi dqfpiqM++h (C) Yakshagana ;{kxku (D) Odissi vksfMlh Q-21: ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India? ^e/kqcuh*] yksd fp=ksa dh ,d 'kSyh] Hkkjr esa fufEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jkT; esa yksdfiz; gS\ (A) Uttar Pradesh mRrjizns’k (B) Rajasthan jktLFkku (C) Madhya Pradesh e/;izns’k (D) Bihar fcgkj Q-22: The treaty of Srirangapatna was signed between Tipu Sultan and ………. JhjaxiVu dh laf/k ij Vhiw lqYrku vkSj -------------- ds chp gLrk{kfjr gqbZ FkhA (A) Robert Clive jkWcVZ Dykbo (B) Cornwallis dkWuZokWfyl (C) Dalhousie MygkSth (D) Warren Hastings okjsu gsfLVaXl Q-23: To which of the following dynasties, did King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, belong? lkfgR; vkSj dyk ds egku laj{kd jktk Hkkst fuEufyf[kr esa ls fdl jktoa’k ls lEcfU/kr Fks\ (A) Karkota djdksVk (B) Utpala mRiy (C) Parmar ijekj (D) Gurjar Pratihar xqtZj izfrgkj Q-24: Vikramaditya, a King of Ujjain, started the Vikrama Samvat in 58 BC in commemoration of his victory over... mTtSu ds jktk foØekfnR; us ------------- ij viuh fot; ds miy{; esa 58 bZlk iwoZ esa foØe laor dh 'kq:vkr dh FkhA (A) Indo-Greeks baMks xzhd (B) Sakas 'kd (C) Parthinas ikFkhZukl (D) Kushanas dq"kk.k Number of printed pages: 4 2 Set-A Q-25: The language of discourse of Gautama Buddha was: xkSre cq) ds izopuksa dh Hkk"kk Fkh% (A) Bhojpuri Hkkstiqjh (B) Magadhi ex/kh (C) Pali ikyh (D) Sanskrit laLd`r Q-26: Velu Thampi led a revolt against the British in the state of ………….. osyq FkEih us fczfV’k ds f[kykQ fonzksg dk usr`Ro ---------- jkT; esa fd;k FkkA (A) Travancore =ko.kdksj (B) Baroda cM+kSnk (C) Hyderabad gSnjkckn (D) Mysore eSlwj Q-27: Who wrote ‘War and Peace’? ^okj ,aM ihl* iqLrd fdlus fy[kh gS\ (A) Leo Tolstoy fy;ks VkWYLVkW; (B) Mahatma Gandhi egkRek xka/kh (C) Charles Dickens pkYlZ fMdsal (D) Kipling fdifyax Q-28: Who directed the film ‘1942: a love story’? fQYe ^1942% , yo LVksjh* dk funZs’ku fdlus fd;k\ (A) Mahesh Bhatt egs’k HkV~V (B) Vidhu Vinod Chopra fo/kq fouksn pksiM+k (C) Yash Chopra ;’k pksiM+k (D) Ketan Mehta dsru esgrk Q-29: In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate? Ikksyks dk [ksy fdl Hkkjrh; jkT; esa 'kq: gqvk Fkk\ (A) Meghalaya es?kky; (B) Rajasthan jktLFkku (C) Manipur ef.kiqj (D) West Bengal if’pe caxky Q-30: What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly? ge nks ;k nks ls vf/kd dEI;wVjksa ds laxzg dks D;k dgrs gSa tks ,d nwljs dh lhfer nwjh ij fLFkr gksrs gSa vkSj tks ,d nwljs ls izR;{k ;k vizR;{k :i ls tqM+s gksrs gSa\ (A) Internet baVjusV (B) Intranet baVªkusV (C) Local Area Network yksdy ,fj;k usVodZ (D) Wide Area Network okbM ,fj;k usVodZ Q-31: ‘.JPG’ extension refers usually to what kind of file? ‘.JPG’ ,DlVsa’ku vkerkSj ij fdl rjg dh Qkby ds fy, mi;ksx gksrk gS\ (A) System File flLVe Qkby (B) Animation/Movie File ,uhes’ku@fQYe Qkby (C) MS Encarta Document ,e,l ,udkVkZ nLrkost+ (D) Image File Nfo Qkby Q-32: The method that cannot be used for removing permanent hardness of water is: ikuh dh LFkk;h dBksjrk dks nwj djus ds fy, ftl fof/k dk mi;ksx ugha fd;k tk ldrk gS] og gS% (A) adding sodium carbonate lksfM;e dkcksZusV feykuk (B) distillation vklou (C) adding caustic soda dkfLVd lksMk feykuk (D) boiling mckyuk Q-33: The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is: gjs Qy dks d`f=e :i ls idkus ds fy, iz;qDr xSl gS% (A) ethylene ,fFkyhu (B) ethane bZFksu (C) carbon dioxide dkcZu MkbvkWDlkbM (D) acetylene ,flfVyhu Q-34: The Central Rice Research Institute is located at … .