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1. Trickle down theory ignores the impact of economic growth on — Income distribution 2. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India does not audit the receipts and expenditure of — Local Bodies 3. In which year did the Kakori conspiracy case take place? — 1925 4. The Taj Mahal is called ‘a dream in marble’. Which monument is called as ‘a dream in stone’? — The Red Fort 5. Sex-ratio in India is measured as — Number of females per thousand males 6. Companion cells are unique to — Angiosperms 7. Wood is an — Insulator 8. Bubbles of air up through liquids due to — Viscosity and Buoyancy 9. Zeolite is — Hydrated Sodium Aluminium Sili-cate 10. The boiling point of liquids vary as — Pressure varies 11. The largest source of pollution in the world is —Sewage and garbage 12. Which states has the highest literacy rate in India? — Mizoram 13. The minimum number of members that must be present to hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is — One-tenth of the total membership

14. India’s population growth is characterized by — An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate 15. What will you call a system of taxation under which the poorer sections are taxed at higher rates than the richer sections? — Regressive tax 16. The most important function of an interest group is to — Alter government policies to its liking 17. Akbar was assisted by in his initial days as a ruler. — Bairam Khan 18. ______ desert is rich in gold reserves. — Atacama 19. Lacrymal glands are situated in the — Eye orbit 20. The most use of molasses after fermentation is for producing — Ethanol 21. Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere by — Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulphur 22. The dispute over Siachin Glacier is between — India and Pakistan 23. Who wrote the famous line, ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’? — John Keats 24. Who was the first lady Governor of an Indian State? — Mrs. Sarojini Naidu 25. _______ is an application protocol. — HTTP

1. AYUSH stands for — Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Homeopathy 2. ______ was India’s first interplanetary mission. — Mangalyaan Mission 3. Why the Earth is having its own atmosphere? — Gravity

4. Motor skills are associated with which part of the brain? — Frontal lobe 5. Which enzyme is present in all members of the animal kingdom except Protozoa? — Insulin 6. At boiling point of liquids, its — Temperature remains constant

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7. A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of electrons and positive ions is called — Ionosphere 8. In India Excise duty on liquor is levied by — State Government 9. After question hour, a motion moved by a Member of Parliament to draw the attention of Executive for discussing a definite matter of public importance is — Adjournment motion 10. The major objective of monetary policy is to — Promote economic growth with price stability 11. The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was — Lord Mayo 12._____is not the main objective of fiscal policy in India. — To increase liquidity in the economy 13. Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society? — Madam Blavatsky 14. India recently signed land boundary agreement with which country? — Bangladesh 15. _____has been selected on July 27 for the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016. — Bezwada Wilson 16. The first Field Marshall of India was — S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

17. “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s need but not everyman’s greed”. Who said this? — Mahatma Gandhi 18. Who won the first medal for India at the Rio Olympics? — Sakshi Malik 19. The most serious air pollutant causing health hazard is — Sulphur dioxide 20. Helium is added to the oxygen supply of deep sea divers because it is — Less soluble in blood than nitrogen at high pressure 21. Terylene is a condensation polymer of ethylene glycol and which acid? — Terephthalic acid 22. In IT, _____ means that data avilable in the database is both accurate and consistent — Data Integrity 23. On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because — Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass 24. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is — Maldives 25. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament is appointed by the — Speaker of Lok Sabha

1. Banks earn interest on — Loans 2. Which is the most important factor that determines whether advertising by manufacturing sector will lead to higher sales? — The product can be differentiated 3. Supreme Court of India is — Court of Appeal, Federal Court, Guardian of the Constitution 4. Who was the revolutionary leader who ended his days as a Swami of Ramakrishna Mission — Jatindranath Bandopadhyay 5. The “Red Shirts” movement was led by? — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

6. In the context of non-conventional energy, what is the meaning of ‘OTE’? — Ocean Thermal Energy 7. The atomic bomb is based on the principle of — Uncontrolled nuclear fission 8. Systems running more than one process concurrently are called — Multiprogramming 9. Butter is colloid formed when — Fat globules are dispersed in water 10. Charcoal can be made at home by burning — Wood in absence of air 11. Depletion of ozone layer causes — Skin cancer

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12. SMOG is a combination of — Smoke and fog 13. ATM is the abbreviated form of — Automated Teller Machine 14. The Chairman of NITI Ayog is — Prime Minister 15. The film ‘Phoolan Devi’ was directed by — Shekhar Kapoor 16. MNREGA scheme was started by — UPA Government 17. We are able to walk on earth without slipping be-cause of — Frictional force 18. Majority of the fungal bionts of lichens belong to — Ascomycetes 19. Cockroach has vascular system. — Open 20. The warm and cold ocean currents are caused by — Prevailing winds, Earth’s Rotation, Variation in density of sea water

21. Who was known as the Second founder of the Maratha Empire? — Balaji Vishwanath 22. Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of ‘Ram Rajya’ was — A stateless society 23. Credit Rationing in India is done by — RBI 24. The human faces is yellow in colour due to the presence of a pigment called — Urobilin 25. Where are coins minted in India? — Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabod, NOIDA

1. What is the phenomenon which established the trans-verse nature of light? — Polarisation 2. What is the name of a memory buffer used to accommodate a speed differential? — Cache 3. What is contained in Chlorophyll? — Magnesium 4. Epigraphy is the study of? — Inscriptions 5. Who won the Women’s Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016? — Serena Williams 6. In which field is B.C Roy Award given? — Medicine 7. What is Damodar Valley Corporation — Statutory body 8. Which is the highest Gallantry Award in India? — Param Vir Chakra 9. Who was recently appointed as the first woman president of Nepal? — Bidhya Devi Bhandari 10 In which field is Pulitzer prize awarded for outstanding work? — Literature and Journalism

11. Why is Carbon Monoxide a pollutant? — Reacts with Haemoglobin 12. Why is Rana of Kutch of India famous for? — Tidal and flats 13. Commercial banks lead to ______ Priority Sectors. — Agriculture, Small Scale Industries 14. What is the accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India? — July-June 15. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun? — Aphelion 16. The biogas used for cooking is a mixture of — Methane & Carbon Dioxide 17. Who was the first women speaker of Lok Sabha? — Meera Kumar 18. _______ wind blows from the Mediterranean sea to the North western parts of India. — Western disturbances 19. Azolla increases soil fertility for — Rice cultivation 20. Planning Commission was a ______ body. — Non Statutory

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21. What is the popular name of Monolithic rock shrines at Mahabalipuram? — Rathas 22. What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current into direct current? — Rectifier 23. Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly? — Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat

24. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer? — Stratosphere 25. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located? — Pacific Ocean

1. In a parliamentary form of Government — The Executive is responsible to the Legislature 2. Who addresses first session of Parliament after each General Election? — President of India 3. Who was the editor of Sandhya Patrika? — B. B. Upadhyaya 4. Silk worm feed on — Mulberry leaves 5. _____ has been appointed the new Coach of the Indian Cricket team by the BCCI recently. — Anil Kumble 6. What is the product formed when sodium bicarbonate is heated strongly? — Sodium Carbonate 7. Mission Indradhanush- a programme introduced recently in the country by the NDA Government is related to — Systematic immunization of children against disease 8. ______ has been honoured by a special Oscar. — Satyajit Ray 9. What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account? — Deficit budgeting 10. Disguised unemployment India is mainly related to — Agricultural sector 11. Right to free education to all has not been guaranteed by — Indian Constitution 12. Wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a — Bay 13. Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from — Sutlej river

14. The sexual reproductive organs of aspergillus are — Antheridium and Ascogonium 15. Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because — They are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable 16. X-ray have _____ penetrating power. — High 17. ______ changes each time it is installed to avoid by antivirus software. — Polymorphic virus 18. ______ is effective in controlling water pollution caused by industrial effluents. — Parthenium 19. ______ is also called as World Bank — IBRD 20. The book entitled, ‘Playing it my way’ has been authored by — Sachin Tendulkar 21. OPEC is an example of — Cartel 22. Sullage water is — Waste water released from kitchen 23. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? — Sucheta Kriplani 24. The most pure form of coal is — Anthracite 25. Chalukya temples (Jain temples) at Dilwara are situated in — Rajasthan

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1. ______ has the lowest birth rate in India. — Sikkim 2. The Secretariat of SAARC is set up at — Kathmandu 3. The outermost range of Himalayas are called — Shiwaliks 4. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance? — Raja Rammohan Roy 5. The longest river of peninsular India is — Godavari 6. ______ gives hardness to stainless steel. — Carbon 7. ______ is responsible for transfer of food and other substances in plants. — Phloem 8. The Washing Machine works on the principle of — Centrifugation 9. RAM is a type of memory. — Volatile 10. The correct description of the term sex-ratio as used in the context of the census of population is — Number of females per 1000 males 11. The atomic power station in Rajasthan is situated at — Rawatbhata 12. The Sahitya Akademi Award are given for best writings in how many Indian languages? — 24 13. Right to Privacy comes under — Article 14. 14. 14. The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was — Manucci

15. The GST (Goods and Services Tax), recently passed by Government will also be levied — Tobacco 16. Who was elected the Prime Minister of Nepal recently? — Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda 17. Which lobe of human brain is associated with hearing? — Temporal lobe 18. Leas Sulphate is ______ in water — Insoluble 19.Activated Charcoal is used to remove colouring matter from pure substances by — Adsorption 20. Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution by — Radioactive waste 21. Which material caused radioactive pollution along the coast of Kerala? — Thorium 22. In mammals, an important role of excretion is played by — Kidneys 23. The Second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural output to promote — Inclusive growth 24. _____ causes rainfall during winters in the north-western part of India — Western Disturbances 25. The ‘Blue Water Policy’ was introduced by the Portugese leader — Franscisco-de-Almeida

1. ______ is not a member of the National Develop-ment Council. — The President of India 2. The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base increases is called — Progressive tax 3. The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis of — Producer

4. The founding father of “Theory of bureaucracy” was — Max Weber 5. The United Nations Organisation came into existence in — 1945 6. Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint? — Sheikh Mubarak 7. French revolution broke out in the year — 1789

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8. The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book — Anandmath 9. Which mosquito is the carrier of Zika virus? — Aedes 10. Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in — Iceland 11. Root cap is derived from — Calyptrogen 12. The blotting technique used to identify the isolated protein is — Western blotting 13. Morphology of Chromosomes can be best studied at — Metaphase 14. The ‘Choke’ used with a tube light is basically — An Inductor 15. Curie is an unit of — Radioactivity 16. In Networks, WEP stands for — Wired Equivalent Privacy 17. For extinguishing fire, we use — Carbon Dioxide 18. The chemical name of quartz is — Sodium Silicate

19. Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is — Western Ghats 20. The biggest reserves of Thorium are in — India 21. Which country became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia? — Netherlands 22. Which _____ country won Euro Cup 2016 (Foot-ball)? — Portugal 23. Shivkumar Sharma is famous for playing — Santoor 24. Who is popularly known as ‘Blade Runner’? — Oscar Carl Pistorious 25. FCRA administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs stands for — Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

1. Silver gets corroded due to ________ in air — Hydrogen Sulphide 2. Uranium is a ______ element. — Radioactive 3. Right to Constitutional Remedies comes under — Fundamental Rights 4. Which of the digestive organ contains acid? — Stomach 5. Which country is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar? — Sri Lanka 6. Which fibre is considered as the strongest natural fibre? —Silk 7. Purpose of an optical fiber is to — Transmit or absorb light of different colours 8. Excess 3 - code is not a — Weighted Code 9. ‘Residex’ is associated with — Land prices 10. Ozone saves the biosphere by absorbing high energy radiations called — Ultraviolet rays (UV)

11. Birju Maharaj is a well known exponent of — Kathak 12. In the absence of the earth’s atmosphere, sky would appear — Black 13. The first Woman Prisident of the Indian National Congress was — Annie Besant 14. Programme meet the credit needs of poor women. — Rashtriya Mahila Kosh 15. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India submits his report relating to the accounts of the Union to the — President 16. The first Buddhist council was held at — Rajagriha 17. Where do the Western and Easterm Ghats meet? — Nilgiri Hills 18. Who was the founder of the Satvahana Empire? — Simuka 19. Indian National Congress split for the first time in its session at — Surat 20. Silica gel is a — Drying agent 21. Which Superfast train has AC Coach having Braille Signals? — Purushottam Express

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22. Biofertilizers convent Nitrogen to — Ammonia 23. Shiva Thapa is associated with which sport — Boxing

24. The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is — Khaziranga 25. Which country recently voted to leave the Euro-pean Union (EU)? — United Kingdom

1. The term ‘Macro Economics’ was used by — Ragner Frisch 2. Who was the first Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University at Aligarh ?— Hakim Ajmal Khan 3. Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature? — Pandyas 4. Where in India was the first French factory established? — Surat 5. Which algorithm is used to decide the path to transfer the packets form source to destination? —Routing 6. Silver is an _____ conductor. — Good 7. Which mechanism is used by the computer virus ‘worm’ to duplicate itself? — Spawn 8. The first Commonwealth Games in 1930 was held in which country? — Canada 9. The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called — Continental Shelf 10. The aim of Differentiated Interest Scheme was to provide concessional loans to — Weaker section of the society 11. Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring — Wind speed 12. Tax on inheritance is called — Estate duty 13. The silver coin ‘tanka’ was introduced by — Itutmish

14. Which international prizes-awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of Journalism? — Pulitzer Prize 15. The country which tops in the production of cocoa is — Ghana 16. Increased RBC’s in the blood leads to a condition called — Polycythemia 17. The spring balance works on the principle of — Hooke’s Law 18. If there were no gravity, will not be there for a fluid. — Upward Thrust 19. Calcium salts used as fertilizer is — Calcium Sulphate 20. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award is given for — International Understanding 21. Which city is called ‘Queen of the Adriatic’? — Venice 22. The liberation of oxygen during photosynthesis is due to — Photolysis of water 23. Red ants produces — Formic Acid 24. Which of Phosphorus is most reactive? — White Phosphorus 25. Zubin Mehta is associated with — Music

1. The minimum short-team natural hazard is — Bolt of lighting 2. DOTS is a treatment given to patients suffering from — Tuberculosis 3. Which dynasty was ruling in Vijaynagar empire at the time of the Battle of Talikota? — Tuluva

4. Which Sultan died playing Polo or Chaugan? — Quth-ud-din Aibak 5. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called — Magma 6. Magnesium is a constituent metal of — Chlorophyll molecule 7. Which component is used as an amplifying device? — Transistor

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8. A___ is an agreement between the communicating parties on how communication is to proceed. — Protocol 9. Name the gas used in prepartion of bleaching powder. — Chlorine 10. The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by — Chlorofluorcocarbons 11. Sariska and Ranthambor are the reserves — Tiger 12. The prestigious ‘Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding’ is instituted by — Indian Council for Cultural Relations 13. Phosphorus is kept in water because — Its ignition temperature is very low 14. The famous Dilwara temples of Mount Abu are a sacred pilgrimage place for the — Jains 15. The unit of measurement of Noise is — Decibel 16. The commonly used coolant in refregerators is — Freon 17. The complete form of ‘IC’ in electronics is — Integrated circuit

18. Whom did Gandhiji regard as his political Guru? — Gopal Krishna Gokhale 19. Which Amendment Act, deals with the Elementary Education as a Fundamental Right? — 86th Amendment Act 20. The world’s largest island is — Greenland 21. Sea water is saltier than rain water because — Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea 22. Pannalal Ghosh played which musical instrument? — Flute 23. Rio Summit is associated with — Convention on Biological Diversity 24. Polyploidy arises due to change in the — Number of chromosomes 25. Which South Korean author in May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’? — Han Kang

1. Special Drawing Rights were created by — IMF 2. In which state India’s first Green Rail Corridor was recently launched? — Tamil Nadu 3. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body? — 10º Channel 4. The suicidal bags of the cell are — Lysosomes 5. In arc welding, Arogn is used because of its — Low reactivity with metal 6. In India, which city is also known as ‘City of Palaces’? — Kolkata 7. Inert gases are — Chemically unreactive 8. Chemical name of Vinegar is — Acetic acid 9. Jalikattu is associated with which Indian festival — Pongal 10. Aung San Suu Kyi is the — Foreign Minister of Myanmar

11. The amount of insurance cover provided by Indian Railways for passengers at a premium of Re. 1 is — Rs.10 Lakhs 12. The member of the Rajya Sabha are elected by — Elected members of the Legislative Assembly 13. Eris is a _____ planet. — Dwarf 14. The concept of joint sector implies cooperation between — Public sector and Private sector industries 15. What was the chief objective of the ‘Wahabi movement’? — Purify Islam 16. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in — Uttar Pradesh 17. Who is credited with starting the work on plant tissue culture? — Haberlandt 18. What causes the mottling of the dental enamel? — High levels of fluorides in the water

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19. Which process is responsible for the glitering of air bubble rising through water? — Total Internal Reflection of light 20. In an optical fibre the signal is trasmitted — due to Total Internal Reflection 21. In IT, the method for updating the main memory as soon as a word is removed from the cache is called — Write-back 22. Natural Gas is not a_____ source of energy. — Conventional

23. The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth was — Discovery 24. Selling cost have to be incurred in case of — Monopolistic Competition 25. The earlist reference to Sati Custom is made in which inscriptions? — Eran inscription of Bhanugupta

1. Atomic Number of Gold is — 79 2. Which virus uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate itself? — Worm 3. Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to — That all other colours scatter away except red 4. What is the main purpose of white blood corpuscles? — To combat infection 5. The layer where decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is — Stratosphere 6. At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be — Less than that at sea level 7. Gandhiji’s Satyagraha meant an attachment to which two elements? — Truth and Non-violence 8. What do you mean by ‘Density of Population’? — Number of persons live per square kilometre 9. Service motive is not a feature of ______ economy. — Capitalist 10. Sunita Williams is an — Astronaut 11. Who is the writer of the famous book ‘Kabuliwala’? — Ravindra Nath Tagore 12. The term ‘bully’ is connected with which sport? — Hockey 13. Which wrestler has been the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award recently? — Sushil kumar

14. Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of — Iron dust 15. The term Doab means — A land between two rivers 16. N2O is used as — Anaesthetics 17. Clove is obtained from — Flower buds 18. What is Dakshin Gangotri? — Unmanned station located in Antarctica 19. Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ because — Japan being the Eastern most country in the world, it has earliest sunrise 20. Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir’s reign? — Captain William Hawkins 21. The ‘Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal’ was constituted to resolve the water sharing between — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh 22. In which way the President can assign any of the functions of the Union Government to the State Government? — In Consultation with the Govern-ment of the State 23. Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated? — Delhi 24. Ajanta Caves are situated in — Maharashtra 25. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj? — Dayanand Saraswati

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1. Which Sikh Guru has laid the foundation of Amritsar? — Guru Ram Das 2. In the 42nd Constitutional Amendment 1976, which words were added to the Preamble? — Secular, Socialist, Integrity 3. Which monument is known as “The National Monument of India”? — India Gate 4. Which country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup? — Turkey 5. Tha award which, the famous writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who passed away recently, did not win — Padam Vibhushan 6. Which place is said to be the ‘Manchester of South India’? — Coimbatore 7. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting it with a — High resistance on series 8. In computer processing, ________ selects processes from the pool loads them into memory for execution. — Job Scheduler 9. Name the first cricketer to score 1000 run in an innings in any competitve match — Pranav Dhanawade 10. The beach sands of Kerala are rich in — Thorium 11. During which operating conditions of an automobile, carbon monoxide content in exhaust gas is maximum? — Idle running 12. India’s first Railway University will come up at — Vodadara, Gujarat

13. The Himalayas is the example of — Fold moun-tains 14. The largest irrigation canal in India is — Indira Gandhi Canal 15. Even after sunset, the air near the Earth’s surface continue to receive heat due to — Terrestrial Radiation 16. At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent? — Abhinav Bindra 17. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as — Rift Valley 18. The largest artery in human body is — Aorta 19. An Eudiometer measures — Volume of gases 20. Trinitrotoluene is used as an — Explosive 21. In a cut motion, when the amount of demand is reduced by Rs.100, it known as — Token cut 22. One of the leading producers of Asbestos in the world is — Russia 23. Beighton Cup is associated with which sport? — Hockey 24. If Reserve Bank of India reduces the cash reserve ratio, it will — Increase credit creation 25. Nitrification is the biological processe of converting — Ammonia into nitrite

1. Inflation is a situation characterised by — Too much money chasing too few goods 2. Which journal was published by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa? — Indian Opinion 3. What was the immediate aim of the Treaty of Purander in 1665? — To sow seeds of contention between Shivaji and Sultan of Bijapur

4. Match the following A. Mohenjodaro 1. Statue of a priest B. Harappa 2. Port C. Kalibangan 3. Plough marks D. Lothal 4. The Great Bath — A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 5. Blood is red in colour due to the presence of — Hemoglobin

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6. Which event in a botanical garden is never directly influenced by light? — Fertilization 7. What type of lens is used to correct vision of a person suffering from Myopia? — Concave lens 8. Iodex, a pain relief balm, has the smell of — Methyl Salicyalte 9. Nitrous Oxide is usually not a — Air Pollutant 10. Which country is called the ‘Land of White Elephants’? — Thailand 11. On April 10, 2016, a huge fire broke out during fireworks display at_____ temple of Kerala. — Puttingal 12. Which game was included in Rio Olympic after more than 100_____ years ? — Golf 13. ‘Labour’ in Economics is — A measure of work done by human beings 14. Salmon is a — Fish 15. The disconnected lines drawn on a map for showing slope — Hachure 16. A man standing close to the platform at a railway station experiences a pulling force towards a fast moving train be-cause of —

Pressure difference due to fast moving air in between 17. The Network is overloaded with enormous data sent by many computer within the network. The inability of the net-work to deliver the data is termed as — Congestion 18. Who is referred to as ‘Frontier Gandhi’? — Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 19. Which fuel causes minimum environmental pollution? — Hydrogen 20. ‘Sun Temple’ is situated in the state of — Odisha 21. Vinegar is — Diluted Acetic Acid 22. Open Market Operations refer to — Purchase and sale of Government securities by RBI 23. International ‘Yoga Divas’ is celebrated every year on — 21st June 24. Which Article of Indian Constitution deals with the Right to Equality before Law — Article -14 25. A group of inter-connected islands is known as — Archipelago

1. Chief Ministers of State are members of — National Development Council 2. When the demand for a good increases with an in-crease in income, such a good is called — Superior good 3. Which is the most important raw material for generation of power in India? —Coal 4. Reverse Osmosis is the treatment of — Water Pollution 5. The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected with Parliament through — The Public Accounts Committee 6. The demand of a commodity is a direct demand but demand of a factor of production is called —Derived demand 7. Depreciation is loss in value of — Machinery

8. What is the Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Minar primarily famous for? —Excellent quality steel 9. Harvesting season of Kharif crop in India is —September-October 10. Solid Waste is mostly produced by ______ industry. — Manufacturing 11. Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying drinking water, because - —It is an oxidising agent 12. Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of — Soil & Water 13. Which cells in pancreas produce Insulin? —Islets of Langerhans 14. When we see an object, the image formed on Retina is —Real and inverted 15. C++ is a — Programing Language

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16. Kinetic energy depends on — Both mass and velocity of the moving body 17. In which form is the supplied heat energy stored during change in temperature of substance? —Kinetic energy 18. Atoms of same element having different mass numbers are called —Isotopes 19. Which script was used in Ashoka’s inscriptions? — Brahmi 20. The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which infuenced the Indian National Movement, was taken from — French revolution

21. The Kaushal Kendra (skilling center) under the pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has been inaugurated in the city of — Noida 22. Japanese is not the ______ language of UNO. — Official 23. With the participation in the Rio Olympic who has become the first tennis player in the world to have 7 appearances in Olympics? — Leander Paes 24. How many rings are there in the Olympic flag? —5 25. Indian Army’s School of Artillery is located at — Deolali

1. MUDRA Bank has been launched to help — Small business 2. Which agency controls the insurance business of India? — IRDA 3. The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of resignation to the — Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha 4. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress? — W. C. Banerjee 5. Which writer has called Akbar’s Din-I-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom? — Vincent Smith 6. Which region in India is regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot”? — Western Ghats 7. The Beaufort scale is used to measure — Wind velocity 8. The waste management technique that involves the use of micro-organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from contaminated site is called — Bio remediation 9. In IT networking, which device is used in physical layer? — Repeater 10. The purest form of water in nature is — Rain water 11. The source of energy that causes the least global warming is — Geothermal energy 12. The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to Westerners as the — Big Dipper

13. Bridge is the technique used in — Wrestling 14. Which book is called the ‘Bible of Socialism’? — Das Capital 15. Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb? — North Korea 16. The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) mainly aims at cerating employment opportunities for — Both self employment and wage employment in urban areas 17. Who is known as the ‘Father of Green Revolution” in India? — Norman Borlaug 18. The component used for tuning a radio is basically a variable — Condenser 19. Aluminium is not a _____ atom. — Donor 20. Which political party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose? — Forward Block 21. 0ºK is equivalent to — -273ºC 22. The oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from — Water 23. First national park of India that was established in 1936 was named as — Hailey National Park 24. Who is the 1st Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest? — Arunima Sinha 25. The term “Higgs Boson’ is associated with — God Particle

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1. _______ was not advocated by Mahatma Gandhi. — Heavy Industries 2. The term of a Governor is — 5 Year 3. Who was the founder of Gadar Party — Sohan Singh Bhakna 4. The hormone that stimulates heart beat is — Adrenaline 5. Transformer is a device to convert — Low voltage A.C. into high voltage A.C. 6. _______ is a type of computing that performs computation, storage and even applications as a service across a network. — Cloud Computing 7. The presence of air bubble in blood stream is dangerouus to life because — The flow of blood is obstructed 8. The study of relation of animals and plants to their surroundings is called — Ecology 9. Shiv Thapa is associated with which sport? — Boxing 10. As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of money to the Government of India is — Borrowings and other liabilities 11. According to Malthusian theory of population — Popu-lation increases in geometric ratio, food supply in-creases in arithmetic ratio 12. The weight of an object is maximum — On the poles of the earth 13. ______ plays an important role in photosynthesis. — Chloroplast 14. The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in the case of — Wheat

15. What is a Bank rate? — Rate at which Central bank of a country advances loans to other banks in the country 16. Which ______ tax system will help to reduce economic inequalities in India? — Progressive Tax 17. President of India can be removed from his office by — Parliament 18. A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel duing floods is called — Levee 19. At which stage in its life cycle does the silkworm yield the fiber of commercial use — Pupa 20. Quality of a musical note depends on — Harmonics present 21. The tides in the sea are primarily due to — The gravitational effect of the Moon on the Earth 22. The five permanent members of the UN security council are — China, France, Russia, UK and USA 23. Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which sport? — Golf 24. Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of which Gupta Emperor? — Chandra Gupta 25. What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river? — Valley deepening

1. During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi? — Lord Harding 2. Who was the Court physician of Kanishka? — Charaka 3. The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and Indus river systems is — Ambala

4. Subordiante Courts are supervised by — High Court 5. Which is the World’s top Environmental Conservation Award? — Golden Panda Award 6. A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter by connecting — A high resestance in series

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7. Bee sting contains — An acidic Liquid 8. Which scheduling service is used to handle traffic with different priorities? — QoS traffic scheduling 9. The outer most layer of Sun is known as — Corona 10. Highest percentage of carbon is found in which form of coal? — Anthracite 11. Which country has the largest internet users? — China 12. The xylem in plants are responsible for — Transport of water 13. Which city is the new capital of Seemaandhra? — Amaravati 14. Which state Government has recently abolished “Agriculture income tax”? — Karnataka 15. _____ is not used to calculate National Income. — Matrix method 16. If the name of a tribe has to be excluded from the list of Scheduled Tribe, who has the power for such exclusion — Parliament

17. Project ‘Sankalp’ started for the purpose — To Eliminate AIDS-HIV 18. Ring of Fire is found in — Pacific Ocean 19. Which bacteria causes Crown Gali disease in plants? — Agrobacterium tumefaciens 20. Estachian Tube is located in which part of human body? — Ear 21. Which part of the brain plays an important role in motor control? — Cerebellum 22. The frequency of Direct Current is — Zero 23. The Veda which deals with the rituals is known as — Yajurveda 24. Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Yojana’ is related to — Free distribution of LPG connection to socially backward classes 25. ‘Agronomy’ is the practice of raising — Plants and Animals

1. Besides CO2 , the other green house is — CH4 2. National Income of India is compiled by — Central Statistical Organization 3. The power of the Superme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States falls under its — Original Jurisdiction 4. The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ have been derived from which Upanishad? — Mundaka Upanishad 5. When Granite rocks get metamorphosed, they form — Gneiss 6. Natural Gas is a _____ source of energy. — Commercial 7. Backward bending supply curve belongs to which market? — Labour 8. In IT, associative memory is called as — Content Addressable Memory 9. Addition of suitable empurties into semiconductor, is called — Doping

10. Kyoto Protocol is associated with — Climate change 11. Ebraham Alkazi is an eminent personality in which area? — Theatre 12. Skoda, which launched sedan ‘Rapid’ is an automobile manufacturer based in? — Czech Republic 13. Sattriya is a classical dance form of — Assam 14. P.V. Sindhu defeated Wang Yihan to enter the semi final of women’s’ singles of badminton at the Rio Olympic. Wang Yihan belongs to — China 15. If a budget is defeated in the legislature of a state then — The Council of Ministers along with the Chief Minister has to resign 16. Which paper was edited by Gandhiji in South Africa? — Indian Opinion 17. In which city India’s first water metro project was recently launched? — Kochi 18. Meibomian glands are located in — Eye

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19. In which city is India’s first post office ATM opened — Chennai 20. Arsenic problem in India is primarliy due to — Overexploitation of ground water in the affected area 21. Men’s Singles Wimbledon Championship 2016, is bagged by — Andy Murray 22. Which vitamins are water soluble? — Vit. B & Vit. C 23. In terms of economics, if it is possible to make some-one better-off without making

someone worse-off, then the situation is — Pareto-superior 24. Green House Effect’s means — Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases 25. General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan Bagh massacre, was shot dead by? — Udham Singh

1. The innovation theory of profit was proposed by — Schumpeter 2. The most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere is — Nitrogen 3. Who was the first Indian to be elected as a Member of the British House of Commons? — Dada Bhai Naoroji 4. Mohammed Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital from — Delhi to Devagiri 5. During the reign of which dynasty was the Great Wall of China construted? — Chin 6. Winds blowing constantly in one direction in Rocky Desert form — Yardangs 7. Sphygmomanometer measures the blood pressure in the — Arteries 8. The reverse effect of X-ray emission is — Photo electric effect 9. WIMAX stands for — Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access 10. India is developing Chabahar Port in which country? — Iran 11. Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian woman to have qualified Rio Games in which sport? — Gymnastics 12. What is the name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that erupted again in May 2016 — Mount Singabung 13. The world’s largest and deepest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel is located in which country? — Switzerland

14. SIDO is related to the development of — Small Industies 15. The Wheeler Island has been renamed as — Abdul Kalam Island 16. Which is the biggest building at Mohenjodaro? — Great Granary 17. One of the common form of representing remote sensing data as information is in the form of — The-matic Maps 18. Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across which river? — Sutlej 19. The group of solar cells joined together in a definite pattern is called a — Solar cell panel 20. Chemical composition of cement is — Limestone, Clay and Gypsum 21. A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called — Lagoon 22. The sigmoid colon is a part of — Large Intestine 23. Beginning from the Finacial Year 2017-18 NITI Ayog plans to replace the 5 year plants with — 15 year Vision Document 24. The connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone is — Tendon 25. Indian Citizenship is granted by — The Ministry of Home Affairs

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1. Entertainment tax is levied only by — State Government 2. HDI is an aggregate measure of progress in which of the three dimensions? — Health, Education, Income 3. The Working Committee of National Congress Sanctioned the resolution named ‘Quit India’ at — Wardha 4. Preservation of historical articles is done in science of — Museology 5. “Alfalfa” is the name of a — Grass 6. The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes is — Calcium carbide 7. The term ‘Smasher’ is associated with which sport — Volley ball 8. ________ involves traversing the entire file system, marking everything that can be accessed — Garbage collection 9. Nylon threads are made of — Polyamide polymer 10. The longest railway line in the world connects — Leningrad and Vladivostok 11. How many Constitutional Amendments to the Constitution of India have been made so far — 122 12. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is — Prime Minister India 13. When the offices of the President and Vice-President fall vacant simultaneously,

who acts as Presedent — The Chief Justice of India 14. Goitre is caused by the deficiency of — Iodine 15. For Photoelectric effect to take Place, the metal used as the cathode should have — Low work function 16. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed from his office by — A resolution passed by Lok Sabha 17. What does Section 124A of Indian penal code deal with? — Sedition 18. Which instrument is used for photographing the Sun? — Spectroheliograph 19. Which country won 2016 Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy? — Australia 20. Russia is _____ a member of G-8. — Not 21. The main protein found in milk is? — Casein 22. Which organ gets affected in Well’s disease? — Kidney 23. Official slogan for the 2016 Rio Olympic and Para Olympic Games was — A New World 24. The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at — Pune 25. The capital of the Mauryan Kingdom was located at — Pataliputra

1. Golden Hand Shake scheme is the name of — Voluntary Retirement Scheme 2. Indian Constitution can be amended according to the procedure laid down Article — Article 368 3. Who is the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog? — Dr. Arvind Panagariya 4. The city of Vijayanagar is also known as — Hampi

5. Which Sultan of Tughlaq dynasty issued copper coins instead of silver ones? — Muhammad Bin Tughlaq 6. Which area or region in India is most prone to earth-quakes? — Ganga-Brahmaputra Valley 7. Honey that has high concentration of sugar does not decay because — Bacteria cannot survive in an active state in a solution of high osmotic strength as water is drawn out

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8. At low temperature, Lead behaves as a — Super conductor 9. In network, a small message used to pass between one station to another is known as— Token 10. Starch is a — Natural Polymer 11. Which mammal lays eggs? — Platypus 12. Akbar’s tomb is located at — Sikandara 13. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi is associated with which field? — Classical music 14. Security Council of the UN comprises of 10 non-permanent members and their tenure is — 2 Year 15. ‘Tripitaks’ are sacred books of — Buddhists 16. If a country devalues its currency, its exports — Become cheaper and imports become costlier 17. Which non-metal shows allotropy in the liquid state? — Sulphur

18. Sectoral distribution of GDP index measures — Economic development of a country 19. Ragini is a popular form of folk song belonging to the State of — Haryana 20. Which border is known as Radcliffe line? — India and Pakistan 21. Deepika Kumari is associated with sport? — Archery 22. What does the term ‘Ebola’ stand for? — A viral disease outbreak in West Africa 23. The virus of AIDS effects the growth of — T Cells in blood 24. Superphosphate is a — Fertilizer 25. The absolute zero is a temperature at which — Molecular Motion in a gas would cease

1. Which state has the lowest literacy rate? — Bihar 2. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day? — December 22 3. Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called — Sleet 4. Fuse wire made of an alloy of — Tin and Lead 5. Bacterial decomposition of biological material under anaerobic condition is — Fermentation 6. Which waves have the lowest frequency? — Radio Wave 7. UDP is a — Connectionless protocol 8. The important book written by Kautilya is — Arthashastra 9. The northern part of the west coast in India is known as — Konkan coast 10. The elements known as primary nutrients for plants — Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium

11. Which sanctuary in India is famous for Rhinoceros and in which state is it located at? — Kaziranga, Assam 12. Davis Cup is associated with the game of — Lawn Tennis 13. Charles Darwin, the famous evolutionist, proposed his theory in which one of his books? — The Origin of Species 14. ‘Green Banking’ means — Banks financing pro-environmental projects 15. Who was the first Indian Governor General of Independent India? — C. Rajagopalachari 16. A fresh egg when placed in salt water will — float 17. A genetically engineered form of brinjal known as the BT brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is — To make it pest resistant 18. Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are — Wheat, Rice, Maize 19. Trading is aactivity. — Tertiary

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20. The compound used in prickly-heat powder to prevent excessive sweating is — Boric acid 21. Global Warming will____ effect the decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation. — Least 22. Which State in India has introduced FAT Tax on junk Food? — Kerala 23. Gandhiji’s first Satyagraha in India was held at — Champaran

24. Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National Highways was initiated by — Atal Bihari Vajpayee 25. Which source has the largest share in power generation in India? — Thermal Power

1. The rate at which RBI gives short term loan to commercial banks is called — Repo rate 2. The nationalisation of major commercial banks took place in — 1969 3. Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct control of — Speaker of Lok Sabha 4. Which Act introduced electorates (communal representation) for Muslims? — Act of 1909 5. Where is the Brihadeshwar temple, built during the Chola period, located? — Tanjavur 6. The first protocol to ban the emissions of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere was made in — Montreal 7. Blood group was discovered by — Landsteiner 8. Magnetic Meridian is a — Plane passing through the magnetic north and magnetic south of Earth 9. Programs that duplicate the functionality of one system on another system is known as — Emulators 10. The manufacturing of iron from iron-ore involves the process of — Reduction 11. In a rainforest, the vegetation that grows under the shade of a canopy is known as — Understorey 12. The term “roll-in” is used in — Hockey 13. Which is the busiest International sea port in India? — Mumbai

14. The word “Secular” was added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by which Constitutional Amendment? — 42nd Constitutional Amendment 15. Who coined the slogan “ Inquilab Zindabad”? — Bhagat Singh 16. “Great Barrier Reef”, the world’s largest Coral reef is located in — Australia 17. Decoding and interpretation of visual information in brain is associated with — Temporal lobe 18. Flemings “Left hand Rule” is associated with the effect of — Magnetic Field on current 19. An emulsion is a colloidal solution of — Liquid in liquid 20. _______ is a byproduct of sewage treatment and can be decomposed to produce bio-gas — Sludge 21. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is headquartered at — Shanghai 22. Which city of Iraq is located on Tigris river? — Bagdad 23. Human Development Index is prepared by — UNDP 24. Uber Cup is associated with — Badminton 25. The food in Onion is stored in the form of — Cellulose

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1. What is the maximum number of days of employment a rural poor would get under ‘MGNREGA’? — 100 days 2. Scheduled bank is a bank which is included in — The second schedule of RBI 3. Black soil is also known by which of the following name — Regur soil 4. What is the name of the book written by Panini? — Ashtadhyayi 5. Which dynasty was started by Khizr Khan? — The Sayyids 6. The instrument used for measuring air pressure is called — Barometer 7. Gustation refers to the sense of — Taste 8. Intensity of any wave is proportional to — Square of amplitude 9. _____ is a device is used in network layer. — Router 10. NTPC is a Central Public Sector Enterprise in which sector? — Power 11. Which State government has launched the Smart Village Programme, to improve public facilities in village? — Gujarat 12. Rodrigo “ Digong” Duterte emerged winner in 2016 Presidential elections of which country? — The Philippines 13. What is commonly known as ‘White Plague’? — Tuberculosis

14. What are gilt-edged securities? — Securities issued by the joint venture companies 15. In whose consultation does the President convene and prorogue all sessions of Parliament? — The Prime Minister 16. With which religion is Kaivalya associated? — Jainism 17. Bauxite is used as raw material by which industry? — Aluminium 18. The large collection of stars, dust and gas held together by gravitational attraction between components is known as — Galaxy 19. Thermal electricity is generated by using which of these — Coal Natural Gas and Petroleum 20. When iron rusts, its weight — Increases 21. The driest location on Earth is in which country? — Chile 22. Which leader of British Labour Party was recently elected the first Muslim Mayor of London? — Sadiq Khan 23. ‘Lady Ratan Tata Trophy’ is related to which game? — Hockey 24. Which instrument is used for measuring humidity of atmosphere? — Hygrometer 25. Pankaj Advani is associated with which sport — Billiards

1. “The General Equilibrium Analysis” was developed by? — Walras 2. Insider trading is related to — Share market 3. The operational period of 12th Five Year Plan is — 2012-17 4. Unitary form of government is that in which all the powers are concentrated in the hands of — Central government

5. ‘The School of Indian Art’ which is also known as ‘Greeco-Roman Budhhist Art’ is a ______ school. — Gandhra 6. Which Pallava king assumed the title of “Vatapikonda” after defeating and slying the great Chalukyan King Pulekesin II? — Narsingh Varman I 7. The land forms formed wave erosion is — Cave

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8. Which one among the following is not a electro-magnetic wave — Cathode Ray 9. Graphite is a electrical conductor. — Good 10. Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is known as — Taungya system 11. The Union Government on 22 may 2016 appointed whom as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory (UT) of Pondicherry? — Kiran Bedi 12. Sending a frame to a group of stations is known as — Multicasting 13. Prince of Wales Cup is associated with — Golf 14. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is — Trellis 15. Who was the founder of the Indian Reform Association in 1870? — Keshab Chandra Sen 16. Which Constitutional Amendment Act deals with disqualification of MPs and MLAs? — 52nd Amendment Act

17. Sympathetic Nerves _____ the rate of heart beat. — Increases 18. The deficiency of Niacin-a vitamin of B complex group causes the disease — Pellagra 19. The core of the earth is also known as — Centro-sphere 20. Iron and manganese present as pollutants in water cannot be removed by — Chlorination 21. A Pair of contrasting characters controlling the same trait is called — Allele 22. The antiparticle of an electron is — Positron 23. The polar regions are sparsely populated because of — Unsuitable Climatic conditions 24. Algal bloom results from — Eurtophication 25. Lactometer measures — Relative Density of Milk

1. Money transfer through mobile is called — IMPS 2. Farakha Barrage is located on — Ganga River 3. Who decides disputes regarding disqualification of Memeber of Parliament? — The President in consultation with the Election Commission 4. In ______ forests, trees shed their leaves in a particular season. — Deciduous 5. Amir Khusrau was disciple of — Nizamuddin Auliya 6. G-20 is the Group of Twenty largest economics represented by their — Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors 7. Cache memory works on the principle of — Locality of reference

8. Where is the headquarters of National Film Archives of India (NFAI) located? — Pune 9. In India, the Black Revolution is related to the manufacturing of which product? — Crude Petroleum 10. Who introduced Western education i n India? — Raja Ram Mohan Roy 11. Bridgmanite is — Earth’s most abundant mineral 12. The 18th Asian Games also known as ‘Asiad’ will be held in 2018 in? — Jakarta 13. The Asiatic Society was established in Calcutta by? — Sir William Jones 14. Kutir Jyoti Scheme is associated with — Providing electricity ot rural families living below poverty line 15. The system of Budget was introduced in India during the Viceroyalty of — Lord Canning

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16. Which river in the Southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin in India? — Godavari 17. Tortorise have lifespan of — 100 years 18. Vitamin C is a vitamin. — Water Soluble 19. Biofortification is a method of — Breeding crops to increase their nutritional value 20. The force which makes a vehicle to stop when break is applied is called — Frictional force

21. Synthetic detergents are prepared from? — Hydro-carbons of petroleum 22. All doubt and disputes in connection with election of the President are inquired into and decided by — The Supreme Court 23. Name the longest lake in India — Vembanad Lake 24. Red Data Book provides an account of — Endangered plants & Animals 25. Suez Canal connects — Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

1. CENCAT is related to — Excise Duty 2. Malthusian theory is associated with — Population 3. An Amendment of the constitution may be initiated — By the introduction of a bill in either House of Parliament 4. Kamarup is an ancient name of which region of India? — Assam 5. Which is the parameter for the economic development? — Per capita monetary income 6. Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above — Equator 7. Which battle led to the downfall of the Vijaynagar Empire? — Battle of Talikota 8. The antibiotic Pencillin is obtained from — Fungus 9. Among the world oceans, which ocean is having the widest continental shelf? — Arctic Ocean 10. Data in database at a particular point of time is called as — Extension 11. Which is largest peninsular river in India? — Godavari 12. Red soil is normally found in India in which regions — Eastern & Southern part of the Deccan Plateau 13. Who introduced Mansabdari system in India? — Akbar

14. Limestone is a raw material used by which industry? — Cement 15. The Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted from which Constitution? — Irish Constitution 16. ______ is indicated by the colour by the colour of a star. — Temperature 17. Atomic number of an atom gives the number of? — Protons 18. DPT vaccine is categorized as — A combined vaccine 19. Which is the highest quality of hard coal? — Anthracite 20. ‘Diodes’ are generally used for — Rectification 21. An anemometer measures — Speed of wind 22. ‘Mission Indradhanush’ campaign n India is associated with? — Vaccination of children 23. Who is the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? — Bhupendra Kainthola 24. Which cell disorder in our body is responsible for colur blindness? — Cone cell 25. Who is the recipient of Man Booker International Prize 2016 for the novel ‘The Vegetarian’? — Han Kang

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1. Saving is that portion of money income that is not spent on — Consumption 2. In which field did Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize? — Welfare Economics 3. Raja Ravi Varma was a great painter from — Kerala 4. Who was the founder of the Theosophical society of India? — Annie Besant 5. Who coined the Chipko slogan “Ecology is Permanent Economy”? — Sundarlal Bahuguna 6. Study of fossils is — Palaeontology 7. Chemical properties of isotopes are — Same 8. The operation executed on data stored in registers is — Micro-operation 9. Sour taste of lemon is due to the presence of — Citric acid 10. Which State has the longest coastline? — Gujarat 11. Chandigarh is ____ located on Golden Quadrilateral Road Network. — Not 12. Which is the first Indian State to go wholly organic? — Sikkim 13. What is the role of “Ombudsman” in a bank? — To provide quality and speedy redressal of grievances of customers 14. Which Schedule contains special provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the four North-eastern states of

Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram? — Sixth schedule 15. Who appoints the members of the State Public Service Commission? — Governor 16. Who was the first Indian to be elected as the leader of the Communist International? — M. N. Roy 17. What is the source of natural energy of the hot springs at Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh? — Geothermal Energy 18. Alzheimer’s Disease is a — Dominant Autosomal Disorder 19. _____ is used to manufacture Terylene. — Glycol 20. The Study of movement inside the Earth’s Crust is — Seismology 21. “Lona” is related to which game? — Kabbaddi 22. Ten thaats or scales, belong to which system of music? — Hindustani Music 23. Which component can not be developed within an “integrated circuit”? — Transformer 24. What is the transplantation of graft between genetically identical individuals? — Isograft 25. Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with which sport? — Wrestling

1. Which Greenhouse gas has the greatest heat-trapping ability? — Chlorofluoro Carbon 2. Which state of India is leading in solar energy generation? — Rajasthan 3. Diamond does not conduct electricity, because — No free electrons are present in it

4. Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda at which place? — Dev Prayag 5. What are Aldehydes? — Strong reducing agents 6. Which circuit is used to store one bit of data? — Flip Flop

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7. Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships? — Zero gravity 8. Which is the largest gland in human body? — Liver 9. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence? — J. B. Kriplani 10. What is the minimum age for membership ot Rajya Sabha? — 30 Years 11. What is an Octroi? — Indirect Tax 12. Sextant is an instrument used in — Navigation 13. Dilwara Temple in Rajasthan is sacred place for — Jains 14. What is Gol Gumbadh? — Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah 15. Most prominent component of a hearing aid device is — Transistor 16. Which organ of human body secretes Insulin? — Pancreas

17.If a healthy freshwater fish is placed in salt water. what will be the expected consequences? — The fish becomes dehydrated and dies 18. Which country is known as ‘Land of Midnight Sun’? — Norway 19. Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India? — Ganges 20. ______ was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language. — Panini 21. What is the total strength of the Rajya Sabha? — 250 22. Securities are bought and sold at — Stock Exchange 23. India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil War is — Operation Vijay 24. Who gave the title ‘Nightingale of India’ to Sarojini Naidu? — Mahatma Gandhi 25. The headquarters of RBI is in — Mumbai

1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojan has now been restructured as — National Rural Livelihoods Mission 2. Neeraj Chopra is associated with which sport? — Javilin Throw 3. Firewood is not a _____ source of energy. — Commercial 4. Who is the runners-up in the recently held UEFA Euro-16? — France 5. Taoism, is an ancient tradition of Philosophy and religious belief deeply rooted in — Chinese custom and world view 6. Adrenalin is an emergency — Hormone 7. Candela is SI unit of — Light Intensity 8. In computer science, data hazard occurs when — Pipeline changes the order of read-write access to operands 9. During the period of which Governor General - Viceroy was the Indian Civil Services introduced? — Lord Cornawallies 10. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere is — Exophere

11. The first Commercial Civilian Aircraft developed by India is — Saras 12. Webbed neak is a characteristic of — Turner’s syndrome 13. The World Trade Organisation, which replaced GATT, has its headquarters at — Geneva 14. The minimum age limit for the membership of Vidhan Parishad is — 30 Year 15. National Anthem of Bangladesh ‘Amar Sonar Bangal’ was written by — Rabidranath Tagore 16. The largest producer of Lac in India is — Jharkhand 17. The founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save Child Movement) is — Kailash Satyarthi 18. If an electron and a photon have the same wave-length, then they will have the same — Linear Momentum 19. Pandit Lachhu Maharaj, who passed away recently, was associated with — Tabla

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20. A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is — Sandalwood 21. Kalarippayatt is the martial art of which State of? — Kerala 22.Leptospirosis is a disease caused by — Bacteria 23. The most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust is? — Aluminum

24. Hepatitis affects which organ of the human body? — Liver 25. Mohammed Shahid, who recently passed away, was associated with which sport? — Hockey

1. A ‘Market Economy’ is one which — Is free from the Government control 2. The novelist, poet and critic of which language has been conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015? — Gujarat 3. The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by — Sir Pethic Lawrence 4. Mount Abu is a hill station located in _____ ranges. — Aravalli 5. The only perennial in Peninsular India is — Kaveri 6. Which form the base of vegetable fibres? — Cellulose 7. A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it reaches the highest point, it has — A downward Acceleration 8. CPU Scheduler is also known as — Shortterm Scheduler 9. During fermentation of sugar, the compound which is always formed is — Ethyl Alcohol 10. Which type of democracy do we follow in India? — Representative 11. Social activist Iron Chanu Sharmila, who has recently announced to end 16-year old hunger strike belongs to which State? — Manipur 12. The quality or tone of a musical sound produced by a stringed instrument depends on — Waveform of the sound 13. What did Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’? — The birth of a new society based on ethical values

14. When does solar eclipse take place? — When the moon is between the sun and earth 15. Strait of Gibraltar connects — Atlantic Ocean - Mediterranean Sea 16. The largest solar power plant in India is located at — Madhaopur 17. Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by — Nationalised Commercial Bank 18. Removal of carbon particles from air involves the principle of — Electrophoresis 19. Which light is least effective in photosynthesis — Green light 20. Activated Coconut Charcoal acts as — Adsorbent 21. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by — Green plants 22. Harsha moved his capital from _____ to _____. — Thanesar, Kanauj 23. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India? — Arvind Subramaniam 24. Which type of foreign investment is considered as unsafe? — Portfolio Investment 25. The Chairman of the Drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India was — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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1. Who brings out the ‘Consumer Price Index Number’ for Industial workers? — The Labour Bureau 2. The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is — Consumer Price Index 3. An indifference curve measures the same level of — Satisfaction from two commodities 4. The largest committee of Parliament of India is — Estimates Committee 5. Jammu and Kashmir has ______ legislature. — Bicameral 6. Cod liver oil from fish is rich in which vitamin? — Vitamin D 7. Isolines joining places of equal rainfall are called — Isohyets 8. The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to — Partition of Bengal in 1905 9. Tapi river does not form — Delta 10. Babita Kumari represented India in the Rio Olympic 2016 in which sport? — Wrestling 11. Which substance is commonly used pulp bleaching in the paper industry? — Hydrogen peroxide 12. The official language of the Delhi Sultanate was — Persian 13. Yeast is a — Fungi

14. Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of Independence by — V. D. Savarkar 15. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which State? — Madhya Pradesh 16. C.P.U. consist of — Arithmetic and Logical Unit, Register and Control unit 17. Skeletal Muscle is composed of_____ tissues. — Fasciae 18. Every hot object emits — Infrared rays 19. Ozone protects biosphere from — Ultraviolet rays 20. The molecular mass of a gas is — Twice of its vapour pressure 21. ‘Stand up India’ scheme launched by the Prime Minister recently is related with — Promotion of entrepreneurship among SC, ST and Women 22. Which institution is also called “World Bank”? — International Bank of Reconstruction and Development 23. Which is called the “Lake Dstrict of India”? — Nainital 24. Which set of taxes belongs to Central Government? — Excise duty, Custom duty and Income Tax 25. Brown stains in vessels and clothes indicate the presence of high quantities of ______ in water. — Manganese

1. Which countries are the memebrs of the “BRICS” group? — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 2. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the movements in India’s freedom struggle? — Quit India Movement 3. ‘Parsec’ is the unit measurement of — Astronomical Distance 4. A collective term used by the Jains for their sacred books is — Angas 5. Open Market Operations is an instrument of — Monetary Policy

6. At room temperature, the metal that remains in liquid state is — Mercury 7. Which is known as Carbolic Acid? — Phenol 8. On which river is the Tehri dam built? — Bhagirathi 9. With which country, India has the longest international boundary? — Bangladesh 10. Which State in India has the largest coastline — Gujrat 11. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river? — Saraswati

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12. In market form, a firm does not exercise control over price? — Perfect competition 13. Which area of India is covered by tropical ever-green forest? — Western Ghats 14. Creatinine is normally found in — Urine 15. The thymus gland produces a hormone called — Thymosin 16. Blood group AB has no — Antibody 17. Which Vitamins are those, if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the body? — A and D 18. Atomic explosion is triggered by — Uncontrolled chain reaction 19. The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another is called — Refraction

20. Who has the right to decide whether a Bill is a money bill or not? — Speaker of Lok Sabha 21. What is the name of portal launched by RBI recently to check illegal money? — Sachet 22. Opera is a — Web Broswer 23. Who has been selected for grant of Raman Magasaysay Award 2016? — Bezwada Wilson and T.M. Krishna 24. The discretionary powers of a Governor is limited in — Assent to Bills 25. Who is the first law officer of the country? — Attorney Generral

1. Bhartendu Harishchadra is known as — Father of Hindi Theatre 2. The main effect of Direct Texes is on — Income 3. Who has the power to prorogue the Lok Sabha? — The President 4. The first Europeans to come to India were — Portugese 5. The term ‘Dumping’ refers to — Sale in a foreign market of a commodity at a price below marginal cost 6. When does the sun shine vertically on the Equator? — Twice a Year 7. Lichen is an association between which of the two — Algae and fungus 8. Milk is a good source of — Calcium 9. What is a pepper plant? — Vine 10. Why does a cannon recoil after firing? — Newton’s Third of Motion 11. Which of the following statement is true — A Primary key is also a candidate key 12. What is used as non-stick coating for cooking utensils? — Teflon 13. “Tsunami” is the name given to — Tidal Waves 14. The first Indian citizen to get commercial Pilot’s Licence was — J.R.D. Tata

15. Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus are — Rain Cloud 16. According to the Indian Constitution, who has the power to declare emergency — President 17. Particulates (< μ 1 m size) remaining suspended in air indefinitely and transported by wind currents are called — Aerosols 18. The least preferred technique in the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste is — Bricketting 19. A bomb explodes on the moon. You will hear its sound on earth after — You cannot hear the sound explosion 20. What takes place during a nuclear fusion? — Two light nuclei combine to form a heavy nucleus 21. Which cities form Swarna Tribhuj? — Bhubaneshwar, Puri, Konark 22. British achieved political power in India after which battle? — Battle of Plassey (1757) 23. The number of permanent members of the U.N. Security Counil is — 5 24. Match list (1) with list (2) a. SARAS i)Multipurpose civil aircraft

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b. BHISHMA ii) Battle tank c. BRAHMOS iii) Missile d. INSAT-3C iv) Satellite — a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

25. ‘World Economic Outlook” report is published by — IMF

1. Bilateral monopoly situation is — When there is only one buyer and one seller of a product 2. Lorenz curve shows — Income distribution 3. The Preventive Detention Act curtailed — Right to Freedom 4. Ornithophily is effected by — Birds 5. To which ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged? — Shakya 6. Dolomite is a — Sedimentary Rock 7. Which vitamin help in the absorption of Calcium? — Vitamin D 8. The outermost layer of sun is called — Chromosphere 9. Constantly running system - program processes are known as — Daemons 10. Which vitamin contains Nitrogen? — Vitamin B 11. Science dealing with study of soil is called — Pedology 12. With which sport is P.V. Sindhu associated? — Badminton 13. In Hydel Power Station, the motion produced in turbines is due to — flow of water 14. Which gas is known as “Laughing Gas”? — Nitrous oxide 15. The ‘solid waste’ is also known as — Sludge

16. If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which disease will spread? — Typhoid 17. Kalamkari Painting refers to — A hand painted cot-ton textile in South India 18. Which sector makes the largest contribution to national income in India? — Services 19. Chachnama records the history of — Arabs 20. The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is — Java trench 21. “Abhinav Bharat” was founded in 1904 as a secret society of revolutionaries by — V.D. Savarkar 22. Ideas of welfare state are contained in — Directive Priniples of State Policy 23. Which Country is called as ‘Land of the Golden Pagoda’? — Myanmar 24. Which Indian author in May 2016 won the prestigious 2016 Scholastic Asian Book award for her work ‘Codex: The Lost Treasure of the Indus’? — Aditi Krishna Kumar 25. Pneumonia is a bacterial disease caused by the type of bacteria called — Cocci

1. Intensive cultivation refers to — Raising Production by intensive use of existing land

2. Upon winning Wimbledon Women’s Tennis Tournament 2016, Serana Williams equalled record 22 Grand Slam wins of — Steffi Graf

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3. A Universal Donor has the blood group — O 4. Amir khusro was a — Poet 5. The members of the All India Services serve the — Both the Union and State Government 6. The term of office of the Vice-President of India is — 5Year 7. Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence? — Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 8. Why does the west coast of India receive more rainfall from southwest monsoon than the east coast — The Western Ghats obstruct the winds causing rainfall 9. The Plateau that has both West and East flowing drain-age system is — Malwa 10. Symbiotic Bacteria responsible for the fixation of atmospheric Nitrogen are present in — Peas 11. Children especially in western countries who receive very little sunshine suffer from — Rickets 12. In water treatment Plant , use of chloramines ensures — Disinfection 13. Super cooling stands for cooling of a liquid — Below freezing point 14. Alcohol is more volatile than water because is lower than water. — Its boiling point

15. What is used to protect objects in computer system, in the absence of more complete protection schemes? — Passwords 16. BOI is not _____ in Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NGBFIs)?— BOI 17. Which method is employed to test the hardness of water? — Formation of lather with soap 18. Who is the first Indian Gold Medal Winner in individual category in Olympic games — Leander Paes 19. Which is the warmest layer of the atmosphere — Thermosphere 20. A. universal donor has the blood group — O 21. The Siachin Glacier’s melting waters are the main source of — Rivers 22. Thomas Cup is associated with which sport? — Badminton 23. The famous work ‘Anandmath’ was written by — Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 24. Who introduced the term ‘Hindu rate of growth’? — Raj Krishna 25. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has been set up for — Funding infrastructure projects in emerging economics for sustainable development

1. Which Governor General decided to make English as the medium, of instruction in India — Lord William Bentinck 2. Who is a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging, who was recently conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay award? — Bezwads Wilson 3. An indifference curve measures ________ level of satisfaction derived from different combinations of commodity X and Y. — Same 4. Who was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in medieval India? — Babur

5. Person who is colour-blind cannot distinguish between — Red and green 6. During the motion of a projectile fired from the earth surface, — Horizontal component of its velocity remains constant 7. Which waves cannot be polarised? — Ultrasonic Waves 8. Chalcopyrite is an ore of — Copper 9. “Himayat” is a training-cum-placement programme for un-employed youth in the State of — Jammu and Kashmir 10. “Agha Khan Cup” is associated with the game of — Hockey

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11. Absolute Zero is defined as — The temperature at which all molecular motion ceases 12. Nitrogen fixation is a process of — Conversion of Organic Nitrogen to proteins 13. Which country is called as ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’? — Norway 14. Echinda lays — Eggs 15. The mountain range which divides the North and South India is — Vindhyas 16. Bronze is an alloy of — Copper & Tin 17. In which state is Dampa Tiger Reserve situated? — Mizoram 18. Japanese folk tradition and ritual, with no founder or single sacred scripture, is popularly known as — Shintoism 19. In IT, the technique that is used to increase the band-width is — Memory Interleaving 20. A motion that seeks to reduce the amount of demand presented by government to Re.1 is known as — Disapproval of Policy Cut

21. The state which produces largest number of orchids in India is — Sikkim 22. Corbett National Park is situated in — Uttarakhand 23. What was ‘Kamagata Maru’? — A ship 24. Redistribution of income in a country can be brought about through — Progressive taxation combined with progressive expenditure 25. A motion moved by Member of Parliament when he feels a minister has committed a breach of privilege of the House by withholding facts of a case is called — Privilege Motion

1. Who propounded the “Doctrine of Passive Rasistance”? — Aurobindo Ghosh 2. At Rio Olympics, what was the final position of Dipa Karmakar in her category — 4 3. The 14th Finance Commission has recommended in-crease in States share in net proceeds from tax collection from 32% to — 42% 4. Fiscal policy in India is formulated by — Finance Ministry 5. pH value of pure water is — 7 6. When ice cubes are made, the entropy of water — Decreases 7. Two vectors are said to be equal if — Both magnitude and direction are same 8. The chemical component that is invariably found in all viruses is — Proteins 9. Which is used as an Air pollution indicator — Lichens 10. The study of mountains is known as — Orology

11. Salination of soil is caused by — Excess irrigation 12. ICC World T20 in 2016 was won by — West Indies 13. Which institution was established with a definite provision under Article 324 of the Constitution of India — Election Commission 14. The President can advance money to meet unforeseen expenses from the — Contingency Fund 15. The famous Vishnu temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia was built by — Suryavarman II 16. In IT, the technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements temporarily is known as — Piggy-backing 17. If speed of rotation of the earth increases, the weight of the body — Decreases 18. Which country is recently facing debt crisis? — Greece

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19. The new symbol of Indian currency is designed by — Udayakumar 20. What is MUDRA? — Development and Refinance Agency 21. Pankaj Advani is associated with — Billiards 22. Which state is surrounded by Bangladesh from three sides? — Tripura 23. Which enzyme digests proteins in the stomach? — Pepsin 24. Fermentation is a type of _________ process. — Anaerobic Respiration 25. The first Muslim to be elected President of ‘Indian national Congress’ was — Badruddin Tyabji

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