01) The total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Minister in a state:
a) Cannot be more
than 21% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that
state
b) Cannot be more
than 31
c) Cannot be more
than 21
d) Cannot be more
than 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that
state
02) Which of the following instruments is used for measuring
electrical resistance?
a) Ohmmeter
b) Galvanometer
c) Volmeter
d) Ammeter
03) Who among the following was elected as the Vice President of
Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in December 2020?
a) Shashi Shekhar
Vempati
b) Sameer Kumar
c) Prannoy Lal
Roy
d) Mrinal Pande
04) In which among the following Oxalic acid is most likely to
be found?
a) Curd
b) Vinegar
c) Spinach
d) Tamarind
05) In the fresh waters of river Ganga and river Brahmaputra, a
variety of dolphin locally called _______ is found.
a) Olive Ridley
b) Sundari
c) Susu
d) Damini
06) With reference to the Green Revolution in India, what does
‘H’ stand for in ‘HYV’?
a) Hold
b) Hope
c) Hike
d) High
07) _______ is also known as pantothenic acid.
a) Vitamin B5
b) Vitamin B2
c) Vitamin B6
d) Vitamin B1
08) According to Article _______ of the Indian Constitution, the
Union Budget of a year, also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement, is
a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the government for
that particular year.
a) 100
b) 98
c) 112
d) 101
09) Which of the following regulatory bodies regulates the
insurance sector in India?
a) FSSAI
b) IRDAI
c) NABARD
d) TRAI
10) Madagascar is an island country in the _______ Ocean.
a) Pacific
b) Atlantic
c) Arctic
d) Indian
11) The First Carnatic War was fought between the _______ and
the _______.
a) Dutch; English
b) Portuguese;
English
c) English;
French
d) French;
Portuguese
12) In December 2020, Odisha tourism lanched its flagship
Eco-Retreat program at five locations. Which of the following is NOT a part of
them?
a) Satakosia
b) Gopalpur
c) Daringbadi
d) Hirakud
13) In which of the following modes of nutrition do organisms
take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter?
a) Insectivorous
nutrition
b) Parasitic
nutrition
c) Saprotrophic
nutrition
d) Symbiotic
nutrition
14) Which of the following products received the Geographical Indication
Tag (GI Tag) in 2020?
a) Nilambur Teak
b) Adilabad Dokra
c) Tulaipanji
Rice
d) Kashmir
Saffron
15) Jute is also known as _______ fibre.
a) Golden
b) Platinum
c) Diamond
d) Silver
16) Which of the following animals/insects is known to communicate
using infrasound of frequency as low as 5 Hz?
a) Mosquito
b) Rhinoceros
c) Bee
d) Lion
17) Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement for freedom
from the British in the year:
a) 1919
b) 1929
c) 1922
d) 1942
18) Which of the following is primarily a source of Vitamin-C?
a) Milk
b) Tomato
c) Chicken liver
d) Carrot
19) Which Article of the Constitution of India provides for
equality before law’?
a) Article 14
b) Article 19
c) Article 25
d) Article 15
20) Who among the following won the Booker Prize 2020 for his
debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain?
a) Maaza Mengiste
b) Avni Doshi
c) Brandon Taylor
d) Douglas Stuart
21) Who is/was the longest serving President of the Congress
party?
a) Rahul Gandhi
b) Sonia Gandhi
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawaharlal
Nehru
22) Lichens are symbiotic associations, that is, mutually useful
associations, between algae and:
a) Fungi
b) Protozoa
c) Bacteria
d) Viruses
23) Which of the following companies won the CII-ITC
Sustainability Award 2020 in the ‘Corporate Excellence’ category in the
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) domain?
a) Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
b) Power Grid
Corporation of India Limited (POWER GRID)
c) Coal India
Limited (CIL)
d) National
Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
24) The Public Distribution System, which evolved as a system of
management of food and distribution of food grains, was relaunched as _______
Public Distribution System in 1997.
a) Targeted
b) Tested
c) Transformed
d) Evolved
25) What is the SI unit of mass?
a) Milligram
b) Cetigram
c) Kilogram
d) Gram
26) Which of the following allergic reactions results in
decreased blood pressure and shortness of breath?
a) Asthma
b) Hay fever
c) Anaphylaxis
d) Hives
27) Who is the creator of WWW or the world wide web?
a) H Edward
Robert
b) Larry Page
c) Tim
Berners-Lee
d) Sergey Brin
28) Water deficiency in the human body may cause:
a) Respiratory
problems
b) Hypertension
c) Skin cancer
d) Dehydration
29) What is the average atomic mass of a chlorine atom?
a) 36 u
b) 35 u
c) 35.5 u
d) 37 u
30) Which causative agent is responsible for spreading swine
flu?
a) Fungi
b) Virus
c) Bacteria
d) Parasite
31) The 2020 Nobel Prize for ‘Physiology or Medicine’ was awarded
to _______ scientists who made a decisive contribution in the fight against
blood-borne hepatitis.
a) Four
b) Five
c) Three
d) Two
32) In February 2020, Maria Sharapova announced her retirement
from _______.
a) Chess
b) Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Shooting
33) Which of the following rivers is NOT a tributary of the
Yamuna river?
a) Gandak
b) Hindon
c) Chambal
d) Betwa
34) In 1526, Babur defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at _______.
a) Panipat
b) Sonepat
c) Kanal
d) Delhi
35) Which was the first programmable general-purpose electronic
digital computer, built during World War II by the US?
a) Whirlwind
b) ENIAC
c) UNIVAC I
d) IBM 702
36) Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act _______, is an Act that
granted special powers to the Indian Armed Forces in areas classified as
‘disturbed areas’.
a) 1977
b) 1979
c) 1962
d) 1958
37) Which of the following states celebrated Lachit Diwas in
November 2020?
a) Bihar
b) Assam
c) Tripura
d) Sikkim
38) The Subsidiary Alliance System, through which the British
were responsible for protecting their Indian allies from external and internal
threats to their power, was devised by:
a) Lord Wellesley
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Dalhousie
d) Lord Bentinck
39) The _______ is the smallest bone in the human body.
a) Rib cage
b) Stapes
c) Scapula
d) Coxal bone
40) The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of _______
indigenous games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021
a) Two
b) Three
c) Six
d) Four
41) Which famous European footballer passed away in December,
2020?
a) Diego Maradona
b) Bobby Moore
c) Paolo Rossi
d) Johan Cruyff
42) What is the molecular mass of nitric acid?
a) 70 u
b) 45 u
c) 36 u
d) 63 u
43) Which of the following was a travel book written by IBN
Battuta in Arabic in the 14th century?
a) Rihlah
b) Kay
Mulkkalauraaj
c) Safarnama
d) Tuhfat
an-Nuzzar
44) As of December 2020, what is the highest slab of tax rate
under the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
a) 12%
b) 28%
c) 18%
d) 5%
45) Which vitamin deficiency may cause night blindness?
a) Vitamin K
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin C
d) Vitamin E
46) Which of the following terms refers to potherb cultivation?
a) Pisciculture
b) Viticulture
c) Sericulture
d) Olericulture
47) Which of the following was NOT a part of Gondwana Land?
a) Australia
b) Europe
c) South Africa
d) India
48) Ethanoic Acid is commonly called _______ Acid.
a) Acetic
b) Hydrochloric
c) Citric
d) Nitric
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