01) How many candidates will be trained under the third phase of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, which was launched in January 2021?
a) 3 lakh
b) 8 lakh
c) 1 lakh
d) 5 lakh
02) Which of the following is NOT a type of cropping season in
India?
a) Zaid
b) Rabi
c) Boro
d) Kharif
03) Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that
‘the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the
age of six to fourteen years’?
a) Article 17
b) Article 21A
c) Article 44
d) Article 32
04) In the water cycle, snow and ice get directly converted into
vapours. This process is called:
a) Evaporation
b) Sublimation
c) Boiling
d) Transpiration
05) Which of the following is NOT advisable as a process of
separation of components of a mixture?
a) Sedimentation
b) Winnowing
c) Filtration
d) Decantation
06) Which of the following deserts is in the Southern
Hemisphere?
a) Kalahari
b) Great Basin
c) Sahara
d) Thar
07) India’s communication satellite CMS-01 was successfully
launched by _______ in December 2020.
a) PSLV-C28
b) PSLV-C50
c) PSLV-01
d) PSLV-C45
08) How many government-run film and media units ware merged
with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in December 2020?
a) Two
b) Five
c) Four
d) Three
09) Seawater is rich source of which of the following chemical
elements?
a) Hydrogen
sulphide
b) Hydrogen
peroxide
c) Bromine
d) Cadmium
10) In January 2020, Indian Navy launched Operation _______ to
provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Madagascar.
a) Pineapple
b) Vanilla
c) Strawberry
d) Shanti
11) If the distance between two objects increases three-fold,
then the gravitational force of attraction between them _______.
a) Becomes
one-third of the original
b) Increases nine
times
c) Increases
three times
d) Becomes
one-ninth of the original
12) Which of the following cities hosted the Tansen Sangeet
Samaroh in December 2020?
a) Jaipur
b) Agra
c) Indore
d) Gwalior
13) The chemical symbol of Molybdenum is _______.
a) Mb
b) Mo
c) My
d) Md
14) Which of the following statements about the Summer Olympics
of 2012 is correct?
a) Athens hosted
the Summer Olympics of 2012
b) London hosted
the Summer Olympics of 2012
c) Beijing hosted
the Summer Olympics of 2012
d) Paris hosted
the Summer Olympics of 2012
15) _______ formally launched the first publicly available
internet service for India in August 1995.
a) VSNL
b) Aircel
c) Airtel
d) BSNL
16) Which of the following states does NOT share its boundary
with Bangladesh?
a) West Bengal
b) Tripura
c) Assam
d) Manipur
17) What is the total number of stocks constituting the basket
on which the S&P BSE Sensex or the Sensitive Index is based?
a) Fifty
b) Twenty
c) Thirty
d) Forty
18) In May 2020, Union Culture Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh
Patel, released an e-book Prof. BB Lal-India Rediscovered’. Prof. BB Lal is
a/an _______.
a) Engineer
b) Oncologist
c) Musician
d) Archaeologist
19) _______ are known as powerhouses of the cell, as they are
involved in releasing energy from food.
a) Lysosomes
b) Plastids
c) Mitochondria
d) Vacuoles
20) Which of the following events did NOT happen during the
tenure of Lord Dalhousie?
a) Introduction
of first telegraph line
b) Introduction
of Doctrine of Lapse
c) Passing of
Widow Remarriage Act
d) Introduction
of Subsidiary Alliance System
21) ‘Mangiferaindica’ is the scientific name of _______.
a) Mango
b) Pineapple
c) Banana
d) Papaya
22) The second Lok Sabha was constituted in:
a) 1957
b) 1954
c) 1955
d) 1951
23) Which of the following is a chemical change?
a) Expansion of
substance on heating
b) Boiling of
milk
c) Crushing of a
can
d) Burning of
wood
24) Who among the following hockey players was a part of the
Indian Constituent Assembly?
a) Harmik Singh
b) Balbir Singh
Dosanjh
c) Jaipal Singh
Munda
d) Dhyan Chand
25) As of January 2021, how much premium is payable for the
annual commercial/horticulture crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana, as a percentage of the sum insured/actuarial rate?
a) 3%
b) 5%
c) 4%
d) 2%
26) Which causative agent is responsible for spreading AIDS?
a) Virus
b) Protozoa
c) Bacteria
d) Fungus
27) Dandi, the destination of the Dandi Salt March under the
leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, is situated in which of the following states?
a) Gujarat
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Bihar
d) Punjab
28) Abdur Razzak visited Vijayanagara Empure during the _______
century.
a) 17th
b) 11th
c) 13th
d) 15th
29) Density of the material of a substance is its mass divided
by _______.
a) Surface area
b) Volume
c) Specific gravity
d) Square of
surface area
30) Who among the following developed the smallpox vaccine?
a) Alexander
Fleming
b) Albert
Einstein
c) Edward Jenner
d) Louis Pasteur
31) As of December 2020, who among the following is the Governor
of Odisha?
a) Bandaru
Dattatreya
b) Jagdish Mukhi
c) Acharya
Devvrat
d) Ganeshi Lal
32) To ensure community mobilization and bolster people’s
participation in Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment in Inida,
Rashtriya Poshan Maah was observed in 2020 during the month of _______.
a) November
b) October
c) September
d) August
33) A/an _______ is the smallest illuminated area on a computer
screen.
a) Layer
b) Angle
c) Pixel
d) Canvas
34) In which year did scientists discover the virus that causes
AIDS?
a) 1989
b) 1992
c) 1965
d) 1983
35) Who among the following is NOT a Nobel laureate?
a) Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar
b) Amartya Sen
c) Venkatraman
Ramakrishnan
d) Manoj Das
36) Which of the following Constitutional Amendments made
Pondicherry (now Puducherry) a Union Territory?
a) 28th
Constitutional Amendment
b) 12th
Constitutional Amendment
c) 14th
Constitutional Amendment
d) 32nd
Constitutional Amendment
37) Shah-e-Hamadan Mosque is located on the banks of the river _______.
a) Jhelum
b) Sutlej
c) Beas
d) Chenab
38) Which of the following hill stations is NOT in Uttarakhand?
a) Daringbadi
b) Nainital
c) Chakrata
d) Mussoorie
39) In which of the following places has the Indian currency
note printing press NOT been established as of January 2021?
a) Bhubaneshwar
b) Dewas
c) Mysore
d) Nasik
40) The disease ‘Myopia’ is also known as:
a) Far-sightedness
b) Near-sightedness
c) Presbyopia
d) Astigmatism
41) The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded
jointly to Harvey J Alter, Michael Hought on Charles M Rice for:
a) Discovery of Hepatitis
C virus
b) Discovery of
molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm
c) Determining
how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability
d) Cancer therapy
by inhibition of negative immune regulation
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