01) In the context of national parks and their locations, which of the following pairs is correct?
a) Keibul Lamjao
- Manipur
b) Ranthambhor -
Maharashtra
c) Silent Valley
- Karnataka
d) Gir -
Rajasthan
02) Who among the following coined the term ‘protoplasm’ to
define the fluid substance of a cell, the fundamental organizational unit of
life?
a) Theodor
Schwann
b) J.E. Purkinje
c) Rudolf Ludwig
Carl Virchow
d) Matthias Jacob
Schleiden
03) Deficiency of _______ in diet causes goiter.
a) Vitamin D
b) Calcium
c) Vitamin C
d) Iodine
04) Which layer of soil contains humus that makes the soil
fertile?
a) Topsoil
b) Subsoil
c) Parent rock
d) Weathered rock
material
05) _______ March is celebrated as World Water Day.
a) 22
b) 20
c) 24
d) 26
06) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India
deals with the abolition of titles?
a) Article 5
b) Article 43
c) Article 26
d) Article 18
07) In November 2020, Madhya Pradesh’s _______ National Park has
been declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
a) Pench
b) Panna
c) Satpura
d) Mandla Plant
Fossils
08) Which of the following organisms belongs to the kingdom
‘Monera’?
a) Bread mould
b) Mushroom
c) Bacteria
d) Fungi
09) Which of the following submarines did India gift to Myanmar?
a) INS Magar
b) INS Guldar
c) INS Jalashwa
d) INS Sindhuvir
10) Which of the following organizations/ think tanks launched
India’s first indigenously developed digital asset management and storage
platform called ‘DigiBoxx’ in December 2020?
a) Observer
Research Foundation
b) The Institute
of Peace and Conflict Studies
c) Research Foundation
for Governance in India
d) NITI Aayog
11) Which of the following is a variety of coffee beans, mainly
produced in South India?
a) Kalabati
b) Arabica
c) Aizon
d) Dubraj
12) Beriberi occurs due to the deficiency of:
a) Vitamin B3
b) Vitamin B1
c) Vitamin B2
d) Vitamin B6
13) What is the name of the political party founded by Jagjivan
Ram in 1977, which merged with the Janata Party?
a) Congress for
Democracy
b) Janata Dal
c) Congress
(Jagjivan)
d) Lok Dal
14) Puga Valley of Ladakh has a/an:
a) Nuclear power
plant
b) Oil field
c) Steel plant
under SAIL
d) Geothermal
Power plant
15) Which of the following is known as the brain of the
computer?
a) ROM
b) CPU
c) RAM
d) ALU
16) The HIV virus destroy ______ thus weakening the immunity of
person.
a) Erythrocytes
b) Mast cells
c) Lymphocytes
d) Platelets
17) In October 2020, India gifted 41 ambulances and 6 school
buses to various government organizations and NGOs working in the field of
health and education in _______
a) Pakistan
b) Bangladesh
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
18) Which of the following metro services started India’s
first-ever fully automated driverless train service in December 2020?
a) Bengaluru
Metro
b) Kolkata Metro
c) Mumbai Metro
d) Delhi Metro
19) What was the total number of medals won by Indian boxers at
the Cologne Boxing World Cup 2020, Cologne, Germany?
a) Nine
b) Seven
c) Six
d) Eight
20) As of December 2020, who among the following is the Chairman
of State Bank of India?
a) Girish Chandra
Chaturvedi
b) Abhilash
Mishra
c) Dinesh Kumar
Khara
d) Deepak Parekh
21) Which is the basic structural and functional unit of the
nervous system?
a) Cerebrum
b) Nephron
c) Cerebellum
d) Neuron
22) Atoms of different delements with different atomic numbers,
which have the same mass number are known as _______.
a) Isotones
b) Isotopes
c) Isobars
d) Isomers
23) Which of the following Harappan sites is located in India?
a) Mohenjo Daro
b) Daimabad
c) Ganweriwala
d) Shortugai
24) In which year did the 12th Five Year Plan end?
a) 2017
b) 2015
c) 2016
d) 2018
25) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India
makes provisions for a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament?
a) Article 126
b) Article 93
c) Article 108
d) Article 122
26) What is the SI unit of time?
a) Second
b) Millisecond
c) Hour
d) Minute
27) _______ is an attempt to obtain sensitive information such
as username, password and credit card details, etc. for malicious reasons, by
posing as a trustworthy source in email.
a) Doctoring
b) Phishing
c) Cheating
d) Peeping
28) With how many Indian states/Union territories does the newly
carved union territory of Ladakh share its borders?
a) Four
b) Two
c) Three
d) One
29) For which of the following quantities does the unit of time
appear twice in the denominator?
a) Velocity
b) Speed
c) Acceleration
d) Displacement
30) Scurvy is primarily caused by the prolonged deficiency of
Vitamin _______.
a) D
b) C
c) B1
d) A
31) Which of the following cities is scheduled to host the 2034
Asian Games as per the announcement made by the Olympic Council of Asia on 16
December 2020?
a) Ulaanbaatar
b) Riyadh
c) Manila
d) Doha
32) A/an _______ Economic Zone in the sea was prescribed by the
United Nations Convention in 1982 on the Law of the Sea over which a country
has certain rights.
a) Expensive
b) Partial
c) Special
d) Exclusive
33) Which of the following states does NOT fall under the basin
of river Tapi?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
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