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01) Who among the following assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie in London?
a) Sukhdev Thapar
b) Surya Sen
c) Madan Lal
Dhingra
d) Khudiram Bose
02) Where is the corporate office of RBL Bank located?
a) Srinagar
b) Mumbai
c) Patna
d) Bengaluru
03) With which of the following countries did India sign an
agreement in February 2021 for the construction of Lalandar (Shatoot) Dam?
a) Brazil
b) Japan
c) Australia
d) Afghanistan
04) In which of the following years was the Mughal empire
established by Babur?
a) 1526
b) 1578
c) 1699
d) 1634
05) The Mysore Palace was the residence of the _______.
a) Chandelas
b) Palas
c) Bundelas
d) Wodeyars
06) Which of the following is NOT used to make toothpaste?
a) Aluminium
Oxide
b) Silica
c) Limestone
d) Galena
07) Who among the following persons was announced as the brand
ambassador for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Televison Arts)
‘Breakthrough Initiative’ in November 2020?
a) Ajay Devgan
b) AR Rahman
c) Kuldeep Handoo
d) Akshay Kumar
08) In which of the following states is the Rowa Wildlife
Sanctrary situated?
a) Tripura
b) Haryana
c) Assam
d) Punjab
09) With which of the following sports is Ruia Gold Cup
associated?
a) Bridge
b) Water polo
c) Badminton
d) Swimming
10) Which of the following states launched the SAANS (Social
Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully) campaign in February
2021?
a) Odisha
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Madhya Pradesh
11) Mizoram has started ‘Love Brigade’ scheme to fight against
which of the following diseases in December 2020?
a) HIV/AIDS
b) Gonorrhoea
c) Chlamydia
d) Syphilis
12) Who among the following was appointed as the Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd. In
January 2021?
a) Swaminathan
Janakiraman
b) Rama Mohan Rao
Amara
c) Rajnish Kumar
d) Ashwini Kumar
Tewari
13) Pattachirta art form is dedicated to which Lord in Hindu
mythology?
a) Lord Shiva
b) Lord Ganesha
c) Lord Brahma
d) Lord Jagannath
14) Who among the following persons was elected as the Vice
President of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union in December 2020?
a) Hemant Pandey
b) Rakesh Mohan
c) Shashi Shekhar
Vempati
d) Bina Agarwal
15) In which of the following temples will you find Gopurams?
a) Bhabatarini
Temple, Dakshinewar
b) Dilwara
Temple, Mount Abu
c) Shiva Temple,
Chidambaram
d) Golden Temple,
Amritsar
16) Who among the following wrote the novel ‘Rangbhumi: The
Arena of Life’?
a) Abanindranath
Tagore
b) Munshi Pemchand
c) Rabindranath
Tagore
d) Mahatma Gandhi
17) Lakshya Sen is associated with which of the following
sports?
a) Lawn tennis
b) Table tennis
c) Basketball
d) Badminton
18) Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Executive
of the health insurance scheme ‘Ayushman Bharat’ by the National Health
Authority in January 2021?
a) RS Sharma
b) Ram Mohan Rao
Amara
c) Sanjeev Kumar
d) Anil Ladha
19) Veer Surendra Sai was a freedom fighter from:
a) Nagaland
b) Sikkim
c) Odisha
d) Telangana
20) A channel of canal where water is forced to flow against the
slope of land by upliftment is called _______.
a) Lift channel
b) Groundwater
table
c) Warabandi
system
d) Flow channel
21) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India
states that there will be a Vice-President of India?
a) Article 75
b) Article 63
c) Article 45
d) Article 56
22) With what do you divide thrust in a liquid to obtain the
value of pressure?
a) Area
b) Density
c) Mass
d) Volume
23) Who among the following was the founder of Homeopathy?
a) Robert Koch
b) FG Hopkins
c) Selman Waksman
d) Samuel
Hahnemann
24) An elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an
earthquake or an explosion is called _______.
a) Sound wave
b) Epicentre
c) Tectonic shift
d) Seismic wave
25) Which of the following Acts introduced federal features and
provincial autonomy in the legislature and also made provisions for the
distribution of legislative powers between the Centre and the provinces?
a) Indian
Councils Act, 1909
b) The Government
of India Act, 1935
c) The Government
of India Act, 1919
d) The Government
of India Act, 1858
01) In which of the following years was the All-India Harijan Sevak Sangh founded?
a) 1928
b) 1942
c) 1919
d) 1932
02) In cricket which of the following fielding positions is
behind the batsman?
a) Mid-wicket
b) First slip
c) Cover
d) Mid off
03) The Romon Magsaysay Award established in the year _______.
a) 1962
b) 1965
c) 1957
d) 1982
04) Which of the following Buddhist sites is located in Uttar
Pradesh?
a) Sarnath
b) Karle
c) Sanchi
d) Amaravati
05) Where is the famous pilgrim spot of Sikhs, Sri Harmandir
Sahib locatd?
a) Amritsar
b) Manali
c) Jalandhar
d) Patna
06) How many arteries are there in an umbilical cord?
a) Three
b) Four
c) One
d) Two
07) _______ National Park is in Ladakh.
a) Gir
b) Manas
c) Namdapha
d) Hemis
08) Who among the following won the 10th National Ice
Hockey Championship trophy in Gulmarg in January 2021?
a) Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
b) Indo Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP)
c) National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
d) Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF)
09) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India
Provides power to the President for promulgating ordinances?
a) Article 77
b) Article 111
c) Article 124
d) Article 143
10) ‘Aaluyattu’ is a folk-dance form from the state of _______.
a) Kerala
b) Haryana
c) Goa
d) Nagaland
11) According to National Education Policy 2020, vocational
education will start from _______ with internships.
a) Class VII
b) Class VIII
c) Class V
d) Class VI
12) The concept of ‘Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People’ is highlighted Article _______
of the Constitution of India.
a) 345
b) 326
c) 361
d) 330
13) Which of the following is a tributary of the river
Brahmaputra that flows through Bhutan?
a) Ayeyarwady River
b) Chindwing
River
c) Wang Chhu
River
d) Sittaung River
14) Which state Assembly passed the resolution on Sarna Code in
November 2020?
a) Jharkhand
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Bihar
15) The ICPT Ramanujan Prize is awarded annually for excellence
in _______.
a) Chemistry
b) Physics
c) Mathematics
d) Biology
16) For a wave, wavelength divided by the time period is equal
to:
a) Phase
difference
b) Frequency
c) Wave velocity
d) Amplitude
17) In which of the following places is a steel plant under SAIL
located?
a) Bhilai
b) Bilaspur
c) Raigarh
d) Korba
18) Chandernagore (Chandannagar) was a _______ colony captured
by the British Navy on 23 March 1757.
a) Danish
b) Dutch
c) French
d) Portuguese
19) Carbon and energy requirements of an auto trophic organism
are fulfilled by _______.
a) Locomotion
b) Photosynthesis
c) Respiration
d) Glycogenation
20) In 2020, the United Nations passed a resolution to remove
cannabis and cannabis resin from the category of most dangerous substances’.
Which of the following countries was absent from the voting?
a) Russia
b) India
c) The US
d) Ukraine
21) The Sun Temple of Odisha was built in the 12th
Century AD by which of the following emperors?
a) Kharavela
b) Narasimha Deva
I
c) Vijaya Sena
d) Dharmapala
22) Who among the following economists coined the terminology
‘Hindu Rate of Growth’?
a) Bimal Jalan
b) Amiya Kumar
Bagchi
c) Vijay Kelkar
d) Raj Krishna
23) Which of the following is NOT an outcome of endogenic forces?
a) Landslides
b) Sea waves
c) Volcanic
eruptions
d) Earhquakes
24) Viscose fibre is obtained from _______.
a) Coal
b) Cellulose
c) Oil
d) Petrochemicals
25) Lymph is a light clear fluid made up of white blood cells
that attack harmful _______ in the blood.
a) Viruses
b) Bacteria
c) Fungi
d) Protozoa
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01) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Pompous
a) Humble
b) Flaunting
c) Boastful
d) Showy
02) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive
voice.
Close all the
windows.
a) Can you close
all the windows?
b) Let all the
windows be closed
c) Will you close
all the windows?
d) All the
windows be closed.
03) Select the most appropriate e synonym of the given word.
Yield (n)
a) Plantation
b) Garden
c) Orchard
d) Harvest
04) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The door _______
in the strong wind.
a) slammed
b) hooted
c) sizzled
d) slapped
05) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in
indirect speech.
“Read the instructions before you
start making the dish,” Deepa’s mother said to her.
a) Deepa’s mother
told to her to read instructions before you start making the dish.
b) Deepa’s mother
told to her to read instructions before you had made the dish.
c) Deepa’s mother
sait her to read instructions before she start making the dish.
d) Deepa’s mother
told her to read instructions before she started making the dish.
06) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be at a loss for
words
a) Not aware of
the language
b) Not Know what
to say
c) Habituated to
using difficult words
d) Lost the urge
to speak
07) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of
them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given
options.
Lack of required
/ vitamins and minerals / lead against / several complications / in the human
body.
a) lead against
b) Lack of
required
c) in the human
body
d) several
complications
08) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. When he
reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at the door.
B. A man went
away from his home.
C. Disappointed,
he decided to take it himself.
D. Ond day he
wrote a letter to his family, but could not find any one to take the letter to
his town.
a) DACB
b) BDCA
c) ABCD
d) CBAD
09) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of
them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given
options.
The Dussehra
celebrations / in Mysore / this year / are grandest than / in any other part / of the state.
a) any other part
b) are grandest
than
c) The Dussehra
celebrations
d) in Mysore
10) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Indolence
b) Inershia
c) Idleness
d) Insolence
11) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Widespread
a) Limited
b) General
c) Overall
d) Famous
12) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Iota
a) Lot
b) Bag
c) Bit
d) Box
13) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,
select ‘No substitution’.
Many of the
apples was rotten.
a) No substitution
b) was being
rotten
c) is rotten
d) were rotten
14) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for the given group of words.
A person who is
trained to travel in a spacecraft
a) Choreographer
b) Chauffeur
c) Anchor
d) Astronaut
15) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
a) Fiery
b) Scenic
c) Friend
d) Neice
16) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange
the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. At length the
olive tree’s branches broke with the snow’s weight, at once despoiling it of
its beauty and killing the tree.
B. A shower of
snow fell upon them and finding the olive full of foliage, it settled upon its
branches.
C. Finding the
fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and
did not injure it at all.
D. The olive tree
ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all the year round, the fig
tree changed its leaves with the seasons.
a) ACBD
b) ABCD
c) DBAC
d) DACB
17) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute
for given group of words.
One who does not
take any alcoholic drink
a) Perfectionist
b) Teetotaller
c) Vegetarian
d) Astrologer
18) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Want to curl up
and die
a) Unable to
sleep well
b) Want to die
comfortably
c) Too tired from
physical labour
d) Feel terribly
ashamed and sorry
19) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The advance
nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to
zero growth _______ in population.
a) scale
b) degree
c) rate
d) frequency
20) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the
underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required,
select ‘No substitution’.
Although the children
studied hard, but they could not understand the topic without the help of
the teacher.
a) Although the
children had study hard, but they
b) No
substitution
c) Although the
children studied hard, they
d) Although the
children have studied hard, but they
Comprehension:
In the following
passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Man-made fibre,
is fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly
modified during the manufacturing process. Man-made fibres (1) _______ spun and
woven into a large (2) _______ of consumer and industrial products, (3) _______
garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery; home furnishings (4) _______ as
upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and (5) _______ parts such as tire cord,
flame-proof linings, and drive belts.
21) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.
a) is
b) will be
c) are
d) be
22) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.
a) number
b) figure
c) extent
d) total
23) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 3.
a) counting
b) wrapping
c) showing
d) including
24) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 4.
a) much
b) more
c) such
d) so
25) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 5.
a) industrial
b) industrialised
c) industry
d) industrialist