01) Which of the following teams has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy five times as of November 2020?
a) Rajasthan
Royals
b) Sunrisers
Hyderabad
c) Chennai Super
Kings
d) Mumbai Indians
02) Second generation computers (1955-1964) were made of:
a) Large scale
integrated circuit chips
b) Vacuum tubes
c) Transistors
d) Small scale
integrated circuit chips
03) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India
details ‘Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex
or place of birth’?
a) Article 22
b) Article 27
c) Article 15
d) Article 10
04) Where were the terracotta models of the plough excavated in
Harappan civilization?
a) Banawali
b) Kashmir
c) Amrinal
d) Lothal
05) Who among the following started the construction of the
Qutub Minar?
a) Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Iltutmish
d) Qutb al-Din
Aibak
06) Which of the following institutions conducts the survey on employment
and unemployment?
a) NITI Aayog
b) National
Institutional of Economic and Social Research
c) National
Council of Applied Economic Research
d) National
Sample Survey Organisation
07) In which year did Akbar analyse the state revenue statistics
for the last 10 years, which contained information on price fluctuations and
land productivity?
a) 1569
b) 1548
c) 1580
d) 1536
08) Which of the following provisions and the constitutions of
different countries from which they have been adopted in the Constitution of
India has been INCORRECTLY paired?
a) The idea of
the rule of law – British Constitution
b) Charter of
Fundamental rights – United States Constitution
c) Directive
Principles of State Policy – Irish Constitution
d) Principals of
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity – Canadian Constitution
09) Purna, Manjira and Pranhita are tributaries of:
a) Godavari
b) Indus
c) Yamuna
d) Chambal
10) With which bank did Indian Army sign an MOU for serving
retired personnel in December 2020?
a) State Bank of
India
b) Union Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) Bank of Baroda
11) Which of the following valleys is NOT located in Himachal
Pradesh?
a) Silent Valley
b) Malana Valley
c) Markha Valley
d) Chumbi Valley
12) When an economy is facing inflation, what will the central
bank of the country do?
a) Reduce the
cost of money by reducing rates
b) Raise the cost
of money by raising rates
c) Set up more
ATMs to help the public
d) Print more
notes
13) Which everyday morning ritual is part of quantum mechanics?
a) Brushing teeth
b) Making tea
c) Ringing of an
alarm clock
d) Reading
newspapers
14) Which of the following is a dance form of West Bengal where
is a confluence of dancing, singing, drama and recital?
a) Bhavai
b) Alkap
c) Tippani
d) Hudo
15) Which of the following is a capacity-building scheme that
was launched in 2020 for civil servants aimed at upgrading the post-recruitment
training mechanism of the officers and employees at all levels?
a) Mission
Karmayogi
b) Mission
Sahayog
c) Mission
Swabhiman
d) Mission
Rakshak
16) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literatute 2020?
a) Reinhard
Genzel
b) Roger Penrose
c) Andrea M Ghez
d) Louise Gluck
17) In which of the following options is the substance
INCORRECTLY paired with the acid present in that substance?
a) Tomato –
Oxalic Acid
b) Vinegar –
Acetic Acid
c) Orange –
Citric Acid
d) Lemon – Lactic
Acid
18) Which Indian film was the first film to win the ‘Palme d’Or’
at Cannes Film Festival?
a) Mother India
b) Mughal-e-Azam
c) Neecha Nagar
d) Ram Aur Shyam
19) How many bits does an IP address consist of?
a) 24
b) 32
c) 16
d) 12
20) Who among the following is the head coach of Inida’s men’s
(Senior) football team as of December 2020?
a) Drazen Ladic
b) Igor Stimac
c) Robert Jarni
d) Stephen Constantine
21) Which of the following ships was launched on 14 December
2020 in Kolkata?
a) INS Jalashwa
b) INS Himgiri
c) INS Kolkata
d) INS Shardul
22) Who among the following is the first table tennis player to
win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
a) Manika Batra
b) Sharath Kamal
c) Poulomi Ghatak
d) Sournyajit
Ghosh
23) India’s longest LPG pipeline is from Jamnagar to _______.
a) Vijayanagar
b) Namrup
c) Hazira
d) Loni
24) According to ‘Population estimation of tigers in reserves
for 2018-19’ which of the following is India’s largest tiger reserve?
a) Corbett
b) Dudhwa
c) Nagarhole
d) Bandipore
25) Onions produce the chemical irritant knows as
syn-propanethial-S-oxide; this stimulates the eyes’ _______ glands which
release tears.
a) Lachrymal
b) Parotid
c) Sublingual
d) Submandibular
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