1) As per the provisions of Union Budget 2021-22, how many public sector banks have been lined up for disinvestment?
1. Seven
2. Three
3. Two
4. Five
2)
Colloidal systems – such as gum, starch, proteins, cellulose, agar and gelatine
– when placed in water, will absorb a large volume of water and swell up.
These substances are called ______.
1. porins
2. apoplasts
3. combustibles
4. imbibants
3) Gulzar was awarded the 66th Filmfare Award for
‘Best Lyrics’ for the film ______.
1.
Thappad
2.
Sir
3.
Chhapaak
4.
Ludo
4) Which of the following statements is/are
correct?
I. Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted
by Government of India since 1995.
II. The award is open to all persons regardless of
nationality, race, language, caste, creed or sex.
III. The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 was
conferred on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
1. Only I
and II
2. Only
I
3. I, II
and III
4. Only
III
5) Which of the following is NOT a broad mitigation
technique of landslide?
1.
Construction of retention wall to stop land from slipping
2. The
surface drainage control works to control the movement of landslide along
with rain water and spring flows.
3. Hazard
mapping to locate areas prone to landslides
4.
Reduction in the vegetation cover to arrest landslide
6) The 61st Amendment to the Constitution of India
______.
1.
restricted the size of council of ministers to 15% of the number of legislative
members
2.
reduced the age for voting from 21 to 18 years
3.
substituted ‘Odia’ for ‘Oriya’
4.
exempted Arunachal Pradesh from reservation for Scheduled Castes in
Panchayati Raj institutions
7) Which of the following is the middle layer in the
root apical meristem that gives rise to the cortex?
1.
Periblem
2.
Calyptrogen
3.
Dermatogen
4.
Plerome
8) Which of the following is NOT a type of
mosquito?
1.
Limulus
2.
Culex
3.
Aedes
4.
Anopheles
9) Which of the following decades was proclaimed by
the General Assembly of the United Nations as the International Decade for
action on ‘Water for life’?
1. 1994 -
2004
2. 1972 -
1982
3. 1983 -
1993
4. 2005 -
2015
10) The
Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India were
borrowed from the ______ Constitution.
1. Spanish
2. Norwegian
3. Irish
4. Australian
11) Mridula Sinha, who passed away in November 2020,
was the first woman Governor of ______.
1.
Goa
2.
Mizoram
3.
Tripura
4.
Haryana
12) Which of the following is the horizontal
distance between two successive crests?
1. Wave
height
2. Wave
period
3. Wave
frequency
4. Wave
length
13) The Hindu Marriage Act was enacted in the year
______.
1.
1956
2.
1952
3.
1953
4. 1955
14) Which of the following countries hosted the ITTF
(International Table Tennis Federation) Women's World Cup 2020?
1.
Singapore
2.
China
3.
Japan
4. South
Korea
15) The Ghoom Monastery is located in:
1.
Gangtok
2.
Namchi
3.
Kalimpong
4.
Darjeeling
16) Which of the following British officers issued
the infamous ‘crawling order’ whereby Indi had to crawl on all fours to
pass an alley?
1.
General Dyer
2. Warren
Hastings
3. Lord
Irwin
4. Lord
Curzon
17) According to the Central Ground Water Board, BIS
(IS_10500 and revised module IS 10500:2012) specifications in Uniform Drinking
Water Quality Monitoring Protocol, what is the acceptable pH value of
drinking water specification in India?
1. 5.5 -
7.5
2. 4.5 -
9.5
3. 6.5 -
8.5
4. 3.5 -
5.5
18) Who
among the following Indian freedom fighters was fondly called Gandhi Buri
(Old Lady Gandhi) for her dedication towards Gandhian principles?
1. Kamla Chaudhary
2. Leela Roy
3. Dakshayani Velayudhan
4. Matangini Hazra
19 Who among the following was named sportsman of
the decade (Individual non Olympic sports) at the 2021 Sportstar ACES
Awards?
1.
Pentala Harikrishna
2. Vidit
Santosh Gujrathi
3.
Viswanathan Anand
4.
Baskaran Adhiban
20) A distinct ‘Dhrupad style’ is associated with
the ______ gharana.
1.
Ajrada
2.
Nathdwara
3.
Jafferkhani
4.
Bishnupur
21) Normally, there is a ______ day interval between
spring tides and neap tides.
1.
nine
2.
two
3.
four
4. seven
22) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced
the setting up of ______ mega textile parks across the country over three
years, in her Budget 2021-22 speech.
1.
seven
2.
five
3.
three
4.
nine
23) The ancient city of Champa is believed to be the
capital of ______ Mahajanapada.
1.
Anga
2.
Kashi
3.
Matsya
4.
Vajji
24) As per World Justice Project 2020, what is
India’s rank in Regulatory Enforcement as cited in Economic Survey of
India 2021?
1.
56
2.
79
3.
62
4.
74
25) ______, the world’s first sailing boat made
entirely from plastic waste, aims to raise people’s awareness of plastic
pollution in oce.
1.
Flipflopi
2.
Blipblopi
3.
Snipsnopi
4.
Triptropi
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