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Q.1) Which country has finished at the top of the overall medal table with 126 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
a. Japan b. China c. USA d. Australia
Q.2) In which of the following states is the SingheyKhabas Sindhu festival celebrated?
a. Punjab b. Haryana c. Ladakh d. Himachal Pradesh
Q.3) Which of the following is the smallest military unit?
a. Brigade b. Section c. Battalion d. Platoon
Q.4) Identify the correct statements regarding K. Natwar Singh, who passed away recently.
a. He served as the Minister of External Affairs from May 2004 to December 2005.
b. He served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1953 to 1984.
c. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1984 d. All A, B and C
Q.5) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Lothal : Ancient dockyard 2. Sarnath : First sermon of Buddha
3. Rajgir : Lion capital of Ashoka 4. Nalanda : Great seat of Buddhist learning
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4 b. 3 and 4 c. 1, 2 and 4 d. 1 and 2
Q.6) The dear money policy of the RBI refers to
a. banks offering low rates of interest conducting loan melas across the nation.
b. banks offering loans at very low interest rates to students.
c. commercial banks offering loans at higher rates of interest.
d. easy availability of all loans from banks.
Q.7) Find the incorrect match.
Original name Popular name
a. Fatima Rashid- Nargis Dutt
b. KumudlalGanguly- Ashok Kumar
c. MuhammudKutty- Mammootty
d. Dilip Kumar- Akshay Kumar
Q.8) Kalinga Prize is awarded by
a. ILO. b. WWF. c. Greenpeace. d. UNESCO.
Q.9) India has opened its new resident mission in Tirana, ______ with effect from August 10, 2024.
a. North Macedonia b. Albania c. Montenegro d. Greece
Q.10) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) functions under the _____.
a. Ministry of Defence b. Cabinet Secretary c. Direct control of President d. Ministry of Home Affairs
Q.11) Which acclaimed Indian scientist was known as “Bomb Uncle”?
a. Vikram Sarabhai b. Raja Ramanna c. Jayant Narlikar d. Anil Kakodkar
Q.12) Consider the following statements
Person Nickname
1. C.N. Annadurai Anna
2. Jaeaharlal Nehru Chacha
3. Sardar Vallab bhai Patel Indian Bismark
4. M.K. Gandhi Bapu
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4 b. 2, 3 and 4 only c. 1, 2 and 4 only d. 2 and 4 only
Q.13) To combat the decline in its tiger population, which Indian state has approved the creation of a new tiger
reserve named “Guru Ghasidas-TamorPingla Tiger Reserve”?
a. Jharkhand b. Odisha c. Chhattisgarh d. Uttarakhand
Q.14) Match List-I with List-II and select the answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Vote of credit 1. For Special Purpose which is not a part of any financial year
B. Exceptional grant 2. One-sixth of the total demand in advance
C. Additional grant 3. New service which is not in that financial year
D. Vote on account 4. Unexpected grant during some emergency
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a. 2 3 1 4 b. 4 1 3 2 c. 2 1 3 4 d. 4 2 1 3

Q.15) Which among the following is a refinance institution?

a. NABARD b. SEBI c. PFRDA d. SBI
Q.16) Consider the following factors:
1. Rotation of the Earth 2. Air pressure and wind 3. Density of ocean water 4. Revolution of the Earth
Which of the above factors influence the ocean currents?
a. 1 and 2 only b. 1, 2 and 3 c. 1 and 4 d. 2, 3 and 4
Q.17) In partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which state has launched India’s first
round-the-clock grain ATM, also known as the 'rice ATM'?
a. Punjab b. Odisha c. Jharkhand d. Telangana
Q.18) Who was the first woman chief minister of an Indian state?
a. SuchetaKripalani b. Rabri Devi c. J. Jayalalithaa d. Nandini Satpathy
Q.19) Which one of the following is not a drama written by Kalidasa?
a. Malavikagnimitra b. Raghu vamsam c. Vikramorvashiya d. Abhijnanshakuntala
Q.20) As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, identify the correct statements given below.
a. Anna University, Chennai topped the State Public Universities category.
b. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) led the Open Universities ranking.
c. IISc Bengaluru is the best university for the 9th time.
d. A, B and C
Q.21) Pavel Durov, who was arrested at Le Bourget Airport, outside Paris recently is the founder and CEO of the
popular messaging application ______.
a. X(Twitter) b. Telegram c. Viber d. Skype
Q.22) Who won the Dr C. Narayana Reddy National Literary Award 2024?
a. Javed Akhtar b. Siva Sankari c. Dr Pratibha Ray d. Tapan Bandopadhyay
Q.23) Which Chola king led a naval expedition to Indonesia in the first half of AD 11th Century?
a. Rajaraja Chola b. Rajendra Chola I c. Vijayalaya Chola d. Rajendra Chola III
Q.24) The activities of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association came to an end with the death of,
a. Bagath Singh. b. Ram Prasad Bismil. c. Chandra Sekar Azad. d. Jogesh Chandra Chaterjee.
Q.25) Which space startup has recently launched India's first hybrid reusable rocket – “Rhumi 1”, developed with
support from Martin Group?
a. Dhruva Space b. AgniKul Cosmos c. Space Zone India d. Skyroot Aerospace
Q.26) Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
a. Samaveda b. Atharvaveda c. Yajurveda d. Rigveda
Q.27) The first Battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and
a. Ibrahim Lodi. b. Rana Sangram Singh. c. Maha Rana Pratap. d. Prithviraj Chouhan.
Q.28) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has recently taken a strong stance against front-running and
insider trading in mutual funds. In this context, front-running refers to ______.
a. the act of sharing information about illegal, unsafe, immoral, fraudulent, or illicit activity within a private or public
organization.
b. trading in a stock or any other financial asset while having insider knowledge of a future transaction.
c. the act of buying or selling a publicly traded company's stock by someone with non-public, material information
about that company
d. the act of buying or selling a publicly traded company's stock to unregistered FIIs & FPIs
Q.29) Which Indian claimed the 2024 Under-15 girls’ singles title at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior
Championships in Chengdu, China?
a. Ashmita Chaliha b. Tanvi Patri c. Samiya Imad Farooqui d. Tasnim Mir
Q.30) Under the leadership of which Sikh Guru did the Sikhs become a political and military force?
a. Guru Nanak b. Guru Ram Das c. Guru Gobind Singh d. Guru Arjan
Q.31) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I(Harappan Cites) List-II(located on the river)
A. Harappa 1. Ghaggar
B. Kalibangan 2. Ravi
C. Ropar 3. Indus
D. Mohenjodaro 4. Sutlej
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a. A – 2; B – 1; C – 4; D – 3 b. A – 1; B – 2; C – 3; D – 4 c.A – 2; B – 1; C – 3; D – 4 d. A – 1; B – 2; C – 4; D – 3
Q.32) Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang are the newly created districts of ______.
a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Sikkim c. Ladakh d. Jammu and Kashmir
Q.33) Match the following books with their authors.
 Book Author
A. Shame i. Mulk raj anand
B. Kanthapura ii. Raja rao
C. Coolie iii. V.S. Naipaul
D. A House for Mr. Biswas iv. Salman Rushdie
a. A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii b. A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii c. A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii d. A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii
Q.34) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:-
List – I(book) List- II(author)
A. India wins freedom i. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Indian war of Independence ii. Md. Ali Jinnah
C. The Nation Voice iii. V.D. Savarkar
D. India Divided iv. Abul Kalam Azad
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 b. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 c. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 d. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
Q.35) A novel single-strain Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) named “HILLCHOL” was launched by ______.
a. Biological E. Limited b. Divi's Laboratories
c. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories d. Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL)
Q.36) The 2024 NATO Summit marking 75 years of the alliance was held in
a. Brussels. b. New York. c. Washington DC. d. Vienna.
Q.37) Which of the following is/are unique characteristic(s) of equatorial forests?
1. Presence of tall, closely set trees with crowns forming a continuous canopy
2. Coexistence of a large number of species
3. Presence of numerous varieties of epiphytes
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a. 1 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2 and 3
Q.38) Who among the following laid the foundation of the Rashtrakuta Empire?
a. Krishna I b. Dantidurga c. Dhruva d. Amoghavarsha I
Q.39) Nari Hira, also referred to as the ‘King of Indian Magazines’ passed away recently. Which among the following
is/are his magazines?
a. Stardust b. Savvy c. Showtime d. All of the above
Q.40) The takeover of a bank / firm by the Government of India, by paying off owners, is known as ______.
a. nomination b. nationalization c. disinvestment d. demonetisation
Q.41) Which Minister has been featured on TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024?
a. Amit Shah b. Nirmala Sitharaman c. Ashwini Vaishnaw d. Piyush Goyal
Q.42) Mistral is a strong cold dry wind blows across
a. Canada. b. France. c. U.S. d. Mexico.
Q.43) White goods refer to
a. white-coloured goods.
b. large items of electrical equipment like microwave ovens, refrigerators, etc.
c. fast moving consumer goods like soap bars, toothpastes, etc.
d. goods manufactured with white money.
Q.44) Who among the following built the famous Sun Temple of Konark in AD 13th century?
a. Anantavarma Chodagangadeva b. Gajapati Mukunda Deva c. Narasimhadeva-I d. Narasimhadeva-III
Q.45) According to a Fortune India report, who emerged as the highest tax-paying celebrity in India in the financial
year 2023-2024?
a. Salman Khan b. Vijay c. Amitabh Bachchan d. Shahrukh Khan
Q.46) Which of the following was a member of Rajya Sabha at the time of his / her appointment as Prime Minister?
a. P. V. Narasimha Rao b. Lal Bahadur Shastri c. Indira Gandhi d. Charan Singh
Q.47) Who among the following has the power to prorogue the two Houses of the Parliament?
a. President b. Vice-President c. Prime Minister d. Speaker of Lok Sabha
Q.48) Which of the following is commonly referred to as the Oscar award?
a. Golden Globe b. BAFTA Award c. Academy Award d. The Golden King Award
Q.49) Identify the correct statements regarding the recently concluded Paris Paralympics 2024.
a. China topped the medal count with 95 golds and 222 total medals.
b. India won a total of 29 medals, including 7 golds, 9 silvers, & 13 bronzes
c. Los Angeles will be hosting the next Paralympic Summer Games in 2028.
d. All A, B and C
Q.50) Thailand was formerly known as
a. Mesopotamia b. Abyssinia c. Persia d. Siam
Q.51) The term “Gutenberg discontinuity” is associated with
a. the interior of earth. b. atmosphere. c. the interior of oceans. d. deserts.
Q.52) Which of the following is the Regulator of the credit rating agencies in India?
a. RBI b. SEBI c. SIDBI d. GOI
Q.53) Who became the first Indian to become the President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)?
a. P.T Usha b. Dilip Tirkey c. Raja Randhir Singh d. Dhanraj Pillay
Q.54) Who advocated the Balkan Plan for the partition of India?
a. Clement Attlee b. Lord Mountbatten c. Indian National Congress d. Muslim League
Q.55) Which of the following Indus Valley Civilisation sites was a flourishing port?
a. Lothal b. Harappa c. Kalibangan d. Mohenjodaro
Q.56) Anekantavanda is a core theory and philosophy of which of the following?
a. Buddhism b. Jainism c. Sikhism d. Vaishnavism
Q.57) Who was re-elected as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language?
a. Nitin Gadkari b. Rajnath Singh c. Amit Shah d. Narendra Modi
Q.58) Which of the following is India’s oldest paramilitary force?
a. Assam Rifles b. Border Security Force
c. Central Industrial Security Force d. Central Reserve Police Force
Q.59) According to the Constitution of India, it is the duty of the President of India to cause to be laid before the
Parliament which of the following?
1. The recommendations of the Union Finance Commission. 2. The report of the Public Accounts Committee.
3. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
4. The report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a. 1 only b. 2 and 4 only c. 1, 3 and 4 only d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q.60) Which has become the 101st country to join the International Solar Alliance-ISA as a full member?
a. Pakistan b. Maldives c. Nepal d. Bangladesh
Q.61) Which Indian-origin person won the Singapore Literature Prize for English fiction for her short story – ‘Nine
Yard Sarees’.?
a. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni b. Kiran Desai c. Anita Desai d. Prasanthi Ram
Q.62) The state which has the largest number of seats reserved for the scheduled tribes in the Lok Sabha is
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Madhya Pradesh c. Bihar d. Gujarat
Q.63) Who strongly objected to the British government’s negotiations on terms of equality with “seditious fakir”
M.K.Gandhi in India?
a. Winston Churchill. b. Ramsay Mcdonald. c. Lord Linlithgow. d. Lord Wavell.
Q.64) As per the World Health Organization WHO, which among the following has become the first Leprosy free-
nation?
a. Pakistan b. Malaysia c. India d. Jordan
Q.65) ‘Siwalik’ is the outermost range of the
a. Himalayas. b. Vindhya Range. c. Patkai Bum. d. Satpura Range.
Q.66) Where and what is Bitra island?
a. A Dolphin Conservation Park in Lakshadweep. b. A bird Sanctuary in Lakshadweep.
c. A holiday resort in Andamans. d. Main fishing area in Nicobar Islands.
Q.67) The Finance Commission submits its report to the
a. President. b. Speaker of Lok Sabha. c. Prime Minister. d. Finance Minister of India.
Q.68) Which among the following nations has recently launched a new research satellite named “Chamran-1” into a
550-kilometer orbit in space?
a. Mexico b. Israel c. Iraq d. Iran
Q.69) The World Development Report is an annual publication of the
a. United Nations Development Programme. b. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
c. World Trade Organization. d. International Monetary Fund.
Q.70) M. C. Setalvad was the first
a. Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. b. Attorney-General of India.
c. Governor of Reserve Bank of India. d. Election Commissioner of India.
Q.71) Renminbi Yuan is the currency of
a. China. b. South Korea. c. Japan. d. Singapore.
Q.72) Which among the following has occupied the first place in TIME's World's Best Companies 2024 list?
a. Microsoft b. Walmart c. Apple d. Google
Q.73) The largest Coral Reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries?
a. Cuba b. Ghana c. Australia d. Philippines
Q.74) ‘The Pritzker Prize’ is the highest award in
a. Mathematics. b. Architecture. c. Propagation of religion. d. Environment.
Q.75) Devaluation of currency means
a. fixing the value of currency in conjugation with movement in the value of basket of pre-determined currencies.
b. fixing the value of currency with multilateral consultation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World
Bank, etc.
c. permitting the currency to seek its worth in the international market.
d. reduction in the value of currency vis-a-vis major international trade currencies.
Q.76) Who was appointed as the brand ambassador for the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways?
a. Neeraj Chopra b. Manu Bhaker c. Manpreet Singh d. Dipa Karmakar
Q.77) The first Industrial Policy Resolution in India was adopted in
a. 1948. b. 1952. c. 1956. d. 1960.
Q.78) Match the following.

a. 1-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C, 5-E b. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-E c. 1-E, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-A d. 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D, 5-E
Q.79) On which planet is India’s premier space agency, ISRO, planning to launch a mission in March 2028?
a. Saturn b. Jupiter c. Venus d. Mercury
Q.80) Which of the following pillar rock edicts mentions the exemption of Lumbini the birthplace of the Buddha from
Land revenue?
a. Rummindei Pillar Inscription b. Kandahar Inscription c. Bhabru Inscription d. 13th Rock Edict
Q.81) The first repository of cancer genomics in India was launched by the ______
a. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology b. Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases
c. National Institute of Biomedical Genomics d. Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) Foundation
Q.82) The problem of Chakma refugees is related with
a. Nepal b. Bangladesh c. Myanmar d. China
Q.83) Which of the following rivers originates in Amarkantak?
a. Damodar b. Mahanadi c. Narmada d. Tapi
Q.84) Three Mile Island, the site of America’s worst commercial nuclear accident, will restart operations to provide
power to ______’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence programs.
a. Google b. Apple c. Meta d. Microsoft
Q.85) Who among the following is known as “Jan Nayak”?
a. Jayaprakash Narayan b. Karpoori Thakur c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. Dadabhai Naoroji
Q.86) The Ravi Kirloskar Trophy is associated with
a. Golf. b. Hockey. c. Football. d. Kabaddi.
Q.87) What is a sunrise industry?
a. A non-polluting industry b. An export oriented industry
c. A large power producing industry d. An industry which is in its infancy but is growing at a rapid pace
Q.88) Who was crowned Miss Universe India 2024 and will now represent India at the global Miss Universe 2024
pageant?
a. Nandini Gupta b. Urvashi Rautela c. Rhea Singha d. Shweta Sharda
Q.89) Annie Besant was
1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement. 2. The founder of the Theosophical society.
3. Once the president of the INC.
Select the correct statement(s) using the codes given below.
a. 1 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2 and 3
Q.90) Udbodhan was published by
a. Dayananda Saraswati b. Sahajananda c. Vivekananda d. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Q.91) Guillotine refers to
a. passing of bills by legislature without quorum. b. passing of bills by legislature without leaders of legislatures.
c. passing of bills without any discussion. d. All of the above
Q.92) Name the Indian shuttler, who won the Polish International 2024 title in Lublin, Poland, recently.
a. Ashmita Chaliha b. Malvika Bansod c. Saina Nehwal d. Anmol Kharb
Q.93) In India which of the following was the first one to be recognised as World Heritage site by UNESCO, in 1983?
a. Ajanta Caves (Maharashtra) b. Mahabalipuram Temples (Tamil Nadu)
c. Khajuraho Temples (Madhya Pradesh) d. Brihadeeswara Temple (Tamil Nadu)
Q.94) Which index is the basis for measuring inflation in our country?
a. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) b. Retail Price Index (RPI)
c. Consumer Price Index (CPI) d. Stock Market Indices
Q.95) Which multinational hospitality chain has agreed to acquire the iconic American budget hotel chain Motel 6
and Studio 6 brands for $525 million in an all-cash transaction?
a. Airbnb b. MakeMyTrip c. OYO d. ITC Hotels
Q.96) ‘Torah’ is the sacred book of
a. Zoroastrianism b. Taoism c. Confucianism d. Judaism
Q.97) Bhakta Tukaram was a contemporary of which Mughal Emperor?
a. Babar b. Akbar c. Jahangir d. Aurangzeb
Q.98) Which film has been chosen as India’s official entry for the Oscars 2025 in the Best Foreign Film Category?
a. Kalki 2898 AD b. All We Imagine As Light c. Animal d. Laapataa Ladies
Q.99) ‘Montreal Protocol’ is related to
a. Landmines. b. Biological Weapons. c. Ozone depletion. d. Nuclear Weapons.
Q.100) As per the Asia Power Index report 2024, India has become the ______ most powerful nation in Asia.
a. second b. third c. fourth d. fifth
Q.101) ______ will be honoured with the DadasahebPhalke Award at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony.
a) Waheeda Rehman b) Asha Parekh c) Rajinikanth d) Mithun Chakraborty
Q.102) Article 112 of Indian Constitution deals with the
a) NITI Aayog. b) Finance Commission. c) General Budget. d) Supreme Court.
Q.103) The state with highest percentage of SC population in India is
a) Andhra Pradesh. b) Punjab. c) West Bengal. d) Chhattisgarh.
Q.104) Tokyo Stock Exchange’s index is known as
a) Nifty. b) Hang Seng. c) KOSPI. d) Nikkei.
Q.105) Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways SarbanandaSonowal launched the ______ from Mumbai
port, to propel the country’s cruise tourism industry by doubling cruise passenger traffic by 2029.
a) ‘Cruise India Mission’ b) ‘Cruise Bharat Mission’ c) ‘Cruise Samudra Mission’ d) ‘Sagar Cruise Mission’
Q.106) Who said, “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire”?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Chandrasekhar Azad d) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Q.107Match the following countries with their Parliaments.

a) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv b) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii c) A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i d) A-iii, B-ii, C-iv, D-i
Q.108) Neyveli in Tamil Nadu is famous for _____ reserves.
a) Bauxite b) Lignite c) Gold d) Silver
Q.109) The twelfth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of
human rights – has been awarded to leading ______ political figure and rights defender María Corina Machado.
a) Colombian b) Bolivian c) Argentinian d) Venezuelan
Q.110) What do you call a narrow neck of land that connects two larger landmasses?
a) Peninsula b) Isthmus c) Cape d) Strait
Q.111) In 1904, India’s first cement industry was started at _____.
a) Calcutta b) Jamshedpur c) Ahmednagar d) Madras.
Q.112) Which among the following nations will host the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup in 2025?
a) Pakistan b) India c) Sri Lanka d) Nepal
Q.113) Match the following sites with their respective states.

a) I – A, II – B, III – C, IV – D, V – E b) I – B, II – C, III – D, IV – E, V – A
c) I – C, II – D, III – E, IV – A, V – B d) I – D, II – E, III – A, IV – B, V – C
Q.114) The medium of exchange in gold during the Gupta period was known as the
a) Dinara b) Drachma c) Karshapana d) Suvarna
Q.115) ‘Pearl Square’ is located in
a) Cairo. b) Tripoli. c) Tunis. d) Manama.
Q.116) Which IT giant has formed a Nvidia business group with 30,000 professionals to receive training to help
enterprises scale up for the AI era?
a) Meta b) Accenture c) CISCO d) IBM
Q.117) What is the African equivalent of the Prairie?
a) Steppes b) Savannah c) Velds d) Pampas
Q.118) Endoscopy, a technique used to explore the stomach or other inner parts of the body, is based on the
phenomenon of
a) diffraction. b) interference. c) total internal reflection. d) refraction.
Q.119) Who was the first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?
a) Madhubala b) Meena Kumari c) Nargis Dutt d) SmitaPatil
Q.120) Which city will host the second edition of the world's biggest official franchise chess league, “Global Chess
League 2024” from October 3-12, 2024?
a) New Delhi b) London c) Paris d) Berlin
Q.121) Who led the Indian parliamentary delegation to the 149th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
scheduled to be held in Geneva from 13th-17th October 2024?
a) Om Birla b) Narendra Modi c) S. Jaishankar d) Jagdeep Dhankhar
Q.122) Which Amendment added Fundamental Duties to the Indian Constitution?
a) 40th b) 42nd c) 44th d) 46th
Q.123) The branch of agriculture that deals with fish-breeding is called
a) Ichthyology. b) Pomology. c) Horticulture. d) Sericulture.
Q.124) Akodara is India’s first
a) ‘open defecation free’ village b) first cashless and digital village
c) fully literate village d) fully solar powered village
Q.125)Which person/institution has been conferred with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Nihon Hidankyo, Japan b) Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus
c) Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine d) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Q.126) Who among the following is considered as the Second Individual Satyagrahi?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) J.L.Nehru c) M.K.Gandhi d) Motilal Nehru
Q.127) Match the following world heritage sites and their locations.

a) 1-E-v; 2-D-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-B-ii; 5-A-i b) 1-E-i; 2-D-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v
c) 1-D-i; 2-C-ii; 3-E-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v d) 1-B-i; 2-C-ii; 3-D-iii; 4-E-iv; 5-A-v
Q.128) Which state government has decided to set up "co-districts" in the state, a first-of-its-kind approach in India?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Bihar c) Assam d) Rajasthan
Q.129) ‘Moved by Love’ is the autobiography of
 a) Dadabhai Naoroji. b) Vinoba Bhave. c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. d) Annie Besant.
Q.130) Which of the following is also called City of Joy?
a) Mumbai b) Chennai c) Kolkata d) New Delhi
Q.131) Which of the following State/UT is having highest number of wildlife sanctuaries in India?
a) Kerala. b) Karnataka. c) Tamil Nadu. d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q.132) The National Space Commission has cleared India's 5th Lunar Mission, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission
(LUPEX), which is a collaborative effort between ISRO & ______.
a) NASA, USA b) JAXA, Japan c) CNSA, China d) ROSCOSMOS, Russia
Q.133) Under whose presidency did the Indian National Congress declare Poorna Swaraj as its objective in 1929?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Motilal Nehru
Q.134) Which of the following is not a member of the SAARC?
a) Afghanistan b) China c) Maldives d) Bhutan
Q.135) The first Indian on whom the Government of India bestowed the title of National Professor was C. V. Raman.
That was in 1947. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in
a) 1930. b) 1949. c) 1955. d) 1961.
Q.136) Renowned industrialist, philanthropist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ratan Tata passed away in Mumbai.
During his tenure, the Tata Group acquired ______.
a) Tetley b) Jaguar Land Rover c) Corus d) All A, B and C
Q.137) Lepchas are the original tribal inhabitants of
a) Manipur. b) Arunachal Pradesh. c) Madhya Pradesh. d) Sikkim.
Q.138) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Jahangir : William Hawkins b) Akbar : Sir Thomas Roe
c) Shah Jahan : Tavernier d) Aurangzeb : Manucci
Q.139) The Red Panda Program of Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo in ______ was selected as a finalist for the 2024
WAZA Conservation Award.
a) Assam b) West Bengal c) Sikkim d) Meghalaya
Q.140) Tasmania is an island owned by
a) Tonga. b) Australia. c) Fiji. d) New Zealand
Q.141) Who among the following was appointed the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women, NCW, in
October 2024?
a) Rekha Sharma b) Lalitha Kumaramangalam c) Vijaya Rahatkar d) Mamta Sharma
Q.142) Dialysis is used when there is a failure of
a) kidneys. b) liver. c) lungs. d) heart.
Q.143) The coniferous forest region covering most of Northern Russia and Siberia is termed as
a) Tundra. b) Taiga. c) Terai. d) Downs.
Q.144) Which of the following nations won their maiden Women’s T20 World Cup in October 2024?
a) South Africa b) Sri Lanka c) Bangladesh d) New Zealand
Q.145) Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different
sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India?
a) Industry – Agriculture – Services b) Industry – Service – Agriculture
c) Service – Agriculture – Industry d) Service – Industry – Agriculture
Q.146) Khasis, a tribal group, are native to
a) Mizoram. b) Meghalaya. c) Nagaland. d) Tripura.
Q.147) Find the incorrect match.

a) (A) b) (B) c) (C) d) (D)

Q.148) In the 5th National Water Awards 2023, in the category of Best State, the first prize has been conferred upon
______
a) Uttar Pradesh. b) Gujarat. c) Puducherry. d) Odisha.
Q.149) Which one of the following was described by Dr.’B.R.Ambedkar as the ‘heart and soul’ of the Indian
constitution?
a) Right to Constitutional Remedies b) Right to Freedom of Religion
c) Right against Exploitation d) Right to Equality
Q.150) Who among the following are indigenous people found in the Amazon Basin?
a) Kuikuro b) Bushmen c) Masai d) Kuki
Q.151) The founder of Navadhanya movement is
a) R. K. Pachauri. b) Sunita Narain. c) SunderlalBahuguna. d) Vandana Shiva.
Q.152) Which of the following exercises comprising the Quad group of countries — India, Australia, Japan, and the
U.S., was held off the coast of Visakhapatnam in October 2024?
a) ‘Exercise Kakadu’ b) ‘Exercise Malabar’ c) ‘Exercise Maitri’ d) ‘Exercise Nomadic Elephant’
Q.153) Match the following PSU units with their respective locations.

a) I – A, II – B, III – C, IV – D, V – E b) I – B, II – C, III – D, IV – E, V – A
c) I – C, II – D, III – E, IV – A, V – B d) I – D, II – E, III – A, IV – B, V – C
Q.154) Ashoka was influenced towards Buddhism mainly because of monk
a) Upagupta b) Ajatasatru c) Vasudeva d) Ahvagosha
Q.155) INS Trikand and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft participated in the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise
Naseem-Al-Bahr with the Royal Navy of Oman Vessel Al Seeb, off ______ from 13 to 18 October 24.
a) Visakhapatnam b) Chennai c) Goa d) Cochin
Q.156) After 1991, the Central Government implemented various far-rending reforms in the area of taxation. This
was based on the recommendations of the ______.
a) Narasimhan Committee b) K. N. Raj Committee c) Wanchoo Committee d) Raja Chelliah Committee
Q.157) The Saka Era, beginning with AD 78, is associated with
a) Kanishka. b) Bhumaka. c) Chandragupta Maurya. d) Mahapadma Nanda.
Q.158) Which of the following states launched Mission Basundhara 3.0 to provide land rights to indigenous people?
a) Odisha b) Chhattisgarh c) Jharkhand d) Assam
Q.159) Which of the following is not a type of coal?
a) Lignite b) Anthracite c) Peat d) Gneiss
Q.160) Which of the following nations was certified as malaria-free by the World Health Organization in October
2024?
a) Jordan b) Egypt c) Libya d) Ethiopia
Q.161) Name the tropical storm that slammed into the Philippines on October 24 2024, with fatalities reaching
above 100.
a) Ampil b) Gaemi c) Trami d) Chris
Q.162) With reference to the invaders in ancient India, which one of the following is the correct chronological
order?
a) Greeks – Shakas – Kushanas b) Greeks – Kushanas – Shakas
c) Shakas – Greeks – Kushanas d) Shakas – Kushanas – Greeks
Q.163) Which of the following Vedas contains the ‘PurusaSukta’?
a) Rig Veda b) Sama Veda c) Yajur Veda d) Atharva Veda
Q.164) Which country secured first rank in the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024?
a) Norway b) Finland c) Denmark d) Sweden
Q.165) Iodine deficiency leads to
a) Anaemia. b) Goitre. c) Scurvy. d) Rickets.
Q.166) The first woman to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award was
a) Indira Goswami. b) Ashapurna Devi. c) Amrita Pritam. d) Mahasweta Devi.
Q.167) Identify the type of deficit which is not associated with the Union Budget of India.
a) Fiscal Deficit b) Revenue Deficit c) Primary Deficit d) Trade Deficit
Q.168) India’s first private facility to build military planes, where C295 aircraft will be produced, was inaugurated at
the Tata Aircraft Complex in ______.
a) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh b) Pune, Maharashtra c) Vadodara, Gujarat d) Hyderabad, Telangana
Q.169) Which of the following temple is not located in Bhuvaneshwar?
a) Lingaraja Temple b) Mukteshwara Temple c) Parashurameshwara Temple d) Sri Ranganatha Swamy
Q.170) Headquarters of International Red Cross Society is at
a) New York b) Paris c) Manila d) Geneva

Q.171) Which male footballer was honored with the Ballon d’Or award 2024 for the best player in the world?
a) Jude Bellingham b) Lionel Messi c) Cristiano Ronaldo d) Rodri
Q.172) The author of “Everybody Loves a Good Drought” is
a) Amartya Sen b) Deep Joshi c) P Sainath d) Arun Shourie
Q.173) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3 b) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4 c) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4 d) A - 1, B - 2, C - 4, D - 3
Q.174) Which among the following was named as Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year 2024?
a) Brat b) AI c) Permacrisis d) NFT (non-fungible token)
Q.175) Which of the following works was NOT written by Kalidasa?
a) AbhignanaSakuntalam b) Meghasandesam c) Nagananda d) Raghuvamsa
Q.176) The “IX-B” schedule was added to the Indian constitution by the
a) Eight Amendment b) Ninety Seventh Amendment c) Ninth Amendment d) Forty second
Q.177) Which country has successfully test-fired the new Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)?
a) China b) North Korea c) Japan d) South Korea
Q.178) Which countries constitute the BRICS group?
a) Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. b) Britain, Russia, India, Canada and South Africa.
c) Benin, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Congo and Sudan. d) Brazil, Russia, India, Canada and South Africa.
Q.179) Find the incorrect match.
Folk dance - State
a) Tamasha - Maharashtra b) Giddha - Punjab c) Burrakatha - Andhra Pradesh d) Kathi - Uttarakhand
Q.180) Justice K.S. Puttaswamy, the pivotal petitioner in the landmark right to ______ case, passed away.
a) health b) education c) privacy d) strike
Q.181) Which of the following states celebrated one of its biggest festivals, NingolChakkouba held every year on the
second day of the lunar month of Hiyangei of the Meitei calendar?
a) Mizoram b) Assam c) Nagaland d) Manipur
Q.182) Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus people?
a) Lead b) Copper c) Bronze d) Iron
Q.183) How many European nations voted to elect new representatives for European Parliament?
a) 25 b) 21 c) 27 d) 19
Q.184) Which of the following cricket teams scripted history by winning all the Test matches in India against India, in
a series featuring three or more Test matches in nine decades?
a) Australia b) England c) New Zealand d) Sri Lanka
Q.185) Plains formed in limestone regions are called
a) Alluvial plains b) Flood plains c) Karst plains d) Peni plains
Q.186) In India, monetisation of the fiscal deficit is indirectly achieved through
a) spending by the government b) increasing interest rates
c) Open Market Operations d) reducing public expenditure
Q.187) The idea of a Constituent Assembly to frame a Constitution for India was first mooted by
a) The All parties Conference in 1946. b) The Muslim League in 1942.
c) The Indian National Conference in 1936. d) The Swaraj Party in 1928.
Q.188) In November 2024, the first science result was out from the Aditya-L1 mission. Which of the following is true
of the Aditya-L1?
a) India’s first scientific mission dedicated to studying the sun.
b) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Aditya-L1 on September 2, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota.
c) The spacecraft has a mission life of five years. d) All A, B, C
Q.189) The central point in Ashoka’s ‘Dhamma’ was
a) Religious tolerance b) Respect to elders c) Peace and non-violence d) Loyalty to the king
Q.190) The father of the revivalist School of Indian painting (Popularly called as the Bengal School of Art) was
a) Jaimini Roy. b) Nandlal Bose. c) Ravi Varma. d) Abanindranath Tagore.
Q.191) Nelly Korda claimed the 2024 Rolex Player of the Year award. Nelly Korda is associated with ______
a) tennis b) squash c) golf d) table tennis
Q.192) Who used the term ‘untouchable’ for the scheduled castes for the first time?
a) H. H. Risley b) Alfred Lyall c) W. C. Crooks d) M.K. Gandhi
Q.193) Who among the following is known as “Loknayak”?
a) Jayaprakash Narayan b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) DadabhaiNaoroji
Q.194) The Abhay Prabhavana Museum, the largest Museum of Ideas dedicated to Jain philosophy and Indian
heritage, was inaugurated in ______.
a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat b) Pune, Maharashtra c) Mysuru, Karnataka d) Jaipur, Rajasthan
Q.195) Match the following women with their respective fields.

a) I – A, II – B, III – C, IV – D, V – E b) I – E, II – D, III – C, IV – B, V – A
c) I – C, II – B, III – A, IV – E, V – D d) I – B, II – A, III – E, IV – D, V – C
Q.196) People of mixed Amerindian and European blood in South America are called
a) Masuds b) Mestizos c) Mulattos d) Hottentots
Q.197) Billionaire and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal was recently appointed as the Chairman of American
carrier ______.
a) JetBlue Airways b) Southwest Airlines c) American Airlines d) Delta Air Lines
Q.198) Which of the following is not a method of estimating national income?
a) Expenditure method b) Income method c) Product method d) Export-Import method
Q.199) The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from the ______ to the ____
a)poles, equator b)tropic of cancer, equator c)equator, poles d)tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn
Q.200) Padma Vibhushan & Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Pandit Ram Narayan passed away in Mumbai. With
which musical instrument was he associated?
a) Tabla b) Sarangi c) Sitar d) Mridangam

Answer KEY -
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. D
21. B 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. C
31. A 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. C 37. D 38. B 39. D 40. B
41. C 42. B 43. B 44. C 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. C 49. D 50. D
51.A 52.B 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. A 59. C 60. C
61. D 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. A 66. B 67. A 68. D 69. B 70. B
71. A 72. C 73. C 74. B 75. D 76. B 77. A 78. A 79. C 80. A
81. D 82. B 83. C 84. D 85.B 86.A 87. D 88. C 89. C 90. C
91. C 92. D 93. A 94. C 95. C 96. D 97. C 98. D 99. C 100. B
101. D 102.C 103. B 104. D 105. B 106. B 107. C 108. B 109. D 110. B
111. D 112. B 113. A 114. D 115. D 116. B 117. B 118. C 119. C 120. B
121. A 122. B 123. A 124. B 125. A 126. B 127. B 128. C 129.B 130.C
131. D 132. B 133. B 134. B 135. A 136. D 137. D 138. B 139. B 140. B
141. C 142. A 143. B 144. D 145. D 146. B 147. D 148. D 149. A 150. A
151. D 152. B 153. A 154. A 155.C 156. D 157. A 158.D 159. D 160.B
161. C 162. A 163.A 164. C 165. B 166. B 167. D 168. C 169. D 170.D
171. D 172. C 173. A 174. A 175. C 176. B 177. B 178. A 179.D 180. C
181. D 182. D 183. C 184. C 185. C 186. C 187. D 188. D 189. C 190.D
191. C 192. A 193. A 194. B 195. A 196. B 197. B 198. D 199. C 200. B