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Mock Test-8
1. Chandragupta Maurya figures prominently in the book of

(a) Bhasa (b) Sudraka

(c) Vishakhadatta (d) Ashvaghosha

2. A Buddhist Council during the reign of Ashoka was held at

(a) Magadha (b) Pataliputra

(c) Samastipur (d) Rajgriha

3. Which one of the following Ashokan inscription is in in “Kharosthi” script ?

(a) Khalsi

(b) Girnar

(c) Shahbazgarhi

(d) Meerut

4. What was the date of “Queen’s Proclamation” ?

(a) 1st November, 1858

(b) 10th May, 1857

(c) 29th March, 1857

(d) 11th February, 1860

5. Which of the following statement is true about Mahatma Gandhi’s first visit to Chhattisgarh?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi arrived at Raipur in September, 1920 along with Pt. Sunderlal Sharma.

(b) His aim to visit Chhattisgarh was to obtain public support for the Non-Cooperation Movement.

(c) He supported the person engaged in the Canal Satyagraha by personally visiting village Kandel.

(d) He appealed the people to support the Khilafat Movement

6. Bhur of Upper Ganga Plain of India is

(a) undulating, Aeolian sandy deposit.

(b) older alluvium

(c) newer alluvium

(d) muddy areas

7. ‘Saddle Peak’ the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar islands is located in

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(a) Great Nicobar (b) Middle Andaman

(c) Little Andaman (d) North Andaman

8. The book ‘ Fawaid ul Fawad’ is the record of the conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin
Auliya. It was complied by

(a) Amir Hassan Sizzi

(b) Amir Khusrau

(c) Zlauddin Barni

(d) Hasan Nizami

9. Akbar issued a Farman in 1598 permitting in the city of Cambay (Khambat), Gujarat the
construction of a

(a) Temple (b) Church

(c) Synagogue (d) Jain Upashraya

10. What was the major symbol of Mahatma Gandhi during his non-violent freedom struggle ?

(a) His looking glasses

(b) His charkha (spinning wheel)

(c) His walking stick

(d) His cap

11. Which one of the following planets has the highest density ?

(a) Mercury (b) Venus

(c) Jupiter (d) Earth

12. The periodic rise and fall of ocean water in response to gravitational forces is

(a) Current (b) Waves

(c) Tides (d) Tsunami

13. Dubbed as the Dakshina Ganga (Ganges of the South), the largest river of South India is

(a) the Godavari

(b) the Cauvery

(c) the Penganga

(d) the Mahanadi

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14. The succession where the community increases its diversity and complexity with time is
called

(a) Primary succession

(b) Progressive succession

(c) Retrogressive succession

(d) Denuded succession

15. The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by the

(a) Prime Minister

(b) President

(c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(d) Cabinet

16. Which one of the following statements about the Vice-President of India is not correct

(a) He is not eligible for re-election.

(b) He must not be less than 35 years of age.

(c) He is elected by members of an electrol college consisting of members of both Houses of

17. Under which Article of the Constitution of India has provision been made for reservation of
seats for women in Panchayats ?

(a) Article 243 B (b) Article 243 C

(c) Article 243 D (d) Article 243 E

18. The asset or assets that a borrower pledges in order to guarantee repayment of a loan is
called as

(a) Cheque (b) Collateral

(c) Guarantee card (d) Bond

19. ‘Beats’ is a phenomenon that occurs when frequencies of two harmonic waves are

(a) equal

(b) far apart

(c) multiples of each other

(d) nearly same

20. Which one of the following is the chemical formula of hypobromous acid ?

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(a) HBrO4 (b) HOBr

(c) HBr (d) HBrO3

21. In electrolytic refining or copper, the electrolyte is a solution of

(a) acidified copper chloride

(b) acidified copper sulphate

(c) potassium chloride

(d) sodium sulphate

22. Which one of the following naturally occurring acids is found in abundance in tomato ?

(a) Acetic acid (b) Citric acid

(c) Oxalic acid (d) Tartaric acid

23. The ‘father of modern botany’ is

(a) Edward Jenner (b) GJ Mendel

(c) Carl Linnaeus (d) Louis Pasteur

24. In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to ‘Sati’ ?

(a) Ashokan inscription of Girnar

(b) Aihole inscription

(c) Eran inscription

(d) Damodar inscription

25. Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important
organs of Delhi Sultanate ?

(a) Shamsuddin IItutmish

(b) Giyasuddin Balban

(c) Muhammad bin Tughlaq

(d) Alauddin Khilji

26. Who successfully led the Bardoli Satyagraha ?

(a) Motilal Nehru (b) J.B. Kripalani

(c) J.L. Nehru (d) Vallabhbhai Patel

(e) None of these/More than one of these

27. ‘Navjivan’ was edited by

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(a) Rash Behari Bose

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Lala Hardayal

(d) Aurobindo Ghosh

28. Before being renamed, Mount Everest was simply known as

(a) Peak IX (b) Peak XV

(c) Peak XII (d) Peak Vll

29. The earth atmosphere is mainly heated by which one of the following ?

(a) Short wave solar radiation

(b) Scattered solar radiation

(c) Reflected solar radiation

(d) Long wave terrestrial radiation

30. According to the Census of India, 2011 which Scheduled Tribe is largest in India ?

(a) Kol (b) Bhil (c) Gond (d) Santhal

(e) None of these/More than one of these

31. Which one of the following is the highest peak of South Bengal ?

(a) Sandakphu (b) Gorgaburu

(c) Pareshnath (d) Biharinath

32. Which of the following Wildlife Sanctuaries of UP was established in 1975 ?

(a) Kishanpur (b) Katarniaghat

(c) Raipur (d) Chambal

33. According to the Forest Survey Report, 2021 area-wise which one of the following states has
the largest forest cover in India?

(a) Odisha

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Chhattisgarh

34. Generally how many sessions are these in the Lok Sabha ?

(a) 4 (b) 5

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(c) 6 (d) 3

(e) None of these/More than one of these

35. For the purpose of legislation, education is enlisted in the

(a) Union List

(b) State List

(c) Concurrent List

(d) None of the above.

36. Consider the following statements.

1. In India, credit rating agencies are regulated by Reserve Bank of India.

2. The rating agency popularly known as IICRA is a public limited company.

3. Brickwork Ratings is an Indian credit rating agency.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1,2, and 3

37. Which of the following was India’s first Paperless Budget ?

(a) Union Budget 2018-19

(b) Union Budget 2020-21

(c) Union Budget 2019-20

(d) Union Budget 2021-22

38. Which of the following items does not come under GST in India ?

(a) Agricultural produce

(b) Petroleum products

(c) Gems and Jewellery

(d) Handicrafts

39. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?

(a) Pressure Pascal

(b) Power of lense Diopter

(c) Heat Joule

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(d) Activity of radio active substance - Curie

40. Which one of the following is not a solution ?

(a) Alloy (b) Milk (c) Air (d) Sugar

41. Refining of petroleum is carried out by using which one of the following techniques ?

(a) Evaporation

(b) Fractional distillation

(c) Separating funnel

(d) Sublimation

42. The bodies of the animals of phylum Platyhelminthes show………. grade organization.

(a) tissue-organ (b) protoplasmic

(c) cellular (d) cell-tissue

43. ‘Sea horse’ is a

(a) Mammal (b) Plant

(c) Fish (d) None of these

44. Who among the following is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi for Bharatnatyam ?

(a) Vijay Shankar

(b) Anita Ratnam

(c) Geeta Chandran

(d) AB Bala Kondala Rao

45. The Chera Panhara ritual is associated with

(a) Baisakhi in Punjab

(b) Durga Puja in West Bengal

(c) Navratri in Gujarat

(d) Rath Yatra in Odisha

46. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Two Lives’ ?

(a) Sudha Murty

(b) Arundhati Roy

(c) Chetan Bhagat

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(d) Vikram Seth

47. Indian men’s hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal in which year ?

(a) 1928 (b) 1922 (c) 1956 (d) 1920

48. Who among the following was the third Vice-President of India ?

(a) BD Jatti

(b) Zakir Hussain

(c) Gopal Swarup Pathak

(d) V V Giri

49. Dudhwa National Park is situated in which of the following districts of Uttar Pradesh ?

(a) Sitapur

(b) Lakhimpur Kheri

(c) Pilibhit

(d) Bahraich

50. Fill in the blank;

Satyajit Ray’s ……….. birth anniversary is being celebrated this year, 2022.

(a) 100th (b) 102nd

(c) 101st (d) 103rd

51. In which city, Australia will host the XXIII Commonwealth Games in 2026 ?

(a) Victoria (b) Sydney

(c) Perth (d) Brisbane

52. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, Union of India gives direction to States?

(a) Article 257 (b) Article 258

(c) Article 259 (d) Article 260

53. Which Act in India laid down the terms and conditions for registration and carrying the
activities of trade union?

(a) Trade Union Act, 1926

(b) Trade Union Act, 1929

(c) Trade Union Act, 1922

(d) Trade Union Act, 1924

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54. Jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail under section 438 of Cr. P.C. vests with

(a) The High Court

(b) The Court of Sessions and the High Court

(c) The Court of Sessions

(d) The Court of Magistrate

55. For the purpose of State Reorganization, India has been divided into how many zones?

(a) 5 (b) 7

(c) 9 (d) 12

56. What type of Constitution in India is

(a) Flexible

(b) Rigid

(c) Partly rigid and partly flexible

(d) None of the above

57. Homicide literally means

(a) The punishment of death

(b) Killing of animals

(c) Murder

(d) Killing of a human being by another human being

58. Which country has largest written in the world?

(a) Britain (b) India

(c) Canada (d) South Africa

59. The Council of Ministers at the Centre is responsible for its conduct to the

(a) Lok Sabha (b) Parliament

(c) President (d) People

60. An individual can contest for the election of the Lok Sabha it he has attained the age of

(a) 30 years (b) 21 years

(c) 35 years (d) 25 years

61. Under which Article of the Constitution of India has the untouchability been abolished and
its practice prohibited?

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(a) Article 19 (b) Article 21

(c) Article 17 (d) Article 20

62. Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees the life and liberty of the individual which
cannot be deprived of except according to the procedure established by____________

(a) Parliament (b) Law

(c) Judiciary (d) President

63. The Fundamental Rights in India are enforceable by the _____

(a) President (b) Prime Minister

(c) Courts (d) Parliament

64. The Fundamental Rights guaranteed under the Constitution to the People of India are not
absolute because the Constitution of India imposes

(a) reasonable restrictions on their use

(b) arbitrary limitations on their use

(c) parliamentary checks on them

(d) statutory restrictions on them

65. The essential freedoms enjoyed by the People of India are called the Fundamental Rights
which are enshrined in

(a) Part V of the Constitution of India

(b) Part IV of the Constitution of India

(c) Part I of the Constitution of India

(d) Part III of the Constitution of India

66. The Chairman and members of State Public Service Commission are appointed by the

(a) President

(b) Prime Minister

(c) Governor

(d) Chairman, UPSC

67. The Rajya Sabha can be dissolved by

(a) Lok Sabha

(b) Constitutional amendment

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(c) President

(d) None of these

68. Who among the following are appointed by the President of India?

(a) Chairman, finance Commission

(b) Deputy Chairman, Planning commission

(c) Chief Minister of a Union Territory

69. Which is true regarding the President of India?

I. He is the Chief Executive

II. He is the Supreme Commander of the armed forces

III. He is the titular head of the State

IV. He is part of the Union Legislature

(a) I and III (b) I and II

(c) II, III and IV (d) I, II, III and IV

70. The President of India made use of his veto power once in

(a) the Dowry Prohibition Bill

(b) the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill

(c) the Hindu Code Bill

(d) the PEPSU Appropriation Bill

Instructions: From the four answers, select the most appropriate answer.

71. The Supreme Court of India upheld the decision to implement the quota for other backward
classes (OBCs) in higher educational institution. The court, however, excluded the “creamy
layer” from being a beneficiary. The reason is

(a) creamy layer is not an OBC; it is a forward caste

(b) creamy layer is politically powerful

(c) it can complete with others on equal footing

(d) the inclusion of creamy layer would be unjust\

72. Hedge fund is a fund

(a) used for absorbing inflation

(b) used for cushioning health risks

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(c) applied to minimized the risk of financial market transactions

(d) applied for absorbing the risk in commodity trading

73. What does strong rupee as against the dollar men to India?

(a) there is a balance of payments surplus

(b) Indian economy is globally respected

(c) It is a sign of economic buoyancy

(d) Income from exports is falling

74. Name the latest state which declared independence in 2008

(a) Serbia (b) Kosovo

(c) Kurdistan (d) Tibet

75. Name the Finance Minister who presented the highest number of budgets in the Parliament
so far

(a) P. Chidambaram

(b) Morarji Desai

(c) Man Mohan Sigh

(d) T. T. Krishanmachari

Instructions: Given below are five list of words followed by some choices. In each case, choose the
alternative that you can combine with every word in that particular list to form a familiar word phrase.

76. Down, aside, about, forth

(a) set (b) fly

(c) burn (d) take

77. Over, about, after, at

(a) cross (b) lay

(c) here (d) go

78. Forward, across, around, upon

(a) straight (b) come

(c) fast (d) mark

79. In, down, for, out

(a) pray (b) try

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(c) grow (d) stand

80. Away, through, up, down

(a) stray (b) come

(c) break (d) speak

81. Up to what age does a judge of the Supreme Court of India hold office?

(a) 60 (b) 62

(c) 65 (d) 67

82. Which of the following statements about Right to Information Act is not true?

(a) It was enacted to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority

(b) It protects the information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship

(c) It repealed the Official Secrets Act, 1923

(d) It puts every public authority under an obligation to appoint Public Information Officer

83. Who is known as the framer of the Indian Penal Code, 1872?

(a) Lord Hastings

(b) Lord Denning

(c) Lord Macaulay

(d) Lord Wilberforce

84. Who among the following judges gave a dissenting opinion in the case of ADM Jabalpur vs
Shukla also known as the Habeas Corpus case?

(a) Justice P. N. Bhagwati

(b) Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer

(c) Justice H. R. Khanna

(d) Justice A. N. Sen

85. Which of the following is not associated with the Constitution (Thirty-Ninth Amendment
Act)?

(a) It placed the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 under the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution
of India

(b) It ousted the jurisdiction of any court to decide a question on the validity of election of a person as
President of India

(c) It amended Article 217 of the Constitution of India

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(d) It was enacted in the year 1975

86. A provision in a statute pertaining to medical institutions in India was struck down by the
Supreme Court of India in the year 2008 as being ultra vires the Constitution of India. Which of
the following statutes contained that provision?

(a) All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act

(b) Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

(c) Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act

(d) Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum Act

87. Who was appointed by the NDA government as the Chairperson of the National
Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution of India?

(a) Justice Y. K. Sabharwal

(b) Justice Rangnath Mishra

(c) Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

(d) Justice A. R. Lakshmanan

88. Which country won Davis Cup in December, 2007

(a) United Sates of America

(b) Germany

(c) Russia

(d) United Kingdom

89. In which town was Rajiv Gandhi assassinated?

(a) Sriharikota

(b) Sriperumbudur

(c) Thiruanantpuram

(d) Chembur

90. Who among the following was not in the top 10 of the Forbes 2007 list of 100 Most Powerful
Women?

(a) Smt. Sonia Gandhi

(b) Indra K. Nooyi

(c) Condoleezza Rice

(d) Hillary Rodham Clinton

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91. Which one of the following terms is not the main ingredient of the Preamble of the
Constitution of India?

(a) Justice (b) Liberty

(c) Equality (d) Comity

92. The Constitution of India is the

(a) most readable document in the world

(b) most largest constitutional document in the world

(c) most shortest document of the world

(d) most idealistic document of the world

93. The Preamble of the Constitution of India grants three kinds of justice to its citizens. Which
one of the following is not included in these three kinds of Justice?

(a) Social (b) Economic

(c) Cultural (d) Political

94. Which Part of the Constitution of India contains the State of establish Panchayati Raj
Institutions?

(a) Preamble

(b) Fundamental Rights

(c) Directive Principles of State Policy

(d) Ninth Schedule

95. The Constituent Assembly has a Drafting Committee whose Chairman was

(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad

(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Dr B. R. Ambedkar

(d) K. M. Munshi

96. Which Chief Justice of India have performed the duties of President?

(a) Justice V. N. Khare

(b) Justice M. M. Punchi

(c) Justice S. P. Barucha

(d) Justice M. Hidaytullah

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97. Which President of India was elected unopposed?

(a) N. S. Reddy

(b) K. R. Narayanan

(c) R. Venkataraman

(d) S. D. Sharma

98. What is the salary of Vice-President of India?

(a) 45,000 (b) 30,000

(c) 50,000 (d) 1,10,000

99. Which article says that there should be a Vice-President?

(a) Article 63 (b) Article 62

(c) Article 60 (d) Article 61

100. Which article says that there should be a Governor?

(a) Article 163 (b) Article 153

(c) Article 160 (d) Article 161

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