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Section : General Awareness
1.Who among the following devised the system of ‘Subsidiary Alliance’ ? Ans
1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord William Bentinck
4. Lord Dalhousie
Q.2 At which Olympics was Kho-Kho featured in an exhibition in the main stadium?
Ans 1. 1936
2. 1932
3. 2008
4. 2016
3.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
Ans 1. Fats and oils get reduced over time and
smell bad.
2. Fats and oils are oxidised, they become
rancid.
3. Antioxidants are added to foods containing
fats and oil to prevent oxidation.
4. Chips manufacturers usually flush bags of
chips with Nitrogen to prevent the chips from
getting ranicid.
Q.4 Hot local wind that flows over north India in summer is
known as: Ans 1. Loo
2. Chinook
3. Mango showers
4. Purga
Q.5 ‘Nuakhai’ is the state
festival of: Ans 1.
Meghalaya
2. Odisha
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Bihar
Q.6 Which Article of the Indian Constitution prohibits providing of any religious instruction in the educational institutions
maintained by the State?
Ans 1. Article 29
2. Article 28
3. Article 30
4. Article 31
Q.7 As per the definition of Census of India, a ‘marginal worker’ is a person who
works for: Ans 1. less than 183 days (or six months) in a year
2. more than 183 days (or six months) in a year
3. eight months in a year
4. 83 days in a year
Q.8 In which year was the 'Naye Bharat Ke Sapne' campaign launched by Meta and the Ministry of
Women? Ans 1. 2022
2. 2023
3. 2020
4. 2021
Q.9 Under which of the following Acts was the power to rule India, transferred from the English East India Company to the
British Crown?
Ans 1. Charter Act of 1833
2. Regulating Act 1773
3. Pitt's India Act 1784
4. Government of India Act 1858
Q.10 Which of the following is an inactivated (killed) polio vaccine
developed in 1952? Ans 1. Salk vaccine
2. Imvanex vaccine
3. HDCV vaccine
Q.11 Which of the following statements is correct?.
Ans 1. The five-year plan focuses mostly on private intervention in the economy.
2. The five-year plan always focused on the growth of the tertiary sector.
3. The five-year plan permits long-term intervention by the government in the economy.
4. A five-year plan always stresses market-oriented activities.
Q.12 What is the length of Indian Railways network, according to Railway Yearbook
2019-20? Ans 1. 67,956 km
2. 1,604 km
3. 63,950 km
4. 2,402 km
Q.13 In Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas yojana, the cost of unit assistance is shared between Central and State Governments in
the ratio in plain areas.
Ans 1. 60 : 40
2. 40 : 60
3. 90 : 10
4. 30 : 70
Q.14 Silappathikaram (the Jewelled Anklet), the earliest epic poem in Tamil was written in the 5th - 6th Century CE by
. Ans 1. Tolkappiyar
2. Ilango Adigal
3. Sittalai Sattanar
4. Tirumalisai Alwar
Q.15 Which of the following is the largest crustal plate on Earth with an area of over
103,000,000 km2? Ans 1. South American plate
2. African plate
3. Eurasian plate
4. Pacific plate
Q.16 Which of the following personalities is a Padma Shri awardee folk singer from the state of Uttar
Pradesh? Ans 1. Ila Arun
2. Ajita Srivastava
3. Gurmeet Bawa
4. Teejan Bai
Q.17 Which of the following countries won the first men’s Asian Hockey
Championship trophy? Ans 1. Japan
2. China
3. India
4. Pakistan
Q.18 Which of the following goods needs further transformation in the economic
process? Ans 1. Consumer durable goods
2. Finished goods
3. Intermediate goods
4. Capital goods
Q.19 In which of the following states is the Nrityagram, an Odissi dance
institution, located? Ans 1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Maharashtra
Q.20 Who among the following was the youngest instrumentalist to be awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian
award of India in 2002?
Ans 1. Pandit Ravi Shankar
2. Ustad Zakir Hussain
3. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
4. Ustad Bismillah Khan
Q.21 Who was the revenue minister during the reign
of Akbar? Ans 1. Todar Mal
2. Abdul Rahim
3. Mulla Do-Piyaza
4. Tansen
Q.22 Which of the following Illustrations shows the mitochondrion’s structural details?
Ans 1. d
2. b
3. c
4. a
Q.23 Which of the following is a straight-chain alkyl carboxylic acid with the chemical formula
CH3CH2CH2CO2H? Ans 1. Methanoic acid
2. Propionic acid
3. Ethanoic acid
4. Butyric acid
Q.24 Article 77 of the Indian Constitution deals with the .
Ans 1. term of office of the Vice-
President
2. Vice-President of India
3. oath of office by the Vice-President
4. conduct of business of the Government of India
Q.25 The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 deals with subsistence allowance in which of the following
Sections?
Ans 1. Section 5
2. Section 6
3. Section 7
4. Section 4
