26. Which of the following countries are in the Pacific Ocean region?
(1) Fiji
(2) Nauru
(3) Kiribati
(4) Madagascar
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 3 and 4only
(c) 1, 2 and 4 only
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(Madagascar is a country in the Indian Ocean region).
27. Which among the following countries are the observer members of SAARC?
(1) China
(2) Myanmar
(3) Iran
(4) Mauritius
(5) Maldives
Codes:
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5 only
(b) 1, 3 and 5 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 5 only
Ans: (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only
28. The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution were inspired by the Constitution of which country?
a) USA
b) Ireland
c) United Kingdom
d) France
Ans: b) Ireland
29. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Fair/Festival State
(1) Baneshhwar Fair — Rajasthan
(2) Hornbill Festival — Nagaland
(3) Thrissur Pooram — Tamil Nadu
Codes:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) 1 and 2 only
(Thrissur Pooram is a temple festival celebrated in Kerala. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland this year).
30. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao(BBBP) campaign?
(1) The Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal agency for the implementation of the scheme.
(2) The scheme was launched from Panipat.
(3) It will be implemented in 100 districts of the country
(4) The central government has provided an initial corpus of 100 crore rupees for it.
Codes:
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3, and 4 only
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these
(The scheme aims to spread awareness about the declining trend of Child Sex Ratio in the country).
31.‘KIRAN’ scheme is related to
(a) Women Engineers
(b) Women Doctors
(c) Women Scientists
(d) Women teachers
Ans: (c) Women Scientists
32. If one moves from East to West, in which order would he find the below passes?
(1) Zoji La
(2) Nathu La
(3) Bomdila
(4) Dungri La
Codes::
(a) 3, 2, 4, 1
(b) 2, 3, 4, 1
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2
(d) 1,3, 4, 2
Ans: (a) 3, 2, 4, 1
(Bomdila is in Arunachal Pradesh, Nathula in Sikkim, Dungri La in Uttrakhand and Zoji La in Ladakh. Nathu La has been in the news recently as the Prime Minister approved China’s proposal for an alternative route to Kailash Mansarovar via Nathu La).
33. Arrange the following words in the way they appear in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
(1) Secular
(2) Republic
(3) Socialist
(4) Sovereign
(5) Democratic
Codes:
(a) 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
(b) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5
(c) 1, 4, 3, 5, 2
(d) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Ans: (a) 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
(The words Secular and Socialist were added through the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976.)
34. Consider the following statements :
1. The headquarters of UNESCO is located in Geneva.
2. The headquarters of the IMF is located in Paris.
3. The headquarters of ILO is located in Washington.
4. The headquarters of UNIDO is located in Vienna.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 4 only
(d) All of the above
Ans: (c) 4 only
35. Which planet in our solar system has the highest number of moons?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Saturn
(c) Uranus
(d) Mars
Ans: (b) Saturn
36. Which Mughal Emperor is known for his policy of religious tolerance?
(a) Aurangzeb
(b) Akbar
(c) Babur
(d)Humayun
Ans: (b) Akbar
37. Which of the following is equal to 1 Mars year?
1. 23 Earth months
2. 686.65 days
3. 1.88 Earth years
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1and 3
(d) 1 and 2
Ans: (a) 1, 2 and 3
38. The name of the new sexually transmitted sex superbug, which can be much more deadly than the AIDS virus is-
(a) HO41
(b) H41O
(c) H14O
(d) HO14
Ans: (a) HO41
39. ‘Tamiflu’ is an anti-viral disease used to treat
(a) Swine flu
(b) Asthma
(c) Diabetes
(d) Japanese Encephalitis
Ans: (a) Swine flu
40. New Horizons’ spacecraft was launched by NASA to Study which of the following Planets?
(a) Mars
(b) Pluto
(c) Jupiter
(d) Mercury
Ans: (b) Pluto
41. The Ministry of Environment and Forest declared India’s first marine eco-sensitive zone in –
(a) Gulf of Kutch
(b) Palk Strait
(c) Gulf of Khambat
(d) Gulf of Mannar
Ans: (a) Gulf of Kutch
42. In December 2013, China built a UFO-shaped new research station in Antarctica called?
(a) Taishan
(b) Great Wall
(c) Zhongshan
(d) Kunlun
Ans: (a) Taishan
(The aim of the Taishan research base station is to provide a base for research on bio-ecology and remote satellite sensing. Base Stations of India at Antarctica are Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri, and Bharathi).
43. Excessive exposure of humans to UV rays results in?
(a) damage to the immune system
(b) damage to lungs
(c) skin cancer
(d) peptic ulcers
Ans: (c) skin cancer
44. Biologically, marriage should be avoided in between
(a) Rh+ male and Rh+female
(b) Rh–female and Rh– male
(c) Rh+ female and Rh– male
(d) Rh+ male and Rh– female
Ans: (d) Rh+ male and Rh– female
(Rh factor is a protein found in blood. A person having Rh factor in blood is called Rh positive whereas that who does not carry this protein in the blood is called Rh negative. Marriage should be avoided between Rh-negative females & Rh-positive males. This can be fatal for the mother as well as the baby of such parents)
45. Consider the following statements:
Hard water is not suitable for
1. Drinking
2. Washing clothes with soap
3. Use in boilers
4. Irrigating crops
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (b) 2 and 3
46. Domestic cooking gas consists of mostly
(a) Methane and ethane
(b) Liquified butane and isobutane
(c) Ethylene and carbon monoxide
(d) Hydrogen and acetylene
Ans: (b) Liquified butane and isobutane
47. Which one of the following sets of elements was primarily responsible for the origin of life on the Earth?
(a) Hydrogen, oxygen, sodium
(b) Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
(c) Oxygen, calcium, phosphorus
(d) Carbon, hydrogen, potassium
Ans: (b) Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
48. Acid rains are caused by the emission of which of the following into the atmosphere?
(a) Oxides of nitrogen and sulfur
(b) Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
(c) Ozone and carbon dioxide
(d) Carbon monoxide and nitrogen
Ans: (a) Oxides of nitrogen and sulfur
49. Which of the following properties is not possible in case of X-rays?
(a) Interference
(b) Diffraction
(c) Polarisation
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d) All of the above
(Due to high penetrating power, the properties of interference, diffraction, and polarization are not possible in X-ray)
50. An oil tanker is partially filled with oil and moves forward on a level road with uniform acceleration. The free surface of oil then
(a) remains horizontal.
(b) is inclined to the horizontal with a smaller depth at the rear end.
(c) is inclined horizontally with a larger depth at the rear end.
(d) assumes parabolic curves.
Ans: (c) is inclined to the horizontal with a larger depth at the rear end.
(The free surface of the oil is inclined horizontally with a larger depth at the rear end as the oil tanker is moving forward with uniform acceleration).
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