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General Studies – Questions

1. Who has held ban on women’s entry in Kerala’s Sabarimala temple as unconstitutional?

Supreme Court
Kerala Government
Kerala High Court
Delhi High Court

2. The Union Government has approved 122 research projects for funding under which scheme?

IMPRINT-2
SAMPRITI
PMMY
PMRPY

3. Which Indian think tank launched ‘Move Hack’, a global mobility hackathon ?

NITI Aayog
Institute of Economic Growth
Institute for Studies in Industrial Development
Observer Research Foundation

4. The Article 35A of the Indian Constitution pertains to which state?

Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Sikkim

5. Who won the Golden Ball Award in the 2018 FIFA World Cup?

Luka Modric
Harry Kane
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappe

6. Name the official mascots of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games?

Keito and Miraitowa
Miraitowa and Someity
Someity and Zabivaka
Zabivaka and Keito

7. Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov jointly launched which Platform recently?

#InvestIndia
#InnovateIndia
#InventIndia
#IncomeIndia

8. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)?

Adarsh Kumar Goel
Umesh Kumar
Sushil Kumar Modi
Ganesh Pant

9. Which Government body has launched ‘Mission Satyanishtha’?

Indian Railways
National Highway Authority of India
Border Roads Organisation
Airports Authority of India

10. Which state recently decided to set up a separate directorate for the Divyangs?

Assam
Bihar
Kerala
Haryana

11. Which snake is used by Indian snake Charmers to sway to the music of their Pipes?

Indian wiper
Raja Nagam
Virion
Cobra

12. First Indian Player to became the World Champion in 1958 and in Which Geme ?

Milka Singh, Running
Tara Singh Junior, Wristling
Williams jones, Billiards
Dayansanth, Hockey

13. City of Uttar Pardesh, whose old name was Prayag ?

Adilabadh
Aurangabad
Varanasi
Allahabad

14. First Indian Woman to surpass English Channel ?

Arthi Shah
Gayathri Devi
Swapna Sharma
Jyoti Gupta

15. Name of First Nuclear Reactor in India ?

Rohini
Apsara
Aryaas
Gangothri

16. What building was put up in 1498 to honour the 15th century navigators who found the sea route to India?

Cochin Church
The Great Goa Cathetral
The Portugeese Church
Monastery of Jeronimous

17. Which state recently decided to set up a separate directorate for the Divyangs?

Wheat
Barley
Maize
Rye

18. Which Vegetable is known as “Garden’s Egg” ?

Brinjal
Onion
Pototo
Cauliflower

19. Named after a town in North-East India, which high quality tea with a delicate taste is known as the ‘Champagne of Teas’ ?

Shillong
Gangtok
Gauhati
Darjeeling

20. Which Historical Place is not in Maharastra?

Mahabaleshwar
Ellora
Sanchi
Latur

21. Name the Indian Nuclear Powered Submarine?

INS Vikramaditya
INS Aditya
INS Nirmal
INS Chakra

22. Where is Jim Corbett National Part situated ?

Madhyapradesh
Chattishgarh
Uttarkhand
Uttarpradesh

23. What was the Operation Bargha?

Adhivasi Welfare Movement in Jharkand Government
Land Reform Movement by CPM Kerala Government
Social Welfare saheme for Bargha Disrtict
Land Reform Movement by CPM West Bengal Government

24. Name of famous Art Gallery in Mumbai?

Jahangir Art Gallery
Mumtaj Art Gallery
Shajahan Art Gallery
Humayun Art Gallery

25. The Bodhi Tree in Gaya under which Budha attained enlightenment belongs to which Species?

Horse
Fig
Goat
Elephant

General English – Questions

1. Who Written the National Anantham for Two countries ?

Raja Ram Mohan Rai
Bakkim chandra Chatterjee
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Govind Vallab Bant

2. What is a King Pair in Cricket ?

Not out in both innings
Declared out first ball in Secend Innings
Declared out first ball in first innings
Declared out first ball in both Innings

3. Who Was the First Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalkar
Somnath Chatterjee
Sarojini Naidu
Surendranath Baneerjee

4. What is the Real Sikh name for the Golden Temple ?

Adhi Grantham
Gurugrand Sahib
Gurudwara Harmandir Sahib
Kalsa Temple

5. In which River would you see the Anaconda?

Sangfo
Nile
Missisibi
Amazon

6. Which plan was implemented after the Annual Plans of 1966 – 69?

Third Five Year Plan
Fifth Five Year Plan
Fourth Five Year Plan
Second Five Year Plan

7. “Bachpan Bachao Andolan” is an organisation that fights against ?

Bondedlabour
Child marriage
Poverty
Child labour

8. As explained by Robert Malthus, Population increases in the?

Geometric ratio
Proportionate ratio
Arithmetic ratio
Smaller ratio

9. Which medicine is known as “THE QUEEN OF DRUGS”?

ATROPIN
POLYMIXIN
PENICILLIN
STREPTOMYCIN

10. Where was Dr. B.R. Ambedkar born?

Sarayu
Makkavu
Lucknow
Mhow

11. In India the organisation which was responsible for self-sufficiency in food production was ?

ISRO
ICAR
ICMR
CSIR

12. Who chaired the first session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay?

W.C. Banerjee
Madan Mohan Malavya
Pherozeshah Mehta
Surendranath Banerjee

13. Who remarked “The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere”?

Vallabai Patel
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Mount Batten
Jawaharlal Nehru

14. How many years V.O.C. was sentenced to imprisonment?

35
30
40
34

15. National motto “Satyameva Jayate” hence forth a.Ppears as “Vaimaye Vellum” in Tamil was announced by?

Arabind Ghosh
Kamaraj
Periyar
Annadurai

16. Which is the Least Punctual Train in India ?

Kanniyakumari-Guwahati Express
Kaniniyakumari-Jammu Dhavi Express
Trivandrum-Guwahati Express
Kacheguda-Jammu Dahvi Express

17. Who is the New Cabinet Secretary of India ?

Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Lakshmi Narayan sinha
Pankaj Kumar Sharama
Prakash Kumar Sinha

18. Expand RLV dt ?

Reusable Liquor Vehicle Technology demystified
Repair Launch Vehicle demonstrated
Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology demonstrated
Rubber Launch Vehicle demistified

19. Who Won the World Cup T20 Cricket 2016 ?

Australia
Sri Lanka
India
West Indies

20. What is the Currency of Thailand ?

Rupaya
Baht
Thaipeso
Thaitank

21. Who was the first Education Minister of India ?

Maulana Abul Kalam Asad
Khan Abdul Kabar Khan
Shanmugam chettiyar
Viswanath Pratap Singh

22. Ayodhya stands on the banks of which River ?

Yamuna
Ganga
Saraswathi
Sarayu

23. Who led the Rani Lakshmi Bhai regiment of INA?

Captain Lakshmi Menon
Thillaiyadi Valliyammai
Captain Lakshmi Segal
Captain Lakshmi Jansi

24. Which Chief Justice of India became Acting President ?

Justice Seetharamaiya
Justice Kangukili
Justice Sadhasivam
Justice Hidauatullah

25. Name of the Proposed Capital of Andhra Pradesh ?

Vizhakapatnam
Tirupathi
Guntur
Amaravathi

General Tamil – Questions

1. Recently the eggs of the dinosaur were excavated near

Arikkamedu
Dharmapuri
Ariyalur
Trinelveli

2. Find the planet which takes highest duration to complete one rotation ?

Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury

3. Panchayat union members are elected in the ration of ____ ?

1 : 500
1 : 1000
1 : 5000
1 : 10000

4. Who is called as ‘father of taxonomy’ ?

Carl Linneus
R.H.Whittaker
Aristotle
Benjamin Stuff

5. Which one of the following refers longest length measurement?

1 angstron
1 light year
1 astronomical unit
1 Parsec

6. The concept ‘division of labour’ was introduced by

Jean Robbins
Angles
Carl Marx
Adam Smith

7. The head quarters of ‘Universal Postal Union’ is located at

London
Basra
Belgrade
Berne

8. Quinine is obtained from which part of the plants?

Bark
Stem
Roots
Leaves

9. Which of the following is a bird flu virus?

H5N1
HN5
N5H1
NH5

10. Bronze is made up of _________

Iron + Chromium
Coppor + Gold
Coppor + Tin
Iron + Maganese

11. ‘Pluto’ was grouped as a Dwarf Planet in the year

2009
2008
2007
2006

12. ‘Makkal Todarpu Thitta Nal” is observed

Once in a month
Once in a week
Once in a year
Twice in a month

13. Which one of the following part of the plant cell is called as ‘ kitchen of the cell’ ?

Chromoplasts
Leucoplast
Chloroplasts
Vacoule

14. One nautical mile or seamile is equal to

6020 ft
5012 ft
4024 ft
1200 ft

15. Which of the following district has the Red Loams soil

Madurai
Thirunelveli
Sivagangai
Kanyakumari

16. The country called as ‘land of maple’

Canada
Korea
South Africa
Cuba

17. Which of the following is a petro plant?

Aak
Jatropha
Pongamia
All of these

18. The phenomenon of genetic mutation cannot occurs in

RNA
DNA
Ribosome
Chromosome

19. The first animal domesticated by the man was ?

Horse
Cat
Rat
Dog

20. ‘Archipelago’ is ____________

a group of mountains
a group of seas
a group of islands
a group of rivers

21. “Bharatha Matha Association” at Puducheri was started by

V.V.Subramaniya Iyer
Bala Gangadara Tilak
Nilakanda Brammachari
Bharathiyar

22. The famous ‘Communal G.O’ by Justice Party was introduced in the year ?

1918
1919
1920
1921

23. ‘Terracotta’ in indus valley civilization was

coins
pottery
burnt clay
all the above

24. Commonweal Party in Tamilnadu was founded by

Ramaswamy Padayachi
Rajaji
D.Prakasam
Manickavelu Naicker

25. The unicellular alga used to supply and regulate the oxygen in space programmes is

Spirogyra
Chlorella
Ulothrix
Odagonium

General Studies – Answer

Kerala Government
IMPRINT-2
NITI Aayog
Jammu and Kashmir
Luka Modric
Miraitowa and Someity
#InnovateIndia
Adarsh Kumar Goel
Indian Railways
Assam
Cobra
Williams jones, Billiards
Allahabad
Arthi Shah
Apsara
Monastery of Jeronimous
Maize
Brinjal
Darjeeling
Sanchi
INS Chakra
Uttarkhand
Land Reform Movement by CPM West Bengal Government
Jahangir Art Gallery
Fig

General English – Answer

Rabindra Nath Tagore
Declared out first ball in both Innings
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalkar
Gurudwara Harmandir Sahib
Amazon
Fourth Five Year Plan
Child labour
Geometric ratio
PENICILLIN
Mhow
ICAR
W.C. Banerjee
Jawaharlal Nehru
40
Annadurai
Trivandrum-Guwahati Express
Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology demonstrated
West Indies
Baht
Maulana Abul Kalam Asad
Sarayu
Captain Lakshmi Segal
Justice Hidauatullah
Amaravathi

General Tamil – Answer

Ariyalur
Venus
1 : 5000
Carl Linneus
1 Parsec
Adam Smith
Berne
Bark
H5N1
Coppor + Tin
2006
Once in a month
Chloroplasts
6020 ft
Sivagangai
Canada
Jatropha
Ribosome
Dog
a group of islands
Nilakanda Brammachari
1921
burnt clay
Manickavelu Naicker
Chlorella

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