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PAPER 1 . General Studies
CategCATEGORY 1
CATEGOY 2
STD 10,11,12
Question: 50 Marks :100 Time: 1 Hr.
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1) India recently got 40th place in Global
competitive index. Who releases Global
Competitive index?
a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) United Nations
d) World Economic Forum
2) Nobel Prize in Medicine - 2017was
awarded to Joffrey C Hall , Michael
Robbash . and Michael W Young, for
their study about…………………………
a) Eradication of Zika virus
b) Study about Mesentery- The new
organ
c) Body’s Biological Clock
d) Climate change based adaptations
3) Mithra Sakthi – 2017 was a joint
Military Exercise between
a) India –Sri Lanka
b) India – Israel
c) India – Nepal
d) India – Russia
4) Who is the newly appointed Chairman
of State bank of India , Which is the
largest public sector Bank in India ?
a) GautamJayasurya
b) Rajanish Kumar
c) ArundhathiBhatacharya
d) ReghuramRajan
5) Which of the following statements
about FIFA U-17 World cup 2017 is
wrong?
a) It was held in India at 6 cities
b) India had its first ever appearance
in a FIFA world cup
c) India was the only country having
its first ever appearance
d) Rhian Brewster of England became
the top scorer of the tournament
6) The term of the Loksabha
a) Can be extended up to 6 months at
a time
b) Cannot be extended at all
c) Can be extended by one year during
proclamation of emergency
d) Can be extended to one month
during emergency
7) “The Great Indian Novel” was written
by,
a) SashiTaroor
b) AravindaAdiga
c) Anita Deshai
d) Vikram Chandra
8) Who won US Open Woman’s Title 2017?
a) Srena Williams
b) Angelique Kerber
c) Caroline Wozniacki
d) Sloane Stephens
9) Who is the famous Hollywood actor
Anchored and co-produced the short
film on Climatic change named “Before
the Flood” ?
a) Russel Crowe
b) Steve Irwin
c) Leonardo Di Caprio
d) Jack Hueghman
10) National Sports Museum is to be set
up at which city?
a) Kolkota
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Kochi
11) Which among the following is
wrongly matched?
a) Aanamuti – Kerala
b) Doddbetta – Karnataka
c) Kangto – Arunachal Pradesh
d) Nandadevi – Uttarakhand
12) Which of the following metal can
displace Zinc from a solution of Zinc
Sulphate?
a) Pb
b) Fe
c) Mg
d) Hg
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13) Electro Encephelogram is related to
a) Brain
b) Lungs
c) Liver
d) Heart
14) …………........ decides Monitory
Policy in India ?
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Union Government
c) FICCI
d) ASSOCHAM
15) The historic “Objective Resolution”
was moved in Constituent Assembly by :
a) Dr.B.RAmbedkar
b) JawaharLal Nehru
c) Dr. Rajendraprasad
d) Dr.S Radhakrishnan
16) Who authored the book “Creating
Leadership” ?
a) Mary Kom
b) Arundhathi Roy
c) Kiran bedi
d) Medha Patkar
17) RajyaSabha enjoys more power than
Loksabha in
a) Money Bill
b) Non Money Bill
c) Amending Constitution
d) Setting up All India Services
18) Who was recently appointed as Chief
Election Commissioner of India?
a) H.C Dattu
b) David r Syiemlein
c) Achal Kumar Jyoti
d) Nanda Kumar Sai
19) Who is known as the founder of Agra
city?
a) Alauddin Khilji
b) Sikander Lodi
c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
d) None of the above
20) On which river Nagarjuna Sagar
Project is located?
a) Krishna
b) Tapti
c) Cauvery
d) Narmada
21) Gandhiji emerged as an
undisputed leader of Congress at its
which session ?
a) Lucknow , 1916
b) Culcutta , September 1920
c) Nagpur , December 1920
d) Lahore , 1926
22) Which of the following is not a
constituent of DNA?
a) Adenine
b) Thymine
c) Guanine
d) Uracil
23) Which of the following statements
about NITI Aayog is/are correct?
1) Headquarters of NITI Aayog is at
New Delhi
2) Present Deputy chairman is
Rajiv Kumar
a) Both are correct
b) None of them are correct
c) Only 1 correct
d) Only 2 correct
24) The Kashmir Valley is located in
between :
a) Great Himalayas and PirPanjal
b) Karakoram and Ladakh
c) Ladakh and Zanskar
d) Great Himalayas and Zanskar
25) Identify the active Submarine of
Indian Navy among the following
a) INS Vikrant
b) INS Sindhurakshak
c) INS Virat
d) INS Rajali
26) Analyze the following pairs of
traditional dances
1) Mohiniyattam – kerala
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2) Lavani - Maharashtra
Which of the above pairs are
correctly matched?
a) Both are correct
b) None of them are correct
c) Only 1 Correct
d) Only 2 Correct
27) Which of the following is the India’s
first online interactive Heritage Portal?
a) Grampedia
b) Sanskriti
c) Dharohar
d) Sahapedia
28) Which of the statement about
Harappan people is incorrect?
a) They were Phallus worshippers
b) They placed Gods in temples
c) They worshipped Gods in the form
of human beings
d) They looked up on Earth as the
Fertility Goddess
29) Consider the statements regarding
Akbar’s Rajput policy.
1) Established matrimonial
alliances with Rajput
2) Granted full autonomy and
protection to Rajput states
Which of the above
statements are true?
a) Both are correct
b) None of them are correct
c) Only 1 correct
d) Only 2 correct
30) Name the Nawab of Bengal who
shifted the capital from Dhaka to
Murshidabad ?
a) Murshid Quli Khan
b) Shaja-ud-din
c) Siraj-ud-daulah
d) None of the above
31) The first factory of English East
India Company was setup in………
a) Delhi
b) Masulipatnam
c) Surat
d) Kolkata
32) Which among the following are true
about Annie Besant?
1) She launched “Home Rule
Movement”
2) She is the founder of Theosophical
Society
3) She was the President of Indian
National Congress
a) 1&2 correct
b) 1&3 correct
c) All are correct
d) None of the above are correct
33) Consider the statements regarding
Planets
1) Mars is having almost half the size
of Earth and it takes more time
than Earth for one orbital revolution
2) Jupiter’s mass is more than
combined mass of all other planets
in solar system
a) Both are correct
b) None of them are correct
c) Only 1 Correct
d) Only 2 Correct
34) Which of the following phenomena
might have influenced evolution of
organisms ?
1) Glacial cycles
2) Continental drift
a) 1&2
b) Only 1
c) Only 2
d) None of them
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35) Consider the statements
1) When air rises, temperature also
rises with rise in pressure
2) When air cools down, pressure
increases, with decrease in
temperature
a) Both are correct
b) Both are wrong
c) 1 correct, 2 wrong
d) 2 correct, 1 wrong
36) The nature of vegetation in the
world changes according to
a) Latitude
b) Nature of soil
c) Climate
d) All of the above
37) Which of the following are
population problems observed in
developed countries ?
1) Small work force
2) Ageing population
3) Rural depopulation
4) Gradual depletion of quality of
life
a) All of the above
b) 1,3 and 4
c) 1,2 and 3
d) 2,3 and 4
38) Which of the following are included
in manufacturing Industries?
1) Crop production
2) Plantation
3) Fish production
4) Sugar production
a) All the above
b) 1,2 and 3
c) 3,4
d) Only 4
39) Consider the statements about
Organic farming
1) It recommends integrated pest
management
2) Recommends higher input of
chemical fertilizers
Which of the above statements
are correct?
a) Both are correct
b) Only 1 correct
c) Only 2 correct
d) None of the above are correct
40) Identify the correct sequence based
on decreasing order of land area
a) North America, Africa, South
America, Europe
b) Africa, North America, South
America, Europe
c) North America, Africa, Europe,
South America
d) Africa, North America, Europe,
South America
41) Identify the wrong pair
a) Grand Canyon – USA
b) Southern Alps – Europe
c) Great Victoria Desert – Australia
d) Lake Winnipeg – Canada
42) Arrange the following countries with
respect to the decreasing order in
length of border they share with India
1) Bangladesh
2) Pakistan
3) Nepal
4) China
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 4,1,2,3
c) 1,4,2,3
d) 4,2,1,3
43) Identify the correct statement/s ?
1) Climate of India belongs to
tropical monsoon type
2) Rain caused by thunder storms in
Karnataka are called “Cherry
Blossom”
a) Both are correct
b) Only 1 correct
c) Only 2 correct
d) None of the above are correct
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44) Identify the correct sequence based
on their location in digestive system
from mouth to rectum
a) Oesophagus, pancreas, Stomach,
Small intestine
b) Oesophagus , small intestine,
stomach, pancreas
c) Oesophagus, stomach, pancreas,
small intestine
d) Oesophaghus, tomach, small
intestine, pancreas
45) In which of the following states , we
can see Tropical evergreen forest?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Mizoram
a) Only 1
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1,2 and 3
46) Identify the richest mineral belt of
India ?
a) North Eastern peninsular belt
b) South west belt
c) South eastern belt
d) North western belt
47) Identify the correct pair
1) West Bengal – Largest rice
producing state
2) Groundnut – Rainfed crop
a) Both 1 and 2
b) None
c) 1 only
d) 2 Only
48. Recently two countries have
withdrawn from UNESCO. What are
they?
a) UK and Israel
b)US and Israel
c) US and Iran
d) UK and Iran
49. Which of the following does not have
Coral reefs?
a) Gulf of Mannar
b) Sunderbans
c) Andaman and Nicobar
d) Gulf of Kutch
50) Guru Nanak’s concept of Religion
was
a) Ethical
b) Severely practical
c) Both a and b
Purely spiritual
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