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PAPER 1 . General Studies .

CategCATEGORY 1

CATEGORY 1

STD 6-9

Question: 50 Marks :100 Time: 1 Hr.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES

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1) Nobel Prize for Peace – 2017 was awarded

to an organization ICAN, ICAN stands

for,

a) International Campaign Against

Nuclear War

b) International Campaign Against

Natural Resource Exploitation

c) International Congress About Nuclear

Threat

d) International Campaign to Abolish

Nuclear weapon

2) The conflict between Catalonia and this

country for its liberation was in news

recently . Name the country.

a) Italy

b) France

c) Spain

d) Portugal

3) Central Government recently announced

“Soubhagya “ Scheme which aims

at………

a) Availability of cooking gas

b) Pension scheme for old age

c) Electrification of household

d) Girl child education

4) Who won the US open Men’s Singles Title

2017?

a) Roger Federer

b) Rafel Nadal

c) Novok Djokovic

d) Andre Agassi

5) Which is the most abundant element in

the human body?

a) Oxygen

b) Carbon

c) Hydrogen

d) Nitrogen

6) Acid rain is mainly caused by

a) Carbon dioxide and Carbon monoxide

b) Ozone gas and Carbon dioxide

c) Nitrogen oxides and sulphar dioxide

d) Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen gas

7) “Light Year” is a unit of

a) Distance

b) Velocity

c) Time

d) Radioactivity

8) Movie “Little dragon” directed by

Shekhar Kapoor is based on the life story

of

a) Jacky Chan

b) Tony Ja

c) Bruce Li

d) Chimera

9) “Green House Effect” means

a) Cultivation of vegetation in green

houses to check pollution

b) Trapping of solar energy in Earth’s

atmosphere due to certain gases

c) Pollution in tropical houses

d) Trapping solar energy by Oxygen

10) Name the only country whose postage

stamp do not bear its name

a) USA

b) Japan

c) UK

d) Pakistan

11) Who was the Nawab of Bengal during

“Battle of Plassey” ?

a) Siraj – ud – daulah

b) Mirqasim

c) Mir Jafar

d) None of the above

12) Arrange the following in the order of

occurrence from first to last?

1) Battle of Tallikota

2) Battle of the Kanauj

3) Battle of Haldighati

a) 3,1,2

b) 1,3,2

c) 2,1,3

d) 1,2,3

13) Headquarters of European Union is at

a) Paris

b) Milan

c) Munich

d) Brussels

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14) Where is Nandadevi peak located ?

a) Nepal

b) Uttarakhand

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Sikkim

15) Contours are lines connecting places of

equal

a) Temperature

b) Pressure

c) Rainfall

d) Height

16) Who authored the book “My Music My

Life” ?

a) A.R Rahman

b) Bismillah Khan

c) Pt. Ravishankar

d) Sakkir Hussain

17) Which Indian state have highest

number of representation in Rajyasabha?

a) Rajasthan

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Maharashtra

18) Mariyappan Thankavelu , who won

Arjuna Awards 2017, belongs to which

sport ?

a) Shooting

b) Basket Ball

c) Para athletics

d) Para sailing

19) The element common to all acids is

……..

a) Hydrogen

b) Carbon

c) Oxygen

d) Nitrogen

20) Rectifiers are used to convert ?

a) AC to DC

b) DC to AC

c) Low to high voltage

d) High to Low voltage

21) Which of the Indian airport became

World’s first solar airport ?

a) New Delhi

b) Coimbatore

c) Kochi

d) Mumbai

22) The term “State” when used in context

of India, refers most appropriately to

which of the following ?

a) Government of India and all Federal

levels

b) Territory of India including Union

Territory and other occupied areas

c) The political institution that

represents sovereign people of India

occupying definite territory

d) Any institution that ultimately works

towards Public welfare

23) Lavani Dance belongs to which Indian

state?

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Haryana

24) Kangra School of painting is associated

with

a) Association of Rajput

b) Migration of Mughal

c) Invasion of British

d) Arrival of Persians

25) Consider the following about “

Mansabdari” System instituted in

Mughal India ?

1) It was a grading system used by

the Mughals to fix the rank , salary

and military responsibility

2) Mansabdars received their salaries

as revenue arrangement called

jagirs

a) Only 1 correct

b) Only 2 correct

c) Both correct

d) None correct

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26) “Global Financial Development

Report” is published by

a) IMF

b) World Economic Forum

c) United Nations Economic and Social

Council

d) World Bank

27) Under Dalhousie’s “Doctrine of Lapse”

policy, a kingdom would become a part of

the company territory , if

a) An Indian ruler died without a male

heir

b) The kingdom did not accept the Law

Revenue system of British

c) The kingdom evicted the British

residents appointed by Monarch

d) Good governance practices are not

followed by the Kingdom

28) Name the person who recently won

“Asian game Changer Prize 2017” given

by Asian Society.

a) Satya Nadella

b) Amitab Bachan

c) Dev Patel

d) Irfan Khan

29) The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was

held at ,

a) India

b) England & Wales

c) Australia

d) West Indies

30) The Indian Parliament consists of

a) Loksabha only

b) Loksabha and The President

c) Rajyasabha and Loksabha

d) Rajyasabha, Loksabha, and The

President

31) Which among the following is true?

1) IRNSS is an Independent regional

system developed by India

2) IRNSS also known as “Navigation

with Indian Center “

a) Both are correct

b) Only 1 correct

c) Only 2 correct

d) None of the above

32) Which among the following is not a

tributary of Ganga?

a) The Yamuna

b) The Son

c) Ghaghara

d) Sabarmati

33) “Panna” Biosphere Reserve belongs to

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Karnataka

d) Mizoram

34) Which among the following state is not

sharing border with Odisha ?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Jharkhand

c) West Bengal

d) Maharashtra

35) “Grey Revolution” is related to

a) Eggs/poultry

b) Jute

c) Fertilizers

d) Coffee/Cocoa

36) Which among the following is an

Indian Endemic mammal ?

a) Great Indian Bustard

b) Hornbill

c) Tree frog

d) Nilgiri Tahr

37) Identify the Indian Film that recently

got entry into 2017 Oscar under foreign

Language category ?

a) Secret Superstar

b) Newton

c) Bahubali

d) Lipstick Under my Burkha

38) Under the constitution, which among

the following is not a Fundamental

duty?

a) To vote in public elections

b) To develop scientific temper

c) To safeguard public property

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d) To abide by the Constitution and

respect its ideals

39) Which is correct order of size of

planets in descending fashion ?

a) Jupiter, Neptune, Earth, Mars

b) Jupiter, Earth, Neptune, Mars

c) Neptune,Jupiter, Earth. Mars

d) Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Earth

40) Which Indian Navy’s Ship holds the

Guinness World Record of being the

longest serving warship in the world ?

a) INS Vikrant

b) INS Arihant

c) INS Kalvari

d) INS Viraat

41) The Rocket successfully used by ISRO

in its historic “104 satellites” Launch ?

a) PSLV-XL

b) GSLV Mark 1

c) PSLV Mark 1

d) GSLV-XL

42) Which of the following statements

regarding Zika Virus is/are true ?

1) Zika virus is primarily transmitted by

Aedes aegypti

2) It causes Infants born with

abnormally smaller heads

a) Both are true

b) None of the mare true

c) Only 1 true

d) Only 2 true

43) Kudankulam nuclear Project plant is

situated at

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Karnataka

d) Goa

44) National Science Day is celebrated on

a) March 28th

b) February 28th

c) April 10th

d) January 10th

45) Which of the following is the wrongly

matched pair ?

a) Vitamin A - Loss of vision

b) Vitamin C – Scurvy

c) Iron – Goiter

d) Vitamin D – Rickets

46) Which of the following serves a major

role in blood coagulation?

a) Platelets

b) WBC

c) RBC

d) Plasma

47) Identify the wrong pair

a) Acetic Acid – Vinegar

b) Citric Acid – Lemon

c) Oxalic Acid – Curd

d) Tartaric Acid – Tamarind

48) Identify the Non – contact force among

the following ?

a) Muscular forces

b) Friction

c) Magnetic force

d) Both b and c

49) “Galvanization” refers to coating by

which metal ?

a) Iron

b) Zinc

c) Aluminium

d) Copper

50) Consider the following statements

regarding Yoga

1) It is amongst the six ideologies of

Hinduism

2) 2) Yoga is covered under AYUSH

program as an indigenous therapy

a) Both are correct

b) None are correct

c) Only 1 correct

d) Only 2 correct

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