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1. Sun Temple of konarak, a UNESCO cultural 5. In which year National Book Trust was
Heritage Site, is in which state? founded?
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Rajasthan a) 1 August 1957 b) 1 August 1963
c) Odisha d) Punjab c) 15 August 1957 d) None of these
   
 a) b)
a) b) c) d)
c) d) 6. Where is Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a
2. Who wrote the “Panchatantra”? UNESCO cultural Heritage Site, present?
a) Vishnu Sharma b) Chanakya a) Karnataka b) Rajasthan
c) Kalidasa d) None of these c) Delhi d) Madhya Pradesh
     
a) b) 
c) d) a) b)
3. Find the incorrect pair c) d)
a) Kanchenjunga National Park - Sikkim 7. Which of the following UNESCO cultural
b) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - Assam Heritage Sites is in Tamil Nadu?
c) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National a) Group of Monuments at Hampi
Parks - Uttar Pradesh b) Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
d) Sundarbans National Park - West Bengal c) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
 d) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
a)  
b) 
c)        a) 
 b)
d) c)  
4. Find the incorrect pair of the UNESCO cultural d)  
Heritage Site and its location? 8. Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, a
a) Ajanta Caves - Maharashtra cultural Heritage Site, is in which state?
b) Buddhist Monuments - Madhya Pradesh a) Odisha b) Assam
c) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Maharashtra c) Bihar d) Rajasthan
d) Elephanta Caves - Madhya Pradesh 
     
 a) b)
a) c) d)
9. Which day is celebrated as Kargil Vijay
b) 
Diwas?
c)  a) 10 June b) 26 July
d) c) 15 January d) 5 March
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a) b) a)
c) d) b)
10. National science day is celebrated in the honor c)
of whom? d)A C
a) A.P.J Abdul kalam b) C.V. Raman 15. How does climate change (global warming)
c) Vikram Sarabhai d) Ashok Sen affect human health?
 a) By increasing illnesses such as heat stress,
 cardiovascular disease and kidney disease
a)  b) b) By increasing respiratory illnesses such as
c) d)  asthma and allergies
11. ‘World Population Day’ is observed on c) By increasing insect borne infections such
a) 12 July b) 10 July as dengue fever
c) 11 July d) 2nd July d) All of the above
              
 
a) b) a)       
c) d)  
12. ‘National Consumer Rights Day’ is observed 
on b) 
a) December 7 b) December 4 
c) December 24 d) December 10 c)
      
 d)
a) b)  16. Assertion (A): Shivaji aimed at establishing
c)  d)  Maratha rule in Delhi.
13. The most visually striking evidence of global Reason (R): Shivaji took the leadership of the
warming is: Maratha resistance against the Mughals.
a) The increased precipitation along the Gulf a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
coast states explantion of A
b) Highly varying temperature fluctuations felt b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
during the winter months explanation of A
c) Rapid melting of glacial ice on nearly every c) A is true but R is false
continent d) A is false but R is true
d) All of the above (A)  
 
 (R)
a)  
b) a)ARRA
 
c) b)AR R  A
 
c)AR
d)
d)AR
14. Which of the following statements is/are true 17. Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji imposed price
about Plasma? control in Delhi.
a) The liquid part of the blood is plasma. Reason (R): He wanted to pay lower wages
b) It is made up of only protein. to artisans building his palaces in Delhi.
c) It consists of antibodies a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
d) Only A and C are correct explantion of A
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explanation of A a) Sarojini Devi b) Lata Devi
c) a is true but R is false c) Indira Gandhi d) Vijaya Laxmi
d) a is false but R is true 
   A      a) b)
 c) d)
  R     22. Which of the following is the world's largest
                   peninsula?
 a) India b) South Africa
a)ARRA c) Arabia d) Both A & B
 
b)AR R  A a) b)
 c) d)A  B
c)AR 23. Consider the following correct statements
d)AR related to alluvial soils.
18. Which is the correct chronology of the I. This soil occupy 40 percent of the total
excavation of the site in the Indus Civilization? geographical area of India.
I. Mohenjo-Daro II. Chanhudaro II. Alluvial soils are formed to depositional
III. Harappa IV. Lothal work done by rivers in plains, valleys, flood
Select the correct code: plain and deltas
           
 
I II I.
III IV 
 II.  
a) III, I, II & IV b) I, III, II & IV       
c) II, I, III & IV d) III, IV, II & I 
19. Which of the following is not matched a) only I b) only II
correctly? c) Both I and II d) Neither I nor II
a) Butler commission: 1927 24. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha.
b) Nehru report: 1928 a) Ganesh Vasudev Mavlankar
c) 14 points of Jinnah: 1929 b) Ram Prasad Bismil
d) Gandhi-Irwin pact: 1930 c) Narayan Vasudev
  d) Pandit Nehru
a) 
b) a) 
c) b)
d)  c) 
20. The highest body which approves the Five d) 
Year Plan of our country is...... 25. Consider the following correct statements
a) National Development Council regarding classification of Indian Agriculture
b) Human resource department on the basis of time of sowing.
c) Medical Council I. Rabi crops - Wheat, Potato, Gram, Mustard
d) Bar Council II. Kharif Crops-Paddy, Jute, Sugarcane, corn,
 Jowar, Bazra, Maize.
     
a)                      
b) 
c) I      
d)  
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     
a) Only b) Only 11  TV   
c) Both I and II d) Neither I nor II 
26. Which of the following states has the highest a)I b)
irrigation coverage? c)GSAT d) PSLV
a) Punjab b) Karnataka 32. Which among the following is the oldest
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Uttarakhand surviving rock-cut cave in India ?
      a) Bagh Caves b) Ellora Caves
 c) Uday Giri Caves d) Barabar Caves
a) b)  
c) d) 
27. Which one of the following States has the a) b)
majority and the major oil fields in India? c) d) 
a) Assam b) Gujarat 33. ISRO was formed in ........
c) Jharkhand d) Tamil Nadu 
     a) 1963 b) 1969
 c) 1972 d) 1985
a) b) 34. Who is known as the Father of the Indian
c) d) Space Programme?
28. Nagoba Jatara, a tribal festival is celebrated a) Vikram Sarabhai b) Satish Dhawan
in which Indian state/UT? c) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam d) C.V. Raman
a) Madhya Pradesh b) Assam     
c) Telangana d) Meghalaya 
              a) b) 
UT c)   d)
a) b) 35. The first Indian Satellite Aryabhatta was
c) d) launched in the year:
29. Which agricultural festival has been celebrated                       
recently in Odisha and Chhattisgarh? 
a) Nuakhai Juhar b) Pongal a) 1974 b) 1975
c) Lohiri d) Bihu c) 1976 d) 1977
 36. Which of the following hormones is a steroid?
 a) Estrogen b) Glucagon
a) b) c) Insulin d) None of the above
c) d)   
30. Which of these festivals of other parts of India a) b)
does not coincide with Makar Sankranti c) d)
celebrated in North India in January? 37. The mass number of an atom is:
a) Uttarayan b) Magh Bihu a) Number of protons in the nucleus
c) Thai Pongal d) Vishu b) Number of protons and the nutrans
c) Number of neutrons in the nucleus
     d) None of these
 
 a) 
a) b)  b)
c)  d) c)
31. First experimental remote sensing satellite d)
................ which Carried TV and microwave 38. The isotope of any atomic nucleus is in which:
cameras. a) Number of neutrons be same but number of
a) Bhaskara-I b) Rohini - 1 protons be different
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 b) Number of protons be same but the number 
of neutrons be different

c) Number of protons and neutrons both are
same a) b)
d) Number of protons and neutrons both are c)  d) 
different 42. The total number of ministers including the
      prime ministers shall not exceed
 a) 20% members of the Lok sabha
a) b) 10% members of the Lok Sabha
 C) 25% members of the Lok Sabha
b) d) 15% members of the Lok Sabha
      
c)     


a)
d)
 b)
39. Which of the following is estimated by the c)
radio carbon dating? d)
a) Age of the human being
43. Where did India get its concept of single order
b) Age of the fossils
of court?
c) Disease of the human body
a) Government of India Act, 1935
d) Purity of the metals
b) Government of India Act, 1919
        c) Pitts India Act, 1773
 d) None of the above
a) 
b)   
c) a)
d) b)
40. The temples constructed at Khajuraho are: c)
1. Jain temples d)
2. Vaishnavite Temples 44. Directive principles of State Policy is
3. Saivite Temples mentioned in ........ of the Indian constitution.
Choose the correct option from the codes given 
below 
 a) Part I b) Part VI
 c) Part VIII d) Part IV
 45. Total number of High Courts in India is?
 
       a) 24 b) 25
c) 26 d) 27

46. Which international clinical trial is launched
a) Only 1 & 3 b) Only 2 & 3
by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and
c) 1,2 & 3 d) Only 1 & 2
partners to help find an effective treatment for
41. Which of the following commission was COVID-19?
appointed by the Central Government on COVID-19                   
Union-State relations in 1983?  
a) Sarkariya commission (WHO)    
b) Dutt commission   
c) Setalvad commission a) Solidarity b) Dissidence
d) Rajamannar commission c) Severance d) Dissension
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47. Lithosphere is the combination of ___? a) Leukocytes
a) Upper and lower mantle b) Red blood cells
b) Crust and core c) Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
c) Crust and upper mantle d) Golgi apparatus
d) Lower mantle and core   
___  
a) a) b)
b) c) d) 
c) 52. Which of the following is the first country in
d)  Asia to have large scale industrialization?
48. What metals were known to the people of a) Japan b) China
Indus valley civilisatiion? c) India d) Iran
a) Copper, bronze, silver, gold but not iron                  
b) Copper, silver, iron but not bronze 
c) Copper, gold, iron but not silver a) b)
d) Copper, silver, iron but not gold c) d)
   53. The Civil Services Day (CSD) is celebrated
a) on which day in India?
b) a) April 18 b) April 21
c) c) April 19 d) April 20
d) CSD
49. Which of the following has become the first 
bank to launch the biometric based payment a) b)
system Aadhaar Pay through its network c)  d) 
a) HDFC Bandk b) IDFC Bank 54. Where is the world’s largest library?
c) ICICI Bank d) State Bank of India a) Russia b) France
 c) Denmark d) Washington DC
        
a) b)
  c) d) 
a)  55. When was the G20 Summit established?
b)  G 
c) a) 1995 b) 1999
c) 1998 d) 1997
d)  
56. In the field of life insurance, which is the only
50. Which railway station has become the India’s public sector company?
first station to run by all women staff? a) Oriental insurance company
a) Matunga railway station b) General insurance company
b) Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station c) Life Insurance Corporation of India
c) Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway Station d) New India assurance company
d) Kolkata railway station 
             a) 
a) b)
c)  
b) 
d)
c) 57. India’s First Open University was
d) a) Kolkata Open University
51. Which of the following protects the body b) Andhra Pradesh Open University
against infectious disease and foreign c) Bombay Open University
invaders? d) Karnataka Open University
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   62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
a)  answer from the codes given below:
b)  List-I List-II
c)   (Nickname) (Person)
d)  A. Grand Old Man of India 1. Dadabhai
58. Which of the following paramilitary forces Nauoroji
was the first force to raise an all-woman B. Tota-e-Hind 2. Amir Khushro
battalion in India? C. Shakespeare of India 3. Kalidas
 D. Nightingale of India 4. Sarojini Naidu
     I II 
                   
a) ITBP b) BSF 
c) CRPF d) CISF I II
59. National Sports day is celebrated on  
a) 29th Aug. b) 4th Dec. A.   
c) 14th Nov. d) 28th Oct.  
 B. 
a) b) C. 
D. 
c)  d)
A B C D A B C D
60. Consider the following statements.
a) 1 2 3 4 b) 1 3 2 4
1. The 1st Indian to win an individual medal
c) 3 2 4 1 d) 1 4 3 2
in Olympics was KD Jadhav.
63. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
2. Kunjarani Devi is associated with Weight
answer from the codes given below:
lifiting. Which of the above is/are true?
List-I List-II
a) 1 only b) 2 only
(Crematorium) (Persons)
c) Both 1 and 2 d) None of these
A. Raj Ghat 1. Mahathma Gandhi
 B. Veer Bhumi 2. Rajiv Gandhi
 C. Shakti Sthal 3. Indira Gandhi
KD D. Shanti Van 4. J.L. Nehru
 I  II   
      

a) b)
I II
c) d)  
61. Which of the following is not matched A.  
correctly? B.  
a) Obra Power Station - Thermal Power C. 
b) Kaiga Power Station - Nuclear Power D. 
c) Matatilla Power Project - Hydro Power A B C D A B C D
d) Mundra Power station - Hydro Power a) 1 2 3 4 b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 1 2 4 3
 
64. The world’s largest charkha or spining wheel
a)   was unveiled very recently at which place?
b)  a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai International Airport
c)   
c) Kempegowda International Airport
d)   d) Chennai Internatiional Airport
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        a) 1 only b) 2 only
 c) 3 only d) 4 only
a) 69. Which Ashokan pillar edict provides a list of
b)  animals and birds killing of which was
c) prohibited?
d) a) Pillar edict V b) Pillar edict VIII
65. Which of the following is an award instituted c) Pillar edict XII d) Pillar edict X
by UNESCO? 
a) Kalinga Award b) Pulitzer prize 
c) Stirling prize d) Pritzker prize a)V b)VIII
 c)XII d) X
a) b)  70. The Pir Panjal range is located in which of the
c)  d)  following states or Union Territories?
66. Global 500 awards are given for the a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Jammu and Kashmir
outstanding achievement in which of the c) Punjab d) Uttarakhand
following fields?    
a) Campaign against AIDS 
b) Population control
a)  b)
c) Protection of environment
c) d)
d) Elimination of illiteracy
71. Brihadisvara Temple is located in which of the
       following state?
  a) Tamil Nadu b) Madhya Pradesh
a)
c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh
b)
c)

a) b)
d) 
67. Pulitzer prize is awarded for outstanding work c) d)
in the field of 72. What is the name of the highway that connects
a) Science and Technology China to Pakistan?
b) Environmental Studies a) Milford Road b) Cabot Trail
c) Literature and Journalism c) Karakoram Highway d) Jebel Hafeet
d) International Understanding  
      a) 
 b) 
a) c)
b) d) 
c) 73. Which of the railway connecting the follow-
d) ing two stations has been recognised as heri-
68. The first ever India Human Development tage railway line by UNESCO?
Award 2012 is instituted by a) Siliguri and Darjeeling
1. Ministry of Rural Development b) Allahbad and Varanasi
2. Government of India and World Bank c) Mumbai and Thane
3. Planning Commission and UNDP d) Amritsar Ludhiana
4. Ministruy of Social Justice
     

  
  a)
 b)
UNDP c)
 d) 
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74. Who heads the Cabinet Committee on a) b)
Economic Affairs in India? c) d)
a) Finance Minister b) Commerce Minister 81. When was the United Nations launched?
c) Prime Minister d) Cabinet Secretary a) October 24, 1945 b) October 24, 1946
     c) December 24, 1945d) January 14, 1945
 
a) b) a) b)
c) d) 
c) d)
75. The total number of members represented in
82. At which among the following sessions of the
the General assembly is __________.
Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had
  
invented a new slogan "Divide and Quit"?
__________.
a) Lucknow Session 1931
a) 200 b) 153
b) Karachi Session 1933
c) 193 d) 108
c) Lahore Session 1940
76. India undertakes Joint Special Forces
d) Karachi Session 1943
Exercise Vajra Prahar with which country
annually? 
a) Israel b) France      
c) United States d) Sri Lanka 
   a)

a) b) b)
c) d) c) 
77. Which is the highest cotton producing state in d)
India? 83. Sanchi Stupa is printed on which new currency
a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra note?
c) Haryana d) Rajasthan     
       a) 50 b) 100 c) 200 d) 500
 84. Who was the first Indian woman to scale Mt.
a) b) Everest?
c) d) a) Bachendri Pal b) Fu Dorji
78. In which year was the Constitution of India c) Aun Sang Suu Kyi d) Yoko Ono
adopted?     
 
a) 1947 b) 1948 a) b)
c) 1949 d) 1950 c)  d)
79. Where in India is the “International Hockey 85. Which of the followings is not correctly
Stadium” Situated? matched - Organization with Head Quarter
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab a) International Civil Aviation Organization
c) New Delhi d) West Bengal -London
  b) Interpol - Lyon
 c) International Postal Union - Bern
a) b) d) Food and Agriculture Organization -
c) d) Rome
80. The National Disaster Management Authority                       
(NDMA) is located in which city?  
a) Jaipur b) Bengaluru a)     
c) New Delhi d) Chennai b) 
(NDMA) c) 
 d)
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86. Kourou City is well known for I. India’s tallest bridge on river Chenab,
a) Satellite Launching located between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi
b) Port Facilities district of Jammu and Kashmir
c) Volcano II. India’s longest Rail bridge across
d) Olympic Games Brahmaputra into Arunachal Pradesh.
 III. A train track in the middle of Andaman &
a)  b) Nicobar islands in the India Ocean.
c) d)                    
87. In a normal human body, the total number of
     
red blood cells is
a) 15 trillion b) 20 trillion 
c) 25 trillion d) 30 trillion I
        
  
a) b)
II                 
c) d)
88. India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in    
Rajasthan took place in III
  
 a) Only II b) I and II
a) 1984 b) 1974
c) II and III d) I, II, III
c) 1964 d) 1954
92. On which one of the following rivers is located
89. The famous 'Ganga Sagar Mela', an annual fair
Indo-Pak Bagalihar Project?
is held in which state of India.
a) Sutlej b) Jhelum
a) Bihar b) Jharkhand
c) Beas d) Chenab
c) Odisha d) West Bengal

     


a)
  b)
a) b)
c) d)
c) d)
93. Highest award given to civilian in Indian is
90. The ‘Mission Indradhanush’ launched by the
a) Bharat Ratna b) Padma Vibhushan
Government of India is aimed at-
c) Sharam Award d) Padma Bhushan
a) Linking of all major rivers
b) Construction of Smart cities across the
 
country a)   b) 
 
c) Complete financial literacy all over the c)  d)
country 94. Arrange the following awards in the correct
d) Full immunisation of all children in the chronological order
country 1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
      2. Arjuna Award
 3. Dhyanchand Award
4. Dronacharya Award
a)
Select the correct answer from the codes:
b)       
c)
 
d)     
 
91. Which of the following projects, started as
infrastructural development projects, has/have   
strategic significance? 
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   3. Kuchipudi derives its name from the
a) 3, 2, 4, 1 b) 2, 3, 4, 1 Kuchipudi village of Andhra Pradesh.
c) 2, 4, 1, 3 d) 3, 2, 1, 4 4. Odissi is considered a dance of love, joy
95. The book Kadambari is written by and intense passion, pure, divine and human.
a) Jayadev b) Bana Bhatta Which of the statements given above is/are
c) Bhavabhuti d) Ashwaghosh correct?
  
a) b)             
  
c)
  d)
  
96. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School 
of Mines) was established in -
 
   
      
a) 1926 b) 1925 
c) 1927 d) 1928  
97. Which one of the following Tennis a) 1 and 2 only b) 2 and 3 only
tour naments is the first to start the c) 1, 2 and 3 only d) All of the above
International Grand Slam in the Tennis 100. Who is known as the ‘Picasso of India’?
history? a) Amrita Shergil b) M.F. Hussain
a) Australian Open b) French Open c) Sudhir Vyas d) Shafqat Hussain
c) Wimbledon Open d) US Open    
         a) b)
 c) d)  
a)
   b) 
c)  d) KEY
98. Consider the following statements.
01. C 02. A 03. C 04. D 05. A
1. First ICC Cricket World Cup was held in
06. D 07. B 08. C 09. B 10. B
India.
2. West Indies had won the inaugural ICC 11. C 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. D
Cricket World Cup 1975. 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. A
3. India has won the ICC Cricket World Cup 21. A 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. C
in 1983 and 2011. 26. A 27. A 28. C 29. A 30. D
Which of the statements given above is/are 31. A 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. B
correct? 36. A 37. B 38. B 39. B 40. C
 41. A 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. B
  ICC      
46. A 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. A

 ICC    51. A 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. B
 56. C 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. C
 ICC   61. D 62. A 63. A 64. A 65. A
 66. C 67. C 68. C 69. A 70. B
  71. A 72. C 73. A 74. C 75. C
a) 1 only b) 2 only 76. C 77. A 78. C 79. B 80. C
c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 81. A 82. D 83. C 84. A 85. A
99 Consider the following statements. 86. A 87. D 88. B 89. D 90. D
1. Bharatnatyam is considered the mother art
91. D 92. D 93. A 94. C 95. B
of most of the other classical dances of India.
2. ‘Kathak’ means the one who tells a story. 96. A 97. C 98. C 99. C 100. B
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