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1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Indian economy?
(A) primacy of agriculture
(B) balance between heavy industry and wage goods.
(C) population pressure
(D) low per capita income
Ans:- (B)
2. Term ‘Federal’ has been used in the Indian Constitution in:
(A) Part-III
(B) Article-368
(C) Nowhere in the Constitution
(D) Preamble
Ans:- (C)
3. Which one of the following items comes under the Concurrent List?
(A) Trade Unions
(B) Citizenship
(C) Local Government
(D) Inter-State rivers
Ans:- (A)
4. Which one of the following National Park/Sanctuary is not in Rajasthan?
(A) Sariska National Park
(B) Sambar Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Rajaji National Park
(D) Ranthambore National Park
Ans:- (C)
5. Which one among the following is a solid lubricant?
(A) Geammanium
(B) Sulphur
(C) Graphite
(D) Indium
Ans:- (C)
6. Sudirman Cup, a biennial event, is associated with :
(A) badminton
(B) table tennis
(C) hockey
(D) shooting
Ans:- (A)
7. In which state ‘Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary’ is situated?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Kerala
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans:- (B)
8. The Mansabdari system was introduced by:
(A) Shah Jahan
(B) Jahangir
(C) Babur
(D) Akbar
Ans:- (D)
9. Who is the author of the book named ‘Alice in wonderland’?
(A) William Shakespeare
(B) Paul Kennedy
(C) Lewis Orwell
(D) George Orwell
Ans:- (C)
10. Who are the price-takers under Perfect Competition?
(A) industry
(B) government
(C) firms
(D) buyers
Ans:- (D)
11. The High Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of wheat were first developed in________.
(A) Australia
(B) Mexico
(C) USA
(D) Japan
Ans:- (B)
12. In which of the following organs of the human body are carbohydrates stored as glycogen?
(A) Stomach
(B) Liver
(C) Small intestine
(D) Large intestine
Ans:- (B)
13. The Channel Tunnel is the name of an undersea tunnel connecting :
(A) France and Germany
(B) France and England
(C) France and Spain
(D) Spain and Morocco
Ans:- (B)
14. Who among the following is also known as the founder of macroeconomics as a separate discipline?
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Fischer Black
(C) Robert Merton
(D) John Maynard Keynes
Ans:- (D)
15. Who among the following built the Brihadishvara Temple of Tamil Nadu?
(A) Rajaraja Cholal I
(B) Virarajendra Chola
(C) Rajendra Chola I
(D) Rajadhiraja Chola II
Ans:- (A)
16. The concept of ‘Carbon credit’ originated from:
(A) Earth Summit, Rio-de-Janerio
(B) Kyoto Protocol
(C) Montreal Protocol
(D) None of the above
Ans:- (B)
17. Which day is observed as “International Day of Non-Violence”?
(A) 1st May
(B) 2nd October
(C) 24th October
(D) 30th January
Ans:- (B)
18. When and by whom were the Asokan inscriptions deciphered for the first time?
(A) 1787 – John Tower
(B) 1825 – Charles Metcalfe
(C) 1837 – James Prinsep
(D) 1810 – Harry Smith
Ans:- (C)
19. The Strait of ________ connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
(A) Bonifacio
(B) Kerch
(C) Gibraltar
(D) Messina
Ans:- (C)
20. The Mughal emperor _______ adopted the title of Alamgir.
(A) Akbar
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Jahangir
Ans:- (C)