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1. Among the following States , -------has the lowest birth rate in India ?
1. Kerala
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. West Bengal
Ans : 1
As per the 2013 data for the Sample Registration Survey (SRS), conducted by the Registrar General of India, India's birth rate has declined by 0.2 points with Kerala registering the lowest in 2013.
The highest Crude Birth Rate (CBR) was reported in Bihar (27.6) and the minimum in Kerala (14.7).
Interestingly, during 2013, Bihar has reported the highest Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 3.4, while West Bengal reported the lowest TFR of 1.6.
2. The Secretariat of SAARC is set up at
1. Washington
2. Kathmandu
3. Hague
4. New Delhi
Ans : 2
The SAARC Secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
It coordinates and monitors implementation of activities, prepares for and services meetings, and serves as a channel of communication between the association and its member states as well as other regional organisations.
3. The outer most range of Himalaya is called :
1. Kali
2. Shiwalik
3. Dehradun
4. Kumaon
Ans : 2
The Sivalik Hills is the outermost range of the Himalayas.
Also known as Manak Parbat, it located in between the Great Plains and Lesser or Middle Himalayas.
This range about 2,400 km long enclosing an area that starts almost from the Indus and ends close to the Brahmaputra, with a gap of about 90 kms between the Teesta and Raidak rivers in Assam.
4. Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance ?
1. Rabindra Nath Tagore
2. Raja RamMohan Roy
3. Mahatma Phule
4. M. G. Ranade
Ans : 2
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of Brahmo Samaj, is considered to be the father of Indian renaissance due to his modernistic influence on Indian politics, public administration and education as well as religion.
He was, in fact, a rationalist and a pioneer of English Education and enlightened Journalism who laid the foundations of modern India.
5. The longest river of peninsular India is :
1. Narmada
2. Godavari
3. Mahanadi
4. Cauvery
Ans : 2
The Godavari is the longest river of peninsular India with a length of 1465 km.
It is also the second longest river in India after the Ganges.
It is due to its vast length, catchment area and discharge, it has been dubbed as the 'Dakshina Ganga'.
It drains the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka.
6. -----gives hardness to stainless steel .
1. Zinc
2. Lead
3. Carbon
4. Tin
Ans : 3
Iron is alloyed with carbon to make Steel and has the effect of increasing the hardness and strength of iron.
Pure iron cannot be hardened or strengthened by heat treatment but the addition of carbon enables a wide range of hardness and strength.
High carbon stainless steel contains a minimum of 0.3% carbon.
The higher the carbon content, the less formable and the tougher the Steel becomes.
7. Which of the following is responsible for transport of food and other substances in plants ?
1. Xylem
2. Phloem
3. Chloroplast
4. None of these
Ans : 2
The transport of water, nutrients and other substances from one part of a plant to another is called translocation.
While, phloem transports synthesized food from the leaves to the rest of the plant body ; water and Minerals are transported from the roots upwards through the xylem tubes.
8. The washing machine works on the principle of
1. Dialysis
2. Diffusion
3. Reverse osmosis
4. Centrifugation
Ans : 4
Washing machine works on the principle of centrifugation.
They are based on medium size centrifuges that put an object in rotation around a fixed axis, applying force perpendicular to the axis.
It uses the sedimentation principle, where the centripetal acceleration separates substances of greater and lesser density.
Besides, it also makes use of the centrifugal force generated in the "spin cycle" of washing machines that throws the water out through the little holes of perforated drum so that the washed clothes end up much drier.
9. Which is not an external storage device ?
1. CD - ROM
2. DVD - ROM
3. Pen Drive
4. RAM
Ans : 4
Random Access Memory (RAM) is an example of internal storage.
Commonly called "memory", it is considered primary storage, since it stores data that is directly accessible by the computer's CPU.
RAM is a high speed storage medium that can be accessed with minimum delays.
10. Which of the following is the correct description of the term sex-ratio as used in the context of the census of population ?
1. Number of males / 1000 females
2. Number of females / 1000 males
3. Number of females / 100 males
4. Number of females in a sample of 1000 persons
Ans : 2
Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males.
In most sexually reproducing species, the ratio tends to be close to 1:1.
According to Census 2011, the sex ratio of India is 943 females per 1000 males.
11. The atomic power station in Rajasthan is situated at :
1. Pokhran
2. Suratgarh
3. Rawatbhata
4. Chittorgarh
Ans : 3
The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) is located at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh district of the state.
Commissioned on 16 December 1973, it is operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
Currently, RAPS has six pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) units operating with a total installed capacity of 1,180 MW.
12. The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many languages ?
1. 12
2. 15
3. 20
4. 24
Ans : 4
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
Established in 1954, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of Rs. 100,000.
13. Right to privacy comes under :
1. Article 19
2. Article 20
3. Article 21
4. Article 18
Ans : 3
The Indian Constitution does not expressly recognise the right to privacy.
But after the case of Kharak Singh vs state of UP (1963), the Supreme Court for the first time recognised the right as being implicit in the Constitution under Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty).
The apex court later reinforced Right to Privacy as being part of Article 21 in the following cases : Govind vs State of Madhya Pradesh (1975) : R. Rajagopal vs State of Tamilnadu (1994) ; PUCL vs Union of India (1997).
14. The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Sahajahan was :
1. Thomas Roe
2. William Hawkins
3. Ibn Batuta
4. Manucci
Ans : 4
Italian traveller Nicolao Manucci (1653 - 1708 AD) visited India during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.
Manucci had first hand knowledge of the Mughal court, and his work "Storia do Mogor" is considered to be the most detailed account of the Mughal court.
It is an Important account of the time of the later reign of Shah Jahan and of the reign of Aurangzeb.
15. The GST [ Goods And Service Tax ] , recently passed by government will be levied on which of the following products ?
1. Petroleum Crude
2. Tobacco
3. Natural Gas
4. Aviation Turbine Fuel
Ans : 2
GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer.
Products like Kerosene, naphtha and LPG will be under the ambit of GST, while five items in the basket - crude oil, natural gas, aviation fuel, diesel and petrol have been excluded during the initial years.
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16. Who was elected the Prime Minister of Nepal recently ?
1. Keshav Kumar Budhathoki
2. Khadga Prasad Sharma Koli
3. Sushil Koirala
4. Pushp Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
Ans : 4
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairperson (CPN-MC) Pushpa Kamal Dahal was, in August 2016, elected as the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal.
Dahal also known as Prachanda, led a guerrilla war against the Government in the past and later served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 2008 to 2009.
17. Which lobe of human brain is associated with hearing ?
1. Frontal lobe
2. Parietal lobe
3. Temporal lobe
4. Occipital lobe
Ans : 3
The Temporal lobes, located on each side of the head above the ears, control hearing and are related to smell, taste and short-term memory (especially visual and verbal).
It is involved in processing sensory input into derived meanings for the appropriate retention of visual memory, language comprehension, and emotion association.
18. Which of the following is NOT soluble in water ?
1. Lead Sulphate
2. Zinc Sulphate
3. Potassium Sulphate
4. Sodium Sulphate
Ans : 2
Lead sulphate is a white crystalline solid.
It is insoluble in water and sinks in it.
It is often seen in the plates/ electrodes of car batteries, as is formed when the battery is discharged.
It is also known as fast white, milk white, sulphuric acid, lead salt or anglesite.
19. Activated Charcoal is used to remove colouring matter from pure substances by
1. Bleaching
2. Oxidation
3. Adsorption
4. Reduction
Ans : 3
Heating wood to a very high temprature in the absence of air makes charcoal.
When it is heated to an even high temprature, about 930°C, impurities are driven from its surface and it becomes activated charcoal, sometimes called decolorizing charcoal.
This activated charcoal can remove impurities in either the gaseous or liquid state from many solutions.
It does so by the process of adsorption, or by attracting these molecules to the surface.
20. Chernobyl disaster is the result of pollution by
1. Oil spill
2. Acid rain
3. Carbon dioxide
4. Radioactive waste
Ans : 4
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occured on 26th April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Pripyat, then located in the Ukrainian USSR.
An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe.
21. Which of the following caused radioactive pollution along the coast of Kerala ?
1. Plutonium
2. Zinc
3. Thorium
4. Radium
Ans : 3
Thorium-rich monazite sand deposits on the Kerala coast has been responsible for natural radioactive contamination.
It has been pronounced on the southwest coastal line of the state.
The region has been found to have elevated levels of background radioactivity due to high abundance of thorium.
22. In mammals , an important role of excretion is played by
1. Large intestine
2. Kidneys
3. Lungs
4. Liver
Ans : 2
The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that serve several excretory roles apart from the essential regulatory roles in mammals.
They remove from the blood the nitrogenous wastes such as urea, as well as salts and excess water, and excrete them in the form of urine.
In producing urine, the kidneys excrete nitrogenous wastes such as urea and ammonium.
23. The second Green Revolution aims at increasing agricultural output to promote
1. Availability of easy credit to big farmers
2. Co-operative farming
3. Inclusive growth
4. Development of rural sector
Ans : 3
In the Indian context, the Second Green Revolution is a change in agricultural production widely thought necessary to feed and sustain the growing population on Earth and Promote inclusive growth.
As per the 11th Plan document, the 2nd Green Revolution aims to meet the problems of small and marginal farmers for providing income security to a large section of rural households and treating them as partners of development instead of a mere beneficiary of some government schemes or programme.
24. Which of the following causes rainfall during winters in the north-western part of India ?
1. Western disturbances
2. Cyclonic depression
3. Southwest monsoon
4. Retreating monsoon
Ans : 1
A Western Disturbance is an extra tropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden rain to the north western parts of the Indian subcontinent during the winter season.
It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the westerlies.
Western Disturbances are important for the development of the Rabi Crop (wheat).
25. The 'Blue Water Policy' was introduced by the Portugese leader :
1. Francisco-de-Almeida
2. Alfonso de Albuquerque
3. Francis Caron
4. Francis Martin
Ans : 1
The "Blue Water" Policy is attributed to Don Francisco de Almeida, the first Viceroy of the Portuguese possessions in India.
As per this policy, the Portuguese should be the sole trade power in the Arabian sea and the Indian Ocean.
It called for the Portuguese to be powerful at the sea instead of building fortresses on Indian mainland.
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