Q1.Who has been awarded with Nobel Prize for peace in 2016?
(a) Juan Manuel Santos
(b) Henry Dunant
(c) Kailash Satyarthi
(d) Malala Yousefzai
Q2.Which of the following is a book written by Shashi Tharoor?
(a) It’s Not About You
(b) Invisible People
(c) An Era of Darkness
(d) Democrats and Dissenters
Q3. With which country India has decided to partner with for strategic storage of crude oil in southern India?
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) United Arab Emirates
(d) United States of America
Q4.Which neighbouring country of India is also reffered as ‘Druk Yul’?
(a) Myanmar
(b) Maldives
(c) Bhutan
(d) Afghanistan
Q5.Which of the following is called GDP Deflator?
(a) Ratio of nominal to real GDP
(b) Ratio of nominal to real GNP
(c) Ratio of nominal to real CPI
(d) Ratio of real to nominal GNP
Q6.Which organisation monitors the banks in actually maintaining cash balance?
(a) State Bank of India
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Grameen Bank of India
(d) None of these
Q7.Which of the following Country doesn’t have a written Constitution?
(a) United Kingdom
(b) Australia
(c) United States of America
(d) Bangladesh
Q8.In the Indian Parliamentary System, ‘Vote on Account’ is valid for how many months (except the year of elections)?
(a) 2 months
(b) 3 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 9 months
Q9.Takshashila University was located between which two rivers?
(a) Indus and Jhelum
(b) Jhelum and Ravi
(c) Beas and Indus
(d) Satluj and Indus
Q10.Who is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’?
(a) Indra
(b) Agni
(c) Pashupati
(d) Vishnu
Q11.Which Indian state has the largest share of the Wastelands in India?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
Q12.Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands?
(a) Mount Koya
(b) Mount Diavolo
(c) Saddle Peak
(d) Mount Thuiller
Q13.How does a Unicellular Organism reproduce?
(a) Cell division
(b) Cell reproduction
(c) Cell synthesis
(d) None of these
Q14.What is the full form of DNA?
(a) Diribo nucleic acid
(b) Di nucleic acid
(c) Dual nitrogen acid
(d) Deoxyribonucleic acid
Q15.Which among the following is/are female hormones?
(i) Estrogen
(ii) Progesterone
(iii) Testosterone
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (i) and (ii)
(c) (ii) and (iii)
(d) Only (iii)
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220,000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.”
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. ‘An Era Of Darkness: The British Empire In India’ written by Shashi Tharoor is a searing indictment of the British Raj and its impact on India.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. India signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates that allows the Gulf nation to fill half of an underground crude oil storage facility at Mangalore that is part of New Delhi’s strategic reserve system.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bhutan is called Druk Yul – Land of Thunder Dragon. Because of the violent and large thunderstorms that whip down through the valleys from the Himalayas, Bhutan is known as the Land of Thunder Dragon.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. The GDP deflator is a measure of price inflation. It is calculated by dividing Nominal GDP by Real GDP and then multiplying by 100.
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Reserve Bank of India monitors that the banks in actually maintaining cash balances.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Australia, United States of America and Bangladesh has written constitution while on the other hand United Kingdaom doesn’t have a written constitution.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Vote on Account is the special provision given to the government to obtain the vote of Parliament to withdraw money when the budget for the new financial year is not released or the elections are underway, and the caretaker government is in place. A vote on account stays valid for two months.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Taxila was a centre of learning and is considered by some to have been one of the earliest universities in the world. It is an important archaeological site and in 1980, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was located between Indus and Jhelum.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Indra is the most prominent god of ‘Rig Veda’.
S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Rajasthan has the largest share of wasteland in India with an area of 84,929 sq.km in wasteland.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Saddle Peak is the highest point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Unicellular Organism reproduce through Cell division.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol.Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA) is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Estrogen and Progesterone are female hormones.
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