Q.1. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in
A. 1955
B. 1956
C. 1957
D. 1958
Answer: C. 1957
Q.2. Panchayatiraj form of rural government was first adopted by
A. Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh
B. Rajasthan & West Bengal
C. Rajasthan & Andhra Pradesh
D. Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh
Answer: C. Rajasthan & Andhra Pradesh
Q.3. Which of the following diseases is not caused by VIRUS?
A. Chicken Pox
B. Dengue
C. Cholera
D. Polio
Answer: C. Cholera
Q.4. NASA and ISRO to come together to inspect ‘oldest civilisation’ site in __ .
A. Gujarat
B. Rajasthan
C. Haryana
D. Telangana
Answer: C. Haryana
Explanation:
Teams of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana’s Fatehabad district to verify claims of it being the oldest civilisation in the world. Archaeologists have recovered artefacts pre-dating the Harappan Civilisation from the site, located in village Kunal in Fatehabad district.
Q.5. Which statement about broadheads is true?
A. Use needle-nose pliers or locking pliers to screw on broadheads
B. Broadheads are risk-free
C. Dress game with great caution until you find all parts of the broadhead
D. Broadheads have a dull edge
Answer: C. Dress game with great caution until you find all parts of the broadhead
Explanation:
The statement about broadheads is true is Dress game with great caution until you find all parts of the broadhead.
Q.6. Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called __, which is available on mobile only.
A. Caller
B. Hello
C. Hi
D. Hay
Answer: B. Hello
Explanation:
Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called Hello, which is available on mobile only. The Hello.com app is available on Android and iOS in the following countries: US, Canada, Britain, France, Australia, Brazil, Ireland. Germany, Mexico and India are next on the list and the app should be available this month.
Q.7.Todar Mal was associated with
A. Land revenue reforms
B. Music and Literature
C. Law and Music
D. Law and Literature
Answer: A. Land revenue reforms
Explanation:
Todar Mal was associated with land revenue reforms.
Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire during Akbar’s reign. He was one of the Navaratnas in Akbar’s durbar.
Q.8. Three Presidency Banks viz., Bank of Madras, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Calcutta, were merged to form
A. New Bank of India
B. Corporation Bank
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. Imperial Bank of India(now SBI)
Answer: D. Imperial Bank of India(now SBI)
Q.9.In which type of economy National Income and Domestic Income is equal?
A. Closed Economy
B. Open Economy
C. Developed Economy
D. Developing Economy
Answer: A. Closed Economy
Q.10. Name the state that has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.
A. Tripura
B. Mizoram
C. Maharashtra
D. Haryana
Answer: C. Maharashtra
Explanation:
Maharashtra has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgender in the state register as voters in greater numbers.
Q.11. Which device is called silico sapiens?
A. Computer
B. Robot
C. Moniter
D. Hardware
Answer: B. Robot
Explanation:
Silico Sapiens generally refers to robots.
Q.12. Bhavai’ is a traditional dance form of __.
A. Punjab
B. Maharashtra
C. Bihar
D. Gujarat
Answer: D. Gujarat
Q.13.Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?
A. Super 3
B. Param 808
C. Super 149
D. Param 8000
Answer: D. Param 8000
Explanation:
PARAM 8000 was was the first supercomputer developed by Indian scientists launched on July 01, 1991 is considered India’s first supercomputer.
It was indigenously built in 1991 by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and was replicated and installed at ICAD Moscow in 1991 under Russian collaboration.
Q.14. Which state government has launched Pashu Bazar website for online cattle sale ?
A. Telangana
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Gujarat
Answer: A. Telangana
Explanation:
The Telangana government has launched Pashu Bazar website for online cattle sale. The online sale or purchase of cattle through pashubazar.telangana.gov.in website will help farmers as the cattle need not be brought to shandies every time and farmers can save on transportation cost on cattle. Farmer can keep maximum five registrations for sale at any time. Thus, the online platform has been developed to help farmers to sell their animals without physically taking them to weekly markets.
Q.15. 6 months day and 6 months night – Country Name?
A. Nepal
B. Tibet
C. Norway
D. Iceland
Answer: C. Norway
Explanation:
The case where there is 6 months day, and 6 months night could only happen on poles because The Earth is tilted on its axis.
The pole which is away (opposite direction of sun) from the Sun remains in complete darkness till it comes in front of the sun.
So we conclude that, countries at the poles have 6 months day, and 6 months night.
So countries close to these region have such cases like, Alaska, Antarctica, Norway etc.
Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately 19 April to 23 August. The extreme sites are the poles, where the sun can be continuously visible for half the year. The North Pole has midnight sun for 6 months from late March to late September.
Q.16. Which is the first Indian state/UT to achieve 100% first dose coverage, for Covid-19?
A. Goa
B. Ladakh
C. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
D. Puducherry
Answer: B. Ladakh
Q.17. Who rules the state in the event declaration of emergency under Article 356?
A. Prime Minister
B. Chief Minister
C. Governor
D. Chief Justice of the High Court
Answer: C. Governor
Q.18. A semi-mechanised car park, the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, was inaugurated by _.
A. Mehbooba Mufti
B. Narendra Modi
C. Nitin Gadkari
D. Pranab Mukherjee
Answer: A. Mehbooba Mufti
Explanation:
A semi-mechanised car park, the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who hoped the facility would ease traffic congestion in and around Lal Chowk. The multi-level car park, located near the old KMD bus stand on Maulana Azad Road, has been set up at a cost of Rs 27.15 crore and has a capacity to hold 288 vehicles.
Q.19.Telecom company Nokia belongs to which country?
A) Denmark
B) USA
C) Sweden
D) Finland
Answer: D) Finland
Q.20. According to WHO, the bird flu virus cannot be transmitted through food cooked beyond
A. 60 degrees celsius
B. 70 degrees celsius
C. 90 degree celsius
D. 100 degree celsius
Answer: B. 70 degrees celsius