general studies paper 1 – free mock (aug11th, 2018)

General Studies paper 1 – Free Mock (Aug11th, 2018)

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Q1: Central Institute of subtropical horticulture is located at:

a) Allahabad

b) Varanasi

c) Lucknow

d) Jhansi

Q2: Which of the following district has maximum number of MLA seats?

a) Allahabad

b) Lucknow

c) Moradabad

d) Ghaziabad

Q3: How many different states share boundaries with district Sonbhadra?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) None of the above

Q4: Most polluted river of Uttar Pradesh is

a) Ganga

b) Yamuna

c) Betwa

d) Ghaghra

Q5: Betwa river meet with Yamuna in which of the following district:

a) Banda

b) Sonbhadra

c) Orai

d) Hamirpur

Q6: Biggest bird sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh is situated in which of the following district:

a) Jhansi

b) Unnao

c) Kannuj

d) Pilibhit

Q7: Which of the following district has highest ST population?

a) Lakhimpur Khiri

b) Azamgarh

c) Chitrakoot

d) Sonbhadra



Q8: Hindi was accepted as official state language of Uttar Pradesh in which of the following year?

a) 1947

b) 1948

c) 1949

d) 1951

Q9: Who among the following said about the GoI 1935 Act “a car which has brake but no engine”

a) Sardar Vallabhabh

b) Subash Chandra Bose

c) Jawahar Lal Nehru

d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Q10: Who among the following called the movements of Gandhi as “Political Blackmail”

a) Lord Linlithgow

b) Lord Minto

c) Lord Wellignton

d) John Simon

Q11: Muslim League observed “Direct Action Day” on

a) Aug 16th 1943

b) Aug 16th 1944

c) Aug 16th 1945

d) Aug 16th 1946

Q12: Who among the following founded “Landholders Society”?

a) Dwarka Nath Tagore

b) C.Y.Mudaliar

c) William Adams

d) Rajaram Mohan Rai

Q13: Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct?

1. Satya Sodhak Samaj was founded in 1875

2. Prathna Samaj was founded in 1879

3. Servants of Indian Society was founded in 1905

a) 1 & 2

b) Only 1

c) Only 3

d) All of the above



Q14: Who among the following is responsible for Murder of Rand & Amherst?

a) Savarkar Brothers

b) Ras Bihari Bose

c) Chapekar Brothers

d) Ajit Singh

Q15: “14 points of Jinnah” came in which of the following years?

a) 1928

b) 1929

c) 1930

d) 1931

Q16: During QIM 1942, Longest (Term) parallel government was of

a) Balia

b) Tamluk

c) Satara

d) Talchar

Q17: Shimla conference happened in which of the following year

a) 1942

b) 1943

c) 1944

d) 1945

Q18: Interim Government was formed in

a) July 1946

b) Aug 1946

c) Sep 1946

d) Oct 1946

Q19: As per “Public Affairs Index -2018”, among big states which of the following provided best

governance?

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Maharashtra

d) Karnataka

Q20: Which among the following group participated in “Delhi Dialogue”?

a) SCO group

b) ASEAN group

c) OPEC group

d) 54 representatives from African countries



Q21: Recently, which among the following city was selected as “100th smart city”?

a) Guwahati

b) Dispur

c) Imphal

d) Shilong

Q22: Which of the following states came 1st in “Total Water Management Index”

a) Gujarat

b) Maharashtra

c) Karnataka

d) Rajasthan

Q23: South East Asia centre of “International Rice Research Institute” will be established in

a) Varanasi

b) Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Cuttack

Q24: Which of the following countries participated in “2+2 dialogue”?

a) India & USA

b) India & Russia

c) India & China

d) India & Brazil

Q25: Which of the following country has given up the membership of UNHRC?

a) Russia

b) USA

c) Syria

d) Israel

Q26: As per Forbes magazine, most powerful person is

a) President of China

b) President of USA

c) President of Russia

d) PM of India

Q27: SCO summit 2018 was organized among which of the following city

a) Astana

b) Sochi

c) Beijing

d) Qingdao



Q28: 106th Indian Science Congress will be organized in which state

a) Telangana

b) Karnataka

c) Punjab

d) Maharashtra

Q29: “Wings India – 2018” was organized in

a) Bengaluru

b) Hyderabad

c) Amravati

d) Chennai

Q30: Recently “Nipah virus” affected which of the following city

a) Kozhikode

b) Cochin

c) Ernakulam

d) Mysore

Q31: Recently POSCO act is amended. Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Capital punishment for raping girls below age 14



a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Only 3


Q32: According to new provisions, “Maternity leave” for female employees will be of period?

a) 20 Weeks

b) 22 Weeks

c) 24 Weeks

d) 26 Weeks

Q33: President of “Mahanadi River Water Dispute Committee” is

a) K.V. Raju

b) A.C. majumdar

c) Kurien Joseph

d) A.M. Khanwilkar

Q34: National commission for OBCs got constitutional status with which of the following:

a) 113th Constitutional Amendment



b) 123rd Constitutional Amendment

c) 134th Constitutional Amendment


Q35: Which of the following high court gave Ganga & Yamuna “Living person” status?

a) Delhi High court

b) Himachal High court

c) Uttarakhand High Court

d) Allahabad High Court

Q36: Recently PM Modi inaugurated “Citizen training and research centre” in

a) Lucknow

b) Kanpur

c) Agra

d) Varanasi

Q37: Which among the following state is running “Farmer Irrigation School” under “One drop more

crop” scheme?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

Q38: “Sant Kabir Academy” is founded by Narendra Modi in which of the following city

a) Varanasi

b) Maghar

c) Bhadhoi

d) Tanda

Q39: Recently released “Disaster Risk Index -2018” has which of the following state on Top?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) UP

d) Tamilnadu

Q40: Which of the following state/UT recently established “Anti-power theft police stations” to

prevent electricity theft?

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Delhi

d) Pondicherry



Q41: “One District One Product” Summit is organized in

a) Agra

b) Lucknow

c) Kanpur

d) New Delhi

Q42: “Uttar Pradesh Day” will be celebrated on which of the following day

a) January 9th

b) January 15th

c) January 18th

d) January 24th

Q43: “World Food Prize -2018” awarded to

a) Dr. Lawrence Haddad & Dr. David Nabarrao

b) Dr. Black Wilson & Dr. Green Moore

c) Dr. John Simon & Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak


Q44: “Man Booker Prize -2018” is given

a) William Neckrock

b) Olga Tokarczuk

c) Pete Romson


Q45: Recently, Foreign Ministers of all member countries of BRICS met at

a) New Delhi

b) Pretoria

c) Johansburg

d) Capetown

Q46: “One district one product” campaign started in

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) Tamil Nadu

Q47: International Yoga day is celebrated on

a) May 21st

b) June 21st

c) July 21st

d) Aug 21st



Q48: National Panchayati Raj Day is on

a) Feb 24th

b) March 24th

c) April 24th

d) May 24th

Q49: Who among the following won (male) “Australian Open -2018”

a) Rafael Nadal

b) Novak Djokovic

c) Roger Federer


Q50: Recently which of the following got permission from BCCI to participate in Ranji tournament?

a) Telangana

b) Uttarakhand

c) Assam


Q51: Recently released, “Energy Transition Index” has which of the following country on top?

a) Russia

b) Sweden

c) Norway

d) Iceland

Q52: SBI has opened 1st “Global NRI Centre” in

a) New Delhi

b) Hyderabad

c) Mumbai

d) Cochin

Q53: PM vay Vandana Yojna is extended upto

a) 2020

b) 2022

c) 2019

d) 2018

Q54: First country to officially release cryptocurrency

a) Madagascar

b) Oman

c) Papa New Guiena

d) Marshal Islands



Q55: Year 2016-17, India’s 3 biggest trade partner

a) China>USA>UAE

b) USA>China>UAE

c) China>USA>Iraq

d) USA>China>Iraq

Q56: Validity of recently released “Electoral Bonds” are

a) 15 days

b) 1 Month

c) 6 months

d) 1 year

Q57: First state to change its financial year to “Jan-Dec”

a) Gujarat

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Karnataka

Q58: Recently released, “Global competitive report-2017-18” has which of the following country on

top

a) Sweden

b) Hongkong

c) Switzerland

d) USA

Q59: Recently started “Ayushman Bharat Scheme” will target how many families under secondary

and tertiary medical insurance

a) 5 Crore

b) 10 crore

c) 15 crore

d) 20 crore

Q60: Saubhagya Scheme was started in which of the following year?

a) 2018

b) 2017

c) 2016

d) 2015

Q61: Consider the following health care centres:

1. Primary health care centre

2. Community health care centre



3. Sub-centres

Select the correct hierarchy based on the population served by them in increasing order.

a) 321

b) 312

c) 123

d) 213

Q62: The bodies moving around the Sun and found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are:

a) asteroids

b) meteorites

c) comets


Q63: Mosses and Lichens can be found in which of the following?

a) Tundra vegetation

b) Tropical evergreen forests

c) Desertic vegetation

d) Temperate evergreen forests

Q64: Given below are some associations of diseases with the deficiency that causes them:

1. Copper – Anemia

2. Vitamin B1 – BeriBeri

3. Vitamin C – Scurvy

Choose the code that represents the correct associations.

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) All of the above

Q65: Oral Rehydration solution (ORS) can be useful in which of the following diseases?

1. Diarrhoea

2. Cholera

3. Chickengunya

Choose the correct answer using the codes below:

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) All of the above



Q66: The most commonly used natural indicator is litmus. It is extracted from?

a) Lichens

b) Mosses

c) Blue-green Algae

d) Red algae

Q67: Acid rain can contain which of the following?

1. Carbonic acid

2. Sulphuric acid

3. Nitric acid

Choose the correct answer using the codes below:

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 and 3

d) All of the above

Q68: Shaving glass has which of the following type of mirror?

a) Concave Mirror

b) Convex Mirror

c) Both


Q69: To remove Short Sightedness, we can use

a) Convex Lens

b) Concave Lens

c) Both


Q70: Resistance of an ideal ammeter is

a) Zero

b) Infinite

c) One


Q71: To measure scattering of light, instrument used is

a) Ondometer

b) Radio Micrometer

c) Cryometer

d) Nephetometer



Q72: Electric fuse is made of

a) Tungustan

b) Tin

c) Copper

d) Silver

Q73: Tomato has which of the following acid

a) Maleic Acid

b) Oxalic Acid

c) Tarteric Acid

d) Citric Acid

Q74: Which among the following is cheapest gas w.r.t production:

a) Producer gas

b) Coal gas

c) Natural gas


Q75: Which of the following can be used as fertilizer?

a) Calcium sulphate

b) Calcium phosphate

c) Aluminium sulphate


Q76: Which of the following is anti knocking agent ?

a) Iso Octane

b) Iso Butane

c) Tetra Ethyl Lead

d) Terta Methyl Lead

Q77: Match the following:

(Metal) : (Ore)

1) Sodium : A) Gysum

2) Potassium : B) Salt peter

3) Gold : C) Chile Salt Peter

4) Calcium: D) Cavalerite

a) 1A-2B-3C-4D

b) 1C-2B-3D-4A

c) 1C-2B-3A-4D



d) 1A-2C-3B-4D

Q78: Which of the following solutions of electrolytes is used in the car battery?

a) Sodium Sulphate

b) Nitric Acid

c) Sulphuric Acid

d) Potassium Nitrate

Q79: Peeling of onions causes tears as onion releases

a) Sulphonic Acid

b) Sulfenic Acid

c) Amino Acid

d) Carbolic Acid

Q80: Black revolution is related to

a) Coffee

b) Tea

c) Petroleum

d) Rubber

Q81: Prallethrin is a common

a) Analgesic

b) Muscle relaxant

c) Mosquito repellent

d) Hair Dye

Q82: Which of the following vitamins is helpful for healing a wound

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Q83: Co1148 is an important variety of

a) Wheat

b) Cotton

c) Maize

d) Sugarcane

Q84: Which of the following is water soluble

a) Vitamin A

b) Vitamin B

c) Vitamin D

d) Vitamin E



Q85: Which of the following species is the largest of the “toothed whales” ?

a) Finback Whale

b) Blue Whale

c) Sperm Whale

d) Humpback Whale

Q86: Which of the following is known as “Little Ice Age”

a) 750AD-850AD

b) 950AD – 1050AD

c) 1650AD-1870AD


Q87: Compound responsible for formation of stone in human kidney

a) Calcium Acetate

b) Calcium Oxalate

c) Sodium Acetate

d) Sodium Benzoate

Q88: Which of the following is used in genetic engineering?

a) Plastid

b) Plasmid

c) Mitochondria

d) Ribosome

Q89: Which part of the cinchona plant quinine occurs naturally?

a) Root

b) Fruit

c) Seed

d) Bark

Q90: Which of the following IVC site is “without citadel”

a) Kalibanga

b) Lothal

c) Chahundaro

d) Banawali

Q91: Hymns of the Sama Veda were recited by

a) Udgatri

b) Apala

c) Vyasa




Q92: Chairman of 1st Buddhist council was

a) Mahakassapa

b) Kalashoka

c) Ashoka

d) Kanishaka

Q93: Odantpuri university is located in

a) Bengal

b) Bihar

c) Orrisa

d) Gujarat

Q94: Founder of Satavahana dynasty

a) Simuka

b) Gautamiputra Satakarni

c) Yajnashri Satakarni


Q95: “Surya Sidhanta” book was written by

a) Brahmagupta

b) Bhaskara

c) Aryabhatta

d) Varahmihir

Q96: Last Rajput king defeated and killed by Muhammad Ghuri was

a) Prithviraj 3rd

b) Jai Singh

c) Jai chand

d) Prithviraj 2nd

Q97: Kamban wrote “Kamban Ramayana” in

a) Telugu

b) Tamil

c) Malayalam

d) Kannada

Q98: Who among the following introduced festival “Nauroz”

a) Akbar

b) Allauddin Khilji

c) Iltutmish

d) Balban

Q99: Diwan-I-Riyasat department was founded by



a) Iltutmish

b) Balban

c) Alluddin Khilji

d) Shershah Suri

Q100: “Fatawa-I-Jahandari” was written by

a) Amir Khusrao

b) Minhaj-us-Siraj

c) Nizzamuddin

d) Ziauddin Barani

Q101: Closest galaxy to our galaxy is

a) Orian Nebula

b) Proxima Centaury

c) Andromeda

d) Mandakini

Q102: Discontinuity between upper and lower mantle is known as

a) Moho Discontinuity

b) Gutenberg Discontinuity

c) Conard Discontinuity

d) Repetti Discontinuity

Q103: Correct order of rock forming elements present in earth crust is

a) O2 > Silicon > Al > Iron

b) Silicon > Al > Iron> O2

c) Silicon > Al >O2 > Iron

d) O2 > Silicon > Al > Iron

Q104: Sierra Nevada found in USA is an example of

a) Fold Mountain

b) Block Mountain

c) Residual Mountain

d) Ramp Valley

Q105: Who among the following proposed the “Continental Drift Theory”

a) Albert Einstein

b) George Lamantor

c) Alfred Wegener


Q106: Which of the following is the only active volcano of Antartica?

a) Stromboli



b) Etna

c) Cotopoxi

d) Erebus

Q107: Victoria fall is situated on which of the following river?

a) St.lawrance

b) Zambezi

c) Limpopo

d) Niger

Q108: Highest lake of India is

a) Tso Moriri

b) Tso Sekuru

c) Tso Lhamo


Q109: Only “X” percentage of the energy at a trophic level is transferred to the next higher trophic

level. Value of “X” is

a) 10

b) 15

c) 20

d) 25

Q110: “Montreal Protocol” to control & curb the problem of ozone hole came in existence in year?

a) 1971

b) 1987

c) 1992

d) 1995

Q111: Which among the following institution is responsible for “declaration of environment day” on

June 5th?

a) UNEP

b) UNESCO

c) IPCC

d) UNDP

Q112: Which of the following summit was organized in year 2009?

a) Bali Summit

b) Copenhagen Summit

c) Durban Summit

d) Alchi Meet

Q113: Nagoya Protocol is related to



a) Green House Effect

b) Ozone Hole

c) Hazardous compound trading

d) Bio Diversity

Q114: Which of the following variety of cotton has maximum fibre length?

a) Sea island Cotton

b) Egytian Cotton

c) White gold cotton


Q115: Oleryculture is related to

a) Commercial Farming of trees

b) Commercial farming of fruits

c) Commercial farming of vegetables


Q116: Newfoundland is famous for

a) Wind energy production

b) Fish production

c) Gene Bank


Q117: As per coal production data of 2016-17, correct order of coal production is

a) China>IND>USA

b) China>Brazil>USA

c) China>AUS>USA


Q118: Kiel Canal connects

a) Caspian Sea & Black Sea

b) North Sea & Caspian Sea

c) North Sea & English Channel

d) North Sea & Baltic Sea

Q119: Which of the following canal joins Lake Superior & Lake Huron?

a) Wellend Canal

b) Panama Canal

c) Soo Canal

d) Stalin Canal

Q120: Which of the following gave a theory regarding Human Population?

a) Malthusian



b) keynesian

c) Voltaire


Q121: Hottest place in Asia is found in

a) India

b) Saudi Arab

c) UAE

d) Pakistan

Q122: Pashto is official language of

a) Pakistan

b) Oman

c) Afghanistan

d) Maldives

Q123: “Diphu Pass” is situated in which of the following state

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Manipur

c) Nagaland

d) Mizoram

Q124: About Konkan coast, which of the following statements is/are true?

1. It extends from Gujarat to Goa

2. It extends from Maharashtra to Kerala

3. It is situated on eastern coast of India

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Only 3


Q125: Largest National Park of India is situated in

Northern India

Southern India

Eastern India

Western India

Q126: “Silent Valley NP” is situated in

a) Karnataka

b) Kerala

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Himachal Pradesh



Q127: Highest Pulses producing state is

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

Q128: Ukai project is situated on

a) Narmada River

b) Krishna River

c) Kaveri River

d) Tapti River

Q129: “Neeru-Meeru” programme is related to

a) Rajasthan

b) Maharashtra

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Andhra Pradesh

Q130: Famous iron ore mine “Gurumahisani” is in

a) Jharkhand

b) Chhatishgarh

c) Orrisa

d) Madhya Pradesh

Q131: Lowest Literacy rate as per census 2011

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

Q132: Lowest Female literacy as per census 2011

a) Bihar

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Rajasthan

Q133: Lowest population density among given district of U.P. as per census 2011

a) Sonbhadra

b) Lalitpur

c) Mahoba

d) Hamirpur

Q134: Supreme court at Bengal was establish in year



a) 1768

b) 1774

c) 1780

d) 1882

Q135: Monopoly in trade of East India Company ended in year

a) 1813

b) 1833

c) 1835

d) 1837

Q136: Constitutional advisor of the constituent assembly was

a) B.R.Ambedkar

b) K.M.Munshi

c) B.N.Rao


Q137: How many fundamental duties we have in Indian Constitution?

a) 9

b) 10

c) 11

d) 12

Q138: Voting age was reduced to 18years with which of the following

a) 52nd Constitutional Amendment

b) 42nd Constitutional Amendment

c) 61st Constitutional Amendment

d) 92nd Constitutional Amendment

Q139: Financial emergency is mentioned under article

a) Article# 352

b) Article# 356

c) Article# 358

d) Article# 360

Q140: Co-Operative societies came into existence with

a) 52nd Constitutional Amendment

b) 42nd Constitutional Amendment

c) 61st Constitutional Amendment

d) 97th Constitutional Amendment

Q141: Organization of village panchayats are mentioned under article

a) Article# 40



b) Article# 44

c) Article# 48

d) Article# 52

Q142: Grants from Union government to states is provisioned under article

a) Article# 275

b) Article# 375

c) Article# 244

d) Article# 344

Q143: Allocation of seats in Rajya Sabha in the States/Uts are mentioned under

a) Schedule# 6

b) Schedule# 7

c) Schedule# 5

d) Schedule# 4

Q144: Anti Defection Law came into existence with

a) 44th Constitutional Amendment

b) 64th Constitutional Amendment

c) 52nd Constitutional Amendment

d) 62nd Constitutional Amendment

Q145: Joint sitting of two houses provision is taken from which of the following constitution

a) Canadian constitution

b) Australian constitution

c) German constitution

d) French constitution

Q146: Which of the following statement is true regarding “judicial review” ?

1. The phrase “Judicial review” was not mentioned in original constitution but later it was added

2. Article#124(1) explicitly mentions about it

a. Only 1

b. Only 2

c. Both 1 & 2

d. Neither 1 nor 2

Q147: Article#324 is related to

a) UPSC chairman

b) Election Commissioner

c) NHRC




Q148: Civil Servants hold office during the pleasure of the president. It is mentioned in which of the

following article

a) Article# 310

b) Article 311

c) Article 312

d) Article 314

Q149: Anti-Defection provisions are mentioned under

a) Schedule 10

b) Schedule 11

c) Schedule 12

d) Schedule 8

Q150: NRC is related with which of the following state

a) Meghalaya

b) Assam

c) Tripura

d) West Bengal

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