APPSC Polytechnic College Lectures 13th March 2020 S1 · 2. software 3. passive components 4....

Q.1 An increase in afforestation, a slight decrease in deforestation and the natural expansion of forests have reduced the net loss of forest from an average of 8.3 million hectares annually in the 1990s to an average of __________million hectares annually between 2000 and 2010.

Ans 1. 5.5

2. 5.2

3. 6.5

4. 6.2

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Q.2 When was the Ethics Committee of the Rajya Sabha constituted?Ans 1. 4th March 1997

2. 27th April 1997

3. 7th April 1997

4. 15th March 1997



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Q.3 There were movements, such as the ______________ Movement, with a bid to keep Andhra Pradesh united in recent times.

Ans 1. Samaikyandhra

2. Vishalandhra

3. Vandeandhra

4. Jai Andhra


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APPSC Polytechnic College Lectures 13th March 2020 S1Participant ID 3060901464Participant Name NEMALIKANTI ANANDTest Center Name iON Digital Zone iDZ KandrikaTest Date 13/03/2020Test Time 9:30 AM - 12:00 PMSubject General Studies and Mental AbilityMarks Obtained 42.50000

Section : General Studies and Mental Ability

Q.4 Which option represents the pair of wildlife sanctuary and elephant reserve in Andhra Pradesh.

Ans 1. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and Theppakadu Elephant Reserve

2. Koundinya Sanctuary and Rayala Elephant Reserve

3. Similipal-Kuldiha-Hadgarh Sanctuary and Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve

4. Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary and Singhbhum Elephant Reserve



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Q.5 The enrolment in primary education in developing regions of the world reached __________% in 2015, up from 83% in 2000.

Ans 1. 85

2. 86

3. 89

4. 91



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Q.6 The Prime Minister is appointed by the___________, who also appoints other ministers on the advice of Prime Minister.

Ans 1. President

2. Members of Parliament

3. Electoral college

4. Vice-President



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Q.7 The International Conclave On "Globalizing Indian Thought" was held from January 16-18, 2020 at:

Ans 1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

2. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

3. Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai

4. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode



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Q.8 The _________State Disaster Management Authority has bagged the SKOCH Award, 2018 for its achievements in the field of disaster management.

Ans 1. Chhattisgarh

2. Odisha

3. Uttarakhand

4. Karnataka



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Q.9 The Ministry of External Affairs, India is setting up a New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies (NEST) division. This will act as the nodal division within MEA for collaboration with foreign partners in the field of:

Ans 1. cognitive cloud computing

2. robotic process automation

3. cryptocurrency trade

4. 5G and artificial intelligence



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Q.10 In 2020, the World Economic Forum has launched a global initiative to grow, restore and conserve _______around the world, in a bid to restore biodiversity and help fight climate change.

Ans 1. 1 trillion trees

2. 2 billion trees

3. 2 trillion trees

4. 1 billion trees



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Q.11 Union Minister for Railways and Commerce Piyush Goyal has announced that the entire network of railways in the country will run on electricity by__________.

Ans 1. 2025

2. 2024

3. 2022

4. 2023



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Q.12 Which river of the following traverses through Andhra Pradesh?Ans 1. Bhima

2. Pennar

3. Palar

4. Dindi



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Q.13 The Government of India Act______ allowed for some elected representation.Ans 1. 1909

2. 1907

3. 1906

4. 1908



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Q.14 Corangi or Coringa is a beautiful Mada or __________Forest, where the river Godavari joins the backwaters of Bay of Bengal.

Ans 1. Montane

2. Mangrove

3. Tropical Thorn

4. Deciduous



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Q.15 In 1952, who was elected as the Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State in its first democratic election?

Ans 1. Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

2. Sri Kasu Bramhananda Reddy

3. Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

4. Sri Damodaram Sanjivaiah



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Q.16 Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 2nd October_________.

Ans 1. 1869

2. 1870

3. 1868

4. 1867



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Q.17 The plateau region in the south western portion of Andhra Pradesh part of the Deccan (peninsular India), and commonly called Rayalaseema, is composed of the __________rock.

Ans 1. gabbro

2. schist

3. shale

4. gneissic



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Q.18 The World Tsunami Awareness Day is celebrated annually on:Ans 1. 6th November

2. 4th November

3. 5th November

4. 7th November



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Q.19 The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Organised/is going to organise — in January 2020 — an awareness camp for the _______exports in Agra.

Ans 1. tomato

2. potato

3. guava

4. mango



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Q.20 The Indian Government has intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 across the country. What does this mission aim to achieve?

Ans 1. Drought prevention

2. Universal vaccination

3. Adequate earthquake warning

4. Pollution control



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Q.21 In January 2020, which Indian defence force signed an MoU with the Geological Survey of India?

Ans 1. Indian Navy

2. Indian Army

3. Indian Coast Guard

4. Indian Air Force



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Q.22 A _______________ is a time-stamped series of immutable records of data that is managed by a cluster of computers not owned by any single entity.

Ans 1. quantum computing

2. blockchain

3. biometric security

4. serverless computing



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Q.23 In terms of area, which is the largest district of Andhra Pradesh?Ans 1. Guntur

2. Anantapur

3. Cuddapah

4. Chittoor



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Q.24 On 22 January 2020, the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has set up_________________.

Ans 1. National Startup Advisory Council

2. Foreign Trade Policy Council

3. National Trade Policy Council

4. State Trading Advisory Council



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Q.25 On 13 January 2020, the World Future Energy Summit was held at:Ans 1. Berlin

2. Abu Dhabi

3. Dublin

4. Copenhagen



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Q.26 Since 1991, the size of the Indian economy in terms of GDP at market prices has increased by almost ___________times.

Ans 1. fifteen

2. fourteen

3. twelve

4. thirteen



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Q.27 The liver and skeletal muscle in the body mainly stores _________________, which is used as a source of energy.

Ans 1. Morphogen

2. Pathogen

3. Pepsinogen

4. Glycogen



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Q.28 The Telangana state was inaugurated formally on __________2014.Ans 1. June 3rd

2. June 5th

3. June 4th

4. June 2nd



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Q.29 The policy of annexation devised by the British East India Company was called:Ans 1. Regulation of Ascension

2. Transfer of Rule

3. Social Assimilation

4. Doctrine of Lapse



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Q.30 In January 2020, the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), India, launched ________ — an annual one-month-long fuel conservation mega campaign.

Ans 1. Muktva

2. Prarakshita

3. Saksham

4. Samrakshana



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Q.31 Cycas beddomei, the living fossil, is endemic to which of the following regions?Ans 1. Bandipur Sanctuary

2. Sri Venkateswara National Park & Sanctuary

3. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary

4. Gir Wildlife Sanctuary



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Q.32 The Department of Electronics, set up within the Prime Minister's Office, foresaw the potential for India's exports in ________even in the mid-1970s.

Ans 1. digital electronics

2. software

3. passive components

4. analogue electronics



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Q.33 The second five-year plan in India and the _____________(long considered the economic constitution of India) paved the way for the development of the public sector and ushered in the licence Raj.

Ans 1. Commercial Policy Resolution, 1954

2. Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956

3. Agricultural Policy Resolution, 1955

4. Public Policy Resolution, 1953



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Q.34 Indian Army Day is celebrated on _________every year as it is on this historic day that General KM Cariappa became the first Indian to take charge of the Indian Army in 1949.

Ans 1. January 27

2. January 10

3. January 25

4. January 15


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Q.35 When is the International Mother Earth Day celebrated?Ans 1. 20th April

2. 21st April

3. 19th April

4. 22nd April



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Q.36 The dominant or preponderant position of one state over others in the international system is called:

Ans 1. Demagogue

2. Gerrymander

3. Hegemony

4. Caucus



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Q.37 How many national parks are found in the state of Andhra Pradesh?Ans 1. 4

2. 6

3. 3

4. 5



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Q.38 When is the International World Wildlife day celebrated?Ans 1. 3rd March

2. 1st March

3. 4th March

4. 2nd March



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Q.39 What is the Agenda 21 set by the United Nations?Ans 1. Comprehensive plan of action for global human impact on the environment

2. Comprehensive education plan to share knowledge on energy consumption

3. A united effort to curb felling of trees at a global scale

4. A series of talks about global warming



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Q.40 Which of the following waterfalls is found in the Nagari Valley, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh?

Ans 1. Mallela Theertham

2. Kuntala Falls

3. Kailasakona Falls

4. Pochera Falls



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Q.41 The Finance Ministry of India, in January 2020, said that now GST taxpayers can file their ________returns in a staggered manner.

Ans 1. GSTR-2A

2. GSTR-5

3. GSTR-3B

4. GSTR-4 / CMP-08



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Q.42 On______________, the newly-elected Constituent Assembly formed an interim government of India, which existed till 15th August 1947.

Ans 1. 1st September 1946

2. 25th September 1946

3. 2nd September 1946

4. 18th August 1946



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Q.43 As part of the British law in India, an act was enacted that stated that 'any person protesting or criticizing the British Government could be arrested without due trial'. Which act is being mentioned here?

Ans 1. Charter Act of 1786

2. Pitt's India Act of 1784

3. Sedition Act of 1870

4. Regulating Act of 1773



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Q.44 The Indian Space Research Organisation’s satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched on 17 January 2020 from Kourou launch base. What is the main function of this satellite?

Ans 1. Search and rescue

2. Navigation

3. Telecommunication

4. Space exploration



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Q.45 In 1998, which Indian Economist and Philosopher received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?

Ans 1. T N Srinivasan

2. Kaushik Basu

3. Amartya Sen

4. Arvind Subramanian



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Q.46 Identify the Middle East country that — in January 2020 — announced multiple-entry tourist visas to people of all nationalities to be valid for 5 years.

Ans 1. Israel

2. Iran

3. Saudi Arabia

4. United Arab Emirates



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Q.47 _______________is the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured.

Ans 1. Superposition

2. Interposition

3. Redisposition

4. Reposition



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Q.48 Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India?Ans 1. Harendra Coomar Mookerjee

2. B. R. Ambedkar

3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4. V. T. Krishnamachari



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Q.49 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad was decided to be the joint capital of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for __________years following which it shall belong to Telangana.

Ans 1. 12

2. 11

3. 13

4. 10



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Q.50 ____________and palm trees fringe the coastal plain of Andhra Pradesh.Ans 1. Mangrove swamps

2. Lignum bogs

3. Salt marshes

4. Paddleweed mires



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Q.51 Telangana comprises of ________ districts of Telugu origin from north-western Andhra Pradesh.

Ans 1. 12

2. 9

3. 10

4. 13



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Q.52 India has successfully achieved the complete phasing out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by _________and one of the most potent ozone depleting chemical after Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

Ans 1. Foam manufacturing enterprises

2. furniture manufacturing enterprises

3. textile Industry

4. transportation industry



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Q.53 Vishwa Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on _______in order to promote the language world-wide.

Ans 1. January 20

2. January 10

3. January 15

4. January 25



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Q.54 ___ is the first Asian woman to get a PhD in Economics from Harvard back in 1960, and is best known as a critique of India’s erstwhile planned economy.

Ans 1. Gita Gopinath

2. Anshula Kant

3. Jayati Ghosh

4. Padma Desai



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Q.55 India came to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata. Who first painted the image of Bharat Mata?

Ans 1. Nandalal Bose

2. Jamani Roy

3. Abanindranath Tagore

4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay



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Q.56 The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia, a 45-nation international organisation on disaster warning, has termed______, the severe cyclonic storm that devastated Odisha in October 2018, as ‘rarest cyclone’.

Ans 1. Vayu

2. Hudhud

3. Mekunu

4. Titli



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Q.57 ____________is a large freshwater lake located between the deltas of Krishna and Godavari rivers.

Ans 1. Loktak

2. Pulicat

3. Wular

4. Kolleru



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Q.58 According to the Henley Passport Index, which country's passport is rated as number one with which its citizens can access maximum number of destinations without a prior visa?

Ans 1. South Korea

2. Singapore

3. Japan

4. Germany



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Q.59 The Gazette of India No 6 dated ____________2014 notified the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 (Act 6 of 2014), upon receiving the President of India’s assent.

Ans 1. 04th March

2. 02nd March

3. 01st March

4. 03rd March



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Q.60 When is the 'international day of education' celebrated?Ans 1. 24th January

2. 23rd January

3. 26th January

4. 25th January



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Q.61 Andhra Pradesh originally came into existence in _________as a result of the demand of the Andhras for a separate state.

Ans 1. 1954

2. 1953

3. 1956

4. 1955



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Q.62 One of the United Nation's Millennium goals is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger globally; today more than half of the extreme poor in the world live in______________.

Ans 1. Asia-Pacific

2. Sub-Saharan Africa

3. Oceania

4. Central America



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Q.63 The Union Home Ministry has issued an alert to all states warning them about the vulnerability in the Android operating system that allows malware applications to pose as legitimate apps and access user data of all kind. What is the name of this malware?

Ans 1. SpyEye

2. Shylock

3. StrandHogg

4. Zeus



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Q.64 The ___________offer instant access to Google assistant with real-time translation of 40 different languages.

Ans 1. Tran Buds

2. Babel Buds

3. Hear Buds

4. Pixel Buds



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Q.65 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014, there shall be allocated 25 seats to the successor State of Andhra Pradesh, and ______seats to the successor State of Telangana, in the House of the People.

Ans 1. 15

2. 18

3. 16

4. 17



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Q.66 The First Carnatic war in India was fought between the _________ and the ______________ forces.

Ans 1. French and Portuguese

2. British and French

3. Mughal and British

4. British and Mongol



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Q.67 In January 2019, the Coast Guards of India and Japan conducted their disaster control, search and rescue exercises off the coast of _________in Japan.

Ans 1. Yoron

2. Yugawara

3. Yamada

4. Yokohama



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Q.68 Name the homologous series with an -OH functional group.Ans 1. Hydroxyl group

2. Haloalcohol group

3. Hydroxide group

4. Hydride group



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Q.69 Which country wants to replicate the highly successful Ujjwala model of giving out cooking gas (LPG) connections to the needy, and has signed an agreement with the state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC)?

Ans 1. Algeria

2. Libya

3. Ghana

4. Nigeria



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Q.70 Conservationists working with the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros species have welcomed the birth of a rhino calf at the ______National Park in January 2020.

Ans 1. Kaziranga

2. Manas

3. Gir

4. Jim Corbett



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Q.71 The territories of Telangana State have been specified in section ____ of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014

Ans 1. 3

2. 2

3. 4

4. 5



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Q.72 In 1883, there was a furore over the attempt by the government to introduce the __________ Bill. The bill provided for the trial of British or European persons by Indians, and sought equality between British and Indian judges in the country.

Ans 1. Stokes

2. Ilbert

3. Curzon

4. Bentinck



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Q.73 The state of _______________has come out with a unique flood hazard atlas on the basis of historic flood inundation captured through satellite imagery over the period from 2001 to 2018, which is expected to help the state manage floods more efficiently.

Ans 1. Gujarat

2. Tamil Nadu

3. Odisha

4. Kerala



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Q.74 In order to be chosen as a member of Parliament, a person must be a citizen of India and not less than ________ years of age in the case of Rajya Sabha.

Ans 1. 35

2. 40

3. 30

4. 25



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Q.75 With effect from April 2018, the Government of India decided to enhance its contribution in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) from 75% to ______.

Ans 1. 80%

2. 90%

3. 110%

4. 100%



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Q.76 The _____________based in the cloud are bringing Artificial Intelligence to a far broader audience.

Ans 1. machine-learning tools

2. virtual reality tools

3. natural language processing tools

4. Multi experience tools



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Q.77 How many wildlife sanctuaries are found in the state of Andhra Pradesh?Ans 1. 14

2. 11

3. 12

4. 13



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Q.78 The smallest bone in the human body is:Ans 1. Stapes

2. Malleus

3. Incus

4. Mandible



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Q.79 Identify the Indian freedom fighter who was also called the ‘Lion of Punjab’, and who played an important role in the Swadeshi Movement. He is also famous for his slogan ‘Go back Simon’.

Ans 1. Aurobinda Ghosh

2. Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

4. Bipan Chandra Pal



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Q.80 The most important legacy of the Rajiv Gandhi government in India was the background research on __________, which was carried out within the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the Ministry of Finance.

Ans 1. economic autarky

2. economic arbitrage

3. economic liberalisation

4. economic appreciation



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Q.81 The government of India, in the year______, declared Swami Vivekananda's birthday as National Youth Day.

Ans 1. 1982

2. 1981

3. 1984

4. 1983



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Q.82 In January 2020, a delegation led by the Ambassador of________ called on the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh.

Ans 1. Sri Lanka

2. Japan

3. Bangladesh

4. China



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Q.83 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness was held in 2019 at __________.

Ans 1. Pokhara

2. Kathmandu

3. Bharatpur

4. Lalitpur



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Q.84 On 23 January 2020, India celebrated 123rd birth anniversary of:Ans 1. Shyamji Krishna Varma

2. Kali Charan Banerjee

3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

4. Subhash Chandra Bose



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Q.85 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India reported that a total of 43 flights and 9,156 passengers have been screened for _________illness till January 21, 2020. .

Ans 1. Ebola virus

2. Marburg virus

3. Hantaviruses

4. Novel Coronavirus (nCoV)



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Q.86 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction began in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. This day is observed on every:

Ans 1. 14th October

2. 11th October

3. 12th October

4. 13th October



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Q.87 Who was the first Finance Minister of independent India?Ans 1. CD Deshmukh

2. John Mathai

3. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

4. T.T.Krishnamachari



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Q.88 Who is the head of the Indian National Disaster Management Authority?Ans 1. Minister of environment, forest and climate change

2. Prime Minister

3. Defence Minister

4. Vice President



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Q.89 In October 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that a national award in the name of __________will be given every year to police personnel who do excellent work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster.

Ans 1. Mahatma Gandhi

2. Mother Teresa

3. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel



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Q.90 India is unanimously chosen as the ___________of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) for the fiscal year 2020.

Ans 1. Member of Consultative Council (CC)

2. Premier member of the Board (PM)

3. Member of Supervisory Council (SC)

4. Co-chair of the Consultative Group (CG)



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Q.91 What is any non-living component of an ecosystem that affects the population of another organism or its environment?

Ans 1. Prebiotic Factor

2. Anabiotic Factor

3. Abiotic Factor

4. Symbiotic Factor



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Q.92 The Indian Constitution provides that the Rajya Sabha shall consist of not more than __________members.

Ans 1. 253

2. 251

3. 252

4. 250



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Q.93 In its 70th year of inception, Election Commission of India has decided to institute an Annual Lecture Series as a tribute to the first Chief Election Commissioner of India ______________.

Ans 1. Nagendra Singh

2. S. P. Sen Verma

3. Kalyan Sundaram

4. Shri Sukumar Sen



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Q.94 Protected ecosystems covered 15.2% of land and __________% of coastal marine areas worldwide by 2014.

Ans 1. 8.6

2. 8.5

3. 8.7

4. 8.4



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Q.95 Other than the districts from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana consists of a region called ____________with 13 districts.

Ans 1. Sangareddy

2. Mulugu

3. Medak

4. Seemandhra



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Q.96 NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first approximately ___________in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface.

Ans 1. Moon-size satellite

2. Earth-size planet

3. Jupiter-size planet

4. Neptune-size planet



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Q.97 Identify the leader of the Indian independence movement who belonged to the extremist faction, and who was also called the ‘Father of Indian Unrest’.

Ans 1. Subhas Chandra Bose

2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3. Bhagat Singh

4. Surya Sen



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Q.98 The maximum strength of the House (Lok Sabha) envisaged by the Constitution is:Ans 1. 551

2. 554

3. 552

4. 553



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Q.99 The Indian banking sector has come a long way since independence, more so since the nationalisation of 14 major banks in 1969 and of ______ banks in 1980.

Ans 1. 3

2. 6

3. 5

4. 4



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Q.100 A Concession Agreement for completing the 6.5-kilometre long Z-Morh tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir was signed in January 2020; what is the estimated cost of this project?

Ans 1. ₹3,580 crore

2. ₹5,490 crore

3. ₹1,579 crore

4. ₹2,379 crore



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Q.101 ___________was the first state formed on the linguistic basis in India.Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh

2. Karnataka

3. Telangana

4. Tamil Nadu



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Q.102 India’s first Union budget was presented in the Parliament on:Ans 1. 24th November 1945

2. 25th November 1946





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Q.103 In 1780, who started “The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser”, which was seized in 1872 because of its outspoken criticism of the Government?

Ans 1. James Augustus Hickey

2. Peter Read

3. Messer B Messinck

4. James Silk Buckingham



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Q.104 In the honour of 200th birth anniversary of______, the World Health Organization has designated the year 2020 as the “Year of Nurse and Midwife"

Ans 1. Elizabeth Grace Neill

2. Florence Nightingale

3. Clara Barton

4. Margaret Sanger



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Q.105 India’s first five-year plan, launched in 1951, focused on:Ans 1. mining

2. finished goods

3. agriculture and irrigation

4. services



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Q.106 In the early 1960s, at a time when most distinguished development economists were talking about the virtues of import substitution, it was ________who has pointed out, through a detailed empirical analysis, that trade would be an important factor for the development of a less developed country such as India.

Ans 1. Kaushik Basu

2. Manmohan Singh

3. Bimal Jalan

4. Amartya Sen



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Q.107 After the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 was Passed, India got its _________ state in Telangana.

Ans 1. 27th

2. 26th

3. 28th

4. 29th



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Q.108 When was the Aam Aadmi Party launched?Ans 1. 2014

2. 2012

3. 2013

4. 2015



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Q.109 India's Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, in the 1980's, was able to move the telecommunications sector in the direction of ________orientation.

Ans 1. electronic sector

2. private sector

3. digital sector

4. service sector



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Q.110 In January 2020, India and __ discussed setting up of a Maritime Research Coordination Centre.

Ans 1. Sri Lanka

2. Singapore

3. Bangladesh

4. Australia



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Q.111 The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad's (IIT-H's) Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) Fellow _________has launched a ‘vaccination on wheels clinic’ in Pune in December 2019, in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Ans 1. Aravind Sarangapaani

2. Sachin Vinayak Bhat

3. Jignesh Patel

4. Vishnu Mahathi Avadhanam



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Q.112 A deficiency of vitamin B3 can result in a condition called:Ans 1. Beriberi

2. Scurvy

3. Rickets

4. Pellagra



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Q.113 Which is the first Indian state to implement agricultural land leasing?Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh

2. Tamil Nadu

3. Uttarakhand

4. Andhra Pradesh



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Q.114 The __________of 1853 renewed the authority of the East India Company and allowed it to retain possession of its Indian territories to be “held in trust for Her Majesty (Queen Victoria) and her heirs and successors”, until the Parliament should otherwise decide; hence no specific time was allotted to the Company to retain its powers and authority.

Ans 1. Charter Act

2. Negotiable Instruments Act

3. Regulating Act

4. Indian Contract Act



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Q.115 The __ is celebrated on 9 January to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa on that day in 1915?

Ans 1. Vaapasee Barath Divas

2. Palatav Barath Divas

3. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

4. Aaavrithi Bharatiya Divas



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Q.116 The National Voters' Day is celebrated on __________ every year to mark the foundation day of Election Commission of India (ECI).

Ans 1. 25th January

2. 29th January

3. 10th January

4. 27th January



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Q.117 Which among the following believes that it can generate power at least as inexpensively as standard natural-gas plants and essentially capture all the carbon dioxide released in the process?

Ans 1. Enel

2. General Electric Co

3. Net Power

4. Tepco



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Q.118 When is the International Day of Forests celebrated globally?Ans 1. 19th March

2. 20th March

3. 22nd March

4. 21st March



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Q.119 The Indian Statistical Institute was founded on 17 December 1931, by _____________________.

Ans 1. Subramanian Swamy

2. CR Rao

3. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

4. Raj Chandra Bose



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Q.120 Who among the following is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party?Ans 1. Kanshi Ram

2. Ashok Siddarth

3. Veer Singh

4. Kumari Mayawati



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Q.121 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the agreement between the Republic of India and the Federative Republic of _________on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Ans 1. China

2. Canada

3. Japan

4. Brazil



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Q.122 The Naval Trade License introduced by the Portuguese in India was called:Ans 1. Shellback system

2. Pollywog system

3. Marcent system

4. Cartaz system



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Q.123 The world leaders who gathered at the Millennium Summit in 2000 had set a series of time-bound targets with a deadline of ______.

Ans 1. 2017

2. 2015

3. 2014

4. 2016



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Q.124 If there is a sharing of power between the union and the state government, it is called:Ans 1. communism

2. oligarchy

3. federalism

4. fascism



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Q.125 On 17 September 1948, the Indian government conducted a military operation called ____________to assimilate the then Hyderabad state into the Indian Union.

Ans 1. Operation Pawan

2. Operation Checkmate

3. Operation Vijay

4. Operation Polo



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Q.138 Histogram is a graph of:Ans 1. ogive

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