Q1. Which of the following 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold medalists has successfully contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections?
A Shreyas Singh
B Heena Sidhu
C Manika Batra
D Manu Bhaker
E Tejaswini Samant
EXPLANATION
A
Q2. What is OSIRIS-REx?
A It is the moon mission of JAXA
B It is the last satellite launched by ISRO
C It is a NASA asteroid-study mission
D It is the name of the latest launch vehicle of ESA
E It is a new variant of the novel Coronavirus
EXPLANATION
C
Q3. Match the following UNSECO world heritage sites with the states to which they belong
A P-IV, Q-III, R-V, S-II, T-I
B P-V, Q-I, R-II, S-III, T-IV
C P-IV, Q-I, R- V, S-II, T-III
D P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
E P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
EXPLANATION
B
Q4. Which of the following politicians has served for the longest years consecutively, or otherwise, as the Chief Minister of any Indian state or Union Territory?
A Naveen Patnaik
B Jyoti Basu
C Virbhadra Singh
D Pawan Kumar Chamling
E Gegong Apang
EXPLANATION
D
Q5. Who is the first Field Marshal of independent India?
A Sam Manekshaw
B A.S. Vaidya
C KM Cariappa
D Bipin Rawat
E Krishnaswamy Sundarji
EXPLANATION
A
Q6. Which of the following companies has acquired 100% stake in Air India?
A Tata Group
B Adani Group
C Mahindra Group
D Reliance Industries
E Aditya Birla Group
EXPLANATION
A
Q7. Which of the following spacecrafts by the NASA entered the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the Corona?
A Luminous Solar Probe
B Helios Solar Probe
C Arka Solar Probe
D Parker Solar Probe
E James Webb Solar Probe
EXPLANATION
D
Q8. Which of the following footballing legends had never won the prestigious Ballond’Or Award?
A Paolo Maldini
B Pavel Nedvěd
C Andriy Shevchenko
D Ricardo Kaka
E Luca Modric
EXPLANATION
A
Q9. Which of the following wild animal has the sub-species as Sri Lankan, Indian, Sumatran and Bornean?
A Spotted Deer (Axis axis)
B Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
C Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone)
D Tiger (Panthera tigris)
E Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
EXPLANATION
B
Q10. According to the venture capital industry, what is a unicorn?
A Any start-up that gives a dividend of $1 billion to its shareholders
B Any start-up that makes its owner a billionaire
C Any start-up that raises $1 billion in venture capital
D Any start-up that reaches the valuation of $1 billion
E Any start-up that reaches to employ 1000 people
EXPLANATION
C
Q11. Which of the following Indian states does not have an “Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)”?
A Assam
B Chhattisgarh
C Karnataka
D Haryana
E Punjab
EXPLANATION
D
Q12. Match the following literary works with their authors.
A P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
B P-II, Q-V, R- I, S-IV, T-III
C P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
D P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
E P-V, Q-I, R-III, S-II, T-IV
EXPLANATION
D
Q13. What is the full form of NFT in the context of blockchain?
A Non-fakable token
B Non-fungible token
C Neo-fictitious token
D Non-fundable tax
E Non-functional tax
EXPLANATION
B
Q14. From the following options, choose the one which arranges the given Queens’ ascension to the throne in a chronological order.
A Rudrama Devi, Razia Sultana, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai, Ahilyabai Holkar
B Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Durgavati, Ahilyabai Holkar, Lakshmi Bai
C Razia Sultana, Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai, Rudrama Devi
D Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Lakshmi Bai
E Ahilyabai Holkar, Durgavati, Razia Sultana, Rudrama Devi, Lakshmi Bai
EXPLANATION
B
Q15. Match the animals listed below with the most common collective noun used to represent a group of them (e.g. wolves – Pack).
A P-II, Q-V, R- I, S-IV, T-III
B P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
C P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
D P-V, Q-I, R-III, S-II, T-IV
E P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
EXPLANATION
B
Q16. Match the following classic movies with their directors.
A P-V, Q-I, R-II, S-III, T-IV
B P-III, Q-IV, R-V, S-I, T-II
C P-I, Q-IV, R- V, S-II, T-III
D P-IV, Q-V, R-II, S-III, T-I
E P-III, Q-I, R-V, S-IV, T-II
EXPLANATION
B
Q17. Match the following districts with the states to which they belong.
A P-IV, Q-III, R-V, S-II, T-I
B P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
C P-IV, Q-I, R- V, S-II, T-III
D P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
E P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
EXPLANATION
C
Q17. What is Zoonosis?
A A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals
B The study of Oonosis
C A disease which can be transmitted to humans from zoo animals
D A disease which can be transmitted to humans from zygotes
E A state of affairs where human behaviour imitates that of zoo animals
EXPLANATION
A
Q18. Maitri and Bharati are the names of:
A Indian research stations in Arctic
B Indian underwater missions in the North China Sea
C Indian peace missions to Somalia
D Indian diplomatic missions to Iceland
E Indian research stations in Antarctica
EXPLANATION
E
Q19. From which location, India test-fired the new generation Agni Prime missile in 2021?
A Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (Thumba), Kerala
B Gan (Addu Atoll), Maldives
C Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota), Andhra Pradesh
D APJ Abdul Kalam island, Odisha
E LAPAN Rocket Launcher Station, Pameungpeuk, Garut, Indonesia
EXPLANATION
D
Q20. Identify the XLRI alumnus, who has recently been appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor?
A Parikshit Gautam
B Parthapriya Ghosh
C Arun Mani Dixit
D S. Sathya Kumar
E Vikram Misri
EXPLANATION
E
Q21. Monosodium glutamate is:
A The reason one cries while peeling onions
B The name of the company that makes Ajinomoto
C Found in tomatoes
D Not found in any fruit or vegetable
E A misnomer since it does not contain sodium
EXPLANATION
C
Q22. Match the following books with their authors.
A P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
B P-II, Q-V, R- I, S-IV, T-III
C P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
D P-IV, Q-III, R-V, S-II, T-I
E P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
EXPLANATION
D
Q23. What is a grey market?
A The trade of a commodity which is recognized as a counterfeit product
B The trade of a commodity which is unbranded
C The trade of a commodity for which the country of origin is not mentioned
D The trade of a commodity for which the taxes are evaded
E The trade of a commodity through distribution channels not authorized by the manufacturer
EXPLANATION
D
Q24. What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?
A The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator
B The world’s largest and most powerful Aperture Spherical radio telescope
C The world’s largest and most powerful nuclear reactor
D The world’s largest and most powerful water laser gun
E The world’s largest and most powerful electron beam
EXPLANATION
A
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