1.

Which of the following revenue to the quantity supplied

settlements did the British introduce in (d) The price falls to zero
Punjab?
(a) Permanent Settlement 8. Where was the last Mughal emperor,
(b) Ryotwari Bahadur Shah Zafar exiled by the
(c) Mahalwari British?
(d) Taluqdari (a) Rangoon
(b) Andamans
2. Which of the following regions in India (c) Peshawar
are a biodiversity hotspot? (d) Maldives
1. Western Ghats
2. Eastern Ghats 9. When did the Simon Commission
3. Eastern Himalayas arrive in India?
4. Western Himalayas (a) 1928
(a) 1 & 2 (b) 1929
(b) 1 & 3 (c) 1930
(c) 1,2 &3 (d) 1931
(d) 2 &4
10. The gradual enrichment of lakes is
3. Heterotrophs are _____________ in an known as:
ecosystem. (a) Exfoliation
(a) Producers (b) Eutrophication
(b) Consumers (c) Denudation
(c) Decomposers (d) Ecological succession
(d) Synthesizers
11. Why is red light employed for danger
4. Which of the following does NOT signals?
describe a metal? (a) Red colour is soothing to the eye
(a) Malleable and ductile (b) Human eye is most sensitive to red
(b) Good conductor of electricity colour
(c) Lustrous and can be polished (c) Red light is scattered least
(d) Brittle (d) Red light is scattered most

5. Dadabhai Naoroji wrote a detailed
critique of:
(a) British revenue policy
(b) Deindutrialization
(c) Industrial development
(d) Drain of wealth
6. Who founded the Ghadar party in
1913?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Udham Singh
7. The equilibrium price in the market is
the price at which:
(a) Everything is sold
(b) The buyers spend all their incomes
(c) The quantity demanded is just equal
12. The Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) for
GST is:
(a) The rate at which the Centre has
enough revenue
(b) The rate at which the government
continues to receive same
revenue from the proposed tax structure
as in the prevalent tax
structure
(c) The rate at which states receive no
revenue at all
(d) The rate at which the centre and
state get 50% each of total
revenue
13. Which word completes the sentence:
Water __________when it freezes?
(a) Expands (b) Contracts
(c) Dissolves (d) Conducts
14. The Rachna doab lies between the: 21. Aryabhatta was an ancient _______.
(a) River Beas and River Ravi (a) Priest
(b) River Chenab and River Jhelum (b) Astronomer & Mathematician
(c) River Beas and River Satluj (c) Warrior
(d) River Ravi and River Chenab (d) Ruler

15. What type of clouds produce heavy 22. Inflation is a situation of:
rain, lightning, thunder, hail and strong (a) Too much money chasing too few
winds? goods
(a) Cumulonimbus (b) Too much money available for
(b) Cirrocumulus increased supply of goods
(c) Cirrostratus (c) Aggregate supply exceeds aggregate
(d) Cumulus demand
(d) None of the above
16. Which of the following countries is
not included in the Nuclear Suppliers 23. Which of the following are
Groups (NSG)? constitutional provisions and laws for the
(a) Sweden protection
(b) Ireland of the rights of the Scheduled Castes in
(c) India India?
(d) Latvia 1. Article 17 of the Constitution of India
2. The Protection of Civil Rights Act,
17. The concept of Disguised 1955
Unemployment implies: 3. The Scheduled Castes and the
(a) Surplus labour force Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
(b) Marginal Productivity of labour is zero Atrocities) Act,
(c) It is not counted in official 1989
unemployment statistics within the Select the correct answer using the code
national economy given below:
(d) All of the above (a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
18. Who proposed the theory of (c) 1, 2 and 3
Hierarchy of Needs? (d) 2 and 3 only
(a) Milton J Esman
(b) Ferrel Heady 24. Which of the following countries is
(c) Abraham Maslow not a member of Shanghai Cooperation
(d) Paul J Appleby Organisation (SCO)?
(a) Russia
19. What is the meaning of a Secular (b) Kyrgyzstan
State? (c) Kazakhstan
(a) State that only protects the religious (d) Turkmenistan
rights of the minority
(b) State that does not protect any one 25. Which one of the following writs is
particular religion issued by the Supreme Court to secure
(c) State that separates administration the
and politics freedom of a person upon unlawful
(d) State that suppresses religious arrest?
freedom (a) Habeas Corpus
(b) Mandamus
20. The khadar floodplains of Punjab are (c) Certiorari
called: (d) Quo Warranto
(a) Bet (b) Pat (c) Rohi (d) Dhrian
26. According to the provisions of the 4. Mean, Median and Mode are measures of:
Constitution of India, which one of the a) Dispersion
following is not a fundamental duty? b) Central Tendency
(a) To respect the National Flag c) Probability
d) Index Numbers
(b) To defend the country
(c) To provide education to ones child 5. When two hydrogen atoms combine to
(d) To promote village and cottage form a hydrogen molecule, the bond formed
industries is:
a) Ionic
27. Which one of the following is not one b) Covalent
of the Commands of the Indian Army? c) Van der Waals force
(a) South Western Command d) Hydrogen bond
(b) North Eastern Command
(c) Central Command 6. Rainbow is formed when sunlight falls on
(d) Army Training Command (ARTRAC) drops of rain. This is due to which of the
following
phenomena:
28. Which one of the following is not an
a) Refraction, dispersion and scattering of
Air Defence Missile system? light in water droplets
(a) Akash (b) Trishul b) Dispersion, reflection and interference of
(c) Tatra (d) Astra light in water droplets
c) Reflection, refraction and dispersion of
29. Which one of the following is not an light in water droplets
allotrope of carbon? d) None of the above
(a) Coal
(b) Diamond 7. Cirrus clouds are:
(c) Graphite a) Low level clouds
(d) Graphene b) Midlevel clouds
c) High level clouds
d) Multilevel clouds
30. Deficiency of fluoride leads to which
one of the following health problems? 8. Who among the following thinkers held
(a) Tooth caries (b) Mottling of tooth that Human consciousness postulates
(c) Bending of bones liberty,
liberty involves rights and rights demand the
State?
1. Swachh Bharat Cess is: a) Hegel
a) 0.5% tax on income b) Green
b) 0.5% tax imposed on all taxable services c) Bosanquet
c) It is not a tax at all d) Laski
d) It is an additional tax on entertainment
tax 9. Diffusion of light in the atmosphere takes
place due to :
2. A measuring instrument used for a) Oxygen
detecting and measuring small currents in a b) Dust particles
conductor is: c) Carbon dioxide
a) Ammeter b) Galvanometer d) Nitrogen
c) Voltmeter d) magnetometer
10. Which of these pairs are correctly
3. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited matched?
which of following universities when he 1. Minamata convention: mercury
visited 2. Stockholm Convention: persistent organic
India in the 7th century AD? pollutants
a) Taxila b) Nalanda 3. Basel Convention: lead
c) Varanasi d) Pushpagiri a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3 d) 1,2 and 3
11. When did the Swadeshi Movement begin 18. Soil structure refers to the _____________
and where? of soil particles.
a) 1905, Bengal a) Consistency
b) 1890, Madras b) Porosity
c) 1919, Kanpur c) Arrangement
d) 1942, Bombay d) texture

12. Who among the following was 19. The Salal Project is on the river_______.
instrumental in the conquest of Sindh a) Jhelum
between 1839 and b) Chenab
1842? c) Beas
a) Dalhousie d) Satluj
b) Sir Charles Napier
c) Wellesley 20. The English East India Company annexed
d) Auckland Punjab in _______.
a) 1839
13. Sunlight will be reflected more from b) 1842
which of the following: c) 1844
a) Tropical forest d) 1849
b) Crops or grass land
c) Snow covered field 21. Who is the Chairperson of the Lok
d) Dark roof Sabha?
a) President
14. October heat is associated with the b) Prime Minister
period of: c) Speaker
a) North East Monsoons d) Minister of Parliamentary affairs
b) Retreating South West Monsoons
c) Temperate cyclones 22. Radiography is an imaging technique
d) South West Monsoons that uses:
a) Visible light
15. When were the atom bombs dropped on b) X rays
the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and c) microwaves
Nagasaki? d) Laser light
a) 6th& 9th August 1945
b) 6th& 9th August 1939 23. NSSO is an acronym which stands for:
c) 6th& 9th August 1942 a) New simple style observations
d) 6th& 9th August 1947 b) National Sample Survey Organisation
c) National Short Study Office
16. How many images can a man see if he d) None of the above
stands between two plane mirrors at right
angles 24. A hydrocarbon in which all the atoms are
(90 )? connected by single bonds is:
a) 3 a) An alkane b) An alkene
b) 4 c) An alkyne d) An alcohol
c) 5
d) 6 25. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched?
17. Why is the sky blue most of the time? 1. Winter rain in north west India western
a) Blue light is scattered more than other disturbances
colours as it has shorter wavelength 2. Summer rain in Malabar coast retreating
b) Blue light is scattered more than other monsoon
colours as it has longer wavelength 3. Summer rain in Bengal basin
c) Red light is scattered more than other northwesterlies
colours as it has longer wavelength 4. Winter rain in Tamil Nadu coast N.E.
d) Red light is scattered more than other Monsoon
colours as it has shorter wavelength a) 1,2,3 & 4 b) 1,3 & 4
c) 3 & 4 d) 1 & 2
26. The MGNREGA programme provides for: c) Sharada Pawar
a) At least 200 days of urban employment in d) None of the above
a financial year
b) At least 100 days of guaranteed wage 3. Who among the following was the Chief
employment to every rural Guest at the 68th Republic Day Parade in
household in a financial year Delhi in 2017?
c) Permanent employment to everyone in a) President of Malaysia
the working age b) President of France
d) Education for all c) Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
d) President of Qatar
27. According to the Census of India 2011
which state has the least number of females 4. Which among the following made its
for maiden appearance at the Republic Day
every 1000 males? Parade 2017?
a) Punjab b) Haryana a) NSG
c Jammu& Kashmir d) Sikkim b) CRP
c) CISF
28. _________ acid is the chemical name of d) ITBP
Vitamin C.
a) Oxalic b) Ascorbic c) Boric d) Tartaric 5. Which of the following statements about
29. Which of the following statements is Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is
true? correct?
a) Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age a) It is aimed at skilling Indians Seeking
Civilization employment abroad
b) Indus Valley Civilization was not based on b) It is meant to help NRIs dislocated as a
urban planning result of Donald Trumps recent policies
c) Indus Valley Civilization was an Iron Age c) It is aimed to attract foreign investments
Civilization by NRIs in India
d) Indus Valley Civilization had no contact d) None of the above
with the outside world
6. Mission 41 K pertains to:
30. A component that senses temperature of a) Saving Rs 41,000 Cr on Indian railways
a system and maintains it by switching expenditure on energy consumptions over
heating next
and cooling devices is: ten years
a) Cryostat b) Next space mission being planned by
b) Thermostat ISRO
c) Thermistor c) Providing safe drinking water to 41,000
villages in India
1. Consider the following statements about d) None of the above
the Goods and Services Tax (GST):
1) GST is applicable only to the supply of 7. The Indian economic survey 2016-17 pegs
goods or services economic growth in 2016-17 at:
2) Alcohol, petroleum and tobacco products a) 6.5%
are exempted from the purview of GST b) 7.3%
Which of the above statements is/are c) 7.1%
correct? d) 6.8%
a) 1 only
b) 2 only 8. In context of NITI Aayog, the acronym
c) Both 1 and 2 NITI stands for:
d) Neither 1 nor 2 a) National Institution for Transforming India
b) National Industrial Training Initiative
2. Who among the following was NOT a c) National Institute for Technical Initiative
receipient of Padma Vibhushan Award on Jan d) Narcotics and Intoxicants Threat Initiative
25, 2017?
a) Murli Manohar Joshi 9. The United Nations General Assembly has
b) K.J. Yesudas declared year 2017 as:
a) International year for Protection of Wild Kohinoor diamond from:
Life a) Bahadur Shah-II b) Muhammad Ghori
b) International year of Sustainable Tourism c) Afgan King Shah Shuja d) Ibarahim Lodhi
for Development
c) International year of Women 18. Which number does not belong to the
d) International year of Girl Child series?
1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 26, 29, 48
10. World Theatre Day falls on: a) 26 b) 48 c) 29 d) 13
a) 27th March
b) 29th December 19. GHF : CDB : : EFD : ?
c) 22nd May a) ABJ b) CBD c) IJH d) AJB
d) 5th January
20. Rani is both 13th highest and 13th lowest
11. INS Khanderi is the name of: in a spelling competition. How many people
a) Indias next air craft carrier under took the
development test?
b) Indias next indigenous frigate a) 26 b) 25 c) 27 d) 24
c) Indias scorpene class submarine
d) None of the above 21. AKJ : GNH : : EMD : ?
a) CLB b) CLD c) AKB d) EMF
12. Consider the following statements
(1) The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline is being 22. In a certain system of coding, the word
developed by the World Bank STATEMENT is written as TNEMETATS. In the
(2) Galkynysh Gas Field is located in same
Tajikistan system of coding, what should be the code
(3) The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline Project, for the word POLITICAL?
starting from Turkmenistan, will have its last a) LACITILOP b) LCATILIOP c) OPILITACL d)
destination in Fazilka city None of these
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 23. The Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Power
a) Only 1 Project, which was frequently mentioned in
b) Only 2 the news, is a
c) Only 3 bone of contention between India and which
d) 1, 2 and 3 of the following countries?
a) Bhutan
13. The word Punjab has originated from b) Myanmar
which language? c) Bangladesh
a) Arabic b) Urdu d) Nepal
c) Persian d) Hindi
24. Wax : Wane : : Zenith : ?
14. In which year Patiala and East Punjab a) Nadir
States Union (PEPSU) were merged into b) Bottom
Punjab state? c) Fall
a) 1957 b) 1958 d) Depth
c) 1956 d) 1955
25. This sequence of four words, "triangle,
15. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy at Amritsar glove, clock, bicycle," corresponds to which
happened on: sequence of
a) 13th April 1919 b) 13th April 1918 numbers:
c) 13th April 1916 d) 13th April 1917 a) 3, 4 ,5 ,6 b) 3, 5, 12, 2.
c) 5, 12, 4, 2 d) 3 ,5, 2, 22
16. Who among the following composed
SUKHMANI in the Adi Granth? 26. By rearranging the letters in BARBIT you
a) Guru Arjan Dev b) Guru Angad Dev name a/an:
c) Guru Tegh Bahadur d) Guru Harkrishan a) Country b) City
c) Ocean d) Animal
17. Maharaja Ranjit Singh acquired the
27. Which is the odd one out? c) Shahjahan
a) Copper b) Brass c) Tin d) Aluminum d) Jahangir

28. Which number does not belong to the 35. Which of the following is a Kharif crop?
series? a) Wheat b) Maize
9, 7, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 3 c) Gram d) Barley
a) 7 b) 8 c) 3 d) 6
36. In a certain code, BREAKTHROUGH is
29. J is taller than P, and S is shorter than J; written as EAOUHRBRGHKT. How is
which of the following statements is DISTRIBUTION written
accurate: in that code?
a) S is taller than P a) TISTBUONDIRI
b) S is shorter than P b) STTIBUONRIDI
c) S is as tall as P c) STTIBUDIONRI
d) It is not possible to say d) None of these

30. The largest solar power project in Punjab 37. I am facing East. Turning to the right I go
was commissioned at: 20 m, then turning to the left I go 20 m and
a) Bathinda turning
b) Fatehgarh Sahib to the right I go 20 m, then again turning to
c) Anandpur Sahib the right I go 40 m and then again I go 40 m
d) Sri Muktsar Sahib to the
right, In which direction am I from my
31. Where is the Sikh Heritage Complex original position?
located? a) North
a) Mansa b) West
b) Amritsar c) South
c) Ropar d) East
d) Anandpur Sahib
38. Pointing to a man in a photograph, a
32. Indias space agency ISRO will provide woman said, His brothers father is the only
satellite-generated navigational information son of my
to the grandfather. How is the woman related to
railways using space technology through the the man in the photograph?
system called: a) Daughter
a) VARUNA b) Mother
b) AKASH c) Aunt
c) EAGLE d) Sister
d) GAGAN
39. How many Rajya Sabha seats are there
33. Statements: in Punjab?
Some flats are apartments a) 6
All secrets are puzzles b) 7
Some halls are rooms c) 8
Conclusions: d) 9
1. Atleast some rooms are flats 40. The Science City of Punjab is located in
2. No apartment is a room which district of Punjab?
a) Only conclusion 1 is true a) Jalandhar
b) Only conclusion 2 is true b) Ludhiana
c) Both conclusion 1 and 2 are true c) Moga
d) Neither 1 nor 2 is true d) Kapurthala

34. The fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev Ji, was 41. Scissors : Lever : : Toothed wheel : ?
martyred during the reign of which Mughal a) Wedge
Emperor? b) Gear
a) Akbar c) Press
b) Aurangzeb d) Pulley
42. Richard is fifteenth from the front in a a) Master Tara Singh
column of boys. There were thrice as many b) Master kapoor Singh
behind him c) Giani Kartar Singh
as there were in front. How many boys are d) Darshan Singh Pheruman
there between Richard and the seventh boy
from 49. Where was the first Anglo Sikh battle
the end of the column? fought?
a) 33 a) Mudki
b) 34 b) Pheru Shahar
c) 35 c) Sabraon
d) None of these d) Ramnagar

43. In a class, among the passed students, 50. Who among the following is associated
Amisha is twenty-second from the top and with the concept of Miri-Piri?
Sajal, who is a) Guru Nanak Dev Ji
5 ranks below Amisha, is thirty-fourth from b) Guru Angad Dev Ji
the bottom. All the students from the class c) Guru Gobind Singh Ji
have d) Guru Hargobind Ji
appeared for the exam. If the ratio of the
students who passed in the exam to those 51. The Treaty of Amritsar between the Sikhs
who and the British was signed in:
failed is 4:1 in that class, how many a) 1809
students are there in the class? b) 1811
a) 60 b) 75 c) 90 d) None of these c) 1813
d) 1835
44. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8
read English while 3 of them read none of 52. Arrange the following cities of Punjab
these two. from East to West
How many of them read French and English 1. Gurdaspur 2. Jalandhar 3. Hoshiarpur 4.
both? Nawanshahar
a) 2 a) 1 2 3 4
b) 3 b) 4 3 2 1
c) 4 c) 2 3 4 1
d) 5 d) 3 1 2 4
45. The Radcliffe line is the boundary 53. Which of the following cities of Punjab
between: will be covered under the National Heritage
a) India and Pakistan City
b) India and Afghanistan Development and Augmentation Yojana?
c) India and China a) Ludhiana
d) India and Myanmar b) Patiala
c) Jalandhar
46. Which Guru compiled the Adi Granth? d) Amritsar
a) Guru Hargobind Ji
b) Guru Gobind Singh Ji 54. Which of the following is the nodal
c) Guru Angad Dev Ji agency for the development of infrastructure
d) Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Punjab?
a) Punjab Infrastructure Development Board
47. Who was the first Punjabi novelist to get (PIDB)
the Jananpith Award? b) Punjab Infrastructure Development
a) Nanak Singh Corporation (PIDC)
b) Gurdial Duggal c) Punjab Infrastructure Development
c) Gurdial Singh Agency (PIDA)
d) Nanak Duggal d) Punjab Infrastructure Development
Council (PIDC)
48. Who was the pioneer of Punjabi Suba
movement? 55. Consider the following statements
regarding PSLV and GSLV: Meiteis
1) PSLV is used to place remote sensing 2) It is bounded by Myanmar to its East
satellites into Sun-synchronous Polar Orbits 3) Yaoshang is the premier festival
only, 4) Famous for Swamp Deer
while GSLV can place satellites into Select the correct option:
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) a) Nagaland
2) GSLV has four-staged cryogenic system, b) Mizoram
while PSLV has three-stage solid and liquid c) Manipur
propulsion system d) Meghalaya
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 60. The International Union for the
a) 1 only Conservation of Nature and Natural
b) 2 only Resources has listed the
c) Both 1 and 2 Eurasian Otter (Lutra Lutra) as:
d) Neither 1 nor 2 a) Endangered
b) Critically endangered
56. Consider the following statements about c) Extinct in the wild
Green diesel and Biodiesel d) None of the above
1) Green diesel is also known as Renewable
Diesel 61. For the first time, under the impetus of
2) Biodiesel is produced using a trans- the Indian Space Research Organization and
esterification process which other
Which of the statements given above is/are nationss space organization, space
correct? agencies of more than 60 countries agreed
a) 1 only to engage their
b) 2 only satellites to coordinate their methods and
c) Both 1 and 2 data to monitor human-induced greenhouse
d) Neither 1 nor 2 gas
emissions?
57. Which of the following countries is/are a) French Space Agency (CNES)
not included in Fragile Five? b) National Aeronautics and Space
1) Nepal 2) Brazil 3) India 4) Turkey 5) South Administration (NASA)
Africa 6) Indonesia c) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Select the correct answer using the codes (JAXA)
given below: d) Russian Federal Space Agency
a) 1 only (Roscosmos)
b) 2 and 5
c) 4 and 6 62. Consider the following functions of the
d) 3 only Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
1) Formulates, implements and monitors the
58. Macro-Economic Vulnerability Index adds monetary policy
up 2) Manages the Foreign Exchange
1) Balance of Payment Management Act, 1999
2) Fiscal Deficit 3) Performs a wide range of promotional
3) Rate of Inflation functions to support national objectives
4) Current Account Deficit Which of the statements given above is/are
5) Depreciation correct?
Select the correct answer using the code a) 1 and 2
given below: b) 1 and 3
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 c) 2 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 d) 1, 2 and 3
c) 1 and 5
d) 2 and 5 63. Consider the following statements in
respect of the functions of the World Trade
59. Identify the State based on the given Organization
statements (WTO)
1) Its people include Nagas, Kukis and 1) It seeks to make international trade free
by establishing predictable and transparent 67. The objective of the recently approved
ground rules A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojana is to:
2) It promotes capital flow from developed a) Register all Mid-Day meal serving NGOs
to developing countries and provide them single-window
3) It provides a forum for trade negotiations administrative
4) It works as a neutral agency for clearances
settlement of trade disputes b) Provide one cooked meal to pregnant,
Which of the statements given above are lactating women in tribal areas
correct? c) Improve the vaccination rates in rural
a) 1, 3 and 4 India to tackle preventable diseases
b) 2, 3 and 4 d) None of the above
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 2 and 3 68. The Global Competitiveness Report is
published by the:
64. With reference to the budget deficits, a) World Bank
consider the following statements b) International Monetary Fund
1) There can never be a fiscal deficit without c) World Economic Forum
a revenue deficit d) UNCTAD
2) There can never be a primary deficit
without a fiscal deficit 69. Consider the following statements
Which of the above statements is/are regarding Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)
correct? Scheme:
a) 1 only 1) Banks will issue the bonds on behalf of
b) 2 only the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
c) Both 1 and 2 2) The Bonds will not be part of the
d) Neither 1 nor 2 sovereign borrowing and hence need not to
be within
65. The Stand-up India component under the fiscal deficit target
Start-up India Stand-up India is anchored Which of the above statements is/are
by the correct?
Department of Financial Services (DFS) to a) 1 only
encourage Greenfield enterprises by b) 2 only
1) SC/ST entrepreneurs only c) Both 1 and 2
2) Women entrepreneurs only d) Neither 1 nor 2
3) Minority entrepreneurs only
Select the correct answer from the codes 70. With regard to the National Investment
given below: and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), which of the
a) 1, 2 and 3 following
b) 1 only statements is/are correct?
c) 1 and 2 only 1) The objective of NIIF would be
d) 1 and 3 only infrastructure development in commercially
viable
66. Consider the following statements about projects, both Greenfield and brownfield,
the Green Highways policy, 2015: excluding stalled projects
1) The objective is to reduce the impacts of 2) It will provide equity/quasi-equity support
air pollution and arrest soil erosion to those Non-Banking Financial Companies
2) The plant species selected will be region (NBFCs)/Financial Institutions (FIs) that are
specific, depending on local conditions engaged only in infrastructure financing
3) The Ministry of Road Transport and Select the correct answer from the codes
Highways has framed the policy given below:
Which of the above statements is/are a) 1 only
correct? b) 2 only
a) 2 and 3 only c) Both 1 and 2
b) 1 only d) Neither 1 nor 2
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3 71. Which of the following statements is/are
P-11 true regarding Masala Bonds?
1) These are rupee-denominated given below:
instruments sold only to offshore investors a) 2 and 3
by Indian b) 1 and 2
corporates for raising money from overseas c) 2, 3 and 4
investors d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2) They do not face currency fluctuation
risks 75. The overall co-ordination of Disaster
Select the correct answer from the codes Management vests with which of the
given below: following:
a) 1 only a) Ministry of Home Affairs, Cabinet
b) 2 only Committee on security and National Crisis
c) Both 1 and 2 Mgt.
d) Neither 1 nor 2 Committee
b) Ministry of Defense, National Crisis Mgt.
72. Which among the following are likely Committee
causes of inflation? c) Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Crisis
1) Lowering of policy rates by the Reserve Mgt., Council on security
Bank of India (RBI) d) None of the above
2) Buy back of Government securities by the
RBI from the open market 76. Which of the following falls under the
3) An increase in MGNREGA wages purview of National Disaster Management
4) Decrease in indirect taxes by the Authority
Government (NDMA)?
Select the correct answer from the codes a) To lay down policies, plane & guidelines
given below: for disaster mgt
a) 1, 2 and 3 b) To co-ordinate the enforcement of policies
b) 1 and 2 & plans of DM throughout the country
c) 1, 3 and 4 c) To approve NDMP & DM plans of
d) All of the above respective Ministries and Departments of
Govt. of
73. Which of the following countries were India
the members of the recently held Heart of d) All the above
Asia Summit?
1) India 77. Match the following Disasters to their
2) Pakistan correct Nodal Ministry/Department:
3) Afghanistan i) Chemical & Industrial A) Ministry of
4) Azerbaijan Defence
5) Russia ii) Landslides B) Ministry of Earth Sciences
6) Uzbekistan iii) Avalance C) Ministry of Mines
Select the correct answer using the codes iv) Cyclones/Tornado D) Ministry of
given below: Environment, Forests & Climate
a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 Change
b) 1, 2, 3 and 6 a) i-D ii-C iii-A iv-B
c) 2, 3, 4 and 5 b) i-C ii-A iii-B iv-D
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 c) i-A ii-B iii-D iv-C
d) i-B ii-D iii-C iv-A
74. With reference to the LED bulbs, which
of the statements given below are correct? 78. Who is the Chairperson of the State
1) LED stands for light-emitting devices Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) in a
(LED) State?
2) LED bulbs are energy-efficient a) Disaster Management Commissioner
3) Lesser consumption of power by LED b) Chief Minister of the State
bulbs also means lesser emission of CO2 , c) Chief Secretary of the State
and thus d) Director General of Police of the State
reduced carbon footprints
4) LED bulbs are long-lasting 79. Which of the following fall under the
Select the correct answer using the codes category of Human induced Disasters?
(i) Industrial/Chemical Disaster c) Association of South East Asian Nations
(ii) Nuclear & Radiological Emergency d) Security council of United Nations
(iii) Urban Floods
(iv) Storm Surge 86. The first country in the world to ban
a) (i), (ii) deforestation, is:
b) (iii), (iv) a) Denmark
c) (i), (iii) b) India
d) (ii), (iv) c) Norway
d) Copenhagen
80. Which of the following cities is not
included under Smart Ganga City Scheme 87. Artemisinin recently seen in news, is:
launched on a) The prime constituent of the chemical
August 13, 2016? weapon used against the rebels in Syria
a) Lucknow b) An antibiotic discovered to be the next
b) Barrackpone line of resistance, after colistin
c) Sahibganj c) An anti-malarial drug
d) Kolkata d) A virus found in groundwater near steel
industries, which causes deadly gum
81. The acronym LEMOA stands for: infection when consumed
a) Logistics Exchange Memorandum of
Agreement 88. With respect to Indias foreign relations,
b) Logistics Enabled Memorandum of the Agenda for Action 2020, was recently
Agriculture in news.
c) Light Emitting Medium Orifice It is:
Amplification a) An agreement between NASA and ISRO to
d) None of the above co-operate and collaborate on Reusable
Launch Vehicle Technology Development
82. India become the 4th Nation to test fire b) A joint statement issued by India and
its futuristic Scramjet Rocket Engine on China to promote peace, prosperity, stability
August 28, 2016. and
Which among the following is not among security in Asia-pacific & Indian Ocean
those who preceded India? region
a) US c) A common road map to jointly guide and
b) China strengthen the India-EU Strategic
c) Russia Partnership
d) European Space Agency d) The outcome document of Indias flagship
conference of geo-politics and
83. Worlds largest Airship, Airlander 10, geoeconomics,
which flew for first time on August 17,2016 the Raisina Dialogue
over Londons
Cardington Airfield is nick named: 89. The Ashgabat Agreement, which the
a) The Flying Saucer Union Cabinet recently gave its approval for
b) The flying Bum India to
c) The Floating Saucer accede to, is:
d) The Flying Ball a) An agreement which makes Turkmenistan
Indias partner in development of Iranian
84. The Brah Mos Missiles are a result of Chabahar port
collaboration between India and: b) An international transport and transit
a) France corridor facilitating transportation of goods
b) Israeal between central Asia & Persian Gulf
c) Russia c) An Intergovernmental Snow Leopard and
d) Czechoslovakia High Mountain Ecosystem conservation
Programme
85. India has recently become 35th full d) A civil nuclear pact with Turkmenistan
member of which of the following:
a) Nuclear Suppliers Group 90. A hundred-rupee note has the words: I
b) Missile Technology Control Regime promise to pay the bearer a sum of
thousand rupees country?
on it. What does this mean? 1. India 2. Bangladesh 3. Sweden 4. Bhutan
a) RBI is obligated to exchange a bank note a) 1 and 4
with bank notes of lower value or other coins b) 2 and 4
b) The person who accepts the note has to c) 3 only
pay an equal amount either as a good or d) 4 only
service
c) The banknote is a legal tender for the 96. Which of the following schemes will
specified amount promote urban infrastructure?
d) All the banks are obligated to receive note 1. Swacch Bharat Abhiyan
2. Smart City Scheme
91. Which of the following statements is 3. Bharat Nirman
correct about olive Ridley Turtles: 4. Indira Awas Yojna
1. They are found only in the cold waters of
Arctic ocean 5. HRIDAY
2. Their population is dwindling due to oil a) 1,3 and 4
exploration in Arctic regions b) 2,4 and 5
3. Olive Ridley is classified as vulnerable c) 1,2 and 5
according to International Union for d) All of the above
Conservation of
Nature & Natural Resources 97. The first airport in the world that would
a) 3 only be running fully on solar power is:
b) 1 and 2 a) Jorhat International Airport
c) 1 and 3 b) Surat Airport
d) 1,2 and 3 c) Cochin International Airport
d) Port Blair Airport
92. Which of the following statements are
true regarding State Election Commissions? 98. Shishu, Tarun, Kishore are
1. The State Election Commissioner is associated with:
appointed by the Governor a) SBI
2. It conducts election only of the b) MUDRA Bank
Panchayats. c) IDBI
Select the correct answer: d) NABARD
a) 1 only
b) 2 only 99. Who among the following gave the
c) Both 1 and 2 concept of Missing Women?
d) None of the above a) Helen Keller
b) Emme Watson
93. CAG can perform Audit of: c) Medha Patekar
1. RBI d) Amartya Sen
2. SEBI
3. Insurance & Regulatory Authority of India 100. Super computer Magic Cube
Choose the correct option: inaugurated recently has been prepared by
a) 1 only which of the following
b) 1 and 2 only countries?
c) 2 and 3 only a) USA
d) None of the above b) China
c) Germany
94. The setting up of national parks and d) Japan
sanctuaries was facilitated by:
a) Wildlife Protection Act 1972
b) CITES 1972
c) GBF 1991
d) Ramsar Convention

95. Which is/are the country/s to use Gross

National Happiness to measure progress of