Q1. Who is the present governor of West Bengal?
(a) Keshari Nath Tripathi
(b) Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
(c) Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
(d) Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
(e) Tathagata Roy
Q2. Who is current Tribal Minister in Narendra Modi government?
(a) Narendra Singh Tomar
(b) Kalraj Mishra
(c) Jual Oram
(d) Prakash Javadekar
(e) Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Q3. Capital of Austria is?
(a) Tehran
(b) Vienna
(c) Canberra
(d) Thimphu
(e) Brussels
Q4. Desert National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Kerala
(c) West Bengal
(d) Assam
(e) Meghalaya
Q5. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on which of the following date?
(a) June 10
(b) June 22
(c) June 18
(d) June 26
(e) June 16
Q6. Who is the author of the book Argumentative Indian?
(a) V. S. Naipaul
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) Amartya Sen
(e) Khushwant Singh
Q7. Naga, Patkai and Barail hills are located in
(a) Purvanchal Ranges
(b) Karakoram Ranges
(c) Zaskar Ranges
(d) Himalaya Ranges
(e) None of these
Q8. What is the prize money given with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
(a) Rs. 1.50 lakh
(b) Rs. 2 lakhs
(c) Rs. 3 lakhs
(d) Rs. 4 lakhs
(e) Rs. 7.50 lakh
Q9. International Literacy Day is observed on which one of the following days every year?
(a) 8th September
(b) 18th March
(c) 28th March
(d) 18th September
(e) 28th September
Q10. “Kumharia” a proposed nuclear power plant is related to which State?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Haryana
(d) West Bengal
(e) Uttar Pradesh
Q11. In which year did the UN General-Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
(a) 1945
(b) 1950
(c) 1952
(d) 1955
(e) 1948
Q12. Where is the headquarters of Botanical Survey of India located?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Darjeeling
(c) Kolkata
(d) Ootacmund
(e) New Delhi
Q13. Who among the following was the 14th Prime Minister on India?
(a) Manmohan Singh
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d) Inder Kumar Gujral
(e) None of these
Q14. Which Institution is known as ‘soft loan window’ of the World Bank?
(a) International Finance Corporation
(b) International Development Agency
(c) International Monetary Fund
(d) Indian Development Forum
(e) None of these
Q15. Telangana State is the bifurcation of
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Seemandhra
(d) Odisha
(e) Tamil Nadu
Solutions
S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Keshari Nath Tripathi is an Indian Politician and the present Governor of West Bengal. Earlier, he was the speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Ministry was set up in 1999 after the bifurcation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the objective of providing more focused approach on the integrated socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the most underprivileged of the Indian Society.
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Austria is a German-speaking country in Central Europe, characterized by mountain villages, baroque architecture, Imperial history and rugged Alpine terrain. Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. Currency of Austria is Euro.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India, is situated in the west Indian state of Rajasthan near the town of Jaisalmer. The national park was established in 1992 and comprises mainly of grasslands and sand dunes. It is the best place to observe and spot the rare and endangered desert animal and plant species. Desert Fox, Bengal Fox, Spiny Tail lizard, Monitor lizard, Russell’s viper, Desert cat, Saw-scaled viper and the great Indian bustard can be spotted here.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking as an expression of its determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Argumentative Indian is a book written by Nobel Prize winning Indian economist Amartya Sen. It is a collection of essays that discuss India's history and identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Purvanchal Mountains cover the states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram. The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills are not located in this range which are part of Deccan plateau. Purvanchal hill range include the Patkai, Naga, Barail range, Manipur and Mizo hills.
S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games, is the highest sporting honour of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. As of 2016, the award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of ?7.5 lakh.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. On International Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Kumharia Nuclear Power is commercial nuclear plant in Haryana state. It can generate 640MW of electric power which is 33% lower than the average nuclear plant.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris. The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of what many people believe to be the rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled.
S12.Ans.(c)
Sol. The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) is an institution set up by the Government of India in 1890 to survey the plant resources of the Indian empire. The Botanical Survey was formally instituted on 13 February 1890 under the direction of Sir George King, who had been superintendent of Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta since 1871.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Development Association (IDA) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 is an Act of Indian Parliament that bifurcated the state of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh state. The Act defined the boundaries of the two states, determined how the assets and liabilities were to be divided, and laid out the status of Hyderabad as the permanent capital of Telangana and temporary capital of the new Andhra Pradesh state.
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