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1. Which of the following statement/statements is/are true about national flag?

A. The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be B. The ratio of the length to the width of the flag shall be
3:2 3:2
C. The ratio of the length to the height of the flag shall be
D. Both (a) and (b)
2:3
2. Who among the following was the first Governor-General of new Dominions of India?

A. Lord Mountbatten B. C. Rajgopalchari

C. Dr. BR Amdedkar D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Which among the following is Brightest star?

A. Sirius B. Alpha centauri

C. Proxima Centauri D. Polaris
4. Bhagvat Gita belongs to which of the following Parvas of Mahabharata?

A. Vana parva B. Bhishma parva

C. Drone Parva D. Shanti parva
5. “Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary”, is located in which state?

A. Madhya Pradesh B. Gujarath

C. Maharastra D. Andhra Pradesh
6. The use of microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants such as oil spills in the water bodies is known as :

A. Biomagnification B. Bioremediation
C. Biomethanation D. Bioreduction
7. Who among the following was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in the 19th century?

A. Swami Dayanand B. Swami Vivekanand

C. Guru Shankaracharya D. Raja Rammohan Roy
8. At which of the following sites, largest variety of food grains in the Chalcolithic age has been found?

A. Navdatoli B. Gilund
C. Adamgarh D. Banahali
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9. Which of the following countries gives Gwangju prize for Human Rights?

A. Japan B. South Korea

C. China D. Taiwan
10. Who among the following devised the Technique IVF (In vitro Fertilization)?

A. Robert Edwards B. Dr. Martin Cooper

C. Edward Jenner D. Sir Frank Whittle
11. RBCs are formed in which of the following in the adults?

A. black bone marrow B. white bone marrow

C. red bone marrow D. blue bone marrow
12. Which of the following countries does not share its border with Black Sea?

A. Georgia B. Bulgaria
C. Belarus D. Turkey
13. In which among the following years, Sabarmati Ashram was established by Mahatma Gandhi?
A. 1910 B. 1912
C. 1915 D. 1917
14. In which year Robert Edwin Peary became the first person to reach the North Pole ?

A. 1906 B. 1909
C. 1911 D. 1912
15. Which of the following is an example of an active volcano?
A. Mt. Saint Helens B. Mt. Kilimanjaro
C. Mount Thielsen D. Mount Slemish
16. Which city is known as Petersburg of India?
A. Chennai B. Ahmedabad
C. Jamshedpur D. Kanpur
17. On which side did Japan fight in the First World War?
A. none, it was neutral B. with Germany against United Kingdom
C. against Russia on its own D. with United Kingdom against Germany
18. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
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A. Dadabhai Naoroji B. B.G.Tilak

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale D. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
19. The silver coin 'tanka' was introduced by _________.
A. Qutubuddin Aibak B. Iltutmish
C. Balban D. Bahram Khan
20. The term 'Macro Economics' was coined by _________.
A. J.M. Keynes B. Ragner Frisch
C. Ragner Nurkse D. Prof. Knight
21. The spokes used in the wheel of a bicycle increase its_____.
A. Moment of Inertia B. Velocity
C. Acceleration D. Momentum
22. Which national monument is printed on new ten rupee currency note?
A. Hampi Temple B. Red fort
C. Sanchi Stupa D. Konark Sun Temple
E. None of the above/More than one of the above
23. "The Naked Face", a very popular book is written by
A. John Milton B. Dominique Lapierre
C. Juan Benet D. Sidney Sheldon
24. Beighton Cup is associated with which of the following?
A. Cricket B. Hockey
C. Football D. Volleyball
25. World Literacy Day is annually celebrated on______.
A. 8th September B. 31st August
C. 12th September D. 11th September
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1. B
Sol. The National Flag is a horizontal tricolour of India saffron (kesaria) at the top, white in the middle and India green at
the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three. In the centre of the white
band is a navy-blue wheel which represents the chakra. The top saffron colour, indicates the strength and courage of
the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The green shows the fertility,
growth and auspiciousness of the land. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath
Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes. The design of
the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947. It is really amazing to see the
various changes that our National Flag went through since its first inception. It was discovered or recognised during
our national struggle for freedom. The evolution of the Indian National Flag sailed through many vicissitudes to
arrive at what it is today.

2. A
Sol. Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General of new Dominions of India. He swore in Jawaharlal Nehru as
the first Prime Minister of independent India. In March 1947, Mountbatten became viceroy of India with a mandate
to oversee the British withdrawal. He established good relations with leading politicians, particularly with Jawaharlal
Nehru, but was unable to persuade the Muslim leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah of the benefits of a united, independent
India.

3. A
Sol. The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, also known as the “Dog Star” or, more officially, Alpha Canis Majoris, for its
position in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is a binary star dominated by a luminous main sequence star, Sirius
A, with an apparent magnitude of -1.46. Sirius A’s apparent brightness can be attributed both to its inherent
luminosity, 20 times that of the Sun, and its proximity. At just 8.7 light years away, Sirius is the seventh closest star
to Earth. In 1844, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel suggested that the slightly wavy path of Sirius A through the sky,
compared to that of background stars, indicated a fainter companion. Alvan Clark confirmed the companion’s
existence in 1862. Now known to be a white dwarf and nicknamed the "Pup," Sirius B is easily spotted in a large
telescope, but contributes little to the system’s total apparent brightness.

4. B
Sol. The Bhagavad Gita often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata
Bhishma Parva describes the first 10 days of the 18-day Kurukshetra War, and its consequences. It recites the story of
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Bhishma, the commander in chief of the Kaurava armies, who was fatally injured and can no longer lead as the
commander. This book of Mahabharata includes the widely studied Bhagavad gita, sometimes referred to as Gita, or
The Song of the Lord, or The Celestial Song. Bhagavadgita chapters describe Arjuna's questioning the purpose of
war, ultimate effects of violence and the meaning of life. Arjuna's doubts and metaphysical questions are answered
by Krishna. Other treatises in Bhishma parva include the Just war theory in ancient India, as well as strategies of war
and troop deployment. This book describes the deaths of Uttarā kumarā (brother-in-law of Abhimanyu and brother of
Uttara wife of Abhimanyu), Vrishasena (Elder son of Karna) and also Bhishma's fall respectively on 1st, 3rd and
10th days of the war. Karna did not fight in these first ten days on Bhishma's order.

5. A
Sol. Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, covering about 1,197 km2 (462 sq mi), is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya
Pradesh state in India. This wildlife sanctuary is a part of 5500 km2 of forested landscape. It is located in the centre
of the state covering parts of Sagar, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Raisen Districts. It is about 90 km from Jabalpur and
about 56 km from Sagar. It is a potential site for the Cheetah Reintroduction in India. The cheetah prey density were
reasonable and based on current prey density the area could support about 25 cheetahs. 750 km2 area was
recommended by relocation of 23 villages. After relocating the species, the site could support over 50 cheetahs and
Nauradehi could harbour over 70 individuals.

6. B
Sol. The use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms to consume and break down
environmental pollutants, in order to clean a polluted site. Bioremediation is a process that uses mainly
microorganisms, plants, or microbial or plant enzymes to detoxify contaminants in the soil and other environments.
Bioremediation is the use of microbes to clean up contaminated soil and groundwater. Microbes are very small
organisms, such as bacteria, that live naturally in the environment. Bioremediation stimulates the growth of certain
microbes that use contaminants as a source of food and energy.

7. B
Sol. Sri Ramakrishna and his pupil Swami Vivekananda led reform in Hinduism in the late 19th century. Their ideals and
sayings have inspired numerous Indians as well as non-Indians, Hindus as well as non-Hindus. He was a major force
in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of Indian nationalism as a tool to fight against the
British empire in colonial India. Several contemporary groups, collectively termed Hindu reform movements or
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Hindu revivalism, strive to introduce regeneration and reform to Hinduism, both in a religious or spiritual and in a
societal sense. The movements started appearing during the Bengali Renaissance.

The religious aspect mostly emphasizes Vedanta tradition and mystical interpretations of Hinduism ("Neo-Vedanta"),
and the societal aspect was an important element in the Indian independence movement, aiming at a "Hindu"
character of the society of the eventual Republic of India.

8. A
Sol. Navdatoli refers to both a modern day village and a chalcolithic era settlement located on the Narmada River in
Madhya Pradesh in central India. The ancient village was inhabited through four stages each defined by distinctly
different types of pottery. The site was excavated between 1957 and 1959 over two seasons. Both the village and the
site are located roughly a mile south of the modern day town of Maheshwar.The term Chalcolithic is a combination
of two words- Chalco+Lithic was derived from the Greek words "khalkos" + "líthos" which means "copper" and
"stone" or Copper Age. It is also known as the Eneolithic or Æneolithic (from Latin aeneus "of copper") is an
archaeological period that is usually considered to be part of the broader Neolithic.

9. B
Sol. The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights is an award given by the South Korean May 18 Memorial Foundation to
recognize "individuals, groups or institutions in Korea and abroad that have contributed in promoting and advancing
human rights, democracy and peace through their work." The award is intended to commemorate the spirit of the
May 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement (also known as "518" for its 18 May start), in which pro-democracy
citizens battled soldiers in protest of the military reign of Chun Doo-hwan. As the organization's website explains,
"Gwangju received valuable help from others while undertaking the struggle to examine the truth behind the May 18
uprising, and while striving to develop true democracy

10. A
Sol. Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards was an English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro
fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with the surgeon Patrick Steptoe, and the nurse Jean Purdy, Edwards
successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978. They
founded the first IVF programme for infertile patients and trained other scientists in their techniques. Edwards was
the founding editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction in 1986. In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization". The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test-tube
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baby', at 11:47 pm on 25 July 1978 at the Oldham General Hospital made medical history: in vitro fertilisation meant
a new way to help infertile couples who formerly had no possibility of having a baby.

11. C
Sol. Red blood cells, platelets and most white blood cells arise in red marrow, some white blood cells develop in yellow
marrow. At birth, all bone marrow is red. Red marrow is found mainly in the flat bones such as hip bone, breast bone,
skull, ribs, vertebrae and shoulder blades, and in the cancellous material at the proximal ends of the long bones femur
and humerus. In humans, mature red blood cells are flexible and oval biconcave disks. They lack a cell nucleus and
most organelles, in order to accommodate maximum space for hemoglobin; they can be viewed as sacks of
hemoglobin, with a plasma membrane as the sack. Approximately 2.4 million new erythrocytes are produced per
second in human adults. The cells develop in the bone marrow and circulate for about 100–120 days in the body
before their components are recycled by macrophages. Each circulation takes about 60 seconds (one minute).
Approximately 84% of the cells in the human body are 20–30 trillion red blood cells. Nearly half of the blood's
volume (40% to 45%) is red blood cells.

12. C
Sol. The Black Sea is an inland sea located between far-southeastern Europe and the far-western edges of the continent of
Asia and the country of Turkey. It's bordered by Turkey, and by Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
The Black Sea is bordered by Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, and Russia. It has a positive water
balance with an annual net outflow of 300 km3 (72 cu mi) per year through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles into
the Aegean Sea. While the net flow of water through the Bosporus and Dardanelles (known collectively as the
Turkish Straits) is out of the Black Sea, generally water is flowing in both directions simultaneously. Denser, more
saline water from the Aegean flows into the Black Sea underneath the less dense, fresher outflowing water from the
Black Sea. This creates a significant and permanent layer of deep water which does not drain or mix and is therefore
anoxic. This anoxic layer is responsible for the preservation of ancient shipwrecks which have been found in the
Black Sea.

13. C
Sol. Gandhiji's India ashram was originally established at the Kocharab Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, a barrister and friend
of Gandhi, on 25 May 1915. At that time the ashram was called the Satyagraha Ashram. But Gandhi wanted to carry
out various activities such as farming and animal husbandry, in addition to other pursuits which called for the need of
a much larger area of usable land. So two years later, on 17 June 1917, the ashram was relocated to an area of thirty-
six acres on the banks of the river Sabarmati, and it came to be known as the Sabarmati Ashram. Sabarmati Ashram
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(also known as Gandhi Ashram, Harijan Ashram, or Satyagraha Ashram) is located in the Sabarmati suburb of
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, adjoining the Ashram Road, on the banks of the River Sabarmati, 4.0 miles from the town hall.
This was one of the many residences of Mahatma Gandhi who lived at Sabarmati (Gujarat) and Sevagram (Wardha,
Maharashtra) when he was not travelling across India or in prison. He lived in Sabarmati or Wardha for a total of
twelve years with his wife Kasturba Gandhi and followers, including Vinoba Bhave. The Bhagavad Gita was recited
here daily as part of the Ashram schedule.

14. B
Sol. Robert Edwin Peary Sr was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to
the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic
North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. On his 1898–1902 expedition, Peary set a new "Farthest North"
record by reaching Greenland's northernmost point, Cape Morris Jesup. Peary made two further expeditions to the
Arctic, in 1905–1906 and in 1908–1909. During the latter, he claimed to have reached the North Pole. Peary received
a number of awards from geographical societies during his lifetime, and in 1911 received the Thanks of Congress
and was promoted to rear admiral. He served two terms as president of The Explorers Club and retired to Eagle
Island.

15. A
Sol. ● Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest
region of the United States.

● Most of the active volcanoes are found in the Circum-Pacific Belt which is known as the ‘Ring of Fire’. A few
examples of active volcanoes are Mt. Etna, Mt. Pelee, Mt. Katmai, and Mt. Unzen.
16. C
Sol. ● Jamshedpur is known as Petersburg of India because it is the highest producer of
Iron and Steel in India.
● Jamshedpur is one of the most populous urban area named after Jamsedji
Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of Tata Group.
● It is located on the Chota Nagpur plateau.
● First steel plant of Tata Group TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) is in
Jamshedpur.
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17. D
Sol. Japan participated in World War I from 1914 to 1918 in an alliance with Entente
Powers and played an important role in securing the sea lanes in the West Pacific
and Indian Oceans against the Imperial German Navy. Politically, Japan seized the
opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in China, and to gain recognition as a
great power in postwar geopolitics.
Japan's military seized German possessions in the Pacific and East Asia, but there
was no large-scale mobilization of the economy.[1] Foreign Minister Katō Takaaki
and Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu wanted to use the opportunity to expand
Japanese influence in China. They enlisted Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), then in exile
in Japan, but they had little success.
18. C
Sol. The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who
left the Deccan Education Society to form this association.
More Important Organinsation & Founder in Modern History

1. Atmaiya Sabha (1815)- Rammohan Roy

2. Indian National Conference (1887)- M.G. Ranade
3. Prathna Samaj (1867)- Atmaram Pandurang
4. Ramakrishna Mission (1897)- Swami Vivekanand
19. B
Sol. The silver coin 'tanka' was introduced by Iltutmish. Iltutmish was the first to introduce a “Pure Arabic Coin” in India.
The Coins were engraved with “The Mighty Sultan, Sun of the Empire and the Faith, Conquest-laden, Il-tutmish,”
after he received an investiture of Sovereign Sultan of Delhi from the Caliph of Baghdad. The Silver Tanka issued by
Iltutmish was weighing 175 grains.
20. B
Sol. The term "Macroeconomics" first was coined in 1933 by Ragnar Frisch.
John Maynard Keynes is the founding father of macroeconomics.

21. A
Sol.
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The spokes of cycle wheel increases its moment of inertia.

The greater the moment of inertia, the more is the opposition to any change in uniform rotational motion.

As a result cycle runs smoothly and steadily. Of the cycle wheels had no spokes, the cycle would be driven
jerky and hence unsafe.

22. D
Sol.

Konark Sun Temple is printed on the new ten rupee currency notes.

* Konark Sun Temple built in 13th century and is located in Puri, Odisha.

* It is built in Kalinga Architechture and also known as Surya Devalaya.

* Rabindranath Tagore said about this temple that “Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man.”
23. D
Sol. The Naked Face is the first novel (1970) written by Sidney Sheldon. It was nominated by the Mystery Writers of
America for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author.
24. B
Sol. Beighton cup is associated with hockey. It is one of the oldest field hockey tournament running till date. It was
instituted in 1895 and is organised by Bengal hockey association.
25. A
Sol. * World Literacy Day is annually celebrated on 8th September.

* 8th September was declared international literacy day by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at 14th session of
UNESCO's General conference.

* It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.

* Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.

* Celebrations take place in several countries.