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200 MCQs · GS
During the year 2016, total number of Indian Satellites launched by ISRO is
The valence electron of the impurity atom that is to be added to germanium crystal so as to make it a n-type semiconductor is
A particle executes S.H.M. The acceleration of the particle is maximum
The aqueous solution of potassium chloride is
An acid is a substance that can lose a proton is called
Which of the following is a wrong statement?
Which enzyme catalyze the conversion of Pyruvic Acid into Acetyl co-enzyme A in the respiratory process?
Match the following algal pigments with their colour : (a) Chlorophyll 1. Orange (b) Xanthophyll 2. Green (c) Carotenoid 3. Blue green (d) Phycocyanin 4. Yellow
Which of the following is correct? The term systole refers to I. Phase of contraction of lungs. II. Phase of relaxation of lungs. III. Phase of relaxation of heart. IV. Phase of contraction of heart.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below. Assertion (A) : The pyramid of grassland ecosystem is upright. Reason (R) : The producers are maximum in number and tertiary consumers are least in number.
Match the following : (a) Leprosy 1. Glycosylated hemoglobin test (b) Typhoid fever 2. Lepromin test (c) Tuberculosis 3. Widal test (d) Diabetes 4. Mantoux test
List out the following Bahmani rulers in chronological order and mark the correct choice : I. Alauddin Bahman Shah II. Muhammad Shah III III. Ahmad Shah IV. Firuz Shah
The twenty second Tirthankara of Jainism was
Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select your answer using the codes given below. Assertion (A) : The temple was not merely a place of worship; it filled a large place in the cultural and economic life of the Tamil people Reasoning (R) : Its construction and maintenance offered employment to number of architects and craftsmen.
Consider the following pairs : I. Rukmani Devi Arundale – Kalakshetra II. Ravi Shankar – Sangeet Natak Academy III. M.S. Subbulakshmi – Ramon Magsaysay Award IV. J. Krishnamoorthy – Bharat Ratna Which of the pair given above is/are incorrect?
Who constructed a canal of 150 miles from Yamuna to Hissar for agricultural purpose?
The villages Raksas and Tagdi related to which battle?
"Khudai Khidmatgar" movement was organised by
Match List I with List II and select your answers using the codes below : (a) Madan Mohan Malavia 1. Azad Hind Fauz (b) A.O. Hume 2. Home Rule Movement (c) Annie Besant 3. Banaras Hindu University (d) Subash Chandra Bose 4. Indian National Congress
Ramsay Macdonald, the British Prime Minister announced the communal award on
Choose the incorrect pair from the following :
Who was the First Women President of Indian National Congress?
Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given below : (a) Dandi March 1. 1931 (b) Karachi Congress 2. 1932 (c) Third Round Table Conference 3. 1930 (d) Lahore Congress 4. 1929
Who was the First Finance Minister of Independent India?
Arrange the following items according to the chronological order : I. Simon Commission II. Gandhi Irwin Pact III. Third Round Table Conference IV. Dandi March
The main functions of NITI Aayog does not include
The largest share of energy is consumed by
The right to Education Act 2009, is not related to
The Chairman of the fourteenth Finance Commission in India
The planning commission of India was changed as NITI AAYOG in ------------,
The LPG model of development was introduced in ------------ by the Finance Minister
Indian Constitution established parliamentary form of Government on the model of
In which schedule of the Constitution the recognised 22 languages has been included?
Which of the following is not included in the state list in the Constitution of India?
The idea that Indians should have a constituent assembly to frame a Constitution of India was initiated by
Which one of the following statement relating to Executive Magistrate is not correct?
Chairman of the First National Backward Class Commission was
The salary and allowances of the public prosecutors are given by
According to the 74th Constitution Amendment Act, "Metropolitan area" means
The institution of Lokayukta was established first in
Match the following : (a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee 1. Revitalisation of Panchayat Raj Institutions (b) Ashok Mehta Committee 2. Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation (c) GVK. Rao Committee 3. Examine the working of community Development Programme (d) L.M. Singhvi Committee 4. Strengthening the Panchayat Raj Institutions
The chairman and the members of UPSC can hold office for six years or till the age of ------------ which ever is earlier
There are 8 mango trees in a straight line. The distance between each mango tree with other is 3 metres. What is the distance between the first and the eighth tree?
1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16 ------------ next to 16 is
A man can do a work in 3 days alone and a women can do the same work in 9 days alone. If both are work together in how many days they finished the same work.
Work in a fort 300 men had provisions for 90 days after 20 days 50 men left the fort. How long would the food last at the same rate?
Simplify : (∛729 − ∛27 + ∜16) / (∜512 + ∛343 − ∜256) =
How many years will take certain amount to double at 8% interest per annum at simple interest?
Surface Area of a hemisphere is 2772 cm² then the total surface area of hemisphere is
Choose the correct option to complete the alphabet letter series _ ABA _CABC _ DCBA _ BAB _ A
Sasi purchased a house for ₹27,75,000 and spent ₹2,25,000 on its interior decoration. He sold the house to make a profit of 40%. What is the selling price of the house?
Choose the correct option to complete the alphabet letter series. AB _ B, BC _ C, _ AB _, AB _ B
What should come in place of the question mark in the following series? 24, 536, 487, 703, 678, ?
Sum to n terms of an Arithmetic progression is 2n²+n then eighth term is
a,b,c are said to be in Harmonic Progression if their reciprocals 1/a, 1/b, 1/c are in Arithmetic progression. What would be the value of x for which 3, x, 6 are in Harmonic Progression.
Introducing a girl, Raj said, "Her mother is the only daughter of my mother-in-law". How is Raj related to the girl?
A fraction is such that if the numerator is multiplied by 2 and the denominator is reduced by 4 we get 10/3, but if the numerator is increased by 6 and the denominator is doubled we get 11/14, what is the fraction?
A boy cut a sector containing an angle of 140° from a circle of radius 15 cm and he folded the sector into a cone. What is the curved surface area of the cone (π=22/7).
If radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 5 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio 3 : 5 then ratio of their volumes is
Product of two positive number is 34560. The LCM is sixty times of its GCD. Then the difference of LCM and GCD is
Find the compound interest on Rs. 31,250 at 8% p.a for 3 years compounded annually?
A number is increased by 10% and then decrease by 10%. Find the net decrease percent.
A school boy walks from his house to school at the rate of 4 kmph. He reaches the school 20 minutes earlier than the schedule time. If he walks at the rate of 3 kmph, he reaches the school 20 minutes late. What is the distance of the school from his house?
If 1/(2(2x+3y)) + 12/(7(3x−2y)) = 1/2 and 7/(2x+3y) + 4/(3x−2y) = 2 then values of x and y are respectively.
------------ river is called the 'Red river' of India.
Identify the incorrect statement from the following in respect of seismic waves
Tea gardens over small mounds of this region is called as 'Bheels'
In which of the following option, the Indian states are arranged in descending order based on their size of population?
Match List - I (Planet) with List - II (Moon) : (a) Jupiter 1. Triton (b) Saturn 2. Miranda (c) Uranus 3. Europa (d) Neptune 4. Titan
Match List - I with List - II : List - I : International Airport List - II : City (a) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 1. Gauwahati (b) Ch. Charan Singh 2. Varanasi (c) Lal Bahadur Sastri 3. Lucknow (d) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordolio 4. Nagpur
As on January 2017 who is the all-time highest goal scorer in World Cup Football?
When the frequency of an electromagnetic wave and ultrasonic wave are same, then
The first Indian-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives is
Which film bagged the best foreign language film in the 88th Academy Awards in 2016?
Name the country with which India signed a civil nuclear co-operation agreement on 9th December 2016.
The software, 'Hyphoguard' which safeguards data even when the computer is on sleep mode was developed by
India's first railway university will be set up in which city?
The book "Modi's Midas Touch in Foreign Policy" was written by
In which place the Central Government has proposed to construct the International container transhipment terminal in Tamil Nadu?
Match the following (As on Aug. 2016) : (a) Najma Heptullah 1. Kerala (b) V.P. Singh Badnore 2. Assam (c) Banwarilal Purohit 3. Manipur (d) P. Sadasivam 4. Punjab
Match the following (as on July 2016) : (a) Prakash Javadekar 1. Railways (b) Smriti Irani 2. Human Resource Development (c) Venkaiah Naidu 3. Textile (d) Suresh Prabhu 4. Information and Broadcasting
Two coils are placed close to each other. The mutual inductance of the pair of coils depends upon
In which sport did Harshini of Thiruvarur won the world Championship 2016 held in Russia?
The "First International Yoga Day" was observed on
India's first indigenously constructed nuclear submarine that was commissioned into service in August 2016 is
In 2016, Adani Green Energy Ltd, setup India's largest solar power plant in
Match the following : (a) Lav Diaz 1. The Revenant (b) George Miller 2. Another time (c) Alejandro G. Inarritu 3. The Woman who left (d) Nahid Hassan Zadeh 4. Mad Max : Fury Road
A convex lens of focal length 40 cm is in contact with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. The power of the combination is
Which of the following has the least wavelength?
A radio active element "X" with a half life of 2 hours decay giving a stable element "Y". After a time of t hours the ratio of atoms is 1 : 7 then, the value of t
The compounds formed when hydrogen combines with p-block elements are called
Among the following salts, which is a salt of weak acid and strong base
Choose the micronutrient needed for plant growth
The root nodules of Casuarina which are capable of symbiotic nitrogen fixation contain the microbe
Which cytoplasmic organelle is associated with 'acrosome' formation in the spermatozoa of animals?
A feature common to nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondria is the presence of
Hormone secreted in root tip during the formation of nodule is
Metabolically inactive cell inclusions remaining in the cytoplasm is called
Which of the following is a social insect?
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched? List I (Hormone) / List II (Secreted by) I. Testosterone – Interstitial cells II. Prolactin – Adrenal medulla III. Estrogen – Ovary IV. Progesterone – Corpus luteum
The human population is currently exhibiting
The antibiotic that prevents cell wall synthesis in bacteria is
Point out the correct statement in the following :
Name the social reformer who supported Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy for the abolition of Devadasi system
Which one of the following European war was associated with Third Carnatic War?
The State Reorganisation Act was passed in
Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists : (a) Kalibangan 1. Gulf of Cambay (b) Surkotada 2. Madurai (c) Lothal 3. Rajasthan (d) Khizhadi 4. Gujarat
Arrange the following in chronological order. I. Surat split II. Birth of the Muslim league III. Partition of Bengal IV. Reunion of Bengal
Which of the following is correctly matched? I. Rajaji – Pro-changers II. Vanchinathan – Robert William Ashe III. K. Kamaraj – Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 1952 IV. Sathyamurthy – Mayor of Madurai
Who was the Chair Person in the All India Socialist Conference held at Patna, 1934?
In which year the widow remarriage was legally permitted?
Consider the following pairs I. Wood's Despatch – 1854 II. Hunter Commission – 1882 III. University Act – 1880 IV. Wardhaw Scheme of Education – 1904 Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
Which of the following is incorrectly paired? (a) Indian Mirror – D.N. Tagore (b) Vande Mataram – Madam Cama (c) Tribune – D.S. Majeeta (d) Bombay Herald – J.A. Hickey
Setting up of Village Panchayats is associated with which part of the Indian Constitution?
The minimum support prices are a means of supporting the
Which one of the following is an indirect tax?
India's Human Development Index HDI in 2011 was better than that of I. China II. Srilanka III. Bangladesh IV. South Africa
The Indian Government gets ------------ percent of India's total energy needs are met through imports.
Mr. Ladejinsky, an American expert on land reforms, after detailed study observed that one of the following districts worst in land tenure system in Tamil Nadu
The GATT was biased in favour of the developed countries and was called informally
Which one of the following cases is not directly related to Article 21 and provision of right to life in the Indian Constitution?
In India the first proclamation of national emergency under Article 352 was declared in the year
According to the Article 170 of the Indian Constitution, the maximum limit of members in a Legislative Assembly is
The administrative vigilance division was created in 1955 by the
Sarkaria commission on centre-state relations was appointed by the Government of India during
Which one of the following statement is not correct about public interest litigation?
Who was the ruler of Jammu and Kashmir in 1940?
"An article without which the Indian Constitution would be nullity. I would not refer to any other article except Article 32. It is the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it". Who said it?
The Maternity Benefits Act was enacted in the year
In our constitution, the provision relating to the suspension of fundamental rights during the emergency provisions has been taken from which country?
Khosla commission was established to re-investigate the death of whom?
Article 132 of the Indian Constitution deals with
Which Amendment Act enabled Delhi and Pondicherry to vote in the Presidential Elections?
The radii of two right circular cylinders are in the ratio 4 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio 7 : 4 then the ratio of their curved surface areas is in the ratio
A wall is to be constructed with length 60 m, breadth 3 m and height 5 m. How many bricks are required to construct a wall with length 30 cm, breadth 15 cm and height 20 cm?
The ratio of boys and girls in a class 4 : 5 if the number of boys is 24, find the number of girls
In a certain code word ACEG is written as 16 and DFGH is written as 25 then how can be written HIKM
If 1²+2²+2²=3², 2²+3²+6²=7², 3²+4²+12²=13² then 6²+7²+42²=?
A certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 20,160 in 5 years at 8% interest. Find the principal
How many prime numbers lies between 1 to 100
Range and Range coefficient of the data −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3 are respectively
Find the unknown number? 20 13 07 30 08 22 40 ? 28
The diameter of a circle is 10 cm. "P" is the point lying outside the circle. From that point "P" two tangents are drawn to the circle. The length of each tangent is 12 cm. What is the distance between "P" and the centre of the circle.
Raju starts walking towards south. After walking 20 m he turns towards North and Walks 8 m. Again he turns towards East and walks 5 m. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point.
The sides of 14 Square's are 11 cm, 12 cm, 13 cm, ......... 24 cm, then find the total area of 14 squares.
A Train travelled a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train had been 7 km/hr faster, it would have taken 14 hours less than the scheduled time. If the train were slower by 3 km/hr then it would have taken 10 hours more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by the train.
Find the average of first 'n' natural numbers
A gardener wanted to reward a girl for her good deeds by giving some apples. He gave 2 apples on the first day, 4 on the second day, 8 on the third day, 16 apples on the fourth day and so on for ten days. How many apples did she get from the gardener at the end of the tenth day
Using the clay, Malar makes a cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder have equal bases and the heights of the cone and a cylinder are equal. They same as the common radius then find the ratio of their respective volumes
Spherical metal ball of radius 6 cm is melted and casted into small spherical balls having diameter 6 mm. How many small balls can be casted
The radii of two circular ends of a frustum shaped bucket are 15 cm and 8 cm. If its depth is 63 cm, find the capacity of the bucket in litres (Take π=22/7)
The present age of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5 and after five years they will be in the ratio 5 : 6 then their sum of present age is
If A and B can do a work in 6 days. B and C can do it in 12 days, C and A can do it in 4 days how many days it would take to finish the same work by all the three together?
A and B can complete a work individually in 12 days and 18 days. They started doing the work together but after 4 days A had to leave and B alone completed the remaining work. The whole work was completed in
A function f:[−7,6]→R is defined as follows f(x) = x²+2x+1, for −7≤x<−5 f(x) = x+5, for −5≤x≤2 f(x) = x−1, for 2<x<6 what is the value of (4f(−3)−2f(4))/(f(−6)−4f(1))?
Mala and Latha each had a number of bangles. Mala said to Latha "If you give me 4 of your bangles, my number will be thrice yours". Latha replied "If you give me 36, my number will be thrice yours". What is the total bangles together with them?
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below : (a) Mars 1. 88 days (b) Earth 2. 225 days (c) Mercury 3. 687 days (d) Venus 4. 365 days
Identify the irrigation canal which originate from the Harike Barrage in Ferozepur district of Punjab
Assertion (A) : Extra – Tropical cyclones are formed in mid – latitudes. Reasoning (R) : The warm and cold fronts converge in mid – latitudes.
Who won the IAAF best female Athletic of the year award in 2016?
Match the Field with Nobel Prize Winners 2016 and select the correct answer using the codes given below : (a) Peace 1. Jean Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart, Bernad L. Feringa (b) Medicine 2. Yoshinori Ohsumi (c) Physics 3. Juvan Manuel Santos (d) Chemistry 4. David Thouless, Duncan M. Haldane, Michael Kesterlitz
Who was elected as the President of FICCI for 2017?
The 7th World Ayurvedha Congress was held at
The author of the book "TAMIL NADU : The Land of Vedas" is
Who was appointed as the Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) in 2016?
The longest cycle highway in India is located in
INS Karna was commissioned in Indian Navy on July 12, 2016 at
Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, RUSTOM - II was designed and developed by
Who took over as the chief of the IAF on December 31st 2016?
Which one of the following states is NOT going for assembly poll in February 2017?
Kiran Bhat, the winner of 2017 Oscar Technical Achievement Award belongs to which place in India?
Prof. C.V. Vishveshwara who died in Jan. 2017 was a specialist in
The Digital Financial Literacy Project was launched on December 1, 2016 by the
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the new AIIMS in July 2016 at
Which badminton title was won by P.V. Sindhu in November 2016?
Who became the first Indian-American USA senator?
The book "An Era of Darkness – The British Empire in India", released in 2016, is written by
The book "1991 : How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History" released in 2016, was written by
Which country does the present UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres belong to?
The First Digital Village (Akodara) in India is in the state of