Part B: General Awareness 

B-Diversity is also known as

1. Global Diversity
2. Between habitat diversity
3. Ecosystem diversity
4. Within habitat diversity

Answer: C

The National police Academy is located at:

1. Abu Road
2. Dehradun
3. Hyderabad
4. Bangalore

Answer: C

The substrate of Photorespiration is:

1. Pyruvic acid
2. Fructose
3. Glucose
4. Glycolate

Answer:  A

The Mercury and Sodium street lamps light up because of:

1. Atomic Emission
2. Electron Absorption
3. Atomic Absorption
4. Electron Emission

Answer: A

The remedies to soil erosion are:

1. Contour bonding
2. Regulation of land use
3. Cutting of Trees
4. Allowing gazing of animals

Answer: A & B

One of the regions that receives rainfall from the north-easterly monsoon is:

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Kerala
3. West Bengal
4. Assam

Answer: A

When income increases, consumption also increase :

1. In the same proportion
2. In a higher proportion
3. None of the options
4. In a lower proportion

Answer: B

Which one of these animals is Jawless:

1. Sphyrna
2. Myxine
3. Shark
4. Trygon

Answer: B

Jaspal Rana is the name associated with which of the following games:

1. Shooting
2. Archery
3. Weight lifting
4. Boxing

Answer: A

Wall Street is the name of the :

1. Indian Township in Washington
2. Super market in Mumbai
3. Stock Exchange of New York
4. Stock Exchange of Kolkata

Answer: C

Kautily’s Arthashastra mainly deals with_____

1. Military aspects
2. Political state craft
3. Social aspects
4. Economic doctrines

Answer: B

The purpose of choke in a fluorescent lamp is:

1. To decrease the current flow
2. To decrease the resistance
3. To increase the current flow
4. To decrease the voltage momentarily

Answer: C

The green color seen in firework displays is due to the chloride sale of :

1. Calcium
2. Sodium
3. Barium
4. Strontium

Answer: B

The author of the book “Zest for Life” is:

1. Mark Twain
2. G. Walls
3. Virginia Wolf
4. Emile Zola

Answer: B

The soft silver metallic element which ionizes easily heated or exposed to light and is present in atomic :

1. Cerium
2. Californium
3. Cesium
4. Calcium

Answer: B

Which one of the following is an indigenous combat aircraft of India:

1. Vikrant
2. Arjun
3. Tejas
4. Akash

Answer: C

A per can jump higher on the moon’s surface than earth because;

1. The acceleration due to gravity in moon is smaller than that on the earth
2. The moon’s surface is rough
3. The moon has no atmosphere
4. The moon is cooler than earth

Answer: A

What according to Communism is the Chief enemy society?

1. Private property
2. Surplus value
3. Capitalist Class
4. Religion

Answer: C

Who of the following become a member of the DIN-E- ILLAHI :

1. Raja Man Singh
2. Todarmal
3. Raja Birbal
4. Tansen

Answer: C

Which one of the following is not a feature of indifference Curve?

1. They are parallel to each other
2. They do not interest each other
3. They slope downwards to the right
4. They are concave to each other

Answer: D

Movement of people from a village to a small town and later to a city is known as:

1. Inter-state migration
2. Step-wise migration
3. Intra-state migration
4. Forced migration

Answer: B

Man Booker Prize for 2014 is awarded to:

1. Richard Flanagan
2. Amrita Pritam
3. Shashi Tharoor
4. Lech Walesa

Answer: A

In Database Management System (DBMS), the content and the location of the data is defined by the :

1. Meta Data
2. Sequence data
3. Sub-Data
4. Multi Dimensional data

Answer: A

Addition of excessive amounts of heat to a lake is referred to as

1. Green House Effect
2. Thermal Pollution
3. Heal Bloom
4. Refrigeration effect

Answer: B

The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than the real weight when:

1. The lift is going up with uniform speed
2. The lift is going down with an acceleration
3. The lift is going up with an acceleration
4. The lift is going down with uniform speed

Answer: B

Which of the following country has the longest overland tunnel ?

1. Spain
2. France
3. Germany
4. Switzerland

Answer: D

Which of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Court and the Supreme Court ?

1. Protection against the violation of the Constitution
2. Protection of Fundamental Rights
3. Disputes between the states inter state
4. Disputes between Center and the States

Answer: A

Question: Rotation of crops is essential:

Answer:For increasing fertility of the soil

Question: Ecosystem consists of :

Answer:A biotic ecommunity and its non-living elements

Question: The Indian Constitution provides the country with three categories of civil services, namely:

Answer:Administrative, police and revenue servies

Question: Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situated in:

Answer:Brussels (Belgium)

Question: Catalytic converters are generally made from:

Answer:Transition metals

Question: The first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was:

Answer:Iltutmish

Question: Afla toxins are produced by:

Answer:Fungi

Question: The Thirteenth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held on 8th and 9th Jan. 2015 at

Answer:Gandhinagar

Question: The difference in the value of visible exports and visible imports is called:

Answer:Balance of Trade

Question: The only AICC session Gandhiji presided was held at:

Answer:Belgaum

Question: Match the following:

List I. A. Chlorophy II B. Nostoc C. Transpiration D.Rust of Wheat
List: II: 1.Plant Disease 2. Photosynthetic pigment 3. Diazotroph 4. Loss of water from plant surface

Answer:A2 B3 C4 D1

Question: Which of the following refers to the white salt which covers the land in some areas during dry season ?

Answer:reh

Question: In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks is often

Answer:land slides