GS-Mock Test Paper(1)

GENERAL STUDIES – MOCK TEST (SERIES I)

[CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE]

(01) Consider the following statement(s)

(I) Darjeeling Tea was the first registered Geographical Indicators of India

(II) The Geographical Indicators Registry is based on Chennai

(III) Karnataka has the highest number of Geographical Indication tags in India

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) I only (b) I and III

(c) I and II (d) I, II and III

(02) The alloy “Gun Metal” is made up of

(a) Zinc and Tin (b) Lead and Tin

(c) Copper, Zinc and Tin (d) Zinc, Lead and Tin

(03) Which of the following country is not a part of “four Asian Tigers” or “Asian Dragons”?

(a) China (b) Taiwan

(c) Singapore (d) South Korea

(04) “Bom Sabado” was in news recently. It is

(a) World’s first cloned monkey

(b) WikiLeaks website’s code name

(c) Russian Spy Department’s secret name

(d) Computer Virus

(05) Which of the following country got independence lastly?

(a) South Osetia (b) Abkhazia

(c) Kosovo (d) Serbia

(06) Which country has recently voted to pass a new bill that will increase the retirement age from 60 to 62 and the pension age from 65 to 67?

(a) Cuba (b) France

(c) Germany (d) Brazil

(07) Which country won the Women’s World Cup Hockey 2010?

(a) Australia (b) Argentina

(c) Brazil (d) The Netherlands

(08) Which city has hosted the Asian Games for maximum number of times?

(a) Kuala Lumpur (b) Beijing

(c) Seoul (d) Bangkok

(09) Excluding Guangzhou, how many cities co-hosted the 2010 Asian Games?

(a) 1 (b) 2

(c) 3 (d) 4

(10) Mobile Number Portability (MNP), a concept which allows the mobile users to change the providers without changing the numbers was first introduced in

(a) Singapore (b) Japan

(c) France (d) Germany

(11) In which city NATO and Afghanistan signed an agreement to transfer security of Afghan cities to country’s forces by 2014?

(a) Berlin (b) Madrid

(c) Lisbon (d) London

(12) How many Asian countries have given the United Nations Secretary Generals?

(a) 0 (b) 1

(c) 2 (d) 3

(13) Which of the following book(s) is/are associated with Subash Chandra Bose?

(a) Unhappy India (b) The Indian Struggle

(c) Freedom Without Fear (d) A Long Walk to Freedom

(14) The sporting event which was in 2006 Asiad that was dropped in 2010 Asiad is

(a) Dragon Sport (b) Bodybuilding

(c) Roller Sport (d) Ice Skating

(15) Which of the following group of states have bicameral legislatures in India?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka

(b) Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

(16) “The Rediscovery of India” is associated with

(a) Kiran Desai (b) Anita Desai

(c) Meghnad Desai (d) Soumitra Desai

(17) Which of the following group of countries are to have a special court for environmental issues?

(a) India, USA and China

(b) India, Australia and New Zealand

(c) USA, Australia and New Zealand

(d) China, Germany and Brazil

(18) Number of gold medals won by India in the first edition of Youth Olympics held at Singapore in 2010?

(a) 0 (b) 1

(c) 2 (d) 3

(19) Which of the following lies between South Andaman and Little Andaman?

(a) Ten Degree Channel (b) Pryce Channel

(c) Duncan Passage (d) Coco Passage

(20) India lastly won gold medal in Hockey in 1980 Olympics. By defeating which country India won this medal?

(a) Pakistan (b) Spain

(c) Germany (d) Australia

(21) Arrange the following cities from East to West

(a) Indore, Ujjain, Ahmedabad, Rajkot

(b) Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Ujjain, Indore

(c) Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Indore, Ujjain

(d) Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, Indore

(22) Which of the following country is largest (maximum area)?

(a) Germany (b) Ukraine

(c) France (d) Spain

(23) Which of the following is most populated city?

(a) Phoenix (b) Philadelphia

(c) Huston (d) Chicago

(24) In which of the following city do the GQ (Golden Quadrilateral) highway and NS (North South) Corridor meet?

(a) Krishnagiri (b) Hyderabad

(c) Jhansi (d) Gwalior

(25) Which of the following is least populated state?

(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Manipur (d) Mizoram

(26) Match:

List – I (Presidents) List – II (Countries)

A Cristina Kirchner 1 Liberia

B Laura Chinchilla 2 Ireland

C Mary McAleese 3 Costa Rica

D Ellen Johnson Sirleef 4 Argentina

A B C D A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 4 3 1 2

(c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 1 2 4 3

(27) Consider the following statement(s)

(I) Next to India, USA has the largest postal network in the world

(II) World Postal Day is being celebrated on October 10

Which of the above statement(s) is/are wrong?

(a) I only (b) II only

(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II

(28) “CASA-1000” (Central Asia – South Asia 1000) is a regional project sponsored by the World Bank in the area of

(a) education (b) electricity

(c) rural health (d) infant births

(29) World’s first GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite) belongs to the country of

(a) USA (b) China

(c) France (d) Japan

(30) Match:

List – I (Commissions) List – II (Purpose)

A Mukherjee Commission 1 Disappearance of

Subash Chandra Bose

B Subramanian Commission 2 Prison reforms

C Mulla Commission 3 Kargil War

D Tandon Commission 4 Deemed Universities

A B C D A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4

(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 4 2 3 1

(31) Next to Hindi, which is the most widely spoken language in India?

(a) Telugu (b) Bengali

(c) Tamil (d) Urdu

(32) Which famous centre of learning awards the “Pulitzer Prizes”?

(a) Oxford University (b) Columbia University

(c) Princeton University (d) Cambridge University

(33) Arrange the following in chronological order:

(I) Islamabad Accord

(II) Shimla Agreement

(III) Karachi Agreement

(IV) Lahore Declaration

(a) IV, II, I, III (b) IV, III, I, II

(c) III, IV, II, I (d) III, II, IV, I

(34) Who was the winner of the “Person of the Century” in 1999 by defeating Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Franklin D Roosevelt (b) Albert Einstein

(c) Mother Teresa (d) Martin Luther King

(35) Among the six brand ambassadors for CWG-2010, how many were women sport persons?

(a) 1 (b) 2

(c) 3 (d) 4

(36) Which of the following nuclear sites in India is built with Russian collaboration?

(a) Jaitpur (b) Haripur

(c) Chhavamitti Virdi (d) Kowada

(37) “Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian” is a book written by

(a) Hamid Ansari (b) Somnath Chatterjee

(c) P Chidambaram (d) Margarel Alwa

(38) Match:

List – I (Bank) List – II (Persons)

A ICICI 1 Aditya Puri

B SBI 2 Chanda Kochhar

C HDFC 3 Neeraj Swaroop

D Standard Chartered 4 O P Bhatt

A B C D A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4

(c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 2 4 1 3

(39) Match:

List – I (Personalities) List – II (Associated with)

A S K Jain 1 AEC

B Srikumar Banerjee 2 BARC

C Baldev Raj 3 NPCIL

D R K Sinha 4 IGCAR

A B C D A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 2 1 3 4

(c) 3 1 4 2 (d) 3 2 4 1

(40) In the LG ICC Awards – 2010, “Spirit of Cricket” was awarded to

(a) India (b) New Zealand

(c) South Africa (d) Bangladesh

(41) Niagara Falls is located between which of the following pairs of lakes?

(a) Erie and Ontario (b) Ontario and Huroh

(c) Huroh and Superior (d) Huroh and Erie

(42) Human Development Index comprises of:

(I) Longevity (II) Infant Morality

(III) Literacy (IV) Standard of living

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 only

(c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 2, 3 and 4 only

(43) Milk is a poor source of

(a) Vitamin A (b) Protein

(c) Calcium (d) Iron

(44) “Slackistan” was in news recently. It is

(a) a new region occupied by USA in Afghanistan

(b) it is a film

(c) a new region occupied by China in PoK

(d) it is a new game launched by Microsoft

(45) The hormone which regulates the basal metabolism in body is secreted from

(a) Pituitary (b) Thyroid

(c) Pancreas (d) Adrenal Cortex

(46) Which of the following is wrongly matched?

(a) Tuberculosis Research Centre – Chennai

(b) National Aids Research Institute – New Delhi

(c) National Institute of Nutrition – Hyderabad

(d) National Institute of Virology – Pune

(47) Which of the following is wrong?

(a) India had never won gold medal in swimming in the Asiad so far

(b) In 2010 Asiad, India won bronze medal in swimming

(c) India won its first medal in Swimming in the inaugural Asiad

(d) Before 2010 Asiad, it was in 1986Asiad that India won its medal in swimming

(48) Which of the following is not in “Maharatna” status?

(a) IOC (b) SAIL

(c) BPCL (d) NTPC

(49) Apart from Railways in the Union Cabinet, Bihar Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar was also held the portfolio of

(a) Shipping (b) Agriculture

(c) Industrial (d) Chemical and Fertilizers

(50) Which of the following sporting event won gold by Indian in both 2010 CWG and 2010 Asiad?

(a) 4 * 400 m women’s relay (b) 400m hurdles men

(c) 25m butterfly swimming (d) Tennis Mixed Doubles

(51) Which Indian tennis player recently won “Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the year Award”?

(a) Somdev Devvarman (b) Rohan Bopanna

(c) Leander Paes (d) Vishnu Vardhan

(52) Richard Holbrooke who passed way recently was

(a) USA Special Representative to West Asia Crisis

(b) USA Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan

(c) USA Special Representative to UN Peace Keeping Missions

(d) USA Special Representative to NATO command

(53) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Dr Manmohan Singh?

(I) He also worked as Deputy Chairperson of Planning Commission

(II) He is the only Prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term.

(III) He was also acted as Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha

(a) I and II only (b) II and III only

(c) I, II and III (d) All are wrong

(54) The CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) of India is also the head of

(I) Public Accounts Committee (II) Indian Audits and Accounts Service

(a) I only (b) II only

(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II

(55) Which of the following country won their first ever gold medal in Asiad recently?

(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal

(c) Lebanon (d) Laos

(56) Lin Dan of China who was voted as the Most Valuable player (MVP) in 2010 Asiad was an expert in the field of

(a) Table Tennis (b) Badminton

(c) Swimming (d) Gymnastics

(57) Who succeeded Dr Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister in 1996?

(a) Pranab Mhukerjee (b) P Chidambaram

(c) Yashwant Sinha (d) Jaswant Singh

(58) Match:

List – I (Indian Sport Persons) List – II (Field)

A Ashish Kumar 1 Gymnastics

B Bajrang Lal 2 Swimming

C Virdhawal Khade 3 Rowing

D Anup Kumar 4 Skating

A B C D A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4

(c) 4 3 2 1 (d) 4 2 3 1

(59) China doesn’t have boundary line with which of the following country?

(a) Kazakhstan (b) Kyrgyzstan

(c) Uzbekistan (d) Mongolia

(60) Christmas island is associated with the country of

(a) USA (b) Australia

(c) Spain (d) Brazil

(61) Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes?

(a) Marie Curie (b) Linus Pauling

(c) Frderick Sanger (d) John Barden

(62) Which of the following IIT was formed earlier?

(a)Delhi (b) Guwahati

(c) Roorkee (d) Madras

(63) How many Presidents of India have been conferred with “Bharat Ratna” award so far?

(a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 4 (d) 5

(64) Which of the following state is not associated with DMIC (Delhi – Mumbai Industrial Corridor)?

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Punjab

(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan

(65) Which bank has the maximum number of branches in abroad?

(a) State Bank of India (b) Bank of India

(c) Indian Overseas Bank (d) Bank of Baroda

(66) Through which of the following Indian state does 23½˚N latitude pass?

(a) Tripura (b) Manipur

(c) Nagaland (d) Meghalaya

(67) Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

(a) Tapti (b) Narmada

(c) Damodar (d) Mahanadi

(68) Sukumar Sen was India’s first

(a) Speaker, Lok Sabha

(b) Chief Election Commissioner

(c) Comptroller and Auditor General

(d) Central vigilance Commissioner

(69) Consider the following statements(s):

1. Excluding other countries, Sikkim shares a border only with West Bengal

2. West Bengal shares boundary only with Nepal and not with Bhutan

3. Excluding Sikkim, Assam shares border with all the North Eastern States

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2, only

(c) 2 and 3, only (d) 1 and 3, only

(70) Who among the following directed the film chosen as India’s official entry for the year 2010 Academy Awards?

(a) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (b) Vasanthabalan

(c) Anusha Rizva (d) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(71) Which city is called as “coffee port of Brazil”?

(a) Campos (b) Santos

(c) Sao Paulo (d) Porto Alegre

(72) The IT company which crossed 1-lakh employee strength in December 2010 is

(a) Infosys (b) CTS

(c) Wipro (d) iSoft

(73) World’s first tiger summit was held in the country of

(a) India (b) Sri Lanka

(c) Thailand (d) Russia

(74) Consider the following countries:

1. The Netherlands

2. Luxembourg

3. Belgium

4. Denmark

Which of the above countries share border with Germany?

(a) 1, 3 and 4, only (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(c) 2, 3, and 4, only (d) 1, 2 and 4, only

(75) Match:

List – I (Islands) List – II (Dependent Countries)

A Prince Edward 1 France

B St Paul 2 South Africa

C Diego Garcia 3 UK

D Heard 4 Australia

A B C D A B C D

(a) 2 1 3 4 (b) 1 2 3 4

(c) 2 1 4 3 (d) 1 2 4 3

(76) “Samrupa” is world’s first cloned____

(a) monkey (b) buffalo

(c) dolphin (d) blue whale

(77) India’s first woman foreign secretary was

(a) Nirupama Rao (b) Kamala Nehru

(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Chokila Iyer

(78) India is the world’s ____ largest produce of brinjals, producing 3600 varieties that are cheap and have high yields

(a) first (b) second

(c) third (d) fourth

(79) Which country’s Prime Minister has been appointed as new Secretary-General of NATO?

(a) Italy (b) England

(c) Denmark (d) Sweden

(80) “Saltpetre” is a common name of

(a) Potassium Nitrate (b) Copper Nitrate

(c) Copper Chloride (d) Potassium Chloride

(81) 2010 World Mobile Congress was held in the country of

(a) USA (b) Japan

(c) Spain (d) China

(82) “Mother India”, a book written by Pranay Gupte deals with

(a) Role of Women’s life in India’s freedom struggle

(b) Indira Gandhi

(c) Role of Women’s life in India

(d) Women’s life in IT/ITES Sector

(83) World’s fastest supercomputer is

(a) Tianhe-1A (b) Tianhe–1B

(c) Tianjin-1A (d) Tianjin-1B

(84) 2010 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity was held at

(a) Beijing, China (b) Nagoya, Japan

(c) Bonn, Germany (d) St Petersburg, Russia

(85) Who will be heading the National Innovation Council, which will give shape to the Government’s decision to observe the current decade (2010-2020) as the decade of innovation?

(a) Narayan Murthy (b) M S Swaminathan

(c) Sam Pitroda (d) C Rangarajan

(86) Consider the following statement(s)

1. India is Sri Lanka’s largest trading partner

2. Dia Bingguo is China’s designated special representative for talking about the boundary issue with India

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(87) Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Himachal Pradesh Tourism?

(a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (b) Preity Zinta

(c) Deepika Padukone (d) Katrina Kaif

(88) Who of the following foreign dignitaries were given the honour of addressing in Indian Parliament?

(a) Tony Blair (b) Nicolas Sarkozy

(c) Jimmy Carter (d) Shinzo Abe

(89) Consider the following statement(s)

1. US President Barack Obama was the fourth US President to address in Indian Parliament.

2. Excluding George W Bush all other US President who visited India had addressed Indian Parliament

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(90) India’s first AC double-decker train will be in the ____ railway zone

(a) Southern (b) Eastern

(c) Western (d) Northern

(91) “Indra” is a joint military exercise between

(a) India, France (d) India, USA

(c) India, UK (d) India, Russia

(92) The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for a passenger ferry service between India and Sri Lanka. Initially the service will be between

(a) Rameswaram, Thalaimanar (b) Rameswaram, Colombo

(c) Tuticorin, Colombo (d) Tuticorin, Thalaimanar

(93) Which of the following statement is correct about the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bidding?

(a) Russia won the 2018 bid by defeating the European countries alone.

(b) Qatar which won the 2022 bid was the only Asian country to participate in this.

(c) USA not participated in any of the bidding events.

(d) Russia is set to host the FIFA World Cup for second time.

(94) Which of the following country is not in GCC?

(a) UAE (b) Kuwait

(c) Iran (d) Saudi Arabia

(95) Which of the following companies ranked first in the latest list of “Fortune India 500” companies?

(a) Indian Oil Corporation

(b) Reliance Industries

(c) Tata Motors

(d) State Bank of India

(96) Which was voted as the cleanest country in the world in the latest report of Corruption Perception Index 2010 compiled by Transparency International?

(a) France (b) Canada

(c) Norway (d) Denmark

(97) Against which country did, Sachin Tendulkar scored a minimum number of centuries in Test Cricket?

(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan

(c) New Zealand (d) West Indies

(98) Consider the following statement(s)

1. Bhutan for the first time holds the SAARC Summit in 2010

2. Dhaka and Colombo are the two cities that hosted the SAARC Summit in maximum

Which of the above statement(s) is are/correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(99) Which of the following is correctly matched?

1. Harsh Manglik - Vice-chairman, NASSCOM

2. Rajendra Pawar - Chairman, NASSCOM

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

(100) Which of the following is/are matched correctly in respect with Indian – USA Personalities:

1 Rajiv Shah – Administrator, USAID

2 Vivek Kundra - Federal Chief Information Officer

3 Aneesh Chopra – Chief Technology Officer

(a) 1 and 3, only (b) 2 and 3, only

(c) 1 and 2, only (d) All are correct