1. The Rohingya boat refugees belong to;
Ans: Myanmar
2. Who is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?
Ans: YV Reddy
3. NITI Aayog was formed on;
Ans: 1st January 2015
4. 'Vyapam' is the professional examination board of;
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
5. Who is the President of the Kerala Sahitya Academy?
Ans: Perumbadavam Sreedharan
6. Which Article of the Constitution deals with Review Petition'?
Ans: Article 137
7. What is the subject matter of Article 331 of the Constitution;
Ans: Nomination of two Anglo Indian members to Lok Sabha
8. Who served as the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha twice;
Ans: M Thambi Durai
9. Which is the longest session of the Lok Sabha;
Ans: Budget Session
10. The Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
(MPLADS) was introduced in;
Ans: 1993
11. Which among the followings is described as the Indian innovation to the Parliamentary system?
(a) Zero Hoar (b) Half-an-Hour discussion
(c) No-Day-Yet-Named Motion (d) Calling Attention
Ans: d
12. Which program is the restructured form of Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana;
(a)National Rural Livelihood Mission
(b) National Rural Health Mission
(c) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
(d) Swavalamban Scheme
Ans: a
13.Which program is described as the worlds largest initiative to improve the livelihood of the poor
(a) Swavalamban Scheme (b) National Rural Livelihood Mission
(c) IRDP (d) MGNREGA
Ans: b
14. The Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on;
Ans: August 23, 2005
15. The scheme formed by merging the Employment Assurance Scheme & Jawahar Gram Samridhi Warta is;
(a) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
(b) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
(c) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(d) Sampoorna Grameen Rosgar Yojana
Ans: d
16. Which was the first scheme exclusively meant for ameliorating urban alum dwellers;
(a) JnNURM (b) VAMBAY (c)RSBY (d) PMRY
Ans: b
17. Public health and sanitation fall in which list of the Constitution;
Ans: State List
18. How many banks were Nationalised in 1980;
Ans: 6
19. Which is the oldest public sector bank in India?
Ans: Bank of Allahabad
20. National Mathematics Day is observed on;
Ans: December 22
21. Alcohol contains;
Ans: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
22. Which Commission studied about the Telumkana issue?
Ans: Sreekrishna Commission
23. Which was the new organisation formed by the UN General Assembly in 2010;
Ans: UN Women
24. Which of the following crops help in nitrogen fixation?
(a) Maize (b)Wheat (c) Rice (d) Beans
Ans: d
25. Most of the light rays inside a tube light are in the form of:
(a) Visible Light (b) Infra Red (c) Ultraviolet (d) Bright Light
Ans: c
26. The decimal system of currency was introduced in India in the
Year:
Ans: 1957
27. Kyoto Protocol deals with:
(a) Endangered Species (b) Green House Gas Reduction
(c) Ban on Nuclear Test (d) New Plant Varieties
Ans: b
28. The National Green Tribunal was launched on;
Ans: 19th October 2011
29. Indian Constitution adopted the principle of suspension of fundamental rights during emergency from;
Ans: Germany
30. Who coined the phrase 'Unity in Diversity' to describe India;
Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru
31. After walking for hours, muscle cramps due to the accumulation of;
(a) Oxygen (b) Carbon dioxide (c) Lactic Acid (d) Calcium
Ans: c
32. What is the function of the villus, which is the inner walls of the small intestine;
(a) Absorption of digested food
(b) Protection of the intestine from microbes
(c) Absorption of water from undigested food
(d) Enzyme secretion
Ans: a
33. Who was the first Deputy Chief ' Minister of Kerala?
Ans: R Sankar
34. What is the reason for the difficulty in breathing in high altitude;
(a) Atmospheric Pressure low (b) Lungs shrink in high altitude
(c) High humidity (d) Oxygen level is low
Ans: d
35. The scheme launched to make cities free from slums is;
(a) Bharat Nirman (b) Indira Awas Yojana
(c) Rajiv Awas Yojana (d) VAMBAY
Ans: c
36. Which Indian state was the first to launch health insurance policy, covering all its population?
Ans: Goa
37. Candela is a unit of ____;
(a) Electric Current (b) Electrical Potential
(c) Relative Hardness (d) Light Intensity
Ans: d
38. The first mutual fund to operate in India is;
(a) LIC (b) GC1 (c) IRDA (d) UPI
Ans: d
