WBCS MAIN 2016 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2016 P-4 GK &Current Affairs One liner
WBCS MAIN 2016 – PAPER IV: ONE-LINER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Which radioactive substance is used in dating geological objects?
Answer: C-14
2. Which US state is the largest in terms of land area?
Answer: Alaska
3. Novak Djokovic is a famous player in which sport?
Answer: Tennis
4. Raja Ravi Varma was a famous personality in which field?
Answer: Artist
5. Who is known as the father of Computer Science?
Answer: Alan Turing
6. Who shot dead Michael O’Dwyer, the Governor of Punjab during the 1919 Amritsar massacre?
Answer: Udham Singh
7. If the Earth stops rotating, what happens to the value of ‘g’?
Answer: Increases
8. Who directed the film ‘Chatushkon’?
Answer: Srijit Mukherji
9. Who is referred to as the ‘Father of SMS’?
Answer: Matti Makkonen
10. Which organization was awarded the 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development?
Answer: UNICEF
11. Which of the following elements is not radioactive? (Astatine, Francium, Tritium, Zirconium)
Answer: Zirconium
12. In which year was the social networking site ‘Twitter’ launched?
Answer: 2006
13. Why are patients asked to drink barium sulphate for stomach X-rays?
Answer: X-rays are more absorbed by heavy atoms
14. Who was the Prime Minister when Panchayats were given constitutional status in India?
Answer: P.V. Narasimha Rao
15. Which of the following is not a main organ of the UN? (General Assembly, Security Council, ICJ, ILO)
Answer: International Labour Organization (ILO)
16. In which country is Infosys opening its first overseas campus?
Answer: Japan
17. Which organization’s registration was suspended by the Government of India for FCRA violation?
Answer: Green Peace
18. Duma is the Parliament of which country?
Answer: Russia
19. Which was the world’s first commercial computer?
Answer: UNIVAC-1
20. Under which Act was film actor Sanjay Dutt detained?
Answer: TADA
21. On which river is the Almatti Dam, a hydroelectric project, built?
Answer: Krishna
22. Which country is known as the ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
Answer: Finland
23. What is the currency of Indonesia?
Answer: Rupiah
24. In which device is amorphous silica used?
Answer: Photovoltaic cell
25. Who first experimentally demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves?
Answer: Hertz
26. Sargasso Sea is the other name for which ocean region?
Answer: North Atlantic
27. What is the WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development) report also known as?
Answer: Our Common Future
28. Which country was declared measles-free by WHO in July 2016?
Answer: Namibia
29. In which state was Tarun Bharat Sangh established for water conservation?
Answer: Rajasthan
30. How many member states did the European Union have in 2016?
Answer: 28
31. In which ocean are the highest number of tsunamis recorded?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
32. Which compound is not a persistent organic pollutant? (DDT, Dioxins, Endosulfan, Methane)
Answer: Methane
33. In which year did political activist Jayaprakash Narayan (J.P.) die?
Answer: 1979
34. In which year was the Energy Conservation Act introduced in India?
Answer: 2001
35. On which river is the Tehri Dam built?
Answer: Bhagirathi
36. In which Indian city did Uber open its first engineering hub in Asia?
Answer: Bengaluru
37. Where was the largest oil spill in history recorded?
Answer: Gulf of Mexico
38. For what was the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve mainly created?
Answer: All of the above (Coral reef, Sea horses, Sea cucumber)
39. Who is Luke Aikins?
Answer: Skydiver
40. Water blooms are mostly caused by which organism?
Answer: Cyanobacteria
41. The Basel Convention dates back to which year?
Answer: 1989
42. CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is primarily which gas?
Answer: Methane
43. In which year was the Imperial Bank of India nationalised to form SBI?
Answer: 1955
44. In which year did Sikkim become an Indian state?
Answer: 1975
45. In which year did the UN publish the World Water Development Report?
Answer: 2009
46. Which state launched the ‘Green Passage’ scheme for orphan students?
Answer: Odisha
47. At which city’s World Heritage Committee session was Project ‘Mausam’ presented in 2014?
Answer: Qatar
48. What converts mercury to toxic methyl mercury in the environment?
Answer: Eubacteria
49. What are species extremely sensitive to environmental changes called?
Answer: Sentinel species
50. The Constitution (100th Amendment) Act 2015 relates to which agreement?
Answer: Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh
51. The periwinkle plant provides a drug used to treat which disease?
Answer: Blood cancer
52. In which year was the Man and Biosphere program undertaken?
Answer: 1971
53. Where did the Silent Valley Movement take place?
Answer: Kerala
54. Which country has a stable age pyramid?
Answer: Chile
55. Who was appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission in India in 2016?
Answer: Balbir Singh Chauhan
56. Approximately when did the extinction of dinosaurs occur?
Answer: 65 million years ago
57. Which political leader is wrongly matched with his party? (Ajit Singh)
Answer: Ajit Singh – Bharatiya Janata Party
58. Bioplastics are mostly produced from which microorganism?
Answer: Bacteria
59. In which year was Nepal’s new constitution, opposed by the Madhesis, announced?
Answer: 2015
60. In which year did the Euro currency come into existence?
Answer: 1999
61. What does the Arabari Model in West Bengal represent?
Answer: Joint forestry
62. What is ‘Arktika’?
Answer: A nuclear icebreaker of Russia
63. What is the term for direct and indirect water usage?
Answer: Water footprint
64. Who became the new President of FIFA?
Answer: Gianni Infantino
65. Which country is hosting the 2019 Asian Cup Games?
Answer: United Arab Emirates
66. Which permanent UN committee was Israel elected to chair?
Answer: Legal Committee
67. Who received the Saraswati Samman Award in 2014?
Answer: S. L. Bhyrappa
68. Which organization released the ‘Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016’?
Answer: World Bank
69. Groundwater in Jharana Khurd village was contaminated with which substance?
Answer: Fluoride
70. In which state was the Rotavirus vaccination project first launched?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
71. Which country is carbon negative in nature?
Answer: Bhutan
72. A severe cyclone on the Richter scale corresponds to which value range?
Answer: 7-7.9
73. What is the average per capita municipal solid waste generated per day in India?
Answer: 500g
74. At what depth is the Abyssal Zone found?
Answer: 4000-6000m
75. What percentage of the world’s mangrove forests does India constitute?
Answer: 7%
76. Which country hosted the 2nd World Internet Conference in 2015?
Answer: China
77. What is the national animal of Bhutan?
Answer: Takin
78. What does SEBI stand for?
Answer: Securities and Exchange Board of India
79. On which date is World Tsunami Awareness Day observed?
Answer: November 5
80. Which country produces the highest amount of wind energy (per capita)?
Answer: Denmark
81. Who won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award in 2016?
Answer: Henri Tiphagne
82. What is the objective of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?
Answer: Free LPG connections to BPL families
83. The Kalundborg model is followed in which field?
Answer: Zero waste management
84. Who was the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission?
Answer: Ranganath Mishra
85. Which book is written by Shashi Tharoor?
Answer: India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time
86. In which country was hydrogen from sea water first produced?
Answer: Finland
87. Where is the headquarters of NATO located?
Answer: Brussels
88. Which animal did the Himachal Pradesh High Court consider declaring as vermin in 2016?
Answer: Monkey
89. In which country is maximum waterlogging in farmland observed?
Answer: Egypt
90. What does the Hubbert curve denote?
Answer: Global Oil Production
91. In which country was the world’s first eco-city built?
Answer: France
92. What is meant by disaster mitigation?
Answer: Minimizing the possible effects of a disaster
93. Fly ash contains which of the following elements? (Si, Al, Fe)
Answer: All of the above
94. Where in India was zero waste management first successfully implemented?
Answer: Vellore
95. When was the 20-point economic programme first announced by the Indian Prime Minister?
Answer: 1975
96. Who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: Svetlana Alexievich
97. In which city was the convention on anti-dumping of liquid waste held?
Answer: Basel
98. Which statement about the Panama expansion project is NOT true?
Answer: The expansion tripled the Canal’s Capacity
99. Which of the following is a natural disaster? (Bhopal Gas tragedy, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez, Uttarakhand forest fire)
Answer: Uttarakhand forest fire
100. Which of the following is not a biosphere reserve in India? (Gulf of Mannar, Nanda Devi, Bhitarkanika, Sundarbans)
Answer: Bhitarkanika
WBCS MAIN 2016 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2016 – PAPER IV: MCQ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Radioactive substance used in dating geological object is
(A) C-12
(B) C-11
(C) C-14
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (C) C-14
2. Which of the following states is the largest in the USA in terms of land area?
(A) Alaska
(B) Arizona
(C) Nevada
(D) Texas
Correct Answer: (A) Alaska
3. Novak Djokovic is a famous player in the field of
(A) Tennis
(B) Cricket
(C) Carrom
(D) Table Tennis
Correct Answer: (A) Tennis
4. Raja Ravi Varma was a famous
(A) Athlete
(B) Artist
(C) Dancer
(D) Theatre personality
Correct Answer: (B) Artist
5. Who is the father of Computer Science?
(A) Alan Turing
(B) Adam Osborne
(C) John Moore
(D) Neal Stephenson
Correct Answer: (A) Alan Turing
6. Michael O’Dwyer, who had been Governor of Punjab in colonial India at the time of the Amritsar massacre in 1919, was shot dead in 1940, by
(A) Udham Singh
(B) Balbir Singh
(C) Rajendra Singh
(D) Jaipal Singh
Correct Answer: (A) Udham Singh
7. If the earth stops rotating, the value of ‘g’
(A) increases
(B) decreases
(C) remain unchanged
(D) becomes zero
Correct Answer: (A) increases
8. Who is the Director of the film ‘Chatushkon’?
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Aparna Sen
(C) Srijit Mukherji
(D) Anjan Ghosh
Correct Answer: (C) Srijit Mukherji
9. Who is referred to as the ‘Father of SMS’?
(A) Jamie Lannister
(B) Ross Bolton
(C) Matti Makkonen
(D) None of them
Correct Answer: (C) Matti Makkonen
10. The 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is awarded to
(A) UNHCR
(B) UNICEF
(C) UNESCO
(D) WHO
Correct Answer: (B) UNICEF
11. Which one of the following is not radioactive?
(A) Astatine
(B) Francium
(C) Tritium
(D) Zirconium
Correct Answer: (D) Zirconium
12. The social networking site ‘Twitter’ was launched in
(A) 2003
(B) 2004
(C) 2005
(D) 2006
Correct Answer: (D) 2006
13. The patient is asked to drink barium sulphate (BaSO₄) for examining the stomach by X-rays because X-rays are
(A) less absorbed by heavy atoms
(B) more absorbed by heavy atoms
(C) reflected by heavy atoms
(D) refracted by heavy atoms
Correct Answer: (B) more absorbed by heavy atoms
14. Who, among the following, was the Prime Minister when Panchayats were given constitutional status in India?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) V.P. Singh
(C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(D) Rajiv Gandhi
Correct Answer: (C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
15. Which of the following is not a main organ of the U.N.?
(A) General Assembly
(B) Security Council
(C) International Court of Justice
(D) International Labour Organization
Correct Answer: (D) International Labour Organization
16. Infosys is opening its first overseas campus in
(A) USA
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) China
Correct Answer: (B) Japan
17. Which of the following organization’s registration had been suspended by the Government of India for violation of FCRA?
(A) Ford Foundation
(B) Green Peace
(C) Amnesty International
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Green Peace
18. Duma is the Parliament of
(A) Russia
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) Iran
Correct Answer: (A) Russia
19. Which one of the following computers is the world’s first commercial computer?
(A) Ferranti Mark-1
(B) Mark-1 star
(C) UNIVAC-1
(D) IBM-704
Correct Answer: (C) UNIVAC-1
20. Sanjay Dutt, the noted film actor, had been detained under which Act?
(A) TADA
(B) IPC-Section 302
(C) Anti-Defection Act
(D) Narcotics Act
Correct Answer: (A) TADA
21. The Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the river
(A) Cauvery
(B) Krishna
(C) Ganges
(D) Godavari
Correct Answer: (B) Krishna
22. Which country is called the ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
(A) Finland
(B) Ireland
(C) Canada
(D) Australia
Correct Answer: (A) Finland
23. The currency of Indonesia is
(A) Rupiah
(B) Dinar
(C) Ringgit
(D) Riyal
Correct Answer: (A) Rupiah
24. Silica in amorphous form is used in
(A) photovoltaic cell
(B) conductivity cell
(C) standard hydrogen electrode
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) photovoltaic cell
25. Who firstly demonstrated experimentally the existence of electromagnetic waves?
(A) Hertz
(B) Römer
(C) Marconi
(D) Maxwell
Correct Answer: (A) Hertz
26. Sargasso Sea is the other name of
(A) North Atlantic
(B) South Atlantic
(C) North Pacific
(D) South Pacific
Correct Answer: (A) North Atlantic
27. WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development) report is also called
(A) Our common enemy
(B) Silent Spring
(C) Our common goal
(D) Our common future
Correct Answer: (D) Our common future
28. Which country has been declared by WHO as free of measles in July, 2016?
(A) China
(B) Brazil
(C) Namibia
(D) Pakistan
Correct Answer: (C) Namibia
29. Tarun Bharat Sangh was established for water conservation in
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: (C) Rajasthan
30. How many member states does the European Union have?
(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 34
Correct Answer: (A) 28
31. The number of tsunamis are highest in
(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) Bay of Bengal
Correct Answer: (B) Pacific Ocean
32. The following compound is not a persistent organic pollutant:
(A) DDT
(B) Dioxins
(C) Endosulfan
(D) Methane
Correct Answer: (D) Methane
33. Political activist, Jayaprakash Narayan, who was widely known as J.P., died in
(A) 1979
(B) 1981
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
Correct Answer: (A) 1979
34. Energy Conservation Act was introduced in India since
(A) 2000
(B) 2001
(C) 2003
(D) 2005
Correct Answer: (B) 2001
35. On which river is the Tehri Dam built?
(A) Godavari
(B) Bhagirathi
(C) Indus
(D) Brahmaputra
Correct Answer: (B) Bhagirathi
36. Where has Uber opened its first engineering hub in Asia?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kolkata
(D) Pune
Correct Answer: (B) Bengaluru
37. The largest oil spill so far was recorded from
(A) Alaska
(B) Gulf of Mexico
(C) Persian Gulf
(D) Arabian Sea
Correct Answer: (B) Gulf of Mexico
38. The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve was mainly created to protect
(A) Coral reef
(B) Sea horses
(C) Sea cucumber
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
39. Luke Aikins is a
(A) Skydiver
(B) Sprinter
(C) Swimmer
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Skydiver
40. Water blooms are mostly caused by
(A) cyanobacteria
(B) diatoms
(C) dinoflagellates
(D) green algae
Correct Answer: (A) cyanobacteria
41. Basel convention is dated back to
(A) 1978
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1989
Correct Answer: (D) 1989
42. CNG is the other name of
(A) ethylene
(B) ethane
(C) methane
(D) acetylene
Correct Answer: (C) methane
43. When was the Imperial Bank of India nationalised to form the State Bank of India?
(A) 1947
(B) 1950
(C) 1952
(D) 1955
Correct Answer: (D) 1955
44. Sikkim became an Indian state in
(A) 1973
(B) 1975
(C) 1979
(D) 1981
Correct Answer: (B) 1975
45. The United Nations published the World Water Development Report in
(A) 2005
(B) 2007
(C) 2009
(D) 2011
Correct Answer: (C) 2009
46. Which state government in India has decided to launch a scheme named ‘Green Passage’ for Orphan Students for promotion of higher studies for them?
(A) Bihar
(B) Gujarat
(C) Odisha
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer: (C) Odisha
47. Project ‘Mausam’ launched by India in June 2014 was presented to an international audience at the 38th session of World Heritage Committee held at
(A) Dubai
(B) Abu Dhabi
(C) Qatar
(D) Oman
Correct Answer: (C) Qatar
48. The conversion of mercury to methyl mercury is brought about by
(A) cyanobacteria
(B) Eubacteria
(C) fungi
(D) algae
Correct Answer: (B) Eubacteria
49. The species which are extremely sensitive to the environment are also called
(A) keystone species
(B) sentinel species
(C) endangered species
(D) vulnerable species
Correct Answer: (B) sentinel species
50. The Constitution One Hundredth Amendment Act 2015 of India relates to
(A) Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh
(B) Free compulsory education for children from 6 to 14 years
(C) Disqualification of members of a House on Defection
(D) Legislative procedure
Correct Answer: (A) Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh
51. Rasy Periwinkle gives the drug for
(A) malaria
(B) blood cancer
(C) hyper tension
(D) anaemia
Correct Answer: (B) blood cancer
52. Man and Biosphere program was undertaken in
(A) 1971
(B) 1973
(C) 1975
(D) 1980
Correct Answer: (A) 1971
53. Silent Valley Movement took place in
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Kerala
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: (C) Kerala
54. The country with stable age pyramid is
(A) China
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Germany
Correct Answer: (B) Chile
55. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 21st Law Commission in India in 2016?
(A) Vivek Kumar
(B) Balbir Singh Chauhan
(C) Ramesh Negi
(D) D. Srivastava
Correct Answer: (B) Balbir Singh Chauhan
56. The extinction of Dinosaurs occurred approximately
(A) 25 million years ago (mya)
(B) 45 mya
(C) 65 mya
(D) 80 mya
Correct Answer: (C) 65 mya
57. Which of the following is/are wrongly matched?
(A) Badruddin Ajmal – All India United Democratic Front
(B) Prafulla K. Mahanta – Asom Gana Parishad
(C) Ajit Singh – Bharatiya Janata Party
(D) Uddhav Thackeray – Shiv Sena
Correct Answer: (C) Ajit Singh – Bharatiya Janata Party
58. Bioplastic mostly is produced from
(A) bacteria
(B) algae
(C) fungi
(D) protozoa
Correct Answer: (A) bacteria
59. Nepal’s new Constitution against which Madhesis are agitating was announced in
(A) 2012
(B) 2013
(C) 2014
(D) 2015
Correct Answer: (D) 2015
60. In which year did the Euro, the currency of the European Union, come into existence?
(A) 1999
(B) 2000
(C) 2003
(D) 2005
Correct Answer: (A) 1999
61. Arabari Model is representing
(A) Social forestry
(B) Joint forestry
(C) Sustainable forestry
(D) Farm forestry
Correct Answer: (B) Joint forestry
62. Arktika is
(A) A project of India in the Arctic Ocean
(B) A nuclear icebreaker of Russia
(C) A rescue ship of USA
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) A nuclear icebreaker of Russia
63. The direct and indirect water usage is called
(A) water indicator
(B) water usage
(C) water balance
(D) water footprint
Correct Answer: (D) water footprint
64. Who is the new President of FIFA?
(A) Hong Martin
(B) Edwards Mike
(C) Sepp Blatter
(D) Gianni Infantino
Correct Answer: (D) Gianni Infantino
65. The 2019 Asian Cup Games is to be hosted by
(A) India
(B) Ecuador
(C) United Arab Emirates
(D) Japan
Correct Answer: (C) United Arab Emirates
66. Israel was elected as chair of following permanent committee of the U.N.:
(A) Economic and Financial Committee
(B) Legal Committee
(C) Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
(D) Administrative and Budgetary Committee
Correct Answer: (B) Legal Committee
67. The Saraswati Samman Award 2014 was received by
(A) Veerappa Moily
(B) Govind Mishra
(C) S. L. Bhyrappa
(D) Surjit Paatar
Correct Answer: (C) S. L. Bhyrappa
68. Which organization has released the Report titled ‘Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016’?
(A) IMF
(B) World Bank
(C) OECD
(D) ADB
Correct Answer: (B) World Bank
69. The Jharana Khurd village suffered from the contamination of ground water with
(A) arsenic
(B) fluoride
(C) nickel
(D) copper
Correct Answer: (B) fluoride
70. In which state among the below mentioned states was the Rotavirus vaccination project first launched?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Jharkhand
Correct Answer: (A) Madhya Pradesh
71. The following country is carbon negative in nature:
(A) Nepal
(B) India
(C) Bhutan
(D) China
Correct Answer: (C) Bhutan
72. A severe cyclone in Richter scale has a value of
(A) 4-4.9
(B) 5-5.9
(C) 6-6.9
(D) 7-7.9
Correct Answer: (D) 7-7.9
73. Average per capita municipal solid waste generated per day in India is up to
(A) 100g
(B) 200g
(C) 300g
(D) 500g
Correct Answer: (D) 500g
74. The Abyssal Zone is at a depth of
(A) 1000-2000m
(B) 2000-4000m
(C) 4000-6000m
(D) 6000-8000m
Correct Answer: (C) 4000-6000m
75. The Mangrove forest of India constitute what per cent of the total mangrove forest of the world?
(A) 5%
(B) 7%
(C) 10%
(D) 14%
Correct Answer: (B) 7%
76. The 2nd World Internet Conference 2015 was hosted by
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) Germany
(D) China
Correct Answer: (D) China
77. The national animal of Bhutan is
(A) Nilgai
(B) Takin
(C) Cow
(D) Snow Leopard
Correct Answer: (B) Takin
78. SEBI stands for which of the following?
(A) Science and Engineering Board of India
(B) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(C) Social Equity Bureau of India
(D) Science and Educational Board of India
Correct Answer: (B) Securities and Exchange Board of India
79. On which date is World Tsunami Awareness day observed?
(A) October 20
(B) November 5
(C) November 10
(D) December 5
Correct Answer: (B) November 5
80. The country that produces highest amount of wind energy is
(A) Netherlands
(B) Sweden
(C) Denmark
(D) Belgium
Correct Answer: (C) Denmark
81. Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016 has been won by
(A) Jawahar Mishra
(B) Kalyan Singh
(C) Henri Tiphagne
(D) Martin Macwan
Correct Answer: (C) Henri Tiphagne
82. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a central government scheme in India to provide
(A) affordable homes for all
(B) free LPG connections to BPL families
(C) crop insurance scheme
(D) electrification of all villages
Correct Answer: (B) free LPG connections to BPL families
83. Kalundborg model is followed in
(A) solid waste management
(B) air pollution control
(C) zero waste management
(D) green technology
Correct Answer: (C) zero waste management
84. Who was the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission?
(A) J.S. Verma
(B) A.S. Anand
(C) Ranganath Mishra
(D) H.L. Dattu
Correct Answer: (C) Ranganath Mishra
85. Which of the following books is written by Shashi Tharoor?
(A) Thoughts and Reflections
(B) Beyond Survival
(C) Standing Guard—a year in Opposition
(D) India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time
Correct Answer: (D) India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time
86. Hydrogen from sea water was first introduced in
(A) Spain
(B) Italy
(C) Finland
(D) Iceland
Correct Answer: (C) Finland
87. The Headquarter of NATO is in
(A) Brussels
(B) Bonn
(C) New York
(D) Hague
Correct Answer: (A) Brussels
88. In April, 2016 the Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notices to the union and State governments on issue of declaring which animal as vermin?
(A) Monkey
(B) Dog
(C) Cat
(D) Deer
Correct Answer: (A) Monkey
89. Maximum water logging in the farmland is observed in
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Pakistan
(D) Egypt
Correct Answer: (D) Egypt
90. Hubbert curve denotes
(A) Global Biodiversity
(B) Global Oil Production
(C) Global Food Production
(D) Global Forest Cover
Correct Answer: (B) Global Oil Production
91. The first ecocity of the world was built in
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) Brazil
(D) UK
Correct Answer: (B) France
92. What is meant by disaster mitigation?
(A) Planning how to respond to a disaster
(B) Returning the community to normal conditions
(C) Taking immediate measures to save life and property
(D) Minimizing the possible effects of a disaster
Correct Answer: (D) Minimizing the possible effects of a disaster
93. Fly ash contains
(A) Si
(B) Al
(C) Fe
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
94. Zero waste management was first successfully implemented at
(A) Vellore
(B) Chennai
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Mysore
Correct Answer: (A) Vellore
95. When, for the first time, was a 20 point economic programme announced by the Indian Prime Minister?
(A) 1971
(B) 1974
(C) 1975
(D) 1978
Correct Answer: (C) 1975
96. The 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature was won by
(A) Alice Munro
(B) Patrick Modiano
(C) Svetlana Alexievich
(D) Doris Lessing
Correct Answer: (C) Svetlana Alexievich
97. Anti dumping of liquid waste was taken up in
(A) London
(B) Basel
(C) Geneva
(D) Bern
Correct Answer: (B) Basel
98. Which is not true about PANAMA expansion project?
(A) It is re-opened in June, 2016
(B) It is third set of Locks Project
(C) The expansion tripled the Canal’s Capacity
(D) It connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean
Correct Answer: (C) The expansion tripled the Canal’s Capacity
99. Which one of the following is a natural disaster?
(A) Bhopal Gas tragedy
(B) Chernobyl accident
(C) Exxon Valdez spill
(D) Uttarakhand forest fire
Correct Answer: (D) Uttarakhand forest fire
100. The following is not a biosphere reserve in India:
(A) Gulf of Mannar
(B) Nanda Devi
(C) Bhitarkanika
(D) Sundarbans
Correct Answer: (C) Bhitarkanika