WBCS MAIN 2019 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2019 P-4 GK &Current Affairs One liner
WBCS MAIN 2019 – PAPER IV: ONE-LINER QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Which state government’s Medical & Health Department received the WHO’s ‘World No Tobacco Day Award, 2019’?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
2. Who was appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of UN-Women on May 30, 2019?
Answer: Anita Bhatia
3. Which Indian was felicitated with Mexico’s highest civilian award ‘Order of the Aztec Eagle’ in 2019?
Answer: Pranab Mukherjee
4. In which city is the Elephantia Festival of Art and Culture held?
Answer: New Delhi
5. In which city was India’s first Tree Ambulance launched?
Answer: Ahmedabad
6. Which bank launched the ‘Bank on Wheels’ service?
Answer: State Bank of India
7. Which Ministry launched the ‘Artisan Speak’ initiative?
Answer: Ministry of Textiles
8. Where is the “Vivek Smarak” – Swami Vivekananda Value Education and Cultural Centre located?
Answer: West Bengal
9. Which Indian Lake possesses 20% of India’s sea-grass distribution?
Answer: Chilka Lake
10. In which institution was voting held for the first time in India for mentally ill patients on April 18, 2019?
Answer: Institute of Mental Health, Ayanavaram
11. Who wrote the Punjabi poem “Khooni Vaishakhi” about the Jalianwala Bagh massacre?
Answer: Nanak Singh
12. In which country did India rebuild the Kundeing Monastery?
Answer: Nepal
13. Who became the first Indian woman scientist to be selected as Fellow of the Royal Society?
Answer: Gagandeep Kang
14. Which disease saw a 300% increase globally in the first quarter of 2019 according to WHO?
Answer: Polio
15. What is ‘Nirbhay’ that DRDO successfully test-fired on April 15, 2019?
Answer: Sub-sonic cruise missile
16. In which country did Google Wing launch the first ever home delivery drone service?
Answer: Australia
17. Who was named the Wisden Almanack leading cricketer of the year 2018?
Answer: Virat Kohli
18. Which country’s army ousted and arrested president Omar-Al-Bashir on April 11, 2019?
Answer: Sudan
19. Who joined IMF as its chief economist on January 8, 2019?
Answer: Gita Gopinath
20. Which two countries were named the first and second best performing country in the Climate Change Performance Index, 2019?
Answer: Sweden and Morocco
21. Where is shoal grassland found in India?
Answer: Andaman-Nicobar
22. What was the profession of Volodymyr Zelensky before becoming President of Ukraine?
Answer: Comedian
23. How many times has Sheikh Hasina been elected as Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
Answer: Four Times
24. Which three companies launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins?
Answer: Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum
25. What is ‘Arribada’?
Answer: Mass Nestling of Olive Ridley
26. Binapani Devi was the matriarch of which community?
Answer: Matua
27. On which river has the central government approved the ‘Keery Hydro Power Project’?
Answer: Chenab
28. Which city bagged the award for the cleanest city for the third straight year in Swachh Survekshan, 2019?
Answer: Indore
29. Which was the route of India’s first Rajdhani Express that turned 50 on March 3, 2019?
Answer: Howrah-New Delhi
30. Which sport was included in the 2022 Asian Games?
Answer: Pencak Silat
31. Which country named cyclone ‘Fani’?
Answer: Bangladesh
32. In which year was Satyajit Ray’s first film ‘Pather Panchali’ released?
Answer: 1955
33. In which year was the Howrah Bridge opened to the public?
Answer: 1943
34. Which was the first newspaper published in the Bengali language?
Answer: Samachar Darpan
35. In which year did the Princely State of Cooch Behar merge with West Bengal?
Answer: 1950
36. Who was the first Sultan of Bengal?
Answer: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
37. In which year did the Bengal famine occur?
Answer: 1943
38. In which year was Chandannagar integrated into West Bengal?
Answer: 1954
39. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court?
Answer: Sir Barnes Peacock
40. What is the total number of seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly?
Answer: 295
41. Which Viceroy suggested the construction of Victoria Memorial in Kolkata?
Answer: Lord Curzon
42. Which is the State Animal of West Bengal?
Answer: Fishing Cat
43. The Poona Pact was an agreement between which two leaders?
Answer: Gandhi and Ambedkar
44. In which year did Swami Vivekananda establish the Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer: 1897
45. From which date did the Constituent Assembly of India start functioning?
Answer: December 9, 1946
46. What is the time difference between India and London?
Answer: 4 Hours 30 Minutes
47. Which is the world’s wettest continent?
Answer: South America
48. Who can declare a financial emergency in India?
Answer: President
49. Which is India’s first multi-purpose river valley project?
Answer: Damodar Valley
50. Who scripted Gandhi’s favourite song “Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahive…”?
Answer: Premanand
51. Where were the 2020 Summer Olympics scheduled to be held?
Answer: Tokyo
52. Who authored the book “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny”?
Answer: Amartya Sen
53. “Playing it my way” is the autobiography of which cricketer?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
54. Who said, “Man is by nature a political animal”?
Answer: Aristotle
55. What is the National aquatic animal of India?
Answer: River Dolphin
56. How many official languages are there in the UNO?
Answer: 6
57. How many operational commands are there in the Indian Army?
Answer: 7
58. What is the currency of Italy?
Answer: Euro
59. What is the currency of Myanmar?
Answer: Kyat
60. Which is the capital of Bulgaria?
Answer: Sofia
61. Shura-e-Milli is the Parliament of which country?
Answer: Afghanistan
62. Who predicted the existence of black holes?
Answer: Einstein
63. Which city is known as the ‘City of Eternal Spring’?
Answer: Quito
64. What is the border line between Pakistan and Afghanistan called?
Answer: Durand Line
65. Where is the headquarters of the ILO located?
Answer: Geneva
66. Where is ‘India House’ situated?
Answer: London
67. The Rohinton Bari Trophy is related to which sport?
Answer: Inter-University Cricket Competition
68. The terms Deuce, Booster, Spikers, Service, Love are related to which sport?
Answer: Volleyball
69. Who won the Man Booker Prize in 2018?
Answer: Anna Burns
70. Who won the 68th edition of the Miss World Pageant?
Answer: Vanessa Ponce
71. Along with Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, who was the recipient of the Bharat Ratna in 2019?
Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
72. Mirabai Chanu was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2018 for which discipline?
Answer: Weightlifting
73. What does ‘CSIR’ stand for?
Answer: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
74. Where is the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located?
Answer: Kalpakkam
75. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram
76. When did West Bengal become a state?
Answer: January 26, 1950
77. Where was the opening match of the ICC World Cup 2019 between England and South Africa held?
Answer: The Oval
78. Which was the first plant grown on the moon?
Answer: Cotton
79. Habitats resulting from lava flow are an example of which type of succession?
Answer: Primary succession
80. Which of the following organisms is an endosymbiont? (Anabaena/Azotobacter/Clostridium/Nitrobacter)
Answer: Anabaena
81. Which nutrient cycle is considered a sedentary cycle?
Answer: Phosphorus (P) cycle
82. Fluoride in the environment primarily comes from which mineral?
Answer: Fluorite
83. Black foot disease primarily occurs due to the toxicity of which element?
Answer: Arsenic
84. What is the percentage of freshwater on Earth?
Answer: 2-5%
85. Which of the following is NOT a macronutrient? (Mg/Ca/Fe/K)
Answer: Iron (Fe)
86. In which year was the Disaster Management Act enacted?
Answer: 2005
87. Operation ‘Surya Hope’ was related to which disaster?
Answer: Kerala flood
88. From which part of the plant is loss of water maximum?
Answer: Leaf surface
89. What is the maximum width of the tropopause?
Answer: 20 Km
90. At what distance from Earth’s surface does the Thermosphere start?
Answer: 80 Km
91. Which bacteria may be used to mitigate an oil spill?
Answer: Pseudomonas
92. Which gas is involved in ‘stone cancer’ (marble cancer)?
Answer: SO₂ (Sulphur Dioxide)
93. Which element is NOT present in DDT? (C/H/P/Cl)
Answer: Phosphorus (P)
94. Which name is associated with rainwater harvesting in India?
Answer: Rajendra Singh
95. Which hepatitis virus is waterborne?
Answer: Hepatitis A
96. What should be the pH range for drinking water?
Answer: 6.5-7.5
97. In which year did Silent Valley become a national park?
Answer: 1984
98. At what temperature should water be maintained for measuring BOD?
Answer: 20°C
WBCS MAIN 2019 P-4 GK &Current Affairs MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2019 – PAPER IV: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Which state government’s Medical & Health Department has received the WHO’s ‘World No Tobacco Day Award, 2019’?
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) West Bengal
Correct Answer: (C) Chhattisgarh
2. Who among the following has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of UN-Women on May 30, 2019?
(A) Narayani Shastri
(B) Anita Bhatia
(C) Ritu Jhingon
(D) Lakshmi Puri
Correct Answer: (B) Anita Bhatia
3. Name the Indian who has been felicitated with Mexico’s highest civilian award ‘Order of the Aztec Eagle’ in 2019?
(A) Ram Nath Kovind
(B) Pratibha Patil
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Sonia Gandhi
Correct Answer: (C) Pranab Mukherjee
4. The Elephantia Festival of Art and Culture is held in which city of India?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Thiruvananthapuram
(C) Jaipur
(D) Mumbai
Correct Answer: (A) New Delhi
5. In which city India’s first Tree Ambulance has recently been launched?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Chennai
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Mumbai
Correct Answer: (C) Ahmedabad
6. Which of the following banks has launched the ‘Bank on Wheels’ service?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Axis Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) Indian Overseas Bank
Correct Answer: (A) State Bank of India
7. Which of the following Ministry launched the Artisan Speak?
(A) Ministry of Culture
(B) Ministry of Tourism
(C) Ministry of Textiles
(D) Ministry of External Affairs
Correct Answer: (C) Ministry of Textiles
8. Where is the “Vivek Smarak” – the Swami Vivekananda Value Education and Cultural Centre located?
(A) Telangana
(B) West Bengal
(C) Karnataka
(D) Bihar
Correct Answer: (B) West Bengal
9. Which of the Indian Lake possesses 20% of India’s sea-grass distribution?
(A) Chilka Lake
(B) Loktak Lake
(C) Dal Lake
(D) Mansar Lake
Correct Answer: (A) Chilka Lake
10. In which of the following institutions, the first time ever in India, voting was held in the campus of an institution for mentally ill on April 18, 2019?
(A) Spandana Institute of Mental Health
(B) Institute of Mental Health, Hyderabad
(C) Institute of Mental Health, Ayanavaram
(D) Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata
Correct Answer: (C) Institute of Mental Health, Ayanavaram
11. A book containing English translation of the 100 year old classic Punjabi poem about Jalianwala Bagh massacre, “Khooni Vaishakhi” has been released in Abu Dhabi. What is the name of Jalianwala Bagh survivor who wrote it after witnessing first-hand the events of April 13, 1919?
(A) Manmohan Singh
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Lal Singh Dil
(D) Nanak Singh
Correct Answer: (D) Nanak Singh
12. In which country India has rebuilt Kundeing Monastery?
(A) Thailand
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Nepal
(D) Bhutan
Correct Answer: (C) Nepal
13. Who has become the first Indian woman scientist to have been selected as Fellow of the Royal Society in the 359 year history of the prestigious scientific academy?
(A) Mangala Narlikar
(B) Gagandeep Kang
(C) Nandini Harinath
(D) Aditi Pant
Correct Answer: (B) Gagandeep Kang
14. World Health Organization has raised alarm over a 300 per cent increase in the case of which disease globally in the first quarter of 2019 compared with last year?
(A) Cancer
(B) Polio
(C) Diabetes
(D) AIDS
Correct Answer: (B) Polio
15. Defence Research and Development Organization on April 15, 2019 successfully test fired Nirbhay. What is Nirbhay?
(A) Pilotless aircraft
(B) Radar
(C) Missile launcher vessel
(D) Sub-sonic cruise missile
Correct Answer: (D) Sub-sonic cruise missile
16. In which country the first ever home delivery drone service has been launched by Google Wing?
(A) Australia
(B) Canada
(C) France
(D) South Korea
Correct Answer: (A) Australia
17. Who has been named as the Wisden Almanack leading cricketer of the year 2018?
(A) Jos Buttler
(B) Sam Curran
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Shakib Al Hasan
Correct Answer: (C) Virat Kohli
18. Which country’s army ousted and arrested president Omar-Al-Bashir on April 11, 2019?
(A) Sudan
(B) South Sudan
(C) Somalia
(D) Egypt
Correct Answer: (A) Sudan
19. Who has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist on January 8, 2019?
(A) Jayanto Ghosh
(B) Gita Gopinath
(C) Raghuram Rajan
(D) Indra Nooyi
Correct Answer: (B) Gita Gopinath
20. Which of the following two countries named the first and second best performing country after the Climate Change Performance Index, 2019?
(A) Norway and Iceland
(B) Sweden and Bhutan
(C) Bhutan and Finland
(D) Sweden and Morocco
Correct Answer: (D) Sweden and Morocco
21. Where is the shoal grassland found in India?
(A) Western Ghats
(B) Sundarban
(C) Andaman-Nicobar
(D) Himalayas
Correct Answer: (C) Andaman-Nicobar
22. What was the profession of Volodymyr Zelensky before elected as the President of Ukraine?
(A) Singer
(B) Comedian
(C) Doctor
(D) Soldier
Correct Answer: (B) Comedian
23. How many times Sheikh Hasina has been elected as Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
(A) Two Times
(B) Three Times
(C) Four Times
(D) Five Times
Correct Answer: (C) Four Times
24. Which three companies have launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins?
(A) Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum
(B) Bharat Petroleum, ONGC and Indian Oil
(C) Indian Oil, Oil India Limited and Hindustan Petroleum
(D) ONGC, Oil India Limited and Bharat Petroleum
Correct Answer: (A) Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum
25. What is ‘Arribada’?
(A) Mass Nestling of Olive Ridley
(B) Setting up a habitat by Red Panda
(C) Colony formation by Penguin
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Mass Nestling of Olive Ridley
26. Binapani Devi was the matriarch of which community?
(A) Mech
(B) Bauris
(C) Rabha
(D) Matua
Correct Answer: (D) Matua
27. On which river has the central government approved ‘Keery Hydro Power Project’?
(A) Mahananda
(B) Chenab
(C) Teesta
(D) Jhelum
Correct Answer: (B) Chenab
28. Which city bagged award for the cleanest city for third straight year in Swachh Survekshan, 2019?
(A) Pune
(B) Amaravati
(C) Indore
(D) Chandigarh
Correct Answer: (C) Indore
29. India’s first Rajdhani Express turned 50 on March 3, 2019. Which was the route of first Rajdhani Express?
(A) Bombay-New Delhi
(B) Howrah-New Delhi
(C) Madras-New Delhi
(D) Amritsar-New Delhi
Correct Answer: (B) Howrah-New Delhi
30. Which sports has been included in 2022 Asian Games?
(A) Cricket
(B) Football
(C) Paragliding
(D) Pencak Silat
Correct Answer: (D) Pencak Silat
31. Who named cyclone ‘Fani’?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Myanmar
Correct Answer: (B) Bangladesh
32. In which year Satyajit Ray’s first film Pather Panchali was released?
(A) 1951
(B) 1955
(C) 1958
(D) 1960
Correct Answer: (B) 1955
33. In which year Howrah Bridge was open for public?
(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1943
(D) 1944
Correct Answer: (C) 1943
34. Which one is the first news paper published in Bengali language?
(A) Digdarshan
(B) Samachar Darpan
(C) Tattobodhini
(D) Ananda Bazar
Correct Answer: (B) Samachar Darpan
35. In which year the Princely State of Cooch Behar merged with West Bengal?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Correct Answer: (D) 1950
36. Who was the first Sultan of Bengal?
(A) Saifuddin Hamza Shah
(B) Sikandar Shah
(C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
(D) Alibardi Khan
Correct Answer: (C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
37. In which year the Bengal famine happened?
(A) 1876
(B) 1936
(C) 1943
(D) 1976
Correct Answer: (C) 1943
38. In which year Chandannagar was integrated into West Bengal?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1954
Correct Answer: (D) 1954
39. Who was the first Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court?
(A) Sir Rechard Couch
(B) Sir Barnes Peacock
(C) Sir George Ranking
(D) Sir Harold Derbyshire
Correct Answer: (B) Sir Barnes Peacock
40. What is the total number of seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly?
(A) 295
(B) 308
(C) 435
(D) 543
Correct Answer: (A) 295
41. Which Viceroy of India suggested the construction of Victoria Memorial in Kolkata?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Hardinge
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Curzon
42. Which one is the State Animal of West Bengal?
(A) Royal Bengal Tiger
(B) Spotted Deer
(C) Fishing Cat
(D) One Horned Rhinoceros
Correct Answer: (C) Fishing Cat
43. The Poona pact was an agreement between
(A) Gandhi and Ambedkar
(B) Nehru and Ambedkar
(C) Nehru and Gandhi
(D) Ambedkar and Malviya
Correct Answer: (A) Gandhi and Ambedkar
44. In which year Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission?
(A) 1892
(B) 1897
(C) 1902
(D) 1904
Correct Answer: (B) 1897
45. The Constituent Assembly of India has started functioning from
(A) November 26, 1946
(B) December 9, 1946
(C) January 26, 1947
(D) April 21, 1947
Correct Answer: (B) December 9, 1946
46. What is the time difference between India and London?
(A) 4 Hours 30 Minutes
(B) 6 Hours
(C) 8 Hours 30 Minutes
(D) 12 Hours
Correct Answer: (A) 4 Hours 30 Minutes (India is 5:30 ahead; 4:30 during British Summer Time)
47. Which one is the world’s wettest continent?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) South America
(D) Europe
Correct Answer: (C) South America
48. Who can declare financial emergency in India?
(A) Governor of RBI
(B) Prime Minister
(C) President
(D) Finance Minister
Correct Answer: (C) President
49. Which one is the India’s multi-purpose river valley?
(A) Vakra Nangal
(B) Damodar Valley
(C) Tungabhadra
(D) Nagarjuna Sagar
Correct Answer: (B) Damodar Valley
50. Who scripted Gandhi’s favourite song “Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahive…”?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Premanand
(C) Meera Bai
(D) Chunilal
Correct Answer: (B) Premanand
51. The 2020 Summer Olympic will be held in
(A) Tokyo
(B) London
(C) Athens
(D) Atlanta
Correct Answer: (A) Tokyo
52. Who authored the book “Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny”?
(A) L.K. Advani
(B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) Orhan Pamuk
Correct Answer: (C) Amartya Sen
53. “Playing it my way” is the autobiography of
(A) Brian Lara
(B) Virat Kohli
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) Steve Waugh
Correct Answer: (C) Sachin Tendulkar
54. Who Said, “Man is by nature a political animal”?
(A) Socrates
(B) Aristotle
(C) Plato
(D) Karl Marx
Correct Answer: (B) Aristotle
55. What is the National aquatic animal of India?
(A) River Dolphin
(B) Green Sea Turtle
(C) Seahorse
(D) Dugong
Correct Answer: (A) River Dolphin
56. How many official languages are there in UNO?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
Correct Answer: (D) 6
57. How many operational commands are there in Indian Army?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
Correct Answer: (C) 7
58. What is the currency of Italy?
(A) Lira
(B) Euro
(C) Dollar
(D) Pound
Correct Answer: (B) Euro
59. What is the currency of Myanmar?
(A) Kyat
(B) Ringgit
(C) Peso
(D) Baht
Correct Answer: (A) Kyat
60. Which is the capital of Bulgaria?
(A) Sofia
(B) Bangui
(C) Rabat
(D) Lome
Correct Answer: (A) Sofia
61. Shura-e-Milli is the Parliament of which country?
(A) Jordan
(B) Iran
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Israel
Correct Answer: (C) Afghanistan
62. Black holes were predicted by
(A) Copernicus
(B) Einstein
(C) Rutherford
(D) Satyen Bose
Correct Answer: (B) Einstein
63. Which of the following is known as the city of eternal spring?
(A) Rome
(B) Quito
(C) Lhasa
(D) Venice
Correct Answer: (B) Quito
64. The border line between Pakistan and Afghanistan is known as
(A) McMahon Line
(B) Radcliff Line
(C) Durand Line
(D) Maginot Line
Correct Answer: (C) Durand Line
65. The Head Quarters of ILO is located in
(A) Geneva
(B) The Hague
(C) New York
(D) Rome
Correct Answer: (A) Geneva
66. India House is situated in
(A) Delhi
(B) Singapore
(C) Rangoon
(D) London
Correct Answer: (D) London
67. Rohinton Bari Trophy is related to
(A) Inter School Hockey Competition
(B) Inter State Polo Championship
(C) Inter-University Cricket Competition
(D) Under 19 Table Tennis Competition
Correct Answer: (C) Inter-University Cricket Competition
68. Deuce; Booster; Spikers; Service; Love are related to
(A) Badminton
(B) Volleyball
(C) Baseball
(D) Billiards
Correct Answer: (B) Volleyball
69. Who won Man Booker Prize, 2018?
(A) Anna Burns
(B) Daisy Johnson
(C) Rachel Kushner
(D) Richard Powers
Correct Answer: (A) Anna Burns
70. Who won 68th edition of Miss World Pageant?
(A) Karen Ibasco
(B) Manushi Chhillar
(C) Megan Young
(D) Vanessa Ponce
Correct Answer: (D) Vanessa Ponce
71. Along with Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika, who was the recipients of Bharat Ratna of 2019?
(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(B) Manmohan Singh
(C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
72. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, 2018 was awarded to Mirabai Chanu for which discipline?
(A) Wrestling
(B) Weightlifting
(C) Boxing
(D) Archery
Correct Answer: (B) Weightlifting
73. What does ‘CSIR’ stand for?
(A) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(B) Center for Science and Industrial Research
(C) Center for Share and Investment Ratio
(D) Council for Scientific and Informational Research
Correct Answer: (A) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
74. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is located in
(A) Kolkata
(B) Kalpakkam
(C) Mumbai
(D) Hyderabad
Correct Answer: (B) Kalpakkam
75. Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Sriharikota
(C) Baleswar
(D) Thiruvananthapuram
Correct Answer: (D) Thiruvananthapuram
76. When did West Bengal become a state?
(A) August 15, 1947
(B) August 15, 1948
(C) November 26, 1949
(D) January 26, 1950
Correct Answer: (D) January 26, 1950
77. The opening match of ICC World Cup, 2019 between England and South Africa was held in
(A) Lord’s
(B) Oval
(C) Trent Bridge
(D) Cardiff
Correct Answer: (B) Oval
78. Which is the first plant grown in the moon?
(A) Cotton
(B) Potatoes
(C) Arabidopsis
(D) Canola
Correct Answer: (A) Cotton
79. Habitats resulting from lava flow is an example of
(A) primary succession
(B) secondary succession
(C) autogenic succession
(D) allogenic succession
Correct Answer: (A) primary succession
80. The following organism is an endosymbiont:
(A) Anabaena
(B) Azotobacter
(C) Clostridium
(D) Nitrobacter
Correct Answer: (A) Anabaena
81. Habitats resulting from lava flow is an example of
(A) primary succession
(B) secondary succession
(C) autogenic succession
(D) allogenic succession
Correct Answer: (A) primary succession
82. The following organism is an endosymbiont:
(A) Anabaena
(B) Azotobacter
(C) Clostridium
(D) Nitrobacter
Correct Answer: (A) Anabaena
83. The following is a sedentary cycle:
(A) P cycle
(B) N cycle
(C) C cycle
(D) O cycle
Correct Answer: (A) P cycle
84. Fluoride in environment primarily comes from
(A) topaz
(B) apatite
(C) fluorite
(D) phosphorite
Correct Answer: (C) fluorite
85. The black foot disease primarily occurs due to toxicity of
(A) Fluoride
(B) Cadmium
(C) Arsenic
(D) Lead
Correct Answer: (C) Arsenic
86. The fresh water percentage of Earth is
(A) 1%
(B) 2-5%
(C) 5%
(D) 10%
Correct Answer: (B) 2-5%
87. The following is not a macronutrient:
(A) Mg
(B) Ca
(C) Fe
(D) K
Correct Answer: (C) Fe
88. The Disaster Management Act was enacted in
(A) 2000
(B) 2003
(C) 2005
(D) 2010
Correct Answer: (C) 2005
89. The operation ‘Surya Hope’ is related to
(A) Uttarakhand flood
(B) Kerala flood
(C) Kashmir flood
(D) Assam flood
Correct Answer: (B) Kerala flood
90. Loss of water is maximum from
(A) leaf surface
(B) soil surface
(C) root
(D) stem surface
Correct Answer: (A) leaf surface
91. The maximum width of tropopause is
(A) 10 Km
(B) 15 Km
(C) 20 Km
(D) 25 Km
Correct Answer: (C) 20 Km
92. The Thermosphere starts from Earth’s surface at a distance of
(A) 80 Km
(B) 85 Km
(C) 100 Km
(D) 125 Km
Correct Answer: (A) 80 Km
93. The following bacteria may be used to mitigate oil spill:
(A) Bacillus
(B) Pseudomonas
(C) E. coli
(D) Nitrobacter
Correct Answer: (B) Pseudomonas
94. The following gas may be involved in stone concer:
(A) N₂
(B) SO₂
(C) CO₂
(D) H₂S
Correct Answer: (B) SO₂
95. DDT does not contain
(A) C
(B) H
(C) P
(D) Cl
Correct Answer: (C) P
96. The following name is associated with rain water harvesting:
(A) Rajendra Singh
(B) Baba Amte
(C) S.C. Nair
(D) Medha Patkar
Correct Answer: (A) Rajendra Singh
97. The following virus is water borne:
(A) Hepatitis A
(B) Hepatitis B
(C) Hepatitis C
(D) Hepatitis E
Correct Answer: (A) Hepatitis A
98. The pH for drinking water should be between
(A) 5-6
(B) 6-6.5
(C) 6.5-7.5
(D) 8-9
Correct Answer: (C) 6.5-7.5
99. Silent Valley became national park in the year
(A) 1980
(B) 1984
(C) 1988
(D) 1990
Correct Answer: (B) 1984
100. The temperature of water for measuring BOD should be maintained at
(A) 20°C
(B) 30°C
(C) 35°C
(D) 40°C
Correct Answer: (A) 20°C