VIDWAN COMPETITION

TEST BOOKLET-1
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NO OF QUESTIONS -1OO
MAXIMUM MARK-100
TIME ALLOWED- ONE & HALF HOUR
Q1. In which city of Gujarat is India's first and (d) Pollutants mixed in rainwater runoff
world's second Patang (Kite) Museum, founded
by Bhanu Bhai Shah, located? Q7. The dispute over Siachen Glacier is
between –
(a) Surat (b) Rajkot(c) Ahmedabad(d) Vadodra
(a) India and China
Q2. Which waterbody separates the Andaman
Islands from the Nicobar Islands? (b) India and Afghanistan

(a) Palk Strait (c) India and Pakistan

(b) Gulf of Mannar (d) India and Nepal

Q8. A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in

(c) Nine Degree Channel
shape, is termed as a:
(d) Ten Degree Channel
(a) Strait
Q3. NRI Day is observed on which of the
following date? (b) Sound

(a) May 8 (b) February 24 (c) March 18 (c) Bay

(d) January 9 (d)Fjord

Q4. Name of the parliament of Australia is...... Q9. Sullage water is ______
(a) Shora (a) Waste water released from kitchen
(b) Commonwealth Parliament (b) Waste water released from toilets
(c) People’s Assembly (c) Waste water released from factories
(d) National People’s Assembly (d) Waste water released from hospitals
Q5. Narora Atomic Power Station is in which of Q10. The biggest reserves of Thorium are in
the following Indian state? ____.
(a) Uttar Pradesh (a) China
(b) Rajasthan (b) USA
(c) Tamil Nadu (c) India
(d) Maharashtra (d) France
Q6. Which of the following is not an example of Q11. Santosh Trophy is related to which
Point Source of pollution? sports?
(a) Oil refinery wastewater
(a) Boxing (b) Kabaddi (c) Football (d) Basketball
(b) Noise from Jet engine

(c) Air pollution from forest fire

Q12. Who is the author of "Midnight's (d) A non-government organisation
Children"? "
Q17. Why is Rann of Kutch of India famous for?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(a) Tidal and flats
(b) Amish Tripathi
(b) Fertile soil
(c) Ravinder Singh
(c) Dense Vegetation
(d) Salman Rushdie
(d) All are correct
Q13. _______________ is located in the Alwar
district of Rajasthan. Q18. Which of the following wind is blowing
from the Mediterranean sea to the North
(a) Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary Western parts of India

(b) Sariska National Park (a) Western disturbances

(c) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (b) Norwesters

(d) Dudhwa National Park (c) Loo

Q14. Annona reticulata is the scientific name of (d) Mango showers

________.
Q19. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located ?
(a) Custard Apple (a) Pacific Ocean

(b) Pineapple (b) Indian Ocean

(c) Bamboo (c) Atlantic Ocean

(d) Pomegranate (d) Arctic Ocean

Q15. A level of atmosphere which is composed Q20. ‘Grand Trunk Road’ constructed by
partly of electrons and positive ions is called-
(a) Akbar
(a) Troposphere
(b) Ashoka
(b) Ionosphere
(c) Sher shah Suri
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Samudra Gupta
(d) Mesosphere
Q21. The Secretariat of SAARC is set up at
Q16. What is Damodar Valley Corporation? _________.

(a) Statutory body (a) Washington

(b) Municipal Corporation looking after (b) Kathmandu

Damodar Valley
(c) Hague
(c) A private enterprise located in Bihar
(d) New Delhi
 Q22. The longest river of peninsular India D.Ultrasonic waves
is_______.
27.Given bellow are the psychological
(a) Narmada manifestations of noise pollution.
(i)Constriction of blood vessels (ii)Increase in
(b) Godavari the rate of heart beat (iii)Digestive spasms
(iv)Dilation of pupil of the eye
(c) Mahanadi
Select the correct options
(d) Cauvery
A.(i) and (ii) are correct
Q23. Which of the following caused radioactive
pollution along the coast of Kerala? B.(i) and (iii) are correct
(a) Plutonium C.(ii) and (iv) are correct

(b) Zinc D.(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(c) Thorium 28.Which gas is safe and an effective

extinguisher for all confined fires?
(d) Radium
A.Nitrogen dioxide
Q24. Which country is separated from India by
a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk B.Carbon dioxide
Strait and the Gulf of Mannar? C.Sulphur dioxide
(a) Bangladesh D.Nitrous Oxide
(b) Myanmar 29.Which one of the following statements is
incorrect about laser?
(c) Sri Lanka
A.It is a technique for producing intense beams
(d) Pakistan
of light, ultraviolet or infrared radiation of
Q25. The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India different wavelength.
is –
B.Even in diamond laser beam can drill a hole.
(a) Bharatpur C.A variety of lasers have been made from
(b) Gir forest solids like the ruby crystal and semi conducting
materials, liquids and gases.
(c) Kaziranga
D.All waves in laser, travel in phase.
(d) Nilgiris
30.Which one of the following elements the
26.Which one of the following waves are used drum of a Photostat machine is made up of:
by the common TV remote control?
A.Aluminium
A.Radio waves
B.Selenium
B.Lasers
C.Barium
C.Infrared waves
D.Caesium
31.If we say the child has an IQ of 100, what C. 0
does this means?
D. 8
A.The performance of the child is below
37. The rarest blood group is __.
average.
A. O negative
B.The performance of the child is above
average. B. B negative
C.The mental age of the child is equal to his C. AB positive
actual age.
D. AB negative
D.The performance of the child cannot be
better. 38. The metal present in the haemoglobin is __.

32.Which bacteria is responsible for the A. Copper

formation of curd? B. Calcium
A.Lactic acid bacteria C. Iron
B.Lactobacillus Acidophillus D. Aluminium
C.Lactobacillus aureus 39. Age of fishes was known as __.
D.Bacillus radicicola A. Devonian
33.Which one of the following bacteria present B. Ordovician
in the soil produces a peculiar smell if it rains on
perched soil? C. Crustaceous

A.Streptomycetes D. Silurian

B.Staphymycetes 40. The metal present in the chlorophyll is __.

C.Diplomycetes A. Calcium

D.Micrococcus B. Aluminium

34.In poorly ventilated buildings which one of C. Zinc

the following inert gases can be accumulated? D. Magnesium
A.Helium B.Neon C.Argon D.Radon 41.The 42nd Indian Social Science Congress was
35.Honey is sweeter than cane sugar or corn inaugurated by Manipur governor Dr Najma
syrup. Which one of the following carbon sugars Heptulla in ____________.
is responsible for this? (a) Imphal
A.Dextrose B.Levulose C.Sucrose D.Fructose (b) Guwahati
36. What is the Ph value of human blood? (c) Bhubaneswar
A. 7.40 (d) Bhopal
B. 7
42.Ashgabat is the Capital city of 47.Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates the level
_____________. of hunger and undernutrition worldwide. What
is India’s rank in the Index?
(a) Afghanistan
(a) 103
(b) Uzbekistan
(b) 81
(c) Azerbaijan
(c) 111
(d) Turkmenistan
(d) 96
43.Which of the following is the global satellite
navigation system of European Union? 48.Which country has recently decided to
abolish the death penalty?
(a) BeiDou
(a) Pakistan
(b) Galileo
(b) Indonesia
(c) Falcon
(c) Malaysia
(d) GLONASS
(d) UK
44.India recorded its best-ever medal haul at
the Asian Para Games by winning ____ total 49.The Indian Space Research Organisation
medals. (ISRO) signed an MoU with the __________ for
setting up of the Satish Dhawan Center for
(a) 69
Space Science in the University.
(b) 92
(a) IIM- Ahmadabad
(c) 101
(b) IIT- Kanpur
(d) 72
(c) Central University of Jammu
45.Who was recently awarded the 8th Social
(d) IISc Bangalore
Entrepreneur of the Year award, 2018?
50.NITI Aayog and ______recently announced a
(a) Prema Gopalan
first-of-its-kind internship programme for
(b) Azim Premji students selected by Atal Innovation Mission
(AIM).
(c) Narayan Singh
(a) IBM
(d) Ritesh Agarwal
(b) Google
46.Which of the following player recently won
Santo Domingo Open trophy? (c) Microsoft

(a) Rohan Bopanna (d) Facebook

(b) Saina Nehwal 51. Ecology deals with the study of:

(c) Sania Mirza a) Living beings

(d) Leander Paes b) Living and non living components

c) Reciprocal relationship between living and 57. Energy flow in ecosystem is
non living components
a) Unidirectional
d) Environment
b) Bidirectional
52. Autecology deals with
c) Multidirectional
a) Ecology of species
d) None of the above
b) Ecology of many species
58. An ecosystem must have continuous
c) Ecology of community external source of

d) All the above a) minerals

53. Synecology deals with b) energy

a) Ecology of many species c) food

b) Ecology of many populations d) All of the above

c) Ecology of community 59. The source of energy in an ecosystem is

d) None of the above a) ATP b) Sunlight c) D.N.A d) R.N.A

54. Ecotype is a type of species in which 60. Trophic levels are formed by
environmentally induced variations are
a) Only plants
a) Temporary
b) only animals
b) Genetically fixed
c) Only carnivorous
c) Genetically not related
d) Organisms linked in food chain
d) None of the above
61) What is the effect of Deficit financing?
55. The term ‘Biocoenosis’ was proposed by
a) Deflation
a) Transley
b) Recession
b) Carl Mobius
c) Inflation
c) Warming
d) Depression
d) None of the above
62) The Slack Season in the Indian Economy is?
56. The pyramid of energy in any ecosystem is
a) Feb - Apr
a) Always upright
b) Mar - Apr
b) May be upright or invented
c) Jan - June
c) Always inverted
d) Sep - Dec
d) None of the above
63) Development expenditure of the Central b) Second
government does not include?
c) Third
a) Expenditure on economic services
d) Fourth
b) Defence expenditure
68) The modern economy is not characterised
c) Grant to states by?

d) Expenditure on social and community a) Production for market

services
b) Capital intensive mode of production
64) "The Board of Financial Supervision " was
c) Development of money economy
constituted to have mandate over
d) Self-sufficient village system
a) Only commercial banks
69) Recession is that economic state of a
b) Only financial institutions
country when there is
c) Only non - banking financial companies
a) accumulation of unsold stocks
d) All of these
b) slump in trade and industry
65) The balance of the payments deficit in India
c) fall in consumer demand
can be eased by
d) All the above
a) conserving the foreign exchange reserves
70) India opted for 'Mixed Economy' in?
b) promotion of exports
a) First Five Year Plan
c) liberalisation of imports
b) Second Five Year Plan
d) export promotion and import substitution
c) Industrial Policy of 1948
66) What was the main objective of Green
Revolution in India ? d) Framing of the Constitution
a) To increase the extent of cash crop 71. All India Harijan Sangha established by
cultivation Mahtama Gandhi, in the year
b) To increase the area of green forests under (a) 1935
social forestry scheme
(b) 1932
c) Modernisation of agriculture through science
and technology (c) 1920

d) To introduce the Japanese method of paddy (d) 1927

cultivation 72. In which place did Satyagraha first started
67) During which Plan period did agricultural (a) Delhi
production register a negative growth?
(b) Calcutta
a) First
(c) Baroda
(d) Champaran 78. First Indian to used the word ‘Swarajya’

73. First census in India was conducted at the (a) Raja Rammohan Rai
time of
(b) Mahtma Gandhi
(a) Lord Dufferin
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lord Lytton
(d) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Lord Auckland
79. Who wrote the book Babuvivah
(d) Sir John Napier
(a) Raja Rammohan Rai
74. Who was the Viceroy of India when the
(b) Pandit Rambai
Rowlatt Act was Passed
(c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(a) Lord Irwin
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Lord Reading
80. Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to English
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(a) William Jones
(d) Lord Wavell
(b) Charles Wilkins
75. Who introduce English as official language
(c) Alexander Cunningham
(a) Lord William Bentick
(d) John Marshall
(b) Sir Charles Wood
81. The office of the president can fall vacant
(c) Dalhousie
due to
(d) Allan Octawain Hume
A. resignation
76. Who was the founder of the Indian
B. death
Association
C. removal
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
D. All of the above
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
82. The president can dismiss a member of the
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
council of ministers
(d) AO Hume
A. on his own
77. The first Indian leader to undergo
B. on the recommendation of the prime
imprisonment
ministers
(a) C Vijaraghavachari
C. only under emergency conditions
(b) B G Tilak
D. ith the consent of the speaker
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal

(d) Dadabhai Noroji

83. The president demand for further reforms, 87. The name of a candidate for the office of
attended with the dislocation caused by the president of India may be proposed by
non-cooperation movement, led the British
A. any five citizens of India
government to appoint a Statutory Commission
in 1927. This commission was headed by B. any five members of the Parliament
A. Sri John Simon C. any one member of the Electoral College
B. Lord Chelmsford D. any ten members of the Electoral College
C. Lord Minto 88. The Parliament can restrict or abrogate by
law, fundamental rights with respect to
D. E.S. Montague
A. the members of the armed forces
84. The office of the prime minister of India
B. the forces charged with the maintenance of
A. has a constitutional basis
public order
B. has a statutory basis
C. the persons employed in any bureau or other
C. has conventional basis organization established by the state for
purpose of intelligence
D. None of the above
D. All of the above
85. The powers to legislate with respect to any
matter not enumerated in any of the three lists 89.The ‘civil service system ‘were introduced in
are mentioned as residuary powers. Which of india for the first time by which rule?
the following is empowered to determine finally
a.regulating act 1773 rule
as to whether or not a particular matter falls in
this category b.amending act of 1781 rule
A. Lok Sabha c.east india company rule
B. Judiciary d.pitts act of 1784 rule
C. Rajya Sabha 90.in 17th centuary,the servants of the
company who were engaged in commercial
D. Parliament
affairs were called as-
886. The members of the parliamentary
a.civil servants
committee
b.prime minister
A. are appointed by the president in
consultation with the prime minister c.governor
B. are appointed by the president on the d.none
recommendation of the speaker
91.What is the full form of ICT.
C. are taken from various groups and parties in
Parliament in proportion to their respective a. International communication technology
strength b. Information and communication technology
D. both (b) and (c) c. Indian communication technology
d. None of the above 97.sukinda in odisha known for..

92. The objective of e-governance is to provide a. chromite

SMARRT government. What ‘T’ stands for in the
b.coal
acronym of SMARRT.
c. iron ore.
a. Technology
d. all of these
b. Transmission
98.Tikarapara crocodile sanctuary houses;
c. Transparent
a. gharial crocodile
d. None of the above
b. marsh crocodile
93.which type of climate prevails in odisha ?
c. baula crocodile
a. temperate
d. all of these
b. tropical
99.Among the kandha tribes the shifting
c.mediterranean
cultivation is known as-
d. al of these.
a. dongarchas
94.simipal project for tigers was launched as a
b. podu godia
part of the national programme in –
c. dedhi
a. 1973
d. rame
b. 1983
100. Agriculture as an item is included in which
c. 1969
of list of the constitution of india?
d. 1958
a. union list
95. which of the following is the least populous
b. state list
city in odisha ?
c. concurrent list
a. baripada
d. supplementary list
b. Bhubaneswar

c. balasore

d. puri

96.Titlagarh belt in odisha is rich in –

a. coal

b.copper

c. dolomite

d.graphite
Answers=
1.c 2.d 3.d 4.b. 5.a 6.d 7.c 8.c 9.a 10.c 11.c 12.d
13.b 14.a 15.b 16.a 17.a 18.a 19.a 20.c 21.b 22.b
23.c 24.c 25.c26.c 27.d 28.b 29.a 30.b 31.c 32.b
33.a 34.d 35.d 36.a 37.d 38.c 39.a 40.d 41.c 42.d

43.b 44.d 45.a 46.d 47.a 48.c 49.c 50.a 51.c 52.a
53.c 54.b 55.b 56.a 57.a 58.b 59.b 60.d 61.c 62.c
63.b 64.d 65.d 66.c 67.c 68.d 69.d 70.c 71.c 72.d
73.a 74.c 75.b 76.c 77.a 78.c 79.b 80.b 81.d 82.b
83.a 84.a 85.b 86.c 87.d 88.d. 89.c 90.a 91.b
92.c 93.b 94.a 95.a 96.d 97.a 98.a 99.d 100.b