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Practice Test

1. Nobel laureate Martin Perl died some months ago. Who was he?

a) musician b) physicist c) journalist d) writer

2. Examine the following statements and choose correct among them using the codes given.

I.  Swachh Bharat mission was launched on October 2, 2014.

II. The mission aims to make India clean by October 2, 2019

a) I only b) II only c) both I and II d) none them

3. Match the following Nobel laureates with their field of studies

A. Jean Tirole             B. Patrick Modiano     C. Eric Betzig D. Isamu Akasaki

A. Economics B. Literature               C. Chemistry              D. Physics

            A          B          C          D

a)         I           II          III        IV

b)         IV         III        II          I

c)         I           II          IV         III

d)         IV         III        I           II

4. Missing Person is a novel written by which among the following?

a) Patrick Modiano b) Jeet Tayil c) Harold Pinter d) J K Rowling

5. 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology was given for discovering the cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. The knowledge about the brain’s positioning system will help getting clearer picture of which among the following diseases?

a) Alzheimer’s disease b) ALS disease c) Ebola d) meningitis 

6. The following are Nobel laureates from India and their areas of work. Which among the pairs is incorrectly matched?

a) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan       : Literature

b) C.V. Raman                         : Physics

c) Hargobind Khorana             : Medicine

d) S. Chandrasekhar              : Physics

7. The Government of India has rolled out a year-long commemoration of the birth centenary year of Begum Akhtar. Which field she was associated with?

a) dance b) cinema c) ghazal d) literature

8. Consider the following statements.

Statement I  : Hudhud is part of the North Indian Ocean cyclone.

Statement II: Naming of cyclones in North Indian Ocean is done by SAARC countries and Oman and Thailand.

Select correct statements using codes give below.

a) I only b) II only c) I and II d) none of them

9. Months ago Archaeological Survey of India revived Gandhak ki Baoli inside the Qutub premises. What is this structure actually?

a) fort city b) inn c) stepped well d) mosque

10. Examine the following statements.

Statement I   : Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) encourages Members of Parliament to identify and develop one village from their constituency as a model village.

Statements II:  Members of Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha can adopt and develop model villages in this way.

Which among the statements is/are true?

a) I only b) II only c) I and II only d) none of them