Combined Graduate Level Examination 2024 Tier I
Exam Date: 09/09/2024 Exam
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Section: General Awareness
01) In which year was Project Tiger launched in India?
a) 1973
b) 1970
c) 1972
d) 1985
02) Lathmar Holi is primarily celebrated in the state of:
a) Karnataka
b) Himachal
Pradesh
c) Arunachal
Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
03) Which of the following awards was won by Lata Mangeshkar in
the year 2001?
a) Dadasaheb
Phalke Award
b) Padma Vibhushan
c) Bharat Ratna
d) Filmfare
Lifetime Achievement Award
04) Details about Sudarshana lake is given in a rock inscription
at Girnar (Junagarh), Which was composed to record the achievements of the
Shaka ruler _______.
a) Chashtana
b) Rudradama I
c) Rudrasimha III
d) Mause
05) _______ is an industry association and self-regulatory
organization (SRO) whose primary objective is to work towards the robust
development of the microfinance sector.
a) NABARD
b) Self-help Group
Association
c) Microfinance
and Investments Regulatory Authority
d) Microfinance
Institutions Network
06) Which article has similar provision to that of Article 32
and deals with writ jurisdiction?
a) Article 228
b) Article 227
c) Article 226
d) Article 225
07) Which
of the following is NOT a condition for the President’s office in India?
a) He shall not hold
any office of profit.
b) The allowances
shall not be diminished during his term of office.
c) He shall not be
entitled, without payment of rent, to use his official residence.
d) He shall not be
a member of either House of the Parliament.
08) Which of the following statements best defines the
monoecious?
a) A flower with
gynoecium only
b) A flower with
androecium only
c) A flower with
both androecium and gynoecium
d) A flower with
dithecous
09) Mohan Veena plyer, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the _______
Award in the year 1994.
a) Grammy
b) Sangita
Kalanidi
c) Oscar
d) Sangeet Natak
Akademi
10) Who is Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Science and Technology as of July 2023?
a) Dharmendra
Pradhan
b) Jitendra Singh
c) Ashwini
Vaishnaw
d) Ramesh
Pokhriyal
11) Which of the following decomposition reactions is NOT a
redox reaction?
a) Decomposition of
sodium hydride
b) Decomposition of
calcium carbonate
c) Decomposition of
potassium chlorate
d) Decomposition of
dihydrogen monoxide
12) Who among the following has authored the play “Nil Darpan”?
a) Chittaranjan
Das
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Dinabandhu
Mitra
d) Sarojini Naidu
13) Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan
Sabha in 1929?
a) Jayaprakash
Narayan
b) JM Sengupta
c) Kunwar Singh
d) Swami
Sahajanand Saraswati
14) Which plateaus are very fertile because they are rich in
black soil that is very good for farming?
a) Deccan lava
plateau
b) African plateau
c) Ethiopian plateau
d) Katanga plateau
15) Which of the following is a correct order of basicity?
a) LiOH>NaOH>KOH>CsOH
b) KOH>CsOH>NaOH>LiOH
c) LiOH>KOH>CsOH>NaOH
d) CsOH>KOH>NaOH>LiOH
16) Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT regarding the
grade of organization and its example?
a) Cell-tissue
grade organization - Jellyfish
b) Cellular grade organization
- Sycon
c) Protoplasmic
grade organization - Paramecium
d) Tissue-organ
grade organization - Euplectella
17) The head office of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
is located in _______.
a) Kolkata
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
18) When the analysis of population density is done by calculating
it through net cultivated area, then the measure is termed as:
a) Net density
b) Gross density
c) Agricultural
density
d) Physiological
density
19) Mahendravarman I was the ruler of which of the following
dynasties?
a) Pallava
b) Pandya
c) Chalukya
d) Chola
20) What challenge does foreign investment often face in India?
a) Excessive
foreign competition
b) Lack of skilled
labour
c) Lack of
consumer base
d) Inconsistent
regulatory environment
21) Which of the following states is the biggest producer of
Pulses?
a) Bihar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
22) Who founded the Prathana Samaj in Mumbai in 1867?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Shri Ram Bajpai
c) Atmaram Pandurang
d) Ram Mohan Roy
23) Who is the chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as of July 2023?
a) KN Nehru
b) Pinarayi
Vijayan
c) M Ydurappa
d) MK Stalin
24) In which city was the first golf club of India situated?
a) Kolkata
b) Mysore
c) Shimla
d) Gulmarg
25) Which Indian among the following has his name in Time
Magazine’s list of ‘100 most influential people of 2021’?
a) Amit Shah
b) Narendra Modi
c) Neeraj Chopra
d) Virat Kohli
