Q.1.
Consider the following statements about Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who died in June, 2009:
1. He was a Sarod Maestro.
2. He belonged to the Maihar Gharana of classical hindustani music.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Q.2.
Which of the following are true relating to Mandela?
1. He was the first President of South Africa.
2. Mandela spent 18 years in prison on Robben Island.
3. Mandela became the President in 1990 after his release from the prison.

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Q.3.
Mr. P. J. Thomas has been appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner on September 7, 2010. He is an IAS Officer of the following State's cadre -

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Q.4.
Who directed the film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi?

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Q.5.
Who among the following hosted the Hindi version of 'Bigg Boss - 11'?

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Q.6.
Which of the following Indian State Political parties is led by N. Chandrababu Naidu?

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Q.7.
Who among the following is the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog?

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Q.8.
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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Q.9.
Match List-I (Person) with List List-II (Associated in Formation of) and select the correct answer.
Lists-I List-II
a. G. K. Gokhale 1. Servants of India Society
b. M. M. Malaviya 2. Benaras Hindu University
c. C. Rajagopalachari 3. Free India Society
d. V. V. Savarkar 4. Swatantra Party

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Q.10.
Match the following:
a. Anil Agarwal 1. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.
b. Gautam H. Singhania 2. Raymond Ltd.
c. Sanjay Dalmia 3. Vedanta Resources
d. Venugopal Dhoot 4. Videocon Group

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Q.11.
Who is the current chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

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Q.12.
Who invented the Centigrade scale?

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Q.13.
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, who was awarded Nikkei Asia Prize, 2018 for Culture and Community, is the founder of

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Q.14.
Mr. Arjun Munda was on September 11, 2010 sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. How many MLAs in the 81-member Assembly supported him?

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Q.15.
Match List-I (Commission/Committee) with List-II (Mandate).
List-I List-II
a. Sachar Committee 1. Anti-Sikh Riots, 1984
b. Srikrishna Commission 2. Socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in India
c. Ranganath Misra Commission 3. Bombay Communal Riots, 1992
d. Nanavati Commission 4. Linguistic and religious minorities in India

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Q.16.
Who was the first Vice-Chairman of the NITI Aayog?

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Q.17.
In January 2018, who was appointed as the Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly?

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Q.18.
The first President of India who made 30-minute sortie in the sukhoi fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force is?

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Q.19.
First Indian to make a speech in Hindi before the UN General Assembly was :

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Q.20.
Norman Borlaug was given Nobel Prize in which field?

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Q.21.
Who became the Chief Minister of Tripura after the elections held in February 2013?

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Q.22.
Which Island was named after Abdul Kalam on 27 July 2017 in Odisha?

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Q.23.
Who among the following was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest?

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Q.24.
In which country, Ms. Julia Gillard was made the first women Prime Minister in the year 2010?

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Q.25.
Match the following:
a. Radha Reddy 1. Bharatnatyam
b. Padma Subrahmanyam 2. Kathak
c. Sitara Devi 3. Kuchipudi

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Q.26.
Who was the editor of Marathi newspaper, 'Kesari'?

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Q.27.
Prime Minister of which country attended the recently organised river festival 'Namami Brahmaputra' in India?

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Q.28.
Which one among the following statements regarding Rabindranath Tagore's concern for the natural world and environment is not correct?

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Q.29.
Who among the following is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?

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Q.30.
Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

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