Series

A
Food Safety

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1. Mold inhibitor used in bread is: 7. After drying moisture content in
vegetables should be:
a. Sodium / Calcium propionate
a. 6-8% b. 8-10%
b. Sodium chloride
c. 10-15% d. 15-20%
c. Calcium carbonate
d. None of these 8. Agar-agar is used as:
a. Stabilizer and thickener
2. Who developed the process of
canning: b. Antibiotic
a. Nicolas Appert b. Louis Pasteur c. Colouring agent
c. Norman Borlaug d. Walter Hesse d. Nutrient supplement

3. Nisin is used as: 9. Frozen storage is generally operated

at temperature of:
a. Antimicrobial agent
a. -0°C b. -18°C
b. Emulsifier
c. -50°C d. -60°C
c. Stabilizer
d. Sweetner 10. Tocopherol is an example of:
a. Anticaking agent b. Antioxidant
4. Iodized salt contains iodine in the
form of : c. Flavouring agent d. None of these
a. I2 b. KIO3 11. Bitterness in colocasia is due to:
c. KI d. NaI a. Calcium oxalate
5. The first synthetic sweetening agent b. Calcium chloride
used was: c. Potassium oxalate
a. Saccharine b. Cyclamates d. Calcium carbonate
c. Aspartame d. Sucralose
12. In high temperature short time method
6. Jam, jellies and preserves can be of pasteurization, milk is heated at
preserved by adding sugar at temperature:
concentration of: a. 72°C for 15 seconds
a. 65% b. 70% b. 62°C for 15 seconds
c. 40% d. 30% c. 72° C for 30 minutes
d. 62° C for 30 minutes

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13. Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) is: 20. Which is the precursor of Ethylene?
a. Chelating agent b. Antioxidant a. Tryptophane b. Methionine
c. Stablizer d. Emulsion c. ABA d. IAA

14. Strong BIS Headquarters is situated in: 21. Cauliflower curds can be stored for a
month at:
a. Pune b. Chennai
a. O°C with 85-90% RH
c. New Delhi d. Ajmer
b. 15°C with 60-80% RH
15. Germination affects nutritive value of
legumes by: c. 15 °C with 60-65% RH

a. Increase in vitamin C content d. 20 °C with 50-70% RH

b. Decrease in trypsin inhibitor 22. For curing, sweet potato are kept for
activity 10 days at:
c. Increase in enzyme activity a. 25 °C and 85% RH
d. All of these b. 40°C and 70% RH

16. Pineapple variety suitable for canning c. 80°C and 30% RH

is : d. 30 °C and 80% RH
a. Queen b. Kew
23. Tomato fruits for canning are
c. Mauritius d. Cayenne harvested at:

17. Richest source of Riboflavin is : a. Mature green stage

a. Papaya b. Mango b. Red ripe stage

c. Bael d. Karonda c. Immature green stage
d. Half-ripe / pink stage
18. Which of the following is non-
Climacteric type of fruit? 24. Which chemical is used for controlling
a. Pineapple b. Litchi sprouting of onions in storage?
c. Grape d. All of these a. Maleic Hydrazide (MH)

19. Emission of Ethylene during b. Ethylene (C2H4)

transportation of cut flowers causes a c. GA
disorder called:
d. All of these
a. Bud opening b. Sleepiness
c. Bent neck d. Calyx splitting

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25. For Low Sugar content, potato tubers 32. Yellow coloured vegetables are rich
are stored at: source of:
a. 5°C b. 10 °C a. Vitamin A b. Vitamin B
c. 15°C d. 20°C c. Vitamin C d. Vitamin D

26. For longer storage of cucumber fruits, 33. Toddy from coconut is prepared by :
the temperature should be:
a. Deep Frying b. Fermentation
a. 5°C b. 10°C
c. Hydrogenation d. Oxidation
c. 20°C d. 25°C
34. According to FPO, the maximum limit
27. The Limiting Amino acid in green of SO2 allowed in squashes and
vegetables is : cordials is:
a. Arginine b. Lysine a. 350 ppm b. 500 ppm
c. Methionine d. Tryptophan c. 1000 ppm d. 600 ppm

28. Which is the staple vegetable in 35. The toxicity of SO2 increases at:
Indian diet ?
a. Low temperature
a. Tomato b. Cauliflower
b. High temperature
c. Potato d. Chilli
c. Moderate temperature
29. Which bean is used for extraction of d. No effect of temperature
gum?
a. Broad bean b. Cluster bean 36. Concentration of SO2 in concentrated
juice is:
c. French bean d. Hyacinth bean
a. 500 ppm b. 1000 ppm
30. Chillies are rich source of:
c. 1500 ppm d. 350 ppm
a. Vitamin A b. Vitamin C
37. Enzyme responsible for converting
c. Vitamin A and C d. Vitamin E pectin into pectic acid is:
31. Vegetables are subjected to drying a. Pectinase
after:
b. Proto-peclinase
a. Sulfuring b. Sulphitation
c. Pectic Methyl Esterase (PME)
c. Blanching d. None of these
d. Poly Galucturonase

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38. The term ‘Climacteric’ was first used 45. Bacteria which is used to absorb
by: ethylene from storage chamber is:
a. Gane (1934) a. Agrobacterium
b. Kidd and West (1927) b. Mycobacterium
c. Cruess (1912) c. Bacillus

d. Bleekar (1929) d. Azotobacter

39. O2 requirement for Apple storage in 46. Toughening effect on canned bean is
due to:
Controlled Atmosphere (CA) is:
a. K b. Ca
a. 2% b. 3%
c. S d. None of these
c. 5% d. 7%
47. Agricultural Produce (Grading and
40. Storage temperature for Asparagus is: Marketing) Act (1937) is also:
a. 0 - 5°C b. 5 - 7°C
a. PFA Act b. FPO Act
c. 7-11°C d. 10-15°C
c. Agmark Act d. ISl Act
41. Vegetable which is not blanched
before drying : 48. The term “three quarterful or full three
quarter” is used to denote fruit
a. Cauliflower b. Palak maturity in:
c. Onion d. Tomato a. Banana b. Mango
42. Moisture content in dried vegetable is: c. Tomato d. Pineapple
a. 2% b. 3% 49. During controlled atmospheric storage
c. 5% d. 6% composition of which of the following
set of gases is controlled:
43. Vitamin which is not found in Fruits a. O2 + N2 b. CO2 + N2
and Vegetables:
c. C2H4 + N2 d. CO2+ O2
a. Vitamin A b. Vitamin B1
c. Vitamin B6 d. Vitamin B12 50. At which pH fruits and vegetables are
divided into acidic and non-acidic for
44. Best maturity index of orange is: thermal processing:

a. TSS b. Sugar % a. 4.5 b. 5.5

c. Acid % d. Brix : acid ratio c. 6.5 d. 7.5

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51. In pre-cooling, water is mostly 57. As fruits mature, the specific gravity
removed by: will:
a. Convection b. Conduction a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Radiation d. None of these
c. Remains constant
52. Albinism is an important physiological d. None of these
disorder of:
58. ‘Solidity’ is the maturity index for:
a. Plum b. Peach
a. Root vegetables
c. Strawberry d. Cherry
b. Seed vegetables
53. Calliper grade is the maturity
measurement for : c. Leafy vegetables

a. Apple b. Mango d. Cucurbits

c. Banana d. Pineapple 59. Which of the following plant hormone

is considered as ripen?
54. Formation of abscission layer is
maturity index of : a. Cytokinin b. GA3

a. Tomato c. Ethylene d. IAA

b. Leafy vegetables 60. Maximum density of water is at a

c. Melons temperature of :

d. Onion a. 0°C b. 4°C

c. 4°C d. -7°C
55. What is the maturity index for
Avocado? 61. Guava fruit is botanically known as:
a. Sugar content b. Acid content a. Drupe b. Sorosis
c. TSS d. Oil content c. Berry d. Pome

56. W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i s 62. In onion pink colour is due to:

biodegredable plastic?
a. Anthocyanin b. Carotene
a. Poly propylene
c. Xanthophyll d. Quercitin
b. LDPE
c. Polythene
d. Polyhydroxy butyrate

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63 Secondary metabolites: 68. Fungus which mostly grown on
grapes:
a. are essential to microbe function
a. Geotrichum
b. are by-products of metabolism that
are not important to microbe b. Penicillium
function c. Botrytis
c. are products that require additional d. Colletotrichum
processing before they can be
packaged 69. Vitamin D is chemically known as:
d. a r e h a r v e s t e d d u r i n g t h e a. Retinol b. Cobalamin
exponential phase of growth c. Calciferol d. Tocopherol
64. Hen and Chicken disorder is 70. Lye peeling is done at a temperature of:
associated with: a. 75°C b. 84°C
a. Mango b. Tomato c. 93°C d. 105°C
c. Grapes d. Guava
71. Which of the following is associated
65. The membrane lipid hypothesis was with ‘browning’ disorder?
given by: a. Apple b. Cabbage
a. Kidd & West c. Cauliflower d. Citrus
b. James Harrison 72. What is the threshold level of ethylene
c. Raison & Lyons in fruit and vegetable?
d. Graham & Patterson a. 0.01 µL/L b. 0.02 µL/L
c. 0.03 µL/L d. 0.04 µL/L
66. The point at which the dried products
just become lumpy is known as? 73. Which of the following is a rapid
precooling method?
a. Danger Point
a. Forced air Cooling
b. Saturated Point
b. Hydro Cooling
c. Critical Point
c. Vacuum Cooling
d. Safety Point
d. Evaporative Cooling
67. What is the percentage of sugars in
Honey? 74. In cucumber, chilling- injury
symptoms occur at:
a. 42% b. 82%
a. <7°C b. 7°C
c. 65% d. 62%
c. 10°C d. >10°C
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75. Degreening is not applicable in: b. Campylobacter jejuni
a. Banana b. Guava c. Bacillus cereus
c. Mango d. Citrus d. Trichinella spiralis

76. Under normal conditions Orchid can
be stored upto 2 weeks at:
a. 2-4°C b. 5-7°C
c. 7.5- 10°C d. >10°C
77. What is the operating principle behind
oven drying for determining moisture
content of foods?
a. Colour change is measured
b. Loss of weight represents loss of
water
c. Change in refractive index is
measured
d. Change in light absorbance is
measured
78. Which of the following packages is an
example of aseptic packaging?
a. Tetra Pak drinking boxes
b. Paper bag
81. Which of the following analytical
methods can be used to distinguish
flavour compounds?
a. Hydrometry
b. Near infrared spectroscopy
c. Polarimetry
d. Gas chromatography
82. W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g
microorganisms cannot tolerate
oxygen?
a. Clostridium botulinum
b. Staphylococcus aureus
c. Penicillium roquefortii
d. E. coli
83. Which of the following methods is a
quick test for sugar content during the
early stages of the brewing process for
beer?

c. Milk carton a. Hydrometry b. Babcock test

c. Wet ashing d. Soxhlet
d. Plastic bread bag extraction
79. Which of the following ingredients in 84. Which of the following processing
chocolate milk comes from seaweed? methods involves heating foods at high
a. Carrageenan b. Cocoa temperatures for short periods of time
in order to reduce the risk of food
c. Sucrose d. Glucose poisoning?
80. Which microorganism is commonly a. Blanching b. Ohmic heating
associated with fecal contamination? c. Irradiation d. Pasteurization
a. Clostridium botulinum

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85. Which of the following does not have 91. Grinding and mixing of foods such as
antimicrobial activity? sausage and hamburger:
a. Chlorophyll b. Organic acids a. Increase the food surface area
c. Spice extracts d. Hydrogen b. Alter cellular structure
peroxide c. D i s t r i b u t e c o n t a m i n a t i n g
microorganisms throughout the
86. What is the percent of acetic acid food
in commercially available vinegar?
d. All of the above
a. 2% b. 4%
92. Louis Pasteur established the modern
c. 6% d. 10%
era of food microbiology in 1857 when
87. Which of the following is not an he showed that microorganisms cause
intrinsic factor in food spoilage? ______ spoilage:

a. pH b. Moisture a. Beer b. Wine

c. Temperature d. Available c. Juice d. Milk

nutrients
93. Despite efforts to eliminate spoilage
88. Lyophilization is synonymous with: organisms during canning, sometimes
canned foods are spoiled. This may be
a. Freeze-drying due to:
b. Pasteurization a. Spoilage before canning
c. Filtration b. Underprocessing during canning
d. Spoilage c. Leakage of contaminated water
through can seams during cooling
89. Antibiotics tend to be:
d. All of the above.
a. Primary metabolites
b. Secondary metabolites 94. The effectiveness of many chemical
c. Tertiary metabolites preservatives depends primarily on
the food:
d. Quaternary metabolites
a. Temperature b. pH.
90. Amino acids are used as food additives c. Water content d. Acidity.
for which of the following reasons?
a. As natural antibiotics 95. Which type of fermentation is used to
produce yogurt?
b. As natural growth inhibitors
a. Mesophilic b. Thermophilic
c. For nutritive purposes
c. Therapeutic d. Yeast-lactic
d. As antioxidants
fermentations

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96. Which of the following refers to the b. Food Security and Standards
addition of microorganisms to the diet Authority of India
in order to provide health benefits
c. Food Safety and Security Authority
beyond basic nutritive value?
of India
a. Antibiotics b. Prebiotics
d. Food Safety and Standards Agency
c. Probiotics d. All the above of India

97. Moisture content in intermediate 103. Which one of the following is not a
moisture food (IMF) is: food preservative?
a. 10-20% b. 20-25% a. Acetic acid b. Propionic acid
c. 20-40% d. 15-50% c. Butyric acid d. Sorbic acid

98. Deep frying of potato chips lead to 104. Which out of the following is a non
generation of carcinogen: reducing sugar ?
a. Acrylamide b. Acefamide a. Fructose b. Glucose
c. Formamide d. Antioxidants c. Mannose d. Sucrose
99. Which of the amino acid is not 105. In cooking oils, the antioxidant added
essential in diet: to prevent rancidity is:
a. Tyrosine b. Tryptophan a. Tocopherol b. Ascorbic acid
c. Phenyl alanine d. Lysine c. BHT d. TBHQ
100. Material suitable for micro-wave 106. Most common toxicogenic spoilage in
heating: stored groundnuts is:
a. EPP b. LDPE a. Aspergillus flavus
c. PET d. DAIP b. Aspergillus niger

101. Baking powder contains: c. Aspergillus oryzae

a. NaCl b. NaHCO3 d. Aspergillus albus

c. Na -benzoate d. NaI 107. Sauerkraut is the fermented product of:

a. Cabbage b. Turnip
102. FSSAI stands for:
c. Raddish d. Beetroot
a. Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India

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108. Argemone oil is used to adultrate: 114. The enzyme which hydrolyses starch
to maltose is:
a. Mustard oil b. Milk
a. Protease b. Amylase
c. Tea d. Milk
c. Lactase d. Maltase
109. “C” enamel cans are used for:
115. Enzymes having slightly different
a. High acidic food
molecules structure but performing
b. Non- acidic foods identical activity are:
c. Medium-acidic foods a. Apoenzymes b. Isoenzymes
d. Fat rich foods c. Holoenzymes d. Coenzymes

110. AGMARK was promulgated in: 116. Ribozyme is:

a. 1937 b. 1954 a. RNA without phosphate
c. 1935 d. 2009 b. RNA with sugar

111. Cold test of fat is a measure of: c. RNA with enzyme activity

a. Freezing point of oil d. RNA with extra phosphate

b. Viscosity of oil at temperature just 117. Human insulin is being commercially

above its freezing point produced from a transgenic species of:
c. Resistance of oil to crystallization a. Escherichia b. Saccharomyces
d. Total saturated fat c. Rhizobium d. Mycobacterium

112. For manufacturing of pasta, wheat 118. E x a m p l e o f a t y p i c a l

variety used is: homopolysaccharide is:
a. Soft wheat b. Hard wheat a. Lignin b. Suberin
c. Durum wheat d. White wheat c. Inulin d. Starch

113. Which of the following is produced 119. Which of the following is not a
with the combination of apoenzyme conjugated protein?
and coenzyme? a. Peptone b. Phosphoprotein
a. Holoenzyme c. Lipoprotein d. Chromoprotein
b. Enzyme substrate complex
120. The “Repeating Unit” of glycogen is:
c. Prosthetic group
a. Fructose b. Mannose
d. Enzyme product complex
c. Glucose d. Galactose

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121. The catalytic efficiency of two c. Culture for synthesis of new
different enzymes can be compared by chemicals
the:
d. Fermentation tank
a. Molecular size of the enzyme
126. Humulin is:
b. The pH optimum value
c. The Km value a. Carbohydrate b. Protein

d. Formation of the product c. Fat d. Antibiotics

122. High value of BOD (Biochemical 127. Enzyme immobilisation is:

Oxygen Demand) shows: a. Conversion of an active enzyme
a. Water is normal into inactive form
b. Water is highly polluted b. Providing enzyme with protective
covering
c. Water is less polluted
c. Changing a soluble enzyme into
d. None of these insoluble state
123. Which of the following is fermentation d. Changing pH so that enzyme is not
process? able to carry out its function
a. Batch process 128. Vinegar is obtained from molasses
b. Continuous process with the help of:
c. Both a and b a. Rhizopus b. Acetobacter
d. None of these c. Yeast d. Both b and c
124. Who showed that Sacchaaromyces 129. Which of the following statements is
cerevisiae causes fermentation incorrect regarding Gram negative
forming products such as beer and bacteria:
buttermilk?
a. Cell wall has a thin peptidoglycan
a. Louis Pasteur layer
b. Alexander Fleming b. Cell wall lipid content is very low
c. Selman Waksman
c. Lipopolysaccharide layer is present
d. Schatz
d. All of these
125. A bioreactor is:
a. Hybridoma
b. Culture containing radioactive
isotopes

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130. Common food poisoning microbes 136. Class IV milk includes milk used to...
are:
a. Produce hard cheese and cream
a. Clostridium and Salmonella cheese
b. Clostridium and E.coli b. Fluid milk
c. E.coli and Salmonella c. Fluid cream and cottage cheese
d. Clostridium and Streptococcus d. Butter and any product in dried
form
131. Clostridium perfingens poisoning is
associated with: 137. A food must contain less than ___
grams of fat per serving to be
a. Meat products b. Vegetables
considered a low fat food:
c. Canned foods d. Fish products
a. 8 b. 6
132. Salmonellosis involves: c. 3 d. 7
a. An enterotoxin and exotoxin
138. _______ is a protein in milk that
b. An enterotoxin and cytotoxin contains all the essential amino acids:
c. An exotoxin and cytotoxin a. Casein b. Gluten
d. A cytotoxin only c. a and b d. Whey protein

133. The lipid with the lowest energy value 139. _______ is a defect in milk that is
for human nutrition is: described as tasting papery:
a. Cardiolipin b. Olestra a. Bitter b. Flat
c. Margarine d. Olive oil c. Oxidized d. Salty

134. One serving of Cheddar cheese (28g) 140. _________ is the general name for a
provides ___% of the RDA of calcium: class of bacteria that causes mastitis in
a. 10 b. 50 dairy cattle:

c. 75 d. 20 a. Lactobacilus
b. E.coli
135. Which of the following is a Class II
product? c. Staphylococcus

a. Frozen desert b. Butter d. Lactococcus

c. Fluid milk d. Cheese

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141. Most UHT pasteurized milk has a
shelf life of ____ days:
a. 10 b. 120
c. 180 d. 50
142. During malting, barley and other
grains are broken down by:
o
a. Heating to 95 C
b. Lagering
c. Amylases
d. Yeasts
143. Milk fermentation to produce cheese is
done initially by inoculating with:
a. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
b. Streptococcus lactis and
Lactobacillus spp.
c. Acetobacter and Gluconobacter
d. Lactobacillus bulgaricus and
Streptococcus thermophilus
144. Nitrates maintain the red color of
preserved meats and:
a. Are among the most widely used
preservatives
b. Inhibit germination of botulism
spores
c. Maintain a high osmotic pressure
to kill microorganisms
d. Prevent mold
145. Salting, as a preservative:
a. Retards growth of Staphylococcus
aureus
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b. Plasmolyzes bacteria and fungi
c. Is used to prevent growth of
halophiles
d. All of the above
146. In batch fermentation:
a. Substrates are added to the system
all at once and runs until product is
harvested
b. Nutrients are continuously fed into
the reactor and the product is
siphoned off during the run
c. New batches of microorganisms are
screened for increased yield
d. Small-scale production is used to
synthesize product
147. The technique first described to
determine the incipient spoilage in
meat was:
a. Homogenate Extract Volume
(HEV)
b. Agar Plate Count (APC)
c. Extract Release Volume (ERV)
d. None of the above
148. Which of the following is responsible
for a musty or earthy flavor?
a. Actinomycetes
b. Flavobacterium
c. Both a and b
d. Pseudomonas syncyanea
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149. Molds causing spoilage of eggs b. The Prize in Medicine was given for
include species of: discovery of cells constituting
a. Cladosporium positioning system in brain

b. Mucor c. Kailash Satyarthi became first

Indian to receive Noble Peace Prize
c. Thamnidium
d. Malala Yousafjai became the
d. All of these
youngest ever Noble Peace Prize
150. Vacuum packaged meats are spoiled winner
by:
154. Which of the following is a Kharif
a. B. thermosphacta crop?
b. Lactobacilli a. Tobacco b. Barley
c. Both a and b c. Potato d. Maize
d. None of these
155. Which of the following countries does
151. Which of the following pairs is not not have Coastline?
correctly matched? a. Zimbabwe b. Cambodia
a. X-ray: Roentgen c. North Korea d. Finland
b. Radioactivity: Becquerel 156. Name the first Vice President of India
c. Microscope: Galileo who was given Bharat Ratna:
d. Oxygen: Joseph Priestley a. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

152. What is the correct sequence of Planets b. Gyani Zail Singh

in terms of decreasing size? c. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
a. Saturn, Earth, Neptune, Mars d. APJ Abdul Kalam
b. Earth, Saturn, Mars, Neptune 157. The maximum duration for which
c. Earth, Mars, Saturn, Neptune President of India’s Office can remain
d. Saturn, Neptune, Earth, Mars vacant:
a. 2 months b. 3 months
153. Which of the following is incorrect
about Nobel Prize 2014? c. 6 months d. It cannot
remain vacant
a. The Prize in Physics was awarded
for invention of efficient blue light
emitting diodes

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158. Which of the following pair (National 163. Which of the following means “by
Park: State) is incorrect? what authority”?
a. Simlipal : Orissa a. Mandamus b. Quo Warranto
b. Nokrek: Meghalaya c. Certiorari d. Habeas Corpus
c. Tadoba: Maharashtra 164. Model Code of conduct comes in to
d. Guindy: Karnataka force during election from:
a. Date of Notification
159. Which body part gets affected in
Cirrhosis? b. Last date of filing nomination
a. Heart b. Liver c. Date of announcement of election
schedule by ECI
c. Kidney d. Lungs
d. Date of Nomination
160. Which of the following teams did not
play Semi Finals of inaugural edition 165. Who was known as ‘Little Corporal’?
of Hero Indian Super League?
a. Bismark
a. Kerala Blasters
b. Adolf Hitler
b. Chennaiyin FC
c. Napoleon Bonaparte
c. FC Goa
d. Lord Curzon
d. United North East
166. Which of the following states have
161. In Jainism ‘Kaivalya’ means: only one representatives each in Lok
a. Perfect Knowledge Sabha?
b. Meditation a. Nagaland, Mizoram
c. Nirvan b. Goa, Nagaland
d. Ratna c. Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura
d. Meghalaya, Mizoram
162. Pulmonary artery originates from:
a. Right ventricle 167. Beighton Cup is associated with:
b. Right auricle a. Badminton b. Polo
c. Left auricle c. Kabaddi d. Hockey
d. Left ventricle

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168. Average blood volume in a normal 173. INDICA was written by:
human being is: a. Ban Bhatt b. Kalidas
a. 5-6 litres b. 3-4 litres c. Chanakya d. Megasthenese

c. 2-3 litres d. 8-10 litres 174. World’s only floating National Park is
located in:
169. Which of the following pairs is
incorrect? a. India b. West Indies

a. Bora-Adriatic Sea c. Malaysia d. Australia

b. Mistral-Gulf of Lion 175. Jet Streams are:

c. Harmattan-Gulf of Guinea a. Wind System with a pronounced
d. Simoom-Gulf of Tongkin seasonal reverse in direction

170. Which of the following pair (river: b. Winds blowing from subtropical
origin place) is incorrect? High Pressure belts towards sub-
polar low pressure belts
a. Chambal: Janapav
c. Winds blowing from sub-polar low
b. Son: Amarkantak pressure belts towards subtropical
c. Tapi: Multai High Pressure belts
d. Godavari: Mahabaleshwar d. Narrow meandering bands of swift
winds which blow in the mid
171. What is the name of position in which
latitudes near the tropopause and
Earth and Sun are nearest?
encircle the globe
a. Perihelion b. Aphelion
176. What is the missing number in the
c. Apogee d. Perigee
series:
172. Who said that ‘Education is the 2, 7, 28, 63, 126, ____
manifestation of perfection already a. 215 b. 245
in man’?
c. 276 d. 296
a. Swami Vivekanand
b. Sri Aurobindo
c. Ravindranath Tagore
d. Subhash Chandra Bose

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177. A man starts walking from his house 181. International ‘Internet Day’ is
towards south. After walking 5 km, he celebrated on:
turned to his left and walked 6 km. a. 27 August b. 28 September
Then he walked further 5 km after
c. 29 October d. 30 November
turning left. Then he turned to his left
and continued to walk for 9 km. How 182 Maya Rao who died recently was a
far is he from his house? renowned:
a. 3 km b. 4 km a. Kathak dancer
c. 5 km d. 6 km b. Bihu dancer
178. A man pointing to a lady said, “ The c. Odishi dancer
son of her only brother is the brother of d. Kuchipudi dancer
my wife”. The lady is related to the
man as: 183. The lifespan of Red Blood Cells
(RBCs) is:
a. Mother-in-law
a. 60 days b. 120 days
b. Grand Mother
c. 180 days d. 200 days
c. Mother’s sister
d. Sister of Father-in-law 184. Biosensor is used to measure:
a. Body pH
179. Which of the following country
became first member of European b. Blood Glucose level
Union to recognise the State of c. Haemoglobin
Palestine?
d. Salinity in urine
a. Hungary b. Sweden
185. Which are primary colours?
c. Poland d. Iceland
a. White, Black, Blue
180. The first border haat (market) facility
b. Red, Yellow, Orange
on Indo-Bangladesh International
border in Tripura was recently opened c. Red, White, Green
at: d. Red, Green, Blue
a. Sylhet-Chittagong border
186. The percentage (%) of Carbon in
b. Srinagar-Ramgarh border atmosphere, by volume, is:
c. Khulna-Rajshahi border a. 0.03 b. 3
d. Rangpur-Dhaka border c. 13 d. 21

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187. Which organization releases ‘World 192. Which one of the following is the
Investment Report’ every year? correct chronological order in which
a. UNCTAD b. WTO the Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments
are held every year?
c. IMF d. World Bank
a. US Open-French Open-Australian
188. Right to Property, according to Indian Open-Wimbledon
Constitution is a: b. Australian Open- French Open-
a. Legal Right Wimbledon-US Open
b. Social Right c. French Open-Australian Open- US
c. Fundamental Right Open-Wimbledon

d. Statutory Right d. Wimbledon-French Open-US

Open-Australian Open
189. The book ‘Planning and the Poor’
was authored by: 193. W h i c h a r t i c l e o f t h e I n d i a n
Constitution relates to “Right to
a. Gunnar Mirdal
Education”?
b. Amartya Sen
a. Article 45 b. Article 26 A
c. David Ricardo
c. Article 21 d. Article 15
d. B. S. Minhas
194. When was Manipuri language added to
190. Which of the following pair (Country: 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution?
Capital) is incorrect? a. 1992 b. 1998
a. Cambodia: Vientin c. 2001 d. 2004
b. Philippines: Manila
195. Which of the following pairs is not
c. Syria: Damascus correctly matched in respect of
d. Estonia: Tallin Manipur?

191. Total number of High Courts in India a. Nongeen: State bird

is: b. Pengba: State fish
a. 20 b. 22 c. Sangai: State animal
c. 24 d. 25 d. Orchid: State flower

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196. T h e c o m p o n e n t s o f H u m a n 198. 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018
Development Index are: will be hosted by:
a. Life Expectancy, Per Capita GDP a. Australia b. South Africa
and Sex Ratio c. Cameroon d. Maldives
b. Sex Ratio, Educational Attainment
and Pure Drinking Water 199. Irang, Maku and Tuivai are important
tributaries of :
c. Life Expectancy, Per Capita GDP
and Educational Attainment a. Barak river b. Imphal river

d. Per Capita GDP, Sex Ratio and c. Yu river d. Chakpi river

Infrastructure 200. Thabal Chongba is integral part of
197. What is Potlei? which festival?

a. A transparent and thin veil thrown a. Yaoshang

over the head b. Ningol Chakouba
b. Ras costume of Sri Radhika and the c. Heikru Hidongba
Gopis d. Cheiraoba
c. Golden ring round the head
d. An Embroidered brightly coloured
silk skirt

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