DAILY UPDATES MOCK TEST 19

1. The cooling by a desert cooler is based on-

Hot air replacement

Air dehydration

Evaporative cooling

Air rehydration

2. The conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy does not occur in -

Hydro electric plant

AC generator

DC generator

Motor

3. Direct conversion of solar energy with the use of a photo voltaic cell result in the production of -

Optical energy

Electrical energy

Thermal energy

Mechanical energy

4. In MRI machine, which one of the following is used?

Sound wave

X-ray

Ultra-sound wave

Radio wave

5. The slope of a velocity-time graph represents -

Acceleration

Displacement

Distance

Speed

6. A device which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy is-

Dynamo

Transformer

Electric motor

Inductor

7. Food gets cooked faster in a pressure cooker because-

Water starts boiling at a lower temperature due to high pressure

Water starts boiling at a higher temperature due to high pressure

Water boils only at 100° C but the heat content is higher at high pressure

Convection currents are set inside the cooker

8. The atmosphere exerts enormous pressure on us. But, we do not feel it because

Our blood exerts a pressure slightly more than that of the atmosphere

We are used to it.

Our bones are very strong and can withstand the pressure

The surface are of our head is very small

9. To keep drinks at the same temperature for quite sometime, the walls of thermos bottle are coated with:

Aluminium paint

Lead Powder

Silver layer

Mercury Layer/

10. On adding common salt to water, the boiling point and freezing point of water will:

Increase

Decrease

Decrease and increase respectively

Increase and decrease respectively

11. Cooling is done by-

Flow of water

Release of compressed gas

Cooking gas

Melting the solid

12. A dynamo is used to convert -

Mechanical energy into electrical energy

Electrical energy into mechanical energy

Electrical energy into magnetic energy

Magnetic energy into mechanical energy

13. The light with the shortest wavelength is

Red

Yellow

Blue

Violet

14. Sea seems blue due to-

Excess deepness

Reflection of sky and scattering of light by the drops of water

Blue colour of water

Upper layer of water

15. The remove the defect of long sightedness one uses-

Concave lens

Convex mirror

Convex lens

Concave mirror

16. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?

Annie Besant

Mridula Sarabhai

Muthu Lakshmi

Sarojini Naidu

17. Which among the following is / are works of Kalidasa? 1. Ritusamhara 2. Meghaduta 3. Dasakumarcharita 4. Kumarashambhava Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

Only 1 & 2

Only 2, 3 &4

Only 1, 2 & 4

1, 2, 3 & 4

18. Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood for which reason.

Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy

Cruel suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement

Bhagat Singh was hanged

Chauri-Chaura incident

19. Who had said on the death of Tilak 'my strongest bulwark is gone' .

Shaukat Ali

Muhammad Ali

Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahatma Gandhi

20. Who had given the title of 'Mahatma' to Gandhi .

B. G. Tilak

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Moti Lal Nehru

Rabindra Nath Tagore

21. Who among the following is known as 'the liberator of the press' ?

William Jones

Wellesley

Sir Charles Metcalfe

Lord Minto

22.

The 3rd Asia Cup International Bridge Championship 2018 is hosted by __________.

Japan

England

China

India

23.

Which award was conferred to Lata Mangeshkar recently?

National award

Best Singer Award - Female

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Swara Mauli Award

24. Who has been choosen for RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism?

Walter Leland Cronkite

Anderson Cooper

Sir William Mark Tully

Julian Paul Assange

25. ___________ won the European Golden Shoe for the fifth time.

Ciro Immobile

Lionel Messi

Harry Kane

Mohamed Salah

26. Which is the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport: UNEP?

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Bengaluru International Airport

Visakhapatnam international airport

Cochin International Airport

27. Who was conferred as the International Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT Cricket Ratings awards?

Shubman Gill

Harmanpreet Kaur

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

28. The Commonwealth medal winner and Table Tennis Star Manika Batra and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu signed multi-year agreement with which of the following?

Addidas

IOS Sports

ELF Sports

DLF Sports

29. Which team won the 2018 Uber Cup, the Women's World Badminton Championship?

Japan

Thailand

Bangladesh

Indonesia

30. Which one do you like?

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

31. ___________ and UN Environment signed an agreement to promote 'green' Cricket in India.

SLCA

UAE Cricket Team

ICC

BCCI

32. What had the Sir Charles Wood Dispatch of 1854 primarily dealt with?

Social reforms

Administrative reforms

Educational reforms

Political consolidation

33. Name the Indian who become the first batter from the country to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket.

Jhulan Goswami

Virat Kohli

MS Dhoni

Mithali Raj

34. Hydraulic brakes work on the principle of -

Pascal’s law (

Thomson’s law

Newton’s law

Bernoulli’s principle

35. The wall of dam is broader at the base -

Because streamlining is required

To withstand pressure that increases with depth

To reduce pressure of water

To withstand pressure that is increased with atmospheric pressure

36. It is difficult to cook rice -

At the top of a mountain

At the sea level

Under a mine

Same anywhere

37. The oil in the wick of an oil lamp rises up due to -

Capillary action

Low viscosity of oil

Gravitational force

Pressure difference

38. What is the unit of Electrical Capacity -

Henry

Farad

Volt

Ohm

39. A drop of liquid assumes spherical shape because -

Intermolecular forces are strong in liquids

A sphere has the least surface area for a given volume

A sphere has the largest surface area for a given volume

Intermolecular forces are weak in liquids

40. The hair of shaving brush clings together when removed from water due to -

Surface tension

Viscosity

Elasticity

Friction

41. Who defined the law of gravitation?

Newton

Archimedes

Galileo

Faraday

42. Who was known as 'Lok Nayak'?

Mahatma Gandhi

Subhash Chadra Bose

Jai Prakash Narayan

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

43. During the Anglo-French struggle in the Carnatic, the French were finally defeated by the English in the battle of?

Trichinopoly

Arcot

Wandiwash

Pondicherry

44. Where did the Indian National Congress get divided into two wings moderates and extremists?

Surat Session 1907

Lahor Session 1909

Calcutta Session 1911

Karachi Session 1913

45. The English rounded Calcutta after obtaining the zamindari of three villages, viz Sutanuti, Kalikata and Govindpur, from the Mughal Viceroy of Bengal in 1698. The nucleus of the British settlement in Calcutta was?

San Thome

Victoria Memeorial

Fort William

Howrah Port

46. Consider the following statements related to Raja Ram Mohan Roy : 1. He advocated widow remarriage 2. He strongly advocated for the abolition of Sati system. 3. He advocated for the promotion of English Education

Only 1

1 and 2

2 and 3

1, 2 and 3

47. The immediate cause of the Battle of Plassey was?

The English attempt to strengthen their fortifications at Fort William.

The English support and asylum to the political rivals of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah

Misuse of Dastaks (passes for free trade) by the Company and its officials

Siraj-ud-Daulah’s attack on Fort William and capture of Calcutta (Alinagar)

48. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

R.G. Bhandarkar

Mahadev Govind Ranade

B.G. Tilak

49. In which of the following did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel play a leading role?

Bijolia Movement

Dandi March

Bardoli Satyagraha

Textile Mill Workers strike at Ahmedabad

50. Why did Mahatma Gandhi supported the Khilafat Movement?

Gandhiji wanted to win the support of the Indian Muslims against the British

The Khalifa had given shelter to Indian revolutionaries

The Khalifa support Indian struggle for freedom

The Khalifa was a personal friend of Gandhiji

51. Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw of Non-Co-operation Movement?

Kakori episode

Chauri-Chaura episode

Jallianwala Bagh episode

Muzaffarpur episode

52. The Sikh Khalsa was founded by

Guru Nanak

Guru Hargobind

Guru Teg Bahadur

Guru Govind Singh

53. Who among the following is NOT associated with medicine in ancient India?

Charaka

Susruta

Bhaskaracharya

Dhanvantri

54. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal was defeated by the English in the battle of Plassey, mainly?

Because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab

Because of Clive’s conspiracy with the Nawab’s Commander-in-Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal

Because of Siraj-ud-Daulah’s retirement from the battlefield

Because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawab’s service by the English

55. Shyamji Krishna Verma established Indian Home rule society in

London

Paris

Berlin

San Francisco

56. Todar Mal was associated to

Law

Land revenue reforms

Literature

Music

57. The battle of Wandiwas was fought between

British and French companies

British and Dutch companies

Dutch and Portuguese companies

Rench and Dutch companies

58. On whom emperor, Akbar conferred the title of 'Jagat Guru' ?

Purushottam

Dastur Meherji Rana

Hari Vijay Suri

Devi

59. Maulavi Liaqat Ali who played a significant role during the freedom struggle of 1857 belonged to which of the following cities?

Bareilly

Faizabad

Allahabad

Lucknow

60. In which session of the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung?

1886

1890

1896

1905

61. Mahadev Govind Ranade founded the-

Arya Samaj

Brahmo Samaj

Prarthana Samaj

Theosophical society

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

Chaturvarnya - Four Ashrams

Shudra - cattle herders

Mahamatra - Lower class Officials

Dharamshastra - Works on religion and philosophy

63. The title "Sparrow" is given to

Sardar Vallabhai patel

Rajinder Singh

Nelson Mandela

Porus

64. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?

Dr Rajendra Prasad

Jawaharlal Nehru

Lord Pethick Lawrence

Lord Mountbatten

65. The landmarks of Dalhousie's administration did not include?

Indian Railways

English as the medium of instruction

Public works department

Telegraph

66. Who composed the Gayatri Mantra

Vishvamitra

Vasishtha

Indra

Parikshit

67. Which of the following was the birth place of Guru Nanak?

Amritsar

Nabha

Nankana

Nander

68. Plassey is located near?

Murshidabad in West Bengal

Rajshahi in Bangladesh

Calcutta

Monghyr in Bihar

69. Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi of the individual Satyagraha. Who was the second?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

C. Rajgopalachari

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

70. Who of the following Sikh Guru was started Gurumukhi script?

Guru Nanak

Guru Angad

Guru Arjundev

Guru Govind Singh

71. Where was the 'Jatiya Sarkar' formed during the Quit India Movement?

Ballia

Nagpur

Satara

Tamluk

72. The Communal Award was made by whom on 4 August 1932 ?

Lord Linlithgow

Lord Reading

Lord Ripon

Ramsay Macdonald

73. Direct Action Day was observed by Muslim League on ?

15th August 1946

16th August 1946

17th August 1946

18th August 1946

74. Who wrote 'Discovery of India' ?

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Lala Lajpat Rai

Dadabhai Naoroji

Moti Lal Nehru

75. The main reason for the British Government to spread modern education in India during pre-independence period was—

The need for educated Indians in minor administrative posts

To promote Indian culture

To modernise the Indian people so that they could share their political responsibilities

None of these

76. January 12 has been decleard as-

Youth day

Rama Krishna Mission day

Pioneers’ day

Martyrs’day

77.

How many teams are added by the ICC to the ODI Team Rankings recently?

6

5

4

3

78. A satellite in vacuum -

Is kept in orbit by remote control

Is kept in orbit by retro-rocket

Derives energy from gravitational field

Does not require any energy for orbiting

79. Who won Formula Junior Racing Series 2018 Championship?

Shri Bala Prasath

Shri Naresh iyer

Shri Suresh Kumar

Shri Naresh Karthick

80. Who among the following had during his reign introduced a new calendar, a new system of coinage, and new scales or weights and measures?

Tipu Sultan

Murshid Quli Khan

Raghunath Rao

Lord Cornwallis

81. Which IIT institute has won the Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Academic Institutions category?

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Guwahati

IIT Bombay

IIT Kolkata

82. The East India Company had taken Bombay from?

The Dutch

Charles I

Charles II

The Portuguese

83. Who won the Charity Award in United Kingdom?

Islington Giving

Jagriti Yatra

Redthread

Autistica

84. Name the person who has been conferred for 'Excellent Woman of Excellence' award in 2018 Women Economic Forum.

Aisha Amjad

Nisha Bhalla

Eliza Reid

Tunyogi Henriett

85. The Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City appointed Brazilian __________ as their head coach?

Marcos Paqueta

Ramos Sebastian

Priscil Joy

Alan Seheul

86. The swimmer from this country has set off from Japan aiming to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.

Spain

French

Germany

Russia

87. Two bodies kept at a certain distance feel a gravitational force F to each other. If the distance between them is made double the former distance, the force will be -

2F

1/2 F

4F

1/4 F

88. Electric motors operating at low voltages tend to burn out because-

They draw more current which is inversely proportional to the voltage

They draw more current which is inversely proportional to the square root of the voltage.

They draw heat proportional to V²

Low voltage sets in electrical discharge

89. When a piece of ice floating in a glass of water melts, the level of water will:

Fall

Rise

Remain same

Fall or rise depends on the temperature of water

90. The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was founded in—

1922

1924

1926

1928

91. An air bubble in water will act like a:

Convex mirror

Convex lens

Concave mirror

Concave lens

92. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was

Barley and rice

Milk and its products

Rice and pulses

Vegetables and fruits

93. Who among the following invented Zero?

Aryabhatta

Varahamihira

Bhaskara I

An unknown Indian

94. A lot of details regarding the village administration under the Cholas is provided in the inscriptions at?

Uttaramerur

Kanchipuram

Thanjavur

Uraiyur

95. Who became the first player from Thailand to win the 73rd US Women's Open at the Shoal Creek, United States?

Ariya Jutanugarn

Chun In-gee

Inbee Park

Moriya Jutanugarn

96. If a gas is compressed to half of its original volume at 27°C, to what temperature should it be heated to make it occupy is original, volume?

327°C

600°C

54°C

300°C

97. Assertion (A) : With the increase of temperature, the viscosity of glycerin increases. Reason (R) : Rise of temperature increases kinetic energy of molecules. Code

Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true, but (R) is false.

(A) is false, but (R) is true.

98. Which of the following musical instruments is / are composite or Indo-Islamic in origin ? 1. Sitar 2. Shehnai 3. Tabla 4. Sarangi Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

1 & 2 Only

1, 3 & 4 Only

1, 2 & 3 Only