Model Test Paper for IAS Set-3

Model Test Paper for IAS-3

Choose the correct answer:

1.     Which comet appears every 76 years?

        (1)  Halley’s                  (2)  Holme’s

        (3)  Donati’s                 (4)  Alpha Centauri

        Hint: He was an English astronomer. He discovered it in 1682 A.D. It was again seen in 1758 A.D.

2.     The first Secretary-General of UNO was

        (1)  Dag Hammarskjöld

        (2)  Trygve Lie

        (3)  U Thant

        (4)  Count Bernadotte

        Hint: Trygve Lie belonged to Norway. He remained UNO Secretary-General from 1946-1952. U Thant, the UNO Secretary-General from Asia, belonged to Myanmar (Burma).

3.     When Mosquito Day is celebrated?

        (1)  August 22              (2)  August 25

        (3)  August 27              (4)  August 20

        Hint: Sir Ronald Ross established mosquito-malaria relationship on August 20, 1897.

4.     Noise is measured in units called

        (1)  Hertz                      (2)  Decibels

        (3)  Amperes                 (4)  Horse Power

        Hint: Noise over 115 dB is regarded as highly avoidable. WHO recommends maximum noise limit of 75 dB.

5.     Where is Tandoba National Park?

        (1)  Madhya Pradesh

        (2)  Orissa

        (3)  Karnataka

        (4)  Maharashtra

        Hint: This Park is located near Chandrapur covering an area of 116 sq. km.

6.     Where India’s first Biosphere Reserve was established?

        (1)  Namdapha             (2)  Nanda Devi

        (3)  Nilgiri                     (4)  Kanha

        Hint: All are Biosphere Reserves. India’s first Biosphere Reserve was established in Nilgiri covering the parts of the States of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in 1986. Namdapha is in Arunachal Pradesh, Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand and Kanha in Madhya Pradesh. Kanha is one of the largest wild-life National Parks of Asia. Nanda Devi is the highest mountain peak of Uttarakhand.

7.     Central Drug Research Institute is situated at

        (1)  Lucknow                (2)  Mysore

        (3)  Chennai                  (4)  Coimbatore

        Hint: Central Leather Research Institute is in Chennai. Central Food Technological Research Institute is in Mysore.

8.     Surrogate mother is

        (1)  Artificially inseminated female

        (2)  A female carrying several embryos

        (3)  Future mother with embryo implanted from another source

        (4)  A mother without lactation

        Hint: Birth of Dolly, the first cloned lamb, was achieved through surrogate mother.

9.     Which of the fibres is not a plant product?

        (1)  Hemp                     (2)  Cotton

        (3)  Flax                        (4)  Silk

10.   Population explosion has occurred in the last

        (1)  500 years                (2)  300 years

        (3)  100 years                (4)  50 years

11.   Firozabad in UP is famous for

        (1)  Leather industry

        (2)  Glass industry

        (3)  Rubber industry

        (4)  Cotton industry

12.   Betwa river joins the

        (1)  Ganga                    (2)  Yamuna

        (3)  Brahmaputra          (4)  Son

        Hint: It flows from South to North. Son River joins the Ganga River in Bihar near Patna. It also flows from South to North.

13.   Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2004 was given to

        (1)  Kofi Annan

        (2)  Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhom

        (3)  Ms. Mary Robinson

        (4)  M.S. Swaminathan

        Hint: Kofi Annan was the Secretary-General of the UNO. Ms. Mary Robinson was the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland. She was awarded this prize in 2001. Sunder Lal Bahuguna, the grand old man of environmentalists, is associated with Chipko Movement in Uttaranchal (U.P.) and anti-Tehri Dam Movement; M.S. Swaminathan is a world-renowned agriculture scientist of India honoured with many prestigious prizes and awards such as World Food Prize and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 1999. Mohd. El Baradei was awarded this coveted prize for the year 2008 and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is awarded the same prize in the year 2009. El Baradei is the former Director General, IAEA (Vienna) and Bill Gates is the one of the richest persons in the world renowned for his commendable social work and philanthropic services. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, is honoured with this coveted award for the year 2009. Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the yar 2010 was received by the former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on November 22, 2012. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian President and Nobel Laureate, is the winner of this prize for the year 2012. Ela Bhatt got this award for the year 2011. She is the founder of SeWa.

14.   Which of the following States gets the benefit of Idukki Power Project?

        (1)  Kerala                    (2)  Odisha

        (3)  Assam                    (4)  Andhra Pradesh

15.   World Thyroid Day is observed on which of the following day?

        (1)  January 21              (2)  May 25

        (3)  December 22          (4)  November 23

16.   Kourou is well-known for

        (1)  Port facilities          (2)  Racial problems

        (3)  Satellite launching        (4)     Volcano

        Hint: Kourou is in French Guyana in South America. A number of Indian satellites have been launched form Kourou.

17.   The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

        (1)  Gujarat                   (2)  Odisha

        (3)  Tripura                   (4)  West Bengal

18.   Which one of classical dance forms originated in Andhra Pradesh?

        (1)  Bharatnatyam        (2)  Kathakali

        (3)  Kuchipudi              (4)  Odissi

        Hint: Bharatnatyam originated from Tamil Nadu, Kathakali from Kerala and Odissi from Odisha. (Orissa)

19.   Which of the following parts of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium?

        (1)  Capsules                 (2)  Flowers

        (3)  Leaves                    (4)  Roots

20.   ‘The Namesake’ is the outstanding book written by

        (1)  Anita Desai

        (2)  Jhumpa Lahiri

        (3)  Margaret Atwood

        (4)  Vikram Seth

ANSWER: Model Test Paper for IAS-3

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