Model Test Paper for ICS set-1

Model Test Paper for ICS-1

Choose the correct answer:

1.     The country where death rate is the lowest in the world is

        (1)  USA                        (2) Canada

        (3)  Japan                       (4) Kuwait

2.     Which country is known as the ‘Cockpit of Europe’?

        (1)  Holland

        (2)  Italy

        (3)  Belgium

        (4)  Switzerland

3.     The Parliament of Bangladesh is known as

        (1)  National Assembly

        (2)  National Parliament

        (3)  Rashtriya Panchayat

        (4)  Jatiyo Sansad

4.     Khemer Rouge is

        (1)  A city in South America

        (2)  A guerilla force in Vietnam

        (3)  An ethnic group and party in Cambodia

        (4)  The capital of Loas

        Hint: Khemer Rouge and its leader Pol Pot were responsible for the brutal killings of more than a million people in Cambodia– one of the most inhuman and brutal regimes of our times. It is now almost decimated.

5.     Which of the following countries has a two party system?

        (1)  Australia                  (2) France

        (3)  India                        (4) Britain

6.     When the Global Hand washing Day is observed?

        (1)  January 15               (2) April 15

        (3)  October 15              (4) November 15

7.     ‘Golan Heights’ has become a controversial issue between which of the following pair of nations?

        (1)  Iraq-Iran

        (2)  Israel-Libya

        (3)  Israel-Syria

        (4)  Kuwait-Syria

        Hint: Golan Heights, a Syrian territory, was occupied by Israel in 1967. It is still under its control. Israel refuses to vacate it.

8.     The language of Lakshadweep, a Union Territory of India, is

        (1)  Tamil                       (2) Hindi

        (3)  Malayalam               (4) Telugu

        Hint: The capital of Lakshadweep is Kavaratti. It is one of the tiniest Union Territories of India having a population of about 60,000.

9.     Which is not an official language of UNO?

        (1)  English

        (2)  Chinese

        (3)  Arabic

        (4)  Japanese

        Hint: The UNO has six official languages– English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.

10.   The first month of Saka year is

        (1)  Vaisakh                   (2) Chaitra

        (3)  Jyeshtha                   (4) Paush

        Hint: The last month of Saka year is Phalguna. It has been the National Calendar of India since March 22, 1957.

11.   The number of principal organs of UNO is

        (1)  Three

        (2)  Four

        (3)  Five

        (4)  Six

        Hint: UNO has six organs– the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice and the Secretariat.

12.   How many judges are in the International Court of Justice?

        (1)  10                            (2) 11

        (3)  15                            (4) 17

        Hint: The seat of the International Court of Justice is located at The Hague in The Netherlands (Holland).

13.   Limba Ram is known for his outstanding performance in which of the following?

        (1)  Boxing                     (2) Shooting

        (3)  Swimming               (4) Archery

14.   Which of the following is not correctly matched?

        (1)  Cricket                     :    Gully

        (2)  Boxing                     :    Punch

        (3)  Chess                       :    Checkmate

        (4)  Tennis                      :    Bully

        Hint: Volley is associated with Tennis.

15.   Wilson Jones is related to

        (1)  Squash                     (2) Polo

        (3)  Billiards                   (4) Golf

        Hint: Wilson Jones is a legendary name in the world of billiards. Winner of three world titles, he remained twelve-times national amateur billiards champion of India.

16.   Chameli Devi Award is given to an outstanding woman who is a

        (1)  Vocalist                   (2) Lawyer

        (3)  Journalist                 (4) Scientist

        Hint: Banu Haralu of NDTV won this Award in 2002-03. Sonu Jain of the Indian Express won this award for the year 2003-04. Sunita Narain has got this award for the year 2004-05. Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN got it in 2007-2008. Nirupama Subramanium of The Hindu and Vinita Deshmukh of Weekly Intelligent (Pune) were the recipients of this award in 2009. Shoma Chaudhury of Tehelka and Monalisa Chang Kija of Nagaland Page have been honoured with this award for the year 2010. Tusha Mittal of Tehelka’s Kolkata News Bureau  has been chosen for the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2012. She has been selected as the outstanding women media person for her sterling reportage of life in the raw at the margins in deep interior Bengal, Odisha and Chattisgarh, in areas affected by bloody civil strite-an awesome spectacle of Naxalite and counter-Naxalite violence.

        Shahina K.K. of the Open Magazine got this award for an Outstanding Media Person in 2011. She is the Thiruvananthapuram correspondent of Open Magazine.

17.   Match the following

              Column I                             Column II

        (A) Shivpuri National Park   I.   Assam

        (B) Gir National Park            II. Rajasthan

        (C) Ghana Bird Sanctuary    III. Gujarat

        (D) Kaziranga National Park IV. Madhya Pradesh

              A         B           C         D

        (1)  I           II           III        IV

        (2)  III        II           I           IV

        (3)  IV        II           I           III

        (4)  IV        III         II         I

18.   Who has been conferred on Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 2011?

        (1)  Dr. Mohan Dharia

        (2)  Anna Hazare

        (3)  Javed Akhtar

        (4)  Kapila Vatsayan

        Hint: Veteran lyricist, poet and author, Gulzar, was honoured with this award in the year 2012.

19.   Obra, where a large thermal power station has been built, is in

        (1)  Madhya Pradesh

        (2)  Maharashtra

        (3)  Uttar Pradesh

        (4)  Bihar

20.   What is meant by ‘brain drain’?

        (1)  Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people

        (2)  Increasing medical facilities which have resulted in decrease in the number of mentally retarded people

        (3)  The marriage of highly intellectual people so as to add more intelligent progeny to the population

        (4)  The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment

ANSWERS: Model Test Paper for ICS-1

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