1. What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep?
Answer: A. They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively
2. A submarine mountain or peak rising more than 1000 m above the ocean floor is known as
Answer: B. Seamounts
3. Which of the following is a warm current?
Answer: B. Kuro Shio current
4. Who became the first-ever Indian woman to win an individual gold in shooting at the 2018 Asian Games?
Answer: D. Rahi Sarnobat
5. The International team of scientists has recently cracked the genetic code of which cultivated crop for the first time?
Answer: A. Wheat
6. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights?
Answer: D. Judiciary
7. The first General Election in Independent India was held in
Answer: C. 1951
8. Under which Article of the Constitution can an individual move the Supreme Court directly in case of any violation of Fundamental Rights?
Answer: B. Article 32
9. Kisan Diwas is celebrated on which date in India?
Answer: D. December 23
10. Who has taken charge as the new CEO and MD of Infosys?
Answer: C. Salil Parekh
11. Which telecom company has launched a VOIP based phone service “WINGS”?
Answer: B. BSNL
12. Which of the following is not a work of late V. S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Indian origin Nobel Prize-winning author who passed away recently?
Answer: D. The Remains of the Day
13. What is the current number of India’s Biosphere Reserves included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves?
Answer: D. 11
14. The Karnataka Police Flag Day is celebrated on which date?
Answer: B. 2nd April
15. The Union Government has constituted which high-level committee to suggest laws against mob lynching and violence?
Answer: B. Rajiv Gauba Committee
16. The first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released for which State?
Answer: B. Assam
17. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2018?
Answer: A. Vinod Khanna
18. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are located on which among the following islands of the Japanese Archipelago?
Answer: A. Honshu and Kyushu respectively
19. Who among the following had built beautiful temples at Pattadakallu and Aihole?
Answer: A. Chalukya
20. Among the Kalyani Chalukyas, the title of Jagadekamalla was held by
Answer: A. Jayasimha II
21. Who received the Golden Ball Award for best player at the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: A. Luka Modric
22. Which of the following missiles of India is a “supersonic cruise missile”?
Answer: B. BrahMos
23. Which novel won the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize?
Answer: B. The English Patient
24. The Nag missile has been developed by which Indian organisation?
Answer: A. DRDO
25. Which Amendment to the Constitution inserted a new Article 21A providing Right to Education in the Constitution?
Answer: A. 86th Amendment
26. National Commission for Women has partnered with ________ to launch a Digital Literacy Program to train women on safe use of the internet.
Answer: A. Facebook
27. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised ________ airport as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport.
Answer: C. Cochin (CIAL)
28. Atal Innovation Mission is a Government of India endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and is taken up under
Answer: C. NITI Aayog
29. Indu Malhotra is
Answer: B. First Woman Senior Advocate to be recently sworn in as Judge of Supreme Court
30. “Sagar Kavach” stands for
Answer: B. An exercise to strengthen and assess loopholes in coastal security
31. In Mobile telephony, GSM stands for
Answer: B. Global System of Mobile Communications
32. BIOS stands for?
Answer: A. Basic Input Output System
33. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of
Answer: B. Identity theft
34. The reason for a mirage is
Answer: D. Total internal reflection of light
35. A device which converts chemical energy into electrical energy is called
Answer: A. Battery
36. Tejinder Pal Singh won India’s first Gold Medal in Athletics at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games in
Answer: D. Shot-put
37. “Re-Unite” is a mobile app launched by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry which helps in
Answer: C. Trace missing and abandoned children
38. Which of the following is not a medal recently instituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs for Police Personnel?
Answer: C. Vishisht Seva Medal
39. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently banned the manufacture and sale of ________ drug for its rampant misuse in the dairy sector.
Answer: B. Oxytocin
40. Which of the following is true in respect of Pinaka-II?
Answer: C. It is a guided version of a multi-barrel rocket launcher
41. Which instrument is used in a submarine to see objects above sea level?
Answer: A. Periscope
42. Acceleration due to gravity (g) is independent of
Answer: D. All of the above
43. Due to rusting the weight of iron
Answer: B. Increases
44. What is laughing gas?
Answer: D. Nitrous oxide
45. From which mineral is radium obtained?
Answer: C. Pitchblende
46. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was passed by the Lok Sabha which provides for
Answer: B. Death Penalty for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years
47. V-46-6 and V-92-S2 are ________ equipment manufactured under Make in India for the Indian Army.
Answer: B. High-powered multi-fuel engines
48. International Tiger Day to raise awareness on Tiger Conservation is observed on
Answer: B. 29th July
49. India developed the first ever environment-friendly biofuel-powered flight that recently flew from Dehradun to Delhi. The biofuel used was a blend of oil from
Answer: A. Jatropha seeds
50. The distinguished missile scientist who was recently appointed Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri is
Answer: C. Sri G. Sathish Reddy
51. In which one of the following situations does a chemical reaction not occur?
Answer: A. Common salt is exposed to air
Directions (52–54): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions: Point D is 14 m towards the West of Point A. Point B is 4 m towards the South of Point D. Point F is 9 m towards the South of Point D. Point E is 7 m towards the East of Point B. Point C is 4 m towards the North of Point E. Point G is 4 m towards the South of Point A. 52. Which of the following points are in a straight line?
Answer: D. E, G, B
53. In which direction is A with respect to C?
Answer: A. East
54. A person walks 5 m towards North from point F and then takes a right turn. Which of the following points would he reach first?
Answer: C. E
55. Tank full petrol in Geetha’s scooter lasts 10 days. If she starts using 25% more every day, how many days will the tank full petrol last?
Answer: D. 8
56. The Constitution of India empowers the Supreme Court of India to adjudicate disputes between Centre and the States through
Answer: B. Original jurisdiction
57. Department of Border Management is a department under which of the following Union Ministries?
Answer: B. Ministry of Home Affairs
58. The Election Commission of India is not concerned with elections of/to
Answer: D. Panchayats and Municipalities
59. Which of the following writs literally means “We Command”?
Answer: B. Mandamus
Directions (60–61): The following questions are based on the five, three letter words given below. TUB HUB MUG PAR FOR 60. If the positions of the first and second letters of all the words are interchanged, how many words will form meaningful English words?
Answer: A. None
61. If all the letters in each of the words are arranged alphabetically (within the word), how many words will remain unchanged?
Answer: C. One
62. Who was the Governor General of India during the First War of Independence, 1857?
Answer: B. Lord Canning
63. Sangam literature is
Answer: C. Early Tamil literature attributed to the history of ancient Southern India
64. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was
Answer: A. Vallabhbhai Patel
65. The Ajanta Caves are situated in
Answer: B. Maharashtra
66. Deficiency of Vitamin D leads to lack of absorption of
Answer: C. Calcium
67. A person travelled a distance of 50 km in 8 hours. He covered part of the distance on foot at 4 km/hr and part on bicycle at 10 km/hr. How much distance did he travel on foot?
Answer: B. 20 km
68. In a meeting a map of a village was placed in such a manner that South-East becomes North and North-East becomes West. What will South become?
Answer: B. North-East
69. If Kiran, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, then
Answer: C. He suffers a loss of 1%
70. Ramya is prettier than Rashmi but not as pretty as Rekha. Then
Answer: A. Rashmi is not as pretty as Ramya
71. Which Indian got a Nobel Prize for Economics?
Answer: D. Amartya Sen
72. Which of the following organizations is known as the Capital Market Regulator in India?
Answer: B. SEBI
73. Which country is not a member of the G-20 Group?
Answer: C. Thailand
74. Total number of members in ASEAN are
Answer: B. 10
75. Which of the following would not constitute an economic activity in Economics?
Answer: C. A teacher teaching his own daughter at home
76. Which of the following pair of districts show the correct location of Thermal Power Plants in Karnataka?
Answer: A. Raichur and Udupi
77. Ilkal Town, famous for Ilkal Sarees, is located in
Answer: B. Bagalkot
78. Electric Bulb Filament is made from
Answer: D. Tungsten
79. Which of the following best describes Bt Cotton?
Answer: C. It is genetically modified to produce an insecticide
80. “Gout” is the disease caused by deposition of ________ in the joints.
Answer: D. Uric Acid
81. The Cabinet Mission which arrived at Delhi in 1946 was headed by
Answer: A. Lord Pethick-Lawrence
82. The Grand Trunk Road was built during the reign of which ruler?
Answer: A. Sher Shah Suri
83. The Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers in the Maratha Empire was called
Answer: A. Peshwa
84. Devaluation of a currency means
Answer: A. Reduction in the value of a currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies
85. The central banking functions in India are performed by the I. Central Bank of India II. Reserve Bank of India III. State Bank of India IV. Punjab National Bank
Answer: B. II
86. The first Hydro Electric Plant of Karnataka State was built across
Answer: A. Kaveri at Shivanasamudra
87. Which of the following is not an Electricity Supply Company in Karnataka?
Answer: A. TESCOM
88. Which of the following is not an east-flowing river of Karnataka?
Answer: C. Sharavathi
89. The highest peak in Karnataka is
Answer: A. Mullayan Giri
90. Match the following with respect to Karnataka State:
A. Gokak Falls 1) Mandya
B. Abbe Falls 2)Shivamogga
C. Gerusoppe Falls 3) Belagaum
D. Barachukki Falls 4) Kodagu
Answer: C. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
91. Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?
Answer: B. Narora
92. Which among the following river is an example of a superimposed drainage system?
Answer: B. Chambal
93. Which among the following Union Territory of India has the largest area?
Answer: B. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
94. “Mullaperiyar Dam” has been a long-pending issue between which of the following two States?
Answer: D. Tamil Nadu and Kerala
95. India has been providing assistance to which among the following neighbours for strengthening and extension of embankments along the Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers?
Answer: B. Nepal
96. Which of the following is false with regard to the Treaty of Mangalore (1780–1784)?
Answer: D. The treaty was a moral and psychological victory to the British
97. Which among the following is true in respect of Vishnuvardhana, the Hoysala Emperor?
Answer: B. Vishnuvardhana was originally a Jain converted to Vaishnavism
98. The famous Madrasa at Bidar was established by
Answer: B. Mohammed Gawan
99. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang visited Karnataka during the reign of
Answer: A. Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya Empire
100. Which of the following nationalised banks did not originate from Karnataka?
Answer: B. Indian Bank