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MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2020
3. A ‘Blue Moon’ occurs on the average in every about
(A) 2 years
(B) 2.5 years
(C) 2.7 years
(D) 3 years
4. ‘Sangai‘ (the Dancing Deer) is an endangered animal species found in the State of
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Manipur
(D) Tamil Nadu
7. Which is known as ‘Garden City’ of India?
(A) Shimla
(B) Pune
(C) Bangalore
(D) Jaipur
17. Kartarpur Corridor is in between India and
(A) Nepal
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bhutan
24. Which one of the following countries is not a part of BIMSTEC?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Thailand
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Indonesia
28. Which of the following planets revolves from east to west (i.e. retrograde revolution)?
(A) Venus
(B) Earth
(C) Jupiter
(D) Saturn
29. Which state of India has the highest percentage of forests to its total geographical area?
(A) Nagaland
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Mizoram
(D) Meghalaya
35. ‘Kathakali’ is a highly stylized classical dance form originated in
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
37. Which one of the following bird/animal takes the longest migration for seasonal activity?
(A) Elephant Seal
(B) Gray Whale
(C) Leatherback Turtle
(D) Arctic Tern
42. Which of the following divides Afghanistan and Pakistan?
(A) Radcliffe Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) Marginal Line
(D) Medicine Line
45. Which of the following is the capital of Azerbaijan?
(A) Tbilisi
(B) Riga
(C) Tehran
(D) Baku
47. What is the study of maps called?
(A) Speleology
(B) Cartography
(C) Potamology
(D) Orology
49. The largest State in India in terms of area is
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Rajasthan
52. Which one of the following pairs of the tropical cyclones and their land fall area is not correctly matched?
(A) Ockhi – Kerala
(B) Vayu – Odisha
(C) Amphan – West Bengal
(D) Gaja – Tamil Nadu
53. In which Indian state is the Chicken’s Neck located?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Sikkim
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Assam
57. ‘Sagarmala Project’ is associated with
(A) development of the Indian ports
(B) coastal fishing
(C) coastal mining
(D) ocean development
60. Lake Priyadarshini is located in
(A) Kerala
(B) Andaman & Nicobar Island
(C) Ladakh
(D) Antarctica
70. On April 19, 1975 India launched its first satellite into space was named as
(A) INSAT-1
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Bhaskara
(D) Kalpana
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2019
14. Ghoomar is the folk dance form of
(A) Karnataka
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Andhra Pradesh
34. Veer Savarkar International Airport is situated at
(A) Mangalore
(B) Kochi
(C) Gaya
(D) Port Blair
37. Which of the following animals is named as the National Aquatic animal of Thailand?
(A) Wels Catfish
(B) Zander
(C) Siamese fighting fish
(D) Rainbow Trout
44. Which bridge is known as Cantilever Bridge in India?
(A) Rajghat Bridge of Banaras
(B) Rabindra Setu of Kolkata
(C) Kaveri Bridge of Trichy
(D) Brahmaputra Bridge of Assam
46. Which is the official Flower of West Bengal?
(A) Lotus
(B) Palash
(C) Shephali
(D) Rhododendron
47. Which is the national Aquatic Animal of India?
(A) Ganges Shark
(B) Dugong
(C) Golden Mahseer
(D) River Dolphin
77. Which place is famous as “Sanskrit Village of India“?
(A) Pimpri, Maharashtra
(B) Prayag, Uttar Pradesh
(C) Mattur, Karnataka
(D) Korba, Chhattisgarh
78. Which is known as Cockpit of Europe ?
(A) Ireland
(B) Iceland
(C) Belgium
(D) Norway
79. Manas Sanctuary is located in
(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Uttarakhand
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2018
1. Which one of the states is not a coastal one?
(A) West Bengal
(B) Kerala
(C) Sikkim
(D) Tamil Nadu
2. The Khyber Pass is from
(A) Waziristan to Kabul
(B) Peshawar to Kabul
(C) Kandahar to Quetta
(D) Punjab to Tibet
3. What is the correct sequence of the following rivers which moving from North to South?
(A) Jhelum, Beas, Ravi, Sutlej
(B) Jhelum, Sutlej, Ravi, Beas
(C) Jhelum, Beas, Sutlej, Ravi
(D) Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej
4. What Mangrove Area is located in West Bengal?
(A) Subarnarekha
(B) East Godavari
(C) Sunderbans
(D) Karwar
5. Recently the government has announced which river-linking project?
(A) Chambal-Ken
(B) Krishna-Cauvery
(C) Ken-Betwa
(D) None of the above
6. Which town-industry location is not correctly matched?
(A) Ahmedabad – cotton textiles
(B) Ambala – scientific goods
(C) Bhagalpur – silk
(D) Chittaranjan – iron and steel
7. Where is Nedumbassery airport situated?
(A) Cochin
(B) Calicut
(C) Mangalore
(D) Coimbatore
8. Which one of the following is best protected?
(A) Kochi
(B) Chennai
(C) Vizag
(D) Mumbai
75. Which one of the pairs is not correct?
(A) Durand Line – India and Afghanistan
(B) McMohan Line – India and China
(C) Radcliff Line – India and Pakistan
(D) Line of Control – India and Myanmar
94. The first planet discovered with a telescope is
(A) Mars
(B) Uranus
(C) Saturn
(D) Jupiter
95. The Sun consists mostly of
(A) Helium
(B) Hydrogen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Oxygen
96. Who discovered the rings of Saturn?
(A) Galileo
(B) Edmund Halley
(C) Newton
(D) Tycho Brahe
97. If the Earth had no satellite of its own (i.e. Moon), which of the following would not occur?
(A) Neap tide
(B) Ocean currents
(C) Spring tide
(D) All will not occur
98. The Earth rotates on its axis from
(A) West to East
(B) East to West
(C) South to North
(D) North to South
99. The Sun shines vertically on the Equator
(A) throughout the year
(B) four times a year
(C) twice a year
(D) once a year
100. Which of the following is the brightest star in our solar system?
(A) Proxima Centauri
(B) Canopus
(C) Sirius
(D) Arcturus
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2016
19. Full form of SEZ is
(A) Specific Economic Zone
(B) Separate Economic Zone
(C) Selected Economic Zone
(D) Special Economic Zone
22. The decline of the port of Kolkata is due to
(A) labour-problems
(B) power-problems
(C) excessive silting of the Hooghly river
(D) lack of raw materials
64. The type of Coffee which mainly produced in India
(A) Jamaican
(B) Robasta
(C) Librerian
(D) Arabian
66. Total number of districts of West Bengal is :
(A) 20
(B) 23
(C) 22
(D) 21
68. West Bengal is situated
(A) 85°E-90°E
(B) 85°E-89°30’E
(C) 85°50’E-89°50’E
(D) 85°30’E-90°E
73. The Jhaveri sisters are exponents of the dance form
(A) Kathakali
(B) Kuchipudi
(C) Manipuri
(D) Kathak
76. Currently the district of West Bengal with least population is
(A) Dakshin Dinajpur
(B) Uttar Dinajpur
(C) Cooch Behar
(D) Malda
97. The correct of order of the following states according to the dates of their creation is-
(i) Uttarakhand
(ii) Jharkhand
(iii) Goa
(iv) Mizoram
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)