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MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2020
6. Where is the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) located?
(A) Geneva
(B) Vienna
(C) Brussels
(D) Stockholm
10. The highest level of security provided to high-risk individuals in India is termed as
(A) X category
(B) Y category
(C) Z category
(D) Z+ category
12. Which one of the following personality is a Nobel Laureate?
(A) Jean Dreze
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Ramchandra Guha
(D) Adam Smith
18. ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius‘ is the motto of
(A) Asian Games
(B) Commonwealth Games
(C) Olympic Games
(D) None of the above
19. WikiLeaks was founded by
(A) Mark Zuckerberg
(B) Julian Assange
(C) Jeff Bezos
(D) Jack Ma
21. Toni Morrison was a world famous
(A) Novelist
(B) Politician
(C) Footballer
(D) Painter
22. Which one of the following is not considered as a ‘soft skill’?
(A) Positive attitude
(B) Empathy
(C) Socialization
(D) Computation skill
26. What is the currency of Japan?
(A) Euro
(B) Yen
(C) Rouble
(D) Dinet
31. What does ‘CTC‘ mean for Tea Industry?
(A) Crush, Tear, Curl
(B) Curl, Tear, Cut
(C) Crush, Tear, Cut
(D) Clean, Taste, Choose
32. Which of the following cards was issued first?
(A) PAN
(B) AADHAAR
(C) Voter ID
(D) Ration Card
34. How many countries are members of the United Nations?
(A) 188
(B) 190
(C) 191
(D) 193
36. How many stars are there on the American flag?
(A) 30
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 75
41. The famous film ‘Bhuvan Shome‘ was directed by
(A) Ritwik Ghatak
(B) Mrinal Sen
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Tapan Sinha
43. The fastest train in India was named as
(A) Taj Express
(B) Duronto Express
(C) Rajdhani Express
(D) Vande Bharat Express
44. The FIFA World Cup of 2018 was won by
(A) Croatia
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Russia
50. The full form of NITI Aayog is
(A) National Institute for Transformation of India
(B) National Institution for Transforming India
(C) National Institute of Technocrats in India
(D) Nodal Institution for Transforming India
51. Exact name of the most famous prize Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee won in 2019 for his contribution to Economics is called
(A) Nobel Prize
(B) World Bank Prize
(C) Swiss Bank Prize
(D) Sveriges Riksbank Prize
54. Who is the author of the book ‘Wings of Fire‘?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) APJ Abdul Kalam
(C) George W. Bush
(D) Shiv Khera
56. Which of the following is not included in the WEB 2.0 group?
(A) Email
(B) Facebook
(C) Twitter
(D) WhatsApp
58. When is World Health Day celebrated?
(A) 7 April
(B) 30 April
(C) 5 June
(D) 22 June
59. Who among the following is the first writer in English to have won Jnanpith Award?
(A) Arundhati Roy
(B) Jhumpa Lahiri
(C) Amitav Ghosh
(D) V. S. Naipal
62. The median age of population of India at present is about
(A) 27 years
(B) 30 years
(C) 33 years
(D) 35 years
63. Goods and Services Tax (GST) was launched nationwide in India on
(A) 26 January 2017
(B) 1 April 2017
(C) 1 July 2017
(D) 15 August 2017
64. ‘Salar Jung Museum‘ is located in
(A) Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Cochin
(D) Vadodara
66. ‘Bitcoin‘ is an example of
(A) Computer programming
(B) Gaming App
(C) Internet browser
(D) Cryptocurrency
67. Drone is not usually applied in which of the following sectors in India?
(A) Military
(B) Land Survey
(C) Forestry & Wild Life
(D) Transportation
68. The United Nation was established in the year
(A) 1940
(B) 1945
(C) 1950
(D) 1956
71. The National Youth Day is celebrated on
(A) 12 January
(B) 22 April
(C) 21 June
(D) 05 September
74. The First one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is
(A) Alleviation of poverty
(B) Reduction of hunger
(C) Quality education
(D) Clean water and sanitation
75. International Yoga Day is celebrated on
(A) 01 June
(B) 05 June
(C) 21 June
(D) 23 June
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2019
- When is the Indian Army Day celebrated in India?
(A) January 14
(B) January 15
(C) January 16
(D) January 17
- “Rizhao“, the missile frigate, was commissioned by which country?
(A) Japan
(B) India
(C) China
(D) Russia
- Who is the editor of the book “Majuli: Resources and Challenges“?
(A) Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti
(B) Sushil Kumar Borkakoti
(C) Jeet Singh Mann
(D) Ruhit Borkakoti
- To promote Hindi language all over the world, when is World Hindi Day celebrated?
(A) 7th January
(B) 8th January
(C) 9th January
(D) 10th January
- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has set up its first food testing lab in which IIT campus?
(A) Bombay
(B) Delhi
(C) Kharagpur
(D) Kanpur
- China had set up the world’s first 3D-printed bus stop in which of its city?
(A) Tianjin
(B) Chongqing
(C) Anshan
(D) Shanghai
- Which is the first railway station in the country to have Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine?
(A) Mumbai Station
(B) Bhopal Station
(C) Kolkata Station
(D) Pune Station
- Wall Street is located in
(A) London
(B) Paris
(C) New York
(D) Germany
- Agni VI falls under
(A) Cruise Missile
(B) Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
(C) Anti-Ballistic Missile
(D) Surface to Air Missile
- Which company launched the world’s thinnest laptop?
(A) Acer
(B) Apple
(C) Toshiba
(D) HP
- Which country is the Champion of ICC Women’s World Cup 2017?
(A) India
(B) Australia
(C) England
(D) New Zealand
- Who is the first person to fly in space shuttle and walk on the moon?
(A) John Young
(B) Daniel Bedingfield
(C) Aryan Jones
(D) Ricki-Lee Coulter
- According to All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), which Indian state topped in terms of Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
- The “Deuce, Smash, Drop, Love, Let, Fault” are related to
(A) Badminton
(B) Wrestling
(C) Table Tennis
(D) Boxing
- What is the currency of Bhutan?
(A) Dong
(B) Vatu
(C) Lempira
(D) Ngultrum
- In which state GAIL India Ltd. has commissioned India’s second largest rooftop solar power plant?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
- After Sikkim, which state was declared as the second state in the Northeast to be declared Open Defecation Free?
(A) Manipur
(B) Mizoram
(C) Nagaland
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
- The National Register of Citizens proposes for
(A) weed out illegal immigrants.
(B) declaring the names of bonafide Indian Citizens.
(C) Both (A) and (B) are correct.
(D) None of the above
(A) Delhi
(B) Assam
(C) Sikkim
(D) Goa
- Who is the first woman judge in Supreme Court of India?
(A) Ruma Pal
(B) Sujata Manohar
(C) Fathima Beevi
(D) Gyan Sudha Misra
- Who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2017 under the category “Hindustani Vocal Music“?
(A) Lalith J.Rao
(B) Yogesh Samsi
(C) Rajendra Prasanna
(D) Deepak Prasanna
- Who among the following, proved that the earth is not flat?
(A) Copernicus
(B) Pythagoras
(C) Hoyle
(D) Doppler
- The Khadakwasla is famous for
(A) Hotel Business
(B) Steel plant
(C) Milk product
(D) Defence Academy
- Durand Cup is associated with
(A) Cricket
(B) Badminton
(C) Polo
(D) Football
- The Headquarters of ILO is situated at:
(A) Rome
(B) Paris
(C) Geneva
(D) The Hague
- How many official languages are there in UNO?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
- Which is the first country in the world to legalise equal pay for men and women for the same work?
(A) Netherlands
(B) Iceland
(C) Finland
(D) Argentina
- Which state has made its logo, highlighting the “Biswa Bangla” theme with Ashoka Pillars?
(A) Odisha
(B) Bihar
(C) Maharashtra
(D) None of the above
- Who became the first batsman to score three hundreds in T20 internationals?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Andre Adams
(C) Kylle Mills
(D) Colin Munro
- Name the Housing finance company, which has raised Rs 1000 crore by selling India’s first “Social Bonds”.
(A) LIC Housing Finance Limited
(B) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited
(C) Housing Urban Development Corporation
(D) Indiabulls Housing Finance
- Which of the following is the world’s largest cleanliness survey carried out by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?
(A) Swachh Abhiyan – 2018
(B) Swachh Bharat – 2018
(C) Swachh Survekshan – 2018
(D) Swachh Sankalp – 2018
- Which is the first spaceship to orbit the moon?
(A) Luna-10
(B) Zond-5
(C) Lunakhod-1
(D) Soyuz-28
- The “Poilu” is the nick-name of
(A) American Soldier
(B) French Soldier
(C) Japanese Soldier
(D) English Soldier
- The Parliament of Malaysia is known as
(A) Majlis
(B) Shora
(C) Khural
(D) Diet
- Which state launched “Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar Mela 2017-18”?
(A) Assam
(B) Manipur
(C) West Bengal
(D) Nagaland
- Who has become the India’s highest ranked player in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings?
(A) Sharath Kamal
(B) G. Sathiyan
(C) Manika Batra
(D) Barun Das
- Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga was appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?
(A) Mali
(B) Maldives
(C) Liberia
(D) Libya
- Who wrote “Canterbury Tales“?
(A) Geoffrey Chaucer
(B) Geoffrey Dickens
(C) William Wordsworth
(D) John Milton
- “Crossing the Line” is the autobiography of:
(A) Sunil Chhetry
(B) Luis Suarez
(C) Maradona
(D) Roy Keane
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2018
16. A building that uses the optimum level of energy is called in India
(A) White Building
(B) Green Building
(C) Optimal Building
(D) Sustainable Building
17. ‘OBOR’ is a strategy for
(A) Asia-Pacific Domination
(B) Establishing Chinese hegemony
(C) Isolating India in South-East Asia
(D) Inviting Big-power rivalry in the Asia-Pacific
18. Identify the right match.
(A) The Harakat-ul-Ansar – Libya
(B) Jamaat-ul-Fuqra – Pakistan
(C) Irish Republican Army – Japan
(D) ISIS – Peru
19. Rapid Action Force is a
(A) unit of Delhi Police
(B) branch of the CBI
(C) unit of the Indian Army
(D) para–military force
20. Which one of the following aircrafts is the air-to-air refueller of the Air force of India?
(A) Ilyushin – 78
(B) C – 17 Globemaster
(C) C – 130J Hercules
(D) Ilyushin – 76
80. Kathakali dance form originated in
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Orissa
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu
92. World Vegetarian Day is observed on
(A) October 1
(B) October 2
(C) October 5
(D) October 9
93. United Nations Day is observed on
(A) October 24
(B) October 31
(C) October 16
(D) October 15
MVI – (NT) – Prelim Question Paper – 2016
37. International Mother Language Day is observed on
(A) 21st February
(B) 1st January
(C) 24th October
(D) 28th February
56. The famous play “Nabanna” was written by
(A) Utpal Dutta
(B) Bijon Bhattacharya
(C) Badal Sarkar
(D) Manoj Mitra
61. Which category of the Nobel Prize has been awarded the least number of times?
(A) Literature
(B) Physics
(C) Economic Sciences
(D) Peace
69. Anirban Lahiri a celebrated player in association with
(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Basketball
(D) Golf
81. ‘Playing it my way‘ is an auto biographical book of
(A) Brian Lara
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Sourav Ganguly
92. Our National Anthem must be sung within
(A) 52 seconds
(B) 62 seconds
(C) 55 seconds
(D) 1 minute

