101. The 102nd Indian Science Congress, held during 3-7 January 2015, was hosted by :
(a) J.N.U. New Delhi
(b) Kolkata University
(c) Mumbai University
(d) Patna University
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
102. The United Nation’s General Assembly has declared June 21 as :
(a) World Food Day
(b) International Women’s Day
(c) International Yoga Day
(d) World Population Day
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
103. India’s communication satellite GSAT-16 was successfully launched on December 7, 2014 from French Guiana. Operational life of GSAT is :
(a) 12 years
(b) 13 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 15 years
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
104. Rolene Strauss, who was crowned Miss World 2014 on December 14, 2014, is a :
(a) Student of Fine Arts
(b) Student of Journalism
(c) Student of Medical
(d) Student of Engineering
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
105. Who has been elected as the New President of FICCI’ in December 2014?
(a) Neeta Ambani
(b) Chanda Kochar
(c) Jyotsna Suri
(d) Jaya Bachchan
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
106. Which of the following district of Uttarakhand is reported to have largest forest cover out of total geographical area?
(a) Uttarkashi
(b) Chamoli
(c) Tehri Garhwal
(d) Almora
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
107. The longest perennial river of Uttarakhand is?
(a) Kali Nadi (Lipulekh to Tanak Pur)
(b) Bhagirathi Nadi (Gaumukh to Devprayag)
(c) Alaknanda Nadi (Satopanth to Devprayag)
(d) Ram Ganga Nadi West (Dudhatoli to Kalagarh)
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
108. Uttarakhand Space Application Centre was established in :
(a) 2000
(b) 2004
(c) 2005
(d) 2007
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
109. ‘Chipko Movement’ activist ‘Gaura Devi’ was born in :
(a) Lata Village
(b) Chinka Village
(c) Mana Village
(d) Nakuri Village
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
110. How many districts of Uttarakhand touch the boundary of Chamoli district?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 7
(d) 5
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
111. Who was declared as ‘Times person of the year for 2014?
(a) Ebola Fighters
(b) Vladimir Putin
(c) Taylor Swift
(d) Tim Cook
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
112. Who among the following was conferred the Arjuna Award 2015 for excellent performance in sports :
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) M.S. Dhoni
(d) None of the above
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
113. Apart from Uttarakhand, which of the following state has recently introduced a new route for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Sikkim
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
[toggle] Answer – B [/toggle]
114. Recently published famous Hindi novel “Banaras Talkies” is authored by :
(a) Ashish Chaudhary
(b) Satya Vyas
(c) Dibya Prakash Dubey
(d) Anu Singh Chaudhary
[toggle] Answer – B [/toggle]
115. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India :
(a) Bimal Jalan
(b) Y. V. Reddy
(c) Arvind Subramaniam
(d) Arvind Panagariya
[toggle] Answer – C[/toggle]
116. To which century Guru Gorakhnath belonged to :
(a) 14th Century
(b) 15th Century
(c) 13th Century
(d) 11h Century
[toggle] Answer – A[/toggle]
117. Out of the following, who participated in Dandi March’ from Uttarakhand ?
(a) Jyotiram Kandpal
(b) Mukandi Lal
(c) Badri Dutt Pande
(d) Govind Ballabh Pant
[toggle] Answer – D[/toggle]
118. Taleshwar copper plates are related to which dynasty?
(a) Kuninda
(b) Raika
(c) Mall
(d) Paurav
[toggle] Answer – D[/toggle]
119. In which year Swami Vivekanand came to Almora for the first time?
(a) 1889
(b) 1891
(c) 1790
(d) 1890
[toggle] Answer – D[/toggle]
120. In which year did the practice of ‘Coolie Begar Pratha’ end?
(a) 1923
(b) 1916
(c) 1919
(d) 1921
[toggle] Answer – D[/toggle]