AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
The number of female candidates in the Mizoram State Assembly Election 2023 was
A)
17
B)
16
C)
18
D)
15
ECI data: 16 women candidates in fray (174 total). Two contested twice, so 18 constituencies had women candidates. Candidate count 16.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which of the following committees recommended a proverty line based on nutritional requirements exclusively?
A)
Alagh Committee
B)
Tendulkar Committee
C)
Rangarajan Committee
D)
Lakawala Committee
Alagh Committee 1979 recommended poverty line exclusively on minimum calories (2400 rural, 2100 urban).
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Vermicompost is a/an
A)
Organic bio-fertilizers
B)
Inorganic fertilizers
C)
Synthetic fertilizers
D)
Toxic substances
Vermicompost produced by earthworms is an organic bio-fertilizer, not synthetic inorganic.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Ramsar Convention refers to the conservation of
A)
Deserts
B)
Wetlands
C)
Agriculture lands
D)
Forest land
Ramsar Convention 1971 at Ramsar, Iran for conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Calorie requirement in rural area is more than in the urban areas because
A)
rural people are too poor
B)
rural people are stronger
C)
rural people are healthier than the urban people
D)
rural people do more hard physical work
Rural areas need more calories because rural people do more hard physical manual work.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
The international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emission is
A)
Montreal protocol
B)
Kyoto protocol
C)
Nagoya Protocol
D)
Cartagena Protocol
Kyoto Protocol 1997 is international treaty to reduce GHG emissions; Montreal is for ozone.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
The principal concentration of French-speaking North Americans is in
A)
Quebec
B)
Nova Scotia
C)
Manitoba
D)
Haiti
Quebec holds principal concentration of French-speaking North Americans in Canada.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Who was the leader of the Indian National Army (INA), which sought to liberate India from British rule during World War II?
A)
Jawaharlal Nehru
B)
Bhagat Singh
C)
Sardar Patel
D)
Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose led Azad Hind Fauj/INA during WWII after Rash Behari Bose.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
When is ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’?
A)
5 June
B)
1*July
C)
22"4 May
D)
8 March
International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on 22 May, declared by UN.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which one of the following vitamin is essential for coagulation of blood?
A)
A
B)
B
C)
D
D)
K
Vitamin K is required for synthesis of clotting factors (prothrombin) and blood coagulation.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which of the statements are correct?
(i) Urban local government was constitutionalised by the 73 Amendment Act.
(ii) Local government is under the Concurrent List.
(iii) The powers and functions of municipalities are listed in the Twelfth Schedule.
(iv) There are 18 functional items for municipalities.
A)
Only (i) & (ii)
B)
Only (ii) & (iii)
C)
Only (iii) & (iv)
D)
All of these
Urban local govt constitutionalised by 74th not 73rd; Local govt is State list. (iii) 12th Schedule and (iv) 18 items are correct.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
‘Srikrishnan Harihara Sarma’ has been appointed as the MD and CEO of which bank?
A)
IDBI Bank
B)
HDFC Bank
C)
Bank of Baroda
D)
Karnataka Bank
Srikrishnan Harihara Sarma was appointed MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank in 2023, replacing Mahabaleshwar M S.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
The final stable community in an ecological succession is called the
A)
final community
B)
ultimate community
C)
seral community
D)
climax community
Final stable community in ecological succession that is self-perpetuating is called climax community.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Conservation within the natural habitat is
A)
Insitu conservation
B)
Ex situ conservation
C)
In vivo conservation
D)
Ex vivo conservation
Conservation in natural habitat = in-situ conservation; outside natural habitat = ex-situ.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Diversity between two communities is called
A)
alpha diversity
B)
gamma diversity
C)
beta diversity
D)
meta diversity
Within-community diversity = alpha, between communities = beta, across region = gamma.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
The most crucial factor for sustainable development in Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area is
A)
agricultural development
B)
infrastructure development
C)
technological development
D)
ecological sustainability and development
Indira Gandhi Canal area suffers from waterlogging and salinity; crucial factor is ecological sustainability and restoration.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which solvent is used for dry-cleaning of clothes?
A)
Alcohol
B)
Carbon tetrachloride
C)
Formalin
D)
Acetone
Carbon tetrachloride (and tetrachloroethylene) is non-polar solvent used traditionally for dry-cleaning.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which state is the largest producer of cotton in India?
A)
Gujarat
B)
Haryana
C)
Maharashtra
D)
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat is largest cotton producer in India, followed by Maharashtra and Telangana.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Which country is set to produce its own high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI processors?
A)
Japan
B)
Russia
C)
India
D)
China
Under Semicon Mission 2.0 India is prioritizing HBM packaging; China also plans HBM by 2026 led by Huawei, but recent Indian exam focus is India.
AD (Town Planning) • General Studies
Who was called the ‘Iron Man of India’?
A)
Gopal Khishna Gokhale
B)
Bipan Chandra Pal
C)
Subash Chandra Bose
D)
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known as Iron Man of India for integration of princely states.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The school lunch should be _______ to meet the nutritional needs of growing children.
A)
Worth
B)
Better
C)
Adequate
D)
Quite
Adequate means sufficient for needs; Worth/Better/Quite don't fit nutritional context.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Identify the sentence that does not have an adjective?
A)
Can we play volleyball?
B)
She had ared scarf.
C)
Wehad chocolate milk.
D)
Asmall dog barked.
'Can we play volleyball?' has no adjective; red, chocolate (as noun-adj), small are adjectives in others.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The huge elephant that you saw yesterday is missing from the zoo. (Identify the underlined part: 'that you saw yesterday')
A)
Noun phrase
B)
Noun clause
C)
Adjective clause
D)
Adverb phrase
that you saw yesterday modifies elephant with relative pronoun that: Adjective clause.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Choose the word most similar in meaning to the word ‘combat’.
I)
Fight
II)
Demonstration
III)
Harmony
IV)
Accord
Options missing; combat means fight/battle. Assuming A is fight/battle. Uncertainty due to missing options.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Anand waited silently and patiently. (Identify the underlined part: 'silently and patiently')
A)
Adverbial phrase
B)
Adverbial clause
C)
Adjective phrase
D)
Adjective clause
silently and patiently are adverbs joined together modifying waited: Adverbial phrase.
