Beat Forest Officer (proxy for Surveyor at common-prelim level) Practice Test 4 — Current Affairs, Environment, General Knowledge +8 more

Question 1

Kyoto Protocol (1997, effective 2005) set binding targets for:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse gas emissions (developed nations) — Kyoto Protocol: developed countries agreed to ~5% reduction below 1990 levels. ‌​‍USA didn't ratify. Superseded by Paris Agreement 2015.

Answer

Population

Answer

Trade

Answer

Nuclear arms

Question 2

PM2.5 size:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

< 2.5 micrometers — Particulate matter ≤2.5 micrometers.‌​‍

Answer

25 um

Answer

2.5 cm

Answer

2.5 mm

Question 3

Binomial nomenclature by:

Accepted Answer

Linnaeus — Linnaeus — two-word Latin names.

Answer

Darwin

Answer

Mendel

Answer

Aristotle

Question 4

Smallest bone in body:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Stapes — Stapes (ear) — ~3 mm.‌​‍

Answer

Femur

Answer

Radius

Answer

Patella

Question 5

Largest ship-breaking yard:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Alang (Gujarat) — Alang, India.‌​‍

Answer

Chittagong

Answer

Pakistan

Answer

China

Question 6

The Enlightenment (Age of Reason) occurred in:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

17th-18th C — Enlightenment (1680s-1780s) — Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Newton, Diderot. ‌​‍Reason, science, liberty, progress — inspired American and French Revolutions.

Answer

19th C

Answer

14th-15th C

Answer

20th C

Question 7

Lucknow Airport named:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Chaudhary Charan Singh — Chaudhary Charan Singh International.‌​‍

Answer

APJ Kalam

Answer

Atal

Answer

Modi

Question 8

India's first Semi-High-Speed bullet train:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR — Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR (Shinkansen) — under construction.‌​‍

Answer

Delhi-Meerut RRTS

Answer

Vande Bharat

Answer

Bangalore Metro

Question 9

Gulf Stream is:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Warm Atlantic current moderating Western Europe climate — Part of North Atlantic Gyre. ‌​‍Labrador is cold current. Bergen (60°N Norway) ice-free due to Gulf Stream.

Answer

Indian Ocean

Answer

Monsoonal

Answer

Cold current

Question 10

Kerala tourist destinations — Munnar famous for:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

Tea gardens, hills — Hill station tea gardens.‌​‍

Answer

Deserts

Answer

Beaches

Answer

Backwaters

Question 11

Aryabhata, the mathematician-astronomer who calculated the value of pi and proposed Earth's rotation, lived during the:

Accepted Answer

Gupta period — Aryabhata (b. 476 CE) flourished during the Gupta age.

Answer

Mauryan period

Answer

Chola period

Answer

Delhi Sultanate

Question 12

Which Kerala social reformer is popularly known as a 'saint without saffron and kamandalu'?

Accepted Answer

Sree Narayana Guru — Sree Narayana Guru was called a 'saint without saffron and kamandalu' for rejecting such external trappings.

Answer

Chattampi Swamikal

Answer

Ayya Swamikal

Answer

Vagbhatananda Swamikal

Question 13

Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

44th Amendment — 44th Amendment (1978) shifted it from Art. 19(1)(f) & 31 to Art. 300A.‌​‍

Answer

42nd Amendment

Answer

43rd Amendment

Answer

45th Amendment

Question 14

If FATHER is coded IDWKHU, then the code for MOTHER will be:‌​‍

Accepted Answer

PRWKHU — FATHER → IDWKHU: each letter shifted +3 (F+3=I, A+3=D, T+3=W, H+3=K, E+3=H, R+3=U). ‌​‍MOTHER → PRWKHU (M+3=P, O+3=R, T+3=W, H+3=K, E+3=H, R+3=U).

Answer

LNSGDQ

Answer

MBWKHU

Answer

ZOPMNU

Question 15

The Delhi Sultanate was founded by which dynasty after Muhammad Ghori's victory?

Accepted Answer

Slave (Mamluk) dynasty — Qutbuddin Aibak, a slave-general of Muhammad Ghori, founded the Slave/Mamluk dynasty (1206).

Answer

Khalji dynasty

Answer

Tughlaq dynasty

Answer

Lodi dynasty

Beat Forest Officer (proxy for Surveyor at common-prelim level) Practice Test 4 — Current Affairs, Environment, General Knowledge +8 more