1. The shares in a co-operative society–
(A) can be sold
(B) cannot be transferred
(C) can be transferred
(D) none of these
Ans : (C)
2. Which of the following planets and their moons are not correctly matched?
1. Jupiter Theme
2. Saturn Rhea
3. Mars Neried
4. Uranus Triton
5. Pluto Charon
(A) 1, 3 and 5
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 5
(D) 3 and 4
Ans : (D)
3. Light from the nearest star (other than the sun) reaches the earth in–
(A) 42 years
(B) 42 seconds
(C) 4.2 years
(D) 4.2 seconds
Ans : (C)
4. Which is the brightest star in the sky?
(A) Sirius
(B) Alpha centauri
(C) Proxima centauri
(D) Venus
Ans : (A)
5. Light from the sun reaches the earth in–
(A) 8 minutes
(B) 8 seconds
(C) 8 hours
(D) 1 year
Ans : (A)
6. The new moon–
(A) rises at dawn and sets at sunset
(B) rises at sunset and sets at dawn
(C) rises at noon and sets at midnight
(D) rises at midnight and sets at noon
Ans : (A)
7. Which one of the following pairs of travellers and nationalities is correctly matched?
(A) Abdur Razzaq : Arab
(B) Nicolo Conti : Dutch
(C) Nuniz : Italian
(D) Domingo Paes : Portuguese
Ans : (A)
8. The Inscriptions of Ashoka are written in–
I. Greek II. Kharosthi
III Arabic IV. Sanskrit
(A) I, II and IV
(B) I, II and III
(C) II and III
(D) II, III and IV
Ans : (B)
9. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?
(A) Elephant
(B) Horse
(C) Deer
(D) Humped bull
Ans : (C)
10. ‘Dhamma’ or ‘Law of Piety’–
(A) had the essence of all religions
(B) was a revolt against inefficiency in the Buddhist Sangha.
(C) was a new religion which Ashoka founded
(D) laid emphasis on following a mild religious policy
Ans : (A)
11. Consider the following literary works–
I. Kumara Sambhavam II. Mudraraksasa
III. Raghuvamsa IV. Ritusamhara
Which of these were the works of Kalidas?
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) I, III and IV
(D) I, II and IV
Ans : (C)
12. Who was the political Guru of Netaji?
(A) Patel
(B) Gokhale
(C) C.R. Das
(D) Tilak
Ans : (C)
13. In which year did the Congress Party form the Government under the British Rule?
(A) 1937
(B) 1939
(C) 1936
(D) 1938
Ans : (A)
14. Who was the editor of the Magazine ‘Harijan’?
(A) M. K. Gandhiji
(B) Tilak
(C) Bharathiyar
(D) Motilal
Ans : (A)
15. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919 occurred at–
(A) Meerut
(B) Panipat
(C) Amritsar
(D) Patiala
Ans : (C)
16. In a sense the political guru of Gandhiji was–
(A) Motilal Nehru
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans : (B)
17. How is the change in government in modern State carried out?
(A) Through violence and bloodshed
(B) Through compromise and electoral adjustments among the competing forces
(C) Through elections and smooth transfer of power
(D) By bringing all aspects of life to a standstill
Ans : (C)
18. The President of India must have completed the age of–
(A) 25 years
(B) 35 years
(C) 30 years
(D) 40 years
Ans : (B)
19. The President of India by order constitutes a Finance Commission every–
(A) third year
(B) fifth year
(C) fifth year or earlier as necessary
(D) seventh year
Ans : (B)
20. As per the Constitution of India, the intervening period between two sessions of Parliament should not be more than–
(A) one year
(B) nine months
(C) six months
(D) three months
Ans : (C)
21. In an election, electioneering has to cease in a constituency–
(A) 2 days before the poll
(B) 48 hours before the commencement of polling
(C) 48 hours before the closing hour of polling
(D) 24 hours before the poll
Ans : (C)
22. When the goods are imported for the purpose of export, it is called–
(A) import
(B) export
(C) entrepot
(D) none of these
Ans : (C)
23. Cash paid to the creditors can be calculated from–
(A) Debtors account
(B) Creditors account
(C) Balance Sheet
(D) Bank account
Ans : (C)
24. The Profit and Loss of a Partnership concern is shared among the partners–
(A) equally
(B) in agreed ratio
(C) in capital ratio
(D) none of these
Ans : (B)
25. The Dividend is declared in–
(A) Annual General Body Meeting
(B) Statutory Meeting
(C) Director’s Meeting
(D) Shareholder’s Meeting
Ans : (A)
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Friday, October 26, 2012
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs
1. The Union Public Service Commission was created by?
1) Presidential Order of 1952
2) The Constitution
3) The Civil Services Act 1951
4) Parliaments Act in 1952
2. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the?
1) Parliament
2) Supreme Court
3) High Courts
4) Election Commission
3. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force on?
1) 26 January 1951
2) 26 January 1957
3) 26 January 1958
4) 26 January 1959
4. According to the Citizenship Act, 1955, Indian Citizenship cannot be aquired by?
1) Children born of Indian Citizens abroad
2) Children of diplomatic personnel born in India on or after 26 th January, 1950
3) Women who is or has been, married to a citizen of India
4) Persons of Indian origin who are ordinarily resident in any country or place out side divided India
5. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Indian Judiciary?
1) It is free and independent
2) It is the final interpreter of the Constitution
3) It is the highest law-making body
4) It is a single integrated system
6. The Union Territories are admini stered by?
1) The Prime Minister of India
2) The President through the administrators appointed by him
3) The Union Executive
4) The Prime Minister
7. The office of the Prime Minister of India?
1) has a constitutional basis
2) has a statutory basis
3) has a conventional basis
4) None of the above
8. In India the President enjoys?
1) all the power
2) only nominal powers
3) most of the powers
4) more powers than the Prime Minister
9. The Directive Principles of State Policy cover Articles?
1) 29 to 50
2) 36-50-A
3) 29-51
4) 36-51
10. Fundamental Duties were introduced in the constitution by the?
1) 42nd Amendment
2) 40th Amendment
3) 43rd Amendment
4) 44th Amendment
11. What is a writ of Quo Warranto?
1) It is a writ from a superior court commanding some officer or parti- cular authority to do a specific act
2) It is an order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case
3) An order To produce the body of a person
4) It is an order from the superior court to any official to show his right to the office
12. The structure of the Indian Constitution is?
1) Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
2) Unitary
3) Rigid
4) Purely Federal
13. National income of a country is also Known as?
1) Gross National Product
2) Gross Domestic Product
3) Net National Product
4) Net Domestic Product
14. The largest revenue source in India is?
1) Railways
2) Excise Duty
3) Sales Tax
4) Direct Taxes
15. The Indian budget includes?
1) budget estimates for the following year
2) actual figures of the preceding year
3) revised estimates for the current year
4) all of these
16. Banks create credit?
1) according to certain rules
2) on the basis of their securities
3) on the basis of their reserves with the Central Bank
4) on the basis of each deposit with them
17. In which Industry in India are the maximum workers employed?
1) Sugar
2) Textiles
3) Jute
4) Iron and Steel
18. Which one of the following is not a measure initiated under land reforms?
1) Social ownership of land
2) Security of tenure for tenants
3) Ownership rights for tenants
4) Ceiling on land holdings
19. The biggest public sector under-taking in India is?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) Hindustan Steel
3) Indian Railways
4) Indian Oil Corporation
20. An irrigation project is described as major if it covers a minimum?
1) 10,000 hectares
2) 1000 hectares
3) 2,000 hectares
4) 20,000 hectares
21. The first country-wide agricultural census was taken in India in the year?
1) 1960-61
2) 1970-71
3) 1976-77
4) 1921-22
22. Our Five-year Plans are planned towards the country becoming?
1) rich
2) industrially developed
3) a developed society
4) self-sufficient
23. Socialistic Pattern comes through?
1) Free economy
2) Mixed Economy
3) Public Sector
4) None of these
24. Economic development has been retarded in India mainly due to?
1) inefficient agrarian system
2) haphazard industrialisation
3) westernised social attitude
4) all the above
25. What is the nature of the Planning Commission?
1) Government department
2) Advisory body
3) Autonomous Corporation
4) A Ministry
26. Which of the following is in correct?
1) 1951-56 First Five Year Plan
2) 1956-61 Second Five Year Plan
3) 1961-66 Third Five Year Plan
4) 1966-71 Fourth Five Year Plan
27. Export earnings under the group Handicrafts comes mainly from?
1) Sandalwood works
2) Brass works
3) Precious stones and Pearls
4) Pottery and ivory works
28. The Indian Trade Policy is best described as?
1) Control of all trade
2) Control of foreign trade
3) Free trade
4) Control of exports
29. In an underdeveloped country the poverty line is most affected by?
1) Price level
2) Volume of production
3) Per capita income
4) None of the above
30. Temporary tax levied to obtain additional revenue is called?
1) cess
2) rate
3) fee
4) surcharge
31. In an economy of steadily increasing prices, who will benefit the most?
1) Salaried employees
2) Businessmen
3) Creditors
4) Debtors
32. The highest savings in India is recorded by?
1) Public sector
2) Co-operative sector
3) Banking sector
4) House hold sector
33. The cause of inflation is?
1) increase in money supply
2) fall in production
3) increase in money supply and fall in production
4) decrease in money supply and fall in production
34. The most important nationalist organization (all India) before the Congress was?
1) The Indian Association of Calcutta
2) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3) The East India Association
4) The Bombay Presidency Association
35. Which of the following played a very important role in disseminating nationalist ideas all over India?
1) The English language
2) Literature
3) Patriotic poetry
4) The press
36. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of?
1) Lord Rippon
2) Lord William Bentinck
3) Lord Dufferin
4) Lord Curzon
37. The Minto-Morley Reforms which were passed in 1909?
1) established a constitution-making body
2) enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils
3) made the executive council of the Governor - General purely English in composition
4) decreased the number of the provinicial and central legislative members
38. When was the Non-cooperation Movement suspended?
1) 1922
2) 1920
3) 1941
4) 1942
39. In which year did the Indian National Congress declare attainment of complete independence as its goal?
1) 1941
2) 1931
3) 1929
4) 1939
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 3 3) 2 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 4 10) 1
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 19) 3 20) 1
21) 2 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 4
31) 4 32) 4 33) 3 34) 1 35) 4 36) 3 37) 2 38) 1 39) 3
1) Presidential Order of 1952
2) The Constitution
3) The Civil Services Act 1951
4) Parliaments Act in 1952
2. The power to decide an election petition is vested in the?
1) Parliament
2) Supreme Court
3) High Courts
4) Election Commission
3. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir came into force on?
1) 26 January 1951
2) 26 January 1957
3) 26 January 1958
4) 26 January 1959
4. According to the Citizenship Act, 1955, Indian Citizenship cannot be aquired by?
1) Children born of Indian Citizens abroad
2) Children of diplomatic personnel born in India on or after 26 th January, 1950
3) Women who is or has been, married to a citizen of India
4) Persons of Indian origin who are ordinarily resident in any country or place out side divided India
5. Which one of the following is not a feature of the Indian Judiciary?
1) It is free and independent
2) It is the final interpreter of the Constitution
3) It is the highest law-making body
4) It is a single integrated system
6. The Union Territories are admini stered by?
1) The Prime Minister of India
2) The President through the administrators appointed by him
3) The Union Executive
4) The Prime Minister
7. The office of the Prime Minister of India?
1) has a constitutional basis
2) has a statutory basis
3) has a conventional basis
4) None of the above
8. In India the President enjoys?
1) all the power
2) only nominal powers
3) most of the powers
4) more powers than the Prime Minister
9. The Directive Principles of State Policy cover Articles?
1) 29 to 50
2) 36-50-A
3) 29-51
4) 36-51
10. Fundamental Duties were introduced in the constitution by the?
1) 42nd Amendment
2) 40th Amendment
3) 43rd Amendment
4) 44th Amendment
11. What is a writ of Quo Warranto?
1) It is a writ from a superior court commanding some officer or parti- cular authority to do a specific act
2) It is an order from a higher court to stop proceedings in a certain case
3) An order To produce the body of a person
4) It is an order from the superior court to any official to show his right to the office
12. The structure of the Indian Constitution is?
1) Federal in form and Unitary in spirit
2) Unitary
3) Rigid
4) Purely Federal
13. National income of a country is also Known as?
1) Gross National Product
2) Gross Domestic Product
3) Net National Product
4) Net Domestic Product
14. The largest revenue source in India is?
1) Railways
2) Excise Duty
3) Sales Tax
4) Direct Taxes
15. The Indian budget includes?
1) budget estimates for the following year
2) actual figures of the preceding year
3) revised estimates for the current year
4) all of these
16. Banks create credit?
1) according to certain rules
2) on the basis of their securities
3) on the basis of their reserves with the Central Bank
4) on the basis of each deposit with them
17. In which Industry in India are the maximum workers employed?
1) Sugar
2) Textiles
3) Jute
4) Iron and Steel
18. Which one of the following is not a measure initiated under land reforms?
1) Social ownership of land
2) Security of tenure for tenants
3) Ownership rights for tenants
4) Ceiling on land holdings
19. The biggest public sector under-taking in India is?
1) Life Insurance Corporation of India
2) Hindustan Steel
3) Indian Railways
4) Indian Oil Corporation
20. An irrigation project is described as major if it covers a minimum?
1) 10,000 hectares
2) 1000 hectares
3) 2,000 hectares
4) 20,000 hectares
21. The first country-wide agricultural census was taken in India in the year?
1) 1960-61
2) 1970-71
3) 1976-77
4) 1921-22
22. Our Five-year Plans are planned towards the country becoming?
1) rich
2) industrially developed
3) a developed society
4) self-sufficient
23. Socialistic Pattern comes through?
1) Free economy
2) Mixed Economy
3) Public Sector
4) None of these
24. Economic development has been retarded in India mainly due to?
1) inefficient agrarian system
2) haphazard industrialisation
3) westernised social attitude
4) all the above
25. What is the nature of the Planning Commission?
1) Government department
2) Advisory body
3) Autonomous Corporation
4) A Ministry
26. Which of the following is in correct?
1) 1951-56 First Five Year Plan
2) 1956-61 Second Five Year Plan
3) 1961-66 Third Five Year Plan
4) 1966-71 Fourth Five Year Plan
27. Export earnings under the group Handicrafts comes mainly from?
1) Sandalwood works
2) Brass works
3) Precious stones and Pearls
4) Pottery and ivory works
28. The Indian Trade Policy is best described as?
1) Control of all trade
2) Control of foreign trade
3) Free trade
4) Control of exports
29. In an underdeveloped country the poverty line is most affected by?
1) Price level
2) Volume of production
3) Per capita income
4) None of the above
30. Temporary tax levied to obtain additional revenue is called?
1) cess
2) rate
3) fee
4) surcharge
31. In an economy of steadily increasing prices, who will benefit the most?
1) Salaried employees
2) Businessmen
3) Creditors
4) Debtors
32. The highest savings in India is recorded by?
1) Public sector
2) Co-operative sector
3) Banking sector
4) House hold sector
33. The cause of inflation is?
1) increase in money supply
2) fall in production
3) increase in money supply and fall in production
4) decrease in money supply and fall in production
34. The most important nationalist organization (all India) before the Congress was?
1) The Indian Association of Calcutta
2) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3) The East India Association
4) The Bombay Presidency Association
35. Which of the following played a very important role in disseminating nationalist ideas all over India?
1) The English language
2) Literature
3) Patriotic poetry
4) The press
36. The Indian National Congress was formed during the Governor-Generalship of?
1) Lord Rippon
2) Lord William Bentinck
3) Lord Dufferin
4) Lord Curzon
37. The Minto-Morley Reforms which were passed in 1909?
1) established a constitution-making body
2) enlarged the central and the provincial legislative councils
3) made the executive council of the Governor - General purely English in composition
4) decreased the number of the provinicial and central legislative members
38. When was the Non-cooperation Movement suspended?
1) 1922
2) 1920
3) 1941
4) 1942
39. In which year did the Indian National Congress declare attainment of complete independence as its goal?
1) 1941
2) 1931
3) 1929
4) 1939
ANSWERS:
1) 2 2) 3 3) 2 4) 4 5) 3 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 4 10) 1
11) 4 12) 1 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 19) 3 20) 1
21) 2 22) 4 23) 2 24) 1 25) 2 26) 4 27) 3 28) 2 29) 1 30) 4
31) 4 32) 4 33) 3 34) 1 35) 4 36) 3 37) 2 38) 1 39) 3
Saturday, September 29, 2012
GENERAL KNOWLEDHGE PRACTICE MCQs
1. The first Europeans to visit India were the?
1) English
2) Spanish
3) Danish
4) Portuguese
2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1) Writing in terracota seals
2) Rock Edicts
3) Archaeological excavations
4) All of these
3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India?
1) Syed Ali Imam
2) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3) Badruddin Tyabji
4) Amir Ali
4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1) Chandra Gupta Mourya
2) Ashoka
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
4) Bindusara
5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761) because?
1) Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2) Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3) Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4) In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.
6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1) Dayanand Saraswati
2) Mahatma Hans Raj
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4) Satyanand Agnihotri
7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1) Salar Jung
2) Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3) Mohammad Shah Ransila
4) Farruksiyar
8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1) Music
2) Religion
3) Revenue
4) Education
9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1) Kanishka
2) Kad phises-1
3) Vaishka
4) Vasudeva
10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1) P. Ananda Charlu
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Dadabhai Nauroji
4) Surendranath Banerjee
11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1) 1915
2) 1917
3) 1919
4) 1930
12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1) Forty-second Amendment
2) Forty-fourth Amendment
3) Twenty-ninth Amendment
4) Twenty-sixth Amendment
13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1) President
2) Governor
3) Chairman of UPSC
4) Prime Minister
14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? 1) Committee on Government Assurances
2) Estimates Committee
3) Previleges Committee
4) Public Accounts Committee
15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) The World Bank
3) The European Community
4) The International Monetary Fund
16. Untouchability is associated with?
1) Political Inequality
2) Social inequality
3) Economic inequality
4) Religious inequality
17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1) Unstarred
2) Starred
3) Supplementary
4) Short notice
18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1) Planning Commission
2) Financial Commission
3) Government of India
4) National Development Council
19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1) Civil Liberty
2) Economic Liberty
3) National Liberty
4) Political Liberty
20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1) Alluvial Soils
2) Black soils
3) Red Soils
4) Laterite soils
21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1) Nathu La
2) Shipkila
3) Jelep La
4) Zor La
22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1) Tuticorn
2) Cochin
3) Kandla
4) Mumbai
23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2) Maharastra and Gujarat
3) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim and West Bengal.
24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1) Gandhi Sagar Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Harike Barrage
4) Hirakud Dam
25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1) Troposhere
2) Stratosphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1) Australoid race
2) Caucasoid race
3) Mongoloid race
4) Negroid race
27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1) Tropical grasslands
2) Tropical forests
3) Temperate forests
4) Monson forests
28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1) 5000 km.
2) 7000 km.
3) 7500 km.
4) 8000 km.
29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1) Mizoram
2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) West Bengal
4) Tripura
30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1) Aravallis
2) Vindhyas
3) Satpura
4) Kaimur Range
31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1) fluorine
2) Chlorine
3) bromine
4) iodine
32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1) crystallisation
2) distillation
3) oxidation
4) hydrogenation
ANSWERS:
1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-3;
11-2; 12-2; 13-2; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-4; 18-4; 19-1; 20-2;
21-1; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-3; 29-2; 30-1;
31-1; 32-4;
1) English
2) Spanish
3) Danish
4) Portuguese
2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1) Writing in terracota seals
2) Rock Edicts
3) Archaeological excavations
4) All of these
3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India?
1) Syed Ali Imam
2) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3) Badruddin Tyabji
4) Amir Ali
4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1) Chandra Gupta Mourya
2) Ashoka
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
4) Bindusara
5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761) because?
1) Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2) Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3) Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4) In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.
6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1) Dayanand Saraswati
2) Mahatma Hans Raj
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4) Satyanand Agnihotri
7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1) Salar Jung
2) Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3) Mohammad Shah Ransila
4) Farruksiyar
8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1) Music
2) Religion
3) Revenue
4) Education
9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1) Kanishka
2) Kad phises-1
3) Vaishka
4) Vasudeva
10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1) P. Ananda Charlu
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Dadabhai Nauroji
4) Surendranath Banerjee
11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1) 1915
2) 1917
3) 1919
4) 1930
12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1) Forty-second Amendment
2) Forty-fourth Amendment
3) Twenty-ninth Amendment
4) Twenty-sixth Amendment
13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1) President
2) Governor
3) Chairman of UPSC
4) Prime Minister
14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? 1) Committee on Government Assurances
2) Estimates Committee
3) Previleges Committee
4) Public Accounts Committee
15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) The World Bank
3) The European Community
4) The International Monetary Fund
16. Untouchability is associated with?
1) Political Inequality
2) Social inequality
3) Economic inequality
4) Religious inequality
17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1) Unstarred
2) Starred
3) Supplementary
4) Short notice
18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1) Planning Commission
2) Financial Commission
3) Government of India
4) National Development Council
19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1) Civil Liberty
2) Economic Liberty
3) National Liberty
4) Political Liberty
20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1) Alluvial Soils
2) Black soils
3) Red Soils
4) Laterite soils
21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1) Nathu La
2) Shipkila
3) Jelep La
4) Zor La
22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1) Tuticorn
2) Cochin
3) Kandla
4) Mumbai
23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2) Maharastra and Gujarat
3) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim and West Bengal.
24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1) Gandhi Sagar Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Harike Barrage
4) Hirakud Dam
25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1) Troposhere
2) Stratosphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1) Australoid race
2) Caucasoid race
3) Mongoloid race
4) Negroid race
27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1) Tropical grasslands
2) Tropical forests
3) Temperate forests
4) Monson forests
28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1) 5000 km.
2) 7000 km.
3) 7500 km.
4) 8000 km.
29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1) Mizoram
2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) West Bengal
4) Tripura
30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1) Aravallis
2) Vindhyas
3) Satpura
4) Kaimur Range
31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1) fluorine
2) Chlorine
3) bromine
4) iodine
32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1) crystallisation
2) distillation
3) oxidation
4) hydrogenation
ANSWERS:
1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-3;
11-2; 12-2; 13-2; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-4; 18-4; 19-1; 20-2;
21-1; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-3; 29-2; 30-1;
31-1; 32-4;
Saturday, June 16, 2012
GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs
1. Kabir Puraskar is awarded for:
a) Hindi literature b) Promotion of Communal harmony
c) For contribution in culture development d) None of the above
2. India’s first food bank has been established at:
a) Mumbai b) Chennai
c) New Delhi d) Kolkata
3. Which among these islands in a bone of contention between U.K. & Argentina?
a) Spratly Island b) Shetland Island
c) Falkland Island d) Turks & Caicos Island
4. In which State the newly inaugurated Dhamra Port is situated?
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Maharashtra
c) Orissa d) Goa
5.
Kerala has the highest sex ratio according to the latest figures
released by Census for 2001-2011. What is the sex ratio for that State?
a) 1099 b) 1091
c) 1084 d) None of the above
6.
Which of the following countries has recently donated 1 million US
dollars for construction of a library in Nalanda International
University (NIU) to highlight the art and architecture? The fund will
help in strengthening the relations between the two countries.
a) Thailand b) South Korea
c) Japan d) China
7.
The U.S. has launched “Climate and clean Air condition”- a global
initiative to combat climate change. Which of the following is the only
Asian country to be part of this initiative?
a) India b) Myanmar
c) Bangladesh d) Philippines
8. Which of the following countries has started imposing 'fat tax'?
a) Netherland b) Sweden
c) Serbia d) Denmark
9.
Recently the Union Cabinet of India has approved the reconstruction and
repair of houses for the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons
in which country?
a) Myanmar b) Bangladesh
c) Afghanistan d) Sri Lanka
10. Name the new President of France:
a) Lucas Papademos b) Nicolas Sarkozy
c) George Kirtos d) François Hollande
11. Which of the following Gulf country has granted Voting rights to woman recently?
(a) Bahrain (b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Yemen (d) Qatar
12. Recently Amazon has launched its new wet browser for its new kindle Tablet. The same of the browser is–
(a) SILK (b) SWIFT
(c) CORONA (d) QUICK
13. The Tagore University for the Liberal Arts, is the first institution to be established under the Human Resource Development Ministry as a University for Innovation Programme. The said university will be set up at–
(a) Kolkata (b) Pune
(c) Bangalore (d) Guwahati
14. Who among the following has been awarded with International Jurists Award-2012 for the support to the development of the legal fraternity in the world?
(a) Mulayam Singh Yadav (b) Ram Jethamalani
12. Recently Amazon has launched its new wet browser for its new kindle Tablet. The same of the browser is–
(a) SILK (b) SWIFT
(c) CORONA (d) QUICK
13. The Tagore University for the Liberal Arts, is the first institution to be established under the Human Resource Development Ministry as a University for Innovation Programme. The said university will be set up at–
(a) Kolkata (b) Pune
(c) Bangalore (d) Guwahati
14. Who among the following has been awarded with International Jurists Award-2012 for the support to the development of the legal fraternity in the world?
(a) Mulayam Singh Yadav (b) Ram Jethamalani
(c) G.E Vahanvati (d) Sharad Yadav
15. There is an ongoing judicial inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal. Who among the following is head of the judicial panel?
15. There is an ongoing judicial inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal. Who among the following is head of the judicial panel?
(a) Brian Henry Leveson (b) Duncan Larcombe
(c) Sir David Bell (d) Shami Chakrabarti
16.
Which of the Pacific islands moved from east to west of the
international date line on December 29, thereby skipping December 30, in
order to align their time zone better with their main trading partner?
a) Samoa & Tokelau b) Samoa & Kiribati
c) Kiribati & Comoros d) Comoros & Tuvalu
17. The Boko Haram, islamist militant group is engaged in conflict with the government of which of the following countries?
a) South Sudan b) Ethiopia
c) Nigeria d) Sierra Leon
18. Which of the following is the longest train service in India?
a) Himsagar Express b) Vivek Express
c) Dibrugarh-Chennai Express d) Trivandrum Rajdhani
19.
Russia has set up world's first international atomic fuel bank as part
of a global effort to curb the spread of nuclear arms to nations like
North Korea and Iran. It has been established at:
a) Moscow b) Angarsk
c) Omsk d) Irkutsk
20. "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of cancer", won Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. The author of the book is-
a) Paul Theroux b) Siddhartha Mukherjee
c) Zareer Masani d) Arvinda Adiga
21. NTR National Literary Award 2012 has been won by:
a) S. L Bhyrappa b) K Sachidanandan
c) Ashokamitran d) A Soma Sundaram
22. Andhra Pradesh has set up its first Biosphere Reserve recently. What is the name of that?
a) Simlipal b) Seshachalam
c) Kasu Brahmananda Reddy d) Mahavir Harina Vanasthali
23. What is LAHAT?
a) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle b) Surface to surface missile
c) Torpedo d) Anti Tank Guided missile
24. 38th G-8 Summit held at:
a) Camp David, Maryland b) Chicago
c) L'Aquila,Abruzzo d) Huntsville, Ontario
25. Which one of the following is not the latest district set up in Uttar Pradesh?
a) Prabuddhanagar b) Panchsheel Nagar
c) Bhimnagar d) Sant Ravidas Nagar
a) S. L Bhyrappa b) K Sachidanandan
c) Ashokamitran d) A Soma Sundaram
22. Andhra Pradesh has set up its first Biosphere Reserve recently. What is the name of that?
a) Simlipal b) Seshachalam
c) Kasu Brahmananda Reddy d) Mahavir Harina Vanasthali
23. What is LAHAT?
a) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle b) Surface to surface missile
c) Torpedo d) Anti Tank Guided missile
24. 38th G-8 Summit held at:
a) Camp David, Maryland b) Chicago
c) L'Aquila,Abruzzo d) Huntsville, Ontario
25. Which one of the following is not the latest district set up in Uttar Pradesh?
a) Prabuddhanagar b) Panchsheel Nagar
c) Bhimnagar d) Sant Ravidas Nagar
Thursday, May 3, 2012
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE MEQs
Q1. Which gas is used to disinfect water in swimming pools ?
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Chlorine
(D) Oxygen
Q2. ’Royal Bengal’, ‘Sumatran’, ‘Malayan’ and ‘Siberian’ are the species of which member of cat family ?
(A) Lion
(B) Tiger
(C) Leopard
(D) Jaguar
Q3. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(B) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin
(B) Keratin
(C) Collagen
(D) Hemoglobin
Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court
(B) Andhra Pradesh High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court
(D) Madras High Court
Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Saturn
(D) Uranus
Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara
(B) Sambalpur
(C) Jhansi
(D) Awadh
Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal
(B) Panama Canal
(C) Palk Strait
(D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) George Washington
(C) John F. Kennedy
(D) Theodore Roosevelt
Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt
(B) Common Salt
(C) Baking Soda
(D) Washing Soda
Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena
(B) Katha
(C) Mundaka
(D) Aitareya
Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi
(B) Tawi
(C) Tapti
(D) Gomti
Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Swami Ramdev
(D) Swami Agnivesh
Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
(A) Thar Express
(B) Samjhauta Express
(C) Maitreyi Express
(D) Himsagar Express
Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?
(A) Bindusara
(B) Ashok the Great
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google
(B) Alta Vista
(C) Yahoo
(D) Lycos
Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Ajit Wadekar
(C) Sandeep Patil
(D) Kapil Dev
Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves
(B) Sea of Clouds
(C) Sea of Serenity
(D) Sea of Tranquility
Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acid
(C) Hydrochloric Acid
(D) Hydrofluoric Acid
Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna
(B) Sakal
(C) Lokmat
(D) Loksatta
Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?
(A) Argon
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon dioxide
Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Humayun
Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis
(B) Paavo Nurmi
(C) Mark Spitz
(D) Michael Phelps
Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Aravind Adiga
Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy
(B) Indian Military Academy
(C) Defence Services Staff College
(D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School
Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria
(B) Zeenat Aman
(C) Tara Anne Fonseca
(D) Diya Mirza
Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Kavi Pradeep
Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Not fixed
Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
(B) Sarnath (U.P.)
(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)
(D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?
(A) Thailand
(B) Indonesia
(C) Malaysia
(D) Singapore
Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma
(B) N.P.S.Aulakh
(C) Radha Vinod Raju
(D) Ashwani Kumar
Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk
(B) Frederick Banting
(C) Edward Jenner
(D) Louis Pasteur
Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.Rajagopalachari
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?
(A) Neem
(B) Mango
(C) Olive
(D) Eucalyptus
Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik
(B) Nagpur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Port Blair
Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy
(B) Duleep Trophy
(C) Deodhar Trophy
(D) Nissar Trophy
Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens
(B) Nishat Gardens
(C) Brindavan Gardens
(D) Pinjore Gardens
Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria)
(B) Geneva (Switzerland)
(C) New York (USA)
(D) Washington (USA)
Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm
(B) Volt
(C) Watt
(D) Ampere
Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya
(B) Shiva
(C) Vishnu
(D) Brahma
Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala)
(B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(C) Bangalore (Karnataka)
(D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?
(A) Malawi
(B) Ghana
(C) Botswana
(D) Tanzania
Q49. ’Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Nelson Mandela
Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives
(B) Madagascar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Mauritius
Q51. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ?
(A) Meerut
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Patna
Q52. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ?
(A) Melanin
(B) Bilirubin
(C) Carotene
(D) Hemoglobin
Q53. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Devdas’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Q54. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ?
(A) Gopinath Bordoloi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Chittaranjan Das
(D) Jayaprakash Narain
Q55. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ?
(A) Battle of Plassey (1757)
(B) Battle of Buxar (1764)
(C) Battle of Talikota (1565)
(D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799)
Q56. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Nagpur
(C) Indore
(D) Kanpur
Q57. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God’s bow ?
(A) Indra
(B) Shiva
(C) Vishnu
(D) Brahma
Q58. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ?
(A) Mohs scale
(B) Beaufort scale
(C) Richter scale
(D) pH scale
Q59. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ?
(A) Argyria
(B) Minamata
(C) Itai-itai
(D) Devon colic
Q60. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ?
(A) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
(C) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(D) Meghnad Saha
Q61. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ?
(A) Mustard
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Groundnut
(D) Maize
Q62. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital ?
(A) Taj Mahal, Agra
(B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
(C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
(D) Charminar, Hyderabad
Q63. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ?
(A) UNIDO
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNICEF
(D) UNHRC
Q64. ’Lawsons Bay Beach’ and ‘Ramakrishna Beach’ are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ?
(A) Paradip (Orissa)
(B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q65. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Modern Plastic Surgery’ ?
(A) Charak
(B) Madhav
(C) Sushruta
(D) Patanjali
Q66. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) ?
(A) Danny Boyle
(B) Megan Mylan
(C) Andrew Stanton
(D) Gus Van Sant
Q67. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ?
(A) M.N.Roy
(B) V.V.Giri
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Shripad Amrut Dange
Q68. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east ?
(A) Mars
(B) Earth
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury
Q69. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ?
(A) Meera Ben
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) The Mother
(D) Sarla Ben
Q70. For his major role in the development of computer chip ‘Pentium’, which indian IT expert is called the ‘Father of Pentium’ ?
(A) Sabeer Bhatia
(B) Vinod Dham
(C) Vinod Khosla
(D) Vijay Bhatkar
Q71. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ?
(A) Baseball
(B) Volleyball
(C) Korfball
(D) Hockey
Q72. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ?
(A) 3 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 5 years
(D) 6 years
Q73. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
Q74. What does the Pisciculture refers to ?
(A) Beekeeping
(B) Fish Farming
(C) Silk Farming
(D) Dairy Farming
Q75. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party ?
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Syed Ahmed Khan
(C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Q76. Which is the longest National Highways in India ?
(A) Kolkata – Hazira (NH6)
(B) Chennai – Baharagora (NH5)
(C) Varanasi – Kanyakumari (NH7)
(D) Pathankot – Samakhiali (NH15)
Q77. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ?
(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Q78. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ?
(A) Ear
(B) Hand
(C) Foot
(D) Lungs
Q79. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ?
(A) Zinc
(B) Lignite
(C) Copper
(D) Gold
Q80. Who authored the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ ?
(A) Jack Welch
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Deepak Chopra
(D) Stephan Hawking
Q81. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ?
(A) 15 January
(B) 28 February
(C) 29 August
(D) 15 September
Q82. ’Muga’, ‘Eri’, ‘Tussar’ and ‘Mulberry’ are the varieties of which natural fibre ?
(A) Wool
(B) Silk
(C) Jute
(D) Cotton
Q83. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor ?
(A) Dwarka
(B) Varanasi
(C) Rameshwaram
(D) Tirupati
Q84. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, also known as ‘Red Shirts’ ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle
(C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q85. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ?
(A) Jhansi
(B) Gwalior
(C) Patiala
(D) Nagpur
Q86. Athlete’s Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ?
(A) Virus
(B) Fungi
(C) Bacteria
(D) Protozoa
Q87. Who authored the book ‘Hindu View of Life ?
(A) S.Radhakrishnan
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) C.Rajagopalachari
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q88. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Carbon dioxide
(D) Hydrogen
Q89. Who was the first woman president in the world ?
(A) Golda Meir
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike
(D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q90. Who created the first Portable Computer ?
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Tim Berners-Lee
Q91. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as ‘Pink City’ ?
(A) Jaipur
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chandigarh
Q92. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ?
(A) Copper
(B) Silver
(C) Tungsten
(D) Aluminium
Q93. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Curzon
Q94. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ?
(A) Nauru
(B) Monaco
(C) Tuvalu
(D) Vatican City
Q95. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India’s first cabinet ?
(A) Labour
(B) Health
(C) Education
(D) Railways
Q96. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Q97. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, ‘Garuda’ is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Indonesia
Q98. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ?
(A) Vijayawada
(B) Rajahmundry
(C) Pochampally
(D) Warangal
Q99. ’Daughter of the East’ book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Benazir Bhutto
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri
Q100. Which country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’ ?
(A) Namibia
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Botswana
(D) Burkina Faso
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Chlorine
(D) Oxygen
Q2. ’Royal Bengal’, ‘Sumatran’, ‘Malayan’ and ‘Siberian’ are the species of which member of cat family ?
(A) Lion
(B) Tiger
(C) Leopard
(D) Jaguar
Q3. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q4. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as ‘Lokhitwadi’ ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(B) Dhondo Keshav Karve
(C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q5. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin
(B) Keratin
(C) Collagen
(D) Hemoglobin
Q6. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court
(B) Andhra Pradesh High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court
(D) Madras High Court
Q7. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Saturn
(D) Uranus
Q8. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara
(B) Sambalpur
(C) Jhansi
(D) Awadh
Q9. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal
(B) Panama Canal
(C) Palk Strait
(D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q10. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) George Washington
(C) John F. Kennedy
(D) Theodore Roosevelt
Q11. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt
(B) Common Salt
(C) Baking Soda
(D) Washing Soda
Q12. ’Satyameva Jayate’, the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena
(B) Katha
(C) Mundaka
(D) Aitareya
Q13. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi
(B) Tawi
(C) Tapti
(D) Gomti
Q14. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center ‘Anandvan’ in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte
(B) Vinoba Bhave
(C) Swami Ramdev
(D) Swami Agnivesh
Q15. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
(A) Thar Express
(B) Samjhauta Express
(C) Maitreyi Express
(D) Himsagar Express
Q16. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as ‘Sandrokottos’ ?
(A) Bindusara
(B) Ashok the Great
(C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q17. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google
(B) Alta Vista
(C) Yahoo
(D) Lycos
Q18. ’By God’s Decree’, ‘Cricket my style’ and ‘Straight from the Heart’ are the autobiographies of which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Ajit Wadekar
(C) Sandeep Patil
(D) Kapil Dev
Q19. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves
(B) Sea of Clouds
(C) Sea of Serenity
(D) Sea of Tranquility
Q20. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid
(B) Sulphuric Acid
(C) Hydrochloric Acid
(D) Hydrofluoric Acid
Q21. Which state is known as the ‘Spice Garden of India’ ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Q22. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna
(B) Sakal
(C) Lokmat
(D) Loksatta
Q23. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?
(A) Argon
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon dioxide
Q24. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q25. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of India ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Q26. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built by which ruler ?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Sher Shah Suri
(D) Humayun
Q27. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis
(B) Paavo Nurmi
(C) Mark Spitz
(D) Michael Phelps
Q28. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q29. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel ‘The White Tiger’ ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Aravind Adiga
Q30. ’Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla’ is the motto of which miltary academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy
(B) Indian Military Academy
(C) Defence Services Staff College
(D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School
Q31. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria
(B) Zeenat Aman
(C) Tara Anne Fonseca
(D) Diya Mirza
Q32. Who wrote India’s natinal song the ‘Vande Mataram’, which first appeared in the book ‘Anandmath’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
(C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Kavi Pradeep
Q33. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth’s equator and the day & night are equally long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Not fixed
Q34. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
(B) Sarnath (U.P.)
(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)
(D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q35. Which Asian country is known as the ‘Land of the White Elephants’ ?
(A) Thailand
(B) Indonesia
(C) Malaysia
(D) Singapore
Q36. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma
(B) N.P.S.Aulakh
(C) Radha Vinod Raju
(D) Ashwani Kumar
Q37. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk
(B) Frederick Banting
(C) Edward Jenner
(D) Louis Pasteur
Q38. Which freedom fighter authored ‘Gita Rahasya’, a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.Rajagopalachari
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q39. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag ?
(A) Neem
(B) Mango
(C) Olive
(D) Eucalyptus
Q40. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik
(B) Nagpur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Port Blair
Q41. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy
(B) Duleep Trophy
(C) Deodhar Trophy
(D) Nissar Trophy
Q42. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens
(B) Nishat Gardens
(C) Brindavan Gardens
(D) Pinjore Gardens
Q43. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q44. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria)
(B) Geneva (Switzerland)
(C) New York (USA)
(D) Washington (USA)
Q45. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm
(B) Volt
(C) Watt
(D) Ampere
Q46. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya
(B) Shiva
(C) Vishnu
(D) Brahma
Q47. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala)
(B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(C) Bangalore (Karnataka)
(D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q48. Which African country was formerly known as ‘Nyasaland’ ?
(A) Malawi
(B) Ghana
(C) Botswana
(D) Tanzania
Q49. ’Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Nelson Mandela
Q50. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives
(B) Madagascar
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Mauritius
Q51. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ?
(A) Meerut
(B) Chennai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Patna
Q52. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ?
(A) Melanin
(B) Bilirubin
(C) Carotene
(D) Hemoglobin
Q53. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Devdas’ ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Q54. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ?
(A) Gopinath Bordoloi
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Chittaranjan Das
(D) Jayaprakash Narain
Q55. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ?
(A) Battle of Plassey (1757)
(B) Battle of Buxar (1764)
(C) Battle of Talikota (1565)
(D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799)
Q56. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Nagpur
(C) Indore
(D) Kanpur
Q57. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God’s bow ?
(A) Indra
(B) Shiva
(C) Vishnu
(D) Brahma
Q58. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ?
(A) Mohs scale
(B) Beaufort scale
(C) Richter scale
(D) pH scale
Q59. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning ?
(A) Argyria
(B) Minamata
(C) Itai-itai
(D) Devon colic
Q60. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ?
(A) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia
(C) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(D) Meghnad Saha
Q61. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ?
(A) Mustard
(B) Sugarcane
(C) Groundnut
(D) Maize
Q62. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in his capital ?
(A) Taj Mahal, Agra
(B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
(C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
(D) Charminar, Hyderabad
Q63. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ?
(A) UNIDO
(B) UNESCO
(C) UNICEF
(D) UNHRC
Q64. ’Lawsons Bay Beach’ and ‘Ramakrishna Beach’ are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ?
(A) Paradip (Orissa)
(B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q65. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Modern Plastic Surgery’ ?
(A) Charak
(B) Madhav
(C) Sushruta
(D) Patanjali
Q66. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film ‘Smile Pinki’ (2008) ?
(A) Danny Boyle
(B) Megan Mylan
(C) Andrew Stanton
(D) Gus Van Sant
Q67. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ?
(A) M.N.Roy
(B) V.V.Giri
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Shripad Amrut Dange
Q68. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east ?
(A) Mars
(B) Earth
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury
Q69. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ?
(A) Meera Ben
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) The Mother
(D) Sarla Ben
Q70. For his major role in the development of computer chip ‘Pentium’, which indian IT expert is called the ‘Father of Pentium’ ?
(A) Sabeer Bhatia
(B) Vinod Dham
(C) Vinod Khosla
(D) Vijay Bhatkar
Q71. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ?
(A) Baseball
(B) Volleyball
(C) Korfball
(D) Hockey
Q72. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ?
(A) 3 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 5 years
(D) 6 years
Q73. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
Q74. What does the Pisciculture refers to ?
(A) Beekeeping
(B) Fish Farming
(C) Silk Farming
(D) Dairy Farming
Q75. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the party ?
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Syed Ahmed Khan
(C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Q76. Which is the longest National Highways in India ?
(A) Kolkata – Hazira (NH6)
(B) Chennai – Baharagora (NH5)
(C) Varanasi – Kanyakumari (NH7)
(D) Pathankot – Samakhiali (NH15)
Q77. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ?
(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Q78. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ?
(A) Ear
(B) Hand
(C) Foot
(D) Lungs
Q79. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ?
(A) Zinc
(B) Lignite
(C) Copper
(D) Gold
Q80. Who authored the book ‘A Brief History of Time’ ?
(A) Jack Welch
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Deepak Chopra
(D) Stephan Hawking
Q81. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ?
(A) 15 January
(B) 28 February
(C) 29 August
(D) 15 September
Q82. ’Muga’, ‘Eri’, ‘Tussar’ and ‘Mulberry’ are the varieties of which natural fibre ?
(A) Wool
(B) Silk
(C) Jute
(D) Cotton
Q83. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world’s longest corridor ?
(A) Dwarka
(B) Varanasi
(C) Rameshwaram
(D) Tirupati
Q84. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’, also known as ‘Red Shirts’ ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle
(C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q85. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ?
(A) Jhansi
(B) Gwalior
(C) Patiala
(D) Nagpur
Q86. Athlete’s Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ?
(A) Virus
(B) Fungi
(C) Bacteria
(D) Protozoa
Q87. Who authored the book ‘Hindu View of Life ?
(A) S.Radhakrishnan
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) C.Rajagopalachari
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q88. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as ‘Dry Ice’ ?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Carbon dioxide
(D) Hydrogen
Q89. Who was the first woman president in the world ?
(A) Golda Meir
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike
(D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q90. Who created the first Portable Computer ?
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Steve Jobs
(D) Tim Berners-Lee
Q91. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as ‘Pink City’ ?
(A) Jaipur
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chandigarh
Q92. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ?
(A) Copper
(B) Silver
(C) Tungsten
(D) Aluminium
Q93. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Curzon
Q94. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ?
(A) Nauru
(B) Monaco
(C) Tuvalu
(D) Vatican City
Q95. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent India’s first cabinet ?
(A) Labour
(B) Health
(C) Education
(D) Railways
Q96. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects Kerala to which state ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Q97. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, ‘Garuda’ is the national airline of which most Muslim populous country ?
(A) Nigeria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Indonesia
Q98. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in 1951 ?
(A) Vijayawada
(B) Rajahmundry
(C) Pochampally
(D) Warangal
Q99. ’Daughter of the East’ book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Benazir Bhutto
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri
Q100. Which country was formerly known as ‘Upper Volta’ ?
(A) Namibia
(B) Ethiopia
(C) Botswana
(D) Burkina Faso
GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs
Q1. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Srinagar
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ajmer
Q2. With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?
(A) Sitar
(B) Sarod
(C) Santoor
(D) Tabla
Q3. In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ?
(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(B) Sucheta Kriplani
(C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Q4. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?
(A) Loktak Lake
(B) Chilka Lake
(C) Wular Lake
(D) Hussain Sagar Lake
Q5. What is the name of India’s first nuclear reactor ?
(A) Apsara
(B) Kamini
(C) Dhruva
(D) Aryabhatt
Q6. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?
(A) Kheda (Gujarat)
(B) Champaran (Bihar)
(C) Sabarmati (Gujarat)
(D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Q7. ’Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’ books are authored by which Indian scientist ?
(A) H.G.Khurana
(B) M.S.Swaminathan
(C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(D) S.Chandrasekhar
Q8. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q9. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of ‘Alamgir’ (Conqueror of the world) ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jehangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Q10. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ?
(A) Aspirin
(B) Vinegar
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitriol
Q11. Who signs one rupee currency note of India ?
(A) RBI Governor
(B) Finance Secretary
(C) Finance Minister
(D) President
Q12. Who wrote the ‘Das Capital’, an extensive treatise on political economy ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Friedrich Engles
(C) Leo Tolstoy
(D) Maxim Gorky
Q13. Who was the first law minister of independent India ?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(C) B.R.Ambedkar
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q14. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ?
(A) Tea
(B) Coffee
(C) Yoghurt
(D) Lemonade
Q15. Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ?
(A) Odissi
(B) Kathakali
(C) Bharatanatyam
(D) Kuchipudi
Q16. Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ?
(A) Dona Paula (Goa)
(B) Kochi (Kerala)
(C) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q17. Which European country is known as the ‘Land of a thousand lakes’ ?
(A) Denmark
(B) Sweden
(C) Norway
(D) Finland
Q18. Which is the nearest star to the Sun ?
(A) Proxima Centauri
(B) Alpha Centauri A
(C) Alpha Centauri B
(D) Bernard’s Star
Q19. Which gas is commonly known as ‘Laughing Gas’ ?
(A) Ozone
(B) Methane
(C) Nitrous Oxide
(D) Carbon dioxide
Q20. Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines – Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn – passes ?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) South America
Q21. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory ?
(A) Lakshadweep
(B) Daman and Diu
(C) Puducherry
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q22. Garba dance is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) West Bengal
Q23. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world ?
(A) Thar
(B) Gobi
(C) Sahara
(D) Kalahari
Q24. Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(D) V.V.Giri
Q25. Who discoverd Penicillin ?
(A) Jonas Salk
(B) Frederick Benting
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Ronald Ross
Q26. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists ?
(A) Operation Vijay
(B) Operation Shakti
(C) Operation Cactus
(D) Operation Black Tornado
Q27. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ?
(A) 0 degree
(B) 32 degre
(C) 180 degree
(D) minus 40 degree
Q28. Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia’s oldest extant daily ?
(A) The Times of India
(B) Mumbai Samachar
(C) The Indian Express
(D) Hindustan Times
Q29. Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School ?
(A) Naina Lal Kidwai
(B) Lalita D. Gupte
(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(D) Chanda Kochhar
Q30. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent in case of any gas leakage ?
(A) Pyridine
(B) Isocyanide
(C) Cadaverine
(D) Ethyl Mercaptan
Q31. In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ?
(A) 15
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 21
Q32. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ?
(A) 8 minutes
(B) 10 minutes
(C) 12 minutes
(D) 15 minutes
Q33. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ?
(A) Beta
(B) Gamma
(C) Sigma
(D) Omega
Q34. Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?
(A) Ramagupta
(B) Skandagupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q35. Which mountain range in Chhatisgarh, with name literally meaning the hump of ox, is world famous for top-quality deposits of iron ore ?
(A) Aravali
(B) Bailadila
(C) Nilgiri
(D) Patkai
Q36. Which scientist is considered as the father of Indian Space Programme ?
(A) Vikram Sarabhai
(B) Homi Bhabha
(C) M.S.Swaminathan
(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q37. Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ?
(A) Melanin
(B) Lycopene
(C) Bilirubin
(D) Chlorophyll
Q38. Who founded the ‘Pushti Marg’ (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya
(B) Nimbarkacharya
(C) Ramanujacharya
(D) Vallabhacharya
Q39. Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ ?
(A) Philip Kotler
(B) Jack Welch
(C) C.K.Prahalad
(D) Mohanbir Sawhney
Q40. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Antarctic Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean
Q41. In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ?
(A) L
(B) C
(C) M
(D) X
Q42. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ?
(A) Chand Bibi
(B) Razia Sultan
(C) Rani Durgavati
(D) Rani Rudramma Devi
Q43. How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of ‘Jai Ho’ song for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?
(A) Sameer
(B) Gulzar
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) Prasoon Joshi
Q44. Where did Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana ?
(A) Nanded (Maharashtra)
(B) Kolkata (W.Bengal)
(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)
(D) Pawapuri (Bihar)
Q45. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ?
(A) Veer Savarkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Chandrasekhar Azad
(D) Lala Hardayal
Q46. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?
(A) Zurich (Switzerland)
(B) London (United Kingdom)
(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(D) Lausanne (Switzerland)
Q47. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Irwin
Q48. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ?
(A) Canada
(B) Denmark
(C) Norway
(D) Iceland
Q49. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ?
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Burners-Lee
(D) Ian Wilmut
Q50. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. is referred as the ‘Gateway to Jaffna’ ?
(A) Khyber pass
(B) Nathu La pass
(C) Elephant pass
(D) Rohtang pass
Q51. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Saurav Ganguly
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(D) Anil Kumble
Q52. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Nagpur
(C) Allahabad
(D) Mumbai
Q53. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) C.Rajagopalachari
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q54. ’Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ?
(A) Bihu
(B) Lohri
(C) Pongal
(D) Baisakhi
Q55. Wheeler Island, the site of India’s missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamilnadu
(D) Kerala
Q56. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Lok Sabha Speaker
(D) Vice President
Q57. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ?
(A) Turkey
(B) Greece
(C) France
(D) Germany
Q58. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Dean’s Medal ?
(A) J.R.D.Tata
(B) Dhirubhai Ambani
(C) N.R.Narayana Murthy
(D) Azim Premji
Q59. Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’ ?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Hipparchus
(C) Hippocrates
(D) Wilhelm Wundt
Q60. ’Razmnama’ is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ?
(A) Ramayana
(B) Mahabahrat
(C) Raghuvamsha
(D) Kumarsambhava
Q61. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?
(A) Tamil
(B) Marathi
(C) Telugu
(D) Bengali
Q62. In terms of area, which is the largest country ?
(A) Russia
(B) Canada
(C) China
(D) United States of America
Q63. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Q64. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ?
(A) Helium
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitogen
(D) Hydrogen
Q65. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Antarctic Ocean
Q66. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?
(A) Forward Block
(B) Swaraj Party
(C) Swatantra Party
(D) Ghadar Party
Q67. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of ‘Chanrdrahas’ sword ?
(A) Arjun
(B) Kansa
(C) Ravana
(D) Parshuram
Q68. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ?
(A) Assam
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q69. Which early 11th century traveller to India authored the books ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ and ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ ?
(A) Fi-Hien
(B) Marco Polo
(C) Al Beruni
(D) Ibn Batuta
Q70. Who was the first President of Pakistan ?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Iskandar Mirza
(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q71. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ?
(A) Heart
(B) Liver
(C) Kidney
(D) Stomach
Q72. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ?
(A) Nainital
(B) Mussoorie
(C) Darjeeling
(D) Shimla
Q73. ’Hematite’ and ‘Magnetite’ are the principal ores of which metal ?
(A) Iron
(B) Nickel
(C) Cobalt
(D) Aluminium
Q74. ’Biman’ is the national airline of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka
Q75. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ (Divine Faith) ?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Jehangir
(D) Shahjahan
Q76. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ?
(A) Russia
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) United States of America
Q77. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ?
(A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
(B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
(C) Nargis Dutt Award
(D) Indira Gandhi Award
Q78. ’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Manipur
(C) Kerala
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q79. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Srinagar
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Mumbai
Q80. ’Struggle for Existence’ book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ?
(A) Mayawati
(B) J.Jayalalitha
(C) Sushma Swaraj
(D) Mamta Banerjee
Q81. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Lok Sabha Speaker
(C) Rajya Sabha Speaker
(D) Chief Justice of India
Q82. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Q83. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Thimpu
(C) Kathmandu
(D) Islamabad
Q84. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ?
(A) Islam
(B) Judaism
(C) Christianity
(D) Zoroastrianism
Q85. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ?
(A) Warangal
(B) Kurnool
(C) Vijayawada
(D) Visakhapatnam
Q86. Who was the first Indian to win boy’s Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ?
(A) Ramanathan Krishnan
(B) Vijay Amritraj
(C) Ramesh Krishnan
(D) Leander Paes
Q87. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ?
(A) Alapuzha
(B) Ezhimala
(C) Vizhinjam
(D) Kozhikode
Q88. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ?
(A) Mao Zedong
(B) Zhou Enlai
(C) Deng Xiaoping
(D) Hua Guofeng
Q89. Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?
(A) Kalidas
(B) Kalhana
(C) Chankaya
(D) Banabhatt
Q90. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India’s highest military award ?
(A) Nek Chand
(B) Umesh Rao
(C) Bobby Kooka
(D) Savitri Khanolkar
Q91. Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?
(A) Ardeshir Irani
(B) Dadasaheb Phalke
(C) V.Shantaram
(D) Sohrab Modi
Q92. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?
(A) President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Finance Minister
(D) RBI Governor
Q93. What is the name of India’s longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ?
(A) Rabindra Setu
(B) Vidyasagar Setu
(C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
Q94. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Keshub Chandra Sen
Q95. ’Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) West Bengal
Q96. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?
(A) Karnal (Haryana)
(B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
(C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q97. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created ‘Khalsa’ in 1699 ?
(A) Anandpur (Punjab)
(B) Amritsar (Punjab)
(C) Patna (Bihar)
(D) Nanded (Maharashtra)
Q98. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ?
(A) Punita Arora
(B) Harita Kaur Deol
(C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Q99. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ?
(A) Curzon Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) McMahon Line
(D) RadCliffe Line
Q100. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ?
(A) Wilson Jones
(B) Michael Ferreira
(C) Geet Sethi
(D) Manoj Kothari
(A) Mumbai
(B) Srinagar
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ajmer
Q2. With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?
(A) Sitar
(B) Sarod
(C) Santoor
(D) Tabla
Q3. In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ?
(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
(B) Sucheta Kriplani
(C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(D) Sarojini Naidu
Q4. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?
(A) Loktak Lake
(B) Chilka Lake
(C) Wular Lake
(D) Hussain Sagar Lake
Q5. What is the name of India’s first nuclear reactor ?
(A) Apsara
(B) Kamini
(C) Dhruva
(D) Aryabhatt
Q6. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?
(A) Kheda (Gujarat)
(B) Champaran (Bihar)
(C) Sabarmati (Gujarat)
(D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Q7. ’Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’ books are authored by which Indian scientist ?
(A) H.G.Khurana
(B) M.S.Swaminathan
(C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(D) S.Chandrasekhar
Q8. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q9. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of ‘Alamgir’ (Conqueror of the world) ?
(A) Akbar
(B) Jehangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Q10. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ?
(A) Aspirin
(B) Vinegar
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitriol
Q11. Who signs one rupee currency note of India ?
(A) RBI Governor
(B) Finance Secretary
(C) Finance Minister
(D) President
Q12. Who wrote the ‘Das Capital’, an extensive treatise on political economy ?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Friedrich Engles
(C) Leo Tolstoy
(D) Maxim Gorky
Q13. Who was the first law minister of independent India ?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(C) B.R.Ambedkar
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q14. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ?
(A) Tea
(B) Coffee
(C) Yoghurt
(D) Lemonade
Q15. Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ?
(A) Odissi
(B) Kathakali
(C) Bharatanatyam
(D) Kuchipudi
Q16. Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ?
(A) Dona Paula (Goa)
(B) Kochi (Kerala)
(C) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q17. Which European country is known as the ‘Land of a thousand lakes’ ?
(A) Denmark
(B) Sweden
(C) Norway
(D) Finland
Q18. Which is the nearest star to the Sun ?
(A) Proxima Centauri
(B) Alpha Centauri A
(C) Alpha Centauri B
(D) Bernard’s Star
Q19. Which gas is commonly known as ‘Laughing Gas’ ?
(A) Ozone
(B) Methane
(C) Nitrous Oxide
(D) Carbon dioxide
Q20. Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines – Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn – passes ?
(A) Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) South America
Q21. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory ?
(A) Lakshadweep
(B) Daman and Diu
(C) Puducherry
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q22. Garba dance is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Gujarat
(D) West Bengal
Q23. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world ?
(A) Thar
(B) Gobi
(C) Sahara
(D) Kalahari
Q24. Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?
(A) Zakir Hussain
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(D) V.V.Giri
Q25. Who discoverd Penicillin ?
(A) Jonas Salk
(B) Frederick Benting
(C) Alexander Fleming
(D) Ronald Ross
Q26. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists ?
(A) Operation Vijay
(B) Operation Shakti
(C) Operation Cactus
(D) Operation Black Tornado
Q27. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ?
(A) 0 degree
(B) 32 degre
(C) 180 degree
(D) minus 40 degree
Q28. Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia’s oldest extant daily ?
(A) The Times of India
(B) Mumbai Samachar
(C) The Indian Express
(D) Hindustan Times
Q29. Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School ?
(A) Naina Lal Kidwai
(B) Lalita D. Gupte
(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(D) Chanda Kochhar
Q30. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent in case of any gas leakage ?
(A) Pyridine
(B) Isocyanide
(C) Cadaverine
(D) Ethyl Mercaptan
Q31. In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ?
(A) 15
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 21
Q32. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ?
(A) 8 minutes
(B) 10 minutes
(C) 12 minutes
(D) 15 minutes
Q33. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ?
(A) Beta
(B) Gamma
(C) Sigma
(D) Omega
Q34. Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?
(A) Ramagupta
(B) Skandagupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q35. Which mountain range in Chhatisgarh, with name literally meaning the hump of ox, is world famous for top-quality deposits of iron ore ?
(A) Aravali
(B) Bailadila
(C) Nilgiri
(D) Patkai
Q36. Which scientist is considered as the father of Indian Space Programme ?
(A) Vikram Sarabhai
(B) Homi Bhabha
(C) M.S.Swaminathan
(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q37. Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ?
(A) Melanin
(B) Lycopene
(C) Bilirubin
(D) Chlorophyll
Q38. Who founded the ‘Pushti Marg’ (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya
(B) Nimbarkacharya
(C) Ramanujacharya
(D) Vallabhacharya
Q39. Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ ?
(A) Philip Kotler
(B) Jack Welch
(C) C.K.Prahalad
(D) Mohanbir Sawhney
Q40. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Antarctic Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Pacific Ocean
Q41. In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ?
(A) L
(B) C
(C) M
(D) X
Q42. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ?
(A) Chand Bibi
(B) Razia Sultan
(C) Rani Durgavati
(D) Rani Rudramma Devi
Q43. How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of ‘Jai Ho’ song for film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?
(A) Sameer
(B) Gulzar
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) Prasoon Joshi
Q44. Where did Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana ?
(A) Nanded (Maharashtra)
(B) Kolkata (W.Bengal)
(C) Kushinagar (U.P.)
(D) Pawapuri (Bihar)
Q45. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ?
(A) Veer Savarkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Chandrasekhar Azad
(D) Lala Hardayal
Q46. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?
(A) Zurich (Switzerland)
(B) London (United Kingdom)
(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(D) Lausanne (Switzerland)
Q47. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Irwin
Q48. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ?
(A) Canada
(B) Denmark
(C) Norway
(D) Iceland
Q49. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ?
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Burners-Lee
(D) Ian Wilmut
Q50. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. is referred as the ‘Gateway to Jaffna’ ?
(A) Khyber pass
(B) Nathu La pass
(C) Elephant pass
(D) Rohtang pass
Q51. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Saurav Ganguly
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(D) Anil Kumble
Q52. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Nagpur
(C) Allahabad
(D) Mumbai
Q53. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) C.Rajagopalachari
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q54. ’Bhogi’, ‘Surya’, ‘Mattu’ and ‘Kanum’ are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ?
(A) Bihu
(B) Lohri
(C) Pongal
(D) Baisakhi
Q55. Wheeler Island, the site of India’s missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamilnadu
(D) Kerala
Q56. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Lok Sabha Speaker
(D) Vice President
Q57. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ?
(A) Turkey
(B) Greece
(C) France
(D) Germany
Q58. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Dean’s Medal ?
(A) J.R.D.Tata
(B) Dhirubhai Ambani
(C) N.R.Narayana Murthy
(D) Azim Premji
Q59. Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’ ?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Hipparchus
(C) Hippocrates
(D) Wilhelm Wundt
Q60. ’Razmnama’ is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ?
(A) Ramayana
(B) Mahabahrat
(C) Raghuvamsha
(D) Kumarsambhava
Q61. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?
(A) Tamil
(B) Marathi
(C) Telugu
(D) Bengali
Q62. In terms of area, which is the largest country ?
(A) Russia
(B) Canada
(C) China
(D) United States of America
Q63. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Q64. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ?
(A) Helium
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitogen
(D) Hydrogen
Q65. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Antarctic Ocean
Q66. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?
(A) Forward Block
(B) Swaraj Party
(C) Swatantra Party
(D) Ghadar Party
Q67. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of ‘Chanrdrahas’ sword ?
(A) Arjun
(B) Kansa
(C) Ravana
(D) Parshuram
Q68. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ?
(A) Assam
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q69. Which early 11th century traveller to India authored the books ‘Tahqiq-i-Hind’ and ‘Kitab-ul-Hind’ ?
(A) Fi-Hien
(B) Marco Polo
(C) Al Beruni
(D) Ibn Batuta
Q70. Who was the first President of Pakistan ?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Iskandar Mirza
(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q71. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ?
(A) Heart
(B) Liver
(C) Kidney
(D) Stomach
Q72. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ?
(A) Nainital
(B) Mussoorie
(C) Darjeeling
(D) Shimla
Q73. ’Hematite’ and ‘Magnetite’ are the principal ores of which metal ?
(A) Iron
(B) Nickel
(C) Cobalt
(D) Aluminium
Q74. ’Biman’ is the national airline of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka
Q75. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine ‘Din-i-Ilahi’ (Divine Faith) ?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Jehangir
(D) Shahjahan
Q76. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ?
(A) Russia
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) United States of America
Q77. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ?
(A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
(B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
(C) Nargis Dutt Award
(D) Indira Gandhi Award
Q78. ’Kalaripayattu’ is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Manipur
(C) Kerala
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q79. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Srinagar
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Mumbai
Q80. ’Struggle for Existence’ book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ?
(A) Mayawati
(B) J.Jayalalitha
(C) Sushma Swaraj
(D) Mamta Banerjee
Q81. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Lok Sabha Speaker
(C) Rajya Sabha Speaker
(D) Chief Justice of India
Q82. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Q83. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Thimpu
(C) Kathmandu
(D) Islamabad
Q84. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ?
(A) Islam
(B) Judaism
(C) Christianity
(D) Zoroastrianism
Q85. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ?
(A) Warangal
(B) Kurnool
(C) Vijayawada
(D) Visakhapatnam
Q86. Who was the first Indian to win boy’s Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ?
(A) Ramanathan Krishnan
(B) Vijay Amritraj
(C) Ramesh Krishnan
(D) Leander Paes
Q87. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ?
(A) Alapuzha
(B) Ezhimala
(C) Vizhinjam
(D) Kozhikode
Q88. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ?
(A) Mao Zedong
(B) Zhou Enlai
(C) Deng Xiaoping
(D) Hua Guofeng
Q89. Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?
(A) Kalidas
(B) Kalhana
(C) Chankaya
(D) Banabhatt
Q90. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India’s highest military award ?
(A) Nek Chand
(B) Umesh Rao
(C) Bobby Kooka
(D) Savitri Khanolkar
Q91. Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?
(A) Ardeshir Irani
(B) Dadasaheb Phalke
(C) V.Shantaram
(D) Sohrab Modi
Q92. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?
(A) President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Finance Minister
(D) RBI Governor
Q93. What is the name of India’s longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ?
(A) Rabindra Setu
(B) Vidyasagar Setu
(C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
Q94. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Keshub Chandra Sen
Q95. ’Tamasha’ is the popular folk theatre of which state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) West Bengal
Q96. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?
(A) Karnal (Haryana)
(B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
(C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q97. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created ‘Khalsa’ in 1699 ?
(A) Anandpur (Punjab)
(B) Amritsar (Punjab)
(C) Patna (Bihar)
(D) Nanded (Maharashtra)
Q98. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ?
(A) Punita Arora
(B) Harita Kaur Deol
(C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Q99. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ?
(A) Curzon Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) McMahon Line
(D) RadCliffe Line
Q100. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ?
(A) Wilson Jones
(B) Michael Ferreira
(C) Geet Sethi
(D) Manoj Kothari
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