Q1. | Which is the only snake that builts the nest ? (A) King Cobra (B) Rattlesnake (C) Coral Snake (D) Golden Tree Snake Answer : | Q2. | With which sport is the Rangaswamy Cup associated ? (A) Golf (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Cricket Answer : | Q3. | Which element is not present in Sugar ? (A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen Answer : | Q4. | According to the 2001 Census, what is the sex-ratio (females per 1000 males) in India ? (A) 927 females per 1000 males (B) 933 females per 1000 males (C) 945 females per 1000 males (D) 950 females per 1000 males Answer : | Q5. | On the outskirts of which city did renowned Odissi dancer Protima Gauri Bedi found 'Nrityagram' dance school ? (A) Chennai (B) Ahmedabad (C) Bengaluru (D) Cuttack Answer : | Q6. | Which train service, covering 3,726 Km. between Jammu Tawi (Jammu & Kashmir) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), is the longest passenger train service in India ? (A) Maitreyi Express (B) Matsyagandha Express (C) Himsagar Express (D) Samjhauta Express Answer : | Q7. | What was the former official name of St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia ? (A) Leningrad (B) Volgograd (C) Stalingrad (D) Byzantium Answer : | Q8. | Who wrote the ancient Sanskrit play 'Mrichchhakatika' (The Little Clay Cart) ? (A) Kalidas (B) Banabhatta (C) Bhavabhuti (D) Shudraka Answer : | Q9. | In which city is the Chhattisgarh High Court located ? (A) Bhilai (B) Raipur (C) Bilaspur (D) Jagdalpur Answer : | Q10. | Which British computer scientist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, popularly known as Internet ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Gordon Moore (D) Tim Berners-Lee Answer : |
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Q1. | Which gas is the main constituent of 'Gobar Gas', the biogas generated by de-composition of cow dung ? (A) Butane (B) Propane (C) Methane (D) Hydrogen Answer : | Q2. | Shankar's International Dolls Museum, founded by renowned cartoonist K. Shankar Pillai, and which has the largest collection of costume dolls in the world, is located in which city ? (A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata Answer : | Q3. | 'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro) slogan was given by which freedom fighter in 1942 ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Subhash Chand Bose (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Bhagat Singh Answer : | Q4. | What is the maximum number of votes which an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can record ? (A) 1840 votes (B) 2840 votes (C) 3840 votes (D) 4840 votes Answer : | Q5. | 'Sqay' (literally meaning knowledge of war) martial art is native of which Indian state ? (A) Kerala (B) Punjab (C) Maharashtra (D) Jammu & Kashmir Answer : | Q6. | Which is the oldest football club in India ? (A) Mohun Bagan (B) East Bengal (C) Mohammedan Sporting (D) Churchill Brothers Answer : | Q7. | Which dictator was also called 'Fuhrer' ? (A) Idi Amin (B) Joseph Stalin (C) Adolf Hitler (D) Benito Mussolini Answer : | Q8. | Which device is used to detect radioactivity ? (A) Oscilloscope (B) Geiger counter (C) Geordie Lamp (D) Kipp's apparatus Answer : | Q9. | In 19th century, between which countries were the Opium Wars fought ? (A) China and Korea (B) China and Japan (C) China and Russia (D) China and Britain Answer : | Q10. | Which Malayalam writer was awarded the first Jnanpith Award in 1965, for his anthology of poems the 'Odakuzhal' (The Flute) ? (A) S.D.Pottekkatt (B) G.Sankara Kurup (C) M.T.Vasudevan Nair (D) Takazhi S. Pillai Answer : |
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Q1. | 'Inquilab Zindabad' (long live revolution) slogan was first used by which revolutionary ? (A) Bhagat Singh (B) Lala Har Dayal (C) Chandrashekhar Azad (D) Veer Savarkar Answer : |
Q2. | The deficiency of which element leads to the 'Goitre', a swelling in thyroid gland ? (A) Zinc (B) Calcium (C) Iodine (D) Phosphorus Answer : |
Q3. | 'Humayun Nama', a historical chronicle about the reign of Mughal ruler Humayun, was written by which Mughal princess ? (A) Gauhara Begum (B) Jahanara Begum (C) Gulbadan Begum (D) Roshanara Begum Answer : |
Q4. | Who founded the 'All India Harijan Sangh' in 1932 ? (A) Jagjivan Ram (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) B.R.Ambedkar (D) Jyotirao Phule Answer : |
Q5. | By what name is the Irish lady Margaret Elizabeth Noble, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, better known ? (A) Meera Ben (B) Mother Teresa (C) Savitri Khanolkar (D) Sister Nivedita Answer : |
Q6. | Between 1-4 AD, which city hosted the great Tamil literary assembly called 'Sangam' ? (A) Chennai (B) Thanjavur (C) Kancheepuram (D) Madurai Answer : |
Q7. | Which currency is popularly called 'Greenback' ? (A) US dollar (B) British pound (C) Japanese yen (D) Chinese yuan Answer : |
Q8. | 'Cape Horn' is the southernmost point of which continent ? (A) Asia (B) Europe (C) Africa (D) S.America Answer : |
Q9. | Which Indian sportswoman won the World Ladies Billiards Championship in 2005 ? (A) Saina Nehwal (B) Joshna Chinappa (C) Anuja Thakur (D) Sania Mirza Answer : |
Q10. | In Solar System, which planet's day is longer than its year since it completes one rotation on the axis in 243 earth days but takes only 225 earth days to orbit the Sun ? (A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn Answer : |
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Q1. | In which Indian state is the Sultanpur National Park located ? (A) Haryana (B) Uttarakhand (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Rajasthan Answer : | Q2. | In 1321, who founded the Tughlaq Dynasty in Delhi ? (A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq (C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (D) Mahmud Nasir-ud-din Answer : | Q3. | Which instrument is used for measuring the relative humidity (amount of water present in a gaseous mixure of air and water) ? (A) Barometer (B) Anemometer (C) Thermometer (D) Hygrometer Answer : | Q4. | Which city annually hosts the Wimbledon tennis championship, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments ? (A) Paris (B) London (C) Melbourne (D) New York Answer : | Q5. | Who authored the book 'The Interpretation of Dreams' ? (A) Karl Marx (B) Charles Darwin (C) Sigmund Freud (D) Shakespeare Answer : | Q6. | Which European country is also known as the 'Land of the Midnight Sun' ? (A) Norway (B) Sweden (C) Denmark (D) Finland Answer : | Q7. | The Konkan Railway, a railway line which runs parallel to the Arabian Sea coastline, connects Mumbai to which city in Karnataka ? (A) Mysore (B) Bengaluru (C) Gulbarga (D) Mangalore Answer : | Q8. | At the directive of the Supreme Court of India, which committee was set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to recommend anti-ragging measures ? (A) Shah Nawaz Committee (B) Ashok Mehta Committee (C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (D) R.K.Raghavan Committee Answer : | Q9. | Where are the headquarters of Eastern Air Command (EAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) located ? (A) Guwahati (Assam) (B) Shillong (Meghalaya) (C) Agartala (Tripura) (D) Kolkata (West Bengal) Answer : | Q10. | For taking care of newborn babies and their mothers, at which place in Orissa was the 'Yashoda Scheme' launched in May 2008 ? (A) Angul (B) Balasore (C) Sambalpur (D) Jharsuguda Answer : |
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Q1. | Which company has aquired a controlling stake in the scam-hit Satyam Computer Services, Hyderabad ? (A) Infosys (B) Accenture (C) Larsen & Toubro (D) Tech Mahindra Answer : | Q2. | With with musical instrument is Ustad Amjad Ali Khan associated ? (A) Tabla (B) Sitar (C) Sarod (D) Guitar Answer : | Q3. | To prevent lower castes from the exploitation by upper castes, who founded the 'Satyashodhak Samaj' (Society of Seekers of Truth) in 1874 ? (A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Jyotirao Phule (C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh Answer : | Q4. | In transport, what are 'Dinghy', 'Gondola' and 'Kayak' types of ? (A) Boat (B) Truck (C) Tank (D) Aircraft Answer : | Q5. | Where is the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) located ? (A) Hisar (Haryana) (B) Bikaner (Rajasthan) (C) Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh) (D) Izatnagar (Uttar Pradesh) Answer : | Q6. | In 326 BC, on the banks of which river did the Macedonian King Alexander the Great defeat the Indian King Porus ? (A) Beas (Hyphasis) (B) Chenab (Acesines) (C) Jhelum (Hydaspes) (D) Sutlej (Hesidros) Answer : | Q7. | Who authored the famous book 'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success' ? (A) Shiv Khera (B) Deepak Chopra (C) Stephen Covey (D) Dale Carnegie Answer : | Q8. | The Bering Strait seprates the Asia from which continent ? (A) Africa (B) Europe (C) North America (D) Australia Answer : | Q9. | Which among the following is the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) of India ? (A) Saras (B) Tejas (C) Kiran (D) Chetak Answer : | Q10. | Which island nation, located in the Pacific ocean, was formerly known as 'Pleasant Island' ? (A) Nauru (B) Taiwan (C) Tuvalu (D) Vanuatu Answer : |
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Q1. | The India receives its major rainfall from which monsoon ? (A) North-East Monsoon (B) North-West Monsoon (C) South-East Monsoon (D) South-West Monsoon Answer : |
Q2. | How many years does the US President serve during one term ? (A) 2 years (B) 3 years (C) 4 years (D) 5 years Answer : |
Q3. | 'God's Own Country' slogan is being used by which south Indian state to promote its tourism industry ? (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka Answer : |
Q4. | In 1913, who became the first Asian to be honoured with Nobel Prize ? (A) Hideki Yukawa (Japan) (B) Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Isreal) (C) Chen Ning Yang (China) (D) Rabindranath Tagore (India) Answer : |
Q5. | 'Jatra' is the popular folk theatre of which Indian state ? (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Uttar Pradesh Answer : |
Q6. | Which is the oldest para military force in India ? (A) Assam Rifles (B) Border Security Force (C) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (D) National Security Guards Answer : |
Q7. | To widen a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel, which surgical procedure is applied ? (A) Otoplasty (B) Genioplasty (C) Angioplasty (D) Rhinoplasty Answer : |
Q8. | Which among the following latitude line (also called circle) passes through the India ? (A) Equator (B) Tropic of Cancer (C) Tropic of Capricorn (D) Antarctic Circle Answer : |
Q9. | Which among the following is not a official language of United Nations (UN) ? (A) Hindi (B) French (C) Arabic (D) Spanish Answer : |
Q10. | Who advocated that a free market economy is more productive and more benefial to society, in his famous book 'The Wealth of Nations' ? (A) Karl Marx (B) Adam Smith (C) John Maynard Keynes (D) Milton Friedman Answer : |
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Q1. | Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which industry ? (A) Locks (B) Bicycle (C) Textile (D) Fireworks Answer : | Q2. | With which sport is the Duckworth-Lewis Method associated ? (A) Golf (B) Chess (C) Cricket (D) Hockey Answer : | Q3. | What is the normal heart rate of adults at rest ? (A) 68 beats per minute (B) 72 beats per minute (C) 76 beats per minute (D) 80 beats per minute Answer : | Q4. | Kailash Temple at Ellora in Maharahstra, the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture, was built by the rulers of which dynasty ? (A) Kadamba (B) Rashtrakuta (C) Chalukya (D) Satavahana Answer : | Q5. | 'Sick man of Europe' is the nickname of which European country ? (A) Italy (B) Greece (C) Ireland (D) Turkey Answer : | Q6. | What is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called ? (A) Repo Rate (B) Reverse Repo Rate (C) Call Money Rate (D) Prime Lending Rate (PLR) Answer : | Q7. | Which revolutionary shot dead Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab at the time of Jalliawalan Bagh massacre and believed to be mastermind behind it, in London on 13 March 1940 ? (A) Bhagat Singh (B) Udham Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Khudi Ram Bose Answer : | Q8. | International Date Line, an imaginary line where date changes as one travels east or west across it, passes through which longitude (except some adjustments) ? (A) 45 degree (B) 90 degree (C) 135 degree (D) 180 degree Answer : | Q9. | What was the code name of rescue operation carried out by Indian armed forces in Maldives, on request from its president, to foil the attempted coup by insurgents in 1988 ? (A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Bajrang Answer : | Q10. | Who wrote the famous essay 'Unto This Last', which was later translated into Gujarati by Mahatma Gandhi under the title of 'Sarvodaya' (well being of all) ? (A) John Ruskin (B) Leo Tolstoy (C) Maxim Gorki (D) Karl Marx Answer : |
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Q1. | 'Ao', 'Sema' and 'Konyak' are the principal languages of which north-eastern Indian state ? (A) Manipur (B) Meghalaya (C) Mizoram (D) Nagaland Answer : | Q2. | In Solar System, which planet is the hottest ? (A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn Answer : | Q3. | Which former Indian Prime Minister's birthday on 23 December is celebrated as 'Kisan Divas' (Farmer's Day) in India ? (A) L.B.Shastri (B) Charan Singh (C) Morarji Desai (D) Chandrasekhar Answer : | Q4. | In 1885, who developed the vaccine for rabies ? (A) Louis Pasteur (B) Edward Jenner (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Robert Koch Answer : | Q5. | Which revolutionary was the first to describe the 'Revolt of 1857' as 'India's First War of Independence' in his famous book titled 'The Indian War of Independence' ? (A) Bhagat Singh (B) Veer Savarkar (C) Lala Har Dayal (D) Chandrasekhar Azad Answer : | Q6. | Who among the following was also known as the 'Little Corporal' ? (A) Adolf Hitler (B) Joseph Stalin (C) Napoleon Bonaparte (D) Mao Zedong Answer : | Q7. | On 26 November 1960, between which cities was the first Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) service started in India ? (A) Kanpur - Lucknow (B) Mumbai - Pune (C) Chandigarh - New Delhi (D) Bengaluru - Chennai Answer : | Q8. | Diego Garcia island, being used as a strategic American military base since 1966 when USA received it on lease for 50 years from UK, is located in which ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean Answer : | Q9. | Which athlete won 100 m race Gold Medal at Beijing Olympic 2008, and also created new world record of 9.69 seconds ? (A) Tyson Gay (B) Asafa Powell (C) Maurice Greene (D) Usain Bolt Answer : | Q10. | Which city houses the headquarters of the INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organisation), the world's largest international police organisation ? (A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Brussels (Belgium) (C) Lyon (France) (D) The Hague (Netherlands) Answer : |
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Q1. | Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ? (A) Bering Strait (B) Palk Strait (C) Strait of Gibraltar (D) Strait of Magellan Answer : | Q2. | The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ? (A) Ajmer (B) Delhi (C) Mumbai (D) Srinagar Answer : | Q3. | Who among the following is also known as 'Bhartiya Kokila' (The Nightingale of India) ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Lata Mangeshkar (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) M.S.Subbulakshmi Answer : | Q4. | Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ? (A) Copper (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Iron Ore Answer : | Q5. | Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) ? (A) Nadir Shah (B) Mahmud Ghazni (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali (D) Muhammad Bin Qasim Answer : | Q6. | In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ? (A) Tankara (Gujarat) (B) Navadwip (W.Bengal) (C) Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu) (D) Kalady (Kerala) Answer : | Q7. | To which political party is the trade union All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) affiliated ? (A) CPI (B) CPI(M) (C) Congress (D) BJP Answer : | Q8. | Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ? (A) Rajaraja Chola I (B) Parakrama Pandiyan (C) Krishna Deva Raya (D) Narsimhavarman II Answer : | Q9. | Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed a peace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration' with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1966, is capital of which country ? (A) Kazakhstan (B) Kyrgyzstan (C) Tajikistan (D) Uzbekistan Answer : | Q10. | On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ? (A) Dennis Tito (B) Mark Shuttleworth (C) Gregory Olsen (D) Charles Simonyi Answer : |
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Q1. | Anamudi Peak, located in the Idukki district of Kerala, is the highest peak of which Indian mountain range ? (A) Aravali (B) Vindhyas (C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats) (D) Satpura Answer : | Q2. | 'Kalidas' and 'Varahamihira' were the courtier of which ancient Indian ruler ? (A) Harshavardhana (B) Pulkeshin II (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya Answer : | Q3. | The insulin, a necessary harmone to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood, is produced by which endocrine gland in human body ? (A) Thyroid (B) Adrenal (C) Pancreas (D) Pituitary Answer : | Q4. | 'Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it !' slogan was given by which freedom fighter ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Subhash Chandra Bose (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Bhagat Singh Answer : | Q5. | 'Peat', 'Bituminous', 'Lignite' and 'Anthrasite' are the varieties of which item ? (A) Coal (B) Iron (C) Petrol (D) Aluminium Answer : | Q6. | Which Asian country was formerly known as 'Persia' ? (A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Qatar (D) Yemen Answer : | Q7. | Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer : | Q8. | How many approximate days are there in the Hijri (Islamic) Calender, the lunar calendar based on year 622 AD when Prophet Muhammed emigrated to Madina ? (A) 354 days (B) 358 days (C) 362 days (D) 365 days Answer : | Q9. | Which Indian lady writer won the Commonwealth Award for her first novel 'Difficult Daughters' ? (A) Kiran Desai (B) Manju Kapur (C) Jhumpa Lahiri (D) Arundhati Roy Answer : | Q10. | Among the following four official styles in the competitive swimming, which swimming style is the slowest ? (A) Butterfly (B) Backstroke (C) Front Crawl (Freestyle) (D) Breaststroke Answer : |
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Q1. | Which city houses the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) ? (A) Hajipur (Bihar) (B) Allahabad (U.P.) (C) Gorakhpur (U.P.) (D) Jabalpur (M.P.) Answer : | Q2. | In which medium does the sound travel the fastest ? (A) Gas (B) Solid (C) Liquid (D) Plasma Answer : | Q3. | Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ? (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Vallabhbhai Patel (D) M.G.Ramachandran Answer : | Q4. | Which river is also known as 'Bengal's sorrow' ? (A) Damodar (B) Mahanadi (C) Hooghly (D) Gandak Answer : | Q5. | In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using waste especially rags and broken ceramics ? (A) Bengaluru (B) Chandigarh (C) Gandhinagar (D) Hyderabad Answer : | Q6. | Which Commission is inquiring into the demolition of Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992 ? (A) Mandal Commission (B) Liberhan Commission (C) Sarkaria Commission (D) Mukherjee Commission Answer : | Q7. | With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated ? (A) Squash (B) Table Tennis (C) Lawn Tennis (D) Badminton Answer : | Q8. | Which among the following boundary line seprates Pakistan from Afghanistan ? (A) Curzon Line (B) MacMahon Line (C) Durand Line (D) Radcliffe Line Answer : | Q9. | The first Polio vaccine in form of 'injected dose' was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952. Later, who developed first Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in sixties ? (A) Edward Jenner (B) Louis Pasteur (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Albert Sabin Answer : | Q10. | Who coined commonly used phrases 'Big Brother', 'Doublethink', 'Newspeak' and 'Thought Police' in his famous novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' ? (A) E.M.Forster (B) Charles Dickens (C) Rudyard Kipling (D) George Orwell Answer : |
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Q1. | 'Pattachitra' style of painting is native of which Indian state ? (A) Orissa (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh Answer : | Q2. | What is more popular name of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) ? (A) Benelux (B) Gamelan Council (C) Peninsula Shield (D) World Bank Answer : | Q3. | Marina Beach, the India's longest and world's second longest beach, is located in which city ? (A) Puri (Orissa) (B) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) (D) Kozhikode (Kerala) Answer : | Q4. | 'Green', 'Black', 'White' and 'Oolong' are the varieties of which common day consumption item ? (A) Rice (B) Wheat (C) Coffee (D) Tea Answer : | Q5. | Who founded the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) ? (A) C.N.Annadurai (B) V.Gopalaswamy (C) M.G.Ramachandran (D) N.T.Ramarao Answer : | Q6. | Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857 ? (A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Canning (C) Lord Northbrook (D) Lord Auckland Answer : | Q7. | Which former President of India authored the book 'Without Fear or Favour' ? (A) V.V.Giri (B) R.Venkataraman (C) N.Sanjiva Reddy (D) S.Radhakrishnan Answer : | Q8. | Who is the only Indian bowler to have taken a wicket on the very first ball of his international cricket career ? (A) Abid Ali (B) Nilesh Kulkarni (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Ravi Shastri Answer : | Q9. | In Indian Parliament, which among the following Bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha ? (A) Amending Bills (B) Money and finance Bills (C) Expiring Laws (Continuance) Bills (D) Constitutional Amendment Bills Answer : | Q10. | Which among the following is the India's first indigenously built submarine ? (A) INS Vela (B) INS Vagli (C) INS Shankul (D) INS Shalki Answer : |
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Q1. | Which Chinese city, also known as 'City of Goats', will host 16th Asian Games (XVI Asiad) in 2010 ? (A) Beijing (B) Shanghai (C) Guangzhou (D) Shenzhen Answer : | Q2. | A qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin leads to which disorder ? (A) Anemia (B) Adrenalitis (C) Anorexia (D) Aminoaciduria Answer : | Q3. | On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located ? (A) Gomti (B) Ganga (C) Saryu (D) Yamuna Answer : | Q4. | Which among the following is not obtained from plants ? (A) Cork (B) Hemp (C) Linen (D) Silk Answer : | Q5. | On 21 March 1950, who became the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India ? (A) T.Swaminathan (B) S.P.Sen Verma (C) S.L.Shakdhar (D) Sukumar Sen Answer : | Q6. | Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ? (A) Kanha National Park (B) Kaziranga National Park (C) Kanchenjunga National Park (D) Kanger Ghati National Park Answer : | Q7. | Whom did the tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh appoint his military deputy ? (A) Ranjit Singh (B) Hari Singh Nalwa (C) Banda Bahadur (D) Zorawar Singh Answer : | Q8. | In 1784, who founded the Asiatic Society in Kolkata for inquiry into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia ? (A) A.O.Hume (B) William Jones (C) C.F.Andrews (D) Alfred Webb Answer : | Q9. | Which city houses the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an international organisation that coordinates the world-wide postal system ? (A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Berne (Switzerland) (C) The Hague (Netherlands) (D) Brussels (Belgium) Answer : | Q10. | On 1 November 1952, at which atoll in the Pacific Ocean was the world's first Hydrogen Bomb test (code-named Mike) conducted ? (A) Enewetak (B) Pearl and Hermes (C) Okinotorishima (D) Bikini Answer : |
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Q1. | In what shape is the medal of the Bharat Ratna award designed ? (A) Lotus Petal (B) Maple Leaf (C) Peepul Leaf (D) Banyan Leaf Answer : | Q2. | Which blood group is the universal recipient ? (A) A (B) B (C) AB (D) O Answer : | Q3. | Which city is served by Birsa Munda Airport ? (A) Raipur (Chattisgarh) (B) Ranchi (Jharkhand) (C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand) (D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Answer : | Q4. | Which is the only breed of dog that can't bark ? (A) Basenji (B) Dalmatian (C) German Shepherd (D) Chihuahua Answer : | Q5. | In which Indian state is the Rumtek Monastery, a famous Tibetan Buddhist monastery, located ? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim Answer : | Q6. | For improving civic sanitation, who founded the Sulabh International in 1970 ? (A) Baba Amte (B) Anna Hazare (C) Swami Agnivesh (D) Bindeshwar Pathak Answer : | Q7. | Which Indian lady writer won the 2006 Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' ? (A) Anita Desai (B) Kiran Desai (C) Arundhati Roy (D) Jhumpa Lahiri Answer : | Q8. | Which country is popularly known as the 'Cockpit of Europe' ? (A) France (B) Germany (C) Belgium (D) Norway Answer : | Q9. | Who was the first Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in One Day International (ODI) cricket ? (A) Chetan Sharma (B) Irfan Pathan (C) Harbhajan Singh (D) Kapil Dev Answer : | Q10. | In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) located ? (A) Mumbai (B) Hyderabad (C) Chandigarh (D) Bengaluru Answer : |
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Q1. | By invention of which explosive did Alfred Bernhard Nobel amass enormous wealth, later used by him to institute Nobel Prizes ? (A) TNT (B) RDX (C) HMX (D) Dynamite Answer : | Q2. | 'Clouded' and 'Snow' are the species of which Indian mammal ? (A) Yak (B) Lion (C) Deer (D) Leopard Answer : | Q3. | In 1687, who propounded the Law of Gavity ? (A) Charles Darwin (B) Issac Newton (C) Albert Einstein (D) Gregor Mendel Answer : | Q4. | 'Gift of the Nile' is the nickname of which African country ? (A) Sudan (B) Egypt (C) Uganda (D) Tanzania Answer : | Q5. | Encephalitis disease affects which part of the body ? (A) Brain (B) Lungs (C) Liver (D) Kidney Answer : | Q6. | Which mineral is mined at Golkonda in Andhra Pradesh ? (A) Gold (B) Silver (C) Diamond (D) Copper Answer : | Q7. | Which among the following is not a computer Operating System ? (A) Unix (B) Windows XP (C) Visual Basic (D) Linux Answer : | Q8. | 'Golden Girl' book is the autobiography of which Indian woman athlete ? (A) P.T.Usha (B) Shiny Abraham (C) Jyotirmay Sikdar (D) M.D.Valsamma Answer : | Q9. | 'Raja', 'Rani', 'Rocket' and 'Roarer' falls, collectively known as Jog Falls or Gersoppa Falls, are formed by which river in Karnataka ? (A) Netravati (B) Dandavathi (C) Vrishabhavati (D) Sharavathi Answer : | Q10. | On 8 January 2009, at which place in Kerala did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commission the Asia's biggest Naval Academy ? (A) Ezhimala (Kerala) (B) Karwar (Karnataka) (C) Visakhapatnam (A.P.) (D) Okha (Gujarat) Answer : |
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Q1. | Native to the island of Java in Indonesia, which among the following is a wax-resist dyeing technique used on textile ? (A) Chikan (B) Batik (C) Phulkari (D) Chain Stitch Answer : | Q2. | In which city, situated at the confluence of sacred rivers Ganga and Gandak, is the biggest cattle fair of Asia held on Kartik Purnima ? (A) Junagarh (Gujarat) (B) Pushkar (Rajasthan) (C) Sonepur (Bihar) (D) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Answer : | Q3. | In 1969, under whose Prime Ministership were 14 private banks nationalised ? (A) Indira Gandhi (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Morarji Desai Answer : | Q4. | 'Baton' is used in which athletic event ? (A) Long Jump (B) Triple Jump (C) 3000 m steeplechase (D) 4 x 400 m Relay Answer : | Q5. | Due to which physical property does the water drop take round (spherical) shape ? (A) Viscosity (B) Surface Tension (C) Polarization (D) Buoyancy Answer : | Q6. | Which chariot-shaped temple, built by King Narasimha Deva I of Ganga dynasty in 13th century, is also known as the 'Black Pagoda' ? (A) Sun Temple, Konark (B) Jagannath Temple, Puri (C) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar (D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai Answer : | Q7. | How many Schedules (lists that categorizes bureaucratic activity and policy of the government) does the Constitution of India have ? (A) Eight (B) Twelve (C) Fifteen (D) Eighteen Answer : | Q8. | Which country was formerly known as 'Dutch Guyana' ? (A) Benin (B) Belize (C) Malawi (D) Suriname Answer : | Q9. | Who authored the 'Buddhacharita', a Sanskrit narrative on the life of Gautam Buddha ? (A) Kalhana (B) Banabhatta (C) Bhavabhuti (D) Ashvagosh Answer : | Q10. | In which European city are the headquarters of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) located ? (A) Brussels (Belgium) (B) Vienna (Austria) (C) Paris (France) (D) Geneva (Switzerland) Answer : |
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Q1. | Which Maurya ruler sent his son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra to Tamraparni (present name Sri Lanka) for propogation of Buddhism ? (A) Ashok (B) Dasarath Maurya (C) Bindusara (D) Chandragupta Maurya | Q2. | Which gas, abundantly produced in swamps and marshes by the action of bacteria on dead vegetation, is commonly referred as 'Marsh Gas' ? (A) Ethane (B) Methane (C) Butane (D) Propane | Q3. | With reference to Radio broadcasting, what is the full form of `FM' ? (A) Free Music (B) Free Mobile (C) Frequency Modulation (D) Frequency Multiplication | Q4. | In 1916, who founded Home Rule League in Poona (Pune) ? (A) Annie Besant (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (C) Mahdev Govind Ranade (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Q5. | By which process liquid Vegetable Oil is converted to solid Vanaspati Ghee ? (A) Galvanisation (B) Volcanisation (C) Pasteurisation (D) Hydrogenation | Q6. | In 1991, who became the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India ? (A) Ruma Pal (B) Leila Seth (C) Anna Chandy (D) M. Fateema Bivi | Q7. | In which movement did social activist Sunderlal Bahuguna play a prominent role ? (A) Bhoodan Movement (B) Narmada Bachao Andolan (C) Chipko Movement (D) Sampoorna Kranti | Q8. | Which Indian city hosted the first Afro-Asian Games in 2003 ? (A) Chennai (B) New Delhi (C) Bengaluru (D) Hyderabad | Q9. | Who invented Hovercraft ? (A) Karl Benz (B) David Bushnell (C) Christopher Cockerell (D) Etienne Oehmichen | Q10. | Who created Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan 'Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye' ? (A) Narsi Mehta (B) Sant Tukaram (C) Goswami Tulsidas (D) Sant Gyaneshwar |
Answers :
Q1. (A) Ashok
Q2. (B) Methane
Q3. (C) Frequency Modulation
Q4. (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q5. (D) Hydrogenation
Q6. (B) Leila Seth
Q7. (C) Chipko Movement
Q8. (D) Hyderabad
Q9. (C) Christopher Cockerell
Q10. (A) Narsi Mehta
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Q1. | Which city, founded by Udasi Sikhs Guru Ram Rai, is capital of Uttarakhand ? (A) Almora (B) Dehradun (C) Haridwar (D) Roorkee |
Q2. | In addition to five permanemt members, how many non-permanent members does UN Security Council have ? (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 |
Q3. | At which of the following Indus valley civilization site would you come across world's earliest known dock ? (A) Ropar (Punjab) (B) Banawali (Haryana) (C) Kalibangan (Rajasthan) (D) Lothal (Gujarat) |
Q4. | Who created the fictional character 'Swami' in his debut novel 'Swami and Friends' ? (A) Ruskin Bond (B) R.K.Narayan (C) Rudyard Kipling (D) Rabindranath Tagore |
Q5. | Which ocean is popularly known as the 'Herring Pond' ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Pacific Ocean |
Q6. | In 1925, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur ? (A) M.S.Golwalkar (B) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar (C) Lala Har Dayal (D) Vir Savarkar |
Q7. | Galena is the principal ore of which element ? (A) Lead (B) Iron (C) Mercury (D) Aluminium |
Q8. | Idukki Dam in Kerala is built across which river ? (A) Kaveri (B) Vaigai (C) Pamba (D) Periyar |
Q9. | By what Indian name is the fighter aircraft 'Jaguar', jointly developed by Britain and France, inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF) fleet ? (A) Baaz (B) Vajra (C) Shamsher (D) Gajraj |
Q10. | On 12 April 2009, at which Malaysian city did India win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament by defeating hosts Malaysia ? (A) Ipoh (B) Klang (C) Kuching (D) Kuala Lumpur |
Answers :
Q1. (B) Dehradun
Q2. (D) 10
Q3. (D) Lothal (Gujarat)
Q4. (B) R.K.Narayan
Q5. (C) Atlantic Ocean
Q6. (B) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar
Q7. (A) Lead
Q8. (D) Periyar
Q9. (C) Shamsher
Q10. (A) Ipoh
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