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Q1.	In the most popular internet domain name '.com' (dot-com), the 'com' is the short form for which word ? (A) Common (B) Commercial (C) Computer (D) Communication
Q2.	Deficiency of which vitamin leads to 'Rickets' (softening of bones) ? (A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D
Q3.	Which freedom fighter was popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India' ? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Chittaranjan Das (C) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) C.Rajagopalachari
Q4.	Which Indian state has the longest coastline ? (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q5.	Naxalbari village, the birth place of Naxalite Movement, is located in which state ? (A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand (C) West Bengal (D) Orissa
Q6.	'Roopavahini' is the National Television Network of which Asian country ? (A) Nepal (B) Sri Lanka (C) Bhutan (D) Myanmar
Q7.	On 17 Dec 1931, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata ? (A) C.V.Raman (B) Homi Bhabha (C) P.C.Mahalanobis (D) Vikram Sarabhai
Q8.	Named after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, famous Test cricket ground Gaddafi Stadium is located in which city ? (A) Hyderabad (India) (B) Dhaka (Bangladesh) (C) Colombo (Sri Lanka) (D) Lahore (Pakistan)
Q9.	Which mythological weapon is depicted on the Param Vir Chakra medal ? (A) Vajra (B) Khatvanga (C) Sudarshan Chakra (D) Kaumodaki
Q10.	Hydrogen and Carbon monoxide are the major constituents of which fuel gas ? (A) Coal Gas (B) Water Gas (C) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) (D) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Commercial
Q2.    (D) Vitamin D
Q3.    (C) Dadabhai Naoroji
Q4.    (A) Gujarat
Q5.    (C) West Bengal
Q6.    (B) Sri Lanka
Q7.    (C) P.C.Mahalanobis
Q8.    (D) Lahore (Pakistan)
Q9.    (A) Vajra
Q10.  (B) Water Gas

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Q1.	Which former Prime Minister of India was also called 'Yuva Turk' ? (A) Rajiv Gandhi (B) V.P.Singh (C) H.D.Deve Gowda (D) Chandrashekhar
Q2.	Which mineral is used to make the Plaster of Paris ? (A) Gypsum (B) Calcite (C) Fluorite (D) Apatite
Q3.	Which is the most spoken language in the world ? (A) English (B) Mandarin (C) Spanish (D) Hindi
Q4.	Which planet in the Solar System is named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest ? (A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Venus
Q5.	From the Constitution of which country was the concept of the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution borrowed ? (A) Australia (B) South Africa (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q6.	To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean ? (A) Arctic Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Indian Ocean
Q7.	By what name is Krishna Dvaipayana, author of the epic Mahabharat, better known ? (A) Ved Vyas (B) Valmiki (C) Tulsidas (D) Ramanujacharya
Q8.	In which city is the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) located ? (A) Nagpur (B) Lucknow (C) Shimla (D) Cuttack
Q9.	'Bhutia', 'Kathiawadi', 'Marwari', 'Manipuri', 'Spiti' and 'Zanskari' are the Indian breeds of which animal ? (A) Cow (B) Horse (C) Camel (D) Goat
Q10.	Who introduced the word 'Robot', for artificial workers, in his science fiction play R.U.R. in 1921 ? (A) George Orwell (B) Karel Capek (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Rudyard Kipling

Answers :

Q1.    (D) Chandrashekhar
Q2.    (A) Gypsum
Q3.    (B) Mandarin
Q4.    (C) Saturn
Q5.    (D) United States of America
Q6.    (C) Atlantic Ocean
Q7.    (A) Ved Vyas
Q8.    (C) Shimla
Q9.    (B) Horse
Q10.  (B) Karel Capek

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Q1.	Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as 'Pink City' ? (A) Jaipur (B) Jodhpur (C) Bengaluru (D) Chandigarh
Q2.	Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ? (A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Tungsten (D) Aluminium
Q3.	Who was the first Viceroy of India ? (A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Canning (D) Lord Curzon
Q4.	In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ? (A) Nauru (B) Monaco (C) Tuvalu (D) Vatican City
Q5.	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
Q6.	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
Q7.	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
Q8.	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
Q9.	'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
Q10.	Which country was formerly known as 'Upper Volta' ? (A) Namibia (B) Ethiopia (C) Botswana (D) Burkina Faso

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Jaipur
Q2.    (C) Tungsten
Q3.    (C) Lord Canning
Q4.    (D) Vatican City
Q5.    (B) Health
Q6.    (A) Tamil Nadu
Q7.    (D) Indonesia
Q8.    (C) Pochampally
Q9.    (B) Benazir Bhutto
Q10.  (D) Burkina Faso

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Q1.	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
Q2.	'Muga', 'Eri', 'Tussar' and 'Mulberry' are the varieties of which natural fibre ? (A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Jute (D) Cotton
Q3.	In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world's longest corridor ? (A) Dwarka (B) Varanasi (C) Rameshwaram (D) Tirupati
Q4.	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
Q5.	Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ? (A) Jhansi (B) Gwalior (C) Patiala (D) Nagpur
Q6.	Athlete's Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ? (A) Virus (B) Fungi (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa
Q7.	Who authored the book 'Hindu View of Life ? (A) S.Radhakrishnan (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q8.	Solid form of which gas is commonly known as 'Dry Ice' ? (A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen
Q9.	Who was the first woman president in the world ? (A) Golda Meir (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike (D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q10.	Who created the first Portable Computer ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (D) Tim Berners-Lee

Answers :

Q1.    (D) 15 September
Q2.    (B) Silk
Q3.    (C) Rameshwaram
Q4.    (D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Q5.    (B) Gwalior
Q6.    (B) Fungi
Q7.    (A) S.Radhakrishnan
Q8.    (C) Carbon dioxide
Q9.    (D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q10.   (A) Adam Osborne

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Q1.	In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ? (A) Baseball (B) Volleyball (C) Korfball (D) Hockey
Q2.	What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ? (A) 3 years (B) 4 years (C) 5 years (D) 6 years
Q3.	In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ? (A) Sikkim (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
Q4.	What does the Pisciculture refers to ? (A) Beekeeping (B) Fish Farming (C) Silk Farming (D) Dairy Farming
Q5.	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
Q6.	Which is the longest National Highways in India ? (A) Kolkata - Hazira (NH6) (B) Chennai - Baharagora (NH5) (C) Varanasi - Kanyakumari (NH7) (D) Pathankot - Samakhiali (NH15)
Q7.	How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ? (A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (B) Ramakrishna Paramhans (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Vivekanand
Q8.	Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ? (A) Ear (B) Hand (C) Foot (D) Lungs
Q9.	Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ? (A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Gold
Q10.	Who authored the book 'A Brief History of Time' ? (A) Jack Welch (B) Bill Gates (C) Deepak Chopra (D) Stephan Hawking

Answers :

Q1.    (C) Korfball
Q2.    (D) 6 years
Q3.    (A) Sikkim
Q4.    (B) Fish Farming
Q5.    (D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Q6.    (C) Varanasi - Kanyakumari (NH7)
Q7.    (B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
Q8.    (A) Ear
Q9.    (B) Lignite
Q10.   (D) Stephan Hawking

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Q1.	Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ? (A) Mustard (B) Sugarcane (C) Groundnut (D) Maize
Q2.	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
Q3.	For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ? (A) UNIDO (B) UNESCO (C) UNICEF (D) UNHRC
Q4.	'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)
Q5.	Which ancient Indian physician is known as the 'Father of Modern Plastic Surgery' ? (A) Charak (B) Madhav (C) Sushruta (D) Patanjali
Q6.	Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film 'Smile Pinki' (2008) ? (A) Danny Boyle (B) Megan Mylan (C) Andrew Stanton (D) Gus Van Sant
Q7.	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
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Mustard
Q2.    (D) Charminar, Hyderabad
Q3.    (B) UNESCO
Q4.    (D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q5.    (C) Sushruta
Q6.    (B) Megan Mylan
Q7.    (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q8.    (C) Venus
Q9.    (A) Meera Ben
Q10.   (B) Vinod Dham

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Q1.	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
Q2.	In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ? (A) Melanin (B) Bilirubin (C) Carotene (D) Hemoglobin
Q3.	Who wrote the famous novel 'Devdas' ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Q4.	Which freedom fighter was popularly known as 'Lokpriya' ? (A) Gopinath Bordoloi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) Jayaprakash Narain
Q5.	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)
Q6.	In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ? (A) Lucknow (B) Nagpur (C) Indore (D) Kanpur
Q7.	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
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (D) Patna
Q2.    (A) Melanin
Q3.    (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
Q4.    (A) Gopinath Bordoloi
Q5.    (C) Battle of Talikota (1565)
Q6.    (D) Kanpur
Q7.    (B) Shiva
Q8.    (D) pH scale
Q9.    (B) Minamata
Q10.   (B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia

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Q1.	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
Q2.	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
Q3.	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
Q4.	Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ? (A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Geneva (Switzerland) (C) New York (USA) (D) Washington (USA)
Q5.	Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ? (A) Ohm (B) Volt (C) Watt (D) Ampere
Q6.	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
Q7.	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)
Q8.	Which African country was formerly known as 'Nyasaland' ? (A) Malawi (B) Ghana (C) Botswana (D) Tanzania
Q9.	'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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Irani Trophy
Q2.    (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q3.    (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q4.    (C) New York (USA)
Q5.    (D) Ampere
Q6.    (C) Vishnu
Q7.    (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
Q8.    (A) Malawi
Q9.    (D) Nelson Mandela
Q10.   (B) Madagascar

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Q1.	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
Q2.	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
Q3.	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
Q4.	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.)
Q5.	Which Asian country is known as the 'Land of the White Elephants' ? (A) Thailand (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Singapore
Q6.	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
Q7.	Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ? (A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Banting (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ? (A) Nasik (B) Nagpur (C) Mumbai (D) Port Blair

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Zeenat Aman
Q2.    (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee
Q3.    (A) Two
Q4.    (B) Sarnath (U.P.)
Q5.    (A) Thailand
Q6.    (C) Radha Vinod Raju
Q7.    (C) Edward Jenner
Q8.    (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q9.    (C) Olive
Q10.   (D) Port Blair

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Q1.	Which state is known as the 'Spice Garden of India' ? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q2.	Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ? (A) Saamna (B) Sakal (C) Lokmat (D) Loksatta
Q3.	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
Q4.	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
Q5.	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
Q6.	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
Q7.	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
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	'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

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Kerala
Q2.    (A) Saamna
Q3.    (C) Nitrogen
Q4.    (B) Maharashtra
Q5.    (B) 2
Q6.    (C) Sher Shah Suri
Q7.    (D) Michael Phelps
Q8.    (C) Syed Ahmed Khan
Q9.    (D) Aravind Adiga
Q10.   (D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School

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Q1.	What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ? (A) Epsom Salt (B) Common Salt (C) Baking Soda (D) Washing Soda
Q2.	'Satyameva Jayate', the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ? (A) Kena (B) Katha (C) Mundaka (D) Aitareya
Q3.	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
Q4.	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
Q5.	Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ? (A) Thar Express (B) Samjhauta Express (C) Maitreyi Express (D) Himsagar Express
Q6.	To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as 'Sandrokottos' ? (A) Bindusara (B) Ashok the Great (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q7.	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
Q8.	'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
Q9.	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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Common Salt
Q2.    (C) Mundaka
Q3.    (B) Tawi
Q4.    (A) Baba Amte
Q5.    (C) Maitreyi Express
Q6.    (C) Chandragupta Maurya
Q7.    (A) Google
Q8.    (D) Kapil Dev
Q9.    (D) Sea of Tranquility
Q10.   (D) Hydrofluoric Acid

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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) Calcutta 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

Answers :

Q1. (C) Chlorine
Q2. (B) Tiger
Q3. (C) Andhra Pradesh
Q4. (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q5. (D) Hemoglobin
Q6. (C) Calcutta High Court
Q7. (B) Jupiter
Q8. (A) Satara
Q9. (D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q10. (A) Abraham Lincoln

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Q1.	Who directed 'Raja Harishchandra' (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ? (A) Ardeshir Irani (B) Dadasaheb Phalke (C) V.Shantaram (D) Sohrab Modi
Q2.	Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Finance Minister (D) RBI Governor
Q3.	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
Q4.	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
Q5.	'Tamasha' is the popular folk theatre of which state ? (A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Karnataka (D) West Bengal
Q6.	In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ? (A) Karnal (Haryana) (B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) (C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh) (D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q7.	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)
Q8.	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
Q9.	What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ? (A) Curzon Line (B) Durand Line (C) McMahon Line (D) RadCliffe Line
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Dadasaheb Phalke
Q2.    (B) Prime Minister
Q3.    (C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Q4.    (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q5.    (B) Maharashtra
Q6.    (D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q7.    (A) Anandpur (Punjab)
Q8.    (D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Q9.    (C) McMahon Line
Q10.   (A) Wilson Jones

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Q1.	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
Q2.	With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ? (A) Punjab (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q3.	Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ? (A) Dhaka (B) Thimpu (C) Kathmandu (D) Islamabad
Q4.	Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ? (A) Islam (B) Judaism (C) Christianity (D) Zoroastrianism
Q5.	Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ? (A) Warangal (B) Kurnool (C) Vijayawada (D) Visakhapatnam
Q6.	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
Q7.	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
Q8.	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
Q9.	Who authored the 'Rajatarangini', a historical chronicle of Kashmir ? (A) Kalidas (B) Kalhana (C) Chankaya (D) Banabhatt
Q10.	Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India's highest military award ? (A) Nek Chand (B) Umesh Rao (C) Bobby Kooka (D) Savitri Khanolkar

Answers :

Q1.    (D) Chief Justice of India
Q2.    (A) Punjab
Q3.    (C) Kathmandu
Q4.    (D) Zoroastrianism
Q5.    (B) Kurnool
Q6.    (A) Ramanathan Krishnan
Q7.    (C) Vizhinjam
Q8.    (B) Zhou Enlai
Q9.    (B) Kalhana
Q10.   (D) Savitri Khanolkar

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Q1.	Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ? (A) Heart (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Stomach
Q2.	Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ? (A) Nainital (B) Mussoorie (C) Darjeeling (D) Shimla
Q3.	'Hematite' and 'Magnetite' are the principal ores of which metal ? (A) Iron (B) Nickel (C) Cobalt (D) Aluminium
Q4.	'Biman' is the national airline of which Asian country ? (A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka
Q5.	In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine 'Din-i-Ilahi' (Divine Faith) ? (A) Babar (B) Akbar (C) Jehangir (D) Shahjahan
Q6.	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
Q7.	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
Q8.	'Kalaripayattu' is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ? (A) Punjab (B) Manipur (C) Kerala (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q9.	Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ? (A) Ajmer (B) Srinagar (C) Fatehpur Sikri (D) Mumbai
Q10.	'Struggle for Existence' book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ? (A) Mayawati (B) J.Jayalalitha (C) Sushma Swaraj (D) Mamta Banerjee

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Liver
Q2.    (D) Shimla
Q3.    (A) Iron
Q4.    (C) Bangladesh
Q5.    (B) Akbar
Q6.    (A) Russia
Q7.    (D) Indira Gandhi Award
Q8.    (C) Kerala
Q9.    (B) Srinagar
Q10.   (D) Mamta Banerjee

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Q1.	After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ? (A) Tamil (B) Marathi (C) Telugu (D) Bengali
Q2.	In terms of area, which is the largest country ? (A) Russia (B) Canada (C) China (D) United States of America
Q3.	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
Q4.	Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ? (A) Helium (B) Oxygen (C) Nitogen (D) Hydrogen
Q5.	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
Q6.	In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ? (A) Forward Block (B) Swaraj Party (C) Swatantra Party (D) Ghadar Party
Q7.	According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of 'Chanrdrahas' sword ? (A) Arjun (B) Kansa (C) Ravana (D) Parshuram
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	Who was the first President of Pakistan ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Iskandar Mirza (D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Answers :

Q1. (D) Bengali
Q2. (A) Russia
Q3. (A) Indira Gandhi
Q4. (D) Hydrogen
Q5. (B) Pacific Ocean
Q6. (B) Swaraj Party
Q7. (C) Ravana
Q8. (B) Jammu & Kashmir
Q9. (C) Al Beruni
Q10. (C) Iskandar Mirza

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Q1.	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
Q2.	Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ? (A) Bhopal (B) Nagpur (C) Allahabad (D) Mumbai
Q3.	Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ? (A) Lord Mountbatten (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) Rajendra Prasad (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q4.	'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
Q5.	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
Q6.	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
Q7.	Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ? (A) Turkey (B) Greece (C) France (D) Germany
Q8.	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
Q9.	Who is known as the 'Father of Medicine' ? (A) Herodotus (B) Hipparchus (C) Hippocrates (D) Wilhelm Wundt
Q10.	'Razmnama' is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ? (A) Ramayana (B) Mahabahrat (C) Raghuvamsha (D) Kumarsambhava

Answers :

Q1.    (C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Q2.    (D) Mumbai
Q3.    (B) C.Rajagopalachari
Q4.    (C) Pongal
Q5.    (A) Orissa
Q6.    (D) Vice President
Q7.    (A) Turkey
Q8.    (B) Dhirubhai Ambani
Q9.    (C) Hippocrates
Q10.   (B) Mahabahrat

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Q1.	In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ? (A) L (B) C (C) M (D) X
Q2.	Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ? (A) Chand Bibi (B) Razia Sultan (C) Rani Durgavati (D) Rani Rudramma Devi
Q3.	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
Q4.	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)
Q5.	In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ? (A) Veer Savarkar (B) Bhagat Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Lala Hardayal
Q6.	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)
Q7.	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
Q8.	Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ? (A) Canada (B) Denmark (C) Norway (D) Iceland
Q9.	Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ? (A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Burners-Lee (D) Ian Wilmut
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (C) M
Q2.    (B) Razia Sultan
Q3.    (B) Gulzar
Q4.    (D) Pawapuri (Bihar)
Q5.    (A) Veer Savarkar
Q6.    (D) Lausanne (Switzerland)
Q7.    (A) Lord Mayo
Q8.    (B) Denmark
Q9.    (D) Ian Wilmut
Q10.   (C) Elephant pass

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Q1.	In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ? (A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 21
Q2.	How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ? (A) 8 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 12 minutes (D) 15 minutes
Q3.	Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ? (A) Beta (B) Gamma (C) Sigma (D) Omega
Q4.	Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the 'Napoleon of India' ? (A) Ramagupta (B) Skandagupta (C) Samudragupta (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q5.	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
Q6.	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
Q7.	Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ? (A) Melanin (B) Lycopene (C) Bilirubin (D) Chlorophyll
Q8.	Who founded the 'Pushti Marg' (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ? (A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Nimbarkacharya (C) Ramanujacharya (D) Vallabhacharya
Q9.	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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1. (C) 19
Q2. (A) 8 minutes
Q3. (D) Omega
Q4. (C) Samudragupta
Q5. (B) Bailadila
Q6. (A) Vikram Sarabhai
Q7. (B) Lycopene
Q8. (D) Vallabhacharya
Q9. (C) C.K.Prahalad
Q10. (B) Antarctic Ocean

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Q1.	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
Q2.	Garba dance is native of which Indian state ? (A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Gujarat (D) West Bengal
Q3.	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
Q4.	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
Q5.	Who discoverd Penicillin ? (A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Benting (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Ronald Ross
Q6.	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
Q7.	At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ? (A) 0 degree (B) 32 degre (C) 180 degree (D) minus 40 degree
Q8.	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
Q9.	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
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (A) Lakshadweep
Q2.    (C) Gujarat
Q3.    (C) Sahara
Q4.    (B) Rajendra Prasad
Q5.    (C) Alexander Fleming
Q6.    (D) Operation Black Tornado
Q7.    (D) minus 40 degree
Q8.    (B) Mumbai Samachar
Q9.    (A) Naina Lal Kidwai
Q10.   (D) Ethyl Mercaptan

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Q1.	Who signs one rupee currency note of India ? (A) RBI Governor (B) Finance Secretary (C) Finance Minister (D) President
Q2.	Who wrote the 'Das Capital', an extensive treatise on political economy ? (A) Karl Marx (B) Friedrich Engles (C) Leo Tolstoy (D) Maxim Gorky
Q3.	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
Q4.	Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ? (A) Tea (B) Coffee (C) Yoghurt (D) Lemonade
Q5.	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
Q6.	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)
Q7.	Which European country is known as the 'Land of a thousand lakes' ? (A) Denmark (B) Sweden (C) Norway (D) Finland
Q8.	Which is the nearest star to the Sun ? (A) Proxima Centauri (B) Alpha Centauri A (C) Alpha Centauri B (D) Bernard's Star
Q9.	Which gas is commonly known as 'Laughing Gas' ? (A) Ozone (B) Methane (C) Nitrous Oxide (D) Carbon dioxide
Q10.	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

Answers :

Q1.    (B) Finance Secretary
Q2.    (A) Karl Marx
Q3.    (C) B.R.Ambedkar
Q4.    (B) Coffee
Q5.    (D) Kuchipudi
Q6.    (A) Dona Paula (Goa)
Q7.    (D) Finland
Q8.    (A) Proxima Centauri
Q9.    (C) Nitrous Oxide
Q10.   (B) Africa

General Knowledge - 21

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

Answers :

Q1.    (D) Ajmer
Q2.    (A) Sitar
Q3.    (C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
Q4.    (D) Hussain Sagar Lake
Q5.    (A) Apsara
Q6.    (B) Champaran (Bihar)
Q7.    (C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q8.    (B) Gujarat
Q9.    (D) Aurangzeb
Q10.   (A) Aspirin

General Knowledge - 20

Q1.	Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian armed forces ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Defence Minister (D) Chief of Army Staff
Q2.	Which among the following is not a parasite ? (A) Hookworm (B) Tapeworm (C) Ringworm (D) Roundworm
Q3.	Who authored the book 'India Wins Freedom' ? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) C.Rajagopalachari
Q4.	Jatiyo Sansad is the parliament of which country ? (A) Nepal (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Japan
Q5.	According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ? (A) Surya (B) Vishnu (C) Shiva (D) Ganesh
Q6.	In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India ? (A) Surat (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q7.	Velodrome is an arena for which sporting event ? (A) Ice Hockey (B) Lawn Tennis (C) Sumo Wrestling (D) Track Cycling
Q8.	Which scientist was known as 'Wizard of Menlo Park' ? (A) Isaac Newton (B) Albert Einstein (C) Louis Pasteur (D) Thomas Alva Edison
Q9.	On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra (modern Patna) ? (A) Bimbisara (B) Ajatashatru (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Bindusara
Q10.	On 6th April 1909, who became the first person to reach the North Pole ? (A) Richard E. Byrd (B) Robert Edwin Peary (C) Roald Amundsen (D) Lincoln Ellsworth

Answers :

Q1.   (A) President
Q2.   (C) Ringworm
Q3.   (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q4.   (C) Bangladesh
Q5.   (D) Ganesh
Q6.   (A) Surat
Q7.   (D) Track Cycling
Q8.   (D) Thomas Alva Edison
Q9.   (B) Ajatashatru
Q10.  (B) Robert Edwin Peary

General Knowledge - 19

Q1.	What is the approximate playing time of full version of 'Jana Gana Mana', the National Anthem of India ? (A) 42 seconds (B) 52 seconds (C) 62 seconds (D) 72 seconds
Q2.	Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ? (A) Srinagar (B) Hyderabad (C) Lucknow (D) Jodhpur
Q3.	In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ? (A) Goa (B) Sikkim (C) Mizoram (D) Arunachal Pradesh
Q4.	Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ? (A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Mercury (D) Jupiter
Q5.	Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ? (A) Goa (B) Assam (C) Kerala (D) Jharkhand
Q6.	Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ? (A) China (B) Russia (C) Israel (D) Pakistan
Q7.	Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ? (A) Madurai (B) Thanjavur (C) Warangal (D) Vijayanagar
Q8.	Which constituent of human blood is responsible for blood clotting ? (A) Plasma (B) Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes) (C) White Blood Cells (Leukocytes) (D) Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Q9.	Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ? (A) Finland (B) Norway (C) Australia (D) New Zealand
Q10.	What is the name of world's first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ? (A) Eka (B) Tesla (C) Param (D) Deep Blue

Answers :

Q1. (B) 52 seconds
Q2. (C) Lucknow
Q3. (B) Sikkim
Q4. (A) Mars
Q5. (D) Jharkhand
Q6. (C) Israel
Q7. (A) Madurai
Q8. (D) Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Q9. (D) New Zealand
Q10. (B) Tesla

General Knowledge - 18

Q1.	What is the minimum age limit to become the President of India ? (A) 25 years (B) 30 years (C) 35 years (D) 40 years
Q2.	Who created fictional character Harry Potter ? (A) Ruskin Bond (B) J.K.Rowling (C) Enid Blyton (D) R.K.Narayan
Q3.	In humans, the deficiency of Vitamin C leads to which disease ? (A) Beriberi (B) Scurvy (C) Rickets (D) Nyctalopia (Night Blindness)
Q4.	Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu' ? (A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) C.F.Andrews
Q5.	On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ? (A) Rajkot (B) Ahmedabad (C) Mumbai (D) Lahore
Q6.	What was the original name of renowned Hindi and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand ? (A) Raghupati Sahay (B) Dhanpatrai Srivastava (C) Akhtar Hussain Rizvi (D) Sampooran Singh Kalra
Q7.	In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima's son Ghatotkacha ? (A) Karna (B) Dronacharya (C) Ashwathama (D) Shalya
Q8.	Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ? (A) Dadabahi Naoroji (B) Badruddin Tyabji (C) Pherozeshah Mehta (D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Q9.	Who wrote 'Ashtadhyayi', the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ? (A) Charak (B) Sushruta (C) Patanjali (D) Panini
Q10.	Which among the following is the motto of the Asian Games ? (A) Ever Onward (B) Friendship Through Sport (C) Humanity - Equality - Destiny (D) Swifter, Higher, Stronger

Answers :

Q1. (C) 35 years
Q2. (B) J.K.Rowling
Q3. (B) Scurvy
Q4. (C) Chittaranjan Das
Q5. (C) Mumbai
Q6. (B) Dhanpatrai Srivastava
Q7. (A) Karna
Q8. (D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Q9. (D) Panini
Q10. (A) Ever Onward

General Knowledge - 17

Q1.	In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ? (A) Liver (B) Spleen (C) Pancreas (D) Stomach
Q2.	What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ? (A) Bhagmati (B) Mehrunnisa (C) Manikarnika (D) Arjumand Banu Begum
Q3.	Which among the following is not a Prime number ? (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11
Q4.	Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ? (A) Dubai (B) London (C) Monaco (D) Sharjah
Q5.	Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ? (A) Arsenic (B) Carbon (C) Selenium (D) Germanium
Q6.	In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society in Pune ? (A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q7.	Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ? (A) Kapil Dev (B) Bishen Singh Bedi (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Anil Kumble
Q8.	In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world's only floating National Park, situated ? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Manipur (D) West Bengal
Q9.	In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ? (A) Julius Nyerere (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Gerhard Fischer (D) John Hume
Q10.	'My Music, My Life' and 'Raga Mala' books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ? (A) Zakir Hussain (B) Amjad Ali Khan (C) Pt.Shiv Kuamr Sharma (D) Pt.Ravishankar

Answers :

Q1.   (A) Liver
Q2.   (B) Mehrunnisa
Q3.   (C) 9
Q4.   (A) Dubai
Q5.   (B) Carbon
Q6.   (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q7.   (D) Anil Kumble
Q8.   (C) Manipur
Q9.   (A) Julius Nyerere
Q10.  (D) Pt.Ravishankar

General Knowledge - 16

Q1.	The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution' ? (A) Grains (B) Pulses (C) Oilseeds (D) Fruits and Vegetables
Q2.	What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets ? (A) 18 yards (B) 20 yards (C) 22 yards (D) 24 yards
Q3.	Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra ? (A) Baba Amte (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) C.F.Andrews (D) Vinoba Bhave
Q4.	Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ? (A) New Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q5.	Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ? (A) Surya (B) Brahma (C) Vishnu (D) Shiv
Q6.	What is the name of India's first electric Car ? (A) Rewa (B) Arjun (C) Chetak (D) Shaktiman
Q7.	In which battle was Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori ? (A) Battle of Buxar (1764) (B) Battle of Plassey (1757) (C) Third Battle of Panipat (1761) (D) Second Battle of Tarain (1192)
Q8.	Which element is necessarily present in all acids ? (A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen
Q9.	Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought' ? (A) Bill Gates (B) Larry Ellison (C) Michael Dell (D) Sergey Brin
Q10.	In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world's longest glacier, located ? (A) Himalayas (B) Karakoram (C) Hindu Kush (D) Tien Shan

Answers :

Q1. (C) Oilseeds
Q2. (C) 22 yards
Q3. (D) Vinoba Bhave
Q4. (B) Mumbai
Q5. (A) Surya
Q6. (A) Rewa
Q7. (D) Second Battle of Tarain (1192)
Q8. (C) Hydrogen
Q9. (A) Bill Gates
Q10. (B) Karakoram

General Knowledge - 15

Q1.	In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP' short for ? (A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power
Q2.	What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis' ? (A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan)
Q3.	In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ? (A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
Q4.	What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ? (A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years
Q5.	Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West), Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ? (A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Swami Vivekanand (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada
Q6.	From which country's constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in Indian constitution ? (A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q7.	Which sector is the biggest contributor to India's GDP ? (A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally
Q8.	Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ? (A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague
Q9.	Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ? (A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q10.	Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ? (A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land

Answers :

Q1.   (C) Experience
Q2.   (D) Bargad (Banyan)
Q3.   (B) Patiala
Q4.   (C) 65 years
Q5.   (A) Adi Shankaracharya
Q6.   (B) Ireland
Q7.   (C) Services
Q8.   (D) Plague
Q9.   (A) Sam Pitroda
Q10.  (B) Martin Cooper

General Knowledge - 14

Q1.	In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ? (A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor (C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick
Q2.	Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ? (A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal
Q3.	`Akbarnama', a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ? (A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana
Q4.	Which among the following is not a mammal ? (A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale
Q5.	Which city is known as the `Big Apple' ? (A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York
Q6.	Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ? (A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand
Q7.	On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ? (A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej
Q8.	Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister ? (A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry
Q9.	On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ? (A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q10.	Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India's wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' in 1901 ? (A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee

Answers :

Q1. (A) Devika Rani Roerich
Q2. (A) Orissa
Q3. (C) Abul Fazl
Q4. (B) Shark
Q5. (D) New York
Q6. (B) Prakash Padukone
Q7. (D) Sutlej
Q8. (D) Pondicherry
Q9. (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Q10. (B) Dadabhai Naoroji