1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?

(A) 7

(B) 10

(C) 12

(D) 15

Ans. (C) 12

2. Chankya was the chief advisor of which ruler ?

(A) Ashok

(B) Harshvardhan

(C) Chandragupta Maurya

(D) Kanishka

Ans. (C) Chandragupta Mourya

3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ?

(A) East to West

(B) West to East

(C) North to South

(D) South to North

Ans. (B) West to East

4. In Computers, One Byte equals to how many Bits ?

(A) 4

(B) 8

(C) 12

(D) 16

Ans. (B) 8

5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ?

(A) Padam Shri

(B) Padam Bhushan

(C) Padam Vibhushan

(D) Bharat Ratna

Ans. (D) Bharat Ratna

6. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India ?

(A) Ibrahim Lodhi

(B) Sikandar Lodhi

(C) Bahlul Lodhi

(D) Daulat Lodhi

Ans. (A) Ibrahim Lodhi

7. Which is the largest animal in world ?

(A) Giraffe

(B) Elephant

(C) Orang Utan

(D) Blue Whale

Ans. (D) Blue Whale

8. In an equilateral triange, how many sides are equal ?

(A) Two

(B) All

(C) None

(D) Not fixed

Ans.  (B) All

9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ?

(A) Tejas

(B) Anupam

(C) Aryabhatt

(D) Param

Ans. (D) Param

10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy’s Australian Open Junior Title ?

(A) Prakash Amritraj

(B) Rohan Bopanna

(C) Yuki Bhambri

(D) Zeeshan Ali

Ans. (C) Yuki Bhambri

11. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ?

(A) Red

(B) Yellow

(C) Green

(D) Violet

Ans. (C) Green

12. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India ?

(A) Goa

(B) Sikkim

(C) Nagaland

(D) Tripura

Ans. (A) Goa

13. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Vice President

(D) Finance Minister

Ans. (B) Prime Minister

14. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ?

(A) Ved Vyas

(B) Valmiki

(C) Surdas

(D) Tulsidas

Ans. (B) Valmiki

15. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ?

(A) P.T.Usha

(B) Shiny Abraham

(C) Karnam Malleshwari

(D) Kunjarani Devi

Ans. (C) Karnam Malleshwari

16. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?

(A) Erie Canal

(B) Indira Gandhi Canal

(C) Panama Canal

(D) Suez Canal

Ans. (D) Suez Canal

17. According to Mahabharat, who was the last Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava army ?

(A) Ashwatthama

(B) Dronacharya

(C) Karna

(D) Shalya

Ans. (A) Ashwatthama

18. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ?

(A) Chetan Sharma

(B) Kapil Dev

(C) Harbhajan Singh

(D) Irfan Pathan

Ans. (C) Harbhajan Singh

19. Which is the longest bone in human body ?

(A) Femur

(B) Fibula

(C) Radius

(D) Stapes

Ans. (A) Femur

20. Which luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ?

(A) Palace on Wheels

(B) Heritage on Wheels

(C) The Deccan Odyssey

(D) Golden Chariot

Ans. (C) The Deccan Odyssey

21. German Shepherd is a popular breed of ?

(A) Dog

(B) Cat

(C) Cow

(D) Horse

Ans. (A) Dog

22. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia ?

(A) Govinda

(B) Jitendra

(C) Sunil Dutt

(D) Akshay Kumar

Ans. (D) Akshay Kumar

23. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat’s wife ?

(A) Sita

(B) Urmila

(C) Mandavi

(D) Shruthukeerti

Ans. (C) Mandevi

24. Into which water body does river Narmada flow ?

(A) Red Sea

(B) Arabian Sea

(C) Bay of Bengal

(D) Indian Ocean

Ans. (B) Arabian Sea

25. Who was Akbar’s financial advisor ?

(A) Birbal

(B) Abul Fazal

(C) Raja Todar Mal

(D) Raja Man Singh

Ans. (C) Raja Todar Mal

26. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated ?

(A) Mussoorie

(B) Dehradun

(C) Chandigarh

(D) Hyderabad

Ans. (D) Hyderabad

27. Who founded Forward Block political party ?

(A) A.O.Hume

(B) Subhash Chandar Bose

(C) Motilal Nehru

(D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Ans. (B) Subhash Chandar Bose

28. Who is the only cricketer to claim over 500 wickets in both Tests and One Day Internationals ?

(A) Wasim Akram

(B) Shane Warne

(C) Muttiah Muralitharan

(D) Glenn McGrath

Ans. (C) Muttiah Muralitharan

29. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996 ?

(A) Sabeer Bhatia

(B) Vinod Dham

(C) Azim Premji

(D) N.R.Narayan Murthy

Ans. (A) Sabeer Bhatia

30. Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh ?

(A) Edwin Lutyens

(B) Le Corbusier

(C) Charles Correa

(D) Herbert Baker

Ans. (B) Le Corbusier

31. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ?

(A) Phantom

(B) Batman

(C) Superman

(D) Spiderman

Ans. (D) Spiderman

32. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ?

(A) Mars

(B) Venus

(C) Jupiter

(D) Mercury

Ans. (B) Venus

33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ?

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(C) India

(D) Bangladesh

Ans. (B) Nepal

34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?

(A) Bachendri Pal

(B) Santosh Yadav

(C) Kalpana Chawla

(D) Kiran Bedi

Ans. (A) Bachendri Pal

35. Which is not a part of our parliament ?

(A) President

(B) Lok Sabha

(C) Rajya Sabha

(D) Supreme Court

Ans. (D) Supreme Court

36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ?

(A) Water

(B) Height

(C) Darkness

(D) Thunder

Ans. (A) Water

37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak

(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans. (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler

built Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ?

(A) Babur

(B) Akbar

(C) Jahangir

(D) Shahjahan

Ans. (B) Akbar

39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ?

(A) Galena

(B) Bauxite

(C) Cinnabar

(D) Hematite

Ans. (C) Cinnabar

40. Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Ahmedabad

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Bhubaneshwar

Ans. (C) Bengaluru

41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ?

(A) Veerta Aur Vivek

(B) Bharat Mata Ki Jai

(C) Vayam Rakshaamah

(D) Ekta Aur Anushasan

Ans. (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan

42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ?

(A) BSE

(B) NSE

(C) NYSE

(D) NASDAQ

Ans. (B) NSE

43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ?

(A) Venus

(B) Mercury

(C) Earth

(D) Mars

Ans. (B) Mercury

44. According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu’s mother ?

(A) Draupadi

(B) Ulupi

(C) Chitrangada

(D) Subhadra

Ans. (D) Subhadra

45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ?

(A) Radcliffe Line

(B) McMahon Line

(C) Durand Line

(D) Curzon Line

Ans. (A) Radcliffe Line

46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India, literally means ‘Story Teller’ ?

(A) Odissi

(B) Kuchipudi

(C) Kathak

(D) Bharatanatyam

Ans. (C) Kathak

47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India, was built by which Mughal emperor ?

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(C) Shahjahan

(D) Aurangzeb

Ans. (C) Shahjahan

48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ?

(A) Lata Mangeshkar

(B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

(C) Gangubai Hangal

(D) Pt. Ravi Shankar

Ans. (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

49. The Althing, the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world, is the parliament of which country ?

(A) Iceland

(B) France

(C) Japan

(D) Israel

Ans. (A) Iceland

50. To measure hardness of minerals, which scale is used ?

(A) Kelvin

(B) Richter

(C) Mohs

(D) Mercalli

Ans. (C) Mohs

51. Out of four Hindu Dhams, three are dedicated to lord Vishnu & one to lord Shiva. Which one is dedicated

to lord Shiva ?

(A) Puri

(B) Dwarka

(C) Badrinath

(D) Rameshwaram

Ans. (D) Rameshwaram

52. By mixing equal amount of Blue and Yellow colours, which colour will result ?

(A) Green

(B) Purple

(C) Orange

(D) Brown

Ans. (A) Green

53. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya ?

(A) Gopal Krishan Gokhle

(B) Jai Praksha Narain

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Ans. (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

54. By how many hours Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) ?

(A) 4:00 Hours

(B) 4:30 Hours

(C) 5:00 Hours

(D) 5:30 Hours

Ans. (D) 5:30 Hours

55. Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by which Indian scientist ?

(A) Jagadish Chandra Bose

(B) Satyendra Nath Bose

(C) Jayant Narlikar

(D) Meghnad Saha

Ans. (A) Jagadish Chandra Bose

56. On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ?

(A) Karachi

(B) Mumbai

(C) Kolkata

(D) Lucknow

Ans. (B) Mumbai

57. Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?

(A) Lakshadweep

(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamilnadu

Ans. (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

58. In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ?

(A) Mumtaz

(B) Noorjahan

(C) Hazrat Mahal

(D) Manmati

Ans. (A) Mumtaz

59. What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ?

(A) Isobar

(B) Isohel

(C) Isotherm

(D) Isohume

Ans. (C) Isotherm

60. In which river is India’s largest riverine island Majuli is situated ?

(A) Ganga

(B) Brahmaputra

(C) Mahanadi

(D) Godavari

Ans. (B) Mrahmaputra

61. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand’ is popularly called ?

(A) Gresham’s Law

(B) Murphy’s Law

(C) Say’s Law

(D) Parkinson’s Law

Ans. (C) Say’s Law

62. In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?

(A) Annie Besant

(B) Madan Mohan Malaviya

(C) Syed Ahmed Khan

(D) S.Radhakrishnan

Ans. (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya

63. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ?

(A) Rishabh Dev

(B) Neminath

(C) Parshavnath

(D) Mahavir

Ans. (A) Rishabh Dev

64. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ?

(A) Geneva

(B) Vienna

(C) Brussels

(D) The Hague

Ans. (B) Vienna

65. Which blood group is universal donor ?

(A) A

(B) B

(C) AB

(D) O

Ans. (D) O

66. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ ?

(A) Danny Boyle

(B) David Fincher

(C) Stephen Daldry

(D) Ron Howard

Ans. (A) Danny Boyle

67. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ?

(A) Dennis Tito

(B) Mark Shuttleworth

(C) Gregory Olsen

(D) Anousheh Ansari

Ans. (A) Dennis Tito

68. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ?

(A) Chola

(B) Pallava

(C) Chandela

(D) Chalukya

Ans. (C Chandela

69. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain’ written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ?

(A) G.D.Birla

(B) Dhirubhai Ambani

(C) Jamnalal Bajaj

(D) J.R.D.Tata

Ans. (D) J.R.D. Tata

70. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?

(A) Turin (Italy)

(B) Sochi (Russia)

(C) Vancouver (Canada)

(D) Salt Lake City (USA)

Ans. (C) Vancouver (Canada)

71. Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ?

(A) Sericulture

(B) Viticulture

(C) Horticulture

(D) Apiculture

Ans. (A) Sericulture

72. Which metal is the best conductor of electric current ?

(A) Copper

(B) Gold

(C) Silver

(D) Aluminium

Ans. (C) Silver

73. What is the popular name of Ascorbic acid ?

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C) Vitamin C

(D) Vitamin D

Ans. (C) Vitamin C

74. Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi ?

(A) Morarji Desai

(B) Atal Behari Vajpayee

(C) V.P.Singh

(D) P.V.Narasimha Rao

Ans. (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee

75. Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern

hemispheres ?

(A) Prime Meridian

(B) Equator

(C) Tropic of Cancer

(D) Tropic of Capricorn

Ans. (B) Equator

76. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 on the banks of Yamuna river ?

(A) Agra

(B) Mathura

(C) Delhi

(D) Allahabad

Ans. (A) Agra

77. Who coined the name `Pakistan’ ?

(A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(B) Allama Iqbal

(C) Liaquat Ali Khan

(D) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali

Ans. (D) Choudhary Rahmat Ali

78. Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ?

(A) Swami Vivekanand

(B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(D) Swami Prabhupada

Ans. (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

79. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) J.B.Kriplani

Ans. (D) J. B. Kriplani

80. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award ?

(A) Vinoba Bhave

(B) Baba Amte

(C) Satyajit Ray

(D) Jai Prakash Narain

Ans. (A) Vinoba Bhave

81. Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century’ ?

(A) N.R.Narayan Murthy

(B) N.S.Raghavan

(C) Nandan Nilekani

(D) Kris Gopalakrishnan

Ans. (C) Nandan Nilekani

82. What is the scientific name of Vinegar ?

(A) Citric Acid

(B) Acetic Acid

(C) Lactic Acid

(D) Tartaric Acid

Ans. (B) Acetic Acid

83. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ?

(A) President

(B) Vice President

(C) Prime Minister

(D) Lok Sabha Speaker

Ans. (B) Vice President

84. In 2008, who became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic Games ?

(A) Abhinav Bindra

(B) Vijender Kumar

(C) Leander Paes

(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Ans. (A) Abhinav Bindra

85. Which film star founded the Telugu Desham Party ?

(A) N.T.Rama Rao

(B) M.G.Ramachandran

(C) Sivaji Ganesan

(D) J.Jayalalithaa

Ans. (A) N. T. Rama Rao

86. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Universe title in 1994 ?

(A) Lara Dutta

(B) Reita Faria

(C) Aishwarya Rai

(D) Sushmita Sen

Ans. (D) Sushmita Sen

87. Which is the largest brackish water lake in India ?

(A) Wular Lake,

(B) Pulicat Lake

(C) Kaliveli Lake

(D) Chilka Lake

Ans. (D) Chilka Lake

88. How do we better know playback singer Kedarnath Bhattacharya ?

(A) Shaan

(B) Lucky Ali

(C) Kumar Sanu

(D) Kishore Kumar

Ans. (C) Kumar Sanu

89. Which scientist is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India ?

(A) Verghese Kurien

(B) M.S.Swaminathan

(C) Raja Ramanna

(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Ans. (B) M. S. Swaninathan

90. Which city is served by Jolly Grant Airport ?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Lucknow

(C) Chandigarh

(D) Dehradun

Ans. (D) Dehradun

91. In 2007, which state re-established its Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) after a gap of 22 years ?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Tamil Nadu

Ans. (C) Andhra Prodesh

92. Which unit is used to measure the intensity of sound ?

(A) Decibel

(B) Ampere

(C) Parsec

(D) Tesla

Ans. (A) Decibel

93. Who wrote the patriotic song `Saare Jahan Se Achcha’ ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(C) Muhammad Iqbal

(D) Kavi Pradeep

Ans. (C) Muhammad Iqbal

94. In which town of Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana (salvation) ?

(A) Lumbini

(B) Kushinagar

(C) Nanded

(D) Pavapuri

Ans. (B) Kushinagar

95. Who presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament ?

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Lok Sabha Speaker

(D) Rajya Sabha Speaker

Ans. (C) Lok Sabha Speaker

96. Nathu La Pass, located in Sikkim, connects India with which country ?

(A) Nepal

(B) Bhutan

(C) Myanmar

(D) China

Ans. (C) China

97. Who is the only Indian batsman to score Triple Century in Test Cricket ?

(A) Sunil Gavaskar

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) V.V.S.Laxman

(D) Virender Sehwag

Ans. (D) Virender Sehwag

98. In which hill station is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) located ?

(A) Darjeeling

(B) Srinagar

(C) Nainital

(D) Shimla

Ans. (A) Darjeeling

99. What term is used to refer the large number which is formed by writing digit 1 followed by 100 zeros ?

(A) Billion

(B) Trillion

(C) Octillion

(D) Googol

Ans. (D) Googol

100. Zakumi, a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ?

(A) Commonwealth Games 2010

(B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010

(C) Cricket World Cup 2011

(D) Olympic Games 2012

Ans. (B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010

Q1. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of

Honey’ ?

(A) Kangra

(B) Mysore

(C) Tanjore

(D) Madhubani

Q2. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ?

(A) C.K.Naidu

(B) Dhyan Chand

(C) Milkha Singh

(D) Wilson Jones

Q3. What is Mahatma Gandhi’s samadhi in Delhi Called ?

(A) Raj Ghat

(B) Shantivan

(C) Vijay Ghat

(D) Shakti Sthal

Q4. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ?

(A) Satpura

(B) Vindhya

(C) Aravali

(D) Himalaya

Q5. `Silicon Valley of India’ is the nickname of which south Indian city ?

(A) Hyderabad

(B) Bengaluru

(C) Chennai

(D) Thiruvananthapuram

Q6. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ?

(A) Dhanvantri

(B) Shukracharya

(C) Brihaspati

(D) Vishvakarma

Q7. Which one of the following is not a fungus ?

(A) Yeast

(B) Mushroom

(C) Insulin

(D) Penicillin

Q8. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ?

(A) Lord Irwin

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Lord Hardinge

(D) Lord Chelmsford

Q9. `Panchatantra’, a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ?

(A) Somadeva

(B) Kautilya

(C) Narayan Pandit

(D) Vishnu Sharma

Q10. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ?

(A) Goa

(B) Mizoram

(C) Nagaland

(D) Jammu & Kashmir

Q11. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?

(A) Mercury

(B) Cesium

(C) Gallium

(D) Rubidium

Q12. What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s faithful horse ?

(A) Chetak

(B) Kanthak

(C) Marengo

(D) Bucephalus

Q13. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed

wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?

(A) 50 days

(B) 100 days

(C) 150 days

(D) 200 days

Q14. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?

(A) Dog

(B) Cow

(C) Horse

(D) Elephant

Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?

(A) B.R.Ambedkar

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Q16. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ?

(A) Tokyo

(B) Shanghai

(C) New Delhi

(D) Kuala Lumpur

Q17. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the

first Indian woman President of INC ?

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Nellie Sengupta

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) Sonia Gandhi

Q18. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?

(A) Arctic Ocean

(B) Pacific Ocean

(C) Indian Ocean

(D) Atlantic Ocean

Q19. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was the motto of which revolution ?

(A) Cuban Revolution

(B) American Revolution

(C) Chinese Revolution

(D) French Revolution

Q20. `Dreams from My Father’ and `The Audicity of Hope’ books are authored by which American President ?

(A) Bill Clinton

(B) George W. Bush

(C) Barack Obama

(D) Ronald Reagan

Q21. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ?

(A) Ganga

(B) Yamuna

(C) Gomti

(D) Godavari

Q22. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ?

(A) Mahavira

(B) Gautam Buddha

(C) Guru Nanak Dev

(D) Guru Gobind Singh

Q23. Who wrote Bangladesh’s national anthem ‘Amar Shonar Bangla’ ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore

(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam

(C) Mohammed Iqbal

(D) Taslima Nasrin

Q24. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ?

(A) Indra

(B) Vishnu

(C) Ganesh

(D) Kartikeya

Q25. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ?

(A) Puri

(B) Cuttack

(C) Rourkela

(D) Sambalpur

Q26. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?

(A) Geet Sethi

(B) Pullela Gopichand

(C) Vishwanathan Anand

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

Q27. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ?

(A) Brussels

(B) Geneva

(C) New York

(D) Paris

Q28. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria

(Africa) ?

(A) Genghis Khan

(B) Attila the Hun

(C) Napolean Bonaparte

(D) Alexander the Great

Q29. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ?

(A) Copper Sulphate

(B) Ammonium Nitrate

(C) Silver Iodide

(D) Potassium Premanganate

Q30. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Q31. 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

Q32. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?

(A) Orissa

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Maharashtra

(D) West Bengal

Q33. `Akbarnama’, a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?

(A) Faizi

(B) Birbal

(C) Abul Fazl

(D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana

Q34. Which among the following is not a mammal ?

(A) Bat

(B) Shark

(C) Dolphin

(D) Blue Whale

Q35. Which city is known as the `Big Apple’ ?

(A) Paris

(B) Tokyo

(C) Shanghai

(D) New York

Q36. 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

Q37. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?

(A) Chenab

(B) Jhelum

(C) Ravi

(D) Sutlej

Q38. 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

Q39. 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

Q40. 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

Q41. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP’ short for ?

(A) Expert

(B) Express

(C) Experience

(D) Extra Power

Q42. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?

(A) Neem

(B) Peepal

(C) Aam (Mango)

(D) Bargad (Banyan)

Q43. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?

(A) Gwalior

(B) Patiala

(C) Bangalore

(D) Chennai

Q44. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?

(A) 60 years

(B) 62 years

(C) 65 years

(D) 70 years

Q45. 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

Q46. 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

Q47. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ?

(A) Agriculture

(B) Industry

(C) Services

(D) All contribute equally

Q48. 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

Q49. 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

Q50. 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

Q51. The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution’ ?

(A) Grains

(B) Pulses

(C) Oilseeds

(D) Fruits and Vegetables

Q52. 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

Q53. 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

Q54. Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Mumbai

(C) Chennai

(D) Kolkata

Q55. Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ?

(A) Surya

(B) Brahma

(C) Vishnu

(D) Shiv

Q56. What is the name of India’s first electric Car ?

(A) Rewa

(B) Arjun

(C) Chetak

(D) Shaktiman

Q57. 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)

Q58. Which element is necessarily present in all acids ?

(A) Carbon

(B) Oxygen

(C) Hydrogen

(D) Nitrogen

Q59. Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought’ ?

(A) Bill Gates

(B) Larry Ellison

(C) Michael Dell

(D) Sergey Brin

Q60. In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world’s longest glacier, located ?

(A) Himalayas

(B) Karakoram

(C) Hindu Kush

(D) Tien Shan

Q61. In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ?

(A) Liver

(B) Spleen

(C) Pancreas

(D) Stomach

Q62. What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ?

(A) Bhagmati

(B) Mehrunnisa

(C) Manikarnika

(D) Arjumand Banu Begum

Q63. Which among the following is not a Prime number ?

(A) 5

(B) 7

(C) 9

(D) 11

Q64. Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ?

(A) Dubai

(B) London

(C) Monaco

(D) Sharjah

Q65. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ?

(A) Arsenic

(B) Carbon

(C) Selenium

(D) Germanium

Q66. 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

Q67. 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

Q68. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world’s only floating National Park, situated ?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Manipur

(D) West Bengal

Q69. In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ?

(A) Julius Nyerere

(B) Nelson Mandela

(C) Gerhard Fischer

(D) John Hume

Q70. ’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

Q71. What is the minimum age limit to become the President of India ?

(A) 25 years

(B) 30 years

(C) 35 years

(D) 40 years

Q72. Who created fictional character Harry Potter ?

(A) Ruskin Bond

(B) J.K.Rowling

(C) Enid Blyton

(D) R.K.Narayan

Q73. In humans, the deficiency of Vitamin C leads to which disease ?

(A) Beriberi

(B) Scurvy

(C) Rickets

(D) Nyctalopia (Night Blindness)

Q74. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu’ ?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Chittaranjan Das

(D) C.F.Andrews

Q75. On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ?

(A) Rajkot

(B) Ahmedabad

(C) Mumbai

(D) Lahore

Q76. 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

Q77. In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima’s son Ghatotkacha ?

(A) Karna

(B) Dronacharya

(C) Ashwathama

(D) Shalya

Q78. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ?

(A) Dadabahi Naoroji

(B) Badruddin Tyabji

(C) Pherozeshah Mehta

(D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

Q79. Who wrote ‘Ashtadhyayi’, the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ?

(A) Charak

(B) Sushruta

(C) Patanjali

(D) Panini

Q80. 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

Q81. 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

Q82. Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ?

(A) Srinagar

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Lucknow

(D) Jodhpur

Q83. In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ?

(A) Goa

(B) Sikkim

(C) Mizoram

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Q84. Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ?

(A) Mars

(B) Venus

(C) Mercury

(D) Jupiter

Q85. Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ?

(A) Goa

(B) Assam

(C) Kerala

(D) Jharkhand

Q86. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ?

(A) China

(B) Russia

(C) Israel

(D) Pakistan

Q87. Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ?

(A) Madurai

(B) Thanjavur

(C) Warangal

(D) Vijayanagar

Q88. 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)

Q89. Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ?

(A) Finland

(B) Norway

(C) Australia

(D) New Zealand

Q90. 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

Q91. Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian armed forces ?

(A) President

(B) Prime Minister

(C) Defence Minister

(D) Chief of Army Staff

Q92. Which among the following is not a parasite ?

(A) Hookworm

(B) Tapeworm

(C) Ringworm

(D) Roundworm

Q93. Who authored the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose

(D) C.Rajagopalachari

Q94. Jatiyo Sansad is the parliament of which country ?

(A) Nepal

(B) Pakistan

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Japan

Q95. According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ?

(A) Surya

(B) Vishnu

(C) Shiva

(D) Ganesh

Q96. In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India ?

(A) Surat

(B) Mumbai

(C) Chennai

(D) Kolkata

Q97. Velodrome is an arena for which sporting event ?

(A) Ice Hockey

(B) Lawn Tennis

(C) Sumo Wrestling

(D) Track Cycling

Q98. Which scientist was known as ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’ ?

(A) Isaac Newton

(B) Albert Einstein

(C) Louis Pasteur

(D) Thomas Alva Edison

Q99. 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

Q100. 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