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1 SET-1 1. Kidney stones are composed of ______. 1) Calcium Oxalate 2) Sodium Chloride 3) Magnesium Nitrate 4) Calcium Bicarbonate Correct Answer: Calcium Oxalate 2. Which of the following is not true about Angiosperms? 1) Dominant phase is gametophytes 2) vascular bundles are present 3) Spores are heterospores 4) Seeds are covered Correct Answer: Dominant phase is gametophytes 3. All of the following are excretory (waste) products of animals, except 1) Uric Acid 2) Ammonia 3) Carbohydrates 4) Urea Correct Answer: Carbohydrates 4. RNA is a polymeric molecule. What does RNA stand for? 1) Rado Nuclear Acid 2) Ribo Nucleic Acid 3) Rhino Nuclear Acid 4) Resto Nucleus Acid Correct Answer: Ribo Nucleic Acid 5.The common name of dichlorodifluoromethane is _____. 1) galena 2) Freon 3) gypsum 4) borax Correct Answer: Freon 6. _________ performs tasks such as inserting, updating, or deleting data occurrences. 1) Data definition language 2) Data manipulation language 3) Query language 4) OQL Correct Answer: Data manipulation language 7. The Razmnama is a Persian translation of the _____________. 1) Mahabharata 2) Ramayana 3) Vedas 4) Upanishads Correct Answer: Mahabharata 8. If demand curve for house cleaning services is D = 45000 - 21P and supply curve is S = 15000 + 9P, find the equilibrium Quantity? 1) 12000 units 2) 6000 units 3) 24000 units 4) 30000 units Correct Answer: 24000 units 9. Goods whose demand is proportional to price are called 1) inferior goods 2) Veblen goods 3) normal goods 4) exclusive goods Correct Answer: Veblen goods 10. Similipal Tiger Reserve is in which state? 1) Maharashtra 2) Andhra Pradesh 3) Chhattisgarh 4) Odisha Correct Answer: Odisha 11. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer? 1) N2O 2) AsH3 3) N2 4) C5H12 Correct Answer: N2O 12. Manohar Parrikar is India's ___________. 1) Railway Minister 2) Finance Minister 3) HRD Minister 4) Defence Minister Correct Answer: Defence Minister 13. What is the capital of Finland? 1) Tashkent 2) Helsinki 3) Bern 4) Dublin Correct Answer: Helsinki CHSL 2016 GS QUESTIONS 64 SETS

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SET-1

1. Kidney stones are composed of ______.

1) Calcium Oxalate

2) Sodium Chloride

3) Magnesium Nitrate

4) Calcium Bicarbonate

Correct Answer: Calcium Oxalate

2. Which of the following is not true about Angiosperms?

1) Dominant phase is gametophytes

2) vascular bundles are present

3) Spores are heterospores

4) Seeds are covered

Correct Answer: Dominant phase is gametophytes

3. All of the following are excretory (waste) products of animals, except

1) Uric Acid

2) Ammonia

3) Carbohydrates

4) Urea

Correct Answer: Carbohydrates

4. RNA is a polymeric molecule. What does RNA stand for?

1) Rado Nuclear Acid

2) Ribo Nucleic Acid

3) Rhino Nuclear Acid

4) Resto Nucleus Acid

Correct Answer: Ribo Nucleic Acid

5.The common name of dichlorodifluoromethane is _____.

1) galena

2) Freon

3) gypsum

4) borax

Correct Answer: Freon

6. _________ performs tasks such as inserting, updating, or deleting data occurrences.

1) Data definition language

2) Data manipulation language

3) Query language

4) OQL

Correct Answer: Data manipulation language

7. The Razmnama is a Persian translation of the _____________.

1) Mahabharata

2) Ramayana

3) Vedas

4) Upanishads

Correct Answer: Mahabharata

8. If demand curve for house cleaning services is D = 45000 - 21P and supply curve is S = 15000 + 9P, find the equilibrium Quantity?

1) 12000 units

2) 6000 units

3) 24000 units

4) 30000 units

Correct Answer: 24000 units

9. Goods whose demand is proportional to price are called

1) inferior goods

2) Veblen goods

3) normal goods

4) exclusive goods

Correct Answer: Veblen goods

10. Similipal Tiger Reserve is in which state?

1) Maharashtra

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Chhattisgarh

4) Odisha

Correct Answer: Odisha

11. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

1) N2O

2) AsH3

3) N2

4) C5H12

Correct Answer: N2O

12. Manohar Parrikar is India's ___________.

1) Railway Minister

2) Finance Minister

3) HRD Minister

4) Defence Minister

Correct Answer: Defence Minister

13. What is the capital of Finland?

1) Tashkent

2) Helsinki

3) Bern

4) Dublin

Correct Answer: Helsinki

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14. Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha?

1) Surat

2) Ahmedabad

3) Nagpur

4) Pune

Correct Answer: Pune

15. Ajatashatru was the son of

1) Brahmadatta

2) Bindusara

3) Bimbisara

4) Chetaka

Correct Answer: Bimbisara

16. Chhatrapati Sambhaji (1680–1688 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

1) Maratha

2) Nanda

3) Haryanka

4) Maurya

Correct Answer: Maratha

17. Who Invented the computer mouse?

1) Gene Dolgoff

2) Brendan Eich

3) Douglas Engelbart

4) Federico Faggin

Correct Answer: Douglas Engelbart

18. ___________ states that internal energy is a function of state and the increase in internal energy is equal to the sum of the heat supplied to system and work done by the system.

1) First law of thermodynamics

2) Hooke's Law

3) The coulomb's law

4) Faraday's Law

Correct Answer: First law of thermodynamics

19. What is the direction of torque?

1) Perpendicular to the direction of applied force

2) Same as the direction of applied force

3) Opposite to the direction of applied force

4) Parallel to the radius

Correct Answer: Perpendicular to the direction of applied force

20. Article 27 of the Indian Constitution "Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion" deals with?

1) the Union Government

2) the State Government

3) the directive principles of state policy

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

21. Article 31C of the Indian Constitution "Saving of laws giving effect to certain directive principles" deals with?

1) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

2) the State Government

3) the Union Government

4) the directive principles of state policy

Correct Answer: the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

22. Who among the following has not scored a double hundred in an ODI?

1) Virender Sehwag

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Brian Lara

4) Rohit Sharma

Correct Answer: Brian Lara

23. Who is the author of "Jaya"?

1) Sudeep Nagarkar

2) Devdutt Pattanaik

3) R. K. Narayan

4) Aravind Adiga

Correct Answer: Devdutt Pattanaik

24. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station was designed by

1) Frederick William Stevens

2) Santiago Calatrava

3) Fazlur Rahman Khan

4) Frei Otto

Correct Answer: Frederick William Stevens

25. Who won Nobel prize for Physics in 2015?

1) Hiroshi Amano

2) Takaaki Kajita

3) Isamu Akasaki

4) Makoto Kobayashi

Correct Answer: Takaaki Kajita

SET-2

1. Which of these is not a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

1) Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra

2) Red Fort, New Delhi

3) Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

4) Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam

Correct Answer: Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

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2. Highest Civilian Honour received by Amitabh Bachchan is ___________.

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Vibhushan

3. Which organ does detoxification and produces chemicals needed for digestion?

1) Salivary glands

2) Pancreas

3) Thyroid gland

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Liver

4. NaHCO3 is chemical formula for

1) Borax

2) Vinegar

3) Lime

4) Baking soda

Correct Answer: Baking soda

5. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

1) Chromium

2) Hydrogen

3) Zinc

4) Silver

Correct Answer: Hydrogen

6. C Programming language was developed by

1) Charles Babbage

2) Larry Wall

3) James Gosling

4) Dennis Ritchie

Correct Answer: Dennis Ritchie

7. Which of these Indian Music Legends is the exponent of the instrument, Sitar?

1) Bhimsen Joshi

2) Ravi Shankar

3) Amjad Ali Khan

4) Alla Rakha

Correct Answer: Ravi Shankar

8. If demand curve for alphonso mangoes is D = 25000 70P and supply curve is S = 10000 + 80P, find the equilibrium quantity?

1) 18,000 units

2) 2,000 units

3) 1,800 units

4) 200 units

Correct Answer: 18,000 units

9. Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Price > MC in both short and long run

(b) Faces highly elastic demand

1) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure competition

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition

3) (a) Pure competition, (b) Monopolistic competition

4) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure competition

Correct Answer: (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition

10. Anamalai Tiger Reserve is in which state?

1) Telangana

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) Kerala

Correct Answer: Tamil Nadu

11. Which is the most economical method of removing solid matter from water?

1) Using deactivated carbon

2) Electrolysis

3) Distillation

4) Sedimentation

Correct Answer: Sedimentation

12. What is the Capital of Telangana State?

1) Hyderabad

2) Secunderabad

3) Vijayanagara

4) Visakhapatnam

Correct Answer: Hyderabad

13. Birbal was an advisor in the court of?

1) Babur

2) Akbar

3) Aurangzeb

4) Jahangir

Correct Answer: Akbar

14. Humayun’s Tomb is located in

1) Delhi

2) Agra

3) Gwalior

4) Jaipur

Correct Answer: Delhi

15. Assembly line was invented by

1) Alexander Parkes

2) Luigi Palmieri

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3) Alexey Pajitnov

4) Ransom Eli Olds

Correct Answer: Ransom Eli Olds

16. Instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean is called ___________.

1) Bathymeter

2) Ceraunograph

3) Cyanometer

4) Barometer

Correct Answer: Cyanometer

17. Farad is unit of ___________.

1) Capacitance

2) Reactance

3) Electric charge

4) Electric conductance

Correct Answer: Capacitance

18. Under which Article is the Union Public Service Commission of India established?

1) Article 315

2) Article 250

3) Article 300

4) Article 52

Correct Answer: Article 315

19. The Westminster parliamentary system was developed in ___________.

1) Spain

2) Australia

3) UK

4) USA

Correct Answer: UK

20. Whose ear Mike Tyson bite in professional boxing match in 1997 for the WBA Heavyweight Championship?

1) James Douglas

2) Evander Holyfield

3) Riddick Bowe

4) Michael Moorer

Correct Answer: Evander Holyfield

21. Who is the author of "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium"?

1) APJ Abdul Kalam

2) Shashi Tharoor

3) Narendra Modi

4) Arun Shourie

Correct Answer: APJ Abdul Kalam

22. Psidium guajava is the scientific name of

1) Guava

2) Mango

3) Bamboo

4) Jack fruit

Correct Answer: Guava

23. In which year, RBI was nationalized?

1) 1939

2) 1949

3) 1959

4) 1969

Correct Answer: 1949

24. Ottawa is the Capital City of ___________.

1) France

2) Norway

3) Canada

4) Greece

Correct Answer: Canada

25. Which drug is used as a Blood Thinner?

1) Warfarin

2) Tramadol

3) Azithromycin

4) Hydralazine

Correct Answer: Warfarin

SET-3

1. Which World Heritage Site is built on the right bank of the Yamuna River?

1) Taj Mahal

2) Hawa Mahal

3) Humayun's Tomb

4) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

Correct Answer: Taj Mahal

2. C. V. Raman won Noble Prize for which category?

1) Literature

2) Physics

3) Peace

4) Economic Studies

Correct Answer: Physics

3. Which of the following disease is caused due to the dificiency of protein?

1) Arthritis

2) Kwashiorkor

3) Goitre

4) Night Blindness

Correct Answer: Kwashiokor

4. A _________ is species of plant that has adapted to survive in an environment with little liquid water.

1) xerophyte

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2) hydrophyte

3) mesophyte

4) thallophyte

Correct Answer: Xerophyte

5. How many types of teeth are there in humans?

1) 4

2) 5

3) 2

4) 3

Correct Answer: 4

6. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

1) Boron

2) Calcium

3) Neon

4) Gold

Correct Answer: Neon

7. Atomic number of which of the follwing elements is greater than that of Sillicon______.

1) Aluminium

2) Sulphur

3) Magnesium

4) Sodium

Correct Answer: Sulphur

8. How many of Gigabyte is equal to 1 Pettabyte?

1) 256

2) 512

3) 1024

4) 1024x1024

Correct Answer: 1024x1024

9. Which of the following is a percussion musical instrument?

1) Mridangam

2) Esraj

3) Dilruba

4) Tanpura

Correct Answer: Mridangam

10. If the break even quantity for a factroy whose variable cost of manufacturing a tubelight is Rs 35 per unit and selling price is Rs 50 per unit is 600 units, find the fixed cost of the factory?

1) Rs 30000

2) Rs 21000

3) Rs 51000

4) Rs 9000

Correct Answer: Rs 9000

11. Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) A single, homogeneous product with no close subsitutes

(b) Few sellers with interdependent pricing and quantity decision

1) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Monopolistic Competition

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition

3) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Competition

4) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

12. Air has maximum proportion of which inert gas?

1) Carbon Dioxide

2) Nitrous Oxide

3) Argon

4) Carbon Monoxide

Correct Answer: Argon

13. Who put forward the 'Theory of Continental Drift' in 1915?

1) C. C. Paterson

2) Nicolaus Copernicus

3) alfred wegener

4) Gallieo Gallei

Correct Answer: Alfred Wegener

14. Whose Picture is on the USA's 50 Dollar bill?

1) Thomas Jefferson

2) Abraham Lincoln

3) Andrew Jackson

4) Ulysses S. Grant

Correct Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

15. The rainfall due to upward movement of air caused by convergence of cold air masses against warm air masses is called _______.

1) Cyclonic Rainfall

2) Orographic rainfall

3) Frontal rainfall

4) Convectional rainfall

Correct Answer: Frontal rainfall

16. Sivassa is the capital city of _____.

1) Assam

2) Chhatisgarh

3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4) Telangana

Correct Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

17. Which Freedom Fighter from Bengal died at the age of 18?

1) Khudiram Bose

2) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

3) Chitttaranjan Das

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4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Answer: Khudiram Bose

18. Which emperor shifted his capital from Delhi to Daultabad?

1) Aurangzeb

2) Muhammad Bin Tuglaq

3) Sher Shah Suri

4) Genghis Khan

Correct Answer: Mumhammad Bin Tuglaq

19. Who invented Gas turbine?

1) Edwin Howard Armstrong

2) John Barber

3) Edwin Beard Budding

4) Nicholas Callan

Correct Answer: John Barber

20. What is the distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the moon called?

1) Orbital length of the moon

2) orbital length of the earht

3) orbital radius of the moon

4) orbital radius of the earth

Correct Answer: Orbital radius of the moon

21. Law of gravitation applies to ___.

1) Any pair of bodies

2) The earth and the moon

3) The planets around the sun

4) The earth and teh objects on earth

Correct Answer: Any pair of bodies

22. Article 20 of the Indian Consitution "Protectioin in respect of conviction for offences" deals with?

1) The fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

2) The Union Government

3) The State Government

4) The directive principles of state Policy

Correct Answer: The fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

23. Since Independence, India has been ruled by the Indian National Congress for how many years?

1) 18

2) 26

3) 39

4) 49

Correct Answer: 49

24. Which cricketer holds the fastest test century record?

1) Bredon McCullum

2) Virendra Sehwag

3) Vivian richards

4) Adam Gilchrist

Correct Answer: Bredon McCullum

25. Who is the author of "The Girl of My Dreams"?

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Durjoy Datta

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Savi Sharma

SET-4

1. - __________________ is a drug or substance that makes you feel relaxed and makes your body work and react more slowly.

1) Antidote

2) Analgesic

3) Antihistamine

4) Depressant

Correct Answer: Depressant

2. Carica papaya is the scientific name of

1) Peepal

2) Papaya

3) Tamarind

4) Drumstick

Correct Answer: Papaya

3. Muscles get tired when there is shortfall of

1) Lactic acid

2) Na+ ions

3) ATP

4) Sulphates

Correct Answer: ATP

4. The Chemical formula of Ammonium nitrate is ___________.

1) (NH2)2NO3

2) NH4NO3

3) NH4(NO3)2

4) NH2NO3

Correct Answer: NH4NO3

5. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

1) Xenon

2) Iodine

3) Barium

4) Magnesium

Correct Answer: Xenon

6. Choose odd one out

1) Cyberspace

2) Internet

3) HTML

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4) WWW

Correct Answer: HTML

7. Which of these is not an Indian Musical Instrument?

1) Sitar

2) Bansuri

3) Madal

4) Tanpura

Correct Answer: Madal

8. If price of an article decreases from Rs 240 to Rs 220, when quantity demanded increases from 200 units to 210 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

1) 0.6

2) -1.8

3) -0.6

4) 1.8

Correct Answer: -0.6

9. Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Firm has control over quantity of output but it must take into account reactions of competitors.

b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

1) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure competition

2) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

3) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Pure competition

4) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly

10. People in all the following countries had to be resettled after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, except

1) Kazakhstan

2) Belarus

3) Russia

4) Ukraine

Correct Answer: Kazakhstan

11. The outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere is _______.

1) stratosphere

2) troposphere

3) mesosphere

4) exosphere

Correct Answer: exosphere

12. _________ is the first Indian company to list on NASDAQ.

1) Industries Limited

2) Infosys

3) TCS

4) Bharti Airtel

Correct Answer: Infosys

13. Which city is located on the banks of the river Narmada?

1) Bharuch

2) Bhopal

3) Nagpur

4) Kota

Correct Answer: Bharuch

14. Which of these countries got Independence from United Kingdom?

1) Uzbekistan

2) Pakistan

3) Venezuela

4) South Korea

Correct Answer: Pakistan

15. Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor died in?

1) 1507

2) 1607

3) 1707

4) 1807

Correct Answer: 1707

16. Who Invented Induction Coil?

1) Edwin Howard Armstrong

2) John Barber

3) Edwin Beard Budding

4) Nicholas Callan

Correct Answer: Nicholas Callan

17. Find the power of a convex lens if the image formed is at a distance of 16 cm from the lens when the object is placed on the other side of the lens at 20 cm from the optical centre?

1) -3.75 diopters

2) -11.25 diopters

3) 3.75 diopters

4) 11.25 diopters

Correct Answer: 11.25 diopters

18. What is the unit of the physical quantity "Inductance"?

1) weber

2) farad

3) henry

4) tesla

Correct Answer: henry

19. In which form of government priests rule in the name of God?

1) Fascism

2) Monarchy

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3) Theocracy

4) Oligarchy

Correct Answer: Theocracy

20. Who was the first temporary chairman of the Constituent Assembly?

1) B R Ambedkar

2) Jawahar Lal Nehru

3) Rajendra Prasad

4) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

Correct Answer: Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

21. Who won the first T-20 Cricket World Cup?

1) West Indies

2) India

3) Australia

4) New Zealand

Correct Answer: India

22. Who is the author of "Chokher Bali"?

1) Rabindranath Tagore

2) Jhumpa Lahiri

3) Amish Tripathi

4) Chetan Bhagat

Correct Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

23. Shiva cave is located in _____.

1) Ajanta Caves

2) Ellora Caves

3) Elephanta Caves

4) Badami Caves

Correct Answer: Elephanta Caves

24. Vikas Khanna is an award winning ___________ starred Indian chef.

1) Apollo

2) Michelin

3) Goodyear

4) Viking

Correct Answer: Michelin

25. Triton is the moon of which planet?

1) Neptune

2) Uranus

3) Saturn

4) Venus

Correct Answer: Neptune

SET-5

1. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka is in

1) Maharashtra

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

2. Highest Civilian Honour received by Anupam Kher is ___________.

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

3. ______ is a strong drug that doctors give to people to make them calm or help them sleep.

1) Barbiturate

2) Antidepressant

3) Antihistamine

4) Beta-Blocker

Correct Answer: Barbiturate

4. Artocarpus integra is the scientific name of

1) Guava

2) Pineapple

3) Silver Oak

4) Jack fruit

Correct Answer: Jack fruit

5. Which organ stores fat soluble vitamins?

1) Blood

2) Skin

3) Liver

4) Pancreas

Correct Answer: Liver

6. Fe has 26 protons in its nucleus. What are the number of electrons in Fe2+ (II) ion?

1) 24

2) 26

3) 28

4) 13

Correct Answer: 24

7. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

1) Titanium

2) Sulphur

3) Argon

4) Zinc

Correct Answer: Argon

8. ALU is a part of a computer is ___________.

1) Application

2) ROM

3) RAM

4) Processor

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Correct Answer: Processor

9. English is the official language of

1) Chandigarh

2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

3) Daman and Diu

4) Delhi

Correct Answer: Chandigarh

10. If demand curve for roller skates is D = 23000 - 19P and supply curve is S = 18000 + 6P, find the equilibrium Price?

1) Rs 100

2) Rs 400

3) Rs 50

4) Rs 200

Correct Answer: Rs 200

11. Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Expand out put until MC = MR

(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

1) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition

3) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly

4) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

12. Panna National Park is in which state?

1) Rajasthan

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

13. BSE SENSEX Constitutes ____ number of companies.

1) 30

2) 40

3) 50

4) 60

Correct Answer: 30

14. International Date line passes through middle of __________ Ocean.

1) Arctic

2) Indian

3) Atlantic

4) Pacific

Correct Answer: Pacific

15. What is the capital of Turkey?

1) Jerusalem

2) Canberra

3) Wellington

4) Ankara

Correct Answer: Ankara

16. Before its Independence, Bangladesh was part of ___________.

1) India

2) China

3) Pakistan

4) United Kingdom

Correct Answer: Pakistan

17. Humayun was born in the year

1) 1508

2) 1608

3) 1708

4) 1808

Correct Answer: 1508

18. Who Invented the 3-D printer?

1) Nick Holonyak

2) Elias Howe

3) Chuck Hull

4) Christiaan Huygens

Correct Answer: Chuck Hull

19. Alpha particles are ___________.

1) twice the mass of beta particles

2) negatively charged

3) just like helium nuclei

4) lower in ionizing power as compared to gamma rays

Correct Answer: just like helium nuclei

20. Unit of impedance is ___________.

1) ohm

2) henry

3) tesla

4) hertz

Correct Answer: ohm

21. Who has served maximum time as the Prime Minister of India?

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Indira Gandhi

3) Manmohan Singh

4) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

22. What is the maximum number of Members in Lok Sabha?

1) 512

2) 542

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3) 552

4) 532

Correct Answer: 552

23. In 2012 London Olympics, Saina Nehwal won the ___________.

1) Gold Medal

2) Silver Medal

3) Bronze Medal

4) Didn't win any Medal

Correct Answer: Bronze Medal

24. Who is the author of "Go Clown: #AccheDin for Comedy"?

1) Preeti Shenoy

2) Nikita Singh

3) Shatrugna Vadwlas

4) Ashwin Sanghi

Correct Answer: Shatrugna Vadwlas

25. Periyar Tiger Reserve is in which state?

1) Telangana

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Kerala

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Kerala

SET-6

1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park is in ________.

1) Rajasthan

2) Assam

3) Bihar

4) Gujarat

Correct Answer: Gujarat

2. Highest Civilian Honour received by Kamal Haasan is _______.

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

3. Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iodine?

1) Rickets

2) Scurvy

3) Goitre

4) Growth retardation

Correct Answer: Goitre

4. Grevillea Robusta is the scientific name of

1) Peepal

2) Teak

3) Silver Oak

4) Jack fruit

Correct Answer: Silver Oak

5. The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 3rd group and the 4th period?

1) 23

2) 21

3) 19

4) 11

Correct Answer: 21

6. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

1) Oxygen

2) Gold

3) Silver

4) Manganese

Correct Answer: Oxygen

7. Who is known as father of computer?

1) Charles Babbage

2) Tim Berners Lee

3) Douglas Carl Engelbart

4) Sabeer Bhatia

Correct Answer: Charles Babbage

8. Urdu is the official language of _________.

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) West Bengal

4) Jammu & Kashmir

Correct Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

9. Stagflation is a period of _______.

1) Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment

2) Persistent high inflation combined with low unemployment

3) Persistent low inflation combined with high unemployment

4) Persistent low inflation combined with low unemployment

Correct Answer: Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment

10. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

1) CH2ClF

2) C2H2

3) PF5

4) COCl2

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Correct Answer: CH2ClF

11. Periyar National Park is in which mountain range?

1) Aravalli Range

2) Vindhya Range

3) Eastern Ghats

4) Western Ghats

Correct Answer: Western Ghats

12. First Indian to swim across the English Channel was _______.

1) Apsara

2) Durga Agarwal

3) Mihir Sen

4) Arati Saha

Correct Answer: Mihir Sen

13. Which of these islands are located in the Arabian Sea?

1) Andaman Islands

2) Nicobar Islands

3) Lakshadweep Islands

4) All of the above

Correct Answer: Lakshadweep Islands

14. Which state does not share its border with Jharkhand?

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Orissa

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

15. Ashoka converted to which religion after the Kalinga war?

1) Jainism

2) Buddhism

3) Christianity

4) Judaism

Correct Answer: Buddhism

16. Gandhi Ji started the Non-Cooperation Movement in?

1) 1880

2) 1900

3) 1920

4) 1940

Correct Answer: 1920

17. Who discovered X-Ray?

1) Wilhelm Rontgen

2) William Lee

3) X Rollswick

4) I Thompson

Correct Answer: Wilhelm Rontgen

18. Find the power of a convex lens if the image formed is at a distance of 25 cm from the lens when the object is placed on the other side of the lens at 12 cm from the optical centre?

1) -4.33 diopters

2) 12.33 diopters

3) -12.33 diopters

4) 4.33 diopters

Correct Answer: 12.33 diopters

19. What is the unit of the physical quantity Entropy?

1) watt per kelvin

2) newton per kelvin

3) pascal per kelvin

4) joule per kelvin

Correct Answer: joule per kelvin

20. Which Article specifies the Fundamental Duties of every citizen?

1) Article 80

2) Article 343

3) Article 51A

4) Article 356

Correct Answer: Article 51A

21. Article 173 of the Indian Constitution "Qualification for membership of the State Legislature" deals with?

1) the directive principles of state policy

2) the State Government

3) the Union Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the State Government

22. Michael Schumacher is associated with which sport?

1) Football

2) Golf

3) Formula One racing

4) Swimming

Correct Answer: Formula One racing

23. Who is the author of "The Guest"?

1) Mohit Goyal

2) Mitali Meelan

3) Ashwini Parashar

4) Anand Neelakantan

Correct Answer: Mitali Meelan

24. If price of an article decreases from Rs P1 to Rs 190, when quantity demanded increases from 5000

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units to 5200 units, and if point elasticity of demand is -0.8 find P1?

1) Rs 220

2) Rs 240

3) Rs 200

4) Rs 250

Correct Answer: Rs 200

25. When a Cuttlefish is described as a Molluscs, it is at which level of classification?

1) Class

2) Order

3) Family

4) Phylum

Correct Answer: Phylum

SET-7

1. Group of Monuments at Hampi is in

1) Karnataka

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Karnataka

2. Which movie has not won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film?

1) Court

2) Taare Zameen Par

3) Baahubali: The Beginning

4) Ship of Theseus

Correct Answer: Taare Zameen Par

3. Bambusa dendrocalmus is the scientific name of _______.

1) Banyan

2) Papaya

3) Bamboo

4) Pomegranate

Correct Answer: Bamboo

4. Acinonyx Jubatus is the scientific name of

1) Bear

2) Horse

3) Cheetah

4) Zebra

Correct Answer: Cheetah

5. Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Zinc

1) Copper

2) Iron

3) Chromium

4) Bromine

Correct Answer: Bromine

6. Commonly used abbreviation SEO in computer science stands for?

1) System Engine Optimization

2) Search Engine Optimization

3) Structured Engine Optimization

4) Single Engine Optimization

Correct Answer: Search Engine Optimization

7. Chang Lo is a folk dance of _______.

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Punjab

3) Assam

4) Nagaland

Correct Answer: Nagaland

8. If one more cobbler is hired the output of a shoe making unit will increase from 50 pairs of shoes to 55 pairs per day, but then the shoe making unit will have to reduce the price of a pair of shoes from Rs 3200 to Rs 3000 per pair to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last cobbler is

1) Rs 1000

2) Rs 5000

3) Rs 4000

4) Rs 200

Correct Answer: Rs 5000

9. The Law of Demand is based on the concept that people _______.

1) buy more of a good as their income increases.

2) buy more of a good as the price of the good falls.

3) will spend all of their money on something.

4) want more of everything even if they have no money to buy anything.

Correct Answer: buy more of a good as the price of the good falls.

10. The ozone layer is mainly found in the lower portion of the _______.

1) stratosphere

2) troposphere

3) mesosphere

4) thermosphere

Correct Answer: stratosphere

11. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is in which state?

1) Rajasthan

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Arunachal Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

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12. How many Union Territories are there in India?

1) 6

2) 7

3) 8

4) 9

Correct Answer: 7

13. A hard coal containing little volatile matter is called ______.

1) Loess

2) Anthracite

3) Atoll

4) Lava

Correct Answer: Anthracite

14. Port of Spain is the Capital City of

1) Saudi Arabia

2) North Korea

3) Czech Republic

4) Trinidad and Tobago

Correct Answer: Trinidad and Tobago

15. Chanakya was the chief advisor of

1) Babur

2) Chandragupta Maurya

3) Akbar

4) Kautilya

Correct Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

16. Battle of Haldighati in 1576 was fought between Akbar and _______.

1) Sher Shah

2) Maharana Pratap

3) Hemu Vikramaditya

4) Nader Shah

Correct Answer: Maharana Pratap

17. Who invented JavaScript the programming language?

1) Brendan Eich

2) Willem Einthoven

3) George Eastman

4) Emil Erlenmeyer

Correct Answer: Brendan Eich

18. _______________of a material is defined as the minimum amount of the work necessary to remove a free electron from the surface of the material.

1) The electro-repulsive force

2) The coulomb factor

3) The power factor

4) The work function

Correct Answer: The work function

19. Human beings' hearing range is _______.

1) 50 to 50,000 Hz

2) 40 to 40,000 Hz

3) 30 to 30,000 Hz

4) 20 to 20,000 Hz

Correct Answer: 20 to 20,000 Hz

20. Which State has the highest Lok Sabha seats in India?

1) Maharashtra

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Uttar Pradesh

4) Bihar

Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh

21. The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Andhra Pradesh is _______.

1) 2

2) 13

3) 20

4) 25

Correct Answer: 25

22. Number of players in a Kabaddi team is

1) 3

2) 7

3) 5

4) 9

Correct Answer: 7

23. Who is the author of "India: From Midnight to the Millennium"?

1) Anuj Tiwari

2) Mitali Meelan

3) Shashi Tharoor

4) Jhumpa Lahiri

Correct Answer: Shashi Tharoor

24. Decane has how many hydrogen atoms?

1) 22

2) 33

3) 11

4) 44

Correct Answer: 22

25. The pale yellow colour of urine is due to the presence of which pigment?

1) Urochrome

2) Urophyll

3) Chlorophyll

4) Chloroplast

Correct Answer: Urochrome

SET-8

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1. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is in _________ .

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Assam

3) Bihar

4) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: Assam

2. Which Indian Cricketer has not received the Arjuna Award yet?

1) Virat Kohli

2) Rohit Sharma

3) MS Dhoni

4) R Ashwin

Correct Answer: MS Dhoni

3. Which drug is used as a Thyroid Hormone?

1) Metformin

2) Ketoconazole

3) Promethazine

4) Levothyroxine

Correct Answer: Levothyroxine

4. Which of the following constitute to form a gene?

1) Polynucleotides

2) Hydrocarbons

3) Lipoproteins

4) Lipids

Correct Answer: Polynucleotides

5. Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Iron?

1) Manganese

2) Cobalt

3) Calcium

4) Chromium

Correct Answer: Cobalt

6. A series of instructions written by a programmer according to a given set of rules or conventions is called______________.

1) Syntax

2) a Byte

3) a Set

4) Macro

Correct Answer: Syntax

7. Kuchipudi is a folk dance of _________.

1) Mizoram

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

8. If price of an article decreases from Rs P1 to Rs 240, when quantity demanded increases from 8000 units to 8400 units, and if point elasticity of demand is -1.25 find P1?

1) Rs 250

2) Rs 200

3) Rs 220

4) Rs 210

Correct Answer: Rs 250

9. An increase in price will _________.

1) increase consumer surplus

2) decrease consumer surplus

3) have no affect on consumer surplus

4) decrease producer surplus

Correct Answer: decrease consumer surplus

10. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

1) BF3

2) O2

3) CHClF2

4) Cl2

Correct Answer: CHClF2

11. Which of these is not an Indian Bank?

1) Axis Bank

2) HDFC Bank

3) ICICI Bank

4) HSBC Bank

Correct Answer: HSBC Bank

12. __________ are also called monsoon forests.

1) Tropical Rain Forest

2) Tropical Deciduous Forests

3) Mangrove Forests

4) Thorny Bushes

Correct Answer: Tropical Deciduous Forests

13.Patna is the Capital City of_________.

1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Bihar

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Bihar

14. Gandhi Irwin pact happened in which year?

1) 1905

2) 1931

3) 1947

4) 1942

Correct Answer: 1931

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15. In 1739, who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Karnal?

1) Nader Shah

2) Genghis Khan

3) Hemu Vikramaditya

4) Bajirao I

Correct Answer: Nader Shah

16. Who Invented LCD Projector?

1) Gene Dolgoff

2) Brendan Eich

3) Douglas Engelbart

4) Federico Faggin

Correct Answer: Gene Dolgoff

17. A cannon ball is fired. The motion of this ball is an example of ______.

1) Straight line motion

2) projectile motion

3) Hyperbolic motion

4) horizontal motion

Correct Answer: projectile motion

18. What is the unit of the physical quantity, Magnetic flux?

1) farad

2) weber

3) tesla

4) henry

Correct Answer: weber

19. The Panchayati Raj was first adopted by which of the following states?

1) Haryana

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Karnataka

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

20. According to our Constitution, India is

1) A Religious State

2) A Secular State

3) A Capitalist State

4) A Plutocratic State

Correct Answer: A Secular State

21. Which of these sports generally has the shortest match duration?

1) Kabaddi

2) Hockey

3) Football

4) Cricket

Correct Answer: Kabaddi

22. Who is the author of "The Inheritance of Loss"?

1) Sunjeev Sahota

2) Anne Enright

3) Shobha De

4) Kiran Desai

Correct Answer: Kiran Desai

23. Vertebrates belongs to the phylum

1) Arthropoda

2) Annelida

3) Cnidaria

4) Chordata

Correct Answer: Chordata

24. What is washing soda?

1) Aluminium bicarbonate

2) Sodium bicarbonate

3) Aluminium sulphate

4) Sodium carbonate

Correct Answer: Sodium carbonate

25. __________ is the movement of chemical in the upper layers of soil into lower layers or into groundwater by being dissolved in water.

1) infiltration

2) salinisation

3) eutrophication

4) leaching

Correct Answer: leaching

SET-9

1. The Red Fort (Delhi) was built by ______.

1) Babur

2) British

3) Shah Jahan

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Shah Jahan

2. Which drug is used as a Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug?

1) Risedronate

2) Diazepam

3) Folic Acid

4) Ibuprofen

Correct Answer: Ibuprofen

3. Punica granatum is the scientific name of

1) Custard Apple

2) Gulmohar

3) Silver Oak

4) Pomegranate

Correct Answer: Pomegranate

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4. Between a tiger and an monkey, which of the following is different?

1) Kingdom

2) phylum

3) order

4) class

Correct Answer: order

5. The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 1st group and the 4th period?

1) 21

2) 17

3) 19

4) 9

Correct Answer: 19

6. Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Iodine

1) Silver

2) Bromine

3) Platinum

4) Zinc

Correct Answer: Platinum

7. Konkani is the official language of

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) West Bengal

4) Goa

Correct Answer: Goa

8. In 2015, the nominal rate of interest in a country was 5.5% and the inflation rate then was 2.5%. So real rate of interest in 2015 was

1) 8 percent

2) 2.2 percent

3) 3 percent

4) 13.75 percent

Correct Answer: 3 percent

9. For each perfectly competitive firm in the long run

1) price = marginal costs = average variable costs

2) price = average profit

3) price = marginal costs = minimum average total costs

4) price = minimum average variable costs

Correct Answer: price = marginal costs = minimum average total costs

10. Ilmenite is an ore/mineral of _________.

1) Titanium

2) Copper

3) Lead

4) Manganese

Correct Answer: Titanium

11. Which dam is built on the Bhagirathi River?

1) Sardar Sarovar

2) Srisailam

3) Koyna

4) Tehri

Correct Answer: Tehri

12. Which of these is India's National Anthem?

1) Ae Mere Pyare Watan

2) Maa Tujhe Salaam

3) Aisa Desh Hai Mera

4) Jana Gana Mana

Correct Answer: Jana Gana Mana

13. Itanagar is the Capital City of _________.

1) Uttarakhand

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Tripura

4) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

14. Panaji is the Capital City of _________.

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Goa

3) Gujarat

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Goa

15. Gandhi ji studied Law in _________.

1) India

2) United Kingdom

3) South Africa

4) Bhutan

Correct Answer: United Kingdom

16. Whom did Akbar defeat in the 2nd battle of Panipat in 1556?

1) Genghis Khan

2) Nader Shah

3) Hemu Vikramaditya

4) Bajirao I

Correct Answer: Hemu Vikramaditya

17. The artificial heart was invented by

1) Muhammad Yunus

2) Linus Yale, Jr.

3) Gazi Yasargil

4) Paul Winchell

Correct Answer: Paul Winchell

18. What does the slope of a velocity time graph represent?

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1) Acceleration

2) Distance

3) Speed

4) Momentum

Correct Answer: Acceleration

19. What is the unit of the physical quantity "Jerk"?

1) meter second

2) meter per second cube

3) meter per second square

4) meter per second

Correct Answer: meter per second cube

20. Which of the following is not considered a Democracy?

1) USA

2) Norway

3) India

4) China

Correct Answer: China

21. Speaker of the Lok Sabha serves for a maximum term of _______ years.

1) 3

2) 4

3) 5

4) 7

Correct Answer: 5

22. Which Cricketer has scored highest number of runs in T20 Internationals?

1) David Warner

2) Virat Kohli

3) Brendon McCullum

4) Chris Gayle

Correct Answer: Brendon McCullum

23. Who is the author of "The English Teacher"?

1) Aparna Sinha

2) Bapsi Sidhwa

3) R. K. Narayan

4) Indu Sundaresan

Correct Answer: R. K. Narayan

24. Highest Civilian Honour received by Sania Mirza is _________.

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

25. __________ is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance.

1) Uniform Resource Locator

2) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

3) Wide Area Network

4) JavaScript

Correct Answer: Wide Area Network

SET-10 1. If price of an article decreases from Rs 100 to Rs 80, when quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 4600 units, and if point elasticity of demand is 0.75 find Q1?

Options:

1) 5000 units

2) 4000 units

3) 3000 units

4) 2000 units

Correct Answer: 4000 units

2. The oldest rockcut architecture is found in ________________.

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Bihar

3) Karnataka

4) Mizoram

Correct Answer: Bihar

QID : 28 Which drug is used as an AntiBiotic?

Options:

1) Metformin

2) Ranitidine

3) Azithromycin

4) Ibuprofen

Correct Answer: Azithromycin

QID : 29 Tamarindus indica is the scientific name of ________.

Options:

1) Neem

2) Pineapple

3) Tamarind

4) Chiku

Correct Answer: Tamarind

QID : 30 In eukaryotic cells synthesis of RNA takes place in the _______________.

Options:

1) mitochondria

2) centrioles

3) ribosomes

4) nucleus

Correct Answer: nucleus

QID : 31 The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 2nd group and the 4th period?

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Options:

1) 20

2) 22

3) 18

4) 10

Correct Answer: 20

QID : 32 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Zinc

2) Titanium

3) Sulphur

4) Fluorine

Correct Answer: Fluorine

QID : 33 In Computers, what does ALU stand for?

Options:

1) Advanced Logic Unit

2) Accelerated Logic Unit

3) Arithmetic Logic Unit

4) Asymmetric Logic Unit

Correct Answer: Arithmetic Logic Unit

QID : 34 In which Indian Religion, there are 24 Tirthankaras?

Options:

1) Jainism

2) Buddhism

3) Hinduism

4) Sikhism

Correct Answer: Jainism

QID : 35 Inflation exists when

Options:

1) there is general increase in the prices over time.

2) there are periodic decreases in the price level.

3) there are continuous increases in the output level over time.

4) there is rise in the purchasing value of money.

Correct Answer: there is general increase in the prices over time.

QID : 36 Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) BBr3

2) NH3

3) CH2N2

4) CCl2F2

Correct Answer: CCl2F2

QID : 37 _______________ is caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus.

Options:

1) Dysentery

2) Malaria

3) Chickenpox

4) Herpes

Correct Answer: Malaria

QID : 38 Which of these is not an Indian Food?

Options:

1) Tiramisu

2) Imarti

3) Phirni

4) Payasam

Correct Answer: Tiramisu

QID : 39 Which of these rivers do not flow through Punjab?

Options:

1) Sutlej

2) Ravi

3) Jhelum

4) Ganga

Correct Answer: Ganga

QID : 40 The Tropic of ____________ passes almost halfway through India.

Options:

1) Capricorn

2) Cancer

3) Equator

4) Prime Meridian

Correct Answer: Cancer

QID : 41 Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Akbar

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Babur

QID : 42 The Peacock Throne was a famous jewelled throne that was the seat of the ________ emperors of India.

Options:

1) Maurya

2) Gupta

3) Mughal

4) Maratha

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 43 Who invented Aerosol can?

Options:

1) Erik Rotheim

2) Erik Mathew

3) Erik Tim

4) Eric Flayer

Correct Answer: Erik Rotheim

QID : 44 A transformer can do all of the following except

Options:

1) stepup a/c voltage

2) stepup a/c current

3) stepup a/c power

4) stepdown a/c voltage

Correct Answer: stepup a/c power

QID : 45 What is the unit of the physical quantity "Magnetic field strength"?

Options:

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1) joule per meter

2) newton per meter

3) kelvin per meter

4) ampere per meter

Correct Answer: ampere per meter

QID : 46 Which of these countries is not a permanent member of United Nations Security Council?

Options:

1) China

2) India

3) United States

4) France

Correct Answer: India

QID : 47 Right to education in our country is a _________right.

Options:

1) Political

2) Fundamental

3) Social

4) Legal

Correct Answer: Fundamental

QID : 48 Indian Super League is associated with which sport?

Options:

1) Horse Race

2) Football

3) Cycling

4) Golf

Correct Answer: Football

QID : 49 Who is the author of "The Hungry Tide"?

Options:

1) Amitav Ghosh

2) Mitali Meelan

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Sudha Murty

Correct Answer: Amitav Ghosh

QID : 50 For the movie "Taare Zameen Par", Aamir Khan won the Filmfare Award for

Options:

1) Best Director

2) Best Debut Director

3) Best Art Direction

4) Best Screenplay

Correct Answer: Best Director

SET-11 QID : 226 - Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi is in _________.

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 227 - Which of these Bollywood actresses has not won the National Film Award?

Options:

1) Raveena Tandon

2) Vidya Balan

3) Smita Patil

4) Madhuri Dixit

Correct Answer: Madhuri Dixit

QID : 228 - Which drug is used as an Anti-Histamine?

Options:

1) Fexofenadine

2) Ranitidine

3) Promethazine

4) Ibuprofen

Correct Answer: Promethazine

QID : 229 - Carotene in fruits and vegetables gives it which color?

Options:

1) Green

2) Pink

3) Orange

4) Blue

Correct Answer: Orange

QID : 230 - Equus Caballus is the scientific name of _________.

Options:

1) Horse

2) Zebra

3) Donkey

4) Buffalo

Correct Answer: Horse

QID : 231 - Analgesics ________.

Options:

1) relieve acidity

2) relieve pain

3) relieve itching

4) relieve bloating

Correct Answer: relieve pain

QID : 232 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Calcium?

Options:

1) Chlorine

2) Argon

3) Sulphur

4) Scandium

Correct Answer: Scandium

QID : 233 - Garba is a folk dance of _________.

Options:

1) Mizoram

2) Puducherry

3) Gujarat

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Gujarat

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QID : 234 - A ceramic pottery unit hires 8 craftsmen by paying each of them Rs 900 per day. The 9th craftsman demands Rs 950 per day. If this craftsman is hired then all other craftsmen must be paid Rs 950. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 9th craftsman is _________.

Options:

1) Rs 1530

2) Rs 1050

3) Rs 50

4) Rs 1350

Correct Answer: Rs 1350

QID : 235 - In a period when an economy is facing price rise, and along with that there is slowing down of economy activities, this is case of _________.

Options:

1) Deflation

2) Stagflation

3) Recession

4) Depression

Correct Answer: Stagflation

QID : 236 - Human Beings belong to which category of the ecosystem?

Options:

1) Omnivores

2) Carnivores

3) Herbivores

4) Zooplankton

Correct Answer: Omnivores

QID : 237 - Which Indian State has the highest GDP?

Options:

1) Gujarat

2) Maharashtra

3) Karnataka

4) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 238 - What is the capital of Uttarakhand?

Options:

1) Almora

2) Pithoragarh

3) Chamoli

4) Dehradun

Correct Answer: Dehradun

QID : 239 - The outermost layer of Earth is called _______.

Options:

1) Sphere

2) Crust

3) Mantle

4) Core

Correct Answer: Crust

QID : 240 - Which Buddhist Council was held soon after the death of Gautam Buddha?

Options:

1) Fourth

2) Third

3) Second

4) First

Correct Answer: First

QID : 241 - The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Akbar

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Akbar

QID : 242 - Revolving Door was invented by ________.

Options:

1) Lucien Vidi

2) John Venn

3) Theophilus Van Kannel

4) Lewis Urry

Correct Answer: Theophilus Van Kannel

QID : 243 - Instrument for measuring work performed is called _________.

Options:

1) Eudiometer

2) Anemometer

3) Hyetometer

4) Ergometer

Correct Answer: Ergometer

QID : 244 - What is the unit of the physical quantity "Stress"?

Options:

1) newton second

2) steradian

3) pascal

4) joule

Correct Answer: pascal

QID : 245 - Panchayati Raj system has an Intermediate tier known as _________.

Options:

1) Gram Panchayat

2) Zila Parishad

3) Sarpanch Panchayat

4) Panchayat Samiti

Correct Answer: Panchayat Samiti

QID : 246 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Goa is _________.

Options:

1) 2

2) 13

3) 20

4) 25

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 247 - Andy Murray is associated with which Sport?

Options:

1) Lawn Tennis

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2) Basketball

3) Formula One

4) WWE

Correct Answer: Lawn Tennis

QID : 248 - Who is the author of "Chanakya's Chant"?

Options:

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

3) Ruskin Bond

4) Ashwin Sanghi

Correct Answer: Ashwin Sanghi

QID : 249 - Which of the following is not considered as a part of the Abiotic Environment?

Options:

1) Plants

2) Air

3) Water

4) Soil

Correct Answer: Plants

QID : 250 - Which company developed 'Swift' Programming Language?

Options:

1) Google

2) Microsoft

3) Facebook

4) Apple

Correct Answer: Apple

SET-12 QID : 26 - Group of 4 bits forms a

Options:

1) Byte

2) Nibble

3) Gigabyte

4) Terabyte

Correct Answer: Nibble

QID : 27 - Barograph was invented by

Options:

1) Lucien Vidi

2) John Venn

3) Theophilus Van Kannel

4) Lewis Urry

Correct Answer: Lucien Vidi

QID : 28 - Diabetes is caused by

Options:

1) Excess of insulin

2) Low production of Insulin

3) Malfunction of liver

4) Higher production of bilirubin

Correct Answer: Low production of Insulin

QID : 29 - Tectona grandis Linn is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Guava

2) Teak

3) Amla

4) Chiku

Correct Answer: Teak

QID : 30 - Sea-Anemones belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Arthropoda

2) Cnidaria

3) Porifera

4) Mollusca

Correct Answer: Cnidaria

QID : 31 - Which among the following is present inside the nucleus of an atom?

Options:

1) Protons and Neutrons

2) Electrons and Protons

3) Neutrons and Electrons

4) Neutrons, Protons, Electrons

Correct Answer: Protons and Neutrons

QID : 32 - What is baking soda?

Options:

1) Aluminium bicarbonate

2) Sodium isolate

3) Sodium bicarbonate

4) Aluminium sulphate

Correct Answer: Sodium bicarbonate

QID : 33 - Elephanta Caves is in

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Orissa

3) Rajasthan

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 34 - Which of the following is a classical dance from North India?

Options:

1) Bharatanatyam

2) Kuchipudi

3) Kathak

4) Kathakali

Correct Answer: Kathak

QID : 35 - If demand curve for camping tents is D = 100000 - 17P and supply curve is S = 50000 + 8P, find the equilibrium Price?

Options:

1) Rs. 1000

2) Rs. 2000

3) Rs. 4000

4) Rs. 500

Correct Answer: Rs. 2000

QID : 36 - Value of Total Goods and Services produced in a country is its _____________ .

Options:

1) Gross Domestic Product

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2) Gross Revenue Income

3) Total Goods Revenue

4) Total Income

Correct Answer: Gross Domestic Product

QID : 37 - Dissolved oxygen in rivers is close to _________ parts per million.

Options:

1) 125

2) 25

3) 5

4) 0

Correct Answer: 5

QID : 38 - Which of the following is also known as a Common Water Hyacinth?

Options:

1) Pistia

2) Opuntia

3) Aegilops

4) Echhornia

Correct Answer: Echhornia

QID : 39 - Rukmini Devi Arundale is associated with _______.

Options:

1) Kathak

2) Bharatnatyam

3) Kuchipudi

4) Bhangra

Correct Answer: Bharatnatyam

QID : 40 - Which state does not share a common border with Haryana?

Options:

1) Uttar Pradesh

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 41 - Which planet is also referred to as a "Dwarf planet"?

Options:

1) Pluto

2) Mercury

3) Jupiter

4) Saturn

Correct Answer: Pluto

QID : 42 - Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, founded in 1828?

Options:

1) Rabindranath Tagore

2) Subhash Chandra Bose

3) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

QID : 43 - Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of ___________.

Options:

1) Ruqayya Sultan Begum

2) Jodha Bai

3) Mumtaz Mahal

4) Nur Jahan

Correct Answer: Mumtaz Mahal

QID : 44 - Which actor won the best actor award in the 1st Filmfare Awards?

Options:

1) Dev Anand

2) Rajesh Khanna

3) Dilip Kumar

4) Amitabh Bachchan

Correct Answer: Dilip Kumar

QID : 45 - Which of the following physical quantities is a scalar quantity?

Options:

1) Weight

2) Impulse

3) Young's Modulus

4) acceleration

Correct Answer: Young's Modulus

QID : 46 - Which among the following elements is a liquid at room temperature?

Options:

1) Phosphorus

2) Mercury

3) Sodium

4) Aluminium

Correct Answer: Mercury

QID : 47 - How many maximum terms, a person can serve as Prime Minister of India?

Options:

1) 3

2) 5

3) 7

4) No limit

Correct Answer: No limit

QID : 48 - If the president declares emergency then this proclamation must be approved by the Parliament within _____.

Options:

1) 1 year

2) 6 months

3) 3 months

4) one month

Correct Answer: one month

QID : 49 - Deepika Kumari is associated with _______.

Options:

1) Archery

2) Wrestling

3) Boxing

4) Swimming

Correct Answer: Archery

QID : 50 - The Arthashastra was written by

Options:

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1) Chanakya

2) Kalidasa

3) Harsha Vardhana

4) Vatsyayana

Correct Answer: Chanakya

SET-13 QID : 126 The first programming language was

Options:

1) Perl

2) FORTRAN

3) Visual Basic

4) C

Correct Answer: FORTRAN

QID : 127 Barometer was invented by

Options:

1) Evangelista Torricelli

2) Charles Xavier Thomas

3) Edward Teller

4) Gustav Tauschek

Correct Answer: Evangelista Torricelli

QID : 128 Which is the largest organ in human beings?

Options:

1) Skin

2) Large Intestine

3) Small Intestine

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Skin

QID : 129 Delonix regia Rafin is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Banyan

2) Gulmohar

3) Tamarind

4) Chiku

Correct Answer: Gulmohar

QID : 130 Amoeba belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Protozoa

2) Annelida

3) Porifera

4) Platyhelminthes

Correct Answer: Protozoa

QID : 131 Which among the following is white phosphorus?

Options:

1) P1

2) P6

3) P4

4) P5

Correct Answer: P4

QID : 132 Alkali metals can

Options:

1) be highly unstable at room temperature

2) vaporize at room temperature

3) easily gain electrons

4) easily lose electrons

Correct Answer: easily lose electrons

QID : 133 Khangchendzonga National Park is in

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Orissa

3) Rajasthan

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Sikkim

QID : 134 The Karma dance belongs to which state?

Options:

1) West Bengal

2) Sikkim

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 135 If price of an article decreases from P1 to Rs 25, quantity demanded increases from 900 units to 1200 units. If point elasticity of demand is 2 find P1?

Options:

1) Rs. 20

2) Rs. 30

3) Rs. 35

4) Rs. 15

Correct Answer: Rs. 30

QID : 136 Which among the following is a characteristic of Laissezfaire system?

Options:

1) No government intervention

2) Market forces are highly regulated

3) It is a socialist system

4) Maximum government intervention

Correct Answer: No government intervention

QID : 137 Sulphur Dioxide pollution is indicated by an excessive growth of which of the following?

Options:

1) Algal Blooms

2) Lichens

3) Bryophytes

4) Protozoa

Correct Answer: Lichens

QID : 138 Evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for about_________________.

Options:

1) 3.5 million years

2) 35 billion years

3) 35 million years

4) 3.5 billion years

Correct Answer: 3.5 billion years

QID : 139 Hollywood is located in ______.

Options:

1) New Jersey

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2) Florida

3) London

4) California

Correct Answer: California

QID : 140 Which is the longest national highway in India?

Options:

1) NH4

2) NH44

3) NH10

4) NH5

Correct Answer: NH44

QID : 141 Which among the following is not a dwarf planet?

Options:

1) Mars

2) Makemake

3) Pluto

4) Eris

Correct Answer: Mars

QID : 142 Battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1526 between Babur and _________.

Options:

1) Rana Sanga

2) Muhammad Bin Tughlak

3) Hemu

4) Ibrahim Lodi

Correct Answer: Ibrahim Lodi

QID : 143 When was Indian Navy Act passed?

Options:

1) 1927

2) 1937

3) 1947

4) 1957

Correct Answer: 1927

QID : 144 Pulitzer Prize was established in _______.

Options:

1) 1762

2) 1883

3) 1917

4) 1965

Correct Answer: 1917

QID : 145 An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion until and unless it is acted upon by an external force. This is Newton's

Options:

1) First law

2) Second law

3) Third law

4) Fourth law

Correct Answer: First law

QID : 146 What will happen if an object is dropped from a height and there is no air resistance?

Options:

1) It will fall with a constant speed and acceleration

2) Its acceleration will increase

3) Both speed and acceleration will increase

4) Its speed will increase

Correct Answer: Its speed will increase

QID : 147 What is the retirement age of the Prime Minister of India?

Options:

1) 60 years

2) 70 years

3) 80 years

4) No limit

Correct Answer: No limit

QID : 148 In case State emergency is declared, it needs Parliamentary approval after every _____.

Options:

1) 6 months

2) 1 year

3) 2 years

4) 3 years

Correct Answer: 6 months

QID : 149 Ajeet Bajaj is associated with which Sport?

Options:

1) Badminton

2) Adventure Sports

3) Cricket

4) Hockey

Correct Answer: Adventure Sports

QID : 150 Who is the author of 'Million Mutinies Now'?

Options:

1) Aurobindo Ghosh

2) K P S Gill

3) Nirad Chaudhuri

4) V S Naipaul

Correct Answer: V S Naipaul

SET-14 QID : 26 - ____________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution.

Options:

1) Nalanda

2) Rani ki vav

3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan

4) Fatehpur Sikri

Correct Answer: Nalanda

QID : 27 - Which of these Indians has not won a Nobel Award?

Options:

1) Rabindranath Tagore

2) C. V. Raman

3) Satyajit Ray

4) Amartya Sen

Correct Answer: Satyajit Ray

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QID : 28 - Elapidae Naja is the scientific name of _______.

Options:

1) Cobra

2) Elephant

3) Eagle

4) Owl

Correct Answer: Cobra

QID : 29 - What is the chemical formula of aluminium nitride?

Options:

1) AlN

2) Al2N

3) AlN2

4) AlN2

Correct Answer: AlN

QID : 30 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Chlorine

Options:

1) Potassium

2) Sulphur

3) Aluminium

4) Phosphorus

Correct Answer: Potassium

QID : 31 - Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Internet Service Provider

2) Intranet Service Provider

3) Internet Systems Provider

4) Intranet Systems Provider

Correct Answer: Internet Service Provider

QID : 32 - Ghoomar is a folk dance of _______.

Options:

1) Mizoram

2) Puducherry

3) Gujarat

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

QID : 33 - If one more baker is hired the output of a bakery will increase from 1250 breads to 1400 breads per day, but then the bakery will have to reduce the price of the bread from Rs 15 to Rs 14 per unit to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last baker is _______.

Options:

1) Rs 850

2) Rs 150

3) Rs 1960

4) Rs 1875

Correct Answer: Rs 850

QID : 34 - If a perfectly competitive firm can increase its profits by increasing its output, then that firm's product's _____.

Options:

1) price exceeds its marginal costs

2) price exceeds its average total costs

3) average variable costs exceed its average total costs

4) fixed costs are zero

Correct Answer: price exceeds its marginal costs

QID : 35 - Uraninite is an ore/mineral of _______.

Options:

1) Zinc

2) Uranium

3) Titanium

4) Aluminium

Correct Answer: Uranium

QID : 36 - Name India's oldest credit information bureau.

Options:

1) RBI

2) CIBIL

3) NABARD

4) UTI

Correct Answer: CIBIL

QID : 37 - A volcano that is not expected to erupt again is called

Options:

1) Cinder cone

2) Moraine

3) Lava

4) Extinct volcano

Correct Answer: Extinct volcano

QID : 38 - Paris is the Capital City of _______.

Options:

1) France

2) Norway

3) Canada

4) Greece

Correct Answer: France

QID : 39 - Chandragupta Maurya was born in Pataliputra, which is now in _______.

Options:

1) Chattisgarh

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Uttar Pradesh

4) Bihar

Correct Answer: Bihar

QID : 40 - Battle of Kanauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and _______.

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Akbar

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Humayun

QID : 41 - Magic Marker was invented by _______.

Options:

1) Adolphe Sax

2) Albert Bruce Sabin

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3) Sidney Rosenthal

4) Hyman George Rickover

Correct Answer: Sidney Rosenthal

QID : 42 - Upward force on a floating body is called _______.

Options:

1) jerk

2) buoyancy

3) Archimedal force

4) Anti-gravity

Correct Answer: buoyancy

QID : 43 - Women have shrill voice because of _______.

Options:

1) Low frequency

2) High frequency

3) Shrill vocals

4) Strong epiglottis

Correct Answer: High frequency

QID : 44 - Who was the first female Governor of India?

Options:

1) Kamala Nehru

2) Madam Bikaji Kama

3) Sarojini Naidu

4) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu

QID : 45 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Kerala is _______.

Options:

1) 2

2) 13

3) 20

4) 25

Correct Answer: 20

QID : 46 - In which Sport in Olympics, India has won maximum Gold Medals?

Options:

1) Shooting

2) Wrestling

3) Hockey

4) Athletics

Correct Answer: Hockey

QID : 47 - The upper part of the heterosphere is composed almost completely of which gas?

Options:

1) Ozone

2) Nitrogen

3) Oxygen

4) Hydrogen

Correct Answer: Hydrogen

QID : 48 - Who is the author of "My Father is a Hero"?

Options:

1) Novoneel Chakraborty

2) Neelima Dalmia Adhar

3) Nishant Kaushik

4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Correct Answer: Nishant Kaushik

QID : 49 - Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iron?

Options:

1) Beriberi

2) Tetany

3) Kwashiorkor

4) Anaemia

Correct Answer: Anaemia

QID : 50 - __________________ is a leaf where the leaflets are arranged along the middle vein.

Options:

1) Pinnately compound leaf

2) Palmately compound leaf

3) Compound leaf

4) Simple leaf

Correct Answer: Pinnately compound leaf

SET-15 QID : 126 Which programming language is developed by James A Gosling?

Options:

1) ASP.Net

2) Java

3) PHP

4) C#

Correct Answer: Java

QID : 127 Kaleidoscope was invented by ________.

Options:

1) John Barber

2) Tim BernersLee

3) Alan Blumlein

4) David Brewster

Correct Answer: David Brewster

QID : 128 The nitrogenous waste of Human Beings is

Options:

1) Ammonia

2) Urea

3) Ammonium Nitrate

4) Uric Acid

Correct Answer: Urea

QID : 129 Haustoria or sucking roots are found in which of the following?

Options:

1) Wheat

2) Mango

3) Chestnut

4) Cuscuta

Correct Answer: Cuscuta

QID : 130 Equs Asinus is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Donkey

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2) Cow

3) Deer

4) Kangaroo

Correct Answer: Donkey

QID : 131 _______ is an anaesthetic agent.

Options:

1) Acetylene

2) Glycol

3) Diethylether

4) Ethylene

Correct Answer: Diethylether

QID : 132 ______ is used for making chemical apparatus like beakers, flasks etc.

Options:

1) Potash glass

2) Hard glass

3) Soda glass

4) Jena glass

Correct Answer: Hard glass

QID : 133 Rashtrapati Bhavan was built in _________.

Options:

1) 1852

2) 1910

3) 1947

4) 1986

Correct Answer: 1910

QID : 134 Santhara is a religious ritual of ______ community.

Options:

1) Sikhs

2) Jews

3) Jain

4) Buddhists

Correct Answer: Jain

QID : 135 If for a perfectly competitive firm, price is Rs. 60, output is 300 units, average variable costs are Rs. 18, and average total costs are Rs. 36. The firm's profits are equal to

Options:

1) Rs. 5400

2) Rs. 3600

3) Rs. 7200

4) Rs. 1800

Correct Answer: Rs. 7200

QID : 136 Which of the following will cause an increase in demand for a good?

Options:

1) an increase in income if the good is an inferior goods

2) a decrease in the price of the goods

3) a decrease in income if the good is a normal goods

4) an increase in the price of its substitute goods

Correct Answer: an increase in the price of its substitute goods

QID : 137 The ionosphere overlaps which two layers of the atmosphere?

Options:

1) Troposphere and Mesosphere

2) Mesosphere and Stratosphere

3) Ionosphere and Homosphere

4) Exosphere and Thermosphere

Correct Answer: Exosphere and Thermosphere

QID : 138 Carcinogenic chemicals cause

Options:

1) Heart diseases

2) Diabetes

3) Cancer

4) Asthma

Correct Answer: Cancer

QID : 139 First country to appoint Lokpal or equivalent to a Lokpal is ________.

Options:

1) Brazil

2) Burma

3) Sweden

4) India

Correct Answer: Sweden

QID : 140 Which are the oldest mountains in India?

Options:

1) Western Ghats

2) Satpura Range

3) Aravallis

4) Eastern Ghats

Correct Answer: Aravallis

QID : 141 Which country is the largest producer of Rice?

Options:

1) Brazil

2) China

3) United States

4) India

Correct Answer: China

QID : 142 Who built Jama Masjid?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Shah Jahan

3) Rao Jodhaji

4) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: Shah Jahan

QID : 143 Battle of Haldighati was fought in the year ________.

Options:

1) 1764

2) 1526

3) 1576

4) 1857

Correct Answer: 1576

QID : 144 First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna.

Options:

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1) Indira Gandhi

2) Vijay Laxmi Pandit

3) Mother Teresa

4) Leela Seth

Correct Answer: Indira Gandhi

QID : 145 When ice floats on water, its _____ part remains outside the water.

Options:

1) 0.5

2) 0.3

3) 0.1

4) 1

Correct Answer: 0.1

QID : 146 Instrument for measuring low temperatures is called

Options:

1) Diagometer

2) Cryometer

3) Chromatoptometer

4) Cymometer

Correct Answer: Cryometer

QID : 147 In Lok Sabha the total number of members from states is

Options:

1) 630

2) 530

3) 430

4) 330

Correct Answer: 530

QID : 148 At the time of emergency in 1975, who was serving as the President of India?

Options:

1) Morarji Desai

2) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

3) V P Singh

4) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

QID : 149 Kevin Durant plays which International Sport?

Options:

1) Golf

2) Baseball

3) Basketball

4) Boxing

Correct Answer: Basketball

QID : 150 Who is the author of the book "My Experiments with Truth"?

Options:

1) Aristotle

2) Winston Churchill

3) Jarnes Morris

4) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

SET-16

QID : 226 - Which drug is used as an Anti-Anxiety drug?

Options:

1) Warfarin

2) Diazepam

3) Latanoprost

4) Hydralazine

Correct Answer: Diazepam

QID : 227 - Ficus benghalensis is the scientific name of _______.

Options:

1) Banyan

2) Pineapple

3) Babul

4) Tulsi

Correct Answer: Banyan

QID : 228 - Equus burchellii is the scientific name of _______.

Options:

1) Horse

2) Zebra

3) Buffalo

4) Ass

Correct Answer: Zebra

QID : 229 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Copper?

Options:

1) Iron

2) Chromium

3) Zinc

4) Manganese

Correct Answer: Zinc

QID : 230 - Vacuum Tubes were used by _________ Generation of Computers.

Options:

1) First

2) Second

3) Third

4) Fourth

Correct Answer: First

QID : 231 - Ghumura is a folk dance of _______.

Options:

1) Odisha

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Odisha

QID : 232 - 7 workers work in a printing press. Each gets paid Rs 450 per day. The 8th worker demands Rs 500 per day. If this worker is hired then all other workers must be paid Rs 500. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 8th worker is _______.

Options:

1) Rs 50

2) Rs 850

3) Rs 400

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4) Rs 100

Correct Answer: Rs 850

QID : 233 - An increase of 1% per annum in the rate of growth of the money supply will increase inflation in the long run by _______.

Options:

1) Zero percent

2) One percent

3) 0.5 percent

4) More than one percent

Correct Answer: One percent

QID : 234 - Which of the following is false with reference to a photo-voltaic cell?

Options:

1) It is another name as solar cell

2) It can be used as infra-red detectors

3) It can store light energy in the form of electrical energy

4) It converts electric energy into light energy

Correct Answer: It converts electric energy into light energy

QID : 235 - Methane an air pollutant is produced ______.

Options:

1) by action of ultraviolet light on nitrogenous compounds.

2) as a by-product of manufacturing ammoniacal fertilizers

3) by burning of coal in insufficient air

4) by digestion of food by animals

Correct Answer: by digestion of food by animals

QID : 236 - In the National Flag of India, Ashoka Chakra is a ________ spoked wheel.

Options:

1) 8

2) 12

3) 16

4) 24

Correct Answer: 24

QID : 237 - The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occur on _____.

Options:

1) 20th May

2) 21st June

3) 20th July

4) 21st August

Correct Answer: 21st June

QID : 238 - Chandragupta Maurya was an ardent follower of __________.

Options:

1) Sikhism

2) Jainism

3) Buddhism

4) Jewism

Correct Answer: Jainism

QID : 239 - The First Battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between the the Lodi Empire and _______.

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Akbar

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Babur

QID : 240 - Who Invented Ceiling fan?

Options:

1) Lloyd Groff Copeman

2) Bartolomeo Cristofori

3) Leonardo da Vinci

4) Philip Diehl

Correct Answer: Philip Diehl

QID : 241 - Rate of work done is _______.

Options:

1) Energy

2) Power

3) Momentum

4) Impulse

Correct Answer: Power

QID : 242 - What is the unit of the physical quantity "Young's modulus"?

Options:

1) newton

2) erg

3) joule

4) pascal

Correct Answer: pascal

QID : 243 - Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana was announced under the leadership of _______.

Options:

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Indira Gandhi

3) Narendra Modi

4) Manmohan Singh

Correct Answer: Narendra Modi

QID : 244 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Punjab is _______.

Options:

1) 2

2) 13

3) 20

4) 25

Correct Answer: 13

QID : 245 - Who has the record of highest number of Gold Medals in the history of Olympics?

Options:

1) Usain Bolt

2) Michael Phelps

3) Larisa Latynina

4) Ian Thorpe

Correct Answer: Michael Phelps

QID : 246 - Who is the author of "Gently Falls: The Bakula"?

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Options:

1) Amitav Ghosh

2) Mitali Meelan

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Sudha Murty

Correct Answer: Sudha Murty

QID : 247 - Which fort is also known as the Golden Fort?

Options:

1) Chittorgarh

2) Kumbhalgarh

3) Ranthambore

4) Jaisalmer

Correct Answer: Jaisalmer

QID : 248 - Highest Civilian Honour received by Shabana Azmi is _______.

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

QID : 249 - Which of the following is false?

Options:

1) Hydrogen atom is roughly a third of the mass of tritium

2) Deuterium is called heavy hydrogen

3) Deuterium atom has 1 neutron

4) Protium is the rarest isotope of hydrogen

Correct Answer: Protium is the rarest isotope of hydrogen

QID : 250 - Which Indian lake is renowned as the Lagoon lake of India?

Options:

1) Kanjia Lake

2) Agra Lake

3) Mansar Lake

4) Chilika lake

Correct Answer: Chilika lake

SET-17 QID : 26 - Web pages are created by using which of the following?

Options:

1) HTTP

2) SMTP

3) HTML

4) SGML

Correct Answer: HTML

QID : 27 - Seismometer was invented by

Options:

1) Alexander Parkes

2) Luigi Palmieri

3) Alexey Pajitnov

4) Ransom Eli Olds

Correct Answer: Luigi Palmieri

QID : 28 - Deficiency of which of the following causes non-clotting of blood?

Options:

1) Vitamin C

2) Vitamin K

3) Vitamin E

4) Vitamin B12

Correct Answer: Vitamin K

QID : 29 - The process of producing energy in plants is known as

Options:

1) Absorption

2) Reduction

3) Photosynthesis

4) Transpiration

Correct Answer: Photosynthesis

QID : 30 - Which Virus causes Chicken Pox?

Options:

1) Rubella Virus

2) Herpes Zoster Virus

3) Rabies

4) Variola Virus

Correct Answer: Herpes Zoster Virus

QID : 31 - Which among the following is an endothermic reaction?

Options:

1) Respiration

2) Combustion

3) Sweating

4) Burning of natural gas

Correct Answer: Sweating

QID : 32 - Name the catalyst used in the conversion of milk into curd.

Options:

1) Pepsin

2) Invertase

3) Lactase

4) Diastase

Correct Answer: Lactase

QID : 33 - Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by

Options:

1) Humayun

2) Azam Shah

3) Babur

4) Aurangzeb

Correct Answer: Azam Shah

QID : 34 - In which state of India 'Bodo language' is primarily spoken ?

Options:

1) Assam

2) Karnataka

3) Rajasthan

4) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: Assam

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QID : 35 - A company faces a -2.5 price elasticity of demand for its product. It is presently selling 10,000 units/month. If it wants to increase quantity sold by 6%, it must lower its price by

Options:

1) 3.50%

2) 15%

3) 2.50%

4) 2.40%

Correct Answer: 2.40%

QID : 36 - Lowering of value of currency relative to a foreign reference currency is called _________.

Options:

1) Devaluation

2) Revaluation

3) Down valuation

4) Negative valuation

Correct Answer: Devaluation

QID : 37 - What does BOD5 refer to?

Options:

1) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 days

2) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 hours

3) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 minutes

4) Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 Months

Correct Answer: Biochemical Oxygen Demand in 5 days

QID : 38 - Kanha National Park saving the rare and almost extinct species of the Swamp Deer, also known as

Options:

1) Barasingha

2) Black Buck

3) Chinkara

4) Nilgai

Correct Answer: Barasingha

QID : 39 - Which is the highest grossing movie of all time?

Options:

1) Avatar

2) Star Wars

3) Jurassic Park

4) Deadpool

Correct Answer: Avatar

QID : 40 - Which state in India has the largest cover area of forest?

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Kerala

4) Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 41 - Longest day in the Northern hemisphere is ________.

Options:

1) 21st March

2) 21st September

3) 21st June

4) 21st April

Correct Answer: 21st June

QID : 42 - World War I broke out in the year

Options:

1) 1904

2) 1914

3) 1924

4) 1934

Correct Answer: 1914

QID : 43 - Name the poet who wrote "Prithviraj Raso", a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan's life.

Options:

1) Vir Siroja

2) Chand Bardai

3) Meerja Umed

4) Nur Fateh

Correct Answer: Chand Bardai

QID : 44 - __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress.

Options:

1) Alicia Vikander

2) Jennifer Jason Leigh

3) Rooney Mara

4) Kate Winslet

Correct Answer: Alicia Vikander

QID : 45 - For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, is Newton's

Options:

1) First law

2) Second law

3) Third law

4) Fourth law

Correct Answer: Third law

QID : 46 - Which among the following is false about displacement?

Options:

1) It can be positive, negative or zero

2) Displacement is never greater than Distance

3) Its SI unit is meter

4) It is always positive

Correct Answer: It is always positive

QID : 47 - The Governor takes the oath of office by

Options:

1) Chief Justice of High Court

2) Chief Justice of India

3) President of India

4) Vice President of India

Correct Answer: Chief Justice of High Court

QID : 48 - Which fundamental right is abolished by the 44th Amendment?

Options:

1) Right to Liberty

2) Right to Property

3) Right to Equality

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4) Right to Religion

Correct Answer: Right to Property

QID : 49 - In which sport in Asian Games, India has won maximum Gold Medals?

Options:

1) Athletics

2) Hockey

3) Wrestling

4) Shooting

Correct Answer: Athletics

QID : 50 - "An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny" is a biography on

Options:

1) Manmohan Singh

2) Sonia Gandhi

3) Shashi Tharoor

4) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: Sonia Gandhi

SET-18 QID : 126 - Which of the following is not an Operating System?

Options:

1) Windows Vista

2) Linux

3) Microsoft Office

4) Apple's Mac OS

Correct Answer: Microsoft Office

QID : 127 - Venn diagram was invented by

Options:

1) Lucien Vidi

2) John Venn

3) Theophilus Van Kannel

4) Lewis Urry

Correct Answer: John Venn

QID : 128 - What is the total number of bones in the human body?

Options:

1) 206

2) 103

3) 309

4) 412

Correct Answer: 206

QID : 129 - Emblica officinalis is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Peepal

2) Mango

3) Amla

4) Drumstick

Correct Answer: Amla

QID : 130 - Sponges belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Protozoa

2) Annelida

3) Porifera

4) Cnidaria

Correct Answer: Porifera

QID : 131 - Release of which among the following is the primary reason for depletion of the ozone layer?

Options:

1) Nitrous oxide

2) Hydrogen dioxide

3) Chlorofluro carbon

4) Carbon monoxide

Correct Answer: Chlorofluro carbon

QID : 132 - Which of the following molecules is joined by a double covalent bond?

Options:

1) Cl2

2) O2

3) N2

4) He2

Correct Answer: O2

QID : 133 - The renowned Temple at Ranakpur is a _______ Temple.

Options:

1) Shiva

2) Jain

3) Krishna

4) Ram

Correct Answer: Jain

QID : 134 - Jallikattu is associated with _____.

Options:

1) Trichur

2) Karthigai

3) Onam

4) Pongal

Correct Answer: Pongal

QID : 135 - If price of an article decreases from Rs. 12 to Rs. 10, quantity demanded increases from 1000 units to 1400 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

Options:

1) 2.4

2) -2

3) -2.4

4) 2

Correct Answer: -2.4

QID : 136 - Who generally presents the Finance Budget in Indian Parliament?

Options:

1) RBI Governor

2) Budget Minister

3) Finance Minister

4) Finance Secretary

Correct Answer: Finance Minister

QID : 137 - Which gas contributes most to the Greenhouse effect?

Options:

1) Water vapour

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2) Ozone

3) Oxygen

4) Nitrogen

Correct Answer: Water vapour

QID : 138 - Corbett National Park was established to protect which animal?

Options:

1) Bengal Tigers

2) Snow Leopards

3) Asiatic Lions

4) One-Horned Rhinos

Correct Answer: Bengal Tigers

QID : 139 - Subramanya Bharthi was a noted ______.

Options:

1) Boxer

2) Swimmer

3) Poet

4) Painter

Correct Answer: Poet

QID : 140 - Which state does not share a common border with Chhattisgarh?

Options:

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Odisha

3) Jharkhand

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

QID : 141 - Name the longest river in India.

Options:

1) Brahmaputra

2) Ganga

3) Godavari

4) Krishna

Correct Answer: Ganga

QID : 142 - Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in _____.

Options:

1) 1885

2) 1942

3) 1947

4) 1939

Correct Answer: 1942

QID : 143 - Which Freedom Fighter addressed Mahatma Gandhi as "Father of the Nation" for the 1st time?

Options:

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Subhash Chandra Bose

3) Sarojini Naidu

4) Chandra Shekhar Azad

Correct Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

QID : 144 - Name the first Indian who got Nobel Prize in physics.

Options:

1) CK Naidu

2) Rangnath Mishra

3) Amartya Sen

4) CV Raman

Correct Answer: CV Raman

QID : 145 - Which physical quantity is measured in 'siemens'?

Options:

1) Electric potential

2) Electrical conductance

3) Magnetic flux

4) Refractive index

Correct Answer: Electrical conductance

QID : 146 - Rate of change of momentum is

Options:

1) Area

2) Pressure

3) Force

4) Velocity

Correct Answer: Force

QID : 147 - All of the following are the aims of Lok Adalat, except

Options:

1) Secure justice to the weaker sections

2) Mass disposal of the cases

3) Give the power to rule in the hands of the common man

4) Minimize cost and delay

Correct Answer: Give the power to rule in the hands of the common man

QID : 148 - What is the salary per month of the President of India?

Options:

1) Rs 1,50,000

2) Rs 1,00,000

3) Rs 75,000

4) Rs 50,000

Correct Answer: Rs 1,50,000

QID : 149 - Shital Mahajan is associated with which sport?

Options:

1) Sky Diving

2) Shooting

3) Discus Throw

4) Cricket

Correct Answer: Sky Diving

QID : 150 - Who is the author of the book, 'A Suitable Boy'?

Options:

1) Vikram Seth

2) Arun Shourie

3) Amrita Pritam

4) Mahashweta Devi

Correct Answer: Vikram Seth

SET-19

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QID : 26 - Which of the following language is used to access data from a database?

Options:

1) ASP.Net

2) Java

3) SQL

4) C++

Correct Answer: SQL

QID : 27 - Electric tram was invented by?

Options:

1) Fyodor Pirotsky

2) Arthur Pitney

3) Fritz Pfleumer

4) Stephen Perry

Correct Answer: Fyodor Pirotsky

QID : 28 - Which of the following is a symptom of haemophilia?

Options:

1) Night Blindness

2) No clotting of Blood

3) Rickets

4) Loss of haemoglobin

Correct Answer: No clotting of Blood

QID : 29 - The process of pollination by birds is also known as

Options:

1) Hydrophily

2) Entomophily

3) Embryophily

4) Ornithophily

Correct Answer: Ornithophily

QID : 30 - Spiders belong to the phylum

Options:

1) Mollusca

2) Annelida

3) Cnidaria

4) Arthropoda

Correct Answer: Arthropoda

QID : 31 - Which among the following has the maximum density?

Options:

1) Water

2) Ice

3) Ethylene

4) Acetone

Correct Answer: Water

QID : 32 - What happens in an oxidation reaction?

Options:

1) Protons are lost.

2) Electrons are lost

3) Neutrons are lost.

4) Electrons are gained.

Correct Answer: Electrons are lost

QID : 33 - Nalanda Mahavihara site is in

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Assam

3) Bihar

4) Gujarat

Correct Answer: Bihar

QID : 34 - The Desert Festival is held in _____.

Options:

1) Barmer

2) Jaisalmer

3) Sahara

4) Thar

Correct Answer: Jaisalmer

QID : 35 - In 2015 the nominal rate of interest in country was 6%, and the inflation rate then was 1.5%. So real rate of interest in 2015 was

Options:

1) 7.50%

2) 4.50%

3) 4%

4) 0.25%

Correct Answer: 4.50%

QID : 36 - The goods which people consume more, when their price rises are called _______.

Options:

1) Essential goods

2) Capital goods

3) Veblen goods

4) Giffen goods

Correct Answer: Giffen goods

QID : 37 - Who coined the term "Ecology"?

Options:

1) Ernst Haeckel

2) G. Evelyn Hutchinson

3) Hugo de Vries

4) Robert Brown

Correct Answer: Ernst Haeckel

QID : 38 - Banana freckle is a plant disease. It is caused by a

Options:

1) Virus

2) Fungus

3) Bacteria

4) Insect

Correct Answer: Fungus

QID : 39 - Pablo Picasso was from _____.

Options:

1) India

2) UK

3) Spain

4) Italy

Correct Answer: Spain

QID : 40 - Which of the following Indian chilly is considered one of the hottest in the world?

Options:

1) Bhut Jolokia

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2) Bhut Mahabora

3) Lal Chitin

4) Lal Shamak

Correct Answer: Bhut Jolokia

QID : 41 - Name the hottest planet.

Options:

1) Mercury

2) Venus

3) Neptune

4) Mars

Correct Answer: Venus

QID : 42 - Who killed Mahatma Gandhi?

Options:

1) Nathuram Godse

2) James Russell

3) Sucha Singh Bassi

4) Kunder Mehta

Correct Answer: Nathuram Godse

QID : 43 - What was the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's kingdom?

Options:

1) Patna

2) Fatehpur Sikri

3) Islamabad

4) Lahore

Correct Answer: Lahore

QID : 44 - __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Actor.

Options:

1) Leonardo DiCaprio

2) Bryan Cranston

3) Matt Damon

4) Michael Fassbender

Correct Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

QID : 45 - Who discovered theory of relativity?

Options:

1) Isaac Newton

2) Albert Einstein

3) Niel Bohr

4) Michael Faraday

Correct Answer: Albert Einstein

QID : 46 - Which device is used to measure the depth of ocean?

Options:

1) Lexometer

2) Nanometer

3) Fathometer

4) Hydrometer

Correct Answer: Fathometer

QID : 47 - The movement Objections Resolution to guide the deliberations of the Assembly was started by

Options:

1) Jawaharlal Nehru

2) Kiran Desai

3) K Natwar Singh

4) K.M. Munshi

Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

QID : 48 - Rajya Sabha member has tenure of ______ years.

Options:

1) 8

2) 6

3) 4

4) 2

Correct Answer: 6

QID : 49 - Limba Ram is associated with which Sport?

Options:

1) Javelin Thrower

2) Archery

3) Cricket

4) Badminton

Correct Answer: Archery

QID : 50 - Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?

Options:

1) Shashi Tharoor

2) Mahatma Gandhi

3) Nirad C Chaudhuri

4) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

SET-20 QID : 126 - The tag line "Do no Evil" is owned by

Options:

1) Yahoo

2) Bing

3) Google

4) Start page

Correct Answer: Google

QID : 127 - Electric chair was invented by

Options:

1) Alfred P. Southwick

2) Isaac Singer

3) Murasaki Shikibu

4) Hanaoka Seish?

Correct Answer: Alfred P. Southwick

QID : 128 - Brain fever is a disease spread through which of the following?

Options:

1) Flies

2) Mosquito

3) Virus

4) Cockroach

Correct Answer: Mosquito

QID : 129 - Mangroves are plants that have

Options:

1) Modified Roots

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2) Modified Stems

3) Respiratory Roots

4) Respiratory Stems

Correct Answer: Respiratory Roots

QID : 130 - Rodentia Sciurus is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Rat

2) Platypus

3) Squirrel

4) Beaver

Correct Answer: Squirrel

QID : 131 - The reactions in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously are called _______.

Options:

1) Feral reactions

2) Redox reactions

3) Demug reactions

4) Kerol reactions

Correct Answer: Redox reactions

QID : 132 - Who discovered Nitrogen?

Options:

1) Faraday

2) Heisenberg

3) Hooke

4) Rutherford

Correct Answer: Rutherford

QID : 133 - Odisha's World famous Konark Sun Temple was built by

Options:

1) Krushadevray

2) Ashoka

3) Chandragupta

4) Narasimhadeva

Correct Answer: Narasimhadeva

QID : 134 - Nepali is primarily spoken in which State?

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Rajasthan

3) Sikkim

4) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: Sikkim

QID : 135 - A manufacturer faces price elasticity of demand of a -2 for its product. If it lowers its price by 5%, the increase in quantity sold will be

Options:

1) 3%

2) 10%

3) 2.50%

4) 7%

Correct Answer: 10%

QID : 136 - If cash reserve ratio decreases, credit creation will _______.

Options:

1) increase

2) decrease

3) does not change

4) first decreases than increases

Correct Answer: increase

QID : 137 - Device used for the detection and measurement of all types of radiation (alpha, beta and gamma)

Options:

1) Geiger counter

2) Polarimeter

3) Calorimeter

4) Radiometer

Correct Answer: Geiger counter

QID : 138 - Haematite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Zinc

2) Iron

3) Lead

4) Manganese

Correct Answer: Iron

QID : 139 - Name the lead actor in the hollywood movie "Top Gun"?

Options:

1) Harrison Ford

2) Tom Cruise

3) Mel Gibson

4) Nicolas Cage

Correct Answer: Tom Cruise

QID : 140 - The study of universe is known as ________.

Options:

1) Cosmology

2) Astrology

3) Seismology

4) Limnology

Correct Answer: Cosmology

QID : 141 - Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere is _______.

Options:

1) 22nd November

2) 22nd December

3) 22nd March

4) 22nd June

Correct Answer: 22nd December

QID : 142 - Adolf Hitler, the _____ Politician was responsible for genocide of millions of Jews.

Options:

1) German

2) French

3) Austrian

4) British

Correct Answer: German

QID : 143 - Prithviraj Chauhan married _________. She was the daughter of his enemy Jaichandra Gahadwal.

Options:

1) Krishnavati

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2) Purvavati

3) Somyukta

4) Saumyavati

Correct Answer: Somyukta

QID : 144 - __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film.

Options:

1) Son of Saul

2) Embrace of the Serpent

3) Mustang

4) A War

Correct Answer: Son of Saul

QID : 145 - If a ball is thrown up, which of the following does not change?

Options:

1) Acceleration

2) Speed

3) Potential energy

4) Distance

Correct Answer: Acceleration

QID : 146 - If a body is moving on a circular path, what is its average velocity if it completes one cycle in one second?

Options:

1) Average velocity depends upon time taken to complete one cycle

2) One

3) Average velocity is same as average speed

4) Zero

Correct Answer: Zero

QID : 147 - What is the maximum number of Members of the Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) 150

2) 200

3) 250

4) 300

Correct Answer: 250

QID : 148 - What does the wheel in the National Flag represent?

Options:

1) Speed

2) Truth

3) Growth

4) Future

Correct Answer: Truth

QID : 149 - K Srikanth has won Arjuna Award for which sport in India?

Options:

1) Badminton

2) Billiards

3) Boxing

4) Chess

Correct Answer: Badminton

QID : 150 - Who is the author of the book “A Life Less Ordinary : A Memoir”?

Options:

1) Salman Rushdie

2) Arundhati Roy

3) Baby Halder

4) Rohinton Mistry

Correct Answer: Baby Halder

SET-21 QID : 26 Syntax Errors are determined by

Options:

1) Interpreter

2) ALU

3) Logic Unit

4) Control Unit

Correct Answer: Control Unit

QID : 27 Arithmometer was invented by

Options:

1) Evangelista Torricelli

2) Charles Xavier Thomas

3) Edward Teller

4) Gustav Tauschek

Correct Answer: Charles Xavier Thomas

QID : 28 Which of the following is induced by Oncogene?

Options:

1) Polio

2) Cancer

3) Diarrhoea

4) Dengue

Correct Answer: Cancer

QID : 29 Azadirachata indica is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Neem

2) Teak

3) Silver Oak

4) Tulsi

Correct Answer: Neem

QID : 30 Octopus belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Mollusca

2) Cnidaria

3) Echinodermata

4) Chordata

Correct Answer: Mollusca

QID : 31 What is the full form of PVC?

Options:

1) Phosphonil vinyl Carbonate

2) Polyvinyl S Carbonate

3) Polyvinyl Carbonate

4) Polyvinyl Chloride

Correct Answer: Polyvinyl Chloride

QID : 32 Aromatic hydrocarbons contain at least _____ benzene like ring in their molecules.

Options:

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1) four

2) three

3) two

4) one

Correct Answer: one

QID : 33 Ranthambhore Fort is in

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Orissa

3) Rajasthan

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

QID : 34 Dogri is primarily spoken in which State?

Options:

1) Assam

2) West Bengal

3) Meghalaya

4) Jammu & Kashmir

Correct Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

QID : 35 A beedi making workshop can hire 5 women by paying them Rs. 300 per day. The 6th woman demands Rs. 350 per day. If this woman is hired then all other women must be paid Rs. 350. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 6th woman is

Options:

1) Rs. 600

2) Rs. 50

3) Rs. 300

4) Rs. 100

Correct Answer: Rs. 600

QID : 36 Stagflation is defined as

Options:

1) low inflation, low growth, low unemployment

2) high inflation, low growth, high unemployment

3) high inflation, high growth, high unemployment

4) low inflation, high growth, low unemployment

Correct Answer: high inflation, low growth, high unemployment

QID : 37 A living part of the organisms environment is known as

Options:

1) Abiotic Factor

2) Habitat

3) Biotic Factor

4) Nonliving factor

Correct Answer: Biotic Factor

QID : 38 Chromite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Zinc

2) Uranium

3) Chromium

4) Titanium

Correct Answer: Chromium

QID : 39 Who played Gandhi in 1982's Oscar Winning Movie of the same name?

Options:

1) Ben Kingsley

2) Saeed Jaffrey

3) Marlon Brando

4) Richard Attenborough

Correct Answer: Ben Kingsley

QID : 40 What percentage of India's population is employed in agriculture?

Options:

1) 85%

2) 70%

3) 55%

4) 40%

Correct Answer: 70%

QID : 41 Which is the closest star to our solar system?

Options:

1) Alpha Centauri

2) Beta Centauri

3) Proxima Centauri

4) Barnard

Correct Answer: Proxima Centauri

QID : 42 East India Company was established in ________.

Options:

1) 1400

2) 1500

3) 1600

4) 1700

Correct Answer: 1600

QID : 43 Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?

Options:

1) Yudhishthira

2) Bhima

3) Sahadeva

4) Nakula

Correct Answer: Yudhishthira

QID : 44 __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Actress.

Options:

1) Brie Larson

2) Cate Blanchett

3) Jennifer Lawrence

4) Charlotte Rampling

Correct Answer: Brie Larson

QID : 45 If an object is thrown upwards, what will be its velocity, when it reaches its maximum height?

Options:

1) 0 m/s

2) 4.9 m/s

3) 14.7 m/s

4) 20 m/s

Correct Answer: 0 m/s

QID : 46 If a force acts upon two objects at rest, and having different masses for the same amount of time,

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then which one of the following will be the same for both the objects?

Options:

1) Acceleration

2) Kinetic Energy

3) Velocity

4) Momentum

Correct Answer: Momentum

QID : 47 During an emergency all of the following fundamental rights are suspended, except

Options:

1) freedom of association

2) freedom of speech and expression

3) personal liberty

4) freedom of assembly without arms

Correct Answer: personal liberty

QID : 48 From which of the following are the Fundamental duties adopted?

Options:

1) French Constitution

2) Indian Constitution

3) Spanish Constitution

4) USSR Constitution

Correct Answer: USSR Constitution

QID : 49 “Sultan Johor Cup” is associated with ______.

Options:

1) Hockey

2) Cricket

3) Football

4) Golf

Correct Answer: Hockey

QID : 50 Who wrote the book, 'Indian Home Rule'?

Options:

1) M K Gandhi

2) Jawaharlal Nehru

3) Subhash Chandra Bose

4) Babasaheb Ambedkar

Correct Answer: M K Gandhi

SET-22 QID : 126 How many bits does an IP address contain?

Options:

1) 64 bits

2) 32 Bits

3) 128 Bits

4) 256 Bits

Correct Answer: 32 Bits

QID : 127 Steam Engine was invented by?

Options:

1) Simon Stevin

2) George Stephenson

3) Gary Starkweather

4) Percy Spencer

Correct Answer: George Stephenson

QID : 128 Medulla oblongata is a part of which of the following?

Options:

1) Heart

2) Brain

3) Lungs

4) Stomach

Correct Answer: Brain

QID : 129 ___________ is a typically onecelled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion.

Options:

1) Egg

2) Spore

3) Sperm

4) Seed

Correct Answer: Spore

QID : 130 Bacteria was discovered by

Options:

1) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

2) Belarus

3) Hugo de Vries

4) Robert Brown

Correct Answer: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

QID : 131 Which among the following is false about alpha particles?

Options:

1) They have high ionizing power

2) They have high penetrating power

3) They have high kinetic energy

4) They are positively charged helium nuclei

Correct Answer: They have high penetrating power

QID : 132 Which among the following is not a characteristic of oxidation reaction?

Options:

1) It involves addition of hydrogen

2) It involves addition of oxygen

3) It involves loss of electrons

4) It involves addition of electronegative element

Correct Answer: It involves addition of hydrogen

QID : 133 Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in ______.

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Maharashtra

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

QID : 134 Mohiniyattam is a dance form of which state?

Options:

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Assam

3) Kerala

4) Tripura

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Correct Answer: Kerala

QID : 135 Irfaan loves black coffee. A roadside stall selling a cup of black coffee at Rs. 120, offered 25% discount to Irfaan. If Irfaan was willing to pay even Rs.200 for this cup of black coffee, Irfaan's consumer surplus is

Options:

1) 90

2) 80

3) 30

4) 110

Correct Answer: 110

QID : 136 Which among the following does not count in the development expenditure of government?

Options:

1) Expenditure on economic services

2) Expenditure on social services

3) Grant to states

4) Defence expenditure

Correct Answer: Defence expenditure

QID : 137 Which of the following is responsible for Vermicomposting?

Options:

1) Fungus

2) Worms

3) Bacteria

4) Birds

Correct Answer: Worms

QID : 138 Turquoise is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Copper

2) Manganese

3) Mercury

4) Tin

Correct Answer: Copper

QID : 139 Shabana Azmi is not one of the following

Options:

1) Movie Actress

2) Activist

3) Feminist

4) Folk Dancer

Correct Answer: Folk Dancer

QID : 140 How many languages are officially recognized in India?

Options:

1) 17

2) 19

3) 22

4) 10

Correct Answer: 22

QID : 141 Which planet is known as red planet?

Options:

1) Mercury

2) Pluto

3) Mars

4) Venus

Correct Answer: Mars

QID : 142 Who was Babur's Son?

Options:

1) Humayun

2) Shah Jahan

3) Akbar

4) Bahadur Shah

Correct Answer: Humayun

QID : 143 Who was Prithviraj Chauhan's father?

Options:

1) Jeet Chauhan

2) Hayat Chauhan

3) Someshwar Chauhan

4) Trilok Chauhan

Correct Answer: Someshwar Chauhan

QID : 144 __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor.

Options:

1) Mark Rylance

2) Christian Bale

3) Tom Hardy

4) Mark Ruffalo

Correct Answer: Mark Rylance

QID : 145 Formula for distance is

Options:

1) speed x time

2) time / speed

3) speed x acceleration

4) velocity / speed

Correct Answer: speed x time

QID : 146 What is the fundamental unit of amount of a substance?

Options:

1) Mole

2) Candela

3) Kelvin

4) Meter

Correct Answer: Mole

QID : 147 Republic means ultimate power is held by

Options:

1) the monarch

2) the people

3) the winning party

4) Ministers

Correct Answer: the people

QID : 148 How many Rajya Sabha members, the President of India can nominate?

Options:

1) 6

2) 10

3) 12

4) 15

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 149 Who is the first Indian woman Olympic medal Winner?

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Options:

1) Saina Nehwal

2) Sania Mirza

3) Dipa Karmakar

4) Karnam Malleswari

Correct Answer: Karnam Malleswari

QID : 150 Who wrote the book "Ignited Minds"?

Options:

1) Vikram Seth

2) APJ Abdul Kalam

3) Arundhati Roy

4) Manmohan Singh

Correct Answer: APJ Abdul Kalam

SET-23 QID : 126 - Which of the following is also known as the brain of the computer?

Options:

1) CPU

2) ALU

3) Motherboard

4) Keyboard

Correct Answer: CPU

QID : 127 - Soda water was invented by

Options:

1) Tivadar Puskas

2) Joseph Priestley

3) Petrache Poenaru

4) James Leonard Plimpton

Correct Answer: Joseph Priestley

QID : 128 - The outermost layer of skin is

Options:

1) Epidermis

2) Dermis

3) Tissues

4) Hypodermis

Correct Answer: Epidermis

QID : 129 - Which of the following plants have root nodules?

Options:

1) Leguminous plants

2) Parasitic plants

3) Epiphytic Plants

4) Aquatic Plants

Correct Answer: Leguminous plants

QID : 130 - Earth-worms belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Protozoa

2) Cnidaria

3) Annelida

4) Mollusca

Correct Answer: Annelida

QID : 131 - The mass of proton and mass of ________ is same.

Options:

1) Neutron

2) Electron

3) Isoprone

4) Alpha particle

Correct Answer: Neutron

QID : 132 - Using which of the following processes can one separate a solute from its solution?

Options:

1) Sedimentation

2) Evaporation

3) Filtration

4) Condensation

Correct Answer: Evaporation

QID : 133 - Jantar Mantar is in

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Assam

3) Bihar

4) Gujarat

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

QID : 134 - Salzburg Festival is held in which country?

Options:

1) Italy

2) Austria

3) Australia

4) Spain

Correct Answer: Austria

QID : 135 - If price of an article decreases from Rs. 25 to Rs. 20, quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 1500 units. If point elasticity of demand is -1.25, find Q1?

Options:

1) 900 units

2) 1200 units

3) 1800 units

4) 2000 units

Correct Answer: 1200 units

QID : 136 - Birth rate in a country is defined as

Options:

1) Number of births per 100 in 1 year

2) Number of births per 1000 in 1 year

3) Number of births per km of area in 1 year

4) Number of births per 100 km of area in 1 year

Correct Answer: Number of births per 1000 in 1 year

QID : 137 - Where is "The Geysers", the world's largest geothermal field, containing a complex of 22 geothermal power plants, located?

Options:

1) Rio

2) New Orleans

3) Moscow

4) San Francisco

Correct Answer: San Francisco

QID : 138 - Bauxite is an ore/mineral of

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Options:

1) Aluminium

2) Beryllium

3) Lead

4) Tin

Correct Answer: Aluminium

QID : 139 - The real name of Dilip Kumar is _____.

Options:

1) Yusuf Khan

2) Dilip Kumar

3) Mohammad Kaif

4) Ravi Bajaj

Correct Answer: Yusuf Khan

QID : 140 - The Gobi Desert is one of the largest deserts on Earth. A part of it lies in which of the following countries?

Options:

1) Australia

2) Saudi Arabia

3) Mongolia

4) Madagascar

Correct Answer: Mongolia

QID : 141 - Which is the largest continent in the world?

Options:

1) Africa

2) North America

3) South America

4) Asia

Correct Answer: Asia

QID : 142 - Aurangzeb put his father ___________ under house arrest in Agra Fort.

Options:

1) Humayun

2) Shah Jahan

3) Akbar

4) Bahadur Shah

Correct Answer: Shah Jahan

QID : 143 - The English defeated the ______ in the battle of Wandiwash.

Options:

1) German

2) French

3) Indians

4) Americans

Correct Answer: French

QID : 144 - Pulitzer prize is given in the field of ______.

Options:

1) Journalism

2) Sports

3) Medicine

4) Music

Correct Answer: Journalism

QID : 145 - What is the unit of electric resistance?

Options:

1) Dyne

2) Pascal

3) Joule

4) Ohms

Correct Answer: Ohms

QID : 146 - Who invented Television?

Options:

1) J L Baird

2) Aristotle

3) James Clerk Maxwell

4) Nikola Tesla

Correct Answer: J L Baird

QID : 147 - How many members of the Rajya Sabha are elected every two years?

Options:

1) all

2) one fourth

3) half

4) one third

Correct Answer: one third

QID : 148 - The Indian Constitution declares India as all of the following, except

Options:

1) communist

2) democratic republic

3) socialist

4) secular

Correct Answer: communist

QID : 149 - Shaquille O'Neal is associated with which Sport?

Options:

1) Lawn Tennis

2) Basketball

3) Formula One

4) WWE

Correct Answer: Basketball

QID : 150 - Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language?

Options:

1) Santali

2) Munda

3) Awadhi

4) Sanskrit

Correct Answer: Awadhi

SET-24 QID : 226 - Which of the following is a volatile memory of a computer?

Options:

1) Secondary Memory

2) Cache memory

3) RAM

4) ROM

Correct Answer: RAM

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QID : 227 - Postage Meter was invented by

Options:

1) Fyodor Pirotsky

2) Arthur Pitney

3) Fritz Pfleumer

4) Stephen Perry

Correct Answer: Arthur Pitney

QID : 228 - Ringworm is a disease caused by

Options:

1) Fungi

2) Bacteria

3) Virus

4) Flies

Correct Answer: Fungi

QID : 229 - Mangifera indica is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Guava

2) Mango

3) Amla

4) Jack fruit

Correct Answer: Mango

QID : 230 - Crabs belongs to the phylum

Options:

1) Mollusca

2) Cnidaria

3) Arthropoda

4) Platyhelminthes

Correct Answer: Arthropoda

QID : 231 - Who invented the modern periodic table?

Options:

1) Faraday

2) Mendeleev

3) Newton

4) Bohr

Correct Answer: Mendeleev

QID : 232 - Isobars have _______.

Options:

1) Same mass numbers but different atomic numbers

2) Different mass numbers but same atomic numbers

3) Same mass and atomic numbers

4) Different mass and atomic numbers

Correct Answer: Same mass numbers but different atomic numbers

QID : 233 - The famous Brihadeshwara Temple is located in

Options:

1) Madurai

2) Thanjavur

3) Kanchipuram

4) Rameshwaram

Correct Answer: Thanjavur

QID : 234 - Maithili is primarily spoken in which state?

Options:

1) Bihar

2) Assam

3) West Bengal

4) Meghalaya

Correct Answer: Bihar

QID : 235 - If hiring an extra worker increases a factory's output from 1000 to 1200 units per day, but the factory has to reduce the price of its product from Rs. 25 to Rs. 24 per unit to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last worker is

Options:

1) Rs. 3800

2) Rs. 200

3) Rs. 4000

4) Rs. 100

Correct Answer: Rs. 3800

QID : 236 - Which law states that bad money drives good money out of circulation?

Options:

1) Wagner's law

2) Grimm's law

3) Gresham's law

4) Keynes' law

Correct Answer: Gresham's law

QID : 237 - There is a protocol signed to reduce production of CFC, known as

Options:

1) CFC Protocol

2) IR Protocol

3) Montreal Protocol

4) UV Protocol

Correct Answer: Montreal Protocol

QID : 238 - Malachite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Lead

2) Manganese

3) Mercury

4) Copper

Correct Answer: Copper

QID : 239 - Pune was once known as the capital of

Options:

1) Scindias

2) Holkars

3) Bhosales

4) Peshwas

Correct Answer: Peshwas

QID : 240 - Total number of countries in the world are

Options:

1) 125

2) 165

3) 255

4) 195

Correct Answer: 195

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QID : 241 - Which among the following is false about Earth?

Options:

1) It is the densest planet.

2) It is the fifth largest planet.

3) It is also known as red planet.

4) It is the third planet from the sun.

Correct Answer: It is also known as red planet.

QID : 242 - Anti-apartheid activist _______ was imprisoned for 27 years by the South African government in 1962.

Options:

1) Thabo Mbeki

2) Kgalema Motlanthe

3) Nelson Mandela

4) Evelyn Mase

Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela

QID : 243 - Chand Bibi was the ruler of _______.

Options:

1) Ahmednagar

2) Bijapur

3) Satara

4) Golconda

Correct Answer: Ahmednagar

QID : 244 - __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Director.

Options:

1) Alejandro G. Inarritu

2) Adam McKay

3) George Miller

4) Tom McCarthy

Correct Answer: Alejandro G. Inarritu

QID : 245 - Which among the following will be a negative ion?

Options:

1) If it has more electrons than protons

2) If it has more electrons than neutrons

3) If it has more protons than electrons

4) If it has more protons than neutrons

Correct Answer: If it has more electrons than protons

QID : 246 - Why metals conduct electricity?

Options:

1) Because of low melting point

2) Because of high tensile strength

3) Because of free electrons

4) Because of high atomic density

Correct Answer: Because of free electrons

QID : 247 - To become a member of the Rajya Sabha a person should be at least _____ years old.

Options:

1) 18

2) 30

3) 36

4) 24

Correct Answer: 30

QID : 248 - How many schedules does the Indian Constitution have?

Options:

1) 6

2) 12

3) 18

4) 24

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 249 - When is International Olympic Day observed?

Options:

1) 16th August

2) 2nd February

3) 18th December

4) 23rd June

Correct Answer: 23rd June

QID : 250 - Author of famous book “12 Years A Slave” is

Options:

1) Chetan Bhagat

2) Nelson Mandela

3) Solomon Northup Pirates

4) Morarji Desai

Correct Answer: Solomon Northup Pirates

SET-25 QID : 526 Which of the following is a server side scripting language?

Options:

1) HTML

2) DHTML

3) JavaScript

4) PHP

Correct Answer: PHP

QID : 527 Who invented Vacuum Flask?

Options:

1) Charles Babbage

2) Alexander Fleming

3) Gregory Pincus

4) James Dewar

Correct Answer: James Dewar

QID : 528 Myopia is a defect of eyes which is also known as

Options:

1) Far Sightedness

2) Near Sightedness

3) Astigmatism

4) Night Blindness

Correct Answer: Near Sightedness

QID : 529 Who is known as the father of Green Revolution?

Options:

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1) Dr. Robert Nucleus

2) Dr. Ian Wilmut

3) Dr. NE Borlaug

4) Dr. JC Bose

Correct Answer: Dr. NE Borlaug

QID : 530 Panthera Tigris is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Panther

2) Tiger

3) Whale

4) Goat

Correct Answer: Tiger

QID : 531 Glass is also called ________.

Options:

1) Supercooled liquid

2) Super liquid

3) Ideal liquid

4) Distilled liquid

Correct Answer: Supercooled liquid

QID : 532 Pentane has _____ structural isomers.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 533 Which is representative of Dravida style of temple architecture?

Options:

1) Viman

2) Shikhara

3) Mandapa

4) Gopuram

Correct Answer: Viman

QID : 534 Kud is a folk dance of

Options:

1) Kerala

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Jammu & Kashmir

QID : 535 Calculate the economic profit for a firm if it's total revenues are Rs. 35 crores, explicit costs are Rs. 7 crores, and implicit costs are Rs. 10 crores.

Options:

1) Rs. 32 crores

2) Rs. 52 crores

3) Rs. 18 crores

4) Rs. 38 crores

Correct Answer: Rs. 18 crores

QID : 536 An increase in the growth rate of the nominal money supply results in

Options:

1) Lower rate of inflation

2) Higher rate of inflation

3) Lower interest rates

4) Currency appreciation

Correct Answer: Higher rate of inflation

QID : 537 Workers in leather tanning industries tend to suffer from

Options:

1) asthma

2) heart diseases

3) skin diseases

4) blood diseases

Correct Answer: skin diseases

QID : 538 Sphalerite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Mercury

2) Molybdenum

3) Silver

4) Zinc

Correct Answer: Zinc

QID : 539 Which of the following is a designated terror group?

Options:

1) TehreekeTaliban

2) JamaatulFakwa

3) JamaatulAhrar

4) Tehreekeislamiyat

Correct Answer: JamaatulAhrar

QID : 540 Dehradun is the capital city of _____.

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Tripura

4) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: Uttarakhand

QID : 541 Gir forest is located in ______.

Options:

1) Kerala

2) Gujarat

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Karnataka

Correct Answer: Gujarat

QID : 542 Babur was born in the year

Options:

1) 1483

2) 1583

3) 1683

4) 1783

Correct Answer: 1483

QID : 543 Who was the First Governor General of Bengal?

Options:

1) Lord William Bentinck

2) Sir William Denison

3) The Lord Napier

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4) Warren Hastings

Correct Answer: Warren Hastings

QID : 544 Who was the 1st Indian to win Mrs. World in 2001?

Options:

1) Sonali Bendre

2) Reita Faria

3) Lara Dutta

4) Aditi Gowitrikar

Correct Answer: Aditi Gowitrikar

QID : 545 If a body slides over a surface, the force resisting the motion between them is called ______.

Options:

1) Centripetal force

2) Friction

3) Centrifugal force

4) Inertia

Correct Answer: Friction

QID : 546 In a streamline flow, ________ at every point in the fluid remains same.

Options:

1) force

2) pressure

3) velocity

4) speed

Correct Answer: velocity

QID : 547 The drafting committee wrote the Indian Constitution in which language?

Options:

1) English and Hindi

2) Only English

3) English and Urdu

4) English, Hindi and Urdu

Correct Answer: English and Hindi

QID : 548 'M' in BIMARU stands for which state?

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Manipur

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Mizoram

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 549 Who has won the Formula One Australian Grand Prix 2016?

Options:

1) Daniel Ricciardo

2) Lewis Hamilton

3) Nico Rosberg

4) Sebastian Vettel

Correct Answer: Nico Rosberg

QID : 550 Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Options:

1) Jane Austen

2) William Blake

3) Charles Dickens

4) Margaret Mitchell

Correct Answer: Margaret Mitchell

SET-26

QID : 626 - Which of the following is an example of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?

Options:

1) Flange

2) Fury

3) Flash

4) FRAM

Correct Answer: Flash

QID : 627 - Who developed the idea of Crop rotation?

Options:

1) Lily Thomas

2) Carrot Cornwick

3) Cabbage Carlson

4) Turnip Townsend

Correct Answer: Turnip Townsend

QID : 628 - How many facial bones are there?

Options:

1) 34

2) 24

3) 14

4) 4

Correct Answer: 14

QID : 629 - Halophytes are plants that grow in

Options:

1) Fresh Water

2) Cold Water

3) Ponds

4) Salt Water

Correct Answer: Salt Water

QID : 630 - Felis Catus is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Cat

2) Dog

3) Mouse

4) Porcupine

Correct Answer: Cat

QID : 631 - What is used to prevent freezing of fuel in space crafts?

Options:

1) Benzene

2) Glycol

3) Acetylene

4) Ester

Correct Answer: Glycol

QID : 632 - _____ is the major component of natural gas.

Options:

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1) Acetone

2) Methane

3) Chlorine

4) Hexane

Correct Answer: Methane

QID : 633 - Victoria Memorial in Kolkata was proposed to be built by

Options:

1) Lord Canning

2) George Curzon

3) William Hastings

4) Lord William Bentinck

Correct Answer: George Curzon

QID : 634 - Lavani is a folk dance of _____.

Options:

1) Manipur

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Jammu & Kashmir

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 635 - Calculate a country's GDP if for the year, consumer spending is $400 million, government spending is $150 million, investment by businesses is $80 million, exports are $35 million and imports are $40 million.

Options:

1) $625 million

2) $465 million

3) $475 million

4) $635 million

Correct Answer: $625 million

QID : 636 - Economics assumes that

Options:

1) people have unlimited desires but limited resources

2) people have limited desires but unlimited resources

3) allocation of resources if not centrally planned will cause inefficiency

4) people are emotional and make irrational decisions

Correct Answer: people have unlimited desires but limited resources

QID : 637 - Carbon dioxide is produced by all of the following except

Options:

1) Burning fossil fuels

2) Global warming

3) Cement production

4) Deforestation

Correct Answer: Global warming

QID : 638 - Carnotite is an ore/mineral of _____.

Options:

1) Beryllium

2) Chromium

3) Uranium

4) Copper

Correct Answer: Uranium

QID : 639 - Name the first country that has banned Pokemon Go.

Options:

1) India

2) Russia

3) China

4) Iran

Correct Answer: Iran

QID : 640 - Melghat Tiger Reserve is located in which state?

Options:

1) West Bengal

2) Rajasthan

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 641 - Saturn is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) 2nd

2) 4th

3) 6th

4) 8th

Correct Answer: 6th

QID : 642 - Shahjahan was the _____Mughal ruler.

Options:

1) Fourth

2) Third

3) Sixth

4) Fifth

Correct Answer: Fifth

QID : 643 - Akbar was born in the year _____.

Options:

1) 1542

2) 1642

3) 1742

4) 1842

Correct Answer: 1542

QID : 644 - The first Indian to win Booker Prize is

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Arundhati Roy

3) Siddhartha Mukherjee

4) Gobind Beharilal

Correct Answer: Arundhati Roy

QID : 645 - Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

Options:

1) Work

2) Force

3) Displacement

4) Velocity

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Correct Answer: Work

QID : 646 - Terminal velocity ________.

Options:

1) first increases before decreasing

2) is constant

3) first decreases before increasing

4) always keeps on increasing

Correct Answer: is constant

QID : 647 - Fundamental duties are included in the Indian Constitution by the _________Amendment.

Options:

1) 44th

2) 42nd

3) 26th

4) 25th

Correct Answer: 42nd

QID : 648 - In which year was the First Five Year Plan launched in India?

Options:

1) 1921

2) 1931

3) 1941

4) 1951

Correct Answer: 1951

QID : 649 - Who is the former body builder, who became a film star and a governor?

Options:

1) Sylvester Stallone

2) Dwayne Johnson

3) Arnold Schwarzenegger

4) Steve Austin

Correct Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

QID : 650 - Who is the author of "Half Girlfriend"?

Options:

1) Chetan Bhagat

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: Chetan Bhagat

SET-27 QID : 26 - What is the mascot of Linux Operating System?

Options:

1) Bear

2) Penguin

3) Lion

4) Whale

Correct Answer: Penguin

QID : 27 - Dynamite was invented by?

Options:

1) Jean-Antoine Nollet

2) Alfred Nobel

3) Joseph Nicephore Niepce

4) Ted Nelson

Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel

QID : 28 - The instrument used to measure Blood Pressure is

Options:

1) Sphygmomano-meter

2) Thermometer

3) ECG

4) Stethoscope

Correct Answer: Sphygmomano-meter

QID : 29 - Which of the following induces nitrogen fixation in soil?

Options:

1) Protozoa

2) Bacteria

3) Fungi

4) Algae

Correct Answer: Bacteria

QID : 30 - Which of the following is the largest known cell?

Options:

1) Eukaryotic Cell

2) Prokaryotic Cell

3) Mycoplasma

4) Ostrich Eggs

Correct Answer: Ostrich Eggs

QID : 31 - The lowest layer of atmosphere is called _______.

Options:

1) Stratosphere

2) Troposphere

3) Genosphere

4) Exosphere

Correct Answer: Troposphere

QID : 32 - Which among the following is used to generate light, to weld metals?

Options:

1) Ethylene

2) Acetylene

3) Glycol

4) Oxalic acid

Correct Answer: Acetylene

QID : 33 - Who built Hawa Mahal?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Maharaja Pratap Singh

3) Rabindra Nath Tagore

4) British Govt

Correct Answer: Maharaja Pratap Singh

QID : 34 - Dandiya is a popular dance form of________

Options:

1) Punjab

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2) Gujarat

3) Maharashtra

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Gujarat

QID : 35 - If quantity of good X demanded increases from 2300 to 2700 when price of good Y increases from Rs. 45 to Rs. 55, find Arc Cross elasticity of demand?

Options:

1) 4

2) 1.25

3) 0.25

4) 0.8

Correct Answer: 0.8

QID : 36 - Which of the following is not an assumption of perfect competition?

Options:

1) There are many buyers and sellers

2) Average total costs continually decrease.

3) The good sold by all sellers in the market is assumed to be homogeneous.

4) Buyers and sellers in the market are assumed to have perfect information.

Correct Answer: Average total costs continually decrease.

QID : 37 - The association of animals in which both the partners are benefitted is known as

Options:

1) Ammansalism

2) Commensalism

3) Colony

4) Mutualism

Correct Answer: Mutualism

QID : 38 - Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Rajasthan was formerly called as

Options:

1) Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

2) Khijadia Bird Sanctuary

3) Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary

4) Mayani Bird Sanctuary

Correct Answer: Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary

QID : 39 - Mona Lisa is painted on

Options:

1) Stone

2) Wood

3) Paper

4) Metal sheet

Correct Answer: Wood

QID : 40 - What is the study of Moon called?

Options:

1) Selenology

2) Cosmology

3) Iridology

4) Planetology

Correct Answer: Selenology

QID : 41 - Which is the largest and deepest ocean?

Options:

1) Arctic

2) Pacific

3) Atlantic

4) Indian

Correct Answer: Pacific

QID : 42 - Chanakya was known as ______.

Options:

1) Rajasekhara

2) Tejasvi

3) Kautilya

4) Vatsyayana

Correct Answer: Kautilya

QID : 43 - Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year

Options:

1) 1789

2) 1839

3) 1889

4) 1939

Correct Answer: 1889

QID : 44 - What is the venue of 2020 Summer Olympics?

Options:

1) Tokyo

2) Seoul

3) Dubai

4) Singapore

Correct Answer: Tokyo

QID : 45 - For what is Radiocarbon dating technique used?

Options:

1) To estimate soil contamination

2) To estimate the amount of water in fossils

3) To estimate the age of fossils

4) To estimate the quality of soil

Correct Answer: To estimate the age of fossils

QID : 46 - The strain produced in a body is directly proportional to the stress applied on it, is called _______.

Options:

1) Dollar's law

2) Hooke's law

3) Miller's law

4) Kepler's law

Correct Answer: Hooke's law

QID : 47 - Which article specifies Imposition of President’s Rule in States?

Options:

1) Article 356

2) Article 343

3) Article 51A

4) Article 80

Correct Answer: Article 356

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QID : 48 - Who among the following is also the Chairman of the Planning Commission?

Options:

1) Defence Minister

2) Attorney General

3) Prime Minister

4) Finance Minister

Correct Answer: Prime Minister

QID : 49 - The first woman Chess Grandmaster from India is

Options:

1) S. Vijayalakshmi

2) Tania Sachdev

3) Harika Dronavalli

4) Richa Pujari

Correct Answer: S. Vijayalakshmi

QID : 50 - Who wrote "Romeo & Juliet"?

Options:

1) Jane Austen

2) Mark Twain

3) Toni Morrison

4) William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare

SET-28 QID : 126 - The transfer of data from one application to another in a computer system is known as

Options:

1) Dynamic Data Exchange

2) Dodgy Data Exchange

3) Dogmatic Data Exchange

4) Dynamic Disk Exchange

Correct Answer: Dynamic Data Exchange

QID : 127 - General anaesthetic was invented by?

Options:

1) Alfred P. Southwick

2) Isaac Singer

3) Murasaki Shikibu

4) Hanaoka Seishū

Correct Answer: Hanaoka Seishū

QID : 128 - Pneumonia affects which of the following organs of human body?

Options:

1) Kidneys

2) Lungs

3) Throat

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Lungs

QID : 129 - Mendel is known as

Options:

1) Father of Physiology

2) Father of Geology

3) Father of Genetics

4) Father of Biology

Correct Answer: Father of Genetics

QID : 130 - Which of the following are also known as Suicidal bag of Cells?

Options:

1) Lysosomes

2) Lycosome

3) Nucleus

4) Chromosome

Correct Answer: Lysosomes

QID : 131 - Which atmospheric layer contains ozone layer?

Options:

1) Genosphere

2) Zonosphere

3) Stratosphere

4) Ionosphere

Correct Answer: Stratosphere

QID : 132 - _______ fiber is used in making bulletproof vests.

Options:

1) Nylon-66

2) Terylene

3) Kevlar

4) Lexan

Correct Answer: Kevlar

QID : 133 - India Gate was designed by

Options:

1) Frank Lloyd Wright

2) Sir Edwin Lutyens

3) Frank Gehry

4) Zaha Hadid

Correct Answer: Sir Edwin Lutyens

QID : 134 - What is India's national flower?

Options:

1) Lily

2) Rose

3) Lotus

4) Sunflower

Correct Answer: Lotus

QID : 135 - If the average total cost are Rs 54, average variable cost is Rs 36 and quantity produced is 2500 units, find the total fixed costs (in Rs) of the firm?

Options:

1) 30000

2) 15000

3) 45000

4) 60000

Correct Answer: 45000

QID : 136 - Unemployment that arises when there is a general downturn in business activity is known as

Options:

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1) Structural unemployment

2) Frictional unemployment

3) Cyclical unemployment

4) Disguised unemployment

Correct Answer: Cyclical unemployment

QID : 137 - Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. The most common area affected in it is the lining of the ________.

Options:

1) heart

2) brain

3) stomach

4) lungs

Correct Answer: lungs

QID : 138 - Manganite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Beryllium

2) Chromium

3) Manganese

4) Copper

Correct Answer: Manganese

QID : 139 - International yoga day is celebrated on which day?

Options:

1) 15th June

2) 21st June

3) 28th June

4) 1st June

Correct Answer: 21st June

QID : 140 - "Sirius", the brightest star outside solar system, is also called ______.

Options:

1) Cat star

2) Dog star

3) Fox star

4) Lion star

Correct Answer: Dog star

QID : 141 - In terms of size, Jupiter ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 142 - Who discovered sea route to India?

Options:

1) Babur

2) Vasco-da-Gama

3) Galileo

4) Ferondoz

Correct Answer: Vasco-da-Gama

QID : 143 - Subhas Chandra Bose was born in the year _____.

Options:

1) 1797

2) 1847

3) 1897

4) 1947

Correct Answer: 1897

QID : 144 - Who among these has not been awarded Bharat Ratna?

Options:

1) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Lata Mangeshkar

3) Dhyan Chand

4) Satyajit Ray

Correct Answer: Dhyan Chand

QID : 145 - Which among the following is a vector quantity?

Options:

1) Heat

2) Angular momentum

3) Work

4) Time

Correct Answer: Angular momentum

QID : 146 - Density of water is maximum at ______.

Options:

1) 12 degree Celsius

2) 8 degree Celsius

3) 4 degree Celsius

4) 0 degree Celsius

Correct Answer: 4 degree Celsius

QID : 147 - Who elects the members of Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) Elected members of the Legislative Council

2) The People

3) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly

4) Lok Sabha

Correct Answer: Elected members of the Legislative Assembly

QID : 148 - What is the full form of MLA in the Indian Constitution?

Options:

1) Member of Legislative Assembly

2) Master of Legislative Assembly

3) Member of Left Assembly

4) Master of Left Assembly

Correct Answer: Member of Legislative Assembly

QID : 149 - What was India's ranking in Rio Olympics 2016 Medal List?

Options:

1) 11

2) 33

3) 67

4) 96

Correct Answer: 67

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QID : 150 - Who is the author of "The Secret of the Nagas"?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: Amish Tripathi

SET-29 QID : 226 The unit of measurement of a word length is

Options:

1) Meter

2) Byte

3) Bit

4) Millimetre

Correct Answer: Byte

QID : 227 Who invented EMail?

Options:

1) Tim BernersLee

2) James Gosling

3) Vinton Cerf

4) VA Shiva Ayyadurai

Correct Answer: VA Shiva Ayyadurai

QID : 228 Which of the following is also used as a Bio fertilizer?

Options:

1) Urea

2) Ammonia

3) Uric Acid

4) Nitrates

Correct Answer: Ammonia

QID : 229 Which one of the following is an insectivorous plant?

Options:

1) Utricularia

2) Sequoia Gigantia

3) Nostoc

4) Bryophyta

Correct Answer: Utricularia

QID : 230 ______________ is a multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi.

Options:

1) Cellulose

2) Glycogen

3) Pectin

4) Chitin

Correct Answer: Glycogen

QID : 231 Which of the following gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984?

Options:

1) Methyl isocyanate

2) Methyl isochlorate

3) Methyl Phosphate

4) Methyl Isopropate

Correct Answer: Methyl isocyanate

QID : 232 ________ is used for making vinegar.

Options:

1) Tartaric acid

2) Malic acid

3) Oxalic acid

4) Acetic acid

Correct Answer: Acetic acid

QID : 233 Who built Shantiniketan?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Maharaja Pratap Singh

3) Rabindra Nath Tagore

4) British Govt

Correct Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore

QID : 234 The language in which Buddha preached?

Options:

1) Hindi

2) Urdu

3) Pali

4) Hebrew

Correct Answer: Pali

QID : 235 If the average total cost are Rs 54, total fixed cost is Rs 45000 and quantity produced is 2500 units, find the average variable costs (in Rs) of the firm?

Options:

1) 24

2) 18

3) 36

4) 60

Correct Answer: 36

QID : 236 The law of demand states that

Options:

1) if the price of a good increases, the demand for that good decreases.

2) if the price of a good increases, the the demand for that good increases.

3) if the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded of that good decreases.

4) if the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded of that good increases.

Correct Answer: if the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded of that good decreases.

QID : 237 Major portion of the earth's crust is mainly constituted by

Options:

1) Oxygen and Iron

2) Oxygen and Silicon

3) Silicon and Iron

4) Silicon and Aluminium

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Correct Answer: Oxygen and Silicon

QID : 238 Cinnabar is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Lead

2) Manganese

3) Molybdenum

4) Mercury

Correct Answer: Mercury

QID : 239 Who played the lead character in the movie "Bandit Queen"?

Options:

1) Rupa Ganguly

2) Sangeeta Mahapatra

3) Seema Biswas

4) Sonali Saha

Correct Answer: Seema Biswas

QID : 240 If a star is bigger than Sun, but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a _______.

Options:

1) Pulsar

2) Maxima

3) Avenger

4) Discover

Correct Answer: Pulsar

QID : 241 Name the largest desert of Asia

Options:

1) Thar

2) Gobi

3) Takla Makan

4) Karakum

Correct Answer: Gobi

QID : 242 Who was appointed by Akbar as his Court Musician?

Options:

1) Abul Fazal

2) Mian Tansen

3) Raja Birbal

4) Raja Todar Mal

Correct Answer: Mian Tansen

QID : 243 Ashoka was a king of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Pradyota

2) Haryanka

3) Maurya

4) Nanda

Correct Answer: Maurya

QID : 244 Which Indian won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014?

Options:

1) Kailash Satyarthi

2) Venkat Raman

3) Ram Krishnan

4) Mother Teresa

Correct Answer: Kailash Satyarthi

QID : 245 One nanometer is equal to _____________ meters.

Options:

1) 10 raised to the power (3)

2) 10 raised to the power (6)

3) 10 raised to the power (9)

4) 10 raised to the power (12)

Correct Answer: 10 raised to the power (9)

QID : 246 What is the unit of relative density?

Options:

1) kg/m

2) kg/m2

3) kg/m3

4) It has no unit

Correct Answer: It has no unit

QID : 247 To be a voter in India, what is the minimum qualifying age?

Options:

1) 24 Years

2) 22 Years

3) 20 Years

4) 18 Years

Correct Answer: 18 Years

QID : 248 Indian Constitution came into force on

Options:

1) 15th August 1947

2) 26th January 1950

3) 26th November 1948

4) 6th November 1948

Correct Answer: 26th January 1950

QID : 249 The first Asian city to host Summer Olympics was _________ .

Options:

1) Moscow

2) Beijing

3) Tokyo

4) Singapore

Correct Answer: Tokyo

QID : 250 Who is the author of "I Too Had A Love Story"?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: Ravinder Singh

SET-30

QID : 26 Processed data is known as

Options:

1) Data

2) Information

3) Knowledge

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4) Analysis

Correct Answer: Information

QID : 27 Who invented logarithms?

Options:

1) Eden Snowden

2) Larry Page

3) Thomas Edison

4) John Napier

Correct Answer: John Napier

QID : 28 The largest gland of the human body is

Options:

1) Pancreas

2) Thyroid

3) Large Intestine

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Liver

QID : 29 Photosynthesis in plants takes place in

Options:

1) Stem

2) Leaves

3) Roots

4) Flower

Correct Answer: Leaves

QID : 30 Insects that transmit diseases are known as

Options:

1) Pathogens

2) Vectors

3) Drones

4) Scalars

Correct Answer: Vectors

QID : 31 _________ gets converted to phosgene, when exposed to sunlight.

Options:

1) Chloroform

2) Acetone

3) Benzene

4) Propylene

Correct Answer: Chloroform

QID : 32 Who discovered benzene?

Options:

1) Hal Anger

2) Michael Faraday

3) Bruce Ames

4) Nicolas Appert

Correct Answer: Michael Faraday

QID : 33 Who built Gateway of India?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Maharaja Pratap Singh

3) Rabindra Nath Tagore

4) British Govt

Correct Answer: British Govt

QID : 34 Bhangra is a folk dance of

Options:

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Punjab

3) Assam

4) Nagaland

Correct Answer: Punjab

QID : 35 If the breakeven quantity for a factory whose variable cost of manufacturing a cell is Rs. 15 and selling price is Rs. 24 is 2,400 units, find the fixed cost of

the factory?

Options:

1) Rs. 21600

2) Rs. 36000

3) Rs. 57600

4) Rs. 14400

Correct Answer: Rs. 21600

QID : 36 At the equilibrium price

Options:

1) quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied

2) quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied

3) elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply

4) price elasticity of demand is unity

Correct Answer: quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied

QID : 37 Which of the following gases emitted from automobile exhaust is poisonous?

Options:

1) Carbon monoxide

2) Carbon dioxide

3) Hydrocarbons

4) Sulphur dioxide

Correct Answer: Carbon monoxide

QID : 38 Molybdenite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Molybdenum

2) Nickel

3) Silver

4) Tin

Correct Answer: Molybdenum

QID : 39 Which state has decided to recruit transgender people as jail wardens?

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Kerala

4) Odisha

Correct Answer: Odisha

QID : 40 What are Equinox days?

Options:

1) When day is smaller than night

2) When day is the longest in the year

3) When day is greater than night

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4) When day and night are equal

Correct Answer: When day and night are equal

QID : 41 Which is the largest Union Territory of India?

Options:

1) Goa

2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3) Puducherry

4) Chandigarh

Correct Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

QID : 42 Mahatma Gandhi was born in which year?

Options:

1) 1869

2) 1879

3) 1889

4) 1899

Correct Answer: 1869

QID : 43 Jahangir was born in the year

Options:

1) 1569

2) 1669

3) 1769

4) 1869

Correct Answer: 1569

QID : 44 Who won the Bharat Ratna on his 100th birthday?

Options:

1) Acharya Vinobha bhave

2) JRD Tata

3) D.K. Karve

4) Zakir Hussain

Correct Answer: D.K. Karve

QID : 45 Physical quantities, which have _______ only and no _______ are called scalar quantities.

Options:

1) direction, magnitude

2) magnitude, direction

3) speed, velocity

4) velocity, speed

Correct Answer: magnitude, direction

QID : 46 Sudden fall in the barometric reading is an indication of _______.

Options:

1) Storm

2) Scorching heat

3) Rain

4) Clear weather

Correct Answer: Storm

QID : 47 The Rajya Sabha members are elected for a term of _____ years.

Options:

1) 15

2) 12

3) 9

4) 6

Correct Answer: 6

QID : 48 The National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in

Options:

1) 24th May 1949

2) 24th November 1949

3) 24th January 1950

4) 24th June 1950

Correct Answer: 24th January 1950

QID : 49 Who won the National Snooker Championship 2016?

Options:

1) Manan Chandra

2) Mahesh Yadav

3) Aditya Mehta

4) Pankaj Advani

Correct Answer: Aditya Mehta

QID : 50 Who is the author of 'Train to Pakistan'?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Khushwant Singh

Correct Answer: Khushwant Singh

SET-31 QID : 126 Raymond Samuel Tomilson is famous for developing which of the following?

Options:

1) EMail

2) SMS

3) Facebook

4) Orkut

Correct Answer: EMail

QID : 127 Sewing machine was invented by

Options:

1) Alfred P. Southwick

2) Isaac Singer

3) Murasaki Shikibu

4) Hanaoka Seishu

Correct Answer: Isaac Singer

QID : 128 Which is the second largest gland of Human body?

Options:

1) Liver

2) Large Intestine

3) Thorax

4) Pancreas

Correct Answer: Pancreas

QID : 129 Annona squamosa is the scientific name of

Options:

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1) Custard Apple

2) Papaya

3) Babhul

4) Drumstick

Correct Answer: Custard Apple

QID : 130 Binomial Nomenclature was founded by

Options:

1) Charles Darwin

2) Robert Nucleus

3) Carl Linnaeus

4) Lamarck

Correct Answer: Carl Linnaeus

QID : 131 Which among the following is false about acids?

Options:

1) They give H+ ions in aqueous solution

2) Most acids contain hydrogen

3) They turn blue litmus red

4) They are bad conductor of electricity in aqueous solution

Correct Answer: They are bad conductor of electricity in aqueous solution

QID : 132 Which among the following is used in making liquors, medicines and as a fuel in aircrafts?

Options:

1) Propyl alcohol

2) Dimethyl alcohol

3) Ethyl alcohol

4) Methyl alcohol

Correct Answer: Ethyl alcohol

QID : 133 The famous 'Hawa Mahal' is in which city of Rajasthan?

Options:

1) Ajmer

2) Jodhpur

3) Jaipur

4) Kota

Correct Answer: Jaipur

QID : 134 Where is Pushkar Fair held?

Options:

1) Bihar

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Madhya Pradesh

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

QID : 135 If a person's income increases from Rs. 10 lakhs per year to Rs. 11 lakhs per year and tax increases from Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 92,500 the marginal tax rate is

Options:

1) 12.50%

2) 8%

3) 10%

4) 15%

Correct Answer: 12.50%

QID : 136 This tax is entirely borne by the entity it is levied upon and cannot be passed.

Options:

1) Direct tax

2) Indirect tax

3) Straight tax

4) Advance tax

Correct Answer: Direct tax

QID : 137 Kaziranga National Park is the only natural habitat of the endangered.

Options:

1) Snow Leopards

2) OneHorned Rhinos

3) Asiatic Lions

4) Swamp Deer

Correct Answer: OneHorned Rhinos

QID : 138 Magnetite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Beryllium

2) Chromium

3) Iron

4) Lead

Correct Answer: Iron

QID : 139 Who directed the movie "The man who knew infinity"?

Options:

1) Matthew Brown

2) Christopher Nolan

3) Martin Scorsese

4) Alfred Hitchcock

Correct Answer: Matthew Brown

QID : 140 Which among the following is not an inner planet?

Options:

1) Mercury

2) Saturn

3) Venus

4) Earth

Correct Answer: Saturn

QID : 141 Earth is also known as _______.

Options:

1) Orange planet

2) Green planet

3) Blue planet

4) Yellow planet

Correct Answer: Blue planet

QID : 142 Who was the last Mughal emperor?

Options:

1) Babar

2) Noor Jehan

3) Akbar

4) Bahadur Shah

Correct Answer: Bahadur Shah

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QID : 143 Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in the year

Options:

1) 1844

2) 1864

3) 1884

4) 1904

Correct Answer: 1904

QID : 144 First Indian to win an Individual Olympic medal?

Options:

1) Milkha Singh

2) P.T. Usha

3) Leander Paes

4) K.D. Jadhav

Correct Answer: K.D. Jadhav

QID : 145 Light travels fastest in

Options:

1) Nitrogen

2) Air

3) Steel

4) Vacuum

Correct Answer: Vacuum

QID : 146 What is impulse equal to?

Options:

1) Change in momentum

2) Change in force

3) Change in velocity

4) Change in acceleration

Correct Answer: Change in momentum

QID : 147 Which country's constitution is the world's longest?

Options:

1) United States of America

2) China

3) India

4) Great Britain

Correct Answer: India

QID : 148 Who among the following is addressed as the Chairman of Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) Prime Minister

2) Chief Justice

3) VicePresident

4) Attorney General

Correct Answer: VicePresident

QID : 149 Ryder Cup is associated with which sport

Options:

1) Horse Race

2) Football

3) Cycling

4) Golf

Correct Answer: Golf

QID : 150 Who wrote the book "Passage to India"?

Options:

1) Anita Desai

2) Khushwant Singh

3) Mark Twain

4) E. M. Foster

Correct Answer: E. M. Foster

SET-32 QID : 226 - Which of the following errors are identified by the compiler?

Options:

1) Logical Errors

2) Hardware Errors

3) Language Errors

4) Image Errors

Correct Answer: Logical Errors

QID : 227 - Who invented Helicopter?

Options:

1) Copernicus

2) Sikorsky

3) Cockrell

4) Drinker

Correct Answer: Sikorsky

QID : 228 - The disease Beri Beri is caused due to the deficiency of which of the following?

Options:

1) Vitamin B2

2) Vitamin B1

3) Vitamin B12

4) Vitamin E

Correct Answer: Vitamin B1

QID : 229 - Chlorophyll was first isolated and named by

Options:

1) Caventou

2) Pelletier

3) Chlorophyll

4) Caventou and Pelletier

Correct Answer: Caventou and Pelletier

QID : 230 - Which of the following organisms does not fit into the Cell Theory?

Options:

1) Bacteria

2) Virus

3) Fungi

4) Plants

Correct Answer: Virus

QID : 231 - Which among the following is not a characteristic of transition metals?

Options:

1) Tendency to gain electrons

2) Low electronegativity

3) Low ionization energy

4) Malleability

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Correct Answer: Tendency to gain electrons

QID : 232 - Ethylene is a ______ molecule.

Options:

1) polar

2) ionic

3) covalent

4) nonpolar

Correct Answer: nonpolar

QID : 233 - Gateway of India was built by

Options:

1) Frank Lloyd Wright

2) George Wittet

3) Frank Gehry

4) Zaha Hadid

Correct Answer: George Wittet

QID : 234 - Where was Pablo Picasso from?

Options:

1) Spain

2) Italy

3) France

4) Great Briton

Correct Answer: Spain

QID : 235 - If the fixed costs of a factory producing candles is Rs 20,000, selling price is Rs 30 per dozen candles and variable cost is Rs 1.5 per candle, what is the break-even quantity?

Options:

1) 20000

2) 10000

3) 15000

4) 12000

Correct Answer: 20000

QID : 236 - The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is

Options:

1) downward sloping

2) perfectly inelastic

3) a concave curve

4) perfectly elastic

Correct Answer: perfectly elastic

QID : 237 - If water smells bad, then that odour can be removed by adding

Options:

1) alum

2) bleach

3) activated carbon

4) deactivated nitrogen

Correct Answer: activated carbon

QID : 238 - Nagarhole National Park is part of the ____________ Biosphere Reserve.

Options:

1) Aravalli

2) Vindhya

3) Satpura

4) Nilgiri

Correct Answer: Nilgiri

QID : 239 - Where is the Film and Television Institute of India located?

Options:

1) Ahmedabad

2) Mysore

3) Mumbai

4) Pune

Correct Answer: Pune

QID : 240 - What is the mean temperature of Earth?

Options:

1) 6 degree Celsius

2) 16 degree Celsius

3) 26 degree Celsius

4) 36 degree Celsius

Correct Answer: 16 degree Celsius

QID : 241 - Raipur is the capital of which Indian State?

Options:

1) Jharkhand

2) Goa

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Chattisgarh

Correct Answer: Chattisgarh

QID : 242 - Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?

Options:

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Assam

3) Rajasthan

4) Gujarat

Correct Answer: Gujarat

QID : 243 - Bahadur Shah (First) was born in the year _____.

Options:

1) 1543

2) 1643

3) 1743

4) 1843

Correct Answer: 1643

QID : 244 - Who was the first American to win Nobel peace prize?

Options:

1) Abraham Lincoln

2) George Bush Sr

3) Theodore Roosevelt

4) Franklin Roosevelt

Correct Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

QID : 245 - Acceleration is

Options:

1) Inversely proportional to force

2) Inversely proportional to mass

3) Directly proportional to mass

4) Directly proportional to force

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Correct Answer: Directly proportional to force

QID : 246 - If ice floating on water in a vessel melts, the water level in the vessel _______.

Options:

1) increases

2) does not change

3) first increases before decreasing

4) decreases

Correct Answer: does not change

QID : 247 - The constitution of India was framed by:

Options:

1) Planning Commission

2) Constituent Assembly

3) President

4) Working Committee

Correct Answer: Constituent Assembly

QID : 248 - What is the minimum age to qualify for Lok Sabha Elections?

Options:

1) 25 years

2) 30 years

3) 21 years

4) 18 years

Correct Answer: 25 years

QID : 249 - First Indian to score a triple century in Test Cricket

Options:

1) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Virendra Sehwag

3) Sourav Ganguly

4) MS Dhoni

Correct Answer: Virendra Sehwag

QID : 250 - Who is the author of "Interpreter of Maladies"?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri

SET-33 QID : 26 - Which of these monuments enshrines the tomb containing the relics of St. Francis Xavier?

Options:

1) Basilica of Bom Jesus

2) Se Cathedral

3) Monte Hill

4) St. Alex Church

Correct Answer: Basilica of Bom Jesus

QID : 27 - Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in economics.

Options:

1) Amartya Sen

2) C V Raman

3) Mihir Sen

4) Arun Shourie

Correct Answer: Amartya Sen

QID : 28 - Which compound is used in Anti-malarial drug?

Options:

1) Aspirin

2) Neosporin

3) Chloroquin

4) Antacid

Correct Answer: Chloroquin

QID : 29 - Which of these is not a macronutrient for Plants?

Options:

1) Nitrogen

2) Phosphorus

3) Potassium

4) Chlorine

Correct Answer: Chlorine

QID : 30 - Name the respiratory organs of insects

Options:

1) Skin

2) Body Surface

3) Gills

4) Tracheae

Correct Answer: Tracheae

QID : 31 - Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Platinum

2) Carbon

3) Cobalt

4) Krypton

Correct Answer: Krypton

QID : 32 - Which among the following compounds has the strongest hydrogen bond?

Options:

1) HI

2) HCl

3) HF

4) HBr

Correct Answer: HF

QID : 33 - A set of instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit is _____.

Options:

1) Command Language

2) Machine Language

3) Markup Language

4) Style Sheet Language

Correct Answer: Machine Language

QID : 34 - Khasi tribes live in _____.

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Options:

1) Meghalaya

2) Assam

3) Rajasthan

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Meghalaya

QID : 35 - In 2015, the real rate of interest in a country was 6% and the inflation rate then was 3%. So the nominal rate of interest in 2015 was

Options:

1) 3%

2) 6%

3) 9%

4) 12%

Correct Answer: 9%

QID : 36 - In perfect competition a firm maximizes profit by _____.

Options:

1) setting price such that price is equal to or greater than its marginal costs

2) setting output such that price equals average total costs

3) setting output such that price equals marginal costs

4) setting price so that it is greater than marginal cost

Correct Answer: setting output such that price equals marginal costs

QID : 37 - Ozone hole is caused by chemicals like _____.

Options:

1) Nitrogen Oxide

2) Hydrogen Sulphide

3) Chloro Fluoro Carbon

4) Carbon Monoxide

Correct Answer: Chloro Fluoro Carbon

QID : 38 - The poisonous gas accidentally released in Bhopal Gas Tragedy is

Options:

1) Methane

2) Nitrous Oxide

3) Methyl Isocyanate

4) Cyanogen

Correct Answer: Methyl Isocyanate

QID : 39 - Which country has the most coal reserves?

Options:

1) Russia

2) India

3) China

4) USA

Correct Answer: USA

QID : 40 - Venus is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) 2nd

2) 4th

3) 6th

4) 8th

Correct Answer: 2nd

QID : 41 - What is the capital of Australia?

Options:

1) Copenhagen

2) Canberra

3) Athens

4) Helsinki

Correct Answer: Canberra

QID : 42 - Ashoka was an emperor of the __________ Dynasty.

Options:

1) Mughal

2) Chola

3) Maurya

4) Gupta

Correct Answer: Maurya

QID : 43 - Which Mughal emperor imprisoned his father and executed his brother?

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Aurangzeb

4) Shah Alam II

Correct Answer: Aurangzeb

QID : 44 - Piano was invented by ________.

Options:

1) John Barber

2) Sir Henry Cole

3) Josephine Cochrane

4) Bartolomeo Cristofori

Correct Answer: Bartolomeo Cristofori

QID : 45 - What is the viscosity of an ideal fluid?

Options:

1) Equal to its mass

2) Equal to its weight

3) Zero

4) One

Correct Answer: Zero

QID : 46 - The SI unit of intensity of sound is ______.

Options:

1) watt per square meter

2) joule per square meter

3) newton per square meter

4) tesla per square meter

Correct Answer: watt per square meter

QID : 47 - Indian Constitution has how many Schedules?

Options:

1) 4

2) 8

3) 12

4) 16

Correct Answer: 8

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QID : 48 - Who was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Options:

1) G. V. Mavalankar

2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

3) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

4) Dr P V Cherian

Correct Answer: M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

QID : 49 - Martin Crowe was a cricketer of which country?

Options:

1) Australia

2) New Zealand

3) England

4) South Africa

Correct Answer: New Zealand

QID : 50 - Who wrote the book "Untouchable"?

Options:

1) Premchand

2) Sarojini Naidu

3) K Natwar Singh

4) Mulk Raj Anand

Correct Answer: Mulk Raj Anand

SET-34

QID : 126 How many layers are there in the OSI networking model?

Options:

1) 13

2) 11

3) 9

4) 7

Correct Answer: 7

QID : 127 Christmas Card was invented by ________.

Options:

1) John Barber

2) Sir Henry Cole

3) Josephine Cochrane

4) Bartolomeo Cristofori

Correct Answer: Sir Henry Cole

QID : 128 What does Trypsin do?

Options:

1) Breaks down Carbohydrates

2) Synthesizes proteins

3) Breaks down fats

4) Breaks down proteins

Correct Answer: Breaks down proteins

QID : 129 Name the source from which Aspirin is produced?

Options:

1) Willow bark

2) Oak Tree

3) Acacia

4) Eucalyptus

Correct Answer: Willow bark

QID : 130 Cannis Familiaris is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Cat

2) Dog

3) Fox

4) Wolf

Correct Answer: Dog

QID : 131 Name the acid present in lemon.

Options:

1) Phosphoric acid

2) Carbonic acid

3) Citric acid

4) Malic acid

Correct Answer: Citric acid

QID : 132 The conversion of hard water into soft water by boiling or adding calcium hydroxide is called _______.

Options:

1) Baker's process

2) Temp's process

3) Clarke's process

4) Lake's process

Correct Answer: Clarke's process

QID : 133 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal is in

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Karnataka

QID : 134 2016 Hemis festival was held in ______.

Options:

1) Manipur

2) Jammu and Kashmir

3) Uttarakhand

4) Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

QID : 135 Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 1000 to 950 when price of the item is increased from Rs. 240 to Rs. 280?

Options:

1) 0.33

2) 0.3

3) 0.3

4) 0.33

Correct Answer: 0.33

QID : 136 A price floor is _____.

Options:

1) a maximum legal price

2) a minimum legal price

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3) the price where demand equals supply

4) the price where elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply

Correct Answer: a minimum legal price

QID : 137 Concentration of water vapour in troposphere is

Options:

1) 04%

2) 1014%

3) 2024%

4) 3034%

Correct Answer: 04%

QID : 138 Harmful bacteria in potable water make the water

Options:

1) unfit to drink

2) smelly

3) colored

4) turbid

Correct Answer: unfit to drink

QID : 139 First country to impose carbon tax is ________.

Options:

1) Australia

2) Iceland

3) USA

4) New Zealand

Correct Answer: New Zealand

QID : 140 Elephanta Caves is located in which city?

Options:

1) Nashik

2) Kolhapur

3) Pune

4) Mumbai

Correct Answer: Mumbai

QID : 141 Spring tides occur when ______.

Options:

1) the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line

2) the sun is closest to earth

3) the moon is farthest from earth

4) the earth is at right angles with the sun and the moon

Correct Answer: the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line

QID : 142 Humayun's Tomb was built by_____.

Options:

1) Humayun

2) Hamida Banu Begum

3) Babur

4) Akbar

Correct Answer: Hamida Banu Begum

QID : 143 Who built Sabarmati Ashram?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Shah Jahan

3) Rao Jodhaji

4) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

QID : 144 Which movie got the Best Film Award in 2016 IIFA Awards?

Options:

1) Bajirao Mastani

2) Piku

3) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

4) Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Correct Answer: Bajrangi Bhaijaan

QID : 145 Why does a fountain pen leak in aeroplane flying at a height?

Options:

1) Because of reduced viscosity of the ink in the pen

2) Because of increased viscosity of the ink in the pen

3) Because of higher atmospheric pressure outside the pen

4) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen

Correct Answer: Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen

QID : 146 Instrument for measuring wind velocity is called

Options:

1) Coulombmeter

2) Anemometer

3) Cyanometer

4) Chronometer

Correct Answer: Anemometer

QID : 147 In the presence of which of the following, does the President takes Oath?

Options:

1) VicePresident

2) Lok Sabha Speaker

3) Chief Justice of India

4) Attorney General

Correct Answer: Chief Justice of India

QID : 148 Who was the first indian Chief Election Commissioner?

Options:

1) Morarji Desai

2) Sukumar Sen

3) Sardar Patel

4) V.S Ramadevi

Correct Answer: Sukumar Sen

QID : 149 Phil Mickelson plays which International Sport?

Options:

1) Golf

2) Baseball

3) Basketball

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4) Boxing

Correct Answer: Golf

QID : 150 Who is the author of the book "The White Tiger"?

Options:

1) Maneesh Tripathi

2) Aravind Adiga

3) Arvind Joshi

4) Vijay Lohkare

Correct Answer: Aravind Adiga

SET-35 QID : 226 - From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Mahabodhi Temple Complex

QID : 227 - Which is the second highest civillian award given in India?

Options:

1) Bharat Ratna

2) Padma Vibhushan

3) Padma Bhushan

4) Padma Shri

Correct Answer: Padma Vibhushan

QID : 228 - Which drug is used as an Anti-Inflammatory?

Options:

1) Metformin

2) Diazepam

3) Latanoprost

4) Prednisone

Correct Answer: Prednisone

QID : 229 - Musa paradisiaca is the scientific name of which plant?

Options:

1) mango

2) wheat

3) Corn

4) banana

Correct Answer: banana

QID : 230 - Prawns belong to which family?

Options:

1) Crustaceans

2) Fish

3) Amphibians

4) Reptiles

Correct Answer: Crustaceans

QID : 231 - Adding which substance gives blue colour to glass?

Options:

1) Manganese oxide

2) Cobalt oxide

3) Chromium oxide

4) Iron oxide

Correct Answer: Cobalt oxide

QID : 232 - The (O-H) bond in CH3OH is _____.

Options:

1) polar covalent

2) ionic

3) non polar covalent

4) cationic

Correct Answer: polar covalent

QID : 233 - What is the base of the Octal Numeral System?

Options:

1) 8

2) 16

3) 32

4) 64

Correct Answer: 8

QID : 234 - Bengali is the official language of _________.

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Tripura

3) Kerala

4) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer: Tripura

QID : 235 - If price of an article decreases from Rs 40 to Rs 30, quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 7500 units. If point elasticity of demand is -1 find Q1?

Options:

1) 9000 units

2) 4500 units

3) 10500 units

4) 6000 units

Correct Answer: 6000 units

QID : 236 - Micro economics deals with

Options:

1) the circular flow of income

2) the decision making of a single economic variable like demand

3) understanding unemployment

4) economic growth

Correct Answer: the decision making of a single economic variable like demand

QID : 237 - Name the drug that is yielded from Cinchona tree and is used to cure malaria.

Options:

1) Camptothea

2) Acuminata

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3) Quinine

4) Cinchonia

Correct Answer: Quinine

QID : 238 - When did the US drop the atomic bomb on Japanese city Hiroshima?

Options:

1) 6th August 1945

2) 18th July 1922

3) 26th June 1947

4) 11th May 1931

Correct Answer: 6th August 1945

QID : 239 - The Great Smog of 1952 was a severe air-pollution event which affected _______.

Options:

1) Paris

2) London

3) New York

4) Delhi

Correct Answer: London

QID : 240 - 1-degree of latitude is equal to _____.

Options:

1) 11 Km

2) 211 Km

3) 111 Km

4) 311 Km

Correct Answer: 111 Km

QID : 241 - Which city is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra?

Options:

1) Kanpur

2) Srinagar

3) Dibrugarh

4) Lucknow

Correct Answer: Dibrugarh

QID : 242 - Adolf Hitler committed suicide in _______.

Options:

1) 1915

2) 1925

3) 1935

4) 1945

Correct Answer: 1945

QID : 243 - Humayun (1530–1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Mughal

3) Maurya

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 244 - Blood Circulation was discovered by?

Options:

1) Mary Anderson

2) Virginia Apgar

3) William Harvey

4) Robert Feulgen

Correct Answer: William Harvey

QID : 245 - What are the two kinds of Rotatory motion?

Options:

1) Spin and Vibrational motion

2) Spin and Orbital motion

3) Spin and Translatory motion

4) Spin and Projectile motion

Correct Answer: Spin and Orbital motion

QID : 246 - ______ is the perpendicular distance between point of application of force and axis of rotation.

Options:

1) Moment arm

2) Moment of Inertia

3) Altitude

4) Base

Correct Answer: Moment arm

QID : 247 - As per John Locke, an English philosopher and physician, which is not a Natural Right?

Options:

1) Liberty

2) Equality

3) Property

4) Right to Vote

Correct Answer: Right to Vote

QID : 248 - How many seats are reserved for representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha?

Options:

1) 39

2) 85

3) 109

4) 131

Correct Answer: 131

QID : 249 - The term "Birdie" is related to which game?

Options:

1) Golf

2) Baseball

3) Basketball

4) Polo

Correct Answer: Golf

QID : 250 - Name the author of the book "All About Women".

Options:

1) Priya Kumar

2) Taslima Nasreen

3) Shobha De

4) Geeta Choubey

Correct Answer: Taslima Nasreen

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SET-36 QID : 26 Which temple is built in the form of the chariot of Surya, the Sun God with 24 wheels?

Options:

1) Soorya Narayana Temple

2) Dakshinaraka Temple

3) Surya Pahar Temple

4) Konark Sun Temple

Correct Answer: Konark Sun Temple

QID : 27 Kangana Ranaut has won how many National awards?

Options:

1) 4

2) 3

3) 2

4) 1

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 28 Vitamin A is also known as _____.

Options:

1) Thiamine

2) Riboflavin

3) Retinol

4) Calciferol

Correct Answer: Retinol

QID : 29 Some roots, called _________________, arise from an organ other than the radicle.

Options:

1) tap roots

2) stilt roots

3) fibrous roots

4) adventitious roots

Correct Answer: adventitious roots

QID : 30 Spiders belong to which class of animals?

Options:

1) Arachnids

2) Aves

3) Gastropods

4) Anthozoa

Correct Answer: Arachnids

QID : 31 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Bromine

2) Zinc

3) Lead

4) Calcium

Correct Answer: Bromine

QID : 32 Ethane gas has a slightly ______ taste.

Options:

1) sweet

2) bitter

3) sour

4) salty

Correct Answer: sweet

QID : 33 ROM in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Random Only Memory

2) Read Out Memory

3) Read Only Memory

4) Rotation Only Memory

Correct Answer: Read Only Memory

QID : 34 Which among the following is not a folk dance form of Kerala?

Options:

1) Kathakali

2) Thullal

3) Kaikottikali

4) Chappeli

Correct Answer: Chappeli

QID : 35 The minimum price at which I was willing to sell my old TV was Rs 37,000. I quoted Rs 50,000 while selling it, but it sold for Rs 42,000. This transaction

generated _____.

Options:

1) Rs 5000 worth of consumer surplus

2) Rs 8000 worth of consumer surplus

3) Rs 5000 worth of producer surplus

4) Rs 8000 worth of producer surplus

Correct Answer: Rs 5000 worth of producer surplus

QID : 36 __________________ is a good whose quantity demanded decreases when consumer income rises.

Options:

1) Veblen good

2) normal good

3) exclusive good

4) inferior good

Correct Answer: inferior good

QID : 37 Which of the following processes is responsible for causing rain?

Options:

1) Filtration

2) Evaporation and Condensation

3) Evaporation

4) Condensation

Correct Answer: Evaporation and Condensation

QID : 38 Manas National Park is in which state?

Options:

1) Orissa

2) Maharashtra

3) Assam

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Assam

QID : 39 Who sang the song "Jag Ghoomeya" from the Movie Sultan?

Options:

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1) Sonu Nigam

2) Shaan

3) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

4) Arijit

Correct Answer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

QID : 40 Marble is a metamorphic rock of _______.

Options:

1) Sandstone

2) Limestone

3) Granite

4) Clay

Correct Answer: Limestone

QID : 41 Which city is located on the banks of the river Chambal?

Options:

1) Ahmedabad

2) Ayodhya

3) Badrinath

4) Kota

Correct Answer: Kota

QID : 42 The battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and _____.

Options:

1) Mahmood Gaznabi

2) Muhammad Ghori

3) Babar

4) Humayun

Correct Answer: Muhammad Ghori

QID : 43 World War II started in the year?

Options:

1) 1914

2) 1919

3) 1939

4) 1945

Correct Answer: 1939

QID : 44 ISRO built India's first satellite known as _____.

Options:

1) Aryabhata

2) Bhaskara

3) Rohini

4) Insat 1A

Correct Answer: Aryabhata

QID : 45 The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) at a distance of 2R from the surface of earth, where R is the radius of earth is ______.

Options:

1) g/3

2) g/4

3) g/9

4) g/2

Correct Answer: g/9

QID : 46 The unit of which physical quantity is not pascal?

Options:

1) Moment of inertia

2) Pressure

3) Stress

4) Young's modulus

Correct Answer: Moment of inertia

QID : 47 What is the full form of the Indian Political Party, "AITC"?

Options:

1) All India Trinamool Congress

2) All India Telugu Congress

3) All India Telugu Communist

4) All India Trinamool Communist

Correct Answer: All India Trinamool Congress

QID : 48 The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Karnataka is _____.

Options:

1) 12

2) 16

3) 18

4) 31

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 49 Apurvi Chandela is related to _______.

Options:

1) Boxing

2) Archery

3) Swimming

4) Shooting

Correct Answer: Shooting

QID : 50 Who wrote the book "The Broken Wing"?

Options:

1) APJ Abdul Kalam

2) Kiran Bedi

3) Sarojini Naidu

4) Premchand

Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu

SET-37 QID : 126 Isfahan, the Persian Capital is said to have provided the inspiration to build which of these monuments?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Red Fort Complex

QID : 127 Which one of the following is the name of Nobel Prize winning Indian?

Options:

1) Vikram Sarabhai

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2) APJ Abdul Kalam

3) S. Pancharatnam

4) C.V. Raman

Correct Answer: C.V. Raman

QID : 128 How many layers does Human Skin have?

Options:

1) 5

2) 7

3) 11

4) 3

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 129 Allium Cepa is the scientific name of _____.

Options:

1) Carrot

2) Tomato

3) Potato

4) Onion

Correct Answer: Onion

QID : 130 DNA stands for _____.

Options:

1) Di Nucleic Acid

2) Deoxy Nucleic Acid

3) Diribonucleic Acid

4) Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Correct Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

QID : 131 Which among the following is false about natural rubber?

Options:

1) It is an elastomer

2) It is a monomer of cisisoprene

3) Natural rubber is a polymer of chloroprene

4) It is heated with sulphur compounds to improve its properties

Correct Answer: It is a monomer of cisisoprene

QID : 132 Why does carbon tetrachloride have no dipole moment?

Options:

1) Because of same size of carbon and chlorine atoms

2) Because of regular tetrahedral structure

3) Because of planar structure

4) Because of similar electron affinities of carbon and chlorine

Correct Answer: Because of regular tetrahedral structure

QID : 133 Convert decimal number 101 to binary.

Options:

1) 1100101

2) 1100111

3) 1101001

4) 1101011

Correct Answer: 1100101

QID : 134 'Vallam Kali Boat Race' is held in which state?

Options:

1) Kerala

2) Tamil Nadu

3) West Bengal

4) Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: Kerala

QID : 135 If price of an article decreases from Rs P1 to Rs 75, quantity demanded increases from 1000 units to 1200 units. If point elasticity of demand is 3.2 find P1?

Options:

1) Rs 85

2) Rs 80

3) Rs 90

4) Rs 95

Correct Answer: Rs 80

QID : 136 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Differentiated products, but close substitutes for consumers so their demand curves are elastic

(b) Homogeneous product, all goods are perfect substitutes for consumers

Options:

1) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Competition

2) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

3) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Monopolistic Competition

4) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Pure Competition

Correct Answer: (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Competition

QID : 137 Which of the following gases is produced due to incomplete combustion of fuel?

Options:

1) Carbon Dioxide

2) Carbon Monoxide

3) Methane

4) Ethane

Correct Answer: Carbon Monoxide

QID : 138 Organisms that generate energy using light are known as ______.

Options:

1) Chaemolithotrophs

2) Oligotrophs

3) Bacteria

4) Photoautotrophs

Correct Answer: Photoautotrophs

QID : 139 Which is the first Hindi newspaper of India?

Options:

1) Udaan

2) Azad Vichaar

3) Udant Martand

4) Vichaar Vyakti

Correct Answer: Udant Martand

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QID : 140 What is the capital of Portugal?

Options:

1) Lisbon

2) Minsk

3) Vienna

4) Buenos Aires

Correct Answer: Lisbon

QID : 141 Madrid is the Capital City of _____.

Options:

1) Philippines

2) Maldives

3) Spain

4) United Kingdom

Correct Answer: Spain

QID : 142 Alexander the Great was born in ________.

Options:

1) 356 BC

2) 189 BC

3) 189 AD

4) 356 AD

Correct Answer: 356 BC

QID : 143 Akbar (1556–1605 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Maurya

3) Mughal

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 144 Who invented Rocket?

Options:

1) Rich K Goyle

2) E M Forster

3) Robert Goddard

4) James Anderson

Correct Answer: Robert Goddard

QID : 145 Weight of a person at a height of 2R from the centre of the earth, where R is the radius of the earth _______.

Options:

1) remains same

2) becomes half

3) becomes twice

4) becomes onefourth

Correct Answer: becomes onefourth

QID : 146 How can we measure specific gravity of milk?

Options:

1) Using a viscometer

2) Using an odometer

3) Using a hygrometer

4) Using a hydrometer

Correct Answer: Using a hydrometer

QID : 147 Constitution Day of India is on ________.

Options:

1) 26th January

2) 23rd June

3) 15th August

4) 26th November

Correct Answer: 26th November

QID : 148 Article 44 of the Indian Constitution "Uniform civil code for the citizens" deals with _____.

Options:

1) the directive principles of state policy

2) the Union Government

3) the State Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the directive principles of state policy

QID : 149 Who is the first Indian cricketer to have scored a triple hundred in test cricket?

Options:

1) Rahul Dravid

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) VVS Laxman

4) Virender Sehwag

Correct Answer: Virender Sehwag

QID : 150 Who wrote the book "The Arabian Nights"?

Options:

1) Stephen Hawkings

2) Vikram Seth

3) Zoya Hasan

4) Richard Burton

Correct Answer: Richard Burton

SET-38 QID : 26 The command that merges the contents of one file to another is

Options:

1) APPEND

2) RENAME

3) RESTORE

4) ADD

Correct Answer: APPEND

QID : 27 Dishwasher was invented by ________.

Options:

1) John Barber

2) Sir Henry Cole

3) Josephine Cochrane

4) Bartolomeo Cristofori

Correct Answer: Josephine Cochrane

QID : 28 Prothrombin, responsible for clotting of blood is released by_____.

Options:

1) Small Intestine

2) Blood Platelets

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3) Large Intestine

4) Heart

Correct Answer: Blood Platelets

QID : 29 Acacia arabica is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Neem

2) Teak

3) Babhul

4) Pomegranate

Correct Answer: Babhul

QID : 30 Cannis Vulpes is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Dog

2) Wolf

3) Fox

4) Hyena

Correct Answer: Fox

QID : 31 What is the pH of water?

Options:

1) 7

2) 5

3) 3

4) 1

Correct Answer: 7

QID : 32 Solid carbon dioxide is known as ________.

Options:

1) Hypo

2) Borax

3) Alum

4) Dry ice

Correct Answer: Dry ice

QID : 33 Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western _____ sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.

Options:

1) Iraq

2) Afghanistan

3) Pakistan

4) India

Correct Answer: Afghanistan

QID : 34 Flamingo festival is celebrated in which state?

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Kerala

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

QID : 35 If for the year a country's GDP was $990 million, consumer spending was $630 million, investment by businesses was $110 million, exports were $55 million and imports were $45 million, calculate government spending?

Options:

1) $260 million

2) $240 million

3) $480 million

4) $460 million

Correct Answer: $240 million

QID : 36 In economic equilibrium _____

Options:

1) supply is equal to the demand.

2) the surplus is larger than the shortage.

3) elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply

4) price elasticity of demand is unity

Correct Answer: supply is equal to the demand.

QID : 37 Beryl is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Nickel

2) Beryllium

3) Lead

4) Tin

Correct Answer: Beryllium

QID : 38 What is the Greenhouse Effect?

Options:

1) The fall in population of plants due to human activity

2) It is the warming of earth's surface due to its atmosphere

3) The polluting effect of burning fossil fuels

4) The heating of the atmosphere due to depletion of the ozone layer

Correct Answer: It is the warming of earth's surface due to its atmosphere

QID : 39 The longest railway platform in India

Options:

1) Amritsar

2) Gorakhpur

3) Kathgodam

4) Kanpur

Correct Answer: Gorakhpur

QID : 40 In terms of size, Saturn ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 41 Which of the following continents has the smallest land area?

Options:

1) Antarctica

2) Europe

3) North America

4) South America

Correct Answer: Europe

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QID : 42 Who built Jodhpur Fort?

Options:

1) Guru Ramdas

2) Shah Jahan

3) Rao Jodhaji

4) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: Rao Jodhaji

QID : 43 Battle of Panipat was fought in the year ________.

Options:

1) 1764

2) 1757

3) 1526

4) 1857

Correct Answer: 1526

QID : 44 Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in literature.

Options:

1) Rabindranath Tagore

2) CV Raman

3) Lal Bahadur Shastri

4) Amartya Sen

Correct Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

QID : 45 Atmospheric pressure is measured by __________.

Options:

1) Barometer

2) Hexameter

3) Nanometer

4) Glaxometer

Correct Answer: Barometer

QID : 46 Instrument for measuring rainfall is called

Options:

1) Lucimeter

2) Galactometer

3) Hyetometer

4) Hygrometer

Correct Answer: Hyetometer

QID : 47 What is the total number of members in Rajya Sabha from States and Union Territories?

Options:

1) 218

2) 228

3) 238

4) 248

Correct Answer: 238

QID : 48 The Look East Policy in India was started by which of the following Prime Ministers?

Options:

1) Rajiv Gandhi

2) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

3) P.V. Narasimha Rao

4) Manmohan Singh

Correct Answer: P.V. Narasimha Rao

QID : 49 Who won the Gold Medal in 400m sprint in 2016 Summer Olympics?

Options:

1) Usain Bolt

2) Justin Gatlin

3) Andre De Grasse

4) Wayde van Niekerk

Correct Answer: Wayde van Niekerk

QID : 50 Who wrote the book "The God of Small Things"?

Options:

1) Arundhati Roy

2) Anita Desai

3) Amartya Sen

4) Arun Shourie

Correct Answer: Arundhati Roy

SET-39 QID : 226 Garden inside the Taj Mahal is known as _____.

Options:

1) Mughal Garden

2) Taj Bageecha

3) Taj Mahal Garden

4) Mahal Bageecha

Correct Answer: Mughal Garden

QID : 227 How many Filmfare awards has Shahrukh Khan won?

Options:

1) 5

2) 10

3) 15

4) 20

Correct Answer: 15

QID : 228 Which drug is used to cure Glaucoma?

Options:

1) Fexofenadine

2) Ketoconazole

3) Latanoprost

4) Ibuprofen

Correct Answer: Latanoprost

QID : 229 _____ are a group of chemicals that influence cell division and shoot formation.

Options:

1) Cytokinins

2) Gibberellins

3) Domins

4) Auxins

Correct Answer: Cytokinins

QID : 230 Lungs are the primary organs of _________.

Options:

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1) Digestion

2) Constipation

3) Perspiration

4) Respiration

Correct Answer: Respiration

QID : 231 Who discovered Oxygen?

Options:

1) Carl Scheele

2) Hooke

3) Heisenberg

4) Williams

Correct Answer: Carl Scheele

QID : 232 Electrons in the highest energy level of an atom are called ________.

Options:

1) valence protons

2) orbital protons

3) valence electrons

4) orbital electrons

Correct Answer: valence electrons

QID : 233 How many KB is equal to 1 GB?

Options:

1) 1024

2) 256 x 1024

3) 1024 x 1024

4) 1024 x 1024 x 128

Correct Answer: 1024 x 1024

QID : 234 The Queen who had the nick name "Bloody Mary"

Options:

1) Elizabeth

2) Victoria

3) Mary I

4) Ruth

Correct Answer: Mary I

QID : 235 Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 4600 to 4200 when price of the item is increased from Rs 960 to Rs 1000?

Options:

1) 2.23

2) 2.09

3) 2.23

4) 2.09

Correct Answer: 2.23

QID : 236 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Difficult entry (often due to economies of scale)

(b) Can sell as much as it can at market price

Options:

1) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

3) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Competition

4) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Competition

QID : 237 Which of the following states has the maximum area of Mangrove forest?

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Sikkim

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: West Bengal

QID : 238 Manas Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Telangana

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Assam

4) Kerala

Correct Answer: Assam

QID : 239 First man to go into space was

Options:

1) Roald Amundsen

2) Reynalt Mayor

3) Robert Peary

4) Major Yuri Gagarin

Correct Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin

QID : 240 India has how many states?

Options:

1) 26

2) 27

3) 29

4) 28

Correct Answer: 29

QID : 241 Which country is the largest producer of Wheat?

Options:

1) Brazil

2) United States

3) France

4) China

Correct Answer: China

QID : 242 Noor Jahan was wife of which Mughal Emperor?

Options:

1) Akbar

2) Aurangzeb

3) Jahangir

4) Shah Jahan

Correct Answer: Jahangir

QID : 243 Battle of Tarain was fought in the year ________?

Options:

1) 1526

2) 1757

3) 1191

4) 1857

Correct Answer: 1191

QID : 244 Who invented the Lightning Rod in 1749?

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Options:

1) Benjamin Franklin

2) Nikola Tesla

3) Eli Whitney

4) George Washington

Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin

QID : 245 An object is in static equilibrium when it is _______.

Options:

1) at rest

2) moving in a circular path

3) moving with uniform velocity

4) accelerating at high speed

Correct Answer: at rest

QID : 246 _________________ through a plane surface is the product of the magnetic flux density normal to the surface and the area of the surface.

Options:

1) Magnetic susceptibility

2) Magnetic resonance

3) Magnetic flux

4) Magnetic pulse

Correct Answer: Magnetic flux

QID : 247 First country to make constitution is ________.

Options:

1) India

2) England

3) USA

4) Sri Lanka

Correct Answer: USA

QID : 248 The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Chandigarh is

Options:

1) 1

2) 6

3) 11

4) 15

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 249 Which country won the ICC Under19 Cricket World Cup in 2016?

Options:

1) Australia

2) West Indies

3) Srilanka

4) South Africa

Correct Answer: West Indies

QID : 250 "Malgudi Days" was written by _____.

Options:

1) Vijay Krishna Acharya

2) Rajat Arora

3) Mrinal Jha

4) RK Narayan

Correct Answer: RK Narayan

SET-40 QID : 26 - Which world heritage site comprises of the tomb of Iltumish?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Qutub Minar

QID : 27 - Highest Civilian Honour received by Mary Kom is

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

QID : 28 - Which drug is used for Pain Relief?

Options:

1) Risedronate

2) Tramadol

3) Folic Acid

4) Bupropion

Correct Answer: Tramadol

QID : 29 - Sugarcane is a type of _____.

Options:

1) creeper

2) tree

3) shrub

4) grass

Correct Answer: grass

QID : 30 - Who is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology"?

Options:

1) Robert Hooke

2) Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

3) Carl Linnaeus

4) Charles Darwin

Correct Answer: Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

QID : 31 - Which of the following is a Synthetic rubber?

Options:

1) Leoprene

2) Monoprene

3) Neoprene

4) Isoprene

Correct Answer: Neoprene

QID : 32 - NaCl has ______.

Options:

1) nonpolar bonds

2) polar covalent bonds

3) Metallic bonds

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4) ionic bonds

Correct Answer: ionic bonds

QID : 33 - Which of the following is equivalent to 1 Kilobyte?

Options:

1) 128 Bytes

2) 256 Bytes

3) 512 Bytes

4) 1024 Bytes

Correct Answer: 1024 Bytes

QID : 34 - Marathi is the official language of _________.

Options:

1) Chandigarh

2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

3) Daman and Diu

4) Delhi

Correct Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

QID : 35 - If demand curve for racing cycles is D = 59600 - 6P and supply curve is S = 29600 + 4P, find the equilibrium Quantity?

Options:

1) 118000

2) 300

3) 41600

4) 6000

Correct Answer: 41600

QID : 36 - Which of the following statements is incorrect, if resources were unlimited?

Options:

1) there would still be scarcity and opportunity costs

2) there would still be scarcity but no opportunity costs

3) there would be no scarcity, but there would be opportunity costs.

4) there would neither be scarcity nor opportunity costs

Correct Answer: there would be no scarcity, but there would be opportunity costs.

QID : 37 - For the aquatic organisms, the source of food is

Options:

1) Phytoplankton

2) Sea Weed

3) Aqua plankton

4) Zooplankton

Correct Answer: Phytoplankton

QID : 38 - Haemoglobin has the highest affinity with which of the following?

Options:

1) SO2

2) CO2

3) CO

4) NO2

Correct Answer: CO

QID : 39 - The Lena river passes through which country?

Options:

1) China

2) USA

3) Russia

4) Brazil

Correct Answer: Russia

QID : 40 - Mars is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) 2nd

2) 4th

3) 6th

4) 8th

Correct Answer: 4th

QID : 41 - Which city is located on the banks of the river Alaknanda?

Options:

1) Badrinath

2) Ayodhya

3) Allahabad

4) Lucknow

Correct Answer: Badrinath

QID : 42 - Kalinga War was fought in the year _______

Options:

1) 1604 BC

2) 261 BC

3) 731 AD

4) 1113 AD

Correct Answer: 261 BC

QID : 43 - The League of Nations was formed at the end of which war?

Options:

1) World War I

2) World War II

3) Gulf War I

4) Gulf War II

Correct Answer: World War I

QID : 44 - Who developed the theory of Evolution?

Options:

1) Charles Darwin

2) Isaac Newton

3) Pranav Mistry

4) Galileo Galilei

Correct Answer: Charles Darwin

QID : 45 - Which among the following is not a unit of distance?

Options:

1) Light year

2) Longsec

3) Astronomical unit

4) Parsec

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Correct Answer: Longsec

QID : 46 - The apparent weight of a person in a lift which is moving down with uniform acceleration is _______.

Options:

1) greater than the weight when the person is stationary

2) twice the weight when the person is stationary

3) less than the weight when the person is stationary

4) same as the weight when the person is stationary

Correct Answer: less than the weight when the person is stationary

QID : 47 - The form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a faction of persons or families is called

Options:

1) Tyranny

2) Fascism

3) Oligarchy

4) Plutocracy

Correct Answer: Oligarchy

QID : 48 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Haryana is

Options:

1) 10

2) 26

3) 28

4) 48

Correct Answer: 10

QID : 49 - Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with which game?

Options:

1) Polo

2) Badminton

3) Golf

4) Tennis

Correct Answer: Golf

QID : 50 - Name the author of the book "Pakistan the Gathering Storm".

Options:

1) Parvez Musharraf

2) Benazir Bhutto

3) Chetan Bhagat

4) Javier Moro

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

SET-41 QID : 126 - Khajuraho Group of monuments are attributed to which dynasty?

Options:

1) Chandela

2) Mughal

3) Maurya

4) Shunga

Correct Answer: Chandela

QID : 127 - Ravuri Bharadhwaja won Jnanpith Award for work in which language?

Options:

1) Gujarati

2) Marathi

3) Hindi

4) Telugu

Correct Answer: Telugu

QID : 128 - The primary function of RNA is

Options:

1) Photosynthesis

2) Protein Synthesis

3) Replication

4) Translation

Correct Answer: Protein Synthesis

QID : 129 - _______________ is the movement of molecules across a cell membrane from a region of their lower concentration to a region of their higher

concentration.

Options:

1) Diffusion

2) Osmosis

3) Active Transport

4) Passive Transport

Correct Answer: Active Transport

QID : 130 - Study of classification of organisms is known as _____.

Options:

1) Serpentology

2) Virology

3) Taxonomy

4) Physiology

Correct Answer: Taxonomy

QID : 131 - Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Iodine

2) Lead

3) Tin

4) Mercury

Correct Answer: Mercury

QID : 132 - The common name of sodium bicarbonate is _____.

Options:

1) baking soda

2) borax

3) bleach

4) epsom salt

Correct Answer: baking soda

QID : 133 - A computer language that expresses the presentation of structured documents, such as CSS, is called _____.

Options:

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1) Command Language

2) Machine Language

3) Markup Language

4) Style Sheet Language

Correct Answer: Style Sheet Language

QID : 134 - Who started Ganesha Festival?

Options:

1) Mahatma Gandhi

2) Lokmanya Tilak

3) Pandit Nehru

4) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: Lokmanya Tilak

QID : 135 - If hiring an extra worker increases a brick making unit's output from 2000 to 2250 units per day, but the factory has to reduce the price of its brick from Rs 15 to Rs 14 per brick to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last worker is

Options:

1) Rs 1500

2) Rs 250

3) Rs 3000

4) Rs 100

Correct Answer: Rs 1500

QID : 136 - _______________________ is the unemployment which exists in any economy due to people being in the process of moving from one job to another.

Options:

1) Seasonal unemployment

2) Cyclical unemployment

3) Frictional unemployment

4) Structural unemployment

Correct Answer: Frictional unemployment

QID : 137 - The highest number of tube wells is found in which one of the following countries?

Options:

1) India

2) Saudi Arabia

3) America

4) China

Correct Answer: India

QID : 138 - The soil found in the Eastern and Western coasts of India is _____.

Options:

1) Red Rocky

2) Laterite

3) Black Cotton

4) Alluvial

Correct Answer: Laterite

QID : 139 - Which of the following is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it?

Options:

1) Google

2) Wikipedia

3) Encyclopedia

4) Yahoo

Correct Answer: Wikipedia

QID : 140 - Equal day/night in both hemispheres is on ________.

Options:

1) 21st June and 21st March

2) 5th July and 21st September

3) 21st March and 23rd September

4) 5th June and 21st September

Correct Answer: 21st March and 23rd September

QID : 141 - Prague is the Capital City of _____.

Options:

1) Saudi Arabia

2) North Korea

3) Czech Republic

4) Trinidad and Tobago

Correct Answer: Czech Republic

QID : 142 - Shahjahan built the Taj Mahal for?

Options:

1) Marjani

2) Mehbooba

3) Mehjabeen

4) Mumtaz

Correct Answer: Mumtaz

QID : 143 - In which year, Shivaji was crowned as the Chhatrapati?

Options:

1) 1608

2) 1646

3) 1674

4) 1710

Correct Answer: 1674

QID : 144 - Who Invented the nuclear reactor?

Options:

1) Enrico Fermi

2) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

3) Sandford Fleming

4) Benoit Fourneyron

Correct Answer: Enrico Fermi

QID : 145 - What is the angle between centripetal acceleration and tangential acceleration?

Options:

1) 90°

2) 45°

3) 0°

4) 180°

Correct Answer: 90°

QID : 146 - Rectifiers convert _____.

Options:

1) high voltage to low voltage

2) low voltage to high voltage

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3) AC to DC

4) DC to AC

Correct Answer: AC to DC

QID : 147 - Nationalist Congress Party was founded in ______.

Options:

1) 1925

2) 1955

3) 1984

4) 1999

Correct Answer: 1999

QID : 148 - Bharatiya Janata Party is a part of which political group?

Options:

1) United Progressive Alliance

2) National Democratic Alliance

3) Janata Parivar

4) Rashtra Parivar

Correct Answer: National Democratic Alliance

QID : 149 - Hopman cup is related to _______.

Options:

1) Badminton

2) Lawn tennis

3) Cricket

4) Hockey

Correct Answer: Lawn tennis

QID : 150 - Who wrote the book -"The Argumentative Indian"?

Options:

1) Amartya Sen

2) Anita Desai

3) Arun Shourie

4) Arundhati Roy

Correct Answer: Amartya Sen

SET-42

QID : 226 Which world heritage site comprises of the Alai Darwaza Gate?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Qutub Minar

QID : 227 Highest Civilian Honour received by Azim Premji is

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Vibhushan

QID : 228 Which drug is used as an AntiDiabetic drug?

Options:

1) Metformin

2) Zolpidem

3) Promethazine

4) Hydralazine

Correct Answer: Metformin

QID : 229 Photosynthesis takes place inside plant cells in _____.

Options:

1) Ribosomes

2) Chloroplasts

3) Nucleus

4) Mitochondria

Correct Answer: Chloroplasts

QID : 230 _____ is the cell organelle, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur.

Options:

1) Mitochondria

2) Chloroplast

3) Ribosomes

4) Nucleus

Correct Answer: Mitochondria

QID : 231 LPG is a mixture of _______.

Options:

1) methane and butane

2) butane and propane

3) methane and propane

4) ethane and propane

Correct Answer: butane and propane

QID : 232 What happens when one S and one P orbital is hybridized?

Options:

1) We get three orbitals in a plane

2) We get two orbitals at 180 degrees

3) We get two mutually perpendicular orbitals

4) We get four orbitals directed tetrahedrally

Correct Answer: We get two orbitals at 180 degrees

QID : 233 A formal language used to express information or knowledge, often for use in computer system design is?

Options:

1) Command Language

2) Machine Language

3) Markup Language

4) Modeling language

Correct Answer: Modeling language

QID : 234 Konkani is the official language of _________.

Options:

1) Chandigarh

2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

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3) Daman and Diu

4) Delhi

Correct Answer: Daman and Diu

QID : 235 If demand curve for racing cycles is D = 80200 13P and supply curve is S = 6200 + 12P, What is the equilibrium Quantity?

Options:

1) 2960 units

2) 31220 units

3) 8750 units

4) 41720 units

Correct Answer: 41720 units

QID : 236 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) MC = Price

(b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

Options:

1) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition

3) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition

4) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Pure Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

QID : 237 To which habitat is the turtle Petri adapted?

Options:

1) Desert

2) Forest

3) Sea

4) Marshes

Correct Answer: Sea

QID : 238 Bandipur National Park is in which state?

Options:

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Rajasthan

3) Karnataka

4) Chhattisgarh

Correct Answer: Karnataka

QID : 239 Which is the first newspaper of India?

Options:

1) Bombay Gazette

2) Bengal Gazette

3) Bombay Times

4) Hindustan Times

Correct Answer: Bengal Gazette

QID : 240 Which state in India has the longest coastline?

Options:

1) Kerala

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Maharashtra

4) Gujarat

Correct Answer: Gujarat

QID : 241 London is the Capital City of

Options:

1) Philippines

2) Maldives

3) Spain

4) United Kingdom

Correct Answer: United Kingdom

QID : 242 Adolf Hitler was from _________.

Options:

1) France

2) Germany

3) United Kingdom

4) Spain

Correct Answer: Germany

QID : 243 Babur (1526–1530 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Mughal

2) Nanda

3) Maurya

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 244 What did J. B. Dunlop invent?

Options:

1) Pneumatic rubber tire

2) Car Music System

3) Steering Wheel

4) Diesel Engine

Correct Answer: Pneumatic rubber tire

QID : 245 When net torque is zero, __________ will be constant.

Options:

1) force

2) angular momentum

3) linear momentum

4) acceleration

Correct Answer: angular momentum

QID : 246 Newton's first law is also known as _______.

Options:

1) Law of friction

2) Law of moments

3) Law of Inertia

4) Law of motion

Correct Answer: Law of Inertia

QID : 247 The tenure of the members of Lok Sabha is for how many years?

Options:

1) 11

2) 9

3) 7

4) 5

Correct Answer: 5

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QID : 248 Article 41 of the Indian Constitution "Right to work, to education and to public assistance in certain cases" deals with?

Options:

1) the Union Government

2) the directive principles of state policy

3) the State Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the directive principles of state policy

QID : 249 Anju Bobby George is associated with which game?

Options:

1) Shooting

2) Athletics

3) Chess

4) Cricket

Correct Answer: Athletics

QID : 250 Who wrote the book "The test of my life"?

Options:

1) Yuvraj Singh

2) Sachin Tendulkar

3) Brian Lara

4) Adam Gilchrist

Correct Answer: Yuvraj Singh

SET-43 QID : 26 - Which caves is a cultural mix of religious arts of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism?

Options:

1) Ajanta

2) Ellora

3) Elephanta

4) Badami

Correct Answer: Ellora

QID : 27 - Which Indian actor has won maximum number of National awards?

Options:

1) Tabu

2) Kamal Haasan

3) Shabana Azmi

4) Kangana Ranaut

Correct Answer: Shabana Azmi

QID : 28 - Which of the following induces souring of milk?

Options:

1) Acetic Acid

2) Citric Acid

3) Ascorbic Acid

4) Lactic Acid

Correct Answer: Lactic Acid

QID : 29 - Which non-flowering, spore bearing plants have roots?

Options:

1) mosses

2) angiosperms

3) ferns

4) gymnosperms

Correct Answer: ferns

QID : 30 - Which of the following is an excretory organ of cockroach?

Options:

1) Malphigian Tubules

2) Nephridia

3) Coxal Gland

4) Green Gland

Correct Answer: Malphigian Tubules

QID : 31 - The Chemical formula of Cadmium nitrate is _____.

Options:

1) Cd(NO3)2

2) CdNO3

3) Cd2(NO3)2

4) Cd2NO3

Correct Answer: Cd(NO3)2

QID : 32 - The common name of hydrogen peroxide is

Options:

1) borax

2) bleach (liquid)

3) baking soda

4) gypsum

Correct Answer: bleach (liquid)

QID : 33 - ______________ is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India.

Options:

1) PARAM

2) TITAN

3) SHAKTI

4) VIGYAN

Correct Answer: PARAM

QID : 34 - Bharatanatyam is a folk dance of which state?

Options:

1) Kerala

2) Tamil Nadu

3) Andhra Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Tamil Nadu

QID : 35 - Reema wants to buy a certain designer party dress. The shop is offering a discount of 20% on that dress which is marked at Rs 5000. If Reema was willing to pay even Rs 7000 for that dress, Reema's consumer surplus is

Options:

1) Rs 3000

2) Rs 2000

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3) Rs 1000

4) Rs 7000

Correct Answer: Rs 3000

QID : 36 - The unemployment created at certain times of the year, when the demand for goods and services are lower than normal, is _____.

Options:

1) Cyclical unemployment

2) Frictional unemployment

3) Seasonal unemployment

4) Structural unemployment

Correct Answer: Seasonal unemployment

QID : 37 - Evaporation of water takes place in which part of plants?

Options:

1) Stem

2) Stomata

3) Branch

4) Fruit

Correct Answer: Stomata

QID : 38 - Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Tamil Nadu

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Arunachal Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Tamil Nadu

QID : 39 - Picture of which US President is on the 5 dollar note?

Options:

1) George Washington

2) Thomas Jefferson

3) Abraham Lincoln

4) Andrew Jackson

Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln

QID : 40 - Which country is the largest producer of Guava?

Options:

1) Brazil

2) China

3) United States

4) India

Correct Answer: India

QID : 41 - Port Blair is the Capital City of _____.

Options:

1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Bihar

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

QID : 42 - Battle of Plassey was fought in ______.

Options:

1) 1657

2) 1707

3) 1757

4) 1807

Correct Answer: 1757

QID : 43 - Shah Jahan (1627–1657 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Mughal

2) Nanda

3) Maurya

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 44 - Who was the first Indian astronaut to travel in space?

Options:

1) Rakesh Sharma

2) Ravish Malhotra

3) Kalpana Chawla

4) Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Correct Answer: Rakesh Sharma

QID : 45 - AV= constant, where A= area of cross-section and V= velocity of fluid. This equation is called _____.

Options:

1) Equation of discontinuity

2) Equation of continuity

3) Equation of sustenance

4) Equation of parallelism

Correct Answer: Equation of continuity

QID : 46 - A body in equilibrium _______.

Options:

1) can move with constant acceleration

2) is always at rest

3) can move with constant velocity

4) can move with variable acceleration

Correct Answer: can move with constant velocity

QID : 47 - All India Trinamool Congress was founded in the year ______.

Options:

1) 1925

2) 1955

3) 1984

4) 1998

Correct Answer: 1998

QID : 48 - Indian National Congress is a part of which political group?

Options:

1) United Progressive Alliance

2) National Democratic Alliance

3) Janata Parivar

4) Rashtra Parivar

Correct Answer: United Progressive Alliance

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QID : 49 - Which among the following countries won the Sultan Azlan Shah cup in 2016?

Options:

1) Netherlands

2) Germany

3) England

4) Australia

Correct Answer: Australia

QID : 50 - Who wrote the book -"The Algebra of Infinite Justice"?

Options:

1) Bankim Chandra Chatterji

2) Arundhati Roy

3) Ashwaghosha

4) Anita Desai

Correct Answer: Arundhati Roy

SET-44

QID : 226 - __________ caves are a network of sculpted caves located in Mumbai Harbour.

Options:

1) Ajanta

2) Ellora

3) Elephanta

4) Badami

Correct Answer: Elephanta

QID : 227 - National Film Awards has been administered since _____.

Options:

1) 1973

2) 1980

3) 1987

4) 1994

Correct Answer: 1973

QID : 228 - In which form is glucose stored in our body?

Options:

1) Insulin

2) Glucose

3) Glycogen

4) Fat

Correct Answer: Glycogen

QID : 229 - Where do plants synthesize protein from?

Options:

1) Fatty Acids

2) Sugar

3) Amino Acids

4) Starch

Correct Answer: Amino Acids

QID : 230 - Which part of the brain is responsible for triggering actions like thinking, intelligence, memory and ability to learn?

Options:

1) Diencephalon

2) Hypothalamus

3) Cerebrum

4) Control

Correct Answer: Cerebrum

QID : 231 - Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Sodium

2) Tin

3) Radon

4) Radium

Correct Answer: Radon

QID : 232 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Fluorine?

Options:

1) Sodium

2) Beryllium

3) Nitrogen

4) Boron

Correct Answer: Sodium

QID : 233 - Convert decimal number 106 to binary.

Options:

1) 1101000

2) 1101010

3) 1100110

4) 1110000

Correct Answer: 1101010

QID : 234 - Bihu is a folk dance of which state?

Options:

1) Assam

2) Maharashtra

3) Odisha

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Assam

QID : 235 - A manufacturer faces a -1.2 price elasticity of demand for its product. It is presently selling 7,500 units/day. If it wants to increase quantity sold by 9%, it must lower its price by

Options:

1) 7.5 percent

2) 7.8 percent

3) 10.2 percent

4) 10 percent

Correct Answer: 7.5 percent

QID : 236 - Government borrowing to finance budget deficits _____.

Options:

1) will exert downward pressure on interest rates

2) will have no effect on interest rates

3) will increase supply of loanable funds

4) will put upward pressure on interest rates

Correct Answer: will put upward pressure on interest rates

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QID : 237 - Which of the following is also known as the Biochemical Laboratory of the Human Body?

Options:

1) Small Intestine

2) Brain

3) Pancreas

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Liver

QID : 238 - Bandhavgarh National Park is in which state?

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Uttar Pradesh

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 239 - How many steps are there in Suryanamaskar?

Options:

1) 24

2) 12

3) 6

4) 3

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 240 - Who proposed Continental drift theory?

Options:

1) Alfred Wegener

2) Alfred Worwick

3) Alfred Hanks

4) Alfred Mane

Correct Answer: Alfred Wegener

QID : 241 - What is the capital of Canada?

Options:

1) Wellington

2) Canberra

3) Oslo

4) Ottawa

Correct Answer: Ottawa

QID : 242 - The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the

Options:

1) 18th to the 20th century

2) 14th to the 17th century

3) 11th to the 13th century

4) 7th to the 10th century

Correct Answer: 14th to the 17th century

QID : 243 - Aurangzeb (1658–1707 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Mughal

3) Maurya

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 244 - Who invented the contact lens?

Options:

1) Enrico Fermi

2) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

3) Sandford Fleming

4) Benoit Fourneyron

Correct Answer: Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

QID : 245 - Electrons move around the nucleus in _______ motion.

Options:

1) translatory

2) spin

3) orbital

4) vibrational

Correct Answer: orbital

QID : 246 - Blood pressure is measured by _______.

Options:

1) Barometer

2) Sphygmomanometer

3) Hydrometer

4) Thermometer

Correct Answer: Sphygmomanometer

QID : 247 - First Leader of opposition in Lokshabha was _____.

Options:

1) B. R. Ambedkar

2) A. K. Gopalan

3) S Radhakrishnan

4) Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct Answer: A. K. Gopalan

QID : 248 - The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of West Bengal is

Options:

1) 12

2) 16

3) 18

4) 31

Correct Answer: 16

QID : 249 - ________ recommended change in the structure and working of BCCI.

Options:

1) Lodha committee

2) Parekh committee

3) Sena committee

4) Akhil committee

Correct Answer: Lodha committee

QID : 250 - Who wrote the book "Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT"?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Kiran Bedi

4) Chetan Bhagat

Correct Answer: Chetan Bhagat

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SET-45

QID : 26 - Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra have rock-cut cave monuments of which religion?

Options:

1) Sikhism

2) Buddhism

3) Christianity

4) Hinduism

Correct Answer: Buddhism

QID : 27 - Highest Civilian Honour received by Saina Nehwal is

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

QID : 28 - The yellow colour of human urine is due to

Options:

1) Bile Salts

2) Cholesterol

3) Lymph

4) Urochrome

Correct Answer: Urochrome

QID : 29 - The wilting of plants takes place due to _____.

Options:

1) Photosynthesis

2) Transpiration

3) Absorption

4) Respiration

Correct Answer: Transpiration

QID : 30 - Bovidae Ovis is the scientific name of _____.

Options:

1) Goat

2) Cow

3) Buffalo

4) Sheep

Correct Answer: Sheep

QID : 31 - Which glass is used to make spectacles?

Options:

1) Crook's glass

2) Potash glass

3) Jena glass

4) Soda glass

Correct Answer: Crook's glass

QID : 32 - Barium loses ____ electrons to achieve noble gas electron configuration.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 33 - Who is known as the father of computing?

Options:

1) Charles Faraday

2) Michael Jonathan

3) Charles Babbage

4) Douglas Well

Correct Answer: Charles Babbage

QID : 34 - Telugu is the official language of _________.

Options:

1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Assam

4) Bihar

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

QID : 35 - If demand curve for trekking boots is D = 67500 - 18P and supply curve is S = 22500 + 12P, find the equilibrium Price?

Options:

1) 1500

2) 750

3) 2250

4) 500

Correct Answer: 1500

QID : 36 - Full employment is the level at which there is _____.

Options:

1) no frictional unemployment

2) no cyclical unemployment

3) no structural unemployment

4) no unemployment

Correct Answer: no cyclical unemployment

QID : 37 - Plants get their energy to produce food from which of the following?

Options:

1) Photosynthesis

2) Bacteria

3) Fungi

4) Sun

Correct Answer: Sun

QID : 38 - Sundarbans Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Orissa

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Assam

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: West Bengal

QID : 39 - Ad Valorem tax is levied on?

Options:

1) Value

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2) Volume

3) Production

4) Export

Correct Answer: Value

QID : 40 - What is the approximate circumference of earth?

Options:

1) 40,000 Km

2) 60,000 Km

3) 80,000 Km

4) 1,00,000 Km

Correct Answer: 40,000 Km

QID : 41 - In terms of size, Mars ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 5

2) 6

3) 7

4) 8

Correct Answer: 7

QID : 42 - Whose reign in Indian History is called the Golden Age of India?

Options:

1) Mughal Empire

2) Maratha Empire

3) Gupta Empire

4) Maurya Empire

Correct Answer: Gupta Empire

QID : 43 - What were the names of Atom Bombs dropped on Japan?

Options:

1) Little Boy & Fat Man

2) Little Man & Fat Boy

3) Little Girl & Fat Woman

4) Little Woman & Fat Girl

Correct Answer: Little Boy & Fat Man

QID : 44 - Who discovered Pluto?

Options:

1) Jim Maxwell

2) Tim Heynman

3) Myne Ketteborough

4) Clyde Tombaugh

Correct Answer: Clyde Tombaugh

QID : 45 - As per Newton's law of gravitation, the force between two bodies is ________.

Options:

1) directly proportional to the product of their masses

2) directly proportional to the distance between them

3) directly proportional to the product of their radius

4) directly proportional to the product of forces

Correct Answer: directly proportional to the product of their masses

QID : 46 - Sound can not travel in which of the following medium?

Options:

1) Solid

2) Liquid

3) Gas

4) Vacuum

Correct Answer: Vacuum

QID : 47 - Who was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so?

Options:

1) Vijaylakshmi Pandit

2) Sarojini Naidu

3) Padmaja Naidu

4) Fathima Bibi

Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu

QID : 48 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Gujarat is

Options:

1) 10

2) 26

3) 28

4) 48

Correct Answer: 26

QID : 49 - Geet Sethi is associated with which game?

Options:

1) Billiards

2) Cricket

3) Hockey

4) Chess

Correct Answer: Billiards

QID : 50 - Who is the author of "Two States"?

Options:

1) Chetan Bhagat

2) Rohit Sharma

3) Amish

4) Devdutta Patnaik

Correct Answer: Chetan Bhagat

SET-46

QID : 126 The Group of Monuments at Hampi is an important ______________ centre?

Options:

1) Islam

2) Hindu

3) Sikh

4) Christian

Correct Answer: Hindu

QID : 127 Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Options:

1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2) Lal Bahadur Shastri

3) C K Naidu

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4) Mihir Sen

Correct Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

QID : 128 Which of the following is secreted by the liver?

Options:

1) Glucose

2) Iodine

3) Cortisol

4) Bile

Correct Answer: Bile

QID : 129 Ferns belong to which division of plants?

Options:

1) Gymnosperms

2) Angiosperms

3) Thallophyta

4) Pteridophyta

Correct Answer: Pteridophyta

QID : 130 Who invented Antibiotics?

Options:

1) Joseph Lister

2) William Harvey

3) Robert Knock

4) Alexander Fleming

Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming

QID : 131 The Chemical formula of Methanol is _____.

Options:

1) C2H5OH

2) CH3(OH)2

3) CH3OH

4) CH4OH

Correct Answer: CH3OH

QID : 132 Why do atoms bond?

Options:

1) To reduce potential energy and gain stability

2) To make atoms

3) To increase potential energy and lose stability

4) To increase potential energy and gain stability

Correct Answer: To reduce potential energy and gain stability

QID : 133 A grammar for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text, such as HTML, is _____.

Options:

1) Command Language

2) Machine Language

3) Markup Language

4) Style Sheet Language

Correct Answer: Markup Language

QID : 134 Gaur dance is a popular folk dance of ____________.

Options:

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Tripura

3) Jharkhand

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Chhattisgarh

QID : 135 A hand made paper workshop can hire 8 craftsmen by paying them Rs 400 per person per day. The 9th craftsman demands Rs 450 per day. If this craftsman is hired then all other craftsmen must be paid Rs 450. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 9th craftsman is

Options:

1) Rs 50

2) Rs 850

3) Rs 800

4) Rs 100

Correct Answer: Rs 850

QID : 136 Unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization, typically due to technological change, rather than fluctuations in supply or demand is called

Options:

1) Structural unemployment

2) Frictional unemployment

3) Seasonal unemployment

4) Cyclical unemployment

Correct Answer: Structural unemployment

QID : 137 Which of the following types of water is known to be absolutely free from any impurity?

Options:

1) Mineral Water

2) Distilled Water

3) Spring Water

4) Boiled Water

Correct Answer: Distilled Water

QID : 138 Milbecycin is used in the eradication of _____.

Options:

1) Agricultural Fungus

2) Agricultural Pests

3) Agricultural Herbs

4) Agricultural Weeds

Correct Answer: Agricultural Pests

QID : 139 Name the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court in India.

Options:

1) Meera Kumari

2) Leila Seth

3) Anju George

4) Purvi Joshi

Correct Answer: Leila Seth

QID : 140 Which is the coldest planet?

Options:

1) Uranus

2) Venus

3) Neptune

4) Jupiter

Correct Answer: Neptune

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QID : 141 What is the capital of Austria?

Options:

1) Buenos Aires

2) Rome

3) Vienna

4) Dublin

Correct Answer: Vienna

QID : 142 Chandragupta Maurya was born in _______.

Options:

1) 340 BC

2) 563 BC

3) 189 BC

4) 99 BC

Correct Answer: 340 BC

QID : 143 Jahangir (1605–1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Haryanka

3) Maurya

4) Mughal

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 144 Earth revolves around Sun. Who was the 1st one to present this theory?

Options:

1) Albert Einstein

2) Galileo

3) Copernicus

4) Newton

Correct Answer: Copernicus

QID : 145 _____ is same on every point on a rotating body.

Options:

1) Linear velocity

2) Linear momentum

3) Angular torque

4) Angular velocity

Correct Answer: Angular velocity

QID : 146 The path of a projectile is called its ______.

Options:

1) Altitude

2) Range

3) Trajectory

4) Flight

Correct Answer: Trajectory

QID : 147 Bahujan Samaj Party was founded in

Options:

1) 1925

2) 1955

3) 1984

4) 2001

Correct Answer: 1984

QID : 148 In which language, Lok Sabha debates are printed?

Options:

1) Hindi

2) English

3) Sanskrit

4) Both Hindi & English

Correct Answer: Both Hindi & English

QID : 149 Brendon McCullum is a cricketer of ______.

Options:

1) South Africa

2) Australia

3) England

4) New Zealand

Correct Answer: New Zealand

QID : 150 Who wrote the book "The three Musketeers"?

Options:

1) EM Forster

2) Gunter Grass

3) Edward Luce

4) Alexandre Dumas

Correct Answer: Alexandre Dumas

SET-47

QID : 226 Which of these railway stations is a World Heritage Site?

Options:

1) Kharagpur Railway Station

2) Howrah Station

3) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

4) Kanpur Central

Correct Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

QID : 227 Name the first female Nobel Prize winner from India.

Options:

1) Indira Gandhi

2) Mother Teresa

3) Kavitha Krishnan

4) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: Mother Teresa

QID : 228 Intestinal bacteria synthesizes which of the following in the human body?

Options:

1) Vitamin K

2) Proteins

3) Fats

4) Vitamin D

Correct Answer: Vitamin K

QID : 229 _______ is the study of the physical form and external structure of plants.

Options:

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1) Physiology

2) Anatomy

3) Phytomorphology

4) Cytology

Correct Answer: Phytomorphology

QID : 230 Which of the following is a structural and functional unit of kidneys?

Options:

1) Renette Cells

2) Flame Cells

3) Nephrites

4) Nephrons

Correct Answer: Nephrons

QID : 231 The Chemical formula of Acetic acid is _____.

Options:

1) CH3COH

2) CH3COOH

3) CH3COCH3

4) CH2COOH

Correct Answer: CH3COOH

QID : 232 The common name of sodium tetraborate decahydrate is _____.

Options:

1) epsom salt

2) gypsum

3) Borax

4) galena

Correct Answer: Borax

QID : 233 ASP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Abstract Service Provider

2) Application Service Provider

3) Application Signal Provider

4) Abstract Syntax Provider

Correct Answer: Application Service Provider

QID : 234 Giddha is a folk dance of which state?

Options:

1) Rajasthan

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Punjab

4) Bihar

Correct Answer: Punjab

QID : 235 A manufacturer faces price elasticity of demand of a 1.25 for its product. If it lowers its price by 6.4%, the increase in quantity sold will be _____.

Options:

1) 5.15 percent

2) 7.65 percent

3) 8 percent

4) 5.12 percent

Correct Answer: 8 percent

QID : 236 If Money supply growth is faster than real GDP growth, it results in _____.

Options:

1) Inflation

2) deflation

3) budget surplus

4) budget deficit

Correct Answer: Inflation

QID : 237 Algae belongs to which of the following levels of the ecosystem?

Options:

1) Decomposers

2) Destructors

3) Producers

4) Consumers

Correct Answer: Producers

QID : 238 Which park also shares its boundaries with Bangladesh?

Options:

1) Sundarbans National Park

2) Kaziranga National Park

3) Kanchendzonga National Park

4) Panna National Park

Correct Answer: Sundarbans National Park

QID : 239 ATM stands for

Options:

1) Any Time Money

2) Auto Technology Money

3) Automated Teller Machine

4) Automatic Transaction Machinery

Correct Answer: Automated Teller Machine

QID : 240 In terms of size, Neptune ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 4

QID : 241 Abu Dhabi is the Capital City of _____.

Options:

1) United Arab Emirates

2) Netherlands

3) South Korea

4) Italy

Correct Answer: United Arab Emirates

QID : 242 In Akbar's regime, _____ was the military head.

Options:

1) Sultan Ahmed Fawad

2) Suri Moja

3) Mir Khaas

4) Mir Bakshi

Correct Answer: Mir Bakshi

QID : 243 Who pioneered the guerrilla warfare methods?

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Options:

1) Babur

2) Akbar

3) Shivaji

4) Bajirao Peshwa

Correct Answer: Shivaji

QID : 244 Who Invented Universal Standard Time?

Options:

1) Enrico Fermi

2) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

3) Sandford Fleming

4) Benoit Fourneyron

Correct Answer: Sandford Fleming

QID : 245 _____________________states that the total current entering a junction is equal to the total current leaving the junction.

Options:

1) Lenz's Law

2) Hooke's Law

3) Ohm's Law

4) Kirchhoff's First Law

Correct Answer: Kirchhoff's First Law

QID : 246 Acceleration due to gravity on a planet decreases with ______.

Options:

1) decrease in radius of the planet

2) increase in mass of the planet

3) decrease in mass of the body

4) increase in altitude from surface of the planet

Correct Answer: increase in altitude from surface of the planet

QID : 247 Who is the Chairman of NITI Aayog?

Options:

1) President

2) RBI Governor

3) Finance Secretary

4) Prime Minister

Correct Answer: Prime Minister

QID : 248 Who is the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) President of India

2) Prime Minister of India

3) Vice President of India

4) Speaker of Lok Sabha

Correct Answer: Vice President of India

QID : 249 Shiva Thapa is related to _______.

Options:

1) Badminton

2) Lawn tennis

3) Boxing

4) Cricket

Correct Answer: Boxing

QID : 250 Who is the author of the book "My Truth".

Options:

1) Khuswant Singh

2) Kiran Bedi

3) Narendra Modi

4) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: Indira Gandhi

SET-48 QID : 26 - Moti Masjid is situated in which of these World Heritage Sites?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Red Fort Complex

QID : 27 - Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Prize for?

Options:

1) Literature

2) Physics

3) Peace

4) Economic Studies

Correct Answer: Peace

QID : 28 - Which of the following is the largest part of the human brain?

Options:

1) Ribs

2) Cerebrum

3) Pons

4) Thalamus

Correct Answer: Cerebrum

QID : 29 - The auxiliary buds _____.

Options:

1) grow endogenously from the pericycle

2) arise endogenously from the main growing point

3) is an embryonic shoot located in the axil of a leaf

4) arise exogenously from the epidermis

Correct Answer: is an embryonic shoot located in the axil of a leaf

QID : 30 - Which of the following is a viral disease?

Options:

1) Polio

2) Tetanus

3) Leprosy

4) Plague

Correct Answer: Polio

QID : 31 - The Chemical formula of Ammonium dichromate is _____.

Options:

1) (NHF4)2Cr2O7

2) (NH4)CrO3

3) (NH4)Cr2O3

4) (NH4)2Cr2O3

Correct Answer: (NHF4)2Cr2O7

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QID : 32 - The residual attractive or repulsive forces between molecules or atomic groups that do not arise from a covalent bond, or ionic bonds is called _____ .

Options:

1) Neutral Bond

2) Non Polar Bond

3) Electro Valence bond

4) Van der Walls bond

Correct Answer: Van der Walls bond

QID : 33 - Two versions of the Internet Protocol (IP) are in use

Options:

1) IP Version 4 & IP Version 6

2) IP Version 2 & IP Version 3

3) IP Version 4 & IP Version 8

4) IP Version 2 & IP Version 4

Correct Answer: IP Version 4 & IP Version 6

QID : 34 - The Indian musical instrument 'Samvadini' is which type?

Options:

1) String

2) Wind

3) Percussion

4) Impact

Correct Answer: Wind

QID : 35 - Calculate the accounting profits for a firm, if its economic profits for the year are Rs 60 crores, total implicit costs are Rs 18.5 crores and total explicit costs are Rs 35 crores

Options:

1) Rs 113.5 crores

2) Rs 43.5 crores

3) Rs 76.5 crores

4) Rs 78.5 crores

Correct Answer: Rs 78.5 crores

QID : 36 - If tea companies start using mechanised tea leave pickers

Options:

1) more people would want to work as tea leave pickers

2) unemployment of tea leave pickers will decrease

3) more tea will be produced per acre

4) then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall

Correct Answer: then wages for manual tea leave pickers will fall

QID : 37 - Ozone is represented as _____.

Options:

1) O3

2) H2O2

3) Cl2O

4) N2O

Correct Answer: O3

QID : 38 - Which organisms can help to carry out Vermicomposting?

Options:

1) Nitrifying Bacteria

2) Earthworms

3) Algae

4) Fungus

Correct Answer: Earthworms

QID : 39 - The SLR is determined by the RBI. SLR stands for

Options:

1) States Leverage Return

2) Savings Lease Rate

3) Statutory Liquidity Ratio

4) Safe Legal Range

Correct Answer: Statutory Liquidity Ratio

QID : 40 - Which planet has the maximum number of satellites?

Options:

1) Jupiter

2) Earth

3) Neptune

4) Saturn

Correct Answer: Jupiter

QID : 41 - What is the capital of Norway?

Options:

1) Buenos Aires

2) Rome

3) Ottawa

4) Oslo

Correct Answer: Oslo

QID : 42 - Which country was a part of the Axis Powers during World War 2?

Options:

1) Yugoslavia

2) Poland

3) Belgium

4) Hungary

Correct Answer: Hungary

QID : 43 - Who was the trusted General of the Mughal emperor Akbar?

Options:

1) Raja Todar Mal

2) Man Singh I

3) Birbal

4) Tansen

Correct Answer: Man Singh I

QID : 44 - Who Invented Neon Lamp?

Options:

1) Vint Cerf

2) David Chaum

3) Georges Claude

4) Josephine Cochrane

Correct Answer: Georges Claude

QID : 45 - Instrument for measuring time is called _____ .

Options:

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1) Diagometer

2) Anemometer

3) Durometer

4) Chronometer

Correct Answer: Chronometer

QID : 46 - If the radius of the earth decreases and its mass remains the same, then the value of "acceleration due to gravity" will _____ .

Options:

1) decrease

2) increase

3) remain the same

4) become zero

Correct Answer: increase

QID : 47 - The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Uttar Pradesh is

Options:

1) 12

2) 16

3) 18

4) 31

Correct Answer: 31

QID : 48 - Article 222 of the Indian Constitution "Transfer of a Judge from one High Court to another" deals with?

Options:

1) the directive principles of state policy

2) the Union Government

3) the State Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the State Government

QID : 49 - Inderjeet Singh is related to ______.

Options:

1) Shot put

2) Hockey

3) Lawn Tennis

4) Swimming

Correct Answer: Shot put

QID : 50 - Who is the author of "It's All in the Planets"?

Options:

1) Preeti Shenoy

2) Ravinder Singh

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Durjoy Datta

Correct Answer: Preeti Shenoy

SET-49 QID : 126 Who built the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram?

Options:

1) Chola Kings

2) Pallava Kings

3) Chera Kings

4) Chalukya Kings

Correct Answer: Pallava Kings

QID : 127 Who has won maximum Filmfare Awards as a Music Director?

Options:

1) Laxmikant Pyarelal

2) A. R. Rahman

3) Anu Malik

4) Jatin Lalit

Correct Answer: A. R. Rahman

QID : 128 Contraction of heart is also known as

Options:

1) Systole

2) Aristotle

3) Diastole

4) Lub

Correct Answer: Systole

QID : 129 Azadirachta indica is the botanical name of which of the following?

Options:

1) Rose plant

2) Apple tree

3) Neem

4) Mango

Correct Answer: Neem

QID : 130 Which of the following is the main end product of carbohydrate digestion?

Options:

1) Fats

2) Lipids

3) Glucose

4) Cellulose

Correct Answer: Glucose

QID : 131 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Titanium

2) Tungsten

3) Argon

4) Nickel

Correct Answer: Argon

QID : 132 The common name of sulphur is

Options:

1) Freon

2) galena

3) lime

4) brimstone

Correct Answer: brimstone

QID : 133 HTML in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) HyperText Markup Language

2) HyperText Main Language

3) HyperText Memory Language

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4) HyperText Mandatory Language

Correct Answer: HyperText Markup Language

QID : 134 Kala Ghoda Arts festival is held in which city?

Options:

1) New Delhi

2) Hyderabad

3) Pune

4) Mumbai

Correct Answer: Mumbai

QID : 135 If for a perfectly competitive firm, price is Rs 7.2, output is 4500 units, average variable costs are Rs 1.2, and average total costs are Rs 4. The firm's profits are equal to

Options:

1) Rs 7200

2) Rs 9000

3) Rs 14400

4) Rs 19800

Correct Answer: Rs 14400

QID : 136 A minimum wage _____.

Options:

1) is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor

2) is set at a price below the equilibrium wage

3) creates a price ceiling below which the wage cannot legally go

4) decreases unemployment

Correct Answer: is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor

QID : 137 Which rays cause skin damage?

Options:

1) XRays

2) UV Rays

3) Infra red rays

4) Yellow Rays

Correct Answer: UV Rays

QID : 138 The Great Himalayan National Park is in which state?

Options:

1) Jammu & Kashmir

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Himachal Pradesh

QID : 139 ___________________________ is an Indian Government Savings Bond, primarily used for small savings and income tax saving investments in India.

Options:

1) Provident Fund

2) Life Insurance Policies

3) National Saving Certificate

4) Long term government bonds

Correct Answer: National Saving Certificate

QID : 140 Mercury is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) 1st

2) 3rd

3) 5th

4) 7th

Correct Answer: 1st

QID : 141 Raipur is the Capital City of

Options:

1) Assam

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli

4) Telangana

Correct Answer: Chhattisgarh

QID : 142 Bimbisara was the king of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Haryanka

2) Maurya

3) Shunga

4) Nanda

Correct Answer: Haryanka

QID : 143 World War I started in the year?

Options:

1) 1914

2) 1919

3) 1939

4) 1945

Correct Answer: 1914

QID : 144 India's famous Mars Mission was called?

Options:

1) BRO

2) SIS

3) MOM

4) DAD

Correct Answer: MOM

QID : 145 In a projectile motion, a large angle with the horizontal produces ______.

Options:

1) flat trajectory

2) curve trajectory

3) straight trajectory

4) high trajectory

Correct Answer: high trajectory

QID : 146 What is the unit of the physical quantity, Electrical conductance?

Options:

1) lux

2) ohm

3) farad

4) siemens

Correct Answer: siemens

QID : 147 What is the full form of the Indian Political Party, "CPI"?

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Options:

1) Common Party of India

2) Commonly Party of India

3) Communist Party of India

4) Community Party of India

Correct Answer: Communist Party of India

QID : 148 How many members can be nominated by the President of India in the Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) 4

2) 8

3) 12

4) 16

Correct Answer: 12

QID : 149 Which state won the Ranji trophy in 20152016?

Options:

1) Railways

2) Mumbai

3) Karnataka

4) Bengal

Correct Answer: Mumbai

QID : 150 Who is the author of "Everyone Has A Story"?

Options:

1) Durjoy Datta

2) Savi Sharma

3) Ajay K Pandey

4) Preeti Shenoy

Correct Answer: Savi Sharma

SET-50 QID : 226 Mausoleum (Dargah) of Salim Chishti is situated in?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Fatehpur Sikri

3) Gwalior Fort

4) Agra Fort

Correct Answer: Fatehpur Sikri

QID : 227 Who has won the maximum number of Filmfare awards till now?

Options:

1) Shahrukh Khan

2) Amitabh Bachchan

3) Aamir Khan

4) Akshay Kumar

Correct Answer: Shahrukh Khan

QID : 228 Which of the following glands is a source of the enzyme Ptyalin?

Options:

1) Pancreas

2) Thyroid Gland

3) Pituitary Gland

4) Salivary Glands

Correct Answer: Salivary Glands

QID : 229 Which of the following is not true about Pteridophyta?

Options:

1) Dominant phase is saprophytes

2) Main plant body is diploid

3) Seeds are present

4) Flowers are absent

Correct Answer: Seeds are present

QID : 230 The largest dolphin species is the orca, also called as ________.

Options:

1) Bottle Nose

2) Baiji

3) Killer whale

4) Tucuxi

Correct Answer: Killer whale

QID : 231 Atomic Number of Hydrogen is _______.

Options:

1) 4

2) 3

3) 2

4) 1

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 232 What is the net charge on Calcium fluoride?

Options:

1) 1+

2) 0

3) 1

4) 2

Correct Answer: 0

QID : 233 ___________ is an object model language standard.

Options:

1) Data definition language

2) Data manipulation language

3) Query language

4) OQL

Correct Answer: OQL

QID : 234 Tertali is a folk dance of _____.

Options:

1) Chhattisgarh

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Manipur

4) Karnataka

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 235 If quantity of good X demanded increases from 4000 units to 5000 units when price of good Y increases from Rs 75 to Rs 90, find Arc Cross elasticity of demand?

Options:

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1) 0.55

2) 1.66

3) 0.25

4) 1.22

Correct Answer: 1.22

QID : 236 During a recession _____

Options:

1) Producers will be cautiously optimistic.

2) there will be decrease in inventory

3) There will be capacity under utilization.

4) there will be expansion in bank credit

Correct Answer: There will be capacity under utilization.

QID : 237 Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Chhattisgarh

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh

QID : 238 Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) B2H6

2) NF3

3) CCl3F

4) C6H6

Correct Answer: CCl3F

QID : 239 Renowned Businessmen, Mr. Deepak Parekh is primarily associated in the __________ sector.

Options:

1) Telecom

2) Aviation

3) Banking

4) Insurance

Correct Answer: Banking

QID : 240 Uranus is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) First

2) Third

3) Fifth

4) Seventh

Correct Answer: Seventh

QID : 241 For what is Mohs scale used?

Options:

1) To measure brightness of a substance

2) To measure viscosity of a liquid

3) To measure elasticity of a material

4) To measure hardness of minerals

Correct Answer: To measure hardness of minerals

QID : 242 Qutub Minar is located in _____ .

Options:

1) Delhi

2) Ghaziabad

3) Noida

Correct Answer: Delhi

QID : 243 Bajirao I (1720–1740 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Peshwas

3) Haryanka

4) Maurya

Correct Answer: Peshwas

QID : 244 Who Invented PlayStation?

Options:

1) Wright brothers

2) Reynold B. Johnson

3) Assen Jordanoff

4) Ken Kutaragi

Correct Answer: Ken Kutaragi

QID : 245 Instrument for measuring light intensity is called

Options:

1) Lucimeter

2) Cryometer

3) Cyanometer

4) Barometer

Correct Answer: Lucimeter

QID : 246 With reference to gravity, what is G called?

Options:

1) Gravitational constant

2) Gravitational attraction

3) Gravitational force

4) Acceleration due to gravity

Correct Answer: Gravitational constant

QID : 247 Indian Constitution is made up of how many words?

Options:

1) 40000

2) 60000

3) 80000

4) 120000

Correct Answer: 80000

QID : 248 Article 43A of the Indian Constitution "Participation of workers in management of industries" deals with?

Options:

1) the State Government

2) the Union Government

3) the directive principles of state policy

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the directive principles of state policy

QID : 249 Which team won the 2016 UEFA football championship?

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Options:

1) Portugal

2) USA

3) Germany

4) Brazil

Correct Answer: Portugal

QID : 250 Who is the author of "The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy)"?

Options:

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

3) Ruskin Bond

4) Ashwin Sanghi

Correct Answer: Amish Tripathi

SET-51 QID : 26 - ___________ is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II.

Options:

1) Jantar Mantar, Delhi

2) Group of Monuments at Hampi

3) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

4) Nalanda, Bihar

Correct Answer: Jantar Mantar, Delhi

QID : 27 - B.D.Goenka Award was established to recognise contributions made by individuals in building and furthering the cause of ____________.

Options:

1) Science

2) Journalism

3) Technology

4) Sports

Correct Answer: Journalism

QID : 28 - The fat digesting enzyme Lipase is secreted by which of the following

Options:

1) Kidneys

2) Pancreas

3) Large Intestine

4) Liver

Correct Answer: Pancreas

QID : 29 - The arrangement of leaves on an axis or stem is called

Options:

1) Phyllotaxy

2) vernation

3) venation

4) phytotaxy

Correct Answer: Phyllotaxy

QID : 30 - The study of Cells is also known as

Options:

1) Cytology

2) Physiology

3) Nucleology

4) Cellology

Correct Answer: Cytology

QID : 31 - The Chemical formula of Urea is

Options:

1) (NH4)2CO2

2) (NH2)CO

3) (NH4)2CO

4) (NH2)2CO

Correct Answer: (NH2)2CO

QID : 32 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Magnesium

Options:

1) Neon

2) Fluorine

3) Sodium

4) Aluminium

Correct Answer: Aluminium

QID : 33 - TCP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Transmission Control Protocol

2) Total Control Protocol

3) Technology Control Protocol

4) Transfer Control Protocol

Correct Answer: Transmission Control Protocol

QID : 34 - "Ganga Sagar Mela" fair is held in which state?

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) West Bengal

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: West Bengal

QID : 35 - If a person's income increases from Rs 20 lakhs per year to Rs 24 lakhs per year and tax increases from Rs 3,50,000 to Rs 4,00,000 the marginal tax rate is

Options:

1) 8 percent

2) 12.5 percent

3) 10 percent

4) 15 percent

Correct Answer: 12.5 percent

QID : 36 - If goods A and Z are complements, an increase in the price of good Z will _____.

Options:

1) increase demand for good A

2) decrease demand for good A

3) decrease demand for good Z

4) increase demand for good Z

Correct Answer: decrease demand for good A

QID : 37 - Which of the following is a renewable source of energy?

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Options:

1) Coal

2) Petroleum

3) Plant

4) Natural Gas

Correct Answer: Plant

QID : 38 - Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary is in which state?

Options:

1) Orissa

2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat

4) Karnataka

Correct Answer: Karnataka

QID : 39 - Khangchendzonga National Park, also known as Kanchenjunga Biosphere Reserve, is located in ________.

Options:

1) West Bengal

2) Assam

3) Sikkim

4) Meghalaya

Correct Answer: Sikkim

QID : 40 - Shimla is the capital of which Indian State?

Options:

1) Chattisgarh

2) Goa

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Jharkhand

Correct Answer: Himachal Pradesh

QID : 41 - What is the capital of Denmark?

Options:

1) Copenhagen

2) Stockholm

3) Vienna

4) Oslo

Correct Answer: Copenhagen

QID : 42 - Tripitakas are sacred books of _______.

Options:

1) Sikhs

2) Jews

3) Buddhists

4) Muslims

Correct Answer: Buddhists

QID : 43 - Bahadur Shah I (1707–1712 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Maurya

3) Mughal

4) Haryanka

Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 44 - Who Invented water turbine?

Options:

1) Enrico Fermi

2) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

3) Sandford Fleming

4) Benoit Fourneyron

Correct Answer: Benoit Fourneyron

QID : 45 - ______________ of a wave is the rate of transfer of energy per unit area perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wave.

Options:

1) Interference

2) Rectification

3) Intensity

4) Diffraction

Correct Answer: Intensity

QID : 46 - Motion of a train is an example of ______.

Options:

1) Rotatory motion

2) Spin motion

3) Projectile motion

4) Translatory motion

Correct Answer: Translatory motion

QID : 47 - What is the full form of the Indian Political Party "BSP"?

Options:

1) Bharatiya Samaj Party

2) Bahujan Samaj Party

3) Bharatiya Sangh Party

4) Bahujan Sangh Party

Correct Answer: Bahujan Samaj Party

QID : 48 - The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Tamil Nadu is

Options:

1) 12

2) 16

3) 18

4) 31

Correct Answer: 18

QID : 49 - Santosh Trophy is related to which sports?

Options:

1) Boxing

2) Kabaddi

3) Football

4) Basketball

Correct Answer: Football

QID : 50 - Who is the author of "Midnight's Children"?

Options:

1) Jhumpa Lahiri

2) Amish Tripathi

3) Ravinder Singh

4) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: Salman Rushdie

SET-52

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QID : 126 Khas Mahal and the Shish Mahal are built in which World Heritage Monument?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Agra Fort

Correct Answer: Agra Fort

QID : 127 Bhalchandra Nemade won Jnanpith Award for work in which language?

Options:

1) Gujarati

2) Marathi

3) Hindi

4) Telugu

Correct Answer: Marathi

QID : 128 Which of the following scientists is also known as the Father of Biology?

Options:

1) Herbert Spencer

2) Aristotle

3) Lamarck

4) Darwin

Correct Answer: Aristotle

QID : 129 Which cells give rise to various organs of the plant and keep the plant growing?

Options:

1) Permanent

2) Dermal

3) Meristematic

4) Mature

Correct Answer: Meristematic

QID : 130 Rodentia Muridae is the scientific name of

Options:

1) Mouse

2) Squirrel

3) Monkey

4) Lizard

Correct Answer: Mouse

QID : 131 The Chemical formula of Aluminium Chloride is _____.

Options:

1) AlCl

2) AlCl2

3) AlCl3

4) Al2Cl3

Correct Answer: AlCl3

QID : 132 Plastic bottles are made of a polymer called PET. The expanded form of PET is

Options:

1) Polyethylene terephthalate

2) Polyethyl terelene

3) Polyethylene triphosphate

4) Polyethyl tetrachloride

Correct Answer: Polyethylene terephthalate

QID : 133 HTTP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) HyperText Transmission Protocol

2) HyperText Transfer Protocol

3) HyperText Technology Protocol

4) HyperText Total Protocol

Correct Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol

QID : 134 The leaning temple of Huma is dedicated to _______.

Options:

1) Hanuman

2) Shiva

3) Rama

4) Krishna

Correct Answer: Shiva

QID : 135 If the average total cost are Rs 2400, average variable cost is Rs 1700 and quantity produced is 75 units, find the total fixed costs of the firm?

Options:

1) Rs 52500

2) Rs 127500

3) Rs 180000

4) Rs 60000

Correct Answer: Rs 52500

QID : 136 Which of following is true if the Government monetized part of its deficit?

Options:

1) Money supply in the economy will increase.

2) Interest rate will increase.

3) Government revenue will decrease.

4) Government expenditure will increase.

Correct Answer: Money supply in the economy will increase.

QID : 137 Nongreen plants lack which of the following?

Options:

1) Chlorophyll

2) Lycophyll

3) Cyanophyll

4) Phototropism

Correct Answer: Chlorophyll

QID : 138 Melghat Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Rajasthan

3) Arunachal Pradesh

4) Uttarakhand

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 139 Which institution in India acts as 'lender of the last resort'?

Options:

1) Finance Ministry

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2) Reserve Bank of India

3) Treasury

4) Currency Printing Presses

Correct Answer: Reserve Bank of India

QID : 140 Name the international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer from CFCs.

Options:

1) Sigma protocol

2) Montreal protocol

3) Ozone protocol

4) Green protocol

Correct Answer: Montreal protocol

QID : 141 ______ is the time taken by the earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.

Options:

1) Lunar year

2) Sidereal year

3) Solar year

4) Tropical year

Correct Answer: Sidereal year

QID : 142 Who were the first among the following to establish trade relations with India?

Options:

1) Dutch

2) French

3) English

4) Portuguese

Correct Answer: Portuguese

QID : 143 Kargil War against Pakistan started in the year?

Options:

1) 1961

2) 1965

3) 1972

4) 1999

Correct Answer: 1999

QID : 144 Who Invented FM Radio?

Options:

1) Edwin Howard Armstrong

2) John Barber

3) Edwin Beard Budding

4) Nicholas Callan

Correct Answer: Edwin Howard Armstrong

QID : 145 ________________ refers to the superposing of two or more coherent waves to produce regions of maxima and minima in space, according to the principle of superposition.

Options:

1) Interference

2) Rectification

3) Intensity

4) Diffraction

Correct Answer: Interference

QID : 146 What is the value of acceleration due to gravity at the centre of earth?

Options:

1) 1

2) 0

3) 1

4) Infinity

Correct Answer: 0

QID : 147 What is the full form of the Indian Political Party "CPIM"?

Options:

1) Common Party of India (Marxist)

2) Common Party of India (Movement)

3) Communist Party of India (Movement)

4) Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Correct Answer: Communist Party of India (Marxist)

QID : 148 Rajya Sabha is assisted by the SecretaryGeneral, who holds the rank equivalent to?

Options:

1) Cabinet Minister of the Government of India

2) Member of Parliament

3) Member of Legislature

4) Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India

Correct Answer: Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India

QID : 149 ______ won the 2016 Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

Options:

1) Michael Phelps

2) Lewis Hamilton

3) Novak Djokovic

4) Nico Rosberg

Correct Answer: Nico Rosberg

QID : 150 Who is the Author of the book "You are the Best Wife: A True Love Story"?

Options:

1) Durjoy Datta

2) Savi Sharma

3) Ajay K Pandey

4) Preeti Shenoy

Correct Answer: Ajay K Pandey

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QID : 226 Diwaneikhas is in which of these monuments?

Options:

1) Humayun's Tomb

2) Mahabodhi Temple Complex

3) Qutub Minar

4) Red Fort Complex

Correct Answer: Red Fort Complex

QID : 227 Who won the 2016 men's singles Wimbledon Championship?

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Options:

1) Novak Djokovic

2) Andy Murray

3) Roger Federer

4) Milos Raonic

Correct Answer: Andy Murray

QID : 228 Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness?

Options:

1) Vitamin K

2) Vitamin C

3) Vitamin B1

4) Vitamin A

Correct Answer: Vitamin A

QID : 229 The flower with the world's largest bloom is _____.

Options:

1) Pando

2) Posidonia

3) Rafflesia arnoldii

4) Helianthus annuus

Correct Answer: Rafflesia arnoldii

QID : 230 Name the scientist who proposed the cell theory

Options:

1) Schleiden and Schwann

2) Lamarck

3) Treviranus

4) Whittaker and Stanley

Correct Answer: Schleiden and Schwann

QID : 231 ______ decreases the rate of setting of cement.

Options:

1) Alumina

2) Silica

3) Gypsum

4) Magnesium oxide

Correct Answer: Gypsum

QID : 232 Alkenes were earlier known as ______.

Options:

1) Paraffins

2) Titoffins

3) Olefins

4) Meloffins

Correct Answer: Olefins

QID : 233 A language used to control the tasks of the computer itself, such as starting other programs, is _____.

Options:

1) Command Language

2) Machine Language

3) Markup Language

4) Style Sheet Language

Correct Answer: Command Language

QID : 234 Munda is a folk dance of _____.

Options:

1) Arunachal Pradesh

2) Jharkhand

3) Chhattisgarh

4) Haryana

Correct Answer: Jharkhand

QID : 235 In 2015, the nominal rate of interest in a country was 8% and the inflation rate then was 2.5%. So real rate of interest in 2015 was

Options:

1) 3.2 percent

2) 10.5 percent

3) 8 percent

4) 5.5 percent

Correct Answer: 5.5 percent

QID : 236 Macro economics deals with

Options:

1) the circular flow of income

2) the decision making of a single economic variable like demand

3) resource allocation at firm level

4) equilibrium prices and quantities

Correct Answer: the circular flow of income

QID : 237 The Ozone layer is present in which atmospheric layer?

Options:

1) Lithosphere

2) Ionosphere

3) Stratosphere

4) Biosphere

Correct Answer: Stratosphere

QID : 238 Organisms that use light to prepare food are known as _____.

Options:

1) Autotrophs

2) Heterotrophs

3) Omnivores

4) Decomposers

Correct Answer: Autotrophs

QID : 239 Which of the following will not be traded in a commodity market?

Options:

1) Crude oil

2) Silver

3) Currency

4) Gold

Correct Answer: Currency

QID : 240 Panaji is the capital of which Indian State?

Options:

1) Chattisgarh

2) Goa

3) Himachal Pradesh

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4) Jharkhand

Correct Answer: Goa

QID : 241 Lucknow is the Capital City of _____.

Options:

1) Uttarakhand

2) Uttar Pradesh

3) Tripura

4) Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: Uttar Pradesh

QID : 242 During the Independence Movement, Subhash Chandra Bose revamped the Indian National __________.

Options:

1) Navy

2) Army

3) Defence

4) Air Force

Correct Answer: Army

QID : 243 Aurangzeb was the son of _____.

Options:

1) Babur

2) Humayun

3) Akbar

4) Shah Jahan

Correct Answer: Shah Jahan

QID : 244 World Wide Web was invented by ________.

Options:

1) John Barber

2) Tim BernersLee

3) Alan Blumlein

4) David Brewster

Correct Answer: Tim BernersLee

QID : 245 Which among the following is false about viscosity?

Options:

1) Viscosity of gases is less than that of liquids

2) Viscosity of gases increases with rise in temperature

3) Viscosity of liquid decreases with rise in temperature

4) Viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in pressure

Correct Answer: Viscosity of liquid decreases with increase in pressure

QID : 246 Weight (W) of a body can be given by the formula

Options:

1) W=mv

2) W=mf

3) W=ms

4) W=mg

Correct Answer: W=mg

QID : 247 Narendra Modi is the ___ Prime Minister of India.

Options:

1) 5th

2) 10th

3) 14th

4) 18th

Correct Answer: 14th

QID : 248 Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Options:

1) G. V. Mavalankar

2) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

3) M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

4) Dr P V Cherian

Correct Answer: G. V. Mavalankar

QID : 249 Who is the winner of the first Indian Super League football?

Options:

1) Atletico de Kolkata

2) Kerala Blasters

3) FC Goa

4) Delhi Dynamos FC

Correct Answer: Atletico de Kolkata

QID : 250 Who wrote the book "Walking with Lions"?

Options:

1) K Natwar Singh

2) Kapil Dev

3) Kiran Bedi

4) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: K Natwar Singh

SET-54 QID : 126 - Buland Darwaza is the main entrance to the palace at?

Options:

1) Amer Fort

2) Gwalior Fort

3) Fatehpur Sikri

4) Agra Fort

Correct Answer: Fatehpur Sikri

QID : 127 - Highest Civilian Honour received by Dilip Kumar is

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Vibhushan

QID : 128 - Which of the following organs produces the enzyme lipase?

Options:

1) Pancreas

2) Large Intestine

3) Liver

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4) Small Intestine

Correct Answer: Pancreas

QID : 129 - A ___________ is a long internode forming the basal part or the whole of a peduncle.

Options:

1) rhizome

2) rachis

3) floral axis

4) scape

Correct Answer: scape

QID : 130 - Which of the following organisms are considered to be both Living and Non-living?

Options:

1) Bacteria

2) Fungi

3) Algae

4) Virus

Correct Answer: Virus

QID : 131 - The Chemical formula of Ammonium oxalate is _____.

Options:

1) NH4C2O4

2) (NH4)2CO4

3) (NH4)2C2O4

4) (NH4)2C2O3

Correct Answer: (NH4)2C2O4

QID : 132 - Benzene is ______ in ethyl alcohol.

Options:

1) soluble

2) solute

3) insoluble

4) insolate

Correct Answer: insoluble

QID : 133 - VoIP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Virtual over Identifier Protocol

2) Voice over Internet Protocol

3) Voice over Interface Protocol

4) Voice over Instruction Protocol

Correct Answer: Voice over Internet Protocol

QID : 134 - The Indian musical instrument 'Surbahar' is of which type?

Options:

1) Impact

2) Wind

3) String

4) Percussion

Correct Answer: String

QID : 135 - For a certain shoe factory the fixed costs are Rs 200,000, selling price is Rs 2000 per pair of shoes and variable cost is Rs 1200 per pair, what is the breakeven quantity?

Options:

1) 100

2) 62.5

3) 167

4) 250

Correct Answer: 250

QID : 136 - Which of the following will cause an increase in the demand for coffee?

Options:

1) Price of coffee falling in foreign markets

2) Coffee prices are expected to fall rapidly in domestic markets

3) Average income falls in the country

4) Increase in price of tea

Correct Answer: Increase in price of tea

QID : 137 - Which of the following countries has the highest population density?

Options:

1) China

2) India

3) Phillipines

4) United Kingdom

Correct Answer: India

QID : 138 - Which of the following constitutes highest percentage of Green House gases?

Options:

1) Ethane

2) Methane

3) Carbon Dioxide

4) Propane

Correct Answer: Carbon Dioxide

QID : 139 - ______________ was a philosopher and theologian from India during early 8th century who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

Options:

1) Adi Shankara

2) Dyaneshwar

3) Eknath

4) Madhvacharya

Correct Answer: Adi Shankara

QID : 140 - In terms of size, Earth ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 5

2) 6

3) 7

4) 8

Correct Answer: 5

QID : 141 - Which city is located on the banks of the river Ganges?

Options:

1) Mathura

2) Agra

3) Kanpur

4) Kota

Correct Answer: Kanpur

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QID : 142 - Who was the first ruler of Pala dynasty?

Options:

1) Gopala

2) Vivyanathan

3) Dharmapala

4) Bhaskaran

Correct Answer: Gopala

QID : 143 - Which empire is regarded as the Golden Age of Hinduism?

Options:

1) Maurya

2) Mughal

3) Gupta

4) Chola

Correct Answer: Gupta

QID : 144 - Who Invented Post-it note?

Options:

1) William Friese-Greene

2) Arthur Fry

3) Gordon Gould

4) Otto von Guericke

Correct Answer: Arthur Fry

QID : 145 - _______________ states that the ratio of the potential difference across a conductor to the current flowing through it, is a constant, provided that its physical conditions, such as temperature, remain constant.

Options:

1) Lenz's Law

2) Hooke's Law

3) Ohm's Law

4) The coulomb's law

Correct Answer: Ohm's Law

QID : 146 - _____ mirror is used in the headlights of cars.

Options:

1) Semi-circular

2) Conical

3) Convex

4) Concave

Correct Answer: Concave

QID : 147 - What is the full form of the Indian Political Party "NCP"?

Options:

1) Nationalist Congress Party

2) National Congress Party

3) National Communist Party

4) Nationalist Communist Party

Correct Answer: Nationalist Congress Party

QID : 148 - United Progressive Alliance was founded in?

Options:

1) 1951

2) 1998

3) 2004

4) 1980

Correct Answer: 2004

QID : 149 - In which country, 13th South Asian games will be held?

Options:

1) India

2) Australia

3) Nepal

4) Pakistan

Correct Answer: Nepal

QID : 150 - Who is the author of "The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy)"?

Options:

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Durjoy Datta

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Savi Sharma

Correct Answer: Amish Tripathi

SET-55 QID : 226 In 2007, which monument was declared a winner of the New 7 Wonders of the World?

Options:

1) Taj Mahal

2) Hawa Mahal

3) Agra Fort

4) Lotus Temple

Correct Answer: Taj Mahal

QID : 227 Deepa Mehta was nominated for Oscars for the movie "Water" in the category of ______ .

Options:

1) Best Sound Mixing

2) Best Original Score

3) Best Original Song

4) Best Foreign Language Film

Correct Answer: Best Foreign Language Film

QID : 228 Myopia affects which of the following organs?

Options:

1) Heart

2) Skin

3) Eyes

4) Mouth

Correct Answer: Eyes

QID : 229 Which of the following bears flowers?

Options:

1) Bryophyta

2) Pteridophyta

3) Gymnosperms

4) Angiosperms

Correct Answer: Angiosperms

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QID : 230 Oxygenated blood flows out of the heart through the _____ .

Options:

1) aorta

2) pulmonary artery

3) vena cava

4) atrium

Correct Answer: aorta

QID : 231 Covalent Bond is also called _________.

Options:

1) Molecular Bond

2) Proton Bond

3) Nucleus Bond

4) Electron Bond

Correct Answer: Molecular Bond

QID : 232 Sulphur and Chlorine can have what type of a bond?

Options:

1) Polar covalent

2) Polyionic

3) Nonpolar covalent

4) Ionic

Correct Answer: Polar covalent

QID : 233 Which of these is not a database management system (DBMS)?

Options:

1) Sybase

2) SAP HANA

3) MySQL

4) Cosmos

Correct Answer: Cosmos

QID : 234 Losar festival is celebrated in which state?

Options:

1) Assam

2) Orissa

3) Nagaland

4) Sikkim

Correct Answer: Sikkim

QID : 235 If for the year a country's GDP was $ 1315 million, consumer spending was $900 million, investment by businesses was $180 million, exports were $85 million and imports were $100 million, calculate government spending?

Options:

1) $220 million

2) $250 million

3) $580 million

4) $610 million

Correct Answer: $250 million

QID : 236 Stagflation exists when _____

Options:

1) price indices and output both decrease.

2) price indices increase but output decreases.

3) price indices and output both increase.

4) price indices decrease but output increases.

Correct Answer: price indices increase but output decreases.

QID : 237 Kanha Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Chhattisgarh

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 238 Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) Ar

2) HN3

3) CO2

4) C4H6

Correct Answer: CO2

QID : 239 ABM stands for ______.

Options:

1) Anti Belligerent Mine

2) Anti Base Machine

3) Anti Body Mechanics

4) Anti Ballistic Missile

Correct Answer: Anti Ballistic Missile

QID : 240 In terms of size, Venus ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

Options:

1) 5

2) 6

3) 7

4) 8

Correct Answer: 6

QID : 241 Who was the first to measure the circumference of earth?

Options:

1) Erechtheus

2) Aegeus

3) Eratosthenes

4) Apheidas

Correct Answer: Eratosthenes

QID : 242 When did the first Huna invasion take place?

Options:

1) 358 AD

2) 458 AD

3) 558 AD

4) 658 AD

Correct Answer: 458 AD

QID : 243 Chandragupta (322–298 BC) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Maurya

2) Mewar

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3) Mughal

4) Peshwas

Correct Answer: Maurya

QID : 244 Who Invented Electric Stove?

Options:

1) Lloyd Groff Copeman

2) Bartolomeo Cristofori

3) Leonardo da Vinci

4) Philip Diehl

Correct Answer: Lloyd Groff Copeman

QID : 245 Instrument used for measuring specific gravity is called _____.

Options:

1) Bathymeter

2) Cryometer

3) Areometer

4) Cymometer

Correct Answer: Areometer

QID : 246 Cryogenics is a branch of Physics that deal with ______.

Options:

1) very high temperatures

2) very low temperatures

3) growth of extremely small crystals

4) growth of extremely large crystals

Correct Answer: very low temperatures

QID : 247 Indian Constitution has how many Articles?

Options:

1) 95

2) 195

3) 295

4) 395

Correct Answer: 395

QID : 248 Article 31A of the Indian Constitution "Saving of Laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc" deals with?

Options:

1) the State Government

2) the Union Government

3) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

4) the directive principles of state policy

Correct Answer: the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

QID : 249 What is the full name of Sachin Tendulkar?

Options:

1) Sachin Suresh Tendulkar

2) Sachin Mahesh Tendulkar

3) Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

4) Sachin Lokesh Tendulkar

Correct Answer: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

QID : 250 Who is the author of "The Lowland"?

Options:

1) Amitav Ghosh

2) kiran Desai

3) Jhumpa Lahiri

4) Aravind Adiga

Correct Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri

SET-56 QID : 26 - Who built the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal?

Options:

1) Chola Kings

2) Pallava Kings

3) Chera Kings

4) Chalukya Kings

Correct Answer: Chalukya Kings

QID : 27 - A. R. Rahman won Oscars for the movie

Options:

1) Best Sound Mixing

2) Best Original Score

3) Best Picture

4) Best Foreign Language Film

Correct Answer: Best Original Score

QID : 28 - Blood leaving the liver and moving towards the heart has a higher concentration of _____ .

Options:

1) Lipids

2) Urea

3) Bile Pigments

4) Carbon dioxide

Correct Answer: Bile Pigments

QID : 29 - Bulb is a modification of which part of a plant?

Options:

1) The root

2) The stem

3) The radicle

4) The fruit

Correct Answer: The stem

QID : 30 - Which of the following carries blood away from the heart to different body parts?

Options:

1) Arteries

2) Nerves

3) Capillaries

4) Veins

Correct Answer: Arteries

QID : 31 - Chemical Formula of Water is _____

Options:

1) O2H

2) OH

3) HO

4) H2O

Correct Answer: H2O

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QID : 32 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Aluminium?

Options:

1) Phosphorus

2) Neon

3) Magnesium

4) Sodium

Correct Answer: Phosphorus

QID : 33 - Which of these is not a web browser?

Options:

1) Chrome

2) Firefox

3) Safari

4) Linux

Correct Answer: Linux

QID : 34 - Dzongkha is the official Language of

Options:

1) Indonesia

2) Cambodia

3) Bhutan

4) Myanmar

Correct Answer: Bhutan

QID : 35 - If price of an article decreases from Rs 800 to Rs 700, quantity demanded increases from Q1 units to 70 units. If point elasticity of demand is -1.333 find Q1?

Options:

1) 80 units

2) 90 units

3) 60 units

4) 50 units

Correct Answer: 60 units

QID : 36 - In perfect competition _____.

Options:

1) Products can be similar or different

2) Producer can control price by controlling production

3) Demand curve is perfectly elastic

4) All firms make economic profit in the long run

Correct Answer: Demand curve is perfectly elastic

QID : 37 - Amrabad Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Andhra Pradesh

3) Tamil Nadu

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh

QID : 38 - The series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms is called _____ .

Options:

1) Absorption of Nitrogen

2) Ammonification

3) Nitrogen Fixation

4) Nitrogen Cycle

Correct Answer: Nitrogen Cycle

QID : 39 - The Speaker of the sixth Lok Sabha who later became the President of India was _____ .

Options:

1) VP Singh

2) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

3) V.S Ramadevi

4) Sukumar Sen

Correct Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

QID : 40 - Which is the deepest trench (steep depression in ocean) in the world?

Options:

1) Sean trench

2) Mariana trench

3) Arabic trench

4) Cism trench

Correct Answer: Mariana trench

QID : 41 - Ten Degree channel is located between _______.

Options:

1) Srinagar and Leh

2) Darjeeling and Gangtok

3) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar

4) Goa and Bangalore

Correct Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar

QID : 42 - The Kalinga war was fought in ______.

Options:

1) 161 BC

2) 261 BC

3) 361 BC

4) 461 BC

Correct Answer: 261 BC

QID : 43 - Tipu Sultan was also known as the Lion of _____

Options:

1) Bangalore

2) Delhi

3) Kochi

4) Mysore

Correct Answer: Mysore

QID : 44 - Who Invented Dishwasher?

Options:

1) Vint Cerf

2) David Chaum

3) Georges Claude

4) Josephine Cochrane

Correct Answer: Josephine Cochrane

QID : 45 - ___________________states that the induced e.m.f. is directly proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux linkage or rate of cutting of magnetic flux linkage.

Options:

1) Lenz's Law

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2) Hooke's Law

3) Ohm's Law

4) Faraday's Law

Correct Answer: Faraday's Law

QID : 46 - If the vector sum of torques acting on a system is zero, then the object is in Options:

1) static equilibrium

2) translatory equilibrium

3) linear equilibrium

4) rotational equilibrium

Correct Answer: rotational equilibrium

QID : 47 - The original 1950 Constitution of India is preserved in _______ ?

Options:

1) President House

2) Prime Minister House

3) Parliament House

4) Archaeological Survey of India

Correct Answer: Parliament House

QID : 48 - Article 231 of the Indian Constitution "Establishment of a common High Court for two or more States" deals with?

Options:

1) the State Government

2) the directive principles of state policy

3) the Union Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the State Government

QID : 49 - When was the first cricket test match played?

Options:

1) 1677

2) 1777

3) 1877

4) 1977

Correct Answer: 1877

QID : 50 - Who is the author of "Our Impossible Love"?

Options:

1) Preeti Shenoy

2) Ravinder Singh

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Durjoy Datta

Correct Answer: Durjoy Datta

SET-57 QID : 126 Asiatic black bear and snow leopard is found in which of the following places?

Options:

1) Sundarbans National Park

2) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

3) Keoladeo National Park

4) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

Correct Answer: Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

QID : 127 Mother Teresa won Nobel Prize for?

Options:

1) Literature

2) Physics

3) Peace

4) Economic Studies

Correct Answer: Peace

QID : 128 BCG vaccine is given to protect from which of the following?

Options:

1) Jaundice

2) Anaemia

3) Tuberculosis

4) Polio

Correct Answer: Tuberculosis

QID : 129 Parallel venation is found in _____ .

Options:

1) plants which are monocots

2) plants which have a dicot stem

3) plants with leaves similar to Tulsi

4) plants with tap roots

Correct Answer: plants which are monocots

QID : 130 The hardest part of the body is

Options:

1) Bones

2) Tooth Enamel

3) Skull

4) Spinal Cord

Correct Answer: Tooth Enamel

QID : 131 The Chemical formula of Ammonium sulphate is

Options:

1) NH4SO4

2) (NH4)2SO3

3) NH4SO3

4) (NH4)2SO4

Correct Answer: (NH4)2SO4

QID : 132 The common name of lead (II) sulphide is

Options:

1) borax

2) epsom salt

3) galena

4) brimstone

Correct Answer: galena

QID : 133 SMTP in computer science stands for?

Options:

1) Simple Markup Transfer Protocol

2) Systems Mail Transfer Protocol

3) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

4) Systems Memory Transfer Protocol

Correct Answer: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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QID : 134 Which of the following is a string based Indian musical instrument?

Options:

1) Samvadini

2) Jaltarang

3) Surbahar

4) Pakhawaj

Correct Answer: Surbahar

QID : 135 Calculate a country's GDP if for the year, consumer spending is $900 million, government spending is $250 million, investment by businesses is $180 million, exports are $85 million and imports are $100 million.

Options:

1) $1345 million

2) $1315 million

3) $955 million

4) $815 million

Correct Answer: $1315 million

QID : 136 Increase in the demand for a good will cause the equilibrium price of the good to ________ and the equilibrium quantity to _________.

Options:

1) increase; increase

2) decrease; decrease

3) increase; decrease

4) decrease; increase

Correct Answer: increase; increase

QID : 137 Which type of pathogen causes the waterborne disease E. coli Infection?

Options:

1) Protozoan

2) Parasitic

3) Bacterial

4) Viral

Correct Answer: Bacterial

QID : 138 ____________________is a measure of the actual amount of water vapour in a particular sample of air: measured as a partial pressure.

Options:

1) Specific Humidity

2) Absolute Humidity

3) Relative Humidity

4) Dew Point

Correct Answer: Absolute Humidity

QID : 139 In India all of the following are sources for government revenue, except?

Options:

1) Agricultural income tax

2) Anti dumping duty

3) Perquisite tax

4) Toll tax

Correct Answer: Agricultural income tax

QID : 140 Ranchi is the capital of which Indian State?

Options:

1) Chattisgarh

2) Goa

3) Himachal Pradesh

4) Jharkhand

Correct Answer: Jharkhand

QID : 141 What is the capital of Greece?

Options:

1) Buenos Aires

2) Stockholm

3) Athens

4) Bern

Correct Answer: Athens

QID : 142 World War 2 was fought between two groups, the Allies and the Axis Powers? Which country did not belong to the Axis Powers?

Options:

1) Denmark

2) Bulgaria

3) Romania

4) Italy

Correct Answer: Denmark

QID : 143 During Akbar's reign who was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire?

Options:

1) Raja Todar Mal

2) Man Singh I

3) Birbal

4) Tansen

Correct Answer: Raja Todar Mal

QID : 144 Who Invented Lawnmower?

Options:

1) Edwin Howard Armstrong

2) John Barber

3) Edwin Beard Budding

4) Nicholas Callan

Correct Answer: Edwin Beard Budding

QID : 145 ___________________ is defined as the force acting per unit current per unit length on a wire placed at right angles to the magnetic field.

Options:

1) Magnetic susceptibility

2) Magnetic flux density

3) Magnetic flux

4) Magnetic pulse

Correct Answer: Magnetic flux density

QID : 146 If an object moves in a purely rotatory motion, then each constituent particle of the body moves in a circle, the centre of which is located on a line is

called _______.

Options:

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1) the axis of rotation

2) the line of rotation

3) the spinning rod

4) the fixed line

Correct Answer: the axis of rotation

QID : 147 The second most senior office in the country is of _____ .

Options:

1) Office of the President of India

2) Office of the Prime Minister of India

3) Office of the Vice President of India

4) Office of the Chief Justice of India

Correct Answer: Office of the Vice President of India

QID : 148 Article 187 of the Indian Constitution "Secretariat of State Legislature" deals with?

Options:

1) the State Government

2) the directive principles of state policy

3) the Union Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the State Government

QID : 149 Which country won the first cricket world cup?

Options:

1) New Zealand

2) West Indies

3) England

4) Australia

Correct Answer: West Indies

QID : 150 Who is the author of "Promise Me a Million Times"?

Options:

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Durjoy Datta

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Savi Sharma

Correct Answer: Keshav Aneel

SET-58 QID : 26 The largest estuarine mangrove forest in the world is at?

Options:

1) Sundarbans National Park

2) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

3) Keoladeo National Park

4) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

Correct Answer: Sundarbans National Park

QID : 27 Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for?

Options:

1) Literature

2) Physics

3) Peace

4) Economic Sciences

Correct Answer: Economic Sciences

QID : 28 The amount of blood filtered together by both the kidneys in a 70 kg adult male human in a minute is

Options:

1) 1100 ml

2) 100 ml

3) 1500 ml

4) 500 ml

Correct Answer: 1100 ml

QID : 29 Which feature of a plant helps to distinguish a monocot from a dicot?

Options:

1) pollination

2) venation

3) vernation

4) aestivation

Correct Answer: venation

QID : 30 The Mutation Theory was proposed by _____ .

Options:

1) Charles Lyell

2) William Smith

3) Hugo De Vries

4) Harrison Schmitt

Correct Answer: Hugo De Vries

QID : 31 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Helium

2) Potassium

3) Tungsten

4) Sulphur

Correct Answer: Helium

QID : 32 Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Phosphorus?

Options:

1) Aluminium

2) Silicon

3) Chlorine

4) Magnesium

Correct Answer: Chlorine

QID : 33 The designers of the Internet Protocol defined an IP address as a ____bit number.

Options:

1) 8

2) 16

3) 32

4) 64

Correct Answer: 32

QID : 34 Which of the following is a wind based Indian musical instrument?

Options:

1) Taus

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2) Swarmandal

3) Samvadini

4) Rabab

Correct Answer: Samvadini

QID : 35 Calculate the economic profit for a firm if its total revenues are Rs 180 crores, explicit costs are Rs 95 crores, and implicit costs are Rs 25 crores.

Options:

1) Rs 110 crores

2) Rs 300 crores

3) Rs 60 crores

4) Rs 250 crores

Correct Answer: Rs 60 crores

QID : 36 Insure payment of minimum wages for tea leave pickers

Options:

1) will improve quality of tea.

2) will reduce unemployment of tea leave pickers.

3) decreases unemployment.

4) will increase picking cost for all tea companies.

Correct Answer: will increase picking cost for all tea companies.

QID : 37 Which type of pathogen causes the waterborne disease HepatitisA?

Options:

1) Parasitic

2) Viral

3) Protozoan

4) Bacterial

Correct Answer: Viral

QID : 38 _________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the

northern or southern magnetic pole.

Options:

1) Acaulis

2) Alatus

3) Albopictus

4) Aurora

Correct Answer: Aurora

QID : 39 Sabrimala is a Hindu pilgrimage centre located in which Tiger Reserve area?

Options:

1) Bandipur

2) Kanha

3) Periyar

4) Panna

Correct Answer: Periyar

QID : 40 Earth's crust mainly contains ______.

Options:

1) bauxite

2) manganese

3) silica

4) iron

Correct Answer: silica

QID : 41 Seoul is the Capital City of _____ .

Options:

1) United Arab Emirates

2) Netherlands

3) South Korea

4) Italy

Correct Answer: South Korea

QID : 42 Indus Valley Civilization was a __________ age civilization.

Options:

1) Silver

2) Tin

3) Gold

4) Bronze

Correct Answer: Bronze

QID : 43 To whom did Akbar gave the title Mian?

Options:

1) Raja Todar Mal

2) Man Singh I

3) Birbal

4) Tansen

Correct Answer: Tansen

QID : 44 Who Invented Laser?

Options:

1) William FrieseGreene

2) Arthur Fry

3) Gordon Gould

4) Otto von Guericke

Correct Answer: Gordon Gould

QID : 45 What is the SI unit of Torque?

Options:

1) newton/meter

2) newton meter

3) newton second

4) newton/meter squared

Correct Answer: newton meter

QID : 46 What is the unit of the physical quantity, Illuminance?

Options:

1) siemens

2) tesla

3) lux

4) weber

Correct Answer: lux

QID : 47 Article 21 of the Indian Constitution "Protection of life and personal liberty" deals with?

Options:

1) the Union Government

2) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

3) the State Government

4) the directive principles of state policy

Correct Answer: the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

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QID : 48 Article 211 of the Indian Constitution "Restriction on discussion in the Legislature" deals with?

Options:

1) the directive principles of state policy

2) the Union Government

3) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

4) the State Government

Correct Answer: the State Government

QID : 49 The colour of Australian cricket team's cap is

Options:

1) Green

2) Blue

3) Red

4) Yellow

Correct Answer: Green

QID : 50 Who is the author of "The Secret Of The Nagas (Shiva Trilogy2)"?

Options:

1) Amish Tripathi

2) Durjoy Datta

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Savi Sharma

Correct Answer: Amish Tripathi

SET-59 QID : 126 Churches and Convents of Goa were built by?

Options:

1) British

2) Dutch

3) Portuguese

4) Mughals

Correct Answer: Portuguese

QID : 127 Resul Pookutty won Oscars for the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" in the category of _____ .

Options:

1) Best Sound Mixing

2) Best Original Score

3) Best Original Song

4) Best Foreign Language Film

Correct Answer: Best Sound Mixing

QID : 128 How many chromosomes does a human cell contain?

Options:

1) 6

2) 26

3) 46

4) 66

Correct Answer: 46

QID : 129 In a Punnett Square with the cross AaBb x Aabb, how many AaBb genotypes would be created?

Options:

1) 4

2) 1

3) 7

4) 6

Correct Answer: 4

QID : 130 Arboreal Ateles is the scientific name of _____ .

Options:

1) Squirrel

2) Sparrow

3) Lizard

4) Spider monkey

Correct Answer: Spider monkey

QID : 131 The chemical formula of Ammonia is _____ .

Options:

1) NH

2) NH1

3) NH2

4) NH3

Correct Answer: NH3

QID : 132 Who discovered Fullerene (an allotrope of carbon)?

Options:

1) K Scheele

2) Richard Smalley

3) Faraday

4) Heisenberg

Correct Answer: Richard Smalley

QID : 133 ________ perform Internet Protocol blocking to protect networks from unauthorized access.

Options:

1) Firewalls

2) Proxy Servers

3) Routers

4) VoIP

Correct Answer: Firewalls

QID : 134 Gugga Naumi is a religious festival in connection with snakeworship. This festival is of which state?

Options:

1) Haryana

2) West Bengal

3) Gujarat

4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: Haryana

QID : 135 If quantity of a good demanded increases from 200 to 250 then the average income of the population increases from Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000, find Arc Income elasticity of demand?

Options:

1) 1.45

2) 0.55

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3) 2

4) 1.25

Correct Answer: 0.55

QID : 136 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) demand will tend to be inelastic

(b) Firm has control over quantity of output but it must take into account reactions of competitors

Options:

1) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

2) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition

3) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly

4) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Competition

Correct Answer: (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

QID : 137 Which type of pathogen causes the waterborne disease Salmonellosis?

Options:

1) Algal

2) Parasitic

3) Bacterial

4) Viral

Correct Answer: Bacterial

QID : 138 Which of the following is not a Halon gas ?

Options:

1) methane

2) Carbon tetra chloride

3) iodomethane

4) bromomethane

Correct Answer: methane

QID : 139 Dnyaneshwar was a 13thcentury Marathi saint who wrote the Dnyaneshwari, which is a commentary on the _______________.

Options:

1) Ramayana

2) Bhagavad Gita

3) Vedas

4) Upanishads

Correct Answer: Bhagavad Gita

QID : 140 Earth is the _______ planet from the Sun.

Options:

1) First

2) Third

3) Fifth

4) Seventh

Correct Answer: Third

QID : 141 Which city is located on the banks of the river Godavari?

Options:

1) Badrinath

2) Nashik

3) Mathura

4) Lucknow

Correct Answer: Nashik

QID : 142 Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290–305 B.C.) was a king from which dynasty?

Options:

1) Gupta Dynasty

2) Kanva Dynasty

3) Shunga Dynasty

4) Maurya Dynasty

Corcect Answer: Gupta Dynasty

QID : 143 Who are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India?

Options:

1) Mauryas

2) Cholas

3) Guptas

4) Marathas

Correct Answer: Marathas

QID : 144 Who Invented postage stamp?

Options:

1) Ruth Handler

2) John Harington

3) Rowland Hill

4) Felix Hoffmann

Correct Answer: Rowland Hill

QID : 145 If a body moves with a uniform speed in a circular motion, then______.

Options:

1) its acceleration is increasing

2) its acceleration is zero

3) its velocity is changing

4) its velocity is uniform

Correct Answer: its velocity is changing

QID : 146 _____ is the fourth state of matter.

Options:

1) Plasma

2) Steam

3) Gas

4) Matteroid

Correct Answer: Plasma

QID : 147 The original constitution of India was published in?

Options:

1) Delhi

2) Srinagar

3) Ajmer

4) Dehradun

Correct Answer: Dehradun

QID : 148 Article 228 of the Indian Constitution "Transfer of certain cases to High Court" deals with?

Options:

1) the directive principles of state policy

2) the State Government

3) the Union Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the State Government

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QID : 149 Who won the 2016 National Snooker Championship?

Options:

1) Mohit Saraswat

2) Aditya Mehta

3) Arjun Pandit

4) Varun Shakya

Correct Answer: Aditya Mehta

QID : 150 Who is the author of "I Too Had a Love Story"?

Options:

1) Preeti Shenoy

2) Ravinder Singh

3) Keshav Aneel

4) Durjoy Datta

Correct Answer: Ravinder Singh

SET-60

QID : 226 Ajanta Caves is in ______.

Options:

1) Maharashtra

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Karnataka

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Maharashtra

QID : 227 ___________ is a condition in which there is a deficiency of red cells or of haemoglobin in the blood.

Options:

1) Albinism

2) Propyria

3) Anaemia

4) Keloid disorder

Correct Answer: Anaemia

QID : 228 Ananas comosus is the scientific name of ________.

Options:

1) Custard Apple

2) Pineapple

3) Bamboo

4) Pomegranate

Correct Answer: Pineapple

QID : 229 Which organ produces insulin?

Options:

1) Liver

2) Thyroid gland

3) Spleen

4) Pancreas

Correct Answer: Pancreas

QID : 230 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Tin

2) Hydrogen

3) Carbon

4) Sodium

Correct Answer: Hydrogen

QID : 231 If demand curve for an electric tooth brush is D = 25000 7P and supply curve is S = 10000 + 8P, find the equilibrium Price?

Options:

1) Rs 150

2) Rs 1000

3) Rs 400

4) Rs 50

Correct Answer: Rs 1000

QID : 232 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) MR = MP

(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

Options:

1) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition

2) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly

3) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

4) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly

QID : 233 _______________ is located in the Alwar district of Rajasthan.

Options:

1) Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary

2) Sariska National Park

3) Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

4) Dudhwa National Park

Correct Answer: Sariska National Park

QID : 234 Which of the following disease is not caused by water pollution?

Options:

1) Cholera

2) Typhoid

3) Asthma

4) Diarrhoea

Correct Answer: Asthma

QID : 235 BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and _______________.

Options:

1) Saudi Arabia

2) South Africa

3) Singapore

4) Sri Lanka

Correct Answer: South Africa

QID : 236 June 21 marks the winter solstice in the _________ Hemisphere.

Options:

1) Northern

2) Eastern

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3) Western

4) Southern

Correct Answer: Southern

QID : 237 Nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the________.

Options:

1) World War I

2) Asian War I

3) Gulf War II

4) World War II

Correct Answer: World War II

QID : 238 Who invented "Coca Cola"?

Options:

1) Floyd Paxton

2) Les Paul

3) John Pemberton

4) Forrest Parry

Correct Answer: John Pemberton

QID : 239 An example of longitudinal waves (in gas as a medium) is ______.

Options:

1) heat waves

2) radio waves

3) electromagnetic waves

4) sound waves

Correct Answer: sound waves

QID : 240 In projectile motion, the total flight time is _______.

Options:

1) equal to the time required to reach the maximum height

2) thrice the time required to reach the maximum height

3) four times the time required to reach the maximum height

4) twice the time required to reach the maximum height

Correct Answer: twice the time required to reach the maximum height

QID : 241 ___ fundamental rights are recognized by the Indian constitution.

Options:

1) Five

2) Six

3) Seven

4) Eight

Correct Answer: Seven

QID : 242 Lok Sabha is the ___________ House of the Parliament of India.

Options:

1) Lower

2) Upper

3) Left

4) Right

Correct Answer: Lower

QID : 243 In which of the following games the term "deuce" is used?

Options:

1) Kabaddi

2) Football

3) Cricket

4) Badminton

Correct Answer: Badminton

QID : 244 Who wrote the book "As you like it"?

Options:

1) Stephen Hawkings

2) William Shakespeare

3) Vikram Seth

4) Vimal Kumar

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare

QID : 245 Bhopal is the Capital City of ___________.

Options:

1) Himachal Pradesh

2) Goa

3) Gujarat

4) Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh

QID : 246 In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by __________ to trade in India.

Options:

1) Babur

2) Akbar

3) Aurangzeb

4) Jahangir

Correct Answer: Jahangir

QID : 247 Highest Civilian Honour received by Shri Shri Ravi Shankar is ___________.

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Vibhushan

QID : 248 What chemical is injected into a person's body when an ant bites?

Options:

1) Formic Acid

2) Acetic Acid

3) Tartaric Acid

4) Citric Acid

Correct Answer: Formic Acid

QID : 249 ___________ is a form of computer data storage which stores frequently used program instructions to increase the general speed of a system.

Options:

1) Arithmetic Logic Unit

2) Integrated Circuit

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3) Random Access Memory

4) Portable Document Format

Correct Answer: Random Access Memory

QID : 250 Malayalam is the official language of _________.

Options:

1) Puducherry

2) Lakshadweep

3) Daman and Diu

4) Delhi

Correct Answer: Lakshadweep

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QID : 26 Which of these Indians has been awarded with Bharat Ratna?

Options:

1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2) Subhas Chandra Bose

3) Rahul Gandhi

4) P. V. Narasimha Rao

Correct Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

QID : 27 _________________ is a drug that makes your heart work more slowly, used for treating high blood pressure.

Options:

1) Contraceptive

2) BetaBlocker

3) Depressant

4) Enema

Correct Answer: BetaBlocker

QID : 28 Ocimum tenuiflorum is the scientific name of ___________.

Options:

1) Neem

2) Mango

3) Babul

4) Tulsi

Correct Answer: Tulsi

QID : 29 Which gland secretes bile, a digestive fluid?

Options:

1) pancreas

2) liver

3) thyroid

4) testes

Correct Answer: liver

QID : 30 The Chemical formula of Ammonium chloride is ___________.

Options:

1) (NH4)2Cl

2) NH4Cl3

3) NH4Cl2

4) NH4Cl

Correct Answer: NH4Cl

QID : 31 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Iron

2) Nitrogen

3) Iodine

4) Lead

Correct Answer: Nitrogen

QID : 32 In Internet, what is the full form of TCP ?

Options:

1) Transfer Control Program

2) Transfer Control Protocol

3) Transmission Control Program

4) Transmission Control Protocol

Correct Answer: Transmission Control Protocol

QID : 33 Which of these languages is generally not spoken in Southern part of India?

Options:

1) Telugu

2) Konkani

3) Maithili

4) Malayalam

Correct Answer: Maithili

QID : 34 If demand curve for radial car tyres is D = 230000 19P and supply curve is S = 180000 + 6P, find the equilibrium Quantity?

Options:

1) 19200 units

2) 291000 units

3) 29100 units

4) 192000 units

Correct Answer: 192000 units

QID : 35 Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) Differentiated products, but close substitutes for consumers so their demand curves are elastic.

(b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

Options:

1) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

2) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Oligopoly

3) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Pure Monopoly

4) (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

Correct Answer: (a) Monopolistic competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

QID : 36 Indravati Tiger Reserve is in which state?

Options:

1) Telangana

2) Rajasthan

3) Chhattisgarh

4) West Bengal

Correct Answer: Chhattisgarh

QID : 37 Pyrolusite is an ore/mineral of ___________.

Options:

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1) Mercury

2) Manganese

3) Molybdenum

4) Lead

Correct Answer: Manganese

QID : 38 What does IMF stand for?

Options:

1) International Monetary Fund

2) Indian Money Fund

3) International Machine Federation

4) Institute of Monetary Finance

Correct Answer: International Monetary Fund

QID : 39 What is the capital of Ireland?

Options:

1) Brussels

2) Helsinki

3) Ottawa

4) Dublin

Correct Answer: Dublin

QID : 40 A bound collection of maps is called ___________.

Options:

1) Cryosphere

2) Geomorphology

3) Atlas

4) Contour lines

Correct Answer: Atlas

QID : 41 Which of these countries got Independence from United Kingdom?

Options:

1) Uzbekistan

2) India

3) Venezuela

4) South Korea

Correct Answer: India

QID : 42 The Biography of Humayun was written by ___________.

Options:

1) Nur Jehan

2) Jodha

3) Anarkali

4) Gulbadan Begum

Correct Answer: Gulbadan Begum

QID : 43 Who Invented Internet Protocol?

Options:

1) Vint Cerf

2) David Chaum

3) Georges Claude

4) Josephine Cochrane

Correct Answer: Vint Cerf

QID : 44 Find the power of a convex lens if the image formed is at a distance of 10 cm from the lens when the object is placed on the other side of the lens at 40 cm from the optical centre?

Options:

1) 12.5 diopters

2) 7.5 diopters

3) 12.5 diopters

4) 7.5 diopters

Correct Answer: 12.5 diopters

QID : 45 Filament of electric bulb is made of _____.

Options:

1) Magnesium

2) Lead

3) Tin

4) Tungsten

Correct Answer: Tungsten

QID : 46 Under which Article was Emergency in India declared in 1975?

Options:

1) Article 1

2) Article 152

3) Article 286

4) Article 352

Correct Answer: Article 352

QID : 47 The United Nations Green Climate Fund is Headquartered in which country?

Options:

1) South Korea

2) U.S.A

3) Canada

4) Australia

Correct Answer: Canada

QID : 48 Anjum Chopra is associated with which Sport?

Options:

1) Javelin Thrower

2) Archery

3) Cricket

4) Badminton

Correct Answer: Cricket

QID : 49 Who is the author of "Life of Pi"?

Options:

1) Eleanor Catton

2) Aravind Adiga

3) Yann Martel

4) Kiran Desai

Correct Answer: Yann Martel

QID : 50 Which was the first gardentomb in the Indian subcontinent?

Options:

1) Tomb of Jahangir

2) Humayun's Tomb

3) Taj Mahal

4) Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal

Correct Answer: Humayun's Tomb

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QID : 126 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka is located in the foothills of?

Options:

1) Western Ghats

2) Aravalli Range

3) Vindhya Range

4) Eastern Ghats

Correct Answer: Vindhya Range

QID : 127 Highest Civilian Honour received by Udit Narayan is

Options:

1) Padma Shri

2) Padma Bhushan

3) Padma Vibhushan

4) Bharat Ratna

Correct Answer: Padma Bhushan

QID : 128 Which drug is used to cure Migraine?

Options:

1) Fexofenadine

2) Tramadol

3) Sumatriptan

4) Levothyroxine

Correct Answer: Sumatriptan

QID : 129 In which of the following the dominant phase is Gametophyte?

Options:

1) Bryophyta

2) Pteridophyta

3) Gymnosperms

4) Angiosperms

Correct Answer: Bryophyta

QID : 130 Anaerobic respiration refers to which of the following?

Options:

1) Respiration without Oxygen

2) Respiration with Oxygen

3) Respiration without CO2

4) Respiration with CO2

Correct Answer: Respiration without Oxygen

QID : 131 ______ bond holds the atoms together within a water molecule.

Options:

1) Nonpolar covalent

2) Polar covalent

3) Ionic

4) Coordinate

Correct Answer: Polar covalent

QID : 132 Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Neon?

Options:

1) Oxygen

2) Magnesium

3) Nitrogen

4) Boron

Correct Answer: Magnesium

QID : 133 ___________ defines data types and the relationships among them.

Options:

1) Data definition language

2) Data manipulation language

3) Query language

4) OQL

Correct Answer: Data definition language

QID : 134 _________is a depiction of the Hindu God Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance called Tandavam.

Options:

1) Murugan

2) Nataraja

3) Vishnu

4) Venkateshwar

Correct Answer: Nataraja

QID : 135 If demand curve for renting a car is D = 90000 23P and supply curve is S = 9000 + 7P, find the equilibrium Price?

Options:

1) Rs 1800

2) Rs 900

3) Rs 3600

4) Rs 2700

Correct Answer: Rs 2700

QID : 136 The demand curve _____.

Options:

1) shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will increase

2) shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will decrease

3) has a positive gradient

4) indicates that there is a direct relationship between quantity demanded and price

Correct Answer: shows that as the price of a good increases, demand for the good will decrease

QID : 137 Which type of pathogen causes the waterborne disease Cholera?

Options:

1) Algal

2) Bacterial

3) Protozoan

4) Viral

Correct Answer: Bacterial

QID : 138 Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas, which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) As

2) Kr

3) C4H8

4) CH4

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Correct Answer: CH4

QID : 139 Which of the following is not a National Park?

Options:

1) Corbett National Park

2) Kaziranga National Park

3) Satara National Park

4) Bandipur National Park

Correct Answer: Satara National Park

QID : 140 Who was the first Indian astronomer to calculate the time taken by earth to orbit the sun?

Options:

1) Aryabhatta

2) Ved Bhatnagara

3) Bhaskaracharya

4) Bishu devtamapi

Correct Answer: Bhaskaracharya

QID : 141 What is the capital of New Zealand?

Options:

1) Brussels

2) Canberra

3) Wellington

4) Ankara

Correct Answer: Wellington

QID : 142 Which among the following games was very popular in ancient India?

Options:

1) Chess

2) Cricket

3) Hockey

4) Football

Correct Answer: Chess

QID : 143 Ashoka The Great (273–232 B.C.) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Mewar

2) Mughal

3) Maurya

4) Peshwas

Correct Answer: Maurya

QID : 144 Who Invented LED?

Options:

1) Nick Holonyak

2) Elias Howe

3) Chuck Hull

4) Christiaan Huygens

Correct Answer: Nick Holonyak

QID : 145 Who first determined the value of G (gravitational constant)?

Options:

1) Lord Cavendish

2) R.R Heyl

3) Boyle

4) Poynting

Correct Answer: Lord Cavendish

QID : 146 The work done by centripetal force is ______.

Options:

1) positive

2) zero

3) negative

4) unity

Correct Answer: zero

QID : 147 Indian Constitution has how many Parts?

Options:

1) 22

2) 32

3) 42

4) 52

Correct Answer: 22

QID : 148 Article 31B of the Indian Constitution "Validation of certain Acts and Regulations" deals with the

Options:

1) State Government

2) Union Government

3) Directive principles of state policy

4) Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: Fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

QID : 149 Who among the following has not scored even a single triple hundred in test matches?

Options:

1) Brian Lara

2) Virender Sehwag

3) Sachin Tendulkar

4) Chris Gayle

Correct Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

QID : 150 Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"?

Options:

1) Aparna Sinha

2) Bapsi Sidhwa

3) R. K. Narayan

4) Indu Sundaresan

Correct Answer: Indu Sundaresan

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QID : 226 - Panch Mahal is situated in?

Options:

1) Hawa Mahal

2) Gwalior Fort

3) Fatehpur Sikri

4) Agra Fort

Correct Answer: Fatehpur Sikri

QID : 227 - Kedarnath Singh won Jnanpith Award for work in which language?

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Options:

1) Gujarati

2) Marathi

3) Hindi

4) Telugu

Correct Answer: Hindi

QID : 228 - To which class does Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases belong?

Options:

1) Hormones

2) Enzymes

3) Proteins

4) Vitamins

Correct Answer: Enzymes

QID : 229 - Which of the following is not true about Gymnosperms?

Options:

1) Dominant phase is saprophytes

2) Vascular bundles are absent

3) spores are heterospores

4) Flowers are absent

Correct Answer: Vascular bundles are absent

QID : 230 - The name of first mammal clone sheep is

Options:

1) Noori

2) Dolly

3) Louise

4) Durga

Correct Answer: Dolly

QID : 231 - What is dehydration?

Options:

1) Removal of acid from a molecule

2) Removal of base from a molecule

3) Removal of water from a molecule

4) Removal of alkali from a molecule

Correct Answer: Removal of water from a molecule

QID : 232 - ______ character of a bond between two atoms is greater if the difference in their electro negativities is lesser.

Options:

1) Polar

2) Metallic

3) Ionic

4) Covalent

Correct Answer: Covalent

QID : 233 - ___________ allows searching for information and computing derived information.

Options:

1) Data definition language

2) Data manipulation language

3) Query language

4) OQL

Correct Answer: Query language

QID : 234 - Garadi is a folk dance of_____.

Options:

1) Mizoram

2) Puducherry

3) Gujarat

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Puducherry

QID : 235 - If price of an article decreases from Rs 80 to Rs 60, quantity demanded increases from 600 units to 750 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

Options:

1) -1

2) 1

3) -1.25

4) 1.25

Correct Answer: -1

QID : 236 - Which of the following measures will not increase a nation's wealth?

Options:

1) investing in new companies

2) increasing efficiency of factories

3) converting grasslands into orchards

4) By redistributing taxes as subsidies

Correct Answer: By redistributing taxes as subsidies

QID : 237 - Which type of pathogen causes the water-borne disease Typhoid fever?

Options:

1) Algal

2) Parasitic

3) Protozoan

4) Bacterial

Correct Answer: Bacterial

QID : 238 - Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) B2H6

2) Ne

3) C6H14

4) O3

Correct Answer: O3

QID : 239 - Squadron Leader is one of the ranks of the Indian

Options:

1) Army

2) Navy

3) Air Force

4) Paramilitary Force

Correct Answer: Air Force

QID : 240 - Which is called country of canals?

Options:

1) India

2) Pakistan

3) Japan

4) Myanmar

Correct Answer: Pakistan

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QID : 241 - Male is the Capital of ___________.

Options:

1) Algeria

2) Maldives

3) Kenya

4) Mauritius

Correct Answer: Maldives

QID : 242 - Mahabalipuram was founded by ______.

Options:

1) Rajaraja Chola

2) Narasimha Varman

3) Chandragupta Maurya

4) Vivasvan

Correct Answer: Narasimha Varman

QID : 243 - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674–1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

Options:

1) Nanda

2) Haryanka

3) Maurya

4) Maratha

Correct Answer: Maratha

QID : 244 - Who Invented airbag?

Options:

1) Wright brothers

2) Reynold B. Johnson

3) Assen Jordanoff

4) Ken Kutaragi

Correct Answer: Assen Jordanoff

QID : 245 - Why boiling point of water decreases at high altitudes?

Options:

1) Because of high temperature

2) Because of low atmospheric pressure

3) Because of low temperature

4) Because of high atmospheric pressure

Correct Answer: Because of low atmospheric pressure

QID : 246 - What is the unit of the physical quantity, Momentum?

Options:

1) newton second

2) joule second

3) erg second

4) pascal second

Correct Answer: newton second

QID : 247 - Communist Party of India was founded in _____.

Options:

1) 1835

2) 1885

3) 1925

4) 1964

Correct Answer: 1925

QID : 248 - Article 39A of the Indian Constitution "Equal justice and free legal aid" deals with?

Options:

1) the State Government

2) the directive principles of state policy

3) the Union Government

4) the fundamental rights of the Indian Citizen

Correct Answer: the directive principles of state policy

QID : 249 - Who among the following has scored 2 triple hundreds in test matches?

Options:

1) Ricky Ponting

2) Jacques Kallis

3) Sachin Tendulkar

4) Brian Lara

Correct Answer: Brian Lara

QID : 250 - Who is the author of "Swami and Friends"?

Options:

1) Sudeep Nagarkar

2) Devdutt Pattanaik

3) R. K. Narayan

4) Aravind Adiga

Correct Answer: R. K. Narayan

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QID : 26 Keoladeo National Park is in _______.

Options:

1) Karnataka

2) Madhya Pradesh

3) Maharashtra

4) Rajasthan

Correct Answer: Rajasthan

QID : 27 Which of these is the only Bollywood actor who has won National Film Award for the category of Best Actor?

Options:

1) Aamir Khan

2) Salman Khan

3) Shahrukh Khan

4) Saif Ali Khan

Correct Answer: Saif Ali Khan

QID : 28 Which drug is used to cure Incontinence?

Options:

1) Oxybutynin

2) Ranitidine

3) Azithromycin

4) Levothyroxine

Correct Answer: Oxybutynin

QID : 29 In which part of the cell are proteins made?

Options:

1) reticulum

2) Golgi apparatus

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3) ribosomes

4) lysosome

Correct Answer: ribosomes

QID : 30 Polio is a disease caused by which of the following?

Options:

1) Bacteria

2) Mosquito

3) Virus

4) Cockroach

Correct Answer: Virus

QID : 31 Chemical formula of Ammonia is _______.

Options:

1) PH3

2) NO2

3) AlN

4) NH3

Correct Answer: NH3

QID : 32 Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?

Options:

1) Oxygen

2) Platinum

3) Sodium

4) Tin

Correct Answer: Oxygen

QID : 33 If price of an article decreases from Rs 600 to Rs 500, when quantity demanded increases from 10000 units to 12000 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

Options:

1) 1.2

2) 1.2

3) 1.5

4) 1.5

Correct Answer: 1.2

QID : 34 The market for sugar is in equilibrium. If the supply of sugar increases, the equilibrium price of sugar will ________ and the equilibrium quantity will

_________.

Options:

1) increase; increase

2) decrease; decrease

3) increase; decrease

4) decrease; increase

Correct Answer: decrease; increase

QID : 35 Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Options:

1) BCl3

2) Ni(CO)4

3) CH3OH

4) CClF3

Correct Answer: CClF3

QID : 36 Pentlandite is an ore/mineral of

Options:

1) Titanium

2) Nickel

3) Uranium

4) Zinc

Correct Answer: Nickel

QID : 37 Who was the first man to go to space?

Options:

1) Yuri Gagarin

2) Yuri Rontgen

3) Yuris Cui

4) Yuris Mahatinn

Correct Answer: Yuri Gagarin

QID : 38 What is the capital of Italy?

Options:

1) Tashkent

2) Rome

3) Wellington

4) Oslo

Correct Answer: Rome

QID : 39 Nathu La pass is located in ______.

Options:

1) Pakistan

2) Nepal

3) Bhutan

4) India

Correct Answer: India

QID : 40 Which of these countries got Independence from United Kingdom?

Options:

1) Uzbekistan

2) United States

3) Venezuela

4) South Korea

Correct Answer: United States

QID : 41 The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal was announced in 1905 by?

Options:

1) Lord William Bentinck

2) Lord Mountbatten

3) Warren Hastings

4) Lord Curzon

Correct Answer: Lord Curzon

QID : 42 Inventor of Instant Noodles was a citizen of which country?

Options:

1) China

2) South Korea

3) Japan

4) North Korea

Correct Answer: Japan

QID : 43 Find the power of a convex lens if the image formed is at a distance of 20 cm from the lens

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when the object is placed on the other side of the lens at 25 cm from the optical centre?

Options:

1) 1 diopters

2) 9 diopters

3) 9 diopters

4) 1 diopters

Correct Answer: 9 diopters

QID : 44 What is the unit of the physical quantity "Capacitance"?

Options:

1) weber

2) farad

3) tesla

4) ohm

Correct Answer: farad

QID : 45 Parliament conducts __________ sessions each year.

Options:

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Correct Answer: 3

QID : 46 Who is the Founder of International Premier Tennis League?

Options:

1) Leander Paes

2) Roger Federer

3) Martina Navratilova

4) Mahesh Bhupathi

Correct Answer: Mahesh Bhupathi

QID : 47 Who is the author of the book "The daughter of the east"?

Options:

1) Taslima Nasreen

2) Benazir Bhutto

3) Chandrika Bhutani

4) Sharmila Tagore

Correct Answer: Benazir Bhutto

QID : 48 Which company developed 'Hack' Programming Language?

Options:

1) Google

2) Microsoft

3) Facebook

4) Apple

Correct Answer: Facebook

QID : 49 According to the Hornbostel–Sachs system of Indian Musical Instruments, Ghungroo can be classified as

Options:

1) Chordophones

2) Aerophones

3) Membranophones

4) Idiophones

Correct Answer: Idiophones

QID : 50 What is the minimum age to become the Prime Minister of India if he or she is a member of Rajya Sabha?

Options:

1) 18

2) 25

3) 30

4) 35

Correct Answer: 30