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general knowledge
1. Which is the smallest planet of
our solar system?a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Plutod. Neptune
2. Granite, Basalt and Volcanic are the various types of ____ rocks.
a. Sedimentary b. Metamorphic
c. Igneous
d. None of these
3. Rome is situated on the banks of the river
a. Seine b. Danube
c. Tiber
d. Tyne
4. Identify the correct match.
Important Line Demarcating
a. Durand Line India &Pakistan
b. McMahon Line India &Afghanistanc. Radcliffe Line India & Sri
Lanka
d. Siegfried Line Germany &France
5. The Diego Garcia island is situated in the
a. Atlantic Ocean b. Arctic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Pacific Ocean
6. The Russian Revolution took
place ina. 1789
b. 1847
c. 1903
d. 1917
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7. Member countries observe Commonwealth Day on
a. June, 5 b. May, 24
c. August, 7
d. October, 21
8. The Republic is a famous work by
a. Aristotle b. Plato
c. Karl Marx
d. Otto Von Bismarck
9. Little Slam is a term associated with one of the following sport
disciplines:
a. Billiards
b. Bridgec. Polo
d. Lawn Tennis
10. The study that deals with the process of fermentation is
a. Phenology
b. Zymologyc. Etymology
d. Phychology
11. The S.I. unit of temperature is
a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheitc. Centigrade
d. Kelvin
12. When a ball bounces upon falling, which of the following principles is in action?
a. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
b. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
c. Newton’s First Law Of Motiond. Hook’s Law
13. When ice melts in a container of water what happens to the level of water in thecontainer?
a. It decreases
b. It increasesc. It first decreases then increases
d. It remains unaffected
14. Sodium metal is prepared by the electrolysis of sodium chloride by
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using
a. Bosch’s Process
b. Frasch’s Processc. Down’s process
d. Bayer’s process
15. How many bones are there in the skeletal system of an adult?
a. 109
b. 137c. 188
d. 206
16. Which Veda consists of 1,028 hymns?a. Atharva Veda
b. Sama Veda
c. Rig Veda
d. Yajur Veda
17. The first Battle of Panipat was fought betweena. Ibrahim Lodhi and Akbar
b. Akbar and Hemu
c. Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
d. Akbar and Mohammad Ghori
18. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India call was given to the British Empire in
a. 1939 b. 1941
c. 1942
d. 1945
19. How many judges are there in the Supreme Court of India besides the Chief Justice of
India?a. 20
b. 22
c. 25
d. 28
20. Which of the following Amendments made Sikkim part of the Indian Union?
a. 23rd Amendment, 1969 b. 28th Amendment, 1971
c. 36th Amendment, 1975
d. 42nd Amendment, 1976
21. The literary meaning of this writ issued by the court is to ‘command’. Which writ are
we concerned with here?
a. Habeas Corpus
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b. Mandamus
c. Certiorari
d. Quo Warranto
22. Ottum Thullal is a solo dance from one of the following states
of India:a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Keralad. Karnataka
23. The Ukai project is based on one of the following rivers:
a. Mahi b. Krishna
c. Godavari
d. Tapti
24. The Sariska sanctuary is located in
a. Gujarat b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
25. Indian Railways makes use of one of the following types of rail tracks:
a. Narrow Gauge
b. Broad Guagec. Meter Guage
d. All of them
26. Young India is the newspaper first published and edited by
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Lala Lajpat Rai c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
27. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is located ata. Roorkee
b. Bangalore
c. New Delhi d. Lucknow
28. Which of the following is the first month of our national calendar?a. Vaishakh
b. Phalguna
c. Chaitra
d. Pausa
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29. The Sepoy Mutiny or the Great Revolt of 1857 took place during the governor-
generalship of a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Curzon
c. Lord Canning d. Lord Minto
30. Unhappy India is written bya. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
b. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
31. The capital of Chhattisgarh is
a. Raipur
b. Durgc. Jabalpur
d. Indore
32. Which of the following is also known as the Venice of the East?
a. Manila
b. Tokyoc. Bangkok
d. Singapore
33. Which of the following is the
highest capital city of the world?
a. Lhasa b. La Paz
c. Thimphu
d. Beijing
34. World Human Rights Day is
observed on
a. November 21 b. December 1
c. December 4
d. December 10
35. Which of the following represents the permanent members of the Security Council of
the U.N.?a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10
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36. Gambit is a term you would associate with one of the following sports disciplines?
a. Hockey b. Badminton
c. Chess
d. Lawn Tennis37. You would associate Dr. Ian Wilmut with the
a. discovery of the DNA structure
b. first kidney transplantc. creation of the world’s first cloned
sheep
d. discovery of genes
38. The secretariat of SAARC is based in
a. Dhaka
b. New Delhi
c. Kuala Lumpur d. Kathmandu
39. If the weight of a man is 120 kg on earth, how much will he weigh on the moon?
a. 10 kg
b. 20 kg
c. 40 kgd. 60 kg
40. Europa is a satellite of one of the following planets:a. Saturn
b. Earth
c. Venusd. Jupiter
41. A money bill can originatea. only in the Rajya Sabha
b. at the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha
c. only in the Lok Sabhad. None of these
42. Directive Principles of state policy have been taken from the Constitution of one of the following countries:
a. U.K.
b. U.S.A.c. France
d. Ireland
43. Which of the following is also known as the ‘coffee port of the world’?
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a. Rio de Janeiro
b. Sao Paulo
c. Colombod. Brasilia
44. According to the latest Census 2001, which state has the highest population growth?
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradeshc. Nagaland
d. Manipur
45. The University Grants Commission was set up ina. 1952
b. 1959
c. 1956
d. 1958
46. The Noble prize for one of the following fields was introduced in 1969:a. Medicine
b. Physics
c. Chemistry
d. Economics
47. The World Trade Organization came into existence on
a. April 1, 1948 b. May 1, 1975
c. August 1, 1988
d. January 1, 1995
48. Amartya Sen won the Noble prize for Economics in
a. 1995 b. 1998
c. 1999
d. 2000
49. Flemish is a term used for the
inhabitants of
a. Hungary b. Poland
c. Belgium
d. Austria
50. Who is the founder of the Slave Dynasty of India?
a. Iltutmish
b. Ibn-batuta
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c. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
d. Mohammed Bin Qasim
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
1.c 2.d 3.a 4.c 5.c 6.c 7.c 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.d13.d 14.d 15.b 16.b 17.b 18.d 19.c 20.b 21.a 22.b 23.b
24.b 25.a 26.c 27.c 28.a 29.b 30.b 31.c 32.c 33.c 34.c
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.b 39.b 40.c 41.a 42.c 43.b 44.b 45.c46.b 47.c 48.c 49.b 50.d 51.b 52.b 53.a 54.c 55.b 56.b
57.b 58.b 59.a 60.c 61.b 62.c 63.c 64.b 65.d 66.c 67.b
68.a 69.b 70.b 71.b 72.c 73.b 74.a 75.b 76.c 77.c 78.b
79.d 80.c 81.a 82.c 83.b 84.b 85.c 86.c 87.c 88.c 89.b90.b 91.c 92.b 93.d 94.a 95.c 96.b 97.b 98.d 99.a 100.b
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.a 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.d 6.d 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.b 12.a
13.a 14.b 15.b 16.c 17.a 18.a 19.d 20.c 21.b 22.a 23.c24.b 25.b 26.d 27.d 28.d 29.b 30.c 31.d 32.d 33.b 34.a
35.c 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.d 40.a 41.c 42.d 43.c 44.a 45.d
46.b 47.a 48.d 49.b 50.c
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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24.d 25.d 26.b 27.c 28.c 29.c 30.c 31.a 32.c 33.b 34.d
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.b 40.d 41.c 42.d 43.b 44.c 45.c46.d 47.d 48.b 49.c 50.c
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