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Q.1 Governor is appointed by the ……
(A) Prime Minister
(B) President
(C) Chief Justice of India
(D) Chief Justice of the concerned state high court
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Q.2 Find the odd one out.
(A) A. Ramaswamy
(B) Pankaj Advani
(C) P. Hari Krishna
(D) S.S. Ganguli
Q.3 My passage from India is a book authored by….
(A) E.M. Foster
(B) Ismail Merchant
(C) Nairad C. Choudhary
(D) Mulk Raj Anand
Q.4 Coolie is a famous work of….
(A) Khushwant Singh
(B) V.S. Naipaul
(C) Mulk Raj Anand
(D) R.K. Narayan
Q.5 This personality is credited with the invention of e-mail. Can you identify him from the given?
(A) T. Leo Burns
(B) Larry Page
(C) Ray Tomlinson
(D) None of these
Q.6 When did the Second Round Table conference took place?
(A) 1915
(B) 1922
(C) 1928
(D) 1931
Q.7 ‘Ansett’ is the name of the domestic airline of which of the following countries?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Germany
(C) The Netherlands
(D) Australia
Q.8 Metals which chemically behave both as metals and non-metals is called.
(A) alloys
(B) metalloids
(C) halogens
(D) chalkogens
Q.9 Which of the following articles of the Constitution deals with a financial emergency?
(A) Article 352
(B) Article 356
(C) Article 360
(D) Article 370
Q.10 The largest river (in terms of volume of water it carries) is….
(A) Nile
(B) Mississippi Missouri
(C) Amazon
(D) Yangtze
Q.11 The World Environment Day is celebrated through the world on …… every year.
(A) May 8
(B) June 5
(C) July 11
(D) August 27
Q.12 FICCI expands to….
(A) Federation of Indian Companies of Commerce and Instrumentation
(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries
(C) Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industries
(D) Federation of Indian Conglomerate of Commerce and Industries
Q.13 This place is also known as the ‘Manchester of South India’. Identify it from the given options.
(A) Madurai
(B) Coimbatore
(C) Bangalore
(D) Thiruvananthapuram
Q.14 Approximately what portion of the world’s population resides in India?
(A) One-third
(B) One-fourth
(C) One-fifth
(D) One-sixth
Q.15 Decibel is the unit of….
(A) frequency
(B) wavelength
(C) sound
(D) luminous intensity
Q.16 Which of the following trains is India’s first certified ISO-9001 train?
(A) Mumbai-Delhi Shatabdi Express
(B) Magadha Express
(C) Bhopal Express
(D) AP Express
Q.17 Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is based at…..
(A) Varanasi
(B) Chennai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Kanpur
Q.18 December 1 is celebrated as the…… throughout the world.
(A) World Health Day
(B) World AIDS Day
(C) World Human Rights Day
(D) World Habitat Day
Q.19 Who wrote the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice?
(A) Virama Seth
(B) Rohinton Mistry
(C) Anurag Mathur
(D) Arundhati Roy
Q.20 ‘Manas Tiger Sanctuary’ is in….
(A) a Greek philosopher
(B) an Indian astronomer and famous mathematician
(C) a Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times
(D) great poet of ancient times
Q.21 Panini was……
(A) a Greek philosopher
(B) an Indian astronomer and famous mathematician
(C) a Sanskrit grammarian of Vedic times
(D) great poet of ancient times.
Q.22 Mein Kampf is authored by…
(A) Napoleon Bonaparte
(B) Karl Marx
(C) Adolf Hitler
(D) Benito Mussolini
Q.23 Which of the following is the largest and the deepest ocean of the world?
(A) Arctic
(B) Atlantic
(C) Pacific
(D) Indian
Q.24 The literacy rate of India is….
(A) 57.86%
(B) 61.34%
(C) 63.98%
(D) 65.38%
Q.25 Which Indian state has the least literacy rate?
(A) Bihar
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Orissa
Q.26 SAARC was formed in ……
(A) 1982
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
Q.27 Which of the following is not the member of the European Union?
(A) Greece
(B) Finland
(C) Norway
(D) United Kingdom
Q.28 ASEAN is headquartered at….
(A) Male
(B) Kathmandu
(C) Jakarta
(D) Kuala Lumpur
Q.29 This river was also called as the Ganges of the South, Name the river from the given options.
(A) Godavari
(B) Krishna
(C) Cauvery
(D) None of these
Q.30 Which Indian state is inhabited by ‘Jaintiya tribes’?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Mizoram
(C) Manipur
(D) Meghalaya
Q.31 The capital of Greece is….
(A) Warsaw
(B) Athens
(C) Oslo
(D) Ottawa
Q.32 This country is known as the cockpit of Europe. Identify it from the given options.
(A) Poland
(B) Belgium
(C) Turkey
(D) Sweden
Q.33 Natyashastra is a famous work of….
(A) Bana Bhatta
(B) Lord Brahma
(C) Kalhan
(D) Kalidas
Q.34 In which of the following years did United Nations (UN) come into existence?
(A) 1941
(B) 1943
(C) 1944
(D) 1945
Q.35 Eduskusta is the name of the Parliament of….
(A) Norway
(B) Finland
(C) Austria
(D) Italy
Q.36 The line that demarcates the boundary between India and Pakistan is….
(A) McMahon Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) Radcliffe Line
(D) None of these
Q.37 Which of the following represents the number of judges in The International Court of Justice?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 18
(D) 21
Q.38 Obstetrics is….
(A) a branch of medicine that deals with pregnancy, labour and child birth
(B) a branch of medicine that deals with child diseases
(C) a branch of medicine that deals with eye related diseases
(D) a branch of medicine that deals with kidney diseases.
Q.39 Which of the following years you would associate with the foundation of Indian National Congress (INC)?
(A) 1875
(B) 1881
(C) 1883
(D) 1885
Q.40 The weight of the man will be……. On the surface of the moon of his actual weight.
(A) one-third
(B) one-fourth
(C) one-fifth
(D) one-sixth
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