1. The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year
(A) 1990
(C) 1980
(B) 1992
(D) 1989
2. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is
(A) Rakesh Verma (B) Gopalaswami
(C) Krishna Murthy (D) Kamalesh Sharma
3. In which of the following systems of government is bi-cameralism an essential feature ?
(A) Federal system (B) Unitary system
(C) Parliamentary system (D) Presidential system
4. Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Australia
(C) UK (D) Pakistan
5. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?
(A) Asoka (B) Harsha
(C) Bindusara (D) Chandragupta Maurya
6. Socialism succeeds in achieving
(A) higher standard of living of the people
(B) equal distribution of income in the society
(C) higher individual welfare in the society
(D) maximum social, welfare in the society
7. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the
(A) Elasticity of supply
(B) Elasticity of demand
(C) Law of demand
(D) Law of supply
8. Economic planning is an essential feature of
(A) Socialist economy
(B) Capitalist economy
(C) Mixed economy
(D) Dual economy
9. The HYV programme in India is also called as
(A) Traditional Agriculture
(B) New Agricultural Strategy
(C) White Revolution
(D) Blue Revolution
10. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year
(A) 2001 (B) 2005
(C) 1991 (D) 1995
11. Ballots were first used in
(A) Australia (B) USA
(C) Ancient Greece (D) England
12. The Ilashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with
(A) Droughts and Floods
(B) Poverty Alleviation
(C) Floods
(D) Disaster Management
13. Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races ?
(A) Nose
(B) Hair
(C) Eyes
(D) Ear
14. Railway coaches are manufactured al.
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Chittaranjan
(C) Perambur
(D) Varanasi
15. Fertilization occurs normally in the
(A) Cervix
(B) Vagina
(C) Fallopian tube
(D) Uterus
16. People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of
(A) liver or stomach cancer
(B) weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest
(C) blood cancer
(D) cirrhosis
17. The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are
(A) Carnivores
(B) Decomposers
(C) Producers
(D) Herbivores
18. Who among the following was credited with the destruction of thihalganii, a group of powerful nobles ?
(A) Balban
(B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Razia Sultan
19. Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of
(A) France
(B) Portugal
(C) Holland
(D) Denmark
20. The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with
(A) Agra
(B) East Bengal
(C) Lahore
(D) Multan
21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji.
(A) Saint Eknath
(B) Saint Tukaram
(C) Saint Dhyaneshwar
(D) Namdev
22. The study of lakes is called
(A) Topology
(B) Hydrology
(C) Limnology
(D) Potomology
23. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called
(A) Homoseismal lines
(B) Seismolines
(C) Coseismal lines
(D) Isoseismal lines
24. 'Lumen' is the unit of
(A) Illuminance
(B) Brightness
(C) Luminous flux
(D) Luminous intensity
25. The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
(A) interfaces
(B) buffer memory
(C) modems
(D) computer ports
26. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?
(A) Interface Card
(B) Cable
(C) Computer
(D) Modem
27. The mass of 10 moles of water is
(A) 90g (C) 18g
(B) 45g (D) 180 g
28. Vitamin A is rich in
(A) Carrot (C) Beans
(B) Lime (D) Rice
29. The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to
(A) Dipole insulation
(B) Van der Waal's attraction
(C) Polar covalent bonding
(D) Hydrogen bonding
30. Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element ?
(A) Number of electrons
(B) Number of neutrons
(C) Number of protons
(D) All of the above
31. The Central Drug Research Institute of India is located at
(A) Madras
(B) Lucknow
(C) Delhi
(D) Bangalore
32. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man ?
(A) Rye (C) Barley
(B) Wheat (D) Oat
33. Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India ?
(A) Club wheat
(B) Durum wheat
(C) Emmer wheat
(D) Bread wheat
34. Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force' ?
(A) Electrostatic force
(B) Magnetic force
(C) Gravitational force
(D) Frictional force
35. If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance
(A) decreases
(B) remains constant
(C) increases
(D) All of the above
36. If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called
(A) defective pole
(B) consequent pole
(C) extra pole
(D) arbitrary pole
37. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag ?
(A) 14 (C) 22.
(B) 18 (D) 24
38. The latest official language of the U.N. is
(A) Russian (C) Chinese
(B) Arabic (D) Spanish
39. Srikrishna Committee Report, which was made public in 2011, is related to
(A) rejuvenation of higher education
(B) demand for a separate Telangana State
(C) ragging in educational institutions
(D) impeachment of Justice Dinakaran
40. The latest book Wuruksizetra to Kargile is written by
(A) Suryanath Singh
(B) Kunal Bhardwaj
(C) Karan Singh
(D) Kuldip Singh
41. The Educational Development Index (EDI) Report, released in 2011, is led by
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Puducherry
(C) Kerala (D) Lakshadweep
42. Shunglu Committee, which submitted its report in 2011, is related to
(A) Commonwealth Games scandal
(B) reforms in the Insurance sector
(C) revamp of Defence management
(D) management of Co-operative Sector
43. The 65th National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy 2011) was won by
(A) Bengal (C) Manipur
(B) Punjab (D) Goa
44. The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is
(A) CIFRI (C) CSIR
(B) ICAR (D) NEERI
45. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests ?
(A) They will grow more luxurious
(B) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
(C) Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
(D) Both
46. The sweet taste of fruits is due to
(A) Lactose (C) Maltose
(B) Fructose (D) Ribose
47. The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is
(A) Black Bear (B) Asiatic Lion
(C) Siberian Tiger (D) Dhole
48. Analects is the sacred book of
(A) Confucianism
(B) Judaism
(C) Shintoism
(D) Taoism
49. The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at
(A) Gwalior (B) Indore
(C) Bhopal (D) Jabalpur
50. The brightest planet is
(A) Venus (B) Mercury
(C) Jupiter (D) Mars
(A) 1990
(C) 1980
(B) 1992
(D) 1989
2. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary-General of Commonwealth is
(A) Rakesh Verma (B) Gopalaswami
(C) Krishna Murthy (D) Kamalesh Sharma
3. In which of the following systems of government is bi-cameralism an essential feature ?
(A) Federal system (B) Unitary system
(C) Parliamentary system (D) Presidential system
4. Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Australia
(C) UK (D) Pakistan
5. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions?
(A) Asoka (B) Harsha
(C) Bindusara (D) Chandragupta Maurya
6. Socialism succeeds in achieving
(A) higher standard of living of the people
(B) equal distribution of income in the society
(C) higher individual welfare in the society
(D) maximum social, welfare in the society
7. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the
(A) Elasticity of supply
(B) Elasticity of demand
(C) Law of demand
(D) Law of supply
8. Economic planning is an essential feature of
(A) Socialist economy
(B) Capitalist economy
(C) Mixed economy
(D) Dual economy
9. The HYV programme in India is also called as
(A) Traditional Agriculture
(B) New Agricultural Strategy
(C) White Revolution
(D) Blue Revolution
10. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year
(A) 2001 (B) 2005
(C) 1991 (D) 1995
11. Ballots were first used in
(A) Australia (B) USA
(C) Ancient Greece (D) England
12. The Ilashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with
(A) Droughts and Floods
(B) Poverty Alleviation
(C) Floods
(D) Disaster Management
13. Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races ?
(A) Nose
(B) Hair
(C) Eyes
(D) Ear
14. Railway coaches are manufactured al.
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Chittaranjan
(C) Perambur
(D) Varanasi
15. Fertilization occurs normally in the
(A) Cervix
(B) Vagina
(C) Fallopian tube
(D) Uterus
16. People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of
(A) liver or stomach cancer
(B) weakening of heart muscles leading to cardiac arrest
(C) blood cancer
(D) cirrhosis
17. The organisms at the base of the grazing food-chain are
(A) Carnivores
(B) Decomposers
(C) Producers
(D) Herbivores
18. Who among the following was credited with the destruction of thihalganii, a group of powerful nobles ?
(A) Balban
(B) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Razia Sultan
19. Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of
(A) France
(B) Portugal
(C) Holland
(D) Denmark
20. The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with
(A) Agra
(B) East Bengal
(C) Lahore
(D) Multan
21. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji.
(A) Saint Eknath
(B) Saint Tukaram
(C) Saint Dhyaneshwar
(D) Namdev
22. The study of lakes is called
(A) Topology
(B) Hydrology
(C) Limnology
(D) Potomology
23. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called
(A) Homoseismal lines
(B) Seismolines
(C) Coseismal lines
(D) Isoseismal lines
24. 'Lumen' is the unit of
(A) Illuminance
(B) Brightness
(C) Luminous flux
(D) Luminous intensity
25. The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
(A) interfaces
(B) buffer memory
(C) modems
(D) computer ports
26. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?
(A) Interface Card
(B) Cable
(C) Computer
(D) Modem
27. The mass of 10 moles of water is
(A) 90g (C) 18g
(B) 45g (D) 180 g
28. Vitamin A is rich in
(A) Carrot (C) Beans
(B) Lime (D) Rice
29. The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to
(A) Dipole insulation
(B) Van der Waal's attraction
(C) Polar covalent bonding
(D) Hydrogen bonding
30. Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element ?
(A) Number of electrons
(B) Number of neutrons
(C) Number of protons
(D) All of the above
31. The Central Drug Research Institute of India is located at
(A) Madras
(B) Lucknow
(C) Delhi
(D) Bangalore
32. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man ?
(A) Rye (C) Barley
(B) Wheat (D) Oat
33. Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India ?
(A) Club wheat
(B) Durum wheat
(C) Emmer wheat
(D) Bread wheat
34. Which one of the following forces is a 'dissipative force' ?
(A) Electrostatic force
(B) Magnetic force
(C) Gravitational force
(D) Frictional force
35. If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance
(A) decreases
(B) remains constant
(C) increases
(D) All of the above
36. If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called
(A) defective pole
(B) consequent pole
(C) extra pole
(D) arbitrary pole
37. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag ?
(A) 14 (C) 22.
(B) 18 (D) 24
38. The latest official language of the U.N. is
(A) Russian (C) Chinese
(B) Arabic (D) Spanish
39. Srikrishna Committee Report, which was made public in 2011, is related to
(A) rejuvenation of higher education
(B) demand for a separate Telangana State
(C) ragging in educational institutions
(D) impeachment of Justice Dinakaran
40. The latest book Wuruksizetra to Kargile is written by
(A) Suryanath Singh
(B) Kunal Bhardwaj
(C) Karan Singh
(D) Kuldip Singh
41. The Educational Development Index (EDI) Report, released in 2011, is led by
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Puducherry
(C) Kerala (D) Lakshadweep
42. Shunglu Committee, which submitted its report in 2011, is related to
(A) Commonwealth Games scandal
(B) reforms in the Insurance sector
(C) revamp of Defence management
(D) management of Co-operative Sector
43. The 65th National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy 2011) was won by
(A) Bengal (C) Manipur
(B) Punjab (D) Goa
44. The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is
(A) CIFRI (C) CSIR
(B) ICAR (D) NEERI
45. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests ?
(A) They will grow more luxurious
(B) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
(C) Their role as carbon sinks will become more important
(D) Both
46. The sweet taste of fruits is due to
(A) Lactose (C) Maltose
(B) Fructose (D) Ribose
47. The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is
(A) Black Bear (B) Asiatic Lion
(C) Siberian Tiger (D) Dhole
48. Analects is the sacred book of
(A) Confucianism
(B) Judaism
(C) Shintoism
(D) Taoism
49. The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at
(A) Gwalior (B) Indore
(C) Bhopal (D) Jabalpur
50. The brightest planet is
(A) Venus (B) Mercury
(C) Jupiter (D) Mars
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