1. Lambert's law is related to
(A) Reflection (B) Refraction
(C) Interference (D) Illumination
2. The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of
(A) Temperate forest
(B) Tropical rain forests
(C) Savannahs (D) Scrubland
3. The Refrigerant 'FREON' is
(A) Calcium Tetra Fluoride
(B) Difluoro Dichloro Methane
(C) Fluorspar and Felspar
(D) Hydrofluosilicic acid
4. In the budget speech on February 28, 2011, the Finance Minister has announced that an international award with prize money of Rs. 1 crore is being instituted in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promoting
(A) international peace
(B) emancipation of underprivileged
(C) universal brotherhood
(D) human rights
5. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan's main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth's axis to wobble by about
(A) 1 inch (B) 2 inch
(C) 4 inch (D) 6 inch
6. WILILEAKS, a whistleblowers website is an international organisation based in
(A) U.S.A. (B) U.K.
(C) Sweden (D) Norway
7. 'Nomadic Elephant' was the joint military exercise held some time back in India between India and
(A) China (B) U.S.A.
(C) Russia (D) Mongolia
8. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to
(A) 30 lacks (B) 35 lacks
(C) 40 lacks (D) 50 lacks
9. Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009?
(A) Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
(B) Ragini Chander Sarkar
(C) Abanti Chakravotry and Sukracharya Rabha
(D) K. Nellai Manikandan
10. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir?
(A) Jhora (B) Veedhi
(C) Rauf (D) Suisini
11. Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?
(A) Witness the Night
(B) The Red Devil
(C) Earth and Ashes
(D) Tonight This Savage Rite
12. Who invented the Jet Engine?
(A) Karl Benz (B) Sir Frank Whittle
(C) Thomas Savery
(D) Michael Faraday
13. South-South dialogue is associated with
(A) Co-operation among developing nations
(B) Arms conference
(C) Summit meeting between developed and developing countries
(D) All the above
14. The reserve held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called
(A) Cast reserves (B) Deposit reserves
(C) Excess reserves
(D) Momentary reserves
15. Who is authorized to issue coins in India?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Ministry of Finance
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Indian Overseas Bank
16. Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers?
(A) Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
(B) Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan
(C) Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, China
(D) Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Taiwan
17. In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocation of Rs. 300 crore has been made for promoting output of pulses in 60,000 villages in rainfed areas with a view to attaining self sufficiency in pulse in a period of
(A) two years (B) three years
(C) four years (D) five years
18. In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28-2-2011, the growth rate for the year 2010-11 was projected at
(A) 7.6% (B) 8.0%
(C) 8.6% (D) 9.0%
19. The 'break-even' points where
(A) marginal revenue equals marginal cost
(B) average revenue equals average cost
(C) total revenue equals total cost
(D) none of the above
20. The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from
(A) U.S.A. (B) U.K.
(C) U.S.S.R. (D) France
21. In the English Schedule of the Constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently?
(A) English, Sindhi, Marathi, Sanskrit
(B) Sanskrit, Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri
(C) Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali
(D) Marathi, Oriya, Konkani, Nepali
22. Indian Parliament Means
(A) Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha – Prime Minister
(C) President of India – Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha
(D) President of India – Vise President of India – Lok Sabha – Rajya Sabha
23. Generally the soil of the northern plains of India has been formed by
(A) degradation
(B) aggradation
(C) weathering in situ
(D) erosion
24. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
(A) Chandragupta I (B) Chandragupta II
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) Rudradaman
25. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(A) Alla-ud-din Khilji
(B) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
(C) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
(D) Muhammad-bin-Quasim
26. Painting reached its highest level of development during the region of
(A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan
27. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
(A) 1919 (B) 1935
(C) 1906 (D) 1909
28. The two states which and had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were
(A) Bengal and Punjab
(B) Punjab and NWEP
(C) Madras and Central Provinces
(D) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
29. Sea breeze is formed during
(A) Day time (B) Night time
(C) Both (D) Seasonal
30. What percentage of word's freshwater is stored as glacial ice?
(A) 50% (B) 10%
(C) 70% (D) 30%
31. Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?
(A) Ganges (B) Godavari
(C) Mahanandi (D) Tapti
32. Which one of the following state has the longest coastline?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Gujarat (D) Andhra Pradesh
33. The pass located in Himanchal Pradesh is
(A) Shipkila (B) Zojila
(C) Nathula (D) Jelepla
34. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below: Crops Producing state
(a) Tea (1) Himanchal Pradesh
(b) Sugarcane (2) Assam
(c) Groundnut (3) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Apple (4) Gujarat
(A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
(B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(C) a-3, b-2,c-1, d-4
(D) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
35. An example of false fruit is
(A) Apple (B) Guava
(C) Mango (D) Tomato
36. Normal fasting blood sugar level per 100 ml. of blood in man is
(A) 30 – 50 mg (B) 50 – 70 mg
(C) 80 – 100 mg (D) 120 – 140 mg
37. Rate of interest is determined by
(A) The rate of return of the capital invested
(B) Central Government
(C) Liquidity preference
(D) Commercial Banks
38. The vector of disease sleeping sickness is
(A) sand-fly (B) house-fly
(C) fruit-fly (D) tse-tse fly
39. For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct?
(A) About 25 million years
(B) About 65 million years
(C) About 100 million years
(D) About 135 million years
40. A geostationary statellite revolves round the earth from
(A) East to West
(B) West to East
(C) North to South
(D) South to North
41. Among the following materials sound travels fastest in
(A) Steel (B) Air
(C) Vacuum (D) Water
42. The rear side of the moon was photographed by
(A) Viking I
(B) Viking II
(C) Luna III
(D) Mariner IX
43. Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to find prey, predators or obstacles?
(A) Refraction of sound
(B) Formation of beats
(C) Scattering of sound
(D) Echo location
44. What did the first electronic digital computer contain?
(A) Transistors (B) Valves
(C) Core memory
(D) Semiconductor memory
45. Microsoft Office's personal information manager is
(A) Outlook (B) Internet Explorer
(C) Organizer (D) Access
46. Hard steel contains
(A) 2 to 5 per cent carbon
(B) 0.5 to 1.5 per cent carbon
(C) 0.1 to 0.4 per cent carbon
(D) 0.01 to 0.04 per cent carbon
47. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of
(A) limestone and graphite
(B) limestone and clay
(C) chalk and graphite
(D) clay and graphite
48. Glass is a
(A) superheated solid
(B) superheated liquid
(C) supercooled gas
(D) superheated liquid
49. The temperature of oxy-acetylene flame is around
(A) 2800oC (B) 3200oC
(C) 4000oC (D) 1500oC
50. Which is the most stable eco-system?
(A) Desert (B) Ocean
(C) Mountain (D) Forest
Answers :
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (c) 22. (d) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (b)
41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (a)
(A) Reflection (B) Refraction
(C) Interference (D) Illumination
2. The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of
(A) Temperate forest
(B) Tropical rain forests
(C) Savannahs (D) Scrubland
3. The Refrigerant 'FREON' is
(A) Calcium Tetra Fluoride
(B) Difluoro Dichloro Methane
(C) Fluorspar and Felspar
(D) Hydrofluosilicic acid
4. In the budget speech on February 28, 2011, the Finance Minister has announced that an international award with prize money of Rs. 1 crore is being instituted in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promoting
(A) international peace
(B) emancipation of underprivileged
(C) universal brotherhood
(D) human rights
5. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan's main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth's axis to wobble by about
(A) 1 inch (B) 2 inch
(C) 4 inch (D) 6 inch
6. WILILEAKS, a whistleblowers website is an international organisation based in
(A) U.S.A. (B) U.K.
(C) Sweden (D) Norway
7. 'Nomadic Elephant' was the joint military exercise held some time back in India between India and
(A) China (B) U.S.A.
(C) Russia (D) Mongolia
8. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to
(A) 30 lacks (B) 35 lacks
(C) 40 lacks (D) 50 lacks
9. Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009?
(A) Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
(B) Ragini Chander Sarkar
(C) Abanti Chakravotry and Sukracharya Rabha
(D) K. Nellai Manikandan
10. Which of the following folk dances is associated with Jammu and Kashmir?
(A) Jhora (B) Veedhi
(C) Rauf (D) Suisini
11. Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?
(A) Witness the Night
(B) The Red Devil
(C) Earth and Ashes
(D) Tonight This Savage Rite
12. Who invented the Jet Engine?
(A) Karl Benz (B) Sir Frank Whittle
(C) Thomas Savery
(D) Michael Faraday
13. South-South dialogue is associated with
(A) Co-operation among developing nations
(B) Arms conference
(C) Summit meeting between developed and developing countries
(D) All the above
14. The reserve held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called
(A) Cast reserves (B) Deposit reserves
(C) Excess reserves
(D) Momentary reserves
15. Who is authorized to issue coins in India?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Ministry of Finance
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Indian Overseas Bank
16. Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers?
(A) Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
(B) Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan
(C) Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, China
(D) Hong Kong, South Korea, China, Taiwan
17. In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocation of Rs. 300 crore has been made for promoting output of pulses in 60,000 villages in rainfed areas with a view to attaining self sufficiency in pulse in a period of
(A) two years (B) three years
(C) four years (D) five years
18. In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28-2-2011, the growth rate for the year 2010-11 was projected at
(A) 7.6% (B) 8.0%
(C) 8.6% (D) 9.0%
19. The 'break-even' points where
(A) marginal revenue equals marginal cost
(B) average revenue equals average cost
(C) total revenue equals total cost
(D) none of the above
20. The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from
(A) U.S.A. (B) U.K.
(C) U.S.S.R. (D) France
21. In the English Schedule of the Constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently?
(A) English, Sindhi, Marathi, Sanskrit
(B) Sanskrit, Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri
(C) Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali
(D) Marathi, Oriya, Konkani, Nepali
22. Indian Parliament Means
(A) Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha
(B) Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha – Prime Minister
(C) President of India – Rajya Sabha – Lok Sabha
(D) President of India – Vise President of India – Lok Sabha – Rajya Sabha
23. Generally the soil of the northern plains of India has been formed by
(A) degradation
(B) aggradation
(C) weathering in situ
(D) erosion
24. Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
(A) Chandragupta I (B) Chandragupta II
(C) Harshavardhana
(D) Rudradaman
25. The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
(A) Alla-ud-din Khilji
(B) Muhammad-bin-Tughlak
(C) Muhammad-bin-Bhaktiyar
(D) Muhammad-bin-Quasim
26. Painting reached its highest level of development during the region of
(A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb
(C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan
27. The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
(A) 1919 (B) 1935
(C) 1906 (D) 1909
28. The two states which and had non-Congress Ministries in 1937 were
(A) Bengal and Punjab
(B) Punjab and NWEP
(C) Madras and Central Provinces
(D) Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
29. Sea breeze is formed during
(A) Day time (B) Night time
(C) Both (D) Seasonal
30. What percentage of word's freshwater is stored as glacial ice?
(A) 50% (B) 10%
(C) 70% (D) 30%
31. Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?
(A) Ganges (B) Godavari
(C) Mahanandi (D) Tapti
32. Which one of the following state has the longest coastline?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Gujarat (D) Andhra Pradesh
33. The pass located in Himanchal Pradesh is
(A) Shipkila (B) Zojila
(C) Nathula (D) Jelepla
34. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below: Crops Producing state
(a) Tea (1) Himanchal Pradesh
(b) Sugarcane (2) Assam
(c) Groundnut (3) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Apple (4) Gujarat
(A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
(B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(C) a-3, b-2,c-1, d-4
(D) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
35. An example of false fruit is
(A) Apple (B) Guava
(C) Mango (D) Tomato
36. Normal fasting blood sugar level per 100 ml. of blood in man is
(A) 30 – 50 mg (B) 50 – 70 mg
(C) 80 – 100 mg (D) 120 – 140 mg
37. Rate of interest is determined by
(A) The rate of return of the capital invested
(B) Central Government
(C) Liquidity preference
(D) Commercial Banks
38. The vector of disease sleeping sickness is
(A) sand-fly (B) house-fly
(C) fruit-fly (D) tse-tse fly
39. For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct?
(A) About 25 million years
(B) About 65 million years
(C) About 100 million years
(D) About 135 million years
40. A geostationary statellite revolves round the earth from
(A) East to West
(B) West to East
(C) North to South
(D) South to North
41. Among the following materials sound travels fastest in
(A) Steel (B) Air
(C) Vacuum (D) Water
42. The rear side of the moon was photographed by
(A) Viking I
(B) Viking II
(C) Luna III
(D) Mariner IX
43. Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to find prey, predators or obstacles?
(A) Refraction of sound
(B) Formation of beats
(C) Scattering of sound
(D) Echo location
44. What did the first electronic digital computer contain?
(A) Transistors (B) Valves
(C) Core memory
(D) Semiconductor memory
45. Microsoft Office's personal information manager is
(A) Outlook (B) Internet Explorer
(C) Organizer (D) Access
46. Hard steel contains
(A) 2 to 5 per cent carbon
(B) 0.5 to 1.5 per cent carbon
(C) 0.1 to 0.4 per cent carbon
(D) 0.01 to 0.04 per cent carbon
47. Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of
(A) limestone and graphite
(B) limestone and clay
(C) chalk and graphite
(D) clay and graphite
48. Glass is a
(A) superheated solid
(B) superheated liquid
(C) supercooled gas
(D) superheated liquid
49. The temperature of oxy-acetylene flame is around
(A) 2800oC (B) 3200oC
(C) 4000oC (D) 1500oC
50. Which is the most stable eco-system?
(A) Desert (B) Ocean
(C) Mountain (D) Forest
Answers :
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (c) 22. (d) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (b)
41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (a)
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