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1. The highest award of gallantry is: (a) Wallace (b) Erasmus Darwin
(a) Param Vir Chakra (c) Charles Darwin (d) Lamarck
(b) Maha Vir Chakra 16. Which of the following condition happens in
(c) Sarvotham Yudh Seva Medal Myopia?
(d) Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (a) Long-sight remains all right but short-sight is
2. ‘Jnanpith Award’ 1998 went to: affected
(a) Mahasweta Devi (b) Kaifi Azmi (b) Long-sight is affected but short-sight is all right
(c) Sankho Ghosh (d) Girish Karnad (c) Both long-sight and short-sight are affected
3. Who among the following got Nishan-e-Imtiaz (d) Hazy images are seen by the eye
Award? 17. Which country has offered to mediate in the conflict
(a) Dilip Kumar (b) I.K. Gujral between the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka?
(c) Sonia Gandhi (d) K.R. Narayanan (a) USA (b) India
4. A light-year is equal to: (c) Norway (d) Switzerland
(a) 7.5 × 1012 km (b) 9.5 × 1012 km 18. The Preamble of the Constitution has been amended
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(c) 11.5 × 10 km (d) 13.5 × 1012 km so far:
5. The author of ‘Midnight’s Children’ is: (a) once (b) twice (c) thrice (d) never
(a) Vikram Seth (b) Khuswant Singh 19. To be eligible for appointment as President, a
(c) Salman Rushdie (d) Sobha De candidate must be:
6. The first ASIAD was held in the city of: (a) over 35 years of age (b) over 60 years of age
(a) Tokyo (b) Beijing (c) over 50 years of age (d) there is no age limit
(c) Bangkok (d) New Delhi prescribed by the Constitution
7. Thomas Cup involves competition in: 20. Who is called “Indian Napoleon”?
(a) Men’s badminton (b) Women’s badminton (a) Kaniska I (b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Men’s tennis (d) Women’s tennis (c) Samudragupta (d) Chandragupta II
8. Who composed ‘Ritusamhar’? 21. Who invaded India in 327 B.C.?
(a) Bhavabhuti (b) Jaydeva (a) Sultan Mahmud (b) Taimur Lang
(c) Vidyapati (d) Kalidasa (c) Ibn bin Kasim (d) Alexander
9. The 1998 Rajiv Khel Ratna was awarded to: 22. Who founded “Brahmo Samaj”?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Leander Paes (a) Dayananda Saraswati
(c) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (d) Viswanathan Anand (b) Rammohan
10. Who among the following is the odd person out? (c) Debendranath
(a) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (b) P.T. Usha (d) Sivnath Shastri
(c) Paramjeet Singh (d) Ajay Jadeja 23. Nagarjunasagar Multipurpose Project uses the water
11. Pete Sampras, the tennis player is from: of:
(a) U.K. (b) U.S.A. (c) Spain (d) Italy (a) River Sone (b) River Krishna
12. Who among the following was not on the list of (c) River Narmada (d) River Jhelum
recipient of ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1999? 24. Green Revolution in Indian agriculture was first
(a) Jayprakash Narain (b) Ravi Shankar initiated in:
(c) M.S. Subhalakshmi (d) Gopinath Bordoloi (a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal
13. Who proposed the Mutation theory? (c) Punjab (d) Uttar Pradesh
(a) Charles Darwin (b) De Vries 25. Mangrove forests are found in:
(c) Lamark (d) Waismann (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Bankura
14. German silver is an alloy of: (c) Sundarbans (d) Narmada Delta
(a) Ag, Cu, Zn (b) Ag, Cu, Ni 26. Oxbow Lakes are formed in the:
(c) Cu, Zn, Ni (d) Ag, Zn, Ni (a) Upper course of a river
15. The book, ‘On the origin of species by means of (b) Lower course of a river
Natural Selection’ was written by: (c) Middle course of a river