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MISCELLANEOUS
1. “Namibia” is the new name of c) An exhibition to assist small
a) Zaire b) South-West Africa enterprises to market
c) Cambodia d) Rhodesia d) A joint operation launched by the Army
Ans. (b) and Air Force to provide succour to
2. Railway started working in India in cyclone victims in Orissa
a) 1850 b) 1853 Ans. (d)
c) 1860 d) 1867 12. The term ‘Plastic Money’ applies to
Ans. (b) transactions made up of
3. Which of the following is not a cash crop? a) Bank drafts made of plastic coated
a) Jute b) Paddy paper to make it more durable
c) Cashewnut d) Sugarcane b) Credit card mainly issued by banks
Ans. (b) c) Currency notes impregnated with plastic
4. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing thread to prevent them from forgery
Federation is better known by its brand name d) None of these
a) Heinz b) Horlicks Ans. (b)
c) Boost d) Amul 13. Vidharbha is in
Ans. (d) a) Maharashtra b) Madhya Pradesh
5. White House is the official residence of the c) Gujarat d) Rajasthan
US President. Whose official residence is Ans. (a)
called the Elysee Palace? 14. WHO’s vision 2020 visualises to eliminate
a) North Korean President a) AIDS b) Hepatitis-C
b) French President c) Avoidable blindness d) None of these
c) South Korean President Ans. (c)
d) Indonesian President 15. Suva is the capital of
Ans. (b) a) Fiji b) East Timor
6. What is the name of Hong Kong’s stock c) Cuba d) Maldives
exchange? Ans. (a)
a) Hang Seng b) Kyoto 16. Duma is the name of Parliament of
c) Han Sing d) Wall Street a) Israel b) Japan
Ans. (a) c) Iran d) Russia
7. Which comet appears every 76 years? Ans. (d)
a) Halley’s b) Holme’s 17. The state of Mizoram has common
c) Donati’s d) Alpha Centauri international boundaries with how many
Ans. (a) countries?
8. Where India’s first Biosphere Reserve was a) 1 b) 3 c) 2
first established? d) None of these
a) Namdapha b) Nanda Devi Ans. (c)
c) Nilgiri d) Kanha 18. How many new Project Tiger area have
Ans. (c) been notified in 11th Five Year Plan?
9. Which of the following states gets the benefit a) 7 b) 8 c) 10 d) 11
of Idukki Power Project? Ans. (b)
a) Kerala b) Orissa 19. Name the school, which has entered the
c) Assam d) Andhra Pradesh Guinnes Book of World Record as the
Ans. (a) largest school in the world?
10. The ambitious ‘Hi-Tec’ city is being a) Mount Carmel School (New Delhi)
developed near to which of the following b) St. Paul’s School (Patna)
cities? c) Tagore School (Calcutta)
a) Chennai b) Mumbai d) City Montessari School (Lucknow)
c) Bangalore d) Hyderabad Ans. (d)
Ans. (d) 20. In which of the places a baby boy was born
11. ‘Operation Sahayata’ is the name of as the world’s six billionth inhabitant?
a) A new insurance plan launched by the LIC a) Kosovo b) Vienna
b) A drive focused on the role of c) Tokyo d) Islamabad
Information Technology Ans. (a)
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21. Which state’ Senate rejected the CTBT Ans. (d)
ratification? 33. The African country Burkino Faso was
a) China b) Russia earlier known as
c) USA d) None of these a) Northern Rhodesia
Ans. (c) b) Orange Free State
22. When UNO was established? c) Upper Voltas
a) 1920 b) 1945 d) Gold Coast
c) 1950 d) 1955 Ans. (c)
Ans. (b) 34. According to a recent study by Transparency
23. The separatist Aceh rebels are active in International, a Berlin based agency, the least
a) North Korea b) Myanmar corrupt nation in the world is
c) Cambodia d) Indonesia a) Singapore b) Denmark
Ans. (d) c) Norway d) USA
24. The Janmabhoomi programme at the Ans. (b)
Panchayat and Village level is being 35. Tirana is the capital of
conducted in a) Turkey b) Austria
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Kerala c) Hungary d) Albania
c) Karnataka d) Gujarat Ans. (d)
Ans. (a) 36. Where is the Headquarter of North-Eastern
25. The highest Court of Justice in Britain is the Railway?
a) House of Commons b) House of Lords a) Guwahati b) Kolkata
c) Supreme Court d) Bar Council c) Gorakhpur d) Secunderabad
Ans. (b) Ans. (c)
26. Which river carries maximum quantity of 37. Yaksha Gana, a dance – drama belongs to
water in the world? a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh
a) Nile b) Amazon c) Karnataka d) Himachal Pradesh
c) Thames d) Mississippi Ans. (c)
Ans. (b) 38. Bicycle was invented by
27. Which of the following places was not a) Horace Short b) Z Janssen
engaged in the Indo-Pak conflict in Kargil? c) Frank Whittle d) Macmillan
a) Doda b) Drass Ans. (d)
c) Tiger Hills d) Mushkoh Valley 39. The largest desert in the world is in
Ans. (a) a) Asia b) Africa
28. The term Fourth Estate refers to c) Europe d) North America
a) Press b) Backward state Ans. (b)
c) Parliament d) Judiciary 40. Maoris are the original inhabitants of
Ans. (a) a) Australia b) China
29. The Suez Canal joins c) New Zealand d) Indonesia
a) Mediterranean sea and Red Sea Ans. (c)
b) Black sea and Caspian sea 41. Which state in India has the least
c) Caspian sea and Red sea population?
d) Red sea and North sea a) Goa b) Mizoram
Ans. (a) c) Sikkim d) Manipur
30. The official language of Israel is Ans. (c)
a) Arabic b) Persian 42. Kiev is the capital of
c) English d) Hebrew a) Latvia b) Estonia
Ans. (d) c) Lithuania d) Ukraine
31. INTERPOL stands for Ans. (d)
a) International Political Affairs 43. Stethoscope was invented by
b) International Cold War Politics a) Rene Laennec b) Hopkins
c) International Police Organisation c) Louis Pasteur d) Hansen
d) International Political Organisation Ans. (a)
Ans. (c) 44. The currency of Turkey is
32. Which of the following is not a capital city? a) Lira b) Yen
a) Ankara b) Bonn c) Dinar d) Dirham
c) Canberra d) New York Ans. (a)
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45. Which IIT has recently started telecasting a) Australia b) France
its lectures to engineering colleges around c) India d) Britain
the country? Ans. (d)
a) IIT Kanpur b) IIT Mumbai 57. ‘Golden Heights’ has become a
c) IIT Guwahati d) IIT Delhi controversial issue between which of the
Ans. (b) following pair of nations?
46. Which city is being planned to become first a) Iraq-Iran b) Israel-Libya
Digital Entertainment City in India? c) Israel-Syria d) Kuwait-Syria
a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad Ans. (c)
c) Noida d) Thiruvananthapuram 58. The language of Lakshadweep, a Union
Ans. (b) Territory of India, is
47. Beirut is the capital of a) Tamil b) Hindi
a) Syria b) Jordan c) Malayalam d) Telugu
c) Lebanon d) Libya Ans. (c)
Ans. (c) 59. Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
48. Bishkek is the capital of a) Victoria b) Angel
a) Krygysatan b) Uzbekistan c) Tugela d) Feather
c) Kazakhstan d) Turkmenistan Ans. (b)
Ans. (a) 60. “Olive Branch” is a sign of
49. The newspaper Dawn is published from a) War b) Peace
a) Lahore b) Hyderabad c) Defeat d) Conquest
c) Lucknow d) Karachi Ans. (b)
Ans. (d) 61. Red Triangle is the symbol of
50. Kimberley is famous for a) Medical aid b) Family Planning
a) Gold mining b) Copper mining c) Danger d) Peace
c) Diamond mining d) Silver mining Ans. (b)
Ans. (c) 62. The first Indian satellite was launched from
51. Ethiopia was formerly known as which country?
a) Somalia b) Abyssinia a) USA b) USSR
c) British East Africa d) Ivory Coast c) France d) French Guyana
Ans. (b) Ans. (b)
52. Which country in the world is the largest 63. Who invented Fountain Pen?
producer of rubber? a) Carothers b) Edison
a) Indonesia b) Thailand c) Waterman d) Loud
c) Vietnam d) Malaysia Ans. (c)
Ans. (d) 64. The largest wheat producing state in India is
53. The country where death rate is the lowest a) Madhya Pradesh b) Uttar Pradesh
in the world is c) Punjab d) Haryana
a) USA b) Canada Ans. (b)
c) Japan d) Kuwait 65. ‘Science Express’ a special train to
Ans. (d) showcase scientific advances has been put
54. The Parliament of Bangladesh is known as together by India and
a) National Assembly a) Germany b) US
b) National Parliament c) UK d) Russia
c) Rashtriya Panchayat Ans. (a)
d) Jatiya Sansad 66. VSNL has been renamed
Ans. (d) a) Tata Tele
55. Khemer Rouge is b) Videsh Sanchar Ltd.
a) A city in South America c) Sanchar Ltd.
b) A guerilla force in Vietnam d) Tata Communications Ltd.
c) An ethnic group in Cambodia Ans. (d)
d) The capital of Loas 67. Rana Pratap Sagar Plant is associated with
Ans. (c) a) Nuclear Power b) Solar energy
56. Which of the following countries has a two c) Thermal power d) Irrigation
party system? Ans. (a)
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68. Industrial Revolution took place first in 78. World’s largest solar power plant has been
a) France b) Germany launched in
c) Britain d) Japan a) Italy b) Germany
Ans. (c) c) Spain d) US
69. Which state in India is wholly a Notified Ans. (c)
Backward Areas and the entire state is 79. According to the United Nations WHO,
categorized under ‘No Industry District’? which country has the highest HIV/AIDS
a) Tripura b) Sikkim affected population in the world?
c) Nagaland d) Mizoram a) India b) USA
Ans. (d) c) China d) South Africa
70. When NPCB (National programme for control Ans. (d)
of Blindness) was launched in India? 80. Which country has become India’s No 1
a) 1996 b) 1976 c) 1980 d) 1986 trade partner surpassing US, according to
Ans. (b) Economic Survey 2010-11?
71. MICR stands for a) Japan b) UK
a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition c) China d) Germany
b) Magnetic Ink Coin Recognition Ans. (c)
c) Major Income Collection Record 81. Name the India’s first oceanic technology
d) None of these demonstrator vessel
Ans. (a) a) Sagar Ratna b) Sagar Nidhi
72. 800 in Roman number is written as c) Jal Nidhi d) Sagar Tarang
a) DDCC b) DDDC Ans. (b)
c) DCCC d) DCCD 82. Which of these states do not have the new
Ans. (c) IITs?
73. Which of the following official document is a) Karnataka b) Bihar
related to India? c) Rajasthan d) Andhra Pradesh
a) White paper b) yellow book Ans. (a)
c) Blue book d) Green paper 83. Where is famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
Ans. (a) a) Mysore b) Bhubaneswar
74. Doctors before starting their service take c) Madurai d) Pune
oath in the name of a scientist to work Ans. (c)
honestly. The name of this scientist is 84. What does the abbreviation ATR stand for?
a) Plato b) Darwin a) Action Taken Result
c) Hippocrates d) Socrates b) Actually True Report
Ans. (c) c) Action Taken Report
75. ‘Confucianism’ is famous in d) Action Taken Rejoinder
a) Myanmar b) Malaysia Ans. (c)
c) China d) Japan 85. Which of the following companies has
Ans. (c) started a rural marketing network called “e-
76. “DHANUSHKODI” where the controversial chaupal”?
Sethuraman bridge is supposed to be a) ITC
constructed is the meeting point of b) Dabur
a) Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. c) Hindustan Lever
b) The Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. d) Procter and Gamble
c) Ganga and Yamuna. Ans. (a)
d) The Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. 86. Which of the following sites/places of India
Ans. (d) found a place in the watch list of 100 most
77. Which bird has been returned to Wiltshire in endangered sites across the world?
August 2004, after being absent from a) Mahabalipuram b) Srinagar
Britain since the 1830s? c) Madurai d) Konark
a) The Great Bustard Ans. (b)
b) The Lesser Bustard 87. Cherapunjee has been renamed as:
c) The Great Bartit a) Johra b) Mohra
d) The Lesser Bartit c) Sohra d) Dohra
Ans. (a) Ans. (c)
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88. India’s first mobile court was started in 96. Anti Collision Device (ACD), the world’s
2007 in first on board train protection device, has
a) Rajasthan b) Haryana been recently indigenously developed by
c) Tamil Nadu d) Manipur a) North-Eastern Railway
Ans. (b) b) Southern Railway
89. A project to create the world’s first zero- c) Konkan Railway
carbon city was launched in 2007 in: d) North East Frontier Railway
a) Germany b) France Ans. (c)
c) UAE d) USA 97. Asia’s largest optical telescope is to be set
Ans. (b) up at
90. World’s largest biofuel plant was a) Devasthal b) Pune
inaugurated in 2007 in: c) Kamal d) Ranchi
a) Spain b) Brazil Ans. (a)
c) Russia d) Portugal 98. The statue of which among the following
Ans. (b) literary luminaries has been unveiled at
91. Which of the following is not correctly Shanghai?
matched? a) Kalidasa b) Kalhana
a) Indian Rare Earths Ltd. – Mumbai c) Bharavi d) Vishakha Dutta
b) Uranium Corporation of India – Ans. (a)
Jaduguda 99. Nathu La, the famous Himalayan pass on
c) Radio Astronomy Centre – Mysore the Sino-India border reopened after
d) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics – a) 34 years b) 44 years
Kolkata c) 54 years d) 46 years
Ans. (c) Ans. (b)
92. How many spokes are there in the 100. Which of the following occupies the
Dharma Chakra of the National Flag? second position in the new seven wonders
a) 22 b) 24 c) 14 d) 18 of the world?
Ans. (b) a) Great Wall of China
93. Match the following: b) Machu Picchu
LIST – I LIST – II c) Roman Colosseum
(countries) (currencies) d) Pyramid of Chickhen Itza
A. Israel 1. Euro Ans. (b)
B. South Korea 2. Dollar 101. The state that has managed to bring down
C. Maldives 3. Shellel the total fertility rate (TFR) to the lowest in
D. Italy 4. Rufiyaa India is
5. Won a) West Bengal b) Maharashtra
Codes: A B C D c) Kerala d) Karnataka
a) 3 2 4 1 Ans. (c)
b) 4 2 3 5 102. Which of the following Indian States has the
c) 5 1 2 3 maximum number of universities?
d) 3 5 4 1 a) Andhra Pradesh b) Gujarat
Ans. (d) c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh
94. A museum dedicated to the history and Ans. (c)
health hazards of tobacco is being 103. India recently observed which of the
established in: following anniversaries of the installations
a) India b) China of Guru Granth Sahib?
c) Germany d) Japan a) 200th b) 250th c) 300th d) 400th
Ans. (b) Ans. (d)
95. Which of the following was established in 104. Which Indian Railway has been included in
1907 and has turned hundred years old in UNESCO’s World Heritage List?
August 2007? a) Palace of Wheels
a) Tata steel b) Hero cycles b) Shatabadi Express
c) MRF d) Reliance c) Taj Express
Ans. (a) d) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Ans. (d)
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105. Who was the second President of the 114. In April 2007, Air Sahara has been acquired
Indian Republic? by Jet Airways. Jet Airways has decided to
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad operate Air Sahara as a separate airline
b) V.V. Giri under a new brand
c) Dr. Radhakrishnan a) Jet Sahara b) Air Jet Line
d) Dr. Zakir Hussain c) Jet Sahara Line d) Jet Lite
Ans. (c) Ans. (d)
106. MMS stands for 115. Which of the following is the biggest
a) Multimedia Monitoring Services shipping canal in the world?
b) Multimedia Messaging Service a) Kiel canal b) Panama canal
c) Mobile Messaging Service c) Soo canal d) Suez canal
d) Mobile Monitoring Service Ans. (d)
Ans. (b) 116. The term ‘carat’ is used to express purity of
107. Which country is known as the ‘land of the gold. The purest form of gold is
Morning Calm’? a) 18 carats b) 20 carats
a) Japan b) Korea c) 22 carats d) 24 carats
c) China d) Netherland Ans. (d)
Ans. (b) 117. Which of following countries’ parliament has
108. AGMARK is for the first time passed a resolution
a) Cooperative for egg production recognizing the religious and historical
b) Regulated agricultural market significance of ‘Diwali’?
c) Farmers cooperative a) United kingdom b) Germany
d) A quality guarantee stamp for c) United States d) France
commodities like egg, ghee, honey etc. Ans. (c)
Ans. (d) 118. Organic compound most abundantly found
109. One of the regions that receives rainfall in nature is –
from the north-easterly monsoon is a) Glucose b) Fructose
a) Assam b) Punjab c) Sucrose d) Cellulose
c) West Bengal d) Tamil Nadu Ans. (d)
Ans. (d) 119. The painting “Guernica” depicts the horrors of the
110. Treaty of Vesailees was signed between a) American Revolution
a) Allied powers and USSR b) Russian Revolution
b) Allied powers and Germany c) Spanish civil war
c) Allied powers, Italy and Germany d) Holocaust
d) Italy and Germany Ans. (c)
Ans. (b) 120. What is the name of the project announced
111. Bharti Airtel Broadband and Telephone by the Government of India to connect
services has signed an agreement with which coast to coast via canals?
one of the following to provide its customized a) Sagar Vihar b) Sagar Necklace
services to its customers free of cost? c) Sagar Setu d) Sagar Mala
a) Google b) Yahoo Ans. (d)
c) Orkut d) Rediffmail 121. The headquarter of McDonald’s is located at
Ans. (a) a) Redwood Shores California
112. Which of the following cities has been b) Oak Brook, Illinois
declared as world’s first ‘City of Literature’ c) Purchase, New York
by UNESCO in recognition of its d) Armonk, New York
contribution to books and arts? Ans. (b)
a) Vienna b) Prague 122. The Golden Jubilee Biotech park for
c) Milan d) Edinburgh Women, the only one of its kind in the world
Ans. (d) is located in the state of
113. ‘IC’ in computers stands for a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh
a) Integrated charge b) Integrated current c) Kerala d) Tamil Nadu
c) Integrated circuits d) Internal circuits Ans. (d)
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123. The first chief justice of India, was 133. The first telegraph line between Calcutta
a) Patanjali Shastri b) J.C. Shah and Agra was opened in:
c) Hiralal J. Kania d) S.R. Das a) 1852 b) 1853 c) 1854 d) 1855
Ans. (c) Ans. (b)
124. Which Indian Institute of Management (IIM) 134. The largest postal network in the world is in:
has been named among the top 100 a) USA b) China
Business Schools in the world? c) India d) Brazil
a) IIM Bangalore b) IIM Ahmedabad Ans. (c)
c) IIM Kolkata d) IIM Kanpur 135. The longest passenger rail route in India
Ans. (a) links
125. The Hall of Nation’s, is located at a) Tiruvananthapuram and Jammu Tawi
a) Calcutta b) Mumbai b) Tiruvananthapuram and Guwahati
c) New Delhi d) Madras c) Jammu Tawi and Guwahati
Ans. (c) d) Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi
126. Which among the following is the largest Ans. (d)
state in India in land area? 136. Which is the longest railway platform in
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra India?
c) Madhya Pradesh d) Bihar a) Howrah b) Kharagpur
Ans. (a) c) Mugalsarai d) Mumbai VT
127. 49th parallel is the boundary between Ans. (b)
a) North Korea and South Korea 137. Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the
b) USA and Canada largest number of people in the Indian sub-
c) North and South Vietnam continent is:
d) Thailand and Myanmar a) Tamil b) Bengali
Ans. (b) c) Telugu d) Urdu
128. Maximum spoken language in the world is: Ans. (c)
a) Hindi b) English 138. The first electric railway was opened in:
c) Mandarin d) Spanish a) 1853 b) 1885 c) 1905 d) 1929
Ans. (c) Ans. (d)
129. The official language of Lakshadweep, a 139. The first Indian satellite to go into orbit is:
Union Territory of India is: a) Rohini b) Bhaskara-I
a) Tamil b) Hindi c) Aryabhatta d) INSAT-1A
c) Malayalam d) Telugu Ans. (c)
Ans. (c) 140. The largest mosque in India is:
130. East Timor, was ruled by: a) Jama Masjid b) Bijapur Masjid
a) Indonesia b) Australia c) Moti Masjid d) None of these
c) Malaysia d) Philippines Ans. (a)
Ans. (a) 141. The first nuclear explosion in India took
131. Which of the following tree, once very place at:
popular in social forestry, is now taken to a) Bombay b) Nellie
be environmental hazard: c) Pokhran d) Sriharikota
a) Babul b) Amaltas Ans. (c)
c) Neem d) Eucalyptus 142. The first railway line was laid in:
Ans. (d) a) U.S.A b) Europe
132. Match the following: c) India d) North-East England
A. Chilka Lake 1. Kerala Ans. (d)
B. Alappuzha 2. Orissa 143. World’s highest airport is located at:
C. Fort Aguda 3. Port Blair a) Chushul in Ladakh
D. Cellular Jail 4. Goa b) Leh in Ladakh
National Memorial 5. Hyderabad c) Nanjing in China
d) Bangda in Eastern Tibet
A B C D A B C D
Ans. (b)
a) 2 1 4 3 b) 3 4 5 2
c) 2 4 5 3 d) 3 1 4 2
Ans. (a)
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144. Which of the following pairs of explorers 153. Which is the oldest theatre in India?
and discoveries is incorrectly matched? a) New Theatre, Kolkata
a) Christopher - North America b) Gaiety Theatre, Shimla
Columbus c) Rabindra Theatre, Delhi
b) James Cook - Australia and New d) Prithivi Theatre, Mumbai
Zealand Ans. (b)
c) Marco polo - India 154. When was the first air-conditioned train
d) Robert Peary - Greenland introduced in India?
Ans. (c) a) 1936 b) 1946 c) 1969 d) 1975
145. ‘Sagar Samrat’ is the name of: Ans. (a)
a) An island near Port Blair 155. Which among the following ranks in Indian
b) A drilling ship in Bombay High Air Force is the highest?
c) An Island near Maldives a) Flying Officer b) Air Commodore
d) Name of a 5- star hotel in Goa c) Wing Commander d) Squadron Leader
Ans. (b) Ans. (b)
146. ‘Kandla’ situated on the Gulf of Kachchh is 156. Who among the following was the first
well known for which of the following? Defence Minister of India?
a) Ship breaking industry a) K.M. Cariappa
b) Cutting and polishing of diamonds b) Sardar Patel
c) Traditional art and craft centre c) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
d) Export processing zone d) Maulana Azad
Ans. (d) Ans. (c)
147. When did man first land on moon? 157. The first person to conduct heart
a) 1954 b) 1959 c) 1965 d) 1969 transplantation in India is
Ans. (d) a) Dr. P.K.K. Ayyangar
148. Mac number is associated with : b) Dr. R. Valiathan
a) Ship b) Light c) Dr. Venugopal
c) Sound d) Jet Plane d) Dr. R. Kesavan Nair
Ans. (d) Ans. (c)
149. Who produced the first automobile? 158. The first bus service from Delhi to Lahore
a) Gottleib Daimler b) Henry Ford was started on
c) Rudolf Diesel d) Carl Benz a) February 20, 1999
Ans. (b) b) February 22, 2000
150. Match the following: c) February 22, 1999
A. Linux 1. Internet d) February 24, 2000
B. Pentium 2. Programming language Ans. (a)
C. C++ 3. Microprocessor 159. The first President of U.S.A. to visit India was
D. MODEM 4. Operating system a) Thomas Jefferson
5. Laser printer b) John F. Kennedy
A B C D A B C D c) D.W. Eisenhower
a) 2 1 5 3 b) 4 3 2 1 d) George Washington
c) 2 3 5 1 d) 4 1 2 3 Ans. (c)
Ans. (b) 160. The first Indian-American woman to go into
151. The quality of gasoline sample is space was
determined by its: a) Harbans Kaur b) Bachhendri Pal
a) Iodine value b) Cetaine number c) Sucheta Kriplani d) Kalpana Chawla
c) Octane number d) Mass density Ans. (d)
Ans. (c) 161. The first railway line in India was started
152. Who among the following was the first between
woman Chief Justice of a High Court? a) Howrah and Burdwan
a) Geeta Mukherjee b) Madras and Waltair
b) Leila Seth c) Thane and Kalyan
c) Sujata Manohar d) Asansol and Kharagpur
d) Rani Jethmalani Ans. (c)
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162. The biggest church in India is located at a) Voyager 1 b) Voyager 2
a) Delhi b) Chennai c) Mariner-2 d) Pioneer 10
c) Mumbai d) Goa Ans. (d)
Ans. (d) 172. Amongst the following the oldest
163. Which of the following is the first university observatory is at
in India to be run in the private sector? a) Mount Hopkins, U.S.A
a) Jawaharlal Nehru University of Life b) Greenwich, U.K.
Sciences c) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Sonia Gandhi National University of d) Copenhagen, Denmark
Oceanography Ans. (d)
c) Indira Gandhi University of 173. World’s largest temple ‘Corridor’ is located at
Environmental Sciences a) Srirangam b) Rameshwaram
d) Rajiv Gandhi National University of c) Kanchipuram d) Madurai
Computer Ans. (b)
Ans. (a) 174. World’s first hospital on rails-Life Line
164. Who started the first newspaper in India? Express was started by which of the
a) Dadabhai Naoroji following countries?
b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan a) Japan b) Russia
c) Rabindranath Tagore c) U.S.A. d) India
d) James A. Hickery Ans. (d)
Ans. (d) 175. Where was the selection of suitable
165. Which is the oldest daily newspaper candidates for a particular job first started
existing in India? through competitive examinations?
a) Navbharat Times a) U.S.A. b) China
b) Times of India c) Germany d) Great Britain
c) Mumbai Samachar Ans. (b)
d) Anand Bazaar Patrika 176. The first successful expedition to the Mount
Ans. (c) Everest was made in
166. The deepest port of the country is a) 1953 b) 1962 c) 1965 d) 1968
a) Chennai b) Kandla Ans. (a)
c) Mumbai d) Vishakhapatnam 177. World’s longest snake reticulated python is
Ans. (d) found in India in
167. The world’s largest monolithic statue of a) Lakshadweep b) Nagaland
Buddha was installed in December 1992 in c) Mizoram d) Nicobar
a) Myanmar b) China Ans. (b)
c) India d) Sri Lanka 178. The first man to climb Mt. Everest twice was
Ans. (c) a) Edmund Hillary b) Tenzing Norgay
168. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of c) Sherpa Sungau d) Nawang Gombu
a) Nepal b) Saudi Arabia Ans. (d)
c) Japan d) U.K. 179. Tenzing and Hillary were the first human
Ans. (d) being to set their foot on the top of Mt.
169. Which of the following countries has the Everest. While Tenzing belonged to India.
briefest Constitution in the world? Hillary is a native of
a) Russia b) U.K. a) Spain b) Australia
c) U.S.A. d) France c) New Zealand d) Denmark
Ans. (c) Ans. (c)
170. What is the name of the first test tube baby 180. Which country has developed world’s first
of the world? seedless mango?
a) Leslie O’Connor a) Sri Lanka b) India
b) Priscilla Schaffer c) Japan d) Britain
c) Louise Joy Brown Ans. (b)
d) Patrica Spear 181. Where is the first Asia Tiger Safari set Up?
Ans. (c) a) Bangkok b) Jim Corbett Park
171. The first man-made object to leave the c) Penang d) Hyderabad
solar system was Ans. (b)
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182. Asia’s largest telescope is located at b) I is false but II is true
a) Kavalur b) Manilla c) Both I and II are true
c) New Delhi d) Tokyo d) Both I and II are false
Ans. (a) Ans. (b)
183. The first test tube baby of the world was 194. The longest optical fibre cable of the world
born in is laid between
a) U.S.A. b) India a) London and New York
c) Britain d) France b) Paris and Tokyo
Ans. (c) c) Singapore and Marseilles
184. The world’s largest deposit of cosmic dust d) Manila and Toronto
has been discovered in Ans. (c)
a) Greenland b) Mauritius 195. The largest automobile manufacturing
c) Australia d) None of these centre in the world is located at
Ans. (c) a) Detroit b) Tokyo
185. The largest island in the world is c) Birmingham d) Berlin
a) Tasmania b) Cyprus Ans. (a)
c) Greenland d) None of these 196. Kimono is a dress style of which Asian
Ans. (c) country?
186. 25 years ago, man landed on the moon. a) China b) Korea
What was the name of the space shuttle c) Japan d) None of these
which attained this feat? Ans. (c)
a) Apollo b) Eagle 197. Yuan is the currency of
c) Challenger d) Explorer a) Japan b) China
Ans. (a) c) Indonesia d) Burma
187. The first spaceship to hit the moon was Ans. (b)
a) Surveyor-3 b) Lunik II 198. Green Peace Foundation’ is associated
c) Columbus IV d) Apollo II with
Ans. (b) a) France b) Italy
188. The oldest working refinery in the world is at c) Britain d) West Germany
a) Koyali b) Guwahati Ans. (a)
c) Digboi d) Baroda 199. What is the currency of Hong Kong?
Ans. (c) a) H. Pound b) Dinar
189. Which is the greatest Archipelago on the c) H. Dollar d) Rouble
globe? Ans. (c)
a) Indonesia b) Japan 200. Khymer Rouge is
c) West Indies d) Philippines a) A city in South Korea
Ans. (a) b) A guerilla force in Vietnam
190. The largest man-made canal in the world is c) An ethnic group in Kampuchea
a) Rhine Canal b) Panama Canal d) The capital of Loas
c) Suez Canal d) None of these Ans. (c)
Ans. (c) 201. Won is the currency of
191. Which is the largest Gulf in the world? a) Malaysia b) Thailand
a) Gulf of Mexico b) Gulf of Cambay c) North Korea d) South Korea
c) Persian Gulf d) Strait of Hormuz Ans. (d)
Ans. (a) 202. Which of the following countries has opted
192. The highest title in Judo is out of the European Union?
a) 10th Dan b) 12th Dan a) France b) Germany
c) Yellow Belt d) Black Belt c) Denmark d) Norway
Ans. (d) Ans. (d)
193. Consider the following two statements: 203. ‘Atlantis’ is the name of the space shuttle
i. Passing Lhamu Sherpa is the first launched by
Nepalese woman to conquer Mt. Everest a) Britain b) India
ii. Dicky Dolma is the youngest woman c) Australia d) America
climber of Mt. Everest Ans. (d)
Of these statements
a) I is true but II is false
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204. Which one of the following does not have a 215. In which of the following places Pakistan’s
monarch? Nuclear Plant is located?
a) Afghanistan b) Bhutan a) Lahore b) Rawalpindi
c) Britain d) Japan c) Kahuta d) None of these
Ans. (a) Ans. (c)
205. ’National Aeronautics and Space 216. The currency of Iraq is
Administration’ is the space organisation of a) Rial b) Krona
which of the following countries? c) Dollar d) Dinar
a) U.S.A. b) China Ans. (d)
c) Russia d) England 217. Which of the following African countries
Ans. (a) was the first to get independence?
206. Which is the largest militant organisation of a) Nigeria b) Congo
Sri Lanka? c) Ghana d) Zimbabwe
a) TELO b) EROS Ans. (c)
c) LTTE d) PLOTE 218. Which of the following is the currency used
Ans. (c) in Italy?
207. E.T.A. is a terrorist organisation in a) Dinar b) Yen
a) South Africa b) Spain c) Rouble d) Lira
c) Sri Lanka d) Cyprus Ans. (d)
Ans. (b) 219. In which country the minimum voting age
208. The currency of Greece is is 16 years?
a) Lira b) Peseta a) France b) Brazil c) Gabon d) Togo
c) Euro d) Krone Ans. (b)
Ans. (c) 220. Which of the following pairs of country and
209. Which of the following is a socialist its currency is not correct?
country? a) North Korea – Won
a) Singapore b) Poland b) Bangladesh – Taka
c) Peru d) Philippines c) Saudi Arabia – Rial
Ans. (b) d) Japan – Yuan
210. The Parliament of Japan is known as Ans. (d)
a) Assembly b) Key 221. The official language of Bhutan is
c) Diet d) Senate a) English b) Bhoti
Ans. (c) c) Dzongkha d) None of these
211. Which of the following countries has Ans. (c)
tricameral legislature with one House for 222. ‘Mark’ is the currency of
ethnic group? a) England b) Ireland
a) South Africa b) Fiji c) Germany d) Italy
c) Malaysia d) Sri Lanka Ans. (c)
Ans. (a) 223. Which of the following was part of the
212. Which of the following is the currency of erstwhile Soviet Union over which Kurdish
Thailand? population is spread?
a) Taka b) Yuan a) Armenia b) Georgia
c) Peso d) Baht c) Azerbaijan d) Turkmenistan
Ans. (d) Ans. (a)
213. The last country liberated from colonial rule is 224. The ‘Contra rebels’ belong to
a) Uganda b) India a) Paraguay b) Brazil
c) South Africa d) South West Africa c) Nicaragua d) None of these
Ans. (d) Ans. (c)
214. Which of the following republics, besides 225. Which of the following has merged with
Russia, are nuclear powers? Tanganyika to form the present Tanzania?
1. Ukraine 2. Georgia a) Zambia b) Zanzibar
3. Belarus 4. Kazakhstan c) Zimbabwe d) Zaire
a) 1, 2 & 4 b) 2, 3 & 4 Ans. (b)
c) 1, 2 & 3 d) 1, 3 & 4
Ans. (d)
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226. The currency of Netherland is 237. Which of the following is the currency of Sri
a) Dinar b) Taka Lanka?
c) Euro d) Kroner a) Dinar b) Rupee
Ans. (c) c) Yen d) Yuan
227. ‘White Lily’ is the emblem of Ans. (b)
a) Italy b) Greece 238. The Parliament of Iran is known as
c) Guinea d) None of these a) Congress b) Quami Assembly
Ans. (a) c) Majlis d) Darul Awam
228. Ninety percent of the Malaria cases occur in Ans. (c)
a) Africa b) South Asia 239. Which country, besides India, celebrates its
c) West Asia d) South America independence day on 15th August every year?
Ans. (a) a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh
229. The country where death rate is lowest in c) North Korea d) South Korea
the world is Ans. (d)
a) U.S.A. b) Canada 240. Chakma Refugees are the natives of
c) Japan d) Kuwait a) Nepal b) Bhutan
Ans. (d) c) Myanmar d) Bangladesh
230. U.S.A. placed some countries on its Ans. (d)
‘Special 301’ trade hit-list. Which of the 241. The space shuttle ‘Discovery’ was
following countries is not included in the list? launched from which of the following places
a) India b) Pakistan in U.S.A.?
c) China d) Thailand a) Alaska b) Georgia
Ans. (b) c) California d) Florida
231. C.I.S. consists of the republics of former Ans. (d)
a) Czechoslovakia b) Yugoslavia 242. In which group of places the Kumbha Mela
c) Indo-China d) Soviet-Union is held every twelve years?
Ans. (d) a) Ujjain, Puri, Prayag, Haridwar
232. ’Medinews’, a medical journal is published by b) Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain, Nasik
which of the following groups of publications? c) Rameshwaram, Puri, Badrinath, Dwarika
a) Indian Journal of Medical Research d) Chitrakoot, Ujjain, Prayag, Haridwar
Group Ans. (b)
b) Publication Division of All India Institute 243. Who is the author of the epic ‘Meghdoot’?
of Medical Sciences a) Vishakadatta b) Valmiki
c) The Statesman Group c) Banabhatta d) Kalidas
d) Indian Journal of Clinical Practice Group Ans. (d)
(IJCP) 244. The death anniversary of which of the following
Ans. (d) leaders is observed as Martyrs’ Day?
233. The currency of Sweden is a) Smt. Indira Gandhi
a) Mark b) Franc c) Lira d) Krona b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans. (d) c) Mahatma Gandhi
234. ISI is an intelligence agency of d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
a) Iraq b) Israel Ans. (c)
c) Pakistan d) Sri Lanka 245. ‘Good Friday’ is observed to commemorate
Ans. (c) the event of
235. Bangladesh came into existence in a) Birth of Jesus Christ
a) 1969 b) 1971 b) Birth of St. Peter
c) 1973 d) 1975 c) Crucification of Jesus Christ
Ans. (b) d) Rebirth of Jesus Christ
236. Ikebana is the Japanese art of Ans. (c)
a) Modern painting 246. Which of the following is observed as
b) Plant forming Sports Day every year?
c) Freestyle wrestling a) 22nd April b) 26th July
th
d) Flower arrangement c) 29 August d) 2nd October
Ans. (d) Ans. (c)
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247. Which of the following combination of the 257. The dates of National Calendar
States and the festivals mainly celebrated Permanently correspond with the
there is not correct? a) Vikrami Calendar
a) Gujarat – Durga Puja b) Mohammadan Calendar
b) Rajasthan – Gangaur Teej c) Gregorian Calendar
c) Maharashtra – Ganesh Chaturthi d) None of these
d) Punjab – Baisakhi Ans. (c)
Ans. (a) 258. The 227 year old ‘Nawab Saheb Ki Haveli’
248. Which of the following Muslim festivals is is located at
based on the ‘Holy Quran’? a) Hyderabad b) Jaipur
a) Id-ul-Zuha b) Id – ul – Fitr c) New Delhi d) Agra
c) Bakr – id d) Moharram Ans. (b)
Ans. (a) 259. Which one of the following is essentially a
249. The first month of the Indian national solo dance?
calendar is a) Kuchipudi b) Kathak
a) Magha b) Chaitra c) Manipuri d) Mohiniattam
c) Ashadha d) Vaishakha Ans. (d)
Ans. (b) 260. Which city of India was first of all affected
250. ‘ Van Mahotsav’ was started by by plague?
a) Maharshi Karve a) Jaipur b) Bombay
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Surat d) Kanpur
c) K.M. Munshi Ans. (c)
d) Sanjay Gandhi 261. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre is
Ans. (c) situated in which of the following states?
251. Which of the following is not a dance from a) U.P. b) Gujarat
Kerala? c) M.P. d) Bihar
a) Kathakali b) Mohiniattam Ans. (a)
c) Ottan Thullal d) Yaksha Gana 262. Writers Building is the headquarters of
Ans. (d) a) The times of India group
252. The festival of Nabanna is celebrated b) All India Writers Association
predominatly in c) West Bengal Government
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Rajasthan d) Press Trust of India
c) Karnataka d) Orissa Ans. (d)
Ans. (d) 263. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
253. Rath Yatra is famous festival at a) Qutab Minar – Delhi
a) Ayodhya b) Mathura b) Taj Mahal– Agra
c) Dwaraka d) Puri c) Ajanta Caves – Maharashtra
Ans. (d) d) Charminar – Lucknow
254. The Lalit Kala Akademi is devoted to the Ans. (d)
Promotion of 264. ISI stands for
a) Dance and Drama b) Fine Arts a) International Standards Institute
c) Literature d) Music b) Indian Statistical Institute
Ans. (b) c) Indian Standards Institute
255. Which of the following is a folk dance of d) Indian Service Institute
India? Ans. (c)
a) Kathakali b) Mohiniattam 265. Which of the following bodies certifies the
c) Garba d) Manipuri circulation figures of newspapers?
Ans. (c) a) ISI b) PTI c) AINEC d) ABC
256. In which two dance forms the Krishna Ans. (d) (Audit Bureau of Circulation)
legends occupy the place of pride? 266. The National Open University is run by
1. Bharat Natyam 2. Odissi a) CBSE b) UGC
3. Manipuri 4. Kathakali c) IGNOU d) NCERT
a) 1 and 2 b) 1 and 4 Ans. (b)
c) 2 and 3 d) 3 and 4
Ans. (b)
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267. In which one of the following sets of a) Racialism and colonialism
countries does nuclear power account for b) Racialism and capitalism
more than or nearly 30 percent of the total c) Racialism, colonialism and fascism
electricity generated? d) Racialism, fascism and capitalism
a) Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea Ans. (d)
b) Japan, China, South Korea 277. What does IFA stand for?
c) Taiwan, North Korea, China, South Korea a) International Flood Association
d) Japan, Taiwan, South Korea b) Indian Air Force
Ans. (d) c) Indian Fertiliser Association
268. YMCA means d) Indian Football Association
a) Young Members of Christian Association Ans. (d)
b) Young Men’s Cricket Association 278. The activists of which of the following
c) Young Men’s Christian Association movements gave a call to their members to
d) Young Member’s Cricket Association take ‘Jal Samadhi’ in order to press their
Ans. (c) demands?
269. The abbreviation ‘fob’ stands for a) Naxalite Movement
a) Free on Board b) Free of Bargain b) Chipko Movement
c) Fellow of Britain d) None of these c) Narmada Bachao Andolan
Ans. (a) d) Jharkhand Movement
270. Field Marshal is the highest rank in U.K in Ans. (c)
a) Army b) Navy 279. The value of  (Pai) was first given by
c) Air force d) Territorial army a) Bhaskara b) Varahamihira
Ans. (a) c) Aryabhatta d) None of these
271. Which of the following is the largest Ans. (c)
circulating regional language newspaper? 280. The Government in which of the following
a) Jugantar b) Mathrubhoomi countries had to face severe criticism and
c) Janavani d) Ananda Bazar Patrika agitation on account of making Islam the
Ans. (d) state religion?
272. Which of the following was the first Indian state a) Pakistan b) Bangladesh
to issue photo identity cards to its voters? c) Nepal d) Sri Lanka
a) Tamil Nadu b) Rajasthan Ans. (b)
c) West Bengal d) Haryana 281. Who led the one-man commission which
Ans. (d) inquired into the assassination of Smt.
273. Which of the following European countries Indira Gandhi?
is the first buyer of Maruti Cars? a) Ranganath Mishra b) M.P. Thakkar
a) Hungary b) Belgium c) R.S. Sarkaria d) K.K. Mathew
c) England d) Spain Ans. (b)
Ans. (a) 282. Which of the following is not a news
274. ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’. agency in India?
This was quoted by a famous Indian in the a) Press Trust of India
context of the following? b) Press Council of India
a) Inauguration of World Food Festival c) United News of India
b) Sushmita on receiving the Miss d) Hindustan Samachar
Universe title Ans. (b)
c) Beginning of indefinite fast by Ms. 283. Homeopathy originated in
Medha Patkar a) U.S. b) U.S.S.R
d) Issue of photo-identity cards c) India d) Germany
Ans. (d) Ans. (d)
275. The BVO (Brominated Vegetable Oil) was 284. Which among the following Indian
banned in soft drinks by which of the Universities has been named after former
following organisations? Primer Minister Choudhary Charan Singh?
a) I.S.I. b) AGMARK a) Agra University
c) MRTP d) None of these b) Kanpur University
Ans. (c) c) Meerut University
276. India has consistently opposed d) Lucknow University
Ans. (c)
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285. Which of the monuments figured in the Ans. (a)
news in connection with a fall of some of its 294. The Five biggest countries according to
parts and its consequent archaeological population are:
conservation? a) China, India, USA, Pakistan, Brazil
a) Sun Temple, Konark b) China, India, USA, Indonesia, Brazil
b) Chaunsat Yogini Temple, Bheraghat c) China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan
c) Jagannath Temple, Puri d) China, India, USA, Indonesia, Bangladesh
d) Khandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho Ans. (b)
Ans. (c)
286. White Flag is the symbol of
a) Peace b) War
c) Truce d) Friendship
Ans. (c)
287. Which countries were involved in 100 year
war?
a) Turkey and Austria
b) England and France
c) Palestine and Israel
d) Germany and Russia
Ans. (b)
288. Opium-war was fought between:
a) Britain and china b) Britain and India
c) India and China d) Britain and Japan
Ans. (a)
289. Match the following:
Country Currency
A. Holland 1. Yuan
B. China 2. Guilder
C. Libya 3. Peso
D. Mexico 4. Dinar
A B C D A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4 b) 2 1 4 3
c) 3 2 4 1 d) 3 2 1 4
Ans. (b)
290. How many States of the U.S.A. are not
attached to its mainland?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
Ans. (b)
291. The Parliament of Japan is known as:
a) Assembly b) Key
c) Senate d) Diet
Ans. (d)
292. Which of the following pairs is wrongly
matched?
Country National Emblem
a) Pakistan - Crescent
b) Canada - White Lily
c) Australia - Kangaroo
d) USA - Lotus
Ans. (d)
293. The five biggest nations according to size
are:
a) Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil
b) Russia, China, Canada, USA, Brazil
c) Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil
d) Russia, Canada, USA, Australia, Brazil