1) Where is Kouru ?
a) USA
b) French Guyana
c) USSR
d)Kazakistan
2) Who is the present Chief Justice of India ?
a) K G Balakrishnan
b) Justice S.H.Kapadia
c) Justice Soumitri Sen
d) None of these
3) Where is chicken neck ?
a)Arunachal Pradesh
b) West Bengal ( Northern part)
c) Meghalaya
d) Tripura
4) Admiral Gorkshakov will be purchased from which country ?
a)Israel
b)USA
c)France
d) Russia
5) Baikanoor Cosmodrome is in
a)Japan
b) Kazakhstan
c)China
d)South Africa
6) Name the Harry Potter series novel writer?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Ms. J.K.Rowling
c)Arundhati Roy
d)Aravind Adiga
7) Logo of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is
a)Elephant
b) Panda
c)Tiger
d)Crocodile
8) Breeding and growing of honey bees is called as
a)Pisciculture
b) Apiculture
c)Sericulture
d)Vermiculture
9) Who is the father of Milk Revolution (While Revolution) in India
a) Dr.Verghese Kurian b) Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
c) Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam d) None of these
10)Where is the headquarters of International court of Justice
a) The Hague
b) Geneva
c) Paris
d) New York
11) What is demography ?
a) Study of Population
b) Study of Botony
c) Study of Zoology
d) None of these
12) Borlaugh Award is given in the field of
a) Atomic Research
b) Agriculture
c) Space research
d) Nuclear Physics
13) Who discovered circulation of blood ?
a) Landstainer
b) William Harvey
c) Neils Bohr
d) Dalton
14) Which day is celebrated as world environment day
a)September 5
b) June 5
c) January 26
d) February 28
15) When UNO day
a)March 8
b) October 24
c) March 16
d) April 8
16) National Technology Day is celebrated on
a) May 11
b) July 11
c) August 15
d) August 29
17) SEBI Chairman
a) U K Sinha
b) Damodaran
c) Bhave
d) None of these
18) Karwar is in which state
a)Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Maharastra
d) Orissa
19) National Science Day is on
a) February 28
b) December 10
c) November 14
d) November 19
20) Who is the father of Indian Atomic Energy Programme
a) Dr.Homi Jahangir Bhabha
b) Vikram Sarabhai
c) Meghnadh Saha
d) Anil Kakodkar
21) Almatti dam is across which river
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Kaveri
d) Narmada
22) Border line between India and China is called as
a) McMohan Line
b) Radcliff line
c)38th Parallel
d) Durand Line
23) Earlier, East Timur was in which country
a) Indonesia
b) North Korea
c) South Korea
d) Malaysia
24) Bachaendripal conquered which mountain(First Indian Lady to Conquer)
a) Mount Everest
b) Kilimanjaro
c) Atlas mountains
d) Andes mountains
25) 2001 A Space Odyssey a book written by
a) Charles Darwin
b) Arthur C Clerk
c) Stephen Hawking
d) None of these
26)Three tier panchayat raj system in India is proposed by
a) Ashok Mehta Committee
b) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
c) Royal Commission
d) None of these
27) Under which article of Constitution of India, president’s rule will be imposed in a state?
a) 356 b) 352 c) 360 d) 350
28) High Yildin Variety of Seeds programme in India agriculture started in
a) 1964 b) 1969 c) 1966 d) 1962
29) Brown Revolution relating to
a) fodder b) sea food c) milk d) Food processing & soft drinks
30) The total value of goods and services produced in a country during a given period is called as
a) National income b) per capita income
c) disposal income d) None of these
31) Machanisation in Indian agriculture is not possible, on a considerable scale due to
a) small agriculture holders
b) lack of tractors
c) poverty
d) No source of income
32) Which of the following is not a function of central bank in a country
a) foreign exchange reserves maintenance
b) controling monetary policy
c) controling government spending
d) banker’s bank
33) The first English Ship that came to India
a) Elizabeth b) Bengal
c) Red dragon c) Mayflower
34) In UNO, most powerful body is
a) Security Council
b) General Assembly
c) Economic & Social Council
d) Intrernational Court of Justice
35) Last Buddhist text book produced in India
a) Vamsathapakasini
b) Dosha Kosa
c) Vajrachedika
d) Tripitikas
36) Arthasastra was written by
a) Dhananda
b) Kautilya
c) Bimbisara
d) Pushyamitra
37) Who translated Ramayana into Persian
a) Abul Fazal
b) Badauni
c) Abdul Latif
d) Isa Das
38) Major port on the east coast of India
a) Visakhapatnam
b_ Kandla
c) Karikal
d) Puducherry
39) Circumference of the earth at equator
a)40,075.017 Kms
b) 30,000 KMs
c) 35,000 KMs
d) None of these
40) Cod is a variety of
a) fish
b) goat
c) crop
d) coral
41) All India Muslim League was founded by
a) Moula Ahmed Ali
b) Mohd Ali Jinnah
c) Agha Khan
d) Hakim Ajmal Khan
42) Golden Revolution refers to
a) Seri culture
b) Horticulture
c) Apiculture
d) Viticulture
43) A balloon filled with helium rises in air because
a) helium is less dense than air
b) helium pushes down the air
c) Nitrogen in the air pushes up
d) None of these
44) The sound produced by bat in the nights is
a) audible
b) subsonic
c) ultraosonic
d) infrasonic
45) Cooking oil is converted into vegetable ghee by the process of
a) crystallisation
b) condensation
c) Hydrogenation
d) oxidation
46) When a bar magnet is cut into two equal halves, the pole strength of each piece
a) becomes double
b) becomes half
c) becomes zero
d) remains the same
47) Through tissue culture technique which can be done
a) a large number of identical plants can be obtained in a short span of time in a laboratory
b) animals can be produced
c) Human skin tissues can be grown
d) None of these
48) The total number of bones in an adult human body
a) 226
b) 206
c) 256
d) 236
49) Honey bee poison is
a) acidic
b) alkaline
c) saltish
d) protein
50) Birds which swim in water have
a) webbed feet
b) broad wings
c) long beak
d) toes with claws
51) Kuchipudi is adance form of
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Orissa
d) Manipuri
52) X-rays were discovered by
a) Faraday
b) Roentgen
c) H.Davy
d) Lavoisier
53) Recently who received Dadasaheb Phalke Award
a) K.Balachander
b) V.Shantaram
c) Rajkapoor
d) Lata Mangeshkar
54) Rusting of iron requires
a) oxygen and water
b) carbon dioxide
c) oxygen only
d) None
55) Glass is
a) pure solid
b) super cooled liquid
c) gel
d) polymer
56) Uranium eventually decays into a stable isotope of
a) Radium
b) thorium
c) Lead
d) Polonium
57) In modern tannery industries, which toxic heavy metal found
a) Chromium
b) Lead
c) Zinc
d) Nickel
58) Electro static precipitator is used to control
a) Air pollution
b) water pollution
c) solid waste
d) Noise pollution
59) NEERI headquarters is where
a) Nagpur
b) Mumbai
c) Pune
d) Chennai
60) A new bank note paper mill is proposed where
a) Mysore
b) Surat
c) Bengaluru
d) Bhopal
61) Osama Bin Laden was killed in which secret operation
a) Geronimo
b) Jasmine
c) Rose
d) Eagle
62) Oldest Indian women to scale Mount Everest
a) Premalata Agarwal
b) Bachendripal
c) Ashwini Nachappa
d) None of these
63) Who wrote “Wings of Fire”
a) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
b) P . Chidambaram
c) UR Rao
d) Kasturi Rangan
64) Little Bouy and Fat man were
a) Atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b) Film by Steven Speilberg
c) Cartoon series
d) Atom bombs developed by India
65) Who said “Pattabhi Sitaramayya’s defeat is my defeat”
a) M K Gandhi
b) B G Tilak
c) J Nehru
d) M A Kalam Azad
66) Present Chairman of AEC
a) Dr Sreekumar Benerjee
b)Anil Kakodkar
c) Dr.R.Chidambaram
d) None of these
67) K.Rosaiah is appointed as Governor of
a) Tamilnadu
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) UP
d) West Bengal
68) New Governor of Madhya Pradesh
a) Naresh Yadav
b) Rameshwar Thakur
c) H R Bharadwaj
d) None of these
68) New Chief Minister of Uttaranchal
a) Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal
b) B.C.Khanduri
c) N D Tiwari
d) None of these
69) New CM of Karnataka
a)Yeduyurappa
b) Sadananda Gowda
c) Deva Gowda
d) R R Patil
70) Present Governor of RBI
a)D.Subba Rao
b) C.Rangarajan
c) Y V Reddy
d) None of thse
71) New MD of IMF
a)Christine Lagarde
b) Dominique Strauss Kahn
c) M S Ahluwalia
d) None of these
72) World Bank Present
a) Bernenke
b) Robert Zeollick
c) McNamara
d) None of these
73) International Film Festival of India regularly conducted where?
a) Goa b) Karnataka
c) Maharastra d) Delhi
74) Which bank is called as World Bank
a) UBS
b) IBRD
c) Bank of America
d) HSBC
75) SDRs are given by
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) Asian Development Bank
d) None of these
76) Chilka Lake is in which state ?
a) Odisha b) Bihar c) West Bengal d) Manipur
77) Group of 8 countries represent
a) Developed countries in the world
b) Developing countries
c) Poor Countries
d) Least Developed Countries
78) New PM of Japan
a) Yoshihiko Noda
b) Naoto Kan
c) Tony Tan
d) Banrikaieda
79) First state which tried to appoint Lokayukta inn 1970
a) Orissa
b) Maharastra
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
80) USA’s long term credit rating (rank) was reduced by which company
a) Economic watch
b) S&P
c) Fitch Ratings
d) Franklin Global
81) Hurricane Irene lashed which city in USA recently
a) New York
b) Tokyo
c) Beijing
d) Canberra
82) By 2022 which country wants to decommission nuclear power plants
a) Germany
b) Japan
c) UK
d) France
83) AMK Shahryar received which award recently
a) Jnanpeeth Award
b) Padma Sri
c) Booker Prize
d) Man Booker Prize
84) Miss Universe 2011
a) Leila Lopes
b) Olesia Stefanko
c) Priscila Machado
d) Ximema Navarrete
85) CBDT New Chairman
a) Prakash Chandra
b) M C Joshi
c) Ranjan Sharma
d) K P Sen
86) In 2011 who received Rajiv Khel Ratna
a) Tejaswini Sawant
b) Gagan Narang
c) Somdev Devvraman
87) New PM of Nepal
a)Pushpkamal Dahal
b) Baburam Bhattarai
c) Jalnath Khanal
d) None of these
88) Lalbahadur Sastri birth day is on
a) October 2
b) October 24
c) September 5
d) None of these
89) October 8 is celebrated as
a) Indian Air Force Day
b) Women’s Day
c) Children’s day
d) Senior Citizens day
90) October 16 is observed as
a) World Food day
b) National Solidarity day
c) World standards day
d) World Habitat day
91) Who wrote “Last man in Tower”
a) Aravind Adiga
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) V S Naipaul
d) None of these
92) Sub Prime Lending crisis is a term often used in
a) USA
b) Europe
c) Greece
d) Iceland
93) Basel is a city in
a)Spain
b) Switzerland
c) France
d) Italy
94) Currency of Bangladesh
a) Taka
b) Singapore
c) Malaysai
d) Egypt
95) Currency of Australia
a) Pound
b) Australian Dollar
c) Yen
d) Yuan
96) When RBI was founded
a) 1949
b) 1-4-1935
c)1934
d) None of these
97) When 14 commercial banks were nationalized in India
a) 1980
b) 19th July, 1969
c) 1959
d) 1947
98) President of South Africa
a)Nelson Mandela
b) Jacob Zuma
c) Robert Mugabwe
d) None of these
99) Recently a small satellite, Jugnu, is launched from
a) Trivendrum
b) Srihari kota
c) Cape Kennedy
d) Baikanoor
100) Who is Chairman of ISRO?
a) Radhakrishnan
b) Kasturi Rangan
c) Madhavan Nair
d) None of these
The answers for these questions are:
Key:
1b
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11a
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21a
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31a
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41c
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51a
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61a
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71a
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81a
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91a
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2b
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12b
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22a
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32c
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42b
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52b
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62a
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72b
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82a
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92a
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3b
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13b
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23a
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33c
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43a
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53a
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63a
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73a
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83a
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93b
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4d
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14b
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24a
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34a
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44b
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54a
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64a
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74b
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84a
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94a
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5b
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15b
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25b
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35a
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45c
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55b
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65a
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75a
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85b
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95b
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6b
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16a
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26b
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36a
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46d
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56c
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66a
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76a
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86b
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96b
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7b
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17a
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27a
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37b
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47a
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57a
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67a
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77a
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87b
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97b
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8b
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18b
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28c
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38a
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48b
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58a
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68a
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78a
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88a
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98b
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9a
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19a
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29d
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39a
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49a
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59a
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69b
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79a
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89a
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99b
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10a
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20a
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30a
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40a
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50a
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60a
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70a
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80b
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90a
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100a
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