1. Reasons for the growth of Regional Political Parties in India is?
A) Lack of effective opposition
B) Economic disparities among the States
C) Failure of the national parties
D) All of the above
2. The first state in India to be formed on linguistic basis is
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
3. The only Union Territory which has High Court of its own is
A) Chandigarh
B) Daman and Diu
C) Delhi
D) Lakshadweep
4. One of the following subjects is not in the State List:
A) Market and fairs
B) Bankruptcy and insolvency
C) Police and Prisons
D) Public health and sanitation
5. Who was the founder of Slave Dynasty in India?
A) Balban
B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad Ghori
D) Iltutmish
6. Chandragupta Maurya was the
A) Great-grandfather of Ashoka
B) Brother of Ashoka
C) Father of Ashoka
D) Grandfather of Ashoka
7. Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?
A) Iltutmish
B) Raziya
C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
D) Babar
8. Who was among the pioneer among the social reforms?
A) Ramkrishna Paramhans
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Raja Rammohun Roy
D) Dayanand Saraswati
9. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857?
1. Agriculture labourers
2. Money lenders
3. Peasants
4. Zamidars
A) 2 only
B) 2 and 4
C) 1 only
D) 1 and 2
10. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to
A) Linking of rivers
B) Development of Roads
C) Communication
D) Social Integration
11. CD-ROM is a
A) Magnetic Memory
B) Secondary Memory
C) Semiconductor Memory
D) Memory Register
12. pH value of blood is
A) In between 8 and 10
B) Greater than 10
C) Less than 6
D) In between 7 and 8
13. Great Barrier Reef is situated in
A) Australia
B) Nova Scotia
C) North Sea
D) Southern China
14. In India, the longest day occurs on
A) April 13
B) October 13
C) June 21
D) March 21
15. Which one of the following is not found in new alluvial soil?
A) Humus
B) Gas
C) Minerals
D) Water
16. Palghat Gap connects Tamil Nadu with
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Both (A) and (B)
17. Jodhpur receives less rainfall than Delhi because
A) Arabian Sea runs parallel to Aravali
B) It is on leeward side of the winds
C) Condensation does not place there
D) All of above factors
18. Bamboo is a
A) Tree
B) Climber
C) Shrub
D) Herb
19. Which vitamins are those which if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the body?
A) B Complex
B) E and C
C) B and C
D) A and D
20. Which one of the following constitutes two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the non-living?
A) Respiration and excretion
B) Reproduction and locomotion
C) Irritability and locomotion
D) Growth and locomotion
21. The expansion of D.D.T. is
A) Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
B) Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane
C) Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane
D) None of the above
22. Which of the following animals is a parasite?
A) Amoeba
B) Sponge
C) Plasmodium
D) Earthworm
23. Which of the following respires by gills?
A) Cray-fish
B) Star-fish
C) Silver-fish
D) Jelly-fish
24. The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by
A) Rajmohan Gandhi
B) Sheikh Majibur Rahman
C) Lord Tennyson
D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
25. On the lines of ‘Place on wheels’, a new train ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is operated between
A) Karnataka and Kerala
B) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
D) Maharashtra and Goa
26. Name of the famous paper which Gandhiji edited to propagate his ideas?
A) Harijan
B) Satyagrah
C) Khadi
D) Swadeshi
27. The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was?
A) White Storm
B) Thunder Power
C) Enola Gay
D) Black Light
28. Which Indian Commercial Bank became the first in provide mobile ATM service?
A) HDFC Bank
B) SBI
C) ICICI Bank
D) IDBI Bank
29. Sivakasi, which recently witnessed major explosions in the cracker
manufacturing units, is situated in the State of
A) Kerala
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
30. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near
A) Ajmer
B) Aurangabad
C) Patna
D) Jaipur
31. Who is the author of the book ‘Apprenticeship of a Mahatma’ is based
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Shyam Benegal
C) Shobha De
D) Fatima Meer
32. The ‘break-even point’ is where
A) Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
B) Average revenue equals average cost
C) Total revenue equals total cost
D) None of the above
33. South-south dialogue is associated with
A) Co-operation among developing nations
B) Arms conference
C) Summit meeting between the developed and the developing countries
D) All of the above
34. Among the following, which one is not a football club?
A) Arsenal
B) Aston Villa
C) Chelsea
D) Monte Carlo
35. Rate of interest is determined by
A) The rate of return on the capital invested
B) Central Government
C) Liquidity preference
D) Commercial Banks
36. Which of the following has not been a component of the agricultural strategy that brought about the Green Revolution?
A) Greater intensity of cropping
B) Guaranteed maximum prices
C) New agricultural technology
D) Package of inputs
37. Which of the following makes the skin layer impervious to water?
A) Collagen
B) Melanin
C) Keratin
D) Chitin
38. Generally, the soil of the northern plains of India id formed by
A) Degradation
B) Aggradation
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C) Weathering in situ
D) Erosion
39. Two richest source of edible protein are
A) Meat and eggs
B) Milk and vegetable
C) Soyabean and groundnut
D) Some type of algae and other micro-organism
40. Which of the following weeds has been found useful to check water pollution caused by industrial effluents?
A) Parthenium
B) Elephant grass
C) Water hyacinth
D) Both (A) and (B) above
41. Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with the fall of
A) Aurangzeb
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Shah Alam
D) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
42. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A) Sri Gupta
B) Chandragupta I
C) Ghatotkacha
D) Kumaragupta I
43. Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution n the field of the journalism?
A) Booker Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Sakharov Prize
D) Sullivan Prize
44. Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry?
A) Pythagoras
B) Euclid
C) Johann Kepler
D) Rene Descartes
45. With which of the following fields is Ben Kingsley associated?
A) Sports
B) Medical Science
C) Motion Picture
D) Social Service
46. Who among the following leaders was not assassinated?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Liaqat Ali Khan
C) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
D) Lord Louis Mountbatten
47. When was colour TV transmission introduced in India?
A) 1980
B) 1981
C) 1982
D) 1984
48. Who was the founder Director of TIFR?
A) S. S. Bhatnagar
B) H. J. Bhabha
C) M. N. Saha
D) Vikaram Sarabhai
49. When was ISRO set up?
A) 1965
B) 1969
C) 1971
D) 1976
50. How many countries have exploded the atom bomb before India?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
A) Lack of effective opposition
B) Economic disparities among the States
C) Failure of the national parties
D) All of the above
2. The first state in India to be formed on linguistic basis is
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
3. The only Union Territory which has High Court of its own is
A) Chandigarh
B) Daman and Diu
C) Delhi
D) Lakshadweep
4. One of the following subjects is not in the State List:
A) Market and fairs
B) Bankruptcy and insolvency
C) Police and Prisons
D) Public health and sanitation
5. Who was the founder of Slave Dynasty in India?
A) Balban
B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
C) Muhammad Ghori
D) Iltutmish
6. Chandragupta Maurya was the
A) Great-grandfather of Ashoka
B) Brother of Ashoka
C) Father of Ashoka
D) Grandfather of Ashoka
7. Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’?
A) Iltutmish
B) Raziya
C) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
D) Babar
8. Who was among the pioneer among the social reforms?
A) Ramkrishna Paramhans
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Raja Rammohun Roy
D) Dayanand Saraswati
9. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857?
1. Agriculture labourers
2. Money lenders
3. Peasants
4. Zamidars
A) 2 only
B) 2 and 4
C) 1 only
D) 1 and 2
10. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to
A) Linking of rivers
B) Development of Roads
C) Communication
D) Social Integration
11. CD-ROM is a
A) Magnetic Memory
B) Secondary Memory
C) Semiconductor Memory
D) Memory Register
12. pH value of blood is
A) In between 8 and 10
B) Greater than 10
C) Less than 6
D) In between 7 and 8
13. Great Barrier Reef is situated in
A) Australia
B) Nova Scotia
C) North Sea
D) Southern China
14. In India, the longest day occurs on
A) April 13
B) October 13
C) June 21
D) March 21
15. Which one of the following is not found in new alluvial soil?
A) Humus
B) Gas
C) Minerals
D) Water
16. Palghat Gap connects Tamil Nadu with
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Both (A) and (B)
17. Jodhpur receives less rainfall than Delhi because
A) Arabian Sea runs parallel to Aravali
B) It is on leeward side of the winds
C) Condensation does not place there
D) All of above factors
18. Bamboo is a
A) Tree
B) Climber
C) Shrub
D) Herb
19. Which vitamins are those which if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the body?
A) B Complex
B) E and C
C) B and C
D) A and D
20. Which one of the following constitutes two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the non-living?
A) Respiration and excretion
B) Reproduction and locomotion
C) Irritability and locomotion
D) Growth and locomotion
21. The expansion of D.D.T. is
A) Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
B) Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane
C) Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane
D) None of the above
22. Which of the following animals is a parasite?
A) Amoeba
B) Sponge
C) Plasmodium
D) Earthworm
23. Which of the following respires by gills?
A) Cray-fish
B) Star-fish
C) Silver-fish
D) Jelly-fish
24. The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by
A) Rajmohan Gandhi
B) Sheikh Majibur Rahman
C) Lord Tennyson
D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
25. On the lines of ‘Place on wheels’, a new train ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is operated between
A) Karnataka and Kerala
B) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
D) Maharashtra and Goa
26. Name of the famous paper which Gandhiji edited to propagate his ideas?
A) Harijan
B) Satyagrah
C) Khadi
D) Swadeshi
27. The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was?
A) White Storm
B) Thunder Power
C) Enola Gay
D) Black Light
28. Which Indian Commercial Bank became the first in provide mobile ATM service?
A) HDFC Bank
B) SBI
C) ICICI Bank
D) IDBI Bank
29. Sivakasi, which recently witnessed major explosions in the cracker
manufacturing units, is situated in the State of
A) Kerala
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
30. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near
A) Ajmer
B) Aurangabad
C) Patna
D) Jaipur
31. Who is the author of the book ‘Apprenticeship of a Mahatma’ is based
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Shyam Benegal
C) Shobha De
D) Fatima Meer
32. The ‘break-even point’ is where
A) Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
B) Average revenue equals average cost
C) Total revenue equals total cost
D) None of the above
33. South-south dialogue is associated with
A) Co-operation among developing nations
B) Arms conference
C) Summit meeting between the developed and the developing countries
D) All of the above
34. Among the following, which one is not a football club?
A) Arsenal
B) Aston Villa
C) Chelsea
D) Monte Carlo
35. Rate of interest is determined by
A) The rate of return on the capital invested
B) Central Government
C) Liquidity preference
D) Commercial Banks
36. Which of the following has not been a component of the agricultural strategy that brought about the Green Revolution?
A) Greater intensity of cropping
B) Guaranteed maximum prices
C) New agricultural technology
D) Package of inputs
37. Which of the following makes the skin layer impervious to water?
A) Collagen
B) Melanin
C) Keratin
D) Chitin
38. Generally, the soil of the northern plains of India id formed by
A) Degradation
B) Aggradation
A Compilation of www.study-places.com Page 8
C) Weathering in situ
D) Erosion
39. Two richest source of edible protein are
A) Meat and eggs
B) Milk and vegetable
C) Soyabean and groundnut
D) Some type of algae and other micro-organism
40. Which of the following weeds has been found useful to check water pollution caused by industrial effluents?
A) Parthenium
B) Elephant grass
C) Water hyacinth
D) Both (A) and (B) above
41. Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with the fall of
A) Aurangzeb
B) Muhammad Shah
C) Shah Alam
D) Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
42. Who was the first known Gupta ruler?
A) Sri Gupta
B) Chandragupta I
C) Ghatotkacha
D) Kumaragupta I
43. Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution n the field of the journalism?
A) Booker Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Sakharov Prize
D) Sullivan Prize
44. Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry?
A) Pythagoras
B) Euclid
C) Johann Kepler
D) Rene Descartes
45. With which of the following fields is Ben Kingsley associated?
A) Sports
B) Medical Science
C) Motion Picture
D) Social Service
46. Who among the following leaders was not assassinated?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Liaqat Ali Khan
C) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
D) Lord Louis Mountbatten
47. When was colour TV transmission introduced in India?
A) 1980
B) 1981
C) 1982
D) 1984
48. Who was the founder Director of TIFR?
A) S. S. Bhatnagar
B) H. J. Bhabha
C) M. N. Saha
D) Vikaram Sarabhai
49. When was ISRO set up?
A) 1965
B) 1969
C) 1971
D) 1976
50. How many countries have exploded the atom bomb before India?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) 3
