1. India attained ‘Dominion Status on
(A) 15th January, 1947
(B) 15th August, 1947
(C) 15th August, 1950
(D) 15th October, 1947
2. What is the playing time of the full version of the Indian National Anthem ?
(A) 47 seconds
(B) 50 seconds
(C) 52 seconds
(D) 60 seconds
3. A high growth rate of population is characterised by
(A) high birth and high death rates
(B) high birth and low death rates
(C) low birth and low death rates
(D) low birth and high death rates
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded Al-Balagh in
(A) 1935
(B) 1914
(C) 1915
(D) 1916
5. In which case did the Supreme Court restore the primacy of the Fundamental Rights over the Directive Principles of State Policy ?
(A) Golaknath Case
(B) Keshavananda Bharti Case
(C) Minerva Mills Case
(D) All the above cases
6. Match List-I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List-I
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M. A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V. D. Savarkar
List-II
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
3. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party
Code:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 1 3 2
7. Contour ploughing helps in
(A) stopping floods
(B) growing crops
(C) soil conservation
(D) checking LAN
8. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab ?
(A) Pallavas and Chalukyas
(B) Cholas and later Chalukyas
(C) Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates/
(D) Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms/
9. In AC circuits, AC meters measure
(A) mean values/
(B) rms values/
(C) peak values/
(D) mean square values/
10. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan/
(B) Bhupendra Nath Dutta/
(C) M. N. Roy /
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru/
11. The longest river of Europe is
(A) Rhine/
(B) Rhone/
(C) Danube/
(D) Volga/
12. Who holds the record for maximum stumping in international cricket ?
(A) Adam Gilchrist/
(B) M. S. Dhoni/
(C) Kumar Sangakkara/
(D) Andy Flower/
13. IUCN categorized major threatened species under :
(A) seven classes/
(B) five classes/
(C) six classes/
(D) Eight classes/
14. Car and diesel are the examples of
(A) Demand/
(B) Supply/
(C) Joint Supply/
(D) Joint demand/
15. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the
State Emblem taken ?
(A) Prashna/
(B) Mundaka /
(C) Mandukya /
(D) Ishavasya /
16. In which game the term ‘Putting’ is used ?
(A) Hockey Kick/
(B) Free Kick/
(C) Penalty Stroke/
(D) Off Side/
17. In the Earth, the weight of a body is maximum at the
(A) North Pole/
(B) South Pole/
(C) Equator/
(D) Surface/
18. Small and cheap computers built into several home appliances are of which type ?
(A) Mainframes/
(B) Mini computers/
(C) Micro computers/
(D) None of these/
19. Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a/an
(A) disinfectant/
(B) antibiotic/
(C) antiseptic/
(D) coagulant/
20. The pitch of sound depends on its
(A) Frequency/
(B) Intensity/
(C) Velocity/
(D) Amplitude/
21. Out of the following Indian States, which state does not have any maritime boundary?
(A) Gujarat/
(B) Goa/
(C) Rajasthan/
(D) Maharashtra/
22. Members of the Union Public Service Commission can be removed by the
(A) Parliament after a resolution adopted with 2/3rd majority/
(B) President on a unanimous recommendation from the Union Council of Ministers
(C) President on the basis of a inquiry and report by the Supreme Court/
(D) President on recommendation from Central Administrative Tribunal/
23. Persons of Indian origin (PIOS) from which country amidst the following are proposed to be considered for dual citizenship of
India?
(A) Fiji/
(B) U. S./
(C) Zimbabwe/
(D) Sri Lanka/
24. Nitrogenous food is
(A) Carbohydrate /
(B) Lipid/
(C) Protein/
(D) Salts/
25. ___ allows users to access accounts and pay bills
(A) Distance Learning/
(B) Online Banking/
(C) E-Commerce/
(D) Multimedia/
26. Which of the following Indian banks became the first to touch a market capitalisation of ` 1,00,000 crore in India ?
(A) ICICI
(B) HDFC
(C) SBI
(D) PNB
27. In India, the population growth rate is high because
(A) birth rate as well as death rate remain high
(B) birth rate has fallen less than the death rate
(C) death rate has fallen but birth rate remains high
(D) death rate has fallen less than the birh rate
28. Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin Khilji to control black-marketing and hoarding ?
(A) Land revenue should be collected in kind/
(B) Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the field only/
(C) Merchants should sell all commodities in the open/
(D) More privileges should be given to Khuts and Muqad-dams/
29. 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985 deals with
(A) Union Territories/
(B) Defection and disqualification/
(C) Extending reservation/
(D) Abolition of privy purses/
30. While estimating national income which of the following is not taken into account ?
(A) Services of a teacher/
(B) Services of a doctor/
(C) Services of a housewife/
(D) Services of a maid servant/
31. The purest form of Iron is :
(A) Cast iron/
(B) Steel/
(C) Pig iron/
(D) Wrought iron/
32. The constituents of automobile exhaust that can cause cancer is/are :
(A) Oxides of nitrogen /
(B) Carbon monoxide /
(C) Polycyclic hydrocarbons/
(D) Lead /
33. The Headquarters of the international Monetary Fund is located at
(A) Paris/
(B) Vienna/
(C) Washingtan D.C/
(D) Geneva/
34. Who is known as ‘the father of Indian missile technology’ ?
(A) Dr. U.R. Rao/
(B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam /
(C) Dr. Chidambaram/
(D) Dr. Homi Bhabha/
35. Funds which flow into a country to take advantage of favourable rates of interest in that country is called
(A) Cold Money/
(B) Black Money/
(C) Hot money/
(D) White Money/
36. A writ of Mandamus can be issued by the Supreme Court to
(A) an official to perform public duty/
(B) the Prime Minister to dissolve the Cabinet/
(C) the company to raise wages/
(D) the Government to pay the salaries to employees/
37. Which one of the following is the major feature of the Indian economy?
(A) A capitalist economy/
(B) A socialist economy/
(C) A mixed economy/
(D) None of the above/
38. Which one of the following is called the ‘digestive bag’ in the cell ?
(A) Golgi body/
(B) Mitochondrion/
(C) Ribosome/
(D) Lysosome/
39. Decibel is a term connected with :
(A) air/
(B) water/
(C) sound/
(D) soil/
40. ‘Terra rossa’ in Latin word which means
(A) hot area/
(B) red terrain/
(C) lateritic region/
(D) Green/
41. The fish catch by Indian fishermen in the international waters are part of the GDP of
(A) Sri Lanka/
(B) India and Sri Lanka/
(C) India/
(D) India and Indonesia/
42. Which one of the following is not a fertilizer?
(A) Ammonium sulphate/
(B) Calcium sulphate/
(C) Calcium ammonium nitrate/
(D) Potassium nitrate/
43. What is the colour of the ‘‘Dharma Chakra’’ in the middle of our national flag ?
(A) Sea blue/
(B) Black/
(C) Navy blue /
(D) Green/
44. The Indian representing an international organisation who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore of U.S. was
(A) Rajendra Pachauri/
(B) Viswanathan Subramanian/
(C) R. N. Tagore/
(D) Mother Teresa/
45. Flight Recorder is technically called :
(A) Dark box/
(B) Blind box /
(C) Black box/
(D) Altitude meter/
46. Rheumatic heart disease is treated with the help of :
(A) Aspirin /
(B) Streptomycin/
(C) Methyl dopa/
(D) Penicillin/
47. The average life span of red blood corpuscles is about
(A) 100 - 200 days/
(B) 100 - 120 days/
(C) 160 - 180 days/
(D) 150 - 200 days/
48. Which of the following animals does not have nervous system ?
(A) Leech/
(B) Tapeworm/
(C) Amoeba/
(D) Snail/
49. For generation of biogas, the materials commonly used are
(A) Animal wastes/
(B) Crop residues/
(C) Aquatic plants/
(D) Forest residues/
50. Shivasamudra is an island formed by the river
(A) Ganga/
(B) Godavari/
(C) Krishna/
(D) Cauvery/
solution
1. (B)
2. (C)
3. (B)
4. (C)
5. (C)
6. (A)
7. (C)
8. (C)
9. (D)
10. (A)
11. (D)
12. (B)
13. (D)
14. (D)
15. (B)
16. (C)
17. (D)
18. (C)
19. (A)
20. (A)
21. (C)
22. (C)
23. (B)
24. (C)
25. (B)
26. (C)
27. (C)
28. (C)
29. (B)
30. (C)
31. (D)
32. (D)
33. (C)
34. (B)
35. (C)
36. (A)
37. (C)
38. (D)
39. (C)
40. (B)
41. (C)
42. (B)
43. (C)
44. (A)
45. (C)
46. (A)
47. (B)
48. (C)
49. (A)
50. (D)
(A) 15th January, 1947
(B) 15th August, 1947
(C) 15th August, 1950
(D) 15th October, 1947
2. What is the playing time of the full version of the Indian National Anthem ?
(A) 47 seconds
(B) 50 seconds
(C) 52 seconds
(D) 60 seconds
3. A high growth rate of population is characterised by
(A) high birth and high death rates
(B) high birth and low death rates
(C) low birth and low death rates
(D) low birth and high death rates
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the Government, he founded Al-Balagh in
(A) 1935
(B) 1914
(C) 1915
(D) 1916
5. In which case did the Supreme Court restore the primacy of the Fundamental Rights over the Directive Principles of State Policy ?
(A) Golaknath Case
(B) Keshavananda Bharti Case
(C) Minerva Mills Case
(D) All the above cases
6. Match List-I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List-I
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. M. A. Jinnah
c. Tej Bahadur Sapru
d. V. D. Savarkar
List-II
1. Muslim League
2. Indian National Congress
3. Hindu Mahasabha
4. Liberal Party
Code:
a b c d
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 2 4 1 3
(D) 4 1 3 2
7. Contour ploughing helps in
(A) stopping floods
(B) growing crops
(C) soil conservation
(D) checking LAN
8. Which of the following powers did not fight for the Tungabhadra Doab ?
(A) Pallavas and Chalukyas
(B) Cholas and later Chalukyas
(C) Golconda and Ahmadnagar Sultanates/
(D) Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms/
9. In AC circuits, AC meters measure
(A) mean values/
(B) rms values/
(C) peak values/
(D) mean square values/
10. Who was in favour of a partyless democracy?
(A) Jai Prakash Narayan/
(B) Bhupendra Nath Dutta/
(C) M. N. Roy /
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru/
11. The longest river of Europe is
(A) Rhine/
(B) Rhone/
(C) Danube/
(D) Volga/
12. Who holds the record for maximum stumping in international cricket ?
(A) Adam Gilchrist/
(B) M. S. Dhoni/
(C) Kumar Sangakkara/
(D) Andy Flower/
13. IUCN categorized major threatened species under :
(A) seven classes/
(B) five classes/
(C) six classes/
(D) Eight classes/
14. Car and diesel are the examples of
(A) Demand/
(B) Supply/
(C) Joint Supply/
(D) Joint demand/
15. From which of the following Upanishads the words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ inscribed in Devanagari Script below the abacus of the
State Emblem taken ?
(A) Prashna/
(B) Mundaka /
(C) Mandukya /
(D) Ishavasya /
16. In which game the term ‘Putting’ is used ?
(A) Hockey Kick/
(B) Free Kick/
(C) Penalty Stroke/
(D) Off Side/
17. In the Earth, the weight of a body is maximum at the
(A) North Pole/
(B) South Pole/
(C) Equator/
(D) Surface/
18. Small and cheap computers built into several home appliances are of which type ?
(A) Mainframes/
(B) Mini computers/
(C) Micro computers/
(D) None of these/
19. Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a/an
(A) disinfectant/
(B) antibiotic/
(C) antiseptic/
(D) coagulant/
20. The pitch of sound depends on its
(A) Frequency/
(B) Intensity/
(C) Velocity/
(D) Amplitude/
21. Out of the following Indian States, which state does not have any maritime boundary?
(A) Gujarat/
(B) Goa/
(C) Rajasthan/
(D) Maharashtra/
22. Members of the Union Public Service Commission can be removed by the
(A) Parliament after a resolution adopted with 2/3rd majority/
(B) President on a unanimous recommendation from the Union Council of Ministers
(C) President on the basis of a inquiry and report by the Supreme Court/
(D) President on recommendation from Central Administrative Tribunal/
23. Persons of Indian origin (PIOS) from which country amidst the following are proposed to be considered for dual citizenship of
India?
(A) Fiji/
(B) U. S./
(C) Zimbabwe/
(D) Sri Lanka/
24. Nitrogenous food is
(A) Carbohydrate /
(B) Lipid/
(C) Protein/
(D) Salts/
25. ___ allows users to access accounts and pay bills
(A) Distance Learning/
(B) Online Banking/
(C) E-Commerce/
(D) Multimedia/
26. Which of the following Indian banks became the first to touch a market capitalisation of ` 1,00,000 crore in India ?
(A) ICICI
(B) HDFC
(C) SBI
(D) PNB
27. In India, the population growth rate is high because
(A) birth rate as well as death rate remain high
(B) birth rate has fallen less than the death rate
(C) death rate has fallen but birth rate remains high
(D) death rate has fallen less than the birh rate
28. Which of the following was not ordered by Alauddin Khilji to control black-marketing and hoarding ?
(A) Land revenue should be collected in kind/
(B) Cultivators should sell the harvested crops on the field only/
(C) Merchants should sell all commodities in the open/
(D) More privileges should be given to Khuts and Muqad-dams/
29. 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985 deals with
(A) Union Territories/
(B) Defection and disqualification/
(C) Extending reservation/
(D) Abolition of privy purses/
30. While estimating national income which of the following is not taken into account ?
(A) Services of a teacher/
(B) Services of a doctor/
(C) Services of a housewife/
(D) Services of a maid servant/
31. The purest form of Iron is :
(A) Cast iron/
(B) Steel/
(C) Pig iron/
(D) Wrought iron/
32. The constituents of automobile exhaust that can cause cancer is/are :
(A) Oxides of nitrogen /
(B) Carbon monoxide /
(C) Polycyclic hydrocarbons/
(D) Lead /
33. The Headquarters of the international Monetary Fund is located at
(A) Paris/
(B) Vienna/
(C) Washingtan D.C/
(D) Geneva/
34. Who is known as ‘the father of Indian missile technology’ ?
(A) Dr. U.R. Rao/
(B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam /
(C) Dr. Chidambaram/
(D) Dr. Homi Bhabha/
35. Funds which flow into a country to take advantage of favourable rates of interest in that country is called
(A) Cold Money/
(B) Black Money/
(C) Hot money/
(D) White Money/
36. A writ of Mandamus can be issued by the Supreme Court to
(A) an official to perform public duty/
(B) the Prime Minister to dissolve the Cabinet/
(C) the company to raise wages/
(D) the Government to pay the salaries to employees/
37. Which one of the following is the major feature of the Indian economy?
(A) A capitalist economy/
(B) A socialist economy/
(C) A mixed economy/
(D) None of the above/
38. Which one of the following is called the ‘digestive bag’ in the cell ?
(A) Golgi body/
(B) Mitochondrion/
(C) Ribosome/
(D) Lysosome/
39. Decibel is a term connected with :
(A) air/
(B) water/
(C) sound/
(D) soil/
40. ‘Terra rossa’ in Latin word which means
(A) hot area/
(B) red terrain/
(C) lateritic region/
(D) Green/
41. The fish catch by Indian fishermen in the international waters are part of the GDP of
(A) Sri Lanka/
(B) India and Sri Lanka/
(C) India/
(D) India and Indonesia/
42. Which one of the following is not a fertilizer?
(A) Ammonium sulphate/
(B) Calcium sulphate/
(C) Calcium ammonium nitrate/
(D) Potassium nitrate/
43. What is the colour of the ‘‘Dharma Chakra’’ in the middle of our national flag ?
(A) Sea blue/
(B) Black/
(C) Navy blue /
(D) Green/
44. The Indian representing an international organisation who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore of U.S. was
(A) Rajendra Pachauri/
(B) Viswanathan Subramanian/
(C) R. N. Tagore/
(D) Mother Teresa/
45. Flight Recorder is technically called :
(A) Dark box/
(B) Blind box /
(C) Black box/
(D) Altitude meter/
46. Rheumatic heart disease is treated with the help of :
(A) Aspirin /
(B) Streptomycin/
(C) Methyl dopa/
(D) Penicillin/
47. The average life span of red blood corpuscles is about
(A) 100 - 200 days/
(B) 100 - 120 days/
(C) 160 - 180 days/
(D) 150 - 200 days/
48. Which of the following animals does not have nervous system ?
(A) Leech/
(B) Tapeworm/
(C) Amoeba/
(D) Snail/
49. For generation of biogas, the materials commonly used are
(A) Animal wastes/
(B) Crop residues/
(C) Aquatic plants/
(D) Forest residues/
50. Shivasamudra is an island formed by the river
(A) Ganga/
(B) Godavari/
(C) Krishna/
(D) Cauvery/
solution
1. (B)
2. (C)
3. (B)
4. (C)
5. (C)
6. (A)
7. (C)
8. (C)
9. (D)
10. (A)
11. (D)
12. (B)
13. (D)
14. (D)
15. (B)
16. (C)
17. (D)
18. (C)
19. (A)
20. (A)
21. (C)
22. (C)
23. (B)
24. (C)
25. (B)
26. (C)
27. (C)
28. (C)
29. (B)
30. (C)
31. (D)
32. (D)
33. (C)
34. (B)
35. (C)
36. (A)
37. (C)
38. (D)
39. (C)
40. (B)
41. (C)
42. (B)
43. (C)
44. (A)
45. (C)
46. (A)
47. (B)
48. (C)
49. (A)
50. (D)
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