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General Knowledge
1. Constitution of India came into force in
- a) 1956
- b) 1950
- c) 1949
- d) 1951
Correct Answer: (b)
2. Cold War refers to
- a) ideological rivalry between Capitalist and Communist world
- b) tension between Superpowers
- c) tension between East and West
- d) All of the above
Correct Answer: (d)
3. Select the High Yielding Varieties of seed-crops developed under Green Revolution in India.
- a) Maize, Black-gram, Jowar, Coffee and Tea
- b) Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra and Maize
- c) Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Pulses and Maize
- d) Rice, Wheat, Pulses, Oil seeds and Sugarcane
Correct Answer: (b)
4. In which year did Amartya Kumar Sen receive the Nobel Prize in Economics?
- a) 1995
- b) 2000
- c) 1990
- d) 1998
Correct Answer: (d)
5. The worldwide Great Depression took place in
- a) 1929
- b) 1928
- c) 1930
- d) 1936
Correct Answer: (c)
6. India is the largest producer and consumer of
- a) Tea
- b) Coffee
- c) Sugar
- d) Paddy
Correct Answer: (a)
7. A camera in the hands of a professional photographer is a ___________________.
- a) Intermediary
- b) Consumer
- c) Capital
- d) Free
Correct Answer: (c)
8. Which among the following movements was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?
- a) Swadeshi Movement
- b) Non-Cooperation Movement
- c) Civil Disobedience Movement
- d) Quit India Movement
Correct Answer: (a)
9. Name the Commander of the Arab army who conquered Sindh.
- a) Qutubuddin Aibak
- b) Allauddin Khilji
- c) Muhammed bin Qasim
- d) Al Hazzaz
Correct Answer: (c)
10. Who was the chairperson of the Chinese Communist Party at the time of liberation of China?
- a) Deng Xiaping
- b) Mao Zedong
- c) Liu Shaoqi
- d) Zhou En-lai
Correct Answer: (b)
11. Who was regarded by Gandhiji as his political Guru?
- a) Bipin Chandra Pal
- b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: (c)
12. Which one of the following is not an All India Service?
- a) Indian Forest Service
- b) Indian Administrative Service
- c) Indian Police Service
- d) Indian Foreign Service
Correct Answer: (d)
13. In which session of the Indian National Congress was the "Poorna Swaraj" resolution adopted?
- a) Belgaum session in 1924
- b) Lahore session in 1929
- c) Karachi session in 1931
- d) Lucknow session in 1916
Correct Answer: (b)
14. The school of arts developed during the Kushan Period with the mixture of Indian and Greek style is known as
- a) Persian art
- b) Gandhara art
- c) Mughal art
- d) Kushan art
Correct Answer: (b)
15. Where was Christopher Columbus from?
- a) Genoa
- b) Spain
- c) Portugal
- d) Venice
Correct Answer: (a)
16. Which of the following micro-organisms is used in milk curdling?
- a) Leuconostoc
- b) Bacillus
- c) Lactobacillus
- d) Acetobacter
Correct Answer: (c)
17. Which of the following is present in Chlorophyll molecule?
- a) Mg
- b) Fe
- c) K
- d) Mn
Correct Answer: (a)
18. The busiest rail section in respect to good transportation is
- a) Kolkata - Chennai section
- b) Delhi - Mumbai section
- c) Mumbai - Chennai section
- d) Delhi - Kolkata section
Correct Answer: (d)
19. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
- a) Nepal
- b) Bangladesh
- c) China
- d) Myanmar
Correct Answer: (a)
20. The country in East Asia which is most conspicuous for its decreasing population growth since 1981 is
- a) Thailand
- b) China
- c) Japan
- d) South Korea
Correct Answer: (b)
21. The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) is supposed to reduce the distance between Chennai and Tuticorin by ___________nautical miles.
- a) 434
- b) 243
- c) 305
- d) 361
Correct Answer: (a)
22. Cities with population from one to five million are called
- a) Million City
- b) Metropolitan
- c) Cosmopolitan
- d) Conurbation
Correct Answer: (b)
23. Master copy of genetic information is
- a) r-RNA
- b) m-RNA
- c) DNA
- d) Nucleus
Correct Answer: (c)
24. Contraceptive pills in the market contain
- a) Herbicides
- b) Antibiotics
- c) Steroid-hormones
- d) Inorganic compounds
Correct Answer: (c)
25. Nematocysts are present in
- a) Ascaris
- b) Centipede
- c) Sea anemone
- d) Starfish
Correct Answer: (c)
26. Which one out of the following helps in burning?
- a) Carbon monoxide
- b) Nitrogen
- c) Carbon dioxide
- d) Oxygen
Correct Answer: (d)
27. In organic compounds, nitrogen estimated by
- a) Victor-Meyer's method
- b) Liebig's method
- c) Dumas' method
- d) Carius method
Correct Answer: (c)
28. When a body falls form an aeroplane, there is increase in its
- a) Mass
- b) Acceleration
- c) Potential Energy
- d) Kinetic Energy
Correct Answer: (d)
29. What does 'Ozone Layer' absorb?
- a) Ultraviolet rays
- b) X-rays
- c) Y-rays
- d) Infrared rays
Correct Answer: (a)
30. In a water lifting electric pump, we convert
- a) Kinetic Energy into Electrical Energy
- b) Kinetic Energy into Potential Energy
- c) Electrical Energy into Kinetic Energy
- d) Electrical Energy into Potential Energy
Correct Answer: (c)
31. The type of mirror used in automobiles to see the traffic on the rear side is
- a) Plano-Convex
- b) Plane
- c) Convex
- d) Concave
Correct Answer: (c)
32. In MS-Excel, _________ provide a visual representation of the values in a worksheet.
- a) Formulae
- b) Templates
- c) Views
- d) Charts
Correct Answer: (d)
33. Speed of processor chip is measured in
- a) MHz
- b) Bits/second
- c) Bytes/second
- d) Mbps
Correct Answer: (a)
34. Which command is not used to switch off the computer?
- a) Log Off
- b) Shut Down
- c) Hibernate
- d) Turn Off
Correct Answer: (a)
35. 'Kyoto Protocol', an agreement signed by various countries, is associated with
- a) Building common food stock to save human beings from any natural disaster
- b) International Trade
- c) Deep Sea Oil and Mineral Exploration
- d) Clean Environment and Climate Change
Correct Answer: (d)
36. Why was Justice Dalveer Bhandari in the news recently?
- a) He became Secretary-General of SAARC
- b) He became a member of U.N. Human Rights Council
- c) He was elected to the International Court of Justice
- d) He became Director-General of World Trade Organisation
Correct Answer: (c)
37. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as
- a) non-luminous zone
- b) luminous zone
- c) dark zone
- d) blue zone
Correct Answer: (a)
38. Which of the following radiations has the least wavelength?
- a) alpha-rays
- b) gamma-rays
- c) beta-rays
- d) X-rays
Correct Answer: (b)
39. The earth is
- a) non-absorber of heat
- b) good absorber and good radiator of heat
- c) bad absorber and bad radiator of heat
- d) good reflector of heat
Correct Answer: (c)
40. BCG vaccination is given at the age of
- a) 10 years
- b) Newborn
- c) Within 15 days
- d) 2-3 days
Correct Answer: (b)
41. The International Year of Biodiversity was
- a) 1999
- b) 2006
- c) 2010
- d) 1996
Correct Answer: (c)
42. Which of the following atmospheric gases constitute greenhouse gases?
1. Carbon dioxide
2. Nitrogen
3. Nitrous oxide
4. Water vapour
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a) 1 and 4
- b) 1 and 3
- c) 1, 2 and 4
- d) 1, 3 and 4
Correct Answer: (d)
43. Which sportsperson announced recently that he would not contest charges of doping against US Anti-Doping Agency?
- a) Bradley Wiggins
- b) Carl Lewis
- c) Lance Armstrong
- d) George Hincapie
Correct Answer: (c)
44. Who is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (2011)?
- a) Saina Nehwal
- b) Sachin Tendulkar
- c) M. S. Dhoni
- d) Gagan Narang
Correct Answer: (d)
45. 'White Revolution' is related to
- a) Milk production
- b) Flood control
- c) Fish production
- d) Wheat production
Correct Answer: (a)
46. Who proposed the adage "Survival of the fittest"?
- a) William
- b) Huxley
- c) Lamarck
- d) Darwin
Correct Answer: (d)
47. Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the Lines : An Autobiography'?
- a) General J. J. Singh
- b) Kuldip Nayar
- c) Ray Bradbury
- d) Khuswant Singh
Correct Answer: (b)
48. Which of the following Indian States has the largest concentration of Scheduled Tribe population?
- a) Assam
- b) Bihar
- c) Odisha
- d) Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: (d)
49. Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance
- a) Kathak
- b) Manipuri
- c) Odissi
- d) Bharatnatyam
Correct Answer: (c)
50. Which Indian batsman announced his retirement from International Cricket on August 18, 2012?
- a) Saurav Ganguly
- b) Sachin Tendulkar
- c) V.V.S. Laxman
- d) Virat Kohli
Correct Answer: (c)