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General Awareness
Indian History
1) Who initiated the move to form the Indian National Congress: A)O Hume 2) Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress: W)C Bannerjee 3) In which year was the Indian National Congress formed: 1885 4) Who among the following belonged to the Moderate group of the Indian National Congress: Bal Gangadhar Tilak 5) Jallianwala Barg Massacre took place in which city: Amritsar 6) The Governor-General of India who initated the introduction of English in India was: Lord Bentinck 7) Gandhis Dandi March started from: Ahmedabad 8) Quit India Movement was adopted by the Indian National Congress at: Bombay 9) King George V visited India during the vice royalty of: Lord Harding 10) Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal: Lord Cornwallis 11) After the Chauri-Chaura incident Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement because: He did not want the movement to turn violent) 12) Arrange the following in chronological order: i) Formation of interim government Mission v) Lord Wavells proposals ANS) ii, iv, v, iii, i, vi 13) In 1942 the Cripps Mission promised to grant: a complete dominion status to India 14) The Muslim League was founded during the period: 1901 10 15) The Swadeshi Movement was started by: boycotting foreign goods) 16) Who was the Governor-General during the period 1774 85: Lord Hastings 17) Raja Rammohan Roy was the founder of: Brahmo Samaj 18) Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Communal Award 19) The first partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in: 1905 20) Who among the following was captured and hanged by the British after the Sepoy Mutiny: Tatya Tope 21) The Indian National Comgress adopted the resolution of Complete Independence in its session held at: Lahore 22) Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it) This was advocated by: Lokmanya Tilak ii) Recall of Lord Linlithgow vi) Mountbatten Plan iii) Cabinet Mission iv) Cripps
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23) The slogan Inquilab Zindabad was raised by: Bhagat Singh 24) Who was the first British Viceroy as well as Governor-General of India: Lord Canning 25) The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhi after the: Rowlatt Act of 1919 26) Match the following: a) Civil Disobedience Movement) i) B)G Tilak c) Moderate Leader) iii) Mahatma Gandhi ANS) a-iii) B-i, c-iv,d-ii 27) Which of the following Acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in the legislature: Government of India Act 1935 28) Partition of Bengal was undertaken with a view to: divide the Hindus of West and East Bengal and increasing HinduMuslim tension) 29) Lord Wellesly greatly extended the British Dominion through: Subsidiary alliance 30) Gandhiji started the Dandi Marcch: To break the Salt Law 31) Which of the following was the reason for calling of the non-cooperation movement by Gandhiji: Chauri-Chaura incident 32) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms intended to: Introduce the system of diarchy 33) The first Satyagraha campaign of Gandhiji was started in: Champaran 34) Arrange the following in correct chronological oder: a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre d) Boycott of Simon Commission ANS) c-a-d-b 35) The first Muslim president of the INC was: Rahumulla Sayani 36) Ring Fences is associated with: Warren Hastings 37) Sutudri mentioned in the Rig Veda is: the name of a river 38) A board of copper images generally assigned to the Harappan culture phase, has been found at: Daimabad 39) Adhvarya mentioned in the Vedic literature was: a category of sacrificial priest 40) After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited Indian soldiers mostly from the: Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the north 41) Akbars buildings at Fatehpur SIkri are famous for: synthesis of trabeate and arcuate styles 42) The sculptural evidence regarding the first representation of the Buddha in human form has come from: Mathura b) Second Civil Disobedience Movement c) Congres split at Surat b) Indian Home Rule) ii) Raja Rammohan Roy d) Brahmo Swaraj) iv) G)K Gokhale
43) Aranyani, Goddess of the forest, is first mentioned in the: Rik Samhita 44) Ashokas contemporary Greek King of Syria mentioned in his edicts, was: Antiochus II Theos 45) Before coming to Akbars court, Miyan Tansen was in the service of: Raja of Jaipur 46) Consider the following passage: His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III) He had his capital at Talakad in the south and Bankapura in the north) It was in AD 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha) The above passage refers to: Vishnuvardhana 47) During Akbars reign, the land which was cultivated every year and was never left fallow was known as: Polaj 48) During the 13 and 14 centuries, peasants in India did not cultivate: Maize 49) During the decline of the Mughal empire, the Jats were organized into a political force by: Suraj Mal 50) During the period of Harshvardhana, the fields wee watered by the pots of ghatiyantra) This is known from the writings of Hiuen Tsang 51) Ghatiyantra was used in early India for : irrigation of wells 52) Hiuen Tsand found Jainism flourishing in: Bengal 53) Ibrahim Khan Gardi was an important military officer of: Peshwa Balaji Daji Rao 54) In 1751, Alivardi virtually ceded Orissa to: Raghuji Bhosle 55) In ancient and early medieval India, the uncultivated and untaxed land was called: Khilakshetra 56) In ancient India the profession of the karavara involved work: in leather 57) In ancient Indian social structure, the term aniravasita was related to: Shudras only 58) In March 1784, the Treaty of Mangalore was concluded mainly at the insistence of: Lord Macartney 59) In the early decades of Maratha rule, the most popular unit of land revenue measurement was: Kathi 60) In the late 17 and early 18 centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by: Dutch East India Company 61) In the Mauryan administration the official designated as Rupadarsaka was: manager of stage 62) In the Vijayanaraga kingdom, the provincial governors who did not belong to the royal family but were appointed on merit were generally known as: Amaranayakas 63) In Vajrayna Buddhism the spouse of the Buddha Bodhisatva was known as: Tara 64) Jivaka, mentioned in the early Buddist literature, was: Physician 65) Kumarasambhavam describes the story of the birth of: Karthikeya 66) Land revenue in the Vijaynagar kingom ranged from: 26% to 30% of the produce 67) Match List I (Attributes with List II(Bodhisatvas),
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List I (A) Pot carrier (B) Thunderbolt carrier (C) Lotus-bearer (D) Sword-holder Ans) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
List II (1) Vajrapani (2) Avalokiteshwara (3) Maitreya (4) Manjushri
68) Match List I (Items found in Harappan sites) with List II (Possible sources), List I List II (A) Copper (1) Deccan (B) Shell (2) Rajasthan (C) Lapis (3) Kutch (D) Gold (4) Afghanistan Ans) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 69) Match List I (Mughal Governors) with List II (Territories), List I List II (A) Alivardi (1) Punjab (B) Saadat and Safdar Jung (2) Hyderabad (C) Zakir Khan (3) Bengal (D) Nizam-ul-malik (4) Oudh (5) Karnataka Ans) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 70) Match List I (Tribes who revolted against the British) with List II (Year of revolution) List I List II (A) Khonds (1) 1820 (B) Santhals (2) 1846 (C) Kols (3) 1855 (D) Mudnas (4) 1895 Ans) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 71) Match List I and List II correctly) List I (A) Dutch (B) English (C) Portuguese (D) French Ans) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 72) Match List I and List II correctly List I (A) The First Mysore War (B) The Second Mysore War (C) The Third Mysore War (D) The Fourth Mysore War Ans) A-5, B-4, C-1, D-3 73) Match List I with List II correctly List I (A) Nyaya (B) Vaiseshika (C) Sankhya (D) Mimamsa Ans) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
List II (1) Goa (2) Pulicat (3) Bugli (4) Chinsura
List II (1) Cornwallis (2) Lord Hastings (3) Wellesley (4) Warren Hastings (5) Col) Smith
List II (1) Jamini (2) Kapila (3) Kanada (4) Gautama
74) Match List I with List II ListI (A) Koliyas (B) Moriyas (C) Videhas (D) Lichhavis Ans) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2 75) Match List I with List II List I (A) Chandidas (B) Chaitanya (C) Hussain Shah (D) Surdas Ans) A-2, B-5, C-4, D-1 76) Match List I with List II List I (A) Revolt of the Bhils (B) Revolt of the Gujars (C) Kolhapur Rising (D) Santhal Rebellion Ans) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
List II (1) Pippalivana (2) Vaisali (3) Ramagama (4) Mithila
List II (1) Radhavallabh sect (2) Sahajiyas (3) Advaita philosophy (4) Satyapir workship (5) Bhedabheda philosophy
List II (1) 1855-56 (2) 1817-18 (3) 1839-45 (4) 1824
77) Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador to the Mauryan coury by: Deimachos 78) Monopoly of the Eats India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter act of 1833 79) Nagarasreshti and Sarthavaha are refered to in the context of urban administration in inscriptions of the Gupta period from: Avanti 80) Qutub-ud-din Aibak is said to have built, besides the Qutub mosque and the Qutub Mindar: The Arhai-din-ka Jhonpra mosque at Ajmer 81) Rajballav, Ghaseti Begum, Shaukat Jang were the arch foes of: Sirajuddulah 82) Religion wise the culptures found at Kankali Tila in Mathura are: Jaina 83) Rig Veda people invoked Indra for: material comforts and victory 84) Since 1858 the supreme court if financial administration in India was vested with the: British Parliament 85) Sramana is paired in early sources with; Saugata 86) Svyamvara was a special form of: Gandharva marriage 87) Man in some areas of India lived in underground pits is suggested by the excavation in: Kashmir 88) The Dal Khalsa was founded by: Kapur Singh 89) The battle of Koppan was fought between: The Western Chalukyas and the Cholas 90) The Besnagar inscription of Heliodorus refers to: Vasudeva only
91) The bill to cancel the exemption given to the European community from the jurisdiction of the magistrates and the criminal courts established by the East India Company was proposed in: 1882 92) The Chalukya king Kumarapala is said to have instituted a Jaina reformation under the guidance of: Hemchandra 93) The conflict between the Mughals and the Marathas began during the reign of: Akbar 94) The crops cultivated by the Harappans included: wheat, barley and mustard 95) The doctrine of void shunyata was first expounded by the Buddhist philosopher: Nagarjuna 96) The earliest Indian coins are not earlier than: 5 Century BC 97) The existence of the store houses as famine relief measure in the Mauryan period is known as: Sohgaura plate inscription 98) The export of slaves from India was banned by: Sikandar Lodhi 99) The fertile agrarian tract in the early Tamil country is denoted by the term: Marudam 100) The first Mughal building with complete marble facing was: Itmaduddaulahs tomb 101) The first surviving true dome in India is: The Alai Darwaza 102) The first Tamil Sangam is said to have been instituted by: Agastya 103) The gold coins of Mohammad Ghori usually bear: Goddess Lakshmi on the observe and his name in Nagari characters on the reserve) 104) The Government of India Act 1919 clearly defined the: jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments 105) The greatest painter of birds at Jahangirs court was: Mansur 106) The group which figures prominently in the context of cattle aids in the Rigveda was that if the: Panis 107) The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the: Romans and Kushanas 108) The head of a guild in ancient and early medieval India was called: Jetthaka 109) The Hindu God who has sometimes been identified by the Greek authors with Heakles is: Krishna 110) The Indian ruler who defeated the English in the early stage of English rule in India was: Hyder Ali 111) The Iqta under the Delhi Sultans was a territorial assignment and its holder was designated Mugti who: was the owner of the iqta land 112) The Jaina system of thought closely resembles: Sankhya 113) The Kalyana-mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of: Cholas 114) The Kingdom of Ranjit Singh included: Srinagar 115) The land revenue in Mughal India was a: share in the produce 116) The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found along the: Ghaggar-Hakra
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117) The manuscript of Dastaan-i-Amir Hamza was illustrated by: Abdus Samad of Shiraz 118) The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally: Menials 119) The Mughal emperor who drove away the Portuguese from Hughli, the premier port of Bengal was: Shah Jahan 120) The Mughal firman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in: 1717 121) The name of the mother goddess Uma appears on the coins of: Kushanas 122) The Nawab of Bengal who transferred the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad was: Murshid Quli Khan 123) The nimbus formed a special feature of Mughal portraiture under: Jahangir 124) The office of the wakil-us-Sultanat of Mughal administration signified the: entire Imperial Establishment 125) The original canon of the Jainas is believed to have considered of: 12 angas 126) The Pits India Act of 1784 sought to: introduce some parliamentary control over the English East India Company 127) The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra clearly indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were: provided specific quarters in the township 128) The post-Gupta social structure in north India was marked by the: proliferation of castes 129) The predominant funerary practice at Harappa was: extended burial of the body with pottery 130) The rate of land revenue was highest during the reign of: Mohammad Bin Tughlaq 131) The culmination of the traditional opposition to British rule came with the Revolt of 1857 which started from: Meerut 132) The 1857 Revolt which began with the mutiny of the sepoys (Indian soldiers of the East India Company) commenced from: 10 May 1857 133) What was the important element in the strength of the Revolt of 1857: Hindu-Muslim unity 134) The revolt of 1857 was led by Nana Sahib at Meerut where he was defeated) 135) As a result of 1857 Revolt, which ruler of native states of India was made prisoner: Bahadur Shah 136) The Revolt of 1857 was the first great struggle of the Indian people for freedom from British imperialism but it failed) The main reason for failure was: All the native rulers did not join the revolt 137) Who was one of the first Indian leaders to start an agitation for political reforms (i)e freedom of press, trial by jury, etc): Raja Rammohan Roy 138) The germs of modern political consciousness was sown in the 1820s and 1830s by: Rammohan Roy and Derozians from Bengal 139) Which was the first political association to be started in India and where? : Landholders Society at Calcutta in 1838 140) The doctrine of Swadeshi was first preached: In 1870 to protect Indian industries against onslaught of British manufacturers
141) The Swadeshi movement was specially marked by: Active participation of women in movement 142) The Indian National Congress wa sponsored by: A)O Hume(an Englishman and a retired civil servant) in 1885 143) Who was the first President of Indian National congress and when was it first organized?: W)C Banerjee 1885 144) Why was the movement of Indian National Congress remained most successful struggle freedom?: Because the movement was sponsored by a great Englishman 145) Why was B)G Tilak arrested in 1897 due to which he became popular all-India leader and was given the title of Lokmanya by the people: On the charge of spreading disaffection against the British Indian Government) 146) Who was the first Indian to use the word Swarajya in 1906: Dadabhai Naoroji at the Calcutta session of the Congress 147) Whose name is associated with the Muslim communalism which helped the British Government to follow the policy of Divide and Rule: Sayyed Ahmed Khan 148) Who was the Indian leader who opposed organization of Indian Congress in 1885 along with the raja Shiva Prasad of Benares: Sayyed Ahmed Khan 149) The concrete shape and setting to the communal theory was given when the All India Muslim League was set up in the year: 1906 150) Under whose leadership the All India Muslim League was set up: Aga Khan 151) The Ahar Movement was started as a: Anti-communal and anti-Muslim leader of the Ahar movement 152) Who was the most prominent Muslim leader of the Ahar movement: Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad 153) Who started the Home Rule movement and when: Mrs Annie Besant in September in 1916 154) What was the main aim of Home Rule Movement: To attain self-government within the British Empire 155) Why was the Khilafat Movement started after the First World War by the Ali brothers: To agitate for preservation of office of Khalifa and better treatment for Turkey where British Government imposed harsh term after the war 156) Khilafat Movement, fully supported by both Hindus and Muslims and adopted by the Congress through Gandhiji subsided because of: Office of Khalifa was abolished in Turkey itself and better terms given to Turkey 157) When and where was the Ghadar Party organized by Indian Revolutionaries: In 1913 by Indians living in Canada & America 158) When was the non-violent non-cooperation movement started and by when: In 1919 by Mahatma Gandhi 159) With what is the 13 April 1919 associated in the history of freedom struggle of India: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 160) Firing to Jallianwalla Bagh was ordered by: ODwyer 161) Which ruler was the builder of Jahan-Pnah, Delhis fourth city: Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq 162) Non-cooperation movement was withdrawn mainly becauseof the: Chauri-Chaura incident 163) In which year non-cooperation movement was withdrawn: 1920
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164) How did National Liberal Federation of India came into existence: Clash between the Moderates and Extremists in the Congress 165) The Moderates decided to break with the Extremists in the year: 1907 166) While Moderates decided to break with the Extremists as early as 1907, final separation took place only in the year: 1918 167) In which year National Liberal Federation of India was formed by the Moderates: 1919 168) Who is known as Sher-e-Punjab among the freedom fighters: Lala Lajpat Rai 169) What is the importance of Bombay sessions of All India Congress Committee which was held in August 1942: It passed the famous Quit India Movement) 170) Who among the following leaders who struggled for the freedom of the country was not a moderator: Bipin Chandra Pak 171) Who was the political guru of the Father of Nation: Gokhale 172) Who were the President and Secretary of the Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party formed in 1922: C)R Das and Motilal Nehru 173) The royal title Kaisara was derived from: Roman 174) the sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was: A tax-levied on deshmukhs 175) The statement that if by worshipping stones one can find God, I shall worship mountains was made by Kabir 176) The story of the migration of Videgha Mathava to the east with his priest is mentioned in the: Satapartha Brahmana 177) The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year: 1853 178) The term brahmadeya occurs for the first time in: Pre-Gupta inscription 179) The term devamtrika refers to: country with rainfall 180) The term Nirgrantha is associated with: Jainas 181) The theory of sulh-i-kul was propounded by: Akbar 182) The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with: the king 183) The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of independence by: V)D Savarkar 184) The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) was in: 14 century AD 185) The Vijaynagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was: Devaraya I 186) The Yaudheyas, a kshatriya tribe, worshipped exclusively the God: Karthikeya 187) The zamindari in Mughal India was not: a saleable right
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188) Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source, He is: Tivara 189) The treaty of Mangalore was signed between: The English East India Company and Tipu Sultan 190) What was considered as Varna Samkara : Illegitimate birth 191) the Indus Valley Civilization is associated with: Summerians 192) Lothal is part of the excavation site of the civilization of: Indus Valley 193) The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilization was found at: Mohenjodaro 194) The Indus Valley Civilization is important because: It antiquates the period of civilization in India 195) Aryans emerged on the Indian scene sometime between: 3000 2500 BC 196) Who was mainly worshipped in the Rig Vedic period: Indra 197) Kautiluas Arthashastra is a great treatise on: State-craft 198) Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient India: Manu 199) We can know about early Vedic period from: The Rig Veda 200) The Upanishads are: A source of Hindu philosophy 201) The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by: Swami Dayananda 202) Which of the following is the oldest Veda: Rigveda 203) Which of the following is the theme of the teaching of Lord Buddha: Renunciation of desire 204) Gautama Buddha was born in: Lumbini 205) The eight-fold path was propounded by: Buddha 206) Who is known as the Light of Asia: Buddha 207) Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the Buddhists 208) Mahavira was born in: 430 BC 209) Mahavira was born in the royal family of the: Kshatriyas 210) To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath: Ashoka 211) In which way is Sarnath associated with Gautam Buddha: He preached his first sermon there 212) Which of these is the most important cause for the decline of Buddhism after Ashoka: Non-patronage by the kings
213) Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana at: Bodh Gaya 214) Which attributes can be regarded as the chief contribution of Buddhism to India: Ahimsa and self-purification 215) The ruins of an ancient Indian university are at: Nalanda 216) Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty: Chandragupta I 217) Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at: Shravanabelagola 218) Accession of Ashoka dates back to: 273 BC 219) Who transferred his capital from Delhi to Devangiri: Alauddin Khilji 220) Akbar sought the friendship and cooperation of Rajputs: to strengthen the foundation of Mughal Empire in India 221) Which was the most important feature of the land revenue system of Akbar: Collection of land revenue directly at the central treasury 222) The first Sultan of Delhi who did not allow the Ulemas to interfere in political and administrative affairs was: Alauddin Khilji 223) Name the Mughal Emperor of India who was more an adventurer then a ruler: Babur 224) Fatherpur Sikri was founded during the period of: Akbar 225) Adi Shankaracharya, the founder of the Bhakti movement belonged to: South India 226) What was the cause of disintergration of the Mughal Empire: Attacks of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali 227) Who built the Jama Masjid: Shahjahan 228) Who founded the Mughal empire: Babur 229) Which Mughal emperor displayed secular policies towards Hindus: Akbar 230) Who was the first Englishman to visit the Mughal court: Capt) William Hawkins 231) Din-i-ilahi was the name of a : Religion 232) Sher Shah Suri ruled India for the period: 1556 1545 233) The Divine Faith was a monument of Akbars folly, not his wisdom) This statement refers to Din-i-ilahi 234) Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of: Jahangir 235) The outstanding feature of the reign of Shahjahan was: development of art and architecture 236) The biggest mosque of India was built by: Shahjahan 237) The battle of Plassey is situated in: West Bengal
238) The First Battle of Panipat was fought between babur and Ibrahim Lodhi 239) The First Battle of Plassey took place in 1757 240) Haji Maula revolted against which one of the folliwng Sultans: Alauddin Khilji 241) In the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas were defeated by the: Afghans 242) The Battle of Haldighati was fought in: 1576 243) Todar Mal was associated with: Law 244) The Mughal empire reached its zenith during Akbars regime) 245) the capital of Mysore during Tipu Sultans rule was: Srirangapatnam 246) The Batte of Talikota was fought in the year: 2565 247) The capital of Harshas empire was: Thanesar 248) During the reign of Harshavardhana a large Buddhist monastery was established at: Nalanda 249) Examples of Vijaynagar are can be found at: Hampi 250) The Gupta king who expanded his kingdom towards south India is: Chandragupta II 251) The temples at Halebid and Belur were built by: Hoysalas 252) The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the period of Harshavardhana was: Hiuen Tsang 253) Fa-hien came to India during the reign of: Chandragupta II 254) Who were the contemporaries of the Gupta kings in the south: Rashtrakutas 255) Which famous temple in the south was built by Cholas: Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur 256) Which dynasty was well-known for excellent village administration: Cholas 257) The Ajanta caves were built during the period of the : Guptas 258) Chandagupta II was named Vikramaditya 259) Pulakesin I, the first independent ruler of Badami, belonged to the dynasty of the: Chalukyas 260) Who was the famous Deccan Hindu King who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra, Java and Malaysia: Rajendra Chola 261) Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra: Harshvardhana 262) Shivajis war strategy used against the Mughals was: guerrilla warfare
263) Shivajis greatness largely rests upon which of the following factors: He founded theMaratha power in India 264) Shivaji was cornated at: Rajgarh 265) The first to have trade relations with India were the: Portuguese 266) Cause of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was: supply of greased cartridges to the soldiers 267) Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because: None of the members were Indians 268) Indian National Army was formed by: Subash Chandra Bose 269) Which Governor-General was responsible for the partition of Bengal: Lord Curzon 270) Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of formation of the Indian National Congress: Lord Dufferin 271) Name the epics which were present in early Tamil literature: Silappadikaram and Manimekhalai 272) Which term was used in early India for denoting measurement of land: Kulyavapa 273) Which Act abolished the monopoly of tea trade and trade with China by the East India Company: Charter Act of 1833 274) Which Act strengthened the unitary character of the government of India by establishing a general control over the finances of India by The Governor-General: The Charter Act of 1833 275) What describes the function of the Amatya in the Ashtpradhan system: The Finance minister 276) Which event immediately followed the Revolt of the Sepoys in 1857: Peasant agitation against the indigo planters in Bengal 277) Which inscription mentions the names of both Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka: Janagarh inscription of Rudradaman 278) Which inscription provides the earliest epigraphical eveidence regarding Sati: Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanugupta 279) Which is a commentary on the Arthasastra: Pratipada-Panchika of Bhattasvamin 280) Which is a commentary on the Digha nikaya: Lalitivistara 281) Which kingdom was known for wealthy merchants professing Jainism and building Jain temples: The Chalukya 282) Which is looked after the military department under the Mughals: Mir-i-Bakshi 283) Which pair was popularly known as Sayyid Brohers, the king makers: Hussain Ali and Abdullah Hussain 284) Name the philosophy associated with Jainism: Syadvada 285) Which place on the Western coast of India had an English factory: Gulkral 286) Which rebellion began in 1816 and lasted till 1932: Kol uprising
General Awareness
Indian Polity
1) An interpretation of the Indian Constitution is based on the spirit of the: Preamble 2) The Indian Constitution is regarded as: federal in form and unitary in spirit 3) India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of States, occurs in which article of the Indian constitution: Article 1 4) Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the: 42 Amendment 5) The President of India is a: titular executive 6) The President of India is elected indirectly buy the electoral college consisting of the elected members of: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legisilative assemblies 7) The salary of President of India has been raised to: Rs 150,000 8) What is the minimum age prescribed for a candidate to be elected to the office of the President of India: 35 years 9) The President may, for violation of Constitution, be removed from office by: impeachment 10) Legislative powers are vested in the: Parliament 11) The Supreme Court judges are appointed by the: President 12) President can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the: advice of the prime minister 13) The President of India is not a member of Parliament because: he holds an office of profit under the Government 14) Who has authority to proclaim Emergency in a state: President 15) The financial powers of the President of India are: No Money Bill can be introduced without his prior consent) He appoints the Finance Commission
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16) Who was the first president of India: Dr) Rajendra Prasad 17) The following have held office of the president of India) The chronological order in which they held office is i) Dr) Zakir Hussain ii) V) V) Girir iii) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed iv) N) Sanjiva Reddy 18) The ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha is: Vice- President 19) What is the minimum age prescribed for a candidate for election of vice- president of India: 35 years 20) The vice- president of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: members of both the Houses of Parliament 21) The vice- president acts as the president of India when: a) president is sick b) president is unable to discharge his duties c) president is absent from the country 22) Who was the first vice- president of India: Dr) S) Radhakrishnan 23) The minimum age (in years) required to become the prime minister of India is: 25 24) In a parliamentary system, to whom is the executive responsible: House of People 25) India has a parliamentary democracy system as the: council of ministers is responsible to Parliament 26) India is a federal state because its constitution provides for: sharing powers between states and Centre 27) Who was the prime minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru 28) First mid- term elections were held in: 1977 29) The prime minister is responsible to the: Lok Sabha 30) The council of ministers has to resign if a no-confident motion is passed by majority members of: the Lok Sabha 31) Money Bills can only be introduced in the: Lok Sabha 32) Which of the following types of bills can become law despite disapproval by the Rajya Sabha: Finance Bill 33) Under the Constitution the speaker of the Lok Sabha may be removed from office by: a resolution passed by a majority of all members of the house 34) The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by: elected members of the legislative assembly 35) If the speaker of the lower house wants to resign, he should send his resignation to the: Deputy Speaker 36) The Constitution of India provides for the nomination of two members to the Lok Sabha, by the president to represent: the Anglo-Indian Community 37) Which Article of the Constitution provides the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution: 368 38) The maximum gap between sessions of the Parliament can be: 6 months
39) Who among the following has a right to speak and otherwise take part in the proceedings of either House of Parliament and to be a member of any Parliamentary Committee but is not entitled to vote: The attorney general 40) What is the minimum age in number of years prescribed for a membership to the Lok Sabha: 25 41) Which part of Constitution deals with citizenship: II 42) The president of India can declare emergency if there is: a) war or threat of war b) Failure of constitutional machinery c) financial instability 43) BY which Constitution Amendment Bill was the voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years: 61 44) Which Union Territory became the 25 state of India: Goa 45) Indian State with largest electorate is: UP 46) Judges of a high court are appointed by the president with the consent of the: governor, the Chief Justice of the High Court concerned and the Chief Justice of India 47) Judges of the Supreme Court can hold office up to: 65 years 48) To be eligible to become a judge of a High Court, the candidate should be a: practising advocate of 10 years in a High Court 49) What is the minimum age in years prescribed for candidature to the office of governor of a state: 35 50) What is the term of office of the governor of a state: 5 years 51) How many states in India have two houses, viz), legislative assembly and legislative council: 5 52) Which of the following languages have been added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution in 1992: Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali 53) After retirement, a judge can undertake private practice of law: in another court of the same level or higher court 54) A political party is recognized as a national party: if it is recognized as a political party in four or more states 55) The deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha can be removed by a resolution: passed by a simple majority of its total strength 56) The 7 Schedule of Constitution of India contains: union list, state list and concurrent list 57) Which languages are included in the 8 Schedule of the Constitution of India: Sindhi and Kashmiri 58) How many languages are recognized as regional languages in the Constitution: 18 59) The 8 Schedule of the Constitution deals with: the list of 18 regional languages 60) Who decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not: Speaker of the Lok Sabha 61) As a non-member, who can participate in the proceedings of either House of Parliament: Attorney General
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62) The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under direct supervision of the: Lok Sabha Speaker 63) According to the 44 Amendment Bill: Right to Property has been taken away from the list of Fundamental Rights 64) When was the Constitution of India first amended after adoption: 1951 65) Which Amendment to the Constitution gave primacy to directive principles over fundamental rights: 42
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69) Which List contains the subjects over which both the Centre and States have jurisdiction: Concurrent List 70) When did India have its first General Elections: 1951 71) If the positions of President and Vice-President are vacant who officiates as the President of India: Chief Justice of India 72) What is the elective strength of the Lok Sabha: 545 73) Elective strength of the Lok Sabha was increased by the: 31 Amendment 74) A Parliamentary Bill passed by the Lok Sabha is sent to the president for his assent) The president sends it back to the Lok Sabha for reconsideration) If the Lok Sabha again passed the Bill and sends it the to president for assent, the president: must approve it 75) What is the maximum strength of the state Legislative Assembly: 525 76) The total strength of the Rajya Sabha does not exceed: 250 members 77) Who presides over the sessions of the Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha Speaker 78) How many members can the president of India nominate to the Rajya Sabha: 12 79) First national emergency proclaimed in India was in: 1966 80) What is the salary of the Chief Justice of India: Rs 1,00,000 81) The Constitution of India consists of: a) The Preamlbe b) Parts I- XXII, Covering Articles 1-450 c) Schedules 1-12 and the Appendix 82) The source of authority of the Constitution are: the people of India 83) The draft of the Preamble was prepared by: Jawaharlal Nehru 84) The 42 Amendment added the words Secular and Socialist Unity and Integrity to the original Preamble)
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85) Sovereign character of Preamble denotes: a) India is free from any type of external control b) India can acquire foreign territory c) India can cede a part of the territory in favour of a foreign state 86) Secular character of preamble denotes that: India has no official religion 87) The 42 Amendment came into effect on: 3 January 1947 88) Various amendments made in 42 Amendment: It removed all amendments to fundamental rights from the scope of judicial review 89) The socialist character of the preamble denotes: State will secure all citizens, social, economic and political justice 90) The provision in the preamble that confers adult citizens with the right to vote is called: Democracy 91) Right to Freedom of Religion is guaranteed under the Constitution in Articles: 25-28 92) Right to property is a: Legal Right 93) India is a secular state because: it treats all religions alike 94) Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of India in: Part III 95) How can a citizen protect his Fundamental Rights: By a writ in the Supreme Court of India 96) Which is not a Fundamental Right: Equal pay for equal work 97) The Directive Principles of State Policy are incorporated in: Part IV (Articles 36-51) 98) The verdict by the Supreme Court that the original structure of the Preamble, as given in the Constitotion, cannot be changed was given in which case: Golaknath 99) The Gandhian principles have been enumerated in the: Directive Principles 100) The difference between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is: Directive Principles are in the nature of directions to the legislature and executive and assurance to the people
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General Awareness
Indian Economy
1) When did India become a member of International Monetary Fund (IMF): 1947 2) Currency notes and coins of one rupee and lower denominations are issued by: Ministry of Finance 3) Bank notes and coins above one rupee denominations are issued by: Reserve Bank of India 4) The total number of nationalized banks in India is: 19 5) A personal account cannot be opened in: Reserve Bank of India 6) The first Indian bank was: Presidency Bank, Calcutta 7) What is a scheduled bank: A bank included in the second schedule of RBI 8) How many banks were nationalized in 1969: 14 9) Second nationalization of commercial banks was held in: 1980 10) In the second nationalization of commercial bank/banks 6 were nationalized 11) Institution of regional rural banks in India were established in: 1975 12) The first Presidency Bank in India was established in: Calcutta 13) In which year was the first bank in India established: 1806
14) The Reserve Bank of India was established: 1935 15) First Indian Governor of the RBI was: C) D) Deshmukh 16) The main functions of the government mints are: only minting of coins 17) First indigenous bank established in 1894 was: Punjab National Bank 18) The bank that neither advances loans against immovable property nor charges interest on deposits is: Reserve Bank of India 19) Which is the largest bank of India and is also among the 100 top most banks of the world: State Bank of India 20) The Export Import (EXIM) Bank was set up in: 1982 21) The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was set up in: 1982 22) The New Bank of India was merged on 1993 with: Punjab National Bank 23) Disguised unemployment is the prominent feature of: primary sector 24) The open market operations refer to the sale and purchase by the RBI of: a) foreign exchange b) gold c) government securities 25) VAT scheme is expected to: avoid repeated payment of duty from the raw materials stage to the final product and thus reduce the burden of duty in the final product 26) Nationalization or public control of an industry is often supported by economists because: it is a natural monopoly 27) Which expenditure is not considered investment in the theory of income determination: Stocks/shares in a joint-stock 28) The sum of the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save must be equal to: One 29) Which is the most likely reason why total income tends to fluctuate: Many savings and investment decisions are taken by different people 30) If income is below equilibrium: income will tend to fall 31) The costs which are most likely to vary with the output of a car manufacturer during a period of a year: The wages of the workers in the paint shop 32) A firm will shut down rather than carry on producing in the short run if: total revenue is less than total variable cost 33) A firm is said to be of optimum size when: average total cost is at a minimum 34) It will pay a monopolist to cut the price of his product if: marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost 35) Which holders of a companys issued capital is likely to receive the biggest increase in income if there is a substantial increase in profits: an ordinary shareholder 36) Which businesses would probably find it easiest to borrow money from complete strangers: a public joint stock company 37) Perfect competition is said to exist if: each firm in the industry accepts the market price because it has to
38) The slope of an indifference curve represents the: marginal rate of substitution between two goods 39) The elasticity of a straight-line demand curve: may have varying values along its length 40) If the elasticity of demand for a good is equal to 2 then a 1 per cent price rise will: lower the quantity demanded by 1 per cent 41) An indifference curve for an individual consumer represents graphically: combinations of two goods which have the same marginal utility 42) An upward and leftward movement of an upward sloping supply curve for a commodity could caused by: a shift of tastes in favour of the product 43) Of the gross tax revenue of the Union Government the indirect taxes account for nearly: 65% 44) Which of the following statements best describe the consumption function: Consumption increases as income does but not as much, and the rate of increase in consumption gradually slows down with increasing income 45) All revenues received, loans raised and money received in repayment of loans by the Union government go into: Consolidated Fund of India 46) If an economy is in equilibrium at the point where plans to save and to invest are equal, the government expenditure must be: equal to government income 47) If the marginal propensity to save of the rich is grater that that of the poor, then a redistribution of income from poor to rich will rise: saving out of a given income 48) Which is not directly the concern of the economist: imposition of tax to discourage cigarette smoking 49) Marginal utility a consumer derives from a good, is: change in his total utility as a result of adding on eunit to his stock of a good 50) The law of demand states that: when prices fall, demand increases 51) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below List I a) Boom b) Recession c) Depression employment d) Recovery A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 52) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? 1) Dow Jones: New York 2) Hang Seng: Seoul 3) FTSE-100: London 1 and 3 List II 1) Business activity at high level with increasing income, output and employment at macro 2) Gradual fall of income output and employment with business activity in low gear 3) Unprecedented level of under employment and unemployment, drastic fall in income, output and
4) Steady rise in the general level of prices, income, output and employment
53) Which of the following is wrongly matched? a) National Institute of Animal Genetics, Karnal b) Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow c) Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for Fisheries, Bangalore d) Central Duck Breeding Farm, Chikmagalur 54) A special economic zone is set up at: Positra 55) The sensex is a market capitalization weighted index of 25 component stocks) 56) The core sector includes: Coal, power, petroleum 57) The SEBI stands for: Securities and Exchange Board of India 58) What are gilt-edged securities: Securities issued by the government 59) Among the following, which is not a credit rating agency operating in India? a) CRISIL b) ICRA c) Dow Jones d) CARE 60) GDR means: global depository receipt which is the mechanism to raise funds from international market 61) The Industrial Investment Bank of India was earlier known as the: IRBI 62) Which committee is related with capital market reforms: Malegam Committee 63) According to the latest Economic Census of India, the annual growth rate of enterprises since liberalization has: declined slightly 64) Which scheduled bank sponsored the setting up of first regional rural bank (Prathama Gramin Bank) in India: Syndicate Bank 65) The latest Bank to be granted licence is: Yes Bank Ltd 66) How many PSUs are included in the category of Navaratna: 11 67) The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is: crude petroleum 68) Which of the following commodities earns maximum foreign exchange for India: Tea 69) The one rupee note bears the signature of: Secretary, Minister of Finance 70) An ad-valorem duty is tax basis of: Price of commodity 71) Which is not an affiliate of the Reserve Bank of India: IDBI 72) The Indian Financial Year begins on: 1 April 73) Percentage of Re 1 coins in total currency of India is: 2)2 74) Which is a direct tax: Income tax
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75) State governments levy: Income tax, CST, excise duty 76) What is the effect of deficit financing on economy: Inflation 77) Temporarily inflation can be checked by: decrease in money supply 78) Which is not a direct tax: Sales tax 79) Which best defines free trade: there is no restriction on exports/imports 80) Which factor contributes to inflation: 20% increase in money supply 81) The largest share of revenue receipts of the State Government comes from: General sales tax 82) The largest expenditure being incurred from combined revenue expenditure of centre, states and union territories is on: interest payments 83) Indias maximum foreign exchange is spent on: import of petroleum products 84) India earns maximum forex through export of: handicrafts 85) Who was the first to estimate the countrys per capita national income during the British rule for the yaer 1888: Dadabhai Naoroji 86) Rupee coin was first minted in India during the rule of: Sher Shah Suri 87) The rupee coin was first minted in India in: 1542 88) The decimal currency system started in India from: April, 1957 89) Paper currency first started in India in: 1862 90) Whose signature appears on ten-rupee currency notes: Governor, RBI 91) How many times has the Indian currency been demonetized so far: Twice 92) First demonetized of Indian currency took place in: 1946 93) Indian currency was last demonetized in: 1978 94) Indian currency has been devalued only four times 95) The first devaluation of Indian currency took place in: 1949 96) Indian currency was last devalued in: 1991 97) Who was the finance minister when India currency was last devalued: Dr Manmohan Singh 98) Where in India are coins minted: Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad 99) Currency notes in India are printed and supplied by: Security Press, Nashik 100) On which denomination notes has the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi been printed: Rs 100, Rs 500, Rs 50
General Awareness
Geography
1) Iraq is situated on the river: Between Euphrates and Tigris 2) Which towns are situated on the river Nile: Alexandria and Cairo 3) The Temperate Grasslands of South America are called: Pampas 4) The Netherlands is the new name for: Holland 5) Temperate grasslands of Asia and Europe are called: Steppes 6) Which atmospheric layers helps in radio communication: Ionosphere 7) Which phenomena is responsible for the formation of the highest mountains: Volcanic activity 8) Which of the following is a periodic wind: Monsoons 9) Sedimentary rocks are: Porous 10) The Prime Meridian passes through: Great Britain 11) In the Northern Hemisphere the longest day is on: June 21
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12) Diego Garcia is an: island in Indian Ocean with a large military base 13) Grenada is situated in: Caribbean Sea 14) Which types of rocks are mainly found in the Himalayan ranges: Sedimentary 15) Lines on a map connecting regions of equal geochemical characteristics are called: Iscoon 16) Oasis is associated with: Desert 17) Which crop requires hot climate and rainfall above 200cm: Rubber 18) Riyal is the currency of: Saudi Arabia 19) Which is the currency of Romania: Leu 20) Loti is the currency of: Lesotho 21) The term Third World refers to: Underdeveloped and developing countries
22) Middle East group of countries includes: West Asian countries 23) The Third World comprise approximately 70 per cent of worlds human race 24) Which country is not grouped with the Caribbeans: Jordan 25) Which soil is best suited for wheat cultivation: Clayey 26) Which is not a fibre crop: Rubber 27) The 4 countries with the largest population in order of size are: China, India, Russia and USA 28) Who was the first to classify the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Antipater 29) Why was number seven chosen for a classification of the worlds great wonders: because seven had a metaphysical attraction for the ancient Greeks 30) Which among the Seven Wonders listed by Antipater has survived: The Pyramids of Egypt 31) The Pyramids of Egypt, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world is said to have been built more than 4000 years ago) 32) Which is not listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by Antipater: The Great Wall of China 33) What is the approximate length of the Great Wall of China: 3460 km 34) The Eiffel Tower is located in: France 35) The Leaning Tower is located in: Italy 36) Which is the worlds highest dam: Rogun 37) The worlds tallest free-standing structure is: CN Tower 38) Which is the tallest building in the world: Sears Tower 39) Largest Hotel in the world is: The Las Vegas Hilton 40) Where is the largest railway platform in the world: India 41) Which is the largest mosque: Merdeka Moaque 42) The largest church in the world is the: Basilica of St Peter 43) Where is the worlds largest temple: Cambodia 44) The largest temple in the world is: Angkor Vat 45) Which is the worlds longest road: Pan-Am Highway 46) The worlds largest airport id: King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah 47) Kurnool-Cudapah canal is taken off from which of the following rivers: Tungabhadra 48) Which is the leading producer of tobacco in India: Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
49) Niagara Falls is located between which lakes: Lake Erie and Lake Ontario 50) San Andreas fault passes through: Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco and Gulf of California 51) The New York version of Statue of Liberty was engineered by: A) G) Eiffel 52) Kangaroo is the national emblem of: Australia 53) Indias national emblem is: Lioned Capital 54) Hammer and Sickle was the national emblem of: Former USSR 55) Water Lily is the national emblem of: Bangladesh 56) Shora is the name of the Parliament of: Afghanistan 57) Riksdag is the name of the Parliament of: Sweden 58) Parliament of Japan is called: Diet 59) Which countrys Parliament has the largest membership: China 60) Which has the volcanic Mount St Helens: Cascade Range 61) Which medieval geographer made extensive corrections on Ptolemys works: Al-Masudi 62) Which geographer adopted the deductive method of study in geography: Varenius 63) Where is the Mt Waialeale, one of the heaviest rain fed places in the world, located (11990 mm in a year): Hawaii 64) Which country has Red River delta: Vietnam 65) The Hkakabo Razi (5885m), the highest point in mainland south-east Asia, is at the border between: China and Myanmar 66) The Minamata incident, an example for environmental degradation, is due to: Water pollution 67) In which geological period did the shallow sea reptile Ichthyosaurus first appear: Triassic 68) Jute requires hot, moist climate with adequate amount of rain and rich soil) Which country in the world is leading in jute production: Bangladesh 69) Cocoa is a tropical plant and requires heat and moisture) Which country in the world is leading in cocoa production: Ghana 70) Coffee requires hot and moist climate and grows best on slopes) Which country is leading in coffee production: Brazil 71) More or less like coffee, tea requires warm, moist, tropical climate and grows well on hill slopes) Which country is leading in tea production: India 72) For which crop, black volcanic soil and tropical climate is most suitable without excess rainfall: Cotton 73) Higher summer temperature, stiff soil capable of supporting heavy weight of plants are essential for: Rice 74) Which country is leading in the production of rubber: Malaysia
75) While Cuba is the Sugar Bowl, which country is leading in the production of sugarcane: India 76) Which is the largest cotton producing country in the world: USA 77) Wheat being a plant of temperate zone grows well on plains away from sea and having moderately dry climate) Worlds maximum production of wheat is obtained from: USA 78) Which country leads in the production of barley: Canada 79) Groundnut crop is the monopoly of: India 80) Which country tops in the production of wool: Australia 81) Coal is an essential commodity for industrial world) Which country tops in coal output: United States of America 82) Which is known as Island of Cloves: Zanzibar(Africa) 83) Which country has extensive mechanized agriculture and which is the main crop produced in that country: USA - Wheat 84) Tropical deserts, which are hot deserts of the world are situated near the tropics in the west of the landmasses) Approximately how much surface area of the Earth is covered by these deserts: Nearly one-fourth 85) Which continent leads in contribution to worlds rice production to the maximum and how much: Asia (90%) 86) Oil seeds are mostly tropical and sub-tropical products) Which country produces major oilseeds: India 87) Tobacco, a product of high commercial value these days and which grows under a wide range of climate, is a major plantation of: USA 88) Which two products have great commercial value in Tropical Monsoon Region: Rice and Tea 89) For which agricultural products, Sudan is famous and which comes uncer Tropical Grassland (Savannas) Region: Cotton 90) Which type of industry is mostly found in Bangladesh: Jute 91) Israel/Jerusalem whose main mineral resource is oil, has which type of main industrial activity: Diamond cutting 92) Myanmar, whose chief mineral resources comprise silver, lead, and tin, is engaged in chief industrial activity of: Rice export 93) Besides tobacco, tea and cotton, which is the other agricultural produce of China: Rice 94) South Africa is the largest producer of: Gold 95) To which country, India is second in manufacturing carpets: Iran 96) While India tops in sugarcane production, which country ranks first in sugar export: China 97) Which country is the largest producer of copper: USA 98) Which is the most important crop of the Nile delta: Cotton 99) Which country is the largest supplier of meat: Argentina 100) Which is the main industrial activity of Tanzania: Mining
101) Worlds biggest producer of Mica is India 102) Which country is the biggest producer of mercury in the world: Italy 103) Uranium is mostly produced in: Zaire 104) Name the world famous and finest harbour: Sydney 105) Baku is famous for: Oil centre 106) Which is the main agricultural produce of Taiwan: Rice 107) Coal is an essential energy resource for industries) However, some countries have been able to achieve industrialization without depending on coal as a source of energy) For example: Sweden and Italy 108) Switzerland is famous for Swiss watches) What is the capital of this country: Berne 109) With which item, is Kimberly associated: Diamonds 110) Which of the following is the capital and seaport of Philippines: Manila 111) Red Indians are: the original inhabitants of North America 112) Sedimentary rocks are formed by: burial, compression and chemical modification of deposited weathered rock debris 113) Systematic geography is concerned with: physical geography and the cultural elements of earth 114) The abandoned channels created when meanders are cut off from the rest of the channel because oflateral stream erosion is called: ox-bow lake 115) Which ancient Greek scholars coined the word Apeiron to symbolise the prime substance which could not be experienced through senses: Anaximander 116) An eastward flowing sub-surface counter current of the Pacific Ocean is known as: Cromwell Current 117) Who asserted the following, Space is not a thing or event) It is a kind of framework of things and events; something like a system of pigeon holes, or a filling system, for observation: Immanuel Kant 118) Who coined the word Kultut landshaft, landscape created by human culture: Otto Schluter 119) Any type of rainfall has the following aspect: ascent of air leading to cooling and condensation 120) Arctic Circle is located at: 66 30 north of the equator 121) Antarctic circle is located at: Latitude 122) Atmosphere is broadly divided into hemisphere and heterosphere) The hemisphere extends up to a height of: 90 km 123) Atmosphere is: a gaseous envelope that surrounds a celestial body 124) Carbon dioxide makes up only a few 100 ppm (parts per million) of the atmosphere, by volume 125) Name the capital and currency of Libya: Tripoli dinar
126) Citrus fruits are normally grown in: Mediterranean region 127) Which country produces the largest amount of crude steel of the world: China 128) Decaying vegetation produces organic acids, which cause a breakdown of minerals) This is: chemical weathering 129) Declination is: the equivalent of latitude on the celestial sphere 130) Down warping of the Rajmahal-Garo gap took place in: Eocene 131) During a solar eclipse, what is the relative positions of the sun, the moon and the earth correctly: the moon in between the sun and the earth 132) Each time zone is defined by its distance: east or west of Greenwich, England 133) Ecliptic circle is so named because: eclipses occur only when the moon is on or near this path) 134) Eucla-Basin in Australia is well-known as: Nullabor Plain 135) Eurasia includes: Cyprus, Turkey and Russia and independent states 136) Formation of a rift valley is due to: the forces of tension on the earths crust 137) Which line marks the boundary of the zone where the sun never sets during the June solstice and never rises during December solstice: Arctic circle 138) In which of the forests do the trees shed their leaves during spring and early summer: monsoon deciduous forest 139) Who propounded the law of Primate City: Mark Jefferson 140) Largest extend of equatorial forests is found in: Amazon Basin 141) Latitudes measures the angular distance, expressed in degrees of a point on the Earths surface: north or south of the equator 142) Longitude measures the angular distance, expressed in degrees of a point on the Earths surface: east or west of the equator 143) Lunar eclipse occurs only on a: full moon day 144) Lunar eclipse occurs when: the Earth comes between the moon and the sun 145) Major natural regions of the world are delineated primarily on the basis of: temperature, rainfall and vegetation 146) Modern industrial development of India is largely due to: liberalization of government policies 147) Which country is reliant on a single export of oil/petroleum: Nigeria 148) Papaghani series of rocks belong to: Pleistocene 149) Paragraph series of rocks belong to: lower Cuddapah 150) Population of India has grown rapidly after 1921, mainly because: Indians have returned from Burma, Sri Lanka and other countries
151) Stanley is the capital of: Falkland Islands 152) Power cuts have become frequent in various ports of India especially during summer, mainly because: hydel reservoirs have low storage and power generation is low 153) Which country produces the largest amount of crude steel in the world: USA 154) Pressure is measured by: barometer 155) Regions lying on the western margins of the continents between 156) Right ascension is: the equivalent of prime median 157) Solar eclipse occurs when: the earth comes between the moon and the sun 158) Solar eclipse occurs on: full moon day 159) Spring tide occurs at: new moon and full moon when the Earth and the sun are at right angles 160) The zodiac signs or houses of heaven are named after: star signs 161) The Gutenberg discontinuity is between: the crust and the mantle 162) The heaviest rainfall is recorded in: equatorial regions 163) The hunting and gathering economy can support only: 5 persons per sq)km 164) Which desert is famous for its deposits of nitrates: Atacama 165) Which mountain chains has two dissimilar types of vegetation on its two slopes: Aravalis 166) The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of peninsular India mainly because of: adjoining oceans moderate the temperature 167) The earth rotates through: in 4 minutes and north have: dry climate all the year
168) The Earth is divided into time zones for the purpose of: maintaining a standard time system 169) The different phases of moon are caused by: changing able of earth with respect to moon 170) The difference in the time per degree longitude between any two places on the globe is: 5 minutes 171) Winds generally blow from areas of: high pressure to those of moderate pressure 172) The density of dry air at sea level is about th the density of water) 173) The density of air normally increases at higher attitude) 174) The densest pf all the atmosphere layers is: troposphere 175) The Colby hypothesis offers a dynamic explanation of: land use development 176) The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called: mesosphere
177) The altitude of troposphere at equator is: 0 16 km 178) The Altazimuth system is: used by astronomers to give the position of a celestial object 179) The immediate cause for the S)E trades to cross the equator and blow as S)W monsoon winds over India is: the high temperature over Chootanagar plateau 180) The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers are examples of: super-imposed drainage 181) The infared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by: ozone 182) The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are: latitudes 183) The irregularity in the amount of rain in different parts of the north Indian plains, during different years, is mainly due to the: variations in the location of the axis of the low pressure trough) 184) The local time varies from Greenwich time (London) at the rate of: 4 min/degree of latitude 185) The mass of Earth is 81 times greater than the mass of the moon) 186) The Mediterranean type of climate is characterized by: dry summer and mild, wet winters 187) The moon: is the natural satellite of the Earth 188) The penumbra is: the outer portion of the moons shadow 189) The main crops of Sikkim are: rice, maize, bajra, wheat, barley, cardamom 190) What is the literacy rate of Tamil Nadu: 80)33% 191) How many districts are there in Tamil Nadu: 32 192) Guwahati High Court is the juricature of: Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam 193) What is the population density of Uttar Pradesh: 828/ 194) How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh: 71 195) Kathak, Nautanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of: Uttar Pradesh 196) Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by Uttarakhand in North 197) The major minerals found in Uttar Pradesh are: Limestone and graphite 198) The population density of Uttarakhand is 189/ 199) Which type of industries are found in Uttarakhand: Forest based small-scale industries 200) What is the literacy rate of West Bengal: 77)08% 201) Baul is the popular dance of: West Bengal 202) On which river is the Bhakra Nangal project built: Satluj
203) In which type of climate are coniferous forests found: Siberian 204) Pampas are the vast grassy plains of: South America 205) Littoral forests constitute a rich source of: Firewood 206) Evergreen type forests are found in: Monsoon climatic areas 207) Name the capital of Morocco: Rabat 208) Kampala is the capital of: Uganda 209) Name the modern capital of BrazilL: Brasilla 210) Helsinki is the capital of;: Finland 211) The capital of USA is: Washington D)C 212) Suva is the capital of: Fiji 213) New Moore island is situated in the: Bay of Bengal 214) Cuba is situated in: Atlantic Ocean 215) Niagara Falls is situated in USA 216) The strait which connects the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is the: Palk Strait 217) Richter scale is used to register intensity of: Earthquakes 218) The largest river of Asia is: Yangtze 219) Area wise, which is the largest ocean in the world: Pacific 220) Cambodia was earlier known as: Kampuchea 221) Rhodesias new name is: Zimbabwe 222) Belize was formerly known as: British Honduras 223) Land of the Morning Calm refers to: Korea 224) Sugar Bowl of the World: Cuba 225) The country which is known as Land of the Thunder Bolt: Bhutan 226) Gate of Tears is: Bab-el-mandab (Jerusalem) 227) Sick Man of Europe is the nickname foe for: Turkey 228) The largest river of the world: Amazon 229) The river that has the largest basin: Amazon 230) The second largest island in the world is: New Guinea
231) The country which has the largest area in the world: Russia 232) River that crosses the equator twice: Amazon 233) The capitals of Libya, Ghana and Kenya respectively are: Tripoli, Accra, Naitobi 234) Mount Everest is located in: Nepal 235) The river that carries the maximum volume of water in the world: Amazon 236) The longest canal in the world is: Beloye-More Baltic 237) The second highest mountain peak in the world is: Godwin Austin 238) Seychelles is located in the: Indian Ocean 239) The worlds largest mountain range: Himalaya- Karakoram 240) Largest island in the world is: Greenland 241) Which rock is not a sedimentary rock: Granite 242) Bauxite is an important ore of: Aluminium 243) Which metal is most abundantly found on the earths surface: Aluminium 244) Diamonds are found abundantly in: South Africa 245) The ore from which aluminium can be extracted is called: Bauxite 246) The country that leads in the production of asbestos: Canada 247) The country that leads in the production of gold: South Africa 248) Which type of soil retains maximum water: Clayey 249) The largest producer of fertilizer is: Russia 250) The country that leads in the production of newsprint paper: Canada 251) Rice is the main crop of: China 252) The largest producer of silk is: Japan 253) In which of the crops Russia does not lead: Sugarcane 254) Where is the Sahara Desert: North America 255) The worlds largest oil refinery is located at: Abadan 256) The country that produces sugar mainly from sugar beet: Brazil 257)The crop that needs maximum supply of water per hectare: Sugarcane 258) Climate suitable for olives is that of: Countries bodering the Mediterranean Sea
259) India produces the maximum sugar in the world 260) Which is an igneous rock: Granite 261) The currency of Thailand is: Baht 262) Argentina is in: South America 263) Panama is not an island 264) The equator, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn run through the continents of: Africa 265) The currency of Myanmar is: Kyat 266) The length of the Suez canal is approximately: 170 km 267) The planet that has the maximum number of satellites: Saturn 268) Which phase does the moon have during a solar eclipse: Full moon 270) Which is an example of pyroclastic rocks: Volcanic 271) A bowl-shaped depression created by glacial erosion is called a: Cirque 272) Moraines are: Glacial deposits 273) Banchans are caused by the action of: Wind 274) The world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls is situated in: Venezuela 275) The capital of Costa Rica is: San Jose 276) A cataract is a : huge waterfall 277) The universe is composed of: Matter 278) The earth moves from: West to East 279) The time difference between IST and GMT: 5 hour 280) Black is a cold current 281) Vasco da Gama in 1498 discovered the sea route to India 282) Savanna are Tropical Grasslands 283) More than of the worlds tin comes from: Malaysia
284) A narrow strip of land connecting two large areas of land is known as: Isthmus 285) Which stare covers the largest area in India: Rajasthan 287) What is the state with largest urban population: Maharashtra
288) What is the literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh: 66)76% 289) What are the major folk dances of Andhra Pradesh: Kuchipudi, Kottam, Dappu 290) What is the population density of Andhra Pradesh: 308/ 291) What is the population density of Arunachal Pradesh: 17/ 292) What are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh: Rice, Maize, Millet, Wheat, Mustard 293) What is the population density of Assam: 397/ 294) What are the important minerals of Assam: Petroleum 295) What are the important industries of Assam: Tea processing, oil refineries, coal, silk and plywood 296) What is the approximate area of Bihar: 94163 297) Which is the language used in Bihar: Hindi 298) What is the literacy rate of Chhattisgarh: 71)04% 299) Which states are situated around Chhattisgarh at North and North-east directions: Uttar Pradesh 300) Which type of legislature is found in Goa: Unicameral 301) How many Lok Sabha seats does Goa have: 11 302) What is the covered area of Gujarat state: 196,024 303) Which dance belongs to Gujarat: Garba, Chunar 304) What is the population density of Haryana: 573/ 305) Which river flows in the state of Haryana: Ghaggar 306) What is the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh: 83)78% 307) How many Lok Sabha seats does Jammu and Kashmir has: 6 308) Which is the major folk dance of Jammu and Kashmir: Chakri, Rouf 309) How many districts are there in Jammu and Kashmir: 14 310) What is the population density of Jharkhand: 414/ 311) Jharkhand has West Bengal state on its eastern end) 312) What is the capital of Jharkhand: Ranchi 313) Which language is spoken in Karnataka: Kannada 314) What are the famous dances of Kerala: Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottam 315) Which start is the land of rivers and back-waters, and have 44 rivers flowing either westwards or eastwards: Kerala
316) What is the population density of Kerala: 859/ 317) What is the language mostly found in Madhya Pradesh: Hindi 318) What is the population density of Madhya Pradesh: 236/ 319) What is the literacy rate of Maharashtra: 82)91% 320) What are the native languages of Manipur: Manipuri and English 321) What is the population density of Manipur: 122/ 322) What are the important minerals found in Manipur: Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum 323) How many districts are there in Meghalaya: 7
General Awareness
Basic General Knowledge

1) How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world: 9,000 2) Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language: 1 billion 3) The language with the richest vocabulary is: English 4) English language has more than 4,50,000 words 5) The oldest Indian language is Tamil 6) Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and scripts: The Bible 7) The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand script is: The Bible 8) The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to868 AD is: Hiraka Sutra 9) The largest book, The Super Book, is 27 cm and 252 kg
10) Les Hommes de Bonne Volonte is the: longest novel ever published 11) The worlds largest epic is the Mahabharata, the Sanskrt epic written by: Ved Vyasa 12) The thickest book on record has the thickness of 2)27 m was produced by: Peter Troendle 13) Coptic Psalter is the ancient book discovered in 1984 in the grave of a young girl in a Christian cemetery, south of Cairo) 14) The highest price paid for any book is 8)14 million named: The Gospel Book of Henry the Lion: Duke of Saxony
15) The author of the book After the Dark Night is: S)M) Ali 16) The book Anand Math was written by: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 17) the book Apple Cart was written by: George Bernard Shaw 18) The author of the Arathashartra is: Kautilya 19) Authobiography of an Unknown Indian was written by: Nirad C) Chaudhuri 20) Bharat Bharati was written by: Maithili Sharan Gupt 21) The author of the Bisarjan is: Rabindranath Tagore 22) The Bride for the Sahib and Other Storties was written by: Khushwant Singh 23) The author of the book Broken Wings is: Sarojini Nadu 24) The Bunch of Old Letters was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru 25) Chitra was written: Rabindranath Tagore 26) Das Kapital was written by: Karl Marx 27) Descent of Man was written by: Charles Darwin 28) Discovery of India was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru 29) From Here to an Eternity was written by: James Jones 30) The author of the book The Gardener was: Rabindranath Tagore 31) Gitanjali was written by: Rabindranath Tagore 32) Gita Rahasya was a book written by: Bal Gangadhar Tilak 33) Glimpses of World History was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru 34) Godan was written by: Prem Chand 35) Hindu View of Life, was written by: Dr Radhakrishnan 36) The book, India Divided was written by: Rajendra Prasad 37) The book, Julius Ceasar was written by: William Shakespeare 38) The play, Kayakalp was written by: Prem Chand 39) Kumar Sambhava was written by: Kalidas 40) The book, Life Divine was written by: Aurobindo Gosh 41) Letter from a Father to his Daughter was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru 42) Man and Superman was written by: George Bernard Shaw
43) Meghdoot was written by: Kalidas 44) The author of the book, My Experiments With Truth was: Mahatma Gandhi 45) The book, My Truth was written by Indira Gandhi 46) Oliver Twist was written by: Charles Dickens 47) Origin of species was written by: Charles Darwin 48) The author of Prem Pachisi, Rangbhoomi, Godan is: Prem Chand 49) Ramcharitamanas was written by: Tulsidas 50) The author of Ratnavali is; Harsha Vardhan 51) The author of Saket is written by: Maithili Sharan Gupta 52) Satyartha Prakash was written by: Swami Dayanand 53) Shakuntala was written by: Kalidas 54) Who is the author of The Song of India: Sarojini Naidu 55) The author of the book, Time Machine is: H.G Wells 56) The author of Vinay Patrika is: Tulsidas 57) Vish Vriksha was written by: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 58) We Indians was written by: Khushwant Singh 59) Who is the author of Yashodhara: Maithili Sharan Gupt 60) The well known book of Abdul Kalam Azad is: India Wins Freedom 61) Who wrote, A Passage to England, AN Unknown Indian, Continent of Circe: Nirad C. Chaudhuri 62) The God of Small Things was written by: Arundhati Roy 63) Anandmath, Durgesh Nandini and Kapala Kundala are the works of: Bankin Chandra Chatterjee 64) The various works of Rabindranath Tagore are: Chandrika 65) Devdas was written by: Sharat Chandra Chatterjee 66) The notable works of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh are: Essays on Gita and Life Divine 67) Amaruka was a: Sanskrit Poet 68) The important surviving works of bana are: Harshacharita, Kadambari 69) Bhavabhuti was a: Sanskrit dramatist
70) Juvenal was a: Latin poet 71) The important surviving work, named Saptasati was written by: Jaya Deva 72) The important work of Yoga Sutra was compiled by: Kautilya 73) Panini, a Sanskrit grammarian wrote: Ashtadhyayi 74) Katha Saritsagara was written by: Somadeva 75) The famous Panchatantra was written by: Vishnu Sharma 76) Atharaveda deals with: Hygiene, dietetics and beneficial effects of milk 77) The ancient book that deals with paediatrics is: Kasyapa Samhita 78) A classical exposition of Indian medicine which deals with almost all branches of medicine is: Charaka Samhita 79) Alls Well That Ends Well was written by: William Shakespeare 80) The author of Arms and Man is: George Bernard Shaw 81) David Copperfield was written by: Charles Dickens 82) The book that contains a reassessment of Indian history from the Vedic period till Independence is: Discovery of India 83) Kurnool-Cuddapaah canal is taken off from which one of the following rivers: Penneru 84) The book that contains a story on the French revolution by Charles Dickens is: A Tale of Two Cities 85) War and Peace, a novel by Tolstoy depicts: Russian life set against a background of Napoleons invasion 86) Dr Shivarama Karanth wrote a book in Kannada for which he was honoured the Janpath Award in 1977. He book was: Mukajjiya Kanasugulu 87) Lajja was a novel written by: Taslima Nasreen 88) The official report of the Britihs Government is contained in: Blue Book 89) Yellow Book is: the official book of the French 90) The author Salman Rushide was awarded the Booker of Bookers award on 20 September 1993 for the novel: Midnights Children 91) Abrahama Lincoln was the sixteenth President of USA. 92) The author of Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama was: Abul Fazal 93) Abdul Ghaffar Khan is known as Frontier Gandhi because he organized the people of the North West Frontier Province of undivided India on Gandhian principles 94) The The king of Macedonia, who conquered most of Asia and defeated Porus (India) in 327 BC was: Alexander the Great 95) The SI unit of Electric current is named after Andre-Marie Ampere
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96) Indias first satellite is named after: Aryabhatta 97) Ashoka, the great was: the grandson of Chandragupta 98) Who was the founder of the Mughal empire in India: Babur 99) The last ruler of Mughal dynasty was: Bahadurshah Zafar 100) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is the author of Vande Matarama, the national song of India, taken from his work: Anand Math 102) Bachendri Pal is: The first Indian woman and the fifth woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest 103) He is a mathematician and astronomer of the 12 century. His name is associated with Indias third satellite. He is: Bhaskara II 104) Who is known as the father of Indian constitution: B.R. Ambedkar 105) Who was also known as Kautilya and wrote the famed treatise Arthashastra, a book on state craft: Chanakya 106) Who was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty in India: Chandragupta Maurya 107) Christian Huygens was: Dutch mathematician and physicist renowned for evolving the wave theory of light and also the inventor of the pendulum clock based on Galileos theory. 108) Christopher Columbus was: Discoverer of Puerto Rice and Jamaica 109) The last Hindu king who partly succeeded in establishing Hindu Swaraj was: Chatrapathi Shivaji 110) C.F Andrews was: A British missionary and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who came to India in 1994 111) Who developed the small box vaccination: Edward Jenner 112) Fa-hein was: The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya 113) Firdausi was: A Persian poet and well known for his epic Shahnama 114) Who is also known as the Lady with the Lamp: Florence Nightangl e 115) Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was: A German Physicist who developed the mercury thermometer in 1714. 116) Who is known as the father of English poetry: Geoffrey Chaucer 117) The American general who led the revolt against the British and declared American independence was: George Washington 118) Who is the founder of the Sikh religion: Guru Nanak Dev Ji 119) Who is the author of Dasam Granth: Guru Gobind Singh 120) Who invented the radio and wireless system: Gugeliemo Marconi 121) Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who: Invented the safety lamp for miners and discovered the anaesthetic properties of nitroux oxide.
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122) Who discovered the Law of Gravitation and three laws of motion: Sir Issac Newton 123) Who is known as Loknayak and formed the Janata Party and defeated the Congress Party in 1977: Jayaprakash Narayan 124) Who invented the television in 1926: John Logic Baird 125) A great Indian warrior who took part in the First was of Independence of India 1857 was: Rani Lakshmi Bai 126) Lal Bahadur Shastri was also known as: Man of Peace 127) The technique of pasteurizing milk is named after: Louis Pasteur 128) The Roman governor and principal assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar was: Marcus Junius Brutus 129) Who received Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of radium and polonium: Madam Marie Curie 130) Who funded the Banaras Hindu University: Madan Mohan Malaviya 131) Michael Faraday discovered: Electromagnetism, benzene, liquid gases and optical glass and the induction of electric current. 132) Who is the founder of the separate Muslim atate of Pakistan: Mohammed Ali Jinnah 133) The first Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha was: Nargis Dutt 134) A polish astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus is known for: His discovery of heavenly bodies and his discovery that the sun is the centre of the universe. 135) Pythagoras was the first to prove: the universal validity of geometrical theorem. 136) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage, adovacted window remarriage and womans education and was the founder of Brahmo Samaj 137) Who invented magnifying glass and gun powder: Roger Bacon 138) Who is known as Indias Napolean: Samundragupta 139) Shankracharya was the founder of: Advaitic philosophy 140) Indas First technicolour film Jhansi Ki Rani in the early 1950s was produced by: Sohrab Modi 141) An Indian scientist remembered for creating a chain of national laboratories is: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar 142) Tansen was: A great exponent of Indian classical music and one of the nine germs in the court of Akbar. 143) Which of the following inventions were made by Thomas AlvaEdison: Incandescent lamp 144) Todar Mal was: revenue Minister in the court of Akbar, one of the nine germs in the court of Akbar, known for his reforms in politics of land revenue during Akbars reign 145) Vijayalakshmi Pandit was: The first woman minister of an Indian state (UP), the first woman to become president of the UN General Assembly, The first Indian woman ambssabor to Moscow. 146) Who established the Ramakrishana Mission, in memory of his Guru: Swami Vivekananand
147) Walt Disney was: the creator of cartoon films starring the popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. 148) William Crooks: Discovered the element Thallium, invented the radiometer, did research on cathode rays 149) Yuri Gagarin was: a Russian cosmonaut and became the first man to travel in space, the first person to fly at great height of about 340 km from the earth 150) Zakir Hussain was: the third President of India and Indias second Vice President. 151) Who is also known as Fuehrer: Adolf Hitler 152) C. F. Andrews is also known as: Deenbandhu 153) Who is known as Grand Old Man of India: Dadabhai Naoroji 154) Lal Bahadur Shastri is also known as: Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesari 155) Who is known as the Man of Destiny: Napoleon Bonaparte 156) Who is known as the Maiden Queen: Quen Elizabeth I 157) Rabindranath Tagore is also known as: Gurudev 158) Who is also known as Tiger of Snows: Tenzing Norgay 159) Willam Shakespeare is also known as: Bard of avon 160) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is a well known freedom fighter of Bangladesh 161) Archbishop Makarios is a well known freedom fighter of Cyprus 162) Who was elected first President of the 5 Republic of France, and gave new constitution to France: Charles de Gaulle 163) Ahmad Sukarno was: The first President of Indonesia 164) Who was the first President of Independent Kenya: Joma Kenyatta 165) Who beame the first black President of South Africa: Nelson Mandela 166) Kemal Ataturk was: The founder of modern Turkey 167) Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 and was its first General secretary: Allan Octavian Hume 168) Who was the first Indian to be elected as a member of the House of Commons from a London Country: Dadabhai Naoroji 169) Who translated the Bhagwat Gita into English: Annie Besant 170) Who gave the slogan Jai Hind to our nation: Subash Chandra Bose 171) Who founded the Swaraj Party: Motilal Nehru 172) Who discovered Greenland: Eric the Red 173) Marco Polo: travelled to China, India and other parts of Asia
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174) Who landed on the mainland of South America: Amerigo Vespucci 175) Who was first to sail around the world, discovered the Magellan strait, reached the Philippines and named the Pacific ocean: Ferdinand Magellan 176) Who discovered Asutralia: William Janszoom 177) Who was first to reach the south pole: Capt. Amundsen 178) Who was the first to cross the Antartic: Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary 179) Who was the first man to walk in space: Col Leonor from Russia and Major White from America 180) Who were the first to circle the moon: Frank Boreman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell 181) Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to: step on the moon 182) When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated: 1948 183) When was John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, assassinated: 1963 184) Martin Luther King, the American Black Leader was assassinated in: 1968 185) Indira Gandhi was assassinated in: 1984 186) Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in: 1991 187) When was Ranasingha Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka assassinated: 1993 188) Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to: reach North Pole 189) The first woman to climb Mt Everest was: Junko Tabei 190) Who was the first handicapped man to cross the strait of Gibraltar: Taranath Shenoy 191) The first prime minister of a country was: Srimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka) 192) Who was the first foreign invader of India: Alexander the Great 193)Maria Estela de Peron (Argentina) was: the first lady President of a country 194) The first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was: C.V Raman 195) Who expounded the theory of Division of Labour: Adam Smith 196) Who established the International Monetary Fund 9IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): John Maynard Keynes 197) The Greek philosophy that stressed on virtue as a mean or mid-way between two extremes is known as: Aristotelianism 198) The method of discovering the truth by proceeding from an assertion (thesis) to a denial (antithesis) and reconciling the two (synthesis), is known as: Dialectical materialism 199) The Athenian philosophy good was pleasure and evil was pain, was given by: Epicurus (341 270 BC)
200) Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal and Bishop George Berkely. According to this: Matter is an illusion and that the only reality is that which exists mentally 201) Which school believes that every ones life is determined beforenhand by God and free will is an illusion: Predestination 202) A European philosophy that reason is the only true source of knowledge, i.e. opposite of empiricism is known, as: Rationalism 203) According to the doctrine of transcendentalism: Philosophy must extend beyond the limits of experience 204) The theory of Utilitariamism was expounded by: Jeremy bentham (1748-1836), James Mill (1773-1836), Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) 205) Socrates was the wisest man of the ancient world and developed the method of enquiry and instruction, belonged to: Athens 206) Who wrote Symposium - A record of Socrates Discussions: Xenophone 207) Who is known as the father of western political thought: Plato 208) Buddhism was founded in 525 BC 209) The sacred place for Buddhists is: Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha received enlightenment, Kusinagara (UP) where Buddha attained Nirvana 210) Christianity is followed in: Spread all over the world. 211) Who is the founder of Hindusism: Its is of ancient origin 212) Which is the sacred text of Hindustism: The Vedas, The Bhagavad Gita, The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramyana 213) Which of the following are the important sects of Islam: Sunnis and Shias 214) Which is the place of worship for Jews: Synagogue 215) The sacred place of the followers of Shintoism is: Central shrine of Ise (Central Japan) and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo 216) Sikhism was founded in: 1500 AD 217) Taoism is followed in: China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam 218) Fire Temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion: Zoroastrianism (Parsi religion) 219) Christians form 32.91 percentage of world population 220) What percentage of world population follows Sikhism: 0.39 221) The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at New Delhi, India 222) Asian Games in 1966, were held in: Bangkok, Thailand 223) How many countries participated in 1982 Asian Games at New Delhi, India: 33 224) The last Asian Games took place in 2010 at Guangzhou, China
225) Who ranked 1 in 2006 Asian Games held at Doha, Qatar: China 226) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed at Paris with its headquarters at: Mon Repos Lausanne (Switzerland) 227) The modern series of the Olympic games started at Athens in 1896 228) Citius, Altius, Fortius is the motto of: Modern Olympic 229) Olympic emblem is composed of 5 interwined rings, each of a different colour, representing 5 continents of the world as: Blue ring - Europe, Yellow ring - Asia, Black ring - Africa, Red ring America, Green ring - Oceania 230) Olympic creed and oath were composed by Boron Pierre de Courbertin, the founder of modern Olympics 231) The Olympic flame was lit for the first time at the Amsterdam stadium in: 1928 232) Santhals is the tribe of: West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa 233) What was originally offered as a prize to the winners of the Olympics: The meat of the sacrificed animal 234) The host of first Olympics in 1896 was: Athens, Greece 235) Sir Thomas Fernley Cup is awarded to: A club or local sport association for remarkable achievement in the service of the Olympics. 236) The trophy given for exemplary conduct displayed by an athlete during the Olympics games is: Tokyo Trophy 237) First Winter Olympics took place in 1924, at Chamonix (France). 238) When and where was Athletics introduced in the Olympics: 1896 at Athens 239) When and where was basketball introduced in Olympics as a medal event: 1936 Berlin 240) When and where was hockey introduced for women in Olympics: 1980 at Moscow 241) When ws table tennis introduced in Olympics: 1988 Seoul 242) When and where was weightlifting introduced in Olympic: 1896 at Athens 243) Who was the first Indian to have won an Olympic medal: Norman Pritchard 244) The Indian Olympic Council was established in: 1924 245) Milkha Singh stood Fourth in 400 m final in 1960 Olympics, in Athletics 246) P.T Usha, who came close to bagging a bronzefinished Fourth in 400 m hurlde in 1984 Olympics 247) The full-fledged Commonwealth Ga,es were first organized in 1930; Hamilton at Canada. 248) In which World Cup Cricketfinals did Asutralia bat England: 1987, Calcutta India 249) In the World Cup Hockey tournament of the year 1975 held at Kuala Lumpur, India beat Pakistan 250) The SAF (South Asian Federation) Games, as a part of the SAARC programme, was first held in: 1984
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251) The origin of modern badminton is attributed to: Britan 252) Badminton was introduced in the Asian Games in: 1962 at Jakarta (Indonesia) 253) What is the measurement of the badminton court for singles: 3.41 m x 5.18 m 254) For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are: 28 m x 15 m 255) What is the weight and circumference of basketball court: 600-50 g, 75-78 cm 256) India played its first cricket Test Match in: 1932 257) Modern football is said to have evolved from: England 258) What is the duration of a football match: Two 45 minute periods with a reat at half time 259) What is the circumference of table tennis ball: 3.72 3.82 cm 260) Asian Cup, Berna Cup, Bellack Cup, Corbillion Cup (women) are awarded for: Table Tennis 261) India participated in Olympics Hockey in: 1928 262) Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in 1958 in Tokyo 263) Bully, Carry, Corner, Dribble, Hat trick etc are the terms used in: Hockey 264) When and where was tennis introduced in the Asian Games: 1958 at Tokyo 265) What is the weight of tennis ball: 56.79 58.47 g 266) What is the measurement of volleyball court: 10 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net 267) Federation Cup, World Cup, Allwyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to winners of: Volleyball 268) In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called: Bye 269) When the batsman in cricket is out without scoring a single run, it is called: Duck 270) In football, when the ball crosses the goal line having last been played by the defending team, a member of the opposite team can take a kick from within the quarter circle nearest to the corner flag post, is called: Corner kick 271) In football, kick made by jumping raising one foot and kicking the ball with the other, is called: Scissors kick 272) In hockey, the term scoop refers to: hit under the ball causing it to rise; a foul if done dangerously 273) In tennis the term back hand refers to: when the shot is made by hitting from the other side of a normal playing hand 274) The term which denotes that each side had made equal points at game point, in tennis, is referred to as: Deuce 275) In tennis, the terms which refers to a hand stroke, generally made close to the net before the ball touches the ground is called: Volley 276) The terms used in Billiards are: baulk line, break, bottle, crotch, cue, hazard, in-off
277) Auxiliary point system, rabbit punch, break, cut, defence are the terms used in: Boxing 278) Which sport is associated with the American cup: Yacht racing 279) Which sport is associated with the Corbillion cup: World Table Tennis (Women) 280) Which sport is associated with the Davis Cup: Tennis 281) The associated sport of Jules Remit Trophy is: World Football (Soccer) 282) The World Cup is associated with: Hockey 283) What is the associated sport of Bombay Gold Cup: Hockey 284) Durand Cup is associated with: Football 285) Maulana Azad Trophy is associated with: Inter-University sports and Athletics 286) Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with: Cricket Inter-University 287) The Wellington trophy is associated with: Rowing 288) Eden Park (Auckland) is associated with: Cricket 289) White City (England) is associated with: Skiing 290) Epsom (England) is the place associated with: Horse racing 291) Hurlingham (England) is associated with: Polo 292) Florence (Chadwick) is the associated with: Skin 293) The playground of baseball is known as: Court 294) The playground of Lawn Tennis is called: Court 295) Arena is the special name for play-ground of: Wrestling 296) The national sport of Canada is: Lacrosse 297) Badminton is the national sport of: Malaysia 298) Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium located: Mumbai 299) Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located: Kanpur 300) On which date is Nobel Prize awarded: December 10 301) The Royal Swedish Academy of sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in: Physics and Chemistry 302) The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for: Peace 303) Dr Linus Carl Pauling won two Nobel Prizes for: Chemistry in 195, Peace prize in 1962 304) Frederic Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for: Chemistry in 1958 and 1980
305) Mother Teresa won the Noble Prize for peace in: 1979 306) Rabindranath Tagore received Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of: Literature 307) Staff of Wall Street Journal: was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2003 308) Jim Sheeler of Rocky Mountain News was awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for: Feature writing 309) On the Transmigration of Soul by John Adams was awarded Pulitzer Prize for: Music 310) Magsaysay Awards are named after Romon Magsaysay: who is the President of Philippines who was known for his land reform programme to defuse communist insurgency. 311) Ruth Pfau, Pakistan was awarded Magsaysay Award in 2002 for: her lifelong dedication to eradicate leprosy and its stigma in Pakistan and other loving gifts to her adopted country 312) Acharya Vinoba Bhave received the Magsaysay Award in 1958 for: Community Leadership 313) Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of: International Understanding 314) Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for Journalism, literature and creative communication arts in: 1967 315) Arun shourie received Magsaysay Award in 1982 in the area of: Journalism 316) Kiran Bedi received Magsaysay Award for Government service in: 1994 317) Which is the highest literary award of the world: Booker Prize 318) The prize winning title of Arundhathi Roy for Bookers Prize in 1997 was: The God of Small Things 319) Margaret Atwood received Booker Prize in 2000 for the title: The Blind Assassin 320) Hermann Scheer (Germany) received Right Livelihood Award in 2006 for: his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide 321) Who got Right Livelihood Award in 2006 for showing how indigenous people can improve there livelihood, sustain their culture and conserve their rainforests: COAMA (Consolidation of the Amazon Region) (Colombia) 322) Who got Right Livelihood Award in 2000 for his single-minded commitment to developing an agriculture based on perennial crops that is both highly productive and truely ecologically sustaible: Wes Jackson (USA) 323) Who received Livelihood Award in 2001 as a honour for modelpf principled, transparent and non- violent direct action dedicated to ridding the world of nuclear weapons: Trident Ploughshares (UK) 324) The Kvinna Till Kvinna foundation (Sweden) was awarded Livelihood Award in 2002 for: its remarkable successes in healing the wounds of ethnic hatred and war, by helping woman, often the prime victims, to be the major agents of reconciliation and peace- building 325) The 2003 Livelihood Award honours: New Zealands former Prime Minister David Lange, when the Jury recognizes for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons. 326) Oscar Awards are conferred annually by: Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, United States
327) Mehboob Khans Mother India was the first Indian film to be nominated in Beast Foreign Film category in Oscar Awards in: 1958 328) The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema in 1992 was: Satyajit Ray 329) The Award conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contributions in the promotion of International understanding, good will and friendship, is: Jawaharlal Nehru 330) Oscar awards were instituted in: 1929 331) World Food Prize were instituted in: 1979 332) The Award conferred by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association which is given annually for creditable efforts in film direction, are: Golden Globe Award 333) The prize given to individuals fighting for freedom, independence and dignity of people is: Simon Bolivar Prize 334) Which is the biggest literary award of Britain: David Cohen Award 335) The prize that is awarded every two years to people who have worded for Freedom of Speech is: Monismanien Prize (Sweden) 336) AAFI stands for: Amature Athletics Federation of India 337) ABC stands for: Aduit Bureau of Circulation, American Broadcasting Company, Australian Broadcasting Company. 338) ADB stands for: Asian Development Bank 339) AICTE stands for: All India Council of Technical Education 340) ASSCOM stands for: Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry 341) BAI stands for: Badminton Association of India 342) CABE stands for: Central Advisory Board for Education 343) CBDT stands: Central Board Human Education Council 344) What does CHEC stands for: Commonwealth Human Economic Council
General Awareness
General Science
Physics
1) A plant with green leaves placed in red light will appear: Black 2) Electromagnetic radiation is emitted by: Electrons 3) The common refrigerant used in the domestic refrigerator is: Freon/ Ammonia 4) A fuse wire is characterized by: High resistance and low melting point 5) Who said, A body will remain at rest unless an external force acts on the body: Newton 6) Which metal is commonly used as an electromagnet: Iron 7) When ice melts in a beaker of water, the level of water in the beaker will: remain the same 8) Which of the following does not admit any division: Atom 9) The dynamo converts: mechanical energy into electrical energy 10) The MKS unit of electric charge is: Coulomb 11) The oil in the wick of an oil lamp rises up due to: Capillary action 12) The function of the choke is to: give relatively large impedance of alternating current 13) If the length of a heater coil is reduced by 10percent of its original length, then power consumed by the heater will: increase over 100% 14) A red light is used in a traffic signal because: it has the longest wavelength and can be easily noticed from a long distance 15) The most convenient colour combination that can be used for vehicles running day and night is: Red and green 16) Metals are good conductors of electricity because: they contains free electrons 17) When iron and wood are exposed to sunlight, the iron rod becomes hot quickly because of: greater thermal conductivity of iron 18) Water cannot be used to extinguish fire caused by an electric current because: it may cause another short circuit 19) In diesel engines ignitions takes place by: compression 20) A sprayer works on the principle of: Pascal 21) Cloudy nights are warmer because: clouds prevent radiation of heat from found to air 22) If we go to the Himalayas, we feel breathless because: the density of air is much less on the hills so oxygen content is reduced
23) What is the approximate velocity of sound in air: 300 m/s 24) In deserts, clouds do not precipitate because of: low humidity 25) An echo is produced by the: reflection of sound waves 26) Coating of iron with zinc is known as: Galvanization 27) Which of the following is not a primary colour: Black 28) The speed of light in water is of that in air. What is the refractive index of water: 29) In the case of a concave mirror, the mirror, the image of an object is: real inverted and diminished when the object lies beyond the centre of curvature 30) Sound travels faster through: Steel 31) The process of transfer of heat by matter but without actual movement of the particles themselves is called: Conduction 32) A body is floating in water at under water C. If temperature reaches , then the body will: have some more part of it submerged
33) Which of the following criteria is used for any mental to be used as a cooking utensil: more thermal conductivity 34) Banking of curves is done to provide: Centripetal force 35) What are ultrasonic waves: Sound waves having frequency higher than the audio- frequency range 36) In the process of galvanization an iron sheet is coated with: Zinc 37) The source of solar energy is coated with: Zinc 38) The source of solar energy is: Nuclear fusion 39) A radar which detects the presence of an enemy aircraft use: Radio waves 40) The Raman Effect is used in the study of: Nuclear fusions 41) Fish plates are used in railway tracks: to control speed of the train 42) Food is cooked quickly in a pressure cooker because: boiling point of water is increased 43) In an earthen pot cooling of water depends upon: Outside temperature, atmospheric humidity, wind 44) A fuse wire is used to: prevent an unduly high electric current to pass through a circuit 45) A molecule is: the smallest unit of a substance that retains the properties of the substance 46) The nucleus of an atom consists of: protons and neutrons 47) A solid needle placed horizontally on the surface of the water floats due to: Surface tension 48) Effect of light on photocells produces: Currents
49) Four identical kettles with the same amount of water, have bases made of different metals of the same thickness. If these are placed on identical flames water will boil first in the kettle with a base made of: Copper 50) A 100 watt bulb is kept on for a period of 10 hours per day in the month of September. The electrical energy consumed in that month in kilowatt hours (kwh): 30 kwh 51) Which of the following is a good conductor of heat but bad conductor of electricity: Mica 52) A sudden fall in barometer reading indicates a: Storm 53) Sound travels with a different speed in difference media. In what order does the velocity of sound increase in these media: Air, water and iron 54) If the distance between two charges is halved, then the force between them becomes: four times 55) To increase the magnifying power of a telescope, the focal length of: eye-piece lens should be decreased 56) An object moving around in a circle is moving with: Varied velocity 57) When water is heated from C to , the volume of water: first decreases then increases
58) In electric fittings, the wires are earthed because: in case of a short circuit, current passes to the earth 59) Which of the following metals is used in aircraft: Palladium 60) The forces of gravity on the moon is: less than on the earth as the moon has a smaller mass 61) A transformer is used to: increase or decrease Ac voltage 62) When milk is churned, the cream from it is separated due to: Heat 63) The element used in an electric filament is: Tungsten 64) The sky is blue in colour due to: Dispersion 65) Velocity of sound is minimum in: Air 66) During rusting: Iron gains weight 67) Unit of energy is same as that of: Work 68) The molecular weight of a substance can be calculated by measuring: Vapour density 69) The process of strongly heating an ore in the presence of air is called: Calcination 70) Mercury is commonly used as a thermometric fluid rather than water because: Mercury had greater visibility than water 71) When a stone is dropped in a well the splash is herd after 1.5 seconds after the stone hits the water surface. If the velocity of sound is 327 m/s the depth of the well is: 490.5 m 72) Magnetic field does not interact with: Stationary charge 73) When a current flowing through a resistance increases four times the heat developed will increase: Sixteen times
74) When water boils, its temperature: Remains constant 75) Water has maximum density at C
76) The critical angle of a glass slab increases with: Decrease in the refractive index of glass 77) When a recorded tape is played after being subjected to a magnetic field, then: Recorded information is lost 78) Cosmic rays: can be charged as well as uncharged 79) Rectifiers are used to convert: AC to DC 80) The terminal colours of the rainbow are: Violet and red 81) The colour of the ocean appears to be blue because the sunlight falling on it is: Scattered 82) A needle smeared with Vaseline when lowered slowly on the surface of water in a horizontal position appers to float. The phenomenon is an example of: surface tension 83) Rate of evaporation does not depend upon: total mass of the liquid 84) The best conductor of electricity is: Silver 85) Two bodies of masses 1 kg and 4 kg have equal kinetic energies. The ratio of their linear momentum is: 86) A rocket works on the principle of conservation of: linear momentum 87) A moving bullet hits a solid target resting on a frictionless surface and gets embedded in it. What is conserved in this process: Momentum 88) A shell, initially at rest; suddenly explodes into two equal fragments A and B. What is observed: A and B move in opposite directions with the same speed 89) A bomb, initially at rest, explodes into a large number of tiny fragments. The total momentum of all the fragments: is zero
Chemistry
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Conversion of water into steam: is not a chemical reaction Dissolution of sugar into water: is a physical change Conversion of a substance directly from solid to vapour state is known as: Sublimation The chemical name of table salt is: Sodium chloride The chemical name of Vitamin C is: Ascorbic acid The chemical name of bauxite is: Hydrated aluminium oxide
7) 8) 9)
The chief constituent of gobar gas is: Methane Gelatin is added to ice cream to avoid crystal formation Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of: Calcium sulphate
10) Which matter is used in storage batteries: Lead 11) The constitutes of pollutant exhaust is hazardous to man: Carbon monoxide 12) Properties of element are determined by: Atomic number 13) During a chloride test white fumes are produced due to formation of: Ammonium chloride 14) Milk is pasteurized in order to: destroy microorganisms 15) Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of: Calcium bicarbonate 16) Aluminium is a : non-ferrous metal 17) Gallium is in liquid state at: normal room temperature 18) Boron is an element that: behaves chemically both as metal and non-metal 19) Bronze is an alloy of: Copper and tin 20) Sodium benzoate: is used for preservation of grains 21) Atomic weight of uranium is: 238 22) The major constituent of air is: Nitrogen 23) Mercury is in liquid state at: normal room temperature 24) Butane gases is used in: cigarette lighters 25) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists of: Butane and propane 26) Neptunium is not a: natural occurring element 27) Morphine does not belong to the: natural occurring element 28) Calcium is present in: hard water 29) Methane gases is used to: manufacture chloroform 30) Calcium hypochlorite is the chemical name of bleaching powder
31) Bromine is not a : noble gas 32) Diamond is the hardest element 33) Halite is the source: of common salt 34) Oxygen in air unites with: many metals 35) Na metals is mostly used for qualitative analysis of organic compounds 36) Permanent hardness of water due to sulphates of metals can be destroyed by the use of: Zeolites 37) Amalgams are the compounds which always contain: Hg 38) The chemical name of language gas is: Nitrous oxide 39) The molecular formula of phosphorus is: 40) The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruits is: Acteylene 41) Baking soda is also known as: Sodium bicarbonate 42) Molybdenum: is not a compound of calcium 43) Carbon dioxide gas is used to: extinguish fire 44) The first metal by man was: Copper 45) Chloroform is widely used as an: anaesthetic 46) Carbon monoxide is the: most toxic gas 47) Raw materials used for manufacture of glass are: Sand/soda/limestone 48) The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of: One proton + one neutron 49) The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati ghee is: Hydrogen 50) Chemically an enzyme is a : Protein 51) The raw material from which rayon is manufactured is: Cellulose 52) Solder is an alloy: Tin and lead 53) An element common to all acids is: Hydrogen 54) Petroleum consists of a complex mixture of: Hydrocarbons 55) An element found in all organic compounds is: Carbon
56) The most commonly used bleaching agent is: Chlorine 57) Silver bromide chemicals is used in: photograph 58) Magnetizing of iron nails is a: chemical change 59) The first organic compound to be synthesized in a laboratory: Urea 60) MgO is the compound that has a : coordination number of 4 61) Brass is an alloy of: Cooper and zinc 62) The most important ore of aluminium is: Bauxite 63) Alcohol contains: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen 64) Stainless steel is an alloy of: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen 65) Gold is always found in a: free state in nature 66) The chemical name of quartz is: Sodium silicate 67) Quick lime can be obtained by: heating limestone in a lime kiln 68) When zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid, the gas evolved is: Hydrogen 69) Which of the following is acidic in nature: Vinegar 70) The so called fourth state of matter refers to: Plasma 71) Brown-ring test is used for: Analysis of nitrates 72) Molishs is test is used to: detect carbohydrates in a solution 73) Hydrochloric acids is found in digestive juices 74) Hesss law is associated with: heat exchange in chemical reaction 75) Faradays law is associated with: electrolysis 76) Why does milk curdle: fermentation of lactose 77) Faradays law does not relate to: gases
BIOLOGY
1)
Crows and pigeons are: warm- blooded
2) Snakes and lizards are: cold- blooded animals 3) Fish respire through the: Gills 4) Process of cell division can take place by: Mitosis 5) Frog is an: amphibian 6) The creature that has no blood but respires: Hydra 7) The basic characteristics of living organism: ability to reproduce 8) Mammals are: warm- blooded 9) A cockroach has: three pairs of walking legs 10) In mammals the embryo develops in the: Uterus 11) The exchange of gases in mammals takes place in the: Alveoli 12) Fern belongs to: Pterophyta 13) Aves are: warm- blooded 14) The site of photosynthesis is: Chloroplast 15) To which animal phyla do the organisims with round bodies marked externally into tings or segments belong: Annelida 16) Which tissue is responsible for the passage of water in plants: Xylem 17) The vegetation of Thar desert consists of: consists of: Xerophytes 18) In which section of the plant does photosynthesis take place: Leaves 19) Photosynthesis takes place faster in: Read light 20) Age of a tree can be determined by: counting the number of rings in steam 21) Which of the following gases are given during photosynthesis: Oxygen 22) The green colour leaves is due to the presence of: Chlorophyll 23) During the day time plants: Take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen 24) Plants receive their nutrients mainly from: Soil 25) If all plants vanish from the earths surface which of the following gases will also disappear: Oxygen 26) Plants that grow in saline water are called: Halophytes
27) The onion is a modified form of: Stem 28) The cactus is modified form of: Stem 29) Mushroom: is a parasitic plant 30) Fungi is an organism that does not contain chlorophyll 31) In plants organic substances are transported through: Wood 32) Bacteria belongs to: Monera kingdom 33) The reproductive organs in anthrophyta are in the: Flowers 34) Epiphytes plants: are those which cling to other plants but do not take nutrition from them 35) Pitcher plant is a: carnivorous plant 36) Potato is a modified form of: Stem 37) Rhizome is an underground modification of: Stem 38) Man belongs to phylum: Chordate 39) Fertilization in frogs is: external 40) Insects belongs to: Anthropoids 41) Phloem is a tissue found in: Plants 42) From which part of the plant is turmeric obtained: Stem 43) The process of the division of somatic cells or an organism is called: Mitosis 44) A plant cell is distinguished from an animal cell by the presence of: Cellwall 45) Clove is obtained from: Stem 46) Pollen grains in plants are produced in: Flower 47) Green plants manufacture food in the presence of: light 48) If all plants in the world die, the animal life would also vanish for want of: oxygen 49) The site of photosynthesis is: vacuoles 50) Reproduction and locomotion are the two best reasons distinguishing between: the living and non-living 51) Non- vascular plants do not contains: xylem vessels 52) Lysosomes and Centrosomes are structures which are commonly present in the animal cells and not in plant cells 53) Xerophytes plants is adapted to grow in: dry places 54) Flower colours are due to: phytochromes
55) The bitter- sharp taste of unripe fruits is due to high concentration of: organic acids 56) Plants produce: oxygen in day 57) A tissue which gives mechanical support to plant parts is: Sclerenchyma 58) Sunlight helps in photosynthesis in plants 59) Potato is the modified form (outgrowth) of: Stem 60) What is the source of oxygen in photosynthesis in plants: Carbon dioxide 61) Plants take nitrogen in the form of: nitrates 62) What is the function of green leaves in plants: Photosynthesis 63) During seed germination, the events that take place are: absorption, swelling, emergence 64) The roots which dont grow from the main root but directly from the stem are called: adventitious roots 65) Photosynthesis is the process by which: green plants build up carbohydrates from carbon dioxide 66) The region of a stem from which the leaf springs is called the: node 67) The process by which plants lose water as water vapour is called: transpiration 68) Fungi are plants that lack: oxygen 69) The class of cold- blooded animals that pass the first part of their life in a larvae or tadpole state are classified as: amphibians 70) What is the temperature of a normal man: 71) Vitamin K helps in clotting of blood 72) Total volume of blood in a normal adult is: 5 6 litres 73) Red blood corpuscles are formed in the: bone marrow 74) How many bones are there in an adult human being: 206 75) The pancreas secrete: insulin 76) Tibia is a bone found in the: Leg 77) The largest part of the human brain is the: Cerebrum 78) Calcium carbonate is the main component of: bones and teeth 79) The main constituent of haemoglobin is: Iron 80) The main function of the kidney is: to remove waste products from the body 81) The function of haemoglobin is: transportation of oxygen C
82) Lachrymal: glands secrete tears 83) Liver: is the largest gland in the human body 84) Skin: is the largest organ in the human body 85) Hay Fever and Asthma belong to the category of: allergies 86) Which glands the human body is called the master gland: Pituitary 87) How many bones are there in a newly born infant: 300 88) Carbohydrates: have maximum calorific value 89) Vitamin A: promotes healthy functioning of eyes in human beings 90) The average heartbeat per minute in a normal man is: 70 91) A person of blood group AB: can receive blood of any group 92) Malaria is a disease which effects the: Spleen 93) Small pox disease is caused by: Virus

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