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1. This disease is caused by the deficiency of protein. Can you identify it from the given options? a. Goitre b. Kwashiorkar c. Hypokalemia d. Dermatosis We all know very well that the Pacific Ocean is the earths largest ocean. Which of the following represents the percentage area (approximately) of the earth covered by it? a. 25% b. 35% c. 40% d. 45% This place is the wettest place on earth. Can you identify it from the given options? a. Mount Waialeale b. Cherapoonji c. Mawsynram d. None of these The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 According to the latest population Census, the state with the least population density is a. Sikkim b. Mizoram c. Andaman & Nicobar Islands d. Arunachal Pradesh The number of Union Territories in India is a. 5 b. 6

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3.

4.

5.

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c. 7

d. 8

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The maximum duration for which the Presidents office can remain vacant is a. 1 month b. 2 months c. 3 months d. 6 months Which of the following represents the minimum age required to become the member of the Rajya Sabha? a. 25 years b. 30 years c. 35 years d. There is no age limit as such Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of the agriculture sector to the Growth Domestic Product of the Indian Economy (approximately)? a 15% b. 17% c. 21% d. 30% Sakyamuni is another name of a. Mahavir b. Buddha

8.

9.

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c. Lord Shiva

d. Lord Vishnu

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The last amendment to the Preamble of the Constitution of India was carried out in the year a. 1958 b. 1962 c. 1976 d. 1978

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Which of the following is NOT a primary activity? a. Fishing b. Mining c. Agriculture

d. Banking

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How many Bharat Ratna awardees have won the Nobel Prize till date? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 Who discovered Ultrasound ? a. Ian Donald b. Roger Bacon

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c. JP Merril

d. Joseph Lister

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Maltimadhava is the famous creation of which of the following personalities? a. Kalidas b. Bharat Muni c. Bhavabhuti d. Vishnu Sharma The work for which French Nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for, is a. He was the founder of Scouts movement b. He was the founder of Amnesty International c. He was the founder of Red Cross Society d. He was responsible for the revival of modern Olympic games. Which of the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna? a. Aruna Asaf Ali b. PV Kane c. DK Karve d. MGK Menon Which of the following is not matched properly? Biosphere reserve State a. Dibru Saikhowa Assam b. Dehang Debang Mizoram c. Norkek Meghalaya d. Pachmarhi Madhya Pradesh The first cotton mill of India was set up at a. Surat b. Mumbai

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17.

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c. Kanpur

d. Ahmedabad

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Which Indian city is also known as the school capital of India? a. Lucknow b. New Delhi c. Dehradun Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in a. 1949 b. 1952

d. Ajmer

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c. 1955

d. 1964

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We all know very well that the largest planet of the solar system is Jupiter. Can you identify the name of the second largest planet of the solar system? a. Earth b. Saturn c. Uranus d. Venus You would find Andes mountain range in a. North America b. South America The worlds rarest element on earth is a. Palladium b. Astatine

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c. Europe

d. Australia

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c. Radium

d. None of these

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Which of the following is the densest planet of the solar system? a. Earth b. Saturn c. Jupiter Which of the following is NOT based on the banks of river Danube? a. Vienna b. Belgrade c. Budapest

d. Mercury

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d. Warsaw

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Which of the following cases highlighted that total reservation in the government jobs cannot exceed 50% of total? a. T.A. Pai case b. Minerva Mills case c. Keshvanand Bharti case d. Indira Sawhney case Ngultrum is the name of the currency of a. Chile b. Bhutan

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c. Botswana

d. Bulgaria

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International Committee of Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize for record _____times. a. Three b. Four c. Five d. Six Poise is the unit of a. pressure c. luminous intensity

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b. viscosity d. inductance

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This personality is credited with the invention of Electro cardiogram (ECG). Can you identify the personality from the given options? a. Ian Donald b. A. Laveran c. Williem Einthoven d. C.Sholes Time Machine is the name of a famous work of a. Carl Segan b. H.G. Wells c. Alvin Tofler

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d. Arthur C. Clarke

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Jakob Von Vexkull was the founder of a. Booker Prize c. Right Livelihood Award

b. Pulitzer Prize d. Templeton Prize

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Which of the following chemical elements is used for the bleaching process? a. Fluorine b. Bromine c. Chlorine d. Xenon Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the a. brain b. liver

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c. kidney

d. lungs

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Which of the following is the capital of Ireland? a. Dublin b. Istanbul c. Amsterdam Where would you find the Indian Textile Institute? a. Surat b. Kanpur c. Pune

d. Berne

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d. Mysore

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Which of the following is the least populous union territory of India? a. Pondicherry b. Lakshadweep c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli d. Andaman & Nicobar Islands The first Indian state where the Presidents rule was imposed in the year 1951 was ... a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan c. Punjab d. Orissa Which of the following Indian states has the lowest sex ratio (number of females per thousand males)? a. West Bengal b. Haryana c. Punjab d. Uttar Pradesh Which of the following is NOT a work of Salman Rushdie? a. Moors Last Sigh b. Midnights Children c. Shalimar The Clown d. The Piano Teacher International Labor Day is celebrated on ___every year. a. August 1 b. March 1 c. September 1 Who wrote Ramayana? a. Vishwamitra c. Tulasidas

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40.

41.

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d. May 1

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b. Maharishi Valmiki d. None of these

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Who is credited with the construction of the Grand Trunk road? a. Tipu Sultan b. Mohammed bin-Tughlaq c. Shershah Suri d. Jehangir Which of the following is also known as Silicon valley of India? a. Hyderabad b. Bangalore c. Chennai

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d. Noida

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This personality is also considered as the Father of computers . Can you name him from the given options? a. Blaise Pascal b. Alan M. Turing c. Charles Babbage d. None of these Peace Palace is the official headquarters of a. WHO b. FAO Find the odd one out. a. DOS

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c. ICJ

d. IBRD

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b. WINDOWS

c. LINUX

d. LISP

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Which of the following is the capital of the land of midnight sun? a. Vienna b. Oslo c. Helsinki Christiana is the former name of which of the following cities? a. Copenhagen b. Oslo c. Ottawa

d. Prague

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d. Berlin

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She is the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India. Can you identify her from the given options? a. M. Fathima Bibi b. Leila Seth c. Kadambini Ganguli d. Dina Vakil Who is the first Indian to have crossed the English Channel? a. Mihir Gupta b. Mihir Sharma c. Mihir Sen Mohiniattam is a dance form from a. Andhra Pradesh b. Kerala

52.

d. Mihir Mukherjee

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c. Tamil Nadu

d. Karnataka

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Which of the following represents the name of the Indias first indigenously built submarine? a. INS Shakti b. INS Delhi c. INS Savitri d. INS Vibhuti Narora Atomic Power station is in a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan

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c. Madhya Pradesh

d. Tamil Nadu

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The earths axis is inclined to the ___ to the plane of its orbit. a. 33.5 b. 46.5 c. 52.8

d. 66.5

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57.

Equinoxes are the dates when the sun shines directly over the a. Tropic of Cancer b. Tropic of Capricorn c. Equator The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere after nitrogen is a. hydrogen b. carbon dioxide c. oxygen Which of the following is NOT matched properly? Mountain Range a. Himalayan Karakoram b. Alps c. Andes d. Rockies Continent Asia Europe South America Asia

d. None of these

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d. helium

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60.

What is the capital of Tanzania? a. Kiev b. Dodoma AFP, is the news agency of a. UK b. USA

c. Abuja

d. Capetown

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c. Germany

d. None of these

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Which of the following represents the year in which Alexander invaded India? a. 323 BC b. 324 BC c. 326 BC d. 328 BC In which of the following years did United Nations (UN) come into existence? a. 1941 b. 1943 c. 1944 d. 1945 Khyber Pass is in a. Pakistan

63.

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b. India

c. Myanmar

d. Afghanistan

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The first Secretary-General of the United Nations was a. U. Thant b. Trygve Lie c. Boutros-Boutros Ghali d. Javier Perez de Cuellar Southern Railway is headquartered at a. Hyderabad b. Bangalore

66.

c. Secunderabad

d. Chennai

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First ministerial meeting of World Trade Organization took place at a. Washington b. New York c. Geneva The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was a. S. L. Shakadhar b. Sukumar Sen c. H. J. Kania

d. Singapore

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d. P. C. Sen

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69.

Identify the correct match: Date a. May 8 b. May 1 c. May 17 d. June 5 Celebrated as World Health Day World Literacy Day World Telecommunication Day World Ozone Day

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Mount Etna is a famous volcano located in a. Argentina b. Italy Tungabhadra Sanctuary is located at a. Madhya Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Mexico

d. Phillipines

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c. Karnataka

d. West Bengal

72.

The agency of United Nations that was set-up to strengthen the international cooperation in the field of education and improve the standards of education is a. UNEP b. UNCTAD c. UNESCO d. UNDP What is the approximate length of Indian coastlines? a. 3,440 km b. 4,589 km c. 7,500 km Reserve Bank of India is headquarted at a. Kolkata b. New Delhi

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d. 8,924 km

74.

c. Mumbai

d. Chennai

75.

Jana Gana Mana, was accepted as the National Anthem of India by the Constituent Assembly of India in a. 1950 b. 1949 c. 1948 d. 1947 Which of the following cricketers holds the world record for maximum number of double centuries in test cricket? a. Mark Waugh b. Martin Crowe c. Marwan Atapattu d. Don Bradman The person who has climbed Mount Everest the most 12 times is a. Babu Chheri b. Appa Sherpa c. Peter Hillary Which Indian state has its maximum area under the forest cover? a. Maharashtra b. Madhya Pradesh c. Arunachal Pradesh

76.

77.

d. T. W. Tenzing

78.

d. Kerala

79.

This personality is known as The Father of Geometry. Identify him from the given options. a. Euclid b. Pythagoras c. Newton d. Laplace

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80.

Who is the founder of the World Economic Forum? a. George McDonald b. Jack Barry c. Robert Allen Who among the following is the author of Meghdoot? a. Bana Bhatta b. Kalhana c. Kalidas

d. Klaus Schwab

81.

d. Tulsidas

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Under whose presidentship, the first session of Indian National Congress took place in Bombay? a. A. O. Hume b. Dadabhai Naoroji c. G. K. Gokhale d. W. C. Bannerjee How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha? a. 238 b. 242 c. 246 Panama Canal links a. Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean c. Red Sea and Caspian Sea Which of the following rays is NOT harmful? a. Ultraviolet rays b. X-rays

83.

d. 250

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b. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea d. Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean

85.

c. Infrared rays

d. Short radio waves

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Who is considered as The Father of Genetics? a. Robert Hook b. G. J. Mendel c. Charles Darwin Which Indian President has also been the speaker of the Lok Sabha? a. N. Sanjiva Reddy b. R. Venkatraman c. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma d. Giani Zail Singh Bhakhra Nangal dam is built over a. Ravi b. Chenab Between Hope and History, is a work of a. Mikhail Gorbachev b. Boris Yeltsin

d. T. H. Morgan

87.

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c. Sutluj

d. Beas

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c. Bill Clinton

d. Mao Tse Sung

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The Ottawa process negotiations are related to a. environmental pollution b. ozone layers depletion c. nuclear weapons d. banning of landmines What percentage of the world area is occupied by India? a. 1.3% b. 2.4% c. 4.5% General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT) came into existence in a. 1947 b. 1948 c. 1969
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d. 5.7%

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d. 1984

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93.

Vyas Samman is given by a. Rajiv Gandhi Foundation c. UNESCO

b. K. K. Birla Foundation d. Uttar Pradesh Government

94.

January 26 besides, being Republic Day of India, is also celebrated as a. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking b. World Ozone day c. International Customs Day d. World Food Day Which among the following is the worlds smallest republic? a. Tonga b. Tuvalu c. Nauru

95.

d. Vatican

96.

Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939, after he broke away from the Congress? a. South Bloc b. Forward Bloc c. AIADMK d. Indian National Party Diet is the name of the parliament of a. Norway b. Spain

97.

c. Sweden

d. Japan

98.

International Rice Research Institute is based at a. Bangkok b. Manila c. Kuala Lumpur

d. Tokyo

99.

What is the effect on the density of a gas if it is heated under constant pressure? a. It will decrease b. It will increase c. Remains constant d. First increases and then decreases This person has written National Anthem for two nations. Who is he? a. Iqbal b. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee c. Rabindra Nath Tagore d. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee The second largest Indian state in terms of area is a. Maharashtra b. Rajasthan c. Uttar Pradesh According to latest Census 2001, the least populated state in India is a. Mizoram b. Manipur c. Sikkim

100.

101.

d. Madhya Pradesh

102.

d. Goa

103.

Which of the following countries was earlier called Northern Rhodesia? a. Zimbabwe b. Zambia c. Zaire d. Namibia United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is headquartered at a. Rome b. Geneva c. Paris d. New York
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105.

Brettonwoods conference is related with the establishment of a. ADB b. IMF c. EU The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is based at a. Bangalore b. Pune c. Hyderabad

d. WTO

106.

d. Thiruvananthapuram

107.

Which of the following Union Territories is the largest in India, in terms of area? a. Pondicherry b. Dadra & Nagar Haveli c. Andman & Nicobar islands d. Daman & Diu Which city is known as the Garden city of India? a. Hyderabad b. New Delhi c. Mumbai Marcel Corbillion Cup is associated with a. hockey b. lawn tennis

108.

d. Bangalore

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c. football

d. table tennis

110.

2002 Busan Asiad was the ___ edition of the game. a. 11th b. 12th c. 13th Milk is basically a type of a. emulsion b. solvent

d. 14th

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c. suspension

d. gel

112.

Scientific principle of electric motor was discovered by a. Michael Faraday b. B. Franklin c. T. A. Edison The Sojourner is the name of a. a space observatory of Russia b. a vehicle deployed by NASA on Mars c. space shuttle to be launched by USA for exploration of Jupiter d. this years Booker Prize winning book World Consumer Rights Day is observed on a. March 4 b. March 15

d. Enrico Fermi

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114.

c. March 30

d. April 7

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This Indian state is the most literate, biggest producer of natural rubber and is promoted by the tag line Gods Own Country. Identify the state in question from the given options. a. Andhra Pradesh b. Kerala c. Karnataka d. Tamil Nadu The capital of Portugal is a. Algiers b. Lisbon

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c. Brussels

d. Madrid

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117.

Where are the headquarters of the worlds foremost Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International? a. Berlin b. New York c. London d. Geneva Huen Tsang visited India during the reign of a. Kanishka b. Harsha

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c. Ashok

d. Chandragupta

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Which of the following is not an official language of the United Nations? a. Chinese b. French c. German d. Arabic In which of the following years was the name of G7 changed to G8? a. 1994 b. 1996 c. 1998 Which of the following countries is not a member of G-15 group? a. Kenya b. Chile c. Nigeria White Revolution is related with a. flood control b. fish production Ozone layer is depleted the most by a. carbon dioxide c. chloroflourocarbons

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d. 1999

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d. Pakistan

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c. wheat production

d. milk production

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b. carbon monoxide d. sulphur dioxide

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Which of the following days is celebrated as the World Food Day throughout the world? a. April 14 b. October 16 c. June 19 d. December 10 Brass is an alloy that is made up of a. zinc and sulphur c. copper and zinc

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b. sulphur and copper d. zinc and magnesium

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What is the limit of thermosphere, a division of atmosphere? a. 220 km b. 430 km c. 690 km Golden Revolution is associated with the increased production of a. fertilisers b. eggs c. fruits The youngest mountaineer to have scaled Mount Everest is a. Temba Tsheri b. Ang Rita c. Nawang Gombu The World Tourism Day is celebrated on a. August 16 b. September 3

d. 810 km

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d. milk

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d. Fu Dorjee

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c. September 27

d. October 7

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130.

Indias first steel plant was set-up at a. Rourkela b. Bhilai

c. Durgapur

d. Jamshedpur

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The application of mathematics to the study of living beings is known as a. bionomics b. biotechnology c. bionics d. biometry LIBOR stands for a. Long Island Borrowing Offer Rate b. London Inter Bank Offer Rate c. Luxemburg International Banks Organisation Regime d. None of the above Deenabandhu, was the title given to a. C. R. Dass b. A.O. Hume

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c. B.G. Tilak

d. C.F. Andrews

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When was the rupee devalued for the first time after independence? a. 1948 b. 1949 c. 1952 Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) is based at a. Jabalpur b. Pune c. Lucknow The nature of Indian Economy can best be described as a. socialist b. mixed c. capitalist Cue is a term used in a. billiards b. football

d. 1954

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d. Hyderabad

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d. None of these

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c. hockey

d. chess

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Word secular, was inserted into the Constitution of India with the help of a. 38th Constitutional amendment b. 36th Constitutional amendment c. 44th Constitutional amendment d. 42nd Constitutional amendment A person bends forward while climbing to a. reduce atmospheric pressure c. increase stability Tripitakas, are the sacred text of a. Jainism b. Buddhism

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b. decrease friction d. avoid slip-ups

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c. Hinduism

d. Sikhism

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141.

Animal that can live both on land and water, are known as a. mammals b. reptiles c. amphibians Sanjukta Panigrahi was a famous dancer of a. Bharat Natyam b. Kathak Indias percentage area under agriculture is a. 47% b. 56%

d. None of these

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c. Odissi

d. Mohiniattam

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c. 63%

d. 74%

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K.C. Neyogy was the a. first chair person of finance commission of India b. first governor of RBI c. first finance minister of Independent India d. None of these Sugar Bowl of India, is a. Madhya Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh

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c. Kerala

d. Karnataka

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Approximately 90 percent of the earths crust is made up of a. metamorphic rocks b. sedimentary rocks c. igneous rocks d. None of these Who among the following is credited with the invention of polio vaccine? a. Louis Pasteur b. Albert Sabin c. Jonas Salk d. Alexander Flemming Pick the odd one out. a. Juan Antonio Samaranch c. Boutros-Boutros Ghali

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b. Perez de Cuellar d. Kofi Annan

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Which of the following countries is also known as Dairy of Northern Europe? a. Switzerland b. Finland c. Denmark d. Belgium Currency of Denmark is a. Rand b. Krone

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c. Pound

d. Peseta

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Who was the person behind the Kuka movement? a. Kunwar Singh b. V. B. Phadke c. Guru Ram Singh d. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

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152.

In the 552 strong Lok Sabha, how many members are there from the Union Territories? a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40 Which of the following personalities gave The Laws of Heredity? a. Robert Hook b. G. J. Mendel c. Charles Darwin Name the personality who was also known as Deshbandhu. a. S. Radhakrishanan b. G. K. Gokhale c. Chittaranjan Das

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d. William Harvey

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d. Madan Mohan Malviya

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Which of the following is NOT the language enshrined in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution, as the language of the state? a. Nepali b. Kashmiri c. English d. Konkani The capital of Uttaranchal is a. Masoorie b. Dehra Dun

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c. Nainital

d. None of these

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The Dewang Mehta award is given in the field of a. Medicine b. Sports c. IT

d. None of these

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Which of the following represents the Finance Commissions that have been set-up so far? a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13 World Trade Organization came into existence in a. 1992 b. 1993 c. 1994

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d. 1995

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According to the Constitution of India, which of the following is NOT one of the main organs of the Government? a. Legislature b. Bureaucracy c. Executive d. Judiciary Which of the following is a Central Government Tax? a. Income tax b. Corporation tax c. Sales tax English education in India was introduced by a. Lord Dalhousie b. Lord Curzon Governor is apointed by the a. Prime Minister c. Chief Justice

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d. Octroi

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c. Lord Macaulay

d. Lord Rippon

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b. President d. Chief Justice of the concerned states high court

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My Passage from India, is a book authored by a. E. M. Foster b. Ismail Merchant c. Nirad C. Choudhary d. Mulk Raj Anand

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165.

When did the Second Round Table conference take place? a. 1915 b. 1922 c. 1928

d. 1931

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Metals which chemically behave both as metals and non-metals are called a. alloys b. metalloids c. halogens d. chalkogens The fear of heights is termed as a. acrophobia b. phosophophobia

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c. claustrophobia

d. hydrophobia

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Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place during the governorship of a. Lord Dalhousie b. Lord Ripon c. Lord Minto

d. Lord Chelmsford

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Which of the following articles of the Constitution deals with Financial Emergency? a. Article 352 b. Article 356 c. Article 360 d. Article 370 Scurvy is a disease caused by the deficiency of a. Vitamin B b. Vitamin C c. Vitamin K The largest river (in terms of volume of water it carries) is a. Nile b. Mississippi Missouri c. Amazon d. Yangtze Hasan is situated in a. Madhya Pradesh

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d. Vitamin A

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b. Karnataka

c. Orissa

d. Tamil Nadu

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Manchester of South India, is a. Madurai b. Coimbatore

c. Bangalore

d. Thiruvananthapuram

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Approximately what portion of the worlds population reside in India? a. One-third b. One-fourth c. One-fifth Decibel is the unit of a. frequency

d. One-sixth

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b. wavelength

c. sound

d. luminous intensity

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Which of the following US state is also known as the Empire State? a. Chicago b. San Francisco c. New York

d. Washington DC

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He is also known as the Light of Asia. Can you identify him from the given options? a. Guru Nanak Dev b. Mahavir Swami c. Swami Vivekananda d. Gautam Buddha

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Which of the following trains is Indias first certified ISO-9001 train? a. Tamilnadu Express b. Magadh Express c. Bhopal Express d. AP Express Which of the following represents the name of the Chinese character on whom the emblem of Beijing Olympics is based? a. Yan b. Ying c. Jing d. Jang Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) is based at a. Varanasi b. Chennai c. Hyderabad Who wrote the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice? a. Vikram Seth b. Rohington Mistry c. Anurag Mathur Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), is based at a. Kolkata b. Bangalore c. Hyderababd Global Trust Bank is founded by a. Deepak Parekh b. K. V. Kamath Manas Tiger Sanctuary, is in a. Uttar Pradesh b. Assam Panini was a. a Greek philosopher c. a sanskrit grammarian of vedic times Mein Kemf is authored by a. Napoleon Bonaparte c. Adolf Hitler

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d. Kanpur

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d. Arundhati Roy

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d. Chennai

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c. Ramesh Gelli

d. P. V. Narasimhan

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c. West Bengal

d. Rajasthan

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b. an Indian astronomer and famous mathematician d. great poet of ancient times b. Karl Marx d. Benito Mussolini

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Which of the following is the largest and the deepest ocean of the world? a. Arctic b. Atlantic c. Pacific d. Indian The literacy rate of India is a. 57.86% b. 61.34% North Korea and South Korea are divided by a. Durand line b. 17th Parallel c. 63.98% c. 49th Parallel d. 65.38% d. 38th Parallel

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Which Indian state has the least literacy rate? a. Bihar b. Rajasthan c. Orissa

d. Arunachal Pradesh

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191.

SAARC was formed in a. 1982 b. 1984

c. 1985

d. 1986

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Which of the following is NOT the member of the European Union? a. Greece b. Finland c. Norway Euro was launched in 12 European Union Countries on January 1, a. 2000 b. 2001 c. 2002 ASEAN is headquartered at a. Male b. Kathmandu

d. United Kingdom

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d. 2003

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c. Jakarta

d. Kuala Lumpur

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Which of the following personalities is the first woman chairperson of Planning Commission of India? a. Vijaylakshmi Pandit b. Indira Gandhi c. Sucheta Kripalani d. Sarojini Naidu Which of the following is the capital of Zimbabwe? a. Dar-es-Salam b. Abidjan c. Harare

196.

d. Nairobi

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Who is the youngest cricketer in the world to have played 100 test matches? a. Shoaib Akhtar b. Mohammed Sami c. Michael Bevan d. Sachin Tendulkar Which Indian state is inhabited by Jaintiya tribes? a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Mizoram c. Manipur Nagarjuna Sagar is a dam built over a. Cauvery b. Mahanadi TISCO was established in a. 1947 b. 1937

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d. Meghalaya

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c. Krishna

d. Godavary

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c. 1927

d. 1907

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SNAP General Knowledge Question Bank_ 2009

MBA Test Prep

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