Practice Test-3

Number of questions: 40 Time Allowed: 20 mins.

1. ‘AFP’, is the news agency of 10. The world record for the fastest double century in
(a) UK (b) USA tests is held by
(c) Germany (d) None of these (a) Sanath Jaisurya (b) Nathan Astle
2. Which of the following represents the year in which (c) Adam Gilchrist (d) Saeed Anwar
Alexander invaded India? 11. The first speaker of the Lok Sabha was
(a) 323 BC (b) 324 BC (a) K.M. Munshi (b) C.D.Deshmukh
(c) 326 BC (d) 328 BC (c) G.V. Mavalankar (d) H.J.Kania
3. Khyber Pass is in 12. Which of the following represents the number of
(a) Pakistan (b) India member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement?
(c) Myanmar (d) Afghanistan (a) 54 (b) 75
4. The first secretary-general of the United Nations (c) 93 (d) 118
was 13. This personality is known as the Father of
(a) U. Thant Economics. Can you identify him from the given
(b) Trygve Lie options?
(c) Boutros-Boutros Ghali (a) J.M.Keyens (b) Adam Smith
(d) Javier Perez de Cuellar (c) Abraham Maslow (d) J.K. Galbraith
5. Southern Railway is headquartered at 14. Mount Etna is a famous volcano located in
(a) Hyderabad (b) Bangalore (a) Argentina (b) Italy
(c) Secunderabad (d) Chennai (c) Mexico (d) Phillipines
6. First ministerial meeting of W orld Trade 15. Where is the Tungabhadra sanctuary located?
Organization (WTO) took place at (a) Madhya Pradesh
(a) Washington (b) New York (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Geneva (d) Singapore (c) Karnataka
7. The highest producer of milk in world is (d) West Bengal
(a) USA (b) China 16. The agency of United Nations that was set up to
(c) India (d) Germany strengthen the international cooperation in the field
8. The first woman chief justice of high court of India of education and improve the standards of
was education is
(a) Fatima Biwi (a) UNEP (b) UNCTAD
(b) Ruma Pal (c) UNESCO (d) UNDP
(c) Leila Seth 17. Reserve Bank of India is headquarted at
(d) None of these (a) Kolkata (b) New Delhi
9. Identify the correct match: (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
Date Celebrated as 18. Jana Gana Mana, was accepted as the National
(a) May 8 - World Health Day Anthem of India by the Constituent Assembly of
India in which of the following years?
(b) May 1 - World Literacy Day
(c) May 17 - World Telecommunication Day (a) 1950 (b) 1949

(d) June 5 - World Ozone Day (c) 1948 (d) 1947

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19. The person who has climbed Mount Everest the 28. Panama Canal links which of the following water
most — 17 times — is resources?
(a) Babu Chheri (b) Appa Sherpa (a) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
(c) Peter Hillary (d) T. W. Tenzing (b) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
20. Which Indian state has its maximum area under (c) Red Sea and Caspian Sea
the forest cover? (d) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean
(a) Maharashtra 29. Which of the following rays is NOT harmful?
(b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Ultraviolet rays
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (b) X-rays
(d) Kerala (c) Infrared rays
21. This personality is known as The Father of (d) Short radio waves
Geometry. Identify him from the given option.
30. Who is considered as the Father of History?
(a) Euclid (b) Pythagoras
(a) Aristotle (b) Herodotus
(c) Newton (d) Laplace
(c) Socrates (d) Plato
22. The biggest producers of oil within the members
31. Who among the following Indian President has also
of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
been the speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(OPEC) is
(a) N. Sanjiva Reddy
(a) Iraq (b) Iran
(b) R. Venkatraman
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Kuwait
(c) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
23. The first Indian animation film was produced by
(d) Giani Zail Singh
(a) H. S. Bhatwadekar
32. Over which of the following rivers, the Bhakhra
(b) Dada Saheb Phalke
Nangal dam is built?
(c) Hiralal Sen
(a) Ravi (b) Chenab
(d) J. F. Madan
(c) Sutluj (d) Beas
24. Who is the founder of the World Economic Forum?
33. The Ottawa process negotiations are related to
(a) George McDonald
(a) environmental pollution
(b) Jack Barry
(b) ozone layer’s depletion
(c) Robert Allen
(c) nuclear weapons
(d) Klaus Schwab
(d) banning of landmines
25. W ho among the following is the author of
34. What percentage of the world area is occupied by
Meghdoot?
India?
(a) Bana Bhatta (b) Kalhana
(a) 1.3% (b) 2.4%
(c) Kalidas (d) Tulsidas
(c) 4.5% (d) 5.7%
26. Under whose presidentship, the first session of
35. In which of the following years, the General
Indian National Congress took place in Bombay?
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) came into
(a) A. O. Hume existence?
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji (a) 1947 (b) 1948
(c) G. K. Gokhale (c) 1969 (d) 1984
(d) W. C. Bannerjee 36. In a normal healthy man, the quantity of blood is
27. How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha? about
(a) 238 (b) 242 (a) 3 litres (b) 4 litres
(c) 246 (d) 250 (c) 5 litres (d) 6 litres
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37. The credit for the classification of the blood groups 39. Unhappy India is the name of the book written by
goes to (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(a) William Harvey (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) K. Landsteiner (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Robert Hook (d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(d) Z. Janssen 40. The venue of the first Asian Games that took place
38. Which part of the body gets affected in Pleurisy? in 1951 was
(a) Joints (a) Bangkok
(b) Lungs (b) New Delhi
(c) Liver (c) Tokyo
(d) Throat (d) Manila

Answer Key
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (b)

11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (c)

21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (b)

31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (b)