Total Questions : 50
Duration : 25 Minutes
 
Q1. The National Renewal Fund was created with a view to providing
  1. assistance to chronically sick industrial units 2. retraining to retirees under the VRS
  3. social benefits to the elderly 4. financial assistance to poor farmers
             
Q2. In case of nuclear fission, the energy is released in which form?
  1. Light 2. Heat
  3. Chemical 4. Mechanical
             
Q3. Mahashweta Devi, recipient of the Jnanpith Award, writes in
  1. Oriya 2. Malayalam
  3. Tamil 4. Bengali
             
Q4. The Mopillahs led a massive tribal movement against the British rule during the freedom struggle in
  1. Kerala 2. Tamilnadu
  3. Bengal 4. Bihar
             
Q5. The Earth is approximately _____ old.
  1. 8.5 billion years 2. 4.5 billion years
  3. 2.6 billion years 4. 15.5 billion years
             
Q6. The most important food crop in India is
  1. Wheat 2. Rice
  3. Barley 4. None of these
             
Q7. The Sangam literature was written in
  1. Hindi 2. Sanskrit
  3. Tamil 4. Telugu
             
Q8. The famous book Rajatarangini describes the history of the rulers of
  1. Assam 2. Tamilnadu
  3. Kashmir 4. Rajasthan
             
Q9. Match the following:
Scripture
I. Rig Veda
II. Yajur Veda
III. Sama Veda
IV. Atharva Veda 		Subject
A. Musical hymns
B. Hymns and rituals
C. Charms and spells
D. Hymns and prayers
  1. I-D, II-B, III-A, IV-C 2. I-C, II-B, III-D, IV-A
  3. I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C 4. I-B, II-C III-A, IV-D
             
Q10. The writing of Panchatantra is attributed to
  1. Kalidasa 2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. Bhartrihari 4. Banabhatta
             
Q11. The author of “A Town Called Malgudi” is
  1. Mulk Raj Anand 2. RK Narayan
  3. Salman Rushdie 4. Khushwant Singh
             
Q12. Who is the author of Ashtadhyai ?
  1. Charak 2. Aryabhatta
  3. Vishnu Sharma 4. Panini
             
Q13. ‘Ad Valorem’ means according to
  1. value 2. excise rules
  3. old rules 4. new rules
             
Q14. ‘James Bond’ was created by
  1. Desmond Bagley 2. Agatha Christie
  3. Ian Fleming 4. Stanley Gardner
             
Q15. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts” was said by
  1. P. B. Shelley 2. Shakesphere
  3. Wordworth 4. Keats
             
Q16. “Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains”, was said by
  1. Thomas Hardy 2. Shakespeare
  3. Rousseau 4. None of these
             
Q17. Spot the wrong set of 'real' and 'pen' names (nom de plume).
  1. Asadullah Khan - Ghalib 2. Ragunath Srivastava - Firaq Gorakhpuri
  3. S.H. Vatsyayan - Agyeya 4. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava - Prem Chand
             
Q18. Matriachial family is found among the
  1. Khasis 2. Coorgs
  3. Nambudiris 4. Ray Gonds
             
Q19. “Glasnost” is
  1. a new kind of glass developed by Germans 2. a new fibre glass developed by USSR
  3. the policy of openness followed by Gorbachev 4. the new space station of Soviet Union
             
Q20. North-South Dialogue means talks between
  1. North America and South America 2. Western countries and Asian countries
  3. Developed countries and developing countries 4. Second and third world countries.
             
Q21. “Operation Flood” deals with
  1. linking of Ganga and Cauvery rivers 2. control of floods in North India
  3. the dairy development programme 4. the provision of drinking water to all
             
Q22. Which of the following is a computer term?
  1. ROM 2. SVP
  3. TNT 4. NTP
             
Q23. Which one of the following is an example of consumers good?
  1. Cloth 2. Machines
  3. Equipment 4. Tools
             
Q24. ‘Sarvodaya’ movement was started by
  1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Jayaprakash Narayan
  3. Vinoba Bhave 4. J L Nehru
             
Q25. ‘Ergonomics’ is the science of
  1. economics of labour 2. soil and crop
  3. efficiency of workers 4. living beings
             
Q26. ‘White Paper’ is a
  1. paper of good quality 2. paper having white colour
  3. issued by Government on important issues 4. paper used for bearer bonds
             
Q27. Which of the following is an example of an economic cartel?
  1. WTO 2. SAFTA
  3. OPEC 4. EU
             
Q28. ‘Hydroponics’ means
  1. cultivation of plants without the use of soil 2. detection of sound in water
  3. animals living in water 4. a Japanese way of flowering
             
Q29. ‘Amnesia’ refers to the loss of
  1. appetite 2. memory
  3. sight 4. sense of touch
             
Q30. Which of the following is/ are correctly matched?
I. Chandershekhar Azad - Naujwan Bharat Sabha
II. Mahadev Govind Ranade-- Brahmo Samaj
III. Swami Vivekanand-- Ramakrishna Mission
  1. I, II and III 2. I and III
  3. I only 4. III only
             
Q31. The Panchayati Raj system is a
  1. four-tier institution 2. two-tier institution
  3. three-tier institution 4. None of these
             
Q32. Washing Soda is chemically called
  1. Sodium Carbonate 2. Calcium Carbonate
  3. Sodium Bicarbonate 4. Pot. Carbonate
             
Q33. If you a burn 10 gm. of Magnesium in the air, the weight of the resulting product would be
  1. less than 10 gm 2. more than 10 gm
  3. either 1 or 2 4. can’t say
             
Q34. Unhappy India was authored by
  1. Lala Lajpat Rai 2. G. K. Gokhale
  3. M. K. Gandhi 4. D. Nauroji
             
Q35. Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death in the _____ case.
  1. Meerut conspiracy 2. Kakori conspiracy
  3. Karachi conspiracy 4. None of these
             
Q36. Who among the following is not an author?
  1. Gita Hariharan 2. Shobha De
  3. Ismat Chughtai 4. Gitanjli Aiyar
             
Q37. The Thomas Cup is related to
  1. Badminton 2. Tennis
  3. Squash 4. Golf
             
Q38. The height of Mt. Everest is
  1. 8898 m 2. 8848 m
  3. 8848 ft 4. 8898 ft
             
Q39. “Shahid Udham Singh Nagar” is a new district carved out in
  1. Punjab 2. Haryana
  3. U.P. 4. J&K
             
Q40. The first speaker of the Indian Loksabha was
  1. Gurdial Singh 2. Baldev Singh
  3. JL Nehru 4. GV Mavlankar
             
Q41. The STD facility was launched in India first of all in
  1. Nasik 2. Kanpur
  3. Bombay 4. New Delhi
             
Q42. Art. 143 deals with the
  1. allocation of funds among states 2. collective responsibility of the Cabinet
  3. advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court 4. none of these
             
Q43. “Garuda” is the emblem of the
  1. Indonesian Airlines 2. Thai Airlines
  3. Mauritius Airlines 4. Fiji Airlines
             
Q44. The High Altitude Research Laboratory is at
  1. Leh 2. Ooty
  3. Gulmarg 4. Darjeeling
             
Q45. The Olympics were re-started by
  1. Pierre de Cubertin 2. Henri Dunant
  3. Antonio Samaranch 4. None of these
             
Q46. Ootacomund is a famous tourist-spot in
  1. Gujarat 2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu 4. Andhra Pradesh
             
Q47. Cryogenic engines find applications in
  1. rocket technology 2. frost-free refrigerators
  3. sub-marine propulsion 4. superconductivity
             
Q48. The ‘poverty line’ has been defined on the basis of
  1. The standard of living of the people 2. The income level of the majority of people
  3. The national requirements of 2400 calories per person per day for rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day for urban areas 4. The customs of the people
             
Q49. Mahatma Gandhi's entry into national politics started with the
  1. Champaran Movement 2. Non-Cooperation Movement
  3. Rowlatt Satyagraha 4. Dandi March
             
Q50. Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of oxygen transport in the body?
  1. Trachea, blood, bronchioles, brain 2. Blood, trachea, bronchioles, brain
  3. Trachea, bronchioles, blood, brain 4. Blood, bronchioles, trachea, brain