Total Questions : 50
Duration : 25 Minutes
 
Q1. Goswami Tulsidas was a contemporary of
  1. Akbar 2. Jahangir
  3. Shahjehan 4. Aurangzeb
             
Q2. Menthol tablets, if taken, create a cooling effect by means of
  1. Distillation 2. Evaporation
  3. Solidification 4. Diffusion
             
Q3. A broad channel where the waters of the river and the sea merge is known as a
  1. Delta 2. Harbour
  3. Estuary 4. Strait
             
Q4. Lumbering is a major economic activity in
  1. Canada 2. Switzerland
  3. Norway 4. Russia
             
Q5. A Loksabha MP can be expelled from it if he absents without information for more than ___ days.
  1. 100 2. 90
  3. 60 4. 80
             
Q6. The ideal ratio of forest area to total land area for ecological balance is
  1. 1 : 2 2. 1 : 4
  3. 1 : 3 4. 1 : 5
             
Q7. “Truth is a pathless land” was said by
  1. Osho Rajneesh 2. Buddha
  3. J. Krishnamurthy 4. Neitze
             
Q8. The area most famous for orange cultivation in India is the _____ region.
  1. Chhota Nagpur 2. Vidarbha
  3. Saurashtra 4. Nilgiris
             
Q9. Earthworms are useful to farmers because they
  1. Manufacture fertilizers 2. Reduce the soil salinity
  3. Ensure soil retentivity 4. None of these
             
Q10. Anorexia nervosa is a disease of the
  1. Heart 2. Kidneys
  3. Liver 4. None of these
             
Q11. Which of the following is a part of fiscal policy?
  1. Money supply 2. Taxation
  3. Public debt 4. Both B and C
             
Q12. Which of the following is the other name given to the phenomenon of global warming?
  1. Ozone hole depletion 2. Greenhouse effect
  3. Agent Orange 4. Aurora borealis
             
Q13. Which of the following statements is correct?
  1. Cardamom is grown extensively in J&K 2. Frost is likely on a cloudy cold night
  3. Jharia mines contain lignite coal 4. Saffron is grown in Himachal Pradesh
             
Q14. A kilobyte contains
  1. 1000 bytes 2. 1048 bytes
  3. 1024 bytes 4. 1056 bytes
             
Q15. The chalco-lithic culture refers to a pre-historic culture based on the use of _____ and ______.
  1. Copper alone 2. Copper, Stone
  3. Copper, Iron 4. Stone, Iron
             
Q16. What is the Quorum of a Legislative House?
  1. 1/ 4th of membership 2. one-fourth of its total membership or 10
  3. 1/10th of membership/ ten whichever is greater 4. 25
             
Q17. The administration of the East India Company’s Empire in India was formally taken over by the Crown of England under which of the following?
  1. Charter Act of 1813 2. Pitt’s India Act, 1784
  3. The Regulating Act of 1773 4. Act of 1858
             
Q18. William Hawkins visited the Mughal Court to secure a right to trade in Mughal ports during the reign of
  1. Shah Jahan 2. Jahangir
  3. Akbar 4. Aurangzeb
             
Q19. Given below are two statements, labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). In the context of the two, which is correct?
Assertion (A): Increase in carbon dioxide would melt polar ice.
Reason (R): Global temperature would rise.
  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true.
             
Q20. The Bhimbetka Caves near Bhopal give us a wealth of information regarding
  1. Gautam Buddha 2. Pre-historic times
  3. Vedic culture 4. Post-vedic culture
             
Q21. “What’s in a name? A rose would smell as sweet if called by other name.” The quote belongs to
  1. John Keats 2. TS Eliot
  3. William Shakespeare 4. Alfred Tennyson
             
Q22. Which of the following flowers is pollinated by elephants?
  1. Rafflesia 2. Rhododendron
  3. Utricularia 4. None of these
             
Q23. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right in India?
  1. Right to Expression 2. Right to Association
  3. Right to Work 4. Right to Education
             
Q24. If a pendulum clock is taken to the moon, it will run
  1. Slower 2. Faster
  3. Normally 4. Irregularly
             
Q25. The basic idea of the Bhakti Movement was the
  1. Denial of privileges to Brahmins 2. Renunciation of worldly pleasures
  3. The devotion and love of devotee for his God 4. Attack on existing social system
             
Q26. The Human Genome Project is a massive initiative
  1. To find cure for human disorders 2. To map the entire human gene sequence
  3. To promote racial harmony by cross-breeding 4. None of these
             
Q27. Who among the following did not found a philosophical system in ancient India?
  1. Shankrachraya 2. Gemini
  3. Patanjli 4. None of these
             
Q28. Who attended the World Congress of Religions in Chicago on behalf of India?
  1. Swami Dayanand 2. Swami Vivekanand
  3. Swami Ramatirtha 4. Swami Hardyal
             
Q29. Which of the following metals is kept in kerosene oil to prevent its burning in air?
  1. Sodium 2. Uranium
  3. Lithium 4. Radium
             
Q30. Which son of Shah Jehan was deeply religious and got the Vedas translated into Persian?
  1. Shuja 2. Murad
  3. Dara 4. Aurangzeb
             
Q31. Who took away the Peacock Throne of Shahjehan?
  1. Ahmed Shah Abdali 2. Nadir Shah
  3. Changez Khan 4. Mahmud Ghazni
             
Q32. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity were the buzzwords of the
  1. Russian Revolution 2. French Revolution
  3. Japanese Revolution 4. Chinese Revolution
             
Q33. “I may not agree with what you say you, but I shall defend till death your right to say it.” This famous line belongs to a person who was approached by a revolutionary thinker who had been hounded out of his won country. Can you identify the person who uttered this line?
  1. Voltaire 2. Rousseau
  3. Karl Marx 4. Osho Rajneesh
             
Q34. Low atmospheric pressure is a sign of
  1. Rains 2. Earthquake
  3. High temperature 4. None of these
             
Q35. The Trusteeship Council of the UN was meant to
  1. Ensure peaceful transition to democracy of the newly-independent countries 2. Oversee economic interests of nations
  3. Ensure the welfare of Asian and African countries 4. Solve international territorial disputes
             
Q36. Glaucoma and Trachoma are the diseases of the
  1. Brain 2. Skin
  3. Kidney 4. Eyes
             
Q37. Forward Trading a is term used in the context of
  1. Stock-exchanges 2. Reserve Bank of India
  3. Banks 4. World Bank
             
Q38. The no. 1 blade manufacturer in the world is
  1. Wilkinson 2. ISPL
  3. Gillette 4. Gallant
             
Q39. The Ural Mountains are a prominent feature of the landscape in
  1. The USA 2. Japan
  3. Canada 4. None of these
             
Q40. PKU or Phenylketunoria is a disease of the
  1. Gums 2. Heart
  3. Liver 4. None of these
             
Q41. Ankia Nat is a folk art form of
  1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Assam
  3. Maharashtra 4. Uttar Pradesh
             
Q42. New member countries are admitted to the UNO on recommendation of the
  1. Trusteeship Council 2. International Court of Justice
  3. Secretariat 4. None of these
             
Q43. A judge of the International Court of Justice holds office for a period of
  1. 6 years 2. 5 years
  3. 10 years 4. 9 years
             
Q44. Gul-i-Naghma is a well-known poetic work by
  1. Mirza Ghalib 2. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  3. Firaq Gorakhpuri 4. Ahmed Faraz
             
Q45. Pick the odd one out
  1. Jhumpa Lahiri 2. Nirad Chaudhary
  3. Salman Rushdie 4. Amitav Ghosh
             
Q46. Water pipes can burst in the winters due to
  1. Low temperature 2. Condensation
  3. Expansion 4. Both 1 and 3
             
Q47. The man who actually invented the motor car was
  1. Henry Ford 2. Michael Faraday
  3. Wright Brothers 4. Karl Benz
             
Q48. Which among the following is not an accidental scientific discovery?
  1. Cinema 2. X-Ray
  3. Penicillin 4. Rubber
             
Q49. Which of the following is added to the LPG to make it possible to detect any leakage?
  1. Vaporized Sulphur 2. Ethyl Mercaptate
  3. Hydrogen Sulphide 4. Fluorine
             
Q50. Infra-red rays are_____ waves of _____ wavelength.
  1. Electromagnetic, long 2. Mechanical, long
  3. Mechanical, short 4. Electromagnetic, short