1. The common tree species in Nilgiri
Hills is:
(A)Sal
(B)Pine
(C)Eucalyptus
(D)Teak
Answer: Eucalyptus.
2. Loktak is a ____?
(A)Valley
(B)Lake
(C)River
(D)Mountain Range
Answer: Lake, in Manipur .
3. Which city receives the highest
cosmic radiation amongst the
following.
(A)Chennai
(B)Mumbai
(C)Kolkata
(D)Delhi
Answer: New Delhi.
4. First Indian Prime Minister to visit
Siachen was ?
(A)Rajiv Gandhi
(B)Inder Kumar Gujaral
(C)Mammohan Singh
(D)None of them
Answer: Manmohan Singh
5. Which of the following books has
been written by Kishwar Desai?
(A)The Red Devil
(B)Witness the night
(C)Tonight this Savage Rite
(D)Earth and Ashes
Answer: Witness the Night.
6. Which of the following folk / tribal
dances is associated with Karnataka?
(A)Yakshagana
(B)Jatra
(C)Veedhi
(D)Jhora
Answer: Yakshagana
7. Who of the following received the
Sangeet Natak Academi’s Ustad
Bismillah Khan Puraskar for 2009 in
theatre?
(A)Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
(B)Ragini chander sarkar
(C)Abanti Chakraborty and
Sukracharjya Rabha
(D)K Nellai Maniknandan
Answer: Abanti Chakraborty and
Sukracharjya Rabha
8. Which of the following country did
not win any of the FIFA cup in 2002,
2006 and 2010?
(A)Brazil
(B)Argentina
(C)Spain
(D)South Africa
Answer: South Africa
9. Who invented vaccination for
small pox?
(A)Sir Frederick Grant Banting
(B)Sir Alexander Fleming
(C)Edward Jenner
(D)Loius Pasteur
Answer: Edward Jenner
10. Who was the first Indian to
become the member of British
parliament?
(A)Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
(B)W C Banerjee
(C)Dadabhai Naoroji
(D)None of the above
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
11. The purchase of shares and bonds
of Indian companies by Foreign
Institutional Investors is called?
(A)FDI
(B)Portfolio Investment
(C)NRI Investment
(D)Foreign Indirect Investment
Answer: Investment in securities,
funds, by FII is Foreign Indirect
Investment
12. BT Seed is associated with which
among the following?
(A)Rice
(B)Wheat
(C)Cotton
(D)Oil Seeds
Answer: Cotton
13. The headquarters of International
Atomic Energy Agency is in ?
(A)Geneva
(B)Paris
(C)Vienna
(D)Washington
Answer: Vienna
14. In the Budget estimates of
2011-12, an allocation of Rs. 400 Crore
has been made to bring in second
green revolution in East in the rice
based cropping system of ____?
(A)Assam and West Bengal
(B)Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar
& Jharkhand
(C)Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar
(D)Assam, West Bengal, Odisha,
Bihar, Jharkhand , Eastern Uttar
Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh
Answer: Assam, West Bengal, Orissa,
Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar
Pradesh and Chattisgarh.
15. In the Budget 2011-12, presented
by the Finance Minister on 28.2.2011,
the income tax limit for senior
citizens has been increased to ?
(A)Rs. 2.50 Lakh
(B)Rs. 2.60 Lakh
(C)Rs. 2.80 Lakh
(D)Rs. 3.00 Lakh
Answer: Rs. 2.50 Lakh. Above 80, its 5
Lakh
16. If the Anglo Indian community
does not get adequate
representation in the Lok Sabha, two
members of the community can be
nominated by:
(A)Prime Minister
(B)President
(C)Speaker
(D)President in consultation with
Parliament
Answer: President
17. For the election of President of
India, a citizen should have
completed the age of___?
(A)25 Years
(B)35 Years
(C)30 Years
(D)18 Years
Answer: 35 Years
18. Who said: “Good citizen makes a
good state and bad citizen makes a
bad state”?
(A)Plato
(B)Aristotle
(C)Rousseau
(D)Laski
Answer: Aristotle
19. Member of parliament will lose
his membership if he is continuously
absent from sessions for
(A)45 days
(B)60 days
(C)90 days
(D)365 days
Answer: 60 Days
20. In Indian , Residuary Powers are
vested in ___?
(A)Union Government
(B)State Government
(C)Both Union and State Government
(D)Local Government
Answer: Union Government
21. Mention the place where Buddha
attained enlightment?
(A)Sarnath
(B)Bodhgaya
(C)Kapilvastu
(D)Rajgriha
Answer: Bodhgaya
22. Coronation of Shivaji took place
in which year?
(A)1627
(B)1674
(C)1680
(D)1670
Answer: 6 June 1674
23. The system of Dyarchy was
introduced in ___?
(A)1909
(B)1919
(C)1935
(D)1945
Answer: 1919, Government of India
Act 1919 had introduced the system
of Dyarchy to govern the provinces
of British India.
24. The editor of Young India and
Harijan was ____?
(A)Nehru
(B)Ambedkar
(C)Mahatma Gandhi
(D)Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
25. Who of the following attended all
the three round table conferences?
(A)B R Ambedkar
(B)M M Malviya
(C)Vallabh Bhai Patel
(D)Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: B R Ambedkar.
26. Which is the largest living bird on
Earth?
(A)Emu
(B)Ostrich
(C)Albatross
(D)Siberian Crane
Answer: Ostrich
27. Rihand Dam project provides
irrigation to ____?
(A)Gujarat & Maharastra
(B)Odisha and West Bengal
(C)Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(D)Kerala and Karnataka
Answer: C
28. The Headquarters of MCF (Master
Control Facility) is
(A)Hyderabad
(B)Thumba
(C)Sri Harikota
(D)Hassan
Answer: Hassan , Now Bhopal also.
29. Which is the longest irrigation
canal in India?
(A)Sir hind Canal
(B)Yamuna Canal
(C)Indira Gandhi Canal
(D)East Kosi Canal
Answer: Indira Gandhi Canal
30. Which one of the following
minerals is found in Monazite Sand?
(A)Potassium
(B)Uranium
(C)Thorium
(D)Sodium
Answer: Thorium
31. Which plant is called ‘Herbal
Indian Doctor” ?
(A)Amla
(B)Neem
(C)Tulsi
(D)Mango
Answer: Amla
32. In Coriander, useful parts are?
(A)Roots and leaves
(B)leaves and flowers
(C)leaves and dried fruits
(D)flowers and dried fruits
Answer: leaves and dried fruits
33. The pH of Human Blood is ___?
(A)7.2
(B)7.8
(C)6.6
(D)7.4
Answer: 7.4
34. Which among the following is the
largest endocrine gland of country?
(A)Thyroid
(B)Parathyroid
(C)Adrenal
(D)Pituitary
Answer: Thyroid
35. Which amongst the following is
the largest mammal?
(A)Elephant
(B)Whale
(C)Dinosaur
(D)Rhinoceros
Answer: Whale (Blue Whale).
36. Which part becomes modified as
the tusk of elephant?
(A)Canine
(B)Premolar
(C)Second Incisor
(D)Molar
Answer: second upper incisors
37. Optical fibres are based upon the
phenomenon of which of the
following?
(A)Interference
(B)Dispersion
(C)Diffraction
(D)Total Internal Reflection
Answer: Total Internal Reflection
38. Now a days, Yellow lamps are
frequently used as street lights.
Which among the following gases, is
used in these lamps?
(A)Sodium
(B)Neon
(C)Hydrogen
(D)Nitrogen
Answer: Sodium
39. Mirage is an example of ____?
(A)Refraction of light
(B)Total Internal Reflection of Light
(C)Refraction and Total Internal
Reflection of Light
(D)Dispersion of Light
Answer: Refraction and Total Internal
Reflection of Light
40. The phenomenon of light
associated with the appearance of
blue color of sky is?
(A)Interference
(B)Reflection
(C)Refraction
(D)Scattering
Answer: Scattering
41. In which of the following areas,
spreadsheet software is more
useful?
(A)Psychology
(B)Publishing
(C)Statistics
(D)Message sending
Answer: Statistics
42. A Groupware is a
(A)Hardware
(B)Software
(C)Network
(D)Firmware
Answer: Groupware is collaborative
software . Correct option B
43. Lens is made up of ___?
(A)Pyrex Glass
(B)Flint Glass
(C)Ordinary Glass
(D)Cobalt Glass
Answer: Flint glass
44. The element which is used for
vulcanizing rubber is?
(A)Sulfur
(B)Bromine
(C)Silicon
(D)Phosphorus
Answer: Sulfur
45. Which of the following is
responsible for extra strength of
Pyrex glass?
(A)Potassium carbonate
(B)Lead Oxide
(C)Borax
(D)Ferric Oxide
Answer: Borax
46. The Noble Gas used for the
treatment of cancer is ___?
(A)Helium
(B)Argon
(C)Krypton
(D)Radon
Answer: Radon, in radiation therapy,
47. Vasundhara Summit was held in
__?
(A)USA
(B)UK
(C)Brazil
(D)Australia
Answer: Brazil, Rio De Janeiro