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Q1. The foreign traveller who visited during the rule of Harshavardhana was ..
Correct answer : 4
Q2. The Indian Independence League was started by ..................
Correct answer : 3
Q3. Who gave the title of ' Mahatma " to Gandhiji ?
Correct answer : 2
Q4. Gandhiji considered whom as his "Guru" (teacher)"?
Correct answer : 3
Q5. Which of the following is correctly matched?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Which one of the following observations is NOT true about the Quit India Movement of 1942?
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Who was the first to call Gandhiji as "Father of the Nation"
Correct answer : 1
Q8. "Ibadat Khana" is the place where Akbar held his religious discussions. It is located at ..........
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his 'Knighthood" in 1919 in protest against ..........
Correct answer : 1
Q10. The class of people which remained aloof and least participated in the freedom movement was .....
Correct answer : 2
Q11. Narasimhavarman I ruled during the period .......
Correct answer : 4
Q12. ........was the first ruler of Pala dynasty.
Correct answer : 4
Q13. Nandas were overthrown by which of the following?
Correct answer : 1
Q14. Vikramaaditya was.......
Correct answer : 2
Q15. ................was the brain trust of Chandra Gupta Maurya.
Correct answer : 3
Q16. .............is the modern name of Pataliputra.
Correct answer : 2
Q17. ...............founded the city of Patna.
Correct answer : 2
Q18. ............was the main vocation of the Aryans.
Correct answer : 2
Q19. The Dravidians worshipped which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q20. The staple food of Indus Valley people was...........
Correct answer : 2
Q21. When did the Police Service come to India?
Correct answer : 3
Q22. In which year the Indians were allowed to be recruited in the Police Service?
Correct answer : 4
Q23. Who was the first Home Minister of India?
Correct answer : 4
Q24. Which Ministry is in charge of the Security of the Nation?
Correct answer : 2
Q25. Imposition of emergency during 1977 was termed as "Anushasan Parva" by………
Correct answer : 4
Q26. In which year of Indian Politics, there were two Deputy Prime Ministers?
Correct answer : 2
Q27. On how many occasions emergency has been imposed?
Correct answer : 3
Q28. As of 2011, who was the last to act as Deputy Prime Minister?
Correct answer : 1
Q29. Who was the first to act as Deputy Prime Minister?
Correct answer : 3
Q30. Though there are no constitutional provision for a Deputy PM, there were occasions of appointment of Deputy PMs in Indian Politics. How many such occasions were there?
Correct answer : 3
Q31. Who was the President of India to declare emergency?
Correct answer : 2
Q32. Who is the first PM of India to lose an election?
Correct answer : 2
Q33. Who was the oldest PM of India?
Correct answer : 4
Q34. Who was the youngest to become Prime Minister of India?
Correct answer : 3
Q35. How many Indian Prime Ministers have died while in Office?
Correct answer : 2
Q36. Which PM among the following, imposed emergency in 1975?
Correct answer : 1
Q37. Apart from Nehruji and Indira Gandhi, who served as PM for three consecutive terms, who is the only other PM of India to get elected and appointed as PM on three different occasions?
Correct answer : 2
Q38. Who is the only Indian politician to act twice as Prime Minister of India?
Correct answer : 2
Q39. While Nehruji holds the record for being the longest serving PM of India (17 years), who holds the record of shortest tenure as PM?
Correct answer : 3
Q40. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second PM of our country, died in Tashkent, (then USSR- now Uzbekisztan) died of a heart attack. On which date he died?
Correct answer : 4
Q41. What does "Total Fertility Rate (TFR)" mean with reference to population?
Correct answer : 2
Q42. NEFT and RTGS in banking terminology speak of .....
Correct answer : 4
Q43. The only two manufacturing industries reserved for the public section in the National Investment Policy 1991 are .....
Correct answer : 4
Q44. Headquarters of the World Bank is located in .....
Correct answer : 1
Q45. "Expenditure Method" is also known as ".......... Method"
Correct answer : 2
Q46. Kavya purchased an item of Rs.46000 and sold it at loss of 12%. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12%. What was her overall gain/loss?
Correct answer : 1
Q47. Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite direction. One goes towards north at 18 Kmph and other goes south at 20 Kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart?
Correct answer : 1
Q48. Perimeter of a circular sector is 25 cm and the radius is 7 cm. The length of the arc is ........
Correct answer : 2
Q49. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on his account is .....
Correct answer : 2
Q50. A began a business with Rs.4500/- and was joined afterwards by B with Rs.3000/-. When did B join if the profit at the end of the year was divided in the ratio of 2:1?
Correct answer : 2
Q51. The element that found in proteins is.................
Correct answer : 2
Q52. "haemoglobin" is found in ...............
Correct answer : 3
Q53. "Leukaemia" is a disease caused by the
Correct answer : 2
Q54. The disease "Trachoma" affects the ....................
Correct answer : 1
Q55. Milk is rich with ......................
Correct answer : 1
Q56. Cereals are rich with ................
Correct answer : 2
Q57. Lemon and similar Citrus fruits are rich with .....................
Correct answer : 3
Q58. The Chinese practice of curing a disease by pinning needles at pressure points is known as ................
Correct answer : 2
Q59. Green plants store their food in ......................
Correct answer : 3
Q60. Starch is digested by .................
Correct answer : 2
Q61. Fishes use their ...............for respiration
Correct answer : 1
Q62. Diabetic patients can eat which of the following fruits?
Correct answer : 3
Q63. ..................enters the human body through skin.
Correct answer : 2
Q64. Who was the first person to conduct a heart transplantation in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q65. The most important step to be followed to save the life of a child suffering from diarrhoea is ...........
Correct answer : 1
Q66. Tetracycline is a ..................
Correct answer : 3
Q67. Excessive drinking of alcohol damages ...............
Correct answer : 1
Q68. The first scientist to produce effective vaccine against polio was ..........
Correct answer : 2
Q69. ................is the largest gland in the human body.
Correct answer : 4
Q70. Quinine is extracted from ....................
Correct answer : 3
Q71. Which of the following is used in the manufacture of printing ink?
Correct answer : 3
Q72. From among the following carbons, which one is of slippery nature?
Correct answer : 2
Q73. Which of the following is used to cut a diamond?
Correct answer : 4
Q74. What is the arrangement of carbon in a diamond?
Correct answer : 3
Q75. Among the following which one is a chrystalline compound?
Correct answer : 2
Q76. Among the following which one is a carbon compound?
Correct answer : 4
Q77. What is the only element present in graphite and diamond?
Correct answer : 3
Q78. Who discovered "Protons"?
Correct answer : 2
Q79. Electrons in an atom was discovered by……….
Correct answer : 1
Q80. "nucleus" was discovered by…..
Correct answer : 1
Q81. Neutrons were discovered by……
Correct answer : 3
Q82. The postulates of first atomic theoroy were given by…..
Correct answer : 2
Q83. Water soluble bases are
Correct answer : 3
Q84. Calcium Oxide is……….
Correct answer : 4
Q85. The basicity of acetic acid is…..
Correct answer : 4
Q86. What causes the sour taste in many of our food substances?
Correct answer : 3
Q87. Which of the following is to be added for retardation of the process of setting of plaster of paris?
Correct answer : 4
Q88. Percentage of gypsum in cement is........
Correct answer : 2
Q89. Which of the following is very soft in nature?
Correct answer : 2
Q90. Among the following which are liquid metals at room temperature?
Correct answer : 4
Q91. Which one of the following is a liquid non metal?
Correct answer : 3
Q92. Which is the hardest non metal from among the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q93. Pick the most reactive metal from among the following?
Correct answer : 2
Q94. Most of the metals act as .......
Correct answer : 4
Q95. Which one of the following is NOT a lustrous non metal?
Correct answer : 2
Q96. Among the following which one is the special feature of non metals?
Correct answer : 3
Q97. The main field in which magnalium alloy is used……….
Correct answer : 3
Q98. Which of the following alloy is used in the manufacture of aircraft parts?
Correct answer : 3
Q99. Which of the following is used in manufacturing of ships?
Correct answer : 4
Q100. The method used for the manufacture of Sulphur in large scale is….
Correct answer : 3
Q101. Liquid Hydrogen is used in the field of……..
Correct answer : 3
Q102. Among the following acids, which one performs the dehydration of flesh?
Correct answer : 3
Q103. Ammonium Chloride is also known as…….
Correct answer : 1
Q104. What is the other name for Sulphur?
Correct answer : 2
Q105. The name for the process of electroplating of iron with zinc is.......
Correct answer : 2
Q106. Oxygen and Hydrogen mixture is used as a fuel in…..
Correct answer : 3
Q107. Refining of Aluminium is done by
Correct answer : 3
Q108. Which of the following element is used in the Computers?
Correct answer : 3
Q109. Which of the following element is used in the vulcanization of rubber process?
Correct answer : 4
Q110. Carbon content of wrought iron is.........
Correct answer : 1
Q111. SI unit of the solar constant is
Correct answer : 3
Q112. Small insects can move about on surface of water, why?
Correct answer : 3
Q113. Scattering of light is of ........... types
Correct answer : 2
Q114. Roughly, liquids expand ......... times more than solids.
Correct answer : 2
Q115. Reynolds number determine.
Correct answer : 4
Q116. Resistance offered by the conductors does not depend on of the conductor ...........
Correct answer : 4
Q117. Refractive indices of different materials are Air1.0013, Turpentine-1.47, Ruby-l.71, Diamond-2.42. In which velocity of light is maximum?
Correct answer : 1
Q118. Real image is
Correct answer : 1
Q119. Reactors which convert nuclear energy into electronic power are called ............
Correct answer : 1
Q120. Rays of light travelling from a rarer medium to a denser medium will ...........
Correct answer : 1
Q121. Rays of light traveling from a rarer to a denser medium will
Correct answer : 2
Q122. Radioactive nuclei do not emit
Correct answer : 4
Q123. Radio waves are used in
Correct answer : 4
Q124. Radio waves are produced by
Correct answer : 3
Q125. Radio isotope promethium is used for ............
Correct answer : 3
Q126. Propagation of wave transfers
Correct answer : 3
Q127. Pressure is defined as
Correct answer : 2
Q128. Producer gas is a mixture of
Correct answer : 1
Q129. Plants and humans when exposed to UV rays in small dose produce
Correct answer : 3
Q130. Polarity of an electromagnet gets reversed by
Correct answer : 3
Q131. In areas where rain fall is moderate or low, ......soil is suitable for cultivation.
Correct answer : 2
Q132. Beans, red grams, groundnut and castor are the suitable crops to be grown in............
Correct answer : 3
Q133. A narrow strip of land connecting two large land mass is called as ........
Correct answer : 1
Q134. ............in the metamorphic rocks give the soil the red colour.
Correct answer : 2
Q135. The Gangetic plains is an expanse of ........soil.
Correct answer : 3
Q136. Red soil is widely found in ..........
Correct answer : 1
Q137. .........is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates on its own axis from East to West is .....
Correct answer : 3
Q138. The important trees of deciduous forests are....
Correct answer : 4
Q139. In India, ........forests are also known as "monsoon" forests.
Correct answer : 3
Q140. Coniferous forests are found at ......mts and above.
Correct answer : 1
Q141. What does the five points on the Bahrain flag represent?
Correct answer : 2
Q142. What term was used to describe the design of the first cancellation post mark?
Correct answer : 4
Q143. UNESCO observes February 11th as.........
Correct answer : 1
Q144. If you were to visit a building called "Beehive" in Wellington, New Zealand where will you be visiting?
Correct answer : 4
Q145. Which Asian country derives its name from Sanskrit meaning "end of Tibet"?
Correct answer : 3
Q146. Name the first cricket player to play for two different countries?
Correct answer : 2
Q147. Which river is divided into three parts as Black Ben, White Ben and Red Ben and these colours represent the colours of the National flag of the country?
Correct answer : 2
Q148. Which of the following cities was formerly known as 'Salisbury"
Correct answer : 4
Q149. Which is the largest city in Africa?
Correct answer : 2
Q150. Russia Day is celebrated on.....
Correct answer : 1
Q151. Fathommeter is used for measuring the ....
Correct answer : 2
Q152. What was the first item ever sold on eBay?
Correct answer : 3
Q153. Who lives in 10 Downing Street, London?
Correct answer : 2
Q154. "Tahrir Square", which has been in the news during the 2nd half of 2011, lies in which country?
Correct answer : 2
Q155. Which is the only other move in chess, apart from promotion, where the player moves two pieces at the same time?
Correct answer : 3
Q156. What is the full length of a badminton court?
Correct answer : 1
Q157. Which space shuttle was the first to achieve a soft landing on the moon?
Correct answer : 1
Q158. City of Rome is located on the banks of ....
Correct answer : 2
Q159. What is the capital of Lakshadweep?
Correct answer : 2
Q160. Name the two tennis players who sport "stop war, start tennis" tee shirts?
Correct answer : 4
Q161. In the context of navigation, what does "Panamax"mean?
Correct answer : 3
Q162. How many of the decathlon events are non-track events?
Correct answer : 3
Q163. Which of the following is not a model of i-Pod?
Correct answer : 3
Q164. In the olympic rings how many colours are there with the names beginning with the same alphabets?
Correct answer : 2
Q165. How many economists shared the Nobel Prize for Economics for 2010?
Correct answer : 2
Q166. In Indian mythology who was the son of Dushyant and Shakuntala?
Correct answer : 1
Q167. What is the term for the curved surface of a liquid in a container?
Correct answer : 1
Q168. In a church what is a "nave"?
Correct answer : 4
Q169. If a lady gives birth to "duodecaplets", how many children would be born?
Correct answer : 4
Q170. "Waitangi Day" is celebrated in .....
Correct answer : 1
Q171. In music what is "Pizzicato"?
Correct answer : 3
Q172. Who among the following was born in Corsica?
Correct answer : 1
Q173. Which place in Europe is known as the largest village in Europe?
Correct answer : 2
Q174. Which noted writer is believed to have spent some time in her early years selling empty beer bottles to earn a living?
Correct answer : 2
Q175. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 2
Q176. Telephone : Cable :: Radio : ?
Correct answer : 4
Q177. What will be the 8th term of the following series? 1,2,3,5,8......
Correct answer : 1
Q178. There are five books A, B, C, D and E placed on a table. If A is placed below E, C is placed above D, B is placed below A and D is placed above E, then which of the following books touches the surface of the table?
Correct answer : 2
Q179. Three ladies X, Y and Z marry three men A, B and C. X is married to A, Y is not married to an engineer, Z is not married to a doctor, C is not a doctor and A is a lawyer. Then which of the following statements is correct?
Correct answer : 4
Q180. Rearrange the following six sentences A to F in proper order and then answer the question that follows: (A) The next day, the priest discovered that one of the servants cut his stick shorter by two inches, fearing that it would grow. (B) When the priest questioned each of the servants, they denied. (C) One day a rich merchant's house was robbed, and he suspected one of his servants. (D) In this way, the wise old priest caught the thief. (E) He approached the wise priest in the village and asked for help on the matter. (F) The priest then gave them each a stick of equal length and said that the stick of the real theif would grow by two inches the next morning. From the above, which should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?
Correct answer : 4
Q181. The idea of .............is not nice.
Correct answer : 2
Q182. Give a funny answer for this question: "e;What is the difference between a cat and a Comma? A cat has claws at the end of its paws, and a comma has a pause at the end of its ............
Correct answer : 1
Q183. Find the mistake: As far as (1) I am concerns (2) you are (3) free to go (4)
Correct answer : 2
Q184. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word: TARRY
Correct answer : 3
Q185. Rearrange the following six sentences A to F in proper order and then answer the question that follows: (A) When finally he regained consciousness, he saw that the sea was as calm as a pond. (B) "e;I'm always peaceful but it is the wind that creates waves and turns me into a monster"e;, the goddess continued. (C) "e;Do not blame me, my son, "e; said, the goddess. (D) A man who had survived a shipwreck struggled mightily against the waves and finally succeeded in reaching the shore, more dead than alive. (E) The sea heard him shout angrily and took the form of a goddess to defend itself. (F) "e;How deceitful you are!"e; he shouted at the sea, "e;You draw men into you showing your peaceful side but when they are in your power you put them in trouble"e;. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence in the rearrangement?
Correct answer : 3
Q186. Find a suitable option from the options given to replace the highlighted word/s. 5 will be the answer if "e;No correction is required"e; .... "e; "e; Excess of any things are bad "e;
Correct answer : 2
Q187. Read the following sentence carefully and find out whether there is/are any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No Error' the answer is (5). (ignore errors of punctuation, if any) .......In spite of the (1) / heavy raining Raj (2) / decided to go (3) / for the meeting. (4) / No error (5)
Correct answer : 2
Q188. On October 28, 2015, Vidya Devi Bhandari became the first woman President of ...............
Correct answer : 3
Q189. In October 2015, the computer giant Google's various subsidiaries have been amalgamated and brought under one single identity
organization. What is the name of the organization?
Correct answer : 3
Q190. Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for 2015. To which country he belongs to?
Correct answer : 4 -- For his book " A brief History of Seven Killings"
Q191. The display technologies are ....
Correct answer : 4
Q192. Software installed on a PC hardware component is known as ....
Correct answer : 3
Q193. Which amongst the following is NOT translator?
Correct answer : 2
Q194. Linux is an example of ....
Correct answer : 2
Q195. What type of computers are client computers in a client-server system?
Correct answer : 1
Q196. What should be installed to protect the computer from hacker intrusions?
Correct answer : 1
Q197. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks except ....
Correct answer : 2
Q198. .........considered as an intelligent CASE tool.
Correct answer : 3
Q199. Some of the application of image processing are .....
Correct answer : 4
Q200. Find the equivalent BASIC expression of the following algebraic expression a/b +c/d