general knowledge

1. Which is the smallest planet of

our solar system?
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Pluto
d. Neptune

2. Granite, Basalt and Volcanic are the various types of ____ rocks.
a. Sedimentary
b. Metamorphic
c. Igneous
d. None of these

3. Rome is situated on the banks of the river

a. Seine
b. Danube
c. Tiber
d. Tyne

4. Identify the correct match.

Important Line Demarcating
a. Durand Line India &
Pakistan
b. McMahon Line India &
Afghanistan
c. Radcliffe Line India & Sri
Lanka
d. Siegfried Line Germany &
France

5. The Diego Garcia island is situated in the

a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Pacific Ocean

6. The Russian Revolution took

place in
a. 1789
b. 1847
c. 1903
d. 1917

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7. Member countries observe Commonwealth Day on
a. June, 5
b. May, 24
c. August, 7
d. October, 21

8. The Republic is a famous work by

a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Karl Marx
d. Otto Von Bismarck

9. Little Slam is a term associated with one of the following sport

disciplines:
a. Billiards
b. Bridge
c. Polo
d. Lawn Tennis

10. The study that deals with the process of fermentation is

a. Phenology
b. Zymology
c. Etymology
d. Phychology

11. The S.I. unit of temperature is

a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Centigrade
d. Kelvin

12. When a ball bounces upon falling, which of the following principles is in action?
a. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
b. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
c. Newton’s First Law Of Motion
d. Hook’s Law

13. When ice melts in a container of water what happens to the level of water in the
container?
a. It decreases
b. It increases
c. It first decreases then increases
d. It remains unaffected

14. Sodium metal is prepared by the electrolysis of sodium chloride by

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using
a. Bosch’s Process
b. Frasch’s Process
c. Down’s process
d. Bayer’s process

15. How many bones are there in the skeletal system of an adult?
a. 109
b. 137
c. 188
d. 206

16. Which Veda consists of 1,028 hymns?

a. Atharva Veda
b. Sama Veda
c. Rig Veda
d. Yajur Veda

17. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between

a. Ibrahim Lodhi and Akbar
b. Akbar and Hemu
c. Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
d. Akbar and Mohammad Ghori

18. Gandhiji’s famous Quit India call was given to the British Empire in
a. 1939
b. 1941
c. 1942
d. 1945

19. How many judges are there in the Supreme Court of India besides the Chief Justice of
India?
a. 20
b. 22
c. 25
d. 28

20. Which of the following Amendments made Sikkim part of the Indian Union?
a. 23rd Amendment, 1969
b. 28th Amendment, 1971
c. 36th Amendment, 1975
d. 42nd Amendment, 1976

21. The literary meaning of this writ issued by the court is to ‘command’. Which writ are
we concerned with here?
a. Habeas Corpus

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b. Mandamus
c. Certiorari
d. Quo Warranto

22. Ottum Thullal is a solo dance from one of the following states
of India:
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka

23. The Ukai project is based on one of the following rivers:

a. Mahi
b. Krishna
c. Godavari
d. Tapti

24. The Sariska sanctuary is located in

a. Gujarat
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan

25. Indian Railways makes use of one of the following types of rail tracks:
a. Narrow Gauge
b. Broad Guage
c. Meter Guage
d. All of them

26. Young India is the newspaper first published and edited by

a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Lala Lajpat Rai
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

27. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is located at

a. Roorkee
b. Bangalore
c. New Delhi
d. Lucknow

28. Which of the following is the first month of our national calendar?
a. Vaishakh
b. Phalguna
c. Chaitra
d. Pausa

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29. The Sepoy Mutiny or the Great Revolt of 1857 took place during the governor-
generalship of
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Curzon
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Minto

30. Unhappy India is written by

a. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
b. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

31. The capital of Chhattisgarh is

a. Raipur
b. Durg
c. Jabalpur
d. Indore

32. Which of the following is also known as the Venice of the East?
a. Manila
b. Tokyo
c. Bangkok
d. Singapore

33. Which of the following is the

highest capital city of the world?
a. Lhasa
b. La Paz
c. Thimphu
d. Beijing

34. World Human Rights Day is

observed on
a. November 21
b. December 1
c. December 4
d. December 10

35. Which of the following represents the permanent members of the Security Council of
the U.N.?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10

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36. Gambit is a term you would associate with one of the following sports disciplines?
a. Hockey
b. Badminton
c. Chess
d. Lawn Tennis
37. You would associate Dr. Ian Wilmut with the
a. discovery of the DNA structure
b. first kidney transplant
c. creation of the world’s first cloned
sheep
d. discovery of genes

38. The secretariat of SAARC is based in

a. Dhaka
b. New Delhi
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. Kathmandu

39. If the weight of a man is 120 kg on earth, how much will he weigh on the moon?
a. 10 kg
b. 20 kg
c. 40 kg
d. 60 kg

40. Europa is a satellite of one of the following planets:

a. Saturn
b. Earth
c. Venus
d. Jupiter

41. A money bill can originate

a. only in the Rajya Sabha
b. at the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha
c. only in the Lok Sabha
d. None of these

42. Directive Principles of state policy have been taken from the Constitution of one of
the following countries:
a. U.K.
b. U.S.A.
c. France
d. Ireland

43. Which of the following is also known as the ‘coffee port of the world’?

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a. Rio de Janeiro
b. Sao Paulo
c. Colombo
d. Brasilia

44. According to the latest Census 2001, which state has the highest
population growth?
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Nagaland
d. Manipur

45. The University Grants Commission was set up in

a. 1952
b. 1959
c. 1956
d. 1958

46. The Noble prize for one of the following fields was introduced in 1969:
a. Medicine
b. Physics
c. Chemistry
d. Economics

47. The World Trade Organization came into existence on

a. April 1, 1948
b. May 1, 1975
c. August 1, 1988
d. January 1, 1995

48. Amartya Sen won the Noble prize for Economics in

a. 1995
b. 1998
c. 1999
d. 2000

49. Flemish is a term used for the

inhabitants of
a. Hungary
b. Poland
c. Belgium
d. Austria

50. Who is the founder of the Slave Dynasty of India?

a. Iltutmish
b. Ibn-batuta

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c. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
d. Mohammed Bin Qasim

BUSINESS AFFAIRS

1.c 2.d 3.a 4.c 5.c 6.c 7.c 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.d
13.d 14.d 15.b 16.b 17.b 18.d 19.c 20.b 21.a 22.b 23.b
24.b 25.a 26.c 27.c 28.a 29.b 30.b 31.c 32.c 33.c 34.c
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.b 39.b 40.c 41.a 42.c 43.b 44.b 45.c
46.b 47.c 48.c 49.b 50.d 51.b 52.b 53.a 54.c 55.b 56.b
57.b 58.b 59.a 60.c 61.b 62.c 63.c 64.b 65.d 66.c 67.b
68.a 69.b 70.b 71.b 72.c 73.b 74.a 75.b 76.c 77.c 78.b
79.d 80.c 81.a 82.c 83.b 84.b 85.c 86.c 87.c 88.c 89.b
90.b 91.c 92.b 93.d 94.a 95.c 96.b 97.b 98.d 99.a 100.b

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.a 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.d 6.d 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.b 12.a
13.a 14.b 15.b 16.c 17.a 18.a 19.d 20.c 21.b 22.a 23.c
24.b 25.b 26.d 27.d 28.d 29.b 30.c 31.d 32.d 33.b 34.a
35.c 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.d 40.a 41.c 42.d 43.c 44.a 45.d
46.b 47.a 48.d 49.b 50.c

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.c 2.c 3.c 4.d 5.c 6.d 7.b 8.b 9.b 10.b 11.d 12.a
13.d 14.c 15.d 16.c 17.c 18.c 19.c 20.c 21.b 22.c 23.d
24.d 25.d 26.b 27.c 28.c 29.c 30.c 31.a 32.c 33.b 34.d
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.b 40.d 41.c 42.d 43.b 44.c 45.c
46.d 47.d 48.b 49.c 50.c