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PLANETe General Awareness
Indian History
1) Who initiated the move to form the Indian National Congress: A)O Hume
2) Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress: W)C Bannerjee
3) In which year was the Indian National Congress formed: 1885
4) Who among the following belonged to the Moderate group of the Indian National Congress: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
5) Jallianwala Barg Massacre took place in which city: Amritsar
6) The Governor-General of India who initated the introduction of English in India was: Lord Bentinck
7) Gandhis Dandi March started from: Ahmedabad
8) Quit India Movement was adopted by the Indian National Congress at: Bombay
9) King George V visited India during the vice royalty of: Lord Harding
10) Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal: Lord Cornwallis
11) After the Chauri-Chaura incident Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement because: He did not want the
movement to turn violent)
12) Arrange the following in chronological order:
i) Formation of interim government ii) Recall of Lord Linlithgow iii) Cabinet Mission iv) Cripps
Mission v) Lord Wavells proposals vi) Mountbatten Plan
ANS) ii, iv, v, iii, i, vi
13) In 1942 the Cripps Mission promised to grant: a complete dominion status to India
14) The Muslim League was founded during the period: 1901 10
15) The Swadeshi Movement was started by: boycotting foreign goods)
16) Who was the Governor-General during the period 1774 85: Lord Hastings
17) Raja Rammohan Roy was the founder of: Brahmo Samaj
18) Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Communal Award
19) The first partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in: 1905
20) Who among the following was captured and hanged by the British after the Sepoy Mutiny: Tatya Tope
21) The Indian National Comgress adopted the resolution of Complete Independence in its session held at: Lahore
22) Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it) This was advocated by: Lokmanya Tilak
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23) The slogan Inquilab Zindabad was raised by: Bhagat Singh
24) Who was the first British Viceroy as well as Governor-General of India: Lord Canning
25) The first Civil Disobedience Movement was started by Gandhi after the: Rowlatt Act of 1919
26) Match the following:
a) Civil Disobedience Movement) i) B)G Tilak b) Indian Home Rule) ii) Raja Rammohan Roy
c) Moderate Leader) iii) Mahatma Gandhi d) Brahmo Swaraj) iv) G)K Gokhale
ANS) a-iii) B-i, c-iv,d-ii
27) Which of the following Acts gave representation to Indians for the first time in the legislature: Government of India Act
1935
28) Partition of Bengal was undertaken with a view to: divide the Hindus of West and East Bengal and increasing Hindu-
Muslim tension)
29) Lord Wellesly greatly extended the British Dominion through: Subsidiary alliance
30) Gandhiji started the Dandi Marcch: To break the Salt Law
31) Which of the following was the reason for calling of the non-cooperation movement by Gandhiji: Chauri-Chaura incident
32) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms intended to: Introduce the system of diarchy
33) The first Satyagraha campaign of Gandhiji was started in: Champaran
34) Arrange the following in correct chronological oder:
a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre b) Second Civil Disobedience Movement c) Congres split at Surat
d) Boycott of Simon Commission
ANS) c-a-d-b
35) The first Muslim president of the INC was: Rahumulla Sayani
36) Ring Fences is associated with: Warren Hastings
37) Sutudri mentioned in the Rig Veda is: the name of a river
38) A board of copper images generally assigned to the Harappan culture phase, has been found at: Daimabad
39) Adhvarya mentioned in the Vedic literature was: a category of sacrificial priest
40) After the revolt of 1857, the British recruited Indian soldiers mostly from the: Gurkhas, Sikhs and Punjabis in the north
41) Akbars buildings at Fatehpur SIkri are famous for: synthesis of trabeate and arcuate styles
42) The sculptural evidence regarding the first representation of the Buddha in human form has come from: Mathura
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43) Aranyani, Goddess of the forest, is first mentioned in the: Rik Samhita
44) Ashokas contemporary Greek King of Syria mentioned in his edicts, was: Antiochus II Theos
45) Before coming to Akbars court, Miyan Tansen was in the service of: Raja of Jaipur
46) Consider the following passage: His records proclaim him as a feudatory of the emperor Somesvara III) He had his capital at
Talakad in the south and Bankapura in the north) It was in AD 1137 that he performed the great ceremony of Tulapurusha) The
above passage refers to: Vishnuvardhana
47) During Akbars reign, the land which was cultivated every year and was never left fallow was known as: Polaj
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48) During the 13 and 14 centuries, peasants in India did not cultivate: Maize
49) During the decline of the Mughal empire, the Jats were organized into a political force by: Suraj Mal
50) During the period of Harshvardhana, the fields wee watered by the pots of ghatiyantra) This is known from the writings of
Hiuen Tsang
51) Ghatiyantra was used in early India for : irrigation of wells
52) Hiuen Tsand found Jainism flourishing in: Bengal
53) Ibrahim Khan Gardi was an important military officer of: Peshwa Balaji Daji Rao
54) In 1751, Alivardi virtually ceded Orissa to: Raghuji Bhosle
55) In ancient and early medieval India, the uncultivated and untaxed land was called: Khilakshetra
56) In ancient India the profession of the karavara involved work: in leather
57) In ancient Indian social structure, the term aniravasita was related to: Shudras only
58) In March 1784, the Treaty of Mangalore was concluded mainly at the insistence of: Lord Macartney
59) In the early decades of Maratha rule, the most popular unit of land revenue measurement was: Kathi
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60) In the late 17 and early 18 centuries, the export of Indian opium to the Indonesian archipelago was dominated by: Dutch
East India Company
61) In the Mauryan administration the official designated as Rupadarsaka was: manager of stage
62) In the Vijayanaraga kingdom, the provincial governors who did not belong to the royal family but were appointed on merit
were generally known as: Amaranayakas
63) In Vajrayna Buddhism the spouse of the Buddha Bodhisatva was known as: Tara
64) Jivaka, mentioned in the early Buddist literature, was: Physician
65) Kumarasambhavam describes the story of the birth of: Karthikeya
66) Land revenue in the Vijaynagar kingom ranged from: 26% to 30% of the produce
67) Match List I (Attributes with List II(Bodhisatvas),
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List I List II
(A) Pot carrier (1) Vajrapani
(B) Thunderbolt carrier (2) Avalokiteshwara
(C) Lotus-bearer (3) Maitreya
(D) Sword-holder (4) Manjushri
Ans) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
68) Match List I (Items found in Harappan sites) with List II (Possible sources),
List I List II
(A) Copper (1) Deccan
(B) Shell (2) Rajasthan
(C) Lapis (3) Kutch
(D) Gold (4) Afghanistan
Ans) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
69) Match List I (Mughal Governors) with List II (Territories),

List I List II
(A) Alivardi (1) Punjab
(B) Saadat and Safdar Jung (2) Hyderabad
(C) Zakir Khan (3) Bengal
(D) Nizam-ul-malik (4) Oudh
(5) Karnataka
Ans) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
70) Match List I (Tribes who revolted against the British) with List II (Year of revolution)
List I List II
(A) Khonds (1) 1820
(B) Santhals (2) 1846
(C) Kols (3) 1855
(D) Mudnas (4) 1895
Ans) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
71) Match List I and List II correctly)

List I List II
(A) Dutch (1) Goa
(B) English (2) Pulicat
(C) Portuguese (3) Bugli
(D) French (4) Chinsura
Ans) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
72) Match List I and List II correctly

List I List II
(A) The First Mysore War (1) Cornwallis
(B) The Second Mysore War (2) Lord Hastings
(C) The Third Mysore War (3) Wellesley
(D) The Fourth Mysore War (4) Warren Hastings
(5) Col) Smith
Ans) A-5, B-4, C-1, D-3
73) Match List I with List II correctly

List I List II
(A) Nyaya (1) Jamini
(B) Vaiseshika (2) Kapila
(C) Sankhya (3) Kanada
(D) Mimamsa (4) Gautama
Ans) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
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74) Match List I with List II
ListI List II
(A) Koliyas (1) Pippalivana
(B) Moriyas (2) Vaisali
(C) Videhas (3) Ramagama
(D) Lichhavis (4) Mithila
Ans) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

List I List II
(A) Chandidas (1) Radhavallabh sect
(B) Chaitanya (2) Sahajiyas
(C) Hussain Shah (3) Advaita philosophy
(D) Surdas (4) Satyapir workship
(5) Bhedabheda philosophy
Ans) A-2, B-5, C-4, D-1

List I List II
(A) Revolt of the Bhils (1) 1855-56
(B) Revolt of the Gujars (2) 1817-18
(C) Kolhapur Rising (3) 1839-45
(D) Santhal Rebellion (4) 1824
Ans) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
77) Megasthenes was succeeded as ambassador to the Mauryan coury by: Deimachos
78) Monopoly of the Eats India Company to trade with China was abolished by the Charter act of 1833
79) Nagarasreshti and Sarthavaha are refered to in the context of urban administration in inscriptions of the Gupta period from:
Avanti
80) Qutub-ud-din Aibak is said to have built, besides the Qutub mosque and the Qutub Mindar: The Arhai-din-ka Jhonpra
mosque at Ajmer
81) Rajballav, Ghaseti Begum, Shaukat Jang were the arch foes of: Sirajuddulah
82) Religion wise the culptures found at Kankali Tila in Mathura are: Jaina
83) Rig Veda people invoked Indra for: material comforts and victory
84) Since 1858 the supreme court if financial administration in India was vested with the: British Parliament
85) Sramana is paired in early sources with; Saugata
86) Svyamvara was a special form of: Gandharva marriage
87) Man in some areas of India lived in underground pits is suggested by the excavation in: Kashmir
88) The Dal Khalsa was founded by: Kapur Singh
89) The battle of Koppan was fought between: The Western Chalukyas and the Cholas
90) The Besnagar inscription of Heliodorus refers to: Vasudeva only
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91) The bill to cancel the exemption given to the European community from the jurisdiction of the magistrates and the criminal
courts established by the East India Company was proposed in: 1882
92) The Chalukya king Kumarapala is said to have instituted a Jaina reformation under the guidance of: Hemchandra
93) The conflict between the Mughals and the Marathas began during the reign of: Akbar
94) The crops cultivated by the Harappans included: wheat, barley and mustard
95) The doctrine of void shunyata was first expounded by the Buddhist philosopher: Nagarjuna
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96) The earliest Indian coins are not earlier than: 5 Century BC
97) The existence of the store houses as famine relief measure in the Mauryan period is known as: Sohgaura plate inscription
98) The export of slaves from India was banned by: Sikandar Lodhi
99) The fertile agrarian tract in the early Tamil country is denoted by the term: Marudam
100) The first Mughal building with complete marble facing was: Itmaduddaulahs tomb
101) The first surviving true dome in India is: The Alai Darwaza
102) The first Tamil Sangam is said to have been instituted by: Agastya
103) The gold coins of Mohammad Ghori usually bear: Goddess Lakshmi on the observe and his name in Nagari characters on
the reserve)
104) The Government of India Act 1919 clearly defined the: jurisdiction of the central and provincial governments
105) The greatest painter of birds at Jahangirs court was: Mansur
106) The group which figures prominently in the context of cattle aids in the Rigveda was that if the: Panis
107) The Gupta gold and silver issues were initially based on the coins of the: Romans and Kushanas
108) The head of a guild in ancient and early medieval India was called: Jetthaka
109) The Hindu God who has sometimes been identified by the Greek authors with Heakles is: Krishna
110) The Indian ruler who defeated the English in the early stage of English rule in India was: Hyder Ali
111) The Iqta under the Delhi Sultans was a territorial assignment and its holder was designated Mugti who: was the owner of
the iqta land
112) The Jaina system of thought closely resembles: Sankhya
113) The Kalyana-mandapa was a notable feature of temple architecture in the kingdom of: Cholas
114) The Kingdom of Ranjit Singh included: Srinagar
115) The land revenue in Mughal India was a: share in the produce
116) The largest concentration of Harappan sites has been found along the: Ghaggar-Hakra
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117) The manuscript of Dastaan-i-Amir Hamza was illustrated by: Abdus Samad of Shiraz
118) The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally: Menials
119) The Mughal emperor who drove away the Portuguese from Hughli, the premier port of Bengal was: Shah Jahan
120) The Mughal firman of free trade in Bengal was granted to the English in: 1717
121) The name of the mother goddess Uma appears on the coins of: Kushanas
122) The Nawab of Bengal who transferred the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad was: Murshid Quli Khan
123) The nimbus formed a special feature of Mughal portraiture under: Jahangir
124) The office of the wakil-us-Sultanat of Mughal administration signified the: entire Imperial Establishment
125) The original canon of the Jainas is believed to have considered of: 12 angas
126) The Pits India Act of 1784 sought to: introduce some parliamentary control over the English East India Company
127) The planning of the capital in the Arthashastra clearly indicates that the industrial and commercial classes were: provided
specific quarters in the township
128) The post-Gupta social structure in north India was marked by the: proliferation of castes
129) The predominant funerary practice at Harappa was: extended burial of the body with pottery
130) The rate of land revenue was highest during the reign of: Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
131) The culmination of the traditional opposition to British rule came with the Revolt of 1857 which started from: Meerut
132) The 1857 Revolt which began with the mutiny of the sepoys (Indian soldiers of the East India Company) commenced from:
10 May 1857
133) What was the important element in the strength of the Revolt of 1857: Hindu-Muslim unity
134) The revolt of 1857 was led by Nana Sahib at Meerut where he was defeated)
135) As a result of 1857 Revolt, which ruler of native states of India was made prisoner: Bahadur Shah
136) The Revolt of 1857 was the first great struggle of the Indian people for freedom from British imperialism but it failed) The
main reason for failure was: All the native rulers did not join the revolt
137) Who was one of the first Indian leaders to start an agitation for political reforms (i)e freedom of press, trial by jury, etc):
Raja Rammohan Roy
138) The germs of modern political consciousness was sown in the 1820s and 1830s by: Rammohan Roy and Derozians from
Bengal
139) Which was the first political association to be started in India and where? : Landholders Society at Calcutta in 1838
140) The doctrine of Swadeshi was first preached: In 1870 to protect Indian industries against onslaught of British
manufacturers
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141) The Swadeshi movement was specially marked by: Active participation of women in movement
142) The Indian National Congress wa sponsored by: A)O Hume(an Englishman and a retired civil servant) in 1885
143) Who was the first President of Indian National congress and when was it first organized?: W)C Banerjee 1885
144) Why was the movement of Indian National Congress remained most successful struggle freedom?: Because the
movement was sponsored by a great Englishman
145) Why was B)G Tilak arrested in 1897 due to which he became popular all-India leader and was given the title of Lokmanya
by the people: On the charge of spreading disaffection against the British Indian Government)
146) Who was the first Indian to use the word Swarajya in 1906: Dadabhai Naoroji at the Calcutta session of the Congress
147) Whose name is associated with the Muslim communalism which helped the British Government to follow the policy of
Divide and Rule: Sayyed Ahmed Khan
148) Who was the Indian leader who opposed organization of Indian Congress in 1885 along with the raja Shiva Prasad of
Benares: Sayyed Ahmed Khan
149) The concrete shape and setting to the communal theory was given when the All India Muslim League was set up in the
year: 1906
150) Under whose leadership the All India Muslim League was set up: Aga Khan
151) The Ahar Movement was started as a: Anti-communal and anti-Muslim leader of the Ahar movement
152) Who was the most prominent Muslim leader of the Ahar movement: Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
153) Who started the Home Rule movement and when: Mrs Annie Besant in September in 1916
154) What was the main aim of Home Rule Movement: To attain self-government within the British Empire
155) Why was the Khilafat Movement started after the First World War by the Ali brothers: To agitate for preservation of office
of Khalifa and better treatment for Turkey where British Government imposed harsh term after the war
156) Khilafat Movement, fully supported by both Hindus and Muslims and adopted by the Congress through Gandhiji subsided
because of: Office of Khalifa was abolished in Turkey itself and better terms given to Turkey
157) When and where was the Ghadar Party organized by Indian Revolutionaries: In 1913 by Indians living in Canada & America
158) When was the non-violent non-cooperation movement started and by when: In 1919 by Mahatma Gandhi
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159) With what is the 13 April 1919 associated in the history of freedom struggle of India: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
160) Firing to Jallianwalla Bagh was ordered by: ODwyer
161) Which ruler was the builder of Jahan-Pnah, Delhis fourth city: Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq
162) Non-cooperation movement was withdrawn mainly becauseof the: Chauri-Chaura incident
163) In which year non-cooperation movement was withdrawn: 1920
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164) How did National Liberal Federation of India came into existence: Clash between the Moderates and Extremists in the
Congress
165) The Moderates decided to break with the Extremists in the year: 1907
166) While Moderates decided to break with the Extremists as early as 1907, final separation took place only in the year: 1918
167) In which year National Liberal Federation of India was formed by the Moderates: 1919
168) Who is known as Sher-e-Punjab among the freedom fighters: Lala Lajpat Rai
169) What is the importance of Bombay sessions of All India Congress Committee which was held in August 1942: It passed the
famous Quit India Movement)
170) Who among the following leaders who struggled for the freedom of the country was not a moderator: Bipin Chandra Pak
171) Who was the political guru of the Father of Nation: Gokhale
172) Who were the President and Secretary of the Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party formed in 1922: C)R Das and Motilal Nehru
173) The royal title Kaisara was derived from: Roman
174) the sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was: A tax-levied on deshmukhs
175) The statement that if by worshipping stones one can find God, I shall worship mountains was made by Kabir
176) The story of the migration of Videgha Mathava to the east with his priest is mentioned in the: Satapartha Brahmana
177) The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year: 1853
178) The term brahmadeya occurs for the first time in: Pre-Gupta inscription
179) The term devamtrika refers to: country with rainfall
180) The term Nirgrantha is associated with: Jainas
181) The theory of sulh-i-kul was propounded by: Akbar
182) The ultimate ownership of land during the post-Gupta period lay with: the king
183) The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of independence by: V)D Savarkar
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184) The use of spinning wheel (Charkha) was in: 14 century AD
185) The Vijaynagara king who employed skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen was:
Devaraya I
186) The Yaudheyas, a kshatriya tribe, worshipped exclusively the God: Karthikeya
187) The zamindari in Mughal India was not: a saleable right
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188) Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source, He is:
Tivara
189) The treaty of Mangalore was signed between: The English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
190) What was considered as Varna Samkara : Illegitimate birth
191) the Indus Valley Civilization is associated with: Summerians
192) Lothal is part of the excavation site of the civilization of: Indus Valley
193) The Great Bath of the Indus Valley Civilization was found at: Mohenjodaro
194) The Indus Valley Civilization is important because: It antiquates the period of civilization in India
195) Aryans emerged on the Indian scene sometime between: 3000 2500 BC
196) Who was mainly worshipped in the Rig Vedic period: Indra
197) Kautiluas Arthashastra is a great treatise on: State-craft
198) Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient India: Manu
199) We can know about early Vedic period from: The Rig Veda
200) The Upanishads are: A source of Hindu philosophy
201) The Vedas contain all the truth was interpreted by: Swami Dayananda
202) Which of the following is the oldest Veda: Rigveda
203) Which of the following is the theme of the teaching of Lord Buddha: Renunciation of desire
204) Gautama Buddha was born in: Lumbini
205) The eight-fold path was propounded by: Buddha
206) Who is known as the Light of Asia: Buddha
207) Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the Buddhists
208) Mahavira was born in: 430 BC
209) Mahavira was born in the royal family of the: Kshatriyas
210) To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath: Ashoka
211) In which way is Sarnath associated with Gautam Buddha: He preached his first sermon there
212) Which of these is the most important cause for the decline of Buddhism after Ashoka: Non-patronage by the kings
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213) Gautam Buddha attained Nirvana at: Bodh Gaya
214) Which attributes can be regarded as the chief contribution of Buddhism to India: Ahimsa and self-purification
215) The ruins of an ancient Indian university are at: Nalanda
216) Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty: Chandragupta I
217) Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at: Shravanabelagola
218) Accession of Ashoka dates back to: 273 BC
219) Who transferred his capital from Delhi to Devangiri: Alauddin Khilji
220) Akbar sought the friendship and cooperation of Rajputs: to strengthen the foundation of Mughal Empire in India
221) Which was the most important feature of the land revenue system of Akbar: Collection of land revenue directly at the
central treasury
222) The first Sultan of Delhi who did not allow the Ulemas to interfere in political and administrative affairs was: Alauddin Khilji
223) Name the Mughal Emperor of India who was more an adventurer then a ruler: Babur
224) Fatherpur Sikri was founded during the period of: Akbar
225) Adi Shankaracharya, the founder of the Bhakti movement belonged to: South India
226) What was the cause of disintergration of the Mughal Empire: Attacks of Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali
227) Who built the Jama Masjid: Shahjahan
228) Who founded the Mughal empire: Babur
229) Which Mughal emperor displayed secular policies towards Hindus: Akbar
230) Who was the first Englishman to visit the Mughal court: Capt) William Hawkins
231) Din-i-ilahi was the name of a : Religion
232) Sher Shah Suri ruled India for the period: 1556 1545
233) The Divine Faith was a monument of Akbars folly, not his wisdom) This statement refers to Din-i-ilahi
234) Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of: Jahangir
235) The outstanding feature of the reign of Shahjahan was: development of art and architecture
236) The biggest mosque of India was built by: Shahjahan
237) The battle of Plassey is situated in: West Bengal
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238) The First Battle of Panipat was fought between babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
239) The First Battle of Plassey took place in 1757
240) Haji Maula revolted against which one of the folliwng Sultans: Alauddin Khilji
241) In the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas were defeated by the: Afghans
242) The Battle of Haldighati was fought in: 1576
243) Todar Mal was associated with: Law
244) The Mughal empire reached its zenith during Akbars regime)
245) the capital of Mysore during Tipu Sultans rule was: Srirangapatnam
246) The Batte of Talikota was fought in the year: 2565
247) The capital of Harshas empire was: Thanesar
248) During the reign of Harshavardhana a large Buddhist monastery was established at: Nalanda
249) Examples of Vijaynagar are can be found at: Hampi
250) The Gupta king who expanded his kingdom towards south India is: Chandragupta II
251) The temples at Halebid and Belur were built by: Hoysalas
252) The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the period of Harshavardhana was: Hiuen Tsang
253) Fa-hien came to India during the reign of: Chandragupta II
254) Who were the contemporaries of the Gupta kings in the south: Rashtrakutas
255) Which famous temple in the south was built by Cholas: Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur
256) Which dynasty was well-known for excellent village administration: Cholas
257) The Ajanta caves were built during the period of the : Guptas
258) Chandagupta II was named Vikramaditya
259) Pulakesin I, the first independent ruler of Badami, belonged to the dynasty of the: Chalukyas
260) Who was the famous Deccan Hindu King who crossed the Bay of Bengal and conquered a number of states in Sumatra,
Java and Malaysia: Rajendra Chola
261) Who was the first king to conquer Malwa, Gujarat and Maharashtra: Harshvardhana
262) Shivajis war strategy used against the Mughals was: guerrilla warfare
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263) Shivajis greatness largely rests upon which of the following factors: He founded theMaratha power in India
264) Shivaji was cornated at: Rajgarh
265) The first to have trade relations with India were the: Portuguese
266) Cause of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was: supply of greased cartridges to the soldiers
267) Simon Commission was boycotted by Indians because: None of the members were Indians
268) Indian National Army was formed by: Subash Chandra Bose
269) Which Governor-General was responsible for the partition of Bengal: Lord Curzon
270) Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of formation of the Indian National Congress: Lord Dufferin
271) Name the epics which were present in early Tamil literature: Silappadikaram and Manimekhalai
272) Which term was used in early India for denoting measurement of land: Kulyavapa
273) Which Act abolished the monopoly of tea trade and trade with China by the East India Company: Charter Act of 1833
274) Which Act strengthened the unitary character of the government of India by establishing a general control over the
finances of India by The Governor-General: The Charter Act of 1833
275) What describes the function of the Amatya in the Ashtpradhan system: The Finance minister
276) Which event immediately followed the Revolt of the Sepoys in 1857: Peasant agitation against the indigo planters in
Bengal
277) Which inscription mentions the names of both Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka: Janagarh inscription of Rudradaman
278) Which inscription provides the earliest epigraphical eveidence regarding Sati: Eran Pillar inscription of Bhanugupta
279) Which is a commentary on the Arthasastra: Pratipada-Panchika of Bhattasvamin
280) Which is a commentary on the Digha nikaya: Lalitivistara
281) Which kingdom was known for wealthy merchants professing Jainism and building Jain temples: The Chalukya
282) Which is looked after the military department under the Mughals: Mir-i-Bakshi
283) Which pair was popularly known as Sayyid Brohers, the king makers: Hussain Ali and Abdullah Hussain
284) Name the philosophy associated with Jainism: Syadvada
285) Which place on the Western coast of India had an English factory: Gulkral
286) Which rebellion began in 1816 and lasted till 1932: Kol uprising
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General Awareness
Indian Polity
1) An interpretation of the Indian Constitution is based on the spirit of the: Preamble
2) The Indian Constitution is regarded as: federal in form and unitary in spirit
3) India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of States, occurs in which article of the Indian constitution: Article 1
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4) Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the: 42 Amendment
5) The President of India is a: titular executive
6) The President of India is elected indirectly buy the electoral college consisting of the elected members of: Lok Sabha, Rajya
Sabha and state legisilative assemblies
7) The salary of President of India has been raised to: Rs 150,000
8) What is the minimum age prescribed for a candidate to be elected to the office of the President of India: 35 years
9) The President may, for violation of Constitution, be removed from office by: impeachment
10) Legislative powers are vested in the: Parliament
11) The Supreme Court judges are appointed by the: President
12) President can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the: advice of the prime minister
13) The President of India is not a member of Parliament because: he holds an office of profit under the Government
14) Who has authority to proclaim Emergency in a state: President
15) The financial powers of the President of India are: No Money Bill can be introduced without his prior consent) He appoints
the Finance Commission
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16) Who was the first president of India: Dr) Rajendra Prasad
17) The following have held office of the president of India) The chronological order in which they held office is i) Dr) Zakir
Hussain ii) V) V) Girir iii) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed iv) N) Sanjiva Reddy
18) The ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha is: Vice- President
19) What is the minimum age prescribed for a candidate for election of vice- president of India: 35 years
20) The vice- president of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: members of both the Houses of Parliament
21) The vice- president acts as the president of India when: a) president is sick b) president is unable to discharge his duties c)
president is absent from the country
22) Who was the first vice- president of India: Dr) S) Radhakrishnan
23) The minimum age (in years) required to become the prime minister of India is: 25
24) In a parliamentary system, to whom is the executive responsible: House of People
25) India has a parliamentary democracy system as the: council of ministers is responsible to Parliament
26) India is a federal state because its constitution provides for: sharing powers between states and Centre
27) Who was the prime minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru
28) First mid- term elections were held in: 1977
29) The prime minister is responsible to the: Lok Sabha
30) The council of ministers has to resign if a no-confident motion is passed by majority members of: the Lok Sabha
31) Money Bills can only be introduced in the: Lok Sabha
32) Which of the following types of bills can become law despite disapproval by the Rajya Sabha: Finance Bill
33) Under the Constitution the speaker of the Lok Sabha may be removed from office by: a resolution passed by a majority of
all members of the house
34) The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by: elected members of the legislative assembly
35) If the speaker of the lower house wants to resign, he should send his resignation to the: Deputy Speaker
36) The Constitution of India provides for the nomination of two members to the Lok Sabha, by the president to represent: the
Anglo-Indian Community
37) Which Article of the Constitution provides the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution: 368
38) The maximum gap between sessions of the Parliament can be: 6 months
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39) Who among the following has a right to speak and otherwise take part in the proceedings of either House of Parliament and
to be a member of any Parliamentary Committee but is not entitled to vote: The attorney general
40) What is the minimum age in number of years prescribed for a membership to the Lok Sabha: 25
41) Which part of Constitution deals with citizenship: II
42) The president of India can declare emergency if there is: a) war or threat of war b) Failure of constitutional machinery c)
financial instability
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43) BY which Constitution Amendment Bill was the voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years: 61
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44) Which Union Territory became the 25 state of India: Goa
45) Indian State with largest electorate is: UP
46) Judges of a high court are appointed by the president with the consent of the: governor, the Chief Justice of the High
Court concerned and the Chief Justice of India
47) Judges of the Supreme Court can hold office up to: 65 years
48) To be eligible to become a judge of a High Court, the candidate should be a: practising advocate of 10 years in a High Court
49) What is the minimum age in years prescribed for candidature to the office of governor of a state: 35
50) What is the term of office of the governor of a state: 5 years
51) How many states in India have two houses, viz), legislative assembly and legislative council: 5
52) Which of the following languages have been added to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution in 1992: Konkani, Manipuri
and Nepali
53) After retirement, a judge can undertake private practice of law: in another court of the same level or higher court
54) A political party is recognized as a national party: if it is recognized as a political party in four or more states
55) The deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha can be removed by a resolution: passed by a simple majority of its total strength
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56) The 7 Schedule of Constitution of India contains: union list, state list and concurrent list
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57) Which languages are included in the 8 Schedule of the Constitution of India: Sindhi and Kashmiri
58) How many languages are recognized as regional languages in the Constitution: 18
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59) The 8 Schedule of the Constitution deals with: the list of 18 regional languages
60) Who decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not: Speaker of the Lok Sabha
61) As a non-member, who can participate in the proceedings of either House of Parliament: Attorney General
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62) The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under direct supervision of the: Lok Sabha Speaker
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63) According to the 44 Amendment Bill: Right to Property has been taken away from the list of Fundamental Rights
64) When was the Constitution of India first amended after adoption: 1951
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65) Which Amendment to the Constitution gave primacy to directive principles over fundamental rights: 42
nd th
66) Which Amendment Bill extended like of Lok Sabha to 6 years and which Bill restored it to 5 year: 42 and 44
th nd
67) Which Amendment Bill inserted the 10 Schedule in the Constitution of India: 52
nd
68) According to the 42 Amendment, two words have been added to the Preamble) These are: Secular and Socialist
69) Which List contains the subjects over which both the Centre and States have jurisdiction: Concurrent List
70) When did India have its first General Elections: 1951
71) If the positions of President and Vice-President are vacant who officiates as the President of India: Chief Justice of India
72) What is the elective strength of the Lok Sabha: 545
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73) Elective strength of the Lok Sabha was increased by the: 31 Amendment
74) A Parliamentary Bill passed by the Lok Sabha is sent to the president for his assent) The president sends it back to the Lok
Sabha for reconsideration) If the Lok Sabha again passed the Bill and sends it the to president for assent, the president: must
approve it
75) What is the maximum strength of the state Legislative Assembly: 525
76) The total strength of the Rajya Sabha does not exceed: 250 members
77) Who presides over the sessions of the Lok Sabha: Lok Sabha Speaker
78) How many members can the president of India nominate to the Rajya Sabha: 12
79) First national emergency proclaimed in India was in: 1966
80) What is the salary of the Chief Justice of India: Rs 1,00,000
81) The Constitution of India consists of: a) The Preamlbe b) Parts I- XXII, Covering Articles 1-450 c) Schedules 1-12 and the
Appendix
82) The source of authority of the Constitution are: the people of India
83) The draft of the Preamble was prepared by: Jawaharlal Nehru
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84) The 42 Amendment added the words Secular and Socialist Unity and Integrity to the original Preamble)
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85) Sovereign character of Preamble denotes: a) India is free from any type of external control b) India can acquire foreign
territory c) India can cede a part of the territory in favour of a foreign state
86) Secular character of preamble denotes that: India has no official religion
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87) The 42 Amendment came into effect on: 3 January 1947
nd
88) Various amendments made in 42 Amendment: It removed all amendments to fundamental rights from the scope of
judicial review
89) The socialist character of the preamble denotes: State will secure all citizens, social, economic and political justice
90) The provision in the preamble that confers adult citizens with the right to vote is called: Democracy
91) Right to Freedom of Religion is guaranteed under the Constitution in Articles: 25-28
92) Right to property is a: Legal Right
93) India is a secular state because: it treats all religions alike
94) Fundamental Rights are enshrined in the Constitution of India in: Part III
95) How can a citizen protect his Fundamental Rights: By a writ in the Supreme Court of India
96) Which is not a Fundamental Right: Equal pay for equal work
97) The Directive Principles of State Policy are incorporated in: Part IV (Articles 36-51)
98) The verdict by the Supreme Court that the original structure of the Preamble, as given in the Constitotion, cannot be
changed was given in which case: Golaknath
99) The Gandhian principles have been enumerated in the: Directive Principles
100) The difference between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is: Directive Principles are in the nature of directions
to the legislature and executive and assurance to the people
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General Awareness
Indian Economy
1) When did India become a member of International Monetary Fund (IMF): 1947
2) Currency notes and coins of one rupee and lower denominations are issued by: Ministry of Finance
3) Bank notes and coins above one rupee denominations are issued by: Reserve Bank of India
4) The total number of nationalized banks in India is: 19
5) A personal account cannot be opened in: Reserve Bank of India
6) The first Indian bank was: Presidency Bank, Calcutta
7) What is a scheduled bank: A bank included in the second schedule of RBI
8) How many banks were nationalized in 1969: 14
9) Second nationalization of commercial banks was held in: 1980
10) In the second nationalization of commercial bank/banks 6 were nationalized
11) Institution of regional rural banks in India were established in: 1975
12) The first Presidency Bank in India was established in: Calcutta
13) In which year was the first bank in India established: 1806
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14) The Reserve Bank of India was established: 1935
15) First Indian Governor of the RBI was: C) D) Deshmukh
16) The main functions of the government mints are: only minting of coins
17) First indigenous bank established in 1894 was: Punjab National Bank
18) The bank that neither advances loans against immovable property nor charges interest on deposits is: Reserve Bank of
India
19) Which is the largest bank of India and is also among the 100 top most banks of the world: State Bank of India
20) The Export Import (EXIM) Bank was set up in: 1982
21) The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was set up in: 1982
22) The New Bank of India was merged on 1993 with: Punjab National Bank
23) Disguised unemployment is the prominent feature of: primary sector
24) The open market operations refer to the sale and purchase by the RBI of: a) foreign exchange b) gold c) government
securities
25) VAT scheme is expected to: avoid repeated payment of duty from the raw materials stage to the final product and thus
reduce the burden of duty in the final product
26) Nationalization or public control of an industry is often supported by economists because: it is a natural monopoly
27) Which expenditure is not considered investment in the theory of income determination: Stocks/shares in a joint-stock
28) The sum of the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save must be equal to: One
29) Which is the most likely reason why total income tends to fluctuate: Many savings and investment decisions are taken by
different people
30) If income is below equilibrium: income will tend to fall
31) The costs which are most likely to vary with the output of a car manufacturer during a period of a year: The wages of the
workers in the paint shop
32) A firm will shut down rather than carry on producing in the short run if: total revenue is less than total variable cost
33) A firm is said to be of optimum size when: average total cost is at a minimum
34) It will pay a monopolist to cut the price of his product if: marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost
35) Which holders of a companys issued capital is likely to receive the biggest increase in income if there is a substantial
increase in profits: an ordinary shareholder
36) Which businesses would probably find it easiest to borrow money from complete strangers: a public joint stock company
37) Perfect competition is said to exist if: each firm in the industry accepts the market price because it has to
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38) The slope of an indifference curve represents the: marginal rate of substitution between two goods
39) The elasticity of a straight-line demand curve: may have varying values along its length
40) If the elasticity of demand for a good is equal to 2 then a 1 per cent price rise will: lower the quantity demanded by 1 per
cent
41) An indifference curve for an individual consumer represents graphically: combinations of two goods which have the same
marginal utility
42) An upward and leftward movement of an upward sloping supply curve for a commodity could caused by: a shift of tastes in
favour of the product
43) Of the gross tax revenue of the Union Government the indirect taxes account for nearly: 65%
44) Which of the following statements best describe the consumption function: Consumption increases as income does but
not as much, and the rate of increase in consumption gradually slows down with increasing income
45) All revenues received, loans raised and money received in repayment of loans by the Union government go into:
Consolidated Fund of India
46) If an economy is in equilibrium at the point where plans to save and to invest are equal, the government expenditure must
be: equal to government income
47) If the marginal propensity to save of the rich is grater that that of the poor, then a redistribution of income from poor to
rich will rise: saving out of a given income
48) Which is not directly the concern of the economist: imposition of tax to discourage cigarette smoking
49) Marginal utility a consumer derives from a good, is: change in his total utility as a result of adding on eunit to his stock of a
good
50) The law of demand states that: when prices fall, demand increases
51) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below
List I List II
a) Boom 1) Business activity at high level with increasing income, output and employment at macro
b) Recession 2) Gradual fall of income output and employment with business activity in low gear
c) Depression 3) Unprecedented level of under employment and unemployment, drastic fall in income, output and
employment
d) Recovery 4) Steady rise in the general level of prices, income, output and employment
A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
52) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1) Dow Jones: New York 2) Hang Seng: Seoul 3) FTSE-100: London 1 and 3
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53) Which of the following is wrongly matched?
a) National Institute of Animal Genetics, Karnal
b) Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow
c) Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for Fisheries, Bangalore
d) Central Duck Breeding Farm, Chikmagalur
54) A special economic zone is set up at: Positra
55) The sensex is a market capitalization weighted index of 25 component stocks)
56) The core sector includes: Coal, power, petroleum
57) The SEBI stands for: Securities and Exchange Board of India
58) What are gilt-edged securities: Securities issued by the government
59) Among the following, which is not a credit rating agency operating in India?
a) CRISIL b) ICRA c) Dow Jones d) CARE
60) GDR means: global depository receipt which is the mechanism to raise funds from international market
61) The Industrial Investment Bank of India was earlier known as the: IRBI
62) Which committee is related with capital market reforms: Malegam Committee
63) According to the latest Economic Census of India, the annual growth rate of enterprises since liberalization has: declined
slightly
64) Which scheduled bank sponsored the setting up of first regional rural bank (Prathama Gramin Bank) in India: Syndicate
Bank
65) The latest Bank to be granted licence is: Yes Bank Ltd
66) How many PSUs are included in the category of Navaratna: 11
67) The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is: crude petroleum
68) Which of the following commodities earns maximum foreign exchange for India: Tea
69) The one rupee note bears the signature of: Secretary, Minister of Finance
70) An ad-valorem duty is tax basis of: Price of commodity
71) Which is not an affiliate of the Reserve Bank of India: IDBI
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72) The Indian Financial Year begins on: 1 April
73) Percentage of Re 1 coins in total currency of India is: 2)2
74) Which is a direct tax: Income tax
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75) State governments levy: Income tax, CST, excise duty
76) What is the effect of deficit financing on economy: Inflation
77) Temporarily inflation can be checked by: decrease in money supply
78) Which is not a direct tax: Sales tax
79) Which best defines free trade: there is no restriction on exports/imports
80) Which factor contributes to inflation: 20% increase in money supply
81) The largest share of revenue receipts of the State Government comes from: General sales tax
82) The largest expenditure being incurred from combined revenue expenditure of centre, states and union territories is on:
interest payments
83) Indias maximum foreign exchange is spent on: import of petroleum products
84) India earns maximum forex through export of: handicrafts
85) Who was the first to estimate the countrys per capita national income during the British rule for the yaer 1888: Dadabhai
Naoroji
86) Rupee coin was first minted in India during the rule of: Sher Shah Suri
87) The rupee coin was first minted in India in: 1542
88) The decimal currency system started in India from: April, 1957
89) Paper currency first started in India in: 1862
90) Whose signature appears on ten-rupee currency notes: Governor, RBI
91) How many times has the Indian currency been demonetized so far: Twice
92) First demonetized of Indian currency took place in: 1946
93) Indian currency was last demonetized in: 1978
94) Indian currency has been devalued only four times
95) The first devaluation of Indian currency took place in: 1949
96) Indian currency was last devalued in: 1991
97) Who was the finance minister when India currency was last devalued: Dr Manmohan Singh
98) Where in India are coins minted: Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad
99) Currency notes in India are printed and supplied by: Security Press, Nashik
100) On which denomination notes has the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi been printed: Rs 100, Rs 500, Rs 50
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General Awareness
Geography
1) Iraq is situated on the river: Between Euphrates and Tigris
2) Which towns are situated on the river Nile: Alexandria and Cairo
3) The Temperate Grasslands of South America are called: Pampas
4) The Netherlands is the new name for: Holland
5) Temperate grasslands of Asia and Europe are called: Steppes
6) Which atmospheric layers helps in radio communication: Ionosphere
7) Which phenomena is responsible for the formation of the highest mountains: Volcanic activity
8) Which of the following is a periodic wind: Monsoons
9) Sedimentary rocks are: Porous
10) The Prime Meridian passes through: Great Britain
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11) In the Northern Hemisphere the longest day is on: June 21
12) Diego Garcia is an: island in Indian Ocean with a large military base
13) Grenada is situated in: Caribbean Sea
14) Which types of rocks are mainly found in the Himalayan ranges: Sedimentary
15) Lines on a map connecting regions of equal geochemical characteristics are called: Iscoon
16) Oasis is associated with: Desert
17) Which crop requires hot climate and rainfall above 200cm: Rubber
18) Riyal is the currency of: Saudi Arabia
19) Which is the currency of Romania: Leu
20) Loti is the currency of: Lesotho
21) The term Third World refers to: Underdeveloped and developing countries
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22) Middle East group of countries includes: West Asian countries
23) The Third World comprise approximately 70 per cent of worlds human race
24) Which country is not grouped with the Caribbeans: Jordan
25) Which soil is best suited for wheat cultivation: Clayey
26) Which is not a fibre crop: Rubber
27) The 4 countries with the largest population in order of size are: China, India, Russia and USA
28) Who was the first to classify the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Antipater
29) Why was number seven chosen for a classification of the worlds great wonders: because seven had a metaphysical
attraction for the ancient Greeks
30) Which among the Seven Wonders listed by Antipater has survived: The Pyramids of Egypt
31) The Pyramids of Egypt, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world is said to have been built more than 4000 years ago)
32) Which is not listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by Antipater: The Great Wall of China
33) What is the approximate length of the Great Wall of China: 3460 km
34) The Eiffel Tower is located in: France
35) The Leaning Tower is located in: Italy
36) Which is the worlds highest dam: Rogun
37) The worlds tallest free-standing structure is: CN Tower
38) Which is the tallest building in the world: Sears Tower
39) Largest Hotel in the world is: The Las Vegas Hilton
40) Where is the largest railway platform in the world: India
41) Which is the largest mosque: Merdeka Moaque
42) The largest church in the world is the: Basilica of St Peter
43) Where is the worlds largest temple: Cambodia
44) The largest temple in the world is: Angkor Vat
45) Which is the worlds longest road: Pan-Am Highway
46) The worlds largest airport id: King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah
47) Kurnool-Cudapah canal is taken off from which of the following rivers: Tungabhadra
48) Which is the leading producer of tobacco in India: Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
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49) Niagara Falls is located between which lakes: Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
50) San Andreas fault passes through: Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco and Gulf of California
51) The New York version of Statue of Liberty was engineered by: A) G) Eiffel
52) Kangaroo is the national emblem of: Australia
53) Indias national emblem is: Lioned Capital
54) Hammer and Sickle was the national emblem of: Former USSR
55) Water Lily is the national emblem of: Bangladesh
56) Shora is the name of the Parliament of: Afghanistan
57) Riksdag is the name of the Parliament of: Sweden
58) Parliament of Japan is called: Diet
59) Which countrys Parliament has the largest membership: China
60) Which has the volcanic Mount St Helens: Cascade Range
61) Which medieval geographer made extensive corrections on Ptolemys works: Al-Masudi
62) Which geographer adopted the deductive method of study in geography: Varenius
63) Where is the Mt Waialeale, one of the heaviest rain fed places in the world, located (11990 mm in a year): Hawaii
64) Which country has Red River delta: Vietnam
65) The Hkakabo Razi (5885m), the highest point in mainland south-east Asia, is at the border between: China and Myanmar
66) The Minamata incident, an example for environmental degradation, is due to: Water pollution
67) In which geological period did the shallow sea reptile Ichthyosaurus first appear: Triassic
68) Jute requires hot, moist climate with adequate amount of rain and rich soil) Which country in the world is leading in jute
production: Bangladesh
69) Cocoa is a tropical plant and requires heat and moisture) Which country in the world is leading in cocoa production: Ghana
70) Coffee requires hot and moist climate and grows best on slopes) Which country is leading in coffee production: Brazil
71) More or less like coffee, tea requires warm, moist, tropical climate and grows well on hill slopes) Which country is leading in
tea production: India
72) For which crop, black volcanic soil and tropical climate is most suitable without excess rainfall: Cotton
73) Higher summer temperature, stiff soil capable of supporting heavy weight of plants are essential for: Rice
74) Which country is leading in the production of rubber: Malaysia
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75) While Cuba is the Sugar Bowl, which country is leading in the production of sugarcane: India
76) Which is the largest cotton producing country in the world: USA
77) Wheat being a plant of temperate zone grows well on plains away from sea and having moderately dry climate) Worlds
maximum production of wheat is obtained from: USA
78) Which country leads in the production of barley: Canada
79) Groundnut crop is the monopoly of: India
80) Which country tops in the production of wool: Australia
81) Coal is an essential commodity for industrial world) Which country tops in coal output: United States of America
82) Which is known as Island of Cloves: Zanzibar(Africa)
83) Which country has extensive mechanized agriculture and which is the main crop produced in that country: USA - Wheat
84) Tropical deserts, which are hot deserts of the world are situated near the tropics in the west of the landmasses)
Approximately how much surface area of the Earth is covered by these deserts: Nearly one-fourth
85) Which continent leads in contribution to worlds rice production to the maximum and how much: Asia (90%)
86) Oil seeds are mostly tropical and sub-tropical products) Which country produces major oilseeds: India
87) Tobacco, a product of high commercial value these days and which grows under a wide range of climate, is a major
plantation of: USA
88) Which two products have great commercial value in Tropical Monsoon Region: Rice and Tea
89) For which agricultural products, Sudan is famous and which comes uncer Tropical Grassland (Savannas) Region: Cotton
90) Which type of industry is mostly found in Bangladesh: Jute
91) Israel/Jerusalem whose main mineral resource is oil, has which type of main industrial activity: Diamond cutting
92) Myanmar, whose chief mineral resources comprise silver, lead, and tin, is engaged in chief industrial activity of: Rice export
93) Besides tobacco, tea and cotton, which is the other agricultural produce of China: Rice
94) South Africa is the largest producer of: Gold
95) To which country, India is second in manufacturing carpets: Iran
96) While India tops in sugarcane production, which country ranks first in sugar export: China
97) Which country is the largest producer of copper: USA
98) Which is the most important crop of the Nile delta: Cotton
99) Which country is the largest supplier of meat: Argentina
100) Which is the main industrial activity of Tanzania: Mining
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101) Worlds biggest producer of Mica is India
102) Which country is the biggest producer of mercury in the world: Italy
103) Uranium is mostly produced in: Zaire
104) Name the world famous and finest harbour: Sydney
105) Baku is famous for: Oil centre
106) Which is the main agricultural produce of Taiwan: Rice
107) Coal is an essential energy resource for industries) However, some countries have been able to achieve industrialization
without depending on coal as a source of energy) For example: Sweden and Italy
108) Switzerland is famous for Swiss watches) What is the capital of this country: Berne
109) With which item, is Kimberly associated: Diamonds
110) Which of the following is the capital and seaport of Philippines: Manila
111) Red Indians are: the original inhabitants of North America
112) Sedimentary rocks are formed by: burial, compression and chemical modification of deposited weathered rock debris
113) Systematic geography is concerned with: physical geography and the cultural elements of earth
114) The abandoned channels created when meanders are cut off from the rest of the channel because oflateral stream erosion
is called: ox-bow lake
115) Which ancient Greek scholars coined the word Apeiron to symbolise the prime substance which could not be
experienced through senses: Anaximander
116) An eastward flowing sub-surface counter current of the Pacific Ocean is known as: Cromwell Current
117) Who asserted the following, Space is not a thing or event) It is a kind of framework of things and events; something like a
system of pigeon holes, or a filling system, for observation: Immanuel Kant
118) Who coined the word Kultut landshaft, landscape created by human culture: Otto Schluter
119) Any type of rainfall has the following aspect: ascent of air leading to cooling and condensation
120) Arctic Circle is located at: 66 30 north of the equator
121) Antarctic circle is located at: Latitude
122) Atmosphere is broadly divided into hemisphere and heterosphere) The hemisphere extends up to a height of: 90 km
123) Atmosphere is: a gaseous envelope that surrounds a celestial body
124) Carbon dioxide makes up only a few 100 ppm (parts per million) of the atmosphere, by volume
125) Name the capital and currency of Libya: Tripoli dinar
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126) Citrus fruits are normally grown in: Mediterranean region
127) Which country produces the largest amount of crude steel of the world: China
128) Decaying vegetation produces organic acids, which cause a breakdown of minerals) This is: chemical weathering
129) Declination is: the equivalent of latitude on the celestial sphere
130) Down warping of the Rajmahal-Garo gap took place in: Eocene
131) During a solar eclipse, what is the relative positions of the sun, the moon and the earth correctly: the moon in between
the sun and the earth
132) Each time zone is defined by its distance: east or west of Greenwich, England
133) Ecliptic circle is so named because: eclipses occur only when the moon is on or near this path)
134) Eucla-Basin in Australia is well-known as: Nullabor Plain
135) Eurasia includes: Cyprus, Turkey and Russia and independent states
136) Formation of a rift valley is due to: the forces of tension on the earths crust
137) Which line marks the boundary of the zone where the sun never sets during the June solstice and never rises during
December solstice: Arctic circle
138) In which of the forests do the trees shed their leaves during spring and early summer: monsoon deciduous forest
139) Who propounded the law of Primate City: Mark Jefferson
140) Largest extend of equatorial forests is found in: Amazon Basin
141) Latitudes measures the angular distance, expressed in degrees of a point on the Earths surface: north or south of the
equator
142) Longitude measures the angular distance, expressed in degrees of a point on the Earths surface: east or west of the
equator
143) Lunar eclipse occurs only on a: full moon day
144) Lunar eclipse occurs when: the Earth comes between the moon and the sun
145) Major natural regions of the world are delineated primarily on the basis of: temperature, rainfall and vegetation
146) Modern industrial development of India is largely due to: liberalization of government policies
147) Which country is reliant on a single export of oil/petroleum: Nigeria
148) Papaghani series of rocks belong to: Pleistocene
149) Paragraph series of rocks belong to: lower Cuddapah
150) Population of India has grown rapidly after 1921, mainly because: Indians have returned from Burma, Sri Lanka and other
countries
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151) Stanley is the capital of: Falkland Islands
152) Power cuts have become frequent in various ports of India especially during summer, mainly because: hydel reservoirs
have low storage and power generation is low
153) Which country produces the largest amount of crude steel in the world: USA
154) Pressure is measured by: barometer
155) Regions lying on the western margins of the continents between and north have: dry climate all the year
156) Right ascension is: the equivalent of prime median
157) Solar eclipse occurs when: the earth comes between the moon and the sun
158) Solar eclipse occurs on: full moon day
159) Spring tide occurs at: new moon and full moon when the Earth and the sun are at right angles
160) The zodiac signs or houses of heaven are named after: star signs
161) The Gutenberg discontinuity is between: the crust and the mantle
162) The heaviest rainfall is recorded in: equatorial regions
163) The hunting and gathering economy can support only: 5 persons per sq)km
164) Which desert is famous for its deposits of nitrates: Atacama
165) Which mountain chains has two dissimilar types of vegetation on its two slopes: Aravalis
166) The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of peninsular India mainly because
of: adjoining oceans moderate the temperature
167) The earth rotates through: in 4 minutes
168) The Earth is divided into time zones for the purpose of: maintaining a standard time system
169) The different phases of moon are caused by: changing able of earth with respect to moon
170) The difference in the time per degree longitude between any two places on the globe is: 5 minutes
171) Winds generally blow from areas of: high pressure to those of moderate pressure
172) The density of dry air at sea level is about th the density of water)
173) The density of air normally increases at higher attitude)
174) The densest pf all the atmosphere layers is: troposphere
175) The Colby hypothesis offers a dynamic explanation of: land use development
176) The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called: mesosphere
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177) The altitude of troposphere at equator is: 0 16 km
178) The Altazimuth system is: used by astronomers to give the position of a celestial object
179) The immediate cause for the S)E trades to cross the equator and blow as S)W monsoon winds over India is: the high
temperature over Chootanagar plateau
180) The Indus and Brahmaputra rivers are examples of: super-imposed drainage
181) The infared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by: ozone
182) The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are: latitudes
183) The irregularity in the amount of rain in different parts of the north Indian plains, during different years, is mainly due to
the: variations in the location of the axis of the low pressure trough)
184) The local time varies from Greenwich time (London) at the rate of: 4 min/degree of latitude
185) The mass of Earth is 81 times greater than the mass of the moon)
186) The Mediterranean type of climate is characterized by: dry summer and mild, wet winters
187) The moon: is the natural satellite of the Earth
188) The penumbra is: the outer portion of the moons shadow
189) The main crops of Sikkim are: rice, maize, bajra, wheat, barley, cardamom
190) What is the literacy rate of Tamil Nadu: 80)33%
191) How many districts are there in Tamil Nadu: 32
192) Guwahati High Court is the juricature of: Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
193) What is the population density of Uttar Pradesh: 828/
194) How many districts are there in Uttar Pradesh: 71
195) Kathak, Nautanki, Jhora and Kajri are the important dances of: Uttar Pradesh
196) Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by Uttarakhand in North
197) The major minerals found in Uttar Pradesh are: Limestone and graphite
198) The population density of Uttarakhand is 189/
199) Which type of industries are found in Uttarakhand: Forest based small-scale industries
200) What is the literacy rate of West Bengal: 77)08%
201) Baul is the popular dance of: West Bengal
202) On which river is the Bhakra Nangal project built: Satluj
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203) In which type of climate are coniferous forests found: Siberian
204) Pampas are the vast grassy plains of: South America
205) Littoral forests constitute a rich source of: Firewood
206) Evergreen type forests are found in: Monsoon climatic areas
207) Name the capital of Morocco: Rabat
208) Kampala is the capital of: Uganda
209) Name the modern capital of BrazilL: Brasilla
210) Helsinki is the capital of;: Finland
211) The capital of USA is: Washington D)C
212) Suva is the capital of: Fiji
213) New Moore island is situated in the: Bay of Bengal
214) Cuba is situated in: Atlantic Ocean
215) Niagara Falls is situated in USA
216) The strait which connects the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is the: Palk Strait
217) Richter scale is used to register intensity of: Earthquakes
218) The largest river of Asia is: Yangtze
219) Area wise, which is the largest ocean in the world: Pacific
220) Cambodia was earlier known as: Kampuchea
221) Rhodesias new name is: Zimbabwe
222) Belize was formerly known as: British Honduras
223) Land of the Morning Calm refers to: Korea
224) Sugar Bowl of the World: Cuba
225) The country which is known as Land of the Thunder Bolt: Bhutan
226) Gate of Tears is: Bab-el-mandab (Jerusalem)
227) Sick Man of Europe is the nickname foe for: Turkey
228) The largest river of the world: Amazon
229) The river that has the largest basin: Amazon
230) The second largest island in the world is: New Guinea
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231) The country which has the largest area in the world: Russia
232) River that crosses the equator twice: Amazon
233) The capitals of Libya, Ghana and Kenya respectively are: Tripoli, Accra, Naitobi
234) Mount Everest is located in: Nepal
235) The river that carries the maximum volume of water in the world: Amazon
236) The longest canal in the world is: Beloye-More Baltic
237) The second highest mountain peak in the world is: Godwin Austin
238) Seychelles is located in the: Indian Ocean
239) The worlds largest mountain range: Himalaya- Karakoram
240) Largest island in the world is: Greenland
241) Which rock is not a sedimentary rock: Granite
242) Bauxite is an important ore of: Aluminium
243) Which metal is most abundantly found on the earths surface: Aluminium
244) Diamonds are found abundantly in: South Africa
245) The ore from which aluminium can be extracted is called: Bauxite
246) The country that leads in the production of asbestos: Canada
247) The country that leads in the production of gold: South Africa
248) Which type of soil retains maximum water: Clayey
249) The largest producer of fertilizer is: Russia
250) The country that leads in the production of newsprint paper: Canada
251) Rice is the main crop of: China
252) The largest producer of silk is: Japan
253) In which of the crops Russia does not lead: Sugarcane
254) Where is the Sahara Desert: North America
255) The worlds largest oil refinery is located at: Abadan
256) The country that produces sugar mainly from sugar beet: Brazil
257)The crop that needs maximum supply of water per hectare: Sugarcane
258) Climate suitable for olives is that of: Countries bodering the Mediterranean Sea
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259) India produces the maximum sugar in the world
260) Which is an igneous rock: Granite
261) The currency of Thailand is: Baht
262) Argentina is in: South America
263) Panama is not an island
264) The equator, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn run through the continents of: Africa
265) The currency of Myanmar is: Kyat
266) The length of the Suez canal is approximately: 170 km
267) The planet that has the maximum number of satellites: Saturn
268) Which phase does the moon have during a solar eclipse: Full moon
270) Which is an example of pyroclastic rocks: Volcanic
271) A bowl-shaped depression created by glacial erosion is called a: Cirque
272) Moraines are: Glacial deposits
273) Banchans are caused by the action of: Wind
274) The world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls is situated in: Venezuela
275) The capital of Costa Rica is: San Jose
276) A cataract is a : huge waterfall
277) The universe is composed of: Matter
278) The earth moves from: West to East
279) The time difference between IST and GMT: 5 hour
280) Black is a cold current
281) Vasco da Gama in 1498 discovered the sea route to India
282) Savanna are Tropical Grasslands
283) More than of the worlds tin comes from: Malaysia
284) A narrow strip of land connecting two large areas of land is known as: Isthmus
285) Which stare covers the largest area in India: Rajasthan
287) What is the state with largest urban population: Maharashtra
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288) What is the literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh: 66)76%
289) What are the major folk dances of Andhra Pradesh: Kuchipudi, Kottam, Dappu
290) What is the population density of Andhra Pradesh: 308/
291) What is the population density of Arunachal Pradesh: 17/
292) What are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh: Rice, Maize, Millet, Wheat, Mustard
293) What is the population density of Assam: 397/
294) What are the important minerals of Assam: Petroleum
295) What are the important industries of Assam: Tea processing, oil refineries, coal, silk and plywood
296) What is the approximate area of Bihar: 94163
297) Which is the language used in Bihar: Hindi
298) What is the literacy rate of Chhattisgarh: 71)04%
299) Which states are situated around Chhattisgarh at North and North-east directions: Uttar Pradesh
300) Which type of legislature is found in Goa: Unicameral
301) How many Lok Sabha seats does Goa have: 11
302) What is the covered area of Gujarat state: 196,024
303) Which dance belongs to Gujarat: Garba, Chunar
304) What is the population density of Haryana: 573/
305) Which river flows in the state of Haryana: Ghaggar
306) What is the literacy rate of Himachal Pradesh: 83)78%
307) How many Lok Sabha seats does Jammu and Kashmir has: 6
308) Which is the major folk dance of Jammu and Kashmir: Chakri, Rouf
309) How many districts are there in Jammu and Kashmir: 14
310) What is the population density of Jharkhand: 414/
311) Jharkhand has West Bengal state on its eastern end)
312) What is the capital of Jharkhand: Ranchi
313) Which language is spoken in Karnataka: Kannada
314) What are the famous dances of Kerala: Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottam
315) Which start is the land of rivers and back-waters, and have 44 rivers flowing either westwards or eastwards: Kerala
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316) What is the population density of Kerala: 859/
317) What is the language mostly found in Madhya Pradesh: Hindi
318) What is the population density of Madhya Pradesh: 236/
319) What is the literacy rate of Maharashtra: 82)91%
320) What are the native languages of Manipur: Manipuri and English
321) What is the population density of Manipur: 122/
322) What are the important minerals found in Manipur: Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum
323) How many districts are there in Meghalaya: 7
General Awareness
Basic General Knowledge

1) How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world: 9,000
2) Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language: 1 billion
3) The language with the richest vocabulary is: English
4) English language has more than 4,50,000 words
5) The oldest Indian language is Tamil
6) Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and scripts: The Bible
7) The only religious book ever printed in a shorthand script is: The Bible
8) The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to868 AD is: Hiraka Sutra
9) The largest book, The Super Book, is 27 cm and 252 kg
10) Les Hommes de Bonne Volonte is the: longest novel ever published
11) The worlds largest epic is the Mahabharata, the Sanskrt epic written by: Ved Vyasa
12) The thickest book on record has the thickness of 2)27 m was produced by: Peter Troendle
13) Coptic Psalter is the ancient book discovered in 1984 in the grave of a young girl in a Christian cemetery, south of Cairo)
14) The highest price paid for any book is 8)14 million named: The Gospel Book of Henry the Lion: Duke of Saxony
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15) The author of the book After the Dark Night is: S)M) Ali
16) The book Anand Math was written by: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
17) the book Apple Cart was written by: George Bernard Shaw
18) The author of the Arathashartra is: Kautilya
19) Authobiography of an Unknown Indian was written by: Nirad C) Chaudhuri
20) Bharat Bharati was written by: Maithili Sharan Gupt
21) The author of the Bisarjan is: Rabindranath Tagore
22) The Bride for the Sahib and Other Storties was written by: Khushwant Singh
23) The author of the book Broken Wings is: Sarojini Nadu
24) The Bunch of Old Letters was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru
25) Chitra was written: Rabindranath Tagore
26) Das Kapital was written by: Karl Marx
27) Descent of Man was written by: Charles Darwin
28) Discovery of India was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru
29) From Here to an Eternity was written by: James Jones
30) The author of the book The Gardener was: Rabindranath Tagore
31) Gitanjali was written by: Rabindranath Tagore
32) Gita Rahasya was a book written by: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
33) Glimpses of World History was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru
34) Godan was written by: Prem Chand
35) Hindu View of Life, was written by: Dr Radhakrishnan
36) The book, India Divided was written by: Rajendra Prasad
37) The book, Julius Ceasar was written by: William Shakespeare
38) The play, Kayakalp was written by: Prem Chand
39) Kumar Sambhava was written by: Kalidas
40) The book, Life Divine was written by: Aurobindo Gosh
41) Letter from a Father to his Daughter was written by: Jawaharlal Nehru
42) Man and Superman was written by: George Bernard Shaw
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43) Meghdoot was written by: Kalidas
44) The author of the book, My Experiments With Truth was: Mahatma Gandhi
45) The book, My Truth was written by Indira Gandhi
46) Oliver Twist was written by: Charles Dickens
47) Origin of species was written by: Charles Darwin
48) The author of Prem Pachisi, Rangbhoomi, Godan is: Prem Chand
49) Ramcharitamanas was written by: Tulsidas
50) The author of Ratnavali is; Harsha Vardhan
51) The author of Saket is written by: Maithili Sharan Gupta
52) Satyartha Prakash was written by: Swami Dayanand
53) Shakuntala was written by: Kalidas
54) Who is the author of The Song of India: Sarojini Naidu
55) The author of the book, Time Machine is: H.G Wells
56) The author of Vinay Patrika is: Tulsidas
57) Vish Vriksha was written by: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
58) We Indians was written by: Khushwant Singh
59) Who is the author of Yashodhara: Maithili Sharan Gupt
60) The well known book of Abdul Kalam Azad is: India Wins Freedom
61) Who wrote, A Passage to England, AN Unknown Indian, Continent of Circe: Nirad C. Chaudhuri
62) The God of Small Things was written by: Arundhati Roy
63) Anandmath, Durgesh Nandini and Kapala Kundala are the works of: Bankin Chandra Chatterjee
64) The various works of Rabindranath Tagore are: Chandrika
65) Devdas was written by: Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
66) The notable works of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh are: Essays on Gita and Life Divine
67) Amaruka was a: Sanskrit Poet
68) The important surviving works of bana are: Harshacharita, Kadambari
69) Bhavabhuti was a: Sanskrit dramatist
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70) Juvenal was a: Latin poet
71) The important surviving work, named Saptasati was written by: Jaya Deva
72) The important work of Yoga Sutra was compiled by: Kautilya
73) Panini, a Sanskrit grammarian wrote: Ashtadhyayi
74) Katha Saritsagara was written by: Somadeva
75) The famous Panchatantra was written by: Vishnu Sharma
76) Atharaveda deals with: Hygiene, dietetics and beneficial effects of milk
77) The ancient book that deals with paediatrics is: Kasyapa Samhita
78) A classical exposition of Indian medicine which deals with almost all branches of medicine is: Charaka Samhita
79) Alls Well That Ends Well was written by: William Shakespeare
80) The author of Arms and Man is: George Bernard Shaw
81) David Copperfield was written by: Charles Dickens
82) The book that contains a reassessment of Indian history from the Vedic period till Independence is: Discovery of India
83) Kurnool-Cuddapaah canal is taken off from which one of the following rivers: Penneru
84) The book that contains a story on the French revolution by Charles Dickens is: A Tale of Two Cities
85) War and Peace, a novel by Tolstoy depicts: Russian life set against a background of Napoleons invasion
86) Dr Shivarama Karanth wrote a book in Kannada for which he was honoured the Janpath Award in 1977. He book was:
Mukajjiya Kanasugulu
87) Lajja was a novel written by: Taslima Nasreen
88) The official report of the Britihs Government is contained in: Blue Book
89) Yellow Book is: the official book of the French
th
90) The author Salman Rushide was awarded the Booker of Bookers award on 20 September 1993 for the novel: Midnights
Children
91) Abrahama Lincoln was the sixteenth President of USA.
92) The author of Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama was: Abul Fazal
93) Abdul Ghaffar Khan is known as Frontier Gandhi because he organized the people of the North West Frontier Province of
undivided India on Gandhian principles
94) The The king of Macedonia, who conquered most of Asia and defeated Porus (India) in 327 BC was: Alexander the Great
95) The SI unit of Electric current is named after Andre-Marie Ampere
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96) Indias first satellite is named after: Aryabhatta
97) Ashoka, the great was: the grandson of Chandragupta
98) Who was the founder of the Mughal empire in India: Babur
99) The last ruler of Mughal dynasty was: Bahadurshah Zafar
100) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is the author of Vande Matarama, the national song of India, taken from his work: Anand
Math
102) Bachendri Pal is: The first Indian woman and the fifth woman in the world to scale Mt. Everest
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103) He is a mathematician and astronomer of the 12 century. His name is associated with Indias third satellite. He is:
Bhaskara II
104) Who is known as the father of Indian constitution: B.R. Ambedkar
105) Who was also known as Kautilya and wrote the famed treatise Arthashastra, a book on state craft: Chanakya
106) Who was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty in India: Chandragupta Maurya
107) Christian Huygens was: Dutch mathematician and physicist renowned for evolving the wave theory of light and also the
inventor of the pendulum clock based on Galileos theory.
108) Christopher Columbus was: Discoverer of Puerto Rice and Jamaica
109) The last Hindu king who partly succeeded in establishing Hindu Swaraj was: Chatrapathi Shivaji
110) C.F Andrews was: A British missionary and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who came to India in 1994
111) Who developed the small box vaccination: Edward Jenner
112) Fa-hein was: The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
113) Firdausi was: A Persian poet and well known for his epic Shahnama
114) Who is also known as the Lady with the Lamp: Florence Nightangle
115) Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was: A German Physicist who developed the mercury thermometer in 1714.
116) Who is known as the father of English poetry: Geoffrey Chaucer
117) The American general who led the revolt against the British and declared American independence was: George
Washington
118) Who is the founder of the Sikh religion: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
119) Who is the author of Dasam Granth: Guru Gobind Singh
120) Who invented the radio and wireless system: Gugeliemo Marconi
121) Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who: Invented the safety lamp for miners and discovered the anaesthetic
properties of nitroux oxide.
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122) Who discovered the Law of Gravitation and three laws of motion: Sir Issac Newton
123) Who is known as Loknayak and formed the Janata Party and defeated the Congress Party in 1977: Jayaprakash Narayan
124) Who invented the television in 1926: John Logic Baird
125) A great Indian warrior who took part in the First was of Independence of India 1857 was: Rani Lakshmi Bai
126) Lal Bahadur Shastri was also known as: Man of Peace
127) The technique of pasteurizing milk is named after: Louis Pasteur
128) The Roman governor and principal assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar was: Marcus Junius Brutus
129) Who received Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of radium and polonium: Madam Marie Curie
130) Who funded the Banaras Hindu University: Madan Mohan Malaviya
131) Michael Faraday discovered: Electromagnetism, benzene, liquid gases and optical glass and the induction of electric
current.
132) Who is the founder of the separate Muslim atate of Pakistan: Mohammed Ali Jinnah
133) The first Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha was: Nargis Dutt
134) A polish astronomer, Nicolas Copernicus is known for: His discovery of heavenly bodies and his discovery that the sun is
the centre of the universe.
135) Pythagoras was the first to prove: the universal validity of geometrical theorem.
136) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage, adovacted window
remarriage and womans education and was the founder of Brahmo Samaj
137) Who invented magnifying glass and gun powder: Roger Bacon
138) Who is known as Indias Napolean: Samundragupta
139) Shankracharya was the founder of: Advaitic philosophy
140) Indas First technicolour film Jhansi Ki Rani in the early 1950s was produced by: Sohrab Modi
141) An Indian scientist remembered for creating a chain of national laboratories is: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
142) Tansen was: A great exponent of Indian classical music and one of the nine germs in the court of Akbar.
143) Which of the following inventions were made by Thomas AlvaEdison: Incandescent lamp
144) Todar Mal was: revenue Minister in the court of Akbar, one of the nine germs in the court of Akbar, known for his reforms
in politics of land revenue during Akbars reign
145) Vijayalakshmi Pandit was: The first woman minister of an Indian state (UP), the first woman to become president of the
UN General Assembly, The first Indian woman ambssabor to Moscow.
146) Who established the Ramakrishana Mission, in memory of his Guru: Swami Vivekananand
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147) Walt Disney was: the creator of cartoon films starring the popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
148) William Crooks: Discovered the element Thallium, invented the radiometer, did research on cathode rays
149) Yuri Gagarin was: a Russian cosmonaut and became the first man to travel in space, the first person to fly at great height of
about 340 km from the earth
150) Zakir Hussain was: the third President of India and Indias second Vice President.
151) Who is also known as Fuehrer: Adolf Hitler
152) C. F. Andrews is also known as: Deenbandhu
153) Who is known as Grand Old Man of India: Dadabhai Naoroji
154) Lal Bahadur Shastri is also known as: Sher-e-Punjab and Punjab Kesari
155) Who is known as the Man of Destiny: Napoleon Bonaparte
156) Who is known as the Maiden Queen: Quen Elizabeth I
157) Rabindranath Tagore is also known as: Gurudev
158) Who is also known as Tiger of Snows: Tenzing Norgay
159) Willam Shakespeare is also known as: Bard of avon
160) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is a well known freedom fighter of Bangladesh
161) Archbishop Makarios is a well known freedom fighter of Cyprus
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162) Who was elected first President of the 5 Republic of France, and gave new constitution to France: Charles de Gaulle
163) Ahmad Sukarno was: The first President of Indonesia
164) Who was the first President of Independent Kenya: Joma Kenyatta
165) Who beame the first black President of South Africa: Nelson Mandela
166) Kemal Ataturk was: The founder of modern Turkey
167) Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 and was its first General secretary: Allan Octavian Hume
168) Who was the first Indian to be elected as a member of the House of Commons from a London Country: Dadabhai Naoroji
169) Who translated the Bhagwat Gita into English: Annie Besant
170) Who gave the slogan Jai Hind to our nation: Subash Chandra Bose
171) Who founded the Swaraj Party: Motilal Nehru
172) Who discovered Greenland: Eric the Red
173) Marco Polo: travelled to China, India and other parts of Asia
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174) Who landed on the mainland of South America: Amerigo Vespucci
175) Who was first to sail around the world, discovered the Magellan strait, reached the Philippines and named the Pacific
ocean: Ferdinand Magellan
176) Who discovered Asutralia: William Janszoom
177) Who was first to reach the south pole: Capt. Amundsen
178) Who was the first to cross the Antartic: Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary
179) Who was the first man to walk in space: Col Leonor from Russia and Major White from America
180) Who were the first to circle the moon: Frank Boreman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell
181) Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to: step on the moon
182) When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated: 1948
183) When was John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, assassinated: 1963
184) Martin Luther King, the American Black Leader was assassinated in: 1968
185) Indira Gandhi was assassinated in: 1984
186) Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in: 1991
187) When was Ranasingha Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka assassinated: 1993
188) Karoline Mikkelsen was the first woman to: reach North Pole
189) The first woman to climb Mt Everest was: Junko Tabei
190) Who was the first handicapped man to cross the strait of Gibraltar: Taranath Shenoy
191) The first prime minister of a country was: Srimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
192) Who was the first foreign invader of India: Alexander the Great
193)Maria Estela de Peron (Argentina) was: the first lady President of a country
194) The first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was: C.V Raman
195) Who expounded the theory of Division of Labour: Adam Smith
196) Who established the International Monetary Fund 9IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD): John Maynard Keynes
197) The Greek philosophy that stressed on virtue as a mean or mid-way between two extremes is known as: Aristotelianism
198) The method of discovering the truth by proceeding from an assertion (thesis) to a denial (antithesis) and reconciling the
two (synthesis), is known as: Dialectical materialism
199) The Athenian philosophy good was pleasure and evil was pain, was given by: Epicurus (341 270 BC)
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200) Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal and Bishop George Berkely. According to this: Matter is an illusion
and that the only reality is that which exists mentally
201) Which school believes that every ones life is determined beforenhand by God and free will is an illusion: Predestination
202) A European philosophy that reason is the only true source of knowledge, i.e. opposite of empiricism is known, as:
Rationalism
203) According to the doctrine of transcendentalism: Philosophy must extend beyond the limits of experience
204) The theory of Utilitariamism was expounded by: Jeremy bentham (1748-1836), James Mill (1773-1836), Henry Sidgwick
(1838-1900)
205) Socrates was the wisest man of the ancient world and developed the method of enquiry and instruction, belonged to:
Athens
206) Who wrote Symposium - A record of Socrates Discussions: Xenophone
207) Who is known as the father of western political thought: Plato
208) Buddhism was founded in 525 BC
209) The sacred place for Buddhists is: Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha received enlightenment, Kusinagara (UP) where Buddha
attained Nirvana
210) Christianity is followed in: Spread all over the world.
211) Who is the founder of Hindusism: Its is of ancient origin
212) Which is the sacred text of Hindustism: The Vedas, The Bhagavad Gita, The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramyana
213) Which of the following are the important sects of Islam: Sunnis and Shias
214) Which is the place of worship for Jews: Synagogue
215) The sacred place of the followers of Shintoism is: Central shrine of Ise (Central Japan) and Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
216) Sikhism was founded in: 1500 AD
217) Taoism is followed in: China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam
218) Fire Temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion: Zoroastrianism (Parsi religion)
219) Christians form 32.91 percentage of world population
220) What percentage of world population follows Sikhism: 0.39
221) The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at New Delhi, India
222) Asian Games in 1966, were held in: Bangkok, Thailand
223) How many countries participated in 1982 Asian Games at New Delhi, India: 33
224) The last Asian Games took place in 2010 at Guangzhou, China
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225) Who ranked 1 in 2006 Asian Games held at Doha, Qatar: China
226) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed at Paris with its headquarters at: Mon Repos Lausanne
(Switzerland)
227) The modern series of the Olympic games started at Athens in 1896
228) Citius, Altius, Fortius is the motto of: Modern Olympic
229) Olympic emblem is composed of 5 interwined rings, each of a different colour, representing 5 continents of the world as:
Blue ring - Europe, Yellow ring - Asia, Black ring - Africa, Red ring America, Green ring - Oceania
230) Olympic creed and oath were composed by Boron Pierre de Courbertin, the founder of modern Olympics
231) The Olympic flame was lit for the first time at the Amsterdam stadium in: 1928
232) Santhals is the tribe of: West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa
233) What was originally offered as a prize to the winners of the Olympics: The meat of the sacrificed animal
234) The host of first Olympics in 1896 was: Athens, Greece
235) Sir Thomas Fernley Cup is awarded to: A club or local sport association for remarkable achievement in the service of the
Olympics.
236) The trophy given for exemplary conduct displayed by an athlete during the Olympics games is: Tokyo Trophy
237) First Winter Olympics took place in 1924, at Chamonix (France).
238) When and where was Athletics introduced in the Olympics: 1896 at Athens
239) When and where was basketball introduced in Olympics as a medal event: 1936 Berlin
240) When and where was hockey introduced for women in Olympics: 1980 at Moscow
241) When ws table tennis introduced in Olympics: 1988 Seoul
242) When and where was weightlifting introduced in Olympic: 1896 at Athens
243) Who was the first Indian to have won an Olympic medal: Norman Pritchard
244) The Indian Olympic Council was established in: 1924
245) Milkha Singh stood Fourth in 400 m final in 1960 Olympics, in Athletics
246) P.T Usha, who came close to bagging a bronzefinished Fourth in 400 m hurlde in 1984 Olympics
247) The full-fledged Commonwealth Ga,es were first organized in 1930; Hamilton at Canada.
248) In which World Cup Cricketfinals did Asutralia bat England: 1987, Calcutta India
249) In the World Cup Hockey tournament of the year 1975 held at Kuala Lumpur, India beat Pakistan
250) The SAF (South Asian Federation) Games, as a part of the SAARC programme, was first held in: 1984
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251) The origin of modern badminton is attributed to: Britan
252) Badminton was introduced in the Asian Games in: 1962 at Jakarta (Indonesia)
253) What is the measurement of the badminton court for singles: 3.41 m x 5.18 m
254) For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are: 28 m x 15 m
255) What is the weight and circumference of basketball court: 600-50 g, 75-78 cm
256) India played its first cricket Test Match in: 1932
257) Modern football is said to have evolved from: England
258) What is the duration of a football match: Two 45 minute periods with a reat at half time
259) What is the circumference of table tennis ball: 3.72 3.82 cm
260) Asian Cup, Berna Cup, Bellack Cup, Corbillion Cup (women) are awarded for: Table Tennis
261) India participated in Olympics Hockey in: 1928
262) Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in 1958 in Tokyo
263) Bully, Carry, Corner, Dribble, Hat trick etc are the terms used in: Hockey
264) When and where was tennis introduced in the Asian Games: 1958 at Tokyo
265) What is the weight of tennis ball: 56.79 58.47 g
266) What is the measurement of volleyball court: 10 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net
267) Federation Cup, World Cup, Allwyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to winners of: Volleyball
268) In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called: Bye
269) When the batsman in cricket is out without scoring a single run, it is called: Duck
270) In football, when the ball crosses the goal line having last been played by the defending team, a member of the opposite
team can take a kick from within the quarter circle nearest to the corner flag post, is called: Corner kick
271) In football, kick made by jumping raising one foot and kicking the ball with the other, is called: Scissors kick
272) In hockey, the term scoop refers to: hit under the ball causing it to rise; a foul if done dangerously
273) In tennis the term back hand refers to: when the shot is made by hitting from the other side of a normal playing hand
274) The term which denotes that each side had made equal points at game point, in tennis, is referred to as: Deuce
275) In tennis, the terms which refers to a hand stroke, generally made close to the net before the ball touches the ground is
called: Volley
276) The terms used in Billiards are: baulk line, break, bottle, crotch, cue, hazard, in-off
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277) Auxiliary point system, rabbit punch, break, cut, defence are the terms used in: Boxing
278) Which sport is associated with the American cup: Yacht racing
279) Which sport is associated with the Corbillion cup: World Table Tennis (Women)
280) Which sport is associated with the Davis Cup: Tennis
281) The associated sport of Jules Remit Trophy is: World Football (Soccer)
282) The World Cup is associated with: Hockey
283) What is the associated sport of Bombay Gold Cup: Hockey
284) Durand Cup is associated with: Football
285) Maulana Azad Trophy is associated with: Inter-University sports and Athletics
286) Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with: Cricket Inter-University
287) The Wellington trophy is associated with: Rowing
288) Eden Park (Auckland) is associated with: Cricket
289) White City (England) is associated with: Skiing
290) Epsom (England) is the place associated with: Horse racing
291) Hurlingham (England) is associated with: Polo
292) Florence (Chadwick) is the associated with: Skin
293) The playground of baseball is known as: Court
294) The playground of Lawn Tennis is called: Court
295) Arena is the special name for play-ground of: Wrestling
296) The national sport of Canada is: Lacrosse
297) Badminton is the national sport of: Malaysia
298) Where is the Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium located: Mumbai
299) Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located: Kanpur
300) On which date is Nobel Prize awarded: December 10
301) The Royal Swedish Academy of sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in: Physics and Chemistry
302) The committee of the Norwegian Parliament awards the prize for: Peace
303) Dr Linus Carl Pauling won two Nobel Prizes for: Chemistry in 195, Peace prize in 1962
304) Frederic Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for: Chemistry in 1958 and 1980
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305) Mother Teresa won the Noble Prize for peace in: 1979
306) Rabindranath Tagore received Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of: Literature
307) Staff of Wall Street Journal: was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2003
308) Jim Sheeler of Rocky Mountain News was awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for: Feature writing
309) On the Transmigration of Soul by John Adams was awarded Pulitzer Prize for: Music
310) Magsaysay Awards are named after Romon Magsaysay: who is the President of Philippines who was known for his land
reform programme to defuse communist insurgency.
311) Ruth Pfau, Pakistan was awarded Magsaysay Award in 2002 for: her lifelong dedication to eradicate leprosy and its
stigma in Pakistan and other loving gifts to her adopted country
312) Acharya Vinoba Bhave received the Magsaysay Award in 1958 for: Community Leadership
313) Mother Teresa received the Magsaysay Award in 1962 in the area of: International Understanding
314) Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for Journalism, literature and creative communication arts in: 1967
315) Arun shourie received Magsaysay Award in 1982 in the area of: Journalism
316) Kiran Bedi received Magsaysay Award for Government service in: 1994
317) Which is the highest literary award of the world: Booker Prize
318) The prize winning title of Arundhathi Roy for Bookers Prize in 1997 was: The God of Small Things
319) Margaret Atwood received Booker Prize in 2000 for the title: The Blind Assassin
320) Hermann Scheer (Germany) received Right Livelihood Award in 2006 for: his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar
energy worldwide
321) Who got Right Livelihood Award in 2006 for showing how indigenous people can improve there livelihood, sustain their
culture and conserve their rainforests: COAMA (Consolidation of the Amazon Region) (Colombia)
322) Who got Right Livelihood Award in 2000 for his single-minded commitment to developing an agriculture based on
perennial crops that is both highly productive and truely ecologically sustaible: Wes Jackson (USA)
323) Who received Livelihood Award in 2001 as a honour for modelpf principled, transparent and non- violent direct action
dedicated to ridding the world of nuclear weapons: Trident Ploughshares (UK)
324) The Kvinna Till Kvinna foundation (Sweden) was awarded Livelihood Award in 2002 for: its remarkable successes in healing
the wounds of ethnic hatred and war, by helping woman, often the prime victims, to be the major agents of reconciliation and
peace- building
325) The 2003 Livelihood Award honours: New Zealands former Prime Minister David Lange, when the Jury recognizes for his
steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons.
326) Oscar Awards are conferred annually by: Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, United States
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327) Mehboob Khans Mother India was the first Indian film to be nominated in Beast Foreign Film category in Oscar Awards in:
1958
328) The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema in 1992 was: Satyajit Ray
329) The Award conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contributions in the promotion of International
understanding, good will and friendship, is: Jawaharlal Nehru
330) Oscar awards were instituted in: 1929
331) World Food Prize were instituted in: 1979
332) The Award conferred by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association which is given annually for creditable efforts in film
direction, are: Golden Globe Award
333) The prize given to individuals fighting for freedom, independence and dignity of people is: Simon Bolivar Prize
334) Which is the biggest literary award of Britain: David Cohen Award
335) The prize that is awarded every two years to people who have worded for Freedom of Speech is: Monismanien Prize
(Sweden)
336) AAFI stands for: Amature Athletics Federation of India
337) ABC stands for: Aduit Bureau of Circulation, American Broadcasting Company, Australian Broadcasting Company.
338) ADB stands for: Asian Development Bank
339) AICTE stands for: All India Council of Technical Education
340) ASSCOM stands for: Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry
341) BAI stands for: Badminton Association of India
342) CABE stands for: Central Advisory Board for Education
343) CBDT stands: Central Board Human Education Council
344) What does CHEC stands for: Commonwealth Human Economic Council
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General Awareness
General Science
Physics
1) A plant with green leaves placed in red light will appear: Black
2) Electromagnetic radiation is emitted by: Electrons
3) The common refrigerant used in the domestic refrigerator is: Freon/ Ammonia
4) A fuse wire is characterized by: High resistance and low melting point
5) Who said, A body will remain at rest unless an external force acts on the body: Newton
6) Which metal is commonly used as an electromagnet: Iron
7) When ice melts in a beaker of water, the level of water in the beaker will: remain the same
8) Which of the following does not admit any division: Atom
9) The dynamo converts: mechanical energy into electrical energy
10) The MKS unit of electric charge is: Coulomb
11) The oil in the wick of an oil lamp rises up due to: Capillary action
12) The function of the choke is to: give relatively large impedance of alternating current
13) If the length of a heater coil is reduced by 10percent of its original length, then power consumed by the heater will:
increase over 100%
14) A red light is used in a traffic signal because: it has the longest wavelength and can be easily noticed from a long distance
15) The most convenient colour combination that can be used for vehicles running day and night is: Red and green
16) Metals are good conductors of electricity because: they contains free electrons
17) When iron and wood are exposed to sunlight, the iron rod becomes hot quickly because of: greater thermal conductivity of
iron
18) Water cannot be used to extinguish fire caused by an electric current because: it may cause another short circuit
19) In diesel engines ignitions takes place by: compression
20) A sprayer works on the principle of: Pascal
21) Cloudy nights are warmer because: clouds prevent radiation of heat from found to air
22) If we go to the Himalayas, we feel breathless because: the density of air is much less on the hills so oxygen content is
reduced
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23) What is the approximate velocity of sound in air: 300 m/s
24) In deserts, clouds do not precipitate because of: low humidity
25) An echo is produced by the: reflection of sound waves
26) Coating of iron with zinc is known as: Galvanization
27) Which of the following is not a primary colour: Black
28) The speed of light in water is of that in air. What is the refractive index of water:
29) In the case of a concave mirror, the mirror, the image of an object is: real inverted and diminished when the object lies
beyond the centre of curvature
30) Sound travels faster through: Steel
31) The process of transfer of heat by matter but without actual movement of the particles themselves is called: Conduction
32) A body is floating in water at C. If temperature reaches , then the body will: have some more part of it submerged
under water
33) Which of the following criteria is used for any mental to be used as a cooking utensil: more thermal conductivity
34) Banking of curves is done to provide: Centripetal force
35) What are ultrasonic waves: Sound waves having frequency higher than the audio- frequency range
36) In the process of galvanization an iron sheet is coated with: Zinc
37) The source of solar energy is coated with: Zinc
38) The source of solar energy is: Nuclear fusion
39) A radar which detects the presence of an enemy aircraft use: Radio waves
40) The Raman Effect is used in the study of: Nuclear fusions
41) Fish plates are used in railway tracks: to control speed of the train
42) Food is cooked quickly in a pressure cooker because: boiling point of water is increased
43) In an earthen pot cooling of water depends upon: Outside temperature, atmospheric humidity, wind
44) A fuse wire is used to: prevent an unduly high electric current to pass through a circuit
45) A molecule is: the smallest unit of a substance that retains the properties of the substance
46) The nucleus of an atom consists of: protons and neutrons
47) A solid needle placed horizontally on the surface of the water floats due to: Surface tension
48) Effect of light on photocells produces: Currents
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49) Four identical kettles with the same amount of water, have bases made of different metals of the same thickness. If these
are placed on identical flames water will boil first in the kettle with a base made of: Copper
50) A 100 watt bulb is kept on for a period of 10 hours per day in the month of September. The electrical energy consumed in
that month in kilowatt hours (kwh): 30 kwh
51) Which of the following is a good conductor of heat but bad conductor of electricity: Mica
52) A sudden fall in barometer reading indicates a: Storm
53) Sound travels with a different speed in difference media. In what order does the velocity of sound increase in these media:
Air, water and iron
54) If the distance between two charges is halved, then the force between them becomes: four times
55) To increase the magnifying power of a telescope, the focal length of: eye-piece lens should be decreased
56) An object moving around in a circle is moving with: Varied velocity
57) When water is heated from C to , the volume of water: first decreases then increases
58) In electric fittings, the wires are earthed because: in case of a short circuit, current passes to the earth
59) Which of the following metals is used in aircraft: Palladium
60) The forces of gravity on the moon is: less than on the earth as the moon has a smaller mass
61) A transformer is used to: increase or decrease Ac voltage
62) When milk is churned, the cream from it is separated due to: Heat
63) The element used in an electric filament is: Tungsten
64) The sky is blue in colour due to: Dispersion
65) Velocity of sound is minimum in: Air
66) During rusting: Iron gains weight
67) Unit of energy is same as that of: Work
68) The molecular weight of a substance can be calculated by measuring: Vapour density
69) The process of strongly heating an ore in the presence of air is called: Calcination
70) Mercury is commonly used as a thermometric fluid rather than water because: Mercury had greater visibility than water
71) When a stone is dropped in a well the splash is herd after 1.5 seconds after the stone hits the water surface. If the velocity
of sound is 327 m/s the depth of the well is: 490.5 m
72) Magnetic field does not interact with: Stationary charge
73) When a current flowing through a resistance increases four times the heat developed will increase: Sixteen times
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74) When water boils, its temperature: Remains constant
75) Water has maximum density at C
76) The critical angle of a glass slab increases with: Decrease in the refractive index of glass
77) When a recorded tape is played after being subjected to a magnetic field, then: Recorded information is lost
78) Cosmic rays: can be charged as well as uncharged
79) Rectifiers are used to convert: AC to DC
80) The terminal colours of the rainbow are: Violet and red
81) The colour of the ocean appears to be blue because the sunlight falling on it is: Scattered
82) A needle smeared with Vaseline when lowered slowly on the surface of water in a horizontal position appers to float. The
phenomenon is an example of: surface tension
83) Rate of evaporation does not depend upon: total mass of the liquid
84) The best conductor of electricity is: Silver
85) Two bodies of masses 1 kg and 4 kg have equal kinetic energies. The ratio of their linear momentum is:
86) A rocket works on the principle of conservation of: linear momentum
87) A moving bullet hits a solid target resting on a frictionless surface and gets embedded in it. What is conserved in this
process: Momentum
88) A shell, initially at rest; suddenly explodes into two equal fragments A and B. What is observed: A and B move in opposite
directions with the same speed
89) A bomb, initially at rest, explodes into a large number of tiny fragments. The total momentum of all the fragments: is zero
Chemistry
1) Conversion of water into steam: is not a chemical reaction
2) Dissolution of sugar into water: is a physical change
3) Conversion of a substance directly from solid to vapour state is known as: Sublimation
4) The chemical name of table salt is: Sodium chloride
5) The chemical name of Vitamin C is: Ascorbic acid
6) The chemical name of bauxite is: Hydrated aluminium oxide
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7) The chief constituent of gobar gas is: Methane
8) Gelatin is added to ice cream to avoid crystal formation
9) Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of: Calcium sulphate
10) Which matter is used in storage batteries: Lead
11) The constitutes of pollutant exhaust is hazardous to man: Carbon monoxide
12) Properties of element are determined by: Atomic number
13) During a chloride test white fumes are produced due to formation of: Ammonium chloride
14) Milk is pasteurized in order to: destroy microorganisms
15) Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of: Calcium bicarbonate
16) Aluminium is a : non-ferrous metal
17) Gallium is in liquid state at: normal room temperature
18) Boron is an element that: behaves chemically both as metal and non-metal
19) Bronze is an alloy of: Copper and tin
20) Sodium benzoate: is used for preservation of grains
21) Atomic weight of uranium is: 238
22) The major constituent of air is: Nitrogen
23) Mercury is in liquid state at: normal room temperature
24) Butane gases is used in: cigarette lighters
25) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists of: Butane and propane
26) Neptunium is not a: natural occurring element
27) Morphine does not belong to the: natural occurring element
28) Calcium is present in: hard water
29) Methane gases is used to: manufacture chloroform
30) Calcium hypochlorite is the chemical name of bleaching powder
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31) Bromine is not a : noble gas
32) Diamond is the hardest element
33) Halite is the source: of common salt
34) Oxygen in air unites with: many metals
35) Na metals is mostly used for qualitative analysis of organic compounds
36) Permanent hardness of water due to sulphates of metals can be destroyed by the use of: Zeolites
37) Amalgams are the compounds which always contain: Hg
38) The chemical name of language gas is: Nitrous oxide
39) The molecular formula of phosphorus is:
40) The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruits is: Acteylene
41) Baking soda is also known as: Sodium bicarbonate
42) Molybdenum: is not a compound of calcium
43) Carbon dioxide gas is used to: extinguish fire
44) The first metal by man was: Copper
45) Chloroform is widely used as an: anaesthetic
46) Carbon monoxide is the: most toxic gas
47) Raw materials used for manufacture of glass are: Sand/soda/limestone
48) The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of: One proton + one neutron
49) The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati ghee is: Hydrogen
50) Chemically an enzyme is a : Protein
51) The raw material from which rayon is manufactured is: Cellulose
52) Solder is an alloy: Tin and lead
53) An element common to all acids is: Hydrogen
54) Petroleum consists of a complex mixture of: Hydrocarbons
55) An element found in all organic compounds is: Carbon
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56) The most commonly used bleaching agent is: Chlorine
57) Silver bromide chemicals is used in: photograph
58) Magnetizing of iron nails is a: chemical change
59) The first organic compound to be synthesized in a laboratory: Urea
60) MgO is the compound that has a : coordination number of 4
61) Brass is an alloy of: Cooper and zinc
62) The most important ore of aluminium is: Bauxite
63) Alcohol contains: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
64) Stainless steel is an alloy of: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen
65) Gold is always found in a: free state in nature
66) The chemical name of quartz is: Sodium silicate
67) Quick lime can be obtained by: heating limestone in a lime kiln
68) When zinc reacts with hydrochloric acid, the gas evolved is: Hydrogen
69) Which of the following is acidic in nature: Vinegar
70) The so called fourth state of matter refers to: Plasma
71) Brown-ring test is used for: Analysis of nitrates
72) Molishs is test is used to: detect carbohydrates in a solution
73) Hydrochloric acids is found in digestive juices
74) Hesss law is associated with: heat exchange in chemical reaction
75) Faradays law is associated with: electrolysis
76) Why does milk curdle: fermentation of lactose
77) Faradays law does not relate to: gases
BIOLOGY
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1) Crows and pigeons are: warm- blooded
2) Snakes and lizards are: cold- blooded animals
3) Fish respire through the: Gills
4) Process of cell division can take place by: Mitosis
5) Frog is an: amphibian
6) The creature that has no blood but respires: Hydra
7) The basic characteristics of living organism: ability to reproduce
8) Mammals are: warm- blooded
9) A cockroach has: three pairs of walking legs
10) In mammals the embryo develops in the: Uterus
11) The exchange of gases in mammals takes place in the: Alveoli
12) Fern belongs to: Pterophyta
13) Aves are: warm- blooded
14) The site of photosynthesis is: Chloroplast
15) To which animal phyla do the organisims with round bodies marked externally into tings or segments belong: Annelida
16) Which tissue is responsible for the passage of water in plants: Xylem
17) The vegetation of Thar desert consists of: consists of: Xerophytes
18) In which section of the plant does photosynthesis take place: Leaves
19) Photosynthesis takes place faster in: Read light
20) Age of a tree can be determined by: counting the number of rings in steam
21) Which of the following gases are given during photosynthesis: Oxygen
22) The green colour leaves is due to the presence of: Chlorophyll
23) During the day time plants: Take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen
24) Plants receive their nutrients mainly from: Soil
25) If all plants vanish from the earths surface which of the following gases will also disappear: Oxygen
26) Plants that grow in saline water are called: Halophytes
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27) The onion is a modified form of: Stem
28) The cactus is modified form of: Stem
29) Mushroom: is a parasitic plant
30) Fungi is an organism that does not contain chlorophyll
31) In plants organic substances are transported through: Wood
32) Bacteria belongs to: Monera kingdom
33) The reproductive organs in anthrophyta are in the: Flowers
34) Epiphytes plants: are those which cling to other plants but do not take nutrition from them
35) Pitcher plant is a: carnivorous plant
36) Potato is a modified form of: Stem
37) Rhizome is an underground modification of: Stem
38) Man belongs to phylum: Chordate
39) Fertilization in frogs is: external
40) Insects belongs to: Anthropoids
41) Phloem is a tissue found in: Plants
42) From which part of the plant is turmeric obtained: Stem
43) The process of the division of somatic cells or an organism is called: Mitosis
44) A plant cell is distinguished from an animal cell by the presence of: Cellwall
45) Clove is obtained from: Stem
46) Pollen grains in plants are produced in: Flower
47) Green plants manufacture food in the presence of: light
48) If all plants in the world die, the animal life would also vanish for want of: oxygen
49) The site of photosynthesis is: vacuoles
50) Reproduction and locomotion are the two best reasons distinguishing between: the living and non-living
51) Non- vascular plants do not contains: xylem vessels
52) Lysosomes and Centrosomes are structures which are commonly present in the animal cells and not in plant cells
53) Xerophytes plants is adapted to grow in: dry places
54) Flower colours are due to: phytochromes

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55) The bitter- sharp taste of unripe fruits is due to high concentration of: organic acids
56) Plants produce: oxygen in day
57) A tissue which gives mechanical support to plant parts is: Sclerenchyma
58) Sunlight helps in photosynthesis in plants
59) Potato is the modified form (outgrowth) of: Stem
60) What is the source of oxygen in photosynthesis in plants: Carbon dioxide
61) Plants take nitrogen in the form of: nitrates
62) What is the function of green leaves in plants: Photosynthesis
63) During seed germination, the events that take place are: absorption, swelling, emergence
64) The roots which dont grow from the main root but directly from the stem are called: adventitious roots
65) Photosynthesis is the process by which: green plants build up carbohydrates from carbon dioxide
66) The region of a stem from which the leaf springs is called the: node
67) The process by which plants lose water as water vapour is called: transpiration
68) Fungi are plants that lack: oxygen
69) The class of cold- blooded animals that pass the first part of their life in a larvae or tadpole state are classified as:
amphibians
70) What is the temperature of a normal man: C
71) Vitamin K helps in clotting of blood
72) Total volume of blood in a normal adult is: 5 6 litres
73) Red blood corpuscles are formed in the: bone marrow
74) How many bones are there in an adult human being: 206
75) The pancreas secrete: insulin
76) Tibia is a bone found in the: Leg
77) The largest part of the human brain is the: Cerebrum
78) Calcium carbonate is the main component of: bones and teeth
79) The main constituent of haemoglobin is: Iron
80) The main function of the kidney is: to remove waste products from the body
81) The function of haemoglobin is: transportation of oxygen
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82) Lachrymal: glands secrete tears
83) Liver: is the largest gland in the human body
84) Skin: is the largest organ in the human body
85) Hay Fever and Asthma belong to the category of: allergies
86) Which glands the human body is called the master gland: Pituitary
87) How many bones are there in a newly born infant: 300
88) Carbohydrates: have maximum calorific value
89) Vitamin A: promotes healthy functioning of eyes in human beings
90) The average heartbeat per minute in a normal man is: 70
91) A person of blood group AB: can receive blood of any group
92) Malaria is a disease which effects the: Spleen
93) Small pox disease is caused by: Virus
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PLANETe General Awareness

3) In which year was the Indian National Congress formed: 1885

5) Jallianwala Barg Massacre took place in which city: Amritsar

7) Gandhis Dandi March started from: Ahmedabad

10) Who introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal: Lord Cornwallis

12) Arrange the following in chronological order:

ANS) ii, iv, v, iii, i, vi

26) Match the following:

ANS) a-iii) B-i, c-iv,d-ii

32) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms intended to: Introduce the system of diarchy

34) Arrange the following in correct chronological oder:

d) Boycott of Simon Commission

36) Ring Fences is associated with: Warren Hastings

51) Ghatiyantra was used in early India for : irrigation of wells

52) Hiuen Tsand found Jainism flourishing in: Bengal

54) In 1751, Alivardi virtually ceded Orissa to: Raghuji Bhosle

64) Jivaka, mentioned in the early Buddist literature, was: Physician

65) Kumarasambhavam describes the story of the birth of: Karthikeya

67) Match List I (Attributes with List II(Bodhisatvas),

69) Match List I (Mughal Governors) with List II (Territories),

71) Match List I and List II correctly)

72) Match List I and List II correctly

73) Match List I with List II correctly

75) Match List I with List II

76) Match List I with List II

85) Sramana is paired in early sources with; Saugata

86) Svyamvara was a special form of: Gandharva marriage

88) The Dal Khalsa was founded by: Kapur Singh

90) The Besnagar inscription of Heliodorus refers to: Vasudeva only

105) The greatest painter of birds at Jahangirs court was: Mansur

112) The Jaina system of thought closely resembles: Sankhya

114) The Kingdom of Ranjit Singh included: Srinagar

118) The Mazhabi Sikhs were originally: Menials

160) Firing to Jallianwalla Bagh was ordered by: ODwyer

163) In which year non-cooperation movement was withdrawn: 1920

173) The royal title Kaisara was derived from: Roman

174) the sardeshmukhi of the Marathas was: A tax-levied on deshmukhs

179) The term devamtrika refers to: country with rainfall

180) The term Nirgrantha is associated with: Jainas

181) The theory of sulh-i-kul was propounded by: Akbar

187) The zamindari in Mughal India was not: a saleable right

190) What was considered as Varna Samkara : Illegitimate birth

191) the Indus Valley Civilization is associated with: Summerians

197) Kautiluas Arthashastra is a great treatise on: State-craft

198) Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient India: Manu

200) The Upanishads are: A source of Hindu philosophy

202) Which of the following is the oldest Veda: Rigveda

204) Gautama Buddha was born in: Lumbini

205) The eight-fold path was propounded by: Buddha

206) Who is known as the Light of Asia: Buddha

207) Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the Buddhists

208) Mahavira was born in: 430 BC

209) Mahavira was born in the royal family of the: Kshatriyas

210) To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath: Ashoka

215) The ruins of an ancient Indian university are at: Nalanda

216) Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty: Chandragupta I

217) Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at: Shravanabelagola

218) Accession of Ashoka dates back to: 273 BC

227) Who built the Jama Masjid: Shahjahan

228) Who founded the Mughal empire: Babur

231) Din-i-ilahi was the name of a : Religion

234) Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of: Jahangir

236) The biggest mosque of India was built by: Shahjahan