1. The national calendar of India was adopted in …
a. 1953
b. 1955
c. 1957
d. 1959
Additional Info:
(1)The national calendar of India was adopted on 22 March 1957.
(2) In the same year India adopted the decimal monetary system.
(3) 4th October 1957 Sputnik-I , the first man mad satellite was launched in space.
(4) SBI came into its present existence in 1955.
2. Find the incorrect abbreviation.
a.OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
b.UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
c.UNEP – United Nations Education Programme
d. GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Ans: C
3. Geographically speaking, which of the following is the largest island in the world?
a. Borneo
b. New Guinea
c. Greenland
d. Cuba
Additional Info:
1.The largest country in terms of area is Russia and then is Canada.
2.The smallest country in the world ion terms of area is Vatican.
3.Cuba is also know as the Sugar bowl of the world.
4. Under which of the following Lord’s tenure, Government of India act 1935 was passed?
a. Lord Wavell
b. Lord Linlithgow
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Wellingdon
Ans:d
Additional Info:
Lord Mountbatten was the last governor general of India before independence.
5. Cuqenam, Tugela and Grey Kamarang are the names of …
a. shipping canals
b. straights
c. mountains
d. waterfalls
Ans: d
Additional Info:
1) Jog is one of the very famous waterfalls in India located in Karnataka.
2) Angel waterfall is the highest waterfall in the world and is located in Venezuela.
6. Kanishka was a famous ruler of …
- Gupta dynasty
- Maurya dynasty
- Kushan Dynasty
d. Chola Dynasty
Ans:c
Additional Info:
Kanishka was the most famous ruler of Kushan dynasty and was known for his political and military conquests. He was a able administrator who ruled over an important part of India and beyond also. Kanishka was known for the minting of coins during his reign. Gandhara school of art also flourished a lot during his period.
7. The Associated Press of India , probably the first press of India was started in the year…
a. 1905
b. 1908
c. 1910
d. 1915
Ans: c
Additional Info:-
(1) The present avatar of Associated Press of India is Press Trust of India, which is a non profit organization of Indian newspapers and came into existence in 1947.
(2) 1920 was the year when All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) came into existence.
8. Which of the following personalities is also known as the ‘Morning star of the Indian Renaissance’?
a. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c. Swami Vivekananda
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans:b
Additional Info:-
1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was one of the earliest and great social reformers from West Bengal. He is mainly known for his campaign for the abolition of ‘Sati Pratha’. He is also known as the Father of Indian Nationalism.
2) B.G. Tilak was lovingly called as Lokmanya and is also known as the ‘Father of Indian unrest’. He made a famous statement that ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’
9. Who revived the Mansabdari system?
a. Aurangazeb
b. Sher Shah Suri
c. Akbar
d. Jehangir
Ans: c
Additional Info:
(1) Akbar revived this system of Mansabdari which was present before him also. The Mansabdars basically governed and administered the empire in the name of the King.
(2) Aurangzeb was known as a very cruel muslim ruler in the history of India
(3) Akbar started the religion Din-e-Elahi
(4) Jehangir was a fine king and was known for justice and his passion for arts and he was the Mughal emperor who gave permission to Englishman to set up factories in India.
10.Tughlaq –Nama is a famous work of ….
a. Alberuni
b. Amir Khusro
c. Hasan Nizami
d. Barauni
Ans:b
Additional Info:
(1) Amir Khusro was a very famous poet and musician of India , known as the father of quawwali and also known as Tuti-e-hind.
2)Alberuni was a great muslim scholar who contributed to various fields of knowledge and wrote a book titled Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li'l-Hind (Researches on India).
11. Which of the following was the first women president of the Indian National Congress(INC)?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Aruna Asaf Ali
c. Annie Besant
d. Vijaylakshmi Pandit
Ans:c
Additional Info:
(1) INC is a major political party of India founded in the year 1885 by A.O. Hume.
(2) The first President of INC was W.C. Bonnerjee and it took place at Mumbai.
12. Which of the following is NOT matched properly ?
Project River
a. Hirakud Mahanadi
b. Nagarjunasagar Cauvery
c. Bhakhara Nangal Satluj
d. Tungabhadra Tungabhadra
Ans:b
Additional Info:
Except Nagarjunasagar rest of the projects are mentioned correctly in terms of river on which it is based. Nagarjunasagar is based on river Krishna and NOT on river Cauvery as mentioned.
13. Ashtangika Marga’, is the path for the elimination of the human misery, propounded by ….
a. Mahavira
b. Gautama
c. Adi Shankaracharya
d. Kabir
Ans:b
Additional Info:
1.Mahavira was a great saint of Jainism and is the most popular of the jain teerthankaras.
2.Ashtangika marga is basically an eight fold path that can lead to Nirvana propounded by Gautama Buddha and is the main facet of Buddhism.
3.Adi Shankaracharya was the greatest exponent of the Vedanta and is the man behind the Advaitism .
4.Kabir was a mystic poet and was a great link between Hindu and Muslim unity.
14. Vienna is situated on the banks of ….
a. Seine
b. Thames
c. Danube
d. Tiber
Ans: c
Additional Info:
1) London is on the banks of Thames river
2) Rome is situated on the banks of Tiber river.
3) Lucknow is based on Gomti
4) Agara and Delhi are based on the banks of Yamuna river.
15. This is the fastest orbiting planet in the solar system. Identify it from the given options.
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Mercury
d. Saturn
Ans:c
Additional Info:
1) Venus is the brightest planet in the sky.
2) Venus is also the hottest planet
3) Mars is also known as the Red Planet.
4) Saturn is named after the Roman God of agriculture.
16. Which of the following places is also known as the Venice of the North?
a. Belgrade
b. Stockholm
c. Helsinki
d. Oslo
Ans:b
Additional Info:
- Belgrade was known as the White city also.
- Helsinki is the capital of Finland also known as the Land of Thousand lakes.
- Oslo is the capital city of Norway also known as the Land of midnight sun and is the place where the Nobel Prize for Peace ONLY is awarded every year, rest of the prizes are awarded at Stockholm in Sweden every year.
17. Dutch Guyana was the former name of ….
a. Sudan
b. Surinam
c. Zambia
d. Taiwan
Ans:b
Additional Info:-
(1) Formosa is the earlier name of Taiwan
(2) Nippon is the former name of Japan
(3) Ceylon is the former name of Sri Lanka
(4) Siam is the former name of Thailand.
18. Which of the following is the last month of the Hindu calendar ?
a. Chaitra
b. Magha
c. Phalguna
d. Pausa
Ans:c
Additional Info:
(1) Chaitra is the first month and Phalguna is the last month of the Hindu calendar.
19. In which of the following year was the East India Company constituted?
a. 1546
b. 1584
c. 1600
d. 1624
Ans:c
Additional Info:-
The English East India Company was constituted in 1600. This company initially mainly traded in commodities like , cotton , tea , silk and all which later started administering major part of India.
20. Which types of rocks are the most abundant constituents of the Earth’s crust?
a. Sedimentary
b. Igneous
c. Metamorphic
d. None of these
Ans:b
Additional Info:-Igneous rocks form 95% of the upper part of the earth’s crust.
(1)Igneous rock is formed by the solidification of lava that comes out generally from volcanoes. Some examples of igneous rocks are: granite and basalt
(2) Sedimentary rocks as the name suggests is formed by the deposition of sediments. Some examples of sedimentary rocks are chalk, sandstone and limestone.
(3) Metamorphic rocks are formed by the change in the structure and composition of the existing sedimentary and igneous ricks under different conditions of temperature and pressure. Some examples of it are, marble and slate
21. Which of the following is NOT a VIRAL disease?
a. Yellow fever
b. AIDS
c. Leprosy
d. Measles
Ans:c
Additional Info:
- Influenza, mumps, AIDS and small pox are the examples of some more viral diseases
- Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium Leprae
- Cholera, Leprosy, Tetanus are the examples of bacterial diseases
22. Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the …
a. Eyes
b. Brain
c. Liver
d. Immunity system
Ans:c
Additional Info::
- Trachoma is a disease of eyes
- Meningitis and Encephalitis is a disease of Brain
- AIDS is a disease that affects the immunity system
23. Cinnabar is an ore of…
a. Lithium
b. Mercury
c. Zinc
d. Iron
Ans :b
Additional Info:s
1) Magnetite and Hematite are the ores from which Iron is extracted
2) Mercury has the property of being liquid at room temperature, in fact it is the only metal to be liquid at room temperature.
24. Who discovered Ultrasound?
a. Ian Donald
b. Roger Bacon
c. JP Merrill
d. Joseph Lister
Ans:a
Additional Info:
(1) X rays by W. Roentgen
(2) TV by J.L. Baird
(3) Computer Mouse by Douglas Engel Bart
(4) Neutron by James Chadwick.
25. Who is credited with the invention of e-mail?
a. Ray Tomlinson
b. Jeffrey Bezos
c. Jerry Yang
d. Steve Woznik
Ans:a
Additional Info:s:
1. Jeffery Bezos is the founder of amazon.com
2. Jerry Yang is the co founders of Yahoo.com along with David Filo
3. Steve Woznik was one of the co founders of Apple Inc. along with Steve Jobs
26. Huntington’s disease is caused by the malfunctioning of …
a. Kidney
b. Brain
c. Liver
d. Pancreas
Ans: b
Additional Info:
1. The study of kidney and its functions is known as Nephrology
2. Electroencephalograph (EEG) is used for checking the functioning of the brain
3.Hepatology is the branch of medicine that is the study of liver
27. This is the heaviest metal, can you identify it from the given options?
a. Rhodium
b. Osmium
c. Plutonium
d. Astatine
Ans :b
Additional Info::
1. Lithium is the softest metal
2. Astatine is the rarest element on earth.
Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
28. Which of the following instrument is used for measuring the velocity and the direction of the wind?
a. Manometer
b. Anemometer
c. Viscometer
d. None of these
Ans:b
Additional Info::
1. Manometer is used for measuring the pressure of gases.
2. Viscometer is used for measuring the viscosity of fluids.
3. Barometer is used for measuring atmospheric pressure.
29. Which of the following is the chemical name of Quartz?
a. Calcium Oxide
b. Calcium Sulphate
c. Sodium Silicate
d. Magnesium Sulphate
Ans:c
Additional Info::
1. Chemical name of Plaster of Paris is Calcium Sulphate half hydrate
2. Copper Sulphate Pentahydrate is the chemical name of blue vitriol
3. Sodium Chloride is the chemical name of table salt/common salt
4.Calcium Oxide is Quick lime.
30. Star,Bus and Ring configuration are most properly used types of …
a. WAN
b. MAN
c. LAN
d. None of these
Ans:c
Additional Info::
1. All the above mentioned options are the types of area networks of computers.
2. MAN is Metropolitan Area Network
3. LAN is Local Area Network
4. WAN is Wide Area Network
