Correct answers are in red color. 1.Which of the following is not a dance from Kerala ? (a) Kathakali (b) YakshaGana (c) OttanThullal (d)...
Correct answers are in red color.
1.Which of the following is not a dance from Kerala ?
(a) Kathakali (b) YakshaGana (c) OttanThullal (d)Mohiniattam
2.The dates of National Calendar Permanently correspond with the
(a)Vikrami Calendar (b) Mohammadan Calendar (c) Georgian Calendar (d) None of these
3.The festival celebrated to commemorate the ordeal of Islamics is
(a)Id- ul –Zuha (b)Moharram (c) Id - i- Milad (d) Id -ul- Fitr
4.RathYatra is famous festival at
(a) Ayodhya (b) Mathura (c)Dwaraka (d) Puri
5.The Kornark Temple is dedicated to
(a) Vishnu (b) Shiva (c) Krishna (d) Sun- God
6.India at present, is not a member of which of the following ?
(a) NAM (b) SAARC (c) WHO (d) UN Security Council
7.The members of the RajyaSabha are elected by
(a) the people (b) LokSabha (c) elected members of the legislative assembly
(d)elected members of the legislative council.
8.The power to decide an election petition is vested in
(a) the Parliament (b) Supreme Court (c) High courts (d) Election Commission.
9.The present LokSabha is the
(a) 13th LokSabha (b) 14th LokSabha (c) 15th LokSabha (d) 16th LokSabha
10.Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
(a) M.L.Valsamma (b) P.T.Usha (c) KamaljitSandhu (d) K.Malleshwari
11.Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?
(a)AjitWadekar (b) Bishen Singh Bedi (c) NawabPataudi (d)VinooMankad
12.The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in...?
(a) 1951 (b) 1963 (c) 1971 (d) 1982
13.When was the first cricket Test match played?
(a) 1873 (b) 1877 (c) 1870 (d) 1788
14.Name the person who was selected as the captain of Indian ICC ODI Team for the Year 2014?
(a)Angelo Mathew (b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) George Bailey (d) AB de Villiers
15.Who was recently awarded with the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times?
(a)Chinese President Xi Jinping (b) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
(c) Myanmar President TheinSein (d) Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi
16.The first woman in space was
(a) Valentina Tereshkova (b) Sally Ride (c) NaidiaComenci (d) Tamara Press
17.The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
(a) 45 (b) 65 (c) 35 (d) 25
18.Electronic city of India
(a) Mumbai (b) Bangalore (c) Delhi (d) Chennai
19.The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Kanyakumari, is
(a) north of Tropic of Cancer (b) south of the Equator
(c)south of the Capricorn (d) north of the Equator
20.The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called
(a)the Palghat gap (b) the Bhorghat pass (c) the Thalgat pass (d) the Bolan pass
21.The minimum age required to become a member of RajyaSabha is
(a) 21 years (b) 25 years (c) 30 years (d) 35 years
22.The national anthem was written by
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (d)AurobindoGhosh
23.The Muslim League as a political party was founded in
(a)1906 (b) 1909 (c) 1915 (d) 1919
24.The Battle of Plassey was fought in
(a)1757 (b)1782 (c) 1748 (d)1764
25.The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
(a) Sutlej and Beas (b) Jhelum and Chenab (c) Ravi and Chenab (d) Ganga and Yamuna
26.Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, was a contemporary of which of the following rulers?
(a)Akbar (b) Humayun (c) Shahjahan (d)Sher Shah Suri
27.20th August is celebrated as
(a)Earth Day (b) Sadbhavana Divas (c) No Tobacco Day (d) None of these
28.When is the World Population Day observed?
(a) May 31 (b) October 4 (c) December 10 (d) July 11
29.January 15 is celebrated as the
(a) Republic Day (b) Ugadhi (c) Teachers' Day (d) Army Day
30. 1981 was the international year of the
(a) Disabled (b) Women (c) Children (d) Blind
31. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves
(a) viscosity of ink (b) capillary action phenomenon (d) siphon action
32. Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named
(a) Fermi (b) angstrom (c) newton (d) tesla
33. Light Emitting Diodes (LED) is used in fancy electronic devices such as toys emit
(a)X-rays (b) ultraviolet light (c) visible light (d) radio waves
34. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a velocity of 600 km/h and at a height of 1960 m. When it is vertically at a point A on the ground a bomb is released from it. The bomb strikes the ground at point B. The distance AB is
(a) 1200 m (b) 0.33 km (c) 3.33 km (d) 33 km
35. The metal used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate is
(a) Na (b) Ag (c) Hg (d) Fe
36. The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called
(a) Smelting (b) roasting (c) calcinations (d) froth floatation
37. The formula C6H5-CO-CH3 represents
(a) Acetone (b) Acetic acid (c) Acetophenone (d) Phenyl acetate
38. The inert gases are ____ in water
(a) sparingly soluble (b) insoluble (c) soluble (d) None of these
39. The molecular formula of phosphorous is
(a) P1 (b) P2 (c) P3 (d) P4
40. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as
(a) luminous zone (b) dark zone (c) blue zone (d) non-luminous zone
41. Plants receive their nutrients mainly from
(a) Chlorophyll (b) atmosphere (c) light (d) soil
42. Movement of cell against concentration gradient is called
(a) Osmosis (b)active transport (c) diffusion (d) passive transport
43. Mumps is a disease caused by
(a) Fungus (b) bacterium (c) virus (d) None of these
44. Normal adult human male has
(a) 10 gram of haemoglobin / 100 gram of blood
(b) 14 gram of haemoglobin / 100 gram of blood
(c) 12 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
(d) 24 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
45. Most common disease of poultry in India is
(a) fowl pox (b) tick fever (c) ranikhet (d)coryza
46. Blueberries cost more than strawberries.
Blueberries cost less than raspberries.
Raspberries cost more than strawberries and blueberries.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
(a) True (b) false (c) uncertain
47. (112 x 54) = ?
(a) 67000 (b) 70000 (c) 76500 (d) 77200
48. The smallest 6 digit number exactly divisible by 111 is:
(a) 111111 (b)110011 (c) 100011 (d)110101
49. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:
(a) 14 years (b) 19 years (c) 33 years (d) 38 year
50. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3. Find the ratio of its diameter to its height.
(a)3 : 7 (b) 7 : 3 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 7 : 6
