Saturday, June 25, 2011

India first participated at the Olympic Games in

  •     1896
  •     1900
  •     1904
  •     1908

What is the another name of Earth Summit?


  • Geneva Summit
  • Brasilia Summit
  • Rio Summit
  • World Summit 
 

A doctor who specializes in cancer is called a

  •     Veterinarian
  •     Oncologist.
  •     Neurologist
  •     None of These

Rani Laxmi Bai Dam is located on the-

  •      Betwa
  •      Ken
  •      Rihand
  •      Tons


Which of the following country recently successfully deployed a chemical oxygen iodine laser weapon (COIL) ,which is an infrared chemical laser?

  •      Russia
  •      China
  •      United States
  •      North Korea


The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India

  •      Dr.R.Kesavan Nair
  •      Dr.Ram
  •      Dr.Venugopal

Where did Christopher Columbus first land in the Caribbean?

  •      Trinidad
  •      San Salvador Island, Bahamas
  •      Barbados



Which place measured the highest earthquake in richter scale in the year 2010 ?

  •      Peru
  •      Mexico
  •      Chile
  •      Pakistan


Which among the following grassland region is also known as the "World's Breadbasket" ?

  •     Pampas of Argentina
  •     Prairies of North America
  •     Savannas of Africa
  •     Steppes of Russia


Which of the following is not one of the Great Lakes?

  •      Huron
  •      Alberta
  •      Michigan

Which sports personality is known as “Thunder Bolt” and Lighting Bolt?”

  •      Karl Lewis
  •      Yuvraj Singh
  •      Mike Tyson
  •      Usain Bolt

How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world?

  •      6,000
  •      9,000
  •      4,000
  •      1,000


What does HTML stand for?

  •      Hypertext Markup Language
  •      High-speed Text Manipulation Language
  •      Hypertext Machine Language
  •      Hypertext Transmission and Manipulation Language


Which abbreviation do you use when you want to add something at the end of a letter?

  •      PS
  •      PM
  •      PTO


What is the standard length of cricket pitch?

  •      22.00 Meter
  •      20.12 Meter
  •      18.12 Meter


The Andolan Express runs between Singur and __

  •      Kolkata
  •      Siliguri
  •      Howrah
  •      Dhaka

Fear of pain is called

  •      Agliophobia
  •      Ablutophobia
  •      Aeronausiphobia
  •      Agraphobia


India and Uzbekistan signed an action plan__ in New Delhi on 16 May 2011.

  •      Tourism Cooperation
  •      Defence Cooperation
  •      Trade Cooperation
  •      Science and Technology Cooperation



Which is the most widely distributed and commercially reared honeybee species in the world?

  •      Apis florea
  •      Apis Dorsata
  •      Apis Cerana
  •      Apis Mellifera


Which pH range is not suitable to grow the crop?

  •      Oats - 5.0 - 7.5 pH
  •      Cotton - 6.0 - 7.5 pH
  •      Bean - 6.0 -8.0 pH
  •      Potato - 4.5 - 6.5 pH


Which playback singer has been awarded as the Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian honour?

  •     Lata Mangeshkar
  •     Asha Bhosle
  •     Mohammed Rafi
  •     Kishore Kumar


Centers located in Gujarat , Bengal, Deccan and Tamil Country during the Gupta period were associated with which of the following:

  •      Textile Manufacture
  •      Gems and precious stones
  •      Handicrafts
  •      Opium cultivation

Which county did Mohammad Azharuddin play for?

  •      Yorkshire
  •      Hampshire
  •      Lancashire
  •      Derbyshire


Which of the following is correctly matched?

  •       Nehru Trophy - Table Tennis
  •       B.C. Roy Trophy - Lawn Tennis
  •       Holkar Trophy - Bridge
  •       Ruia Trophy - Kabbadi



Friday, June 24, 2011

Who emerged champion in the Asian youth chess championship (under-10) category in Subic (Philippines)?

  •      Bidar Ritumbara
  •      Taruniy Goyal
  •      Muthyala Bansi Prathima
  •      Yapabinudi Senarath

The folk theatre of Bihar is called ?


  •      Rammat
  •      Nautanki
  •      Bidesia
  •      Manch

Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’?

  •      Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
  •      Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
  •      Narayan Guru
  •      Ramaswamy Naicker


Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam ?

  •      Diwan Maniram Dutta
  •      Kandarpeshwar Singh
  •      Purandar Singh
  •      Piali Barua


Approximately what fraction of India's trade by volume is moved by sea

  •      70%
  •      80%
  •      95%


The Japanese space probe ”Hayabusa” was targeted at

  •      Saturn
  •      Satellite of Saturn
  •      An Asteroid
  •      None of these


Who invented fuel cells in 1839?

  •      Buckminster Fuller
  •      Joyce Hall
  •      Sylvester Graham
  •      Sir William Grove


Formation of the INA was the result of the great efforts made by

  •      Captain Lakshmi Bai
  •      Rash Behari Bose
  •      Subhash Chandrabose


Who are first Chinese women to reach the Semi-finals of Australian open Tennis?

  •     Teryn Ashley
  •     Lee Na and Sheng Ji
  •     Sofia Arvidsson
  •     None of These

Maxwell's equations describe what?

  •      All electric and magnetic phenomena
  •      Electromagnetism
  •      The dynamo effect
  •      All of the above

According to Planning Commission, the degraded soil of which one of the following States, poses a big threat to food security and can cause serious economic implications to the nation ?

  •      Haryana
  •      U. P.
  •      M. P.
  •      Punjab


Which of the following States has the largest number of people belonging to Scheduled Caste?

  •      Bihar
  •      West Bengal
  •      Uttar Pradesh
  •      Punjab

Who won the President's Gold Medal for music direction for the television serial 'Tamas'?

  •      Pandit Ravi Shankar
  •      Vanraj Bhatia
  •      Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  •      Naushad



As Per recent figures released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), which of the following years was the wettest in the historical record since 1880?

  •      1905
  •      1910
  •      2005
  •      2010


Kaya Kalp is the luxury spa brand of …

  •      Marico Industries
  •      ITC Ltd.
  •      Dabur Ltd.

The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was developed by:

  •      Albert Einstein
  •      Charles Darwin
  •      Benjamin Franklin



The picture of which leaf would you find in the flag of Canada?

  •      Eucalyptus
  •      Maple
  •      Olive


What is the fastest snake on Earth?

  •      Tiger Snake
  •      King Cobra
  •      Black Mamba


BMR stands for..

  •      Body Mass Ratio
  •      Basal Metabolic Rate
  •      Body Metabolic Rate

What is mars nick name?

  •      red planet
  •      hot planet
  •      sun


How tall can a Grizzly bear be when he stands on his hind legs?

  •      12 feet
  •      10 feet
  •      21 feet
  •      8 feet

Who was awarded best actor of the decade (1990-2000)?

  •      Amitabh Bachchan
  •      Sunny Deol
  •      Shahrukh Khan
  •      Hritik Roshan

In the United States, the standard unit of discharge used by the United States Geological Survey Water Resources Division is:

  •       cubic meters per second
  •       liters per minute
  •       cubic feet per second
  •       meters per second

Ore bodies at divergent plate margins can be formed by:

  •      contact metamorphism
  •      regional metamorphism
  •      hydrothermal processes
  •      none of these

Rocks with flat, wind-abraded surfaces are called:

  •      barchans
  •      blow-outs
  •      pediments
  •      ventifacts

A fault that displays mostly vertical displacement is:

  •      a dip-slip fault.
  •      a strike-slip fault.
  •      a transform fault.
  •      none of these.

Reefs parallel to the shore but separated by a broad lagoon are called:

  •      fringing reefs
  •      barrier reefs.
  •      atolls
  •      patch reefs.

Which of the following is a source of terranes?

  •      microcontinents.
  •      fragments of distant continents.
  •      ocean crustal fragments.
  •      all of these

Which African country is in the shape of a horn?

  •       Sudan
  •      Morrocco
  •      Somalia
  •      Libya


The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____

  •      Romania, Bulgaria
  •      Norway, Sweden
  •      Hungary, Romania
  •      France, Spain


The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is

  •      Pliocene
  •      Palaeozoic
  •      Holocene
  •      Palaeocene

The term steeplechase is associated with which of the following sports?

  •      Boxing
  •      Chess
  •      Rowing
  •      Horse Racing


Who of the following players did not score any goal in Football World Cup 2010?

  •      Lionel Messi
  •      Cristiano Ronaldo
  •      Miroslav Klose
  •      Thomas Mueller

Uttaranchal has international boundary with ____ in north, north-east and eastern side.

  •      China
  •      Nepal
  •      both (a) and (b)
  •      None of the above

Where was Football World Cup 2010 held?

  •      Mexico
  •      Italy
  •      South Africa
  •      USA


Name the Russian tennis pro who won his first ATP title of 2011 with his victory at the BMW Open in Munich?

  •      Michail Elgin
  •      Andrei Stoliarov
  •      Mikhail Youzhny
  •      Nikolay Davydenko

Who was the Byzantine emperor during the papacy of Conon?

  •      Tiberius II
  •      Michael II
  •      Justinian II
  •      Phocas

Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India?

  •      Rajendra Prasad
  •      Jawaharlal Nehru
  •      J. B. Kriplani
  •      Vallabhbhai Patel

Hoover Medal, a prize given for outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity, has been awarded to which Indian engineer for year 2008 ?

  •      Sam Pitroda
  •      G.Madhavan Nair
  •      N.R.Narayan Murthy
  •      A.P.J.Abdul Kalam


Which of the following parts/spectra of solar radiation is/are mostly absorbed by the leaves of green plants?

  •      Infrared
  •      Red and blue
  •      Violet, Indigo, and orange
  •      U1tra-violet, green and orange

Who is known as the ‘Father of Medicine’ ?

  •       Herodotus
  •       Hipparchus
  •       Hippocrates
  •      Wilhelm Wundt


Who is the author of ˜An Equal Musicâ (1999)

  •      Vikram Seth
  •      Dr. Salim Ali
  •      Geoffrey Chaucer
  •      None of the above

Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?

  •      Loktak Lake
  •      Chilka Lake
  •      Wular Lake
  •      Hussain Sagar Lake



The design for the symbol of Indian Rupee was submitted by............in (2010)

  •     Azim Premji
  •     Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
  •     D.Uday Kumar.
  •     None

Who were runners-up in Football World Cup 1954?

  •      Czechoslovakia
  •      Hungary
  •      Sweden


What is the number of Federal Reserve districts in United States of America ?

  •      12
  •      15
  •      17


Who was the author of the 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

  •      Maya Angelou
  •      Erica Jong
  •      Angela Carter
  •      Anne Rice


The Life Insurance Corporation recently roped in which global consultant to devise best risk management for its swelling investment portfolio?

  •        Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  •       Swastik Global Financial
  •       Accin Management Services, Inc.


The main objectives of the UN are

  •      to maintain peace and security in the world
  •      to work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each other's rights of basic freedom.
  •      to develop friendly relations among nations
  •      All of the above


Which Indian athlete is nicknamed the 'Payyoli Express'?

  •      Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
  •      Ashwini Nachappa
  •      Shiny Abraham
  •      P.T. Usha


The method of amending the constitution by popular Veto is found in-

  •      Britain
  •      Switzerland
  •      Russia


Which country won the World Circle Style Kabaddi Championship defeating Pakistan in the final held in Ludhiana?(2011)

  •     Africa
  •     Brazil
  •     India
  •     China

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC and Ecopetrol, on December 4, 2009, signed the Farm-out Agreements, for Borojo North Block 42 and South Block 43 in-

  •      Colombia
  •      Venezuela
  •      Brazil


Bacterial action changes dead leaves into:

  •      Algae
  •      Fungi
  •      Humus


The virus that infects bacterium is:

  •      Arbovirus
  •      Viraemia
  •      Bacteriophage


Which is the Longest snake?

  •      King Cobra
  •      Anaconda
  •      Reticulated Python
  •      Viper

What controls the rate of chemical reactions in your body?

  •      DNA
  •      Enzymes
  •      Carbohydrates
  •      Messenger RNA

The Union government on 3 June 2011 amended guidelines for Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) permitting private companies, primarily engaged in infrastructure funding, to attain the status of a PFI. Which of the following conditions is not required for

  •       A company should be established under a special Act or the Companies Act
  •      The companyâ��s main business should be related to power equipment construction & power related activities.
  •      The company must be in existence for at least 3 years and their financial statement should show that their income from the area exceeds 50 per cent of their income.
  •      The companies should have a net-worth of Rs 1,000 crore.


Which 1953 Ian Fleming book introduced the secret agent J. Bond ?

  •      Doctor no.
  •       Live and let die.
  •       Casino Royal
  •       Diamonds are for ever.


According to Koran, from what did Allah created the Jinn?

  •      Water
  •       Palnts
  •       Clay
  •       Fire

The maximum depth of influence of waves beneath the surface is:

  •      one-half their wavelength.
  •      one-half their period.
  •      one-half their frequency.
  •      none of these.


The maximum depth of influence of waves beneath the surface is:

  •      one-half their wavelength.
  •      one-half their period.
  •      one-half their frequency.
  •      none of these.


The maximum depth of influence of waves beneath the surface is:

  •      one-half their wavelength.
  •      one-half their period.
  •      one-half their frequency.
  •      none of these.


The interior composition and structure of Earth have been deduced in part from:

  •      studies of meteorites.
  •      deep drilling projects.
  •      analyses of the behavior of seismic waves.
  •      all of these.


The southern supercontinent was called:_________________

  •      Laurentia
  •      Glossopteris.
  •      Gondwanaland
  •      Pangea


Fastest shorthand writer was______________

  •      Dr. G. D. Bist
  •      J.R.D. Tata
  •      J.M. Tagore
  •      Khudada Khan


Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on Test debut against England at England's home?

  •      Sachin Tendulkar
  •      Abbas Ali Baig
  •      Kapil Dev
  •      Wassim Jaffer


Filaria is caused by _______

  •      Bacteria
  •      Mosquito
  •      Protozoa
  •      Virus


One of the following is not a Union Territory----------------

  •      Tripura
  •      Daman and Diu
  •      Lakshadweep
  •      Puducherry


Writer Nora Efron was married to what famous journalist?


  •       Ben Bradlee
  •       William F. Buckley
  •       Jimmy Breslin
  •       Carl Bernstein


How much paddy seed is needed for transplanting one hectare area by SRI technique?

  •      30-35 kg
  •      1-1.5 kg
  •      5-6 kg
  •      10-12 kg


What is the literacy rate of Tamil Nadu?

  •      69.68 per cent
  •      73.47 per cent
  •      78.66 per cent
  •      57.36 per cent


When and where was weightlifting introduced in Olympics?

  •      1986 at Athens
  •      1988 at Seoul
  •      1924 at St. Louis
  •      1908 at London

Railway tracks are banked on curves

  •       necessary centrifugal force may be obtained from the horizontal component weight of the train
  •      to avoid frictional force between the tracks and wheels
  •      necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train
  •      the train may not fly off in the opposite direction


Who invented Gramophone?

  •      Michael Faraday
  •      Fahrenheit
  •      Sir Alexander Graham Bell
  •      Thomas Alva Edison


Which industries are found in Goa?

  •      Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on
  •      steel and cement industries
  •      Oil refineries
  •      None of the above


____________ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.

  •      Nanoscience
  •      Nanotechnology
  •      Simulation
  •      Artificial intelligence (AI)


Which Academy promotes and develops literature in all the 22 languages of India?

  •        Sahitya Academy
  •       Sangeet Natak Academy
  •       Lalit Kala Academy
  •      None of the above


Which of these foreign rulers were the last to leave the country?

  •      Portugese
  •      Dutch
  •      French


The umbra is________

  •      the inner portion of the moon's shadow
  •      formed by tangents to the sun and moon
  •      both (a) and (b)
  •      None of the above


When was the first train in India started?

  •      1855
  •      1852
  •      1853
  •      1854


Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India. All these belong to

  •      angiosperms
  •      gymnosperms
  •      monocotyledons
  •      dicotyledons


The length of the day is determined in

  •      astronomical units
  •      solar terms
  •      length of the hours
  •      None of the above

Which of the following award is not given in the field of literature ?

  •     Booker Prize
  •     Nobel Prize
  •     Pulitzer Price
  •     Arjun Award

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Which Indian state has the largest forest area?

  •      Maharashtra
  •      West Bengal
  •      Tamil Nadu
  •      Madhya Pradesh


The first steam battleship that was made in 1800 was named as

  •      La-gluire
  •      Redoutable
  •      Le-Napolean


When did the 1857 uprising begin ?

  •      July 10
  •      June 10
  •      May 10


Where are the head quarters of South Central Railways?

  •      Vijayawada
  •      Bangalore
  •      Khajipet
  •      Secunderabad


Neoplean was finally defeated in the battle of _______.

  •      Trafalgar
  •      Leepzig
  •      Paris
  •      Waterloo


20th August is celebrated as_______

  •       Earth Day
  •      Sadbhavana Divas
  •       No Tobacco Day
  •      None of these


Soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts of

  •      dicarboxylic acids
  •      monocarboxylic acids
  •      glycerol
  •      tricarboxylic acids


Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award?

  •       Ashaparna Devi
  •      M. F. Hussain
  •      Raghupathi Sahai
  •       V. K. Gokak


What is the Websites code for the country Spain?

  •      SI
  •      SP
  •      ES
  •      SN


The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?

  •       20 MB
  •      1.44 MB
  •      10 MB
  •       750 KB


The theory of Monopolistic competition has been formulated in the United States of America by

  •      Joan Robinson
  •      Edward Chamberlin
  •      John Bates Clark
  •      Joseph Schumpeter


Which is not a variety of Vegetable Pea?

  •      Arkel
  •      Azad Pea-3
  •      Pant Matar-2
  •      Aparna


Under the Indian Constitution it has been mentioned that minister are individually and collectivity responsible to the House of the People, in-

  •      Article 74
  •      Article 75
  •      Article 76
  •      Article 77


Which is South Korea's largest car manufacturing company?

  •      Hyundai
  •      Honda
  •      Suzuki
  •      Toyota


In which part of India does saffron grow ?

  •      Darjeeling district
  •      Kashmir
  •      Hills in Madhya Pradesh
  •      Nilgiri Hills


India is the third developing country to host the 2010 commonwealth Games. The other two are :

  •      Malaysia and South Korea
  •      Singapore and Jamaica
  •      Jamaica & China
  •      Malaysia & Jamaica


The medical term used for the sleeplessness is

  •      Somnambulism
  •      Insomnia
  •      Hallucination
  •      Nyctinuria


The important metal used with iron to produce stainless steel is :

  •      Carbon
  •      Tin
  •      Chromium
  •      Aluminium

The first woman to be the Speaker of Lok Sabha is—

  •      Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
  •      Sarojini Naidu
  •      Indira Gandhi
  •      Meira Kumar


On which day was Brad Pitt born?

  •      18th October, 1964
  •      18th May, 1964
  •      22nd October, 1963
  •      18th December, 1963


Who was the first astronomer to view Saturn's rings?

  •      Copernicus
  •      Galileo
  •      Kepler
  •      Hershel


Other than the bowler's end, where does a cricket umpire usually stand?

  •      Mid Off
  •      Extra Cover
  •      Square Leg
  •      Slip


Who amongst the following has been given the Goenka Journalist of the Year Award ?

  •      Karan Thapar
  •      P. Sainath
  •      Both (A) and (B)
  •      None of these


To which personality Gandhiji gave the title 'Deen Bandhu'?

  •      Aurobindo Ghosh
  •       C.F.Andrews
  •      Vinoba Bhave
  •       C.R.Das


The'Sea of Tranquility' is Located in

  •       South East Africa
  •       The West coast of Russia
  •      The Moon
  •      The West Coast of India


Which is Apple's first tablet computer?

  •      iPod
  •      Newton MessagePad


What's the name of our galaxy?

  •       The Milky Way
  •       The Murky Way
  •       The Mars Way
  •       The Only Way

    The first weather satellite was launched on February 17, 1959. What was the name of this satellite?

    •      TIROS-2
    •      Vanguard 1
    •      Vanguard 2
    •      TIROS-1


    Margrethe II is the Queen Monarch of which among the following countries?

    •      Denmark
    •      Netherlands
    •      Finland
    •      Portugal

    An igneous rock made of pyroclasts has a texture called:

    •      fragmental
    •      porphyritic
    •      vesicular
    •      fine-grained


    Metamorphic rocks with the same mineral assemblage belong to the same:

    •      metamorphic facies
    •      metamorphic rock
    •      metamorphic history
    •      all of these


    The theme of World Tourism Day – ‘Tourism and Bio-diversity was for the year …

    •      2005
    •      2007
    •      2009
    •      2010


    The steady or initial phase of the magnetic storms is

    •      preceded by storm sudden commencement
    •      magnetic storm at middle and low altitudes
    •      a sharp increase of the field
    •      None of the above


    The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is

    •      Jupiter
    •      Neptune
    •      Saturn
    •      Uranus


    Which one of the following Indian states recently released a Braille version of the RTI (Right to Information) Act and its rules for the benefit of visually challenged?

    •      Gujarat
    •       Bihar
    •       Haryana
    •       Madhya Pradesh


    Where did Leo Tolstoy study languages and law but returned without degree?

    •      St. Petersburg University
    •      Moscow University
    •      Kazan University
    •      Tashkent University

         

    Which Indian State has most airports?

    •      Maharashtra
    •      Madhya Pradesh
    •      Kerala
    •      Gujarat


    When was William Shakespeare born?


    • 23 April 1564
    • 15 July 1580
    • 25 December 1600
    • 1 January 1601

    Name the river whose main tributary is the Tungabhadra.

    •      Krishna
    •      Godavari
    •      Kaveri
    •      Narmada


    The Ottoman Empire was based in what modern-day country?

    • Israel
    • Rome
    • Russia
    • Turkey

    The East-West Corridor, being constructed under National Highways Development Project, and which starts at Porbandar (Gujarat) in west, will terminate at which place in the east ?

    •      Silchar (Assam)
    •      Kohima (Nagaland)
    •      Imphal (Manipur)
    •      Shillong (Meghalaya)


    'Enable. Enlighten. Entertain' is the punchline of....

    •      Viacom
    •      Network 18
    •      ET Now


    Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?

    •      Nitric Acid
    •      Sulphuric Acid
    •      Hydrochloric Acid
    •       Hydrofluoric Acid


    Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ?

    •      Swami Vivekanand
    •      Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
    •      Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    •      Swami Prabhupada


    Who did Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia defeat to become the first winner of the $200000 India Open Super Series badminton championship at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi on 1 May 2011?

    •      Peter Gade
    •      Tantowi Ahmad
    •      Fran Kurniawan
    •      Lin Dan


    Who is the author of the book, ˜Through the Looking-Glass?

    •      William Shakespeare
    •      Mark Twain
    •      Sir Isaac
    •      Lewis Carro

    Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?

    •     Ken Thompson
    •     Marc Andreessen
    •     Phil Zimmerman
    •     Tim Berners-Lee

    The Japanese address their country as ..

    •     Belgrade
    •     Nippon
    •     Venice
    •     None

    What is the full form of GDP ?

    •     Gross Determine Product
    •     Gross Dynamic Product
    •     Gross Domestic Product
    •     None

    Voyager-1, the first aircraft ever set to venture out of the solar system was launched in

    •     1977
    •     1980
    •     1987
    •     1990


    What was the name of Ho Chi Min City Until 1976 ?

    •     Egypt
    •     Saudi Arabia
    •     Vietnam
    •     Qatar

    Who became the world's first woman to fly the MIG-35 fighter jet at Aero Indian International Air Show at Bangalore?

    •     Veena Saharan
    •     Gunjan Saxena
    •     Akanksha Rana
    •     Suman Sharma

    India's latest communication satellite..... was successfully launched on May 21,2011

    •     GSAT-11
    •     GSAT-10
    •     GSAT-9
    •     GSAT-8



    The Council of States in India is generally known as:

    •     Lok Sabha
    •     Rajya Sabha
    •      Parliament
    •     AD hoc Committee



    Which among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?


    •     Amir Khusro
    •     Ziauddin Barani
    •     Shams-i-Siraj Afif
    •     None

    Fans in Costa Rica are celebrating their new Estadio Nacional, which was built by

    •     Japan
    •     Venezuela
    •     China
    •     The US

    Who was the Leader of the huns the scourge of god?

    •     Acharya Rajanikaant
    •     Albert Einstein
    •     Attila the Hun
    •     Adolf Hitler

    Which amongst the following is one of the books by Bill Gates?

    •      The Google Story
    •      Business @ The Speed of Thought
    •      The World is Flat


    Who was the president of the USA when the world's first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

    •      JF Kennedy
    •      Harry Truman
    •      Ronald Regan


    Which train has been specially designed for promoting tourism in Rajasthan?

    •      Golden Chariot
    •      Golden wheels
    •      Palace on Wheels


    In the next centuary there is going to be a increase in the sea levels ?

    •      11 to 38 cm
    •      2 feet
    •      12 to 43
    •      18 to 59


    Which of the following language is not recognised by U.N.O.?

    •      Russian
    •      English
    •      Chinese
    •      German


    Which of the following is the widest Lok Sabha Constituency?

    •      Arunachal Pradesh
    •      Hyderabad
    •      Ladakh
    •      Mandi


    The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) is located in __________.

    •       Patiala
    •       Varanasi
    •      Chennai
    •      Kapurthala


    Entomology is the scientific study of?

    •      Trees
    •      Insects
    •      Animals


    World Population Day is observed on?

    •      July 1
    •      July 6
    •      July 7
    •      July 11


    Celsius and Fahrenheit formula is?

    •      F-32=9*C/5
    •      C-32=9*F/C
    •      F-9=32*C/5


    Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ “ book was written by

    •      V.S. Naipaul
    •      Mahatma Gandhi
    •      Guenter Grass
    •      Swami Vivekananda


    Which of the following nation is considered the originator of the concept of Micro Finance ?

    •      India
    •      Bangladesh
    •      South Africa
    •      USA


    In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?

    •      Lectin
    •      Keratin
    •      Collagen
    •      Hemoglobin


    Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which city ?

    •      Meerut
    •      Chennai
    •      Kolkata
    •      Patna


    Who took 6 wickets for 23 runs in the ODI against England on 26 February 2003?

    •      Glenn McGrath
    •      Collins Obuya
    •      Ashish Nehra
    •      Zaheer Khan


    Who is the Shrew in the play The Taming of the Shrew?

    •      Bianca
    •      Cleopatra
    •      Katherine
    •      Matilda


    The new service tax rate as per the Union Budget of 2010-2011 is..

    •     11.2 per cent
    •     10.8 per cent
    •     10.5 per cent
    •     10 per cent

    RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with

    •      India-Pak division
    •      Bengal division
    •      Hindu-Muslim War
    •      Assasination of Mahatma Gandhi


    'Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by

    •      Kapil Dev
    •       Sunil Gavaskar
    •      Ajit Wadekar
    •      Nawab Pataudi


    The headquarters of UNHCR is located at

    •      New York
    •      Rome
    •      Geneva
    •      London


    When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?

    •      1920
    •      1890
    •      1901
    •      1944


    Which school did Jonathan Swift attend?

    •      Queen Anne School
    •      Kilkenny Grammar School
    •      St. Johnâ��s School
    •      Holy Family School


    Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in :

    •      Kilometres from the Equator
    •      Angles from the Equator
    •      Angles from the Poles
    •      None of the above


    Tuesday, June 21, 2011

    For what is Charles Babbage (1792-1871) remembered?

    •      Computers
    •      Telescopes
    •      Steam Boating
    •      Radio-Telegraphy


    Name the densest chemical element.

    •      Gallium
    •      Iridium
    •      Strontium
    •      Osmium


    Who among the following has been conferred for the Jnanpith Award for 2006 ?

    •      Ravindra Kelekar
    •      Satyavrat Shastri
    •      Both (A) and (B)
    •      Rajendra Keshavlal Shah


    BrahMos Missile is a joint venture of—

    •      Russia and India
    •      China and India
    •      U.S.A. and India
    •      France and India


    To how many village panchayats was the Nirmal Gram Puraskar awarded by President Pratibha Patil on 23 March 2011?

    •      1543
    •      2808
    •      29


    The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in

    •      early Vedic texts
    •      early Buddhist texts
    •      pre-Gupta inscriptions
    •      post-Gupta inscriptions


    Who was the first bowler to take 400 wickets in Test cricket?

    •      Imran Khan
    •      Ian Botham
    •      Kapil Dev
    •      Richard Hadlee


    Which Indian player is nicknamed 'Jumbo'?

    •      Anil Kumble
    •      Vinod Kambli
    •      Mohd. Azharuddin
    •      Nayan Mongia


    Which is the first Indian professional football club?

    •      Mohun Bagan
    •      East Bengal
    •      Dempo
    •      FC Kochi


    Which sportsperson has a son named Raag and a daughter named Jaaz?

    •      Geet Sethi
    •      Manoj Kothari
    •      Ashok Shandilya
    •      Pankaj Advani



    impervious (im PER vee uhs): 'He had a coat that is impervious to rain.'

    •      oversentimental
    •      arrogant
    •      impenetrable
    •      rash


    Alberuni was the historian during the period of

    •      Mahmud of Ghazni
    •      Balban
    •      Akbar
    •      Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq


    The longest title of a book was written by Davide Ciliberti (Italy) on?

    •      April 2007
    •      July 2007
    •      January 2007


    The polar bear's scientific name is ursus maritimus. What does that mean?

    •      White Bear
    •      Sea Bear
    •      Ice Bear
    •      Brown Bear


    Which Satellite farthest from the parent planet?

    •      Titan
    •      Charon
    •      Sinope
    •      Hyperion


    South African Golfer Charl Schwartzel won the ........ U.S. Masters .

    •     70th
    •     72th
    •     75th
    •     69th

    What product was the first to appear in a UK TV commercial (in 1955)?

    •      Soap
    •      ToothPaste
    •      Pen
    •      None