SOLVED QUIZ - YOUR ULTIMATE HELP GUIDE: July 2011

    *   By decreasing density of Soap
    *   By decreasing solubility of Soap
    *   By increasing density of Soap
    *   By increasing solubility of Soap

This personality has been named as the FIFA Footballer of the year 2007. Can you name him from the given options?

    * Ronaldinho
    * Lionel Messi
    * Cristiano Ronaldo
    * Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite

To widen a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel, which surgical procedure is applied ?

Rhinoplasty
Angioplasty
Genioplasty
Otoplasty

Saturday, July 30, 2011

In which gene Scientists have found a genetic change that makes men less fertile.(July 2011)

DEFB 122
DEFB 123
DEFB 125
DEFB 126

Who defeated John Qunicy Adams in the Presidential Election of 1828?

William H. Crawford

Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

Richard Rush

'It's time to move on' is the tagline of which company ?

Vodaphone

Bsnl

Aircel

Airtel

Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from Bhamakalapam dance drama ?

Odissi

Kathakali

Bharatanatyam

Kuchipudi

Which club was founded by Walter Scott?

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

Bannatyne Club

Old Yatch Boraban Club

Bombay Club

Ozone hole was first been discovered in 1980s, by the British scientist over -

Artic region

Polar region

Antarctica

Tropical region

Which TV actress wrote the script for Bombay dreams?

Amanda Holden

Dawn French

Meera Syal

Kylie

Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi?

    *   Aladdin
    * Universal Soldier
    *   Speed
    *   Iron Man

The longest continuously serving capital in the United States is..

Montgomery, Alabama

Annapolis, Maryland

Boston, Massachusetts

Algeria

Friday, July 29, 2011

The Sanchar Shakti project of the Department of Telecommunications was launched by ........ on 7 March 2011 ?

Sushma Swaraj

President Pratibha Patil

Priyanka Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi

Which of the Following states developed 'Uzavaar Sandies'- an innovative model in agricultural marketing which involved direct sale of farm produce to the consumers?

    * Andhra Pradesh
    * Tamil Nadu
    * karnataka
    * UttaraKhand

The number of waves in n x 10th Bohr's orbit are

    * n2
    * n
    * n-2
    * n3

What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph Sarto when he became pope?

John XXIII

Paul VI

Benedict XVI

Pius X

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Who is said to be the "Father of the Indian Space Program"?

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai

Dr. K Kasturirangan

None

The Indigo Revolt taken place in __ ?

Bengal

Delhi

Mumbai

Surat

Who won the Nobel Prize for inventing the oral polio vaccine?

    * Jonas Salk
    * Albert Sabin
    * Pierre Curie
    * Christian Barnard

Levoy Burrell is associated with which sports?

    * Cricket
    * Swimming
    * Athletics
    * Boxing

What is the percentage of Water soluble K2O present in Murriate of Potash?

    * 57
    * 58
    * 59
    * 60

One amongst the following takes the decision about the monetary Policy of India-

    * Finance Minister of India
    * Reserve Bank of India
    * Prime Minister of India
    * International Monetary Fund

Rabrindranath Tagore returned the title of Knighthood to the British Government to protest against the

    * Rowlatt Act of 1919
    * Introduction of Diarchy in the provinces
    * Partition of Bengal
    * Massacre in Jallianwalla Bagh

Which of the following countries is not a member of G-15?

    * Jamaica
    * Indonesia
    * Columbia
    * Peru

‘Kathakali’, ‘Mohiniattam’ and ‘Thullal’ dance forms are native of which state ?

    * Kerala
    * Andhra Pradesh
    * Tamil Nadu

What is a MAC?

    * A Computer made by Apple
    * Memory Address Corruption
    * Mediocre Apple Computer
    * Media Access Control

What is the baptismal name of Pope John XXIII?

    * Albino Luciani
    * Angelo Roncalli
    * Aldo Moro
    * Sandro Pertini

The language in which Sangam literature was written in

    * Pali
    * Sanskrit
    * Prakrit
    * Tamil

The islands of Seychelles are located in the

    * Arctic Ocean
    * Atlantic Ocean
    * Indian Ocean
    * Pacific Ocean

Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'?

    * Sumitranandan
    * Raj Anand
    *   Panini
    * Gitta Piramal

Which of the following Corporate took over the Satyam Computers company?

    *   Tech Mahindra
    *   L & T
    *   Spice Group
    *   Wilbar Ross

When did Ranjit Singh conquer Lahore?

    * 1799
    * 1792
    * 1788
    * 1786

Which missile is designed to defend large installation like oil-fields etc. against enemy air attacks?

    * Akash
    * Nag
    * Agni
    * Prithvi

Which body of UNO carries on the function of the UNO with regard to international, economic, social, cultural, education, wealth and related matters?

    * General Assembly
    * Security Council
    *   The Economic and Social Council
    * Trusteeship Council

Which country has been included as the 193rd member of United Nations?

Nepal

China

Japan

Sundan

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was earlier known as

UNCTAD

GATT

UNICEF

At which place in India is the Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) located ?

Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

Shimla (H.P.)

Jabalpur (M.P.)

Who founded Forward Block political party ?

Motilal Nehru

Subash Chandra Bose

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

A.O.Hume

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The 'Eri' Silkworm (Philosamia recini)which feeds on common castor-plant, is mainly raised in which among the following states, for producing eri-silk?

Himachal Pradesh

Orissa

Bihar

West Bengal

Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing induction into the U.S. military, Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight championship on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire with an eighth-round knockout of which prizefighter?

    *   George Foreman
    * Joe Frazier
    * Leon Spinks
    * Sputnik

Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?

    * Leaf and other chloroplast bearing plants
    * steam and leaf
    * Roots and chloroplast bearing plants
    * Bark and leaf

What was the date on which India won the Cricket World Cup 1983?

    * 11 June 1983
    * 21 June 1983
    * 25 June 1983
    * 10 July 1983

The United Nations is considered as a universal organisation. Which organ of rhe united nations fully represents the fact?

    * The Economic and Social Council
    * The Security Council
    * The Secretariat
    * The General Assembly

Which of the following societies has instituted an award for an outstanding parliamentarian?

    * Jamanlal Bajaj Foundation
    * Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies
    * G. B. Pant Memorial Society
    * R. D. Birla samara Kosh

Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?

    * Gaban
    * Godan
    * Guide
    * Manasorovar

The number of water molecules present in a drop of water (volume 0.0018 ml) at room temperature is

    * 1.568 x 103
    * 6.023 x 1019
    * 4.84 x 1017
    * 6.023 x 1023

Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?

K. Subramanyam

Gen. S. K. Sinha

Gen. V. P. Malik

K.C.Panth

How many teeth does a cow has?

Which mountain was formerly known as Peak 15?

Mount Everest

Kanchenjunga

Mount Rushmore

The railway station situated in the extreme south is

Chennai

Cochin

Kanyakumari

Trivandrum

Who is the Father of Nuclear Physics ?

Ernest Rutherford

John Dalton

Neils Bohr

Chadwick

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The ozone layer is being destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons. In this regard which do you consider as the most harmful?

Carbon atom

Chlorine atom

Fluorine atom

The entire compound

Rose is national flower of

Iran & Iraq

Germany & Greece

Egypt & England

Finland & France

Who developed Yahoo?

Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson

David Filo & Jerry Yang

Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn

Steve Case & Jeff Bezos

Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?

Bhopal

Nagpur

Allahabad

Mumbai

The Indus Valley houses were built of

Bricks

Woods

Stones

In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh?

Joseph

Daniel

David

Samuel

Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?

Volleyball

Tennis

Football

Hockey

Subroto cup is associated with which game ?

Cricket

Badminton

Swimming

Football

The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is

    * the Rio Grande
    * the Amazon
    * the Mississippi
    * the Colorado

In computers, what is the full form of DCE?

    * Data Communicating Equipment
    * Database Communication Equipment
    * Data Computer Equipment
    * Data Communications Equipment

What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?

Sahara

Angel Falls

Nigeria Falls

None

The head office of the National Institute for Smart Government is located at

Hyderabad

Mumbai

Pune

Chennai

Polavaram Project is located in which state?

Andhra Pradesh

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

How many lines are there in a sonnet?

Monday, July 25, 2011

How many chambers are there in the human heart ?

'There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.' This is a famous quote from which play by Shakespeare?

    * Hamlet
    * Julius Caesar
    * King Lear
    * Romeo Juliet

What is the function of the gallbladder?

    * To filter absorb the body's extra calcium
    * To collect bile
    * To filter toxins out of the bloodstream
    * To produce bile

Indian Finance Ministry on 11 April 2011 decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to erase the problem of duplicate and fake ones. Which Indian Finance Minister has first proposed the biometric PAN card?

    * Pranab Mukherjee
    * P Chidambaram
    * Jaswant Singh
    * Yashwant Sinha

The average time between floods of a given magnitude is:

    * the flood stage
    * the flood recurrence interval
    * the flood frequency
    * the flood incidence

India has recently joined the elite club of 10 best cookbook publishing countries across the world by winning an award and a special mention at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for two culinary works. Where ?

    * London
    * Paris
    * New York

Krishna I , who was a king of Rashtrakuta dynasty is related to which of the following ?

    * Shiva Temples of Ellora
    * Ajanata Caves
    * Khajuraho Temples

Satyagriha was started by Gandhi ji in 1919 to protest against the _____________?

    * Salt Law
    * Rowlett Act
    * Act of 1909

The first graphical browser for the WWW was named:

    * Netscape
    * Veronica
    * Mosaic
    * Explorer

Materials for rain-proof coats and tents owe their water-proof properties to

    *   surface tension
    *   viscosity
    * specific gravity
    * elasticity

Rory McIlroy is associated with which of the following games?

    * Tennis
    * Cricket
    * Volley Ball
    * Golf

In which year was Pulitzer Prize established?

    * 1917
    * 1918
    * 1922
    * 1928

On which river is the holy shrine of Pandharpur situated?

    * Krishna
    * Ravi
    * Godavari
    * Bhima

Fathom is the unit of

    * sound
    * length
    * frequency
    * distance

The National Sports Festival for women was, for the first time, organized in

    * 1970
    * 1975
    * 1980
    * 1985

Which of the following became the first black President of South Africa?

    * Nelson Mandela
    * George Washington
    * Jamo Kenyatta
    * None of the above

What actress is Warren Beatty's sister?

    *   Shirley Knight
    *   Racquel Welch
    * Shirley McLaine
    * Ann-Margret

    *   whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature
    * when the decrease in temperature or moisture or both takes place
    * whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature or moisture or both change with height over a short vertical interval
    *   All of the above

The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are

    *   laterisation and podsolisation
    * calcification and salinisation
    * salinisation and gleisation
    *   All of the above

Who invented Fountain Pen?

    * John J. Loud
    * Sir Frank Whittle
    * Lewis E. Waterman
    * Kirkpatrick Macmillan

Which is the longest National Highways in India ?

    * Kolkata â�� Hazira (NH6)
    * Chennai â�� Baharagora (NH5)
    * Varanasi â�� Kanyakumari (NH7)
    * Pathankot â�� Samakhiali (NH15)

On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?

    * Chenab
    * Jhelum
    * Ravi
    * Sutlej

Bababudangiri Hills in Karnataka are the place of origin of which among the following plantation crops in India?

Neelgiri Tea

Coffee

Rubber

Which country created history by conducting Cabinet meeting under sea in October 2009?

Maldives
China
Iceland
Mauritius

Who was the Founder of the Asiatic Society?

William Carey

William Jones

David Hare

Marshman

How many pillars used to support Jiaozhou Bay Bridge of China ?

More then 2000

More the 5000

Less then 5000

Less then 3000

Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century’ ?

    * N.R.Narayan Murthy
    * N.S.Raghavan
    * Nandan Nilekani
    * Kris Gopalakrishnan

Which herbicide resides for the longest period in the soil?

    * Chlorpropham
    * Linuron
    * Propachlor
    * Simazine

Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?

    * New Delhi
    * Mumbai
    * Chennai
    * Kolkata

Which one of the following is not related to disarmament?

    * SALT
    * NPT
    * CTBT
    * NATO

Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere ?

    * Argon
    * Oxygen
    * Nitrogen
    * Carbon dioxide

After the first photons of light are produced, which process is responsible for amplification of the light?

    * Blackbody radiation
    * Stimulated emission
    * Planckâ��s radiation
    * Einstein oscillation

When did Czech Republic become independent?

    * 1 January 1993
    * 15 May 1974
    * 11 September 1969
    * 6 December 1992

A given signal's second harmonic is twice the given signal's __________ frequency...?

    * Fourier
    * Foundation
    * Fundamental
    * Field

India's first Satellite Aryabhatta was lauched in

    * 1957
    * 1967
    * 1975
    * 1974

The luster of a metal is due to

    *   its high density
    *   its high polishing
    * its chemical inertness
    * presence of free electrons

How many runs did Australia score on in the ODI on 23 March 2003?

    * 360 all out
    * 275 all out
    * 359/2
    * 434/9

The major cause of species extinction is

    * agricultural activities
    * extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
    * development (human settlements, industry)
    * habitat loss and degradation

The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is

    * the Pliocene epoch
    * the Pleistocen epoch
    * the Miocene epoch
    * the Oligocene epoch

Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

    * dengue fever
    * filariasis
    * encephalitis
    * yellow fever

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Bangladesh National Cricket team is known as

The Windies

The Black Caps

The Tigers

Men in Green

In his first voyage to India, at which place did Vasco da Gama land on 20 May 1498 ?

Kozhikode (Calicut)

Mumbai (Bombay)

Kochi (Cochin)

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Who among the following is propounded of Madhyamika Philosophy ?

    * Sankara
    * Nagarjuna
    * Basava

Which among the following is not among the ancient list of seven wonders of world?

    * Statue of Zeus at Olympia
    * Great Wall of China
    * Colossus of Rhodes

How many new non-stop AC Duronto trains, which will connect all metros were announced in the Railway Budget 2009 ?

    * 10
    * 11
    * 12

Among Globulin, Albumin. Glutein and collagen which protein is abundant in Eggs?

    * Globulin
    * Collagen
    * Albumin

The stock markets in Brazil, China, India, and Russia experienced the biggest declines in 2008,â€ the World Bank said in its recent report titled â€˜Global Development Finance 2009: Charting a Global Recovery. The worst performance was of ?

    * Brazil
    * Russia
    * India

K C Chakrabarty is likely to take over as deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India as per a recent news. He has been associated with ?

    * State bank of India
    * Punjab National Bank
    * Bank of India

Consider the following statements: 1. National Tax Tribunal (NTT) Act was enacted in 2005. 2. The NTT act has the objective of the High Courts and render speedy adjudication of disputes on Direct & Indirect Tax matters. 3. Currently 15 tribunals are activ

    * 1 only
    * 1 & 2 only
    * 2 & 3 only
    * all 1,2 & 3

The 218-km Chainsa-Sultanpur-Neemrana pipeline was commissioned on 9 April 2011. Which of the following built the pipeline?

    * RIGZONE
    * GAIL (India)
    * High - Tech Group of Companies
    * Max Engineering

According to Marx, the state came into being to-

     * Make life better
    * Protect life and liberty
    * End exploitation of the poor
    * Legalize exploitation of the poor by the state

ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, was developed by:

    * FAA
    *   Department of Defence
    * NATO
    * UART

What was the first music video played on MTV?

''Video Killed the Radio Star'' by The Buggles

''Jesse's Girl'' by Rick Springfield

"Bette Davis Eyes'' by Kim Carnes

"You Better Run"

The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on

    * May 31, 1981
    * April 17, 1983
    * December 21, 1999
    * December 28, 1995

In which decade was the SPICE simulator introduced?

    * 1950s
    * 1960s
    * 1970s
    * 1980s

Who among the following got the 'Bharat Ratna' award, before becoming the President of India?

    * R. Venkatramanan
    *   Dr. Zakir Hussain
    *   V. V. Giri
    * Dr. Rajendra Prasad

What is the full form of ‘ULIP’, the term which was in the news recently ?

    * Universal Life and Investment Plan
    * Unit Loan and Insurance Plan
    * Unit Linked Insurance Plan
    * Uniformly Loaded Investment Plan

‘Bhutia’, ‘Kathiawari’, ‘Marwari’, ‘Manipuri’, ‘Spiti’ and ‘Zanskari’ are the Indian breeds of which animal ?

Goat

Camel

Horse

absence of corresponding wavelengths from the light emitted by the core of the sun

    * gravitational forces
    * exchange forces
    * coulombic forces
    * magnetic forces

___________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

    * A process
    * Software
    * Storage
    * Information

When was slavery abolished in Britain?

    * 1830
    * 1837
    * 1843
    * 1833

In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?

* Annie Besant
* Madan Mohan Malaviya
* Syed Ahmed Khan
* S.Radhakrishnan

The largest country of the world is

    * Russia
    * Vatican City
    * Australia
    * USA

Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ?

    * Finland
    * Norway
    * Australia
    * New Zealand

Which is the only continent through which all longitude lines passes ?

    * Asia
    * Australia
    * Antarctica

Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?

    * Thar Express
    * Samjhauta Express
    *   Maitreyi Express
    * Himsagar Express

The point up to which the new railway track laid, at any time is called:

    * Terminal
    * Station
    * Rail-head
    * Base

Who gave the slogan “Back-to-the-Vedas”?

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Swami Vivekanand

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Mahatma Gandhi

Which type of Government is there in Swaziland?

Theocracy

Aristocracy

Monarchy

Anarchy

Fire temple is the place of worship of which among the following region?

Taoism

Judaism

Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

Shintoism

The Mittal Group of Industries merged with which major business entity and gave the tag line 'Transforming Tomorrow'?

Nippon Steel

Baosteel Group

Arcelor

Airtel

Who united all the sikhs and founded a kingdom in the Punjab ?

Guru Nanak

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Guru Teg Bahadur

Guru Gobind Singh

Who was known as the "Maid Of Orleans"?

Confucius

Joan of Arc

Lala Lajpat Rai.

Laurence Brockliss

Which film was made twice by Cecil B. DeMille?

The Ten Commandments

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cleopatra

The Plainsman

Friday, July 22, 2011

Who is the first woman railway driver?

Ritu Chauhan

Bhavani Kumari

Rajashree Sachdev

Surekha Yadav

Who among the following is considered to be the last Independent Nawab of Bengal?

    * Siraj Ud Dullah
    * Mir Kasim
    * Mir Jafar
    * Shujaud Daula

Which is a useful radioactive decay scheme?

    * U-238/Pb206
    * U-235/Pb-207
    * K-40/Ar-40
    * all of these

Which of the following features would you expect to find at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary?

    * volcanic island arc.
    * ocean trench.
    * earthquakes
    * all of these.

Phosphate is mined primarily for:

    * production of phosphor screens.
    * production of fertilizer.
    * production of phosphorus bombs.
    * none of these.

Which of the following banks recently signed a $132 million loan agreement with the Indian government for strengthening Bihar’s power sector?

    * Asian Development Bank (ADB)
    * World Bank
    * City Bank
    * None of the above

Harshavardhana, who was known as Uttarapathapati, was defeated on the banks of river Narmada by which among the following kings, also having assumed the title of Dakshinapathapati?

    * Pulakesin I
    * Kirtivarman I
    * Pulakesin II
    * Vikramaditya I

Opium is obtained from the dry latex from which part of the Papaver Somniferum Plant?

    * Stem
    * Leaves
    * Poppy
    * Stem Joints

In which year SMERA (small & medium enterprises rating agency ) was established?

    * 2002
    * 2005
    * 2008

Under article 368 the constitution of India provides how many methods of Amendment of different portions of the Indian Constitution?

    * 3 methods
    * 4 methods
    * 2 methods

What fraction of Earth's total water content is in the form of oceans?

    * 20%
    * 73 %
    * 97 %

Which are the two ICT (Information & communication technology ) exporters of the world?

    * India & China
    * India & Russia
    * India & US

What is the full form of MIBID ?

    * Mumbai Interbank Bid Rate
    * Mumbai Interbank Interest Rate
    * Mumbai Interbank Index Rate

Which among the following committees is related to insurance reforms in India ?

    * Marathe Committee
    * Malhotra Committee
    * Kelker Committee

Triton is a moon of which of the following planets?

    * Uranus
    * Neptune
    * Jupiter

A bill becomes an act when __________?

    * it is passed by any house
    * It is passed by the original house after making amendments suggested by the other house
    * It is passed by the original house after making suggested amendments by the other house and the President given his / her assent to it

Poliomyelitis known as Polio is caused by an enterovirus which causes paralysis of muscles. This virus has a particular affinity to ______?

    * Muscle Cells
    * Nerve Cells of Spinal Cord
    * Nerve Cells of Brain

Five leading government banks, led by State Bank of India (SBI), will open 15,300 ATMs to facilitate retail customers, for whom the service has become free from April 1 this year. How many ATMs will SBI open ?

    * 14300
    * 13400
    * 12700

Ohm is a unit of measuring _________?

    * resistance
    * voltage
    * current

Who among the following has been nominated to become the U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York, by US President Barack Obama?

    * Preet Bharara
    * Suresh Modi
    * Rajiv Khurana

Ilahi was a common Gold Coin during the reign of Akbar . It was equal to ________rupee silver coin?

    * 10
    * 12
    * 15

Which is India's second highest civilian honour?

    * Ashoka Chakra
    * Padma Bhushan
    * Padma Shri
    * Padma Vibushan

What was O. Henry’s real name?

    * Henry Ford
    * Clark Cable
    * Arthur Kent
    * William Sidney Porter

When the Bharat Scouts and Guides was founded?

    * 1905
    * 1908
    * 1915
    * 1950

According to the latest statistics released by WTO, which rank India has acquired in exports of commercial Services?

    * Fifth
    * Seventh
    * Eleventh
    * Thirteenth

Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.

    * present
    * input
    * output
    * store

As on November 2,2010 which of the following key rate of RBI is the highest among all?

    * Repo Rate
    * Reserve Repo Rate
    * Bank Rate
    * Cash Reserve Ratio

Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ?

    * Sericulture
    * Viticulture
    * Horticulture
    * Apiculture

After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon ‘Dharamachakra Pravartan’ (set in motion Wheel of Law) ?

    * Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
    * Sarnath (U.P.)
    * Kushinagar (U.P.)
    * Sanchi (M.P.)

At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?

    * Jamshedpur
    * Patiala
    * Perambur
    * Varanasi

The founder of Kerala Kalamandalam

    * Kumaranasan
    * O.N.V
    * Vallathol
    * Sree Narayana Guru

The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on

    * November 1950
    * October 1950
    * September 1949
    * October 1954

Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa along with

    * Sathish Dawan
    *   C. Subramanian
    * Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
    * World Healt Organisation

Which music director brought Indian classical music into the film medium?

Naushad

Khem Chandra Prakash

Saleel Chaudhary

Ram Sampath

How is the Netherlands popularly known?

Deutschland

Holland

Jetland

Zealand

Who has received the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 in the Hindi Literature category?

Uday Prakash

Mangat Badal

Laxman Dubey

Nanjil Nandan

In BIMSTEC, B stands for ____

Brazil

Bangladesh

Bengal

Bihar

Which food item in French literally means twice cooked?

Chapati

Choclates

Buscuits

Rice

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Which among the following is the author of a collection of poems called Golden Threshold?

Asaf Ali

Annie Besant

Sarojini Naidu

Vijayalakshmi Pandit

In which of the following states in India 838 temples of a particular religion located on one mountain?

    * Karnataka
    * Gujarat
    * Rajasthan
    * Bihar

The part of the earth and thin layer of air above its surface, which support life on earth, are referred to as

    * stratosphere
    * ionosphere
    * biosphere
    * mesosphere

Which of the following is the lightest metal?

    * Mercury
    * Lithium
    * Lead
    * Silver

Neurospora is used as genetic material because

    * it has short life cycle of 10 days
    * the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
    * meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
    * is a diploid fungus

Whose 60 home run record held for 34 years in pro baseball?

    * Lou Gehrig
    * Roger Maris
    * Ty Cobb
    * Babe Ruth

The Prime Minister who started privatization in Britain

    * Margaret Thatcher
    * Winston Churchill
    * John Major
    * Tony Blair

Ratso Rizzo and Joe Buck are two characters from what film?

    *   Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    *   The Godfather
    *   Chinatown
    *   Midnight Cowboy

Who defeated Italy 3-2 in a group match in Football World Cup 2010?

    * Paraguay
    * Slovakia
    * New Zealand
    * Algeria

What is the literacy rate of Maharashtra?

    * 77.27 per cent
    * 66.26 per cent
    * 55.25 per cent
    * 44.24 per cent

Titan, the only moon (natural satellite) known to have a dense atmosphere, is the largest moon of which planet ?

    * Mars
    * Jupiter
    * Saturn
    * Uranus

Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva on 29 April 2011 approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of which of the following?

    * Endosulfan
    * Neonicotinoids
    * Organophosphates
    * Metarhizium anisopliae

What does the Pisciculture refers to ?

    * Beekeeping
    * Fish Farming
    * Silk Farming
    * Dairy Farming

In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?

    * Karnal (Haryana)
    * Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
    * Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)
    * Cuttack (Orissa)

What is the cause of the disease ‘myxoedema’ in adult human beings?

    * Hyperthyroidism
    * Hypothyroidism
    * Hyperparathyroidism
    * Hyperparathyroidism

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

When did SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute )come into being?

1960

1966

1970

1983

Chocolate comes from which kind of tree?

Hershey

Cacao

Maguay

Baobab

The capacitance, in force-current analogy, is analogous to -

    * Momentum
    * Velocity
    * Displacement
    * Mass

The bauxite ore is found in

    * Musabani
    * Karnapura
    * Koderma
    * Palamu

A common High Court for two or more states and/or Union Territories may be established by the

    * President
    * Parliament by making law
    * Governor of State
    * Chief Justice of India

With which country was Czech Republic in federation in 1918-1992?

    * Belgium
    * Serbia
    * Hungary
    * Slovakia

Saraswathi Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to

    *   classical music
    * education
    * literature
    * fine arts

Which organ of United Nations has ceased to be operational?

    *   Trusteeship Council
    * Secretariat
    *   International Court of Justice
    *   Economic and Social Council

Where is India's National Institute of Sports situated?

Bhopal

Patiala

Lucknow

Amritsar

Who won in the women's long jump final at the Asian Athletics Championship 2011

Mayookha Johny

Atsushi Sato

Abdullah Ahmad Hassan

Toshihiko Seko

Which river in India is known as the "Sorrow of Bengal"?

Nilgiri

Kosi river

Damodar river

Ganga

Which close associate of Mahatma Gandhi was popularly known as 'Deenbandhu' ?

Jamnalal Bajaj

Vinoba Bhave

C.F.Andrews

Vallabhbhai Patel

Who is the author of “A streetcar named desire”?

Jhumpa Lahiri

Tennessee Williams

Ian Fleming

Salman Rushdie

Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?

    * Assam
    * Orissa
    * West Bengal
    * Karnataka

Grantham Prize is constituted to felicitate the journalists working in the area of

    * Physics
    * Information Technology
    * Environment
    * Medicine

Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?

    * Rita Faria
    *   Zeenat Aman
    * Tara Anne Fonseca
    * Diya Mirza

Chinese researches have recently discovered the fossils of a flying dinosaur with four wings, which can be an important missing link in the evolution of dinosaurs. It is named as-

    * Tyrannosaurus rex
    * Tyrannosaurus knowlesi
    * Archeopteryx
    * Anchiornis huxleyi

Who uncovered Babington Plot?

    * Nicholas Bacon
    * Francis Walsingham
    * William Cecil
    * Robert Dudley

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

What is the official language of Congo?

Berber

French

Arabic

Zulu

The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is

An activist for the welfare of poor rural women
An organiser of rain-water harvesting schemes
A campaigner for urban sanitation
An anti-child labour activist

Brookside Bungalow is in which of the following Indian states?

Assam

West Bengal

Meghalaya

Bihar

Who authored Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter?

Ruskin Bond

Mario Vargas

Jonathan

Max Muller

What is the official state simbal of Nagaland?

    * Sarpa
    * Mithun
    * Vrischika
    * Simba

How many year Jiaozhou Bay Bridge has taken to be Constructed ?

4 year

3 year

2 year

1 year

Monday, July 18, 2011

Who was the first person to patent the JET ENGINE?

    * F. Whittle
    * C. Lindbergh
    * W. Histell
    *   B. Owings

In the 6th Ministerial Conference Hong Kong a core group was formed by developing countries for NAMA who chaired the group

    * Brazil
    * China
    * India
    * UK

What are Leonardo DiCaprio parents' names?

    * Tilda and Marshall
    * Michelle and Robert
    * Elizabeth and John
    * Irmelin and George

Meher Moos was the first Indian woman to achieve which of these feats?

    * The first Indian woman in Antarctica
    * The first woman doctor
    * The first Indian woman in administrative services

Biological fixation of nitrogen occurs most commonly in which among the following crop?

    * Pulses
    * Rice
    * Wheat
    * None of these

Biological fixation of nitrogen occurs most commonly in which among the following crop?

    * Pulses
    * Rice
    * Wheat
    * None of these

The ostrich belongs to what order of birds?

    * Rheiformes
    * Piciformes
    * Gaviiformes
    * Struthioniformes

Which Bollywood actor did PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) vote as 'the hottest vegetarian' alive?

    * Shahrukh Khan
    * Aishwarya Rai
    * Kajol
    * Amitabh Bachchan

Which of the following is a micronutrient that helps in nitrogen metabolism of plants?

    * Zinc
    * Copper
    * Molybdenum

Which country is called the “Land of Golden Fibre”?

Egypt

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Cuba

What now-ubiquitous device was invented by Zenith engineer Eugene Polley in 1955?

    * Microwave oven
    * Remote control
    * VCR
    * Calculator

What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

    * Frisbee
    * Monopoly
    * Ouija board
    * Ping Pong

Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur in Orissa, the longest dam in India, is built across which river ?

    * Narmada
    * Mahanadi
    * Godavari
    * Kaveri

When did Edwin Hubble announce the discovery of galaxies outside Milky Way?

    * 1915
    * 1924
    * 1922
    * 1918

The process that creates the deep oceanic trenches is called

    * plate tectonics
    * sea floor spreading
    * continental drift
    * isostasy

What was David Ben-Gurion’s original name?

    * David Copperfield
    * David Gruen
    * Vladimir Ulyanov
    * Aleksandr Kerensky

Where was Conon educated?

    * Cyprus
    * Sicily
    * Malta
    * Elba

GSM launched first in which year ?

July 1990

July 1989

July 1991

July 1992

Whose birthday is celebrated as `National Sports Day’ in India ? (on 29 August)

    Wilson Jones
    Milkha Singh
    Dhyan Chand
    C.K.Naidu

First Cyber Police Station established in India at

Hyderabad

Bangalore

Delhi

Ahmedabad

The national Aquatic animal of India is …

    * Dolphin
    * Whale
    * Pirana
    * Python

Where is the Sea of Waves?

    * Off Tierra del Fuego
    * Between Australia and New Zealand
    * Between India and Sri Lanka
    * On the Moon

Name the oldest mountain range of India...?

    * Himalayas
    * Aravallis
    * Vindhyas

The Indian flag was designed by

    *   Motilal Nehru
    * Pingali Venkiah
    * Poti Sriramulu

The first woman to become Governor of a state in India was ?

    * Sarojini Naidu
    * Fateema Biwi
    * Vijayalaxmi Pandit
    * Sucheta Kripalani

The correct chronological order in which the British established their trading centre in the place mentioned below is ?

    * Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Surat
    * Bombay, Madras, Surat, Calcutta
    * Surat, Madras, Bombay, Calcutta
    * Surat, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay

Which of the following is a type of tax levied by the government on goods and services ?

    * PAN
    * NET
    * SAT
    * VAT

Which among of the following states became India’s 1st carbon Free State?

    * Andaman Nicobar
    * Uttarakhand
    * Pondicherry
    * Himanchal Pradesh

What is the brand name of the range of shoes and apparel for children under the age of five, that Reebok plans to introduce shortly?

    * Weebok
    * Kids
    * Kidsport
    * Tyke

Newton-meters per second is represented as follows?

    * Ohm
    * Volt
    * Watt
    * Ampere

What color will you get on mixing Red and Green colors?

    * Blue
    * Yellow
    * Magenta
    * Cyan

“Saptashava”, a name in Hindu mythology is related to which of the following Gods?

    * Indra
    * Surya
    * Yama
    * Vishnu

Among the following who was the Speaker in two Lok Sabhas?

    * Rabi Ray
    * Shivraj Patil
    * P. A. Sangma
    * G. M. C Balyogi

Suvidha Fixed Deposit scheme was launched by which bank?

    * IDBI
    * ICICI
    * SBI
    * City Bank

Which famous inventor ranks second in the number of patents registered?

    * Thomas Alva Edison
    * James Watt
    * Albert Einstein
    * Edwin Land

Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris ?

    * Dadabhai Naoroji
    * Michael Madhusudan Dutta
    * Raja Rammohan Roy
    * Vivekanand

‘Operation Green’ was launched in Uttar Pradesh on—

    * July 1, 2001
    * October 2, 2001
    * July 1, 2005
    * June 6, 2006

‘Operation Green’ was launched in Uttar Pradesh on—

    * July 1, 2001
    * October 2, 2001
    * July 1, 2005
    * June 6, 2006

Which one of the following countries has the highest birth rate ?

    * Afghanistan
    * Bangladesh
    * India
    * Pakistan

Leonardo DiCaprio has a stepbrother, what is his name?

    * Chris Marks
    * Aaron Green
    * Adam Farrar
    * Nathan Hayes

In what year did Charlie die?

    * 1977
    * 1973
    * 1979
    * 1975

The nearest star to the sun is

Alpha Centauri C
Alpha Centauri B
Proxima Centauri
Alpha Centauri A

Morelia-Linares Chess Tournament, 2009 has been won by—

    * Alexander Grischuk
    * Vessily Ivanchuk
    * Alexander Morozevich
    * Levon Aronian

‘Sabse Pahale Pakistan’ is an Urdu translated version of which among the following books ?

    * Pakistan Eye of the Storm
    * In the Line of Fire
    * Pakistan Today
    * Passage to Pakistan

In 2002, who won the Filmfare Award for the 'Best Female Debutant'?

    * Gracy Singh
    * Bipasha Basu
    * Esha Deol
    * Malini Sharma

Who was the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh?

    * General Ershad
    * Mohammed Ali Jinnah
    * General Tikka Khan
    * Tajuddin Ahmed

‘Marasmus’ and ‘Kwashiorkor’ diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ?

    * Sodium
    * Protein
    * Iodine

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Which company became the first Indian company to be listed on NYSE?

    * Videocon Ltd.
    * Infosys Technologies
    * ICICI Bank

Stephen Taylor has the longest tongue and measures?

    * 9.8 cm
    * 12 cm
    * 10 cm

Which animal has the biggest eye--ten times bigger than a human eye?

    * Whale
    * Mongoose
    * Bush Baby
    * Giant Squid

Sahiful Mondal, a destitute from Kolkata, bagged the best film award for his 15 minute film 'Aamra' at the International Kids Festival in Naples. How old is he?

    * 11
    * 15
    * 9
    * 13

Gaining streams are those where:

    * water from the vadose zone flows into the stream.
    * water is lost from the stream to the vadose zone.
    * water from the saturated zone flows into the stream.
    * water is lost from the stream to the saturated zone.