SOLVED QUIZ - YOUR ULTIMATE HELP GUIDE: October 2011

    * Maize is the native of America
    * Brazil, Vietnam, Columbia and Indonesia are chief producers of coffee
    * India & Bangladesh are chief producers of Jute
    * Mulberry is a variety of Cotton produced in India

The founder of Boy Scout movement

    * Jawaharlal Nehru
    * Baden Powell
    * Rajaram Mohan Roy
    * Subash Chandra Bose

Which of the following countries won the final of the triangular cricket series held in durban in februarry 1997 ?

    * South africa
    * India
    * Zimbabwe
    * New zealand

Which Indian satellite had a main function to perform X-ray experiments in space and send back data to earth?

    * Aryabhatta
    *   Bhaskara II
    * Bhaskara IL
    * None of the above

Which of the following areas got VI schedule status, recently

    * A district in Chandigarh
    * Bodo areas in Assam
    * Darjeeling Gorkha Hills
    * Lemu clan in Arunachal Pradesh

Which is the state with largest urban population in india ?

    * West Bengal
    * Maharashtra
    *   Kerala
    *   Goa

Goitre is a disease which is related to

    * Neck
    * Ear
    * Eyes
    * Throat

When did Ranjit Singh proclaim himself the maharaja of Punjab?

    * 1796
    * 1801
    * 1815
    * 1824

Which among the following is involved in the Research on Desert Flora and Fauna?

    * CAZRI
    * SIPRI
    * AFRI
    * CRIJ

Who among the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?

    * Dharmavir Bharti
    * Amitabh Bachchaan
    * B. V. Karanth
    * Ashok Vajpeyi

The Head Quarter of Kerala Forest Research Institute

    * Peechi
    * Lakkidi
    * Chirapunchi
    * Sulthan Bathery

The famous book 'Anna Karenina' written by ?

    *   Boris Pasternak
    * Victor Hugo
    * Lewis Carroll
    * Leo Tolstoy

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam visited some countries; one of them happens to be country visited by any President of India for the first time. Which one of these is that country?

    * Mauritius
    * South Africa
    * Myanmar
    * None of these

The following are the half lives of four active isotopes. Which one of the following is the most dangerous to handle?

    * 3 billion years
    * 100 years
    * 0.01 minute
    * 13 days

What name was assumed by Samuel Coleridge when he joined the army?

    * Edward Dexter
    * John Bull
    * Silas Marner
    * Silas Tomkin Comberbache

Which of the following antibiotic drug used extensively to treat cattle in India is found to be the main culprint of vanishing 99% population of India vultures -

    * Diclofenac
    * Penicillin
    * Streptomycin
    * Tetracycline

When did Mark Twain become a licensed river pilot?

    * 1839
    * 1844
    * 1858
    * 1870

By which Constitutional Amendment Acts, was it provide that Parliament has the power to abridge or take away any of the enactment of Constitutional Amendment Act?

    * The 25th Constitutional Amendment Act 1971
    *   The 24th Constitutional Amendment Act 1971
    * The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976
    * None of the above

The first hand glider was designed by...?

    *   Leonardo DaVinci
    * The Wright brothers
    * Francis Rogallo
    * Galileo

Fruit most suitable for making jelly is

    * Papaya
    * Karunda
    * Mango
    * Banana

In which city of the Uttar Pradesh is Pura Banaspati Birbal Sahani Institute situated?

Saharanpur

Kanpur

Lucknow

Jhansi

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The emphasis of Indian federation is on-

    * Division of powers
    * Strength of states
    * Compromise with nationalities
    * Unity of the nation

When was the toothbrush invented?

    * 1770
    * 1765
    * 1790
    * 1742

A hen starts egg laying after how many weeks?

    * 15 weeks
    * 20 weeks
    * 18 weeks
    *   16 weeks

Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as 'Captain Grumpy'. What was his other nickname?

    * Abe
    * Captain Junior
    * AB
    * Groucho

Which of the following does not fall within the purview of ordinance making power of the President?

    * Enactment of a New Law
    * Imposition of a New tax
    * Passing of the budget
    * amendment of the Constitution

Which player has scored the most runs in a single Test innings?

    * Graham Gooch
    *   Matthew Hayden
    *   Brian Lara
    *   Agarkar

Who is the Chief Law Officer of the Government of India?

    * The Chief Justice of India
    * The Registrar of the Supreme Court
    * The Law Minister of India
    * The Attorney General of India

NATO stand for

    * North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    *   North America Treaty Organization
    * North Atlantic Trust Organization
    *   North Alliance Treaty Organization

Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

    * Hargobind Khorana
    *   J.J. Thompson
    * Benjamin Franklin
    * Meghnad Saha

Who conferred the Order of Merit on Thomas Hardy?

    * Victoria
    * Edward VII
    * George V
    * Edward VIII

Tamasha is the famous folk form of musical theatre and belong to :

    * Uttar Pradesh
    * Punjab
    * Maharashtra
    * Bihar

Invisible export means export of :

    * Services
    * Prohibited goods
    * Unrecorded goods
    * Goods through smuggling

The Information Kerala Mission started in

    * 1999
    * 2001
    * 2002
    * 2003

What does Yugoslavia mean?

    * The land of the rising sun
    * The land of the midnight sun
    * The land of the Southern Slavs

One of Hitler's strongest influences in Vienna is said to be his reading of a popular anti-Semitic journal, edited by Liebenfels. What was the name of this journal?

    * Jugend
    * Triumph des Willens
    * Ostara
    * Jud Suss

Who wrote the story “The Kabuliwalla”?

    * Rudyard Kipling
    * George Orwell
    * Rabindranath Tagore

In which country is the Simpson desert found?

    * Australia
    * Brazil
    * South Africa

Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh who was awarded Nobel prize a few years back is a famous—

    * Author
    * Economist
    * Social worker
    * Scientist

The number of districts which have been declared drought hit by State governments in the country is—

    * 200
    * 281
    * 246
    * 150

ambidextrous (am bi DEK struhs): 'He was ambidextrous in that he could pitch the ball equally well with either of his hands.'

    * confused
    * left-handed
    * right-handed
    * two-handed versatility

WHAT IS THE POSITION OF INDIA IN CASE OF AREA?

    * FIFTH LARGEST
    * NINTH LARGEST
    * SEVENTH LARGEST

Which is the Heaviest snake?

    * Viper
    * Reticulated Python
    * Anaconda
    * Boa Constrictor

Detroit in the U. S. A. is known as the city of

    * Motor Car
    * Lights
    * Aeroplanes

What is defined as the change in velocity over time?

    * Acceleration
    * Speed
    * Work
    * Force

Cobble-sized particles are most likely to be transported as part of a stream's:

    * suspended load
    * bed load
    * dissolved load
    * Cobbles are too large to be transported by streams

A subduction zone is most likely to be encountered:

    * at a convergent plate boundary.
    * at a divergent plate boundary
    * at a transform plate boundary
    * at a translational plate boundary.