Saturday, February 25, 2012

The cultivation of which among the following is odd man out?

  •      Coffee
  •      Sugarcane
  •      Vegetable

Which of the following stock exchange of India was the first to admit the overseas shareholders?

  •      National Stock Exchange
  •      Bombay Stock Exchange
  •      Delhi Stock Exchange

In a plunging anticline, the fold axis plunges

    
  • toward the youngest rocks.
       
  • very steeply.
       
  • toward the flanks of the fold.
  • None of these.

What is called as the Roof of the World ?

  •      Indira Point
  •      Kanchenjunga
  •      Pamir Knot

Who designed the national flag of Pakistan?

  •      Mohammed Iqbal
  •      Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  •      General Ayub Khan
  •      General Tikka Khan

42.22 per cent of the promoters' share in Sabero Organics was acquitred by which of the following leading manufacturer of fertilizers, crop protection products and specialty nutrients?

  •      Coromandel International
  •      Indo-Gulf Fertilizers and Chemicals Corporation Limited
  •      United Phosphorous Limited
  •      Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd

Which one of the following states does not have a bicameral Legislature?

  •      Uttar pradesh
  •      Madhya Pradesh
  •      Bihar
  •      Karnatka

Information Technology Act in India was introduced in the Year-

  •      2000
  •      2001
  •      2002
  •      2003

Which of the following generally takes place during Easter season?

  •      Blessing of vehicles
  •      First communion
  •      Blessing of houses
  •      First confession

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who...........

  •      developed the telescope
  •      discovered four satellites of Jupiter
  •      discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement
  •      All of the above

Who has launched Passion Pro, a limited edition 100cc motorcycle..........

  •      Maruti
  •      Kinetic
  •      Hero Honda
  •      Bajaj

Who founded the "Servants of India Society" in 1905?

  •      Mahadev Gobind Ranade
  •      Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  •      Mahatma Gandhi
  •      Jawahar Lal Nehru

Which god destroyed one of the five heads of Brahma?

  •      Vishnu
  •      Durga
  •      Shiva

Viswanathan Anand bagged his first World Junior title in

  •      1999
  •      1988
  •      1987

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana is launched in Delhi and Haryana States. Who are beneficiaries of the scheme?

  •      Pregnant Woman
  •      Members of unorganised sectors
  •      Unemployed Youth
  •      Rural Artisans

Which is the largest of all Horse breeds?

  •      Freisian
  •      Waler
  •      Shetland
  •      English Shrine

Friday, February 24, 2012

Note Sorting Machines are used in Banks for which of the following purpose?

  •      To be installed in Automatic Teller Machines
  •      To be used to count the notes
  •      To be used to bring out the mutilated and counterfeit notes
  •      To make bundles of large numbers of currency notes

Mokhadaji Gohil , a Gohil Rajput ruler of Ghogha, near Bhavnagar was a contemporary of which of the following Sultans?

  •      Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah I
  •      Muhammad bin Tughluq
  •      Abu Baker

El Nino, which can bring drought conditions to Australia and weaken Asian monsoons, normally gets established in which of the following oceans?

  •      Pacific Ocean
  •      Indian Ocean
  •      Bay of Bengal

What is the full form of IRFC?

  •      Indian Railway Facilitating Centre
  •      Indian Railway Finance Corporation
  •      Indian Railway Cops Force
  •      None of the above

Bodies that radiate light are called...?

  •      Opaque
  •      Non-luminous
  •      Transparent
  •      Luminous

The Muslim League in Kerala was started in

  •      1937
  •      1948
  •      1943
  •      1930

Indian Penal Code came into operation in—

  •      1858
  •      1860
  •      1859
  •      1862

Vishal Uppal and Harsh Mankad won the Doubles of the ITF Men's Futures Tournament in

  •      Badminton
  •      Tennis
  •      Football
  •      Volleyball

The oldest rocks in the earth's crust were once molten, and came from deep inside the earth. The molten rock, called magma, spewed out in volcanic eruptions during the earth;s early life and solidified into hard rock's called

  •      granite
  •      basalt
  •      igneous rocks
  •      sedimentary rocks

What electricity voltage is provided as mains power in Britain?

  •      100 Volts
  •      110 Volts
  •      120 Volts
  •      230 Volts

Which of these is not s cricket stroke?

  •      Cut
  •      Glance
  •      Putt

Which country recently hosted the 17th International Agriculture Exhibition 2009 (Agritech 2009) ?

  •      Israel
  •      Lebanon

In which year Wholesale Price Index (WPI) was published for the very first time?

  •      1889
  •      1902

PARAM is an example of ?

  •      Super computer
  •      Laptop
  •      PDA
  •      None of these

Monday, February 20, 2012

Last Sunday of which of the following months is observed as "World Leprosy Day"?

  •      January
  •      February
  •      March
  •      April

Where is located the ITR Integrated Test Range?

  •      Sri harikota
  •      Chandipur
  •      Chandigarh

When was Lech Kaczynski born?

  •      9 March 1941
  •      18 June 1949
  •      12 August 1946
  •      8 November 1953

What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?

  •      Naren
  •      Sharad
  •      Srivatsav
  •      Shyam

The Pawan Hans helicopter carrying among others Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu had gone missing on 30 April 2011. The search operation that followed came to an on 4 May 2011 when Dorjee's body was found among the wreckage of the Pawan Hans

  •      Monpa
  •      Sherdukpen
  •      Memba
  •      Wancho

The Kalinga wor fought in

  •      321 BC
  •      301 BC
  •      261 BC
  •      241 BC

Where did the deadliest ever recorded earthquake occur?

  •      China
  •      Japan
  •      Alaska

The Indian Bank Association is headed by

  •      O.P. Bhatt
  •      K.V. Kamath
  •      V.P. Shetty
  •      MD Mallya

Identify the name of the police commissioner of Jamaica, who is investigating Bob Woolmer’s murder case.

  •      Thomas Woolmer
  •      Markshield
  •      Simon Shepherd

The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is

  •      Newyork
  •      China & South Africa
  •      Pakistan

Which country won the maximum gold in Beijing Olympics?

  •      US
  •      China
  •      Russia
  •      UK

Who is popularly known as "Lion of Punjab" ?

  •      J.P.Narayan
  •      Lala Lajpat Rai
  •      K.V.Puttappa

Who among the following has not been inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame ?

  •      Bindu Dara Singh
  •      Navjot Singh Siddhu
  •      Lalu Prasad Yadav
  •      Ranbir Kapoor

About 66% of the Tatas' capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose?

  •      Philanthropic trusts
  •      Tata capital trust

Monday, February 13, 2012

'Sanket' was written by :

  •      Rakesh Mohan
  •      Prem Chand
  •      Maithili Saran
  •      Harishanker Parsai

In ancient India, which dynasty issued the largest number of Gold coins?

  •      Gupta
  •      Maurya
  •      Chola

Who among the following legendary kings was also known as 'Sarvadamana' in his childhood?

  •      Ashoka
  •      Bharta
  •      Chandragupta Maurya
  •      Samudra Gupta

The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed by the President. He can be removed :

  •      By the President
  •      On an address from both Houses of Parliament
  •      By the Supreme Court
  •      On the recommendation of the President by the Supreme Court

Inarching method is used for culture of which fruits?

  •      Mango and Guava
  •      Mango and Grapes
  •      Guava and Litchi
  •      Phalsa and Guava

In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?

  •      1990
  •      1995
  •      1988
  •      1997

What was the theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s play The Mulatto?

  •      Science
  •      Slavery
  •      War
  •      Discovery

How many members are nominated by the President in the Rajya Sabha?

  •      12
  •      15
  •      10
  •      20

Which one of the following effects is employed in the instruments used by the police to detect the over speeding of vehicles?

  •      Doppler effect
  •      Kerr effect
  •      Thompson effect
  •      Seebeck effect

Which company received the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) 2010 award?

  •      SAIL
  •      TATA
  •      Jindal
  •      Anchor

Bagalihar Project lies on which river?

  •      Ravi
  •      Kosi
  •      Chenab
  •       None of these

Between 1192 AD to 1857 AD, who was the only Hindu ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi ?

  •      Hemu Vikramaditya
  •      Harshavardhana
  •      Chandragupta Maurya
  •      Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant obtains its iron ore from the mines of—

  •      Bailadila
  •      Bababudan
  •      Gurumahisani

“Vestas” is a name associated with

  •      Curtain rods
  •      Furniture
  •      Wind power

Name the Greek Goddess of Victory - better known to us as a famous brand name?

  •      Puma
  •      Mars
  •      Nike
  •      Casablanca

The first non-congress Prime Minister of India was?

  •      Lal Bahadur Shastri
  •      Morarji Desai
  •      Deve Gowda
  •      V.P.Singh

Which field of science is related with the study of "Angiology"?

  •      Study of spiders
  •      Study of flowers
  •      Deals with the study of blood vascular system

The platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that________.

  •      Lay eggs
  •      Dance
  •      Sing
  •      Play Video Games

Which country share the same independence day i.e. 15th August with India?

  •      Kombodia
  •      China
  •      North Korea
  •      South Korea

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Leu is the standard currency of __________?

  •      Romania
  •      Denmark
  •      Serbia

Among Fog, Hail, Snowfall & Rains all are forms of precipitation except?

  •      Fog
  •      Hail
  •      Snowfall

A particular stream has a 47-year record of peak discharges available on the Internet. What is the recurrence interval of the 4th-ranked flood in this record?

  •      12 years
  •      188 years
  •      10.75 years
  •      4 times every 100 years

Which of the following committees is associated with reforms in small industries?

  •      K.L.Rekhi Committee
  •      R.Chelliah Committee
  •      Abid Hussain Committee
  •      None of the above

The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are

  •      spodsols
  •      alfisols
  •      aridsols
  •      ultisols

’Sonia, a Biography’ was written by

  •      Sonia Gandhi
  •      Arundhathi Roy
  •      Rasheed Kidvai
  •      V.K. Madhavan Kutty

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) was established in

  •      1919
  •      1957
  •      1945

What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?

  •      Isobar
  •      Isohel
  •      Isotherm
  •      Isohyet

Excalibur is a brand owned by Grasim.

  •      True
  •      False

Which of the following nouns is formed INcorrectly?

  •      wisdom
  •      cleverness
  •      stupidity
  •      intelligentness

Who is the first indian women to become the first minister of India?

  •      Mrs. Shanno Devi
  •      Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  •      Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Who is the chairman of National Commission on Population?

  •      Prime Minister of India
  •      Home Minister of India

What is the term used to describe a substance that can be broken down and eaten up by microorganisms like bacteria?

  •      Compound
  •      Environment friendly
  •      Biodegradable material
  •      Recycled

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Who was elected the new president of the prestigious Supreme Court Bar Association in an election held on 11 May 2011?

  •      Ram Jethmalani
  •      Adish C. Aggarwala
  •      K C Kaushik
  •      P H Parekh

Who was the first Governor General of India?

  •      Clive
  •      Lord Louis Mountbatten
  •      Cornwallis
  •      Dalhousie

Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?

  •      Prakash Nath
  •       Prakash Padukone
  •      Nandu M. Natekar
  •      Pullela Gopichand

'Bandar Seri Begawan' is the capital city of which Asian country ?

  •      Laos
  •      Brunei
  •      Vietnam
  •      Taiwan

Which of the following banks has taken over the Centurion Bank of Punjab ?

  •      ICICI Bank
  •      IDBI Bank
  •      HDFC Bank
  •      AXIS Bank

You shouldn't _________________ the teacher for not accepting your homework. You turned the assignment in late, so it was your own fault.

  •      bad-mouth
  •       talk into
  •       run over
  •      None

Who played the female lead in the film 'Pushpak'?

  •      Revathi
  •      Madhu
  •      Nagma
  •      Amala

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The territories of Goa, Daman & Diu were incorporated in the Indian Constitution by which amendment bill?

  •      Tenth Amendment 1961
  •      Twelfth Amendment 1962
  •      Fourteenth Amendment 1962

Two Schools, viz. Mathura school of Art and Gandhara school of Art flourished on which among the following era?

  •      Shaka
  •      Kushana
  •      Saatvahana
  •      Gupta

Who was the last Governor General of India ?

  •      Mount Batten
  •      Pethwick Lawrence
  •      Caning

Which country won a default victory over India in a World Cup match?

  •      West Indies
  •      Sri Lanka
  •      Pakistan
  •      Australia

The fuel tanks of the spacecraft ‘Discovery’ that was launched into space on July 4, 2006 was filled with :


  •      Liquid hydrogen only
  •      Liquid oxygen only
  •      Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
  •      Mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium

Who among the following was called Light of Asia?

  •      Mahavira
  •      Buddha
  •      Akbar
  •      Ashoka

Potato is a modified form of

  •      root
  •      stem
  •      fruit
  •      leaf

What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ?

  •      Veerta Aur Vivek
  •      Bharat Mata Ki Jai
  •      Vayam Rakshaamah
  •      Ekta Aur Anushasan

Name the largest freshwater lake in India.

  •      Dal Lake
  •      Powai lake
  •      Wular lake
  •      Chilka lake

Which of these is also the name of a place in Gujarat?

  •      Sourav
  •      Rahul
  •      Sachin

The hardest substance available on earth is

  •      Quartz
  •      Diamond
  •      Platinum
  •      Carbon Nanotubes

Which state has highest diamond Mines?

  •      Karnataka
  •      Andhra pradesh
  •      Uttara Pradesh
  •      Gujarat

Who was the political guru of M.K.Gandhi?

  •      Dadabai Naoroji
  •      Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  •      Lalalajapath Roy
  •      Lokmanya Tilak

Who is present Secretary General of U.N.O?

  •      Mark Wood
  •      Ban Ki-moon
  •      Pascal Lamy
  •      Kofi Annan

When was Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala established?

  •      1982
  •      1986
  •      1988
  •      1990

App Central is the mobile application store launched by which of the following companies?

  •      Bharti Airtel
  •      Vodafone
  •      Reliance

What program allows creativity with colors, graphs, and moving pictures?

  •      Microsoft Powerpoint
  •      Microsoft Tools
  •      Microsoft Excel
  •      none

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Which are three 'mukhupdesh' of Guru Nanak Sahib Ji ?


  • Kirt Karni,Naam Japna,Wand Chaakna

  • Kirt Karni,Naam Japna,Langar Chaakna

  • Mehnat Karni,Naam Japna,Wand Chaakna

  • Kirt Karni,Gurdwara jana,Wand Chaakna

Which is the most notable ingredient in Kashmiri Cuisine?


  • Chicken

  • Mutton

  • Beef

  • Pork

Which one of the following will be the year of Saka Samvat in December 2009 ?




  • 1931

  • 1952

  • 2066

  • 2087

The Jawahar, Amber are considered as important and good varieties of maize used for-


  • Fodder

  • Quality Protein Maize

  • Orrisa

  • Pop-Corn

Which of the following indigenously built payload carried on board with Chandrayaan - I helped NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to detect water on moon surface is


  • Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI)

  • X-Ray spectrometer

  • Sus-KeV atom reflecting analyser

  • Radiation Dose Monitor

Who was the Czar of Russia in 1917?


  • Nicholas II

  • Alexander II

  • Ivan IV

  • Peter II

According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of ‘Chanrdrahas’ sword ?


  • Arjun

  • Kansa

  • Ravana

  • Parshuram

'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?


  • Rabindranath Tagore

  • Sharat Chandra Chatterjee

  • Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  • Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay

Which of the following is our National Emblem?


  • Four lions Statue

  • Budha Statue

  • Taj Mahal

  • Charminar

Who invented the telephone?


  • Thomas Alva Edison

  • Galileo

  • Alexander Graham Bell

  • G. Marconi

The white portion of the egg is made of


  • Carbohydrates

  • Fat

  • Protein

Who was the author of Living History?


  • Mother Teresa

  • Arundhati Roy

  • Kiran Bedi

  • Hillary Clinton

Which part of the computer displays the work done ?


  • RAM

  • Printer

  • Screen

  • ROM

Which is the body's largest internal organ?


  • Liver

  • Heart

  • Pancreas

  • Stomach

Monday, February 6, 2012

Which among the following defines cohesive force?


  • the force of attraction acting between the molecules of same material

  • the force of attraction acting between the molecules of different material

  • the force of attraction acting between the atoms of same material

The Financial Action Task Force is an inter-governmental body. What is the main purpose of this Task Force?


  • combat money laundering and terrorist financing

  • combat the maleffects of Global Meltdown

  • combat the problems of Least Development Countries LDCs

Where has the Govt. of India has set up Centre for Climate Change?


  • Pune

  • Hyderabad

  • Bhubneshwar

The process whereby rocks are changed to sediment is called


  • lithification

  • deposition

  • weathering

  • compaction

Who is the author of Ulysses?


  • Umberto Eco

  • Theodore Dreiser

  • James Joyce

  • J.R.R. Tolkien

Which is the seventh planet from the sun?


  • Pluto

  • Jupiter

  • Neptune

  • Uranus

Global Access, a Karnataka-based retail chain was recently acquired by which multi-brand mobile and technology retail chain?


  • Bharti Airtel

  • BSNL

  • Spice Retail

When was Milk Tray first introduced?


  • 1915

  • 1934

  • 1923

  • 1942

The Asian empire of Portuguese was divided into three independent presidencies. Identify the correct set of these presidencies from the given options:


  • Goa, Mozambique, Malacca

  • Goa, MAdagascar, Mauritius

  • Goa, Mozambique, Mauritius

  • Goa, Reunion, Malacca

Which of the following is a classical dance form of Andhra Pradesh


  • Odissi

  • Kuchipudi

  • Kathakali

  • Mohiniyattam

How many lions are there in our national emblem?


  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

When is Reign of Terror in France takes?


  • 1684-1686

  • 1842-1844

  • 1792-1794

  • 1901-1906

Who among the following is the host country for ICC World Twenty 20 Cricket Tournament 2007?


  • Australia

  • Karabian Islands

  • South Africa

  • England

Who received Crystal Award from world economic forum for the year 2009?


  • Shabna Ajmi

  • Pundit Ravi Shankar

  • Ustad Anjad Alikhan

  • Amitabh Bachan

Which field of science is related with the study of "Entomology"?


  • Study of cause of disease

  • Study of insects

  • Study of liver

Who among the following is the newly appointed Chairman of competition commission of India?


  • Dhanendra Kumar

  • Gul Kriplani

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Down syndrome, Down̢۪s syndrome, or trisomy 21 is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. What is other name of Down Syndrome?

  •      Edwards syndrome
  •      Patau syndrome
  •      Mongolism

In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?

  •      1850s
  •      1860s
  •      1870s
  •      1900s

Who is the Union Minister for Ministry of Earth Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology?

  •      Raj Babbar
  •      Raj Babbar
  •      Kapil Sibal
  •      Sripati Mishra

As per the Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2010 released by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, India has emerged as one of the world's top ten countries in industrial production. What is India's Position?

  •      6th
  •      7th
  •      9th
  •      10th

Which Indian state is drained by 'Beas', 'Chenab', 'Ravi', 'Sutlej' and 'Yamuna' rivers ?

  •      Punjab
  •      Uttarakhand
  •      Himachal Pradesh
  •      Uttar Pradesh

The first Indian to become a member of the British Parliament was:

  •      Suresh Chandra Banerjee
  •      W.C.Banerjee
  •      Dadabhai Naoroji

With an aim to expand its battery business, G.S. Yuasa has entered into a 50-50 joint venture agreement with

  •      Exide India
  •      Tata Auto Comp System
  •      Bajaj Hindustan

Who recited the Mahabharata?

  •      Ganesh
  •      Ved Vyasa
  •      Krishna

Who is the player from Bangladesh who got surprise amount of money in auction in IPL season 2009?

  •      Mashrafi Murtaza
  •      Tamim Iqbal
  •      Mohammed Ashraful
  •      Abdul Razzaq

Friday, February 3, 2012

India's GDP during the third quarter of 2008-09 was _________?

  •      8.9%
  •      5.3%
  •      6.2%

The meaning of Mohenjo dero is 'mound of the dead'. The same meaning is expressed by which of the following names ?

  •      Lothal
  •      Harappa
  •      Amri

Which among the following disease is not caused by virus?

  •      Ranikhet
  •      Blu tongue
  •      Babesiosis

The Minimum temperature at which a combustible substance catches fire is called

  •      Fireless temperature
  •      Ignition Temperature
  •       Static temperature
  •       Optimum temperature

Who was the music director of the film 'Gaja Gamini'?

  •      Jagjit Singh
  •      Anu Malik
  •      Bhupen Hazarika
  •      Anu Malik

How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

  •      52
  •      62
  •      72
  •      82

As per RBI released data; India’s foreign exchange reserves at the end-March 2009 stands at—

  •      $ 252.0 billion
  •      $ 247.64 billion
  •      $ 314.60 billion
  •      $ 318.80 billion

The nickname of Glenn McGrath is what?

  •      Ooh Ahh
  •      Penguin
  •      Big Bird
  •      Pigeon

The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of

  •      1 proton only
  •      1 proton + 2 neutron
  •      1 neutron only
  •      1 electron only

The Paralympic Games 2008 were held in

  •      Tokyo
  •      Madrid
  •      Stockholm
  •      Beijing

The Giant Sequoias are big trees. Can you guess how wide they can grow?

  •      15 Ft.
  •      20 Ft.
  •      26 Ft.

What is the name of the postal circle which caters to the postal services of the Armed Forces of India?

  •      Arms Circle
  •      Base circle
  •      Green Circle

‘Brassica’is the Latin name for which spice?

  •      Mustard
  •      Cinammon
  •      Cumin

While E-mailing we use a shortcut key "CID". What does it denote?

  •      Crying In Disaster
  •      Cry In Disgrace
  •      Crying In Disgrace

Who has written the book "Antony and Cleopatra" ?

  •      Jules Verne
  •      William Shakespeare
  •      Sinclair Lewis

Which bathing soap advertises with the baseline, 'For total skincare since 1918' in India?

  •      Camay
  •      Mysore Sandal
  •      Hamam
  •      Lux

Which of these was King George VI first name?

  •      Eder
  •      Albert
  •      George
  •      Manoel

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Ohm Laboratories is an American subsidiary of which of the following Pharma majors in India which was recently warned by US Food and Drug Administration for violating current good manufacturing practice norms?

  •      Cadila Healthcare
  •      Dr. Reddyâ⠬â ¢s Laboratories
  •      Ranbaxy
  •      Sun Pharmaceutical

Which among the following is a property of Insulator?

  •      The electrons of the outer orbits are loosely bound to the nucleus , however can not flow through them
  •      The electrons of the outer orbits are tightly bound to the nucleus and can not flow through them
  •      The electrons of the outer orbits are loosely bound to the nucleus , and can flow through them

Which among the following is not a hot wind?

  •      Sirocco
  •      Chinook
  •      Mistral

The Kisan Credit Card scheme is being implemented in all the States and Union Territories by____?

  •      All commercial banks only
  •      All commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks & State co-operative banks
  •      all commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks, state co-operative banks, central co-operative banks, and primary agricultural co-operative societies

Between which countries did Saavedra Lamos arrange truce on 12 June 1935?

  •      Bolivia and Paraguay
  •      USA and Mexico
  •      USA and Colombia
  •      Peru and Ecuador

The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is

  •      40°
  •      -40°
  •      -34°
  •      -140°

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in

  •      physics
  •      economics
  •      chemistry
  •      both (a) and (c)

The main crop of Meghalaya is

  •      rice
  •      wheat
  •      barley
  •      sugarcane

Which country has the lowest rate of newspaper circulation per capita?

  •      India
  •      Iceland
  •      Italy

Buddhism is an offshoot of what other major world religion?

  •      Zoroastrianism
  •      Hinduism
  •      Islam

The "Killer Instinct" is written by

  •      Sulakshan Mohan
  •      M.K.Santanam
  •      Joseph Finder

My first, second and third preference is that Essar stays”, whose quote is this?

  •      Sunal Bharti Mittal
  •      Arun Sarin
  •      Anil Ambani

Who among the following is the charioteer of Lord Surya?

  •      Arjun
  •      Jallandhar
  •      Arun
  •      Karna

Did you really think that she looked __________ that night?

  •      ugly
  •      beautifully
  •      worriedly
  •      anxiously

Epicentre is concerned with?

  •      Earthquake
  •      Volcano
  •      Cyclone
  •      Land-sliding

Which abbreviation do you use when you want someone to do something quickly.

  •      RSVP
  •      ASAP

Till March 2009, how much amount was allocated for the NREGS Programme for the whole country ?

  •      Rs 36,214 crore
  •      Rs 34,114 crore
  •      Rs 46,415 crore

Who among the following is considered by the Indian scientific community to be the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India and one of the most eminent researchers in the field of turbulence and boundary layers?

  •      Suhas V. Patankar
  •      Satish Dhawan
  •      M O Smith

What are the 2 species of waxwings found in the United States?

  •      Bohemian and Cedar
  •      American and Western
  •      Bohemian and American
  •      Bohemian and Western

What is the stick used to play billiards called?

  •      Cue
  •      Club
  •      Racket
  •      Foil

During what year was Hitler imprisoned?

  •      1924
  •      1923
  •      1925
  •      1927

The molecular formula of phosphorous is

  •      P1
  •      P2
  •      P3
  •      P4

What are pair of points that are at opposite ends of the planet called?

  •      Antipodes
  •      Atoll
  •      Apolar
  •      Antipolar

Which country owns, buys and consumes the most gold in the word?

  •      China
  •      USA
  •      India

The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year—

  •      1956
  •      1953
  •      1951

Which of the following is the largest telecom operator in India?

  •      Tata Telecom
  •      MTNL
  •      BSNL
  •      Reliance Infocom

India recently signed a pact with which of the following countries on solving the problems of Indian labour in that country ?

  •      Iran
  •      UAE
  •      Malaysia
  •      Kuwait

A person who has a practical, realistic approach to life is ?

  •      An idealist
  •      A surrealist
  •      A pragmatist

Which among the following is a Biggest Sea by size?

  •      Mediterranean Sea
  •      South China Sea
  •      Gulf of Mexico
  •      Andaman Sea
  •      Arabian Sea

RAM in its commercial forms are available as?

  •      SIMM
  •      DIMM
  •      Both (A) & (B)