- Shweta Pandit
- Devi Prasad
- Nandalal Bose
- Pandit Jasraj
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Who was the Lalit Kala Ratna Award Winner Prominent Artist, died on 1 June 2011
Which country on 2 June 2011 opened its fifth visa application centre in India in Hyderabad?
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- Phillipines
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Which country approved Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Amazon Rain Forest ?
- China
- Brazil
- Africa
- USA
In which one of the following animals is respiration done by skin?
- Chameleon
- Frog
- Sea horse
- Flying fish
Monday, June 27, 2011
Hindi poet ..................... was selected for the 20th Vyas Samman for his poetry collection, Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega.
- Kumar Vishwas
- Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
- Ashok Chakradhar
- None
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Who was honoured by the Best Woman Cricketer (Sr) in BCCI 2011 ?
- Sharmila Chakraborty
- M D Thirushkamini
- Sandhya Mazumdar
- Fowzieh Khalili
Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies sought Rs ...... from Government as Compensation ?
- 80000 crore
- 30000 crore
- 250000 crore
- None
The islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu are part of which country?
- Philippines
- S. Korea
- Japan
- Vietnam
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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
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 sports personality is known as “Thunder Bolt” and Lighting Bolt?”
- Karl Lewis
- Yuvraj Singh
- Mike Tyson
- Usain Bolt
What does HTML stand for?
- Hypertext Markup Language
- High-speed Text Manipulation Language
- Hypertext Machine Language
- Hypertext Transmission and Manipulation Language
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 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
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
The Japanese space probe ”Hayabusa” was targeted at
- Saturn
- Satellite of Saturn
- An Asteroid
- None of these
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
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
The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection was developed by:
- Albert Einstein
- Charles Darwin
- Benjamin Franklin
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
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
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
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 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 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
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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 company�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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
Where did Leo Tolstoy study languages and law but returned without degree?
- St. Petersburg University
- Moscow University
- Kazan University
- Tashkent University
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)
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 is the author of the book, ˜Through the Looking-Glass?
- William Shakespeare
- Mark Twain
- Sir Isaac
- Lewis Carro
What is the full form of GDP ?
- Gross Determine Product
- Gross Dynamic Product
- Gross Domestic Product
- None
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 is the widest Lok Sabha Constituency?
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Hyderabad
- Ladakh
- Mandi
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
Who took 6 wickets for 23 runs in the ODI against England on 26 February 2003?
- Glenn McGrath
- Collins Obuya
- Ashish Nehra
- Zaheer Khan
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
Which school did Jonathan Swift attend?
- Queen Anne School
- Kilkenny Grammar School
- St. John�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
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
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 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
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
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