Who is the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four?

•     George Orwell

•     Charles Dickens

•     Aldous Huxley

•     Jules Verne

In which of the following diseases , nerve cells are affected ?

    *  Tetanus
    *  Polio
    *  Hepatitis

India's healthcare market is dominated by Private sector. What fraction of market is shared by the Private Sector?

    *  78%
    *  68%
    *  87%

King Abdul Asia International Airport is located at __________?

    *  Riyadh
    *  Jeddah
    *  Dubai

The value of acceleration due to gravity is __________?

    *  minimum at equator and maximum at poles
    *  maximum at equator and minimum at poles
    *  equal at poles and equator

Which among the following is right full form of LASER?

    *  Light Acceleration by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
    *  Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
    *  Light Acceleration by Stimulated Energy of Radiation

'Sur Sagar' was written in the times of which of the Mughal emperors?

    *  Humayun
    *  Akbar
    *  Jahanagir

Chlorophill is normally found in:

    *  Green leaves
    *  Tree bark
    *  Kidney
    *  Blood

Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ?

    *  President
    *  Vice President
    *  Prime Minister
    *  Lok Sabha Speaker

Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the :

    *  Jains
    *  Buddhists
    *  Muslims
    *  Christians

Which State has decided to introduce Universal health insurance scheme for those whose annual income below 5 lakh rupee ?

•     J and K

•     UP

•     Meghalaya

•     Sikkim

Which film star founded the Telugu Desham Party ?

    *  N.T.Rama Rao
    *  M.G.Ramachandran
    *  Sivaji Ganesan
    *  J.Jayalalithaa

The mass number of a nucleus is

    *  always less than its atomic number
    *  always more than its atomic number
    *  always equal to its atomic number
    *  sometimes more and sometimes equal to its number

Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?

    *  Mercury
    *  Cesium
    *  Gallium
    *  Rubidium

Under which constitutional amendment 30% seats in village panchayats have been reserved for women in India?

    *  70
    *  71
    *  73
    *  74

In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ?

    *  15
    *  17
    *  19
    *  21

As standard how much is the weight in gram of an egg?

    *  70 gm
    *  58 gm
    *  68 gm
    *  48 gm

Where was Jerome David Salinger born?

    *  Pittsburg
    *  Buffalo
    *  New York
    *  Atlanta

Acupuncture is widely practised in

    *  India
    *  America
    *  China
    *  Germany

Where was Evelyn Waugh born?

    *  Boston
    *  London
    *  Sacramento
    *  Montreal

Amnesty International is an organisation associated with which of the following fields?

    *  Protection of Cruelty to animals
    *  Environment protection
    *  Protection of human rights
    *  Protection of historic monuments

The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences

    *  the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere
    *  the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses
    *  both (a) and (b)
    *  None of the above

The snow line on the northern side of greater Himalayas range about

    *  4,500 to 6,000 metres
    *  5,500 to 6,000 metres
    *  3,500 to 6,000 metres
    *  all have similar strength of bonds

Who is the author of famous statement: 'That Government is the best which governs least'?

    *  Herbert Spencer
    *   Harold Laski
    *   Alexis De Tocqueville
    *   Henry David Thoreau

Insurance plan, ‘JiyoFit', has been launched by ...

•     LIC

•     Bharti AXA

•     HDFC standard life

•     Bajaj Allianz

Who wrote the boook ''MEIN KAMPF'' ?

•     Chetan Bhagat

•     Mahatama Gandhi

•     Adolf Hitler

•     Indira Gandhi

Who wrote the book ‘Animal Farm’?

•     S.S. Kohli

•     Satish Gujral

•     V.S. Naipaul

•     George Orwell

Whose birthday is celebrated as ‘Engineers’ Day’ in India?

•     A P J Abdul Kalam

•     M Viveshvarayya

•     Soren kristian Toubro

•     John C Gammon

What is the Currency of Belarus ?

•     Belarusian ruble

•     Yuan

•     Franc

•     Euro 

What is the full name of Mother Teresa ?

•     Baka, Agnes Gonxha

•     Bojaxhiu, Agnes Gonxha

•     Bacia, Agnes Gonxha

•     Balbo, Agnes Gonxha

Who among the following has won the Nobel prize for his outstanding work in Welfare economics?

•     Amartya Sen

•     Paul Krugman

•     George Stigler

•     Albert Einstein

With the objective to create awareness regarding banking services among people in remote villages of North-East, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has undertaken a series of financial outreach programmes. Recently in a village in which of the following seven sisters.

    *  Assam
    *  Nagaland
    *  Tripura
    *  Manipur

Where was recent SAARC Home Ministers' Conference held in june 2010?

    *  Mumbai
    *  Dhaka
    *  Khatmandu
    *  Islamabad

According to Census 2001, what is the percentage of urban population in India?

    *  26.7
    *  27.1
    *  27.8
    *  28.6

Who was the founder of ‘Servants of India Society’?

    *  Madan Mohan Malviya
    *  Sarojini Naidu
    *  Justice Ranade
    *  Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Who was known as Iron man of India?

    *  Govind Ballabh Pant
    *  Jawaharlal Nehru
    *  Subhas Chandra Bose
    *  Sardar Vallabai Patel

India successfully test fired indigenously developed air-to-air interceptor missile with an 80 km range from Chandipur in Orissa first on 20 May and then again on 21 May 2011. The missile is one of the smallest missiles developed by the DRDO in terms of

    *  Astra
    *  Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)
    *   Advanced Air Defense Missile
    *  Dhanush

Jamini Roy was a famous?

    *  Producer
    *  Painter
    *  Dancer
    *  Actor

Who in 1762 awarded Samuel Johnson with annual pension?

    *  George I
    *  George III
    *  William IV
    *  Edward VII

When was the first lawn mower invented?

    *  1830
    *  1854
    *  1835
    *  1849

Which newspaper in Virginia City was edited by Mark Twain?

    *  Sun
    *  Territorial Enterprise
    *  National Herald
    *  Star

Which one of the following countries became the third European nation after Greece and Ireland to strike a deal with European Union for a bailout package to come out of the debt crisis?

    *  Portugal
    *  Spain
    *  Belgium
    *  Netherland

Which novel made Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald famous?

    *  The Offshore Pirate
    *  Bernice Bobs Her Hair
    *  This Side of Paradise
    *  May Day

Mulk Raj Anand is the author of

    *  The Post Office
    *  Gora
    *  India Wins Freedom
    *  Coolie

When is World Forestry Day celebrated?

    *  21 March
    *  26 June
    *  27 September
    *  10 April

Zakumi, a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ?

    *  Commonwealth Games 2010
    *  FIFA Football World Cup 2010
    *  Cricket World Cup 2011
    *  Olympic Games 2012

Which of the following are the members of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)?

    *  Bhutan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
    *  Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka
    *  Afghanistan, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri Lanka
    *   None of the above

Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb’s foster brother Fidai Khan ?

    *  Shalimar Gardens
    *  Nishat Gardens
    *  Brindavan Gardens
    *   Pinjore Gardens

The smallest glaciers are

    *  mountain or alpine glaciers
    *  continental glaciers
    *  piedmont glaciers
    *  None of the above

The periods of different eras are further divided into

    *  eons
    *  epochs
    *  stages
    *  Any of the above

For measuring the diameter of a thin wire, you usually use ...

•     Measuring tape

•     Screw metre

•     Screw gauge

•     Screw driver

"Gayatri Mantra" has been mentioned in which of the Vedas?

    *  Atharvaveda
    *  Rigveda
    *  Samveda

Recently world No.2 Viswanathan Anand has won the Chess Oscar, the sport’s most prestigious award. This award Anand has won for the ______?

    *  Third Time
    *  Fourth Time
    *  Sixth Time

Biotechnology firm Biocon recently launched its new product a˜Basalogâ™ . It is for treatment of _____?

    *  Diabetes
    *  Heart Diseases
    *  Cancer

A Figure is identified as ” Shiva represented in Harappan Seals. This seal characterizes Shiva in__________?

    *  form of Lingam & not surrounded by Animals
    *  Form of Yogic posture & surrounded by animals
    *  Form of Lingam and surrounded by Animals

In an effort to increase the disposal rate of cases involving CBI, the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on April 1, 2009 announced the setting up of__________ new CBI courts across the country.

    *  60
    *  75
    *  80

On which of the following dates, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed?

    *  January 25
    *  January 27
    *  February 28

Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine 2010?

    *   Richard Heck
    *  Ei-ichi Negishi
    *   Akira Suzuki
    *   Robert Edwards

When Tipu Sultan was killed?

    *  May 10, 1799
    *  May 12, 1799
    *  May 4, 1799
    *  May 9, 1799

What is the capital of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ?

    *  Kavaratti
    *  Silvassa
    *  Puducherry
    *  Port Blair

'Raman effect' was used to develop-

    *  Cooling Glasses
    *  Space Craft
    *  Atom Bomb
    *  Detecting Scanners

Only one of the following can be the ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission. He is the ....

    *  Minister for Planning and Development
    *  Home Minister
    *  Prime Minister
    *  Finance Minister

Su-30 MK is a combat aircraft from …

    *  USA
    *  China
    *  Germany
    *  Russia

Which is the national bird of Estonia ?

    *  Barn Swallow
    *  Falcon
    *  Turpial
    *  Blue Rock Thrush

Ashok Pandit is known for his outstanding performance in which field?

    *  Wrestling
    *  Kabaddi
    *  Shooting
    *  Swimming

The number of atoms present in 21.6 gram of silver (atomic weight = 108) are same as the molecules in

    *  1.8 gram of H2O
    *  12 moles of KMnO4
    *  0.6N H2SO4
    *  4.6 gram of C2H5OH

Where is the highest railway station in India located?

    *  Kalka on the Shimla mountain railway
    *  Ratnagiri on the Konkan Railway
    *  Ghoom on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
    *  Coonoor on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Which of the following is commonly called a 'polyamide'?

    *   Terylene
    *  Nylon
    *  Rayon
    *  Orlon

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

    *  Ted Williams
    *  Joe Dimaggio
    *  Angelo Poffo
    *  Ty Cobb

What is the height of the proposed Burj Tower in Dubai?

    *  400 metres
    *  520 metres
    *  600 metres
    *  800 metres

Which one of the following is not a good source of nutritional iron?

    *  Jaggery
    *  Nuts
    *  Fish
    *  Milk

’Biman’ is the national airline of which Asian country ?

    *  Nepal
    *  Bhutan
    *  Bangladesh
    *  Sri Lanka

Who coined the name `Pakistan’ ?

    *  Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    *  Allama Iqbal
    *  Liaquat Ali Khan
    *  Chaudhary Rahmat Ali

According to the announcement made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 6 July 2011 which country won the vote to be the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics?

•     Toronto (Canada)
•     Pyeongchang (South Korea)
•     Amsterdam (Netherland)
•     Beijing (China)

Birth palce of David Ben-Gurion is...

•     Plonsk

•     Brest-Litovsk

•     Ankara

•     Warsaw

Who is appointed as the Australia’s first women prime minister ?

•     Lydia Taft

•     Alexandra Kollontai

•     Julia Eileen Gillard

•     Wyoming

'Secular Agenda' is a book written by

•     Prem Shankar Jha

•     Mani Shankar Aiyar

•     Arun Shourie

•     M.J. Akbar

When did the great offspinner ravichandran ashwin born ?

•     September 17,1992

•     September 17,1990

•     September 17,1988

•     September 17,1986

Who was the first actor to win the oscar award in leading role ? Lewis Stone

•   George Bancroft 
•   Emil Jannings 
•   Chester Morris 

Who is the author of The "Grapes Of Wrath" ?

•     Umberto Eco

•     J.R.R. Tolkien

•     John Steinbeck

•     Thomas Mann

Which among the following is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?

•     FRAM

•     Fury

•     Flange

•     Flash

Who has been appointed as the CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.? (July 2011)

    Rajesh Subramaniam
    Keki Mistry
    Manoj Tiwari
    H.S.Upendra Kamath

He was an India Ambassador to United states previously. He has been appointed as Special Senior Advisor to the President of the 192 member General Assembly on the world financial and economic crisis. What is his name?

    *  Abid Hussain
    *  Nirupam Sen
    *  Ronen Sen

On which of the following systems of Hindu Philosophy , Shankaracharya wrote commentary in 9th century AD?

    *  Sankhya
    *  Vaisheshika
    *  Yoga
    *  Uttarmimansa

Who is the author of the book “Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable”?

     *  L.K.Adwani
    *  Arundhati Roy
    *  Shobha De
    *  Vikram Seth

What is the national emblem of Spain?

    *  National Flag
    *  National Animal
    *  National Bird

Who defeated North Korea 7-0 in a group match in Football World Cup 2010?

    *  Portugal
    *  Chile
    *  Australia
    *  Uruguay

Jeetendra's first film as a hero was ________.

    *  Himmat Aur Mehnat
    *  Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne

The largest dune files are found in

    *  Middle East
    *  North Africa
    *  both (a) and (b)
    *  None of the above

Complete this title: 'Armour of God II: ______ '

    *  City Hunter
    *  Supercop
    *  Operation Eagle
    *  Operation Condor

On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?

    *   Raj Kapoor
    *   Dada Saheb
    *   Meena Kumari
    *   Amitabh Bachchan

In which decade was the Internet first implemented?

    *  1960s
    *  1980s
    *  1940s
    *  1950s

The first step to getting output from a laser is to excite an active medium. What is this process called?

    *  Pumping
    *  Exciting
    *  Priming
    *  Raising

What is the name of the first tri services Joint exercise of Indian Armed Forces conducted in 2009 ?

    *  Tiranga I
    *  Sangam
    *  Madad II

When was the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) formed?

    *  1985
    *  1982
    *  1986
    *  1987

The enzyme in whose presence glucose and fructose are converted into alcohol is

    *  Diastase
    *  Maitase
    *  Invertase
    *  Zymase

At what stage are more nutrients essentially required in cereal crops?

    *   Growth stage of plants
    *  Formation of leaves
    *  Panicle initiation
    *  Maturity of crops

India’s per capita net availability of food grains per day is:

    *  454 gms
    *  285 gms
    *  621 gms
    *  438 gms

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

    *  The president of India can dissolve the council of states
    *  Money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha
    *  The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha
    *  The Governor can be removed by the president

White coal is—

    *  Uranium
    *  Hydro-electricity
    *  Diamond
    *  Ice

Which one of the following is a vector?

    *  Kinetic energy
    *  Pressure
    *  Rate of change of momentum
    *  Density

What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name?

    *  Bowden
    *  Taylor
    *  Smith
    *  Kennedy

For which screen play did Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald get credit?

    *  Three Amigos
    *  Three Comrades
    *  Three Musketeers
    *  Three Kings

Which river is the source of the Shivasamudram falls?

•     Damodar

•     Sipra

•     Mahanadi

•     Cauvery

Indusind Bank is controlled by business group?

•     Hinduja

•     Aditya Birla Group

•     Kotak Mahindra

•     ICICI

Who has been appointed as India's first woman finance secretary?

•      Sushma Nath

•     Chokila Iyer

•     Kavita Choudhry

•     Arundhati Ghosh

Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact? (July 2011)

•     Luke Mckend

•     Tiger Tyagarajan

•     K.Vijay Kumar .

•     Tom Mockridge

Jesse Owens Global Award is given in the field of

•     Sports

•     Literature

•     Journalism

•     Science

What is the source of Brahamputra River?

    *  Mount Kailash in Tibet
    *  Mansarovar lake in Tibet
    *  Gangotri Glacier

Padish-nama gives detail about the times of which of the following Mughal Emperor?

    *  Babur
    *  Jahanagir
    *  Shah Jahan

According to a latest report (8 June 2009) on global trends of office spaces by real estate consultant CB Richard Ellis, which among the following is the world’s most expensive city for office space?

    *  Tokyo
    *  New York
    *  London

What is the per capita income in real terms (at 1999-2000 prices) during 2008-09 is (estimated by CSO) (last year it was 24, 295)

    *  Rs. 25,661
    *  Rs. 25,494
    *  Rs. 25,115 5

In a black hole________?

    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed
    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed except green and blue
    *  All wavelengths of light are absorbed except blue and red

Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia Pestis bacterium ?

* Hepatitis B
* Measles
* Tetanus
* Plague

Who declared as his ultimate aim the wiping of every tear from every eye ?

    *  Sardar Patel
    *  Jawahar Lal Nehru
    *  Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Which freedom fighter was popularly known as ‘Lokpriya’ ?

    *  Gopinath Bordoloi
    *  Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    *  Chittaranjan Das
    *  Jayaprakash Narain

Which two teams made it to the final of the IPL season 4?

    *  Deccan Chargers & Mumbai Indians
    *  Rajasthan Royals & Kolkata Knight Riders
    *  Chennai Super Kings & Royal Challengers Bangalore
    *  Chennai Super Kings & Kolkata Knight Riders

Which wood is normally used to make the Cricket bats ?

•     Oak
•     Teak
•     Willow
•     Walnut

In 1913, at which American city did Lala Har Dayal found the ‘Ghadar Party’ ?

    *  Boston
    *  California
    *  Philadelphia
    *  San Francisco

The Australian Climate Commission warned that the world’s sea levels could increase by _ the end of the 21st Century.

    *  1 Metre.
    *  2 Metres.
    *  3 Metres.
    *  4 Metres.

Where did Edwin Hubble die?

    *  San Marino
    *  Portland
    *  Pasadena
    *  San Fernando

Which story by O. Henry deals with kidnappers who find the kidnapped boy a nuisance and want to return him with money?

    *  The Cop and the Anthem
    *  The Duplicity of Hargraves
    *  Christmas by Injunction
    *  The Ransom of Red Chief

What was the result of Pakistan versus Bangladesh match on 31 May 1999 in Cricket World Cup 1999?

    *  Pakistan won by 10 wickets
    *  Pakistan won by 245 runs
    *  Pakistan won by 161 runs
    *  Banglaresh won by 62 runs

The vital constituent of blood that helps in clotting is

    *  Platelets
    *  Plasma
    *  Haemoglobin
    *  Serum

The greatest variety of animal and plant species is found in

    *  temperate grasslands
    *  tropical moist forests
    *  tundra regions
    *  in hot deserts

Depreciation is equal to

    *  Gross national product - Net national product
    *  Net national Product - Gross national product
    *  Gross national product - personal income
    *  Personal Income - personal taxes

The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is

    *  Borneo
    *  Malagasy
    *  New Guinea
    *  Sumatra

Which of the following describe correctly the Group of Seven Countries (G-7)?

    *  They are developing countries
    *   They are industrialised countries
    *   They are holding Atomic Bomb technology
    *   They are countries who can launch their own satellites

According to Dalton's atomic theory, the smallest particle which can exist independently is

    *  a molecule
    *  a cation
    *  an anion
    *  an atom

The Indian delegation to the first World Conference on Human Rights was led by

    *   Dr. Manmohan Singh
    *  Farooq Abdullah
    *   Dinesh singh
    *  Alam Khan

The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of

    *  Pakistan
    *  Indonesia
    *  Bangladesh
    *   India

The molecule which has the highest percentage of ionic character among the following is

    *  HI
    *  HF
    *  HCI
    *  HBr

Point A is at a lower electrical potential than point B. An electron between them on the line joining them will

    *  move towards A
    *  move towards B
    *  move at right angles to the line joining A and B
    *  remain at rest

The river Sabari is a tributary to ________ river.

•     Penna
•     Kaveri
•     Godavari
•     Krishna

World Sanskrit Book Fair 2011 was held in which City ?

•     New Delhi

•     Gujarat

•     Bangalore

•     Ahmedabad

The UN charter was finalized at ___ and become effective on ___ .

•     San Francisco, 24th October, 1945
•     Dumbarton Oaks, 5th March, 1944
•     Yalta, 2nd February, 1945
•     Teheran, 24th October, 1943

The "Emerging Player of the Year 2008" award was given by ICC to which Sri Lankan cricketer?

•     Ajantha Mendis

•     Muttiah Mulitharan

•     C. Kapugedera

•     M. Mahroof

What did Erno Rubik invent in 1975?

•     The Rubik cube
•     Dice
•     Digital Camera
•     Phone

Who among the following is Wisden Leading Cricketer of the word 2008?

    *  Virendra Sehwag
    *  Irfan Pathan
    *  M S Dhoni

Recently Reserve Bank of India said that it intends to introduce polymer notes in the country. Which country in the world is first to introduce such plastic notes?

    *  United States
    *  Germany
    *  Australia

Which among the following is known as 'power house of India'?

    *  Rajasthan
    *  Maharastra
    *  North East India Collectively
    *  Uttar Pradesh and Uttranchal Collectively

Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in

    *  4.3 seconds
    *  4.3 minutes
    *  43 minutes
    *  4.3 years

Which body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO?

    *   The Security Council
    *  International Court of Justice
    *  Trusteeship Council
    *  Secretariat

Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with ‘Fundamental Rights’ ?

    *  Part I
    *  Part II
    *  Part III
    *  Part IV

Who is the author of the book 'The Future of Freedom'?

    *  Richard Wolfee
    *  Peter Hudson
    *  Tamara Lipper
    *  Fareed Zakaria

The information and broadcasting ministry endorsed/okayed the recommendation by TRAI to enhance foreign direct investment (FDI) ceiling for direct to home TV, Internet protocol TV and teleport from 49% to _%.

    *  70%
    *   74%
    *  75%
    *  78%

Radiocarbon is produced in the atmosphere as a result of

    *   collision between fast neutrons and nitrogen nuclei present in the atmosphere
    *   action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen
    *  action of solar radiations particularly cosmic rays on carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere
    *   lightning discharge in atmosphere

Which story first brought fame to Mark Twain?

    *  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    *  The Innocents Abroad
    *  The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County
    *  David Copperfield

Isotopes of an element contain

    *   the same number of protons but different number of neutrons
    *  the same number of neutrons but different number of protons
    *  equal number of protons and electrons
    *  equal number of nucleons

What was George Orwell’s real name?

    *  Eric Arthur Blair
    *  Michael Marian Morrison
    *  James Hadley Chase
    *  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for Konakan Railway Project?

    *  Kerala
    *  Tamil Nadu
    *  Gujarat
    *  Andhra Pradesh

What George Pullman invented?

    *  Sleeping (railway) car
    *   Airship
    *  Box car (railway)
    *  Air brakes

What is the national fruit of China?

     *  Apricot
    *  Kiwifruit
    *  Avocado
    *  Pomegranate

A powerful eye irritant present in smog is

    *  nitric oxide
    *  sulphar dioxide
    *  peroxyacetyl nitrate
    *  carbon dioxide

60° is equal to

    *  Î /3 radians
    *  2Î /3 radians
    *  3/Π radians
    *  3Î /2 radians

Calorie value is the least of the following materials -

    *  Coal gas
    *   Producer gas
    *  Steam fiery gas
    *  Oil gas

Calorie value is the least of the following materials -

    *  Coal gas
    *   Producer gas
    *  Steam fiery gas
    *  Oil gas

What would be the expenditure in 30 days at the rate of 50 paise per unit, if a bulb of 100 W is used five hours per day?

•   Rs. 10.50

•   Rs. 8.50

•   Rs. 7.50

•   Rs. 9.50

Who was Second Indian swimmer to qualify for 2012 London Olympics ?

•     César Cielo

•     Virdhawal Khade

•     Amaury Leveaux

•     Eamon Sullivan

The book "Unto the Last" which influenced Gandhiji, was written by?

•     Pushkin

•     Ruskin Bond

•     John Ruskin

•     Stalin

What is the approximate playing time of full version of 'Jana Gana Mana', the National Anthem of India ?

•     42 seconds

•     52 seconds

•     62 seconds

•     72 seconds

In which one the following places is the Shompen tribe found?

•     Spiti Valley

•     Nicobar Islands

•     Nilgiri Hills

•     Lakshadweep Islands

First organic chemical to be synthesized in laboratory?

•     Urea

•     Oxalic acid

•     Citric acid

•     Phosphoric acid

Which teams players refuse to train during Football World Cup 2010?

•     Uruguay
•     France
•     Honduras
•     Italy

The Kerala Institute of Local Administration is situated in which among the following district ?

•    Thrissur

•     kottayam

•     Kasargod

•     Kannur

Which of the following is NOT a type of silicate structure?

    *  sheet silicate
    *   single-chain silicate
    *  double chain silicate
    *   Mobyus strip silicate

Bowen’s Reaction Series illustrates relations between:

    *  temperature, viscosity, and mineral composition
    *  temperature, chemical composition, and mineral structure
    *  viscosity, temperature, silica content, and volatile content
    *  temperature, pressure, and viscosity

Which of the following minerals will weather most rapidly at Earth's surface?

    *  olivine
    *  quartz
    *  kaolinite
    *  biotite

A rockfall occurs when:

    *  soil and debris move downlsope as a viscous fluid
    *  rock layers are displace slowly downslope year after year
    *  a block of bedrock breaks off and falls freely from a cliff
    *  none of these

The average thickness of the crust is:

    *  10-12 km.
    *  30-50 km.
    *  100-150 km.
    *  1 km.

Terrigenous sediment in the ocean:

    *  is derived from erosion of the continents.
    *  is derived from volcanic eruptions.
    *  is composed of shells of microscopic organisms.
    *  is precipitated from seawater.

Who among the following was the Prime Minister of India when Mandal Commission was Constituted?

    *  Indira Gandhi
    *  Morarji Desai
    *  Rajiv Gandhi
    *  V P Singh

India and the United States recently agreed to move ahead towards Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty. Which among the following statements is NOT correct regarding this treaty ?

    *  This treaty prohibits the further production of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium
    *  This treaty does not prevent the production of fuel-grade uranium and plutonium
    *  This treaty covers Uranium , Plutonium and Thorium as Fissile Materials

Which line marks the boundary of the zone where the Sun never sets during June solstice and never rises during December Solstice?

    *  Antarctic Circle
    *  Arctic Circle
    *  Tropic of Cancer

Out of Earth, Saturn , Jupiter and Mars which takes maximum time to revolve around Sun?

    *  Jupiter
    *  Saturn
    *  Mars

In which season do we need more fat?

    *  Rainy season
    *  Spring
    *  Winter
    *  Summer

Ricky Ponting is also known as what?

    *  The Rickster
    *  Ponts
    *  Ponter
    *  Punter

Which river is believed to be the daughter of the Mountain King, Himavat?

    *  Krishna
    *  Ganga
    *  Godavari
    *  Kaveri

AOL stands for...

    *  Arranged Outer Line
    *  America Over LAN
    *  Audio Over LAN
    *  America Online

Who gets the Dronacharya Award?

    *  Best Wrestler
    *  Best Batsman
    *  Best Tennis Player
    *  Best Coach

The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in

    *  1957
    *  1955
    *  1967
    *  1970

Large astronomical telescopes always use as objective

    *  lens
    *  mirror
    *  combinations of lenses
    *  None of the above

The playground of lawn tennis is called

    *  court
    *  ring
    *  arena
    *  rink

The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called

    *  salinisation
    *  gleisation
    *  calcification
    *  podsolisation

If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will______?

    *  Increase
    *  Decrease
    *  Remain unaffected
    *  Increase for males and decrease for females

The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about

    *  9600 km above the earth's surface
    *  8000 km above the earth's surface
    *  64,000 km above the earth's surface
    *  None of the above

The major crops found in Sudan are

    *   rice, barley, bananas, cocoa
    *  maize, cotton, bananas, groundnut
    *  bajra, oats, tobacco
    *   wool, wine, jute

What is the name of world’s first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?

    *  Eka
    *  Tesla
    *  Param
    *  Deep Blue

When was Alexander Pope born?

    *  14 March 1751
    *  21 May 1688
    *  11 November 1650
    *  12 December 1700

Who founded the ‘Pushti Marg’ (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ?

* Adi Shankaracharya
* Nimbarkacharya
* Ramanujacharya
* Vallabhacharya

What did Edwin Hubble study at Oxford?

    *  Physics
    *  Law
    *  Biology
    *  Chemistry
 

On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, situated ?

    *  Tapti
    *  Narmada
    *  Subarnarekha
    *  Hooghly

Which group’s motto is ‘Be Prepared’?

•     Palestine Labour Organisation

•     The Indian Army

•     The Scouts

•     Green Peace

Name the jyotirlinga that is located in Tamil Nadu ?

•     Rameswaram

•     Tryambakeshwar

•     Mahakaleshwar

•     Kedarnath

He was placed on a filthy elephant and paraded through the streets of the capital in chains and Aurangazeb declared him as a threat to Islam. Who was he?

    *  Murad Baksh
    *  Dara Shikoh
    *  Shah Shuja

A barchan is an example of ___________?

    *  A Rock
    *  A Dune
    *  An erg or Sand sea

In the Indian History which period is called as a Golden Age of Architecture?

    *  Mughal Period
    *  Sultanate Period
    *  British period

Which among the following organizations is the apex body in cooperative sector and deals in procurement , distribution, export and import of selected agricultural commodities?

    *  NAFED
    *  NABARD
    *  SIDBI

In which year New Telecom Policy was announced?

    *  1992
    *  1999
    *  2001

When was O. Henry born?

    *  14 April 1865
    *  11 September 1862
    *  2 January 1870
    *  3 June 1868

In which Indian city was the world's first fingerprint bureau established, in 1897 ?

    *  Shimla
    *  Kolkata
    *  Chennai
    *  Mumbai

Which museum was designed by George Witter, was formerly known as Prince of Wales Museum?

    *  Mahatma Gandhi Sanghralaya
    *  Veermata Sanghralaya
    *  Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya
    *  Dr. Ambedkar Sanghralaya

For red colour, compounds of which among the following elements is commonly used in fireworks ?

    *  Barium
    *  Sodium
    *  Manganese
    *  Strontium

Hydrogen is used instead of Helium to fill balloons for meteorology because

    *  of its low density
    *  It is not very reactive under normal conditions
    *  It is almost insoluble in water
    *  It can be prepared easily

Who were third in Football World Cup 1930?

    *  USA
    *  Czechoslovakia
    *  France
    *  Russia

India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the semi finals of the ICC World Cup 2011 played at Mohali. Who was declared man of the match of the high powered game?

    *   Saeed Ajmal
    *  Sachin Tendulkar
    *   Munaf Patel
    *  Wahab Riaz

What is the order of c4 plants?

    *  Sugarcane - Maize - Sudan grass - Bajra
    *  Sugarcane - Cotton - Paddy - Maize
    *  Sudan grass - Sugarcane - Paddy - Bajra
    *  Cotton - Maize - Bajra - Sugarcane

The instrument used to measure electric current is

    *  ammeter
    *  electrometer
    *  galvanometer
    *  spectrometer

The smallest functional and structural unit of kidney is called as -

    *  Neuron
    *  Nephron
    *  Granulocyte
    *  Reticulocyte

Name the country whose supercomputer Tianhe-1 has overtaken the United States’ Jaguar system to gain the top spot as the world’s fastest computer.

    *  Israel
    *  France
    *  Japan
    *  China

The heat energy produced when the human body metabolises 1 gram of fat is

    *  30 KJ
    *  1 KJ
    *  39 KJ
    *  29 KJ

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

    *  Sodium
    *  Protein
    *  Iodine
    *  Vitamin D

The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is

    *   Dr. J.C. Bose
    *   Dr. C. V. Raman
    *   Dr. Vickram Sarabhai
    *   Dr. H. J. Bhabha

Which sector is the biggest contributor to India’s GDP ?

    *  Agriculture
    *  Industry
    *  Services
    *  All contribute equally

Prokaryotic cells lack

    *  nucleolus
    *  nuclear membrane
    *  membrane bound by organelles
    *  All of these

What ball was used in Football World Cup 2010?

    *  Cavadini
    *  Jabulani
    *  Nimbupani
    *  Sodapani

Who was the first Minister for divestment under NDA government ?

•     Atal Bihari Vajpayee
•     Arun Shourie
•     Arun Jaitley
•     Sharad Pawar

Who is the director of movie "Slumdog Millionaire (2008)" ?

•     Danny Boyle

•     A. R. Murugadoss

•     Mahesh Manjrekar

•     Biju Viswanath

The term 16 yards hit is associated with

•     Polo
•     Hockey
•     Baseball
•     Badminton

Who was the hero of the novel "Indulekha"?

•     Hannah Mullens.
•     Rokeya Hossein.
•     R. Krishnamurthy.
•     Madhavan

In which of the following amendment acts of the constitution two articles were added in the constitution to incorporate Administrative Tribunals?

    *  42nd amendment act
    *  44th amendment act
    *  46th amendment act
    *  49th amendment act

Which county is depicted in the novels of Thomas Hardy?

    *  Essex
    *  Wessex
    *  Sussex
    *  Surrey

Who bets that the world can be tranvelled in eighty days in Around the World in Eighty Days?

    *  Phileas Fogg
    *  Passepartout
    *  Rather More
    *  Sherlock Holmes

An ancient cave containing a mural of 55 panels on the life of Buddha has been recently discovered at

    *  Sanchi
    *  Bodh Gaya
    *  Mustang (Nepal)
    *  Lhasa

Who is the highest wicket taker in Test cricket?

    *  Shane Warne
    *   Brian Lara
    *   Courtney Walsh
    *   Muttiah Muralitharan

The increased level of the bilirubin in the blood leads to which disease ?

    *  Malaria
    *  Jaundice
    *  Dengue
    *  Diabetes

Which country is known as Suomi?

    *  France
    *  Finland
    *  Italy
    *  Norway

Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?

    *  Erie Canal
    *   Indira Gandhi Canal
    *  Panama Canal
    *  Suez Canal

First share market in India was established in—

•     Chennai

•     Kolkata

•     Mumbai

•     Delhi

Jeevan Reddy Committee is related to

•     Illegal mining

•     Armed Forces Special Power Act

•     Environmental Impact Assessment

•     None of these

Yukiya Amano is the newly elected Director General of

•     NATO

•     IAEA

•     WIPO

•     UNESCO

Which sea is to the north of Venezuela?

•     North Sea

•     Caribbean Sea

•     Aleutian Sea

•     White Sea

How many stars are there on the flag of Venezuela?

•     Twelve

•     Ten

•     Eight

•     Six

In whose honour is the Teachers' Day has been celebrated in India?

•     Swami Vivekananda

•     Dr. S Radhakrishnan

•     Rabindranath Tagore

•     Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

What is the S. I. unit of magnetic flux density?

    *  Gauss
    *  Tesla
    *  Oersted
    *  Weber

The first all-India president of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and editor of the Chintha Publishers of the CPI(M) in Kerala breathed his last on 9 April 2011. Name the person being referred to.

    *   ONV Kurup
    *   C. Bhaskaran
    *   A A Rahim
    *   K V Sumesh

What is NAT?

    *   Network Address Translation
    *   Network Administration Tool
    *   Novell Address Transfer
    *   Newly Added Technology

Which one among the following States has the largest amount of coal reserves in India?

    *  Andhra Pradesh
    *  Chhattisgarh
    *  Jharkhand
    *  Orissa

The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is

    *  foliation
    *  lineation
    *  lithification
    *  the reorientation of mineral crystals

Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?

    *  Zakir Hussain
    *   Rajendra Prasad
    *  Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
    *  V.V.Giri

The length of the tropical years (the time interval between successive occurrences of the spring equinox) is decreasing very slowly as a result of

    *  small, progressive changes in the earth's rotational speed
    *  small, progressive change in earth's orbit around the sun
    *  both (a) and (b)
    *  None of the above

In which year did Rabindranath Tagore surrender the knighthood as a protest against Jallianwallabagh massacre?

    *  1919
    *  1924
    *  1935
    *  1939

Who has been named as the honorary ambassador for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil ?

•     Pele

•     Bernard Emié

•     Jaime Nualart

•     Hermine Poppeller

Which country is also known as the 'Rainbow Nation' ?

•     South Africa
•     Switzerland
•     Australia
•     Japan

Who claimed the men's 50-meter butterfly in a time of 23.10 seconds to win gold on 25 July 2011 at the 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai?

•     Cesar Cielo

•     Geoff Huegill

•     Matthew Targett

•     Dale Oen

Who is the Author of the book,Amitabh- the Making of the Superstar?

    *  Tushar Raheja
    *   Vijay Singhvi
    *  Susmita Das Gupta
    *  Raj Kamal Jha

The First Industry to develop in India was the-

    *  Cottage Industry
    *   Cement Industry
    *   Iron and Steel industry
    *  Engineering Industry

How often are the Summer Olympics held?

    *   Every two years
    *   Every four years
    *  Every eight years

Which among the following is the winner of Miss Universe 2008 ?

    *  Riyo Mori
    *  Zhang Zilin
    *  Dayana Mendoza

Who is the founder of 'Fashion TV'?

    *  Kris Adam
    *   Michel Adam
    *   Michel Gondry

What snakes eat other snakes?

    *  King Cobra
    *  Carpet python
    *  Anaconda

What are Fold Mountains?

    *  A part of the crust is pushed up between two faults.
    *  Magma bulges up beneath the crust to raise domes.
    *  Plates crunch into one another and push up layers of crust.

Who monitors Project Feeder Watch?

    *  World Wildlife Fund
    *  Audobon Society
    *  Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    *  Sierra Club

Germany on 30 May announced its plan to shut its nuclear plants by the year__.

•     2022

•     2040

•     2045

•     2050

In the film 'Akayla', which movie is the police officer Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) watching when he realizes that Braganza (Keith Stevenson) has a twin brother?

    *  Ram Aur Shyam
    *  Seeta Aur Geeta
    *  Chalbaaz
    *  Kishen Kanhaiya

What process caused the greatest number of fatalities during the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake?

    *  Great chasms opened in the Earth and swallowed people whole.
    *  Large objects (like buildings and highway overpasses) fell on people.
    *  Fires erupted following the earthquake, trapping many people in burning buildings.
    *  City sewer systems failed causing epidemics of diseases like cholera and typhoid.

The Sierra Nevada mountains formed as a result of:

    *  continent-continent convergence.
    *  ocean-continent convergence.
    *  ocean-ocean convergence.
    *  none of these.

Along with NIC National Informatics center , the government had asked which of the IITs to work on the E-passport project?

    *  IIT Kharagpur
    *  IIT Kanpur
    *  IIT Delhi

The current financial slowdown which has been termed as the great Depression initiated from US. In which of the following sectors of the US economy the slowdown affected most?

    *  Agro Sector
    *  Auto Sector
    *  Banking & Finance Sector

The current financial slowdown which has been termed as the great Depression initiated from US. In which of the following sectors of the US economy the slowdown affected most?

    *  Agro Sector
    *  Auto Sector
    *  Banking & Finance Sector

Which of the following is a correct full form of EBITDA ?

    *  earnings before interest, tax, depreciation adjustment
    *  earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization
    *  earnings before income tax , depreciation and amortization

Which among the following is a correct definition of Fiscal Deficit ?

    *  Excess of total expenditure over total receipts
    *  Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings
    *  Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings and payments

Which among the following are considered essential for the realization of the highest good of India’s citizens?

    *  Fundamental Rights
    *  Fundamental Duties
    *  Directive principles of state policy

Which amendment made a declaration of Emergency immune from Judicial Review?

    *  42nd
    *  44th
    *  46th

Ms. Irene Zubaida Khan is related to which of the following agencies?

    *  Amnesty International
    *  SAARC
    *  International Red Cross Society

Which among the following programs is being run in all districts of the nation?

    *  Navodaya Vidyalaya
    *  UMPP
    *  Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan

Allah rakha khan is famous for which musical instrument?

•     Sarod

•     Tabla

•     Flute

•     Sitar

Khartoum is the capital of which country ?

•     Balochistan

•     Sudan

•     Iran

•     Japan

In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?

•     Zurich (Switzerland)

•     London (United Kingdom)

•     Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

•     Lausanne (Switzerland)

What is the currency of Venezuela?

•     Bolivar
•     Dollar
•     Guilder
•     Escuda

UKAI multi-purpose project is in the state of

•     Gujrat

•     Maharastra

•     Bihar

•     Haryana

What is CD Ratio in Banking Industry?

    *  Cash Deposit Ratio
    *  Credit Debit Ratio
    *  Credit Deposit Ratio
    *  Cash Debt Ratio

Which Indian actor anchored the serial 'Hum Log'?

     *  Anupam Kher
    *  Om Prakash
    *  Ashok Kumar
    *  Amitabh Bachchan

When were Goa, Diu and Daman annexed into the Indian Union ?

    *  1947 A.D.
    *  1961 A.D.
    *  1951 A.D.
    *  1954 A.D.

Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857 ?

    *  Lord Dalhousie
    *  Lord Canning
    *   Lord Northbrook
    *  Lord Auckland

When did Jonathan Swift die?

    *  19 October 1745
    *  1 August 1748
    *  22 May 1750
    *  15 March 1752

The winter Olympics came into being in

    *  1912
    *  1924
    *  1920
    *  1916

Which Industry Body proposed setting up of National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH) to engage higher educational institutions with the industry in order to produce quality engineering graduates and meet increasing requirement of skilled hands in the marke

    *  Food Corporation of India
    *   Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
    *  Biotechnology Council of India
    *  Confederation of Indian Industries

According to the NASA experts, a giant asteroid is heading close the earth. What is the name of that asteroid?

    *  YU55
    *  UY55
    *  YU45
    *  UY 45

IMF is the result of

* Hawana Conference
* Rome Conference
* Brettonwood Conference
* Geneva Conference

At which one of the following places did Gautama Buddha attain Par nirvana?

    *  Bodhgaya
    *  Kushinagar
    *  Rajgir
    *  Shravasti

How many days can the Aonla be kept in salt solution?

    *  15 days
    *  30 days
    *  60 days
    *  75 days

All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

    *  hackers.
    *  spam.
    *  viruses.
    *  identity theft.

Under the head 'Informatics in Agriculture' which institute has developed Grape Expert System, Cabbage Pest Expert System?

    *  National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management(MANAGE), Hyderbad
    *  Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Banglore
    *  Indian Agriculture Research Institute(IARI), New Delhi
    *  Centre for Informetics Research and Advancement , Kerala(AGREX)

The process of capture of precipitation by the plant canopy and its subsequent return to the atmosphere is called

    *  sublimation
    *  stem flow
    *  interception
    *  through fall