1. In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is
a) 15 trillion
b) 20 trillion
c) 25 trillion
d) 30 trillion
2. INS Venduruthy is located at
a) Kochi
b) Mumbai
c) Lonavla
d) Jamnagar
3. In which season do we need more fat?
a) Spring
b) Winter
c) Summer
d) Rainy season
4. How much districts are there in Punjab?
a) 14
b) 16
c) 22
d) 21
5. India participated in Olympics Hockey in
a) 1918
b) 1928
c) 1938
d) 1948
6. In August, 1996 at Kolar(near Bangalore), India made successful test flights of Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) named
a) Arjun
b) Nishant
c) Lakshya
d) Vijayanta
7. IDA stands for
a) Indian Development Agency
b) Industrial Development Analyses
c) International Development Agency
d) None of the above
8. Indira Gandhi was assassinated in
a) 1974
b) 1984
c) 1994
d) 2004
9. India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in Rajasthan took place in
a) 1984
b) 1974
c) 1964
d) 1954
10. How many players are there on each side in the game of Basketball?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7
11. In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest?
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955
12. India's first fast breeder neutron reactor was
a) Purnima-I
b) Zerlina
c) Apsara
d) Kamini
13. India's first atomic power station was set up at
a) Surat (Gujarat)
b) Tarapur (Maharashtra)
c) Solapur (Maharashtra)
d) Trombay (Maharashtra)
14. How many Ergs are there in 1 joule?
a) 102
b) 104
c) 106
d) 107
15. In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met at Teheran primarily
a) to work out a common line of action against Japan
b) for creating an effective instrument for maintaining international peace
c) to discuss the strategy to be adopted by the Allies to invade Germany
d) to consider a common plan of action by the Allies forces against the axis powers
16. GNLF stands for
a) Gross National Liberation Form
b) Gorkha National Liberation Front
c) Both option A and B
d) None of the above
17. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in
a) increased height
b) weakening of bones
c) retarded growth
d) None of the above
18. Fa-Hien was
a) the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
b) the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
c) the first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China
d) None of the above
19. In which year of First World War Germany declared war on Russia and France?
a) 1914
b) 1915
c) 1916
d) 1917
20. ICAO stands for
a) Indian Corporation of Agriculture Organization
b) Institute of Company of Accounts Organization
c) International Civil Aviation Organization
d) None of the above
21. Hundred year war was fought between
a) France and England
b) Civil war in England
c) Greek and Persian forces
d) None of the above
22. In which of the following pairs, the two substances forming the pair are chemically most dissimilar?
a) Sugar and paper
b) Chalk and marble
c) Butter and paraffin wax
d) Charcoal and diamond
23.India's Integrated Missiles Development Programme was started in ____ under the chairmanship of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
a) 1979-80
b) 1980-81
c) 1981-82
d) 1982-83
24. INS Agrani (Petty Officers' School) is situated at
a) Lonavla
b) Coimbatore
c) Mumbai
d) Jamnagar
25. Hybridization is
a) decayed vegetable matter
b) a process of tilling the land
c) cross-fertilization between two varieties
d) downward movement of water through soil
26.If force is expressed in Newton and the distance in metre, then the work done is expressed in
a) Joule
b) Kg wt m
c) Kg wt
d) Watt
27. How many teeth does a normal adult dog have?
a) 32
b) 34
c) 38
d) 42
28. How many red blood cells does the bone marrow produce every second?
a) 5 million
b) 7 million
c) 10 million
d) 12 million
29. How many times has Brazil won the World Cup Football Championship?
a) Once
b) Twice
c) Four times
d) Five times
30. If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight of the body
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains unchanged
d) may decrease or increase
31. How much of blood does the normal human heart on each of its contraction pump into the arteries?
a) 30 cm3
b) 40 cm3
c) 50 cm3
d) 60 cm3
32. Hygrometer is used to measure
a) purity of milk
b) relative humidity
c) specific gravity of liquid
d) None of the above
33. India became a member of the United Nations in
a) 1945
b) 1947
c) 1959
d) 1960
34. India has
a) largest turmeric production
b) largest tea production
c) largest ginger production
d) All of the above
35. India's first indigenously built submarine was
a) INS Delhi
b) INS Vibhuti
c) INS Shalki
d) INS Savitri
36. India's first Technicolor film ____ in the early 1950s was produced by ____
a) 'Mirza Ghalib', Sohrab Modi
b) 'Mirza Ghalib', Munshi Premchand
c) 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sir Syed Ahmed
d) 'Jhansi Ki Rani', Sohrab Modi
37. India has largest deposits of ____ in the world.
a) copper
b) gold
c) mica
d) None of the above
38. How many Lok Sabha seats belong to Rajasthan?
a) 33
b) 25
c) 31
d) 18
39. India's first satellite is named after
a) Aryabhatta
b) Bhaskara II
c) Bhaskara I
d) Barahmihir
40. India's first atomic reactor was
a) Apsara
b) Kamini
c) Zerlina
d) Dhruva
41. In which world cup cricket final, Australia beat England?
a) 1983, Lord's - England
b) 1987, Kolkata - India
c) 1992, Melbourne - Australia
d) 1996, Lahore - Pakistan
42. India is the ____ grower of pulses.
a) largest
b) smallest
c) appropriate for national need
d) None of the above
43. In cricket, a run taken when the ball passes the batsman without touching his bat or body is called.
a) leg bye
b) bosie
c) bye
d) drive
44. How many non-permanent Security Council (UNO) members are from Afro-Asian countries?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 5
d) 15
45. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at
a) Kolkata
b) Trombay, Maharashtra
c) Kalpakkam, Chennai
d) Indore
46. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
a) Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
b) Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
c) Medicine in 1954, peace prize in 1962
d) Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
47.Free market is
a) a condition in the international market where nations do not impose customs duty or other taxes on import of goods
b) market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand
c) ports that are exempted from payment of customs duty on articles of commerce, primarily to encourage tourism
d) None of the above
48. East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of
a) Europe
b) asia
c) South America
d) Africa
49. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the
a) centrifugal force
b) force of adhesion
c) force of friction
d) force of cohesion
50. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
a) founded the servants of India Society
b) served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1907
c) started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune
d) All of the above
51. Fathometer is used to measure
a) Rainfall
b) Ocean depth
c) Sound intensity
d) Earthquakes
52. For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?
a) Lead
b) Aluminium
c) copper
d) zinc
53. Economic goods are
a) Commodities that is available according to their deman
b) Commodities that is available more as compared to demand
c) all commodities that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand
d) None of the above
54.For purifying drinking water alum is used
a) for coagulation of mud particles
b) to remove gases
c) to kill bacteria
d) to remove salts
55. Hockey was introduced in the Asian Games in
a) 1966 in Bangkok
b) 1958 in Tokyo
c) 1962 in Jakarta
d) 1970 in Bangkok
56. For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are
a) 27 m x 16 m
b) 28 m x 15 m
c) 26 m x 14 m
d) 28 m x 16 m
57. Federation Cup, World Cup, Allywyn International Trophy and Challenge Cup are awarded to winners of
a) Basketball
b) Tennis
c) Cricket
d) Volleyball
58. Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on
a) June 8
b) June 18
c) May 8
d) May 18
59.Famous sculptures depicting art of love built some time in 950 AD - 1050 AD are
a) Konark Temple
b) Khajuraho temples
c) Mahabalipuram temples
d) Sun temple
60. Gravity setting chambers are used in industries to remove
a) NOx
b) SOx
c) co
d) suspended particulate matter
61. Who amongst the following had called Rabindranath Tagore as THE GREAT SENTINEL?
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
62. Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's
a) highest railway station
b) longest railway station
c) largest railway station
d) None of the above
63. Entomology is the science that studies
a) The origin and history of technical and scientific terms
b) Behavior of human beings
c) Insects
d) The formation of rocks
64. Eritrea, which became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993, is in the continent of
a) Africa
b) Australia
c) Europe
d) asia
65. Garampani sanctuary is located at
a) Gangtok, Sikkim
b) Kohima, Nagaland
c) Diphu, Assam
d) Junagarh, Gujarat
66. Ecology deals with
a) Cell formation
b) Birds
c) Relation between organisms and their environment
d) Tissues
67. Filaria is caused by
a) Protozoa
b) Mosquito
c) Virus
d) Bacteria
68. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) was established in
a) 1955
b) 1956
c) 1957
d) 1958
69. DRDL stands for
a) Defence Research and Development Laboratary
b) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratary
c) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
d) None of the above
70. Who was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army ?
a) Gen. K.M. Cariappa
b) Gen. Maharaja Rajendra Singhji
c) Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
d) None of the above
71. Guarantee to an exporter that the importer of his goods will pay immediately for the goods ordered by him, is known as
a) Letter of Credit (L/C)
b) inflation
c) laissezfaire
d) None of the above
72. First Afghan War took place in
a) 1839
b) 1848
c) 1843
d) 1833
73. Gulf cooperation council was originally formed by.
a) Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
b) Second World Nations
c) Third World Nations
d) Fourth World Nations
74. First China War was fought between
a) China and Egypt
b) China and Greek
c) China and Britain
d) China and France
75. Dumping is
a) selling of goods abroad at a price well below the production cost at the home market price
b) the process by which the supply of a manufacture's product remains low in the domestic market, which
c) prohibited by regulations of GATT
d) All of the above
76. Guwahati High Court is the judicature of
a) Assam
b) Nagaland
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) All of the above
77. Friction can be reduced by changing from
a) rolling to sliding
b) sliding to rolling
c) dynamic to static
d) potential energy to kinetic energy
78. During eleventh Antarctic Expedition in Nov. 1991/March 1992 ____ was installed.
a) Second Permanent Station 'Maitree'
b) First permanent station 'Dakshin Gangotri'
c) SODAR (Sonic Detection And Ranging)
d) None of the above
79. From the following, choose the set in which names of Secretary-Generals of the UNO are arranged in correct chronological order?
a) Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjoeld, U Thant, Kurt Waldheim.
b) U Thant, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie, Kurt Waldheim.
c) U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Dag Hammarskjoeld, Trygve Lie
d) Trygve Lie, U Thant , Dag Hammarskjoeld, Kurt Waldheim.
80. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?
a) Taoism
b) Shintoism
c) Judaism
d) Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)n
81. Headquarters of UNO are situated at
a) Paris
b) Geneva
c) Haque (Netherlands)
d) New York, USA
82. First International Peace Congress was held in London in
a) 1564 AD
b) 1798 AD
c) 1843 AD
d) 1901 AD
83.For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is
a) periscope
b) telescope
c) kaleidoscope
d) spectroscope
84. Dr. Zakir Hussain was
a) first vice president of India
b) first speaker of Lok Sabha
c) the first Muslim president of India
d) first president of Indian National Congress
85. G-15 is an economic grouping of
a) First World Nations
b) Second World Nations
c) Third World Nations
d) Fourth World Nations
86.During World War II, when did Germany attack France?
a) 1940
b) 1941
c) 1942
d) 1943
87. Frederick Sanger is a twice recipient of the Nobel Prize for
a) Physics in 1956 and 1972
b) Chemistry in 1958 and 1980
c) Physics in 1903 and Chemistry in 1911
d) Chemistry in 1954 and Peace in 1962
88. The ozone layer restricts
a) X-rays and gamma rays
b) Visible light
c) Infrared radiation
d) Ultraviolet radiation
89. Eugenics is the study of
a) genetic of plants
b) different races of mankind
c) people of European origin
d) altering human beings by changing their genetic components
90. Euclid was
a) Greek mathematician
b) Propounded the geometrical theorems
c) Contributor to the use of deductive principles of logic as the basis of geometry
d) All of the above
91. For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
a) Literature, Peace and Economics
b) Physics and Chemistry
c) Physiology or Medicine
d) All of the above
92. Hitler party which came into power in 1933 is known as
a) Ku-Klux-Klan
b) Democratic Party
c) Labour Party
d) Nazi Party
93. FFC stands for
a) Federation of Football Council
b) Film Finance Corporation
c) Foreign Finance Corporation
d) None of the above
94. Fastest shorthand writer was
a) Dr. G. D. Bist
b) J.M. Tagore
c) Khudada Khan
d) J.R.D. Tata
95. Epsom (England) is the place associated with
a) Shooting
b) Horse racing
c) Polo
d) Snooker
96. Film and TV institute of India is located at
a) Pune (Maharashtra)
b) Pimpri (Maharashtra)
c) Perambur (Tamilnadu)
d) Rajkot (Gujarat)
97. Georgia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan became the members of UNO in
a) 1991
b) 1992
c) 1993
d) 1994
98. Guru Gobind Singh was
a) the 10th Guru of the Sikhs
b) founder of Khalsa, the inner council of the Sikhs in 1699
c) author of Dasam Granth
d) All the above
99. Hermann Scheer (Germany) received right Livelihood Award in 1999 for.
a) his long standing efforts to end the impunity of dictators
b) his indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide
c) showing that organic agriculture is a key to both environmental sustainability and food security
d) None of the above
100. Germany signed the Armistice Treaty on ____ and World War I ended
a) May 30, 1918
b) February 15, 1918
c) November 11, 1918
d) January 19, 1918