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What is the currency of Netherlands ?

  1. Guilder

  2. Rouble

  3. Franc

  4. Peso


Correct Option: A

The 'Year of India in Russia' is associated with the year

  1. 2008

  2. 2009

  3. 2010

  4. 2011


Correct Option: B

A minister, who is not a member of the Legislative Assembly, is required to obtain the people's verdict in his favour in a by-election within

  1. one month

  2. three months

  3. six months

  4. 15 days


Correct Option: C

Who is founder of Maratha?

  1. Shivaji

  2. D. S . Deshmukh

  3. Tipu Sulatan

  4. None


Correct Option: A

Samresh Jung is associated with which of the following?

  1. Pistol Shooting

  2. Swimming

  3. 100 metre race

  4. Weightlifting


Correct Option: A

The nucleus of an atom consists of

  1. electrons

  2. neutrons

  3. protons and neutrons

  4. protons, neutrons and electrons


Correct Option: C

______ is the third planet from the sun.

  1. Mercury

  2. Mars

  3. Earth

  4. Venus


Correct Option: C

Who was Pakistan's President after General Parvez Musharraf?

  1. Asif Ali Zardari

  2. Nawaz Sharif

  3. Yousuf Raza Gilani

  4. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is India’s highest honour in the field of literature?

  1. Vyas Samman

  2. Kalidas Samman

  3. Jnanpith Award

  4. Saraswathi Samman


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). Jnanpith Award is India’s highest honour in the field of literature

The ruler who introduced the Salivahana Saka era, now being followed by the Indian Government was _________

  1. Kanishka

  2. Salivahana

  3. Ashoka

  4. Sathavahana


Correct Option: A

Who was the son of Siddhartha?

  1. Mahavir

  2. Rahul

  3. Gautam

  4. Jain


Correct Option: B

In a nuclear reactor, control rods are made of

  1. B

  2. Cd

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Control rods in nuclear reactors are commonly made of boron and cadmium because these two elements have the ability to absorb neutrons.

Artificial radioactivity was discovered by

  1. Rutherford

  2. Yukawa

  3. Sea Borg

  4. Irne- Curie and F-Joliot


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot Curie jointly discovered artificial radioactivity. These isotopes rapidly became important tools in biomedical research and in the treatment of cancer and related diseases. 

Which factor among the following creates obstacle in measuring correct estimate of national income?

  1. Existence of non-monetised sector

  2. Low rate of savings

  3. Under employment

  4. Inflation


Correct Option: A

TRIPS-'Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights' and TRIMS-'Trade Related Investment Measures' are associated with

  1. Preston Proposal

  2. Dunkel Proposal

  3. Chelliah Committee

  4. High Powered Expert Committee


Correct Option: B

Who was the first winner of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding?

  1. U Thant

  2. Martin Luther King

  3. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  4. Yehudi Menuhin


Correct Option: A

The reciprocal of bulk modulus is called

  1. co-efficient of elasticity

  2. shearing strain

  3. volumetric strain

  4. compressibility


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The reciprocal of bulk modulus is called compressibility

A lead ball falls through water more slowly than through air because

  1. the value of g is less in water

  2. density of air is less than that of water

  3. of the viscous force in water

  4. of the surface tension of water


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A lead ball falls through water more slowly than through air because of the viscous force in water.

For a No-Confidence Motion to be introduced in the Lok Sabha it must have the support of at least

  1. 50 members

  2. One-third of the total number of members

  3. 60 members

  4. 100 members


Correct Option: A

Who holds the office of the President if neither the President nor the Vice President is available?

  1. Prime Minister

  2. Chief Justice of India

  3. Speaker of Lok Sabha

  4. None


Correct Option: B

Name the state which recorded the highest population growth rate between 1991-2001.

  1. Tripura

  2. Mizoram

  3. Nagaland

  4. Manipur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3) is correct.

'The Alchemist' has been written by

  1. Agatha Christie

  2. Robin Sharma

  3. Paulo Coelho

  4. Karl Marx


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Paulo Coelho

The author of “As you Like it” is

  1. Charles Dickens

  2. William Shakespeare

  3. Thomas Hardy

  4. Ernest Hemingway


Correct Option: B

Which of the following states/union territories has/have the lowest population?

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  2. Goa

  3. Sikkim

  4. Lakshadweep


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option (4) is correct.

What is the currency of Turkey ?

  1. Lira

  2. Pound

  3. Yen

  4. Euro


Correct Option: A
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