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Where is Satish Dhawan Space Centre located?

  1. Trivendrum

  2. Bengaluru

  3. Sriharikota

  4. Kavaratti


Correct Option: C

Where is Waterloo situated?

  1. France

  2. Switzerland

  3. U.K

  4. Belgium


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a pilotless aircraft developed in India?

  1. Tejas

  2. Nishant

  3. Druv

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Who said, I' ve nothing to offer except blood, sweat and tears?

  1. S C Bose

  2. Napolean

  3. Winston Churchill

  4. Lord Nelson


Correct Option: C

RDX is also known as Hexogen in -

  1. USA

  2. France

  3. Italy

  4. Germany


Correct Option: D

The Vijaya Vittala Temple, having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes is located at

  1. Belur

  2. Bhadrachalam

  3. Srirangam

  4. Hampi


Correct Option: D

Where is river Tiber?

  1. Glasgow

  2. Lisbon

  3. Rome

  4. Tibet


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

  1. Damodar

  2. Mahanadi

  3. Narmada

  4. Tapti


Correct Option: C

Who was the Chief Justice of India when Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was introduced to the Indian Judicial System?

  1. M. Hidayatullah

  2. A.M Ahmadi

  3. A.S Anand

  4. P.N Bhagwati


Correct Option: D

The French Open Lawn Tennis (June 2008) men's singles title was annexed by

  1. Roger Federer

  2. Guillermo Coria

  3. Rafael Nadal

  4. Xavier Malisse


Correct Option: C

Saraswati Samman for 2006 was conferred to

  1. Ms. Swaminathan

  2. Jagannath Prasad Das

  3. Arundhati Roy

  4. Medha Patkar


Correct Option: B

Yellowcake, an item of smuggling across border is

  1. a crude form of Heroin

  2. a crude form of cocaine

  3. uranium oxide

  4. unrefined gold


Correct Option: C

What is the average fat content in buffalo milk?

  1. 7.2 %

  2. 4.5 %

  3. 9.0 %

  4. 10.0 %


Correct Option: A

When ants bite, they inject

  1. stearic acid

  2. formic acid

  3. methanol

  4. glacial acetic acid


Correct Option: B

The Government's holding in BPCL is

  1. more than 70%

  2. between 60% and 70%

  3. between 50% and 60%

  4. less than 50%


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following was used as a chemical weapon in the first world war?

  1. Carbon Monoxide

  2. Hydrogen Cyanide

  3. Water Gas

  4. Mustard Gas


Correct Option: D

The World Day for Water is observed on

  1. May 22

  2. Feb 22

  3. Mar 22

  4. Jan 22


Correct Option: C

Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of

  1. khesari dal

  2. mustard oil

  3. polished rice

  4. mushrooms


Correct Option: A

Who was the first Indian lady actress to receive the Padma Shri Award?

  1. Smita Patil

  2. Nargis Dutt

  3. Meena Kumari

  4. Madhubala


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following High Courts has the Territorial Jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

  1. Kolkata

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Chennai

  4. Orissa


Correct Option: A

The chess player Alexi Shirov represents

  1. Albania

  2. Kazhakstan

  3. Russia

  4. Spain


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following committees recommended the abolition of reservation of items for the small scale sector industry?

  1. Abid Hussain Committee

  2. Narshimhan Committee

  3. Nayak Committee

  4. Rakesh Mohan Committee


Correct Option: A

Match List-1(Person) with List- 2(Organization/Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the codes given belo ||||| |---|---|---|---| | LIST 1| | LIST 2| | | A.| Chandra Kochhar| 1.| Advertising| | B.| Arun Bhatnagar| 2.| Banking| | C.| Mohd. Yunus| 3.| Micro - finance| | D.| Piyush Pandey| 4.| Prasar Bharti|

  1. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3

  2. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

  3. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1

  4. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A. Chandra Kochhar      ---------   Banking  B. Arun Bhatnagar         ---------    Prasar Bharti C. Mohd. YunusMicro   ---------    Finance D. Piyush Pandey         ---------     Advertising 

Detroit in the U.S.A is known as the city of

  1. motor cars

  2. rockets

  3. lights

  4. aeroplanes


Correct Option: A

Which one is India's largest petrochemical company?

  1. ONGC

  2. BPCL

  3. IPCL

  4. HPCL


Correct Option: A

Who among the following wrote 'The Communist Manifesto' along with Karl Marx?

  1. Max Weber

  2. Friedrich Engels

  3. Robert Owen

  4. Emile Durkheim


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct answer is (2). 

The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency is located at

  1. Paris

  2. Washington

  3. New York

  4. Vienna


Correct Option: D

What are pillars of Hercules?

  1. A huge building in Rome

  2. Straits of Gibraltar

  3. Straits of Bosphorous

  4. A huge structure in Greece


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following is not a lagoon?

  1. Ashtamudi Lake

  2. Chilka Lake

  3. Periyar Lake

  4. Pulicat Lake


Correct Option: A

Servants of Indian Society was founded by

  1. Sriniwas Shastri

  2. Pt. Hirdaya Nath Kunzru

  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhle

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Correct Option: C

Which is the National Flower of China?

  1. Rose

  2. Lilly

  3. Narcissus

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

The word Adivasi was used for the first time ______ to refer to the tribal people.

  1. Jyotiba Phule

  2. B.R Ambedkar

  3. Thakkar Bappa

  4. Mahatma Gandhi


Correct Option: C

Which of the following were the external causes for limited success of planning?

  1. Natural calamities

  2. Inadequacy of foreign exchange

  3. External aggression

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the most viscous medium?

  1. Water

  2. Glycerine

  3. Coaltar

  4. Air


Correct Option: C

The city which is also known as the city of Canals is

  1. Silicy

  2. Venice

  3. Vatican

  4. Amritsar


Correct Option: B

Where is the museum, which is just for strawberries?

  1. France

  2. Germany

  3. Belgium

  4. Switzerland


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following does not border Panama?

  1. Costa Rica

  2. Pacific Ocean

  3. Colombia

  4. Venezuela


Correct Option: D

Who is called as ' PUP' ?

  1. Baby Bat

  2. Baby Dog

  3. Baby Chimpanjee

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Who among the following is not known as a classical economist?

  1. Adam Smith

  2. Bentham

  3. James Mill

  4. Friedmann


Correct Option: D

Who among the following persons is called ' Desert Fox' ?

  1. Walter Scott

  2. Gen. Rommel

  3. Eisenhower

  4. Bismarck


Correct Option: B

Fight at close range between several aeroplanes is termed as -

  1. Dog Fight

  2. Bull Fight

  3. Jet Fight

  4. Attacking Fight


Correct Option: A

Who founded the Punjab University?

  1. Lord Canning

  2. Lord Mayo

  3. Lord Ripon

  4. Lord Irwin


Correct Option: C

In the Indian Constitution, cultural and educational rights have been dealt with under the articles

  1. 30 and 31

  2. 29 and 30

  3. 31 and 32

  4. 33 and 34


Correct Option: B

The first Co-operative Movement in India was initiated in

  1. agricultural marketing

  2. agricultural credit

  3. farming activities

  4. consumer co-operation


Correct Option: B

What is the original name of Mahabharata?

  1. Katha Saritsagar

  2. Jai Samhita

  3. Rajatarangini

  4. Vraht Katha


Correct Option: B

' Africa Fund ' was created by

  1. UNO

  2. CHOGM

  3. SWAPO

  4. NAM


Correct Option: D
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