Additional Questions for Section 6-Indian and Global...

Additional Questions for Section 6-Indian and Global Environment 1

Directions for questions 1 to 75: Select the correct alter-native from the given choices. 1. The largest planet in the solar system is

(1) Saturn (2) Uranus(3) Jupiter (4) Mars

2. Which of the following is the largest latitude?

(1) 0° latitude (2) 23 12

° N. latitude

(3) 23 12

° S. latitude (4) 66 12

° S. latitude

3. Which of the following is called the “longest day”?(1) March 21 (2) September 23(3) December 22 (4) June 21

4. What is the maximum duration of a solar eclipse?(1) 3.5 minutes (2) 5.5 minutes(3) 7.5 minutes (4) 10.5 minutes

5. What is the unit of measurement of the distance of stars from the earth?(1) nanometres (2) light year(3) nautical miles (4) kilometres

6. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the(1) ionosphere (2) tropopause(3) troposphere (4) stratosphere

7. The doldrums belt located(1) near the equator (2) near the polar areas(3) on the tropic of capricorn (4) on the tropic of cancer

8. The velocity of winds is governed by(1) temperature(2) rotation of the earth(3) Ferrel’s Law(4) pressure gradient

9. Which of the following instruments is used for mea-suring humidity?(1) hydrometer (2) thermometer(3) barometer (4) hygrometer

10. Which of the following minerals is most abundant in the Earth’s crust?(1) Silica (2) Iron(3) Bauxite (4) Manganese

11. Which of the following countries shares the shortest boundary with India?(1) Pakistan (2) Nepal(3) Bhutan (4) Afghanistan

12. Which of the following is an organic rock?(1) slate (2) granite(3) marble (4) coal

13. The upper layer of Earth’s crust is called(1) Sial (2) Magma(3) Nife (4) Moho

14. ‘Cirque’ is a landform generally formed by (1) rivers (2) wind(3) glaciers (4) tides

15. ‘Stalagmite’ is a(1) local wind (2) local ocean current(3) land form (4) anti-cyclone

16. Relatively strong winds concentrated within a narrow stream in the atmosphere is(1) a tsunami (2) an anticyclone(3) a cyclone (4) a jetstream

17. Which of the following is a cloud that is dark-grey or black, found at very low height, and results in light to moderate precipitation?(1) Cirrus (2) Cirrostratus(3) Nimbostratus (4) Altocumulus

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(1) Kumaon Himalayas (2) Trans-Himalayas(3) Karakoram Range (4) Central Himalayas

31. The ‘Nathula’ pass connects (1) India–Pakistan (2) India–China(3) India–Nepal (4) India–Afghanistan

32. Which of the following foreign countries / Indian ter-ritories is closest to Andaman Islands?(1) Maldives (2) Bangladesh(3) Myanmar (4) Sri Lanka

33. Which of the following rivers has India’s largest river-ine Island?(1) Ganga (2) Narmada(3) Godavari (4) Brahmaputra

34. The lake which is situated in between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is(1) Chilka lake (2) Wular lake(3) Pulicat lake (4) Sambhar lake

35. TheriverwhichflowsbetweenVindhyasandSatpurais the(1) Narmada (2) Tapti(3) Mahanadi (4) Krishna

36. Which of the following soils is best suited for cultiva-tion of cotton?(1) Alluvial Soil (2) Black Soil(3) Red Soil (4) Sandy Soil

37. The ‘Manas’ national park / sanctuary is located in (1) Assam (2) Madhya Pradesh.(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Arunachal Pradesh

38. The climate of India is(1) sub-tropical(2) tropical (3) sub-tropical monsoon(4) temperate

39. The word ‘Yellow Revolution’ is associated with an increase in the production of(1) sugarcane (2) milk(3) oilseeds (4) pulses

40. Which of the following is the deepest port in India?(1) Nava Sheva (2) Haldia(3) Kandla (4) Vishakhapatnam

41. Who are the Moplas?(1) Tribals of West Bengal (2) Muslims of Kerala(3) Tribals of Madhya Pradesh (4) Dogri speaking people in Jammu and Kashmir

18. Lepchas are the original tribal inhabitants of(1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh.(3) Madhya Pradesh. (4) Sikkim

19. ‘Mount.Mckinley’ is the highest mountain peak in(1) Europe (2) Africa(3) North America (4) South America

20. Tasmania is an island owned by(1) Tonga (2) Australia(3) Fiji (4) New Zealand

21. Which of the following oceans is called “Herring Pond”?(1) ArcticOcean (2) PacificOcean(3) Atlantic Ocean (4) Indian Ocean

22. Which of the following is the world’s fourth largest country in terms of population?(1) Brazil (2) Japan(3) Indonesia (4) Bangladesh

23. The temperate grasslands of Argentina are(1) veldts (2) prairies(3) pampas (4) downs

24. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?(1) Mediterranean forest (2) Evergreen forest(3) Deciduous forest (4) Coniferous forest

25. The largest Island in the Indian Ocean is (1) Sri Lanka (2) Sumatra(3) Maldives (4) Madagascar

26. Which of the following state has the longest coastline in India?(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu(3) Gujarat (4) Kerala

27. The 231/2° Northern latitude does not pass through(1) Chhattisgarh (2) Jharkhand(3) Tripura (4) Nagaland

28. Which of the following countries has the longest inter-national boundary with India? (1) Nepal (2) Bangladesh(3) Pakistan (4) China

29. Which of the following are the oldest rock formations in the country?(1) The Siwaliks (2) The Himalayas (3) TheAravallis (4) TheVindhyas

30. K2 or Godwin Austin, the highest mountain peak in the Indian territory is located in the


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53. ‘U’ shaped valleys are generally formed by(1) Rivers (2) Glaciers(3) Winds (4) Ocean tides

54. Which of the following rivers is the biggest in the world, in terms of water quantity?(1) Amazon (2) Nile (3) Yangtze (4) Hawang Ho

55. Ox-bow lakes are formed in / by(1) Rivers (2) Wind(3) Deserts (4) Glaciers

56. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in (1) Asia (2) Europe(3) Africa (4) Australia

57. The world’s largest ‘reef’ The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of(1) Great Britain (2) Australia(3) Chile (4) Russia

58. A sudden rise in a barometer indicates a/an(1) cyclone (2) rainfall(3) anti-cyclone (4) thunderstorm

59. Which of the following is the deepest lake?(1) Lake Caspian (2) Lake Superior(3) Lake Baikal (4) Lake Huron

60. Roaring Forties is/are(1) the name of a waterfall in North America.(2) thenameoftheoceancurrentwhichflowsinthe

North of the Atlantic sea.(3) westerly winds.(4) polar winds.

61. White Coal refers to(1) uranium(2) hydro-electricity(3) wind energy(4) tidal energy

62. TheAtlanticandPacificOceansareconnectedbythe(1) Kiel canal (2) Soo canal(3) Panama canal (4) Suez

63. Which country is called the Land of the Midnight Sun?(1) Sweden(2) Norway(3) Finland(4) Greenland

64. Which of the following is called the Bird Continent?(1) Europe (2) North America(3) South America (4) Asia

42. The headquarters of East – Central Railway is at(1) Hazipur (2) Jabalpur(3) Bilaspur (4) Jaipur

43. The Loktak Hydro-electric project is located in (1) Arunachal Pradesh.(2) Manipur(3) Tripura(4) Assam

44. The period of one revolution of the sun around the centre of galaxy is called(1) light year (2) cosmic year(3) astronomical year. (4) parsec

45. Which of the following statements regarding latitudes and longitudes is not true?(1) O° latitude is the longest latitude. (2) Latitudes are useful to calculate atmospheric pres-

sure.(3) Longitudes are useful to calculate time around the

world.(4) 180° E.W. longitude is called International Date-

line.

46. The Ozone layer is a part of the (1) Troposphere (2) Stratosphere(3) Ionosphere (4) Exosphere

47. Which of the following is known as the Evening Star?(1) Jupiter (2) Mercury(3) Venus (4) Saturn

48. The second largest continent in terms of area is(1) Africa (2) South America(3) North America (4) Asia

49. The Panama Canal separates(1) Europe–Africa (2) Africa–Asia (3) North America–South America (4) Europe–North America

50. The largest natural lake in the world is(1) Superior (2) Caspian(3) Victoria (4) Michigan

51. The Palk Strait is located between(1) India–Pakistan(2) India–Indonesia.(3) India–Sri Lanka.(4) India–Bangladesh

52. Which of the following oceans contains the ‘Ring of Fire”?(1) Indian Ocean (2) Atlantic Ocean(3) PacificOcean (4) ArcticOcean



(3) warm ocean current (4) cool ocean current

71. India’s EEZ(Exclusive Economic Zone) extends upto(1) 24 nm(2) 12 nm(3) 200 nm(4) 400 nm

72. TheSilentValleyislocatedin(1) Manipur(2) Tamil Nadu. (3) Jammu and Kashmir(4) Kerala

73. One of the regions that receives rainfall from the North-easterly monsoon is(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala(3) Assam (4) West Bengal

74. Which among the following is a riverine port?(1) Mormugao (2) Cochin(3) Kandla (4) Kolkata

75. Which state plays host every year to thousands of mi-grating olive ridley turtles, who come for nesting on its coast?(1) Gujarat (2) Kerala(3) West Bengal (4) Orissa

65. Which of the following statement is not correct?(1) India is situated in the Southern Hemisphere.(2) India has the longest international border with

Bangladesh.(3) Brahmaputra enters India at Arunachal Pradesh.(4) India’s southernmost point–Indira Point is located

in the Great Nicobar Island.

66. Which is the largest state in India?(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan

67. Which of the following is the “youngest” mountain range?(1) Aravallis (2) Vindhya(3) Satpura (4) Himalayas

68. Which of the following types of coal contains high percentage of carbon and low percentage of ash?(1) Anthracite (2) Bituminous (3) Lignite (4) peat

69. Brahmaputra is called “Tsangpo” in(1) Tibet (2) Bhutan(3) Nepal (4) Bangladesh

70. Loo is a (1) hot local wind (2) cool local wind

Answer Keys

1. 3 2. 1 3. 4 4. 3 5. 2 6. 3 7. 1 8. 4 9. 4 10. 1 11. 4 12. 4 13. 1 14. 3 15. 3 16. 4 17. 3 18. 4 19. 3 20. 2 21. 3 22. 3 23. 3 24. 4 25. 4 26. 3 27. 4 28. 2 29. 3 30. 3 31. 2 32. 3 33. 4 34. 3 35. 1 36. 2 37. 1 38. 3 39. 3 40. 4 41. 2 42. 1 43. 2 44. 2 45. 2 46. 2 47. 3 48. 1 49. 3 50. 1 51. 3 52. 3 53. 2 54. 1 55. 1 56. 3 57. 2 58. 3 59. 3 60. 3 61. 2 62. 3 63. 2 64. 3 65. 1 66. 4 67. 4 68. 1 69. 1 70. 1 71. 3 72. 4 73. 1 74. 4 75. 4



Directions for questions 1 to 100: Select the correct alter-native from the given choices.

1. The Liberhan Commission is related to(1) reservation for minorities (2) Babri Masjid demolition(3) FDI in retail (4) fodder scam

2. Which state has the maximum percentage (25.3 per cent) of scheduled caste population in the country ac-cording to the 2001 census?(1) Haryana(2) Uttar Pradesh(3) Punjab(4) Maharashtra

3. Panchayati Raj envisages a(1) three–tier arrangement (village, block and district)(2) four–tier arrangement (village, block district and

state)(3) two–tier (village and block)(4) single tier (village)

4. Which one of the following rights was described by Dr B.R.Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the consti-tution?(1) Right to constitutional remedies (2) Right to equality(3) Right to property (4) Right to freedom of religion

5. Which of the following schedule of the Indian Consti-tution gives the details of the division of subjects into the three lists?(1) IV (2) Vth(3) VIIth (4) IXth

6. In which of the following points is the Indian constitu-tion similar to that of USA?(1) Rigid constitution (2) Directive Principles of State policy(3) Fundamental Rights (4) Rule of law

7. The Writ of Prohibition issued by the Supreme Court or a High Court is issued against(1) administrative authorities and government (2) administrative authorities only(3) administrative and judicial authorities (4) judicial or quasi–judicial authorities

8. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?Name Purpose

(1) Operation Blue Star

Aimed at Khalistan sup-porters based in the Golden Temple, Amristar, in 1984.

(2) Operation Green Star

Operation launched against Dacoits inChambalValleyin 1984.

(3) Operation Hand-in-Hand

It is a joint military exercise be-tween India-China.

(4) Operation Tiger This was launched in 2004 by STF of Tamil Nadu po-lice against sandalwood smugglerK.M.Veerappan.

9. Which among the following countries was the earliest to give women the right to vote?(1) Iceland (2) India(3) New Zealand (4) USA

10. PartXVIIIoftheIndianConstitutiondealswiththe(1) Fundamental Rights (2) Union Executive(3) Emergency Provisions (4) Directive Principles

11. The “Bharat Jodo” movement was launched by(1) Mahatma Gandhi(2) Baba Amte(3) VinobaBhave(4) Jayaprakash Narayan

12. Which Prime Minister initiated legislation to accord constitutional status to Panchayat Raj institutions?(1) Rajiv Gandhi(2) Jawaharlal Nehru(3) Charan Singh(4) Morarji Desai

13. In the warrant of precedence the Governors of states with in their respective provinces (1) precede the Deputy Prime Minister (2) succeed the Chief Justice of India(3) precedetheVice-President(4) succeed the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

14. The Chairman of the Zonal Council is the (1) Chief Minister (2) Prime Minister (3) Union Home Minister (4) Governor

Polity



25. The design of the National Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on(1) 22 July 1947 (2) 24 January 1950(3) 22 March 1957 (4) 26 January 1950

26. TheSpeakeroftheLokSabhaholdsofficetillthe(1) next Lok Sabha is constituted. (2) term of the Lok Sabha expires.(3) next Council of Ministers is constituted. (4) Lok Sabha is dissolved.

27. Who among the following is called the “Father of Lo-cal Self Government”?(1) Lord Rippon (2) Lord Curzon(3) Warren Hastings (4) Lord Mayo

28. TheAttorney-GeneralofIndiaholdsofficeduringthepleasure of the(1) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2) Parliament(3) Prime Minister (4) President

29. Englishistheofficiallanguageof(1) Goa (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Nagaland (4) Tamil Nadu

30. India acquired Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal from(1) Britain (2) France(3) Portugual (4) the Dutch

31. The 8th Schedule of Indian constitution deals with(1) the formation of new states. (2) the list of recognised languages.(3) anti-defection legislation. (4) land reforms.

32. The speaker of the legislative assembly(1) has got two votes. (2) has got one vote.(3) has no power to vote. (4) exercises his vote in the case of a tie.

33. The person who becomes the “real” ruler in a state during the president’s rule is the(1) President (2) Chief Minister.(3) Governor (4) Speaker

34. Sikkim, which joined the Indian Union in 1975, was formerly part of (1) Britain (2) China(3) Myanmar (4) None of the above

35. The words “Secular, Socialist, Integrity” were added to the constitution in(1) 1974 (2) 1976(3) 1978 (4) 1980

15. The 90th constitutional Amendment Act 2003 pro-vided that the total number of Ministers including the Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed _______ per cent of the total number of mem-bers of the House of People.(1) 20 % (2) 15 %(3) 10 % (4) 25 %

16. The directive principles of state policy, and the meth-ods of nominating the members of the Rajya Sabha, are derived from the constitution of(1) USA (2) Ireland (3) South Africa (4) Australia

17. Three of the following four Presidents were previous-lyVice-Presidents.Whoistheoddmanout?(1) S. Radhakrishnan (2) Zakir Hussain(3) V.V.Giri (4) RajendraPrasad

18. WhowasthefirstChiefJusticeofIndia?(1) B.K. Mukherjee (2) Maherchand Mahajan(3) M. Patanjali Sastri (4) Harilal J. Kania

19. The founder of the Swantantra party is(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) Motilal Nehru(3) Ram Manohar Lohia (4) Jayaprakash Narayan

20. The headquarters of SAARC is located in(1) Thimpu (2) Kathmandu(3) Dhaka (4) New Delhi

21. The state which primarily aims at reducing the eco-nomic inequalities among its people can be termed as a(1) democratic state (2) secular state(3) socialistic state (4) republic

22. Which of the following is not a feature of the Indian Constitution?(1) Lengthiest written constitution (2) Independent Judiciary(3) Supremacy of Parliament (4) Unitary in spirit

23. Railway and postal services come under the(1) central list (2) state list(3) concurrent list (4) residual list

24. The Right to Property was recognized as a legal right through the(1) 40th Amendment(2) 42nd Amendment(3) 44th Amendment(4) 46th Amendment



(1) members of both houses. (2) elected members of both Houses of Parliament

and members of the Legislative Assemblies of all ates.

(3) members of the Rajya Sabha.(4) members of the Lok Sabha.

48. If the head of the state is not a hereditary king or queen but an elected representative, it is a (1) Socialist state (2) Secular state(3) Democratic state (4) Republic

49. Criminal law and education are part of the(1) central list(2) state list(3) concurrent list(4) separate list

50. Whoamongthefollowingcanbeconsideredasthefirstcitizen of the country?(1) Prime Minister (2) Speaker(3) President (4) Supreme Court chief justice

51. The term of the Lok Sabha is (1) 4 years (2) 5 years(3) 6years (4) Nofixedterm

52. The President does not have powers(1) to dissolve the Rajya Sabha (2) to prorogue the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha(3) to convene the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. (4) to address the joint session of Parliament

53. Panchayat Acts of all states have provision for the constitution of Gram Sabhas. The Sabha has to meet at least once in (1) 3 months (2) 6 months(3) 9 months (4) 12 months

54. The Parliament enacted the 74th Amendment Act, re-lating to municipalities in (1) 1976 (2) 1978(3) 1984 (4) 1992

55. Which is the odd man out? [It is not a UN body](1) WTO (2) UNESCO(3) WHO (4) ILO

56. India is not a member of(1) ASEAN (2) BIMSTEC(3) SAARC (4) BRIC

57. The countrywhere the firstMarxist revolution tookplace was(1) China (2) Russia(3) Cuba (4) Germany

36. ThefirstlinguisticstateinIndiais(1) Rajasthan (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Orissa (4) Tamil Nadu

37. The headquarters of the United Nations is at(1) Paris (2) Washington(3) Geneva (4) New York

38. At present, the number of Articles and Schedules are(1) 444 articles, 12 schedules (2) 400 articles, 11 schedules(3) 395 articles, 10 schedules (4) 395 articles, 12 schedules

39. Which commission’s recommendations led to the for-mation of the State Reorganisation Act–1956, which created 14 states and 6 Union Territories?(1) Fazal Ali (2) S.K. Dhar(3) JVPCommittee (4) Noneoftheabove

40. In which of the following ways can Indian citizenship be acquired?(1) By descent (2) By naturalization(3) By registration (4) All of these

41. Fundamental Rights can be suspended by the (1) Prime Minister (2) Supreme Court(3) President (4) Parliament

42. TheVice-PresidentdischargesthedutiesofthePresi-dent in the event of (1) his/her absence due to illness (2) his/her resignation(3) his/her death (4) all the above situations

43. Reservation is an important device to promote (1) social justice (2) rule of law(3) secularism (4) democracy

44. ThefirstGeneralElectionswereheldinIndiain(1) 1950 (2) 1951(3) 1952 (4) 1953

45. Who said “Democracy is the government of the peo-ple, by the people and for the people”?(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Abraham Lincoln(3) John F. Kennedy (4) Aristotle

46. Which state has the maximum number of members in the Lok Sabha?(1) Uttar Pradesh(2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Tamil Nadu(4) Rajasthan

47. The President of India is elected by an electoral col-lege comprising



69. Which of the following is one of the main objectives of the directive principles of state policy in the Indian Constitution?(1) To establish a police state. (2) To promote a market economy.(3) To establish a theocratic state. (4) To establish a welfare state.

70. The Governor is responsible to the (1) Prime Minister (2) State Legislative Assembly(3) State Legislature (4) President

71. The Constitution of India describes India as(1) a quasi-federal system (2) a union of states(3) a federation (4) a voluntary federation

72. The President can declare National Emergency under article(1) 352 (2) 356(3) 360 (4) 362

73. The overall objective of fundamental rights is to en-sure(1) secularism. (2) judicial independence.(3) democratic government.(4) individual liberty.

74. The National Song was written by(1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (2) Aurobindo Ghosh(3) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (4) Rabindranath Tagore

75. A Bill presented in the Parliament becomes an Act af-ter(1) the Prime Minister has signed it (2) the President gives his assent(3) the Supreme Court signs on it (4) it is passed by both the Houses of Parliament

76. Which of the following newly formed states is the “youngest”, according to the date and year of forma-tion?(1) Uttarakhand (2) Chhattisgarh(3) Jharkhand (4) Sikkim

77. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court in case of an illegal detention of a person?(1) Mandamus (2) Certioari(3) Quo Warranto (4) Habeas Corpus

58. Who among the following was associated with Fas-cism?(1) Joseph Stalin (2) Benito Mussolini(3) V.I.Lenin (4) KarlMarx

59. WhoamongthefollowingwasIndia’sfirstChiefElec-tion Commissioner?(1) S.P.SenVarma (2) NagendraSingh(3) K.V.KSundaram (4) SukumarSen

60. WhowasthefirstDeputyPrimeMinisterofIndia?(1) C. Rajagopalachary (2) Abul Kalam Azad(3) GovindVallabhPant (4) Sardar Patel

61. The state having the largest population of scheduled castes is (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Orissa

62. Which amendment of the constitution gave priority to directive principles over fundamental rights?(1) 40th Amendment (2) 42nd Amendment (3) 34th Amendment (4) 24th Amendment

63. TheIndianConstitutionwasamendedforthefirsttimein (1) 1954 (2) 1953(3) 1952 (4) 1951

64. Thecountry’sfirstmunicipalcorporationwasformedin(1) Madras (2) Delhi(3) Bombay (4) Calcutta

65. At present Tiger is the National Animal of India. This pride of place was previously held by the (1) Cheetah (2) Lion(3) Elephant. (4) Black Buck

66. The Lok Sabha is summoned to meet by (1) the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. (2) the Speaker of Lok Sabha.(3) the leader of the majority party. (4) the President.

67. The Planning Commission is (1) an economic body (2) a legislative body(3) a non–statutory body (4) a statutory body

68. The States Reorganisation Bill was passed by the Par-liament in(1) 1962 (2) 1950(3) 1956 (4) 1959



87. The founder of the Bhartiya Jana Sangh was(1) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (2) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee(3) AtalBehariVajpayee(4) L.K. Advani

88. The States Reorganization Commission was appointed in(1) 1952 (2) 1953(3) 1954 (4) 1955

89. The salary of President is paid out of(1) Consolidated fund (2) Contingency fund (3) Emergency fund (4) President’s Estate

90. Indian Government introduced National Rural em-ployment Guarantee Act on(1) on 2nd February 2006 (2) on 2nd January 2007(3) on 3rd February 2008 (4) on 5th February 2006

91. A Parliament member will lose his seat if he is absent from the Parliament without permission for a period of(1) 90 days (2) 100 days(3) 50 days (4) 60 days

92. Which of the following States/UTs has its own exclu-sive High Court?(1) Pondicherry (2) Delhi(3) Manipur (4) Lakshadweep

93. Who among the following is the Chairman of the 17th Law Commission?(1) Justice B. P. Jeeven Reddy (2) Justice A. S. Anand(3) Justice M. Jagannadha Rao (4) JusticeJ.S.Verma

94. If Governor of a state dies, who becomes the acting Governor?(1) The Chief Minister (2) The Chief Secretary(3) The Chief Justice of High Court (4) Deputy Governor of the State

95. How many spokes are there in Ashoka Chakra which isinthemiddleofNationalflag?(1) 8 (2) 16(3) 24 (4) 36

96. Our National Anthem was composed by(1) Rabindra Nath Tagore (2) Devendra Nath Tagore(3) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (4) Jaishankar Prasad

78. India’s first non-congress prime minister who wasnever associated with the congress party is(1) Morarji Desai.(2) I.K. Gujral.(3) V.P.Singh.(4) AtalBehariVajpayee.

79. Approximately how much time is prescribed to play National Anthem?(1) 20 seconds(2) 52 seconds(3) 2 minutes(4) 104 seconds

80. The National Calendar is based on(1) Saka Era(2) Christian Era(3) Gregorian Calender(4) VikramEra

81. The Election Commissioner can be removed by(1) The President(2) Minister of Home Affairs(3) Prime Minister(4) Parliament

82. The President of India can contest for presidential election(1) two times (2) three times. (3) No limit (4) Till, he attains the age of 65 years

83. The Chairman of the Administrative Reforms Com-mission is(1) T.N. Seshan (2) Bimal Jalan(3) VeerappaMoily (4) C.Rangarajan

84. The Union Public Service Commission was created by(1) The Civil Services Act 1951 (2) The Constitution of India(3) Presidential Orders of 1951 (4) The U.P.S.C. Act, 1952

85. Which is the primary unit in Panchayat Raj Institu-tions?(1) VillagePanchayat (2) BlockPanchayat(3) Mandal Panchayat (4) Zila Panchayat

86. Which state has less than required members in the leg-islative assembly?(1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Sikkim(3) Kerala (4) Andhra Pradesh



Answer Keys

1. 2 2. 3 3. 1 4. 1 5. 3 6. 3 7. 4 8. 4 9. 3 10. 3 11. 2 12. 1 13. 1 14. 3 15. 2 16. 2 17. 4 18. 4 19. 1 20. 2 21. 3 22. 3 23. 1 24. 3 25. 1 26. 4 27. 1 28. 4 29. 3 30. 2 31. 2 32. 4 33. 3 34. 4 35. 2 36. 2 37. 4 38. 1 39. 1 40. 4 41. 3 42. 4 43. 1 44 3 45. 2 46. 1 47. 2 48. 4 49. 2 50. 3 51. 2 52. 1 53. 2 54. 4 55. 1 56. 1 57. 2 58. 2 59. 4 60. 4 61. 1 62. 2 63. 4 64. 4 65. 2 66. 4 67. 3 68. 3 69. 4 70. 4 71. 2 72. 1 73. 4 74. 1 75. 2 76. 3 77. 4 78. 4 79. 2 80. 1 81. 4 82. 3 83. 3 84. 2 85. 1 86. 1 87. 2 88. 2 89. 1 90. 1 91. 4 92. 2 93. 3 94. 3 95. 3 96. 1 97. 3 98. 1 99. 1 100. 3

(1) A.R. Lakshmanan (2) Fali Nariman(3) Soli Sorabjee (4) A.S. Anand

100. Who are the signatories to the Panchasheel declara-tion?(1) India and Burma(2) India and Pakistan(3) India and China(4) India and Russia

97. The concept of “Gram Swaraj” was advocated by(1) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar(2) Jawaharlal Nehru(3) Mahatma Gandhi(4) Ashok Mehta

98. The National Judicial Academy is located in(1) Bhopal (2) Delhi(3) Hyderabad (4) Kerala

99. Who is the Chairman of 18th Law Commission of India?

Science and Technology


1. To an astronaut, outer space appears to be(1) white (2) red(3) blue (4) black

2. The gland that contains the body’s thermostat is(1) pituitary (2) pineal(3) thyroid (4) hypothalamus

3. INS Shardul, is(1) Indian Navy’s landing ship. (2) India’sfirstatomicpoweredsubmarine.(3) India’sfirsttrainingship.(4) India’sfirstshipequippedwithBrahMosmissiles.

4. The sweetest sugar is(1) lactose (2) fructose(3) glucose (4) sucrose

5. Which of the following is known as the ‘graveyard of RBCs?(1) Appendix (2) Spleen(3) Liver (4) Bone marrow

6. The term “Cyberspace” was coined by (1) Fred Cohen(2) William Gibson(3) Ray Tomlinson(4) Karel Capek



7. Which of the following vitamin is called Pyridoxine?(1) B1 (2) B2(3) B6 (4) B12

8. The phenomenon of two plants living together and de-pending on each other for their existence is termed as(1) symbiosis (2) parasitism(3) synergy (4) altruism

9. Thescientistorscience-fictionwriterwhovisualisedthe concept of geo-stationery satellites years before their launch is(1) H.G. Wells (2) Arthur Clarke(3) Stephen Hawking. (4) Isacc Asimov

10. The pioneer of the nuclear power programme in India is(1) VikramSarabhai (2) HomiBhabha(3) Abdul Kalam (4) J.S.Haldane

11. Bronze is an alloy of(1) Copper and Zinc (2) Tin and Zinc(3) Copper and Tin (4) Iron and Zinc

12. INS Kadamba is a _____.(1) submarine (2) seaboard(3) warship (4) supersonic missile

13. The Murrah breed of buffaloes are native to(1) Gujarat (2) Punjab(3) Haryana (4) Andhra Pradesh

14. The movement of water and minerals from the earth to leaves of plants through roots is explained by(1) gravitational force. (2) surface tension(3) capillary action (4) the bernoulis principle

15. In India, at present nuclear energy contributes only about 3 per cent to the total electricity generation. Un-der the deal with the US, it is expected to go up to 7 per cent by(1) 2010 (2) 2012(3) 2017 (4) 2020

16. When was the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up to promote use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and limit weaponisation?(1) 1954 (2) 1957(3) 1960 (4) 1955

17. Egg is a rich source of all nutrients except(1) vitamin A (2) vitamin B6(3) vitamin C (4) vitamin B12

18. A sudden dip in mercury barometer indicates(1) cyclone (2) rainfall(3) fair weather (4) snow fall

19. When the water is heated from 0°C to 10°C, the vol-ume of water(1) firstdecreasesthenincreases.(2) decreases steadily.(3) increases steadily. (4) firstincreasesthendecreases.

20. Which of the following vitamin is called Thiamine?(1) B1 (2) B2(3) B6 (4) B12

21. Which of the following is not a disease caused by bac-teria?(1) cholera (2) diptheria(3) plague (4) chicken pox

22. India’sfirstpeacefulundergroundnuclearexperimentwas conducted at Pokhran, Rajasthan on(1) 1 May 1975 (2) 19 July 1969(3) 18 May 1969 (4) 18 May 1974

23. An astronomical unit is the average distance between(1) earth and moon(2) sun and earth(3) sun and saturn(4) sun and Jupiter

24. An organization’s introductory webpage is known as(1) website (2) vortal(3) portal (4) homepage

25. ‘Nag’ is a/an . . . (1) ICBM(2) air to surface missile(3) anti-tank missile(4) surface to air missile

26. ThefirstIndiansatelliteAryabhattawasdesignedfab-ricated and launched under the guidance of(1) Kasturi Rangan (2) U.R. Rao(3) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. (4) Satish Dhawan

27. The aneroid barometer calibrated for measuring alti-tude is(1) aerometer (2) altimeter(3) ammeter (4) anemometer

28. InFebruary2008,Pakistantestfireda1300kmrange,nuclear capable missile, which was also known as(1) Shaheen-5 (2) Hatf-9(3) Shaheen-1 (4) Hatf-5

29. A person climbing a hill bends forward in order to(1) increase stability. (2) reduce fatigue(3) increase speed (4) avoid slipping



30. ‘Prithvi’ is a(1) surface to air missile (2) surface to surface missile(3) air to surface missile (4) air to air missile

31. David Keeling is associated with(1) nanotechnology (2) campaign against global warming(3) HIVresearch(4) WWW

32. Rusting of iron is an example of(1) reduction (2) slow oxidation(3) spontaneous combustion (4) rapid oxidation

33. What is the life span of red blood cells (RBC)?(1) 120 days (2) 2 days(3) 48 hours (4) 2 hours

34. The 58th International Astronautical Congress was held in 2007 at(1) Hyderabad (2) Chennai(3) Mumbai (4) New Delhi

35. India’sfirstoceanariumwassetupin(1) Orissa (2) Tamil Nadu(3) Goa (4) Andhra Pradesh

36. Amount of light entering the eye is controlled by(1) lens (2) iris(3) cornea (4) pupil

37. Insulin is a/an(1) enzyme (2) vitamin(3) hormone (4) lipid

38. In humans, sex is determined by(1) A and Y – chromosomes (2) AandX–chromosomes(3) Y chromosome (4) X–chromosome

39. The Central Rice Research Institute is located at(1) Trivandrum (2) Cuttack(3) Coimbatore (4) Shimla

40. The study of fungi is called(1) mycology (2) palynology(3) malacology (4) morphology

41. Antrix is the commercial wing of(1) NASA (2) European Space Agency(3) ISRO (4) None of the above

42. India’s oldest biosphere reserve is(1) Manas (2) Nilgiri(3) Sundarbans (4) Simlipal

43. The device used for measuring the depth of sea is called(1) manometer (2) fathometer(3) altimeter (4) hydrometer

44. An endoscope which is used by doctors works on the principle of(1) totalinternalreflection(2) scattering of light(3) dispersion of light (4) reflectionoflight

45. The mid-air swing of spinning football can be ex-plained on the basis of(1) Ferrel’s law (2) Pascal’s principle(3) Bernoullis principle (4) Newton’sfirstlaw

46. 1 byte is equal to(1) 32 bits (2) 8 bits(3) 16 bits (4) 4 bits

47. The stones formed in the human kidney consist mostly of(1) calcium (2) sodium acetate (3) magnesium sulphate (4) calcium oxalate

48. Most of the explosions in mines occur due to the mix-ing of(1) carbon dioxide with ethane (2) methane with air(3) hydrogen with oxygen (4) CO2 with acetylene

49. Who among the following agricultural scientists was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace?(1) Linus Pauling (2) Marie Curie(3) Norman Borlaug (4) Joseph Stiglitz

50. ‘Peat’ is one form of(1) iron (2) coal(3) bauxite (4) zinc

51. In India, the Gulf of Kutch is a potential site for gen-eration of(1) geothermal energy (2) hydro energy(3) tidal energy (4) wind energy

52. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was estab-lished in India in



(1) 1948 (2) 1952(3) 1956 (4) 1965

53. Which is the only atomic reactor using Uranium–233 in India?(1) Kamini (2) Kakrapara(3) Narora (4) Kalpakkam

54. Who led Mission Antarctica from India in 1981?(1) H.K.Gupta (2) V.K.Raina(3) S.Z. Qasim (4) M.K. Kaul

55. Theworld’sfirststemcellbankwasstartedin(1) UK (2) U.S.A(3) North Korea (4) South Korea

56. Which of the following is not a primary colour?(1) Red (2) Green(3) Blue (4) Yellow

57. Positionofthemoonoranartificialsatellitewhenitisfarthest from the earth is called(1) apogee (2) perigee(3) aphelion (4) perihelion

58. What does LAN stand for(1) Local Area Networking (2) Legal Area Networking(3) Linear Area Networking (4) Local Area Network

59. Which is the only human organ, that can regenerate, if as much as two thirds is removed?(1) liver (2) the lungs(3) tongue (4) spleen

60. Which of the following blood group is called ‘Univer-sal Receipient’?(1) O (2) A(3) B (4) AB

61. The light from moon takes ___ seconds to reach the earth.(1) 1.3 (2) 5.2(3) 8 (4) 13

62. Geo-synchronous satellites operate in a circular equa-torialorbitatafixedaltitudeofabout(1) 36 km (2) 360 km(3) 3600 km (4) 36000 km

63. Space Application Centre one of the major centres of ISRO has three campuses, one is located in Delhi the other two are located in -----(1) Hyderabad (2) Thiruvananthapuram(3) Bangalore (4) Ahmedabad

64. Which of the following is called the queen of spices?(1) Clove (2) Cinnamon(3) Cardamom (4) Pepper

65. Which of the following pairs is wrong?(1) Lakshya–Pilotless Target Aircraft (2) Nishant–Unmanned Aerial vehicle(3) Saras–Multipurpose Civilian Aircraft (4) Tejas–Anti Tank missile

66. Which country has the world’s largest reserves of tho-rium?(1) USA (2) Russia(3) France (4) India

67. Exclusive economic zones, extend up to(1) 20 nautical miles from the coastline (2) 200 nautical miles from the coastline(3) 12 to 24 nautical miles from the coastline (4) upto 12 nautical miles from the coastline

68. The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research is located in(1) Goa (2) Tamil Nadu(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Kerala

69. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?(1) CO2 (2) CH4(3) N2O (4) O3

70. In which of the following processes can we get pure water from sea water?(1) sublimation (2) evaporation(3) distillation (4) filtration

71. Insulin is a pancreatic(1) enzyme(2) carbohydrate(3) vitamin(4) hormone

72. Foam is an example of(1) a gas dispersed in gas. (2) a liquid dispersed in a liquid.(3) a liquid dispersed in a gas. (4) a gas dispersed in a liquid.

73. Whichofthefollowingbirdsflybackwards?(1) Kiwi (2) Wood Pecker(3) Kingfisher (4) Hummingbird

74. The mammal that lays eggs is(1) duck-billed platypyus(2) kangaroo(3) otter(4) opossum



75. VitaminDisalsoknownas(1) riboflavin (2) tocopherol(3) retinal (4) calciferol

76. Whichofthefollowingwasthefirstclonedanimal?(1) Noah (wild Indian ox)(2) CC (kitten)(3) Dolly (sheep)(4) Cumulina (mice)

77. Gasoline is obtained from crude oil by the process of(1) filtration (2) fractionaldistillation(3) evaporation (4) distillation

78. WhichofthefollowingisthefirstcountrytopurchaseBrahmos missile, which was developed as the joint project of India and Russia?(1) Italy (2) Peru(3) Chile (4) Australia

79. The Kyoto Protocol lapses by(1) 2020 (2) 2016(3) 2012 (4) 2010

80. The cleaning action of soap can be explained by the principle of(1) gravitational force(2) surface tension.(3) capillary action(4) bernoulli’s principle

81. Neutron was discovered by(1) Chadwik (2) J.J. Thomson(3) Rutherford (4) Moseley

82. Which of the following devices converts mechanical energy into electrical energy?(1) Dynamo(2) Washing machine(3) Battery charger(4) Battery

83. Thegasusuallyfilledintheelectricbulbis(1) carbon dioxide (2) nitrogen(3) oxygen (4) hydrogen

84. Dialysis is used when a patient has a serious problem with(1) kidney (2) heart(3) lungs (4) liver

85. India’sfirststealthwarshipis(1) INS Shivalik(2) INS Sahyadri(3) INS Shakul(4) INS Satpura

86. The unit of the astronomical distance is the(1) light year (2) kilometer(3) angstram (4) nautical miles

87. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of (1) uncontrolled fusion reaction. (2) controlled fusion reaction.(3) uncontrolledfissionreaction.(4) controlledfissionreaction.

88. Which of the following study deals with cultivation offruit-bearingplants,theirspecificrequirementsandprotection from pests and diseases?(1) Olericulture (2) Pomology(3) Apiculture (4) Ichthyalogy

89. Pangolins are(1) wild boars(2) toothless anteaters.(3) scaly anteaters(4) armadillos

90. Which of the following diseases is inheritable?(1) CAD(2) colour blindness(3) anaemia(4) leukemia

91. Clear nights are cooler than cloudy nights because of(1) isolation (2) radiation(3) condensation (4) conduction

92. Thefirstsyntheticfibremadebymanwas(1) terrycott (2) polyster(3) nylon (4) rayon

93. Which of the following elements is obtained from sea weeds?(1) Iodine (2) Sulphur(3) Argon (4) Vanadium

94. World Ozone Day is observed on(1) September 5 (2) June 5(3) May 17 (4) September 16

95. What is the percentage of CO2 in Air?(1) 0.3 % (2) 0.03 %(3) 3 % (4) 0.003 %

96. If the blood group of parents is A–A; what is the pos-sible blood group of children? (1) A or O (2) A, O, AB(3) ‘O’ only (4) ‘A’ only

97. The part of the human eye which performs a function similar to that of aperture in a photographic camera is(1) ciliary muscles (2) pupil(3) lens (4) iris



4. ThefirstCommonwealthGameswereheldinHamil-ton, Canada in(1) 1930 (2) 1950(3) 1966 (4) 1974

5. Whowas the first Indian to score a century inTestcricket?(1) Lala Amarnath(2) C. K. Naidu(3) VijayManjrekar(4) VinooMankad

6. ‘Bogey’ and ‘Bunker’ are terms associated with(1) bridge (2) golf(3) ice hockey (4) baseball

Answer Keys

1. 4 2. 4 3. 1 4. 2 5. 2 6. 2 7. 3 8. 1 9. 2 10. 2 11. 3 12. 2 13. 3 14. 3 15. 4 16. 2 17. 3 18. 1 19. 1 20. 1 21. 4 22. 4 23. 2 24. 4 25. 3 26. 2 27. 2 28. 4 29. 1 30. 2 31. 2 32. 2 33. 1 34. 1 35. 3 36. 4 37. 3 38. 3 39. 2 40. 1 41. 3 42. 2 43. 2 44. 1 45. 3 46. 2 47. 4 48. 2 49. 3 50. 2 51. 3 52. 1 53. 1 54. 1 55. 1 56. 4 57. 1 58. 4 59. 1 60. 4 61. 1 62. 4 63. 4 64. 3 65. 4 66. 4 67. 2 68. 1 69. 4 70. 3 71. 4 72. 4 73. 4 74. 1 75. 4 76. 3 77. 2 78. 3 79. 3 80. 2 81. 1 82. 1 83. 2 84. 1 85. 1 86. 1 87. 1 88. 2 89. 3 90. 2 91. 2 92. 3 93. 1 94. 4 95. 2 96. 1 97. 2 98. 1 99. 3 100. 33

98. Which of the following is used as a lubricant in heavy machines?(1) graphite (2) sulphur(3) bauxite (4) phosphorous

99. India’sfirstTsunamiearlywarningsystemwasestab-lished at(1) Dehradun(2) Panaji

(3) Hyderabad(4) Pune

100. Chemically, baking soda is (1) baker’s yeast(2) sodium chloride(3) sodium bicarbonate (4) sodium carbonate

Sports


1. The term rink is associated with(1) skating (2) snooker(3) golf (4) polo

2. The Fourth World Military Games were held in Octo-ber, 2007 at(1) Pune (2) Bangalore(3) New Delhi (4) Hyderabad

3. The 2014 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at Sochi, in (1) USA (2) Russia(3) Germany (4) Japan



(1) Pakistan (2) India(3) Australia (4) Germany

19. Which nation has won the Spirit of Cricket Award at the 2008 ICC Awards?(1) India (2) Sri Lanka(3) West Indies (4) Bangladesh

20. “Regga” is the biography of sportsperson(1) Michael Schumacher (2) Clay Regazzani (3) Michael Phelphs (4) Usain Bolt

21. Which city will play host to the 2014 Asian Games?(1) Manila, The Philippines (2) New Delhi, India(3) Guangzhou, China (4) Incheon, South Korea

22. Identify the winner of the 2008 ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship held in Bangalore.(1) Geet Sethi(2) Pankaj Advani(3) Peter Gilchrist(4) Rupesh Shah

23. Which country will host the 2010 Asian Games?(1) Japan (2) South Korea(3) China (4) Thailand

24. The 2008 Olympic Torch is designed by (1) Nike (2) Lotto(3) Lenovo (4) Sony

25. In February 2009, which cricket player achieved the rare distinction along with Shahid Afridi of a 100 plus strike rate in ODI’s?(1) Sanath Jayasuriya (2) M.S. Dhoni(3) VirenderSehwag (4) YuvrajSingh

26. Jyothi Randhawa is associated with(1) golf (2) cricket(3) shooting (4) archery

27. The IT service provider for the 2010 FIFA world cup to be held in South Africa is(1) Infosys (2) TCS(3) Satyam Computers. (4) HCL Technologies

28. Which of the following statements is not true about the Olympics Games?(1) AthenswasthevenueforthefirstmodernOlym-

pic Games in 1896.(2) The revival of the games was done by Pierre de

Coubertin.

7. Which of the following countries is taking part in the 2009 Twenty 20 world cup?(1) Zimbabwe (2) Ireland(3) Kenya (4) Mauritius

8. Who won the Castrol test batsman of the year award, announced in June 2008?(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Sanath Jayasuriya(3) KumarSangakkara(4) VirendraSehwag

9. Which country won the SAFF Football title in June 2008?(1) India (2) Maldives(3) Pakistan (4) Bangladesh

10. Who among the following is the CEO of ICC?(1) I S Bindra(2) Haroon Lorgat(3) Ray Mali(4) David Morgan

11. Where is the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose National Institute of Sports located?(1) Patiala (2) Karnal(3) New Delhi (4) Kolkata

12. Which cricketer is nicknamed ‘Punter’?(1) Andrew Flintoff (2) Stephen Fleming(3) Ricky Ponting (4) Makhaya Ntini

13. Who won the 2008 Deodhar Trophy Cricket Champi-onship?(1) North Zone (2) South Zone(3) Central Zone (4) East Zone

14. IndiafinishedlastintheFour Nation Hockey Tourna-ment held in May 2008 in Perth. Who emerged the winner?(1) Australia (2) South Korea(3) New Zealand (4) Malaysia

15. Jitendar Kumar is associated with the sport/game of (1) boxing (2) shooting(3) archery (4) swimming

16. ThefirsteverYouthOlympicsisscheduledtobeheldin 2010 at(1) Athens (2) Sydney(3) Singapore (4) Tokyo

17. Kimi Raikkonen has won the 2008 F-1 Spanish Grand Prix. He belongs to(1) Poland (2) Finland(3) Italy (4) Sweden

18. The 2010 Men’s World Cup Hockey Tournament will be played in



(1) 9 (2) 7(3) 2 (4) 3

36. Olly, Syd, Millie are the mascots of(1) Sydney Olympics–2000(3) Athens Olympics–2004(3) Beijing Olympics–2008 (4) Atlanta Olympics–1996

37. The term “wagon wheel” is associated with(1) boxing (2) polo(3) football (4) cricket

38. The highest number of runs scored in the 2007 world cup cricket was by(1) M.Hayden (2) M.Jayawardane(3) R.Ponting (4) Sachin Tendulkar

39. Which of the following cups and trophies is not as-sociated with cricket?(1) Natwest Trophy(2) Benson and Hedges Cup(3) Wills Cup(4) Hopman Cup

40. Who is the winner of ‘Euro cup-2008?(1) Greece (2) Spain(3) France (4) Denmark

41. ‘Salt Lake stadium is located in(1) Delhi (2) Calcutta(3) Kanpur (4) Mumbai

42. The 2008 Laureus sports person of the year is(1) Justin Henin(2) Roger Federer(3) Paula Radcliffe(4) Lewis Hamilton

43. Roger Federer Won the French open in May 2009. It was his 14th Grand slam title and he equalled the re-cord of (1) Rod Laver(2) Pete Sampras(3) Jimmy Connors(4) Andre Agassi

44. Rafael Nadal who is the winner of the 2008 wimble-don men’s singles championship hails from(1) Spain (2) Switzerland(3) USA (4) UK

45. Parimarjan Negi, is the winner of the Philedelphia international open tournament in July/August 2008. Which of the following is true, regarding him?

(3) The 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was boy-cotted by western countries led by the United States.

(4) The first Winter Olympic Games were held in1924 in Turin (Italy).

29. The 2019 World Cup Cricket tournament is scheduled to be held in(1) West Indies (2) India(3) South Africa. (4) England

30. Which of the following statements regarding the Twenty 20 cricket World Cup is/are not true? (Ι) Gautam Gambhir remained not out in all his

three innings aggregating 88 at a strike rate of 144.26.

(ΙΙ) Irfan Pathan and Yousuf Pathan became the firstpairofbrotherstohaveplayedinaTwenty 20 international for India.

(ΙΙΙ) Dhonibecamethefirstcaptaintowinfivesuc-cessive tosses in the ICC World Twenty 20.

(ΙV) UmarGulhadatallyof13wicketsat11.92runsapiece the most in the competition, surpassing Australia’s Stuart Clark, and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi.

(1) ΙΙ and ΙΙΙ (2) Ι and ΙΙ (3) Only ΙΙΙ (4) Only Ι

31. Which of the statements is not true about the 2008 Beijing Olympics?(1)ThegameswereheldforthefirsttimeinChina.(2) The slogan for the 2008 Olympics is “one China

one world”.(3) The emblem of the 2008 Olympics was the “Danc-

ing Beijing”.(4) Usain Bolt secured the title of the worlds fastest

man and Michael Phelphs broke the record for most golds in one Olympic.

32. ‘Cue’ is a term associated with(1) billiards (2) basketball(3) bridge (4) polo

33. The Ryder Cup is awarded for(1) golf (2) billiards(3) badminton (4) archery

34. The Beijing Olympics which were held in August 2008 are the ____ Olympics.(1) 26th (2) 27th(3) 28th (4) 29th

35. The number of medals won by India in the Beijing Olympics is



48. The 2013 women’s World Cup cricket is scheduled to be held in (1) Australia (2) England(3) India (4) South Africa

49. In India, the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games were held in October 2008 in(1) Hyderabad(2) Tiruvananthapuram(3) Pune(4) Chennai

50. Who among the following Indian cricketers is nick-named as – “Jumbo”?(1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Anil Kumble(3) Irfan Pathan (4) M.S.Dhoni

(1) He is the youngest Grandmaster in India.(2) He is the only Grandmaster to win, this award

from India.(3) He is the second youngest grandmaster.(4) He won this award for the seventh time.

46. The first SAF (SouthAsia Federation)Gameswereheld at(1) New Delhi (2) Kathmandu(3) Hyderabad (4) Hamilton

47. “Jeev Milka Singh” is associated with(1) golf(2) shooting(3) marathon(4) football

Answer Keys

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Economy


1. A market economy in which both private and public enterprises participate in production is called(1) liberalization (2) privatization(3) globalization (4) mixed economy

2. Who was the first chairman of the Planning Commission?(1) M.Visweshwaraiah(2) P.C. Mahalnobis(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) Mahatma Gandhi

3. Whatisthetenureofthetenthfive-yearplan?(1) 2000-2005 (2) 2001-2006(3) 2002-2007 (4) 2003-2008

4. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was set up in 1995, with its headquarters at(1) Paris (2) Geneva(3) Washington (4) New York

5. Who among the following Indian economists was honoured with a global award for his contributions to welfare economics?(1) JagdishBhagwati (2) V.N.Gadgil(3) P.C. Mahalnobis (4) Amartya Sen

6. The World Bank is also known as the(1) International Monetary Fund.(2) International Finance Corporation.(3) International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-

opment.(4) International Development Association.



7. Which of the following committee’s recommendations deal with the insurance sector?(1) Raja Chellaiah Committee (2) Narasimhan Committee(3) Rekhi Committee(4) Malhotra Committee

8. VATstandsfor(1) ValueAdditionalTax(2) ValueAddedTax(3) ValidAdvanceTax(4) ValueAdvanceTax

9. Total cost per unit of output is called(1) averagefixedcost (2) averagecost(3) averagerevenue (4) fixedinput

10. The Bhoodan Movement was launched in (1) 1950 (2) 1951(3) 1952 (4) 1953

11. Who among the following launched the 20 point Eco-nomic Programme in India?(1) Jawaharlal Nehru (2) Indira Gandhi(3) A.B.Vajpayee (4) P.V.NarsimhaRao

12. Regional Rural Banks were set up in ________ in the country(1) 1973 (2) 1969(3) 1980 (4) 1975

13. ________ unemployment is a feature of the agricul-tural sector.(1) Structural (2) Disguised(3) Frictional (4) Cyclical

14. Generally, the standard of living is indicated by(1) GDP (2) NNP(3) GNP (4) Per Capita Income

15. Duringinflation,thevalueofmoney(1) increases (2) decreases(3) increases rapidly (4) multiplies

16. The Integrated Rural Development Programme was started during the ________ plan.(1) Fourth (2) Fifth(3) Seventh (4) Sixth

17. Amarketwithjusttwotradingfirmsforaproductorservice is called(1) Monopoly (2) Duopoly(3) Oligopoly (4) Monopsony

18. Which industry in India was the worst affected be-cause of the partition?(1) Engineering and Cement (2) Cotton and Sugar

(3) Jute and Cotton (4) Paper and Iron

19. Octroi is levied and collected by the(1) central government (2) state governments(3) central and state governments (4) local bodies

20. The custodian of foreign exchange reserves is (1) SBI (2) RBI(3) NABARD (4) Exim Bank

21. The return for an entreprenurial organisation is (1) profit (2) wages(3) rent (4) interest

22. Micro-economics is also known as(1) savings theory (2) expenditure theory(3) income theory (4) price theory

23. The difference between total expenditure and total re-ceipts is called(1) fiscaldeficit (2) budgetdeficit(3) revenuedeficit (4) primarydeficit

24. Real national income denotes(1) per capita income (2) national income at current prices(3) national income at constant prices (4) net factor income

25. Insufficientdemandleadingtoidlemenandmachin-ery over a long time is called(1) stagflation (2) reflation(3) recession (4) depression

26. The first estimate of national income in India wasmade by(1) P.C. Mahalnobis(2) Rath & Dandekar(3) V.K.R.VRao(4) Dadabhai Naoroji

27. The main burden of indirect tax is borne by (1) consumers (2) traders(3) tax payers (4) manufacturers

28. Generally the Railway Budget is presented to the Par-liament on(1) 1st April (2) March 1st (3) the last day of February (4) January 1st

29. According to the 2001 census, what is the sex ratio of India? (per 1000 males)?(1) 933 (2) 922(3) 945 (4) 914



30. The Indian Government gets its maximum revenue from(1) corporation tax (2) income tax(3) sales tax (4) excise duty

31. Which is the largest public sector bank?(1) NABARD (2) BOB(3) SBI (4) RBI

32. The industry that provides the largest employment is the(1) jute industry (2) textiles(3) mining (4) iron & steel.

33. The National Income in India is estimated by the(1) National Development Council (NDC) (2) Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)(3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (4) National Commission for Statistics (NCS)

34. The main impact of the Green Revolution was on(1) wheat (2) pulses(3) oilseeds (4) fisheries

35. The anti poverty programme, Antyodaya was firststarted in the state of(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan

36. Theapexinstitutioninthefieldofagriculturalfinanceis(1) RBI. (2) ICAR(3) SBI (4) NABARD

37. Which of the following is not the reason for popula-tion growth in India?(1) High birth rate and low death rate (2) Early marriages(3) Religious sentiment (4) Family Planning

38. What was the main objective of the Sixth Five year plan?(1) Development of Agriculture (2) Development of IT sector(3) Eradication of Poverty and Unemployment (4) Population stabilization

39. The concept of socialist pattern of society was pro-posed by(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru(3) C. Rajagopalachari (4) Dadabhai Naoroji

40. The Tata Iron & Steel Plant was set up at Jamshedpur in(1) 1901 (2) 1903(3) 1905 (4) 1908

41. India lost _____ per cent of cultivable land during parti-tion.(1) 9 % (2) 13 %(3) 22 % (4) 45 %

42. Who is called the Father of Economics?(1) Karl Marx (2) J.M. Keynes(3) John Marshal (4) Adam Smith

43. Mixed Economy means(1) assigning equal importance to both agriculture and

heavy industries.(2) co-existence of private and public sector.(3) co-existence of the rich and the poor in the society.(4) co-existence of small scale and large scale industries.

44. Who among the following proposed that the popula-tion rise is in geometric progression and the agricul-tural production is in arithmetic progression?(1) Robert Malthus (2) Karl Marx(3) M.S. Swaminathan (4) J.M. Keynes

45. Which economic philosophy or system advocates a free market system and minimal government interven-tion in economic matters?(1) Laissez-faire (2) Planned economy(3) Socialism (4) Welfare state

46. The contribution of agriculture to India’s economy in the last decade is not(1) constant (2) increasing rapidly(3) decreasing (4) No conclusion can be drawn

47. Whoisregardedasthefounderof‘ScientificSocial-ism’?(1) Lenin (2) Adam Smith(3) J.M. Keynes (4) Karl Marx

48. Debenture is a (1) short term loan taken by a company (2) long term loan taken by a company(3) bridge loan taken by a company (4) call loan taken by a company

49. Cheque is (1) legal tender money (2) smart money(3) optional money (4) paper money

50. Net Domestic Product or NDP =(1) Gross Domestic Product – Depreciation(2) Gross Domestic Product + Depreciation(3) Gross National Product – Depreciation(4) Gross National Product + Depreciation



51. Washingmachinesandrefrigeratorsareclassifiedun-der (1) perishable goods (2) capital goods(3) intermediate goods (4) consumer goods

52. Which technology /management practice was not as-sociated with the Green Revolution?(1) Intensive use of fertilizers, and pesticides(2) Higher cost of cultivation(3) UseofHighYieldingVarieties(HYV)(4) Organic farming

53. When was the Second Five Year Plan launched?(1) 1958 (2) 1956(3) 1951 (4) 1960

54. Which city is famous for its Diamond Cutting industry?(1) Mumbai (2) Surat(3) Ludhiana (4) Coimbatore

55. Secunderabad is the headquarters of the(1) Southern Railway Zone (2) South-East Railway Zone(3) South-Central Railway Zone (4) South-West Railway Zone

56. According to the 2001 census, which district has the largest population?(1) Pune (2) Medinipur(3) Mumbai (4) Ahmedabad

57. TheDamodarValleyCorporation(DVC)projecthasnot been designed to(1) controlfloods(2) provide drinking water(3) generate hydel power (4) provide irrigation

58. The Mahalanobis planning model was adopted for the (1) First plan (2) Fourth plan(3) Second plan (4) Third plan

59. Non-food or commercial crops in India are also known as(1) money crops (2) foundation seed crops(3) plantation crops (4) cash crops

60. FTSE is the stock exchange index of (1) New York Stock Exchange (2) London Stock Exchange(3) Frankfurt Stock Exchange (4) Milan Stock Exchange

61. Which of the following is an exclusive exchange for trading of shares of unlisted companies?

(1) BSE (2) NSE(3) OTCEI (4) NCX

62. A loan with a very low rate of interest is called(1) bridge loan (2) soft loan(3) cushion loan (4) roll over loan

63. Whichofthefollowingtheoriestalksabouttheflightof intellectual capital?(1) Trickle Down theory (2) Filteration theory(3) Brain Drain theory (4) Resource Crunch theory

64. Commodities futures can be traded at the (1) BSE (2) NSE(3) NCDEX (4) OTCEI

65. Thecountry’soldestfinancialinstitutionis(1) IDBI (2) NABARD(3) IFCI (4) SIDBI

66. A dud cheque is the same as a (1) bearer cheque (2) crossed cheque (3) bounced cheque (4) Both (1) and (2)

67. In India, National income is computed by (1) Ministry of Finance. (2) Central Statistical Organization. (3) Planning Commission. (4) Indian Statistical Institute.

68. Whatwouldyoucallmoneywhichfleesquicklyfromcountry to country?(1) Slush money (2) Mobile money(3) Hush money(4) Hot money

69. An economy where people are free to pursue their own self interest without any state intervention is called a (1) decentralized economy (2) planned economy(3) command economy (4) laissez faire economy

70. Which of the following is not true about human capi-tal?(1) It can be acquired. (2) Human capital can be inborn.(3) Initial Public Offer is one way of acquiring human

capital.(4) Human capital is stock of knowledge, skills and

talent.



82. During“inflation”thevalueofmoneyalways(1) firstincreasesnextdecreases(2) firstdecreasesnextincreases(3) increases (4) decreases

83. RBI was nationalised in(1) 1935 (2) 1949(3) 1954 (4) 1912

84. Which of the following committee recommendations deal with ‘Capital Account Convertibility”?(1) Narasimhan Committee (2) Rakesh Mohan Committee(3) Kelkar Committee (4) Tarapore Committee

85. FDI stands for (1) fast direct investment (2) foreign debt investment(3) foreign direct investment (4) free debt investment

86. ‘GI’ stands for(1) General Indication (2) Geographical Indication(3) Geographical Information (4) General Information

87. The Uruguay Round of talks led to the formation of (1) International Trade Organisation (2) Multilateral Agreement on Investment(3) International Monetary Fund (4) World Trade Organistion

88. Which is the most important cause of for an underde-veloped Indian economy?(1) Low Per capita Income(2) Co-existence of underutilized man power and

natural resources(3) Lack of capital(4) High density of population

89. NABARD gives loans directly to(1) small farmers(2) village artisans(3) petty traders(4) None of the above

90. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is the (1) Prime Minister of India (2) President of India(3) Finance Minister (4) All of the three by rotation system

71. The term ‘tax haven’ refers to(1) tax holiday (2) moratorium on taxes(3) a ‘sanctuary’ for tax evaders (4) single point taxation

72. Between which of the following rivers was the ancient town of Takshasila located?(1) Ravi and Beas (2) Jhelum and Beas (3) Indus and Jhelum (4) Chenab and Ravi

73. Which of the following birds was worshipped by the Harrappan people?(1) Peacock (2) Eagle(3) Elephant (4) Humped bull

74. The Muslim League’s annual session of 1940 which gave effect to Jinnah’s “Two Nation theory” was held in (1) Lucknow (2) Karachi(3) Bombay (4) Lahore

75. In 1897 Theodor Hezl launched the Zionist move-ment. The movement was related to the _____ religion /church/sect.(1) Anglican (2) Jewish(3) Protestant (4) Quaker

76. Who was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Interim Government of 1946?(1) C.Rajagopalachari (2) Aruna Asaf Ali(3) VallabhbhaiPatel (4) JawaharalalNehru

77. The movement in India which became popular during the First World War was the (1) swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods (2) separatist movement(3) Home-Rule movement (4) Quit-India movement

78. Arthashastra is a book on(1) statecraft (2) economics(3) origin of words (4) astronomy

79. TrygveLiewas thefirstSecretaryGeneralofUNO.He hailed from(1) Sweden (2) Austria(3) Ghana (4) Norway

80. Which of the following is not a part of Shad-Darsha-na?(1) Mimansa (2) Nyaya(3) Vaisheshika (4) Jyotesha

81. Who is the Chairman of the 13th Finance Commission?(1) C.Rangarajan (2) VijayKelkar(3) Bimal Jalan (4) Prabhat Patnaik



102. Which of the following is not an indirect tax?(1) Customs Duties (2) Excise Duties (3) Service Tax (4) Income Tax

103. The loan that is raised for a very short period of a few days or for a week is called(1) near money (2) call money(3) dear money (4) cheap money

104. The largest source of revenue for the Indian Govern-ment is(1) corporation tax (2) sales tax(3) octroi (4) customs duty

105. Which committee was appointed by the Union Gov-ernment to recommend measures to make Mumbai a globalfinancialhub?(1) Parekh Committee (2) Percy Mistry Committee(3) Kelkar Committee (4) Malhotra Committee

106. Which of the following is a global generic drug manu-facturing company?(1) Teva (2) Chevron(3) Diageo PLC (4) Carrefour

107. Which of the following has been renamed as National Aviation Company of India Ltd [NACIL]?(1) Jet Airways (2) KingfisherAirlines(3) Air Sahara (4) Air India and Indian Airlines

108. “Building India” is the ad-line of(1) DLF (2) Larsen and Toubro (3) National Housing Bank (4) HDFC

109. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics for his contribution to welfare economics?(1) Milton Friedman (2) Amartya Sen(3) Gunnar Myrdal (4) Paul Samuelson

110. The largest producer of sugarcane based ethanol in the world is(1) USA (2) India(3) Cuba (4) Brazil

111. The origin of the Narmada is(1) the Amarkantak Hill (2) the Gomuka (3) Triambakeshwar (4) Mahabaleshwar

91. The India’s Second Five year Plan is based on the (1) Chakravathi model (2) Harrod – Domar model(3) Brahmanada model (4) Mahalanobis model

92. Dow Jones is the stock exchange index of (1) Tokyo (2) Hong Kong(3) New York (4) London

93. The biggest commerical bank in India is(1) ICICI Bank (2) NABARD(3) RBI (4) SBI

94. The Manama Dialogue, an international security con-ference was held in December 2008 Manama is lo-cated in(1) UAE (2) Bahrain(3) Oman (4) Somalia

95. The Green Revolution in India has been most success-ful in the case of(1) tea and coffee (2) mustard and oil seeds(3) potatoes and rice (4) rice and wheat

96. Andhra Pradesh occupies a dominant position in India with reference to the(1) sugar industry (2) ship breaking industry(3) cement industry (4) drugs and pharma industry

97. Dear Money is associated with(1) low rate of interest (2) high rate of interest(3) soft loans (4) cheap money

98. Which of the following is the largest economy in the world?(1) USA (2) Japan(3) Germany (4) China

99. A continuous rise in the general price-level is called(1) deflation(2) stagflation(3) inflation(4) recession

100. National Income in India is calculated by the(1) Central Statistical Organization (2) Finance Commission(3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Indian Statistical Institute

101. Oligopoly refers to(1) a few sellers, many buyers (2) one seller, many buyers(3) many sellers, few buyers (4) many sellers, many buyers



122. Which country was adjudged as the most heavily armed society in the world according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate In-stitute of International Studies?(1) Australia (2) Afghanistan(3) India (4) U.S.A

123. The UNO is observing 2009 as the(1) International Year of Dolphins. (2) InternationalYearofDesertsandDesertification.(3) International Year of Languages.(4) International Year of astronomy.

124. Whichof the followingwas thefirstDFI (Develop-ment Finance Institution) to be established in 1948, under an Act of Parliament?(1) IFCI (2) ICICI(3) IDBI (4) SIDBI

125. India is the second largest sugar producing country in the world after(1) Brazil (2) Cuba(3) China (4) Pakistan

126. Which of the following is not a major cotton produc-ing state?(1) Maharashtra (2) Gujarat(3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh

127. Which of the following is an imported exotic cow breed?(1) Merino (2) Holstein(3) Surati (4) Murrah

128. The Jaduguda uranium mines are located in(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Jharkhand

129. Iron ore is one of India’s major exports. Which of the following is an iron ore mining area?(1) Hutti (2) Kolar(3) Panna (4) Singhbhum

130. The Hindustan Antibiotics plant at __________ is one of the largest in the world.(1) Pimpri (2) Hyderabad(3) Rishikesh (4) Jamshedpur

131. The author of “Poverty and Famines-An Essay on En-titlement and Deprivation” is(1) P. Sainath (2) Dharam Pal(3) Amartya Sen (4) Dadabhai Naoroji

132.Theobjectiveofgivingsubsidies is topromoteeffi-ciency or social justice. Purchase of food grains at an assured price, which is higher than the prevailing mar-ket price is termed as

112. The Carneige Medal of Philanthropy was awarded in 2007 to(1) Bill Gates Foundation (2) Richard Branson(3) Tata Group (4) Carlos Slim

113. The Sensex crossed and closed at the 20,000 mark in De-cember2007.Itcrossedthefirst1,000markin(1) 1988 (2) 1990(3) 1993 (4) 1995

114. Which of the following pairs is mismatched?(1) Least literate state–Bihar (2) Least populous district in India–Aizawal(3) Most population density state–Delhi (4) Most populous state–Uttar Pradesh

115. The headquarters of NCDEX (National Commodityand Derivative Exchange) is based at(1) Vadodara (2) Mumbai(3) Surat (4) Gandhinagar

116. The largest wildlife sanctuary in South India is the(1) Mudumalai Sanctuary (2) Nagarjunsagar Wildlife Sanctuary(3) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary(4) Thattekad Bird Sanctuary

117. Who is the author of the book “Everybody Loves a Good Drought”?(1) P. Sainath (2) M.S. Swaminathan(3) Arun Shourie (4) M.J. Akbar

118. In 2007, the Union Government handed over a 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project to Reliance Energy. The project is located at Sasan in (1) Rajasthan(2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Gujarat(4) Karnataka

119. The deepest port in India is(1) Visakhapatnam (2) Mumbai(3) Kochi (4) Kandla

120. Which country devised a new GNH(Gross National Happiness) index instead of the conventional GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?(1) Nepal (2) Bhutan(3) Japan (4) China

121. Which of the following is a private port?(1) Pipavav (2) Navlakhi(3) Bedi Bunder (4) Ratnagiri



(1) International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics.

(2) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.(3) Indian Institute of Science.(4) Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic

Plants.

142. The Posco Steel Plant is the single biggest FDI project in the country. The steel plant is to be located in(1) Jharkhand (2) Orissa(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Karnataka

143. In the Tenth Five year plan, the highest allocation of 26·5 per cent was earmarked for(1) rural development and irrigation(2) transport(3) social services(4) energy

144. Thefirst state to implement the three-tier systemofPanchayat Raj was(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Rajasthan

145. Find the odd one out.(1) Canara Bank (2) Axis Bank(3) Syndicate Bank (4) Corporation Bank

146. ‘India’s International Bank’ is the punch-line of (1) Bank of Baroda (2) Bank of India(3) ICICI Bank (4) Indian Bank

147. Which country has initiated a unique concept of Gross National Happiness Index?(1) Nepal (2) Bhutan(3) Norway (4) Denmark

148. Robert Zoellick is the president of the (1) WTO (2) UNDP(3) World Bank (4) IMF

149. ‘What Business Demands’ is the punch-line of(1) Satyam Computers(2) IBM (3) Polaris Software(4) Tata Motors

150. ‘KFX’ is the stock exchange index of(1) Canada (2) Denmark(3) Switzerland (4) Ireland

151. Which of the following is wrongly matched?(1) Bombay Plan-John Mathai (2) Gandhian-Srimannarayana(3) People’s Plan-M. N. Roy (4) RollingPlan-M.Vishweswaraiah

(1) regulatory subsidies(2) in - kind subsidies (3) procurement subsidies(4) tax subsidies

133. Which of the following statements is true of the pres-ent state of the Indian economy?(1) A very high proportion of the working population

is engaged in the Farm sector.(2) Due to the dramatic impact of the economic re-

forms, India is now classified as a developedcountry.

(3) India’s strength is its manufacturing sector.(4) The commanding heights of the Indian economy are

still reserved for the public sector.

134. Who is the author of “Poverty and un - British rule in India”?(1) Dadabhai Naoroji (2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak(3) SriAurobindo (4) V.D.Savarkar

135. The chairman of the 13th Finance Commission is(1) C. Rangarajan (2) Bimal Jalan(3) VijayKelkar(4) Parthasarathi Shome

136. Higher human development with relatively lower in-come is a description of(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat(3) Kerala (4) Haryana

137. Which of the following accounts for 67 per cent of the total energy consumption in the country?(1) Coal (2) Hydro-electricity(3) Solar (4) Nuclear

138. India has four major shipbuilding yards. Which is the odd man out?(1) Vishakapatnam (2) Tuticorin(3) Calcutta (4) Bombay

139.Whichfiveyearplangavetopprioritytoheavyindus-tries?(1) First (2) Second(3) Tenth (4) Eleventh

140. PURA is a programme to provide urban amenities in rural areas. It is the brainchild of(1) M.S. Swaminathan (2) Norman Borlaug (3) VergheseKurien(4) Abdul Kalam

141. Which of the following institutes is located in Luc-know?



(1) ICICI Bank (2) SBI(3) IDFC (4) HDFC Bank

162. The Goldman Sachs Group has launched a global pro-gramme called “10000 Women” to train women as entrepreneurs and managers. The Indian associate for this global initiative is(1) Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).(2) Indian School of Business (ISB).(3) Infosys Technologies.(4) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

163. Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the President of(1) CII (2) NASSCOM(3) FICCI (4) ASSOCHAM

164.WhichofthefollowingfinancialgiantsisbasedinThe Netherlands?(1) AIG (2) Standard Life(3) Allianz (4) ING

165. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is the rural development agency of(1) United Nations (2) WEF(3) ADB (4) World Bank

166. C. B. Bhave is the Chairman of(1) TRAI (2) NSDL(3) IRDA (4) SEBI

167. Global Bank was acquired by(1) Oriental Bank of Commerce (2) HDFC Bank(3) Punjab National Bank (4) State Bank of India

168. Which bank, as part of its image make-over, has launched a campaign with the ad-line, “Together we can”?(1) AxisBank (2) VijayaBank(3) Canara Bank (4) Bank of India

169. The Skoch Challenger Award 2008 for Financial In-clusion has been awarded to(1) ICICI Bank(2) Punjab National Bank(3) Bank of Baroda(4) State Bank of India

170. Goldman Sachsistheworld’sbiggestsecuritiesfirmbymarketvalue.TheCEOofthefirmis(1) WarrenBuffett (2) VikramPandit(3) Lloyd Blankfein (4) Stan O’Neal

171. In April 2008, India signed a currency swap agree-ment with(1) Japan (2) Singapore(3) U.S.A (4) U.K

152. Which of the following statements is not true?(1) By 2030, India will be the biggest car market after

the U.S. and China.(2) Major Indian ports handled cargo of around

463.84 million tonnes in 2006-07.(3) According to the widely-read travel magazine,

Conde Nost Traveller, India has become the world’s most preferred tourism destination.

(4) India, with a production of 161 million tonnes, is the world’s second largest producer of cement.

153. NABARD was instituted in(1) 1982 (2) 1984(3) 1991 (4) 1975

154. The targeted growth rate for the Agriculture sector during the 11th Five Year Plan is(1) 4 % (2) 5 %(3) 5.6 % (4) 3 %

155. ‘Gresham’s Law’ in Economics relates to(1) distribution of goods and services (2) circulation of currency(3) consumption of supply (4) supply and demand

156. In February 2008, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for India’s largest hy-droelectric power project, the Dibang Power Project, which is located in(1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Meghalaya (3) Mizoram (4) Sikkim

157. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission(1) holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister (2) is always the Planning Minister(3) is always the Prime Minister (4) is always an economist of repute

158. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterised as(1) disguised (2) frictional(3) cyclical (4) structural

159. The period of high inflation and low economic growth is termed as(1) recession (2) stagnation(3) stagflation (4) depression

160. Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank have launched a joint venture insurance company. The foreign partner intheJVis(1) AIG (2) Legal and General(3) Cardiff (4) Prudential

161. In March 2008, Standard Chartered Bank agreed to sell its Asset Management Company (AMC) to



D. The main target pest for Bt. Rice is the yellow stem borer.

E. TheGoldenRiceorgeneticallymodifiedricewasdeveloped in 2000 to save children affected with vitaminAdeficiencysyndrome.

(1) Only B (2) C, D and E(3) B, C, D and E (4) A to E

181. India’sfirstruralBPOemploying14people,whoareworking on legal data processing, was set up in March 2005 in (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Kerala (4) Karnataka

182. India, the world’s largest producer of milk, has what per cent of the world’s cattle population?(1) 20 (2) 25(3) 16 (4) 22

183. Which of the following statements about the distress-ing suicides among farmers is/are not true?A. More suicides have been reported in the category

of farmers opting for cash crops like cotton.B. No separate records of farmers suicides were

maintained by the Government before 1995.C. The suicides are restricted to farmers in the so

called “BIMARU” belt.D. NSSO surveys reveal that institutional credit is

still not available to many poor farmers.E. Farmers in many cases have been the victims of

highly capital intensive agricultural technology and a global crash in product prices.

(1) Only C (2) B and C(3) A and C (4) A, B and C

184. Which of the following is not a traditional method of reducing non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks in India?(1) Write-off(2) One-time settlement (3) Upgradation (4) Auction of NPAs

185. Which of the following statements is in harmony with management guru C.K. Prahalad’s approach of “There is a fortune at the bottom of the pyramid”?A. The rural poor are a liability in a consumer economy

because they have no income.B. The poor are the untapped potential of the con-

sumer market.C. It is better to concentrate on the lucrative urban

market rather than on increasing numbers of low-income consumers.

(1) Only B (2) A and C(3) A and B (4) B and C

172. Which of the following combinations is not matched correctly?(1) LIC–Kal par control (2) BoB–India’s International Bank(3) Daikin–Complete Silence (4) TCS–Experience certainty

173. According to the World Bank’s Migration and Remit-tances Fact Book 2008, which country received the highest inward remittances of $27 billion in 2007?(1) India (2) China(3) Mexico (4) The Philippines

174. The Chairman of NASSCOM is(1) Som Mittal (2) Kiran Karnik(3) Shiv Nadar (4) Dr. Ganesh Natarajan

175.WhichofthefollowingbankisbasedinVadodra(1) Dena Bank (2) BOB(3) State Bank (4) ICICI Bank

176. Who among the following was the founder of Central Bank of India?(1) Sorabji Pochkhanawala (2) Lala Lajpat Rai(3) Sayaji Rao Gaikwad (4) Pattabhi Sitaramaiah

177. According to the WTO, the US is the largest exporter of commercial services. What is India’s rank?(1) 10 (2) 11(3) 12 (4) 12

178. ABG Shipyard, India’s largest private sector shipyard, is located at(1) Mandvi (2) Dahej(3) Mundra (4) Navibandar

179. “An Investment called India” is the punch-line of(1) BSE (2) NSE(3) NCDEX (4) MCX

180. After the controversyovergeneticallymodifiedcot-ton, it is now the turn of geneticallymodified rice.Which of the following statement(s) is / are true of rice production and genetic engineering?A. India ranks second in the world after China in rice

and basmati rice production.B. The Government of India and the Indian Council

of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have allowed transgenic research on long grained scented rice varities.

C. The Consultative Group on International Agricul-tural Research (CGIAR) is developing staple food crops rich in micronutrients under Harvest Plus Programme.



191. Which of the following is not a subsidy?(1) Concessional power to farmers.(2) Purchase of foodgrains at an assured price.(3) Concessional credit to small-scale industries.(4) Tax concessions for medical insurance.

192. There is an increasing focus on the functioning of the 196 Regional Rural Banks in the country. Which of the following is the latest measure being adopted by RRBs?(1) Increasingnon-targetgroupfinancing(2) Lending beyond service area(3) Opening extension counters (4) Merging with sponsor banks

193. Which of the following statements is not true of the Green Revolution and its impact in the country?(1) It was a seed-fertilizer package.(2) The initial phase of the Green Revolution covered

wheat, maize, rice and bajra.(3) It did not lead to an increase in production of puls-

es.(4) Spectacular increase in foodgrain production was

observed mostly in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh.

194. What is the share of the dairy sector in the 21 per cent GDP contributed by the farm sector?(1) 5 % (2) 10 %(3) 20 % (4) 15 %

195. Which sector was accorded top priority in the budget allocation of the 2007-08 Union Budget? (1) Rural Development (2) Energy (3) Social Services (4) Transport

196. The cooperative movement evolved as a mechanism for pooling of meagre resources for common good. Which of the following statements is/are true of the cooperative movement in the country?A. Liberalisation and Globalisation are compatible

with the spirit of the cooperative movement.B. The National Policy on Cooperatives provides for

a full regulatory role for the government in the management and working of cooperatives.

C. Cooperatives provide the advantage of economies of scale.

(1) A and B (2) A, B and C(3) Only C (4) Only A

197. The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants [CIMAP] is located at(1) Lucknow (2) Trivandrum(3) Ghaziabad (4) Nagpur

186. Milk production in India has risen to over 5 million tonnes currently from 17 million tonnes in 1950-1951 primarily due to “Operation Flood” launched in(1) 1970 (2) 1991(3) 1996 (4) 1967

187. The WTO Ministerial conference was held at Hong Kong in December 2005. The outcome of the meeting was described by the Secretary-General Pascal Lamy as “Cancun and Seattle had left WTO sinking while Hong Kong set it thinking”. Which of the following statements about the WTO and the outcome of the conference is true?(1) Saudi Arabia, Tonga and Russia are the three lat-

est members of WTO.(2) All forms of farm export subsidies are to be com-

pletely eliminated by 2010.(3) The very poorest countries can export 100 % of

their products to developed and developing coun-tries, duty free and quota free.

(4) The developing countries have agreed to reduce im-port tariffs on industrial goods under Non-Agricul-tural Market Access.

188. Which of the following statements is not true of the main purpose of the Public Distribution System (PDS)?(1) The main focus of PDS is not BPL families.(2) An instrument of price stabilization.(3) It is also a welfare programme for the poor.(4) It is a countervailing force against the market

mechanism.

189. Which of the following statements is not true of the declining opportunities in the agricultural sector spe-cially in the last decade?(1) The growth rate of employment in the agricultural

sector became negative in the 1990s.(2) The economic growth in the 1990s may have been

growth without employment.(3) The service sector has grown at the expense of the

agricultural sector.(4) The farm sector growth rate has matched the over-

all GDP growth rate in recent times.

190. Which of the following is not one of the aims of the Bharat Nirman project?(1) Telephone connections to unconnected villages.(2) Massive expansion in irrigation facilities.(3) Housing programme for the rural poor.(4) Building up world-class infrastructure in urban

areas.



204. Which of the following statements is/are not true of the recently enacted National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP)?A. It assures 100 days of employment to the rural and

urban poor.B. The programme is restricted to those who volun-

teer for casual manual labour.C. The number of districts to be covered has been

increased from the original 150 to cover all the districts of the country.

D. It is basically an asset creating public works pro-gramme.

(1) A (2) B(3) B and D (4) D

205. Which of the following development models/strate-gies is our country following at present? (1) Heavy industry model (2) State sponsored capitalism(3) Fabian socialism (4) LPG model

206. The regulator for the three national level multi-com-modityexchanges[NCDEX,MCXandNMCEIL]isthe (1) NSE(2) SEBI(3) OTCEI(4) FMC

207. The 11th plan approach paper targets an average GDP growth rate of 8.5 per cent during the plan period. The target for the farm sector growth is (1) 6.1 % (2) 5.3 %(3) 3.9 % (4) 4.8 %

208. Which of the following statements is not true about Ethanol and Government policy initiatives to promote the bio-fuel?(1) The Ethanol blended programme [EBP] will com-

mence from 1 November 2006.(2) Ethanol gives 44 % more energy than Petrol.(3) The world’s largest Ethanol–Petrol blender is Bra-

zil.(4) The Indian Sugar Manufacturers Association

[ISMA] wants Ethanol price to be linked to global crude.

209. Which of the following is not part of Second Genera-tion economic reforms in India?(1) Labour sector reforms (2) Deregulation and delincensing(3) Fiscal discipline (4) Focus on infrastructure

198. In which ofthefollowingstateswillyoufindtheun-usualphenomenaofthefloweringofbamboo,oncein 40 years, linked with the threat of famine?(1) West Bengal (2) Assam(3) Nagaland (4) Mizoram

199. Who among the following economists (who talked of intermediate technology) can be considered as Gan-dhian-friendly?(1) Joseph Schumpter (2) John Galbraith(3) E. F. Schumacher (4) Amartya Sen

200. The PURA programme is associated with(1) a comprehensive urban infrastructure pro-

gramme.(2) a programme inspired by the Sampurna Kranti

movement of Jayaprakash Narain.(3) total management solutions.(4) providing urban amenities in rural areas.

201. Whichofthefollowingisthefirstmicro-financeinsti-tution in the country?(1) Basix (2) Sewa(3) Ujjivan (4) Bandhan

202. To understand the phenomenon of endemic rural pov-erty in India, it is essential to understand our colonial past. There is now a renewed talk of the supposed ben-efitsofBritishcolonial rule,whichno lessapersonthan Jawaharlal Nehru described as “outright plunder and pure loot”. In this context, which of the follow-ing statements is / are true of British colonial rule and poverty?A. The drain of wealth and capital from the country

started after 1857, according to Dadabhai Naoroji.B. India had to export much more than she imported

to meet the requirements of economic drain.C. One estimate of the annual drain in 1880 was 4.14

% of the Indian national income.(1) A, B and C (2) Only C(3) A and C (4) A and B

203. Which of the following statements about the PURA (Programme for Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas)andVision2020programmeof thePresidentAPJ Abdul Kalam, is not true?(1) The aim of PURA is economic development of vil-

lages without population transfers to urban areas.(2) PURAisamissionunderVision2020whichpro-

vides different connectivities to rural areas.(3) The country should target 360 million tonnes of

food and agricultural production by 2020.(4) A sustained growth rate of 7 % is needed for In-

dia to attain the status of a developed nation by 2020.



(3) reduction of the value of a currency against other currencies or gold.

(4) depriving a note or coin of its value.

220. The World Development Report is an annual publica-tion of the(1) United Nations Development Programme.(2) International Bank for Reconstruction and Devel-

opment.(3) World Trade Organization.(4) International Monetary Fund.

221. FiveyearplansinIndiaarefinallyapprovedbythe(1) Union Cabinet (2) President on the advice of the Prime Minister(3) Planning Commission (4) National Development Council

222. What is the major objective of the Eleventh Five Year Plan?(1) Eradication of Poverty (2) Self-Reliance(3) Faster Inclusive Growth (4) Employment Generation

223. Which of the following is not a nationalized bank?(1) VijayaBank (2) DenaBank(3) Federal Bank (4) Corporation Bank

224. Service tax is a/an(1) indirect tax levied by the state government (2) direct tax levied by the central government(3) direct tax levied by the state government (4) indirect tax levied by the central government

225. The Finance Minister in the interim government of 1946 was(1) Rajendra Prasad (2) C. Rajagopalachary(3) VallabhbhaiPatel (4) LiaqatAliKhan

226. Which environmental conference declared June 5 as the World Environmental Day?(1) Nairobi Conference 1982 (2) The Rio Summit 1992(3) Kyoto Summit 1997 (4) The Stockholm Conference 1972

227. Golden Revolution is associated with(1) horticulture (2) milk production(3) pulses (4) oil seeds

228. Which of the following is an infrastructure develop-ment programme?(1) PMRY (2) SGSY(3) SGRY (4) NHDP

210. Geothermal Energy is the exploitation of heat energy within 10 km of the earth’s upper crust. India’s most promising geothermal site is in (1) Bakreswar (2) PugaValley(3) Luni river (4) Nilgiri Hills

211. ThefirstMinisterialConferenceofWTOwasheldin1996 at(1) Doha (2) Singapore(3) Seattle (4) Cancun

212. From the coastline the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extends upto(1) 12 nautical miles (2) 12 to 24 nautical miles (3) 200 nautical miles (4) 500 nautical miles

213. The capital market is regulated by (1) SEBI (2) RBI(3) NSE (4) BSE

214. IRDA stands for (1) Integrated Rural Development Agency.(2) International Rural Development Authority.(3) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority.(4) Insurance Regulatory Development Agency.

215.NCDEX (National Commodity and Derivative Ex-change) is based at(1) Thiruvananthapuram(2) Ahmedabad(3) Hyderabad(4) Bangalore

216. The Foreign Reserves of India consists of (1) gold held by RBI (2) special drawing rights with IMF (3) foreign currency assets held by the RBI (4) All the above

217. Which of the following banks was not in the list of 14 banks that were nationalized in July 1969? (1) Bank of Baroda (2) Canara Bank(3) Allahabad Bank (4) Andhra Bank

218. Which of the following organizations are better known as the ‘Bretton Woods twins’?(1) World Bank, IMF (2) WTO, ADB(3) IMF, WTO (4) BIS, World Bank

219. Devaluation does not mean(1) fall in the value of a currency in relation to other

currencies.(2) fallinfixedexchangeratebetweenonecurrency

and other.



(3) capital account convertibility (4) insurance reforms

238. Which of the following proposed taxes is still to be grounded in the country?(1) FringeBenefitTax(2) Tax on Goods and Services(3) Banking Cash Transaction Tax (4) ValueAddedTax

239. A banking system that allows banks to act as invest-ment banks and offer awide range of financial ser-vices is termed as(1) inclusive banking (2) universal banking(3) exclusive banking (4) wholesale banking

240. A type of unemployment in which there is simply in-sufficientdemandis(1) frictional unemployment (2) classical unemployment(3) disguised unemployment (4) keynesian unemployment

241. Which of the following is a private sector bank?(1) United Bank of India (2) Bank of Rajastan(3) Punjab and Sind Bank (4) Dena Bank

242. M.S. Swaminathan heads the(1) Economic Advisory Council (2) Indian Council of Agricultural Research(3) National Commission on Farmers (4) CentreforScientificandIndustrialResearch

243. Whichofthefollowingisnotamicro-financeinstitu-tion?(1) CRY (2) Spandana(3) Basix (4) SEWA

244. The Sachar Committee recommendations deal with(1) infrastructure sector reforms. (2) reservations for OBCs(3) oil for food scandal (4) socio-economic status of Muslims

245. According to the Approach Paper of the Planning Commission for the 11th Five Year plan [2007-2012], the overall GDP growth rate target is(1) 9.5 % (2) 8.5 %(3) 8 % (4) 10 %

246. According to the United Nations, the population of the world touched 6 billion mark in October 1999 from the 5 billion mark in

229. The unemployment which is generated due to changes in market conditions is (change in demand and supply conditions) called(1) seasonal unemployment (2) disguised unemployment(3) structural unemployment (4) frictional unemployment

230. In 2006, the CSO (Central Statistical Organization) changed the base year for calculating national income aggregates at constant price from 1993-94 to(1) 1999-2000 (2) 1997-98(3) 2001-2002 (4) 2003-2004

231.TheBankwithitsregisteredofficeatVadodarais.(1) ICICI Bank (2) Indusind Bank (3) Union Bank of India (4) Dena Bank

232.Whichamongthefollowingisthefirstlong-termin-dustrialfinancinginstitutiontobesetupinthecoun-try?(1) ICICI (2) IDBI(3) IFCI (4) IRBI

233. The SS Tarapore Committee’s recommendations deal with (1) CRR (2) SLR(3) PLR (4) CAC

234.TheSensexcrosseditsfirst1,000markin(1) 1988 (2) 1990(3) 1992 (4) 1994

235. ConsiderthefollowingfinancialinstitutionsofIndia.1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI).2. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of

India (ICICI).3. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI).4. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Devel-

opment (NABARD). The correct chronological sequence of the establish-ment of these institutions is(1) 4, 1, 2, 3 (2) 2, 3, 4, 1(3) 1, 2, 3, 4 (4) 3, 4, 1, 2

236. Economic Planning is an essential feature of (1) mixed economy 2) dual economy(3) socialistic economy (4) capitalistic economy

237. The Kelkar Committee recommendators deals with (1) tax reforms (2) banking reforms



(1) Fifth Plan [1974-79] (2) Fourth Plan [1969-74](3) Sixth Plan [1978-83] (4) Seventh Plan [1985-90]

256. Which of the following is not a tax on commodities and services?(1) Wealth tax (2) Central excise duties(3) Service tax (4) Custom duties

257. Whichisthefirstbanktointroducethereversemort-gage scheme for senior citizens under the name of Baghban?(1) Punjab National Bank (2) SBI(3) Bank of Baroda (4) Bank of Rajasthan

258. “India’s International Bank” is the punchline of (1) UCO Bank (2) Yes Bank(3) Bank of Baroda (4) Corporation Bank

259. CRR stands for(1) capital reserve ratio(2) cash reserve rate(3) cash reserve ratio (4) capital reserve rate

260. When the productive capacity is inadequate to create a sufficientnumberofjobs,itiscalled(1) disguised unemployment (2) structural unemployment(3) seasonal unemployment (4) frictional unemployment

261. Which of the following is not true of the landmark Kyoto Protocol?(1) The treaty expires in the year 2012.(2) The Protocol was adopted on December 12, 1997,

at Kyoto, Japan.(3) TheKyotoProtocolhasbeenratifiedby140coun-

tries including USA.(4) Russiaratifiedthetreatyin2004.

262. The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to (1) Mohamad Yunus and Grameena Bank (2) Shirin Ebadi(3) Marthi Ahtisaari (4) Al Gore and IPCC

263. Manufacturing contributes about ______ per cent to the GDP of India.(1) 55 % (2) 25 %(3) 22 % (4) 17 %

(1) 1960 (2) 1974(3) 1927 (4) 1987

247. Which city is the biotechnology capital of India? [Out of the 340 biotech firms in the country, 137 are in this city].(1) Hyderabad (2) Pune(3) Bangalore (4) Kochi

248. Which of the following is a commodity exchange?(1) NSE (2) BSE(3) OTCEI (4) NCDEX

249. A closed economy(1) does not allow freedom of press (2) engages in no foreign and domestic trade or tran-

sit(3) engages in no foreign trade (4) permits emigration but no immigration

250. Which of the following is not a rural development pro-gramme?(1) PURA (2) JNURM(3) SJSRY (4) e-choupal

251. Which of the following is a regulator of the commodi-ties exchanges?(1) SEBI (2) AMFI(3) FMC (4) NASSCOM

252. Which of the following is an organisation set up to try defaults of large bank advances?(1) Ombudsman (2) Indian Banks Association(3) Debt Recovery Tribunals (4) Lok Adalats

253. Which of the following is not a source of union tax revenue?(1) Corporate Tax(2) Excise Duty (3) Customs Duties(4) Agricultural Income Tax

254. Which statement is not true about the planning process in the country?(1) Planning derives some of its objectives from the

directive principles of the constitution.(2) One of the main inspirations for the Indian plan-

ning process was the Soviet Union.(3) The public sector and the private sector are viewed

as antagonistic to each other.(4) The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Plan-

ning Commission.

255. Which plan period witnessed the unusual event of two plans launched by two successive governments?



(1) HDFC (2) HSBC(3) PNB (4) BOB

273. Which of the following statements about the 2008 G-8 summit is not true?(1) The summit was held in the northern island of

Hokkaido in Japan. (2) The G-8 renewed a commitment to double aid to

Africa to $25 billion by 2010.(3) Thesummitsetafiveyeardeadlinetocommit$60

billiontohelpfightdiseaseinAfrica.(4) The G-8 agreed unanimously to accord full mem-

bership to India and China.

274. Chinese products have recently been consistently in the news globally for their (lack of) quality. Which statement is not true in this context?(1) Milk and infant food products made in China were

contaminated with melamine.(2) The contaminated milk product was manufactured

by Seoul based Sanlu group.(3) The melamine contamination has damaged the repu-

tation of mainland China’s dairy products. (4) Infants fed on this milk powder were diagnosed

with kidney stones

275. Which committee was appointed by the Union Gov-ernment to recommend measures to make Mumbai a globalfinancialhub?(1) Parekh Committee (2) Percy Mistry Committee(3) Kelkar Committee (4) Malhotra Committee

276. The Union Government and many state Governments are encouraging organic farming. Which statement is not true about organic farming?(1) Agmark is the standard certification for organic

farming.(2) It takes about 3 years for a “sick” soil to turn

healthy (organic).(3) Organic food products have a good export market

in Europe and USA.(4) Mizoramisoneofthefirststatestoencourageor-

ganic farming.

277. WhoisthefirstUnionFinanceMinistertopresentthebudget three times in a row?(1) Morarji Desai(2) Yashwanth Sinha (3) Manmohan Singh(4) P. Chidambaram

278. Under the South Asian Free Trade Area [SAFTA] agreement, which three SAARC countries are to bring down their customs duties to 0–5 per cent by 1 January 2009?

264. Which yields the maximum revenue to the Union Government?(1) Income Tax (2) Excise Duties(3) Customs (4) Corporation Tax

265. “AGMARK” is (1) a quality assurance stamp for commodities like

eggs, ghee honey etc (2) an apex institute, which gives loans to agricultural

products.(3) a co-operative for egg production(4) a regulated agricultural market

266. Which of the following statements about the fertiliser sector in the country is not true?(1) India is the third largest producer and consumer of

fertilisers in the world.(2) Entire Pottasic fertilisers are imported as there are

no indigenous sources.(3) Fertiliser prices are determined by market forces.(4) The National Bio-fertiliser Development centre is

located at Ghaziabad.

267. According to India’s First Social Development Report, released in January 2006, which state has the least per-centage of below the poverty line population?(1) Haryana (2) Kerala(3) Punjab (4) Andhra Pradesh

268. Which of the following is not a characteristic of In-dian agriculture?(1) Fragmented holdings (2) Low productivity(3) Heterogenous cropping pattern (4) Capital Intensive

269. What is the base year in India for calculating the rate ofinflation?(1) 1993-94 (2) 1991-92(3) 1995-96 (4) 1997-98

270. Whichfiveyearplandeclared“humandevelopment”as its “ultimate goal”?(1) Fifth Plan (2) Sixth Plan(3) Seventh Plan (4) Eighth Plan

271. In September 2008, which nationalised bank launched a multi-crore brand repositioning exercise called Navnirman?(1) SBI (2) Canara Bank(3) Bank of Baroda (4) Union Bank of India

272. Who of the following is one of the fund managers of the corpus of Employees’ Provident Fund Organiza-tion (EPFO)?



287. In which year was the First Five Year Plan inaugu-rated?(1) 1947 (2) 1949(3) 1951 (4) 1953

288. Which of the following is India’s largest private sector bank?(1) HDFC Bank (2) ICICI Bank(3) UTI Bank (4) IDBI Bank

289. What was the average growth of the Indian Economy since 1991? [Economic reforms were launched in 1991](1) 5 % (2) 8 %(3) 6 % (4) 7 %

290. Which of the following statements in the context of theongoingglobalfinancialcrisisisnottrue?(1) The Great Depression in the USA followed the

stock market crash of 1929.(2) The Federal Reserve ensured that JP Morgan ac-

quired the hedge fund LTCM in 2008 as the fail-ure of any systemically large institution can have serious economic consequences.

(3) In October 2008 the IMF estimated the total bank losses in the world at $1.4 trillion.

(4) A recent book titled “Animal Spirits” says that monetary and fiscal stimulus will work ifthere is a target for credit growth. In short this is an argument for administered credit in the USA.

291. Which of the following is not true of the impact of the post-interim budget announced by the Finance Minis-ter Pranab Mukherjee?(1) The relief’/concessions announced will cost the

Government over Rs 29000 crore.(2) Cement is to became cheaper by Rs 2-3 per 50 kg.(3) Extension of customs duty exemption on naptha a

crucialinputwillbenefitnuclearpowerplants.(4) increased income tax bill for companies with units

in special economic zones.

292. NPAs in banking jargon, stand for(1) Non-Paying Assets (2) Non-Performing Assets (3) Non-Public Assets (4) Non-Production Assets

293. India signed the Kaladan multi-modal transit project in April 2008 to develop an alternative trade route to(1) Afghanistan (2) Thailand(3) Myanmar (4) Bhutan

(1) Bangladesh, Pakistan, India (2) Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India(3) Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal (4) India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

279. The Chairman of the Prime minister’s Economic Ad-visory Council (PMEAC) is(1) Suresh Tendulkar (2) Bimal Jalan(3) C. Rangarajan (4) Ratan Tata

280. NABARD was established in(1) 1984 (2) 1981(3) 1982 (4) 1983

281. Which of the following statements is not true about Cotton and G.M crops?(1) It would be fair to say that cotton which is known

as white gold has become a white elephant to farm-ers.

(2) Gujarat Maharasthra and Andhra Pradesh are the top three producers of cotton in the country.

(3) Boll worm is a major pest of cotton and G.M cot-tonisspecificallyaimedateradicatingthepest.

(4) At present geneticallymodified crops cultivatedin India are restricted to cotton and paddy.

282. Octroi is a tax(1) charged by the municipality or local body on

goods and commodities brought into a town.(2) payable by the inheritor on a property over a spec-

ifiedvaluewhentheownerdies.(3) levied on certain goods produced and consumed

within the country.(4) levied on goods imported into and exported from

the country.

283. Bank Rate is the rate at which(1) a bank lends to another bank. (2) banks lend to the government of India. (3) the government of India lends to banks. (4) the RBI lends to commercial banks

284. A country which neither exports nor imports is called a(1) mixed economy (2) socialist economy(3) closed economy (4) capitalist economy

285. Which of the following banks has the highest number of branches in the world?(1) SBI (2) HSBC(3) Citibank (4) Stanchart

286. India’sfirstFree Trade Zone is(1) NOIDA (2) Kandla(3) Santa Cruz (4) Falta



(4) The US Government in October 2008 agrees to extend a two-year loan of $85 billion to America’s largest insurer by assets ING in exchange for a 79.9 % of equity.

298. Which of the following taxes is proposed to be intro-duced in 2010?(1) FBT (2) BCTT(3) VAT (4) TGS

299. Ensuring India’s energy security through non-conven-tional energy sources is one of the top priorities of the Government. Which statement is not true in this con-text?(1) India is ranked second in world with reference to

the number of bio-gas installations.(2) The percentage share of nuclear power in the total

power pie in India is about 9 to 10 %.(3) Small hydro projects contribute about 2180.84 mc

in India.(4) Wind power farms contribute about 8757 MW in

India. India is ranked at the 4th position in this regard.

300. The cap on FDI in the insurance sector currently is (1) 51 % (2) 26 %(3) 49 % (4) 74 %

294.The Government has extended tax benefits on ex-portprofitstocompaniesinSpecialEconomicZones(SEZs) from 10 years to(1) 15 years (2) 18 years(3) 13 years (4) 20 years

295. WhoamongthefollowingworkedasthefirstGover-nor of Reserve Bank of India from 1st April 1935 to 30 June 1937?(1) James Taylor (2) Osborne Smith(3) CD Deshmukh (4) Benegal Rama Rau

296. Thecoexistenceofinflationandstagnationiscalled(1) Stagflation (2) Reflation(3) Recession (4) Depression

297. Which of the following statements is not true?(1) Barclays the third largest bank in Britain ac-

quires the North American investment bank-ing and capital markets business of Lehman Brothers.

(2) WellsFargotheonlyAAAratedfinancialinstitu-tion in the USA acquires troubled banking major Wachovia.

(3) The German Government decides to guarantee all private German Bank accounts worth $776 billion to prevent panic withdrawals.

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Miscellaneous


1. Which among the following countries is the largest producer of tea?(1) Sri Lanka (2) India(3) Vietnam (4) Bangladesh

2. How many countries have won the Football World Cup since it began in 1930?(1) Six (2) Seven(3) Five (4) Eight

3. Espoo, Finland is the headquarters of(1) NTT (2) Nokia(3) Motorola (4) Samsung

4. Who among the following was awarded the 2007 Gan-dhi Peace Prize?(1) Shabana Azmi (2) Nelson Mandela (3) Kenneth Kaunda (4) Desmond Tutu

5. The Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas De-velopment Board is(1) D Swarup (2) L Mansingh(3) CS Rao (4) S Damodaran

6. Good Day and Marie-Gold biscuit brands are associ-ated with(1) ITC (2) Cadbury(3) Godrej Foods (4) Britannia



7. RoopaVahiniisthetelevisionnetworkof(1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal(3) Thailand (4) Sri Lanka

8. Who among the following is the co-founder of Google?(1) Andy Bechtolsheim(2) Steve Ballmer(3) Eric Schmidt(4) Larry Page

9. Which three countries, have an international border with West Bengal?(1) Bhutan, Bangladesh, China (2) Bhutan, China, Myanmar(3) Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar (4) Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh

10. In January 2006, the world’s largest Islamic gathering was held at Tongi, in (1) Iran (2) Pakistan(3) Bangladesh (4) Indonesia

11. Suraksha, Super, Samrat are cement brands associated with (1) ACC (2) Aditya Birla(3) L & T (4) Gujarat Ambuja Cement

12. The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding is located at(1) Dehradun (2) Coimbatore(3) Bangalore (4) Jorhat

13. Karachi is located on the banks of the(1) Sindhu (2) Ravi(3) Jhelum (4) Sutlej

14. ‘ipod’ is the product of(1) Apple computers. (2) Nokia(3) Motorola (4) Vodafone

15. According to its foundation year, which of the following shipping corporation/shipyard is the oldest?(1) Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers Ltd (HDPE),

Kolkata(2) HindustanShipyardLtd(HSL),Visakhapatnam(3) Cochin Shipyard (CSL), Cochin(4) Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai

16. The Basel norms deal with(1) capital adequacy in banks (2) corporate governance(3) money laundering (4) disposal of hazardous wastes

17. Rabat is the capital of (1) Algeria (2) Morocco(3) Sudan (4) Libya

18. Which of the following is the largest continent by number of countries?(1) Europe (2) Asia(3) Africa (4) North America

19. The first woman to be honoured with the JnanpithAward was (1) Indira Goswami (2) Ashapurna Devi.(3) Amrita Pritam (4) Mahasweta Devi

20. A device used for measuring the depth of the sea is called(1) manometer (2) fathometer(3) altimeter (4) hydrometer

21. Which of the following was called ‘Miracle Mineral’ by the ancient Greeks?(1) Asbestos (2) Coal(3) Thorium (4) Silicon

22. Which is the largest gland in the human body?(1) Thyroid (2) Pituitary(3) Liver (4) Adrenal

23. ‘Red’, an FM channel, has been launched by(1) Reliance (2) India Today(3) Star Media (4) Tata Group

24. Which of the following is the longest river, after Nile?(1) Yangtze (2) Niger (3) Amur (4) Amazon

25. VinsonMassifisthetallestmountainin(1) Asia (2) South America(3) Arctic (4) Antarctica

26. Which country is in the news for reporting the world’s highestinflationrateofmorethan1000percent?(1) Iraq (2) Nigeria(3) Afghanistan (4) Zimbabwe

27. The author of “The Inheritance of Loss” is (1) V.S.Naipaul (2) SalmanRushdie.(3) Kiran Desai (4) Amitav Ghosh

28. Which of the following PSUs is not a Navratna?(1) BSNL (2) BPCL(3) HPCL (4) MTNL

29. Which of the following stock exchanges is the oldest?(1) OTCEI (2) NCDEX(3) NSE (4) BSE

30. Which brand owned by Maruti Suzuki has the punch-line, ‘let’s go’?(1) Esteem (2) WagonR(3) Zen (4) Alto



31. The 8th World Hindi Meet was held in August 2007 at(1) Port Louis (2) Durban(3) Paramaribo (4) New York

32. Which day is celebrated as the United Nations Day?(1) 2nd October (2) 24th October(3) 9th August (4) 6th August

33. Where is the headquarters of the European Union lo-cated?(1) Rome (2) Paris(3) London (4) Brussels

34. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, is a former foreign minister of (1) South Korea (2) Singapore(3) Japan (4) Myanmar

35. Which of the following countries does not have the ‘Lion’ as its national emblem?(1) Sierra Leone (2) Sri Lanka(3) Norway (4) Italy

36. Whichstateisthemicro-financehubofthecountry?(1) Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Karnataka (4) Maharashtra

37. According to the Netherlands Environmental Assess-ment Agency, which of the following countries recent-ly overtook the U.S. as the world’s biggest polluter in terms of CO2 emission levels? (1) India (2) Japan(3) China (4) Russia

38. The Bering Strait links(1) USA and Russia (2) Canada and Denmark(3) Canada and Russia (4) Russia and Denmark

39. The chairman of the newly-formed Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority RDI (PFRDA) is (1) C. S. Rao (2) L. Mansingh(3) M. Damodaran (4) D. Swarup

40. The 14th SAARC Summit was held in 2007 in (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan(3) Nepal (4) India

41. Which country is the world’s third largest by area?(1) USA (2) Canada(3) China (4) Brazil

42. Which of the following tanks has been re-christened by the Indian Army as Bhishma?(1) T-55 (2) T-90(3) T-72 (4) T-76

43. Who directed the Hindi classic Pyaasa, which has been included in the global list of 100 all-time great filmsbyTime magazine?

(1) Bimal Roy(2) VShantaram(3) Guru Dutt(4) Hrishikesh Mukherjee

44. In which of the following years did India launch its National Family Planning Programme? (1) 1947 (2) 1951(3) 1952 (4) 1950

45. The Kalpakkam Atomic Power Plant is located in (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu(3) Pondicherry (4) Karnataka

46. Vladivostok, an ice-free port, is located in(1) China (2) Russia(3) Norway (4) Sweden

47. The Nedumbassery Airport is located in (1) Bangalore(2) Kochi(3) Thiruvananthapuram (4) Coimbatore

48. Land of the White Elephants is the sobriquet of (1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar(3) Thailand (4) Bangladesh

49. Who among the following is the writer of the magnum opus, ‘The Wonder That Was India’?(1) Irfan Habib (2) A. L. Basham(3) Romila Thapar (4) Percival Spear

50. Whichof the followingwas thefirst state to imple-ment VAT and in which year?(1) West Bengal, 2002 (2) Haryana, 2003(3) Punjab, 2003 (4) Goa, 2002

51. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments stipu-late that ____ subjects should be transferred by the states to local bodies.(1) 19 (2) 29(3) 15 (4) 12

52. Taekwondo, a martial art form, is associated with (1) China(2) Japan(3) South Korea(4) Thailand

53. The headquarters of HSBC is located at(1) London (2) Hong Kong(3) Shanghai (4) Detroit

54. The Group of Seven (G-7) was enlarged to G-8 with the entryofRussiaasafullfledgedmemberintheyear(1) 1991 (2) 1998(3) 1993 (4) 1995



55. Sulabh International is a well-known non-governmen-talorganisationinthefieldof sanitation. The founder of Sulabh International is (1) Nirmala Deshpande. (2) Bindeshwari Pathak.(3) Sandeep Pandey (4) Sunderlal Bahuguna

56. Article 21(1) of the Indian Constitution guarantees(1) right to religious belief (2) freedom of press (3) freedom of assembly (4) right to free and compulsory primary education

57. Kyat is the currency of (1) Singapore (2) Myanmar(3) South Korea (4) Bhutan

58. Suva is the Capital of (1) Benin (2) El Salvador(3) Congo (4) Fiji

59. The Advaita School of Philosophy was propounded by(1) Vidura (2) Chanakya(3) Adi Sankara (4) Charvaka

60. Where is the Forest Research Institute located?(1) Dehra Dun (2) Raipur(3) Lucknow (4) Jhansi

61. In which year did India adopt the Saka Calendar as the officialNationalCalendar?(1) 1947 (2) 1950(3) 1954 (4) 1957

62. Who issued the famous call ‘Dilli Chalo’?(1) Subhash Chandra Bose (2) Mahatma Gandhi(3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

63. Moonlight is caused by(1) nuclearfissiononMoon’ssurface(2) reflectedsunlight(3) nuclear fusion on Moon’s surface (4) burning gases on the Moon

64. In which year did Mother Teresa receive the Noble Prize for Peace?(1) 1974 (2) 1977(3) 1979 (4) 1983

65. Murrah, Nili, Surti, Nagpuri are all different breeds of (1) buffaloes (2) cattles(3) goats (4) sheep

66. The Indian Civil Service was introduced during the reign of (1) Lord Bentinck (2) Lord Hastings(3) Lord Cornwallis (4) Lord Canning

67. Which of the following days is observed as the Inter-national Day of Non-violence?(1) November 14 (2) October 2(3) January 30 (4) October 24

68. Manufacturing contributes about ______ per cent to the GDP of India.(1) 55 % (2) 25 %(3) 22 % (4) 17 %

69. Mithali Raj is associated with (1) badminton (2) cricket(3) archery (4) shooting

70. According to the Planning Commission which state has the maximum percentage of BPL population?(1) Orissa (2) Jharkhand(3) Chhattisgarh (4) Bihar

71. Which of the following programmes was conceived by the former President Abdul Kalam?(1) NREGP (2) NHDP(3) PURA (4) JNURM

72. Which of the following is not a rural development pro-gramme?(1) JNURM (2) NREGP(3) PURA (4) SJSY

73. Which of the following Navaratnas in May 2008 was not permitted by the Union Government to raise Rs 6000 crore through an IPO?(1) BHEL (2) NTPC(3) ONGC (4) REC

74. Who was honoured with France’s highest award—the OfficerofLegionofHonour,awardedinJuly2008?(1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Shyam Benegal(3) Lata Mangeshkar (4) Yash Chopra

75. Which of the following is not true of Baba Amte?(1) Gandhiji described him as “Abhay Sadhak”.(2) ‘Anandavan’was the symbol of his selfless ser-

vice to social outcasts.(3) He was awarded the prestigious Templeton Prize

for religion.(4) He supported the Narmada Bachao Andolan and

launched a movement for Total Revolution In the 1970’s.

76. Almaty which has the world’s second largest oil well is the commercial capital of



(1) Kazakhstan (2) Kyrgyzstan(3) Uzbekistan (4) Turkmenistan

77. About 85 per cent of the raw silk produced in India comes from(1) Karnataka (2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Maharastra (4) Andhra Pradesh

78. Which of the following states of India was once named as Kamrupa?(1) Kerala (2) Assam(3) Jammu & Kashmir (4) Orissa

79. “Chipko Movement” is associated with (1) Soil conservation (2) Water conservation (3) Conservation of mineral resources (4) Conservation of forests

80. India’sfirstgeneticallymodified(GM)varietyofveg-etable relates to (1) Tomato (2) Brinjal(3) Cabbage (4) Potato

81. India’s position in the world in production of Rice is(1) Fourth (2) Second(3) Third (4) First

82. Which state is the largest producer of onions in In-dia?(1) Karnataka(2) Maharashtra(3) Gujarat(4) Uttar Pradesh

83. As per the State of Forest Report 2001, the total for-est cover of India is _____ per cent of the geographic area.(1) 16.38 (2) 18.61(3) 20.55 (4) 25.50

84. The Kyoto Protocol will lapse in (1) 2010 (2) 2015(3) 2012 (4) 2020

85. The Tehri Dam has been built across the river(1) Yamuna (2) Tapti(3) Beas (4) Bhagirathi

86. International Human Rights Day is observed on?(1) March 8 (2) April 11(3) June 5 (4) December 10

87. Which of the following is not true of the Indian econ-omy?(1) Advanced developing country.(2) Dominant service sector.

(3) Averaging a 7 % growth for the past three years.(4) Abundant human capital.

88. India’s longest National Waterway (NW-I) of Allaha-bad-Haldia stretches to about (1) 2200 km (2) 2020 km(3) 1620 km (4) 1350 km

89. Which among the following states has the lowest birth rate?(1) Goa (2) Kerala (3) Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh

90. Which of the following are the causes of economic insecurity?(1) poverty (2) unemployment(3) fall in real wages(4) All the above

91. The National Institute of Agricultural Marketing is lo-cated at(1) Nagpur (2) Jaipur(3) Ludhiana (4) Hissar

92. TheoldestinstitutioninthefieldofIndustrialfinanceis (1) Reserve Bank (2) Industrial Development Bank of India(3) Industrial Finance Corporation (4) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of

India

93. Which of the following chemicals is used in creating artificial rains?(1) Sodium thiosulphate(2) Carbon monoxide (3) Silver bromide(4) Silver iodide

94. General insurance in India was nationalised in the year(1) 1956 (2) 1969(3) 1980 (4) 1973

95. The National Institute of Organic Farming is located in(1) Ghaziabad (2) Bangalore(3) Panthnagar (4) Ludhiana

96. December16isobservedas“VijayDivas”bytheIn-dian Army to mark the (1) Victoryinthe1971war(2) Liberation of Hyderabad(3) VictoryintheKargilwar(4) Liberation of Goa



97. Asia’sfirstRubberDamwasbuiltinIndiain2006,inthe state of (1) Rajasthan (2) Karnataka(3) Uttaranchal (4) Andhra Pradesh

98. Development of Fisheries is associated with the(1) Blue Revolution (2) Green Revolution(3) White Revolution (4) Yellow Revolution

99. Which crop has the highest irrigated area under culti-vation in India?(1) Rice (2) Jowar(3) Bajra (4) Wheat

100. Earth Day is observed on (1) April 8 (2) April 22(3) April 7 (4) June 5

101. Non-food or commercial crops in India are also known as (1) Money crops(2) Plantation crops(3) Oil seeds crops(4) Cash crops

102. The New Agricultural strategy called “Green Revolu-tion” was initiated in (1) 1961 (2) 1951(3) 1965 (4) 1969

103. Which is the world’s fourth largest country by area?(1) USA (2) Brazil(3) Russia (4) China

104. Sunderlal Bahuguna, the noted social activist, is pri-marily associated with(1) Sarvodaya Movement (2) Chipko Andolan(3) Bonded Labour Liberation Front (4) Narmada Bachao Andolan

105. “Fourth Estate” refers to (1) Judiciary (2) Legislature(3) Executive (4) Press

106. “Mango showers” are (1) Pre-monsoon showers received in Punjab and

Harayana(2) Post-monsoon showers received by Kerala(3) Pre-monsoon showers received by Kerala and

coastal plains of Western India.(4) Post-monsoon showers received by Rajasthan

107. Norman Borlaug is associated with(1) Rainbow Revolution (2) Green Revolution(3) White Revolution (4) Blue Revolution

108. Who is the author of the book “Everybody Loves a Good Drought”?(1) P. Sainath(2) M.S. Swaminathan(3) Arun Shourie(4) M.J. Akbar

109. In 2007, the Union Government handed over the 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project to Reliance Energy. The project is located at Sasan in (1) Rajasthan (2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Gujarat (4) Karnataka

110. One of the worlds worst industrial disaster–the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, occurred at Union Carbide’s plant in(1) 1980 (2) 1982(3) 1984 (4) 1986

111. The difference between total expenditure and rev-enue receipts plus non-debt creating capital receipts is called(1) budgetdeficit (2) fiscaldeficit(3) revenuedeficit (4) primarydeficit

112. The founder of Pugwash is(1) Joseph Rotblat. (2) M.S. Swaminathan.(3) Linus Pauling (4) Norman Borlaug

113. What is the sex ratio in India as per census 2001?(1) 966 (2) 927(3) 933 (4) 947

114. The headquarters of Amnesty International is located at(1) New York (2) Washington D. C. (3) London (4) Brussels

115. The UNO is observing 2009 as the(1) International Year of Dolphins (2) InternationalYearofDesertsandDesertification(3) International Year of Languages (4) International Year of Astronomy

116. Which of the followingwas the firstDFI (Develop-ment Finance Institution) to be established in 1948, un-der an Act of Parliament?(1) IFCI (2) ICICI(3) IDBI (4) SIDBI

117. “One Caste, One Religion, One God” was the inspir-ing message of(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jawaharlal Nehru(3) SwamiVivekananda(4) Sri Narayana Guru

118. The Chairperson of the National Commission for the Protection of the Rights of Children is



(1) Shanta Sinha (2) Sunita Narain(3) Aruna Roy (4) Swami Agnivesh

119. Which of the following is India’s highest civilian award?(1) Bharat Ratna(2) PadmaVibhushan(3) Padma Bhushan(4) Padma Shri

120. The ceiling for FDI in single brand retail ventures is (1) 49 % (2) 74 %(3) 51 % (4) 26 %

121. Which is the longest National Highway in India?(1) NH 1 (2) NH 5(3) NH 7 (4) NH 9

122. What is the average per capita daily calorie intake to decide the poverty line in rural areas?(1) 2400 calories (2) 2900 calories (3) 2100 calories (4) 2700 calories

123. The loan that is raised for a very short period of a few days or for a week is called(1) near money (2) call money(3) dear money (4) cheap money

124. What was India’s position in the medal’s tally, at the Beijing Olympics?(1) 50th (2) 55th(3) 60th (4) 65th

125. The target share of Indian trade in the world trade pie by the end of 2009 is(1) 1.5 % (2) 2.5 %(3) 3.5 % (4) 0.5 %

126. The Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is(1) Manmohan Singh. (2) Shivraj Patil(3) N.C.Vij (4) SharadPawar

127. Which state has the highest population density in the country?(1) Kerala (2) Bihar(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal

128. A continuous rise in the general price-level is called(1) deflation (2) stagflation(3) inflation (4) recession

129. Which of the following is the second largest country in the G-8 after the U.S. in terms of GDP?(1) Germany (2) Russia(3) United Kingdom (4) Japan

130. National Income in India is calculated by the(1) Central Statistical Organization (2) Finance Commission(3) Reserve Bank of India (4) Indian Statistical Institute

131. Which of the following states is a major producer of uranium?(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu(3) Kerala (4) Jharkhand

132. The basic aims and objectives of the constitution are discussed in(1) ChapterIV(2) Chapter III(3) The Preamble(4) The Fundamental Duties

133.ThefirstLokSabha,whichwasdissolvedbeforetheexpiry of its normal term was the(1) ninth (2) fourth(3) sixth (4) fifth

134. Which of the following is not an eye disease?(1) Astigmatism (2) Glaucoma(3) Hypermetropia (4) Aneroxia

135. The Naina Devi Temple is located in (1) Madhya Pradesh. (2) Rajasthan(3) Himachal Pradesh. (4) Uttarakhand

136. Chenchu is a tribal group, mainly located in(1) Madhya Pradesh. (2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Orissa (4) Karnataka

137. WhichtworiverswereinterlinkedforthefirsttimeinAugust 2005?(1) Kosi-Ghagra (2) Ken-Betwa(3) Ken-Kosi (4) Ghagra-Betwa

138. The Satpura range lies between(1) Krishna-Godavari (2) Lani-Bani(3) Narmada-Sabarmati (4) Narmada-Tapti

139. India has the shortest international border with(1) Afghanistan (2) Pakistan(3) Nepal (4) Bhutan

140. The unit of the astronomical distance is the(1) light year(2) kilometer(3) angstram(4) nautical miles



141. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of (1) uncontrolled fusion reaction (2) controlled fusion reaction(3) uncontrolledfissionreaction(4) controlledfissionreaction

142. Which of the following study deals with cultivation offruit-bearingplants,theirspecificrequirementsandprotection from pests and diseases?(1) Olericulture (2) Pomology(3) Apiculture (4) Ichthyalogy

143. Pangolins are(1) wild boars (2) toothless anteaters.(3) scaly anteaters (4) armadillos

144. Who has been named as NASSCOM’s Global Indian 2008?(1) Laxmi N Mittal (2) Anil Ambani(3) Mukesh Ambani (4) Ratan Tata

145. Which of the following sport/game was started before the inaugural day of Olympics at Beijing on August 8, 2008?(1) Football (2) Hockey(3) Sailing (4) Fencing

146. WhowasthefirstkingtohavetheimageofLordBud-dha inscribed on his coins?(1) Harshavardhana (2) Asoka(3) Kanishka (4) Samudragupta

147. Which Mughal ruler banned music and dancing?(1) Babar (2) Jahangir(3) Humayun (4) Aurangazeb

148. ThefirstMuslimpresidentoftheIndianNationalCon-gress was(1) M.A. Jinnah (2) Ajmal Khan(3) Abul Kalam Azad. (4) Badruddin Tyyabji

149. The maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is(1) at the arctic circle. (2) at the tropics(3) at the poles (4) at the equator

150. The youngest mountain range in the world is (1) The Andes(2) The Alps(3) The Great Dividing Range Mountains(4) The Himalayas

151. Who among the following was the constitutional advi-sor to the Constituent Assembly of India?(1) B.N.Rao (2) K.M.Munshi(3) B.R.Ambedkar (4) M.K.Gandhi

152. Which of the following diseases is inheritable?(1) CAD (2) colour blindness(3) anaemia (4) leukemia

153. Railways is part of the(1) residual list (2) state list(3) union list (4) concurrent list

154. Who was the viceroy of India at the time of Jallian-wala Bagh massacre?(1) Lord Irwin(2) Lord Chelmsford(3) Lord Hardinge(4) Lord Curzon

155. Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?(1) Lala Lajpat Rai (2) Gopala Krishna Gokhale(3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4) Dadabhai Naoroji

156. Clear nights are cooler than cloudy nights because of(1) isolation (2) radiation(3) condensation (4) conduction

157.Thefirstsyntheticfibremadebymanwas(1) terrycott (2) polyster(3) nylon (4) rayon

158. Which of the following elements is obtained from sea weeds?(1) Iodine (2) Sulphur(3) Argon (4) Vanadium

159. The term ‘tee’ is connected with (1) golf (2) billiards(3) bridge (4) polo

160. The headquarters of South-East Central Railway is lo-cated at (1) Hubli (2) Bilaspur(3) Jabalpur (4) Jaipur

161. Iran was formerly known as(1) Persia (2) Mesopotamia(3) Siam (4) Formosa

162. Yuan is the currency of (1) Japan (2) Nepal(3) Bhutan (4) China

163.ThefirstneutronreactorofIndia,Kaminiissituatedat(1) Kalpakkam(2) Trombay(3) Narora(4) Kota



164. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of(1) Nepal (2) U.K(3) Thailand (4) Japan

165. What is Russia’s rank in the world in terms of area?(1) Sixth (2) Fourth(3) Second (4) First

166. The Capital of Georgia is(1) Kiev (2) Skopje(3) Tbilisi (4) Minsk

167. Who among the following was not a member of the Interim Government of 1946?(1) Achyut Patwardhan(2) C. H. Bhaba(3) Sardar Baldev Singh(4) John Mathai

168. Find the odd one out.(1) RigVeda (2) Ayurveda(3) Dhanurveda (4) Gandharvaveda

169. Under whose presidency did the Indian National Con-gress declare Poorna Swaraj as its objective in 1929?(1) Subhash Chandra Bose (2) Jawaharlal Nehru(3) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Motilal Nehru

170. Galena is the chief ore of(1) gold (2) lead(3) mercury (4) nickle

171. Which of the following countries shares the shortest boundary with India?(1) Pakistan (2) Nepal(3) Bhutan (4) Afghanistan

172. Lepchas are the original tribal inhabitants of(1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Sikkim

173. The Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun on(1) December 22 (2) September 22(3) January 3 (4) July 4

174. Which soil swells when wet and develops cracks when dry?(1) Black (2) Laterite(3) Red (4) Alluvial

175. Tasmania is an island owned by(1) Tonga (2) Australia(3) Fiji (4) New Zealand

176. Which amendment added Fundamental Duties to the Indian Constitution?(1) 40th (2) 42nd(3) 44th (4) 46th

177. Which of the following is also called City of Joy?(1) Mumbai (2) Chennai(3) Kolkata (4) New Delhi

178. The Land of Maple Leaf is the nickname for(1) Mexico (2) Canada(3) Bulgaria (4) Belgium

179. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India?(1) Tripura (2) Manipur(3) Goa (4) Sikkim

180. National Sports Day is observed on(1) January 30 (2) February 28(3) August 29 (4) October 24

181. Which of the following is not a member of the SAARC?(1) Afghanistan (2) China(3) Maldives (4) Bhutan

182. The Indira Gandhi National Tribal University is being set up at Amarkantak in(1) Jharkhand (2) Orissa(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh

183. ‘The Heart of India’ is the punch-line of(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Maharashtra(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Chhattisgarh

184. Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, was firstawardedin(1) 1950 (2) 1951(3) 1953 (4) 1954

185. Accra is the Capital of (1) Gabon (2) Ghana(3) Chad (4) Niger

186. ‘Tamasha’ is a form of folk theatre in(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat(3) Kerala (4) Maharashtra

187. The Central Potato Research Institute is located at(1) Pune (2) Shimla(3) Hyderabad (4) Ludhiana

188. Which dynasty’s last monarch was Brihadratha?(1) Kanva (2) Maurya(3) Sunga (4) Nanda

189. Which state has the highest number of Lok Sabha con-stituencies (80)?



(1) Bihar(2) Andhra Pradesh(3) Uttar Pradesh(4) Madhya Pradesh

190. Which of the following ports is located on the East Coast?(1) New Mangalore (2) Paradeep(3) Kandla (4) Kochi

191. Which of the following weather conditions is indicat-ed by a sudden fall in barometer reading?(1) Hot and sunny weather (2) Calm weather(3) Stormy weather (4) Cold and dry weather

192. Articles 36 to 51 in the Indian Constitution deal with(1) Fundamental Rights (2) Fundamental Duties(3) Directive Principles of State Policy (4) Citizenship

193. Which of the following countries does not have a state religion?(1) Sri Lanka (2) India(3) Bangladesh (4) Great Britain

194.Whoamongthefollowingdirected thefilm,‘Bridge on the River Kwai’?(1) David Lean (2) Steven Spielberg(3) Francis Ford Coppola (4) Clint Eastwood

195. Who directed the 1953 classic, ‘Do Bigha Zamin’?(1) V.Santharam (2) MehboobKhan(3) Bimal Roy (4) Raj Kapoor

196. In1961, thefirst summitof theNon-Aligned Move-ment (NAM) was held at(1) Cairo (2) Lusaka(3) New Delhi (4) Belgrade

197. Which of the following is the highest mountain peak in India?(1) Kanchenjunga (2) Mount Everest(3) Nanga Parbat (4) K2

198. The Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD) service started in India in(1) 1955 (2) 1960(3) 1965 (4) 1970

199.Whowasthefirstrecipientofthe‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’?(1) P.T.Usha (2) ViswanathanAnand(3) Milkha Singh (4) Sunil Gavaskar

200. Which continent has the largest number of indepen-dent countries in the world?(1) Europe (2) Asia(3) North America (4) Africa

201. Among the following, who has been the only woman finance minister of India?(1) Durgabai Deshmukh(2) Sucheta Kripalani(3) Sarojini Naidu(4) Indira Gandhi

202. Which of the following dance forms was born in Andhra Pradesh?(1) Kathakali (2) Kuchipudi(3) Bharatanatyam (4) Odissi

203. In India, June 29 is observed as(1) Air Force Day (2) National Post Day (3) National Statistical Day (4) National Technology Day

204. What is India’s rank in the global production of veg-etables?(1) First (2) Second(3) Third (4) Fourth

205.Thefirstnon-Congress government at the Centre came to power in(1) 1977 (2) 1979(3) 1996 (4) 1998

206. The Baglihar Dam is located on the river(1) Jhelum (2) Chenab(3) Ravi (4) Sutlej

207. G. Sankara Kurup won the inaugural Jnanpith Award in (1) 1965 (2) 1966(3) 1967 (4) 1968

208. KMT is a political party in(1) Japan (2) Taiwan(3) Cambodia (4) Indonesia

209. Minamata is a disease caused by (1) mercury (2) coal(3) lead (4) uranium

210. The parent company of Indian Cricket League (ICL) is(1) Star Sports (2) ESPN(3) Zee Sports (4) DD Sports

211. ThefirstdayofspringiscelebratedasNavroj by the(1) Parsis (2) Ahmediyas(3) Bohras (4) Tibetan Buddhists



212. Which of the following is not true of the strategic ‘Chicken’s Neck’?(1) It separates China from Bangladesh.(2) It connects India with the Northeast.(3) Arunachal Pradesh is a buffer state between China

and the Chicken’s Neck.(4) It separates Nepal from Bangladesh.

213.WhichwasthefirststatetointroduceanEmployment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in 1973?(1) Rajasthan (2) Maharashtra(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Karnataka

214. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has classi-fiedtheJim Corbett National Park as a safe tiger zone with the highest tiger density. The park is located in(1) Uttarakhand (2) Uttar Pradesh(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Jharkhand

215. The Coco Island, near Andaman and Nicobar Islands, belongs to(1) Sri Lanka (2) Bangladesh(3) Myanmar (4) Indonesia

216. In April 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawad-dy delta in(1) Bangladesh (2) Sri Lanka(3) Myanmar (4) Thailand

217. Mount Qomolangma is better known as(1) Mount Kailas (2) Mt. Everest(3) Dhaulagiri (4) Annapurna

218. Baichung Bhutia who withdrew from the Olympic Torch Relay run in India to protest China’s policy on Tibet, is the captain of the Indian _______ team.(1) hockey (2) football(3) archery (4) shooting

219. Which country played host to the 2008 G-8 Summit?(1) Italy (2) Russia(3) Japan (4) Canada

220. Yellow Revolution is associated with production of(1) oilseeds (2) fish(3) eggs (4) wheat

221. The Mysore Iron and Steel Works at Bhadrawati was started by (1) J. R. D. Tata (2) Chidambaram Pillai(3) M.Visweswarayya(4) C.P.RamaswamiIyer

222. ‘The Bin Ladens’ is a book written by (1) Rohan Gunaratna.(2) Tariq Ali(3) Steve Coll(4) Peter Bergen

223. Karsanbhai Patel is associated with(1) National Dairy Development Board (2) Bharatiya Janata Party(3) Nirma (4) VadilalFoods

224. Which of the following dynasties built the Dilwara temples?(1) Pushyabhuti (2) Tomar(3) Solanki (4) Chalukya

225. Which Indian state has the lowest density of popula-tion? (1) Sikkim (2) Manipur(3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Nagaland

226. Which of the following countries has 11 time zones?(1) Canada (2) Russia (3) USA (4) Australia

227. Which of the following countries is a republic?(1) USA (2) Australia(3) Canada (4) New Zealand

228. Brazil is the largest producer of coffee. Which country is the largest consumer of coffee?(1) China (2) Indonesia(3) Germany (4) U.S.A

229. Deltiology is the collecting and study of (1) sea-shells (2) postcards(3) dentures (4) stamps

230. The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in(1) Montreal (2) London. (3) Rio De Janeiro (4) Chicago

231. The Kailash Temple in Ellora was built by(1) Krishna I(2) Anantavarma Chodaganga(3) Rajasimha(4) Suryavarman II

232. Who among the following built the Gateway of In-dia?(1) George Wittet (2) Laurie Baker(3) Charles Correa (4) Edwin Lutyens

233. Dayana Mendoza has been crowned Miss Universe 2008. She belongs to(1) Jamaica (2) Mexico(3) Iceland (4) Venezuela

234. The Muslim League was founded in Dhaka in (1) 1919 (2) 1906(3) 1921 (4) 1935



235. Which of the following is not a member of the Euro-pean Union?(1) Latvia (2) Norway(3) Malta (4) Cyprus

236. A heavy dark grey mass of cloud of great vertical height which usually results in heavy showers of rain or snow is termed as(1) cumulonimbus. (2) cirrus(3) cirrostratus (4) nimbostratus

237. A line on a meteorological map joining places of equal rainfall is termed as(1) isobar (2) isometric(3) isohyet (4) isotherm

238. Which of the following is not considered part of the southern hemisphere supercontinent of Gondwanal-and that was formed 200 million years ago?(1) Africa (2) India(3) South America (4) North America

239. Which of the following is not a type of coal?(1) Lignite (2) Anthracite(3) Peat (4) Gneiss

240. Which of the following countries is not bigger than India by area?(1) USA (2) China(3) Brazil (4) Japan

241. Which of the following mountains is the highest in Af-rica?(1) Mont Blanc (2) Mt Elbrus(3) Kilimanjaro (4) McKinley

242. In which year was the Battle of Buxar fought? (1) AD 1764 (2) AD 1761(3) AD 1757 (4) AD 1754

243.VikramErabeganfrom(1) 58 BC (2) 78 BC(3) 78 AD (4) 58 AD

244.AshokawasinfluencedtowardsBuddhismmainlybe-cause of monk(1) Upagupta (2) Ajatasatru(3)Vasudeva (4) Ahvagosha

245.Whichofthefollowingriveriswestflowing?(1) Bhagirathi (2) Mahanadi(3) Damodar (4) Narmada

246. Japan is commonly referred to as (1) Land of morning calm (2) Little dragon(3) Land of rising sun (4) Land of Kimonos

247. The headquarters of the International Red Cross soci-ety is at(1) New York (2) Paris(3) Manila (4) Geneva

248. The International Day against Drug Abuse is observed on(1) June 14 (2) June 26(3) July 1 (4) July 11

249. Which country played host to the 15th SAARC Sum-mit?(1) Bangladesh (2) Maldives(3) Sri Lanka (4) Bhutan

250. India’s smallest state by population is(1) Mizoram (2) Sikkim(3) Nagaland (4) Manipur

251.TherecentdevastatingfloodsinBiharwerecausedbya breach in the upstream embankment on the River Kosi in(1) Bangladesh (2) Nepal(3) Bhutan (4) China

252.Which of the following is Kerala’s first e-literate city?(1) Thiruvananthapuram(2) Kochi(3) Kozhikode(4) Thrissur

253. Parva Paryushan is the holy month of(1) Buddhists (2) Parsis(3) Sikhs (4) Jains

254. The 2008 Magsaysay Award in the Peace & Interna-tional Understanding category has been conferred on AhmadSyaffiMaarifof(1) Malaysia (2) Bangladesh(3) Saudi Arabia (4) Indonesia

255. The author of ‘The White Tiger’, which was awarded the 2008 Booker Prize, is(1) Margaret Atwood (2) Yann Martel(3) Arvind Adiga (4) Peter Carey

256. Grasslands in high plateaus of South Africa are termed as(1) Prairies (2) Pampas(3) Steppes (4) Veldts

257. The coniferous forest region covering most of North-ern Russia and Siberia is termed as(1) Tundra (2) Taiga(3) Terai (4) Downs



258. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven independent states. The odd man out is(1) Abu Dhabi (2) Dubai(3) Sharjah (4) Oman

259. The terms ‘socialist’, ‘secular’, and ‘integrity’ were add-ed to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by the(1) 44th Amendment, 1979 (2) 42nd Amendment, 1976(3) 73rd Amendment, 1993 (4) 52nd Amendment, 1985

260. Which of the following is the longest river, after Nile?(1) Yangtze (2) Niger (3) Amur (4) Amazon

261.VinsonMassifisthetallestmountainin(1) Asia (2) South America(3) Arctic (4) Antarctica

262. Which country is in the news for reporting the world’s highestinflationrateofmorethanamillionpercent?(1) Iraq (2) Nigeria(3) Afghanistan (4) Zimbabwe

263. The author of “The Sea of Poppies” is (1) Amitav Ghosh (2) Salman Rushdie(3) VSNaipaul (4) KiranDesai

264. The largest tribe found in India is(1) Bhils (2) Gonds(3) Munda (4) Santhal

265. The President of India who was also considered a great philospher was(1) Dr Rajendra Prasad (2) Dr Zakir Hussain (3) Dr Radhakrishnan (4) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

266.DeficiencyofIroninthehumanbodycauses(1) Goitre (2) Trachoma(3) Anaemia (4) Glaucoma

267. The controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project is being built on the river(1) Betwa (2) Tapti(3) Sabarmathi (4) Narmada

268.Theword‘MODVAT’isassociatedwith(1) medical science (2) judiciary(3) banking(4) taxation

269.Whichof thefollowingawardwinningfilmshadnodialogues?

(1) Pushpak(2) Babe(3) Maachis(4) Kathapurusan

270. The largest gland of human body is(1) Liver (2) Pituatory(3) Pancreas (4) Spleen

271.Batscanflyindarkbecausetheyarecapableoftakingthe help of (1) Ultraviolet waves (2) Microwave(3) Electromagnetic waves (4) Ultrasonic waves

272. Who is considered responsible for the decline of the Mughal Empire?(1) Ibrahim Lodhi (2) Jahangir (3) Bahadurshah Zafar (4) Aurangzeb

273. Arya Samaj was founded by(1) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (2) SwamiVivekananda(3) M.G.Ranade (4) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

274.Theword “Adivasi”wasfirst timeused to refer thetribal people by(1) Thakkar Bappa(2) Mahatma Gandhi(3) Jyotiba Phule(4) B. R. Ambedkar

275. Which of the following fuels causes minimum envi-ronmental pollution?(1) Diesel (2) Coal(3) Hydrogen (4) Kerosene

276. Zero was invented by(1) Egyptians (2) Persians(3) Mayans (4) Indians

277.Thechemicalusedtoartificiallyripenfruitsis(1) Methane (2) Ethylene(3) CO2 (4) Formic acid

278. Bauxite is an important ore of(1) Copper (2) Zinc(3) Iron (4) Aluminium

279. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained Independence?



(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) Acharya Kriplani(3) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Jayaprakash Narayan

280.India’sfirstpowerplanttogenerateelectricityexclu-sively from vegetable waste is to be located in(1) Mumbai (2) Surat(3) Chennai (4) Kolkata

281. What is the EEZ in the sea around the Indian coast-line?(1) Eastern Ecology Zone (2) Exclusive Economic Zone(3) Executive English Zone. (4) Easy Economic Zone

282. What is the principle constituent of the black-sand de-posit in Kerala coast extending from Quilon to Kanya-kumari?(1) Monazite (2) Zircon(3) Rutile (4) Ilmenite

283. Mitakshara is(1) A work of astronomy (2) A treatise on ancient Hindu law of inheritance(3) An Agamic text (4) A compendium of medicine

284. Seasons on the Earth are caused due to(1) The elliptical orbit of the earth. (2) Change in the speed of the earth’s revolution. (3) Inclination of the Earth on its axis of rotation.(4) Difference in the amount of energy received from

sun.

285.TowhichcountrydidthefirstUNSecretary-Generalbelong?(1) Australia (2) Sweden(3) Burma (4) Norway

286.ThetermofofficeforaJudgeofInternationalCourtof Justice is(1) 5 years (2) 6 years(3) 9 years (4) 10 years

287. Ayurveda system of medicine, is said to be founded by(1) Sage Atreya (2) Sage Agasthya (3) Sage Dhruva (4) Sage Bharatha

288. Which mineral is called liquid gold?(1) Mercury (2) Petroleum (3) Aqua-regia (4) Uranium

289.Theterm“Greenhouseeffect”wasfirstcoinedby(1) D.B.Botkin (2) Hugo Devries(3) J. Fourier (4) Fred Hoyle

290. Which Indian State which is virtually sandwiched be-tween Bangladesh and Myanmar?(1) Tripura (2) Mizoram(3) Manipur (4) Meghalaya

291. One of the countries where a conditional cash transfer schemetofightpovertyhasbeensuccessfullyimple-mented is(1) USA (2) Venezuela(3) Brazil (4) Mexico

292. ISRO recently launched the remote sensing satellite RISAT-2, which was built in collaboration with(1) NASA (2) ESA(3) Israel (4) Japan

293. Which IT company is handling the IT event manage-ment systems for FIFA world cup-2010 in South Af-rica?(1) Infosys (2) TCS(3) Wipro (4) Satyam computers

294. Narmada Hydro-Electric Development Corporation is a joint venture of NHPC and(1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtra(3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan

295.Thecountry’slargestBPOfirm,Genpact,isbasedin(1) Bangalore (2) Pune(3) Gurgaon (4) Hyderabad

296. Artemisininisawonderdrugtofight(1) malaria (2) tuberculosis(3) cancer (4) SARS

297. According to the State of World’s Cities report 2008-09, nearly ____ of the world’s population will be in urban areas in 20 years.(1) 30 % (2) 60 %(3) 40 % (4) 50 %

298. NTT DocoMo the Japanese telecom giant has a 26 per cent stake in(1) Tata Teleservices (2) Reliance Communication(3) Vodafone (4) Bhartiairtel

299. The annual budget under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is(1) Rs 5 crore(2) Rs 2 crore(3) Rs 1 crore(4) Rs 10 crore

300. Which is the odd man out?(1) AICTE (2) PFRDA(3) NCTE (4) NCERT



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9. The founder of the Lingayat movement was(1) Kamban (2) Sankaracharya(3) Ramanuja (4) Basavaraja

10. The total number of Buddhist councils held was(1) three (2) four(3) one (4) two

11. Akbar did not construct the(1) Lahore Fort (2) Agra Fort(3) Purana Qila (4) Allahabad Fort

12. Who among the following viceroys ruled for the lon-gest period?(1) Lord Linlithgow(2) Lord Willingdon(3) Lord Hardinge ΙΙ(4) Lord Curzon

13. Whichofthefollowingwasthefirstnewspaperpub-lished in India?(1) The Indian Gazette (2) The Bengal Gazette(3) The Digadarshan (4) The Calcutta Gazette

14. When was the Non co-operation movement suspended by Mahatma Gandhi?(1) 1923 (2) 1920(3) 1921 (4) 1922

15. The Muslim League’s annual session of 1940 which gave effect to Jinnah’s “Two Nation theory” was held in (1) Lucknow (2) Karachi(3) Bombay (4) Lahore

16. Who among the following organized the Ghadar Party in the USA?(1) Raja Mahendra Pratap (2) V.D.Savarkar(3) Lala Hardayal (4) ShyamjiKrishnaVarma

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History


1. Wholedthefirstseavoyagearoundtheworld?(1) VascoDaGama (2) Magellan(3) Marco Polo (4) Pizarro Francisco

2. The Allahabad Pillar inscription is associated with (1) Chandragupta Maurya (2) Mahapadma Nanda (3) Samudragupta (4) Asoka

3. Between which of the following rivers was the ancient town of Takshasila located?(1) Ravi and Beas(2) Jhelum and Beas(3) Indus and Jhelum(4) Chenab and Ravi

4. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was(1) VallabhbhaiPatel(2) Mahatma Gandhi(3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4) M.G.Ranade

5. Who among the following repealed the VernacularPress Act?(1) Lord Curzon (2) Lord Hardinge(3) Lord Ripon (4) Lord Dufferin

6. Which of the following was worshipped by the Har-rappan people?(1) Peacock (2) Eagle(3) Elephant (4) Humped Bull

7. Name the founder of the Chalukyas of Badami?(1) Pulakesi–Ι (2) Kirtivarman–Ι(3) Vikramaditya–Ι (4) Vijayaditya

8. Muhammad Ghori was defeated by Prithviraj Chau-han in the battle of(1) Tarain–ΙΙ (2) Thaneswar(3) Panipat (4) Tarain–Ι



(1) Rishabha (2) Parswanath(3) Mahavir (4) Ajitnath

30. Which of the following pillar rock edicts mentions the exemption of Lumbini the birth place of the Buddha from Land revenue?(1) Rummindei Pillar Inscription (2) Kandahar Inscription(3) Bhabru Inscription (4) 13th Rock Edict

31. The author of—“Siddhanta Siromani is(1) DattaVishakha (2) Aryabhatta(3) VishnuSharma (4) Bhaskaracharya

32. Which of the following pairs relating to events in Shivaji’s life is mismatched?(1) Birth-1627 (2) Conquest of Torana-1646(3) First Attack on Surat-1664 (4) Death-1690

33. Bhagath Singh, Sukhdev and Raj Guru were associ-ated with the(1) Muzzafarpur conspiracy case (2) Alipore conspiracy case(3) Kakori conspiracy case (4) Lahore conspiracy case

34. The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of(1) Lord Wellington (2) Lord Wavell(3) Lord Mountbatten (4) Lord Linlithgow

35. Who was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Interim Government of 1946?(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) Aruna Asaf Ali(3) VallabhbhaiPatel(4) Jawaharalal Nehru

36. The movement in India which became popular during the First World War was the (1) Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods (2) Separatist movement(3) Home-Rule movement (4) Quit-India movement

37. Arthashastra is a book on(1) Statecraft (2) Economics(3) Origin of words (4) Astronomy

38. Which temple is located in the state of Assam?(1) Konarak (2) Khajuraho(3) Kamakhya (4) Pasupathinath

17. The Finance Minister in the interim government of 1946 was(1) Rajendra Prasad (2) C. Rajagopalachary(3) VallabhbhaiPatel (4) LiaqatAliKhan

18. Constantinople is the old name of (1) Rome (2) Istanbul(3) Baghdad (4) Cairo

19. WhichofthefollowingistheearliestVeda?(1) Sama veda (2) Yajur veda(3) Atharva veda (4) Rig veda

20. The Lion Capital at Sarnath belongs to the(1) Gupta era (2) Mauryan era(3) Kushan era (4) Sunga era

21. Mahatma Gandhi established the Tolstoy Farm in 1910 in(1) Russia (2) South Africa(3) India (4) Britain

22. The sun temple at Modhera was built in 1027 AD by(1) VimalaShah(2) Anangpal(3) Anantavarman Choda Ganga (4) Bheemadeva Ι

23. Coal mining started in India in 1774 at Ranigunj, lo-cated in(1) Orissa (2) Maharashtra(3) West Bengal (4) Andhra Pradesh

24. Sakya Muni refers to(1) Mahavira (2) Gautama Buddha(3) Vashishta (4) Vishwamitra

25. TheBharatiyaVidyaBhavanwasformedin1938topropagate Indian values. The founder was(1) Madan Mohan Malaviya (2) Annie Besant(3) V.D.Savarkar (4) K.M.Munshi

26. Vaishnavamysticsandsaintsarecalled(1) Nayanars (2) Alvars(3) Acharyas (4) Bauls

27. The only President to serve for two terms was(1) Rajendra Prasad (2) S. Radhakrishan(3) V.V.Giri (4) N.SanjeevaReddy

28. The Maastricht Treaty resulted in the formation of the(1) WTO (2) European Union(3) World Bank and IMF (4) United Nations

29. Who among the following was the first of theTirthankaras?



(1) Lord Reading (2) Lord Hardinge(3) Lord Rippon (4) Lord Chelmsford

50. The reign of eight Delhi Sultans was witnessed by(1) Amir Khusrau (2) Shams-I-Siraj(3) Minhaj-us-Siraj (4) Ziauddin Barani

51. Who among the following sent Ibn Batutah as his ‘en-voy’ to Toghan Timur, the Chinese emperor, in AD 1347?(1) Alauddin Khalji (2) Muhammad bin-Tughlaq(3) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (4) Ghiyasuddin Balban

52. In which ‘Upanishad’ does the idea of ‘transmigration of soul’appearforthefirsttime?(1) Mundaka (2) Brihadaranyaka(3) Chandogya (4) Aitareya

53. The credit for integrating the Indian princely states into the Indian Union goes to(1) Lord Mountbatten (2) Rajendra Prasad(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) Sardar Patel

54. Thefirsttelegraph line introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1853 ran between(1) Bombay and Thane (2) Bombay and Agra(3) Calcutta and Agra (4) Kanpur and Calcutta

55. The Simla Peace Accord of 1972 was between India and (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan(3) Chenai (4) Bhutan

56. Thefloweringofbambooandasubsequentfamineinthe 1960’s led to an armed rebellion in(1) Nagaland (2) Mizoram(3) Manipur (4) Tripura

57. In which year was the partition of Bengal an-nounced?(1) 1901 (2) 1905(3) 1910 (4) 1911

58. Which dynasty’s last monarch was Brihadratha?(1) Kanva (2) Maurya(3) Sunga (4) Nanda

39. Jayasamhita is popularly known as (1) Ramayana (2) Mahabharatha(3) Bhagavad Gita (4) Bhagavata

40. Who wrote the book—“Ayodhya 6th December 1992”?(1) Arun Shourie (2) Jaswanth Singh(3) P.V.NarasimhaRao(4) Chandrashekar

41. TrygveLiewas thefirstSecretaryGeneralofUNO.He hailed from(1) Sweden (2) Austria(3) Ghana (4) Norway

42. The total number of Puranas are(1) twelve (2) sixteen(3) eighteen (4) twenty two

43. At which of the following places did Mahavira’s death take place?(1) Pava (2) Vaishali(3) Rajagriha (4) Kusinagara

44. When and by whom were Ashokan inscriptions and theirBrahmiscriptdecipheredforthefirsttime?(1) 1825 – Charles Met Calfe (2) 1837 – James Princep(3) 1837 – Charles Wilkins (4) 1810 – Harry Smith

45. Which Pala ruler founded the famous VikramasilaUniversity for the Buddhists?(1) Dharmapala (2) Devapala(3) Gopala (4) Mahipala

46. ThefinestspecimensofPallavaarchitectureis/are(1) the Kailashnath temple of Ellora (2) the temples of Tanjore(3) the temples of Madurai (4) Rock temples at Mahabalipuram

47. The first invasion of India by Sultan MohammedGhazni was in(1) 999 AD (2) 1000 AD(3) 1026 AD (4) 1027 AD

48. Who among the following was one of the founders of the Theosophical Movement?(1) Annie Beasant (2) O A Hume(3) Sister Nivedita (4) Helena Blavatsky

49. Whowas theViceroyof Indiawhen the JallianwalaBagh Incident took place?



67. In which city is the world famous Brihadeswara Tem-ple located?(1) Tanjore (2) Madurai(3) Puri (4) Bhubaneswar

68. Who gave the inspiring slogan of “Jai Hind”?(1) Subash Chandra Bose (2) Mahatma Gandhi(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

69. A Jaina council was held in AD 6th century which madeafinalcollectionoftheJainascripturesandre-duced them to writing. This council was held at(1) Valabhi (2) Rajagriha(3) Kanauj (4) Dwaraka

70. TheRigVedacontains_____hymns.(1) 1001 (2) 1027(3) 1010 (4) 1116

71. The Tripitakas are the sacred texts of(1) Judaism (2) Jainism(3) Buddhism (4) Bahaism

72. What is the collective name given to Siksha, Kalpa, Vyakarana,Nirukta,Chhanda,andJyotisha?(1) Upavedas (2) Darsanas (3) Upanishads(4) Vedangas

73. India’snationalsong,‘VandeMataram’,waswrittenby(1) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (2) Rabindranath Tagore(3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) VinobhaBhave

74. Which of the following is known as the ‘Adi Guru’ of Carnatic music?(1) Muthuswami Dikshitar (2) Thyagaraja(3) Purandardasa (4) Shyama Shastri

75. Who among the following was associated with the Ka-kori Conspiracy?(1) Ashfaqulla(2) Bagha Jatin(3) Aurobindo Ghosh(4) Khudiram Bose

59. The Battle of Buxar was fought in AD 1764 between the British East India Company and the(1) Nizam of Hyderabad (2) Marathas(3) Nawab of Bengal (4) Maharajah of Patiala

60. The Fourth Buddhist Council was held during the reign of(1) Ajatashatru (2) Asoka(3) Kanishka (4) Samprati

61. Which Mughal emperor issued the Firman of 1717 to the East India Company to trade duty free?(1) Bahadur Shah(2) Jahandar Shah(3) Farrukh Siyar(4) Mohammad Shah

62. India’sfirstcommunistpartygovernmentwasformedin 1957 in(1) West Bengal(2) Kerala(3) Tripura(4) Andhra Pradesh

63. The founder of the Bharatiya Jana sangh which later evolved into the BJP was(1) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (2) Balraj Madhok(3) Shyam Prasad Mukherjee (4) AtalBehariVajpayee

64. Which event is associated with the genocide of jews in Europe?(1) Crusades(2) Diaspora(3) Holocaust(4) Inquisition

65. Which among the following new seven wonders of the world is in Rome?(1) The ruins of Petra (2) Statue of Christ the Redeemer(3) Ancient city of Chichen Itza(4) The Colosseum

66. Which of the following is not a former French colony?(1) Mahe (2) Karaikal(3) Yanam (4) Daman and Diu



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