THE PANORAMA : 08

1. The “Mundas” are a tribe in

1. Madhya Pradesh 2. Bihar 3. Rajasthan 4. Orissa

2. The Mahakali River Project is located in

1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Uttar Pradesh

4. Nepal

3. The Lead Bank Scheme was recommended by the

1. Gadgil Group 2. Kamraj Plan 3. Wanchoo Committee 4. None of these

4. Which among the following operate as lenders in the Call Money Market?

A. NABARD B. RBI C. GIC D. UTI

1. A and B 2. A, C and D 3. A, B and D 4. A, B, C and D

5. After the policy of liberalization came into effect, the first bank to be set up in the private sector
under it was

1. IndusInd Bank 2. Citi Bank 3. UTI Bank 4. Bank of

Punjab

6. Rupali Ramdass is related to which of the following sports?

1. Badminton 2. Volleyball 3. Hockey 4. Swimming

7. The longest-running train in India is named ________ and connects _________.

1. Himsagar Express, Jammu-Kanyakumari 2. Kanyakumari Express, Udhampur-

Kanyakumari

3. Mangalore Express, Goa - Mangalore 4. Rajdhani Express, Delhi-Guwahati

8. The Human Development Index Report is issued every year by the

1. UNO 2. WHO 3. ILO 4. UNDP

9. The only state in India where females outnumber males is

1. Kerala 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Manipur 4. West

Bengal
 

10. The National Renewal Fund was created with a view to

1. Providing assistance to chronically sick industrial units.

2. Providing retraining to those retiring under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme.

3. Providing social benefits to the elderly.

4. Providing financial assistance to poor farmers for up gradation of farm equipment.

11. In case of nuclear fission, the energy is released as

1. Light 2. Heat 3. Chemical energy 4. Mechanical

energy

12. Mahashweta Devi, recipient of the Jnanpith Award, writes in

1. Oriya 2. Malayalam 3. Tamil 4. Bengali

13. The Mopillahs led a massive tribal movement against the British rule during the freedom struggle in

1. Kerala 2. Tamilnadu 3. Bengal 4. Bihar

14. The Earth is approximately

1. 8.5 billion years old 2. 4.5 billion years old 3. 2.6 billion years old 4. 15.5 billion years old

15. The most important food crop in India is

1. Wheat 2. Rice 3. Barley 4. None

of these

16. The Sangam literature was written in

1. Hindi 2. Sanskrit 3. Tamil 4. Telugu

17. The famous book Rajatarangini describes the history of the rulers of
 1. Assam 2. Tamilnadu 3. Kashmir 4. Rajasthan

18. Match the following : Scripture Subject

I. Rig Veda A. Musical hymns

II. Yajur Veda B. Hymns and rituals

III. Sama Veda C. Charms and spells

IV. Atharva Veda D. Hymns and prayers

1. I -D, II-B, III-A, IV-C 2. I- C, II -B, III - D, IV- A 3. I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C 4. I-B, II-C III-A, IV-D

19. Brihattsamhita is an ancient encyclopaedic work by

1. Vrahimir 2. Harisen 3. Banabhatta 4. Kautilya

20. The writing of Panchatantra is attributed to

1. Kalidasa 2. Vishnu Sharma 3. Bhartrihari 4. Banabhatta

21. The author of “A Town Called Malgudi” is

1. Mulk Raj Anand 2. RK Narayan 3. Salman Rushdie 4.

Khushwant Singh

22. Who is the author of Ashtadhyai ?

1. Charak 2. Aryabhatta 3. Vishnu Sharma 4. Panini

23. ‘Ad Valorem’ means

1. according to value 2. according to excise rules 3. according to old rules 4.

according to new rules

24. ‘James Bond’ was created by

1. Desmond Bagley 2. Agatha Christie 3. Ian Fleming 4. Eric Stanley

Gardner
 

25. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts”. was said by

1. P. B. Shelley 2. Shakesphere 3. Wordworth 4. Keats

26. “ Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains”, was said by:

1. Thomas Hardy 2. Shakespeare 3. Jean Jacques Rousseau 4.

None of these

27. The real names and ‘pen’ names (nom de plume) of four important authors are given below which
one is not correct?

Pen name Real name

1. Ghalib Sadullah Beg Khan

2. FiraqGorakhpuri Ragunath Srivastava

3. Agyeya S.H. Vatsyayan

4. Prem Chand Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

28. Matriachial family is found among the

1. Khasis 2. Coorgs 3. Nambudiris 4. Ray Gonds

29. “Glasnost” is

1. a new kind of glass developed by Germans 2. a new kind of fibre glass developed
by USSR

3. the policy of openness followed by M. Gorbachev 4. the new space station of Soviet
Union

30. North- South Dialogue means talks between

1. North America and South America 2. Western countries and Asian

countries

3. Developed countries and developing countries 4. Second and third world

countries.

 
31. “Operation Flood” deals with

1. linking of Ganga and Cauvery rivers 2. control of floods in North India.

3. the dairy development programme. 4. the provision of drinking water to all.

32. Which of the following is a computer term?

1. ROM 2. SVP 3. TNT 4. NTP

33. Which one of the following is an example of consumers good?

1. Cloth 2. Machines 3. Equipment 4. Tools

34 ‘Sarvodaya’ movement was started by

1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Jayaprakash Narayan3. Vinoba Bhave 4. Jawaharlal

Nehru

35. ‘Ergonomics’ is the science of

1. economics of labour 2. soil and crop 3. efficiency of workers 4. form of living

organisation.

36. ‘White Paper’ is a

1. paper of good quality. 2. paper having white colour

3. document published by the Indian Government on matters of national importance.

4. paper used for bearer bonds

37. Which of the following is an example of an economic cartel?

1. WTO 2. SAFTA 3. OPEC 4. EU

38. ‘Hydroponics’ means

1. cultivation of plants without the use of soil 2. detection of sound in water

3. animals living in water 4. a Japanese way of flowering.

39. ‘Amnesia’ refers to

1. loss of appetite 2. loss of memory 3. loss of sight 4. loss

of sense of touch

40. Which of the following is/ are correctly matched?

I. Chandershekhar Azad - Naujwan Bharat Sabha

II. Mahadev Govind Ranade-- Brahmo Samaj III. Swami Vivekanand-- Ramakrishna
Mission

1. I, II and III 2. I, and III 3. I only 4. III only

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1. 2 2. 4 3. 1 4. 2 5. 1 6. 4 7. 1 8. 4 9. 1 10. 2 11. 2 12. 4

13. 1 14. 2 15. 2 16. 3 17. 3 18. 1 19. 1 20. 2 21. 2 22. 4 23. 1 24. 3
25. 1 26. 3 27. 1 28. 1 29. 3 30. 3 31.3 32. 1 33. 1 34. 3 35. 3 36. 3
37. 3 38. 1 39. 2 40. 4