THE PANORAMA : 11

1. Enriched Uranium means uranium that contains

1. High percentage of Uranium 233 2. Low percentage of Uranium 235

3. High percentage of Uranium 235 4. No impurities

2. The function of a fuse in an electrical circuit is

1. To avoid electric shocks 2. To regulate the flow of current

3. To break the circuit in case of overload 4. To increase the voltage

3. The energy conversions in a megaphone (loudspeaker) are

1. Sound to mechanical to electrical 2. Electrical to mechanical to sound

3. Sound to electrical to sound 4. None of these

4. The Cabinet Mission was sent to India to

A. .establish national government B. To work out a process for power

transfer

C. to accede to Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan

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

5. The antibiotic Penicillin is obtained from a

1. Virus 2. Protozoan 3. Bacterium 4. Fungus

6. The Electro-encephalogram (EEG) is an index of brain functioning and is most useful in the diagnosis
of

1. epilepsy 2. Brain infections and drug effects on the brain 3. Sleep and its disorders 4.
Brain death

1. 1, 2 2. 1, 3 3. 1, 2 and 3 4. All of these

 
7. Vrihi mentioned in the Vedic texts refers to

1. Wheat 2. Barley 3. Rice 4. Gram

8. The best way to define the rock types would be

1. igneous –block-metamorphic 2. Sedimentary-igneous-limestone

3. igneous-sedimentary-metamorphic 4. Igneous-metamorphic-marble

9. The Lepchas are a tribe found in

1. the North-East 2. Mysore 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. South Africa

10. The territorial waters of India extend upto _____ nautical miles into the sea.

1. 12 2. 14 3. 13 4. 25

11. What do MTCR, START and SALT have in common?

1. They are international organizations set up by the UNO 2. All of them are defence
treaties

3. They are international trade blocks 4. They are international scientific

associations.

12. The winter rains in north-west India are due to

1. Westerly depressions 2. Retreating monsoons 3. Trade winds 4.South-westerly monsoons

13. Who among the following was not a Sufi saint in his times?

1. Shekh Baba Faridudin2. Nizamuddin Aulitya 3. Moinudin Chisti 4. None of

these

14. Deserts normally occur on the _______ side of the continents

1. Eastern 2. Western 3. Southern 4. Northern

 
15. The Great Barrier Reef is a

1. Hill range 2. Man-made wall 3. Tidal bore 4. Coral

formation

16. The ideal region for growing cotton in India is the

1. Deccan Plateau 2. Indo-Gangetic Plains 3. Brahmaputra Valley 4. Rann of

Kutch

17. If the local time of two countries differs by 1 hour, it implies that the two countries in question have
a longitudnal difference of ____ degrees.

1. 1 degree 2. 5 degree 3. 30 degree 4. 15 degree

18. India’s permanent research station Dakshin Gangotri is located on the

1. Moon 2. Arabian Sea 3. The Himalayas 4. The

Antarctica

19. Goswami Tulsidas was a contemporary of

1. Akbar 2. Jahangir 3. Shahjehan 4. Aurangzeb

20. Menthol tablets, if taken, create a cooling effect by means of

1. distillation 2. evaporation 3. Solidification 4. Diffusion

21. A broad channel where the waters of the river and the sea merge is known as a

1. Delta 2. Harbour 3. Estuary 4. Strait

22. Lumbering is a major economic activity in

1. Canada 2. Switzerland 3. Norway 4. Russia

 
23. A Loksabha member can be expelled from membership if he remains absent without information
for a period exceeding ___ days.

1. 100 2. 90 3. 60 4. 80

24. The ratio of forest area to total land area for ideal ecological balance is

1. 1 : 2 2. 1 : 4 3. 1 : 3 4. 1 : 5

25. “Truth is a pathless land “ was said by

1. Osho Rajneesh 2. Buddha 3. J. Krishnamurthy 4.

Neitze

26. The region most famous for orange cultivation in India is the

1. Chhota Nagpur 2. Vidarbha Region 3. Saurashtra Region 4.

Nilgiris Region

27. Earthworms are useful to farmers because they

1. manufacture fertilizers 2. Reduce the

soil salinity

3. ensure better soil retentivity by creating more holes in the soil 4. None
of these

28. Anorexia nervosa is a disease of the

1. Heart 2. Kidneys 3. Liver 4. None of these

29. Which of the following is a part of fiscal policy?

1. money supply 2. Taxation 3. Public debt 4. Both 2 and 3

30. Which of the following is the other name given to the phenomenon of global warming?

1. Ozone hole depletion 2. Greenhouse effect 3. Agent Orange phenomenon 4. Aurora

borealis
 

32. Which of the following statements is correct?

1. Cardamom is cultivated extensively in J&K 2. Frost is most likely on a cloudy cold

night

3. Jharia mines contain lignite coal 4. Saffron is cultivated in Himachal

Pradesh

33. A kilobyte contains

1. 1000 bytes 2. 1048 bytes 3. 1024 bytes 4. 1056 bytes

34. The chalco-lithic culture refers to a pre-historic culture based on the use of

1. Copper alone 2. Copper and stone 3. Copper and Iron 4.

Stone and Iron

35. The Bhimbetka Caves near Bhopal give us a wealth of information regarding

1. Gautam Buddha 2. Pre-historic times 3. Vedic culture 4. Post-vedic

culture

36. “What is in a name? A rose would smell as sweet if called by another name.” These famous lines
belong to

1. John Keats 2. TS Eliot 3. William Shakespeare 4. Alfred Tennyson

37. Which of the following flowers is pollinated by elephants?

1. Rafflesia 2. Rhododendron 3. Utricularia 4. None of

these

38. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right in India?

1. Right to Expression 2. Right to Occupation 3. Right to Association 4. Right to Education

39. If a pendulum clock is taken to the moon, it will

 1. Run slow 2. Run fast 3. Run as before 4. Run fast first and
then slowly

40. The basic idea of the Bhakti Movement was the

1. denial of privileges to Brahmins 2. Renunciation of worldly pleasures

3. the devotion and love of the devotee for his God 4. Attack on existing social system

41. The Human Genome Project is a massive initiative

1. to find cure for human disorders 2. to map the entire gene sequence of
humans

3. to promote racial harmony by cross-breeding 4. None of these

42. Who among the following did not found a philosophical system in ancient India?

1. Adiguru Shankrachraya 2. Gemini 3. Patanjli 4. None

of these

43. Who among the following attended the World Congress of Religion sin Chicago on behalf of India?

1. Swami Dayanand 2. Swami Vivekanand 3. Swami Ramatirtha 4. Swami Hardyal

44. Which of the following metals is kept in kerosene oil to prevent its burning in air?

1. Sodium 2. Uranium 3. Lithium 4. Radium

45. Among the sons of Shah Jehan, who was deeply religious and got the Vedas translated into Persian?

1. Shuja 2. Murad 3. Dara 4. Aurangzeb

46. Who took away the Peacock Throne of Shahjehan?

1. Ahmed Shah Abdali 2. Nadir Shah 3. Changez Khan 4. Mahmud

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