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1. “Atharvaveda” deals with

1. prayers and hymns 2. Musical rendition of hymns

3. Rituals 4. Charms, spelts and primitive medicine

2. Jesse Owns was rated to the game of

1. boxing 2. Wrestling 3. Judo 4. Athletics

3. The gas mainly used as a cooking fuel in homes is

1. Propane 2. Butane 3. Methane 4. Pentane

4. “England expects every man to do his duty”. This famous quote is attributed to

1. Atlee 2. Winston Churchill

3. Ramsay McDonald 4. Lord Nelson

5. Antwerp is world – famous as a centre of

1. Gems and diamonds 2. Illegal casinos

3. Architectural monuments 4. Financial markets.

6. The only women’s university/ies in India is/are

1. SNDT University 2. Maharshi Karve University

3. Banasthali Vidayapeeth 4. 1 and 3

 

7. The statutory liquidity ratio of commercial banks is fixed by the

1. Finance Ministry 2. SEBI 3. Finance Commission 4. RBI

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8. The custom of sati was banned by the British in

1. 1829 2. 1830 3. 1885 4. 1831

9. Baseball is the national game of

1. Sweden 2. Canada 3. Spain 4. U.S.A

10. The highest statue in India is at

1. Shravanbelgola 2. Hampi 3. Bijapur

4. Hassan

11. “Nag” is a/an

1. surface-to-air missile 2. Surface-to-surface missile

3. Anti-tank missile 4. Air-to-air missile

12. Identify the wrong pair :-

1. Jadugoda : Thorium 2. Hutti : Gold 3. Keonjhar : Iron 4. Jharia : Coal

13. The Saka Samvat was started by

 1. Kanishka 2. Rudradaman 3. Harsha 4.
Chandargupta

14. The fuse-wire used in electrical circuits is made of a material with a

1. High melting point 2. Low melting point 3. Moderate melting point 4. Low
conductivity

15. Which among the following was the first-ever newspaper in India?

1. Bengal Gazette 2. Sudharak 3. Akhbar-I-Aam 4.

Indian Express

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16. Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon at

1. Sarnath 2. Bodh Gaya 3. Varanasi 4. Lumbini

17. Mossad is a secret service of which country?

1. Russia 2. Iran 3. Israel 4. USA

18. The August Kranti Express runs between

1. Delhi-Bombay 2. Delhi-Gauhati 3. Delhi –Bangalore 4.

Delhi-Calcutta

19. Which Mughal emperor banned singing at the court?

 1. Aurangzeb 2. Dara Shikoh 3. Bahadur Shah Zafar 4. Jahangir

20. Dr. Hanumappa Sudarshan Reddy is a famous

1. Writer 2. Architect 3. Classical musician 4. Social-worker

21. The National Police Academy is in

1. Hyderabad 2. Nagpur 3. Ahmedabad 4. Mussorie

22. The top spot in maize production worldwide is occupied by

1. Russia 2. China 3. U.S.A 4.

NewZealand

23. The common technique employed in determining the age of archaeological specimens is

1. Radio-carbon dating 2. Ultrasonic method

3. Chemical analysis 4. Radiophosphorus dating

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24. Potato is obtained from which part of a plant?

1. Branch 2. Root 3. Stem 4. None of these.

25. The Foot and mouth disease is prevalent among

1. Cattle only 2. Cattle and pigs

 3. Sheep and cattle only 4. Cattle, goats, sheep and other hoofed
animals

26. Neutron was discovered by

1. Otto-Hahn 2. Enrico Fermi 3. Lise Meitner 4. James Chadwick

27. Ramanujam’s name is associated with

1. Theory of Relativity 2. Theory of Numbers 3. Theory of Probability 4. Raman Effect

28. Who among the following is associated with the theory of ‘laissez faire’?

1. Marshall 2. Malthus 3. Adam Smith 4. Keynes.

29. The Theory of Social Contract had been advocated by

1. Plato 2. Rousseau 3. Green 4. Machiavelli

30. The principle of uncertainty was proposed by

1. de-Borglie 2. Eienstein 3. Max Planck 4. Heisenberg

31. The idea that the universe is heliocentric (Sun occupies the central position in the universe) was
enunciated.

1. By Copernicus 2. By Newton

3. First by Galileo and then by Kepler 4. First by Newton and later by

Copernicus

32. Dr. Hargovind Khorana got the Noble prize for

1. Elucidation of new genetic code 2. Determining the hereditary

characteristics due to genes

3. Elucidation of the structure of DNA 4. Isolating the gene

 

33. Dr. Christian Bernard is famous for

1. His work on cancer 2. His work on tissue culture

3. His surgical transplantation of the human heart 4. His work on viral infection .

34. Penicillin, an important antibiotic, was developed by

1. Alexander Fleming 2. Robert Koch 3. Jonas Salk 4. Edward Jenner

35. Who was the first man to set foot on moon?

1. Neil Armstrong 2. Alan Shepard 3. Yuri Gagarin 4. Aldrin

36. Who is called the Father of Geometry?

1. Euclid 2. Pythagoras 3. Aristotle 4. Socrates

37. A political party is recognized as a national party

1. When it contests elections in all the States of the country

2. When it secures at least five percent of the total votes cast in a national election

3. If it captures power at least in three states.

4. If it is recognized as a political party in four or five States.

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38. About 1.5 crore people are added every year to the total population of India. This means that we are
adding every year population equal to that of

1. Bangladesh 2. Thailand 3. Pakistan 4. Australia

39. The rainbow is based on the principle/s of

A. Interference B.Polarization C. Dispersion

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

40. Tansen was a disciple of

1. Swami Anand 2. Baiju Bawra 3. Swami Haridass 4. Swami Hans

41. The body entrusted with regulating the functioning of stock-exchanges in the country is

1. SEBI 2. RBI 3. NSE 4. CBDT

42. Who among the following is a cartoonist?.

1. RK Laxman 2. Sudhir Tailang 3. Ranga 4. All of

these

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