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Q1. Which of the following statement is NOT correct about the Rowlatt Act?
Correct answer : 1
Q2. Which of the following, for the first time spelt out the possibility of Independence for India?
Correct answer : 2
Q3. In which year the Muslim League declared for the first time that their aim was for self government within the empire?
Correct answer : 2
Q4. The 1857 mutiny brought about a change in the administrative system of the British rule over India from 1858 onwards. Which among the following is not one of those changes?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. Among the following what established first the system of a large and well established system of rule in India?
Correct answer : 1
Q6. Which Governor General's administration was notable by the absence of warfare and carrying out many reforms?
Correct answer : 2
Q7. Pick the correct one relating to the later vedic period:
Correct answer : 2
Q8. In which year the Congress agreed to the Muslim demands for separate electorates and weighted representation in the councils?
Correct answer : 2
Q9. Among the following who collaborated actively in the development of a market economy by the British during the colonial rule?
Correct answer : 2
Q10. In which year, Gandhi - Jinnah talks ended without any result?
Correct answer : 2
Q11. At the Madras session of the INC a resolution was passed without the presence of Gandhiji. About this Gandhiji remarked "hastily conceived and thoughtlessly passed". What was the resolution?
Correct answer : 3
Q12. Who among the following is credited to be the first empire builders of India?
Correct answer : 3
Q13. Punch marked coins are believed to be the first metal coins used in India. They belong to the.......
Correct answer : 2
Q14. The tendency for increased litigation was visible after the introduction of the land settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this is normally traced to which of the following provisions?
Correct answer : 1
Q15. From among the following who was the first Greek to invade India?
Correct answer : 1
Q16. Who among the following was not a taxation officer in the pre-Mauryan period?
Correct answer : 2
Q17. In which of the following proposals/plan the partition of India into India and Pakistan was proposed?
Correct answer : 3
Q18. Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order: a)Bengal famine with a huge loss of life b)Despite the death of Haider Ali, Tipu Sultan fights against the British c)Establishment of the Board of Control in London d)Impeachment of Warren Hastings
Correct answer : 2
Q19. Who among the following was not a ruler of Magadha Kingdom?
Correct answer : 4
Q20. Why did the Muslim League decide to go in for direct action on 16th August 1946?
Correct answer : 4
Q21. Who is more credited to have founded the Indian National Congress although it was an effort of few people?
Correct answer : 2
Q22. When was Indian National Congress founded?
Correct answer : 3
Q23. In which Lok Sabha, the number of women members were more?
Correct answer : 1
Q24. Which state of India has the largest number of women MPs in the present Lok Sabha?
Correct answer : 3
Q25. 1993 was an year of tussle between the Election Commission (then T N Seshan) and the Government and the then Attorney General was called to address the parliament on the powers of election commissioners. Who was that Attorney General?
Correct answer : 2
Q26. Who is the youngest to be elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in the 2009 general elections?
Correct answer : 3
Q27. Under which rule of Election Rules of 1961, the voter has a right to refuse voting for any candidate?
Correct answer : 2
Q28. Smallest constituency in terms of electors is in ……
Correct answer : 3
Q29. Which is the highest polling booth in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q30. What is the provision to safeguard the autonomy of the Supreme Court of India? (1) While appointing the Supreme Court Judges, the President of India has to consult the Chief Justice of India (2) The Supreme Court Judges can be removed by the Chief Justice of India only (3) The salaries of the Judges are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India to which the legislature does not have to vote. (4) All appointments of officers and staffs of the Supreme Court of India are made by the Government only after consulting the Chief Justice of India. Pick the correct one/s answer/s.
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Who are the only authorized manufacturers of indellible ink for elections?
Correct answer : 3
Q32. Which organization developed the "indellible ink"
Correct answer : 1
Q33. What is the name for the study and analysis of election patterns, results etc.?
Correct answer : 3
Q34. From which year the electronic voting machines started to be used in full for elections of all nature?
Correct answer : 1
Q35. In which year the electronic voting machines were used in large scale?
Correct answer : 4
Q36. In which state the electronic voting machine was used, perhaps on a trial basis?
Correct answer : 4
Q37. An electronic voting maching can accommodate how many votes?
Correct answer : 4
Q38. How many general elections have been held so far (as 2011)?
Correct answer : 2
Q39. An Electronic Voting Machine can accommodate how many candidates?
Correct answer : 2
Q40. For how many Lok Sabha seats, the first General Election was held?
Correct answer : 3
Q41. Vikram Pandit, an Indian American Banker, who resigned recently was the CEO of which of the following groups?
Correct answer : 2
Q42. Among the following measures of the supply side, which one is a measure to contain inflation?
Correct answer : 1
Q43. Who among the following controls the activities of the Insurance Sector?
Correct answer : 3
Q44. The Finance Commission, appointed once in 5 years, primarily considers the issue of ......
Correct answer : 4
Q45. Kutir Jyoti scheme is related to which of the following schemes?
Correct answer : 3
Q46. A certain sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs.1260 in 2 years and to Rs.1350 in 5 years. The rate per cent per annum is,,,,,
Correct answer : 1
Q47. The length of a rectangular room is 16 feet and the breadth is 3/4 of the length. The total cost of putting a wall to wall carpet in the room was Rs.10560, what was the per square feet cost of carpetting?
Correct answer : 4
Q48. A trader marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 15% he makes a profit of 20%. Find the marked price of an article which cost him Rs.850.
Correct answer : 3
Q49. Kandan scored a total of 455 marks out of 800 marks in an examination. What was his approximate percentage in the examination?
Correct answer : 4
Q50. A train X speeding with 110 Km/Hr crosses another train Y running in the same direction in 1 minute and 30 seconds. If the lengths of the trains X and Y are of 140 m and of 160 m respectively, what is the speed of the train Y?
Correct answer : 2
Q51. .......................was a common and killer disease few decades back.
Correct answer : 4
Q52. The amount of Urea excreted through urine each day is about ...................
Correct answer : 4
Q53. ........................can image narrowed or blocked coronary arteries.
Correct answer : 3
Q54. Pepsinogen is activated into Pepsin by..........................
Correct answer : 2
Q55. The Vitamin obtained from sunshine is.............
Correct answer : 3
Q56. The integral components of RNA and DNA molecules are ......................
Correct answer : 1
Q57. The ailment in which cornea may get necrosed and infected is.................
Correct answer : 3
Q58. The amount of nitrogen in the exhaled air is.................
Correct answer : 1
Q59. "Bundle of His" originates from the ..................
Correct answer : 2
Q60. The Vitamin rare in human is ..............
Correct answer : 4
Q61. Bile juice is stored in ................
Correct answer : 3
Q62. The membrane lining the lungs is known as ...............
Correct answer : 1
Q63. Kidney stone consists mainly of...................
Correct answer : 3
Q64. The pregnancy hormone is ...............
Correct answer : 2
Q65. Germ theory of diseases was established by ................
Correct answer : 4
Q66. Ear wax is secreted from...............
Correct answer : 1
Q67. The sensitive test to detect HIV is ..........
Correct answer : 3
Q68. ................is not the feature of bacterial genes.
Correct answer : 1
Q69. ...................gland is considered as primary lymphoid organ.
Correct answer : 4
Q70. The liver fluke and blood fluke are ..................
Correct answer : 3
Q71. What is modified gun metal = 86% copper + 9.5% tin + 2.5% lead and 2% zinc - used for?
Correct answer : 1
Q72. What is the term used for the number of individual atoms in exactly 12 grams of the most common form of Carbon?
Correct answer : 3
Q73. Which of these is not a metal?
Correct answer : 1
Q74. What is common to the chemical symbols - Cm, Ir, Nb, Pd and V?
Correct answer : 4
Q75. Who discovered the "neutron" a sub-atomic particle?
Correct answer : 1
Q76. Which of the following, a non-metal, that remains liquid at room temperature?
Correct answer : 3
Q77. What is the atomic number of the chemical element carbon?
Correct answer : 4
Q78. What are "ununquadium" and "ununhexium"?
Correct answer : 2
Q79. Isotopes of the same element have different ...
Correct answer : 2
Q80. Hematite and Magnetite are mineral forms of ....
Correct answer : 2
Q81. Which of these gases was first chemically isolated in 1895 by British Chemist William Ramsay?
Correct answer : 4
Q82. Among the following which one is NOT a non-metallic mineral?
Correct answer : 4
Q83. Acetyl CoA is a
Correct answer : 1
Q84. The citric acid cyclic reactions end with the formation of which of the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q85. Conversion of pyruvic acid into acetyl CoA involves………
Correct answer : 2
Q86. Match the following correctly: A) Lignite 1)Copper B)Bauxite 2)Iron C)Magnetite 3)Aluminium D)Pyrite 4)Coal
Correct answer : 3
Q87. Which is the leading sulphur producing country in the world?
Correct answer : 2
Q88. Iron is obtained mostly from ………………
Correct answer : 4
Q89. ………………is the largest Mercury producing country in the world.
Correct answer : 2
Q90. Republic of Congo is one of the leading producers of .......
Correct answer : 3
Q91. Which pair of countries are the leading producers of Mica?
Correct answer : 1
Q92. Which pair of countries are the leading producers of Rock Phosphate?
Correct answer : 4
Q93. .......is the leading producer of Uranium.
Correct answer : 2
Q94. What is the quality of basic slag, a byproduct of steel plants?
Correct answer : 4
Q95. Which state of India is the largest producer of antimony (Sb)?
Correct answer : 3
Q96. Which state is the largest producer of bauxite>
Correct answer : 1
Q97. Which state of India is the largest producer of copper?
Correct answer : 1
Q98. Lead, ingested or inhaled, is a health hard. After the addition of lead to petrol has been banned, what still are the sources of lead poisoning? (1) smelting units (2) pens and pencils (3) Paints (4) Hair oils and cosmetics. Pick the correct answer.
Correct answer : 4
Q99. Aluminium usually occurs in the form of….
Correct answer : 4
Q100. Which state of India is the largest producer of Thorium?
Correct answer : 2
Q101. ………………is the largest producer of Sulphur.
Correct answer : 1
Q102. …………………is the largest producer of Manganese
Correct answer : 4
Q103. ……………….is the largest producer of Lignite
Correct answer : 4
Q104. Manganese is extracted from .........ore
Correct answer : 1
Q105. What is the most abundant element found in sea water?
Correct answer : 2
Q106. Chadwick's discovery was
Correct answer : 3
Q107. Electrons was discovered by……………
Correct answer : 2
Q108. Deuterium oxide is known as ........
Correct answer : 3
Q109. The main gas causing the green house effect is.......
Correct answer : 2
Q110. The gases used in different types of welding would include……………….
Correct answer : 3
Q111. In which of the following is the sources of energy by the fusion of helium nuclei.
Correct answer : 4
Q112. In which materials X- rays produce fluorescence?
Correct answer : 4
Q113. In which material objects can be seen clearly?
Correct answer : 1
Q114. In which fields x- rays are used?
Correct answer : 4
Q115. In which layer ozone is present?
Correct answer : 1
Q116. In which elements artificial radioactivity exhibits?
Correct answer : 3
Q117. In which elements natural radioactivity occur?
Correct answer : 1
Q118. In which direction the l3-particles are deflected ..........
Correct answer : 3
Q119. In which direction, the induced current acts?
Correct answer : 2
Q120. In which direction a ray of light bends while emerging out of a prism?
Correct answer : 2
Q121. In which device, the fission reaction takes place in perfectly controlled manner?
Correct answer : 3
Q122. In which device an AC voltage of same value is changed into an AC voltage of different value?
Correct answer : 2
Q123. In which defect human eye cannot see distant objects distinctly?
Correct answer : 2
Q124. In which atoms are arranged in a regular, repeated and periodic pattern?
Correct answer : 4
Q125. In what way the three states of matter differ?
Correct answer : 2
Q126. In what form the coil is attached to specially treated paper in loud speaker ?
Correct answer : 3
Q127. In what colour the sun near horizon appears?
Correct answer : 2
Q128. In what basis the three states of matter is explained?
Correct answer : 2
Q129. In what angle the anode is inclined in a coolidge tube?
Correct answer : 1
Q130. In transverse waves the particles of medium oscillates
Correct answer : 1
Q131. Which is the biggest continent?
Correct answer : 4
Q132. Our Country's area is about 3.3 million SQKM. What is its rank in the world?
Correct answer : 2
Q133. In which month the Sun's rays fall directly over the Tropic of Capricorn?
Correct answer : 3
Q134. The month in which the Sun's rays are overhead over the Tropic of Cancer is ......
Correct answer : 4
Q135. The largest dam in Asia is ......
Correct answer : 1
Q136. ..............current does not contribute to form a complete circle of currents in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Correct answer : 2
Q137. Among the following which one is a good example of sedimentary rock?
Correct answer : 4
Q138. The river that connects the Kolkatta Port with sea is....
Correct answer : 3
Q139. Among the following, which river originates from the Kodagu Hills of Karnataka?
Correct answer : 1
Q140. Which two rivers make Andhra Pradesh one of the richest?
Correct answer : 2
Q141. In which country are the "Plains of Abraham" located?
Correct answer : 2
Q142. When did the Archie Comics first appear?
Correct answer : 2
Q143. "Your Place in the Sky" is the tag line of .....
Correct answer : 3
Q144. Name the gigantic dam that spans the yangtze river in China?
Correct answer : 2
Q145. The famous musical instrument "Veena" is made from the wood of...
Correct answer : 4
Q146. What is Euclid's famous work on Geometry and Reasoning is called?
Correct answer : 1
Q147. Which one of them is not a name for a sea?
Correct answer : 2
Q148. Expand UTC related to time?
Correct answer : 3
Q149. She won the Nobel Prize. Her husband, daughter and son in law were also Nobel Prize winners. Who was she?
Correct answer : 3
Q150. Who was the world's first woman PM?
Correct answer : 1
Q151. Who sang "Vande Mataram" during the special session of Parliament on 14th August 1947?
Correct answer : 2
Q152. Which Soviet spacecraft became the first man made object to reach the surface of the moon?
Correct answer : 3
Q153. Which of the following rivers does not originate in Indian territory?
Correct answer : 4
Q154. South Africa has ...........official languages
Correct answer : 3
Q155. What is the official colour of the Olympic water polo ball?
Correct answer : 1
Q156. Which of these languages was the official language of England for over 600 years?
Correct answer : 3
Q157. In which war Florence Nightingale served as a Nurse, to give birth to the Nursing profession?
Correct answer : 4
Q158. What is the highest military honours of USA?
Correct answer : 3
Q159. Who is the tallest player to play international cricket?
Correct answer : 2
Q160. Who founded the automobile giant General Motors?
Correct answer : 3
Q161. In Hindu mythology, the 10 lords first created by Brahma are called the .....
Correct answer : 1
Q162. Which country's flag has three equal horizontal bars of red, white and black?
Correct answer : 3
Q163. "Kanga League" is a league cricket tournament in......
Correct answer : 2
Q164. Which was the first Indian film to be nominated for Oscar?
Correct answer : 2
Q165. "Desert Foxes" is the nick name of which country's football team?
Correct answer : 4
Q166. On 7th August 1960 Time Square in New York was named after an Indian for one day to makr the birth centenary celebrations. Who was that?
Correct answer : 2
Q167. "Audacity of Hope" is a book written by....
Correct answer : 3
Q168. Who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister?
Correct answer : 3
Q169. Who wrote the original Panchatantra?
Correct answer : 2
Q170. What is the holy book of Parsis?
Correct answer : 2
Q171. The first telegraph line in India was laid between
Correct answer : 2
Q172. The Iron pillar at Mehrauli was built during the rule of which dynasty?
Correct answer : 3
Q173. How the Sikh Flag is called?
Correct answer : 2
Q174. Which is the largest bird native to Australia?
Correct answer : 2
Q175. In a certain code BROUGHT is written as PSCTVJI. How is hearing written in that code?
Correct answer : 1
Q176. There are 5 bus stops A, B, C, D, and E at equal intervals. C is not the middle stop. A and E are not terminal stops. C comes twice as many stops before D in upward journey as B comes after A. D is the first stop in downward journey. Give the correct sequence of the stops in downward journey.
Correct answer : 1
Q177. Examine the following STATEMENTS: (1) Lady's Finger is tastier than Cabbage. (2) Cauliflower is tastier than Lady's Finger. (3) Cabbage is not tastier than peas. The conclusion that can be drawn from these statements is that
Correct answer : 4
Q178. "Water flows through a pipeline at a steady rate. At a point on the pipeline, water is withdrawn continuously through a branch line". Consider the following STATEMENTS: (1) Pipe line beyond the branch line will not be full. (2) Flow velocity in the main line will be less after the branch line than before it. (3) Flow velocity in the main line beyond the branch line will become unsteady. Of these statements,
Correct answer : 2
Q179. If 'M' denotes '+', 'K' denotes '-', 'R' denotes '+' and 'T' denotes 'x', then 12 T 8 M 12 R 16 K 14 =
Correct answer : 3
Q180. Edmund Burke called the Press as "e;.................."e;
Correct answer : 3
Q181. Give the opposite of NEBULOUS
Correct answer : 2
Q182. Author of THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Correct answer : 3
Q183. He never visits any zoo because he is strong opponent of the idea of .......
Correct answer : 1
Q184. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word: SHRED
Correct answer : 4
Q185. Find a suitable option from the options given to replace the highlighted word/s. 5 will be the answer if "e;No correction is required"e; .... "e; "e;It is simply unbearable for me to watch these sort of movies."e;
Correct answer : 2
Q186. Choose the correct word to fill the blank from the given options: "e; Jimmy .......... avoids playing tennis on weekdays as it is very tiring."e;
Correct answer : 2
Q187. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word: EXCLAIMED
Correct answer : 1
Q188. The ""Jan Dhan Yojana"" introduced by the Central Government is for opening of bank accounts for all indians. This was implemented
in the year ...............
Correct answer : 3
Q189. On August 21, 2015, the India-Pacific Countries Conference was held in ..........
Correct answer : 3
Q190. The longest railway tunnel -- 56 km -- is under construction and is to be opened for traffic in 2016. This tunnel connects
of which countries?
Correct answer : 1 -- connects Zurich in Switzerland and Milan in Italy.
Q191. The background processes are ....
Correct answer : 4
Q192. The Internet is .........
Correct answer : 4
Q193. In case of MS access, the rows of a table corresponds to .....
Correct answer : 2
Q194. .......language uses both interpreter and compiler
Correct answer : 2
Q195. Which of the following is an objective of multiprogrmmes operating system?
Correct answer : 1
Q196. Better resolution can be obtained from
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Q197. The communications device that allows the computer to access a network is known as ......card
Correct answer : 4
Q198. The desktop consists of ....
Correct answer : 4
Q199. When all the numbers between 0 and 100 in a range should be displayed in Red color, apply
Correct answer : 2
Q200. The nine's complement of a decimal number is obtained by