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Q.1.What is the population of India ?

98 crores
More than 2 billion
More than 1 billion
Less than 96 crores
96 crores

Q.2.Thermostat is an instrument used to"

measure flow of current
measure intensity of voltage
regulate temperature
regulate velocity of sound
None of these

Q.3.Wimbledon Trophy is associated with"

Football
Cricket
Hockey
Basketball
Lawn Tennis

Q.4.GNP stands for"

Gross National Product
Group Net Product
Grand Nuclear Process
Group Networking Process
None of these

Q.5.'Acoustics' is the science of the study of"

Light
Sound
Electricity
Magnetism
None of these

Q.6.Noise pollution is measured in the unit called"

micron
nautical miles
ohms
ampere
decibel

Q.7.'Heavy Water' is used in which of the following types of industries ?

Sugar
Nuclear Power
Textile
Coal
None of these

Q.8.Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Indomitable Spirit'?

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Justice K. G. Balakrishna
Mr. Natwar Singh
None of these

Q.9.Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?

Wipro
Mastek
Toyota
IBM
Infosys

Q.10.'Yen' is the currency of"

South Korea
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
None of these

Q.11.Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known"

Music Director of Indian films
English author of Indian origin
Journalist
Politician
Sports Personality

Q.12.'Richter Scale' is used to measure which of the following ?

Intensity of Tsunami Waves
Intensity of Earthquake
Density of salt in Sea water
Flow of electric current
None of these

Q.13.Which of the following best explains 'e-governance'?

Improving the functioning of government
Teaching government employees the basics of computing
Delivery of public services through internet
Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

Q.14.CAS is associated with which of the following ?

Legal System Reforms
Piped gas line
Cable T.V.
Mobile phone regulation
None of these

Q.15.Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in"

South Africa
Ukraine
Australia
Italy
Britain

Q.16.Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organization/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?

ISBN
ISRO
INTELSET
INTACH
None of these

Q.17.'Handshaking' in Networking parlance means"

connecting computers to a hub
distributed Networks
having same operating system on different computers
sending e-mail
None of these

Q.18.VAT stands for"

Value And Tax
Value Added Tax
Virtual Action Tasks
Virtual Assessment Technique
None of these

Q.19.Alzheimer's diseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?

Kidney
Heart
Liver
Stomach
Brain

Q.20.Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days.Which of the following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?

U.S.A.
China
India
Britain
None of these

Q.21.Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?

Microsoft Secrets
The Road Ahead
The Elephant Paradigm
e-commerce
None of these

Q.22.Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?

Online Space
Orkut
Net-Space
Wikipedia
None of these

Q.23.Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?

Goa
Delhi-Answer
Uttarakhand
Himachal Pradesh
Bihar

Q.24.DOT stands for"

Disc Operating Therapy
Department of Telephones
Directorate of Technology
Damage on Time
None of these (Dot stands for Department of Telecommunications)

Q.25.Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?

Karnataka
Orissa
Maharashtra
North-East
None of these

Q.26.TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following services ?

Telecom
Trade
Port
Transport
None of these

Q.27.At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is"

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)
General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Dial-in Connection
None of these

Q.28.Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?

DBS Bank Ltd.
Sonali Bank
J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
Shinhan Bank
All are Foreign Banks

Q.29.Who is the author of the book 'Future Shock' ?

Alvin Toffler
Tom Peters
Napoleon Hill
Kenneth Blanchard
None of these

Q.30.Apex fares are"

more than the normal fare
less than the normal fare
offered only to corporate clients
applicable to late night flights only
applicable to international flights only


Q.1.Who amongst the following is the Director of the film 'Water' which was in news ?

Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Mrinal Sen
Gulzar
Mahesh Bhatt
None of these

Q.2.The 10th plan period is upto"

2007
2008
2009
2010
None of these

Q.3.OPEC is a group of countries which are"

exporting oil
producing cotton
rich and developed
developing and poor
nuclear powers

Q.4.Intel Company mainly produces"

Hard disks
VCDs
Monitors
Software
None of these

Q.5.Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?

Shri L. N. Mittal
Shri K. K. Birla
Shri Vijaypat Singhania
Shri Mukesh Ambani
Shri Anil Agarwal

Q.6.Who is the President of Nasscom?

Kiran Karnik
Narayana Murthy
Pramod Desai
Devang Mehta
None of these

Q.7.Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ?

Booker Prize
Nobel Prize
Pulitzer Price
Arjun Award
Bharatiya Gnanpith Award

Q.8.'Singur' which was in news is a place in"

Orissa
West Bengal
Jharkhand
Bihar
Maharashtra

Q.9.Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as 'Harry Potter' ?

J. K. Rowling
Lindsay Lohan
Julia Roberts
Sandra Bullock
None of these

Q.10.Which of the following Satellites recently dedicated to nation helps Direct to Home Television Service in India ?

Matsat
Edusat
Insat"4b
Insat"IB
None of these

Q.11.Many a times we read some news items about the 'West Bank'.'West Bank' is situated at the western side of the river"

Mississippi
Amazon
Nile
Jordan
None of these

Q.12.Which of the following phenomenon is considered responsible for 'Global Warming' ?

Greenhouse Gas Effect
Fox Fire
Dry Farming
Radioactivity
None of these

Q.13.Which of the following instruments is not issued by a bank ?

Demand Draft
Pay Order
Debit Card
Credit Card
National Saving Certificate

Q.14.Name of Jyoti Randhawa is associated with which of the following games ?

Golf
Badminton
Hockey
Chess
None of these

Q.15.Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal 'Unlimited Potential' in India ?

Microsoft
Infosys
Wipro
TCS
None of these

Q.16.Polly Umrigar who died was a well known"

Cricketer
Tennis Player
Golfer
Chess Player
Hockey Player

Q.17.In India Census is done after a gap of every"

Five years
Seven years
Eight years
Ten years
Fifteen years

Q.18.Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?

Core Banking
Micro Credit
Retail Banking
Real Time Gross Settlement
Internet Banking

Q.19.Who amongst the following was India's official candidate for the post of UNO's Secretary General ?

Mr. Shyam Saran
Dr. C. Rangarajan
Mr. Shashi Tharoor
Mr. Vijay Nambiar
None of these

Q.20.Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of"

Italy
Canada
France
South Africa
Britain

Q.21.Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

Railways
State Road Transports
Post and Telegraph
Ministry of Health
None of these

Q.22.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as " investor production fund" ?

SEBI
NABARD
Bombay stock exchange
AMFI
None of these

Q.23.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

Mr. M.V.Kamath
Mr. Y.V.Reddy
Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
Mr.O.P.Bhatt
None of these

Q.24.Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

Money lenders
Foreign Bankers
NABARD
RBI
None of these

Q.25.India has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?

Private Banks
Commodities Banks
Nationalized Banks
Cooperative Banks
Foreign Banks

Q.26.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks

Only 1
Only 2
Only 3
All 1,2and 3
None of these

Q.27.Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?

Russia
England
South Africa
Pakistan
India

Q.28.The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources Pick up the correct Statement(s)
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
(2) Taxws collected from the people
(3) Loan from the RBI

Only 1
Only 2
Only 3
Both 1 and 2
All 1,2 and 3

Q.29.The Securities & Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P Notes'.What is the full form of ‘P Notes' ?

Permanent Notes
Perchase Notes
Participatory-Notes
Private Notes
None of these

Q.30.Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?

Yuvraj Singh
M.S.Dhoni
Rahul Dravid
Saurav Ganguly
None of these

Q.1. Reasons for the growth of Regional Political Parties in India is–

lack of effective opposition
economic disparities among the States
failure of the national parties
All the above

Q.2. The first State in India to be formed on linguistic basis is–

Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
Karnataka
Maharashtra

Q.3. The only Union Territory which has a High Court of its own is–

Chandigarh
Daman and Diu
Delhi
Lakshadweep

Q.4. One of the following subjects is not in the State List–

Market and fairs
Bankruptcy and insolvency
Police and prisons
Public health and sanitation

Q.5. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty in India ?

Balban
Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Muhammad Ghori
Iltutmish

Q.6. Chandragupta Maurya was the–

Great-grandfather of Ashoka
Brother of Ashoka
Father of Ashoka
Grandfather of Ashoka

Q.7. Who was known as ‘Lakh Baksh’ ?

Iltutmish
Raziya
Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Babar

Q.8. Who was the pioneer among the social reformers ?

Ramakrishna Paramhans
Swami Vivekanand
Raja Rammohun Roy
Dayanand Saraswati

Q.9. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?

1Agricultural labourers
Money lenders
Peasants
Zamindars

2 only
2 and 4
1 only
D) land 2

Q.10. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to–

Linking of Rivers
Development of Roads
Communication
Social Integration

Q.11. The difference between G.D.P. at market prices and G.D.P. at factor prices is–

Net factor income from abroad
Net export
Depreciation
Net indirect taxes

Q.12. With increase in the price of commodity ‘X’, the demand of ‘Y’ decreases. The commodity ‘Y’ is a/an–

inferior good
composite good
substitute good
complementary good

13. Match the following–
List A List B
a. Perfect competition 1. One seller
b. Monopoly 2. Product differentiation
c. Discriminating monopoly 3. Homogeneous commodity
d. Monopolistic competition 4. Price differentiation

a b c d
4 2 3 1
2 4 1 3
3 1 4 2
1 3 2 4

Q.14. Corporate Tax is imposed by–

Central Government
Both Central and State Government
State Government
Local Government

Q.15. Which one of the following is essential for proper working of democracy?

Responsible and efficient opposition
Written constitution
Universal adult franchise
Parliamentary system

Q.16. The sound of explosions in a distant star is not heard from the Earth because–

the frequency of sound produced is below 10 Hz
the frequency of sound produced is above 100 kHz
there is no continuous medium from the star to Earth
the distance of the star is so large that sound intensity falls below the audible range

Q.17. Combustion is the process in which–

only heat is, produced
heat and light are produced
no heat is produced
no light is produced

Q.18. In a ‘dynamo’–

electrical energy is converted to mechanical energy
electrical energy is converted to magnetic energy
mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy
mechanical energy is converted to heat energy

Q.19. Among the materials listed below, sound travels the fastest in–

Hydrogen
Vacuum
Steel
Water

Q.20. In an e-mail address, the symbol that is used to separate the user name and the domain name is–

@
–
#
: / /

Q.21. CD-ROM is a–

Magnetic Memory
Secondary Memory
Semiconductor Memory
Memory Register

Q.22. pH value of blood is–

in between 8 and 9
greater than 10
less than 6
in between 7 and 8

Q.23. Great Barrier Reef is situated in

Australia
Nova Scotia
North Sea
Southern China

Q.24. In India, the longest day occurs on–

April 13
October 13
June 21
March 21

Q.25. Which one of the following is not found in new alluvial soil ?

Humus
Gas
Minerals
Water

Q.26. Palghat Gap connects Tamil Nadu with–

Kerala
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Both and (B)

Q.27. Jodhpur receives less rainfall than Delhi because–

Arabian Sea runs parallel to Aravali
it is on leeward side of the winds
condensation does not take place there
all of above factors

Q.28. Bamboo is a–

Tree
Climber
Shrub
Herb

Q.29. Which vitamins are those which if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the body ?

B Complex
E and C
B and C
A and D

Q.30. Which one of the following constitutes two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the non-living?

Respiration and excretion
Reproduction and locomotion
Irritability and locomotion
Growth and locomotion

Q.31. The expansion of D.D.T. is–

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane
Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane
None of the above

Q.32. Which of the following animals is a parasite?

Amoeba
Sponge
Plasmodium
Earthworm

Q.33. Which one of the. following respires by gills ?

Cray-fish
Star-fish
Silver-fish
Jelly-fish

Q.34. The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by–

Rajmohan Gandhi
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Lord Tennyson
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Q.35. On the lines of ‘Palace on Wheels’, a new train ‘Deccan Odyssey’ is operated between–

Karnataka and Kerala
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Maharashtra and Goa

Q.36. Name the famous paper which Gandhiji edited to propagate his ideas.

Harijan
Satyagrah
Khadi
Swadeshi

Q.37. The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was–

White Storm
Thunder Power
Enola Gay
Black Light

Q.38. Which Indian Commercial Bank became the first in providing mobile ATM Service ?

HDFC Bank
SBI
ICICI Bank
IDBI Bank

Q.39. Sivakasi, which recently witnessed major explosions in the cracker manufacturing units, is situated in the State of–

Kerala
Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh

Q.40.Who has brought laurels to the country by winning a Silver Medal in the London Paralympic Games in High Jump?

Bhimrao Kesarkar
Devendra Singh
Joginder Singh Bedi
H. N. Girisha

Q.41. Sunita Williams has set the record for the maximum number of space-walks by a woman astronaut recently. The exact number of the walks is–

5
4
7
6

Q.42. Who among the following Indian economists has recently been appointed as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank ?

B. B. Bhattacharya
Jagdish Bhagwati
Raghuram Rajan
Kaushik Basu

Q.43. When water is heated from 0°C to 10°C, the volume of water–

decreases steadily
increases steadily
first increases then decreases
first decreases then increases

Q.44. From which of the following endocrine glands is GTH secreted ?

Adrenal gland
Islets of Langerhans in pancreas
Pituitary gland
Thyroid gland

Q.45. Which of the following is an acid?

H2O
Na2CO3
HZSO4
NaCl

Q.46. Which of the following is the major component of ecosystem ?

Biotic
Abiotic
Energy
All of the above

Q.47.There has been an increasing incidence of floods in Northern India in recent years because–

there has been increase in deforestation in the catchment area
the rate of silting of, dams has gone up
there has been an increase in annual rainfall
the ice has been melting faster due to slight increase in atmospheric temperature

Q.48. Which of the following is the most dangerous pollutant ?

Carbon dioxide
Sulphur dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Nitrous oxide

Q.49. Which country loses highest amount of top soil from its crop lands due to erosion ?

Brazil
U.S.A.
China
India

Q.50. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near–

Ajmer
Aurangabad
Patna
Jaipur