1000 Static G K Qns V Good Ones

General Knowledge Quiz
Q1. For Rajya Sabha, how many members are nominated by President?
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15
Q2. Chankya was the chief advisor of which ruler ?
(A) Ashok (B) Harshvardhan (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Kanishka
Q3. What is the direction of rotation of earth on its axis ?
(A) East to West (B) West to East (C) North to South (D) South to North
Q4. In Computers, One Byte equals to how many Bits ?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
Q5. Which is the highest civilian award in India ?
(A) Padam Shri (B) Padam Bhushan (C) Padam Vibhushan (D) Bharat Ratna
Q6. In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India ?
(A) Ibrahim Lodhi (B) Sikandar Lodhi (C) Bahlul Lodhi (D) Daulat Lodhi
Q7. Which is the largest animal in world ?
(A) Giraffe (B) Elephant (C) Orangutan (D) Blue Whale
Q8. In an equilateral triange, how many sides are equal ?
(A) Two (B) All (C) None (D) Not fixed
Q9. What is the name of first indigenously developed Super Computer of India ?
(A) Tejas (B) Anupam (C) Aryabhatt (D) Param
Q10. Who is the first indian Tenis player to win boy's Australian Open Junior Title ?
(A) Prakash Amritraj (B) Rohan Bopanna (C) Yuki Bhambri (D) Zeeshan Ali
Q11. Which colour is in the centre of Rainbow ?
(A) Red (B) Yellow (C) Green (D) Violet
Q12. In terms of area, which is the smallest state in India ?
(A) Goa (B) Sikkim (C) Nagaland (D) Tripura
Q13. Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?
(A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Vice President (D) Finance Minister
Q14. Who authored sanskrit epic Ramayana ?
(A) Ved Vyas (B) Valmiki (C) Surdas (D) Tulsidas
Q15. Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal ?
(A) P.T.Usha (B) Shiny Abraham (C) Karnam Malleshwari (D) Kunjarani Devi
Q16. Which canal connects Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea ?
(A) Erie Canal (B) Indira Gandhi Canal (C) Panama Canal (D) Suez Canal
Q17. According to Mahabharat, who was the last Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava army ?
(A) Ashwatthama (B) Dronacharya (C) Karna (D) Shalya
Q18. Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in Test Cricket ?
(A) Chetan Sharma (B) Kapil Dev (C) Harbhajan Singh (D) Irfan Pathan
Q19. Which is the longest bone in human body ?
(A) Femur (B) Fibula (C) Radius (D) Stapes
Q20. Which luxury train travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey ?
(A) Palace on Wheels (B) Heritage on Wheels (C) The Deccan Odyssey (D) Golden Chariot
Q21. German Shepherd is a popular breed of ?
(A) Dog (B) Cat (C) Cow (D) Horse
Q22. How do we better know film actor Rajeev Bhatia ?
(A) Govinda (B) Jitendra (C) Sunil Dutt (D) Akshay Kumar
Q23. According to Ramayana, who was Bharat's wife ?
(A) Sita (B) Urmila (C) Mandavi (D) Shruthukeerti
Q24. Into which water body does river Narmada flow ?
(A) Red Sea (B) Arabian Sea (C) Bay of Bengal (D) Indian Ocean
Q25. Who was Akbar's financial advisor ?
(A) Birbal (B) Abul Fazal (C) Raja Todar Mal (D) Raja Man Singh
Q26. Where is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Academy situated ?
(A) Mussoorie (B) Dehradun (C) Chandigarh (D) Hyderabad
Q27. Who founded Forward Block political party ?
(A) A.O.Hume (B) Subhash Chand Bose (C) Motilal Nehru (D) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Q28. Who is the only cricketer to claim over 500 wickets in both Tests and One Day Internationals ?
(A) Wasim Akram (B) Shane Warne (C) Muttiah Muralitharan (D) Glenn McGrath
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Q29. Which indian IT expert started web-based e-mail service Hotmail in 1996 ?
(A) Sabeer Bhatia (B) Vinod Dham (C) Azim Premji (D) N.R.Narayan Murthy
Q30. Which architect designed the city of Chandigarh ?
(A) Edwin Lutyens (B) Le Corbusier (C) Charles Correa (D) Herbert Baker
Q31. Peter Parker is the original name of which fictional superhero ?
(A) Phantom (B) Batman (C) Superman (D) Spiderman
Q32. Which planet is referred Morning Star as well as Evening Star ?
(A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Mercury
Q33. Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhdha, is in which present country ?
(A) Bhutan (B) Nepal (C) India (D) Bangladesh
Q34. Who was the first indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachendri Pal (B) Santosh Yadav (C) Kalpana Chawla (D) Kiran Bedi
Q35. Which is not a part of our parliament ?
(A) President (B) Lok Sabha (C) Rajya Sabha (D) Supreme Court
Q36. What is aquaphobia, also referred as hydrophobia, the fear of ?
(A) Water (B) Height (C) Darkness (D) Thunder
Q37. Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Bal Gangadhr Tilak (C) Rabindra Nath Tagore (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q38. To commemorate his conquest of the Ranthambhor fort and Khandesh in Gujarat, which Mughal ruler built
Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri ?
(A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Shahjahan
Q39. Which is the principal ore of Mercury ?
(A) Galena (B) Bauxite (C) Cinnabar (D) Hematite
Q40. Where is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) situated ?
(A) New Delhi (B) Ahmedabad (C) Bengaluru (D) Bhubaneshwar
Q41. What is the motto of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) ?
(A) Veerta Aur Vivek (B) Bharat Mata Ki Jai (C) Vayam Rakshaamah (D) Ekta Aur Anushasan
Q42. Nifty is the main share index of which stock exchange ?
(A) BSE (B) NSE (C) NYSE (D) NASDAQ
Q43. Which planet is nearest to Sun ?
(A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Earth (D) Mars
Q44. According to Mahabahrat, who was Abhimanyu's mother ?
(A) Draupadi (B) Ulupi (C) Chitrangada (D) Subhadra
Q45. What is the boundary line demarcating India and Pakistan known as ?
(A) Radcliffe Line (B) McMahon Line (C) Durand Line (D) Curzon Line
Q46. The name of which Indian classical dance style, originated in north India, literally means 'Story Teller' ?
(A) Odissi (B) Kuchipudi (C) Kathak (D) Bharatanatyam
Q47. Jama Masjid at Delhi, the largest in India, was built by which Mughal emperor ?
(A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb
Q48. Which renowned vocalist was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2008 ?
(A) Lata Mangeshkar (B) Pt. Bhimsen Joshi (C) Gangubai Hangal (D) Pt. Ravi Shankar
Q49. The Althing, the oldest functioning legislative assembly in world, is the parliament of which country ?
(A) Iceland (B) France (C) Japan (D) Israel
Q50. To measure hardness of minerals, which scale is used ?
(A) Kelvin (B) Richter (C) Mohs (D) Mercalli
Q51. Out of four Hindu Dhams, three are dedicated to lord Vishnu & one to lord Shiva. Which one is dedicated to
lord Shiva ?
(A) Puri (B) Dwarka (C) Badrinath (D) Rameshwaram
Q52. By mixing equal amount of Blue and Yellow colours, which colour will result ?
(A) Green (B) Purple (C) Orange (D) Brown
Q53. Which freedom fighter is also known as Lokmanya ?
(A) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (B) Jai Praksha Narain (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Q54. By how many hours Indian Standard Time (IST) is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) ?
(A) 4:00 Hours (B) 4:30 Hours (C) 5:00 Hours (D) 5:30 Hours
Q55. Crescograph, a device for measuring growth in plants, was invented by which Indian scientist ?
(A) Jagadish Chandra Bose (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Jayant Narlikar (D) Meghnad Saha
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Q56. On August 8, 1942, in which city Indian National Congress passed Quit India Resolution ?
(A) Karachi (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Lucknow
Q57. Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?
(A) Lakshadweep (B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (C) Kerala (D) Tamilnadu
Q58. In history, how do we better know Mughal empress Arjumand Banu Begum ?
(A) Mumtaz (B) Noorjahan (C) Hazrat Mahal (D) Manmati
Q59. What line connects the points on a map that have the same temprature ?
(A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohume
Q60. In which river is India's largest riverine island Majuli is situated ?
(A) Ganga (B) Brahmaputra (C) Mahanadi (D) Godavari
Q61. What is the observation that `Supply creates its own demand' is popularly called ?
(A) Gresham's Law (B) Murphy's Law (C) Say's Law (D) Parkinson's Law
Q62. In 1916, who founded Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ?
(A) Annie Besant (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) S.Radhakrishnan
Q63. Who was the first Jain Tirthankar ?
(A) Rishabh Dev (B) Neminath (C) Parshavnath (D) Mahavir
Q64. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) situated ?
(A) Geneva (B) Vienna (C) Brussels (D) The Hague
Q65. Which blood group is universal donor ?
(A) A (B) B (C) AB (D) O
Q66. Who directed 8 Oscar awards winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' ?
(A) Danny Boyle (B) David Fincher (C) Stephen Daldry (D) Ron Howard
Q67. Who became the first space tourist on 28 April, 2001 ?
(A) Dennis Tito (B) Mark Shuttleworth (C) Gregory Olsen (D) Anousheh Ansari
Q68. Khajuraho temples were built by rulers of which dynasty ?
(A) Chola (B) Pallava (C) Chandela (D) Chalukya
Q69. The book `Beyond The Last Blue Mountain' written by R.M.Lala is the biography of which industrialist ?
(A) G.D.Birla (B) Dhirubhai Ambani (C) Jamnalal Bajaj (D) J.R.D.Tata
Q70. Which city will host Winter Olympics in 2010 ?
(A) Turin (Italy) (B) Sochi (Russia) (C) Vancouver (Canada) (D) Salt Lake City (USA)
Q71. Which term is used to describe the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk ?
(A) Sericulture (B) Viticulture (C) Horticulture (D) Apiculture
Q72. Which metal is the best conductor of electric current ?
(A) Copper (B) Gold (C) Silver (D) Aluminium
Q73. What is the popular name of Ascorbic acid ?
(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin B (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitamin D
Q74. Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi ?
(A) Morarji Desai (B) Atal Behari Vajpayee (C) V.P.Singh (D) P.V.Narasimha Rao
Q75. Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern
hemispheres ?
(A) Prime Meridian (B) Equator (C) Tropic of Cancer (D) Tropic of Capricorn
Q76. Which city did Sikandar Lodi found in 1504 on the banks of Yamuna river ?
(A) Agra (B) Mathura (C) Delhi (D) Allahabad
Q77. Who coined the name `Pakistan' ?
(A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (B) Allama Iqbal (C) Liaquat Ali Khan (D) Chaudhary Rahmat Ali
Q78. Vishvambhar Mishra was the original name of which spiritual guru ?
(A) Swami Vivekanand (B) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Prabhupada
Q79. At the time of independence, who was the president of Indian National Congress ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Jawahar Lal Nehru (C) Sardar Patel (D) J.B.Kriplani
Q80. In 1958, who became the first Indian to receive Raman Magsaysay Award ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Baba Amte (C) Satyajit Ray (D) Jai Prakash Narain
Q81. Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century' ?
(A) N.R.Narayan Murthy (B) N.S.Raghavan (C) Nandan Nilekani (D) Kris Gopalakrishnan
Q82. What is the scientific name of Vinegar ?
(A) Citric Acid (B) Acetic Acid (C) Lactic Acid (D) Tartaric Acid
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Q83. Who is the ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ?
(A) President (B) Vice President (C) Prime Minister (D) Lok Sabha Speaker
Q84. In 2008, who became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in the Olympic Games ?
(A) Abhinav Bindra (B) Vijender Kumar (C) Leander Paes (D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Q85. Which film star founded the Telugu Desham Party ?
(A) N.T.Rama Rao (B) M.G.Ramachandran (C) Sivaji Ganesan (D) J.Jayalalithaa
Q86. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Universe title in 1994 ?
(A) Lara Dutta (B) Reita Faria (C) Aishwarya Rai (D) Sushmita Sen
Q87. Which is the largest brackish water lake in India ?
(A) Wular Lake, (B) Pulicat Lake (C) Kaliveli Lake (D) Chilka Lake
Q88. How do we better know playback singer Kedarnath Bhattacharya ?
(A) Shaan (B) Lucky Ali (C) Kumar Sanu (D) Kishore Kumar
Q89. Which scientist is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India ?
(A) Verghese Kurien (B) M.S.Swaminathan (C) Raja Ramanna (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q90. Which city is served by Jolly Grant Airport ?
(A) Jaipur (B) Lucknow (C) Chandigarh (D) Dehradun
Q91. In 2007, which state re-established its Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) after a gap of 22 years ?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q92. Which unit is used to measure the intensity of sound ?
(A) Decibel (B) Ampere (C) Parsec (D) Tesla
Q93. Who wrote the patriotic song `Saare Jahan Se Achcha' ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Muhammad Iqbal (D) Kavi Pradeep
Q94. In which town of Uttar Pradesh did Gautam Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana (salvation) ?
(A) Lumbini (B) Kushinagar (C) Nanded (D) Pavapuri
Q95. Who presides over the joint sittings of both houses of Parliament ?
(A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Lok Sabha Speaker (D) Rajya Sabha Speaker
Q96. Nathu La Pass, located in Sikkim, connects India with which country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Myanmar (D) China
Q97. Who is the only Indian batsman to score Triple Century in Test Cricket ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) V.V.S.Laxman (D) Virender Sehwag
Q98. In which hill station is the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) located ?
(A) Darjeeling (B) Srinagar (C) Nainital (D) Shimla
Q99. What term is used to refer the large number which is formed by writing digit 1 followed by 100 zeros ?
(A) Billion (B) Trillion (C) Octillion (D) Googol
Q100. Zakumi, a leopard, is the official mascot of which tournament ?
(A) Commonwealth Games 2010 (B) FIFA Football World Cup 2010
(C) Cricket World Cup 2011 (D) Olympic Games 2012
Q101. The name of which painting style, based on the name of a district in Bihar, literally means `Forest of Honey' ?
(A) Kangra (B) Mysore (C) Tanjore (D) Madhubani
Q102. Whose birthday on 29 August is celebrated as `National Sports Day' in India ?
(A) C.K.Naidu (B) Dhyan Chand (C) Milkha Singh (D) Wilson Jones
Q103. What is Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi in Delhi Called ?
(A) Raj Ghat (B) Shantivan (C) Vijay Ghat (D) Shakti Sthal
Q104. Guru Shikhar, in Mount Abu, is the highest peak of which mountain range ?
(A) Satpura (B) Vindhya (C) Aravali (D) Himalaya
Q105. `Silicon Valley of India' is the nickname of which south Indian city ?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Thiruvananthapuram
Q106. According to Hindu mythology, who is the Guru of Devas (Gods) ?
(A) Dhanvantri (B) Shukracharya (C) Brihaspati (D) Vishvakarma
Q107. Which one of the following is not a fungus ?
(A) Yeast (B) Mushroom (C) Insulin (D) Penicillin
Q108. In 1905, which Viceroy of India effected the Partition of Bengal ?
(A) Lord Irwin (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Hardinge (D) Lord Chelmsford
Q109. `Panchatantra', a collection of moral stories in Sanskrit, was authored by ?
(A) Somadeva (B) Kautilya (C) Narayan Pandit (D) Vishnu Sharma
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Q110. Which is the only state in India to have Common Civil Code in force ?
(A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Nagaland (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q111. Which is the only metal that exists in liquid form at normal room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?
(A) Mercury (B) Cesium (C) Gallium (D) Rubidium
Q112. What was the name of Maharana Pratap's faithful horse ?
(A) Chetak (B) Kanthak (C) Marengo (D) Bucephalus
Q113. Under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), how many minimum no. of days guaranteed
wage employment is provided in every financial year to a rural household ?
(A) 50 days (B) 100 days (C) 150 days (D) 200 days
Q114. According to Hindu mythology, what kind of animal is Kamadhenu ?
(A) Dog (B) Cow (C) Horse (D) Elephant
Q115. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?
(A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q116. In 2010, which Asian city will host Commonwealth Games ?
(A) Tokyo (B) Shanghai (C) New Delhi (D) Kuala Lumpur
Q117. Annie Besant, a British lady, was first woman President of Indian National Congress(INC). Who was the first
Indian woman President of INC ?
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Nellie Sengupta (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Sonia Gandhi
Q118. Java Trench, also called Sunda Trench, is the deepest point in which ocean ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Indian Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean
Q119. `Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' was the motto of which revolution ?
(A) Cuban Revolution (B) American Revolution (C) Chinese Revolution (D) French Revolution
Q120. `Dreams from My Father' and `The Audicity of Hope' books are authored by which American President ?
(A) Bill Clinton (B) George W. Bush (C) Barack Obama (D) Ronald Reagan
Q121. On the banks of which river is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, situated ?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna (C) Gomti (D) Godavari
Q122. Jataka Tales, written in Pali language, are the previous birth stories of which religious Guru ?
(A) Mahavira (B) Gautam Buddha (C) Guru Nanak Dev (D) Guru Gobind Singh
Q123. Who wrote Bangladesh's national anthem 'Amar Shonar Bangla' ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Kazi Nazrul Islam (C) Mohammed Iqbal (D) Taslima Nasrin
Q124. Parvani, the peacock, is mount of which Hindu God ?
(A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Ganesh (D) Kartikeya
Q125. Before Bhubaneswar, which city was the capital of Orissa ?
(A) Puri (B) Cuttack (C) Rourkela (D) Sambalpur
Q126. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Geet Sethi (B) Pullela Gopichand (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Sachin Tendulkar
Q127. In which city are the headquarters of European Union (EU) located ?
(A) Brussels (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Paris
Q128. Which conquerer was born in Macedonia (Europe), died in Babylon (Asia) and buried in Alexandria (Africa) ?
(A) Genghis Khan (B) Attila the Hun (C) Napolean Bonaparte (D) Alexander the Great
Q129. To produce artificial rains, which chemical is used for Cloud Seeding ?
(A) Copper Sulphate (B) Ammonium Nitrate (C) Silver Iodide (D) Potassium Premanganate
Q130. Binola village, the scheduled site of the Indian National Defence University (INDU), is in which state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q131. In 1970, who became the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?
(A) Devika Rani Roerich (B) Prithviraj Kapoor (C) B.N.Sirkar (D) Pankaj Mullick
Q132. Bomakai and Sambalpuri saris are native of which state ?
(A) Orissa (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) West Bengal
Q133. `Akbarnama', a biographical account of Mughal ruler Akbar, was authored by ?
(A) Faizi (B) Birbal (C) Abul Fazl (D) Abdul Rahim Khan-i-khana
Q134. Which among the following is not a mammal ?
(A) Bat (B) Shark (C) Dolphin (D) Blue Whale
Q135. Which city is known as the `Big Apple' ?
(A) Paris (B) Tokyo (C) Shanghai (D) New York
Q136. Who was the first Indian to win All England Open Badminton Championships Singles title ?
(A) Prakash Nath (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Nandu M. Natekar (D) Pullela Gopichand
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Q137. On which river is Bhakra Nangal Dam, the highest gravity dam in world, is constructed ?
(A) Chenab (B) Jhelum (C) Ravi (D) Sutlej
Q138. Apart from Delhi, which other Union Territory has its own elected Vidhan Sabha and the executive council of
ministers headed by a Chief Minister ?
(A) Daman and Diu (B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (C) Lakshadweep (D) Pondicherry
Q139. On 2nd July 1972, with which Pakistani leader did Indira Gandhi sign Shimla Agreement ?
(A) Ayub Khan (B) Yahya Khan (C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (D) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Q140. Which freedom fighter highlighted the drain of India's wealth into Britain, in his book `Poverty and Un-British
Rule in India' in 1901 ?
(A) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee
Q141. In Windows XP operating system, what is the `XP' short for ?
(A) Expert (B) Express (C) Experience (D) Extra Power
Q142. What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis' ?
(A) Neem (B) Peepal (C) Aam (Mango) (D) Bargad (Banyan)
Q143. In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated ?
(A) Gwalior (B) Patiala (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
Q144. What is the retirement age of Supreme Court judges ?
(A) 60 years (B) 62 years (C) 65 years (D) 70 years
Q145. Which religious teacher established four maths in four corners of country at Badrinath (North), Dwarka (West),
Puri (East) & Sringeri (South) ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya(B) Swami Vivekanand (C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Prabhupada
Q146. From which country's constitution, the concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy has been adopted in
Indian constitution ?
(A) France (B) Ireland (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q147. Which sector is the biggest contributor to India's GDP ?
(A) Agriculture (B) Industry (C) Services (D) All contribute equally
Q148. Bubonic, Pnuemonic and Septicemic are the forms of which deadly infectious disease caused by Yersinia
Pestis bacterium ?
(A) Hepatitis B (B) Measles (C) Tetanus (D) Plague
Q149. Who is the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission ?
(A) Sam Pitroda (B) C.Rangarajan (C) Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q150. Who among the following is considered as the father of Mobile Phone ?
(A) Percy Spencer (B) Martin Cooper (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Edwin Land
Q151. The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution' ?
(A) Grains (B) Pulses (C) Oilseeds (D) Fruits and Vegetables
Q152. What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets ?
(A) 18 yards (B) 20 yards (C) 22 yards (D) 24 yards
Q153. Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) C.F.Andrews (D) Vinoba Bhave
Q154. Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?
(A) New Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q155. Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ?
(A) Surya (B) Brahma (C) Vishnu (D) Shiv
Q156. What is the name of India's first electric Car ?
(A) Rewa (B) Arjun (C) Chetak (D) Shaktiman
Q157. In which battle was Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad
Ghori ?
(A) Battle of Buxar (1764) (B) Battle of Plassey (1757) (C) Third Battle of Panipat (1761)
(D) Second Battle of Tarain (1192)
Q158. Which element is necessarily present in all acids ?
(A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen
Q159. Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought' ?
(A) Bill Gates (B) Larry Ellison (C) Michael Dell (D) Sergey Brin
Q160. In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world's longest glacier, located ?
(A) Himalayas (B) Karakoram (C) Hindu Kush (D) Tien Shan
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Q161. In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ?
(A) Liver (B) Spleen (C) Pancreas (D) Stomach
Q162. What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ?
(A) Bhagmati (B) Mehrunnisa (C) Manikarnika (D) Arjumand Banu Begum
Q163. Which among the following is not a Prime number ?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11
Q164. Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ?
(A) Dubai (B) London (C) Monaco (D) Sharjah
Q165. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ?
(A) Arsenic (B) Carbon (C) Selenium (D) Germanium
Q166. In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society in Pune ?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q167. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ?
(A) Kapil Dev (B) Bishen Singh Bedi (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Anil Kumble
Q168. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world's only floating National Park, situated ?
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Manipur (D) West Bengal
Q169. In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ?
(A) Julius Nyerere (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Gerhard Fischer (D) John Hume
Q170. 'My Music, My Life' and 'Raga Mala' books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Amjad Ali Khan (C) Pt.Shiv Kuamr Sharma (D) Pt.Ravishankar
Q171. What is the minimum age limit to become the President of India ?
Q172. Who created fictional character Harry Potter ?
(A) Ruskin Bond (B) J.K.Rowling (C) Enid Blyton (D) R.K.Narayan
Q173. In humans, the deficiency of Vitamin C leads to which disease ?
(A) Beriberi (B) Scurvy (C) Rickets (D) Nyctalopia (Night Blindness)
Q174. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu' ?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) C.F.Andrews
Q175. On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ?
(A) Rajkot (B) Ahmedabad (C) Mumbai (D) Lahore
Q176. What was the original name of renowned Hindi and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand ?
(A) Raghupati Sahay (B) Dhanpatrai Srivastava (C) Akhtar Hussain Rizvi (D) Sampooran Singh Kalra
Q177. In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima's son Ghatotkacha ?
(A) Karna (B) Dronacharya (C) Ashwathama (D) Shalya
Q178. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ?
(A) Dadabahi Naoroji (B) Badruddin Tyabji (C) Pherozeshah Mehta (D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Q179. Who wrote 'Ashtadhyayi', the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ?
(A) Charak (B) Sushruta (C) Patanjali (D) Panini
Q180. Which among the following is the motto of the Asian Games ?
(A) Ever Onward (B) Friendship Through Sport (C) Humanity - Equality - Destiny
(D) Swifter, Higher, Stronger
Q181. What is the approximate playing time of full version of 'Jana Gana Mana', the National Anthem of India ?
(A) 42 seconds (B) 52 seconds (C) 62 seconds (D) 72 seconds
Q182. Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ?
(A) Srinagar (B) Hyderabad (C) Lucknow (D) Jodhpur
Q183. In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ?
(A) Goa (B) Sikkim (C) Mizoram (D) Arunachal Pradesh
Q184. Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ?
(A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Mercury (D) Jupiter
Q185. Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ?
(A) Goa (B) Assam (C) Kerala (D) Jharkhand
Q186. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ?
(A) China (B) Russia (C) Israel (D) Pakistan
Q187. Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ?
(A) Madurai (B) Thanjavur (C) Warangal (D) Vijayanagar
Q188. Which constituent of human blood is responsible for blood clotting ?
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(A) Plasma (B) Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes) (C) White Blood Cells (Leukocytes)
(D) Platelets (Thrombocytes)
Q189. Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ?
(A) Finland (B) Norway (C) Australia (D) New Zealand
Q190. What is the name of world's first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?
(A) Eka (B) Tesla (C) Param (D) Deep Blue
Q191. Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian armed forces ?
(A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Defence Minister (D) Chief of Army Staff
Q192. Which among the following is not a parasite ?
(A) Hookworm (B) Tapeworm (C) Ringworm (D) Roundworm
Q193. Who authored the book 'India Wins Freedom' ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) C.Rajagopalachari
Q194. Jatiyo Sansad is the parliament of which country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Japan
Q195. According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ?
(A) Surya (B) Vishnu (C) Shiva (D) Ganesh
Q196. In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India ?
(A) Surat (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q197. Velodrome is an arena for which sporting event ?
(A) Ice Hockey (B) Lawn Tennis (C) Sumo Wrestling (D) Track Cycling
Q198. Which scientist was known as 'Wizard of Menlo Park' ?
(A) Isaac Newton (B) Albert Einstein (C) Louis Pasteur (D) Thomas Alva Edison
Q199. On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra (modern Patna) ?
(A) Bimbisara (B) Ajatashatru (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Bindusara
Q200. On 6th April 1909, who became the first person to reach the North Pole ?
(A) Richard E. Byrd (B) Robert Edwin Peary (C) Roald Amundsen (D) Lincoln Ellsworth
Q201. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Srinagar (C) New Delhi (D) Ajmer
Q202. With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?
(A) Sitar (B) Sarod (C) Santoor (D) Tabla
Q203. In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) ?
(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (B) Sucheta Kriplani (C) Vijay Laxmi Pandit (D) Sarojini Naidu
Q204. Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?
(A) Loktak Lake (B) Chilka Lake (C) Wular Lake (D) Hussain Sagar Lake
Q205. What is the name of India's first nuclear reactor ?
(A) Apsara (B) Kamini (C) Dhruva (D) Aryabhatt
Q206. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?
(A) Kheda (Gujarat) (B) Champaran (Bihar) (C) Sabarmati (Gujarat) (D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Q207. 'Wings of Fire' and 'Ignited Minds' books are authored by which Indian scientist ?
(A) H.G.Khurana (B) M.S.Swaminathan (C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (D) S.Chandrasekhar
Q208. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?
(A) Kerala (B) Gujarat (C) West Bengal (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q209. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of 'Alamgir' (Conqueror of the world) ?
(A) Akbar (B) Jehangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb
Q210. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic Acid ?
(A) Aspirin (B) Vinegar (C) Vitamin C (D) Vitriol
Q211. Who signs one rupee currency note of India ?
(A) RBI Governor (B) Finance Secretary (C) Finance Minister (D) President
Q212. Who wrote the 'Das Capital', an extensive treatise on political economy ?
(A) Karl Marx (B) Friedrich Engles (C) Leo Tolstoy (D) Maxim Gorky
Q213. Who was the first law minister of independent India ?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel (B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (C) B.R.Ambedkar (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q214. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are the varieties of which popluar beverage ?
(A) Tea (B) Coffee (C) Yoghurt (D) Lemonade
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Q215. Which Indian classical dance form, native of Andhra Pradesh, was developed by Siddhendra Yogi from
Bhamakalapam dance drama ?
(A) Odissi (B) Kathakali (C) Bharatanatyam (D) Kuchipudi
Q216. Where is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography located ?
(A) Dona Paula (Goa) (B) Kochi (Kerala) (C) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q217. Which European country is known as the 'Land of a thousand lakes' ?
(A) Denmark (B) Sweden (C) Norway (D) Finland
Q218. Which is the nearest star to the Sun ?
(A) Proxima Centauri (B) Alpha Centauri A (C) Alpha Centauri B (D) Bernard's Star
Q219. Which gas is commonly known as 'Laughing Gas' ?
(A) Ozone (B) Methane (C) Nitrous Oxide (D) Carbon dioxide
Q220. Which is the only continent through which all three main latitude lines- Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of
Capricorn - passes ?
(A) Asia (B) Africa (C) Europe (D) South America
Q221. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory ?
(A) Lakshadweep (B) Daman and Diu (C) Puducherry (D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q222. Garba dance is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Gujarat (D) West Bengal
Q223. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world ?
(A) Thar (B) Gobi (C) Sahara (D) Kalahari
Q224. Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Rajendra Prasad (C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (D) V.V.Giri
Q225. Who discoverd Penicillin ?
(A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Benting (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Ronald Ross
Q226. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action
against terrorists ?
(A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Black Tornado
Q227. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ?
(A) 0 degree (B) 32 degre (C) 180 degree (D) minus 40 degree
Q228. Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia's oldest extant daily ?
(A) The Times of India (B) Mumbai Samachar (C) The Indian Express (D) Hindustan Times
Q229. Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School ?
(A) Naina Lal Kidwai (B) Lalita D. Gupte (C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (D) Chanda Kochhar
Q230. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent
in case of any gas leakage ?
(A) Pyridine (B) Isocyanide (C) Cadaverine (D) Ethyl Mercaptan
Q231. In tabletop game Carrom, how many coins are used ?
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 21
Q232. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth ?
(A) 8 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 12 minutes (D) 15 minutes
Q233. Alpha is the first letter of Greek alphabet. Which is the last ?
(A) Beta (B) Gamma (C) Sigma (D) Omega
Q234. Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the 'Napoleon of India' ?
(A) Ramagupta (B) Skandagupta (C) Samudragupta (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q235. Which mountain range in Chhatisgarh, with name literally meaning the hump of ox, is world famous for top-
quality deposits of iron ore ?
(A) Aravali (B) Bailadila (C) Nilgiri (D) Patkai
Q236. Which scientist is considered as the father of Indian Space Programme ?
(A) Vikram Sarabhai (B) Homi Bhabha (C) M.S.Swaminathan (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q237. Which pigment is responsible for red colour of tomatoes ?
(A) Melanin (B) Lycopene (C) Bilirubin (D) Chlorophyll
Q238. Who founded the 'Pushti Marg' (path of divine grace) sect of the Hindu religion ?
(A) Adi Shankaracharya (B) Nimbarkacharya (C) Ramanujacharya (D) Vallabhacharya
Q239. Who authored the book `The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid' ?
(A) Philip Kotler (B) Jack Welch (C) C.K.Prahalad (D) Mohanbir Sawhney
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Q240. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Pacific Ocean
Q241. In Roman numerals, which letter represents one thousand ?
(A) L (B) C (C) M (D) X
Q242. Who was the only woman ruler of Delhi ?
(A) Chand Bibi (B) Razia Sultan (C) Rani Durgavati (D) Rani Rudramma Devi
Q243. How do we better know Oscar award winner lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra, the writer of 'Jai Ho' song for film
'Slumdog Millionaire' ?
(A) Sameer (B) Gulzar (C) Javed Akhtar (D) Prasoon Joshi
Q244. Where did Lord Mahavira, the last of 24 tirthankars in Jain tradition, attain Nirvana ?
(A) Nanded (Maharashtra) (B) Kolkata (W.Bengal) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Pawapuri (Bihar)
Q245. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ?
(A) Veer Savarkar (B) Bhagat Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Lala Hardayal
Q246. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?
(A) Zurich (Switzerland) (B) London (United Kingdom) (C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(D) Lausanne (Switzerland)
Q247. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ?
(A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Curzon (C) Lord Lytton (D) Lord Irwin
Q248. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ?
(A) Canada (B) Denmark (C) Norway (D) Iceland
Q249. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ?
(A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Burners-Lee (D) Ian Wilmut
Q250. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. Is referred as the 'Gateway to Jaffna' ?
(A) Khyber pass (B) Nathu La pass (C) Elephant pass (D) Rohtang pass
Q251. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Saurav Ganguly (B) Rahul Dravid (C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (D) Anil Kumble
Q252. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?
(A) Bhopal (B) Nagpur (C) Allahabad (D) Mumbai
Q253. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ?
(A) Lord Mountbatten (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) Rajendra Prasad (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q254. 'Bhogi', 'Surya', 'Mattu' and 'Kanum' are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ?
(A) Bihu (B) Lohri (C) Pongal (D) Baisakhi
Q255. Wheeler Island, the site of India's missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which
state?
(A) Orissa (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Tamilnadu (D) Kerala
Q256. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?
(A) Chief Justice of India (B) Prime Minister (C) Lok Sabha Speaker (D) Vice President
Q257. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ?
(A) Turkey (B) Greece (C) France (D) Germany
Q258. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Dean's Medal ?
(A) J.R.D.Tata (B) Dhirubhai Ambani (C) N.R.Narayana Murthy (D) Azim Premji
Q259. Who is known as the 'Father of Medicine' ?
(A) Herodotus (B) Hipparchus (C) Hippocrates (D) Wilhelm Wundt
Q260. 'Razmnama' is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ?
(A) Ramayana (B) Mahabahrat (C) Raghuvamsha (D) Kumarsambhava
Q261. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?
(A) Tamil (B) Marathi (C) Telugu (D) Bengali
Q262. In terms of area, which is the largest country ?
(A) Russia (B) Canada (C) China (D) United States of America
Q263. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award ?
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Mother Teresa (C) Aruna Asaf Ali (D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Q264. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ?
(A) Helium (B) Oxygen (C) Nitogen (D) Hydrogen
Q265. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship
Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Antarctic Ocean
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Q266. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?
(A) Forward Block (B) Swaraj Party (C) Swatantra Party (D) Ghadar Party
Q267. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of 'Chanrdrahas' sword ?
(A) Arjun (B) Kansa (C) Ravana (D) Parshuram
Q268. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ?
(A) Assam (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) West Bengal (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q269. Which early 11th century traveller to India authored the books 'Tahqiq-i-Hind' and 'Kitab-ul-Hind' ?
(A) Fi-Hien (B) Marco Polo (C) Al Beruni (D) Ibn Batuta
Q270. Who was the first President of Pakistan ?
(A) Ayub Khan (B) Liaquat Ali Khan (C) Iskandar Mirza (D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q271. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ?
(A) Heart (B) Liver (C) Kidney (D) Stomach
Q272. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ?
(A) Nainital (B) Mussoorie (C) Darjeeling (D) Shimla
Q273. 'Hematite' and 'Magnetite' are the principal ores of which metal ?
(A) Iron (B) Nickel (C) Cobalt (D) Aluminium
Q274. 'Biman' is the national airline of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Bangladesh (D) Sri Lanka
Q275. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine 'Din-i-Ilahi' (Divine Faith) ?
(A) Babar (B) Akbar (C) Jehangir (D) Shahjahan
Q276. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as
INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ?
(A) Russia (B) Germany (C) France (D) United States of America
Q277. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ?
(A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) (B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) (C) Nargis Dutt Award
(D) Indira Gandhi Award
Q278. 'Kalaripayattu' is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Manipur (C) Kerala (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q279. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ?
(A) Ajmer (B) Srinagar (C) Fatehpur Sikri (D) Mumbai
Q280. 'Struggle for Existence' book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ?
(A) Mayawati (B) J.Jayalalitha (C) Sushma Swaraj (D) Mamta Banerjee
Q281. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?
(A) Prime Minister (B) Lok Sabha Speaker (C) Rajya Sabha Speaker (D) Chief Justice of India
Q282. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ?
(A) Punjab (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q283. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC)?
(A) Dhaka (B) Thimpu (C) Kathmandu (D) Islamabad
Q284. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ?
(A) Islam (B) Judaism (C) Christianity (D) Zoroastrianism
Q285. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ?
(A) Warangal (B) Kurnool (C) Vijayawada (D) Visakhapatnam
Q286. Who was the first Indian to win boy's Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ?
(A) Ramanathan Krishnan (B) Vijay Amritraj (C) Ramesh Krishnan (D) Leander Paes
Q287. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ?
(A) Alapuzha (B) Ezhimala (C) Vizhinjam (D) Kozhikode
Q288. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of
peaceful co-existence) Pact ?
(A) Mao Zedong (B) Zhou Enlai (C) Deng Xiaoping (D) Hua Guofeng
Q289. Who authored the 'Rajatarangini', a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?
(A) Kalidas (B) Kalhana (C) Chankaya (D) Banabhatt
Q290. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, India's highest military award ?
(A) Nek Chand (B) Umesh Rao (C) Bobby Kooka (D) Savitri Khanolkar
Q291. Who directed 'Raja Harishchandra' (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?
(A) Ardeshir Irani (B) Dadasaheb Phalke (C) V.Shantaram (D) Sohrab Modi
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Q292. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?
(A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Finance Minister (D) RBI Governor
Q293. What is the name of India's longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ?
(A) Rabindra Setu (B) Vidyasagar Setu (C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
Q294. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B) Debendranath Tagore (C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Keshub Chandra Sen
Q295. 'Tamasha' is the popular folk theatre of which state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Maharashtra (C) Karnataka (D) West Bengal
Q296. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?
(A) Karnal (Haryana) (B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) (C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q297. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created 'Khalsa' in 1699 ?
(A) Anandpur (Punjab) (B) Amritsar (Punjab) (C) Patna (Bihar) (D) Nanded (Maharashtra)
Q298. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ?
(A) Punita Arora (B) Harita Kaur Deol (C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Q299. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ?
(A) Curzon Line (B) Durand Line (C) McMahon Line (D) RadCliffe Line
Q300. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ?
(A) Wilson Jones (B) Michael Ferreira (C) Geet Sethi (D) Manoj Kothari
Q301. Which gas is used to disinfect water in swimming pools ?
(A) Hydrogen (B) Nitrogen (C) Chlorine (D) Oxygen
Q302. 'Royal Bengal', 'Sumatran', 'Malayan' and 'Siberian' are the species of which member of cat family ?
(A) Lion (B) Tiger (C) Leopard (D) Jaguar
Q303. Which was the first state in the India to be formed on a purely linguistic basis, in 1953 ?
(A) Punjab (B) Gujarat (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q304. Which 19th century social reformer from Maharashtra was popularly known as 'Lokhitwadi' ?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade (B) Dhondo Keshav Karve (C) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q305. In humans, which protein transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of body ?
(A) Lectin (B) Keratin (C) Collagen (D) Hemoglobin
Q306. The union territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Orissa High Court (B) Andhra Pradesh High Court (C) Calcutta High Court
(D) Madras High Court
Q307. Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Uranus
Q308. Which princely state was the first to be annexed to the British East India Company under the Doctrine of
Lapse policy, devised by Lord Dalhousie ?
(A) Satara (B) Sambalpur (C) Jhansi (D) Awadh
Q309. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe ?
(A) Suez Canal (B) Panama Canal (C) Palk Strait (D) Strait of Gibraltar
Q310. Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the 'government of the
people, by the people, for the people' ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) George Washington (C) John F. Kennedy (D) Theodore Roosevelt
Q311. What is the popular name of Sodium Chloride ?
(A) Epsom Salt (B) Common Salt (C) Baking Soda (D) Washing Soda
Q312. 'Satyameva Jayate', the national motto of India, has been teken from which Upanishad ?
(A) Kena (B) Katha (C) Mundaka (D) Aitareya
Q313. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated ?
(A) Ravi (B) Tawi (C) Tapti (D) Gomti
Q314. How do we better know social activist Murlidhar Devidas, the founder of leprosy rehabilitation center
'Anandvan' in Maharashtra ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Swami Ramdev (D) Swami Agnivesh
Q315. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh) ?
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(A) Thar Express (B) Samjhauta Express (C) Maitreyi Express (D) Himsagar Express
Q316. To the Greeks, which Maurya ruler was known as 'Sandrokottos' ?
(A) Bindusara (B) Ashok the Great (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Dasaratha Maurya
Q317. In 1998, which internet search engine company was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin ?
(A) Google (B) Alta Vista (C) Yahoo (D) Lycos
Q318. 'By God's Decree', 'Cricket my style' and 'Straight from the Heart' are the autobiographies of which Indian
cricketer ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) Ajit Wadekar (C) Sandeep Patil (D) Kapil Dev
Q319. On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon ?
(A) Sea of Waves (B) Sea of Clouds (C) Sea of Serenity (D) Sea of Tranquility
Q320. Due to its ability to dissolve glass, which acid is not kept in glass container ?
(A) Nitric Acid (B) Sulphuric Acid (C) Hydrochloric Acid (D) Hydrofluoric Acid
Q321. Which state is known as the 'Spice Garden of India' ?
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu
Q322. Which Marathi newspaper is the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena ?
(A) Saamna (B) Sakal (C) Lokmat (D) Loksatta
Q323. Constituting about 78% by volume, which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere ?
(A) Argon (B) Oxygen (C) Nitrogen (D) Carbon dioxide
Q324. Koyna Hydroelectric Power Project constructed over Koyna river, a tributary of Krishna river, is located in
which state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
Q325. For Lok Sabha, how many members from the Anglo-Indian community are nominated by the President of
India ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q326. The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road), running from Peshawar in Pakistan to Sonargaon in Bangladesh, was built
by which ruler ?
(A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Sher Shah Suri (D) Humayun
Q327. Which American swimmer created history by winning 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympic 2008, the most gold
medals by an individual at a single Olympic ?
(A) Carl Lewis (B) Paavo Nurmi (C) Mark Spitz (D) Michael Phelps
Q328. Which Muslim social reformer founded the Aligarh Muslim University, originally known as Mohammeden
Anglo-Oriental College, in 1875 ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Syed Ahmed Khan (D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q329. Which chennai born writer won the Booker Prize 2008 for his debut novel 'The White Tiger' ?
(A) V.S.Naipaul (B) Amitav Ghosh (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Aravind Adiga
Q330. 'Fight the guerrilla as a guerrilla' is the motto of which military academy ?
(A) National Defence Academy (B) Indian Military Academy (C) Defence Services Staff College
(D) Counterinsurgency & Jungle Warfare School
Q331. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss Asia Pacific title in 1970 ?
(A) Rita Faria (B) Zeenat Aman (C) Tara Anne Fonseca (D) Diya Mirza
Q332. Who wrote India's natinal song the 'Vande Mataram', which first appeared in the book 'Anandmath' ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankimchandra Chatterjee (C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Kavi Pradeep
Q333. How many times Equinox, when Sun is vertically above the Earth's equator and the day & night are equally
long, occurs in a year ?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Not fixed
Q334. After attaining enlightenment, where did Gautama Buddha deliver his first sermon 'Dharamachakra Pravartan'
(set in motion Wheel of Law) ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (B) Sarnath (U.P.) (C) Kushinagar (U.P.) (D) Sanchi (M.P.)
Q335. Which Asian country is known as the 'Land of the White Elephants' ?
(A) Thailand (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Singapore
Q336. Who is the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), set up recently to investigate terror-related
cases across the country ?
(A) K.C.Verma (B) N.P.S.Aulakh (C) Radha Vinod Raju (D) Ashwani Kumar
Q337. Who invented Smallpox Vaccine ?
(A) Jonas Salk (B) Frederick Banting (C) Edward Jenner (D) Louis Pasteur
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Q338. Which freedom fighter authored 'Gita Rahasya', a commentary on Bhagvad Gita, during his imprisonment at
Mandalay in Myanmar ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q339. Considered as the symbol of peace, two branches of which tree are depicted on the United Nations (UN) flag?
(A) Neem (B) Mango (C) Olive (D) Eucalyptus
Q340. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport ?
(A) Nasik (B) Nagpur (C) Mumbai (D) Port Blair
Q341. For which domestic Cricket trophy, the Ranji Trophy champions play against the Rest of India team ?
(A) Irani Trophy (B) Duleep Trophy (C) Deodhar Trophy (D) Nissar Trophy
Q342. Which garden near Chandigarh was built by Aurangzeb's foster brother Fidai Khan ?
(A) Shalimar Gardens (B) Nishat Gardens (C) Brindavan Gardens (D) Pinjore Gardens
Q343. Who was the first education minister of independent India ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q344. Which city houses the headquarters of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Geneva (Switzerland) (C) New York (USA) (D) Washington (USA)
Q345. Which among the following is the measuring unit of electric current ?
(A) Ohm (B) Volt (C) Watt (D) Ampere
Q346. Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, the largest Hindu temple in the world, is dedicated to which God ?
(A) Surya (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
Q347. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the launching site of the Chandrayaan-I, located ?
(A) Thumba (Kerala) (B) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (C) Bangalore (Karnataka)
(D) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Q348. Which African country was formerly known as 'Nyasaland' ?
(A) Malawi (B) Ghana (C) Botswana (D) Tanzania
Q349. 'Long Walk To Freedom' is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) S.Radhakrishnan (C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (D) Nelson Mandela
Q350. Which island nation, in the Indian Ocean, is the world's largest producer and exporter of Vanilla ?
(A) Maldives (B) Madagascar (C) Sri Lanka (D) Mauritius
Q351. Gol Ghar, a beehive shaped structure built in 1786 to store grains for the British Army, is located in which
city?
(A) Meerut (B) Chennai (C) Kolkata (D) Patna
Q352. In humans, which dark brown pigment is responsible for the skin colour ?
(A) Melanin (B) Bilirubin (C) Carotene (D) Hemoglobin
Q353. Who wrote the famous novel 'Devdas' ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Q354. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as 'Lokpriya' ?
(A) Gopinath Bordoloi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) Jayaprakash Narain
Q355. Which battle lead to the disintegration of Vijayanagar empire of south India ?
(A) Battle of Plassey (1757) (B) Battle of Buxar (1764) (C) Battle of Talikota (1565)
(D) Battle of Seringapatam (1799)
Q356. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located ?
(A) Lucknow (B) Nagpur (C) Indore (D) Kanpur
Q357. Pinaka, the multi barrel rocket launcher produced in India, is named after which Hindu God's bow ?
(A) Indra (B) Shiva (C) Vishnu (D) Brahma
Q358. Which scale is used to measure the Acid or Alkali (Base) content of a substance ?
(A) Mohs scale (B) Beaufort scale (C) Richter scale (D) pH scale
Q359. Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury
poisoning ?
(A) Argyria (B) Minamata (C) Itai-itai (D) Devon colic
Q360. Who was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) ?
(A) Srinivasa Ramanujan (B) Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia (C) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(D) Meghnad Saha
Q361. Which among the following is not a Kharif crop ?
(A) Mustard (B) Sugarcane (C) Groundnut (D) Maize
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Q362. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in
his capital ?
(A) Taj Mahal, Agra (B) Hawa Mahal, Jaipur (C) Gol Gumbad, Bijapur
(D) Charminar, Hyderabad
Q363. For the popularization of science, which agency of United Nations (UN) awards the Kalinga Prize ?
(A) UNIDO (B) UNESCO (C) UNICEF (D) UNHRC
Q364. 'Lawsons Bay Beach' and 'Ramakrishna Beach' are located in which port city on the Bay of Bengal ?
(A) Paradip (Orissa) (B) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) (C) Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Q365. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the 'Father of Modern Plastic Surgery' ?
(A) Charak (B) Madhav (C) Sushruta (D) Patanjali
Q366. Who directed Oscar award winning short documentary film 'Smile Pinki' (2008) ?
(A) Danny Boyle (B) Megan Mylan (C) Andrew Stanton (D) Gus Van Sant
Q367. Who presided over the first session of the All India Trade Union Cogress in 1920 ?
(A) M.N.Roy (B) V.V.Giri (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) Shripad Amrut Dange
Q368. On which planet, due to its clockwise (east to west) rotation on the axis, the Sun rises in the west and sets in
the east ?
(A) Mars (B) Earth (C) Venus (D) Mercury
Q369. By what name is British lady Madeleine Slade, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, better known ?
(A) Meera Ben (B) Sister Nivedita (C) The Mother (D) Sarla Ben
Q370. For his major role in the development of computer chip 'Pentium', which indian IT expert is called the 'Father
of Pentium' ?
(A) Sabeer Bhatia (B) Vinod Dham (C) Vinod Khosla (D) Vijay Bhatkar
Q371. In which sport, each team consists of four male and four female players ?
(A) Baseball (B) Volleyball (C) Korfball (D) Hockey
Q372. What is the term of a member of Rajya Sabha ?
Q373. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located ?
(A) Sikkim (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
Q374. What does the Pisciculture refers to ?
(A) Beekeeping (B) Fish Farming (C) Silk Farming (D) Dairy Farming
Q375. In 1906, at the founding session of all India Muslim League in Dhaka, who became the first president of the
party ?
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah (B) Syed Ahmed Khan (C) Mohammed Iqbal
(D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
Q376. Which is the longest National Highways in India ?
(A) Kolkata - Hazira (NH6) (B) Chennai - Baharagora (NH5) (C) Varanasi - Kanyakumari (NH7)
(D) Pathankot - Samakhiali (NH15)
Q377. How do we better know nineteenth century spiritual guru Gadadhar Chatterjee ?
(A) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (D) Swami Vivekanand
Q378. Stapes, the smallest and the lightest bone in human body, is the part of which organ ?
(A) Ear (B) Hand (C) Foot (D) Lungs
Q379. Which mineral is mined at Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu ?
(A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Gold
Q380. Who authored the book 'A Brief History of Time' ?
(A) Jack Welch (B) Bill Gates (C) Deepak Chopra (D) Stephan Hawking
Q381. When do we celebrate the Engineers Day of India, the birthday of Bharat Ratna recipient M.Visvesarayya ?
(A) 15 January (B) 28 February (C) 29 August (D) 15 September
Q382. 'Muga', 'Eri', 'Tussar' and 'Mulberry' are the varieties of which natural fibre ?
(A) Wool (B) Silk (C) Jute (D) Cotton
Q383. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world's longest corridor ?
(A) Dwarka (B) Varanasi (C) Rameshwaram (D) Tirupati
Q384. In 1929, who founded non-violent movement 'Khudai Khidmatgar', also known as 'Red Shirts' ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Gopal Krishan Gokhle (C) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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Q385. Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education is located in which city ?
(A) Jhansi (B) Gwalior (C) Patiala (D) Nagpur
Q386. Athlete's Foot, an infectious disease, is caused by which agent ?
(A) Virus (B) Fungi (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa
Q387. Who authored the book 'Hindu View of Life ?
(A) S.Radhakrishnan (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) C.Rajagopalachari (D) Mahatma Gandhi
Q388. Solid form of which gas is commonly known as 'Dry Ice' ?
(A) Oxygen (B) Nitrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Hydrogen
Q389. Who was the first woman president in the world ?
(A) Golda Meir (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Sirimavo Bhandarnaike (D) Maria Isbel Paron
Q390. Who created the first Portable Computer ?
(A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Steve Jobs (D) Tim Berners-Lee
Q391. Designed by Bengali architect Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, which city is known as 'Pink City' ?
(A) Jaipur (B) Jodhpur (C) Bengaluru (D) Chandigarh
Q392. Which metal is used to make electric bulb filaments ?
(A) Copper (B) Silver (C) Tungsten (D) Aluminium
Q393. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?
(A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Canning (D) Lord Curzon
Q394. In terms of both area and population, which is the smallest country in the world ?
(A) Nauru (B) Monaco (C) Tuvalu (D) Vatican City
Q395. Which portfolio did Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the first woman cabinet minister in India, hold in the independent
India's first cabinet ?
(A) Labour (B) Health (C) Education (D) Railways
Q396. Palghat Gap, about 20 miles wide mountain pass between the Nilgiri Hills and the Anaimalai Hills, connects
Kerala to which state ?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q397. Named after the mount of Hindu god Vishnu, 'Garuda' is the national airline of which most Muslim populous
country ?
(A) Nigeria (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Indonesia
Q398. At which town in Andhra Pradesh, famous for silk sarees, did Vinoba Bhave start the Bhoodan Movement in
1951 ?
(A) Vijayawada (B) Rajahmundry (C) Pochampally (D) Warangal
Q399. 'Daughter of the East' book is the autobiography of which Asian woman leader ?
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Benazir Bhutto (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (D) Maghawati Sukarnoputri
Q400. Which country was formerly known as 'Upper Volta' ?
(A) Namibia (B) Ethiopia (C) Botswana (D) Burkina Faso
Q401. Which former Prime Minister of India was also called 'Yuva Turk' ?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi (B) V.P.Singh (C) H.D.Deve Gowda (D) Chandrashekhar
Q402. Which mineral is used to make the Plaster of Paris ?
(A) Gypsum (B) Calcite (C) Fluorite (D) Apatite
Q403. Which is the most spoken language in the world ?
(A) English (B) Mandarin (C) Spanish (D) Hindi
Q404. Which planet in the Solar System is named after the Roman god of agriculture and harvest ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Venus
Q405. From the Constitution of which country was the concept of the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution
borrowed ?
(A) Australia (B) South Africa (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q406. To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Indian Ocean
Q407. By what name is Krishna Dvaipayana, author of the epic Mahabharat, better known ?
(A) Ved Vyas (B) Valmiki (C) Tulsidas (D) Ramanujacharya
Q408. In which city is the Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) located ?
(A) Nagpur (B) Lucknow (C) Shimla (D) Cuttack
Q409. 'Bhutia', 'Kathiawadi', 'Marwari', 'Manipuri', 'Spiti' and 'Zanskari' are the Indian breeds of which animal ?
(A) Cow (B) Horse (C) Camel (D) Goat
Q410. Who introduced the word 'Robot', for artificial workers, in his science fiction play R.U.R. in 1921 ?
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(A) George Orwell (B) Karel Capek (C) Daniel Defoe (D) Rudyard Kipling
Q411. In the most popular internet domain name '.com' (dot-com), the 'com' is the short form for which word ?
(A) Common (B) Commercial (C) Computer (D) Communication
Q412. Deficiency of which vitamin leads to 'Rickets' (softening of bones) ?
Q413. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India' ?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Chittaranjan Das (C) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) C.Rajagopalachari
Q414. Which Indian state has the longest coastline ?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q415. Naxalbari village, the birth place of Naxalite Movement, is located in which state ?
(A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand (C) West Bengal (D) Orissa
Q416. 'Roopavahini' is the National Television Network of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Sri Lanka (C) Bhutan (D) Myanmar
Q417. On 17 Dec 1931, who founded the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata ?
(A) C.V.Raman (B) Homi Bhabha (C) P.C.Mahalanobis (D) Vikram Sarabhai
Q418. Named after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, famous Test cricket ground Gaddafi Stadium is located in
which city ?
(A) Hyderabad (India) (B) Dhaka (Bangladesh) (C) Colombo (Sri Lanka) (D) Lahore (Pakistan)
Q419. Which mythological weapon is depicted on the Param Vir Chakra medal ?
(A) Vajra (B) Khatvanga (C) Sudarshan Chakra (D) Kaumodaki
Q420. Hydrogen and Carbon monoxide are the major constituents of which fuel gas ?
(A) Coal Gas (B) Water Gas (C) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) (D) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Q421. In May 1998, while addressing at nuclear tests site near Pokhran, who added 'Jai Vigyan' to the Lal Bahadur
Shastri's slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' ?
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Rajeev Gandhi (C) P.V.Narsimha Rao (D) Atal Behari Vajpayee
Q422. On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of India, situated ?
(A) Tapti (B) Narmada (C) Subarnarekha (D) Hooghly
Q423. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world's longest railway platform ?
(A) Jabalpur (M.P.) (B) Kharagpur (W.Bengal) (C) Mughalsarai (U.P.) (D) Secunderabad (A.P.)
Q424. In 1953, which film won the first National Award for the Best Feature Film ?
(A) Shyamchi Aai (Marathi) (B) Pather Panchali (Bengali) (C) Kabooliwala (Bengali)
(D) Mirza Galib (Hindi)
Q425. In his first voyage to India, at which place did Vasco da Gama land on 20 May 1498 ?
(A) Goa (B) Kochi (Cochin) (C) Mumbai (Bombay) (D) Kozhikode (Calicut)
Q426. Vikramshila University, an ancient university of India whose ruins are situated in present day Bihar, was
founded by which Pala ruler ?
(A) Dharmapala (B) Devapala (C) Mahipala (D) Govindpala
Q427. 'Freedom in Exile' book is the autobiography of which Nobel Peace Prize winner ?
(A) Yasser Arafat (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Dalai Lama XIV (D) Aung San Suu Kyi
Q428. Which Indian woman athlete is popularly known as 'Idukki Express' ?
(A) P.T.Usha (B) K.M.Beenamol (C) Jyotirmay Sikdar (D) Anju Bobby George
Q429. Hoover Medal, a prize given for outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity, has been
awarded to which Indian engineer for year 2008 ?
(A) Sam Pitroda (B) G.Madhavan Nair (C) N.R.Narayan Murthy (D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Q430. In international cricket, Yuvraj Singh of India is the second batsman to hit 6 sixers in an over. Who was the
first ?
(A) Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) (B) Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
(C) Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) (D) Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
Q431. On the banks of which river is the Kumbh Mela at Ujjain held ?
(A) Kshipra (B) Godavari (C) Krishna (D) Kaveri
Q432. Shivkasi in Tamil Nadu is famous for which industry ?
(A) Glass (B) Leather (C) Diamond (D) Fireworks
Q433. To put out the fire, which gas is released by Fire Extinguishers ?
(A) Oxygen (B) Hydrogen (C) Carbon dioxide (D) Carbon monoxide
Q434. 'Dromedary' and 'Bactrian' are the types of which animal ?
(A) Goat (B) Camel (C) Elephant (D) Bear
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Q435. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the Onge tribe ?
(A) Daman and Diu (B) Lakshadweep (C) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q436. Ramon Magsaysay Award, often considered as Asia's Nobel Prize, is given in memory of which Asian
country's former president ?
(A) Singapore (B) Indonesia (C) Philippines (D) Malaysia
Q437. The East-West Corridor, being constructed under National Highways Development Project, and which starts
at Porbandar (Gujarat) in west, will terminate at which place in the east ?
(A) Silchar (Assam) (B) Kohima (Nagaland) (C) Imphal (Manipur) (D) Shillong (Meghalaya)
Q438. Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?
(A) Earth and Mars (B) Mars and Jupiter (C) Jupiter and Saturn (D) Saturn and Uranus
Q439. By what name is the observation in economics that 'bad money drives out good money' popularly known ?
(A) Say's Law (B) Gresham's Law (C) Murphy's Law (D) Parkinson's Law
Q440. The subatomic particle 'Boson' is named after which Indian scientist ?
(A) Meghnad Saha (B) Jagdish Chandra Bose (C) Satyendra Nath Bose (D) Homi Bhabha
Q441. On 1st July 1997, where was India's first Science City inaugurated ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru (C) Hyderabad (D) Kolkata
Q442. What is the name of Morarji Desai's samadhi in Ahmedabad ?
(A) Raj Ghat (B) Vijay Ghat (C) Abhay Ghat (D) Narayan Ghat
Q443. In 1829, which Governor-General prohibited the practice of 'Sati' ?
(A) Lord Auckland (B) Lord Amherst (C) Lord William Bentinck (D) Lord Dalhousie
Q444. Who authored the book 'Indica' ?
(A) Fa Hian (B) Megasthanese (C) Al Beruni (D) Huen Tsang
Q445. Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia ?
(A) Tokyo Stock Exchange (B) Hong Kong Stock Exchange (C) Shanghai Stock Exchange
(D) Bombay Stock Exchange
Q446. Who is the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India ?
(A) Mangala Rai (B) Sam Pitroda (C) Anil Kakodkar (D) G.Madhavan Nair
Q447. By defeating Harshavardhana on the banks of river Narmada, which Chalukya ruler stopped him from
expanding into south ?
(A) Pulkesin I (B) Pulkesin II (C) Vinayaditya (D) Vijayaditya
Q448. In 1892, who became the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons (lower house of British
Parliament) ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Tej Bahadur Sapru (D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q449. Which military training institute located at Khadakwasla near Pune in Maharashtra has adopted 'Seva Parmo
Dharma' (Service before Self) as its motto ?
(A) National Defence Academy (B) Indian Military Academy (C) Defence Services Staff College
(D) Dundigul Air Force Academy
Q450. Which city houses the headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) ?
(A) Manila (Philippines) (B) Bangkok (Thailand)
(C) Kualalampur (Malaysia) (D) Seoul (South Korea)
Q451. Which natural sugar is found in the milk ?
(A) Lactose (B) Sucrose (C) Maltose (D) Fructose
Q452. 'Nepali', 'Lepcha', 'Bhutia' and 'Limbu' are the main spoken langauges of which Indian state ?
(A) Manipur (B) Mizoram (C) Sikkim (D) Nagaland
Q453. On 15 May 1952, who became the first speaker of the Lok Sabha ?
(A) Sukumar Sen (B) G.V.Mavalankar (C) Harilal J. Kania (D) S.Radhakrishnan
Q454. Which royal poet of Delhi Sultanate is regarded as the 'Father of Qawwali' ?
(A) Tansen (B) Baiju Bawra (C) Nayak Charju (D) Amir Khusro
Q455. In 1976, which Bengali lady novelist became the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award for her novel
'Pratham Pritisruti' (First Promise) ?
(A) Ashapurna Devi (B) Mahasveta Devi (C) Mahadevi Varma (D) Amrita Pritam
Q456. Which Article of the Indian Constitution gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir ?
(A) Article 352 (B) Article 356 (C) Article 360 (D) Article 370
Q457. Immortalized in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, Kavi Pradeep's famous patriotic song 'Aye mere watan ke
logon' was set to music by which musician ?
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(A) Naushad (B) S.D.Burman (C) O.P.Nayyar (D) C.Ramchandra
Q458. Coined by French priest Henri Didon, 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) slogan is the motto of
which tournament ?
(A) Olympic Games (B) Commonwealth Games (C) FIFA World Cup (D) Asian Games
Q459. Who was popularly known as the 'Lady with the Lamp' ?
(A) Mother Teresa (B) Sister Nivedita (C) Florence Nightingale
(D) The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)
Q460. Falkland Islands, located in South Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing Overseas Territory of which country ?
(A) France (B) United Kingdom (C) Argentina (D) Spain
Q461. What is the minimum age limit to become the Governor of a state in India ?
Q462. Yakshagana, literally meaning celestial music, is a popular dance drama of which Indian state ?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) Karnataka (D) West Bengal
Q463. Hirakud Dam at Sambalpur in Orissa, the longest dam in India, is built across which river ?
(A) Narmada (B) Mahanadi (C) Godavari (D) Kaveri
Q464. Among terrestrial (land) animals, which animal has the longest gestation period ?
(A) Tiger (B) Elephant (C) Rhinoceros (D) Horse
Q465. For writing the Punjabi language, which Sikh guru developed the Gurumukhi script ?
(A) Guru Angad (B) Guru Amar Das (C) Guru Ram Das (D) Guru Arjan
Q466. Which among the following disease is caused by female Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes ?
(A) Malaria (B) Kala-Azar (C) Dengue Fever (D) Typhoid
Q467. 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle) book is the autobiography of which dictator ?
(A) Pol Pot (B) Idi Amin (C) Adolf Hitler (D) Joseph Stalin
Q468. Who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2009 in New Delhi ?
(A) Vladimir Putin (Russian President) (B) Nicolas Sarkozy (French President)
(C) Zigme Singye Wangchuk (Bhutan King) (D) Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan President)
Q469. In 1916, who founded Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University at Pune, the first
women's university in India ?
(A) Annie Besant (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya (D) Dhondo Keshav Karve
Q470. In which African city are the headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) located ?
(A) Nairobi (Kenya) (B) Cairo (Egypt) (C) Abuja (Nigeria) (D) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Q471. Which hormone, released when danger threatens, is known as Emergency hormone ?
(A) Insulin (B) Adrenaline (C) Melatonin (D) Thyroxine
Q472. 'Kathakali', 'Mohiniaattam' and 'Thullal' dance forms are native of which state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala
Q473. Which is the only continent through which all longitude lines passes ?
(A) Asia (B) Africa (C) Antarctica (D) Australia
Q474. 'Vinaya Pitaka', 'Sutta Pitaka' and 'Abhidhamma Pitaka' – collectively known as the 'Tripitaka' (three baskets) -
are sacred texts of which religion ?
(A) Jainism (B) Sikhism (C) Buddhism (D) Christianity
Q475. In 1997, to which Indian film star did Pakistan Government present its highest civilian award 'Nishan-e-Intiaz'
?
(A) Dev Anand (B) Raj Kapoor (C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) Dilip Kumar
Q476. On 18 March 1965, who became the first human to walk in the space ?
(A) Yuri Gagarin (B) Alexey Leonov (C) Neil Armstrong (D) Buzz Aldrin
Q477. Washington D.C., the capital of United States of America, is located on the banks of which river ?
(A) Seine (B) Thames (C) Potomac (D) Moskva
Q478. Which among the following is the first indigenous civilian aircraft of India ?
(A) Saras (B) Tejas (C) Chetak (D) Cheetah
Q479. Near which city is the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History located ?
(A) Panaji (Goa) (B) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) (C) Bharatpur (Rajasthan) (D) Sultanpur (Haryana)
Q480. Which Central American country was formerly known as 'British Honduras' ?
(A) Belize (B) Malawi (C) Botswana (D) Benin
Q481. What name has been given to the first Boeing 747/700 jet, inducted into Indian Air Force, designed to work as
the Indian President's office-in-the-sky ?
(A) Samrat (B) Rajdoot (C) Maharaja (D) Badshah
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Q482. Which pigment gives plants and leaves their green colour ?
(A) Betalain (B) Chlorophyll (C) Carotenoid (D) Anthocyanin
Q483. As a token of protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919, who returned the Knighthood
conferred on him by the British Government ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Tej Bahadur Sapru (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(D) Syed Ahmed Khan
Q484. On 6 Apr 2009, which Indian cricketer surpassed Australian Mark Waugh's world record for the most catches
in Test Cricket by a fielder (excluding wicket-keeper) ?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar (B) V.V.S.Laxman (C) Rahul Dravid (D) Mohammed Azharuddin
Q485. What is the retirement age of High Court judges ?
Q486. Which apparatus is used to measure the blood pressure ?
(A) Hygrometer (B) Chronometer (C) Thermometer (D) Sphygmomanometer
Q487. Which renowned dancer established classical dance school 'Kalakshetra' at Adyar near Chennai in 1931 ?
(A) Protima Gauri Bedi (B) Sonal Mansingh (C) Mrinalini Sarabhai (D) Rukmini Devi Arundale
Q488. Kudremukh hills, name literally meaning Horse face, in Karnataka are famous for mines of which mineral ?
(A) Gold (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Iron Ore
Q489. Ghatigaon Sanctuary, set up for the conservation of the Son Chiriya (great Indian bustard), is located in which
state ?
(A) Haryana (B) Rajasthan (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Karnataka
Q490. The novel 'Q & A', on which 8 Oscar awards winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008) is based, was authored
by which Indian civil servant ?
(A) Vikas Swarup (B) Vikram Seth (C) Amitav Ghosh (D) Aravind Adiga
Q491. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards ?
(A) Sunbird (B) Kingfisher (C) Honeyeater (D) Hummingbird
Q492. 'Chanderi' and 'Maheshwari' sarees are native of which state ?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) West Bengal (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
Q493. Quinine, the anti-malaria drug, is made from the bark of which tree ?
(A) Cinchona (B) Wintergreen (C) Peppermint (D) Eucalyptus
Q494. Titan, the only moon (natural satellite) known to have a dense atmosphere, is the largest moon of which
planet ?
(A) Mars (B) Jupiter (C) Saturn (D) Uranus
Q495. Which dynasty, founded by Mauryan senapati (commander-in-chief) Pushyamitra, was immediate successor
of the Maurya dyanasty ?
(A) Gupta dynasty (B) Kanva dynasty (C) Nanda dynasty (D) Shunga dynasty
Q496. Which coastal city is known as the 'Queen of the Arabian Sea' ?
(A) Kochi (Kerala) (B) Mangalore (Karnataka) (C) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
(D) Marmagao (Goa)
Q497. On 1 September 1939, attack on which country by Germany marked the start of World War II ?
(A) France (B) Poland (C) Britain (D) Belgium
Q498. In 1981, which Mumbai born British writer won the Booker Prize for his novel 'Midnight's Children' ?
(A) Salman Rushdie (B) V.S.Naipaul (C) Arundhati Roy (D) Kiran Desai
Q499. In 1913, at which American city did Lala Har Dayal found the 'Ghadar Party' ?
(A) Boston (B) California (C) Philadelphia (D) San Francisco
Q500. By voter strength, which Indian parliamentary constituency (Lok Sabha seat) having more than 33 lakh voters
holds the world record of the largest constituency ?
(A) Chandni Chowk (Delhi) (B) Outer Delhi (Delhi) (C) Nandyal (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Samastipur (Bihar)
Q501. Which city in Uttar Pradesh is famous for Glass Bangles industry ?
(A) Agra (B) Firozabad (C) Moradabad (D) Aligarh
Q502. In humans, how many chromosomes does a cell have ?
(A) 42 (21 pairs) (B) 44 (22 pairs) (C) 46 (23 pairs) (D) 48 (24 pairs)
Q503. Who was popularly known as the 'Iron Man of India' ?
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Chandrashekhar Azad (C) Veer Savarkar (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q504. During the reign of which ancient Indian ruler, did Chinese traveller Fa-Hien visit India ?
(A) Dharmapala (B) Harshavardhan (C) Chandragupta Maurya
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(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q505. By what name is spiritual guru Narendra Nath Datta, founder of Belur Math near Kolkata, better known ?
(A) Swami Vivekanand (B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (C) Swami Prabhupad
(D) Ramkrishna Paramahamsa
Q506. 'Uhuru Peak' at Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point of which continent ?
(A) Asia (B) Africa (C) South America (D) Antarctica
Q507. Millennium Dome, where Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss World in 2000, is located in which European city
?
(A) Paris (France) (B) London (UK) (C) Moscow (Russia) (D) Rome (Italy)
Q508. Soft toy 'Teddy Bear' was named after which US president's nickname ?
(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) George Washington (C) Theodore Roosevelt (D) John F. Kennedy
Q509. In February 2009, which Indian music maestro won the Grammy Award for his collaborative music album
'Golden Drum Project' ?
(A) Zakir Hussain (B) Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma (C) Pt. Ravi Shankar (D) Amjad Ali Khan
Q510. Out of five Stree Shakti Puraskar, one is named after a fictional character of Tamil epic 'Silappatikaram'.
Which one among the following four ?
(A) Mata Jijabai (B) Rani Gaidenlou Zeliang (C) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar
(D) Kannagi
Q511. What is the name of Japanese art of aesthetic miniaturization of trees, by growing them in containers ?
(A) Nikkei (B) Sensei (C) Bonsai (D) Origami
Q512. Which among the following is popularly referred as 'Plastic Money' ?
(A) Demand Draft (B) Credit Card (C) Gift Cheque (D) Bearer Cheque
Q513. In terms of area, which is the smallest continent ?
(A) Europe (B) Australia (C) South America (D) Antarctica
Q514. Which was the first 'talkie' feature film made and shown in India ?
(A) Lanka Dahan (1917) (B) Raja Harishchandra (1913)
(C) Kapala Kundala (1929) (D) Alam Ara (1931)
Q515. Who was the first soldier of the Indian armed forces to be awarded Param Vir Chakra, the highest military
award of India ?
(A) Major Shaitan Singh (B) Naik Jadu Nath Singh (C) Major Som Nath Sharma
(D) Major Dhan Singh Thapa
Q516. Which medieval empire did Harihar I and Bukka Raya I found in 1336 ?
(A) Chola Empire (B) Maurya Empire (C) Kushan Empire (D) Vijayanagar Empire
Q517. Which country was formerly known as 'Formosa' ?
(A) Cambodia (B) Thailand (C) Indonesia (D) Taiwan
Q518. In which city is the Central Building Research Institute located ?
(A) Roorkee (Uttarakhand) (B) Cuttack (Orissa) (C) Nagpur (Maharashtra)
(D) Karnal (Haryana)
Q519. 'Nagananda', 'Ratnavali' and 'Priyadarshika' Sanskrit works were authored by which ruler ?
(A) Harshavardhana (B) Chandragupta Maurya (C) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(D) Krishna Deva Raya
Q520. In Solar System, which planet rotates the fastest on its axis ?
(A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
Q521. Citrus fruits are considered a rich source of which vitamin ?
Q522. Which close associate of Mahatma Gandhi was popularly known as 'Deenbandhu' ?
(A) C.F.Andrews (B) Vinoba Bhave (C) Jamnalal Bajaj (D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q523. Which is the first Indian state to have electrified all of its villages ?
(A) Punjab (B) Haryana (C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat
Q524. Which bamboo eating member of bear family is the symbol of World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) ?
(A) Red Panda (B) Giant Panda (C) Rhinoceros (D) Cheetah
Q525. Who wrote the novel 'Train to Pakistan' ?
(A) R.K.Narayan (B) Mulk Raj Anand (C) Khushwant Singh (D) Dharamvir Bharti
Q526. On which date, the arrival date of Mahatma Gandhi in India from South Africa, is the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
celebrated ?
(A) 9 January (B) 12 January (C) 15 January (D) 30 January
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Q527. For red colour, compounds of which element are commonly used in fireworks ?
(A) Barium (B) Sodium (C) Manganese (D) Strontium
Q528. On 9 February 2009, in which High Court did the first e-Court of India start functioning on a pilot basis ?
(A) Delhi High Court, New Delhi (B) Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru
(C) Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad (D) Bombay High Court, Mumbai
Q529. In which city is the Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) located ?
(A) Shimla (H.P.) (B) Jodhpur (Rajasthan) (C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(D) Jabalpur (M.P.)
Q530. Who is the only person to be honoured with both 'Bharat Ratna' and 'Nishan-e-Pakistan', the highest civilian
awards of India and Pakistan respectively ?
(A) Mohammed Iqbal (B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Morarji Desai
Q531. In which city is the Lotus Temple, the Bahai house of worship, located ?
(A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q532. On the banks of which river, did Mahatma Gandhi establish Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad ?
(A) Narmada (B) Godavari (C) Sabarmati (D) Krishna
Q533. What element is added to steel (which is iron with a little carbon) to make stainless steel ?
(A) Sulphur (B) Phosphorus (C) Silicon (D) Chromium
Q534. In 1206, who founded the Mamluk Dynasty, also called Slave Dynasty, in India ?
(A) Balban (B) Aram Shah (C) Iltutmish (D) Qutbuddin Aybak
Q535. What was the code name of five nuclear tests conducted by India in May 1998, near Pokhran in Rajasthan ?
(A) Operation Shakti (B) Operation Vijay (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Ashwamedh
Q536. 'Thang-Ta' martial art is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab (B) Kerala (C) Manipur (D) Maharashtra
Q537. 'The Argumentative Indian' book was authored by which Indian ecomonist ?
(A) Amartya Sen (B) Jagdish Bhagwati (C) Manmohan Singh (D) Nani Palkhivala
Q538. In 1990, which district of Kerala became the first fully literate district of India ?
(A) Kozhikode (B) Palakkad (C) Ernakulam (D) Thrissur
Q539. In humans, which portion of brain controls hunger, thirst and body temprature ?
(A) Thalamus (B) Hypothalamus (C) Hippocampus (D) Medulla
Q540. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence ?
(A) Stanley Baldwin (B) Clement Attlee (C) Winston Churchill (D) Neville Chamberlain
Q541. Which city, founded by Udasi Sikhs Guru Ram Rai, is capital of Uttarakhand ?
(A) Almora (B) Dehradun (C) Haridwar (D) Roorkee
Q542. In addition to five permanemt members, how many non-permanent members does UN Security Council have?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
Q543. At which of the following Indus valley civilization site would you come across world's earliest known dock ?
(A) Ropar (Punjab) (B) Banawali (Haryana) (C) Kalibangan (Rajasthan) (D) Lothal (Gujarat)
Q544. Who created the fictional character 'Swami' in his debut novel 'Swami and Friends' ?
(A) Ruskin Bond (B) R.K.Narayan (C) Rudyard Kipling (D) Rabindranath Tagore
Q545. Which ocean is popularly known as the 'Herring Pond' ?

(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Pacific Ocean
Q546. In 1925, who founded the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur ?
(A) M.S.Golwalkar (B) Keshava Baliram Hedgewar (C) Lala Har Dayal (D) Vir Savarkar
Q547. Galena is the principal ore of which element ?
(A) Lead (B) Iron (C) Mercury (D) Aluminium
Q548. Idukki Dam in Kerala is built across which river ?
(A) Kaveri (B) Vaigai (C) Pamba (D) Periyar
Q549. By what Indian name is the fighter aircraft 'Jaguar', jointly developed by Britain and France, inducted into
Indian Air Force (IAF) fleet ?
(A) Baaz (B) Vajra (C) Shamsher (D) Gajraj
Q550. On 12 April 2009, at which Malaysian city did India win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament by
defeating hosts Malaysia ?
(A) Ipoh (B) Klang (C) Kuching (D) Kuala Lumpur
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Q551. Which Maurya ruler sent his son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra to Tamraparni (present name Sri
Lanka) for propogation of Buddhism ?
(A) Ashok (B) Dasarath Maurya (C) Bindusara (D) Chandragupta Maurya
Q552. Which gas, abundantly produced in swamps and marshes by the action of bacteria on dead vegetation, is
commonly referred as 'Marsh Gas' ?
(A) Ethane (B) Methane (C) Butane (D) Propane
Q553. With reference to Radio broadcasting, what is the full form of `FM' ?
(A) Free Music (B) Free Mobile (C) Frequency Modulation (D) Frequency Multiplication
Q554. In 1916, who founded Home Rule League in Poona (Pune) ?
(A) Annie Besant (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (C) Mahdev Govind Ranade
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q555. By which process liquid Vegetable Oil is converted to solid Vanaspati Ghee ?
(A) Galvanisation (B) Volcanisation (C) Pasteurisation (D) Hydrogenation
Q556. In 1991, who became the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India ?
(A) Ruma Pal (B) Leila Seth (C) Anna Chandy (D) M. Fateema Bivi
Q557. In which movement did social activist Sunderlal Bahuguna play a prominent role ?
(A) Bhoodan Movement (B) Narmada Bachao Andolan (C) Chipko Movement
(D) Sampoorna Kranti
Q558. Which Indian city hosted the first Afro-Asian Games in 2003 ?
(A) Chennai (B) New Delhi (C) Bengaluru (D) Hyderabad
Q559. Who invented Hovercraft ?
(A) Karl Benz (B) David Bushnell (C) Christopher Cockerell (D) Etienne Oehmichen
Q560. Who created Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan 'Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye' ?
(A) Narsi Mehta (B) Sant Tukaram (C) Goswami Tulsidas (D) Sant Gyaneshwar
Q561. Native to the island of Java in Indonesia, which among the following is a wax-resist dyeing technique used on
textile ?
(A) Chikan (B) Batik (C) Phulkari (D) Chain Stitch
Q562. In which city, situated at the confluence of sacred rivers Ganga and Gandak, is the biggest cattle fair of Asia
held on Kartik Purnima ?
(A) Junagarh (Gujarat) (B) Pushkar (Rajasthan) (C) Sonepur (Bihar) (D) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
Q563. In 1969, under whose Prime Ministership were 14 private banks nationalised ?
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Morarji Desai
Q564. 'Baton' is used in which athletic event ?
(A) Long Jump (B) Triple Jump (C) 3000 m steeplechase (D) 4 x 400 m Relay
Q565. Due to which physical property does the water drop take round (spherical) shape ?
(A) Viscosity (B) Surface Tension (C) Polarization (D) Buoyancy
Q566. Which chariot-shaped temple, built by King Narasimha Deva I of Ganga dynasty in 13th century, is also
known as the 'Black Pagoda' ?
(A) Sun Temple, Konark (B) Jagannath Temple, Puri (C) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar
(D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
Q567. How many Schedules (lists that categorizes bureaucratic activity and policy of the government) does the
Constitution of India have ?
(A) Eight (B) Twelve (C) Fifteen (D) Eighteen
Q568. Which country was formerly known as 'Dutch Guyana' ?
(A) Benin (B) Belize (C) Malawi (D) Suriname
Q569. Who authored the 'Buddhacharita', a Sanskrit narrative on the life of Gautam Buddha ?
(A) Kalhana (B) Banabhatta (C) Bhavabhuti (D) Ashvagosh
Q570. In which European city are the headquarters of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO) located ?
(A) Brussels (Belgium) (B) Vienna (Austria) (C) Paris (France) (D) Geneva (Switzerland)
Q571. By invention of which explosive did Alfred Bernhard Nobel amass enormous wealth, later used by him to
institute Nobel Prizes ?
(A) TNT (B) RDX (C) HMX (D) Dynamite
Q572. 'Clouded' and 'Snow' are the species of which Indian mammal ?
(A) Yak (B) Lion (C) Deer (D) Leopard
Q573. In 1687, who propounded the Law of Gavity ?
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(A) Charles Darwin (B) Issac Newton (C) Albert Einstein (D) Gregor Mendel
Q574. 'Gift of the Nile' is the nickname of which African country ?
(A) Sudan (B) Egypt (C) Uganda (D) Tanzania
Q575. Encephalitis disease affects which part of the body ?
(A) Brain (B) Lungs (C) Liver (D) Kidney
Q576. Which mineral is mined at Golkonda in Andhra Pradesh ?
(A) Gold (B) Silver (C) Diamond (D) Copper
Q577. Which among the following is not a computer Operating System ?
(A) Unix (B) Windows XP (C) Visual Basic (D) Linux
Q578. 'Golden Girl' book is the autobiography of which Indian woman athlete ?
(A) P.T.Usha (B) Shiny Abraham (C) Jyotirmay Sikdar (D) M.D.Valsamma
Q579. 'Raja', 'Rani', 'Rocket' and 'Roarer' falls, collectively known as Jog Falls or Gersoppa Falls, are formed by
which river in Karnataka ?
(A) Netravati (B) Dandavathi (C) Vrishabhavati (D) Sharavathi
Q580. On 8 January 2009, at which place in Kerala did Prime Minister Manmohan Singh commission the Asia's
biggest Naval Academy ?
(A) Ezhimala (Kerala) (B) Karwar (Karnataka) (C) Visakhapatnam (A.P.) (D) Okha (Gujarat)
Q581. In what shape is the medal of the Bharat Ratna award designed ?
(A) Lotus Petal (B) Maple Leaf (C) Peepul Leaf (D) Banyan Leaf
Q582. Which blood group is the universal recipient ?
(A) A (B) B (C) AB (D) O
Q583. Which city is served by Birsa Munda Airport ?
(A) Raipur (Chattisgarh) (B) Ranchi (Jharkhand) (C) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
(D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
Q584. Which is the only breed of dog that can't bark ?
(A) Basenji (B) Dalmatian (C) German Shepherd (D) Chihuahua
Q585. In which Indian state is the Rumtek Monastery, a famous Tibetan Buddhist monastery, located ?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Jammu & Kashmir (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim
Q586. For improving civic sanitation, who founded the Sulabh International in 1970 ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) Anna Hazare (C) Swami Agnivesh (D) Bindeshwar Pathak
Q587. Which Indian lady writer won the 2006 Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' ?
(A) Anita Desai (B) Kiran Desai (C) Arundhati Roy (D) Jhumpa Lahiri
Q588. Which country is popularly known as the 'Cockpit of Europe' ?
(A) France (B) Germany (C) Belgium (D) Norway
Q589. Who was the first Indian cricketer to take Hat Trick in One Day International (ODI) cricket ?
(A) Chetan Sharma (B) Irfan Pathan (C) Harbhajan Singh (D) Kapil Dev
Q590. In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)
located ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Hyderabad (C) Chandigarh (D) Bengaluru
Q591. Which Chinese city, also known as 'City of Goats', will host 16th Asian Games (XVI Asiad) in 2010 ?
(A) Beijing (B) Shanghai (C) Guangzhou (D) Shenzhen
Q592. A qualitative or quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin leads to which disorder ?
(A) Anemia (B) Adrenalitis (C) Anorexia (D) Aminoaciduria
Q593. On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located ?
(A) Gomti (B) Ganga (C) Saryu (D) Yamuna
Q594. Which among the following is not obtained from plants ?
(A) Cork (B) Hemp (C) Linen (D) Silk
Q595. On 21 March 1950, who became the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India ?
(A) T.Swaminathan (B) S.P.Sen Verma (C) S.L.Shakdhar (D) Sukumar Sen
Q596. Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ?
(A) Kanha National Park (B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Kanchenjunga National Park (D) Kanger Ghati National Park
Q597. Whom did the tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh appoint his military deputy ?
(A) Ranjit Singh (B) Hari Singh Nalwa (C) Banda Bahadur (D) Zorawar Singh
Q598. In 1784, who founded the Asiatic Society in Kolkata for inquiry into the history and antiquities, the arts,
sciences, and literature of Asia ?
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(A) A.O.Hume (B) William Jones (C) C.F.Andrews (D) Alfred Webb
Q599. Which city houses the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), an international organisation that
coordinates the world-wide postal system ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Berne (Switzerland) (C) The Hague (Netherlands) (D) Brussels (Belgium)
Q600. On 1 November 1952, at which atoll in the Pacific Ocean was the world's first Hydrogen Bomb test (code-
named Mike) conducted ?
(A) Enewetak (B) Pearl and Hermes (C) Okinotorishima (D) Bikini
Q601. 'Pattachitra' style of painting is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Orissa (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q602. What is more popular name of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) ?
(A) Benelux (B) Gamelan Council (C) Peninsula Shield (D) World Bank
Q603. Marina Beach, the India's longest and world's second longest beach, is located in which city ?
(A) Puri (Orissa) (B) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Kozhikode (Kerala)
Q604. 'Green', 'Black', 'White' and 'Oolong' are the varieties of which common day consumption item ?
(A) Rice (B) Wheat (C) Coffee (D) Tea
Q605. Who founded the political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) ?
(A) C.N.Annadurai (B) V.Gopalaswamy (C) M.G.Ramachandran (D) N.T.Ramarao
Q606. Who was the Governor General of India during the India's First War of Independence in 1857 ?
(A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Canning (C) Lord Northbrook (D) Lord Auckland
Q607. Which former President of India authored the book 'Without Fear or Favour' ?
(A) V.V.Giri (B) R.Venkataraman (C) N.Sanjiva Reddy (D) S.Radhakrishnan
Q608. Who is the only Indian bowler to have taken a wicket on the very first ball of his international cricket career ?
(A) Abid Ali (B) Nilesh Kulkarni (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Ravi Shastri
Q609. In Indian Parliament, which among the following Bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha ?
(A) Amending Bills (B) Money and finance Bills (C) Expiring Laws (Continuance) Bills
(D) Constitutional Amendment Bills
Q610. Which among the following is the India's first indigenously built submarine ?
(A) INS Vela (B) INS Vagli (C) INS Shankul (D) INS Shalki
Q611. Which city houses the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) ?
(A) Hajipur (Bihar) (B) Allahabad (U.P.) (C) Gorakhpur (U.P.) (D) Jabalpur (M.P.)
Q612. In which medium does the sound travel the fastest ?
(A) Gas (B) Solid (C) Liquid (D) Plasma
Q613. Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously ?
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Vallabhbhai Patel (D) M.G.Ramachandran
Q614. Which river is also known as 'Bengal's sorrow' ?
(A) Damodar (B) Mahanadi (C) Hooghly (D) Gandak
Q615. In which Indian city would you find the Rock Garden, a sculpture garden created by artist Nek Chand using
waste especially rags and broken ceramics ?
(A) Bengaluru (B) Chandigarh (C) Gandhinagar (D) Hyderabad
Q616. Which Commission is inquiring into the demolition of Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December
1992 ?
(A) Mandal Commission (B) Liberhan Commission (C) Sarkaria Commission
(D) Mukherjee Commission
Q617. With which sport are the 'Thomas Cup', 'Uber Cup' and 'Sudirman Cup' tournaments associated ?
(A) Squash (B) Table Tennis (C) Lawn Tennis (D) Badminton
Q618. Which among the following boundary line seprates Pakistan from Afghanistan ?
(A) Curzon Line (B) MacMahon Line (C) Durand Line (D) Radcliffe Line
Q619. The first Polio vaccine in form of 'injected dose' was developed by Jonas Salk in 1952. Later, who developed
first Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in sixties ?
(A) Edward Jenner (B) Louis Pasteur (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Albert Sabin
Q620. Who coined commonly used phrases 'Big Brother', 'Doublethink', 'Newspeak' and 'Thought Police' in his
famous novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' ?
(A) E.M.Forster (B) Charles Dickens (C) Rudyard Kipling (D) George Orwell
Q621. Anamudi Peak, located in the Idukki district of Kerala, is the highest peak of which Indian mountain range ?
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(A) Aravali (B) Vindhyas (C) Sahyadri (W.Ghats) (D) Satpura
Q622. 'Kalidas' and 'Varahamihira' were the courtier of which ancient Indian ruler ?
(A) Harshavardhana (B) Pulkeshin II (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Chandragupta Vikramaditaya
Q623. The insulin, a necessary harmone to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood, is produced by which endocrine
gland in human body ?
(A) Thyroid (B) Adrenal (C) Pancreas (D) Pituitary
Q624. 'Swaraj (self-rule) is my birthright and I shall have it !' slogan was given by which freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Subhash Chandra Bose (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Bhagat Singh
Q625. 'Peat', 'Bituminous', 'Lignite' and 'Anthrasite' are the varieties of which item ?
(A) Coal (B) Iron (C) Petrol (D) Aluminium
Q626. Which Asian country was formerly known as 'Persia' ?
(A) Iraq (B) Iran (C) Qatar (D) Yemen
Q627. Built across the Godavari river, Pochampad Dam is located in which state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q628. How many approximate days are there in the Hijri (Islamic) Calender, the lunar calendar based on year 622
AD when Prophet Muhammed emigrated to Madina ?
(A) 354 days (B) 358 days (C) 362 days (D) 365 days
Q629. Which Indian lady writer won the Commonwealth Award for her first novel 'Difficult Daughters' ?
(A) Kiran Desai (B) Manju Kapur (C) Jhumpa Lahiri (D) Arundhati Roy
Q630. Among the following four official styles in the competitive swimming, which swimming style is the slowest ?
(A) Butterfly (B) Backstroke (C) Front Crawl (Freestyle) (D) Breaststroke
Q631. Which waterbody seprates the India from the island nation of Sri Lanka ?
(A) Bering Strait (B) Palk Strait (C) Strait of Gibraltar (D) Strait of Magellan
Q632. The dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Hazarat Nizamuddin Aulia is located in which city ?
(A) Ajmer (B) Delhi (C) Mumbai (D) Srinagar
Q633. Who among the following is also known as 'Bhartiya Kokila' (The Nightingale of India) ?
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Lata Mangeshkar (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Q634. Which mineral is mined at Khetri in Rajasthan ?
(A) Copper (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Iron Ore
Q635. Which foreign invader defeated the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) ?
(A) Nadir Shah (B) Mahmud Ghazni (C) Ahmed Shah Abdali (D) Muhammad Bin Qasim
Q636. In which village was Adi Shankaracharya born ?
(A) Tankara (Gujarat) (B) Navadwip (W.Bengal) (C) Tiruchuzhi (T.Nadu) (D) Kalady (Kerala)
Q637. To which political party is the trade union All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) affiliated ?
(A) CPI (B) CPI(M) (C) Congress (D) BJP
Q638. Which medieval ruler authored Telugu work 'Amukta Malyada' ?
(A) Rajaraja CholaI (B) Parakrama Pandiyan (C) Krishna Deva Raya (D) Narsimhavarman II
Q639. Tashkent city, where the Indian Prime Minister L.B.Shastri signed a peace agreement 'Tashkent Declaration'
with Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1966, is capital of which country ?
(A) Kazakhstan (B) Kyrgyzstan (C) Tajikistan (D) Uzbekistan
Q640. On 26 March 2009, who became the first tourist to go into the space twice ?
(A) Dennis Tito (B) Mark Shuttleworth (C) Gregory Olsen (D) Charles Simonyi
Q641. 'Ao', 'Sema' and 'Konyak' are the principal languages of which north-eastern Indian state ?
(A) Manipur (B) Meghalaya (C) Mizoram (D) Nagaland
Q642. In Solar System, which planet is the hottest ?
(A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
Q643. Which former Indian Prime Minister's birthday on 23 December is celebrated as 'Kisan Divas' (Farmer's Day)
in India ?
(A) L.B.Shastri (B) Charan Singh (C) Morarji Desai (D) Chandrasekhar
Q644. In 1885, who developed the vaccine for rabies ?
(A) Louis Pasteur (B) Edward Jenner (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Robert Koch
Q645. Which revolutionary was the first to describe the 'Revolt of 1857' as 'India's First War of Independence' in his
famous book titled 'The Indian War of Independence' ?
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Veer Savarkar (C) Lala Har Dayal (D) Chandrasekhar Azad
Q646. Who among the following was also known as the 'Little Corporal' ?
(A) Adolf Hitler (B) Joseph Stalin (C) Napoleon Bonaparte (D) Mao Zedong
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Q647. On 26 November 1960, between which cities was the first Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) service started in
India ?
(A) Kanpur – Lucknow (B) Mumbai – Pune (C) Chandigarh - New Delhi
(D) Bengaluru - Chennai
Q648. Diego Garcia island, being used as a strategic American military base since 1966 when USA received it on
lease for 50 years from UK, is located in which ocean ?
(A) Arctic Ocean (B) Indian Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean
Q649. Which athlete won 100 m race Gold Medal at Beijing Olympic 2008, and also created new world record of
9.69 seconds ?
(A) Tyson Gay (B) Asafa Powell (C) Maurice Greene (D) Usain Bolt
Q650. Which city houses the headquarters of the INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organisation), the world's
largest international police organisation ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Brussels (Belgium) (C) Lyon (France) (D) The Hague (Netherlands)
Q651. Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which industry ?
(A) Locks (B) Bicycle (C) Textile (D) Fireworks
Q652. With which sport is the Duckworth-Lewis Method associated ?
(A) Golf (B) Chess (C) Cricket (D) Hockey
Q653. What is the normal heart rate of adults at rest ?
(A) 68 beats per minute (B) 72 beats per minute (C) 76 beats per minute
(D) 80 beats per minute
Q654. Kailash Temple at Ellora in Maharahstra, the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture, was built by the rulers of
which dynasty ?
(A) Kadamba (B) Rashtrakuta (C) Chalukya (D) Satavahana
Q655. 'Sick man of Europe' is the nickname of which European country ?
(A) Italy (B) Greece (C) Ireland (D) Turkey
Q656. What is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called ?
(A) Repo Rate (B) Reverse Repo Rate (C) Call Money Rate (D) Prime Lending Rate (PLR)
Q657. Which revolutionary shot dead Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab at the time of Jalliawalan
Bagh massacre and believed to be mastermind behind it, in London on 13 March 1940 ?
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Udham Singh (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Khudi Ram Bose
Q658. International Date Line, an imaginary line where date changes as one travels east or west across it, passes
through which longitude (except some adjustments) ?
(A) 45 degree (B) 90 degree (C) 135 degree (D) 180 degree
Q659. What was the code name of rescue operation carried out by Indian armed forces in Maldives, on request from
its president, to foil the attempted coup by insurgents in 1988 ?
(A) Operation Vijay (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Cactus (D) Operation Bajrang
Q660. Who wrote the famous essay 'Unto This Last', which was later translated into Gujarati by Mahatma Gandhi
under the title of 'Sarvodaya' (well being of all) ?
(A) John Ruskin (B) Leo Tolstoy (C) Maxim Gorki (D) Karl Marx
Q661. The India receives its major rainfall from which monsoon ?
(A) North-East Monsoon (B) North-West Monsoon (C) South-East Monsoon
(D) South-West Monsoon
Q662. How many years does the US President serve during one term ?
Q663. 'God's Own Country' slogan is being used by which south Indian state to promote its tourism industry ?
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka
Q664. In 1913, who became the first Asian to be honoured with Nobel Prize ?
(A) Hideki Yukawa (Japan) (B) Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Isreal) (C) Chen Ning Yang (China)
(D) Rabindranath Tagore (India)
Q665. 'Jatra' is the popular folk theatre of which Indian state ?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q666. Which is the oldest para military force in India ?
(A) Assam Rifles (B) Border Security Force (C) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(D) National Security Guards
Q667. To widen a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel, which surgical procedure is applied ?
(A) Otoplasty (B) Genioplasty (C) Angioplasty (D) Rhinoplasty
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Q668. Which among the following latitude line (also called circle) passes through the India ?
(A) Equator (B) Tropic of Cancer (C) Tropic of Capricorn (D) Antarctic Circle
Q669. Which among the following is not a official language of United Nations (UN) ?
(A) Hindi (B) French (C) Arabic (D) Spanish
Q670. Who advocated that a free market economy is more productive and more benefial to society, in his famous
book 'The Wealth of Nations' ?
(A) Karl Marx (B) Adam Smith (C) John Maynard Keynes (D) Milton Friedman
Q671. Which company has aquired a controlling stake in the scam-hit Satyam Computer Services, Hyderabad ?
(A) Infosys (B) Accenture (C) Larsen & Toubro (D) Tech Mahindra
Q672. With with musical instrument is Ustad Amjad Ali Khan associated ?
(A) Tabla (B) Sitar (C) Sarod (D) Guitar
Q673. To prevent lower castes from the exploitation by upper castes, who founded the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'
(Society of Seekers of Truth) in 1874 ?
(A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) Jyotirao Phule (C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q674. In transport, what are 'Dinghy', 'Gondola' and 'Kayak' types of ?
(A) Boat (B) Truck (C) Tank (D) Aircraft
Q675. Where is the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) located ?
(A) Hisar (Haryana) (B) Bikaner (Rajasthan) (C) Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh)
(D) Izatnagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Q676. In 326 BC, on the banks of which river did the Macedonian King Alexander the Great defeat the Indian King
Porus ?
(A) Beas (Hyphasis) (B) Chenab (Acesines) (C) Jhelum (Hydaspes) (D) Sutlej (Hesidros)
Q677. Who authored the famous book 'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success' ?
(A) Shiv Khera (B) Deepak Chopra (C) Stephen Covey (D) Dale Carnegie
Q678. The Bering Strait seprates the Asia from which continent ?
(A) Africa (B) Europe (C) North America (D) Australia
Q679. Which among the following is the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) of India ?
(A) Saras (B) Tejas (C) Kiran (D) Chetak
Q680. Which island nation, located in the Pacific ocean, was formerly known as 'Pleasant Island' ?
(A) Nauru (B) Taiwan (C) Tuvalu (D) Vanuatu
Q681. In which Indian state is the Sultanpur National Park located ?
(A) Haryana (B) Uttarakhand (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
Q682. In 1321, who founded the Tughlaq Dynasty in Delhi ?
(A) Firuz Shah Tughlaq (B) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq (C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq
(D) Mahmud Nasir-ud-din
Q683. Which instrument is used for measuring the relative humidity (amount of water present in a gaseous mixure of
air and water) ?
(A) Barometer (B) Anemometer (C) Thermometer (D) Hygrometer
Q684. Which city annually hosts the Wimbledon tennis championship, one of the four Grand Slam tennis
tournaments ?
(A) Paris (B) London (C) Melbourne (D) New York
Q685. Who authored the book 'The Interpretation of Dreams' ?
(A) Karl Marx (B) Charles Darwin (C) Sigmund Freud (D) Shakespeare
Q686. Which European country is also known as the 'Land of the Midnight Sun' ?
(A) Norway (B) Sweden (C) Denmark (D) Finland
Q687. The Konkan Railway, a railway line which runs parallel to the Arabian Sea coastline, connects Mumbai to
which city in Karnataka ?
(A) Mysore (B) Bengaluru (C) Gulbarga (D) Mangalore
Q688. At the directive of the Supreme Court of India, which committee was set up by the Ministry of Human
Resources Development (MHRD) to recommend anti-ragging measures ?
(A) Shah Nawaz Committee (B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (D) R.K.Raghavan Committee
Q689. Where are the headquarters of Eastern Air Command (EAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) located ?
(A) Guwahati (Assam) (B) Shillong (Meghalaya) (C) Agartala (Tripura)
(D) Kolkata (West Bengal)
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Q690. For taking care of newborn babies and their mothers, at which place in Orissa was the 'Yashoda Scheme'
launched in May 2008 ?
(A) Angul (B) Balasore (C) Sambalpur (D) Jharsuguda
Q691. 'Inquilab Zindabad' (long live revolution) slogan was first used by which revolutionary ?
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Lala Har Dayal (C) Chandrashekhar Azad (D) Veer Savarkar
Q692. The deficiency of which element leads to the 'Goitre', a swelling in thyroid gland ?
(A) Zinc (B) Calcium (C) Iodine (D) Phosphorus
Q693. 'Humayun Nama', a historical chronicle about the reign of Mughal ruler Humayun, was written by which
Mughal princess ?
(A) Gauhara Begum (B) Jahanara Begum (C) Gulbadan Begum (D) Roshanara Begum
Q694. Who founded the 'All India Harijan Sangh' in 1932 ?
(A) Jagjivan Ram (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) B.R.Ambedkar (D) Jyotirao Phule
Q695. By what name is the Irish lady Margaret Elizabeth Noble, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, better known ?
(A) Meera Ben (B) Mother Teresa (C) Savitri Khanolkar (D) Sister Nivedita
Q696. Between 1-4 AD, which city hosted the great Tamil literary assembly called 'Sangam' ?
(A) Chennai (B) Thanjavur (C) Kancheepuram (D) Madurai
Q697. Which currency is popularly called 'Greenback' ?
(A) US dollar (B) British pound (C) Japanese yen (D) Chinese yuan
Q698. 'Cape Horn' is the southernmost point of which continent ?
(A) Asia (B) Europe (C) Africa (D) S.America
Q699. Which Indian sportswoman won the World Ladies Billiards Championship in 2005 ?
(A) Saina Nehwal (B) Joshna Chinappa (C) Anuja Thakur (D) Sania Mirza
Q700. In Solar System, which planet's day is longer than its year since it completes one rotation on the axis in 243
earth days but takes only 225 earth days to orbit the Sun ?
(A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
Q701. Which gas is the main constituent of 'Gobar Gas', the biogas generated by de-composition of cow dung ?
(A) Butane (B) Propane (C) Methane (D) Hydrogen
Q702. Shankar's International Dolls Museum, founded by renowned cartoonist K. Shankar Pillai, and which has the
largest collection of costume dolls in the world, is located in which city ?
(A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Q703. 'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro) slogan was given by which freedom fighter in 1942 ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Subhash Chand Bose (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Bhagat Singh
Q704. What is the maximum number of votes which an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can record ?
(A) 1840 votes (B) 2840 votes (C) 3840 votes (D) 4840 votes
Q705. 'Sqay' (literally meaning knowledge of war) martial art is native of which Indian state ?
(A) Kerala (B) Punjab (C) Maharashtra (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q706. Which is the oldest football club in India ?
(A) Mohun Bagan (B) East Bengal (C) Mohammedan Sporting (D) Churchill Brothers
Q707. Which dictator was also called 'Fuhrer' ?
(A) Idi Amin (B) Joseph Stalin (C) Adolf Hitler (D) Benito Mussolini
Q708. Which device is used to detect radioactivity ?
(A) Oscilloscope (B) Geiger counter (C) Geordie Lamp (D) Kipp's apparatus
Q709. In 19th century, between which countries were the Opium Wars fought ?
(A) China and Korea (B) China and Japan (C) China and Russia (D) China and Britain
Q710. Which Malayalam writer was awarded the first Jnanpith Award in 1965, for his anthology of poems the
'Odakuzhal' (The Flute) ?
(A) S.D.Pottekkatt (B) G.Sankara Kurup (C) M.T.Vasudevan Nair (D) Takazhi S. Pillai
Q711. Which is the only snake that builts the nest ?
(A) King Cobra (B) Rattlesnake (C) Coral Snake (D) Golden Tree Snake
Q712. With which sport is the Rangaswamy Cup associated ?
(A) Golf (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Cricket
Q713. Which element is not present in Sugar ?
(A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen
Q714. According to the 2001 Census, what is the sex-ratio (females per 1000 males) in India ?
(A) 927 females per 1000 males (B) 933 females per 1000 males
(C) 945 females per 1000 males (D) 950 females per 1000 males
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Q715. On the outskirts of which city did renowned Odissi dancer Protima Gauri Bedi found 'Nrityagram' dance school
?
(A) Chennai (B) Ahmedabad (C) Bengaluru (D) Cuttack
Q716. Which train service, covering 3,726 Km. between Jammu Tawi (Jammu & Kashmir) and Kanyakumari (Tamil
Nadu), is the longest passenger train service in India ?
(A) Maitreyi Express (B) Matsyagandha Express (C) Himsagar Express (D) Samjhauta Express
Q717. What was the former official name of St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia ?
(A) Leningrad (B) Volgograd (C) Stalingrad (D) Byzantium
Q718. Who wrote the ancient Sanskrit play 'Mrichchhakatika' (The Little Clay Cart) ?
(A) Kalidas (B) Banabhatta (C) Bhavabhuti (D) Shudraka
Q719. In which city is the Chhattisgarh High Court located ?
(A) Bhilai (B) Raipur (C) Bilaspur (D) Jagdalpur
Q720. Which British computer scientist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, popularly known as Internet ?
(A) Adam Osborne (B) Charles Babbage (C) Gordon Moore (D) Tim Berners-Lee
Q721. In India, the inflation rate represents the annual change (in percentage) in which index ?
(A) Consumer Price Index (CPI) (B) Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
(C) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) (D) Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
Q722. To preserve the filaments at high temprature, which gas is filled in the electric bulbs ?
(A) Argon (B) Helium (C) Krypton (D) Xenon
Q723. 'The Four Noble Truths' and 'Noble Eightfold Path' are the cornerstones of which religion ?
(A) Jainism (B) Sikhism (C) Buddhism (D) Christianity
Q724. What is the chemical name of Baking Soda ?
(A) Sodium chloride (B) Sodium bicarbonate (C) Potassium permanganate
(D) Calcium carbonate
Q725. On 16 June 1963, who became the first woman in the world to go into space ?
(A) Kalpana Chawla (B) Valentina Tereshkova (C) Anousheh Ansari (D) Svetlana Savitskaya
Q726. Tirupati Balaji Temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, one of the richest place of worship in the world, is
dedicated to which Hindu god ?
(A) Surya (B) Hanuman (C) Ganesh (D) Vishnu
Q727. Directed by Satyajit Ray, the Apu Trilogy films - 'Pather Panchali', 'Aparajito' and 'Apur Sansar' - were based
on the novels of which Bengali writer ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (C) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Q728. In which city in Maharashtra is the 'Chaitya Bhoomi', the cremation site of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, located ?
(A) Pune (B) Nasik (C) Nagpur (D) Mumbai
Q729. In 1875, which indoor game was invented by British Army officer Colonel Neville Chamberlain at Jabalpur in
Madhya Pradesh ?
(A) Chess (B) Snooker (C) Carrom (D) Badminton
Q730. To send a letter to a member of Indian scientific expedition stationed at Indian base station 'Maitreyi' in
Antarctica, the pin code of which city would you write in the address ?
(A) Panaji (Goa) (B) Kavaratti (Lakshadweep) (C) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
(D) Thiruvananthpuram (Kerala)
Q731. In 1943, who became the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ?
(A) H.V.R. Iyengar (B) K.G. Ambegaonkar (C) Benegal Rama Rau (D) C.D. Deshmukh
Q732. 'Dharavi', one of the largest slum in Asia, is part of which Indian city ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Kolkata (C) New Delhi (D) Chennai
Q733. During the reign of which Mughal ruler did the Persian ruler Nader Shah invade India in 1739 ?
(A) Muhammad Shah (B) Ahmad Shah Bahadur (C) Farrukhsiyar (D) Rafi ud-Daulat
Q734. Who authored the poetic works 'Krishna Gitavali', 'Kavitavali' and 'Vinaya Patrika' ?
(A) Kabir (B) Tulsidas (C) Surdas (D) Jayadeva
Q735. In ancient times, which Indian city was known as 'Avantika' ?
(A) Patna (Bihar) (B) Kannauj (U.P.) (C) Ujjain (M.P.) (D) Guwahati (Assam)
Q736. As prescribed in the Constitution, what is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha ?
(A) 545 members (B) 547 members (C) 552 members (D) 555 members
Q737. On 2 October 1959, at which town in Rajasthan did Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister, inaugurate
the Panchayati Raj in India ?
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(A) Sikar (B) Churu (C) Dausa (D) Nagaur
Q738. Who was also known as the 'Saint of the Gutters' ?
(A) Baba Amte (B) Jyotirao Phule (C) C.F. Andrews (D) Mother Teresa
Q739. Mount McKinley is the highest mountain peak of which continent ?
(A) Australia (B) North America (C) South America (D) Antarctica
Q740. Despite a ban by the Government as it produces harmful acetylene gas, which chemical is most commonly
used by fruit sellers for artificial ripening of fruits ?
(A) Sodium chloride (B) Calcium carbide (C) Potassium permanganate (D) Sodium bicarbonate
Q741. 'Taka' is the official currency of which Asian country ?
(A) Myanmar (B) Pakistan (C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh
Q742. In 1905, who propounded the Theory of Relativity ?
(A) Isaac Newton (B) Charles Darwin (C) Gregor Mendel (D) Albert Einstein
Q743. On which date is the World Environment Day celebrated ?
(A) 1 May (B) 5 June (C) 6 August (D) 8 March
Q744. How many bones are there in the adult human skeleton ?
(A) 156 (B) 206 (C) 256 (D) 306
Q745. 'Coolie' and 'Untouchable' novels were authored by which Indian writer ?
(A) R.K.Narayan (B) Mulk Raj Anand (C) Khushwant Singh (D) Upamanyu Chatterjee
Q746. Which planet, named after the Roman god of war, is also called 'Red Planet' due to its reddish appearance,
caused by iron oxide prevalent on its surface ?
(A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
Q747. In 1985, who became the first Indian to be elected the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at
The Hague, Netherlands ?
(A) R.S. Pathak (B) P.N. Bhagwati (C) Nagendra Singh (D) Benegal Rama Rau
Q748. Gopnath Beach, a pristine beach on the coast of Arabian Sea, is located in which Indian state ?
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra
Q749. In 15th century, which Italian traveller visited the Vijayanagar, the capital city of erstwhile Vijayanagar empire
?
(A) Al Baruni (B) Ibn Batuta (C) Marco Polo (D) Niccolo de Conti
Q750. In which sport would you find the players wearing 'Jodhpurs', the tight fitting trousers named after the city of
Jodhpur in Rajasthan ?
(A) Polo (B) Golf (C) Hockey (D) Tennis
Q751. By which amendment were the 'Socialist' and 'Secular' words included in the Preamble to the Constitution of
India ?
(A) 42nd Amendment (B) 44th Amendment (C) 46th Amendment (D) 48th Amendment
Q752. Which among the following natural fibre is obtained from the flower of a plant ?
(A) Silk (B) Wool (C) Jute (D) Cotton
Q753. The Khyber pass, a strategic mountain pass between Central Asia and South Asia, connects the Pakistan to
which country ?
(A) Iran (B) China (C) Afghanistan (D) Tajikistan
Q754. What name is given to the scientific study of human populations ?
(A) Caligraphy (B) Lithography (C) Demography (D) Topography
Q755. In humans, where do Red blood cells (RBC) originate ?
(A) Heart (B) Bone Marrow (C) Pancreas (D) Thyroid
Q756. The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is located in which city ?
(A) Jabalpur (B) Allahabad (C) New Delhi (D) Navi Mumbai
Q757. By what name is the Urdu poet Raghupati Sahay, recipient of Jnanpith Award 1969 for anthology of poems
'Gul-e-Nagma', better known ?
(A) Kaifi Azmi (B) Firaq Gorakhpuri (C) Sahir Ludhianvi (D) Jigar Muradabadi
Q758. In which north eastern Indian state is the Nokrek Biosphere Reserve located ?
(A) Assam (B) Manipur (C) Meghalaya (D) Nagaland
Q759. On 29 August 1988, which Indian lady became the first woman in the world to swim across the Straits of
Gibraltar ?
(A) Aarti Pradhan (B) Nisha Millet (C) Meghna Narayan (D) Bula Choudhury
Q760. Which African country was formerly known as 'French Somaliland' ?
(A) Benin (B) Somalia (C) Malawi (D) Djibouti
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Q761. As an identification mark of the nationality, what letters are written on the civil aircrafts of India ?
(A) I (B) HK (C) 4X (D) VT
Q762. Due to which incident did Mahatma Gandhi stop the Non-cooperation movement in February 1922 ?
(A) Moplah rebellion (B) Chauri Chaura incident (C) Komagata Maru incident
(D) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Q763. Which instrument is used to measure the density of milk ?
(A) Altimeter (B) Seismometer (C) Lactometer (D) Odometer
Q764. In Rig veda, the maximum number of hymns are dedicated to which god ?
(A) Indra (B) Surya (C) Vishnu (D) Varuna
Q765. Which among the following sea mammal has tusks ?
(A) Whale (B) Dolphin (C) Sea Otter (D) Walrus
Q766. Which country is also known as the 'Sugar Bowl of the World' ?
(A) Cuba (B) Brazil (C) Bolivia (D) Guyana
Q767. Who defeated the Mughal ruler Humayun in the Battle of Chausa (1539) and ascended the throne of Delhi ?
(A) Rana Sanga (B) Sher Shah Suri (C) Muhammad bin Tughlaq (D) Hemu Vikramaditya
Q768. On the recommendations of N.R.Sarkar committee, where was the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
established in 1950 ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Kanpur (C) Kharagpur (D) Chennai
Q769. Which Indian state is drained by 'Beas', 'Chenab', 'Ravi', 'Sutlej' and 'Yamuna' rivers ?
(A) Punjab (B) Uttarakhand (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
Q770. Born at Almora in Uttarakhand, which Britisher became the first India born person to get the Nobel Prize in
1902 ?
(A) Ronald Ross (B) Rudyard Kipling (C) William R. Cremer (D) Alexander Fleming
Q771. On 20 July 1924, who founded the 'Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha' for the upliftment of the depressed classes ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) B.R.Ambedkar (C) Jyotirao Phule (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q772. Who administers the oath of office to the Governor of an Indian state ?
(A) Chief Minister (B) Vidhan Sabha Speaker (C) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(D) Chief Justice of state High Court
Q773. In which fort would you come across the tomb (dargah) of Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chisti ?
(A) Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) (B) Mandu (Madhya Pradesh) (C) Golkonda (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Fatehpur Sikri (Uttar Pradesh)
Q774. Which among the following is not a Rabi crop ?
(A) Gram (B) Maize (C) Mustard (D) Wheat
Q775. 'Paithani' sarees are native of which Indian state ?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) West Bengal (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q776. Which ancient Indian sage authored the 'Sankhya Darshan' ?
(A) Gautam (B) Jaimini (C) Kapil Muni (D) Patanjali
Q777. Which mineral is mined at Zawar Mines near Udaipur in Rajasthan ?
(A) Zinc (B) Lignite (C) Copper (D) Bauxite
Q778. In which city is the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (IISR) located ?
(A) Junagarh (Gujarat) (B) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) (C) Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
(D) Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)
Q779. Which among the following is India's indigenously developed pilotless target aircraft (PTA) ?
(A) Saras (B) Tejas (C) Chetak (D) Lakshya
Q780. Which Indian physician discovered the treatment of Kala Azar (Black Fever) disease ?
(A) Dwarkanath Kotnis (B) Bidhan Chandra Roy (C) Upendranath Brahmachari
(D) Jagdish Chandra Bose
Q781. What is the capital of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ?
(A) Kavaratti (B) Silvassa (C) Puducherry (D) Port Blair
Q782. Which wood is normally used to make the Cricket bats ?
(A) Oak (B) Teak (C) Willow (D) Walnut
Q783. Which Asian country is also known as the 'Land of the Golden Pagoda' ?
(A) China (B) Japan (C) Sri Lanka (D) Myanmar
Q784. Which revolutionary, along with Bhagat Singh, threw a bomb onto the corridors of the Central Legislative
Assembly on 8 April 1929 ?
(A) Khudiram Bose (B) Ram Prasad Bismil (C) Chandrasekhar Azad (D) Batukeshwar Dutt
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Q785. Near which city is the Kakrapar Nuclear Power Station located ?
(A) Kota (Rajasthan) (B) Karwar (Karnataka) (C) Surat (Gujarat) (D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Q786. Who is the first woman Chess Grand Master of India ?
(A) Koneru Humpy (B) S. Vijayalakshmi (C) Rohini Khadilkar (D) Dronavalli Harika
Q787. Who created fictional detective 'Feluda' ?
(A) R.K. Narayan (B) Satyajit Ray (C) Mulk Raj Anand (D) V.S. Naipaul
Q788. In 1965, at which port was the India's first Free Trade Zone established ?
(A) Kandla (Gujarat) (B) Kochi (Kerala) (C) Falta (West Bengal) (D) Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Q789. On 15 January 1949, General K.M. Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India. In memory
of this event which national day is celebrated on 15th January ?
(A) Army Day (B) Navy Day (C) Indian Air Force Day (D) Armed Forces Flag Day
Q790. In addition to Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, the Tropic of
Cancer passes through which north eastern states of India ?
(A) Assam and Meghalaya (B) Meghalaya and Manipur (C) Manipur and Nagaland
(D) Tripura and Mizoram
Q791. What was the code name of the five nuclear tests conducted by India at Pokhran test site in Rajasthan, in May
1998 ?
(A) Operation Pawan (B) Operation Shakti (C) Operation Vijay (D) Operation Kalki
Q792. With which sport are the national tournaments 'Durand Cup' and 'Santosh Trophy' associated ?
(A) Hockey (B) Cricket (C) Football (D) Tennis
Q793. Which freedom fighter co-founded and edited both Marathi newspaper 'Kesari' and English newspaper
'Maratha' ?
(A) Dhondo Keshav Karve (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Q794. Which body organ is the most affected by Hepatitis ?
(A) Liver (B) Lungs (C) Kidney (D) Heart
Q795. Jalandhar in Punjab is famous for which indusrty ?
(A) Diamond (B) Fireworks (C) Petrochemicals (D) Sport Goods
Q796. In which city is the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) located ?
(A) Digboi (Assam) (B) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (C) Ankaleshwar (Gujarat)
(D) Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Q797. Starting from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, where does the National Waterway No.1, in Ganga-Bhagirathi-
Hooghly rivers, terminate in West Bengal ?
(A) Katwa (B) Kolkata (C) Haldia (D) Farakka
Q798. Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, is the largest city of which Asian country ?
(A) Brunei (B) Vietnam (C) North Korea (D) Malaysia
Q799. Who is the first Indian to be appointed the deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (Upper House) of United
Kingdom ?
(A) Swaraj Paul (B) Meghnad Desai (C) Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (D) Karan Bilimoria
Q800. In which Indian city was the world's first fingerprint bureau established, in 1897 ?
(A) Shimla (B) Kolkata (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai
Q801. When an ant bites a person, which irritating chemical it (ant) injects into his (person) body ?
(A) Acetic acid (B) Citric acid (C) Tartaric acid (D) Formic acid
Q802. In the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Consitution, how many languages have been officially recognised ?
(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 22 (D) 24
Q803. Who founded the 'Sevagram Ashram' near Wardha in Maharashtra ?
(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Jyotirao Phule (D) Anna Hazare
Q804. Which among the following is not a gallantry award ?
(A) Arjuna Award (B) Ashok Chakra (C) Param Vir Chakra (D) Shaurya Chakra
Q805. Who authored the 'Gitanjali', an anthology of poems ?
(A) Sumitranandan Pant (B) Makhanlal Chaturvedi (C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Maithili Sharan Gupt
Q806. Even though India became independent in 1947 but Daman and Diu remained a European colony till 1961.
Which country ruled over it ?
(A) France (B) Britain (C) Netherlands (D) Portugal
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Q807. Which building, designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens, and located at Raisina Hill in New Delhi, was
formerly known as 'Viceregal Palace' ?
(A) India Gate (B) Teen Murti Bhavan (C) Rashtrapati Bhavan (D) Sansad Bhavan
Q808. In 1989, which municipal town of Kerala became the first fully literate municipal town in India ?
(A) Adoor (B) Kottayam (C) Alappuzha (D) Palakkad
Q809. In 2001, which Indian player was appointed as 'Messanger of Peace' by United Nations (UN), to promote its
peacekeeping efforts ?
(A) Vijay Amritraj (B) Prakash Padukone (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Sachin Tendulkar
Q810. Which city houses the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) ?
(A) Vienna (Austria) (B) Brussels (Belgium) (C) Geneva (Switzerland) (D) Montreal (Canada)
Q811. In 1989, who became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India ?
(A) Leila Seth (B) M.S. Fatima Beevi (C) Cornelia Sorabji (D) Anna Chandy
Q812. In 305 BC, which Maurya ruler defeated Alexander's general Seleucus Nicator and received the territories of
Kabul and Balochistan ?
(A) Bindusara (B) Ashok the Great (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Dasharatha Maurya
Q813. The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being built across which river ?
(A) Tapti (B) Narmada (C) Sabarmati (D) Godavari
Q814. What is the official residence of the US President ?
(A) The Kremlin (B) Elysee Palace (C) Buckingham Palace (D) White House
Q815. Which is the oldest mountain range in India ?
(A) Aravali (B) Himalayas (C) Sahyadri (D) Vindhyas
Q816. Who authored Sanskrit play the 'Mudrarakshasa' ?
(A) Kalidas (B) Banabhatta (C) Vishakhadatta (D) Bhavabhuti
Q817. By what name (in fact brand name) is the chemical 'Polytetrafluoroethylene', which is coated on cooking
utensils to make them non sticky, better known ?
(A) Rayon (B) Nylon (C) Teflon (D) Zylon
Q818. Ban Ki-moon, present Secretary-General, is the second Asian to hold the post of Secretary General of United
Nations. Who was the first Asian ?
(A) U.Thant (B) Trygve Lie (C) Kurt Waldheim (D) Kofi Annan
Q819. Which Indian player, who represented England in the test cricket, is generally considered the inventor of 'Leg
Glance Stroke' ?
(A) Vinoo Mankad (B) K.S.Ranjitsinhji (C) K.S.Duleepsinhji (D) I.A.K.Pataudi (Sr.)
Q820. In which city is the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI)
located ?
(A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru (C) Chennai (D) Hyderabad
Q821. Who was the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, formed on 29 August 1947 to write free India's
new constitution ?
(A) K.M.Munshi (B) B.R.Ambedkar (C) Sachidananda Sinha (D) Rajendra Prasad
Q822. Which medical test is performed to detect problems in the electrical activity of the brain ?
(A) Hysteroscopy (B) Electrocardiogarm (ECG) (C) Electroencephalogram (EEG)
(D) Opthalmoscopy
Q823. Who was the first cricketer in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test Cricket ?
(A) Brian Lara (B) Allan Border (C) Steve Waugh (D) Sunil Gavaskar
Q824. In the chemical process of Vulcanization, with which element is the natural rubber heated to make it usable by
improving its properties ?
(A) Carbon (B) Sulphur (C) Calcium (D) Potassium
Q825. 'Mandovi' and 'Zuari' are major rivers of which Indian state ?
(A) Goa (B) Gujarat (C) Kerala (D) Karnataka
Q826. In 1947, which Indian scientist founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad ?
(A) C.V. Raman (B) Homi J. Bhabha (C) Vikram Sarabhai (D) Meghnad Saha
Q827. Which English writer was popularly called 'Bard of Avon' ?
(A) Lewis Carroll (B) William Shakespeare (C) Charles Dickens (D) Rudyard Kipling
Q828. Who was the Governor-General of India when the first train journey in India started between Mumbai and
Thane on 16 April 1953 ?
(A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Canning (C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Dalhousie
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Q829. Which Moroccan traveller, who visited India in 14th century and served in the court of Muhammad bin
Tughlag, had recorded the account of his travels in 'Rihla' (Voyage) ?
(A) Al Baruni (B) Marco Polo (C) Ibn Batuta (D) Niccolo de Conti
Q830. Which African country was formerly known as South West Africa ?
(A) Namibia (B) Malawi (C) Botswana (D) Zimbabwe
Q831. 'Ek Tukda Dharti, Ek Tukda Aakash', a collection of poems, contains poems written by which former Prime
Minister of India ?
(A) Chandrashekhar (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Q832. What is the electoral symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party ?
(A) Bicycle (B) Elephant (C) Rising Sun (D) Two Leaves
Q833. The purity of precious metal Gold is measured in Carat. Which of the following refers to a Gold alloy having 75
percent of Gold and rest 25 percent of other metals ?
(A) 18 carat Gold (B) 20 carat Gold (C) 22 carat Gold (D) 24 carat Gold
Q834. In which of the following sport India has never won the World Championship ?
(A) Polo (B) Hockey (C) Football (D) Cricket
Q835. Which is the largest lake in the world ?
(A) Lake Baikal (B) Caspian Sea (C) Lake Superior (D) Lake Victoria
Q836. What is the chemical name of Washing Soda ?
(A) Sodium carbonate (B) Sodium bicarbonate (C) Sodium chloride (D) Sodium nitrate
Q837. From which Indian ruler did the Britishers aquire the Kohinoor diamond ?
(A) Mir Qasim (B) Dalip Singh (C) Ranjit Singh (D) Tipu Sultan
Q838. 'Gyandarshan' is an educational TV channel of which Indian open university ?
(A) Nalanda Open University, Patna (B) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
(C) Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
(D) Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata
Q839. In which of the following field are the National Florence Nightingale Awards given for rendering meritorious
services ?
(A) Banking (B) Teaching (C) Insurance (D) Nursing
Q840. In which Union Territory of India would you come across the 'Interview Island', 'Landfall Island' and 'Barren
Island' ?
(A) Lakshadweep (B) Daman and Diu (C) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(D) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Q841. In addition to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, which is the sixth Indian
state to have both houses i.e. Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad ?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) West Bengal (D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q842. On the map, what line connects the places having equal average atmospheric pressure ?
(A) Isobar (B) Isochrone (C) Isotherm (D) Isohalines
Q843. 'Dilli Chalo' slogan was given by which Indian freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Subhas Chandra Bose (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q844. 'Pandavani' is the popular folk theatre of which Indian state ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Rajasthan (D) Chhattisgarh
Q845. Who is the first Indian sportsman whose wax statue was inducted at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in
London on 24 April 2009 ?
(A) Pankaj Advani (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Vishwanathan Anand (D) Abhinav Bindra
Q846. Who is the only President of India to be elected unopposed ?
(A) Rajendra Prasad (B) S. Radhakrishnan (C) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Q847. On 16 May 1975, who became the first woman in the world to reach the Mount Everest summit ?
(A) Junko Tabei (B) Bachendri Pal (C) Dicky Dolma (D) Alison Hargreaves
Q848. Which city in Maharashtra is served by Dr. Ambedkar International Airport ?
(A) Pune (B) Kolhapur (C) Nagpur (D) Aurangabad
Q849. Which Mumbai born Britisher wrote 'The Jungle Book', a collection of 'Mowgli' fame stories ?
(A) Ruskin Bond (B) Salman Rushdie (C) V.S. Naipaul (D) Rudyard Kipling
Q850. The Nagarhole National Park, a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, is located in which Indian state ?
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q851. Due to its criss-crossing canals, which Kerala town is also called 'The Venice of the East' ?
(A) Idukki (B) Palakkad (C) Alappuzha (D) Ernakulam
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Q852. The increased level of the bilirubin in the blood leads to which disease ?
(A) Malaria (B) Dengue (C) Jaundice (D) Diabetes
Q853. How many members of the Rajya Sabha retire every second year ?
(A) one third (B) two third (C) one fourth (D) one fifth
Q854. 'Dhopkhel' is a famous traditional game of which Indian state ?
(A) Assam (B) Rajasthan (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Maharashtra
Q855. 'Vinson Masiff' is the highest mountain peak of which continent ?
(A) Africa (B) Europe (C) Antarctica (D) Australia
Q856. In which Indian city would you be in if you were reading newspapers in the 'Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public
Library' ?
(A) Patna (Bihar) (B) Aligarh (U.P.) (C) Hyderabad (A.P.) (D) Bhopal (M.P.)
Q857. Based on his experiments with pea plants, which Austrian monk discovered the Laws of Heredity ?
(A) Louis Pasteur (B) Gregor Mendel (C) Alexander Fleming (D) Edward Jenner
Q858. Which city houses the headquarters of the 'Amnesty International', a world-wide human rights organisation ?
(A) Paris (B) London (C) Tokyo (D) New York
Q859. Being constucted under National Highways Development Project (NHDP), at which place would the North-
South Corridor and the East-West Corridor meet ?
(A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Nagpur (Maharashtra) (C) Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
(D) Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh)
Q860. To encourage Muslims to join independence movement, which Mecca (Saudi Arabia) born Indian freedom
fighter established an Urdu weekly newspaper 'Al-Hilal' in 1912 ?
(A) Badruddin Tyabji (B) Hakim Ajmal Khan (C) Maulana Mohammad Ali
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q861. As per the Constitution, which among the following is not a fundamental right granted to the citizens of India ?
(A) Right to Equality (B) Right to Freedom (C) Right Against Exploitation (D) Right to Property
Q862. Which Indian freedom fighter and educationist founded the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, an educational trust, in
Mumbai on 7 November 1938 ?
(A) K.M. Munshi (B) Madan Mohan Malaviya (C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Dhondo Keshav Karve
Q863. In ancient times, which city was known as 'Pragjyotishpur' ?
(A) Patna (Bihar) (B) Ujjain (M.P.) (C) Kannauj (U.P.) (D) Guwahati (Assam)
Q864. Whose birthday on 14th November is celebrated as the Children's Day in India ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) S. Radhakrishnan (C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) M. Visvesarayya
Q865. 'Kyat' is the official currency of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Myanmar (C) Bhutan (D) Sri Lanka
Q866. The Buddhist text 'Milinda Panha' (Questions of Milinda) contains the discussions about Buddhism between
Indo-Greek King Milind (Menander) and which Buddhist monk ?
(A) Nagasena (B) Ashvaghosha (C) Bodhidharama (D) Nagarjuna
Q867. At which session, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, did Indian National Congress (INC) declare
'Poorna Swaraj' (complete independence) as its goal ?
(A) Surat (1907) (B) Belgaum (1924) (C) Lahore (1929) (D) Tripuri (1939)
Q868. Which among the following Public Sector Enterprises, under the Department of Atomic Energy, is located at
Jaduguda in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand ?
(A) Indian Rare Earths Ltd. (B) Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.
(C) Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (D) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
Q869. Which is the only non-metal element that exists in liquid form at room temprature (25 degree Celsius) ?
(A) Carbon (B) Bromine (C) Sulphur (D) Selenium
Q870. Where was India's first submarine base 'Virbahu' commissioned in 1971 ?
(A) Mumbai (Maharashtra) (B) Kochi (Kerala) (C) Visakhapatnam (A.P.)
(D) Port Blair (A.& N.Islands)
Q871. The actual strength of Rajya Sabha is 245 (233 elected & 12 nominated) members. What is its maximum
strength ?
(A) 250 members (B) 275 members (C) 300 members (D) 325 members
Q872. At which town in Gujarat is the Tata Group setting up its Nano car project ?
(A) Kalol (B) Mundra (C) Nadiad (D) Sanand
Q873. With which athletic event is the 'Tour de France' competition associated ?
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(A) Marathon (B) 50 km walk (C) 10,000 m race (D) Bicycle race
Q874. On the banks of which river is the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand located ?
(A) Narmada (B) Hooghly (C) Mahanadi (D) Swarnarekha
Q875. On 1 May 2009, which lady banker became the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Ofiicer (CEO) of
ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank ?
(A) Shikha Sharma (B) Chanda Kochar (C) Lalita D. Gupte (D) Naina Lal Kidawai
Q876. Which ruler of ancient India embraced Jainism and spent his last days at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka ?
(A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) Chandragupta Vikramaditya (C) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(D) Harshavardhana
Q877. In the World War II, which among the following country was not a member of the miltary alliance called 'Axis
Powers' ?
(A) Italy (B) Japan (C) France (D) Germany
Q878. Who authored the English novel 'A Suitable Boy', considered to be the longest novel in a single volume ?
(A) Amitav Ghosh (B) Vikram Seth (C) Salman Rushdie (D) Shashi Tharoor
Q879. Which is the only country in the world whose national flag is not rectangular ?
(A) Chile (B) Nepal (C) Ireland (D) Liberia
Q880. Which is the lowest layer of the Sun, visible to us when we look at it ?
(A) Corona (B) Chromosphere (C) Photosphere (D) Exosphere
Q881. What name is given to the metallurgical process used to coat steel or iron with zinc ?
(A) Carbonization (B) Vulcanization (C) Pasteurization (D) Galvanization
Q882. Which award is presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching ?
(A) Arjuna Award (B) Dronacharya Award (C) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
(D) Dhyan Chand Award
Q883. On 26 January 1950, who became the first Chief Justice (CJ) of India ?
(A) Sukumar Sen (B) Harilal J. Kania (C) Ganesh Vasudeo Mavlankar (D) S.V. Krishnamoorthy
Q884. Which Indian state would you be in if you were enjoying sun bath at Devbagh Beach ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) West Bengal
Q885. What is the collective name of ancient Indian texts 'Arthved' (science of sociology and economics),
'Dhanurved' (science of defence and war), Gandharvaved' (science of music) and 'Ayurved' (science of life) ?
(A) Vedas (B) Upnishads (C) Upvedas (D) Vedangas
Q886. In which city of Punjab is the Rail Coach Factory, the passenger coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways,
located ?
(A) Amritsar (B) Ludhiana (C) Jalandhar (D) Kapurthala
Q887. 'Idols', 'One Day Wonders' and 'Runs n Ruins' books are authored by which Indian cricketer ?
(A) Kapil Dev (B) Sandeep Patil (C) Sunil Gavaskar (D) E.A.S. Prasanna
Q888. Saint Helena island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, is the Overseas Territory of which country ?
(A) Canada (B) Germany (C) United Kingdom (D) United States of America
Q889. Which European city houses the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), a specialised agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger ?
(A) Rome (Italy) (B) Vienna (Austria) (C) Paris (France) (D) Brussels (Belgium)
Q890. What is the motto of the Indian Coast Guard, the fourth armed force of India ?
(A) Seva Parmo Dharma (B) Veerta Aur Vivek (C) Bharat Mata Ki Jai (D) Vayam Rakshamah
Q891. In 1893, who revived Ganesh Chaturthi annual festival in the form of a public festival and gave it a distinct
political face ?
(A) Jyotirao Phule (B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhle (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q892. The Union Territory of Puducherry (old name - Pondicherry) falls under the jurisdiction of which High Court ?
(A) Madras High Court (B) Kerala High Court (C) Andhra Pradesh High Court (D) Karnataka High Court
Q893. Which was the first Indian company to list on the Nasdaq in 1999 ?
(A) Wipro (B) Infosys (C) Satyam Computers (D) Tech Mahindra
Q894. 'Land of Thunderbolt' is the nickname of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Thailand (D) Myanmar
Q895. Which among the following is not a bacterial disease ?
(A) Cholera (B) Leprosy\ (C) Typhoid (D) Influenza
Q896. Which Ocean's greatest depth is in the Puerto Rico Trench ?
(A) Indian Ocean (B) Arctic Ocean (C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Pacific Ocean
Q897. Which among the following Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on clay court ?
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(A) US Open (B) Wimbledon (C) Australian Open (D) French Open
Q898. Which Indian spiritual guru introduced Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique ?
(A) Mahesh Yogi (B) Osho Rajneesh (C) Swami Prabhupada (D) Swami Ramdev
Q899. 'Goal' is the autobiography of which Indian sportsman ?
(A) Wilson Jones (B) Dhyan Chand (C) K.D. Singh Babu (D) Chunni Goswami
Q900. Who was the first US president to visit India in December 1959 ?
(A) Bill Cinton (B) Jimmy Carter (C) Dwight Eisenhower (D) Richard Nixon
Q901. In 2002, which committee was set up by the government to suggest measures for rationalising direct and
indirect taxes ?
(A) Vijay Kelkar Committee (B) B.K. Chaturvedi Committee (C) R.K. Raghavan Committee
(D) Tejendra Khanna Committee
Q902. Between 1192 AD to 1857 AD, who was the only Hindu ruler to ascend the throne of Delhi ?
(A) Hemu Vikramaditya (B) Harshavardhana (C) Chandragupta Maurya
(D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
Q903. According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones ?
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 48 (D) 96
Q904. In which city of Gujarat is India's first and world's second Patang (Kite) Museum, founded by Bhanubhai Shah,
located ?
(A) Surat (B) Rajkot (C) Ahmedabad (D) Vadodra
Q905. Heat travels from one place to another by which of the following methods ?
(A) conduction and radiation (B) convection and radiation (C) conduction and convection
(D) conduction, convection and radiation
Q906. The tenth and last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh was born at Patna in Bihar. Where did he die ?
(A) Amritsar (Punjab) (B) Patna (Bihar) (C) Nanded (Maharashtra) (D) Anandpur (Punjab)
Q907. Pyongyang is the capital city of which Asian country ?
(A) Thailand (B) North Korea (C) South Korea (D) Indonesia
Q908. Which scientist is often referred to as the 'Father of the Atom Bomb' ?
(A) Enrico Fermi (B) J. Robert Oppenheimer (C) Albert Einstein (D) Ernest Rutherford
Q909. 'Glimpses of World History' book, containing collection of letters on world history written from various prisons
in British India, was authored by which Indian freedom fighter ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Q910. What Indian name has been given to locally assembled T-90S Main Battle Tanks (MBT), procured from
Russia in 'knocked down / semi knocked down' form for final assembly in India ?
(A) Arjuna (B) Vikrant (C) Vijayant (D) Bhishma
Q911. Which waterbody seprates the Andaman Islands from the Nocibar Islands ?
(A) Palk Strait (B) Gulf of Mannar (C) Nine Degree Channel (D) Ten Degree Channel
Q912. The Praja Rajayam Party, which has won 18 seats in recent Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, was floated
by which popular filmstar ?
(A) Chiranjeevi (B) Rajnikant (C) Kamal Haasan (D) Puneet Rajkumar
Q913. Who authored ancient Sanskrit epic 'Ramayana', also known as 'Adi-Kavya' (first epic poem) ?
(A) Valmiki (B) Ved Vyas (C) Tulsidas (D) Patanjali
Q914. Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, who composed music for many Bollywood films along with Hariprasad Chaurasia
under the name 'Shiv-Hari', is renowned player of which musical instrument ?
(A) Sitar (B) Sarod (C) Santoor (D) Tabla
Q915. In addition to seven of the world's leading industrialised nations - USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy
and Canada, which country is the 8th member of G8 group of nations ?
(A) China (B) Brazil (C) India (D) Russia
Q916. In Radiocarbon dating method to estimate the age of organic matters recoverd from the archaeological sites,
the residual quantity of which carbon isotope in the matter is measured to determine its age ?
(A) carbon-12 (B) carbon-13 (C) carbon-14 (D) carbon-12 & carbon-13
Q917. Where did the All India Muslim League adopt the Pakistan resolution, the demand for separate sovereign
state for Muslims, on 23 March 1940 ?
(A) Dhaka (B) Lahore (C) Aligarh (D) Lucknow
Q918. Which south Indian ruler was a member of Jacobin Club, the largest and most powerful political club of the
French Revolution, and planted the tree of 'Liberty' outside his palace ?
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(A) Hyder Ali (B) Tipu Sultan (C) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (D) Krishna Deva Raya
Q919. In which hill station is the High Altitude Research Laboratory located ?
(A) Nainital (Uttarakhand) (B) Darjeeling (West Bengal) (C) Kullu (Himachal Pradesh)
(D) Gulmarg (Jammu & Kashmir)
Q920. Which Greek goddess of victory is depicted on the Olympic medals ?
(A) Hera (B) Nike (C) Aphrodite (D) Athena
Q921. Every year on Kartik Purnima, which town hosts India's biggest camel fair ?
(A) Sonepur (Bihar) (B) Pushkar (Rajasthan) (C) Surajkund (Haryana)
(D) Madhavpur (Gujarat)
Q922. At which session was the Indian National Congress (INC) divided into two groups - 'Naram Dal' (the
moderates) and 'Garam Dal' (the extremists) ?
(A) Surat (1907) (B) Gaya (1922) (C) Lahore (1929) (D) Tripuri (1939)
Q923. Kaziranga National Park, famous for hosting two-thirds of world's Indian Rhinoceroses (Great One-horned
Rhinoceroses), is located in which Indian state ?
(A) Assam (B) Meghalaya (C) Manipur (D) West Bengal
Q924. Which among the following was invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright, popularly known as Wright brothers, in
1903 ?
(A) Submarine (B) Hovercraft (C) Helicopter (D) Aeroplane
Q925. 'Playground of Europe' is the nickname of which European country ?
(A) Greece (B) Monaco (C) Germany (D) Switzerland
Q926. Which city hosted the first Asian Games in 1951 ?
(A) Tokyo (Japan) (B) Jakarta (Indonesia) (C) New Delhi (India) (D) Manila (Philippines)
Q927. Ukai Dam, located near Surat in Gujarat, is built across which river ?
(A) Mahi (B) Tapti (C) Narmada (D) Sabarmati
Q928. Which among the following are major constituents of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) ?
(A) Ethane and Methane (B) Carbon monoxide and Hydrogen (C) Butane and Propane
(D) Carbon monoxide, Hydrogen and Methane
Q929. 'Hori', a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand ?
(A) Gaban (B) Vardaan (C) Godaan (D) Sevasadan
Q930. To have legal rights for self-employed women like industrial workers, which lady activist founded Self-
Employed Women's Association (SEWA) ?
(A) Aruna Roy (B) Ela Bhatt (C) Medha Patkar (D) Teesta Setalvad
Q931. In addition to main Bombay Bench, where are the three other benches of Bombay High Court located ?
(A) Pune, Nasik and Aurangabad (B) Panaji (Goa), Pune and Nagpur
(C) Aurangabad, Nagpur and Pune (D) Panaji (Goa), Aurangabad and Nagpur
Q932. What name is given to the study or collection of money, coins or often medals ?
(A) Lotology (B) Philately (C) Numismatics (D) Philography
Q933. Which among the following is not a part of the 'Triathlon', an athletic event combining three sporting events ?
(A) Running (B) Cycling (C) Long Jump (D) Swimming
Q934. 'Bandar Seri Begawan' is the capital city of which Asian country ?
(A) Laos (B) Brunei (C) Vietnam (D) Taiwan
Q935. Which among the following chemical is used in photography ?
(A) Copper sulphate (B) Silver bromide (C) Calcium carbide (D) Calcium sulphate
Q936. In which city is the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes located ?
(A) Hisar (Haryana) (B) Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) (C) Bikaner (Rajasthan)
(D) Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh)
Q937. On 1 April 1954, who became the first Indian Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) ?
(A) P.C. Lal (B) Arjan Singh (C) S. Mukherjee (D) A.M. Engineer
Q938. In which Indian state, do the people of the Gaddis tribe live ?
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) West Bengal (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Q939. Which Indian tennis player duo, the first men's doubles pair to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam tennis
tournaments in Open era, is popularly called 'Indian Express' ?
(A) Vijay Amritraj & Anand Amritraj (B) Jaideep Mukherjee & Premjit Lall
(C) Ramesh Krishnan & Zeeshan Ali (D) Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes
Q940. Which lady freedom fighter, who once served as Congress president, authored collection of poems 'The
Golden Threshold', 'The Bird of Time' and 'The Broken Wing' ?
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(A) Annie Besant (B) Indira Gandhi (C) Nellie Sengupta (D) Sarojini Naidu
Q941. 'Zindagi Ka Karvan' book is an autobiography of which former Prime Minister of India ?
(A) Chandrashekhar (B) Morarji Desai (C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(D) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Q942. Which Indian state was originally known as the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) ?
(A) Manipur (B) Meghalaya (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Nagaland
Q943. Which among the following instrument is used for maesuring wind speed ?
(A) Anemometer (B) Hygrometer (C) Galvanometer (D) Spectrometer
Q944. Which strait connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean ?
(A) Strait of Malacca (B) Strait of Magellan (C) Strait of Gibraltar (D) Strait of Hormuz
Q945. Which national film award is given to the 'Best Feature Film on National Integration' ?
(A) Indira Gandhi Award (B) Nargis Dutt Award
(C) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) (D) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Q946. Which coastal town in Gujarat is world famous for its ship-breaking industry ?
(A) Okha (B) Kandla (C) Alang (D) Veraval
Q947. In which sport do sportswoman Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj, Anjum Chopra, Rumeli Dhar and Amita Sharma
represent India ?
(A) Hockey (B) Tennis (C) Badminton (D) Cricket
Q948. In the Earth's crust, which chemical element has the largest share of 47 percent in terms of weight ?
(A) Iron (B) Silicon (C) Oxygen (D) Aluminium
Q949. In which battle, fought near the banks of Chenab river, did the British Army decisively defeat Sikh Army and
annex the Sikh Kingdom of the Punjab to the British Empire ?
(A) Battle of Buxar (1764) (B) Battle of Plassey (1757)
(C) Battle of Surat (1664) (D) Battle of Gujarat (1849)
Q950. Which Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, popularly known as Water Man, founded an NGO called 'Tarun
Bharat Sangh' near Alwar in Rajasthan to work on watershed projects & rain-water harvesting ?
(A) Sandeep Pandey (B) Rajendra Singh (C) Mahesh Chandra Mehta (D) Arvind Kejriwal
Q951. What is the popular name of Magnesium Sulphate, a white crystalline salt used in medicine and in leather
processing ?
(A) Common salt (B) Epsom salt (C) Baking soda (D) Caustic soda
Q952. To whom does the Vice President of India address his resignation ?
(A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Rajya Sabha Deputy Speaker (D) Lok Sabha Speaker
Q953. Paradip port, a major port on the Bay of Bengal, is located in which Indian state ?
(A) Orissa (B) West Bengal (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q954. What discovery was made by biologist duo James D. Watson (US) and Francis Crick (UK) in 1953 ?
(A) Penicillin (B) DNA structure (C) Synthetic Antigens (D) Malaria germs
Q955. Under Annapurna Scheme by Central Government, how much food grain (wheat or rice) per month is given
free to senior citizens (65 years or above age), who though eligible but remained uncovered under the
National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS)?
(A) 10 Kgs (B) 12 Kgs (C) 15 Kgs (D) 20 Kgs
Q956. The Ilbert Bill, by which Indian judges were allowed to try the European offenders in criminal cases, was
introduced by which Governor-General of India in 1883 ?
(A) Lord Mayo (B) Lord Irwin (C) Lord Rippon (D) Lord Curzon
Q957. Which among the following is manufactured at Avadi (abbreviation for 'Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition
Depot of India') town in Tamilnadu ?
(A) Maruti Cars (B) HMT Tractors (C) Tejas Aircrafts (D) Arjun Tanks
Q958. Which US city is popularly known as the 'City of the Golden Gate' ?
(A) New York (B) Washington (C) San Francisco (D) Los Angeles
Q959. Which Nobel laureate authored the novel 'A House for Mr. Biswas' ?
(A) Amartya Sen (B) Rudyard Kipling (C) V.S. Naipaul (D) Rabindranath Tagore
Q960. Where was the 'Project Tiger', the tiger protection programme, launched on 1 April 1973 ?
(A) Simlipal National Park (Orissa) (B) Kanha National Park (Madhya Pradesh)
(C) Ranthambhore National Park (Rajasthan) (D) Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand)
Q961. For the first time, Cricket has been included in Asian Games to be held in 2010. Which format ?
(A) Twenty-20 (B) One Day Intl. (ODI) (C) Test Match (D) both Twenty-20 & One day Intl. (ODI)
Q962. Nagarjunasagar Dam in Andhra Pradesh is built across which river ?
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(A) Krishna (B) Kaveri (C) Mahanadi (D) Godavari
Q963. Which country is also known as the 'Rainbow Nation' ?
(A) Australia (B) United Kingdom (C) Switzerland (D) South Africa
Q964. In which city would you come across Sidi Bashir Mosque, famous for its Shaking Minarets (Jhulta Minar) ?
(A) Agra (Uttar Pradesh) (B) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
(C) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) (D) Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Q965. The weapon based Dravidian martial art 'Silambam' is native of which south Indian state ?
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Karnataka (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q966. Who is generally considered as the inventor of the 'Periodic Table', a tabular method of displaying the
chemical elements ?
(A) Gregor Mendel (B) James Chadwick (C) Dmitri Mendeleev (D) Ernest Rutherford
Q967. Which Indian lady writer authored Onasis award winning play 'Harvest', highlighting the controversial issue of
organ trading in poverty-stricken areas ?
(A) Kiran Desai (B) Jhumpa Lahiri (C) Manjula Padmanabhan (D) Arundhati Roy
Q968. Which mineral is found at Aluva and Chavara in Kerala, Manavalakurichi in Tamil Nadu and Chatrapur in
Orissa ?
(A) Copper (B) Lignite (C) Bauxite (D) Thorium
Q969. Who was the first person to calculate the height of the Mount Everest ?
(A) Andrew Waugh (B) George Everest (C) Nain Singh Rawat (D) Radhanath Sikdar
Q970. Which African country was formerly known as 'Abyssinia' ?
(A) Namibia (B) Lesotho (C) Ethiopia (D) Botswana
Q971. Which was the only session of Indian National Congress (INC) presided over by Mahatma Gandhi ?
(A) Surat (1907) (B) Belgaum (1924) (C) Lahore (1929) (D) Tripuri (1939)
Q972. Which state is the largest producer of tobacco ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q973. For Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the Indian cricket team plays against which country ?
(A) England (B) New Zealand (C) Australia (D) South Africa
Q974. On account of its numerous temples, which city is also known as the 'Cathedral City of India' ?
(A) Madurai (Tamil Nadu) (B) Haridwar (Uttarakhand) (C) Bhubaneswar (Orissa)
(D) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Q975. Which Indian state does not have any scheduled tribe community ?
(A) Sikkim (B) Haryana (C) Gujarat (D) Tamil Nadu
Q976. Baku is the capital city of which country ?
(A) Azerbaijan (B) Kazakhstan (C) Kyrgyzstan (D) Uzbekistan
Q977. Which Indian region is the only place in the world where the Asiatic Wild Ass is found ?
(A) Sunderban (B) Leh and Ladakh (C) Coromandel (D) Rann of Kachchh
Q978. Which Ramon Magsaysay award winner founded the 'Asha for Education', a secular organisation dedicated to
bring socio-economic change in India by focusing on basic education ?
(A) Sandeep Pandey (B) Lakshmi Chand Jain (C) Pandurang Shastri Athavale
(D) Mahesh Chandra Mehta
Q979. In which city would you come across 'Deeksha Bhoomi', where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had embraced
Buddhism along with thousand of his Dalit followers on 14 October 1956 ?
(A) Bodh Gaya (Bihar) (B) Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh) (C) Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)
(D) Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Q980. Who authored ancient Sanskrit plays 'Malti Madhava', 'Mahavircharita' and 'Uttar Ramcharita' ?
(A) Kalidas (B) Bhavabhuti (C) Banabhatta (D) Vishakhadatta
Q981. 'Marasmus' and 'Kwashiorkor' diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ?
(A) Sodium (B) Protein (C) Iodine (D) Vitamin D
Q982. Which among the following is the largest Buddhist monastery in India ?
(A) Ghum monastery (West Bengal) (B) Rumtek monastery (Sikkim)
(C) Twang monastery (Arunachal Pradesh) (D) Kursha monastery (Jammu & Kashmir)
Q983. According to 2001 cencus, which state has the highest literacy rate ?
(A) Goa (B) Mizoram (C) Tripura (D) Kerala
Q984. 'Ace', 'Double fault', 'Smash', Second service', and 'Game point' terms are related with which sport ?
(A) Tennis (B) Squash (C) Table Tennis (D) Badminton
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Q985. Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the apex training institution for senior
members of the civil services in India, located ?
(A) Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) (B) Mount Abu (Rajasthan) (C) Darjeeling (West Bengal)
(D) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
Q986. Which among the following grassland region is also known as the "World's Breadbasket" ?
(A) Pampas of Argentina (B) Prairies of North America (C) Savannas of Africa
(D) Steppes of Russia
Q987. Which ancient Indian sage authored the 'Yog Darshan' ?
(A) Jaimini (B) Gautam (C) Kapil Muni (D) Patanjali
Q988. Which Asian city was formerly known as 'Batavia' ?
(A) Yangon (Myanmar) (B) Hanoi (Vietnam) (C) Jakarta (Indonesia) (D) Beijing (China)
Q989. Which seventh century Indian mathematician was the first in the world to treat 'zero' as a number and show its
mathematical operations ?
(A) Aryabhatta (B) Medhatithi (C) Brahmagupta (D) Bhaskaracharya
Q990. Which city houses the headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's 'Atoms for
Peace' organisation set up in 1957 within the United Nations family ?
(A) Tokyo (Japan) (B) Vienna (Austria) (C) Geneva (Switzerland) (D) New York (USA)
Q991. Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?
(A) Assam (B) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka
Q992. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Jai Prakash Narain (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Q993. Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on
an island in the Kaveri river ?
(A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh
Q994. 'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay
Q995. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which
river ?
(A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej
Q996. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?
(A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow
Q997. What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ?
(A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm (D) Isohyet
Q998. On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability
by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ?
(A) France (B) Israel (C) Russia (D) Germany
Q999. Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ?
(A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany
Q1000. Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ?
(A) Victoria (B) Queensland (C) Tasmania (D) New South Wales
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