GENERAL AWARENESS: (8 tests)

1.Connect the following Manhattan, Apollo, Hedwig, Cartman, Guinness.

Greek Gods Red Hat Linux Versions
Record Books Famous Scientists

2. Who coined the term Pakistan while he was at Cambridge?

Choudhary Rahmat Ali Zia Ul Haq
Mehboob Khan Maqboor Khan

3. What term was coined by Don Hoeffler in a 1971 article published in the magazine
"Electronic News"?
World Wide Web Internet
Silicon Valley Mobile

4. Which breed of dog is named because its ears resemble the wings of a butterfly?
Papillon Doberman
Zololo Pamerian

5. The Greeks have the longest, Japan the shortest, and Saudi Arabia none at all. What?
National animal National Anthem
River Mountains

6. Sampuran Singh is better known to Hindi movie watchers by the pen-name that he
adopted. What was the pen-name?
Dara Singh Dharmendra
Asrani Gulzar

7. What is the lowest string in violin called?

A-String G-String
F-Sting S-String

8.Two US scientists Herb Faber and Dan O' Connor devised an insulating material as a
substitute for mica, and formed a company to commercially sell the product. Their
company was taken over by Cyanamid. The trade name used by the scientists is protected
by law, however it is used as a generic name for any product in this class. What is the
trade name?
Plastic ForMica
Polystrene Teflon

9. Which is the largest cigarettes company in the world?

Phillip Morris BAT
ITC Virgin

10. Which magazine's logo is Pegasus, the winged horse and claims to be the "The
world's largest circulation magazine"?
People Readers Digest
Fortune Time

Correct Answers
1 Red Hat Linux
2 Choudhary Rahmat Ali
3 Silicon Valley
4 Papillon
5 National Anthem
6 Gulzar
7 G-String
8 ForMica
9 Phillip Morris
10 Readers Digest

1.Who was the pioneer of the ‘Bhoodan’ movement?

Thakkar Bapa D.K.Karve
Vinoba Bhave Jayprakash Narayan

2. In which language did Buddha preach his followers?

Hindi Sanskrit
Prakrit Magdhi

3. Which one of the following Indian states is not bisected by the Tropic of Cancer?
Orissa Gujarat
Rajasthan West Bengal

4. Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award?

G.Shankar Kurup Ravindra Nath Taigor
Uma Shankar Jo Premchand

5. Who signed the peace agreement ‘Shimla pact’?

Indira Gandhi- Zia Ul Haq Indira Gandhi – Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto
Indira Gandhi – Benazir Bhutto Rajeev Gandhi - Benazir
Bhutto

6. On the bank of which river did Alexander and Porus fight?

Beas Jhelum
Ganga Sindh

7. Which of the following has been India’s highest foreign exchange earning crop?
Cotton Jute
Coffee Silk
8.Who was the first recipient of ‘Bharat Ratna’?
M. Vishveshwaraya C.Rajgopalachari
Jawaher lal Nehru Gandhi

9. In which city is the ‘August Kranti Maidan’ situated?

Kolkata Delhi
Chennai Mumbai

10. Who was the most learned scholar of Taxila who wrote the grammar of the Sanskrit
language?
Chankya Valmiki
Varahmihir Panini

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Q.No Result Correct Answers

1 Vinoba Bhave
2 Prakrit
3 Orissa
4 G Shankar Kurup
5 indira Gandhi-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
6 Jhelum
7 Jute
8 C.Rajgopalachari
9 Mumbai
10 Panini

1. In which country Vengaboys based?

USA Netherlands
UK Germany

2. In which year India was granted the test status?

1920 1926
1930 1932

3. In which language were the Vedas composed?

Pali Prakrit
Sanskrit Hindi
4. Which state is known as the ‘granary of India’?
UP Haryana
Punjab Maharashtra

5. When was the project tiger launched?

1970 1973
1975 1980

6. Which international game originated in Pune?

Chess Cricket
Polo Badminton

7. Which country is the originator of chess?

Russia India
U.K Czech Republic

8.What was the original name of Gautam Buddha?

Vardhaman Siddharth
Devdutta Rahul

9. Which is the home of Asiatic lion?

Corbett National Park Kanha National park
Dudhawa National Park Gir National Park

10. When was the National Anthem sung first?

1911 1929
1947 1950

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Detailed Analysis
Q.No Result Correct Answers
1 Netherlands
2 1926
3 Sanskrit
4 punjab
5 1973
6 Badminton
7 India
8 Siddharth
9 Gir Natoional Park
10 1911
1. Which river originates from the Mansarover Lake?
The Ganga The Yamuna
The Brahmaputra The Indus

2. How many spokes are there in the ‘Chakra’ of our national flag?
12 16
24 30

3. In which state of India is the Himalayan Peak Kanchenjunga situated?

Sikkim Assam
Himachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh

4. Who is the author of "Half a Life"?

Harold Laski V.S. Naipaul
Shakespeare Karan Singh

5. Who played the Character James Bond first?

David Niven Sean Connery
George Lazemby Roger Moore

6. Which was the most importunate structure found at Mohenjo Daro ?

Great bath Tower
Palace Temple

7. How far in to the sea do the territorial waters of India extend?

6 nautical miles 10 nautical miles
12 nautical miles 15 nautical miles

8.Between which cities does the Himsagar Express run?

Shri Nagar to New Delhi Jammu Tawi to
Kanyakumari
Jammu to Mumbai Jammu to New Delhi

9. Which is considered to be the oldest form of classical dance?

Odissi Kathakali
Kathak Mohiniattam

10. On which west flowing river is the Jog falls located?

The Saravati river The Krishna
The Kaveri The Narmada

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Q.No Result Correct Answers
1 The Brahmputra
2 24
3 Sikkim
4 V.S.Naipaul
5 David Niven
6 Great Bath
7 12 nauticle Miles
8 JammuTawi To Kanyakumari
9 odissi
10 The Sarvati River

1. Which is the largest flower of the world ?

Rafflesia Zinnia
poinsettia magnolia

2. Who wrote the book " Songs of Distant Earth " ?

Arthur C Clark Ray
Bradbury
Karl Sagan Issac Asimov

3. What does the Greek word " Heureka" mean ?

Eureka Alas!
Heavens! Oh no!

4. During World War II , who was Nazi Germany's " Reichsfuehrer " ?
Hermann Goering Adolf
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler Joes
Goebbels

5. Name the author of " The Great Indian Novel " ?

Shashi Tharoor Vikram Seth
Amitav Ghosh Raja Rao

6. Which Peshwa First encouraged the Marathas to expand northwards at the expenses of
the
Mughal Empire ?
Baji Rao I Balaji
Vishwanath
Madhav Rao Balaji Baji
Rao
7. What is the " String Theory " also known as ?
Theory of Linear Causality Theory of
Everything
Theory of Spiraling Causality Theory of
Nothing

8. Who directed the film " Roshomon " ?

Satyajit Ray Sergei
Eisenstein
Akira Kurosawa Adoor
Gopalkrishna

9. Which Roman Caesar made his horse joint Consul and Co-Ruler along with himself ?
Claudius Caligula
Nero Theodosius

10. What was the Calcutta based daily " The Statement " called earlier ?
The Englishman The Imperial
Herald
The Bengal Gazette The
Metropolitan

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Detailed Analysis
Q.No Result Correct Answers
1 Rafflesia
2 Arthur C. Clark
3 Eureka
4 Heinrich Himmler
5 Shashi Tharoor
6 Baji Rao I
7 Theory of Everything
8 Akira Kurosava
9 Caligula
10 The Englishman

1. Article 343 of the constitution provides that

To move the supreme court for enforcement of fundamental rights
The official language of the union shall be in the Devanagari script
The president is the supreme commander of the armed forces
The parliament has the power to increase the number of judges of the high court

2. When was the FM stereo radio launched by AIR ?

1984 1988
1980 None of these

3. The greatest producer of Apples in the world is

England India
Russia France

4. To remove a judge of the Supreme Court from office there should be

a notice of one month given
a unanimous decision taken by the president and the prime-minister
at least one charge leveled against him
a two third majority agreement in the parliament

5. The Report that probed the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots was named
Justice Srikrishna Report Justice Sriram Report
Justice Khusro Report None of these

6. What is " Jini " ?

A computer programme A networking technology
A computer language None of these

7. How many languages are officially recognised by the Indian Constitution ?

18 19
17 20

8. The black hole is the final stage of a star whose mass is

equal to the mass of Sun
less than the mass of Sun
more than five times the mass of the Sun
None of these

9. The first country to have a motorway was

France Germany
England. Japan

10. How many Schedules does the Indian Constitution have ?

10 11
12 13

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Q.No Result Correct Answers
1 The official language of the Union shall be in devnagari script
2 1988
3 Russia
4 two-third majority agreement in the parliament
5 Justice Srikrishna Report
6 Networking technology
7 18
8 more than five times the mass of the Sun
9 Germany
10 12

1. Who was the only woman in Nehru's kitchen cabinet in 1947?

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Sarojini
Naidu
Krishna Hatheesingh Vijayalaxmi
Pandit

2. What was the technical term used for the 'Star Wars' project?
Stellar Defense Project Stellar
Defense Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative Strategic
Missile Shield

3. Who wrote the novel Rebecca?

Alexander Dumas Honore de
Balzac
Jean-Paul Sartre Daphne du
Maurier

4. Where is the Indian Police Academy located ?

Guntur Hyderabad
Khadakwasla Shimla

5. Who ruled the Magadhan Empire as a tribute-paying feudatory of the Huns under
Mihirgula?
Samudra Gupta Shri Gupta
Skanda Gupta Vainya Gupta

6. Which Maratha chieftain accompanied Sadashiv Rao Bhau to the 3rd Battle of Panipat
and
 survived to establish a separate dynasty of his own?
Daulat Rao Sindhia Mahadji
Sindhia
Fateh Singh Gaekwad Yashwant
Rao Holkar

7. When did the saying 'to be a quisling' come into being?

World War II World War I
the Zulu Wars the Boer War

8. Who is the present Chairperson of the Reserve Bank of India?

C. D. Rangarajan Jagdish
Bhagwati
Bimal Jalan N. K. Singh

9. Which world leader was known as the 'Iron Chancellor'?

Prince Otto von Bismarck Sir Winston
Churchill
Helmut Kohl Konrad
Adenauer

10. Name the capital of Chatrapati Shivaji's kingdom.

Zanjira Satara
Singhgad Raigarh

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Q.No Result Correct Answers

1 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
2 Strategic Defense Initiative
3 Daphne du Maurier
4 Hyderabad
5 Vainya Gupta
6 Mahadji Sindhia
7 World War II
8 Bimal Jalan
9 Otto von Bismarck
10 Raigarh

1.To be recognized as a national party, a political party must be a recognized party in

atleast -?
Three states Four states
Five states Six states

2.Citizens of which one of the following Caribbean Islands enjoy all US rights except
voting rights?
Bahamas Bermudas
Jamaica Puerto Rico

3.Hieroglyphics were developed by the -?

Indians Mayans

Chinese Chola, Pandya, Chera

4.The electorate system for president in India is based on-?

Adult franchise Separate Electorate
Indirect election system Multi-Vote system

5.The member of the NAFTA includes -?

USA, Canada, Mexico USA, Canada, UK
USA, UK, Russia USA, UK, Mexico

6.Cash crops of India includes-?

Paddy and jawar Maize, Jawar and Paddy
Cotton and Sugarcane Ground nut and Cotton

7.Who was the founder of first Sufi order in India?

Khwaja Qutub - Ud – din Bakhtiar Kaki Shaikh Nizam ud din Auliya
Khwaja Muinud-din Chisti Shaikh Nasir Ud-din Mahmud

8.Who was the pioneer of the ‘Panchayati Raj’ for introducing local self-government in
British India?
Warren Hastings Lord William Bentinck
Lord Canning Lord Ripon

9.The traveler from the west who visited the Bahmani Kingdom in 1417 was?
Marco Polo Nicolo Conti
Vasco de Gama Ibn Batuta

10.Who categorized blood in to four groups-?

Robert Brown Karl Landsteiner
Louis Pasture Robert Hook

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.No Result Correct Answers
1 Four states
2 Puerto Rico
3 Egyptians
4 Indirect election system
5 USA, Canada, Mexico
6 Cotton and Sugarcane
7 Khwaja Qutub - Ud – din Bakhtiar Kaki
8 Lord Ripon
9 Nicolo Conti
10 Karl Landsteiner