1. 1. Which of the following is the winner of Miss Universe 2008 7. The vacancy in the office of the President must be filled within :
(A) Riyo Mori (A) 6 month
(B) Zhang Zilin (B) 9 month
(C) Dayana Mendoza (C) 12 month
(D) Simaran Kaur Mundi (D) 3 month
2. The President of India can nominate to the Rajya Sabha: 8. The drafting committee of the Indian Constitution was headed by:
(A) 6 members (A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(B) 9 members (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) 12 members (C) N. Gopalaswamy
(D) 15 members (D) Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. The first General elections under the Indian constitution were held 9. The Union Cabinet is responsible to :
in : (A) The Rajya Sabha only
(A) 1950 (B) The Lok Sabha only
(B) 1951 (C) The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha
(C) 1952 (D) The President of India
(D) 1953
4. The President of India is elected by: 10. Which of the following bodies has not been provided for by the
(A) Parliament Indian constitution ?
(B) State legislatures (A) Election Commission
(C) by the people directly (B) Planning Commission
(D) by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of the (C) Finance Commission
Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. (D) Union Public Service Commission
5. Which article of the Indian constitution empowers the President of 11. The number of Anglo-Indians who can be nominated by the
India to impose central rule on a state? President to the Lok Sabha is :
(A) Article 256 (A) 2
(B) Article 356 (B) 3
(C) Article 370 (C) 4
(D) Article 373 (D) 5
6. The time-gap between two sessions of parliament must not exceed 12. The sanctioned strength of the Judges of Supreme Court of India
(A) 3 months including the Chief Justice is :
(B) 6 months (A) 15
(C) 9 months (B) 17
(D) 12 months (C) 20
(D) 26
2. 13. Who was the first President of India to be elected unopposed?
(A) Dr. S. Radhakrishana 19. Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals with :
(B) N. Sanjiva Reddy (A) The Emergency Powers of the President
(C) V. V. Giri (B) The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (C) The power of the President to seek the advisory opinion of the
Supreme Court on any matter of public importance
14. The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is (D) Distribution of taxes between the Centre and the State
:
(A) 525 and 250 20. The Supreme commander of the Defence Forces of India is :
(B) 552 and 250 (A) The Defence Minister
(C) 535 and 275 (B) The Prime Minister
(D) 500 and 250 (C) The Chief of the Army Staff
(D) The President of India
15. If the Vice-president were to submit his resignation, he would
notify to : 21. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(A) The President of India (A) Kaveri
(B) The Prime Minister (B) Krishna
(C) The Chief Justic of India (C) Tapti
(D) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha (D) Godavari
16. What is the minimum strength of a State Legislative Assembly? 22. The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of :
(A) 40 (A) Assam
(B) 60 (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) 50 (C) Rajasthan
(D) 70 (D) West Bengal
17. India is the third developing country to host the 2010 23. How many major ports are there at present in India?
commonwealth Games. The other two are : (A) 8
(A) Malaysia and South Korea (B) 12
(B) Singapore and Jamaica (C) 15
(C) Jamaica & China (D) 14
(D) Malaysia & Jamaica
24. The earth revolves round the sun and its causes :
18. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by (A) Differences in longitude and time
the : (B) Changes of seasons
(A) Prime Minister of India (C) Deflection of winds and currents
(B) President of India (D) Formation of day and night
(C) Finance Minister
(D) Lok Sabha
3. 25. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in : (C) Indus
(A) Kilometres from the Equator (D) Mekong
(B) Angles from the Equator
(C) Angles from the Poles 32. Which country is called the `Sugar Bowl' of the world?
(D) None of the above (A) Cuba
(B) India
26. The earth is : (C) Nepal
(A) Spherical (D) Norway
(B) Elliptical
(C) Oblate Spheroid 33. Which of the following countries has the largest area in the
(D) Prolate Spheroid world?
(A) USA
27. Day and Night are equal at the : (B) Russia
(A) Equator (C) Canada
(B) Poles (D) China
(C) Prime Meridian
(D) Antarctic 34. The world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls is situated in :
(A) Venezuela
28. The heaviest planet revolving round the sun is : (B) USA
(A) Moon (C) Guyana
(B) Jupiter (D) Australia
(C) Neptune
(D) Pluto 35. The universe is composed of :
(A) Earth
29. The biggest Planet is : (B) Earth and the Sun
(A) Venus (C) Mat
(B) Mars (D) None
(C) Mercury
(D) Jupiter 36. The Temperate Grasslands of South America are called :
(A) Pampas
30. The International Date line passes through : (B) Steppes
(A) Exactly through 180° Longitude (C) Savanna
(B) Equator (D) Evergreen grasslands
(C) Approximately 180° east or west meridian
(D) 0° Meridian 37. Rial is the currency of :
(A) Romania
31. The largest river of Asia is: (B) Iran
(A) Yangtze (C) Japan
(B) Yenisei (D) Libya
4. 38. New Moore island is situated in the : (C) Kautilya
(A) Indian Ocean (D) Dhruv
(B) Bay of Bengal
(C) Arabian Sea 45. Which of the following is the oldest Veda?
(D) China Sea (A) Samaveda
(B) Rigveda
39. Which river in the world carries the maximum volume of water? (C) Yajurveda
(A) Amazon (D) Atharvaveda
(B) Nile
(C) Mississippi Missouri 46. Who among the following was called Light of Asia?
(D) Ganga (A) Mahavira
(B) Buddha
40. Which of the following rivers crosses the equator twice? (C) Akbar
(A) Amazon (D) Ashoka
(B) Nile
(C) Congo 47. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty?
(D) Orinoco (A) Srigupta
(B) Chandragupta II
41. The Indus Valley civilization is associated with : (C) Samudragupta
(A) Egyptians (D) Kumargupta
(B) Sumerians
(C) Chinese 48. The Upanishads are :
(D) Mesopotamians (A) A source of Hindu philosophy
(B) Books of Ancient Hindu laws
42. The Indus Valley Civilization was famous for : (C) Books on social behaviour of man
(A) Well planned cities (D) Prayers to God
(B) Efficient civic organisation
(C) Progress of art and architecture 49. The biggest mosque of India was built by :
(D) All the above (A) Aurangzeb
(B) Shahjahan
43. Who was mainly worshipped in the Rig Vedic Period? (C) Akbar
(A) Indra (D) Jahangir
(B) Vishnu
(C) Sun 50. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between :
(D) Trimurti (A) Sher Shah Suri and Akbar
(B) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodhi
44. Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient India? (C) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
(A) Panini (D) Babar and Ranasanga
(B) Manu
5. 51. The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the period of 57. The eight-fold path was propounded by :
Harshavardhana was : (A) Kabirdas
(A) Fa-hien (B) Buddha
(B) Hiuen Tsang (C) Shankaracharya
(C) Itsing (D) Mahavira
(D) Wang-sung
58. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India?
52. Who among the following belonged to the moderate group of the (A) Mauryas
Indian National Congress? (B) Indo-Greeks
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (C) Guptas
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal (D) Kushanas
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 59. `The Vedas contain all the truth' was interpreted by :
(A) Swami Vivekananda
53. Fa-hien came to India during the reign of : (B) Swami Dayananda
(A) Ashoka (C) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(B) Chandragupta II (D) None of the above
(C) Harsha
(D) Kanishka 60. Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the :
(A) Jains
54. Which of the following temples was built by the Cholas? (B) Buddhists
(A) Shore Temple, Mahabali-puram (C) Muslims
(B) Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur (D) Christians
(C) Sun Temple, Konark
(D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai 61. Which among the following is a folk dance of India?
(A) Manipuri
55. Which dynasty was well-known for excellent village (B) Garba
administration? (C) Kathakali
(A) Pandyas (D) Mohiniattam
(B) Pallavas
(C) Cholas 62. Kathak is the principal classical dance of :
(D) Chalukyas (A) South India
(B) Eastern India
56. The Ajanta Caves were built during the period of the : (C) Northern India
(A) Guptas (D) Western India
(B) Kushanas
(C) Mauryas 63. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh is :
(D) Chaulkyas (A) Kathakali
(B) Kuchipudi
6. (C) Odissi (C) Maharashtra
(D) Bharatanatyam (D) Bihar
64. The popular folk song of Uttar Pradesh is known as : 70. The Sangeet Natak Akademi fosters the development of dance,
(A) Maang drama and music in the country. When was it established ?
(B) Kajari (A) 1951
(C) Baul (B) 1953
(D) Boli (C) 1954
(D) 1956
65. The folk theatre of Bihar is calledÿ:
(A) Rammat 71. When was the Planning Commission set up to prepare a blue
(B) Nautanki print of development for the country?
(C) Bidesia (A) 1948
(D) Manch (B) 1949
(C) 1950
66. Which of the following classical dance originated in Tamil Nadu (D) 1951
?
(A) Kathakali 72. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission?
(B) Kathak (A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Bharatanatyam (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(D) Odissi (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
67. The oldest form of composition of the Hindustani vocal music is
: 73. The National Development Council was set up in :
(A) Ghazal (A) 1948
(B) Dhrupad (B) 1950
(C) Thumari (C) 1951
(D) None of the above (D) 1962
68. Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by : 74. The First Five-year plan covered the period :
(A) Malaika Arora (A) 1947-52
(B) Gopi Krishna (B) 1950-55
(C) Uday Shankar (C) 1951-56
(D) Yamini Krishnamurti (D) 1952-57
69. Tamasha is the famous folk form of musical theatre and belong 75. Removal of poverty was the fore-most objective of which of the
to : following five year plans?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (A) Third
(B) Punjab (B) Fourth
7. (C) Fifth
(D) Sixth 82. The Reserve Bank of India was established in :
(A) 1820
76. Planning Commission is : (B) 1920
(A) Advisory body (C) 1935
(B) Executive body (D) 1940
(C) Government body
(D) Autonomous body 83. The first Indian Bank was :
(A) Traders Bank
77. The Community Development Programme was launched in : (B) Imperial Bank
(A) 1950 (C) Presidency Bank of Calcutta
(B) 1952 (D) None
(C) 1956
(D) 1960 84. The rupee coin was first minted in India in :
(A) 1542
78. The highest body which approves the Five-Year Plan is the : (B) 1601
(A) Finance Ministry (C) 1809
(B) Lok Sabha (D) 1677
(C) Rajya Sabha
(D) National Development Council 85. The Export-Import (EXIM) Bank was set up in :
(A) 1980
79. Which of the following commodities earn maximum foreign (B) 1982
exchange for India? (C) 1981
(A) Jute (D) 1989
(B) Iron and Steel
(C) Tea 86. Which of the following is not a chemical action?
(D) Sugar (A) Burning of coal
(B) Conversion of water into steam
80. The one rupee note bears the signature of : (C) Digestion of food
(A) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (D) Burning of Paper
(B) Governor, Reserve Bank of India
(C) Finance Minister 87. The chemical name of vitamin C is :
(D) None of these (A) Citric acid
(B) Ascorbic acid
81. How many banks were nationalized in 1969? (C) Oxalic acid
(A) 16 (D) Nitric acid
(B) 14
(C) 15 88. Permanent harness of water is due to the presence of :
(D) 20 (A) Calcium bicarbonate
8. (B) Magnesium bicarbonate
(C) Calcium sulphate 95. When ice melts in a beaker of water, the level of water in the
(D) Sodium bicarbonate beaker will :
(A) Increase
89. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consist of : (B) Decrease
(A) Butane and propane (C) Remain the same
(B) Ethane and hexane (D) First increase and then decrease
(C) Ethane and nonane
(D) None of these 96. Which of the following does not admit any division?
(A) Atom
90. Which of the following is present in hard water : (B) Molecules
(A) Calcium (C) Compounds
(B) Aluminium (D) All
(C) Sodium
(D) Chlorine 97. What is the approximate velocity of sound in air :
(A) 3 m/s
91. Ecology deals with : (B) 30 m/s
(A) Birds (C) 300 m/s
(B) Cell formation (D) 3000 m/s
(C) Tissues
(D) Relation between organisms and their environment 98. Which of the following is not a primary colour :
(A) Blue
92. Meteorology is the science of : (B) Green
(A) Weather (C) Red
(B) Meteors (D) Black
(C) Metals
(D) Earthquakes 99. Sound travels fastest through :
(A) Vacuum
93. Entomology deals with : (B) Steel
(A) Plants (C) Water
(B) Animals (D) Air
(C) Insects
(D) Chemicals 100. Who is the present Governor of Bihar ?
(A) R.S.Gavai
94. Numismatics is the study of : (B) R.L.Bhatia
(A) Coins (C) Buta Singh
(B) Numbers (D) Syed Sibti Razi
(C) Stamps
(D) Space ANSWERS
