1. Who said that “Oh! Disrespectable democracy! I love you!”? a) G.B.Shaw b) Carpenter c) Lord Bryce d) Appa Dorai 2. The adoptation of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in a) 1968 b) 1967 c) 1966 d) 1965 3. ‘Brown Revolution’ is a) growth of fodder industry b) growth of sea products c) growth of milk and milk products d) growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India 4. The total value of goods and services produced in a country during a given period is a) Disposable income b) National income c) Per Capita Income d) Net national income 5. Mechanization of Indian agriculture on a considerable scale is not possible due to a) small holdings b) lack of tractors c) poverty of peasants d) indifference of the people 6. Which one of the following is NOT a function of the central bank in an economy? a) Dealing with foreign exchange b) Controlling monetary policy c) Controlling government spending d) Acting as banker’s bank 7. The three-tier Panchayat Raj System in India was proposed by the a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee b) Ashok Mehta Committee c) Royal Commission d) None of the above 8. Under which Article of the Constitution is the President’s Rule introduced in a state due to the failure of the constitutional machinary? a) 352 b) 356 c) 360 d) 350 9. Through which principle/device did Mahatma Gandhi strive to bridge economic inequlaities? a) Abolition of Machinary b) Establishment of village industries c) Adoptation of non-violence d) Trusteeship theory 10. Arthasastra was written by a) Dhanananda b) Kautilya c) Bimbisara d) Pushyamitra 11. Who translated Ramayana into Parsian? a) Abul Fazl b) Badauni c) Abdul Latif d) Isar Das 12. Which one of the following was the first English ship that came to India? a) Elizabeth b) Bengal c) Red Dragon d) Mayflower 13. The member-states of the U.N.O. have delegated the primary responsibility for maintaining world peace and security to the a) General Assembly b) Economic and Social Council (EcoSoc) c) Security Council d) International Court of Justice 14. Which one of the following was the last Buddhist text produced in India? a) Divya Vandanam b) Dohakosa c) Vajrachedika d) Vamsathapakasini 15. The approximate circumference of the Earth is a) 13,000 km b) 20,000 km c) 25,000 km d ) 30,000 km 16. When did India join the International Tsunami Warning System? a) 2004 b) 2005 c ) 2006 d) 2007 17. ‘Cod’ is a variety of a) Goat b) Fish c) Crop d) Coral 18. The All India Muslim League was founded by a) Malauna Ahmed Ali b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah c) Agha Khan d) Hakim Ajmal Khan 19. Golden Revolution refers to a) Sericulture b) Horiculture c) Apiculture d) Viticulture 20. Which one of the following is a major port on East Coast of India? a) Kandla b) Vishakhapatnam c) Karikal d) Pondicheery 21. The total number of bones in our body is a) 226 b) 206 c) 256 d) 236 22. The poison of honey bee is a) Acidic b) Alkaline c) Saltish d) Protien 23. Birds which swim in water have a) webbed feet b) broad wings c) long beaks d) toes with claws 24. A large number of identical plants can be obtained in a short span of time through a) large number of seeds of a single plant b) stem cuttings c) tissue culture technique d) hydroponics method 25. The smallest flowering plant is a) Wolffia b) Lemma c) Azolla d) Ficus 26. Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterised by abnormal increase of the a) Red blood cells b) White blood cells c) Blood paltelets d) Blood plasma 27. The sound produced by a bat a) audible b) subsonic c) infrasonic d) ultrasonic 28. When a bar magnet is cut into two halves, the pole strength of each piece a) becomes double b) becomes half c) becomes zero d) remains the same 29. Cooking oil is converted intovegetable ghee by the process of a) Crystallisation b) Condensation c) Hydrogenation d) Scrubland 30. A balloon filled with helium rises in air because a) air exerts an upward force on the balloon b) the balloon is weightless c) helium is less dense than air d) helium pushes down on the air below the balloon 31. One can distinguish a telescope from a microscope by observing a) length b) colour c) size of the lens d) length and size of the lens 32. National Environmental Engineering Reasearch Institute is located at a) Pune b) Delhi c) Nagpur d) Chennai 33. Rusting of iron requires a) oxygen and cabon dioxide b) oxygen and water c) cabon dioxide only d) oxygen only 34. Glass is a a) pure solid b) supercooled liquid c) gel d) polymer 35. Uranium eventually decays into a stable isotope of a) Radium b) Thorium c) Lead d) Pollonium 36. Which of the toxic heavy metals is found in modern tannery industries? a) Nickel b) Zinc c) Chromium d) Lead 37. Which of the following contains high content of lead? a) Coal b) Cooking gas c) High octane fuel d) low octane fuel 38. Electrostaic precipitator is used to control a) Air pollution b) Water pollution c) Solid waste d) Noise pollution 39. Kucipudi is a dance-drama associated with the State of a) Assam b) Andhra Pradesh c) Orissa d) manipur 40. X-rays were discovered by a) Faraday b) Roentgen c) H.Davy d) Lavoisier 41. Who among the following is NOT a recipient of Dadashaeb Phalke Award? a) V. Shantaram b) Raj Kapoor c) Mukesh Bhatt d) Lata Mangeshkar 42. A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called a) Televirtuality b) Virtual reality c) Alternate reality d) 3-D reality 43. A parallel port is most often used by a a) Printer b) Monitor c) Mouse d) External storage device 44. The secret operation carried out successfully by the US Navy Seals, in which Osma Bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terriorist was killed, was codenamed as a) Jasmine b) Rose c) Geronimo d) Cobra 45. As per the latest ‘Sample Registeration Survey Report’ released some time back by the Census Office at New Delhi, there has been a siginificant improvement in the ‘Infant Mortality Rate’ per 1000 live births in India during the period 1999-2009. What has been the percentage change during this period? a) 15% b) 29% c) 35% d) 42% 46. Premlata Agarwal has become the oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest at the age of 45. She belongs to the state of a) Jharkhand b) Uttar Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Bihar 47. The book ‘Great Soul : Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India’ was in news some time back and was banned in some Indian States inclusding Gujarat. The author of the book is a) Joseph Lelyveld b) Michael Ondaatje c) Jack Welch d) Duncan Green 48. Who got the ‘Purple Cap’ for taking maximum number of wickets in IPL-4 series? a) Harbhajan Singh b) Lasith Malinga c) Daniel Vettori d) Albie Morkel 49. At which place did the Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee lay the foundation stone for a new banknote paper mill some time back? a) Surat b) Aurangabad c) Mysore d) Guntur 50. The governement set up a committee headed by the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes some time back to go into a) modification of tax laws b) the entire structure of tax laws including the question of imposition of bank tax c) the concerns of the foreign investors in India with regard to taxation matters d) aspects of generation of black money, its transfer abroad and bringing back such money into India’s legitimate financial system
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