(Held on 12-4-2009)
1. The royal court of Alauddin was graced by the great poet—
(A) Firdausi
(B) Omar Khaiyyam
(C) Amir Khusro
(D) Ibn Batuta
Ans : (C)
2. Match the facts of List-I with List-II and then answer which choice is correct ?
List-I
(a) Sri Chaitanya
(b) Nanak
(c) Tukaram
(d) Shankaracharya
List-II1. Malabar
2. Maharashtra
3. Punjab
4. Bengal
Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 2 4
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
Ans : (C)
3. The name of India’s first aircraft carrier is—
(A) INS Vikrant
(B) INS Nilgiri
(C) INS Kukri
(D) INS Himgiri
Ans : (A)
4. Which of the following is associated with the manufacture of guided missiles ?
(A) Bharat Earth Movers Limited
(B) Bharat Dynamics Limited
(C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(D) Bharat Electronics Limited
Ans : (B)
5. National Highway No. 3 runs from—
(A) Delhi to Chennai
(B) Amritsar to Kolkata
(C) Delhi to Ahmedabad
(D) Agra to Mumbai
Ans : (D)
6. The first nuclear test was conducted in India in the year—
(A) 1973
(B) 1974
(C) 1975
(D) 1976
Ans : (B)
7. Which State grows nearly 30 per cent of world opium ?
(A) M. P.
(B) West Bengal
(C) Gujarat
(D) Bihar
Ans : (A)
8. A list of national languages can be traced in the……of the Indian Constitution.
(A) Fifth Schedule
(B) Sixth Schedule
(C) Seventh Schedule
(D) Eighth Schedule
Ans : (D)
9. Which one of the following provides constitutional guarantee of personal freedom ?
(A) Mandamus
(B) Certiorari
(C) Habeas Corpus
(D) Quo Warranto
Ans : (C)
10. Which one of these countries is not in Scandinavia ?
(A) Denmark
(B) Luxembourg
(C) Norway
(D) Sweden
Ans : (B)
11. What is the official language of the Argentina ?
(A) Portuguese
(B) Spanish
(C) Italian
(D) German
Ans : (B)
12. Falkland Islands are in—
(A) Antarctica
(B) North Atlantic
(C) South Atlantic
(D) Pacific
Ans : (C)
13. The French Revolution gave its modern meaning to the term—
(A) Nation
(B) Sovereignty
(C) Republic
(D) Capitalism
Ans : (C)
14. The Iran-Iraq war started for exclusive possession of—
(A) Iranian oil refineries
(B) The whole of Western Iran
(C) The territory already captured by Iran from Jordan and Iraq both
(D) Shatt-al-Arab region
Ans : (D)
15. ‘Dirham’ is the currency of—
(A) Malta
(B) Iran
(C) Morocco
(D) Libya
Ans : (C)
16. OPEC stands for—
(A) Oil Producing European Countries
(B) Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(C) Oil and Petroleum Exploring Countries
(D) Organisation of Pacific Exploring Countries
Ans : (B)
17. A light-year is a unit of—
(A) Time
(B) Distance
(C) Velocity
(D) Energy
Ans : (B)
18. The main masses of land above sea level are called—
(A) Continent
(B) Islands
(C) Nations
(D) Countries
Ans : (B)
19. The Mineral resource which has made Middle East of vital importance to the world today is—
(A) Coal
(B) Tin
(C) Oil
(D) Silver
Ans : (C)
20. Which one of the following matches with ‘Khetri, Jharia, Kudermukh, Kolar respectively ?
(A) Copper, coal, iron, gold
(B) Coal, bauxite, iron, gold
(C) Iron, copper, coal, gold
(D) Bauxite, coal, iron, gold
Ans : (A)
21. The Alpine races mostly live in the Indian States of—
(A) Rajasthan and Punjab
(B) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(C) Karnataka and Maharashtra
(D) Gujarat and West Bengal
Ans : (D)
22. Which of the following factors influence the climate of India ?
(A) Long Coastal Area
(B) Nearness to Equator
(C) The Himalayas
(D) The Relief of Our Land
Ans : (C)
23. What is the distance of running in a marathon race ?
(A) 26 miles 385 yards
(B) 26 miles 405 yards
(C) 26 miles 180 yards
(D) 26 miles
Ans : (A)
24. ‘Prince of Wales Cup’ is associated with the game of—
(A) Polo
(B) Basketball
(C) Golf
(D) Volleyball
Ans : (C)
25. ‘Queensberry Rules’ is the name given to the rules in—
(A) Hockey
(B) Cricket
(C) Tennis
(D) Boxing
Ans : (D)
26. Who was the first recipient of Nehru Award for International Understanding ?
(A) Martin Luther King
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) U. Thant
(D) Dr. Jonas Salk
Ans : (C)
27. Which of the following Indians was awarded ‘Legion D Award’, the highest civilian award of France ?
(A) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(B) Satyajit Ray
(C) Pt. Jawaharlal Nerhu
(D) Indira Gandhi
Ans : (B)
28. C. Funk’s name has been associated with the research of which of the following ?
(A) Vitamins
(B) Proteins
(C) Minerals
(D) Carbohydrates
Ans : (A)
29. Who defined democracy as a “Government of the people, by the people and for the people” ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Ruskin
(C) Aristotle
(D) Abraham Lincoln
Ans : (D)
30. Who said, “Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the world” ?
(A) Archimedes
(B) Galileo
(C) Edison
(D) Newton
Ans : (A)
31. Ben Hur, the world famous epic, is written by—
(A) John Milton
(B) George Orwell
(C) Lewis Wallace
(D) Leo Tolstoy
Ans : (C)
32. Poliomyelitis is spread by—
(A) Mosquito
(B) Virus
(C) Water
(D) Adulterated Food
Ans : (B)
33. A person in normal health requires per day—
(A) 1000–1800 calories
(B) 2500–3000 calories
(C) 3000–4000 calories
(D) 4000–5000 calories
Ans : (B)
34. The fourth estate is—
(A) Press
(B) Property
(C) Metals
(D) Tax
Ans : (A)
35. ‘Hertz’ is a unit of—
(A) Velocity
(B) Wavelength
(C) Frequency of Sound Waves
(D) Magnetic field
Ans : (C)
36. A ‘bear’ on the Stock Exchange is a speculator—
(A) Who sells shares which he does not possess
(B) Who applies for new issues of shares in the hope that the price will go up
(C) Whose holdings of the shares in a company is so large that selling them could affect the market price
(D) Who buys shares in the hope that price will go up
Ans : (A)
37. The function of DNA in the body is—
(A) to help in the synthesis of proteins
(B) to control the heredity
(C) to assist in the release of energy
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)
38. Which of the following is called a ‘red planet’ ?
(A) Pluto
(B) Venus
(C) Jupiter
(D) Mars
Ans : (D)
39. In a human body, the basic building blocks are—
(A) Muscles
(B) Cells
(C) Bones
(D) Nerves
Ans : (B)
40. Which feature film was screened in the UN in Nov. 2006 ?
(A) Lage Raho Munna Bhai
(B) Rang De Basanti
(C) Black
(D) The Kabul Express
Ans : (A)
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