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1. Who said “Remember that time is money”:
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Mahathma Gandhi
(d) Winston Churchill
Ans : b

2. Sea of Galilee is a ……in Israel:
(a) Mountain (b) Lake
(c) river (d) Dam
Ans : b 

3. Tulu is a ….. language:
(a) Indo-Aryan (b) Dravidian
(c) Sino-Tibetan (d) Austric
Ans : b 

4. The city which is known as ‘Big Apple’?
(a) New York (b) Paris
(c) London (d) Moscow
Ans : a

5. The element with atomic number 100:
(a) Einsteinium (b) Germanium
(c) Fermium (d) Rutherfordium
Ans : c

6. Which bank was formerly known as ‘Imperial Bank of India’?
(a) State Bank of Travancore
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Bank of Baroda (d) Canara Bank
Ans : b

7. Chandranagar, a former European colony was added to the State of …….in 1954
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) West Bengal
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Orissa
Ans : b

8. The author who was called ‘the last of the Victorians’:
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) William Shakespeare
(c) Bernard Shaw (d) Thomas Moore
Ans : a

9. Onomotology is the study of:
(a) Birds (b) Molluscs
(c) Names (d) languages
Ans : c

10. To which religion the term ‘Akal Takht’ is associated?
(a) Hinduism (b) Jainism
(c) Buddhism (d) Sikh religion

Ans : d

11. The venue of first National Games held in 1985:
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi (d) Imphal
Ans : c 

12. The first American President to live in White House:
(a) George Washington
(b) Abraham Lincoln(c) John Adams
(d) Thomas Jefferson
Ans : c

13. The number of Gospels in New Testament:
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 3
Ans : a

14. David Ben Gurion was the first Prime Minister of:
(a) France (b) Syria
(c) Poland (d) Israel
Ans : d

15. The most abundant fruit in India:
(a) Jack fruit (b) Mango
(c) Guava (d) Apple
Ans : b

16. The character in Greek mythology whose touch turned everything into gold:
(a) Apollo (b) Zeus
(c) Midas (d) Jupiter
Ans : c

17. The deity of Badrinath:
(a) Shiva (b) Srikrishna
(c) Mahavishnu (d) Brahma
Ans : c

18. The normal temperature of human body in Kelvin Scale:
(a) 300 (b) 310
(c) 320 (d) 400
Ans : b

19. The hormone produced in the body while frightening:
(a) Adrenalin (b) Ptyalin
(c) Oestrogen (d) Insulin
Ans : a

20. The architect of Victoria Memorial:
(a) William Emerson (b) Edwin Lutyens
(c) Herbert Baker (d) Le Courbusier
Ans : a

21. The maximum number of nominated members in Indian Parliament:
(a) 12 (b) 14
(c) 9 (d) 15
Ans : b

22. Nelson Mandela was released from jail:
(a) 1990 (b) 1991
(c) 1992 (d) 1993
Ans : a

23. The number of schedules in the Constitution of India when it was brought into force in 1950:
(a) 12 (b) 10
(c) 8 (d) 6
Ans : c

24. Who discovered benzene?
(a) Michael Faraday (b) Marconi
(c) Edison (d) Alexander Flemming

Ans : a

25. Gandhiji spent 2089 days in Indian prisons. Where was his last confinement?
(a) Aga Khan Palace, Pune
(b) Yervada jail
(c) Thihar jail (d) None of these
Ans : a

26. The oldest and most widely used spice in the world:
(a) Cardomamom (b) Black Pepper
(c) Saffron (d) None of these
Ans : b

27. Subash Chandra Bose established provisional government of Free India on October 21, 1943 at:
(a) Tokyo (b) Rangoon
(c) Taipei (d) Singapore
Ans : d

28. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology is the first agricultural university in India. It is in
the state of:
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Haryana
Ans : a

29. When the Indian National Congress was split in 1969, who led the pro-Indira Gandhi faction?
(a) C.Subramanyam(b) Nijalingappa
(c) Rajendra Prasad(d) V.V.Giri
Ans : b

30. In India ballot paper was used for the first time in the …. elections
(a) 1952 (b) 1957
(c) 1962 (d) 1967
Ans : c

31. Which country is ‘the Britain of the East’?
(a) New Zealand (b) Japan
(c) Sweden (d) Srilanka
Ans : b

32. Who was normally the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
(a) Deputy Prime Minister
(b) Finance Minister (c) Prime Minister
(d) Minister of state for Planning
Ans : c

33. Which element is also known as ‘Wolfram’?
(a) Tungsten (b) Gold
(c) Silicon (d) Aluminium
Ans : a

34. In 1938, the National Planning Committee was set up under the chairmanship of:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Subash Chandra Bose
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Pattabhi Seetharamayya
Ans : a

35. In India, Community Development Project was started in:
(a) October 2, 1952 (b) August 15, 1952
(c) January 1, 1952 (d) April 1, 1952
Ans : a

36. Crimea is an autonomous republic within:
(a) Russia (b) Ukraine
(c) Mongolia (d) Uzbekistan
Ans : b

37. The study of Law Making:
(a) Metrology (b) Legislation
(c) Nomology (d) None of these
Ans : c

38. Whose birthday is observed as Panchayat Day?
(a) Balwant Rai Mehta (b) Lord Rippon
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Ashok Mehta
Ans : a

39. The viceroy of India during the partition of Bengal:
(a) Dufferin (b) Curzon
(c) Hardinge (d) Chelmsford
Ans : b

40. Bangra is the dance form of:
(a) Punjab (b) Asom
(c) Bihar (d) West Bengal
Ans : a

41. Who was the Prime Minister of India when Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana(PMRY) was started?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Narasimha Rao (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans : c

42. Beaufort scale is used to measure:
(a) Speed of sound
(b) Intensity of earth quake
(c) Speed of Wind (d) Temperature
Ans : c

43. What is known as ‘the alternative Nobel Prize’:
(a) Magsaysay Awd.
(b) Oscar Award
(c) Right Livelihood Awd.
(d) Lasker Award
Ans : c

44. The Governor General who introduced the idea of ‘Little Republics’ related to village administration?
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Charles Metcaf
(c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Canning
Ans : b

45. ‘Cervantes’ is a writer in …….language:
(a) German (b) Russian
(c) Greek (d) Spanish
Ans : d

46. The National Institute of Visually Handicapped is situated at:
(a) New Delhi (b) Dehra Dun
(c) Kolkatta (d) Chennai
Ans : b

47. Which Indian state has the largest number of Loksabha seats?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar
(c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
Ans : a

48. The film ‘The Great Dictactor’ by Charlie Chaplin was based on the life of :
(a) Benito Mussolini (b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Adolf Hitler (d) General Franco
Ans : c
49 . The full form of ‘http’:
(a) Hyper text transfer protocol
(b) Hyper text transfer procedure
(c) Hyper text transport protocol
(d) Hyper text transfer programmed
Ans : a

50. The Oscar statue was designed by:
(a) Cedric Gibbons
(b) Catherine Hepburn (c) John Ford
(d) Emil Jennings
Ans : a

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