1. French is spoken in one of the following Union Territories ofIndia:

Chandigarh

Lakshadweep

Andaman

Pondicherry


2. Which one of the following languages is not recognized by Constitution ofIndia?

Punjabi

Dogri

Marwari

Konkani

3. Panini is a famous

Sanskrit Grammarian

Sanskrit poet

Sanskrit novelist

None of the above

4. Rabindranath Tagore is the first Nobel laureate from India for his contribution to:

Physics

Literature

Social work

Peace

5. Which one of the following States does not have English as the official language?

Assam

Nagaland

Meghalaya

Mizoram

6. The order of words in a sentence in most Indian languages is that of

Subject, Verb, Object

Object, Subject, Verb

Verb, Subject, Object

Subject, Object, Verb

7. Out of the following pairs of languages one has been accorded classical language status. Which is it?

Malayalam Kodagu

Kannada Tulu

Tamil Telugu

Marathi Konkani

8. English has number of articles.

One

Four

Two

Three

9. Oficial language of Indian Union is

English

any State language

any language ofIndia

Hindi

10. Esperanto is the name of .

Programming Language

Artificial language

National language

Natural language

11. Telugu is genetically related to

Tamil

Sanskrit

Hindi

English

12. The majority of languages spoken in South India are also known as

Dravidian

Indo-Aryan

Tibeto-Burman

Munda

13. The Schedule of Indian Constitution concerned with languages is

A)VII

B)XI

C)VIII

D)X

14. is the major medium of education in India.

English

Hindi

Urdu

Mother tongue

15. Creativity is a unique feature of

Computer language

Animal communication system

Machine language

Human language

16. Which of the following statements is correct:

Speech is prior to writing

Writing is prior to writing

Writing and speech are simultaneous

Speech and writing do not co-occur

17. is the mother of the majority of scripts used in India.

Devanagari

Perso-Arabic

Brahmi

Roman

18. The origin of Urdu is in the

Western India

Eastern India

Outside India

Southern India

19. In Andhra Pradesh official communication is in

Only Telugu

Telugu and Hindi

Telugu and Dakkhini

Telugu and English

20. When we speak

Only the upper jaw moves

Both the lower and upper jaw move

Both lower and upper jaw don't move

Only the lower jaw moves

21. The recent movie taare zamiin par is based on

Communal issue

Political issue

Environmental issue

Linguistic issue

Read the following data from Congo Swahili carefully and answer the questions by choosing from
one of the options provided:

nina sema speak'
wuna sema 'you speak'
ana sema 'he speaks'
muna sema 'you speak'
wana sema 'they speak'
tuna sema 'we speak'
nina pika hit'
nina nupika hit you
(9)nina ku pika hit you
nina wapika hit them'
nitaka n11 pika will hit you'
ninaona see'

22. In Congo Swahili, the word for is

a serna

na serna

serna

unasema

23. If ninapika is hit' how would you say 'you

anapika

wunapika

numapika

none of the above

24. The translation of Congo Swahili sentence anaona into English would be

He sees

They see

I see

We see

25. If see' in Congo Swahili is ninaona, how would you say

nunaona

wunaona

tunaona

wanaona

26. In the sentence ninawapika stands for

A)I

B)hit

C)you

D)Them

27. How would you say 'you hit in Congo Swahili?

wunapika

ninapika

nunapika

anapika

28. What does ninanuona in Congo Swahili mean?

I see them

I see you

I see him

I see you

29. What is the word for in Congo Swahili?

upika

anupika

nanupika

pika

30. How would you say 'they hit in Congo Swahili?

ananipika

nianupika

wananipika

ananupika

31. like you to meet my husband.

All right

pleased to meet you

Hello

Welcome

32. Would you like to come to dinner next Friday?

afraid, I can't

Unfortunately not

Certainly not

Of course, not

33. Thank you very much for all your trouble.

No matter

Don't mention it

It's not worth it

OK

34. Could you tell me the way to the station, please?

Yes, I could

Yes

Yes, of course

Welcome

35. My name is Sue. How do you do?

How do you do?

fine, thank you

All right

Thank you

36. May I open the window?

rather you didn't

Not at all

No

If you like

37. Give my love to your grandma.

Yes, sure

Yes, I will. Thank you

Yes, please

Fine

38. I think you've taken my bag by mistake.

What a shame

Pardon

so sorry

Not at all

39. Happy New Year.

OK

The same to you

Yours too

Welcome

40. Lovely day today, isn't it?

Yes, it is

Yes, it's so

of course

Sure, it is

41. She looks pretty sick thiIik she go to a doctor.

should

can

should not

may

42. You've been driving all day -You be exhausted!

should

must

must not

may

43. You smoke so much. It's bad for your health.

can't

shouldn't

can

may not

44. Hey lost -you help me?

can

should

cannot

will

45. You have such a beautiful voice -You sing for us!

should

can

cannot

might

46. I know he speaks five languages, but he speak Arabic?

should

can

cannot

will

47. That looks very expensive. It have cost a fortune!

should

must

must not

will

48. I__believe that you failed your test!

can't

shouldn't

should

may not

49. on my way. I be there in about 10 minutes.

should

can

Shall not

must

50. sorry afford that.

can't

shouldn't

must not

shall not


51. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently?

Mars

Venus

Jupiter

Saturn

52. Which of the following countries is readmitted to the Commonwealth recently?

Nepal

Myanmar

Pakistan

None of these

53. What is the longest river of the world?

River Nile

Amazon

Ganga

Indus

54. Which two of these languages are not used as State Languages in any part ofIndia?

Sindhi and Sanskrit

Sindhi and English

Punjabi and Urdu

Tamil and Kashmiri

55. The song Jana Gana Mana is adopted as the national Anthem of India in the year:

1947

1949

1950

1951

56. 'Swaraj is my birth right': Who was the famous, Indian national leader who gave this slogan?

Ranade

Tilak

Nehru

Gandhi

57. Which one of the following is the least populated state in India?

Sikkim

Goa

Meghalaya

Arunachal Pradesh

58. is the tallest building in the world.

Burj Dubai

Taipei Financial Center

PetronasTowers

Sears Tower

59. The UNO was formed in the year

1945

1947

1914

1956

60. The place known as the Roof of the world is

Tibet

Nepal

Greenland

Siberia


61. The statue ofLiberty is located in

USA

India

Japan

France

62. is known as the land of thunder.

China

India

Bhutan

Russia

63. The famous Bull Seal ofIndus Valley Civilization is found at

Mohen Jo Dero

Harappa

Lothal

Hampi

64. Din-E-Illahi was a religion founded by emperor.

Akbar

Aurang Jeb

Shahjahan

Kemal Pasha

65. First ruler of Vijaynagar who captured Goa from the Bahmanides?

Harihara I

Harihara II

Bukka I

Devaraya II

66. International Women's Day is celebrated on

March 8

August 15

April22

July 4

67. the Prime Minister of Russia to visit India in March 2010.

Vladimir Putin

Boris Yeltsin"

Dmitry Medvedev

Viktor Chernomyrdin

68. What is the largest mammal in the world?

African Elephant

Indian Rhino

Tibetan Yalk

Bluewhale

69. Esperanto is

Naturallanguage

Artificiallanguage

Formallanguage

Machine language

70. DNA is the abbreviated version of

Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

Department for Nuclear Administration

Day and Night Activity

None of these

71. The biggest island of the world is

Greenland

Iceland

New Zealand

Australia

72. Australia is discovered by

Vasco Da Gama

James Cook

Columbus

Marcopolo

73. Egypt is famous for its

Pyramids

Mummies

The Great Wall

Hanging Gardens

74. The original name of butterfuly is

batter fly

flutter by

but or fly

flatter fly

75. The human body's largest organ is

thigh

stomach

skin

shoulder