1. Which of the following countries is a land locked country in south America?

a. Ecuador

b. Peru

c. Uruguay

d. Bolivia


2. Canary Islands belongs to

a. Norway

b. Spain

c. New Zealand

d. Portugal


3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

a. Mercury

b. Venus

c. Saturn

d. Neptune


4. Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?

a. Pluto

b. Jupiter

c. Venus

d. Mercury


5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly

a. 101 km

b. 111 km

c. 121 km

d. 125 km


6. The earliest known Indian script is

a. Mori

b. Devanagari

c. Brahmi

d. Kharosti


7. How many times the preamble was amended

a. once

b. twice

c. thrice

d. four times


8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment

a. 40th

b. 42nd

c. 44th

d. 49th


9. The state with the lowest population in India is

a. Goa

b. Tripura

c. Mizoram

d. Sikkim


10. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three
times so far?

a. Medame Curie

b. Linus Pauling

c. Alexender Flemming

d. International Committee of the Redcross


11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every... year

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6


12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?

a. 1st plan

b. 2nd plan

c. 3rd plan

d. 4th plan


13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?

a. Akbar

b. Babar

c. Sikinder Lodi

d. Mubarak Shah Sayyad


14. The first tide generated electricity project was established at

a. Vizhinjam, Kerala

b. Mangalore, Karnataka

c. Paradeep, Orissa

d. Vishakapattanam


15. National Institute of Oceanography is located in

a. Calcutta

b. Chennai

c. Mangalore

d. Panaji


16. The 2004 Olympics were held in

a. Bangkok

b. Rome

c. Athens

d. Nagasaki


17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War

a. Gen. V. P. Malik

b. Gen. S. K. Sinha

c. K. Subramanyam

d. K. C. Panth


18. The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of

a. cricket

b. Hockey

c. Football

d. Chess


19. New York is situated on the river

a. Hudson

b. Thames

c. Danube

d. Tigris


20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation is

a. Margaret Thacher

b. Hillary Clinton

c. Chandrika Kumaratunga

d. Indira Gandhi


21. The General Assembly of United Nations meets

a. Once a year

b. twice a year

c. thrice a year

d. Once in five years

22. The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be held in

a. Toranto

b. Manchester

c. Tokyo

d. Canberra


23. All India Radio commenced operations in

a. 1926

b. 1936

c. 1945

d. 1947


24. The "Killer Instinct" is written by

a. Sulakshan Mohan

b. M.K.Santanam

c. O.P.Sabharwal

d. Subash Jain

25. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by the

a. Security Council

b. Trusteeship Council

c. General Assembly

d. World Bank


26. Postal Voting is other wise called:

a. external voting

b. secret voting

c. plural voting

d. proxy voting


27. The Common Wealth of Independent states consists of....republica?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 12

d. 13


28. Which of the following harbours is considered as the world's finest natural harbour?

a. Sydney harbour

b. Toronto harbour

c. New Jersy harbour

d. Singapore harbour


29. Who invented Radar?

a. Henrey Backquerel

b. Max Planck

c. Robert Watson Watt

d. Humphrey Davy


30. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...

a. Trophical Evergreen Forests

b. Tropical most Decidous

c. Alpine forests

d. Trophical Thorn Forests


31. The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is

a. Switzerland

b. New Zealand

c. USA

d. Netherlands


31. India's newsprint industry is mainly located in

a. Indore

b. Dehradun

c. Nepanagar

d. Nagpur


32. The tomb of Babur is at

a. Kabul

b. Lahore

c. Multan

d. Larkhana


33. The joint session of the two houses is presided by

a. the speaker

b. the president

c. chairman of Rajyasabha

d. none of these


34. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the

a. Greeks

b. Shakas

c. persians

d. Kushans


35. The Simon Commission was appointed in

a. 1927

b. 1928

c. 1929

d. 1930


36. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union, in the year

a. 1972

b. 1973

c. 1974

d. 1975


37. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram

a. Rajaraja Chola

b. Mahendra Varman

c. Narsimha Varman

d. Narsimha Chola


38. The 189th member of United Nations is

a. Palau

b. Tuvalu

c. Soloman Islands

d. Nauru


39. When was Burma separated from India

a. 1947

b. 1942

c. 1937

c. 1932


40. Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?

a. Poland

b. Denmark

c. Finland

d. Norway