1. Brihadeesvera temple in Thanjavur in Tamilnadu was built by

(A)Marthanda Varma


(B)Tipu Sultan


(C)Pulakesin II


(D)Rajaraja Chola


2. Which is India's first artificial satellite?

Aryabhatta


Bhaskara


Rohini


INSAT


3. Who is the Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change?


(A)Nirmala Sitaraman


(B)Ramesh Jairam


(C)Prakash Javedekar


(D)Uma Bharati


4. What is the capital of Afghanistan?


(A)Teheran


(B)Baghdad


(C)Kiev


(D)Kabul


5. What is the currency of Bhutan?


(A)Ngultrum


(B)Rupiah


(C)Taka


(D)Rial


6. Who invented the Ball point pen?

(A)Biro Brothers


(B)Waterman Brothers


(C)Bicc Brothers


(D)Wright Brothers


7. Who discovered the radioactive element radium?

(A)Isaac Newton


(B)Albert Einstein


(C)Marie Curie


(D)Guglielmo Marconi


8. Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal?

(A)Baburam Bhattrai


(B)Girija Prasad Koirala


(C)Khil Raj Regmi


(D)Sushil Koirala


9. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga?

(A)Kosi


(B)Gandak


(C)Sone


(D)Sabari


10. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has announced recently the scrapping of the

(A)Finance Commission


(B)Planning Commission


(C)Commission on Official Languages


(D)None of these


11. The contagious virus disease that is causing world wide alarm in recent times is


(A)E.coli


(B)Ebola


(C)Azolla


(D)Alzheimers


12. Nagerhole National Park is situated in


(A)Gujarat


(B)Telangana


(C)Karnataka


(D)Rajasthan


13. Which of the following works was authored by Kalidasa?


(A)Abhigyana Sakuntalam


(B)Amukta Malyada


(C)Anand Math


(D)None of these


14. Which of the following is the biggest constituent of Biogas?


(A)Carbon dioxide


(B)Nitrogen dioxide


(C)Hydrogen


(D)Methane


15. Who is the Railway Minister?


(A)Suresh Prabhu


(B)Manohar Parrikar


(C)Sadananda Gowda


(D)J.P. Nadda



16. Which is the nearest country with which India does not share a border?

(A)Mauritius


(B)Maldives


(C)Myanmar


(D)Sri Lanka


17. The longitude which is taken as the reference point for IST is


(A)82.5° W


(B)82.5° E


(C)75.5° W


(D)87.5° E


18. October the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi is internationally celebrated as


(A)Non-Violence Day


(B)World Peace Day


(C)Communal Harmony Day


(D)Vegetarian Day


19. At which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress did Mahatma Gandhi preside as the President?


(A)Lucknow 1916


(B)Lahore 1929


(C)Calcutta 1917


(D)Belgaum 1924


20. Whom did Babar defeat in the battle of Khanwa in 1527?


(A)Rana Pratap of Mewar


(B)Ibrahim Ladi


(C)Daulat Khan Lodi


(D)Rana Sanga of Mewar


21. Which of the following is not a dietary deficiency disease?

(A)Anemia


(B)Beri Beri


(C)Scurvy


(D)Diabetes


22. Sriharikota, which houses India's satellite launch facility is an island on which of the following lakes?


(A)Ulsoor Lake


(B)Kolleru Lake


(C)Pulicat Lake


(D)None of these


23. What is the capital of Australia?


(A)Adelaide


(B)Brisbane


(C)Canberra


(D)Darwin


24. The famous exponent of Kathik who passed away in November 2014 was


(A)Birju Maharaj


(B)Kelucharan Mohapatra


(C)Sonal Mansingh


(D)Sitara Devi


25. The cricketer who passed away in November 2014 after a fatal injury caused by a cricket ball was

(A)Sean Abbott


(B)Don Bradman


(C)Phillip Hughes


(D)None of these


26. Which of the following countries does not belong to SAARC countries?


(A)Afghanistan


(B)Bhutan


(C)Sri Lanka


(D)China


27. Who is the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu?


Jayalalitha


(B)Karunanidhi


Paneerselvam.


Chidambaram


28. Which of the following monuments was not built during the Mughal period?

(A)Red Fort


(B)Qutb Minar


(C)Taj Mahal


(D)Fateh Pur Sikri


29. Which was the first satyagraha Mahatma Gandhi undertook in India?


Dandi march


Kheda satyagraha


Champaran satyagraha


Bardoli satyagraha


30. SAARC is headquartered in

Colombo


Islamabad


Kathmandu


New Delhi


31. Which among the following actors is the first male UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for
South Asia?

(A)Shahrukh Khan


(B)Bobby Deol


(C)Farhan Akhtar


(D)Amir Khan


32. Where is the headquarters of INTERPOL located?


(A)Geneva


(B)Venice


(C)Lyon


(D)New York


33. The veteran Hindi film comedian who passed away in December 2014 was

(A)Deven Verma


(B)Asrani


(C)Paintal


(D)I.S. Johar


34. In which city was the. 2914 FIDE World Championship Match between Vishwanath Anand and Magnus Carlsen held?


(A)Moscow


(B)Oslo


(C)Sochi


(D)Stockholm


35. In which of these cities did Rohit Sharma make the highest individual ODI score of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in November 2014?


(A)Kolkata


(B)Vishakhapatnam


(C)Chennai


(D)Kochi


36. Which film was awarded the Golden Peacock for the best film at the 45 international film
festival in India in November 2014?

Ek hazarchi note


Chotoder Chobi


Leviathan


The Kindergarten Teacher


37. The National Emblem is an adaptation of the lion capital of Ashoka at

(A)Sanchi


(B)Palitana


(C)Sarnath


(D)Pataliputra


38. Which of the following dams is not on the River Krishna?

(A)Nagarjuna Sagar


(B)Krishnaraja Sagar


(C)Srisailam


(D)Alamatti


39. On banks of which river is Srinagar located?


(A)Sutlej


(B)Beas


(C)Ravi


(D)Jhelum


40. Which among the following is the least populated state in India?

(A)Sikkim


(B)Goa


(C)Mizoram


(D)Manipur


41. Which of the following is a 'Classical' dance form?


(A)Kathakali


(B)Kalaripayattu


(C)Bhawai


(D)Lavani


42. Through which constitutional amendment which came into force on March 28, 1989, was the voting age reduced from 21 to 18?

54


58


61


62


43. Judicial review was adopted in the Constitution of India from the constitution of

UK


USA


Bhutan


Australia


44. Which country has won the Davis Cup 2014, first such win for the country?

(A)Serbia


(B)France


(C)Switzerland


(D)Belarus


45. Who has taken over as the New Chief Minister of Goa?


(A)Dayanand Mandrekar


(B)Dilip Parulekar


(C)Lakshmikant Parsekar


(D)Francis D'souza


46. What name has been given to the mineral which makes up about 38% of Earth's volume? .


(A)Putnisite


(B)Mojaveite


(C)Maruyamite


(D)Bridgmanite


47. Which company has launched the New E-mail Service named


(A)IBM


(B)Yahoo


(C)Google


(D)Microsoft


48. Who is the Speaker of Lok Sabha?


(A)Najma Heptullah


(B)Sumitra Mahajan


(C)Sitaram Yechury


(D)Mallikarjun Kharge


49. Which of the following villages has been adopted by the Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana?


(A)Sitapur


(B)Raval


(C)Jayapur


(D)Palri


50. Hitavada, the newspaper started by Gopala Krishna Gokhale was originally published from


(A)Mumbai


(B)Pune


(C)Sholapur


(D)Nagpur



51. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

It's a quarter______midnight; only fifteen minutes to go before the New Year.

at


to


for


since


52. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

Hari is 58 years old. He will be retiring from his years time.




(B)from





(D)since


53. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

David Cricketer than John.







(C)the


(D)None of these


54. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

The mother that he would certainly do well in his exam.


(A)assured


(B)ensured


(C)guaranteed


(D)swore


55. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

The a boost when they netted a goal.


(A)moral


(B)amoral


(C)morale


(D)morality


56. Choose the most appropriate word(s) from those given below, to fill in the blanks

We scored as many goals

(A)they them


(C)then their


57. The to speak to you.


(A)wants


wanting


(C)had wanting


wanting


58. This is a little importance.

for


to


of


at


59. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

prefer (B)punishment (C)than (D)insult


60. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

Sooner (B)had he began speak than(D) the students began to shout slogans


61. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

never (B)remember have met (D)this man.


62. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

(B)watched (C)him fell.



63. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

(A)One of the secret success is (C)working hard.

64. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

(A)The timing these strikes were(D) badly planned.

65. the following sentence is divided into four parts one of which contains an error. Choose the part which PflS the error.

is (B)senior (C)than me service.



66. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

CEREMONIOUS

Stately


Informal


Traditional


Offensive

67. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

BIASED

Injurious


Partisan


Neutral


Opinionated

68. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

ANOMALY

Recurrence


Aberration


Felicity


Consistency

69. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

HUMBLE

Proud


Vain


Obnoxious


Lowly

70. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

HAVOC

Wonder


Peace


Chaos


Warfare

71. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

FATIGUE

Energy


Exhaustion


Excitement


Weakness

72. Pick the most, appropriate SYNONYM for the word in CAPITALS from among the options given below:

PERISH

Decay


Revive


Destroy


Kill


73. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Take the bull by the horns.

To run away from difficulties


To do a difficult thing


do a thing badly


To be cruel to animals


74. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Wash one's hands off.

(A)Speak rudely


Beat some one


(C)Refuse to have anything to do with


Keep one self clean


75. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

He was "feeling blue".

was freezing cold


He was feeling sad


was unwell


He was angry


76. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

"Cool as a cucumber".

(A)Very cold


Ignorant


unfriendly


Be confident and carefree


77. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Put the cart before the horse.


things in the wrong order


To do a difficult thing


(C)Take advance action


To do things before time


78. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Make mountain out of a molehill.

be irrational


make a small problem look big


be positive in a bad situation


research something carefully


79. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Have your finger on the pulse.


familiar with recent development


be intelligent


be nervous


To have fever


80. choose the most appropriate option for the meaning of the idioms given below:

Come under fire

(A)Take revenge


be criticised


cook well


To be defeated



81. To open a new file in MS-Word, the shortcut key is

Ctrl X


Ctrl N


Ctrl Y


None of these

82. FTP stands for

File Transfer Protocol


Fast Text Processing


File Transmission Programme


None of these

83. Regarding a Visual Display Unit, which statement is most appropriate?


It is an input device


It is an output device


It is an operating device


None of the above

84. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors is called

Tracking


Formatting


Crashing


Allotting

85. Computer language used on Internet is

Pascal


BASIC


Java


None of these

86. Which shortcut keys are used for selecting the whole document?


Ctrl A


Ctrl S


Ctrl W


Ctrl X



87. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

A person with a long experience in a profession.


Novice


Veteran


Genius


Workaholic


88. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

Something no longer in use.

Desolate


Absolute


Obsolete


Primitive

89. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

A book in its original handwritten form.

manuscript


proof


proforma


text


90. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

A vehicle for carrying dead bodies.


Truck


Coffin


Hearse


Galley

91. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

The quality of being faithful.

Honesty


Creditable


Fidelity


Genuine


92. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

An imaginary name assumed by an author as disguise.

Pet name


Nick name


Homonym


Pseudonym


93. Choose the correct word for the phrases below from the options given

One who has become dependent on a substance.

Drunkard


Addict


Edict


Derelict



94. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

ANTIPATHY

Sympathy


Enmity


Remedy


Allergy

95. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

INFAMOUS

Sincere


Reputable


Notorious


Innocent

96. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

LAVISH

Grand


Austere


Awful


Large

97. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

FORGO

Despise


Abstain


Travel


Retain

98. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

DISTRESS

Suffering


Delight


Luck


Headache

99. Pick the most appropriate 'ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

DETEST

Examine


Withhold


Cherish


Assist

100. Pick the most appropriate ANTONYM to the words given below, from the choices given

CAPTIVITY

Slavery


Limitation


Freedom


Permission