1. High pressure subtropical calm belts known as Horse Latitudes lies between


00 and 150

200 and 250

300 and 350

None of these



2. Zimbobwe was formerly known as


Rhodesia

Mali

Namibia

Zanzibar



3. Which of the following pairs is correct


Bonn Danube

Baghdad Tigris

Rome Seice

Paris Tiber



4. The canal joining Baltic Sea to North Sea is


Kiel Canal

Suez Canal

Panama Canal

None of these



5. Which of the following rivers does not form any delta at its mouth


Cauvery

Mahanadi

Godavari

Tapti



6. Srinagar is situated on the bank of the river


Ravi

Sutlej

Jhelum

Chenab


7. The Shompens are the tribal people of


Andaman

Nicobar

Lakshadweep

None of these



8. Match the following

A. Manas I. Hangul
B. Dachigam II. Elephant
C. Mudumalai III. Tiger
D. Kaziranga IV. Rhinoceros

A B C D


I II III IV

III I II IV

II IV III I

I III IV II



9. In India, Plan holiday was after


China-India war of 1962

Draught of 1966

Pakistan war of 1971

Pakistan war of 1965



10. Which of the following is not a ?Free Trade Zone?


Kandla

Mumbai

Visakhapatnam

Trivandrum



11. The least perfect square number which is divisible by 6 and 8 is


900

1600

2500

3600


12. A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes are equal. What is the total number of notes


60

90

75

45



13. In an organization, 40% of the employees are matriculates, 50% of the remaining are graduates and remaining 180 are post-graduates. How many employees are graduates


360

240

180

300



14. Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a Fundamental Right


Habeas Corpus

Mandamus

Prohibition

Certiorari



15. A common High Court for two or more States and/or Union Territories may be established by the


President

Parliament by making law

Governor of State

Chief Justice of India



16. Who among the following was the Constitutional adviser to the Constituent Assembly of India


M. C. Setalvad

K. M. Munshi

Jawaharlal Nehru

B. N. Rau


17. During the period of Renaissance, the new style of architecture first developed in


Italy

France

England

Germany



18. The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in


The Madras Presidency

Punjab

Bombay-Karnataka

East Bengal



19. Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts


Congress Socialists

Members of Azad Hind Fauj

Khudai Khidmatgars

People led by Rani Gaidinliu



20. The State in India having dry season for only 3 to 4 months every year is


West Bengal

Kerala

Mizoram

Himachal Pradesh



21. Which of the following is correctly matched


Gulbarga Karnataka

Midnapur Gujarat

Wardha Madhya Pradesh

Cochin Tamil Nadu


22. U Thant Award is given for


Contribution to east-west understanding

Community leadership

Social service

Journalism



23. Bishop Desmond Tutu is the native of


South Africa

Cuba

Tanzania

Zambia



24. The first electric railway was opened in


1853

1885

1905

1925



25. Machael Ferreira is associated with which of the following games


Chess

Snooker

Golf

None of these



26. The Lord of Rings The Return of the King? won Oscar award in how many categories


10

9

11

12



27. As per Census 2001, which of the following States has the lowest density of population


Manipur

Meghalaya

Nagaland

Mizoram



28. Which of the following is the latest Tank


Akash

Prithvi

Arjun

Bhim


29. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched


Encephalitis Brain

Colitis Colon

Hepatitis Liver

Jaundice Throat



30. Which of the following type of clothes is manufactured by using petroleum products


Rayan Silk

Terelyne

Nylon

Cotton



31. The function of haemoglobin in the body is


Transport of oxygen

Destruction of bacteria

Prevention of anemia

Utilization of iron



32. Which disease is more common among agricultural workers as compared to urban population


Lung?s disease

Cirrhasis of liver

Hookworm infection

Cancer



33. Biological fixation of nitrogen occurs most commonly in which of the following crops


Pulses

Rice

Wheat

None of these



34. Which one of the following grows under the tree


Cabbage

Bengal gram

Peanuts

Castor


35. Which of the following is an example of a plant that bears seeds but not fruits


Cotton Plant

Peepal tree

Eucalyptus tree

Pine tree



36. Radioactive element which has been found to have large reserves in India is


Uranium

Thorium

Radium

Plutonium



37. The image formed on the retina of a human eye is


Real and upright

Real and inverted

Imaginary and upright

Imaginary and inverted



38. In increasing sequence, the major elements present in the human body are


Calcium, iron, sodium, phosphorus

Calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur

Calcium, iron, sodium, sulphur

Calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron


39. A light sensitive compound used in photography is


Silver chloride

Silver sulphide

Silver bromide

Silver oxide



40. Protective foods in our diet are


Fats and vitamins

Carbohydrates and minerals

Vitamins and minerals

Proteins and carbohydrates



41. The ancient name of Bengal was


Kamrupa

Vasta

Gauda

Vallabhi



42. Ahilyabai was the queen of


Gwaliar

Malwa

Jaipur

Bijapur



43. Morish traveler, Ibn Batutah, came to India during the time of


Ala-ud-din Khalji

Firuz Shah Tughluq

Balban

Muhammed-bin-Tughluq



44. The relics of Indus Valley Civilisation indicates that the main occupation of the people was


Agriculture

Cattle rearing

Commerce

Hunting



45. The Mahabalipuram temples were built by the king of Dynasty


Gupta

Chola

Pallava

Kushana



46. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was opened in


1852

1853

1854

1855



47. The first discourse of Buddha in Sarnath is called


Mahabhiniskraman

Mahaparinirvana

Mahamastakabhisheka

Dharmachakrapravartan


48. The political and cultural center of the Pandyas was


Vengi

Madurai

Kanchipuram

Mahabalipuram



49. What is the correct chronological order of the dynasties in which they invaded India

1. Huns
2. Kushanas
3. Aryans
4. Greeks


1

1

1

2



50. Who wrote Mitakshara, a book on Hindu law


Nayachandra

Amoghvarsa

Vijnaneswara

Kumban



51. The black hole theory was discovered by


S. Chandrasekhar

Har Gobind Khorana

C.V. Raman

S. Ramanujan



52. The main contribution of the Chola dynasty in the field of administration lies in


Systematic provincial administration

A well planned revenue system

A well organized central government

An organized local self government



53. Who founded the philosophy of Pustimarga


Chaitanya

Nanak

Surdas

Ballabhacharya



54. Which of the following battles changed the destiny of a Mughal ruler of India


Haldighati

Panipat II

Khanua

Chausa



55. The Vedas contain all the truth? was interpreted by


Swami Vivekanand

Swami Dayanand

Swami Shraddhanand

S. Radhakrishnan



56. Babur entered India for the first time from the west through


Kashmir

Sind

Punjab

Rajasthan


57. Which was the first among the following


Doctrine of Lapse

Subsidiary Alliance

Permanent Settlement

Double Government



58. The name of Lord Cornwallis is associated with the


Dual government

Maratha wars

System of subsidiary

Permanent settlement


59. Sir Charles Wood?s Despatch of 1854 delat with


Administrative reforms

Social reforms

Economic reforms

Educational reforms



60. The sea route to India was discovered by the


Dutch

English

Portuguese

French



61. Which of the following pairs is correct


Ashvaghosa Vikramaditya

Banabhatta Harshvardhan

Harisena Kanishka

Kalidasa Samudragupta


62. 4th July, 1776 is important in world history because


Battle of Plassey started

Sea route to India was discovered

English King Charles II was executed

American Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence



63. Rowlatt Act was passed in the year


1917

1919

192

1923



64. Communal electorate in India was introduced through which of the following acts


1909

1919

1935

None of these



65. Abhinav Bharat was organized by


Bhai Parmanand

Khudiram Bose

Vir Savarkar

None of these



66. On 22nd December, which of the following places has the largest day and shortest night


Melbourne

Moscow

Madrid

Chennai