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  • Ques : Which is not an official language of UNO ?
    A. English
    B. Chinese
    C. French
    D. Japanese

    Ans : D. Japanese

    Ques : The First earth Summit was hold at
    A. Buenos Aires
    B. Rio de Janerio
    C. Dar-es-Salaam
    D. None of these

    Ans : B. Rio de Janerio


    Ques : For which word, the letter 'G' has been used in '2G Spectrum' ?
    A. Global
    B. Government
    C. Generation
    D. Google

    Ans : C. Generation

    Ques : CTBT stands for
    A. Continued Test Ban Treaty
    B. continued Test Based Treatments
    C. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
    D. Commercial Test Based Tariff

    Ans : C. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Ques : In Which year was the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founded ?
    A. 1967
    B. 1969
    C. 1970
    D. 1974

    Ans : B. 1969

    Ques :Who has written the book ' Two Lives ' ?
    A. Salman Rushdie
    B. Shiv Khera
    C. Vikram Seth
    D. Arundhati Roy

    Ans :C. Vikram Seth

    Ques : Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith Award ?
    A. Mahadevi Verma
    B. Amrita Pritam
    C. Mahashweta Devi
    D. Ashapurna Devi

    Ans : D. Ashapurna Devi

    Ques : Who was the first Indian to qualify for Olympics ?
    A. Shiny Abraham
    B. PT Usha
    C. Karman Malleshari
    D. Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

    Ans: B. PT Usha

    Ques : The term ' double fault' is associated with 
    A. Baseball
    B. Golf
    C. Tennis
    D. Bridge

    Ans : C. Tennis

    Ques : Ryder Cup is related with which sports ?
    A. Football
    B. Golf
    C. Badminton
    D. Cricket

    Ans : B. Golf

    Ques : Who is the highest civil Servant  of Union Government ?
    A. Attorney - General
    B. Cabinet Secretary
    C. Home Secretary
    D. Principal Secretary to the PM

    Ans : B. Cabinet Secretary

    Ques : The Attorney General of India is appointed by
    A. the President of India
    B. the prime minister
    C. the Chief Justice of India
    D. the UPSC

    Ans : A. the President of India



    Ques : In India, the comptroller - General of Accounts presents a detailed analytical review of Union Government Accounts to the Finance Ministry every
    A. Year
    B. Six Months
    C. three Months
    D. Month

    Ans : A. Year

    Ques : Which of the following taxes are levied and collected by the centre but their net proceeds are wholly transferred to states?
    A. Expenditure tax and gift tax
    B. Additional duties of excise in lieu of sales tax
    C. Stamps and registration
    D. Taxes on advertisements

    Ans : D. Taxes on advertisements

    Ques : Which of the following is not an example of Indirect tax?
    A. Sales tax
    B. Excise tax
    C. Custom tax
    D. Expenditure tax

    Ans :  D. Expenditure tax

    Ques : What is the most commonly used substance in fluorescent tubes?
    A. Sodium oxide and Argon
    B. Sodium vapour and Neon
    C. Mercury vapour and Argon
    D. Mercury oxide and Neon 

    Ans : C. Mercury vapour and Argon

    Ques : Increasing the charge on the plates of a capacitor means 
    A. increasing the capacitance
    B. increasing the potential difference between the plates
    C. both 'A' and 'B'
    D. None of the above

    Ans : B. increasing the potential difference between the plates

    Ques : In case the President wishes to resign, to whom is he to address his resignation letter?
    A. Chief justice of India
    B. Secretary of Lok Sabha
    C. Vice President
    D. Prime Minister

    Ans : C. Vice President

    Ques : What is minimum age limit prescribed for the post of the president of India?
    A. 58 years
    B. 60 years
    C. 62 years
    D. There is no minimum age limit

    Ans : D. There is no minimum age limit

    Ques : Currency notes of rupees 2 denomination and above are liabilities of
    A. Government of India
    B. Reserve bank of India
    C. State Bank of India
    D. All of these

    Ans : B. Reserve bank of India


    Ques In which part of the eye lies the pigment, that decides the colour of the eyes of a person?
    A. Corner
    B. Choroid
    C. Iris
    D. Vitreous body

    Ans : C. Iris

    Ques : Fiscal Policy is related to 
    A. money supply in the economy
    B. regulation of the banking system
    C. planning for economics development
    D. government's revenue and expenditure

    Ans : D. government's revenue and expenditure

    Ques : Which of the following is not the source of revenue of Central Government?
    A. Income tax
    B. Corporate tsx
    C. Agriculture income tax
    D. Excise Duty

    Ans : C. Agriculture income tax

    Ques : The chemical part of the dye that absorbs light and produces colour is called
    A. neon
    B. a chromosphere
    C. A photochrome
    D. a Pigment

    Ans : B. a chromosphere

    Ques : Panchromatic photographic film is sensitive to
    A. light of red colour
    B. light of yellow colour
    C. light of violet colour 
    D. the entire region of the visible spectrum

    Ans : D. the entire region of the visible spectrum


    Ques: FERA in India has been replaced by
    A. FEPA
    B. FEMA
    C. FENA
    D. FETA

    Ans : B. FEMA

    Ques : How many articles are there in the Indian Constitution?
    A. 395
    B. 396
    C. 398
    D. 399

    Ans : A. 395

    Ques : Which of the following is not correctly matched?
    A. Voltameter-electric field
    B. Ammeter-electric current
    C. Potentiometer EMF
    D. Metre bridge-electrical resistance

    Ans : A. Voltameter-electric field

    Ques : In which country is 'Takla Makan' desert is situated?
    A. Kazakhistan
    B. Turkmenistan
    C. Uzbekistan
    D. China

    Ans : D. China

    Ques : Which of the following is not a metallic mineral?
    A. Hematite
    B. Bauxite
    C. Gypsum
    D. Limonite

    Ans : C. Gypsum

    Ques : Which of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?
    A. Himalayas
    B. Aravali
    C. Satpura
    D. Nilgiri

    Ans : B. Aravali

    Ques : Name the Clan Buddha belonged to
    A. Gnathrika 
    B. Maurya
    C. Sakya
    D. Kuru

    Ans : C. Sakya

    Ques : Who were the first kings to issue gold coins in India?
    A. Mauryas
    B. Indo-Greeks
    C. Guptas
    D. Kushans

    Ans : B. Indo-Greeks

    Ques : The greatest development in the Kushana period was in the field of 
    A. Religion
    B. Art
    C. Literature
    D. Architecture

    Ans : B. Art

    Ques : The main memory of a computer can also be called
    A. primary storage
    B. internal memory
    C. primary memory 
    D. all of the above

    Ans : D. all of the above

    Ques : Which of the following is responsible for blue baby syndrome? 
    A. Fluoride
    B. Nitrate
    C. Arsenic
    D. Lead

    Ans : B. Nitrate

    Ques : A detergent is a
    A. Cleaning agent
    B. Drug
    C. Catalyst
    D. Soap

    Ans : A. Cleaning agent

    Ques : Vitamin 'B1' is known as
    A. pyridoxine
    B. thiamine
    C. tocopheral
    D. riboflavin

    Ans : B. thiamine

    Ques : Amino acids present in insulin are
    A. 21
    B. 51
    C. 30
    D. 102

    Ans : B. 51

    Ques : The vitamins which is water soluble and antioxidant is 
    A. vitamin C
    B. vitamin B
    C. vitamin E
    D. vitamin D

    Ans : A. vitamin C


    Ques : Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many states
    A. 3
    B. 4
    C. 5
    D. 6

    Ans : C. 5

    Ques : Which of the following is a land-locked state?
    A. Gujarat
    B. Andhra Pradesh
    C. Madhya Pradesh
    D. Tami Nadu

    Ans : C. Madhya Pradesh

    Ques : The coast that belongs to kerala is Known as
    A. Konkan coast
    B. Malabar coast
    C. Canara coast
    D. Corornandel coast

    Ans : B. Malabar coast

    Ques : The approximation length of the coastline of India is
    A. 5500km
    B. 6000km
    C. 6500km
    D. 7000km

    Ans : D. 7000km

    Ques : Who developed the idea that 'means justify the ends'?
    A. Kautilya
    B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    C. Dayanand Saraswati
    D. Mahatma Gandhi

    Ans : D. Mahatma Gandhi

    Ques : Who was the President of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan was Accepted
    A. Jawaharlal Nehru
    B. Sardar Patel
    C. Maulana Azad
    D. JB Kriplani

    Ans : D. JB Kriplani

    Ques : Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
    A. Akbar
    B. Aurangzeb
    C. Shahjahan
    D. Jahagir

    Ans : B. Aurangzeb

    Ques : A water tank appears shallower when it is viewed from top due to
    A. rectilinear propagation of light
    B. reflection
    C. total internal reflection
    D. Refraction

    Ans : D. Refraction

    Ques : The primary colours in photography are
    A. red, blue, yellow
    B. red, yellow, green
    C. red, blue, green
    D. red, green, cyan

    Ans : C. red, blue, green

    Ques : Many a time we hear about SEZ in newspaper/magazines. What is the full form of SEZ?
    A. Special Economic Zone
    B. Small Economic Zone
    C. Special Enforcement Zone
    D. Service and Economic Zone

    Ans : A. Special Economic Zone


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