Genenet ABtLtrY Tesr 1-40 Multiple Choice Questions

Genenet ABtLtrY Tesr
1.
Which is the busiest airport of lndia ?
(a)
(c)
2.
(b) Mumbai
Calcutta
(d) Chennai
Which is the highest layer of atmosphere from the earth
(a)
(c)
3.
Delhi
9.
Troposphere
(b) Stratosphere
Mesosphere
(d) lonosphere
Where is the office of Permanent Secretariat of
(a) Pen name

(c) Acronym
10.
SAARC f
(b) Kathmandu
Sri Lanka
(d) None ofthese
of the following has not been felicitated by the
(a) M.Amarnath
(c) V. V. S. Laxman
12.
13.
:
moving in relation to each other
(c)
Tribes
(d)
Human habitation
(a) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Orissa
Moon-the satellite of Earth

Titan-a satellite of Saturn
(c) Desdemona-a
(d) None ofthese
8. The
(a)
(c)
satellite of Uranus
weight of heart is nearly
Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional government of free lndia in :
(c)
16.
(b) Singapore
(d) lndonesia
17, lnternationalDate Line passes through :

(b) 180" Meridian
(a) 0" Meridian
(b) 300 gm
1 kg
(d) 5 ks
(a)
(c)
(d) 270" Meridian
90" Meridian
18. The longest dam in lndia is
100 gm
(d) 65 years
62 years
Equinox means
(a) Days are longer than nights

(b) Days and nights are equal
(c) Days are shorter than nights
(d) None ofthese
(c)
:
(b) Fault booking

Railway information (d) Your own number
Airline booking
15. The retirement age of a Supreme Court Judge is

(a) 55 years
(b) 58 years
(b) Jharkhand
The prime target for exploration of extra-terrestrial life is

in the :
(a)
(b)
(d) Xerox brothers
14. Which of the following was the capital of the Cholas

(a) Vanchi
(b) Tanjore
(d) Tiruchirapally
(c) Madurai
The lndian state which touches the boundaries of

maximum number of other lndian states is
xerox
(ai Burma
(c) Thailand
(a) Frictional properties between metallic surfaces

Alloys having three alloying elements
The method
Xerox (b) A company name
Which telephone number will always be engaged when
(a)
(c)
(d) Chandrashekhar
(b)
Their founder T.
you dial it ?
(b) Polly Umrigar
5. Tribology is the scientific study of
7.
(b) C. Chardramauli
(d) Nandan Nilekani
Photocopying machines are now known as Xerox
(a)
(c)
Wisden Cricket Award ?
6.
Who is the census commissioner for the Census 2011 ?
machines because they were popularised by
Delhi
4. Which
(b) Pseudonym
(d) Nom-De-Plume
(a) G.K. Pillai

(c) J. S. Sharma
located ?
(a)
(c)
When a person writes with another name, then the name

is called :
Bhakra Dam
Hirakud Dam
(b) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

(d) KosiDam
4l
19.
GENERAL ABILITY TEST

Who wrote the General Theory of Employment, lnterest
and Money ?
(a)
(c)
the Best Current Affairs Presenter in Asia ?

(a) Barkha Dutt
(b) Karan Thapar
(c) Shobhna Bhartiya (d) Prerna Roy
(b) Max
(d) Marshall
Kaldor
Keynes
20. Which
32. Who has been awarded with Asian Television Award for
of the following is not a Central Government Tax
(a) lncome Tax

(c) Land Revenue
21. A Rolling Plan is a plan
(a) Five years
(c) On year to year basis
(e)
(b) Customs
(d) Corporation Tax
33. Which of the following state aims to be the first WIMAX

connected state ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra
(e) None ofthese
(b) Three years
(d) None
of these
22. Which among the following Bank has the largest number
of branches overseas :
(a) State Bank of lndia
(c)
Bank of Baroda
European Union ?
one of the following universities was
not
established by Lord Dalhousie ?

Delhi
26. Who was the first lndian
27.
Dadabhai
Naoroji
Pal
Bipin Chandra
to be elected to the British
From where the bogies
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhate
(d) Lala Lajpat
Rai
of Delhi Metro railway
are
(b) Japan
(d) Korea
28. Which of the following newspapers used to be published

in 1780 ?
(a) Bengal Gazette

(b) Bharat Udaya
(c) Amrit Bazar Patrika (d) Navbharat
29. Where had been the tallest statue
of Lord
Buddha
(b) Bamiyan
(d) Sharavanabetagota
30. Which country has the world
s oldest surviving Parlia-
ment ?
(a)
(c)
Britain
lceland
(b) France
(d) lndia
31. ln 150 years, 2007 is sixth hottest year. Which of the

following countries university has given this statement ?
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c)
(e)
USA
None ofthese
(a)
(c)
(e)
(d) China
Viena
(b) The Hague
Washington
(d) Denmark
None of these
of the following lndian cities will be submerged
1.
3.
Mumbai
Hyderabad
(a) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(e) None ofthese
2.
4.
Chennai
Kolkata
(b) 2and3
(d) 1 and 4
37. At which place was the conference on Access to Justice

:
(a) New Delhi

(c) Pune
(e) None of these
(b) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
38. Which of the following organization has offered video

encyclopaedia on lndia ?
installed ?
(a) Rajgir
(c) Mount Abu
At which place are the headquarters of lnternational
for Women was held
imported ?
(a) U. S. A.
(c) China
(b) ltaly
(d) Cyprus
upto 2070 due to climate change and urbanisation ?
Parliament ?
(a)
(c)
35.
36. Which
(b) Madras
(d) Calcutta
Bombay
(a) Hungary
(c) France
(e) Brazil
Monetory Fund (lMF) located
24. The Ajanta paintings belong to the :

(a) Harappa period
(b) Maurya period
(c) Buddhist period
(d) Gupta period
(a)
(c)
(b) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Mumbai
34. Which of the following countries is not a member of the
(b) Bank of lndia

(d) UCO Bank
The lndian lndependence League was set up by:

(a) Rash Behari Bose
(b) S. M. Joshi
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Jai Prakash Narayan
25. Which
None of these
(a) UN
(c) SAARC
(e) None of these
(b) ASEAN
(d) UNESCO
39. Who will be the new Secretary General of SAARC (South

Asia Association for Regional Co-operation) ?
(a) a.A. M. A. Rahim (b) Sheel Kanth Sharma

(c) Chenkyab Dorji
(d) Kant Kishore Bhargava
(e) None ofthese
40. Which of the following companies has decided to open its
retail stores in Kerala, Orissa and West Bengal in
association with Wal-Mart ?
(a) BhartiAirtel
(c) Bajaj
(e) None ofthese
(b) Reliance
(d) Spensor

41. Which of the following organization has set the target to
reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by
the year 2050 ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
United Nations Development Programme

SAARC
G-8
1"
2.
3.
(b) Ringers
(d) Rounders
43. Which of the following performs simple math for CPU

(a) DiMM
(b) ALU
(c) BUS
(d) Register
Sariska Sanctuary
Jute
57 '
Vietnam
to:
None of (a) and (b)
(b) Hinduism
(d) Buddhism
50. Name the ll cine star lndia whose wax idol is made
60.
West lndies
(b) Australia
New Zealand
(d) lndia
(a)
Sth June
(c)
17th June
(b) 1 1th June

(d) 22nd June
:
8th June
8th Sep.
(b) 8th July

(d) 8th Oct.
(b) Shahrukh Khan
Aishwarya Rai
(d) SonaliBendre
51. Which state has minimum population density ?

(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
BRAHMOS is named after:
(a)
(c)
Two cities
(b) Two rivers
Two mountain
(d) None of these
61. Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) is known as

(a) Trishul
(b) Lakshya
(c) Prithvi
(d) Dhyan
62. Prithvi is a
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
in
Amitabh Bachchan
Manipur
1, 3 and 2
Pitaka is related to which one of the following religions ?
(c)
1, 2 and 3
59. Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Srihari Kota is in

(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Both (a) and (b)
foreign museum
and
(b)
(d)
World Environment day is:
(a)
(c)
Rajasthan to Arunachal Pradesh
Parsi
58. World literacy day is
(a) Highways connecting metro cities

(b) Highways connecting J & K to Kanyakumari and
Jainism
and
(b) Gemes and Jewellery

(d) Spices
Tea
Golden Quardrilateral is name given
(a)
(c)
Gandhi-lnrvin Pact
56. The upper layer of earth called crust contains

(a) lron
(b) Aluminium
(c) Oxygen
(d) None ofthese
(b) 1e3e
(d) 1e12
(a) USA and Canada

(b) North Vietnam South
(c) lndia Pakistan
(d) lndia Srilanka
(a)
(c)
Simon Commission
(a)
(c)
Manas
1906
Cripps Mission
Ranthambor
47. The 49th parallel line is boundary between
49.
Babar and lbrahim Lodi
2010 ?
Export:
(c)
(d)
Aurangzeb and Temur
55. Where was the World 20-20 Cricket Tournament held
46. The thing (product) which share largest part to lndian
48.
Akbar and Hemu
CORBETT National Park
1e37
54. Whose signature is on the lndian currency ?

(a) Finance Minister
(b) President
(c) Prime Minister
(d) RBlGovernor
44. Tiger Sanctuary of lndia from where tigers vanished ?
The partition of Burma from lndia held in year
Peshwa Baji Rao and Ahmad Shah Abdali
(a) 2,3
(c) 3,2
(e) None ofthese
(a)
(c)
lll Battle of Panipat fought between
53. Arrange the following in chronological order
None ofthese
(a) Sectors
(c) Tracks
(e) None ofthese
(a)
(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
United Nations Organization
42. Data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
52. The
63.
Surface to surface missile

Surface to air missile
Air to surface missile
Air to air missile
MIG Engine is manufactured by:
(a) DAE
(c) HAL
(b) ADC
(d) DRDO
in
6i
GENER.AL ABILITY TEST
e-d
vVr-;ici'r
i=,
:bi
Sweraj Party
76. Baitle of Waterloo was fought in

(b) 180e
{a) 1805
(c) 1813
(d) 1815
Forward Block
77. Who of the following was not the acting President of
Ir:
iiii
Sqcialist Party
india ?
r"iindustan Republic and Asscciat!on
(a) V. V. Giri
(e) Hidayatullah
of the following parties was est*blished by C. R.
ilr:s ?
Mohiniattam is folk dance of
iai
(c]
TamiiNadu
(b) And!ri.: iir'*desh
Kerala
(d) Karnataka
68:. Spherica! shape of rain droplet is di.:* to
(a) Cohesion
(c) Adhesion
79. Bibi-ka-tulaqbara is located in lndia at
(b) Surf=ce tefision
id)
(a)
(c)
Capiiiary actiorr
(a)
(c)
(b) 1e76
(d) 1e83
:
(a)
(c)
lnternational Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
(c) World Trade Organisation

(d) lnternational Monetary Fund
70. Who was the first lndian lady actress
Padma Shri Award ?
83
to receive the
(b) Nargis Dutt

(d) Madhubala
Smita Patii
Meena Kumari
71. The largest number of Buddhists are found in
T3
(b) Karnataka
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Maharashtra
Fighter plane
(b) Missile
(d) Gun
Montreal Protocol is related to
(a) Ozone depletion

(c) Landmines
(b) Nuclearweapons
(d) Seabed
74. Maastricht Treaty is related to :

(a) Globalwarming
(b) Bio-diversity
(c; Biological weapons (d) European Community
75. Jawahar Tunnel, the largest in lndia is located in the
State of
Cubism
(b) J. F. Kennedy
(d) V. l. Lenin
A. Hitch Cock
A. Hitler
ln NTP, 99, TRAI stands for
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Rajasthan

(c) West Bengal
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Transatlantic Railways Authority lncorporated

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of lndia
Telephone Relay Access lntegration
Tourism and Resort Association of lndia
84. A green leaf placed in a dark room is illuminated by red

light. The leaf will appear :
(a)
(c)
(b) Red
(d) Black
Green
Yellow
85. A lunar eclipse occurs when
is Arjun ?
(b) lmpressionism
(d) Absurdism
Dadaism
important ?
United Nations Development Prograrnme
Tank
{b) lraq
(d) Esypt
82. Who said of all the art forms, cinema is the mosl
ment
(a)
(c)
colour rather than details of form is termed as
World Development Report is an annual publication of
72. Whal
is the old name of
81. A style of painting which produces effects by use of
(a) 1973
(c) 1e78
(a)
(c)
Aurangabaci
(a) lran
(c) Turkey
68. Project Tiger was launched in
(a)
(c)
(b) Fatehpur Sikri

(d) Bijapur
Hyderabad
80. lv{esopotamia
(b) April 1, 2008

(c) April 1, 2009
(d) April 1,2010
(a)
(b)
(b) B. D. Jatti
{d) Zakir Hussain
78. The latest offieial language of ihe UN is

{b) Spanish
{a) Chinese
(c) Russian
(d) Arabic
67. lndia s 1Sth National Census Exercise began on

(a) April 1,2007
69.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The moon comes between the sun and the earth

The earth comes between the sun and the moon
The sun comes between the earth and the moon
The sun, the moon and the earth are not in the same
line
A rainbow is produced when sunlight falls on drops of

rain. Which of the following physical phenomena is
responsible for this ?
(a) Diffusion
(b) Refraction
(c) Total internal reflection (d) All of these
87. Stars twinkle because
(a) The intensity of light

time
emitted by them changes with
GENERALABTLTTYTEST
(b)
The distance of the stars from the earth changes with

time
(c) The refractive index of the different layers of the

earth s atmosphere changes continuously, consequently the position of the image of a star changes
with time
(d) The light from the star is scattered by the
dust
particles and air molecules in the earth s atmosphere
88. The filament of an electric bulb is made of tungsten

because it has
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
A
A
A
A
high resistivity and a high melting point

low resistivity and a low melting point
high resistivity and a low melting point
low resistivity and a high melting point
:
within its base
(a) X-ray
(c) Chromosomes
97. When a semiconductor is connected to a battery, the

current flowing through it is due to the movement of
(a) Only n-type carriers
(b) Only p-type carriers
(c)
(d)
Both n-type and p-type carriers

Neither n-type nor p-type carriers
98. When a semiconductor is heated, its resistance

(a) Doubles for every i0'C ,ise in temperature
lowest frequency ?
(a) Ultraviolet
(c) lnfrared
(b) Visible light

(d) Microwaves
101. Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the

:
shortest wavelength ?
(a) X-rays
(b) Cells
before sunset
(c) The density of the atmosphere decreases

and do not reach us
(a)
(c)
X-rays
Microwaves
(d) The sunlight has to travel a thicker layer of 104. Baking soda is:
(a) Na2CO3
atmosphere and hence other colours get scattered
away and do not reach us
(c) Na2SOa
92. The surface temperature of the sun is about :
(a) 2000'C
(b) 6000'c
(c) 106'C
(d) 108 "c
105. Calamine is
93. The three primary colours are
106. Gun powder is a mixture of :
(b) lndigo, blue and orange

(d) Blue, yellow and red
94. The wavelength of X-rays is of the order of

(a) 10-15m
(b) 'to-1om
(c) 10{m
95. What is the normal temperature of a human

(a) 36'C
(b) 37'C
(c) 38'C
(d) 39.C
(a)
(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b) Ultraviolet light

(d) Radio waves
(b) NaHCO3
(d) K2co3
ZnSOa
ZnS
(b) Zno
(d) ZnCO3
Sulphur, carbon and phosphorus

Sulphur, charcoal and nitrogen
Sulphur, charcoal and carbon
Carbon, nitrogen and chlorine
107. Heavy water is called as heavy because
(d) 1m
bociy ?
(a) lt is denser than ordinary water

(b) lt is an oxide of deuteron
(c) lt has a heavy (or bad) taste
(d) lt has a heavier isotope of hydrogen
When a cube of ice floating on water in a beaker melts,

the level of water in the beaker :
108. Heavy water is used in atomic reactors as
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Rises
Falls
Rises at first and then falls
Remains unchanged
103. Which of the following has the longest wavelength ?

with
altitude and hence other colours are refracted away
Violet, green and red

Blue, green and red
100. Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the
(b) Visible light

(d) Molecular energy
(c) Microwaves
(d) Radio waves
91. The sun appears deep orange-red just before it sets
102. Which of the following has the highest frequency
because:
(a) X-ray
(b) Visible light
(a) The sun emits deep orange-red light
(c)
(d) Microwaves
lnfrared radiation
(b) The temperature of the sun decreases considerably
(a)
(c)
99. Where will it be profitable to purchase 1 kilogram sugar

(a) At poles
(b) At equator
(c) At 45" latitude
(d) At 40' latitude
(b) lt covers a large base area

(c) lts C.G. remains at the lowest position
(d) The vertical line through the C. G. of the tower falls
90. The Raman effect is used in the study of
(b) Triple for every 10"C rise in temperature

(c) Decreases
(d) Does not change
The leaming tower of Pisa does not fall because

(a) lt is tapered at the top
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Coolant
Moderator
Both coolant and moderator
Neither coolant nor moderator
8I
109. Marsh gas is:
(a)
(c)
120. Match List-l (Compounds) with List-ll (Applications/

Colours) and select the correct answer uslng the codes
(b) cH4
(d) co2
CHa and H2
CO2, CO and N2
given below the lists
110. Milk is a mixture of :
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(a) Fats and water

(b) Carbohydrates and water
(c) Carbohydrates, fats and water
(d) Carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water
111. Milk is pasteurized in order to
of:
(c)
(D)
(B)
(b) NaOH
(d) NaHCO3
15. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of

(a) Calcium sulphate
(b) Calcium bicarbonate
(c) Magnesium sulphate (d) Calcium chloride
1'16. The NationalChemical Laboratory is situated in

Pune
117. The first metal used by man was
(a) lron
(c) Gold
(c)
(D)
3
1
14
using the codes given below the lists
List-l
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
ListJl
1. Copper sulphate
2. Calcium sulphate
3. Mercurous chloride
4. Sodium chloride
Calomel
Blue vitriol
Gypsum
Normalsalt
Codes:
(A)
(a)1
(b)43
(c)32
(d)3
(b) Copper
(d) Bronze
118. The hottest part of the gas flame is known as the
(b) Dark zone

(d) Non-luminous zone
Luminous zone
Blue zone
(B)
24
122. Match List-l with List-ll and select the correct answer
(b) Bangalore
(d) Patna
New Delhi
(A) Sodium bicarbonate 1. Bleaching powder

(B) Calcium carbonate 2. Baking soda
(C) Potash
3. Chalk
(D) Calcium hypochlorite 4. Alum
(A)
(a)1
(b)234
(c)423
(d)3
List-ll
Godes:
(b) Lead
(d) Copper
(a) Na2CO3.H2O
(c) Na2CO3
(a)
(c)
PbCrOa
List-l
Magnesium bicarbonate
Calcium sulphate
Sodium bicarbonate
(a) Zinc
(c) Tin
(a)
(c)
Ca2PbOa
113. Sindur is a sacred material to the Hindus. Sindur is
'l
2. Rust-proofing sheets
3. Road signs and markings
4. Red lead
Calciumbicarbonate
114. Soda ash is
1. White lead
(PbCO3)2.Pb(OH)2
(A)
(a)34
(b)2
(c)4
(d)23
112. Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of
compound
List-ll
Pb3Oa
Codes
(a) Destroymicroorganisms
(b) Enhance taste and flavour
(c) lncrease its food value
(d) Detectadulteration
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
List-l
(B)
(c)
(D)
4
4
1
1
119. Match List-l (Alloys) with List-ll (Constituents) and setect 123. Match List-l with List-ll and select the correct answer
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List-l
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
List-ll
Gun metal
German silver
Brass
Solder
Codes
1. Lead + tin
2. Copper + tin + zinc
3. Copper + zinc
4. Copper + zinc + nickel
(B)
(c)
(D)
List'l
List-ll
(A) Acetic acid

(B) Tannic acid
(C) Amino acid
(D) Lactic acid
1. Mitk
2. Proteins
3. Tea
4. Vinegar
Godes:
(A)
(a) 1
(b)42
(c)24
(d)3
(A)
(a)1
(b)42
(c)43
(d)1
(B)
2
(c)
34
13
21
42
(D)
124. Match
Lisll with List-ll and select the correct answer 130.
List-l
(A)
(B)
(C)
Helium
1. Treatment of cancer
Neon
2.
3.
Radon
Electrical signs
Generation of low temperature
(B)
(c)
(a)
(c)
List-l
(A)
(a)2
(b)1
(c)2
(d)3412
answer
List'll
(B)
Buna-S
2'
Latex
3. Wool
4. NYlon
Fibrin
1.
2.
3.
4.
137. 'Willy willies'are tropical revolving storms in
Phosphorus
(a) Western Arctic Ocean

(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Antarctic Ocean
(d) North-West Australian
Sodium
Sodium silicate
Potassium sulPhate
(c)
(b) Radiotheiapy
(d) Allof these
(a) SexJimited character

(b) Sex-linkedcharacter
(c) Sex-influenced character
(d) None ofthe above
Waters
138. A planet which revolves very slowly round the sun is
(D)
(a)
(c)
21
42
14
21
(b) Pluto
(d) Saturn
Neptune
Mercury
139. All of the following planets can only be seen through a
127. Thefounder of lnternational Committee of the Red
Cross
telescope, excePt
(a) Neptune
(c) Uranus
(b) Pluto
(d) Venus
140. Aravalli ranges are an example of :
is:
(a)
(c)
(b) Heparin
(d) Plasma
Haemoglobin
(a) Chemotherapy
(c) Surgery
(D)
List'll
(a)
(c)
136. Colour blindness is a
List-l
(B)
(b) Leprosy
(d) None ofthese
135. Cancer may be checked at its early stages by:
(c)
(A)
(a)34
(b)3
(c)23
(d)43
Sugarcane
(a) Build connective tissue and cartilage

(b) Transport oxygen in blood and muscles
(c) Catalyse biological reactions as enzymes
(d) All of the above
Codes:
(b) Pulses
(d) Cotton
Cereals
134. The function of body proteins is to
1.
134
234
143
(A) Glass
(B) Matchsticks
(C) Fertilizer
(D) Salt
133. Blood does not coagulate inside the body due to the
presence of:
125. Match List-l with List-ll and select the correct
Codes:
Fungus
(a) T. B.
(c) Food poisoning
(A) Natural rubber

(B) Synthetic rubber
(C) Naturalfibre
(D) Synthetic fibre
(b) Protozoan
(d) Virus
Bacterium
132. B. C. G. vaccine is used against:
by:
131. Atmospheric nitrogen in the soil is fixed by
Codes:
(A)
(a)1
(b)3
(c)32
(d)2
Acquired lmmuno Deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused
(a)
(c)
List'll
Alfred Mann
12g. Apersonhavingwhichofthefollowingbloodgroupscan
(a) A
(c) B
(b) AB
(d) o
12g. A person of which of the following blood groups is called

a universal donor ?
(a) o
(c) A
(a)
(c)
(b) Henry Dunant

(d) Bernard Osher
Alfred Nobel
receive blood of any group
(b) AB
(d)
141
Block mountains
Residual
(b) Volcanic mountains
mountains (d) Folded
mountains
. Aravalli systembelongsto:
(a)
(c)
era
Palaeozoic era
Cainozoic
(b) Mesozoic era

(d) Precambrian era
142. Citrus fruits are normally grown in :
(a) Equatorial region

(b) Cool temPerature climate
(c) Mediterraneanregion
(d) The AlPines
10
GENERALABILTTYTEST
143. Cloud burst means
'154. Which country has the maximum

coral reef ?
(a) Formation of artificial rain

(b) Presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky
(c) Sowing seeds of crop in a cloudy weather
(a) lndia
(c) Western
(a)
(c)
thunder storms
(a) Earth's rotation around its axis

(b) Earth's revolution
(c) Earth's rotation accompanied with its revolution
145. Dakshin Gangotri
Australia
155. Which country is called the ,Sugar Bowl of the World, ?
(d) Abrupfly heavy down pour of rain associated with

144. Day and night are the result of :
(b) America
(d) Africa
(b) lndia
(d) Norway
Cuba
Burma
156. Which country is the largest producer of manganese in

the world ?
(a) Brazil
(c)
(b) usA
(d) lndia
USSR
157. Which is the brightest planet as seen from the earth ?
is a/an
(a) River-valley in Andhra pradesh

(b) lndian Research Station at Antarctica
(c) Second source of the river Ganga
(d) lsland in the lndian ocean near Antarctica
(a) Mercury
(c) Jupiter
(b) Pluto
(d) Venus
158. Which is the world's highest dam
(a) New Cometia Taitings (b) Tehri

(c) Aswan Dam
(d) Grande
146. Doldrums refers to :

Dixence
(a) A belt of calm and light variable winds near the 159. Which is the world's highest mountain range ?
equator
(a) Alps
(b) Himalaya-Karakoram
(b) A particular area in the pacific ocean
(c) Andes
(d) Tibet
(c)
(d)
A type ofocean current

None ofthe above
147. El Nino is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
160. How many planets are there is Solar System

(a) 7
(b) e
(c)
10
The name given to the development of warm surface

161. Which of the following is known as the Red planet ?
waters in the equatorial pacific ocean in peru coast
(a) Mars
(c) Saturn
A warm ocean current

Deep ocean current
Holland
Belgium
(b) Mercury
(d) Venus
162. Which of the following is known as the Evening Star
None ofthe above
(a)
(c)
148. Greenland is under the administrative control of :
(a)
(c)
(d)
(b) Denmark
(d) Norway
Jupiter
Mercury
163. Which of the following is known as the Morning Star
(a)
(c)
149. London is located at 0" while Baghdad at 45. east. lf
(b) Mars
(d) Venus
Jupiter
(b) Mars
(d) Venus
Mercury
a
news is broadcast from London at 10.00 am, at what time
164. Which of the following is known as the world,s Eternal
it will heard at Baghdad ?
City ?
(a) 11'30 am
(b) 2.00 am
(a) Athens
(b) Berlin
(c) 1.00 pm
(d) 12.30 pm
(c) Cairo
(d) Rome
150. Mona Lisa is a :
165. Which of the following is not a warm current
(a)
(c)
Famous fiction
(b) Painting
Dance drama
(d) None of these
(a) Benguela current

(b) Gulf stream
(c) Kurosiwo current
(d) British Columbian
151. Pakistan's Nuclear plant is located at :

(a) lslamabad
(b) Karachi
(c) Peshawar
(d)
Kohuta
166. Which of the following navigation canals links up Baltic

sea and North sea ?
152. palk strait ries between
:
(a) Kutch and Pakistan
(c) Burma and tndia
(b) lndia and Bansladesh

(d) tndia and Sri ;;;;
153. Shora is the name of the parliament of :
(a)
(c)
Algeria
Afghanistan
current
(b) lran
(d) Austria
(a)
(c)
Canal
Suez Canal
Kiel
(b) Panama Canal

(d) None of these
167. Which of the following oceans are connected by the

Panama Canal ?
(a) Arctic and Atlantic

(c) Atlantic and Pacific
(b) lndian and Arctic

(d) lndian and Pacific
GENERALABTLITYTEST
11
168. Which of the following oceans has the largest number of 'i81. A violent whirlwind characterized by a black funnelshaped could hanging from heavy cumulonimbus is
the world's active volcanoes ?
(a)
(c)
Arctic ocean
lndian ocean
(b) Atlantic ocean

(d) Pacific ocean
169. Which zone of the atmosphere makes radio transmission

Troposphere
lonosphere
(b) Stratosphere
(d) Exosphere
170. Whieh of the following planets has the maximum number

of satellites ?
(a)
(c)
171
Jupiter
(b) Satum
Earth
(d) Mars
Which of the following planets is the biggest ?
(a)
(c)
Jupiter
Pluto
(a)
(c)
(b) Hurricane
(d) Typhoon
Antipodes
Tornado
182. Which of the following is the largest speaking ianguage
possible ?
(a)
(c)
known by the name of
(b) Mercury
(d) Saturn
in
the world ?
(a)
(c)
(b) Hindi
(d) Mandarin
Spanish
English
183. The oldest lndian language is:
(a)
(c)
(b) Hindi
(d) Punjabi
Telugu
Tamil
184. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of

languages in scripts ?
(a) The Bible
(c) The Super Book
(b) Hiraka Sutra

(d) None ofthese
172. Which of the following planets orbits around the sun in 185. The oldest printed work in the world, which dates back to
backward direction from east to west ?
(a)
(c)
Earth
Jupiter
(b) Mercury
(d) Venus
868 A. D. is :
(a) The Bible
(c) The Ramayana
(b) The Hiraka Sutra

(d) The Mahabharata
Bonne Volonte is the

173. Which of the following planets takes the least time to 186. Les Hommes de
complete one revolution around the sun ?
(a)
(c)
Earth
Mars
(b) Jupiter
(d) Venus
(a) Longest novel ever Published

(b) Shortest novel ever Published
(c) The oldest novel
174. Which of the following planets takes very nearly the same 187. The world's largest epic is the Mahabharata, the Sanskrit
time for a rotation on its own axis as does the earth ?
(b) Mars
(a) Jupiter
(c)
Neptune
(d) Uranus
175. Which of the following rivers crosses the equator twice ?
(a)
(c)
Amazon
Congo
(b) Nile
(d) Orinoco
176. Which of the following rivers has a bird's foot delta ?
(a)
(c)
The Amazon
The Mississippi
(b) The Brahmaputra

(d) The Nile
epic written by
(a) MaharishiValmiki (b) Rabindranath

(c) Minshi Prem Chand (d) Ved VYasa
188. The author of the book Broken Wing is
(a) Sarojini Naidu

(c) KarlMax
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Charles Dickens
189. The book Gitanjali was written by
(a)
(c)
Tagore
Chand
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Rabindranath Tagore (d) William Shakespeare
Munshi Prem
177. Who asserted the following :"Space is not a thing or 190. The play Godan was written bY :
event. lt is a kind of framework of things and events;
(a) Munshi Prem Chand (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
something like a system of pegion holes, or a filling
(d) Ayub Khan
(c) Bana Bhatt
system, for observation."
(a) lmmanuelKant
(c) B. Varenius
(b) Richard Hatshorne

(d) A. Hettner
178. Who discovered the sea route to lndia ?
(a) Vasco de Gama in 1498 (b)

(d)
(c) Megellan in 1506
Columbus in 1402
Sir Hopkins in 1698
179. Who gave the idea that originally there was only one
continent called Pangea ?
(a)
(c)
Wegener
Darwin
(b) Marshall
(d) Ptolemy
180. Who was the first to classify the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World ?
(a)
(c)
Aristotle
Antipater
(b) Pluto
(d) Socrates
19't. Match List-l (Valley) with List-ll (State) and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List-l
List'll
(A) Markha Valley

(B) Dzukou Valley
(C) Sangla Valley
(D) Yumthang Valley
Codes
1. Sikkim
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Jammu & Kashmir
4. Nagaland
(A)
(a)243
(b)3
(c)2
(d)342
(B)
(c)
(D)
1
12
13
4
4
1
12
GENERAL AB|L|TY TEST
192. Aristotle was
(c)
(d)
(a) Greek ethical

(b) Greek metaphysical
(c) Greek philosopher
and political
203. Trishul is:
193. The book "All's Well That Ends Well" was written by
(a) Leuis Carol

(b) George Bernard
(c) William Shakespeare (d) Lew Wallare
194. lndia Wins Freedom
is an autobiography of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Shaw
Surface-to-surface battlefield missile

Medium range surface-to-air missile
Low-level, quick reaction surface-to-air missile
None ofthe above
204. "Citius, Altius, Fortius"
is tne motto of
(a) Asian games

(b) Ancient Olympic
(a) RabindranathTagore
(b) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) M.K. Gandhi
195. Lajja was a novel
The NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)

None ofthe above
(c)
(d)
Games
Modern Olympic
None ofthe above
205. "Le Monde"
(a)
(c)
(a) Written by Taslima Nasreen

(b) Banned in July 1993 on the grounds that it
is the newspaper of
Paris
(b) Moscow
Cairo
(d) London
was 206. The 'Daily Mirro/' is the newspaper of which city ?

fanning mistrust and musunderstanding between
(a) Moscow
(b) London
Hindu community in Bangladesh and Muslim
(c)
fundamentalist group
(c)
(d)
Both (a) and (b)
196. The author Salman Rushdie was awarded the Booker of

Bookers award on September 20, 1993 for the novel
197. The author of Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama was
(a) Abu-Baker
(b) Abul Fazal
(c) Akbar
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
198.......... is known as Frontier Gandhi because
he
organised the people of the North West frontier province
of undivided lndia on Gandhian principles.
199. Adolf Hitler was
1.
2.
3.
(a)
(c)
(b) Bhagat Singh

(d) None of these
US-sponsored mission near Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Thumba Equatorial Rocket

(c) Rock Propellant Plan
Launching Station
209. Alfred Nobel
(a)
(c)
is associated with the invention of

Cosmic rays
(b) Dynamite
Dynamo
(d) Penicillin
1, 2 and 3
with:
201. "Origin of Species"
(a) 1854
(c) 1861
(b) 185e
(d) 1863
202. "Panchsheel" was the collective name given

principles of :
(a) The Commonwealth
(b)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b) Polo
(d) Draughts
rrras published by Darwin in
The UNO (United Nations Organisation)
211. Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in

(a) August 1945
(b) September 1946
(c) August 1915
(d) September 1920
200. "Bunker" and "Chukke/' are the two terms associated 212. Battle of the Nile was fought between
(a) Rowing
(c) Skiing
(a) Roentgen :X-Ray

(b) Newton : Law of Gravitation
(c) Faraday : Diffusion of gases
(d) Pasteur : Bacteriology
(d)
208.
210. Which of the following pairs is mismatch
The Austria-born German dictator.

The German-born Austria dictator.
The founder of Nazi party"
3 only
(b) 2 only
1 only
207. Alexander Fleming discovered

(a) Penicillin
(b) X-Ray
(c) Streptomycene
(d) Telephone
(Kerala) which is a rocket-launching facility, is :
(a) Space, Science and Technological Centre
(a) Midnight's Children (b) Dr. Zhivaso

(c) War and Peace
Khan
(d) Paris
:
None ofthe above
(a) Abul Fazal

(c) Abdul Ghaffar
New York
British and French fleets

China and Britain
France and England
Britain and France against Austria and prussia
213. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was founded in :
to
the
(a) 1950
(c) 1970
(b) 1e60
(d) 1e80
214. Green house effect results from the trapping of
(a) Short wave radiations (b) Long wave radiations

(c) Visible radiations
(d) Ulkaviolet radiations
GENERALABILTTYTEST
227. Lhasa airport at Tibet is the world's
215. Deodhar Trophy is associated with :

(b) Cricket
(a) Football
(c)
(a)
(c)
(d) Basketball
Hockey
13
(b) Highest airport

(d) Busiest airport
Largest airport
Lowest airport
is the only person to have won two 228. National Anthem was first sung on :
Nobel Prizes individually, for:
(a) December 27, 1911 during
Congress Session at Calcutta
(a) Chemistry in 1954, peace in 1962
216. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b) January 24,
Peace in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

Physics in 1954, medicine in 1962
Medicine in 1954, physics in 1962
(c) January 26, 1950 by the Government

(b) Football
(d) Volleyball
Cricket
Hockey
during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(b) The discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica

(c) The first Buddhist pilgrim of lndia to visit China
(a)
(c)
Dr. G. D. Bhist
J. M. Tagore
231. Olympic emblem is composed of five interwined rings,
D. Tata
(d) Khudada Khan
each of a different colour, representing the five continents

of the world as :
220. lndia's biggest residential building is located at :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
New Delhi
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
(b)
(c)
Surat (Gujarat)
(d)
Tarapur(Maharashtra)
232. Oncology
Sholapur(Maharashtra)
(a)
(c)
(b) Dhruva
(d) Kamini
Zerlina
Apsara
(a)
(c)
(b) Bhaskara-ll
(d) Albert Einstein
Aryabhatta
Bhaskara-l
224. lndira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established

1971 is located
at:
is the study of
in
(b) Study of birds
Study of bones
Study of smells
234. Oxygen was discovered by
(a)
(c)
(b) Cancer
(d) Soil
Mammals
is the
Birds
233. Ornithology
223. lndia's first satellite is named after :
(a)
(c)
Blue ring- Europe; Yellow ring- Asia; Black ring

Africa; Red ring - America; Green ring - Oceania
Blue ring- Asia; Yellow ring-Europe; Black ring
Oceania Red ring - Africa; Green ring - America
Blue ring- Europe; Yellow ring- Asia; Black ring
Africa; Red ring - Oceania; Green ring - America
Blue ring- Asia; Yellow ring-Europe; Black ring
Africa; Red ring - America; Green ring - Oceania
Trombay(Maharashtra)
222. lndia's first atomic reactor was
(a)
(c)
(a)
Jaipur, Rajasthan
221. lndia's first atomic power station was set up at
(a) Panaji(Goa)
(b) Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
(c) Pune (Maharashtra)
(d) Nagpur(Maharashtra)
230. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first to
(b) Circle the moon
(a) Step on the mocn
(d) Journey into space
(c) Walk in space
(b) J. R.
of lndia
229. National lnstitute of Oceanography is located at
218. Fa-hien was:

(a) The first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit lndia
2'19. Fastest shorthand writer was
1950 by the Consituent Assembly of
lndia
217. Durand Cup in associated with the game of :
(a)
(c)
the lndian National
(d) None of these

:
Rutherford
(b) William Ramsay
Priestly
(d) Neils Bohr
235. Which of the following states has become the first in lndia
(b) Trombay, Maharashtra where HIV/AIDS Testing is mandatory before

(a) lndore
(b) Delhi
(a) Maharashtra
(c) Kalpakkam, Chennai (d) Kolkata
(d) Karnataka
(c) West Bengal
the following
marriage ?
225. lrani Trophy is associated with which of

games ?
(a)
(c)
(b) Badminton
(d) Cricket
Football
Hockey
226. Leonardo da Vinci
236. Sadbhavna Diwas (birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi) lies

on:
(a)
(c)
20
20
June
January
237. Sarnath Stupa is located at :

(a) Was a great ltalian painter, sculptor and architect
(a) Sanchi, Bhopal
(b) Got universal fame from his masterpiece "Monalisa"
(b) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Drew models of organs such as the heart, lungs and
(c) New Delhi
womb
(d) Bijapur, Karnataka
(b) 20 August
(d) 20 November
14
238. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is a well known freedom fighter 252. The first Olympics in the city of Olympia in Greece took
of:
place in :
(a)
(c)
(b) Myanmar
(d) Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
(a) 1000 BC
(c) 776 BC
239. Study of earthquakes is known as

(a) Ecology
(b) Seismology
:
(c)
240. Study of life
(a)
(c)
(d) None
Numismatics
in outer space is known as
253 The first Winter Olympic Games were held at :

(a) lnnsbruck (Austria) (b) Lake Ptacid (USA)
of these
(c)
Enterbiology
(a)
(c)
241. The'Black flag' signifies :
(a) Air lndia
(c)
Culture and
243. The 2012 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held at

(a) London
(b) Seoul
(c) Sydney
(d) Tokyo
244. Ihe blood pressure of a young male human being is :
(b) 120180
(d) 140/100
245. The Central Command
(a)
(c)
of Army is located
Lucknow
at:
(a)
(c)
247. The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at :
(b) Manila, Philippines

(d) Jakarta, lndonesia
New Delhi, lndia

Tokyo, Japan
248. The first Dada Saheb Phalke Award given in 1969, was
received by :
(a) Devika Rani
(c)
(b) PankajMullick
(d) Sohrab Modi
Kanan Devi
249. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna was
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar

(b) Nelson Mandeta
(c) C.V. Raman
Kohima
(b) Shillong
Aizawl
(d) ltanagar
(b) Mumbai
(d) Chennai
New Delhi
Kolkata
in which of the following cities ?
(a)
(c)
Jakarta
(b) Singapore
Bangkok
(d) Manila
260. The headquarters of lnternational Atomic Energy Agency

(IAEA) are situated at
(a)
(c)
Vienna
(b) Geneva
Rome
(d) Paris
261. The headquarters of the lnternational Committee of the

Red Cross are at
(a)
(c)
(b) Paris
(d) Stockholm
Geneva
Rome
(b) The Hague

(d) Vienna
Geneva
Rome
263. The headquarters
of the Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries are at
Junko Taibei (Japan)
(a) Algiers
(b) Lagos
None ofthe above
(c)
(d) Vienna
Bangladesh (b) Bangalore,
Nepat
259. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located
(a)
(c)
Maria Estate Pew (Argentina)
Kathmandu,
at:
Sirimavo Bhankarnaike (Sri Lanka)
Dhaka,
262. The headquarters of the lnternational Court of Justice are
251. The first meeting of the SMRC was opened in
(a)
(c)
Khan
250, The first lady Prime Minister of a country was
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
257. The headquarters of 'Assam Rifles' are at
2Sg. The headquarters of Army are situated at
246. The first Afro-Asian Games were held in

(a) Hyderabad
(b) Sydney
(c) Cairo
(d) Kuala Lumpur
(a)
(c)
(b) Karoline Mikkelson

Valentina Tereshkova (d) None of these
Junko Taibei
256. The Great Wall of China was built by Shin Hwang Ti, in
(a) 215 BC
(b) 73 BC
(c) 264 BC
(d) 336 BC
(a)
(c)
(b) Udhampur
(d) Mhow
Pune
(d) Catgary (Atberta)
(b) China, UK, Belgium, France, USA

(c) lndia, UK, USA, China, Germany
(b) Family planning

civilisation (d) None of the above
(a) 110t70
(c) 135/90
(France)
255. The five permanent members of the Security Council are

(a) China, France, Russia, UK, USA
(a) Revolution/danger (b) Peace

(c) Protest
(d) Truce
242. The'Red Triangle' symbol denotes
Chamonix
254. The first woman to climb Mt. Everest was
(b) Exobiology
(d) Neobiology
Endbiology
(b) 850 BC
(d) 753 BC
lndia
(d) tstamabad, Pakistan
Kuwait
264. The Himalayan Mountaineering lnstitute is located in
(a) Dehradun
(c) Uftarkashi
(b) Darjeeling
(d) Shillong
GENERALABTLITYTEST
265. The judges of lnternational Court of Justice (UNO) are 276. Which Bank has the maximum number of branches
elected for a term of
(a)
(c)
(a) lClClBank
(c) State Bank of lndia
(b) 7 years
(d) 9 years
6 years
8 years
277. Which dance
266. The Loktak lake facing environmental problems is

situated in
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(b) Assam
(d) Kerala
Orissa
Manipur
(b) China
(d) SaudiArabia
USA
268. The number of bones
(a)
(c)
in the human skeleton is
212
is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
More than 100 years old
(a)
(c)
(b) Cheetah
(d) Arjun
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
282. Which of the following missiles is 'fire and forget' type

missile ?
(a)
(c)
(b) Trishul
(d) Akash
Prithvi
Nag
(b) Akash
(d) Nag
Trishul
284. Which of the following vitamins helps in the normal

clotting of blood ?
(a) E
(c) H
(b) G
(d) K
285. Which of the following vitamins is essential for growth of

skin ?
The God of Smatt Things
(a) Vitamin A
(c) Vitamin C
Last Orders
273. The saffron colour
(d) All of these
Kamini
ballistic missile ?
Agni
272. The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's prize
Disgrace
Penicillin
Which of the following is the Atomic Reactor of BARC ?

(a) Apsara
(b) Purnima-l
(a)
(c)
(a) Brooklyn (USA)

(b) Yankee stadium (New York)
(c) Aden Park (Auktand)
(d) Green Park (Kanpur)
(c)
(d)
(b) Insulin
(d) Streptomycin
Antibiotics
283. Which of the following missile is surface-to-surface
271. The place associated with boxing is :
Amsterdam
(c)
Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore is
in 1997 was
(a)
(c)
281
None ofthe above
(a)
(b)
FAo
from diabetes ?
Nishant
(b) rLo
(d) rMo
UNESCO
280. Which of the following is needeti by a person suffering
Lakshya
Mohiniattam
at Paris ?
270. The Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) fabricated at the
(a)
(c)
(b) Yakshagana
(d) None ofthese
Ottam Thullal
like oil-fields etc., against enemy air attacks ?

Akash
(b) Nag
Agni
(d) Prithvi
269. The parts of the Mahabharata which include Bhagawad

Gita
is also known as poor man's Kathakali ?
279. Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters
(b) 206
(d) 306
200
(b) HDFC Bank

(d) State Bank of patiata
(a)
(c)
ln:
Russia
15
278. Which missile is designed to defend large installations
267- The longest rail line of the world, Trans-Siberian line is
(a)
(c)
(b) Vitamin
(d) Vitamin
B
D
286, Which of the following vitamins is stored in the liver

(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin C
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin K
in the nationalflag signifies:
Truth and peace

Courage and sacrifice
287" Who discovered Greenland
Faith and chivalry
(a) Eric and Red

(c) Leif Ericsson
None ofthe above
(b) Marco Polo

(d) Sir Frands Drake
274. The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves
288. Which one of th6 following countries is not a member of
round
the sun was
(a)
(c)
Newton
Copernicus
275. Where is the permanent socretariat of the SAARC
(a)
(c)
Kathmandu
lslamabad
the Nordic Council ?
(b) Dalton
(d) Einstein
(b) New Delhi
(d) Colombo
(a) Nonrvay
(c) lceland
?
(b) Denmark
(d) uK
289. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University ?

(a) Martin Luther King (b) Madan Mohan Matviya
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Nono of these
16
GENERAL ABILTTY TEST
290. Who is known as lndia's Napolean
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a) Samudragupta
(b) Chandragupta-l
(c) Chandragupta-ll
(d) None ofthese
Xinophon
(c) Tulsidas
(a)
(c)
294. Who amongst the following is the author of the book

'Malgudi Days'?
Science
296. 'Kip' is the currency of
(b) Laos
Kenya
(d) Uzbekistan
(c)
Ratna ?
A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam
Amartya Sen
(b) Patersburg
(d) Peitsburg
Nuremburg
Gettysburg
(b) Punjab
(d) Sindh
Harappa
Mohen-Jo-daro
308. Which one of the following is not a digestive enzyme

(b) Renin
(a) Pepsin
297. Who amongst the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat
(a)
(c)
Panasonic
306. The war criminals of the ll World Warwere putto trial in :
(a)
(c)
Taiwan
(b) r. D. E. A.
(d) Telstra
Sony
307. The earliest city discovered in lndia was :
(b) Music
(d) Media
Sports
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(b) R. K. Narayan
(d) Shashi Tharoor
is given for excellence in the field of
(b) Lead
(d) Mercury
Copper
Zinc
305. Which company invented the transistor radio
(d) Kabirdas
(a) Khuswant Singh

(c) Anita Desai
304. Which one of the following metals is used to galvanise

iron ?
(b) Socrates
(d) Aristotle
Plato
293. Who is the founder of Hinduism ?

(a) lt is of divine origin (b) Valmiki
(a)
(c)
Ken and Gomtirivers
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
292. Who is known as the father of western political thought
(a)
(c)
Betwa and Ghagra rivers
Parliament ?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
295. 'Pulitzer Prize'
Chambal and Yamuna rivers
303. Who was the first lndian to be elected to the British
291. Who is known as the father of the lndian Constitution
(a)
(c)
Ken and Betwa rivers
(b) Satyajit Ray

(d) RahulBajaj
298. Saka year is how many years behind the Christian Era
(b) 78
(a) 150
(d) 52
(c) 128
(d) Amylopsin
lnsulin
309. The 'Theory of Evolution' was put forward by

(b) Aristotle
(a) Louis Pasteur
(c)
(d) Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
310. ln a human body, the longest bone is in the

(b) Thish
(a) Vertebralcolumn
(c)
(d) Arm
Rib cage
299, Where is Central Food Technological Research lnstitute 311. Match List-l (Artists)with List-ll (Art form) and select the
located ?
(a)
(c)
Llst-l
(b) Ranchi
(d) Mysore
Lucknow
Hyderabad
300. ln which ocean would you find the Great Barrier Reef
(a) Pacific
(c) Arctic
(b) lndian
(d) Antarctic
301. The outermost layer of atmosphere is called :
(a) Exosphere
(c) Stratosphere
(b) lonosphere
(d) Troposphere
302. The Central Government and the governments of Uttar

Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh signed an agreement
towards the linking of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Llst-ll
Ustad Allauddin
Khan 1. Bharatnatyam
Malini
Birju Maharaj
Hema
Pt. Shiv Kumar
Codes:
(A)
(a)1
(b)2
(c)32
(d)2
(B)
3
2. Sarod
3. Santoor
4.
Kathak Dance
Sharma
(c)
24
31
41
43
(D)
GENERAL ABTLTTY TEST
17
312. Consider the following statements :

320. Consider the following statements :
1. Kofi Annan-the UN Secretary General is from
1. NTPC has diversified to hydropower sector.
2.
Nigeria.
2.
Kofi Annan is the first UN Secretary General to be

appointed from the ranks of the United Nations staff.
3.
Kofi Annan was appointed for a second term to the

office of the UN Secretary General.
Which of the staternents below is correct ?
(a)
(c)
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2and3only
(a)
(c)
(b) 1844
(d) 1863
1820
1854
(a)
Ajanta
(c)
Mahabalipuram
(a) Edward Lutyens

(c) Le Corbusier
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
316. "Legal Tender Money" refers to:
(b) Drafts
(d) Cunency notes
Cheques
Bills of Exchange
317. Where were the High Courts in lndia flrst set up
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Robert Koch
of the following animals has the longest life span ?
Dog
327
. A person will have brown eyes, blue eyes or trlack
Bombay, Madras, Calcutta
depending on the particular pigment present in the
Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta
(a) Pupil
(c) lris
Madras and Bombay

?
(d) Explorer
Columbia
below the lists
Llst-l
Llst-ll
Simlipal
1.
Dehang Debang
2. Meghalaya
Nokrek
3. Arunachal Pradesh
Kanchenjanga
4. Orissa
Codee
Sikkim
(a) Raviriver
(c) Satiuj river
(a) 1
(b)2
(c) 3
(d) 4
34
4
12
3
(b) lndus river

(d) Hindukush range
:
(b) High rate of interest

(d) lnflation
Low rate of interest

Depression
330. Where is European Union headquartered
(a)
(c)
(b) Paris
(d) Bonn
London
Brussels
331. Where is the headquarter of Botanical Survey of lndia

located ?
(A) (B)
(b) Cornea
(d) Choroid
the north-west ?
(a)
(c)
(c)
(D)
2
4
2
eyes
328. Upto where did Chandragupta Maurya's empire extend in
319. Match List-l (Biosphere Reserves) with List-ll (States)

and select the correct answer using the codes given 329. "Dear Money" means
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(b) Crocodile
(d) Tortoise
Elephant
326. The pH of human blood is between

(a) 6.5-7
(b) 7.4-8
(c) 8-9
(d) 4.5-5
Delhi and Calcutta
318. Which space-vehicle put man on the moon first time

(a) Apollo
(b) Challenger
(c)
(b) Ronald Ross

(d) Joseph Lister
Louis Pasteur
325. Which
(b) Charles Correa

(d) Christopher Wren
324. \Nho discovered the Cholera bacillus
(d) Mississippi-Missouri
Chang Jiang
323. Who was the town-planner of Chandigarh
(a) lndia and Bangladesh

(b) lndia and Bhutan
(c) lndia and China
(d) Indla and Pakistan
(a)
(c)
(d) None of 1 and2
Both 1 and 2
322. Which of the following is the longest river ?

(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(b) Badami
(d) Ellora
315. 'Radcllff line' is a boundary line between
(b) only
(a) Nelson Mandela

(b) BillClinton
(c) Hillary Rodham Clinton (d) Margaret Thatcher
(c)
314. The famous rock-cut temple of Kailasa is in
Only
321. Who is the author of the best seller "My Life"
(b) land2only
(d) None of these
313. The first telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra was
opened in
Power Grid Corporation has diversified into telecorn

sector.
(a)
(c)
Kolkata
332. Dangue fever is caused by
(a)
(c)
(b) Darjeeling
(d) Ootacamund
Lucknow
Fungl
Protozoa
(b) Bacterla
(d) Virus
18
GENERAL ABILITYTEST
333. "Thalassaemia" is hereditary disease affecting
(a) Blood
(c) Lungs
(c) The Anand Bazaar

(d) The Times of lndia
(b) KidneY
(d) Heart
345. The capital of Pallavas was
(a)
(c)
334. Operation Flood deals with :
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Flood control
Provision of drinking water
(b) Kanchi
(d) Banavasi
Arcot
Malkhed
346. "Bad money will drive out good money from circulation"'
Production of milk
This is known as
None ofthe above
(a)
(c)
335. The place where Buddha died is :
(a)
(c)
Patrika
(b) Gresham's Law

(d) Wagner's Law
Englez's Law
Say's Law
(b) Kushinagara
(d) Sanchi
347. Kangaroos, Platypus and Koala bear are wildlife of

(b) South America
Sarnath
(a) Australia
(d) Africa
(c) Europe
336. ln the parliamentary practices when did the 'Zero-Hout"
Kapilavastu
intervention emerge in lndia ?
(a) 1952
(c) 1972
348. The President of lndia is
(b) 1e62
(d) 1982
337, What is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha and the
Rajya Sabha laid down in the lndian Constitution ?
(a)
(c)
250
537 and275
500 and
(b) 525 and270
339. Which river feeds 'Tehri dam'
(a)
(c)
Alaknanda
Gandak
341
Typhoons
. Where
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(b) Bhagirathi
(d) Ghaghara
Arabia
(b) Persia
(d) ltaly
Beevi
(d) Anna Chandy
(b) Canines
(d) Premolars
Cambodia
Thailand
(b) Laos
(d) Vietnam
353. Which one of the following is the greatest circle ?
(a) Tropic of Cancer

(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Equator
(d) Arctic Circle
354. What is the most common salt in sea water ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a) One-memberCommission
(b) Three-memberCommission
(c) Five-memberCommission
(d) Seven-memberCommission
344. Which was the first lndian newspaper that was printed
The BengalGazette
Leila Seth
(a) lncisors
(c) Molars
(a)
(c)
(a) lt is a disorder of the brain

(b) lt affects liver
(c) lt affects kidney
(d) lt affects human immune system
The Hindu
Bhandare (b) Fathima
352. Which one of the following is a land-locked country
342. What is "ALZHEIMER'S" disease ?
(a)
(b)
Sunanda
years ?
(b) Cyclones
(d) Westerlies
343. The Election Commission of lndia is a
20
351. Which is NOT included in the milk-teeth in a child of 3-4
are the world famous Pyramids found ?
Esypt
15
12
a State in lndia ?
winds" ?
Chinook
(b)
(d)
10
350. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court of
(b) Mathematics
(d) Medicine
340. Which of the following winds are known as "Anti-trade
(a)
(c)
(a) The head of the 'State'

(b) The head of the Government
(c) The head of the State as well as Government
(a)
(c)
338. Nobel Prize is NOT given in :
(a) Physics
(c) Chemistry
349. How many Biospheres Reserves are there in lndia
(d) 545 and 250
Calcium carbonate
Potassium chloride
Sodium chloride
Magnesium sulPhate
355. Whose cremation site has been named as "Shakti

Sthal" ?
?
(a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai

(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) lndira Gandhi
(d) Rajiv Gandhi
Patel
GENERALABTLITYTEST
356. ldentify the UNESCO approved World Heritage site from

the following
(a) Somnath Temple

(b) Salarjung Museum
(c) Khajuraho group of temples
(d) Chaar Bagh Raitway Station
357. Which from the following is a "Classical" dance form ?
(a)
(c)
Chhau
(a)
(c)
been
prematurely separated from the job
:
List-l
Swajat Dhara yojana
Rural water supply
(c)
(D)
41
13
12
41
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Egypt
(d) Pakistan
List-l
4
3
3
1
I-ist-ll
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Kerala
Trishul
A short range surface to surface missile
368. Agra city was founded by
(a)
(c)
Lodi
Khizr Khan
Bahlol
(b) Firoz Tughtaq

(d) Sikander Lodi
369. 'Baba Gariapuja'festival is celebrated
362. Match List-l (Crop) with List-il (State) and setect the
(A) Groundnut
(B) Mustard
(C) Soyabean
(D) Coconut
(D)
system
country of the World ?

lndonesia
(c)
(a) Akash : A medium range Multi-target missile

(b) Nag
An anti-tank missile
(c) Pinaka
A multi-barrel rocket launcher weapon
(d)
361. Which one of the following is the most populous lslamic

Bangladesh
(B)
32
14
12
367. Which one of the following is not correcfly matched ?
pCIect, in which one of the following states ?

Gujarat
(b) Orissa
(a)
(c)
List-ll
(A)
(a)1
(b)2
(c)4
(d)423
Rural self employment
Rajasthan
London Stork Exchange ; NIKKEI
Codes
360. Reliance is going to set up a gas-based power generation
(a)
(c)
NationalStock Exchange: NySE

New York Stork Exchange : NIFTy
(A) Gautam Buddha Nagar 1. Amroha

(B) Jyotiba Phule Nagar 2. Khatitabad
(C) Sant Kabir Nagar
3. Naugarh
(D) Siddhartha Nagar
4. Noida
Watershedmanagement
(B)
Bombay Stock Exchange: SENSEX
List-l
Rural connectivity
(A)
(a)32
(b)24
(c)34
(d)23
Power
365. Which of the following is correcfly matched
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b) Housing
(d) Roads
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List-il
Codes:
is associated with development of
Health
366. Match List-l (District) with List-ll (Headquarter) and select
(ts) HariyaliYojana
(C) Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar yojana
(D) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak yojana
1.
2.
3.
4.
(D)
(b) Christians
(d) Sikhs
Jains
364. Lucknow Plan
(a) Strengthening architectural monuments

(b) Helping women in difficult circumstances in life
(c) Creating self-employment circumstances in life
(d) Providing training to workers who have
(A)
(c)
363. Who among the following are the most literate in lndia as
(a)
(c)
358. 'Swadhar Yojana' is related with :
(B)
324
134
234
per 2001 census ?

Buddhists
(b) Bharatnatyam
(d) Wangla
Bhangra
19
Codes:
(A)
(a)1
(b)2
(c)1
(d)4321
in the State of
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Himachatpradesh
(c)
Rajasthan
(d) Tripura
370. Poona Pact was signed between
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Gandhijiand Lord lrwin

Gandh[i and Jinnah
Gandhiji and Subhash Chandra Bose
GandhijiandAmbedkar
20
371. Carrot
is orange in colour because
(c) Papanasa Project (d) UkaiProject -
(a) lt grows in the soil

(b) lt is not exposed to sunlight
(c) lt contains carotene
(d) The entire plant is orange in colour
Karnataka
Gujarat
377. What is the normal blood sugar level of a human being
(a)
(c)
Close to 10 mg/ml
80-90 mg/dl
372. Match List-l (Symptom) with List-ll (Cause) and select the 378. Danger signals are generally red as red light
List-l
(A) Weak sight
(B) Anaemia
(C) Skin problem
(D) Breaking of bones
Codes
List-ll
'1. DeficiencY of lron
2.
3.
4.
Deficiency of Vitamin C
Deficiency of Vitamin A
Deficiency of Calcium
(A)
(a)24'l
(b)3214
(c)3
(d)2341
(c)
(B)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(b) 120-150 mg/dl

(d) 150-200 mg/dl
:
is least brlght
undergoes least deviation
has lowest velocitY
gives comfort to eYe
379. Literal meaning of the term "Homo Sapiens" is

(b) Man-The Supreme
(a) Man-The Wise
(c) Man-The Omnivore (d) Man-The Fooi
:
380. The first metal used by a man was :

(b) Silver
(a) Copper
(d) Brass
(c) Bronze
(D)
3
124
381. Which one of the following is not a Central University
(a) PondicherryUniversity
(b) Maulana Azad National Urdu University,
(c) Vishva Bharti, Shantiniketan
(d) University of Madras, Chennai
373. The number system 'Zero'was invented by

(b) Aryabhatta
(a) Ramanujam
(d) An unknown person
(c) Patanjali
:
Hyderabad
382. 'Charak' was the famous court physician of

(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(a) Harsha
National Park) and select the correct answer using the
(d) Kanishka
codes given below the llsts :
(c) Ashoka
374. Match List-l (Bird Sanctuary) with List-ll (Located
List-ll
List:!
(A) Bandipur National Park

(B) Gir National Park
(C) Manas Sanctuary
(D) Rohla NationalPark
Codes:
(A)
(a)432
(b)1
(c)412
(d)2
1. Gujarat
2. Assam
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Karnataka
(c)
Piny
384. The National Technology Day is observed on ......... to

mark the successful nuclear tests conducted by lndia at
8th May
(b) 9th May
(c)
(e)
10th May
(d) 11th May
Liet-l
(A) Assam
List-ll
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Lakshadweep
Sikkim
Codes:
1.
2,
3.
4.
Silvassa
Gangtok
DisPur
(D)
14
42
32
43
1
1
376. Which one of the following palrs ls correctly matched ?

(a) Tulbul
Himachal Pradosh
ProJect -
TamllNadu
12th May
385. Which of the following States has introduced a luxury

train, the Deccan Oddyssey, like the 'Place on Wheels' in
Rajasthan ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) Maharashtra
(d) Orissa
Gujarat
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
386. The Proton car, which plans to set up a subsidiary
in
lndia, belongs to which of the following countries ?
Kavaratti
(c)
(B)
Project
(b) Megasthenese
(d) Strabo
(a)
Srisailam
Justin
(b)
(a)
(c)
(D)
24
(A)
(a) 32
(b)3
(c) 4
(d) 1
383. 'lndica'was written by
Pokhran.
(B)
(B)
(C)
(D)
in
(a) South Korea

(c) Japan
(e) France
387. What is CODEX
(a)
(b)
(b) Malaysia
(d) usA
?
A defence exhibition
A joint military exercise between the three defence

forces
(c) A monsoon experimant

(d) A communlcation satellite
(e) None of these
GENERAL ABIL|TY TEST
388. The largest Hindu temple outside lndia is located in which

of the following countries ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) usA
(d) Nepal
The UK
lndonesia
(a) Arundhati Roy

(b) N. Ram
(c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) J. N. Dixit
(e) N.K. Singh
(a) A computer virus

(c) A scientific programme
(e) None of these
(b) A search engine

(d) A computer hacker
399. Which of the following States has been recently induced

as the eighth member of the North-East Council (NEC) ?
390. Who has directed the film, 'Bhopal Express', starting

Naseeruddin Shah and based on the 1984 Bhopal gas
tragedy ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Gustad
Manoj Shyamalan
Kaizad
(b) Mahesh Mathai

(d) Santosh Sivan
T-90 tanks to lndia ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) lsreal
(d) France
Russia
Shobha De
Protima Bedi
(a)
(c)
(e)
(NGO)
quartered ?
(a) France
(c) USA
(e) Argentina
(b) A cartoon character

(d) A computer virus
A commedy film
A music album
A prize-winning novel
in the detection of .........
Jaundice
Alzheimer's
Disease
(b) Cancer
(d) AIDS
None of these
404. Which of the following Acts deals with smuggling offen-
(b) Brazil
(d) Germany
ces ?
395. What is the name of lndia's first indigenously built stealth

Warship ?
(a) Nishant
(c) Shivalik
(e) Arjun
403. The Elisa test is used
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) Binary
(d) Disk
402. What is Bubble boy
None ofthese
394. ln which of the following countries is the FIFA head-
(a) FEMA
(c) PMLA
(e) TADA
(b) PoTA
(d) coFEPosA
405. Which of the following was the first State to enact a Right
to lnformation legislation in lndia ?
(b) Akash
(d) Trishul
396. Which of the following is observed as 'World AIDS Day'

(a) 1st December
(b) 2nd December
(c) 3rd December
(d) 4th December
5th December
397. What is'Office 2000'?
(a)
(b)
(a) Surat (Gujarat)

(b) Jalgaon (Maharashtra)
(c) Bangalore(Karnataka)
(d) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
(e) Pune (Maharashtra)
(a) Bvte
(c) MICR
(e) Virus
(b) Khushwant Singh

(d) Shabana Azmi
(a) An American voluntary organization

(b) APR agency for image management
(c) A credit rating agency
(d) An advertising agency
(e) An lndian Non-Governmental Organisation
(e)
Nagaland
401. Which cf the following terms is not related to computers
UK
393. What is CARE
(b) Assam
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Meghalaya
Sikkim
in lndia to be declared slum-free ?
None ofthese
USA
(a)
(c)
(e)
400. Which of the following Municipal Corporations is the first
391. Which of the following countries will be supplying the
(a)
(c)
(e)
system
398. Who is the author of the book 'Riding the Nuclear Tiger' ?
Canada
389. What is Blue Gene
(c) A search engine

(d) A Y2K solution
(e) A new operating
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A computer virus
A new programming language
(a)
(c)
(e)
Maharashtra
Karnataka
(b) TamilNadu
(d) Gujarat
Kerala
406. Zero Hour in Parliament refers to ......
(a) Lunch hour

(b) The first hour of a joint session
(c) The last hour of a joint session
(d) The hour to ask unscheduled questions
(e) An hour when there is no quorum
22 I GENERAL ABTLTTY TEST

407. Peso is the currency of which of the following Latin 417. Who among the following
(a)
Argentina
(c)
Colombia
(e)
Venezuela
(b) Brazil
(d) Mexico
(a)
(c)
(e)
Minister
(b) The Frime Minister

The Commerce Minister (d) The RBI Governor
The Finance
The Minister of Planning
'Smiling Buddha'
408. 'Third World to First' is the autobiography cf which of the 418. What is
following statesmen ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Mahathir Mohammed
Roo Moo-hyun
is the ex-officio Chairman of the
Planning Commission ?
American countries ?
(b) Hu Juntao
(d) Junichiro Koizumi
(a) .A film
(c) A painting
(e) None of these
(b) A novel
(d) A TV serial
419. What is the percentage of water in the human body

(b) 55
(a) 50
409. lndia's first nuclear power plant was set up in 1969 at
(d) 65
(c) 60
places
Lee Kuan Yew
which of the following
(a)
Narora
{c)
(e)
Kakrapar
(b) Kalpakkam
(d) Tarapur
Rawatbhata
410. Which of the following is the world's highest battleground ?
(a) Kargil
(c) Siachen
(e) Khardung La
(b) AksaiChin
(d) Zojila
411. Which of the following Vitamins is considered good for

the eyes ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Vitamin E
Vitamin B
(b) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin A
Vitamin K
412. Ground Zero is a :
(a)
(c)
(e)
Film
(b) Space shuttle
Novel
(d) Military exercise
None ofthese
413. Who among the following is the author
of the book "lt was
Five past Midnight in Bhopal" ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Gunnar
(b) V. S. Naipaul
(d) Larry Collins
None of these
414. 'Taka'
(a)
(c)
(e)
Lapierre
Myrdal
Dominique
is the currency of which of the following countries ?
Nepal
Myanmar
(b) Bhutan
(d) SriLanka
Sodium Chloride ?
Washing soda
Salt
(b) Baking soda

(d) Clay
None ofthese
Lipids
Proteins
lron
420. Who among the following is the author of 'The Wings of

Fire'?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Jagdish Bhagwati
Amitav Ghosh
(b) Y. S. Rajan
(d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
V. S. Naipaul
421. Which rays are used in a solar cooker
(a) lnfrared rays

(c) X rays
(e) Beta rays
(b) Ultraviolet rays

(d) Gamma rays
422. Who among the following is referred to as the Father of

the lnternet ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Vincent Cerf
Ray Tomlinson
(b) Charles Babbage

(d) Semour Cray
None of these
423. Where is lndia's first cyber crime police station iocated
(a) Chennai
(c) Bangalore
(e) New Delhi
.(b) Pune
(d) Mumbai
424. Hamas is a militant .........
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Palestinianorganisation
Maoist organisation in Nepal
Jehadi organisation in Pakistan
Organisation in Bangladesh
Organisation in Chechnya
launched ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Chennai
Bangalore
(b) New Delhi

(d) Kolkata
Mumbai
426. Who among the following is lndia's first wornan Grand-
416. The white portion of an egg is rich in
(a)
(c)
(e)
70
425. Where was lndia's first private FM Station 'Radio City'
Bangladesh
415. Which of the following is known by its chemical name,
(a)
(c)
(e)
(e)
(b) Fats
(d) Calcium
master ?
(b) S. Vijayalakshmi
(a) Koneru Humpy
(c) Arati Ramaswamy (d) Bhagyashree Thipsay
(e) S. Meenakshi
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427. The controversial Tehri Dam has been constructed on 437" Tibet's spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama's abnde
which of the following rivers ?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Ravi
(d) Bhagirathi
(e)
Narmada
in
lndia is at which of the following places ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Dharmashala
Darjeeling
(b) Rumtek
(d) Kushinagar
Dehra Dun
428. The Digboi oil refinery, Asia's oldest refinery which
completed 100 years on 18th December 2001, is located 438. India's first woman Foreign Secretary, Chokila lyer, was
earlier our Ambassador to which of the follclwirrg counin which of the following States ?
tries ?
(a) ArunachalPradesh (b) Manipur

(c) Assam
(d) Nagaland
(e) Mizoram
429. Chilka lake, the largest brackish water lake of Asia, is
situated in which of the following States ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Orissa
West Bengal
430. Dialysis is a treatment given to a patient suffering from

problems of the
(a) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(e) Narmada
(b) Godavari
(d) Cauveri
(b) Nagaland
(d) West Bengal
(a) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(e) Afghanistan
(b) Nepal
(d) Bhutan
Organization (ISRO) when it was founded 1969 ?
Sarabhai (b) Dr. C. V. Raman

(d) S. Chandrashekhar
434. A 'black hole' is a body in space which does not allow any
radiation to escape. This property is due to its
(b) Very large size

(d) Very low density
435. Which of the following countries is the world's !:;'gest

exporter of arms ?
(b) lsrael
(d) France
China
Russia
USA
is the capital of
East Timor
Chechnya
None ofthese
(b) General Motors
(d) Daimler
Suzuki
(a)
(c)
(e)
Arjun
Maitri
(b) Kosovo
(d) Yugoslavia
up
(b) Brahma
(d) Siachen
Dakshin Gangotri
(a) 1978
(c) 1982
(e) 1986
(b) 1e80
(d) 1e84
of lndia came into force on 26th

January, 1950. When was it adopted by the Consituent
443. The Constitution

Assembly ?
(a)
Dr. Hargobind Khorana
(a) Very small size

(c) Very high density
(e) None ofthese
Chryster
Volkswagen
442. When did colour TV transmission start in lndia
433. Who was the Chairman of the lndian Space Research
Dr. HomiBhabha
(a)
(c)
(e)
in Antarctica ?
SAARC ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(a) J&K
(c) Mizoram
(e) Goa
441. Which of the following was the first lndian statlon set
432. Which of the following has become the 8th member of the
436. Dili
'Common Civil Code'?
petrol-driven motor cars ?
(d) Liver
following rivers ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
439. Which of the following is the only lndian Staie having
440. Which of the following was the first company to prociuce
(b) Heart
431. The Almatti dam is being built across which of the
Dr. Vikram
(b) Finland
(d) Sweden
(a) Lung
(c) Kidney
(e) lntestine
(a)
(c)
(e)
(a) lreland
(c) Norway
(e) Poland
26th January,1947
(c) 15th August, 1947
(e) 1sth August, 1948
(b) 26th November, 194.9

(d) 20th September, 1948
444. Who among the following was the first man to waik in
space ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Alexi Lendnov
Alan Sheppard
(b) Buzz Aldrin

(d) John Glenn
None ofthese
445. Who among the following won the FIFA Footbailer of the
Century Award ?
(a) Pele
(b) Diego Maradona
(c) Platini
(d) Pele and Diego Maradona
(e) Platiniand Diego Maradona
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446.
ir r
(,:r, i,ve
rive continents
ir:
447.
(c) Basic education in rural areas

(d) Higher education in girls in rural areas
(e) Adult education
i;Yhi:t do the five Olympic rings represent ?

cCeanS
(b) Five cfrunti'ies

(d) Five colours
Five flags
456. 'Lifeline Express', the world's first hospital on rails, was
{a)
::r:
are mainly used in which of ihe foilowing ?

(b) t-4usicai instruments
Cor';;puters
(d) Sp;c+ r;i:i<sts
Crmmunications
{*)
Power stations
started by which of the following countries ?

(b) China
(a) lndia
s*:;riical fibres
(c)
(e)
'1
(d)
Ccn::tit,-:itenai ref.:rms
449. Which of the following years is known as the 'Year of the

Great Divide'with regard to populaiion gro'wth in lndia ?
{a) 1921
(c) 1941
(e) 1961
(b)
(d)
1e31
1es1
450. Who among the following is associated with the White

Revolution, which led to lndia becoming the world's top
milk producing nation ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
451
Kurien
V. S. Mathur
Verghese
Golf
Baseball
Central
(b) Western
Southern
(d) Northern
(d)
H-P
(a) Spain and France

(b) France and ltaly
(c) The Netherlands and Sweden
(d) Belgium and Spain
(e) Spain and Germany
Ooty
Kharagpur
(b) Hyderabad
(d) Khorad
Leh
460. The world's first nuclear power station was built in ......
in
lndia ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) Compaq
458. The language'tsasque'is spoken in parts of ......
(a)
(c)
(e)
(b) Horse racing

(d) Polo
452. Which of the following is the oldest Railway Zone
(a) IBM
(c) Apple
(e) lntel
Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) located ?
K. Kasturirangan
Car racing
Denmark
459. Where is the world's most powerful telescope, the Giant
(b) M. S. Swaminathan
(d) S. P. Kohli
The term 'Derby' is associated with ............ ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(di usA
.45?'. The oersanal computers ifulac are manufactured by which

of the following companies ?
448. Ti:e Raja Chellaiah Committee was ffssoc:3ted r"r;th :

(ei Educational reforms (b) Aelministrative reforms
ic) 6; reforms
iei l-egislativereforms
Japan
Eastern
453. Lucknow will soon be the second city in the country to
(a) U.S.A
(c) China
(e) Japan
(b) France
(d) Russia
461. in which of the following years did the Dowry Prohibition

Act come into being ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
1961
(e)
Shoora
1970
(b) 1e64
(d) 1e75
1978
have a space museum, the first being the Vishvesvaraya
462. The first purely lndian (indigenous) bank was the :
Space Museum in .".....
(a) Bank of lndia
(b) Bangalore
(a) Thiruvanantnapuram
(b) Punjab National Bank
(d) Hyderabad
(c) Chennai
(c) State Bank of lndia
(e) Ahmedabad
(d) Canara bank
454. The 'Ecomark' scheme ensures that ......
(e) Reserve Bank of lndia
(a) The product uses only herbal material
463. What is the name of the Parliament of Bangladesh ?
(b) The technology used in indigenous
(b) Jatiya Sangsad
(a) Althing
(c) The products are environment-friendly
(d) Storting
(c)
Sejm
(d) The product is manufactured by a Small Scale
lndustry (SSl)
(e)
None of these
455. 'Operation Blackboard' is a scheme launched to promote:
(a)
(b)
Primay education in urban areas

Women employment in rural and urban areas
464. Who is the first lndian film-maker to be awarded

Legion d'Honeur ?
(a) MrinalSen
(c) Satyajit RaY
(e) Shyam Banerjee
(b) Raj KaPoor

(d) ttlira Nair
GENERAL ABILIW
TEST I 2s
radioisotopes is used for the

465. Which of the following is considered as the 'Electronic 474. Which of the following
treatment of cancer ?
City' or'silicon ValleY'of lndia ?

(b) Bangalore
(a) Hyderabad
(d) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(e)
(a) Sodium-24
(c) Cobalt-60
(e) Uranium-234
Pune
466. What is Hansa-3
475. The Securities and Exchange Board of lndia l3EBl) was
(a) A submarine
(b) An aircraft
(c) A satellite
(d) A surface-to-surface
(e) An unmanned aerial
established in the Year ......

(a) 1988
missile
vehicle
467. Binary codes as used in computer science are codes
(c)
(e)
(c) 0 and 3
(e) 0 and 1
held ?
(a)
(b) ltalY
(d) England
(b)
(c) Desktop publishing and word processing in many
lndian languages
(d) Access to research data across the globe

(e) None of these
477. Cooking gas is a mixture of which of the
(a) Australia and England

(b) Pakistan and New Zealand
(c) England and the West lndies
(d) Australia and the West lndies
(e) England and lndia
470. Where was the first World Cup Cricket tournament held ?
(b) Australia
(a) England
(d) West lndies
(c) New Zealand
South Africa
(a) Butane and ProPane

(b) Ethane and Methane
(c) Methane and ProPane
(d) Methane and EthYlene
(e) Butane and Methane
478. Which of the following places related with Lord Buddha
is
being considered for developing an lnternational Centre

of Learning ?
(a) Kushinagar
(c)
(e)
Sanchi
(b) Sarnath
(d) Nalanda
Gaya
479. Which of the following countries first gave women the

right to vote ?
(a) Austratia
4V1. ln which of the following States was lndia's first allwoman PanchaYat set uP ?
Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
foilowing
gases ?
beiween ......
Uttar
Quick processing of examination results of a huge

number
Full computerization of library operations
469. The first-ever intemational Cricket Test match was played
(a)
(c)
(e)
1978
facilitates the ......
(d) 0 and 2
468. Where was the first World Cup Football Tournament
(a) Uruguay
(c) Brazil
(e) Germany
1e82
(b) 1e85
(d) 1e80
476. The software named 'LEAP' developed by the Centre for

Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)' Pune
made up of which of the following two numbers ?

(b) 0 and 4
(a) 0 and 5
(e)
(b) lodine-131
(d) Carbon-12
(c)
(e)
(b) Rajasthan
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Norway
(b) Fintand
(d) New Zealand
Sweden
480. Petroleum consists of a complex mixture of " " " ?

(a) HYdrocarbons (b) Carbonates
472. The Konkan Railway passes through which of the
(c) Chlorofluorocarbons (d) Sulphates
Bihar
following groups of States ?

(a) Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala

(c) Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala
(d) Goa, Karnataka and Kerala
(e) None ofthese
473. Which of the following instrument is used to measure
atmospheric Pressure ?
(a) Hydrometer
(c)
(e)
Manometer
Pycnometer
(b) Barometer
(d) Hygrometer
(e)
481
Silicates
Of which country is 'Glavkosmos' the space agency ?

(b) Germany
(a) France
(d) Russia
(c) U.S.A.
(e) England
482. The Garden of Eden project, the world's
greenhouse, has been set uP in
(a)
(c)
(e)
U.S.A.
China
Brazil
(b) Mexico
(d) Britain
largest
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GENERAL ABtLtW TEST
483. Which
(a)
(c)
(e)
is the longest lndian National Highway ?
NH-1
NH-8
493. Who among the following had founded the National daily,
(b) NH-7
(d) NH-s
'National Herald'?
(a)
(c)
(e)
NH-10
484. Which is the longest lndian RailwaysZone?
(a) Solar energy

(c) Nuclear energy
(e) None ofthese
(c) Calcium bicarbonate (d) Calcium

(e) Sodium bicarbonate
'Defending lndia'?
(a) Jaswant Singh

(c) Julie Ribeiro
(e) Joginder Singh
?
(b) PLANKALKUEL
(d) PL-1
487. Of which of the following organisation is lndia not
House' for his official residence ?
(a) John. F. Kennedy (b) John Adams

(c) Theodore Roosevelt (d) Thomas Jefferson
(e) George W. Bush
489. Which of the following is not matched correcfly
(a) White revolution : Milk

(b) Blue revolution : Aquaculture
(c) Green revolution : Food grains
(d) Yellow revolution : pulses and Oilseeds
(e) None of these
(e)
Chennai
498. East Timor, which gained independence from lndonesia

and became the world,s newest nation, is the former
colony of which of the following countries ?
(a) Spain
(b) England
(c)
(e)
Portugal
(d) France
Belgium
(a) Mumbai
(c) New Dethi
(e) Bangalore
?
(b) Google
(d) Alta Vista
None ofthese
492. The Bag dogra airport is located in ......

(a) Assam
(b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Meghalaya
44th
located ?
rized access to a computer system ?

(a) Font
(b) Search Engine
(c) Firewatt
(d) Gateway
(e)
(e)
499. ln which of the following cities is lndia's first gene bank
491. Which of the following is expected to prevent unautho_
(e)
496. The word 'secular' was inserted in the preamble under

the ......... Amendment to the Constitution of lndia.
(a) 40th
(b) alst
(c) 42nd
(d) 43rd
private sector telecom operator ?

(a) Mumbai
(b) Bangalore
(c) Hyderabad
(d) lndore
488. Who is the first U.S. president to adopt the name ,White
(a) Yahoo
(c) Winchester Disk
(e) Explorer
(b) t. K. Gujrat
(d) A. p. J. Abdut Katam
qgl Which of the following cities became

the first to have
(b) NAM
(d) oPEC
490. Which of the following is not a search engine
(b) Wind power

(d) Hydel power
495. Who among the following is the author of the book,
carbonate
486. Which of the following was the first computer language
(a) Commonwealth
(c) SMRC
(e) oECD
Jawaharlal Nehru
source ?
485. Lime water contains which of the following ?

(a) Calcium hydroxide (b) Sodium sutphate
member
(b) Lokmanya Titak

(d) Lata Lajpat Rai
494. According to the World Watch lnstitute (WWl), which of

the following is the world,s fastest growing energy
(a) Western Zone

(b) Northern Zone
(c) Eastern Zone
(d) Southern Zone
(e) West-CentralZone
(a) FORTMN
(c) BABBAGE
(e) CoBOL
Gandhi
Gokhate
Mahatma
G. K.
(b) pune
(d) Chennai
500. Which industrial group has set up a very huge refinery in

Jamnagar in Gujarat, being the first private sector ?
(a) Reliance
(b) Tata
(c) Essar
(e) lspat
(d) Birla
501. 'Sweet and Sour'is a book penned by.........
(a) ArundhatiRoy
(c) Shobha De
(e) Usha Narayanan
(b) Gita Piramat

(d) Kiran Desai
502. The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments deal

with .........
(a) Women's Reservation

(b) ElectoralReforms
(c) The Panchayati Raj lnstitutions
GENERAL
(d) Anti-defection laws

(e) None ofthese
503. The late Ustad Alla Rakha Khan was an exponent of
which of the following instruments ?
(b) Santoor
(a) Sitar
(c)
(e)
(d) Shehnai
Tabla
Sarod
504. Where is lndia's first skin bank located
(b) Mumbai
(d) Pune
(a) Ve!lore
(c) Chennai
(e) Hyderabad
(c) A supersonic aircraft

(d) An organization for athletics
(e) A system of electronic transfer
513. What is the Fairy Queen
(a) A film
(c) A ship
(e) None of these
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of money
(b) A novel
(d) A play
514. Who among the following has penned the book, 'Difficull
Daughters'?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Kiran Desai
Shobha De
(b) Manju Kapur
(d) Bina Agarwal
Gita Piramal
505" Who among the following is the author of the 'Song of
515. 'Dhanush' is the naval variant of which of the following
Blood and Sword'?
(a) Tom Clancy

(c) Jose Saramago
(e) Ken Follet
(b) Fatima Bhutto

(d) lan McEwan
506. Lord Navnit Dholakia, the first Asian to become the
missiles ?
(a) Agni
(c) Prithvi
(e) Akash
(b) Trishul
(d) Nas
President of the Liberal Democrats in Britain, hails from 516. The Jaduguda mines in Jharkhand are the only producer
of ......... in lndia.
(b) Uranium (U)
(a) Thorium (Th)
which of the following places in Gujarat, lndia ?

(b) Rajkot
(a) Jamnagar
(c)
(e)
(d) Surat
Bhavnagar
Baroda
(c)
(e)
Protactinium (Pa)
Plutonium (Pu)
(d) Neptunium
(NP)
507. To which of the following countries has lndia recently sold 517. The Chakmas are refugees from '.....
its superconductor Param 10000 ?
(b) lsrael
(a) Russia
(c)
(e)
(d) China
Singapore
Japan
508. The Jules Rimet Trophy is associated with which sport ?

(b) Hockey
(a) Football
(d) Golf
(c) Cricket
(e) Tennis
(b) Britain
(d) South Africa
(a) U.S.A.
(c) Canada
(e) lreland
510. The world's highest astronomical observatory is situated

tn......
(b) Nainital
(d) Ladakh
Leh
Mount Abu
None ofthese
511. Which of the following is the first television serial featuring

stars from lndia and Pakistan ?
(a) Dhoop KinaraY

(c) Ankahee
(e) None ofthese
512. What is SWIFT
Bhutan
Nepal
(b) Tanha
(d) Tanhaiyan
(a) An anti-tank missile

(b) An underwater submarine
(b) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
SriLanka
518. Where were the first Asian Games held in 1951 ?

(b) Malaysia
(a) lndia
(d) Japan
(c) China
(e)
South Korea
519. 'A Suitable Boy' is penned by
509. Marion Jones, the recipient of the Jesse Owens trophy,

who was involved in a doping controversy, hails from
which of the following countries ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
(a)
(c)
(e)
(a)
(c)
(e)
Vikram Chandra
Amitav Ghosh
... '.
(b) Upmanya Chatterjee
(d) Kaizad Gustad
Vikram Seth
520. Which of the following places has the heaviest rainfall
in
the world ?
(a)
(c)
(e)
Cherrapunji
Daukir
(b) Mawsynram
(d) Mawphlang
Jakremo
521. Nag, which has been already test-fired, is a/an '.....
(a) Surface-to-surface missile

(b) Surface-to-airmissile
(c) Anti-tank missile
(d) lnter-continental ballistic missile
(e) None ofthese
522. Who among the following was the last man to step on the
Moon ?
(a) NeilA. Armstrong (b) Eugene Ceman

(d) Harrison H. Schmitt
(c) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
(e) John W. Young
28
GENERAL AB|L|TY TEST
523. Which of the following is not a computer language

(a) Pascal
(b) Melissa
(c) Fortran
(d) Cobol
(e)
524. The world's largest chip-maker is .........

Cisco
Siberian Tundra
North American Prairies
534. Ginger is a modified
IBM
525. Who
statement correct ?
(c)
(d)
(b) Microsoft
(d) Sun
lntel
is extreme, rainfall is scanty, and the people
used to be nomadic hoarders." For which region is this
(a) African Savanna

(b) Central Asian Steppes
Java
(a)
(c)
(e)
533. "Climate
is the author of the book 'plain Speaking' ?
(a) l. K. Gujrat
(b) Jilio Ribeiro
(c) Chandrababu Naidu (d) P. V. Narasimha Rao
(e) Joginder Singh
526. Which of the following countries became the first to
(a)
(c)
(b) Leaf
(d) Stem
Roof
Tendril
535. The wild ass is found in
(a) Kachchh
(b) Assam
(c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Tamil Nadu
recruit Members of Parliament (Mps) through advertise- 536. Match

List-l (Place of Archaeological Monument) with
ments
?
(a) Britain
(c) Austria
(e) Turkey
List-ll (State) and select the correct answer using the
(b) Georgia
codes given below the lists
(d) Belgium
527. According to the World Health Organisation (Wl-lO),

which of the following countries has the most number of
Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world ?

(a) Bangtadesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) Nigeria
(e) Sudan
(d) lndia
Chloroprene
(b) Carbonyl chloride
Nitrous oxide
(d) Bleaching powder
529. ECOMARC is a symbol related to:
Codes:
(A)
(a)23
(b)4
(c)43
(d)1
List-tl
(A) Lord Clive

(B) Lord Wellesety
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Cuzon
(B)
532. Which
(a)
(c)
2. Manipur
3. Orissa
4. Uttar Pradesh
Goalpara
Bishnupur
(B)
Liver
Lungs
(c)
(D)
13
43
12
42
is a parasite found in man,s
(b) lntestines
(d) Kidneys
538. The writ of 'Habeas Corpus' is issued
in the event of
(a) Loss of property

(b) Refund of excess taxes
(c) Wrongful police detention
(d) Violation of the freedom of speech
1. Subsidiary Alliance
2. lndian Universities Act
539. A photostat machine works on
3. Doctrine of Lapse
(a) Electromagnetic image making
4. Dual Government in Bengal
(b) Electrostatic image making
(c)
(c)
(D)
Magnetic image making
(d) Thermal image making
41
:
32
21
23
531. Who is recognised as the Father of Geometry
(a) Pythagoras
(c) Johann Kepler
1. Assam
Piparwah
(A)
(a)24
(b)2
(c)34
(d)3
(a)
(c)
List-t
List-ll
Sisupalgarh
537. Entamoeba histolytica
(a) Exported goods

(b) lmported goods
(c) Goods safe for environment
(d) Best quatity
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Codes:
528. Tear gas is :
(a)
(c)
List-l
540. Steam at 100'C causes more severe burns than water at

100'C because:
?
(b) Euclid
(d) Rene Descartes
is the world's largest desert ?

Sahara
(b) Gobi
Thar
(d) Takala Makan
(a) Steam has no specific heat capacity

(b) Steam has latent heat of vaporisation
(c) Water has no specific heat capacity
(d) Water has latent heat of fusion
541. Who
(a)
(c)
saici that "Man by nature is a political animal', ?
Plato
Hobbes
(b) Aristotle
(d) Rousseau
GENERAL ABILITY
554. The potato crop was introduced in lndia by the
542. An adult human normallY has :
(a)
(c)
543. "Meghna"
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
(c)
(b) 8 molar teeth
6 molar teeth
10 molar teeth
TEST I
(d)
12 molar teeth
is the combined stream of which two rivers
29
(b) Dutch
(d) French
British
Portuguese
555' Match List-l (City) with List-ll (River) and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
Ganga and Yamuna
List-l
Ganga and Gomti
List'll
1.
2.
3.
(A) Washington DC
(B) Berlin
(C) Paris
(D) Madrid
Ganga and Son

Ganga and BrahmaPutra
544. The Pacific Ring of Fire is :

(a) An area of constant forest fires in the Pacific islands
4.
River Manzanares
River Seine
River Spree
River Potomac
Codes:
(A)
(a)23
(b)4
(c)2
(d)43
(b) A volcanic belt around the Pacific

(c) An area of intense heat in the Pacific
(d) lslands rich in fuel minerals in the Pacific
(B)
(c)
(D)
545. ln geography'Gulf Stream' refers to

1
2
(a) A warm ocean current (b) Strong air current
following repealed the Vernacular Press
(c) Steams joining a gulf (d) The name of a stream 556' Who among the
:
546. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in lndia

1986 is
(a)
(c)
Act ?
in
Nanda Devi
(b) Nilgiris
Nokrek
(d) Manas
(d) Harshavardhana
Chandragupta
548. Name the ruler who built the Tower of Victory ffijaya
Stambha):
(a) Rana Kumbha

(c) Rana Ratan Singh
(b) Rana Sanga

(d) Rana Hamir
(a) The creation of dominion status for lndia

(b) Separate electrorates for Muslims
(c) Separate electrorates for the Harijans
(d) Joint electorate with reservation for Harijans
550. The British Conservative Party was earlier known as :

(b) Levellors
(a) Whings
(d) Tories
(c) Fabians
551.
south ?
(a) Nallamalai Hills-Nilgiri
h{ills-Javadi Hills-Anaimalai
Hills
(b) Anaimalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri
Hills-Nallamalai
Hills
(c)
Nallamalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri-Hills-Anaimalai

Hills
(d) Anaimalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Javadi
Hills-Nallamalai
Hills
549. The Poona Pact signed in 1934 provided for:
Bardoli Satyagraha is associated with
(b) Lord Ripon

(d) Lord Hardinge
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
557. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the

given hills starting from the north and going towards the
547. Buddhism in Nepaf was introduced during the reign of :

(b) Ashoka
(a) Samudragupta
(c)
(a)
(c)
558' Match List-l (Power Station) with List-ll (State) and select
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List-l
(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) JamnalalBajaj
1" Andhra Pradesh
(A) Kothagudem
(B) Raichur
(C) Mettur
(D) Wanakbori
2. Gujarat
3. Karnataka
4. TamilNadu
Codes:
(A)
(a)42
(b) 1
(c) 43
(d)1
List-ll
(c)
(B)
(D)
13
42
12
43
552. Who among the following is the winner of the FIFA World 559. Which one of the following airports in lndia is the first to
Player of the year 2009 ?
be owned by public limited comPanY ?
(a)
(c)
(b) Ronaldo
(d) LionelMessi
Kaka
Ronaldinho
553. The Stralt of Glbraltar provldes entry lnto the

(b) Red Sea
(a) lndlan Ocean
(c)
Mediterranean
Sea
(d) Atlantic Ocean
(a)
(c)
Dambolin Airport,
Hyderabad
Goa
Airport
(b) Cochin Airport
(d) Bangalore Airport
560. Which one of the following ls not an ASEAN member

(b) Chlna
(a) Cambodia
(c)
Laos
(d) Philippines
30
GENERAL ABIL|TY TEST
561. Between which of the foilowing was the ancient town
to
fi1. (a)
76. (c)
,L'L^,.._
(b)
Jhelum and chenab
181. (c)
(d) Ravi and Beas
186. (a)
562. Who among the foilowing invented Lasers ?
191. (d)
(a) Theodore Mainman (b) Denis papin
196. (a)
(c) william Morton
(d) Francis cricks
201. (b)
563. Where is the Central Water and Power Research Station 206. (b)
tocated ?
21 1. (a)
(a) Khadakwasla
(b) sitent
216. (a)
(c) Jamnagar
(d) Srisaitam
221. (b)
564. The First Batsman in the Wortd who scored doubte 226. (d)
century in the One Day lnternational Cricket ?
231. (a)
(a) Ricky Ponting
(b) Sachin Tenduktar
236. (b)
(c) Kevin Pietersen
(d) Graeme Smith
2a1. @)
246. (a)
r.,,,_
(a) lndus and Jhelum
(c) chenab and Ravi
Takshila,o*,"0
ANSWERS
(b)
(b)
21' (c)
26' (a)
31' (a)
36' (a)
41' (d)
46' (d)
51' (b)
56' (b)
61' (b)
66' (b)
71' (c)
76' (d)
81' (b)
86' (b)
e1' (d)
e6.
101'
(d)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(a)
42' (a)
a7' @)
52' (a)
57' (a)
62' (a)
67' (d)
72' (c)
77' (d)
82' (a)
87' (c)
92' (b)
(a)
(c)
(a)
28' (a)
33' (b)
38' (d)
43' (b)
48' (a)
53' (a)
s8' (c)
63' (c)
68' (a)
73' (a)
78' (d)
83' (b)
88' (a)
e3' (c)
e7.
102'
e8.
12'
17'
22'
27'
32'
37'
(b)
(c)
24' (b)
2e' (b)
3a' (e)
3e' (c)
44' (d)
4e' (d)
54' (d)
5e' (b)
64' (a)
6e' (b)
74' (d)
7e' (c)
84' (d)
8e' (d)
e4' (b)
13'
18'
23'
(c)
(c)
(a) 103' (d)
10'
15'
20'
25'
30'
35'
(d)
(c)
(c)
(c)
(c)
ao' (a)
a5' @)
50' (c)
55' (a)
60' (b)
65' (c)
70' (b)
75' (d)
80' (b)
85' (b)
s0' (b)
e5' (b)
14'
1s'
(a)
(b)
104'
ss.
lgl
1?1
106. (b) 107. (d) 108. (c) 10e. (b) ]9:
10. (d)
. (a)
116. (c)
121. (b)
126. (b)
131. (b)
136. (b)
141. (d)
146. (a)
151. (b)
156. (c)
161. (a)
166. (a)
111
(a)
174.(b) 175. (c)

179. (a)
180. (c)
18a. (a)
185. (b)
189. (c)
190. (a)
i9a. (c) 195. (c)
199. (c)
200. (b)
204. (c)
205. (a)
209. (b) 210. (c)
214. (b)
215. (b)
219. (a)
22o. (b)
224. (c)
zzs. (d)
229. (a)
230. (a)
234_ (c)
23S. (d)
239. (b)
24a. b)
244. (b)
245. (c)
249. (a)
250. (a)
2s2.
25a.
117.
(c)
253.
(c)
(b) 2 (d) 3 (b) 4 (bl : 1:1 ;z? i:i lzii;i il: [i

7'(b) 8'(b) e'(a)
(b)
(c)
(a)
(b)
6' (a)
11
16
2s1.
173. (d)
(a) llg. (a)
182. (b) 183. (c)
187. (d) 18s. (a)
192. (d) 193. (c)
197. (b) 198. (c)
202. (c) 203. (c)
207. (a) 208. (b)
212. (a) 213. (d)
217. (b) 218. (a)
222. (c) 223. (a)
Z2tt (b) 228. (a)
232. (b) 233. (b)
237. (b) 238. (a)
242. (b) 243. (a)
247. (a) 248. (a)
172.(d)
(c)
(b)
122. (d)
127. (b)
132. (a)
137. (d)
142. (c)
147. (a)
152. (d)
157. (d)
162. (d)
167. (c)
112.
117.
(b)
(d)
123. (c)
128. (b)
133. (b)
138. (b)
143. (d)
148. (b)
153. (c)
158. (b)
163. (d)
68. (d)
1
13.
118.
lg9
266.
(b)
2To. (c)
281. (d)
286. (a)
2e1. (a)
iso. tnl
sor. 1ay
300. (a)
arr. tol
310. (d)
sz1. tol
eio. 1ny
331. G)
aso. (b)
341. (a)
340. (b)
osr. tol
2r1.
(c)
,ui. r"r
::^
356.
267.
268.
(b) 273. (b)

2r7. (a) 278. (a)
282. (c) 283. (a)
2BT. (a) 288. (d)
ze2. (a) 2e3. (a)
2s7. (d) 2e8. (b)
302. (a) 303. (a)
307. (a) 308. (b)
312. (c) 3r3. (c)
317. (b) 318. (a)
322. (a) 323. (c)
327. (c) 328. (d)
332. (d) 333. (a)
337. (d) 338. (b)
3a2. @) 343. (b)
347. (a) 348. (a)
3s2. (b) 353. (c)
272.
(b)
362. (c)
357.
(b)
(c)
363.
358.
iil
@)
25s. (a)
i33 [:]
(b)
214. (c)
27e. (a)
284. (d)
28e. (b)
2s4. (b)
2ee. (d)
304. (c)
30e. (d)
314. (d)
319. (d)
324. (c)
32e. (b)
334. (c)
33e. (b)
344. (b)
3ae. (c)
3s4. (c)
35s. (c)
35e.
360. (c)
26e.
(d)
364. (d)
27o. (a)
27s. (a)
280. (b)
285. (b)
2e0. (a)
2e5. (d)
300. (a)
30s. (b)
3i0.
(b)
315. (d)
320. (a)
32s. (d)
330. (c)
335. (b)
340. (d)
345. (b)
350. (c)
365. (a)
367. (d) 368' (d) 36e. (c) 370. (d)

114. (c)
r r s. iui
19u ttl
(c)
371.
372.(c) 373. (d) 374.(c) 375. (b)
119. (c)
120.(c)
376. (d) 377. (c) 378. (b) 379. (a) 380. (a)
124. (c)
125. (a)
(d) 382. (d) 383. (b) 384. (d) 38s. (b)
381.
12s. (a) 130. (d)
386. (b) 387. (e) 3s8. (a) 38s. (e) 3e0. (b)
134. (d) 13s. (d)
391. (c) 392. (c) 393. (e) 39a. (a) 395. (c)
139. (d) 140. (c)
396. (a) 3e7. (e) 3e8. (b) 39e. (c) 4oo. (b)
144. (a)
145. (b)
(c) 402. (d) 403. (d) 404. (d) 405. (b)
401.
14e. (c)
(b)
150.
1s4. (c)
406. (d)
15s. (a)
4or. (a) 408. (e) 409. (d) 410. (c)
1se. (b) 160. (c)
411. (d)
412. (e) 413. (a)
414. (e) 415. (c)
164. (d) 165. (a)
416. (c)
417.(b) 418. (e) 41e. (d) 420.(d)
6e. (c)
70. (b)
421 . (a)
422. (a) 423. (c)
424. (a)
4zs. (c\
1
GENERAL ABTLITY
426
431.
436.
441.
446.
451.
456.
461.
466.
471.
476.
481.
486.
ae1.
(c)
(d)
432. (e)
(a)
437.(a)
(e)
{c)
447.(c)
452. (c)
457. (c)
462. (b)
467. (d)
472. (c)
477. (a)
482. (d)
487. (b)
4e2. (b)
(b)
(a)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(c)
(d)
(b)
(c)
427.
442.
428. (c)
433. (a)
438. (a)
443. (b)
448. (c)
453. (b)
458. (a)
463. (b)
468. (a)
473. (b)
478. (d)
483. (b)
488. (c)
493. (e)
45e. (d)
464. (c)
430. (c)
435. (e)
440. (d)
445. (d)
450. (a)
455. (c)
460. (d)
465. (b)
46e. (a)
470. (a)
429. (c)
434. (c)
43e. (e)
444. (a)
449. (a)
454. (c)
474. {c)
47e. (d)
484. (c)
489. (e)
4e4. (b)
475. (a)
480. (a)
485. (a)
490. (c)
4e5. (a)
496. (c)
501. (e)
506. (c)
511. (b)
516. (b)
521. (c)
526. (a)
531. (b)
536. (c)
541. (b)
546. (b)
551. (c)
556. (b)
561. (a)
(d)
502. (c)
507. (c)
512. (e)
517. (b)
522. (b)
4e7.
558. (b)
(c)
504. (c)
509. (a)
514. (b)
51e. (e)
52a. @)
52e. (c)
534. (d)
539. (c)
544. (b)
54e. (d)
554. (c)
55e. (d)
563. (a)
564. (b)
4e8. (c)
503. (c)
508. (a)
513. (e)
518. (a)
523. (b)
527.(d)
528. (a)
532.
533. (c)
(a)
537. (b)
542. (d)
547. (b)
552. (d)
557. (c)
562. (a)
TEST I
538. (c)
543. (d)
548. (a)
553. (d)
499.
31
500. (a)
505. (b)
510. (d)
515. (c)
520. (b)
525. (c)
530. (b)
535. (a)
540. (b)
545. (a)
550. (d)
555. (d)
560. (b)

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Which is the busiest airport of lndia ?

Which is the highest layer of atmosphere from the earth

Where is the office of Permanent Secretariat of

(a) Pen name

(d) None ofthese

of the following has not been felicitated by the

moving in relation to each other

(a) Uttar Pradesh

Moon-the satellite of Earth

weight of heart is nearly

Subhash Chandra Bose set up the provisional government of free lndia in :

17, lnternationalDate Line passes through :

(d) 270" Meridian

18. The longest dam in lndia is

(a) Days are longer than nights

(b) Fault booking

15. The retirement age of a Supreme Court Judge is

The prime target for exploration of extra-terrestrial life is

(d) Xerox brothers

14. Which of the following was the capital of the Cholas

The lndian state which touches the boundaries of

(a) Frictional properties between metallic surfaces

Xerox (b) A company name

Which telephone number will always be engaged when

(b) Polly Umrigar

5. Tribology is the scientific study of

Photocopying machines are now known as Xerox

Wisden Cricket Award ?

Who is the census commissioner for the Census 2011 ?

machines because they were popularised by

(a) G.K. Pillai

When a person writes with another name, then the name

(b) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

GENERAL ABILITY TEST

the Best Current Affairs Presenter in Asia ?

of the following is not a Central Government Tax

(a) lncome Tax

33. Which of the following state aims to be the first WIMAX

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Three years

one of the following universities was

established by Lord Dalhousie ?

26. Who was the first lndian

to be elected to the British

From where the bogies

(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhate

(d) Lala Lajpat

of Delhi Metro railway

28. Which of the following newspapers used to be published

(a) Bengal Gazette

30. Which country has the world

s oldest surviving Parlia-

31. ln 150 years, 2007 is sixth hottest year. Which of the

(b) The Hague

of the following lndian cities will be submerged

37. At which place was the conference on Access to Justice

(a) New Delhi

38. Which of the following organization has offered video

At which place are the headquarters of lnternational

for Women was held

upto 2070 due to climate change and urbanisation ?

24. The Ajanta paintings belong to the :