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Which among the following sports has been included for the first time as a medal sport in the Commonwealth Games 2010?
(A) Squash
(B) Netball
(C) Tennis
Where did the Aryans first settled in India?
(A) Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh
(B) Bengal and Bihar
(C) Sindh and Punjab
Mandela was imprisoned for ___ nearly 30 years for his anti-apartheid activities.
(A) a
(B) an
(C) the
(D) nothing
Which of the following is not a Government's commitment to Public Sector Banks as stipulated in Recent Union Budget ?
(A) privatization of government-owned banks
(B) maintaining adequacy and quality of capital
Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code is related o which among the following?
(A) Culpable Homicide
(B) Death Under Negligence
There was one Socilalist Leader, who ran away from the Hazaribagh Prison and joined the Quit India Movement. Identify that leader from the given option;
(A) Jayprakash Narayan
(B) Achyut Patwardhan
Mica is found in which one of the following pairs of rocks?
(A) Schist-Gneiss
(B) Limestone-Sandstone
(C) Shale-Limestone
One should not connect a number of electrical appliances to the same power socket because
(A) this can damage the appliances due to overloading
(B) this can damage the domestic wiring due to overloading
(C) this can damage the electrical meter
(D) the appliance will not get full voltage
What time ______________? I don't want to be late.
(A) will the film starting
(B) is the film starting
Which abbreviation do you use when you want to add something at the end of a letter?
(A) PS
(B) PM
(C) PTO
An apron of fallen rock fragments that accumulates at the base of a cliff is called:
(A) sediment
(B) talus
(C) debris
Which of these singers sang the song 'Lakdi ki kathi' in the film 'Masoom'?
(A) Sadhna Sargam
(B) Preeti Uttam Singh
Transfer of heat through horizontal movement of air is called
(A) Convection
(B) Advection
(C) Radiation
In which Indian city has Facebook, the Social networking site, opened its office?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bangalore
The growers of which among the following commodities in India are awarded with Prof. K M Chandy Memorial Award in India?
(A) Coffee
(B) Coconut
(C) Rubber
(D) Cocoa
The "Peninsula Shield Force" is active in which region of the earth?
(A) South East Asia
(B) Africa
(C) Middle East
(D) South America
(B) Africa
(C) Middle East
(D) South America
Which among the following state Governments in India have recently tabled a stringent land bill via which it bans the land acquisition by the state government for private projects, restricting itself to projects of “public purpose”, including internal security?
(A) Gujarat
(B) West Bengal
(C) Maharastra
(D) Delhi
(B) West Bengal
(C) Maharastra
(D) Delhi
Which of these cricketers acted in the 1973 Hindi film 'Charitra'?
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Salim Durrani
(C) Sandeep Patil
What is distance covered by Earth during its revolution around Sun?
(A) 29.7 km / sec
(B) 31.5 km/ sec
The excess of total expenditures over total receipts is known as _____ ?
(A) Budget Deficit
(B) Revenue deficit
Who was the Italian traveller to visit Vijayanagar during the heydays of Vijayanagar Empire?
(A) Thomas Roe
(B) Nicolo Conti
The Life Insurance Corporation recently roped in which global consultant to devise best risk management for its swelling investment portfolio?
(A) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
(B) Swastik Global Financial
In which movie did Leonardo DiCaprio play the character Jim Carroll?
(A) The Basketball Diaries
(B) Marvin's Room
Which novel made Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald famous?
(A) The Offshore Pirate
(B) This Side of Paradise
Who was the first unopposed candidate to be elected VP of India?
(A) B D Jatti
(B) Zakir Hussain
(C) V V Giri
“Different seasons, different reasons, one region”, is a catchline associated with
(A) Himachal Tourism
(B) Uttarakhand Tourism
The R C Bhargava Committee had recommended a higher Government control on which among the following institution?
(A) Indian Institutes of Technology
(B) Indian Institutes of Management
(C) Indian Institutes of Information Technology
(D) All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences
A large supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago was:
(A) Glossopteris
(B) Gondwanaland
(C) Pangea
In which among the following diseases, seed Therapy is used now a days for treatment?
(A) Tuberculosis
(B) Cancer
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration-2006 has been awarded to
(A) J. S. Bandukwalla
(B) Acharya Mahaprajna
(C) M.S. Subbulakshmi
The NAM summit which demanded expansion of the United Nations Security council had met at
(A) Harare
(B) Jakarta
So, what is your ________________ at college? Someone told me you were studying computer science or something like that.
(A) class
(B) major
(C) teacher
Jang Hyun Jong who was adjudged as the ‘Asian Hockey Player of the year’ is from
(A) Singapore
(B) South Korea
(C) India
The literary work, Sishu is of which of the following authors?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Arundhathi roy
In which ritual book attached to the Rig Veda Andhras were first mentioned ?
(A) Aithreya Brahmana
(B) Gatha Sapthasathi
(C) Silppadikaram
The Grand Trunk Road or GT Road is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads. It traverses through_______?
(A) India, Pakistan & Bangladesh
(B) India & Pakistan Only
(C) India & Bangladesh Only
Plants living in desert regions:
(A) are adapted to low water levels.
(B) are doomed to die.
(C) are all type of cactus.
Which among the following is an example of a plant that bears seeds but not fruits?
(A) Eucalyptus tree
(B) Pine Tree
(C) Peepal Tree
The dark lines in the solar spectrum are due to
(A) absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the outer layers of the sun
(B) destructive interference between waves of certain definite wavelengths
(C) absorption of corresponding wavelengths by the prism used in the photograph
The brand “Galaxy” (paint that glows in dark) is from
(A) Berger Paints
(B) Indian Chemical Industries
Famous personality, Amulya Reddy passed away in 2006. He was a
(A) Film Actor
(B) Dress Designer
(C) Scientist
If you want to leave your job you must give at least four _________ notice.
(A) weeks'
(B) weeks
(C) week's
The expansion for the BIS, in the context of the banking industry is ?
(A) Bank for International Settlements
(B) Bank for International Settlements
Which field of science is related with the study of "Lexicography" ?
(A) Study of fungi
(B) Compiling of dictionary
To keep the hot glass item's finishing and transparency , they go through a process called annealing. This process involves _______?
(A) cooled rapidly
(B) cooled very slowly
(C) cooled slowly and uniformly under controlled environment
National Housing Bank is a 100 % subsidiary of which of the following banks?
(A) Reserve bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
Who is the only Indian to take hat trick in a world cup match?
(A) Kapil Dev
(B) Chetan Sharma
(C) Anil Kumble
Which of the following is not a chemical action?
(A) Burning of coal
(B) Conversion of water into steam
(C) Digestion of food
(D) Burning of Paper
Which disease is more common among agricultural workers as compared to urban population?
(A) Lung's disease
(B) Cirrhosis of liver
Who is the author of famous book 'The Judgement'?
(A) Anthony Mascarenhasa
(B) Kuldip Nayar
(C) Janardhan Turkur
What is the common name of Indian national tree `Ficus Bengalensis’ ?
(A) Aam (Mango)
(B) Bargad (Banyan)
_____ your proposal Tom, I'm afraid we won't be able to approve your project.
(A) With regards to
(B) With regards of
(C) With regards from
Under the Nayankara system of Vijayanagar, lands were assigned to
(A) persons against annual tributes and military service
(B) Brahmins for charitable trusts
After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Saurav Ganguly
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
First Internal affairs minister of independent India
(A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Which industries are found in Goa?
(A) Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on
(B) steel and cement industries
Which lake seprates the Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, from its twin city Secunderabad ?
(A) Hussain Sagar Lake
(B) Wular Lake
"Peter Zumthor " who was recently given Pritzker prize belongs to which among the following countries?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Sweden
Which among the following helps a marketer to help the product occupy a distinct and valued place in the target customer's mind?
(A) Positioning
(B) Advertisement
In finance, "working capital" means the same thing as
(A) fixed assets
(B) current assets
(C) current assets minus current liabilities
The most acceptable theory of the origin of the state is-
(A) Force theory
(B) Social contract theory
(C) Evolutionary theory
The weapon based Dravidian martial art 'Silambam' is native of which south Indian state ?
(A) Kerala
(B) Tamil Nadu
'Marasmus' and 'Kwashiorkor' diseases are caused due to deficiency of which nutrient ?
(A) Sodium
(B) Protein
“Romancing with the Life” an autobiography of a film star, is a life history of
(A) Sashi kapoor
(B) Amitabh Bachan
(C) Dev anand
Which one of the following is NOT something you say (or hear) at the doctors?
(A) What seems to be the matter?
(B) Have you got any medical insurance?
(C) Rare, medium or well-done?
Apart from taking a decision to allot two 'Greenfield' sites for commercial nuclear development to United States, India has allotted nuclear 'parks' to which of the following countries?
(A) France only
(B) Russia Only
(C) Both Russia & France
Which of the following chemicals present in the brain plays key role in regulating emotions such as aggression ?
(A) Acetylcholine
(B) Histamine
(C) Serotonin
In which vertebrate does oxygenated and deoxygenated blood get mixed ?
(A) Amphibian
(B) Mammal
(C) Fish
On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?
(A) Dada Saheb
(B) Raj Kapoor
(C) Meena Kumari
Which steel company announced on 5 May 2011 that it has won an order from Mazagaon Dock to supply 13,000 tonnes of heavy plates?
(A) Essar Steel
(B) Jindal Steel
(C) JSW Steel
The Green House has been written by ...
(A) Jitendra Lahiri
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) John Miller
(D) Mario Vargas Llosa
Which Indian umpire took more than 100 Test wickets as a bowler?
(A) Rambabu Gupta
(B) Swaroop Krishen
(C) S Venkataraghwan
'DTP' computer abbreviation usually means ?
(A) Digital Transmission Protocol
(B) Data Type Programming
(C) DeskTop Publishing
Who of the following cannot be removed by the parliament?
(A) Auditor General
(B) Election Commissioner
(C) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(D) Attorney General
Who quoted India needs to conquer the world once again?
(A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(B) Narendra Natha Dattha
(C) Rajarammohan Roy
Pen Holder grip is used in which of the following sports ?
(A) Cricket
(B) Table Tennis
(C) Badminton
When she got her test back, she was so disappointed that she ....... it away.
(A) searched
(B) poured
(C) roared
(D) tossed
Who was the first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons?
(A) Rash Behari Bose
(B) W.C. Banerjee
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Which among the following are included in nagar panchayat?
(A) Notified Area Committee only
(B) Town Area Committee only
(C) Both Notified Area Committee & Town Area Committee
India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in …..
(A) 1964
(B) 1966
(C) 1969
(D) 1970
What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
(A) Dishwasher
(B) Radio
(C) Television
Long Walk To Freedom’ is the autobiography of which Bharat Ratna recipient ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) S.Radhakrishnan
(C) Nelson Mandela
She goes to ______ prison once ______ month to visit her husband.
(A) the --- a
(B) ___ --- a
(C) the --- the
Which among the following is the single largest industry of Tripura?
(A) Handloom weaving
(B) Sericulture
Which of the following correctly depicts Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Syphilis respectively ?
(A) Wound, Contact, Waterborne, Airborne
(B) Wound, Air-borne, Contact, Waterborne
(C) Wound, Air-borne, Waterborne, Contact
Which county did the outspoken Spin great Bishen Singh Bedi play for?
(A) Essex
(B) Surrey
(C) Northamptonshire
(D) Sussex
The metallurgical process in which a metal is obtained in a fused state is called
(A) smelting
(B) roasting
(C) calcinations
The mean basin area of successive ordered streams formed a linear relationship when graphed. This statement is given by
(A) morph metric analysis
(B) law of drainage composition
(C) law of basin areas
Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Delhi
Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what
(A) Linux computer operating system
(B) Windows computer operating system
Which of the following type of glass is generally used in the making of cut-glass objects?
(A) Crookes glass
(B) Lead potash glass
(C) Borosil glass
(D) Soft ordinary glass
Who among the following scholars is associated with the economic theory of rent?
(A) Thomas Robert Malthus
(B) Richard Jones
(C) William Phillips
In which time period did the dinosaurs mainly live?
(A) Mesozoic
(B) Paleozoic
(C) Cenozoic
(D) Precambrian
Which of the following software is used to view web pages?
(A) Web Browser
(B) Internet Browser
(C) Page Browser
(D) All of the above
Which life insurance product insures two individuals in one insurance plan?
(A) Whole Life Insurance
(B) Universal Life Insurance
(C) 20-Year Term Life Insurance
(D) Survivorship Life Insurance
She didn't have time to get to the shops and .......
(A) get her film developed
(B) develop her film
Fill in the blank choosing the right option. Think investment think ____________.
(A) NSC
(B) ICICI
(C) Kotak
The longest highway in the world is the
(A) Trans-Canada
(B) The Trans-Siberian Highway
(C) Pan-American Highway
According to a survey approx 41 percent of the Indian population will be urbanized by
(A) 2010
(B) 2030
(C) 2025
The bilingual Inscriptions of Asoka involved which of the following two languages?
(A) Brahmi & Aramaic
(B) Brahmi , Greek & Aramaic
Melting ice in the Arctic will have a steady volume of cold freshwater coming into the North Atlantic will disrupt the flow of which well-known ocean current?
(A) Gulf Stream
(B) Humboldt (Peru) Current
(C) Alaska Current
We still need to buy a couple of ___________________ to furnish our kitchen, including a refrigerator and stove.
(A) equipment
(B) appliances
(C) furniture
The name of the river that flows through the Silent Valley in Kerala ?
(A) Kunthippuzha
(B) Kulathupuzha
(C) Alapuzha
(D) Ambalapuzha
The deepest location on the earth's surface on record is about 11.034 km beneath the sea level. It is located in -
(A) Izu Ogasawara Trench, West Pacific Ocean
(B) Yap trench, Pacific Ocean
(C) Marina Trench, west Pacific Ocean
At present, who is the Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)?
(A) G Madhvan Nair
(B) Vinod Rai
(C) Murli Manohar Joshi
(D) Dr K Radhakrishnan
Touareg is the name of the car model that belongs to the stable of…
(A) General Motors
(B) Audi
(C) Volkswagen
(D) Ford Motors
Which city hosted the first Asian Games in 1951 ?
(A) Tokyo (Japan)
(B) Jakarta (Indonesia)
(C) New Delhi (India)
(D) Manila (Philippines)
How do Jains mention Vardhaman Mahavir as?
(A) 22 Thirthankar
(B) 23 Thirthankar
(C) 24 th Thirthankar
He fell in love with her at first sight; he'd never seen ____________.
(A) so beautiful
(B) such a beautiful
(C) so beautiful
(D) such beauty
It is a small magnetic disk enclosed in a plastic cover that is used to store data for a microcomputer.
(A) Optical disc
(B) Zip disk
(C) Floppy disk
Who has been awarded “IBN Indian of the Year Award” in New Delhi recently?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
Which of these remains of the Gupta empire is the western Indian city of Ajanta most notable for?
(A) Stone Carvings
(B) Buddhist Monastery
(C) Cave Painting
Which of the folllowing is located south of the equator?
(A) Taj Mahal
(B) Eiffel Tower
(C) Statue of Liberty
(D) None of these
How long did the Michael Jackson - Lisa Marie Presley marriage last?
(A) Just over 1 year
(B) Less than 6 months
(C) About 4 years
(D) Five years
How long did the Michael Jackson - Lisa Marie Presley marriage last?
(A) Just over 1 year
(B) Less than 6 months
(C) About 4 years
(D) Five years
I'm pretty tired now- I think I'm going to go home.
(A) 'Pretty' is an adjective here.
(B) 'Pretty' is an adverb here.
I'm pretty tired now- I think I'm going to go home.
(A) 'Pretty' is an adjective here.
(B) 'Pretty' is an adverb here.