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General Knowledge
1. Externality theory is the basic theory of the following branch of Economics:
- a) Macro Economics
- b) Environomics
- c) Fiscal Economics
- d) International Economics
Correct Answer: (d)
2. Diamonds are priced higher than water because:
- a) consumers do not buy them at lower prices.
- b) they are sold by selected firms with monopolistic powers.
- c) their marginal utility to buyers is higher than that of water.
- d) their total utility to buyers is higher than that of water.
Correct Answer: (c)
3. Transboundary pollution (or) Acid rain is caused by:
- a) Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide
- b) Carbon monoxide
- c) Carbon dioxide
- d) Hydrocarbon
Correct Answer: (a)
4. "Functional Finance" is associated with:
- a) Abba 'P' Lerner
- b) Adolph Wogner
- c) Adam Smith
- d) Adams
Correct Answer: (a)
5. Of the following land uses, which is restricted to Special Economic Zones?
- a) Information Technology Companies
- b) Educational Institutions
- c) Free Trade Centres
- d) Marketing Centres
Correct Answer: (c)
6. Who among the following enjoys the rank of Cabinet Minister in Union Cabinet?
- a) Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
- b) Judge of Supreme Court
- c) Secretary to Government of India
- d) Political Advisor to PM
Correct Answer: (a)
7. Who gave the title of "Mahamana" to Madan Mohan Malaviya?
- a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- b) Dadabhai Nauroji
- c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- d) Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer: (d)
8. The vacancy of the office of the President must be filled within:
- a) 3 months
- b) 6 months
- c) 12 months
- d) 1 month
Correct Answer: (b)
9. In which part of the Indian Constitution, the Fundamental Duties are enshrined?
- a) IV
- b) IV-A
- c) IV-B
- d) V
Correct Answer: (b)
10. Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage?
- a) B. R. Ambedkar
- b) Mahatma Gandhi
- c) Rajendra Prasad
- d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer: (d)
11. Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?
- a) Lord Irwin
- b) Lord Mountbatten
- c) Lord Wavell
- d) Lord Linlithgow
Correct Answer: (d)
12. Who was the other Congress leader who joined with Motilal Nehru to start the Swaraj Party in 1923?
- a) G. K. Gokhale
- b) B. G. Tilak
- c) Chittaranjan Das
- d) M. K. Gandhi
Correct Answer: (c)
13. What is the first sermon of Buddha called as?
- a) Mahaparinirvansutta
- b) Brahmajalasutta
- c) Dhammachakkapabattanasutta
- d) Kachchayanagottasutta
Correct Answer: (c)
14. From which of the following banks did Madan Mohan Malaviya took loans for financing "The Hindustan Times"?
- a) State Bank of India
- b) Punjab National Bank
- c) Bank of Maharashtra
- d) Bank of Baroda
Correct Answer: (b)
15. Who wrote the book "Why Socialism"?
- a) Jayaprakash Narayan
- b) Mahatma Gandhi
- c) Acharya Narendra Dev
- d) M. N. Roy
Correct Answer: (a)
16. Multi-purpose river valley projects are the "New temples of modern India". This statement is made by:
- a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- b) Motilal Nehru
- c) Mahatma Gandhi
- d) Rajiv Gandhi
Correct Answer: (a)
17. Where are the Todas found?
- a) Madhya Pradesh
- b) Tamil Nadu
- c) Rajasthan
- d) Arunachal Pradesh
Correct Answer: (b)
18. The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:
- a) North Atlantic drift
- b) South Atlantic drift
- c) Counter Equatorial drift
- d) West Atlantic drift
Correct Answer: (b)
19. Which of the following is an endemic species?
- a) Nicobar pigeon
- b) Horn bill
- c) Indian Rhino
- d) Pink-head duck
Correct Answer: (a)
20. The natural disaster in which carbon-dioxide suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known as
- a) Liminic
- b) Lacaustrine
- c) Fluvial
- d) Glacial
Correct Answer: (a)
21. Blood group was discovered by:
- a) Alexander Fleming
- b) William Harvey
- c) Landsteiner
- d) Pavlov
Correct Answer: (c)
22. Pick out the correct match:
- a) Egg yolk - Protein and Fat
- b) Fleshy food - Calcium and Protein
- c) Fish - Starch and Vitamin
- d) Milk - Fibre and Mineral
Correct Answer: (a)
23. Blood is a:
- a) reproductive tissue
- b) connective tissue
- c) epithelial tissue
- d) muscular tissue
Correct Answer: (b)
24. DPT vaccine is administered to prevent diseases like:
- a) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Typhoid
- b) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
- c) Dengue, Pertussis and Typhoid
- d) Dengue, Polio and Tetanus
Correct Answer: (b)
25. The disease that has been eradicated from the world is:
- a) Smallpox
- b) Leprosy
- c) Poliomyelitis
- d) Chickenpox
Correct Answer: (a)
26. In dicots the pollen-grains possess:
- a) one germ pore
- b) two germ pores
- c) three germ pores
- d) four germ pores
Correct Answer: (c)
27. "Farad" is the unit of:
- a) Conductance
- b) Capacitance
- c) Inductance
- d) Resistance
Correct Answer: (b)
28. Steel is more elastic than rubber because it:
- a) is harder than rubber
- b) requires larger deforming force
- c) is never deformed
- d) is deformed very easily
Correct Answer: (b)
29. Communication satellites are used to:
- a) transmit communication signal only
- b) receive communication signal only
- c) receive and redirect communication signal
- d) provide information of natural resources only
Correct Answer: (c)
30. What type of information system would be recognised by digital circuits?
- a) Hexadecimal system
- b) Binary system
- c) Both hexadecimal and binary system
- d) Only Roman system
Correct Answer: (b)
31. Which of the following is an impact printer?
- a) Daisy wheel printer
- b) Ink-jet printer
- c) Bubble-jet printer
- d) Laser printer
Correct Answer: (a)
32. Identify the odd term amongst the following group:
- a) Coaxial cable
- b) Optical fibre
- c) Twisted pair wire
- d) Microwaves
Correct Answer: (d)
33. Stains of rust on clothes can be removed by:
- a) H2O2
- b) Oxalic acid
- c) Petrol
- d) Alcohol
Correct Answer: (b)
34. The percentage of nitrogen present in ammonia sulphate is:
- a) 18%
- b) 21%
- c) 25%
- d) 30.5%
Correct Answer: (b)
35. Ethanol containing 5% water is known as:
- a) Absolute alcohol
- b) Dilute alcohol
- c) Power alcohol
- d) Rectified spirit
Correct Answer: (d)
36. The hormone used as an contraceptive is:
- a) Aldesterone
- b) Cortisone
- c) Progesterone
- d) Testosterone
Correct Answer: (c)
37. Expand the term IPCC:
- a) International Pollution Control Council
- b) International Panel of Climate Control
- c) Interim Panel of Climate Change
- d) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Correct Answer: (d)
38. The "One Straw Revolution" was written by:
- a) Masanobu Fukuoka
- b) Richael Carlson
- c) M. S. Swaminathan
- d) Norman Borlaug
Correct Answer: (a)
39. Acceptable "Noise Pollution Level" in India ranges between:
- a) 10 - 15 dec
- b) 16 -35 dec
- c) 40 - 45 dec
- d) 70 - 100 dec
Correct Answer: (c)
40. Endosulfan spray on cashew crop resulted in the pollution to the tune of tragedy in:
- a) Tamil Nadu
- b) Kerala
- c) Andhra Pradesh
- d) Karnataka
Correct Answer: (b)
41. Aung San Suu Kyi is a native of:
- a) Tibet
- b) China
- c) Myanmar
- d) Arunachal Pradesh
Correct Answer: (c)
42. India and Japan inked tow agreements during November 2012 to enable Tokyo to import from India:
- a) Leather goods
- b) Rare earth minerals
- c) Basmati type rice
- d) Rubber-based products
Correct Answer: (b)
43. Non Resident Indians (NRI) Day is marked on:
- a) January 7
- b) January 9
- c) January 17
- d) January 19
Correct Answer: (b)
44. "Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, I have learned from you. You have made me a better President". was said by:
- a) Pranab Mukherjee
- b) Barack Obama
- c) Goerge Bush
- d) APJ Abdul Kalam
Correct Answer: (b)
45. First Hindu-American to enter in the US House of Representative as senator is:
- a) Tulsi Gabbard
- b) Sunita Williams
- c) Jyoti Sengupta
- d) Ami Bera
Correct Answer: (a)
46. Who was not a politician?
- a) H. N. Bahugana
- b) I. K. Gujral
- c) S. L. Bhaugana
- d) J. Jayalalithaa
Correct Answer: (c)
47. The WISE Prize-2012, also known as the "Nobel Prize for Education". was conferred by the WISE Summit in Doha on:
- a) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
- b) Dr. Madhav Chavan
- c) Dr. Yash Pal
- d) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
Correct Answer: (b)
48. The most powerful woman in business in India as rated by the "Fortune" for the year 2012 is:
- a) Chanda Kochar
- b) Prabha Parameswaran
- c) Debjani Ghosh
- d) Anjali Bansal
Correct Answer: (a)
49. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development - 2012 was awarded to:
- a) Tereza Fajksova
- b) Sunita Williams
- c) Chanda Kochar
- d) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Correct Answer: (d)
50. Hypothermia occurs due to loss of excessive heat from body due to sudden low body temperature in:
- a) Snakes
- b) Frogs
- c) Human beings
- d) Lizards
Correct Answer: (c)