Which among the following forests are the best sources of Hardwoods ?



 A) Evergreen Forests of Equatorial regions

 B) Coniferous forests

 C) Taiga

 D)Temperate forests around 50 degree latitude north and south










Which of the following rate is fixed by RBI ?



 A) PLR

 B) BPLR

 C) both of them














Which of the following is a source of terranes?



 A) microcontinents.

 B) fragments of distant continents.

 C) ocean crustal fragments.

 D) all of these














Which of the following is a source of terranes?



 A) microcontinents.

 B) fragments of distant continents.

 C) ocean crustal fragments.

 D) all of these












Who was the first Sikh of Guru Nanak ?




 A)Bebe Kaki

 B)Bebe Nanaki

 C)Mata Nanaki

 D)Bhai Mardana













When was Republic of China establish?





 A)1911

 B) 1942

 C) 1950












Who wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh?

 

 A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

 B) Rabindranath Tagore

 C) Mohammad Iqbal

 D)Munshi Premchand











The headquarters of National Cadet Corps located in..



 A) Pune

 B) New Delhi

 C)Chandigarh













The Samadhi of Sri. Narayana Guru is at



 A) Sivagiri

 B) Aruvippuram

 C) Chempazhanthi

 D) Kalady












Who said 'Man is a political animal'?



 A) Dante

 B) Aristotle

 C) Socrates

 D) Plato














Which Indian actor anchored the serial 'Hum Log'?



 A) Anupam Kher

 B) Om Prakash

 C) Ashok Kumar

 D) Amitabh Bachchan











The nickname of Glenn McGrath is ?


 A)Penguin

 B)Big Bird

 C)Pigeon














Empowered by Innovation” the punchline is associated with IT software and computers, which brand we are talking



 A)Toshiba

 B)Zenith

 C)NEC













Which country is the winner of 1983 Cricket world cup?



 A) West Indies

 B) Pakistan

 C) India

D) Australia












Which city in India is known as the "Pittsburg of India"?



 A) Varanasi

 B) Ahmedabad

 C) Jamshedpur













Which city in India is known as the "Pittsburg of India"?



 A) Varanasi

 B) Ahmedabad

 C) Jamshedpur













In Context with the computer terminology, how many bits are there in a nibble?



 A) 2
 B) 4
 C) 8













Arrange to form a vocabulary word “two” ?



 A) tow

 B) wot















The police are ___ the suspect.



 A) looking

 B) seen

 C) watching









 Which cable network is to be the sole provider of sports information to MSN?



 A) STAR Sports

 B) ESPN

 C) Sportstock.com

 D) Channel 9
   















Which of the following statements about women is not true?



 A) Women can talk for a longer time than men

 B) Women can hear better than men

 C) Women can read finer print than men

 D) None














Two guys, ....... car had broken down, asked me for a lift



  A) whose

  B) whom

  C) which
   














I didn't use to ____ it, but I do now.



  A) liking

  B) like














He sleeps during the day and parties ____ night.


 A) on

 B) in

 C) at

 D) to










The terms Volley, Smash, Service are related to which among the following sports?


 A) Volleyball

 B) Tennis

 C) Table tennis

 D) Badminton












Lokayukta submits its report to the-



 A) Chief Minister

 B) Chief Justice of the High Court

 C) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly













Lokayukta submits its report to the-



 A) Chief Minister

 B) Chief Justice of the High Court

 C) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly











The distance of Moon from the Earth-

 
  A) 364 thousand kms

  B) 300 thousand kms

  C) 446 thousand kms

  D) 384 thousand kms


   








Who scored the winning goal in the final of Football World Cup 1974?


 A) Franz Beckenbauer

 B) Johan Cruyff

 C) Gerd Mueller











Who scored the winning goal in the final of Football World Cup 1974?


 A) Franz Beckenbauer

 B) Johan Cruyff

 C) Gerd Mueller











In which Indian state would you find The Leh Palace?



 A) Gujarat

 B) Jammu and Kashmir

 C) Himachal Pradesh

 D) Rajasthan











Which of the following were regarded as the hub of Aryan culture during the later Vedic period ?



 A) Anga, Magadh

 B) Kosal, Videha

 C) Kuru, Panchal

 D) Matsya, Surasena











What does Jim buy for Della in The Gift of the Magi?



 A)  Diamond ring
 B) Gold chain
 C) Silver bracelet
 D) Combs















When was Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot) born?



 A) 22 November 1819

 B) 14 May 1799

 C) 1 October 1820

 D) 5 January 1821












Who directed ‘Raja Harishchandra’ (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?



 A) Ardeshir Irani

 B) Dadasaheb Phalke

 C) V.Shantaram

 D) V.Shantaram











Who authored the ‘Rajatarangini’, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?



 A) Kalidasa

 B) Kalhana

 C) Chankaya

 D) Banabhatt












Where is the Indira Point, the southernmost point of land in the territory of India, situated ?



 A) Lakshadweep

 B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

 C) Kerala

 D) Tamilnadu















From which mineral is radium obtained?



 A) Rutile

 B) Haematite

 C) Limestone

 D) Pitchblende















From which mineral is radium obtained?



 A) Rutile

 B) Haematite

 C) Limestone

 D) Pitchblende













With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?


 A) Lectures on Jurisprudence

 B) Social Contract

 C) Leviathan













With which of the following countries does India share least or nominal trade relations?



 A) Monaco

 B) Nauru

 C) Uganda

 D) Grenada













With which of the following countries does India share least or nominal trade relations?



 A) Monaco

 B) Nauru

 C) Uganda

 D) Grenada











According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ?



 A) Surya

 B) Vishnu

 C) Shiva

 D) Ganesh











Which among the following is India's indigenously developed pilotless target aircraft (PTA) ?


 A)Saras

 B)Tejas

 C)Chetak

 D)Lakshya













Which country's Antarctic claim covers the greatest swath of longitude?



 A)New Zealand

 B)Australia

 C)Argentina

 D)United Kingdom













Which country's Antarctic claim covers the greatest swath of longitude?



 A)New Zealand

 B)Australia

 C)Argentina

 D)United Kingdom











From the given options, identify the personality chosen as CNN-IBN Man of the year 2006.



 A) Ratan Tata

 B) Manmohan Singh

 C) Shashi Thuroor











Bado Logon ka bada TV” the eye-catcher slogan is for



 A) Videocon 63 cm flat

 B) Akai 63 cm flat

 C) Sansui 29 inches











The Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award is given for



  A) Environmental protection

  B) Emancipation of women

  C) Social upliftment of scheduled castes















Arrange to form a vocabulary word “reared” ?



 A)Dearre

 B)Daerre

 C)Dearer














 







We got up ___ dawn today.



 A) by

 B) at

 C) on













 








Which day is observed as the International Women’s Day?



 A) March 8

 B) March 12

 C) March 20

 D) March 11














 








Which country has 13 months in a year ?



 A)America

 B)Albania

 C)Armenia

 D)Ethiopia













 








When did Alexander Pope first publish The Rape of the Lock?


 A)1700

 B)1690

 C)1712

 D)1702













 







When was the first train in India started?


 A)1855

 B)1852

 C)1853

 D)1854













 







When was the first train in India started?


 A)1855

 B)1852

 C)1853

 D)1854













 







Which among the following country is the biggest steel producing country of the world?


 A) Russia

 B) US

 C) China













 







The last or 13th NAM (Non-aligned Movement) conference was held on


 A) September 2000 at Jakarta (Indonesia)

 B) September 2001 at Cartagene

 C) September 2002 at Durban

 D) September 2003 at Kuala Lumper















 







'God's Own Country' slogan is being used by which south Indian state to promote its tourism industry ?


 
  A)Kerala

  B) Tamil Nadu

  C)Andhra Pradesh

  D)Karnataka













 







'God's Own Country' slogan is being used by which south Indian state to promote its tourism industry ?


 
  A)Kerala

  B) Tamil Nadu

  C)Andhra Pradesh

  D)Karnataka













 







Idols', 'One Day Wonders' and 'Runs n Ruins' books are authored by which Indian cricketer ?



  A)Kapil Dev

  B)Sandeep Patil

  C)Sunil Gavaskar

  D)E.A.S. Prasanna













 







Which Bharat Ratna recipient once served in the French Army?


 A)J R D Tata

 B)Nelson Mandela

 C)Pandurang Kane













 







Ajj _____Chadheya.. (Movie- Love Aaj Kal)



 A)Raat

 B)Din

 C)Subah














 







How many teeth does an elephant have?



 A)32

 B)24

 C)2
  &














 







If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?



 A)1

 B)2

 C)3












 







I love living in Australia ______________ the weather.

 A) because

 B) since

 C) because of













 







! - British English


 A) Exclamation mark

 B) Exclamation point













 







We wear it on top of our clothes to keep us warm.


 A) Coat

 B) Jacket

 C) Tie

 D) Scarf













 







McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.


 A)True

 B)False












 







McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.


 A)True

 B)False












 







To say something suddenly and without thinking is to ___.


 A)ease up

 B)rub in

 C)blurt out













 







He was working with T.V.S group, holds a management degree and now is considered as one of the best film-makers in Bollywood.



 A)Ramgopal Verma

 B)Mani Ratnam

 C)Vidhu Vinod Chopra













 







Who is known as black gandhi ?


 A)Nelson Mandela

 B)Joahna Keniyatha













 







What is the capital of the god's own country Kerala?



  A) Kolkata

  B) Mumbai

  C) Bhopal

  D) Thiruvanantapuram














 







Carefully' is an example of what type of word?



 A) Noun

 B) Adverb

 C) Adjective















 







While E-mailing we use a shortcut key "ASAP". What does it denote?

A) As Soon As Possible

B) As Soon All Possible

C) All Soon All Possible













 







How many Grammy Awards did Michael Jackson win in 1984?



 A) 5

 B) 6

 C) 7

 D) 8














 







The tip of the match-stick contains____?


  A) Phosphorus pentoxide

  B) White phosphorus

  C) Red phosphorus

  D) Phosphorus trichlorid













 







It's easy.



  A)'Easy' is an adjective here.

  B)'Easy' is an adverb here.
 













 







She ......... on the underground last week


  A) had her purse stolen

  B) got her purse stolen














 







May I ask you ___ question?


  A) a

  B)an

  C)the

  D)nothing













 







The robbers .............the whole house for money.



  a. sobbed

  b. glanced

  c. hunted

  d.searched

  e. tossed
   












 







Which among the following is a correct definition of Fiscal Deficit ?


 A)Excess of total expenditure over total receipts

 B)Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings

 C)Excess of total expenditure over total receipts less borrowings and payments

   












 







Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act popularly known as SARFAESI Act was enacted in which of the following year ?


 A)2001

 B)2002

 C)2003













 







Non-energy resources include:

  A) metals

  B) gemstones.

  C) sand and gravel.

  D) all of these.















 







Which of these singers used the pseudonym 'Anandaghan'?



  A)Jagjit Singh

  B)Lata Mangeshkar

  C)Begum Akhtar

  D)Suman Kalyanpur
   














 







Who is the Head of State of Belize?



 A)President

 B)Governor General

 C)Monarch of UK












 







When was the first elevator built?


 A)1785

 B)1739

 C)1743

 D)1760













 







The only Indian to win the Nobel prize in physics is



  A)Dr. J.C. Bose

  B)Dr. C. V. Raman

  C)Dr. Vickram Sarabhai

  D)Dr. H. J. Bhabha













 







Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?



 A)Earth and Mars

 B)Mars and Jupiter

 C)Jupiter and Saturn

 D)Saturn and Uranus
   












 







Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?



 A)Earth and Mars

 B)Mars and Jupiter

 C)Jupiter and Saturn

 D)Saturn and Uranus
   












 







Which American President in his famous Gettysberg speech defined democracy as the ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’ ?



 A) Abraham Lincoln

 B) George Washington

  C) John F. Kennedy

  D) Theodore Roosevelt













 







… is the indirect tax that registered maximum growth during the first half of 2010-11


 A) Excise duty

 B) Custom duty

 C) Service tax

 D) None of the above
















 







On your mark, get, set, go! As the athletes sprint away, the time they take to cover their designated distance is being measured. What is this object called?

 A) Alarm clock

 B) Wall clock

 C) Stopwatch













 







On your mark, get, set, go! As the athletes sprint away, the time they take to cover their designated distance is being measured. What is this object called?

 A) Alarm clock

 B) Wall clock

 C) Stopwatch













 







 "Mera joota hai Japani” is a song that was picturised on


 A)Shammi Kapoor

 B)Raj Kapoor

 C)Kishore Kumar













 







Lok manya Tilak Award is given for which among the following fields?


 A) TV Reporting

 B) Fiction writing

 C) Journalism












 







Perumbavoor is related to ?



 A) Silk Industry

 B) Timber Indusry

 C) Film Industry

 D) Gold Mines














 







The Greeks were often ___war with each other or with their enemies.


 A) a

 B) in

 C) to

 D) at












 







In British English it's a pavement. In American it's a... ?


 A)sidewinder

 B)side saddle

 C)sidewalk

 D)side order












 







Which country has the most people?


 A)New york

 B)China

 C)Kolkata

 D)Delhi














 







Something that is very large or huge.



 A) Elaborate

 B) Elusive

 C) Extensive

 D) Enormous













 







What is the total number of Ramsar Sites in India ?


 A)12

 B)25













 







Arrange to form a vocabulary word “link” ?


A) Knli

B) Kiln

C) Knli













 







Their ___ for power lasted a long time. (struggle)


 A)struggled

 B)struggling

 C)struggle
   














 







What does BBC stand for?



 A)British Big Corporation

 B)British Broadcasting Corporation

 C)None of the above
   













 







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