What is the total number of annual plans that have been instituted in between the Five year plans in India?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 3
According to the recently (2012) released World Bank Report, the Chinese economy grew by the close of fourth quarter of 2009 at the rate of
A) 9.7 percent
B) 10.7 percent
C) 10.8 percent
The Vedas contain all the truth’ was interpreted by :
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Swami Dayananda
C) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
D) None of the above
Ozone hole was first been discovered in 1980s, by the British scientist over -
A) Artic region
B) Polar region
C) Antarctica
D) Tropical region
The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as
A) Madagascar
B) Tasmania
C) Ceylon
D) None of the above
The Haryana government declared two days’ state mourning on 5 May and 6 May 2011 following the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. Dorjee Khandu was the Chief Minister of -
A) Assam
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Manipur
D) Meghalaya
Which of these is used in sawantwadi crafts?
A) Lacquer
B) Wax
C) Silver
D) Bronze
Which of the following belongs to the ginger family?
A) Turmeric
B) Asafoetida
C) Nutmeg
The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is ________.
A) 540
B) 542
C) 552
"I'm Japan, the land of cherry blossoms and Sumo wrestling. My currency is:"
A) dollar
B) euro
C) yen
The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called
A) Aestivation
B) camelids
Which element has the chemical symbol Ag?
A) Platinum
B) Gold
C) Silver
"Dynamite” is a mobile handset from
A) Nokia
B) LG
C) Spice
The baseline `Because life insurance is also about other people's lives' belongs to
A) TATA-AIG
B) ICICI Pru Life
C) Birla Sunlife
In which year Mid Day Meal scheme was launched?
A) 1997
B) 1995
C) 1999
Headquarters of ISRO is located in ?
A) Srihari kota
B) Bangalore
C) New Delhi
D) Jaipur
Who is the author of the book "Hard Times"?
A) Endid Blyton
B) Raj Rao
C) Charle`s Dicken`s
D) H G Wells
Who quoted India needs to conquer the world once again?
A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
B) Narendra Natha Dattha
C) Arabind Ghosh
D) Rajarammohan Roy
What was the railway zone on western hills operating between Roha to Mangalore?
A) Western Railway
B) South Western Railway
C) Sahyadri Railways
D) Konkan Railways
X is actually a popular variety of apples in United States. It looks logical then the name X was chosen for this famous brand. Identify X?
A) Acer
B) Philips
C) Macintosh of Apple Computers
Sue went to work ______ feeling ill.
A) despite
B) although
C) whereas
D) however
Arrange to form a vocabulary word “spots” ?
A) Potss
B) Posts
C) Pssot
Which ape spends most of his time in trees?
A) Gorilla
B) Monkey
C) Sloth
Fonts are limited to computers?
A) True
B) False
What is an ETF?
A) An Exchange Telecom File
B) An Exchange Traded Fund
C) An Economic Transport Future
Through open market operations , RBI plays a very important role in which of the following markets?
A) gilt edged
B) primary market
C) secondary market
The first seismic waves to arrive at a seismic station are:
A) P-waves
B) S-waves
C) Rayleigh waves
In 2012, what percentage of Earth's land surface is covered by glaciers?
A) 10
B) 50
C) 5
D) 0.1
What is held on a 'plaza de toros'?
A) Pool
B) Rugby
C) Badminton
D) Bull-fighting
A computer consists of
A) A memory
B) A central processing unit
C) Input and output unit
D) All of the above
The first University Chair of Sanskrit was founded in—
A) England
B) France
C) Germany
D) Russia
Who was the first Indian Scholar who treated Mathematics as a distinct subject ?
A) Brahma Gupta
B) Aryabhatta
C) Varahamihira
D) Ramanujam
In ends and means relationship, Gandhiji believed—
A) Means become good if they serve the end
B) Means and ends are watertight compartments
C) Means determine the end
D) End is everything, no matter what or how the means are
The magnetic effect of electric current was first observed by
A) Henry
B) Oersted
C) Faraday
D) Volta
Amnesty International has its headquarters at
A) Berlin
B) New York
C) Washington
D) London
Very small time intervals are accurately measure by
A) White dwarfs
B) Quartz clocks
C) Atomic clocks
D) Pulsars
Very small time intervals are accurately measure by
A) White dwarfs
B) Quartz clocks
C) Atomic clocks
D) Pulsars
The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur
A) the equator
B) the tropics
C) the arctic
D) None of the above
Which one of the following places is situated most western ward among them?
A) Bikaner
B) Diu
C) Jaiselmer
D) Porbandar
"'Ao', 'Sema' and 'Konyak' are the principal languages of which north-eastern Indian state ?
A) Manipur
B) Meghalaya
C) Mizoram
D) Nagaland
Satyam has recently joined hands with a __________ based company to establish a service-oriented architecture.
A) Germany
B) U.S.
C) U.K.
Who was the first Indian to get Oscar?
A) Shyam Benegal
B) L.V. Prasad
C) Raj Kapoor
D) Bhanu Athaiya
Bangladesh Day is observed on______.
A) Jan 8
B) Aug 23
C) Mar 26
D) Jan 26
Suggestive is to undertone as ___ is to movement
A) energy
B) kinetic
C) fast
D) active
What is the capital of Orissa?
A) Ranchi
B) Kohima
C) Bhubaneswar
Who has written the book "Gitanjali"
A) Rabindra Nath Tagore
B) Prem Chand
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
In the epic Ramayana, which bird tried to prevent Ravana from carrying Sita away?
A) Vibhishan
B) Jatayu
C) Garuda
D) Bhulinga
Which among the following exchanges is planning to buy share in MCX?
A) Australian Security Exchange
B) London Stock Exchange
C) BSE
D) NSC
It is the first time I've had ........ bad flu since I was a child
A) so
B) such
What is the captial of UAE?
A) Sharjah
B) Dubai
C) Abu Dhabi
D) Ajman
In Agriculture what does CCA represent?
A) Curable Command Area
B) Cultural Command Area
C) Cultural Cultivation Area
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Atharva veda was translated in Persian by which of the scholars of Akbar's Cour
A) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
B) Abdul Qadir Badayuni
C) Naqib Khan
Which capital city also served as its state's co-capital with four other cities?
A) Providence, Rhode Island
B) Columbia, South Carolina
C) Concord, New Hampshire
Which of the following items is chiefly manufactured in Australia
A) Silk
B) Wool
C) Cotton
D) Nylon
The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon women’s singles is—
A) Venus William
B) Serena William
C) Dinara Safina
D) Svetlana Kuznetsova
Which of the following is not an agency of U.
A) World Health Organisation
B) Food and Agricultural Organisation
C) International Committee of the Red Cross
D) International Monetary Fun
The power to make any provision with respect to all matters relating to citizenship of India rests with
A) Parliament
B) Union Ministry of External Affairs
C) Union Ministry of Law and Justice
D) Union Ministry of Home Affairs
Which cartoon strip by R K Laxman represented the antics of 'The Common Man'?
A) Business As Usual
B) Here and Now
C) You Said It
Which of the following trees has aerial roots?
A) Neem
B) Banyan
C) Coconut
'Louis Philippe' is a brand of designer's men's wear from:
A) UK
B) USA
C) Australia
She wouldn't have had two laptops if she ________________________ the contract.
A) did not sign
B) does not sign
C) had not signed
The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (2012) is
A) Robert Mugabe
B) Morgan Tsvangirai
C) Thabo Mbeki
What filters wastes and other harmful substances from the blood?
A) Heart
B) Liver
C) Kidney
The Punjab and Sindhu regions was called as________
A) Siva Sindhu
B) Purana Sindhu
C) Maha Sindhu
D) Sapta Sindhu
Assimilation is to melting pot as multiculturalism is to ___ .
A) Diversify
B) Homogeneous
C) Mosaic
In certain busy areas you have to pay a charge for driving your car. What is it called?
A) A congestion fee
B) A congestion charge
C) An overcrowding fee
D) An overcrowding charge
Which can fly the fastest?
A) A peacock
B) A hawk
C) A sparrow
Arrange to form a vocabulary word “mug” ?
A) gum
B) ugm
The link between the ancient and modern Olympic games ___ by the torch relay.
A) is symbolized
B) symbolize
C) are symbolized
Which of the following logistics company is associated with Deutsche Post?
A) Blue Dart
B) DHL
C) Skypak
D) FedEx
These numbers follow a pattern. 5, 10, 3, 8, 1. What comes next?
A) 6
B) 5
C) -4
D) -2
Who recently (2012) became the first man in history to hit 12 sixes in a One Day International match?
A) Salman Khan
B) Shreeshant
C) Xavier Marshall
D) Zaheer Kahn
Where does a platypus live?
A) Austraila
B) Spain
C) Africa
D) Poland
Her birthday is ..... a Tuesday this year
A) on
B) at
C) in
This supermarket is 24/7 so it's ___________ .
A) closed at the weekends
B) open Monday to Friday, 9 - 5
C) open 24 hours every day of the week
D) all of the above answers
FIFA Cup holds at a regular interval of 4 year since 1930. Which among the following were the years when FIFA couldn't held due to WWII?
A) 1940 & 1944
B) 1941 & 1945
C) 1942 & 1946
D) 1943 & 1947
With whose help Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II restored to the throne
A) Marathas
B) Sikhs
C) Afghans
D) Turks
When did Mary Anne Evans die
A) 31 December 1900
B) 22 December 1880
C) 15 August 1860
D) 19 March 1865
Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programme is located at
A) Dhaka
B) New Delhi
C) Colombo
D) Kathmandu
The major cause of species extinction is
A) agricultural activities
B) extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
C) development (human settlements, industry)
D) habitat loss and degradation
The major cause of species extinction is
A) agricultural activities
B) extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
C) development (human settlements, industry)
D) habitat loss and degradation
The tribe residing in Meghalay
A) Garos
B) Khas
C) Kol
D) Murias
The telescope is used for viewing
A) distant objects
B) near objects
C) small objects
D) living cells
Kodaikanal is a tourist resort in the hills of
A) Palani
B) Annamalai
C) Nilgiri
D) Madumalai
In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine 'Din-i-Ilahi' (Divine Faith) ?
A) Babar
B) Akbar
C) Jehangir
D) Shahjaha
Which among the following National Park is located in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh ?
A) Kanha National Park
B) Kaziranga National Park
C) Kanchenjunga National Park
D) Kanger Ghati National Park
How many member states are there in Commonwealth Nations?
A) 59
B) 54
C) 62
Dynamix dairies in Baramati Maharashtra is an official supplier of cheese fo
A) Amul
B) Britannia
C) McDonalds
Which group of blood is known as universal donor?
A) A+
B) B+
C) AB+
D) O+
What is the capital of the state of Sikkim
A) Darjeeling
B) Thimphu
C) Imphal
D) Gangtok
If the zeroth division of the head scale is below the index line then the correction is ________.
A) Positive
B) Negative
C) No correction
D) None
What is 'flu' short for - and if you have it how do you feel?
A) happy
B) ill
C) bored
D) excited
Eugenics is the study of ?
A) The development of embryos
B) The merits of legalizing mercy killing
C) The production of better offspring by careful selection of parents
