Which part protects the inner part of the cell ?


 A) Cell wall

 B) Cell membrane

 C) Nucleus

 D) Plastids

Which heroine made a special appearance in the song Kajra Re from Bunty Aur Babli?


 A) Bipasha Basu

 B) Aishwarya Rai

 C) Malaika Arora

 D) Mallika Sherawat

Lord William Bentinck is credited for which of the following in the Indian History ?


 A) Abolition of Sati practice

 B) Local Administration

Management sciences and operation Research is the same branch of Quantitative Management?


 A) True

 B) False

A small picture that represents a folder, program or other things.


 A) Desktop

 B) Icon

 C) Graphic

 D) Image

Who amongst the following is known as ‘Iron Lady’?


 A) Sonia Gandhi

 B) Aishwarya Rai

 C) Margaret Thatcher

Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012?


 A) Mumbai

 B) Kolkata

 C) Delhi

He General Assembly of United Nations meets


 A) Once a year

 B) twice a year

 C) thrice a year

Napoleon was born in Corsica.


 A) True

 B) False

Which state in India has the world's largest deposit of thorium?


 A) Andhra Pradesh

 B) Kerala

Which one is an email address?


 A) http://vianet.com/index.htm

 B) D:\\Email\Standard

 C) joesmart@billme.com

 D) Chaminade.org/teachers/mailaddresses

Where in India is the only active volcano found?

 A) Barren Island

 B) Kavaratti

 C) Minicoy

 D) Bitra

Dry Ice is


 A) Liquid Nitrogen

 B) Water Ice

 C) Solid Carbon dioxide

 D) Frozen Ethanol

Railway tracks are banked on curves


 A) necessary centrifugal force may be obtained from the horizontal component weight of the train

 B) to avoid frictional force between the tracks and wheels

 C) necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train

 D) the train may not fly off in the opposite direction

'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' is a film directed by


  A) Gautam Gosh

  B) Tapan Sinha

  C) Meera nair

  D) Shyam Benegal

Mettur Dam is built on the river


 A) Krishna

 B) Kaveri

 C) Narmada

 D) Mahanadi

We admire they are taking this step despite the numerous risks involved—


A) them to take

B) them for taking

C) that they have taken over

D) how their taking of

All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:


 A) hackers.

 B) spam.

 C) viruses.

 D) identity theft.

Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny’ “ book was written by


 A) V.S. Naipaul

 B) Mahatma Gandhi

 C) Guenter Grass

 D) Swami Vivekananda

Please be careful when you wrap this glass doll. It's very ___________, and it can break very easily.


 A) soft

 B) careful

 C) fragile

 D) None of the above

In which of these Indian languages is the search engine Google not yet available?


 A) Bengali

 B) Punjabi

 C) Assamese

The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India


 A) Dr.R.Kesavan Nair

 B) Dr.Ram

 D) Dr.Venugopal

Nickname of New York city is


 A) Small Apple

 B) Big Apple

Who takes the final decision upon the disqualification of a Member of Parliament?


 A) Vice-President

 B) Prime Minister

 C) President

Which country is the largest producer of coffee ?


 A) Italy

 B) Russia

 C) Brazil

 D) China

What is the capital of Kerala?

 A) Gangtok

 B) Kohima

 C) Thiruvananthapuram




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The name Kerry Packer is associated with


 A) Basketball

 B) Football

 C) Cricket

What is the name of Rama's brother who goes with him into exile?


 A) Ravana

 B) Dasartha

 C) Lakshmana

The sounds above the audible range cause ?


 A) Air Pollution

 B) Water Pollution

 C) Sound Pollution

 D) Food Adulteration

Who regulates the money circulation in India?


 A) State Bank Of India

 B) Reserve Bank Of India

 C) Nabard

 D) Commercial Banks

Which country has got the independence on 26th March, 1971?


 A) Bhutan

 B) Myanmar

 C) Bangladesh

 D) Nepal

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.


 A) True

 B) False

Tuberculosis is caused by :


 A) Bacteria

 B) Virus

 C) The devil

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, 62, made a surprise visit to North Korea recently. What was the purpose of the visit?


 A) Persuade North Korea to return to dialogue over nuclear weapons

 B) Win the release of two jailed U.S. journalists

 C) None of them

Who among the following has written Ghoolamgiri?


 A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

 B) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

 C) Jyotiba Phule

 D) Dadu Dayal

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment deposited by a stream into a body of water is called:


 A) an alluvial fan

 B) a submarine fan

 C) a delta

 D) none of these

In 'Letting in the Jungle', who is Mowgli's chief ally in his destruction of the village?


 A) Baloo

 B) Grey Brother

 C) Raksha

 D) Hathi

What is the full form of the 'APJ' in Dr. Kalam's name?


 A) Ali Ponnuswamy Jampiru

 B) Ahmed Panthwawala Jain

 C) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen

 D) Akbar Panneer Jalant

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev along with Jaigopal were involved in which among the following conspiracy case?


 A) Kanpur Conspiracy Case

 B) Lahore Conspiracy Case

 C) Alipore Bomb Case

'Broadcast Yourself' is the punchline of the which website?


 A) Rediff

 B) Youtube

 C) Gmail

 D) Yahoo

The Internet was developed in the...


 A) Early 1990s

 B) Late 1980s

 C) Early 1970s

 D) Late 1960s

In diesel engine, ignition is caused by


 A) Spark

 B) Automatic starter

 C) Compression

 D) Friction

Ratso Rizzo and Joe Buck are two characters from what film?


  A) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  B) The Godfather

  C) Chinatown

  D) Midnight Cowboy

Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, is in


 A) Bihar

 B) Sikkim

 C) Nepal

Which consists of two plates separated by a dielectric and can store a charge?


 A) Inductor

 B) Capacitor

 C) Transistor

Which is the only clockwise-rotating planet?

A) Mars

B) Venus

The height of a temple tower (or Charminar ) can be found by?


 A) Survey method

 B) Graphical method

 C) Triangulation method

 D) Algebraic method

Who was the co-inventor of T.V. Remote controller with Eugene Polley of Zenith Electronics?


 A) Zenith

 B) Robert Alder

 C) Eammy

 D) None

Which of the p-block elements are not representative elements?


 A) Alkali metals

 B) Group- 18 elements

 C) Group- 14 elements

 D) Halogens

Who will settle the grievances of customers of banks?


 A) Reserve Bank of India

 B) State Bank of India

 C) Local Courts

 D) Ombuds Men

Who discovered Congo ?


 A) Columbus

 B) Kameroon

 C) Leopald

 D) Livingston

Who discovered Congo ?


 A) Columbus

 B) Kameroon

 C) Leopald

 D) Livingston

How do we denote the number 1000 in Roman numerals?


 A) C

 B) M

 C) DC

The language with the richest vocabulary is ?


 A) Hindi

 B) French

 C) English

 D) German

BCG immunization is for___?


 A) Measles

 B) Tuberculosis

 C) Diphtheria

 D) Leprosy

The pioneers of Ocean trade with India were______?


 A) Dutch

 B) Portuguese

 C) British

Which of the following methods did Hitler use to earn money while in Vienna?


 A) Painting portraits

 B) Painting murals

 C) Painting homes

 D) Painting postcards

Who among the following Gupta Kings had another name Devagupta ?


 A) Samudragupta

 B) Chandragupta II

 C) Kumaragupta

 D) None of the above

Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in—


 A) 1947

 B) 1948

 C) 1949

 D) 1951

Which of the following countries is not the member of IBSA?


 A) India

 B) Bangladesh

 C) South Africa

 D) Brazil

The Constitution is silent in the Directive Principle of state policy about-


 A) Adult Education

 B) Living Wages for workers

 C) Free legal aid to the poor

 D) Primary education to children till they complete the age of 6 years

Who among the following maintains that persons carried into the state their natural rights from the state of nature?


 A) Plato

 B) Locke

 C) Rousseau

 D) None of the above

What does DOCSIS stand for?


 A) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

 B) Data Over Cable Security Internet Std

 C) Data Over Cable Secure International Stds

 D) Data Over Cable Service Internet Standard

Who was India’s eleventh batsman in the final of Cricket World Cup 1983?


 A) Madal Lal

 B) Balwinder Singh Sandhu

 C) Roger Binny

 D) Mohinder Amarnath

Which ancient Indian sage authored the 'Yog Darshan' ?


 A) Jaimini

 B) Gautam

 C) Kapil Muni

 D) Patanjali

With which company did British Airways seal the contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380s?


 A) General Motors

 B) BMW

 C) Rolls-Royce

 D) Mercedes

What is the first word meaning of SIM, 'S'?


 A) Service

 B) System

 C) Subscriber

 D) Submission

Authentication can be provided by adding_____to a message.


 A) Sign

 B) Digital Signature

 C) Manual Signature

The largest auto producing nation is


 A) India

 B) Japan

 C) Germany

42% of the labourers in the world are employed in agriculture.


 A) True

 B) False

_______________ is the model for Italian weekly Cristina’s 2007 Calendar. Fill in the correct option.


 A) Rahul Gandhi

 B) Baba Ramdev

 C) Pope Benedict XVI

Air is a …. Of gases.


 A) Element

 B) Mixture

 C) Compound

 D) None of the above

Who was known as Punjab Kesari?


 A) Lala lajapathi Roy

 B) Rajarammohan Roy

 C) Bala Gangadhar Tilak

 D) Bhagath Singh

Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for physics?


 A) Gertrude Elion

 B) Marie Curie

 C) Gerti Cory

 D) Maria Mayer

Designed for the input of text and characters and also to control the operation of a Computer is called what?


 A) Mouse

 B) Keyboard

 C) Stylus

 D) Keybard

Recently Government of India approved in principle the national energy efficiency plan. This plans involves which of the following ?


 A) Trading

 B) Nonconventional sources of energy

 D) Conventional sources of Energy

Name the golfer from Northern Ireland captured his first Major golf title with his victory in the 111th U.S. Open on 19 June 2011.


 A) Rory McIlroy

 B) Becky Brewerton

 C) Lee Westwood

 D) Robert Garrigus

Which of the following minerals is part of Bowen's Continuous Series?


 A) pyroxene

 B) biotite

 C) amphibole

 D) plagioclase

Which body imposed a penalty of Rs 14 crore on Dushyant Natwarlal Dalal and Puloma Dushyant Dalal who were the two financiers for unlawful gains made during the infamous IPO scam of 2003-05?


 A) IRDA

 B) SEBI

 C) RBI

 D) Supreme Court

What was the monumental work of Dandin?


 A) Dasakumara Charita

 B) Ratnavali

 C) Ashtadhyayi

 D) Shishu-Pal Badh

The name 'Google' originated from a misspelling of the word ... ?


 A) googol

 B) googlo

 C) none

bode (BOHD): 'The new evidence presented by the prosecutor will bode bad results for the lawyer's defense.'


 A) stimulate

 B) dwell

 C) wait

 D) foreshadow

The International Gandhi Peace Price of Mahatma Gandhi Foundation (S. Africa) for 2009 has been awarded to—


 A) Olafur Ragnar Grimson

 B) Gohchok Tong

 C) Aung San Suu Kyi

 D) Nelson Mandela

When did John Milton publish Tenure of Kings and Magistrates?


 A) 1649

 B) 1642

 C) 1638

 D) 1620

The Mehrauli Pillar inscription belongs to the period of the


 A) Mauryas

 B) Guptas

 C) Suptas

 D) Kushanas

Which ruler of Gupta dynasty is also called the ‘Napoleon of India’ ?


 A) Ramagupta

 B) Skandagupta

 C) Samudragupta

 D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Media planners at most major advertising agencies know little about the relative ROI of traditional print, television, radio, and out-of-home advertising.


 A) True

 B) False

As per the Yearbook of Industrial Statistics 2010 released by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, India has emerged as one of the world's top ten countries in industrial production. What is India's Position?


 A) 6th

 B) 7th

 C) 9th

 D) 10th

Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur has been written by …


  A) Arundhati Ray

  B) Deepti Priya Mehrotra

  C) Shivani Jain

  D) None of these

The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth is


 A) 40°C

 B) 41.3°C

 C) 57.8°C

As global temperatures increase we could see an increase in which of the following weather conditions?


 A) Floods

 B) Hurricanes and tornados

 C) Heat Waves

 D) All of the above

Which team was the winners of ipl 2009?


 A) Delhi Daredevils

 B) Deccan Chargers

 C) Mumbai Indians

 D) Royal Chalangers

What does boiling water give off?


 A) Boil

 B) Water

 C) Steam

Tom is ______ honest boy. Everyone in our class likes him.


 A) a

 B) an

 C) the

 D) none

Which is the home ground of Royal Challengers Bangalore?


 A) PCA Stadium

 B) M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

 C) Dr DY Patil Sports Academy

Which one of these is an operating system?


 A) Microsoft

 B) Norton Anti-Virus

 C) Vista

 D) Office - Professional edition

Which one of these is an operating system?


 A) Microsoft

 B) Norton Anti-Virus

 C) Vista

 D) Office - Professional edition

The base of binary number is?


 A) 2

 B) 1

 C) 8

 D) 10

Malegam Committee was set up by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and this committee gave its recommendations in 1995. This committee was constituted to recommend reforms in __________?


 A) Primary Market

 B) Secondary Market

 C) Commodity Market

In which of the following situation plasmolysis will take place?


 A) Fresh water plant placed in Seawater

 B) Seawater plant placed in Fresh water

 C) both of them

Who directed the film 'Dil To Pagal Hai'?


 A) Yash Chopra

 B) Rakesh Roshan

 C)  B.R. Chopra

  B) Hrishikesh Mukherjee

What are Jim Carrey's parents' names?


 A) Percy and Kathleen

 B) David and Laura

 C) Leonard and Muriel

 D) James and Lucinda

When the length of a pendulum in a clock is increased, then


 A) The period increases and the clock loses time

 B) The period increases and the clock gains time

 C) The period decreases and the clock gains time

 D) The period remains constant and the clock maintains correct time.

Who is having the best one day bowling figures?


 A) Muttiah Muralitharan

 B) Anil Kumble

 C) Chaminda Vaas

 D) Glenn McGrath

The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called


 A) crater

 B) geyser

 C)hot spring

 D) volcano

Detergent ‘Tide’ is manufactured by which company?


 A) Procter and Gamble

 B) Hindustan Unilever

 C) Henkel

 D) Wipro

The term steeplechase is associated with which of the following sports?


 A) Boxing

 B) Chess

 C) Rowing

 D) Horse Racing

Humidity is measured by which of the following instrument?


 A) Barometer

 B) Thermometer

 C) Hygrometer

 D) Hydrometer

The General who gave the firing order at Jallianwala Bag was


 A) Tegart

 B) Cornwallis

 C) Simpson

 D) O. Dwyer

What is the concept of 'swarga' and 'narka' in Sikhism ?


 A)No concept in Sikhism

 B) Naam Japna te Wand Chakna

 C) Prabh wich leenta te Junian wich Bhatakna

“I feel delighted when see the batsman’s blood dropping on the pitch, this quote is by a fast bowler in the game of cricket. Identify the bowler.


 A) Dennis Lilee

 B) Jeff Thompson

 C) Malcom Marshall

Which of the following is a Budhist Place at Amaravathi?


 A) Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple

 B) Acharya Nagarjuna Viswavidyalayam

 C) Dharani Kota

 D) Nandi Konda

I heard that the biggest ___________ in the world is India.


 A) democrasy

 B) democratic

 C) democracy

 D) democrat

Indonesia has the world's only living dragon the Komodo. It can grow over 3m long. In old stories what could dragons blow from their mouths?


 A) Smoke

 B) Fire

 C) Water

 D) Gas

Who has written the book "Alice in Wonderland" ?


 A) Robert Penn Warren

 B) Lewis Carroll

 C) James Herriot

Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?


 A) Kuchipudi

 B) Kathak

 C) Manipuri

 D) Mohiniattam

As per the current provisions of the Reserve Bank of India of Act, 1934, what is the highest denomination of notes RBI can issue?


 A) Rs. 1,000

 B) Rs. 2,000

 C) Rs. 5,000

 D) Rs. 10,000

What is the approximate height of a Geostationary satellite ?


 A) 981 kms

 B) 15000 kms

 C) 35000 kms

Which of the following is not a fold type?


 A) syncline.

 B) anticline.

 C) dome

 D) thrust fold.

How far VERTCALLY can amur leopards jump?


 A) 15 feet

 B) 10 feet

 C) 20 feet

In 1876, Edison built his famous laboratory in which U.S. state?


 A) New York

 B) Washington

 C) New Jersey

 D) Wisconsin

The national income consists of a collection of goods and services reduced to common basis by being measured in terms of money.” – Who says this?


 A) Samuelson

 B) Kuznets

 C) Hicks

 D) Pigou

When did Mark Twain become a licensed river pilot?


 A) 1839

 B) 1844

 C) 1858

 D) 1870

Invisible Export means export—


 A) Services

 B) Prohibited goods

 C) Unrecorded goods

 D) Goods through smuggling

Who is author Sara Paretsky's female detective hero?


  A) V.I. Warshawski

  B) Mrs. Marple

  C) Ruth Rendell

  D) Mrs. Minniver

Sadakat Ashram memorial in Patna is dedicated to which former President of India ?


 A) Zakir Hussain

 B) Rajendra Prasad

 C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

 D) V.V.Giri

How many legs does a spider have?


 A) 6

 B) 7

 C) 8

 D) 9

The last recipient of the Bharat Ratna among the following was


 A) Lata Mangeshkar

 B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

 C) Bhimsen Joshi

Maa Da Laadla _____ Gaya. (Movie- Dostana)


 A) Ghum

 B) Kho

 C) Begad

Who does Salman want to marry in Hum Aapke Hain Kaun?


 A) Bhabhi's sister

 B) Friend's Sister

 C) Mama's daughter

  D) A friend

Which company has a series of laptops by the name of ‘Artful’?


 A) Dell

 B) HP

 C) Toshiba

This company is celebrating 125 years of its existence in 2009.Identify it from the given options.


 A) Godrej

 B) Johnson & Johnson

 C)  Dabur Ltd

Where do you find the 'Eden Gardens' stadium?


 A) Mumbai

 B) Delhi

 C) Kolkata

 D) Banglore

The terms Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia are related to which among the following?


 A) Body Fat

 B) Blood sugar

 C) Metabolism of sugar galactose

 D) Respiration