Current Affairs & General Knowledge (Set- 1)
1. The state which contributes maximum foodgrain production in India is(a) Punjab (b) Haryana
(c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh
2. The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memories was
(a) Iltutmish (b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khilji (d) Firoz Tuglaq
3. Which one of the following is not an insect?
(a) Bed Bug (b) Spider
(c) House fly (d) Mosquito
4. Which Governor General had abolished slavery ?
(a) Sir John Shore
(b) Lord William Bentick
(c) Lord Ellenborough
(d) Lord Carnwallis
5. In world milk production, India ranks
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
6. Which one of the following is a major source of commercial energy in India?
(a) Natural Gas (b) Coal
(c) Mineral Oil (d) Nuclear Energy
7. Optical fibre works on the principle of
(a) Total internal Reflection
(b) Refraction
(c) Scattering
(d) Interference
8. Which of the following is the famous pilgrimage centre of both Buddhists and Jains?
(a) Sarnath (b) Kaushambi
(c) Kushinagar (d) Devipatan
9. Kori Creek lies in
(a) Gulf of Katchh
(b) Gulf of Khambhat
(c) Little Rann of Kachch
(d) Rann of Kachch
10. Two smallest continents of the world are
(a) Australia and Antarctica
(b) Antractica and Europe
(c) Australia and Europe
(d) Australia and South America
11. In which of the following group of states are bulks of Rail passenger coaches are manufactured?
(a) Punjab and Tamil Nadu
(b) Orissa and West Bengal
(c) Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
(d) West Bengal and Punjab
12. Which of the following in incorrectly matched?
(Place/City) (Known for)
(a) Palamu Bauxite
(b) Hazaribagh Mica
(c) Khetri Textile
(d) Keonjhar Manganese
13. Business includes
(a) Trade only
(b) Trade and industry
(c) Industry and commerce
(d) Trade, industry and commerce
14. National Development Council was constituted on
(a) August 16, 1950
(b) April 1, 1951
(c) August 6, 1952
(d) August 16, 1952
15. Among the ten most populous countires of the world Asia has
(a) Three countries
(b) Four countries
(c) Five countries
(d) Six countires
16. Which of the following is used as an antifreeze in automobile engines?
(a) Propyl alcohol
(b) Ethanol
(c) Ethylene glycol
(d) Methanol
17. Which of the following combinations is correctly arranged in descending order in respect of gold production?
(a) Australia, China, South Africa and U.S.A
(b) China, Australia, U.S.A and South Africa
(c) U.S.A., South Africa, China and Australia
(d) South Africa, U.S.A Australia and China
18. In context of world Trade Organisation (WTO) which of the following statements is true?
(a) WTO is part of IMF
(b) WTO is a part of UNO
(c) WTO is an American Trade Organisation
(d) WTO is an international trde organisation established by members of GATT
19. Which one of the followng clouds is found at the highest level in the atmosphere?
(a) Cirro-cumulus (b) Cirrus
(c) Stratus (d) Cumulus
20. Nagarjun Sagar Project is located on the river
(a) Bhadra (b) Bhima
(c) Godavari (d) Krishna
21. Which among the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Vitamin Deficiency
(a) Thiamine Beri-Beri
(b) Vitamin D Rickets
(c) Vitamin K sterility
(d) Niacin Pellagra
22. Which soldier of Azad Hind Fauj was sentenced to seven years imprisonment?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Shahnawaz
(c) Rashid Ali (d) Ras Bihari Bose
23. Who has been given Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2008?
(a) Gorden Brown
(b) Hamid Karzai
(c) Mohammed EI Baradei
(d) Nicolas Sarkozy
24. The communal Electorate system was introduced by the British in India for the first time through
(a) Indian Councils Act 1861
(b) Indian Councils Act 1892
(c) Government of India Act 1909
(d) Government of India Act 1919
25. Which of the following writs literally means We command?
(a) Habeas Corpus (b) Mandamus
(c) Quo Warranto (d) Cetiorari
26. Kumaran Asan is associated with the social renaissance of
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) None of the above
27. Which of the following native states was first to conclude Subsidiary Alliance with East India Company?
(a) Avadh (b) Mewar
(c) Mysore (d) Hyderabad
28. In human body vitamin A is stored in
(a) Liver (b) Pancreas
(c) Spleen (d) Stomach
29. The most dominant item of agroimport of India is
(a) Pulses (b) Oil seeds
(c) Cashew nuts (d) Edible oils
30. The Tornadoes are very strong tropical cyclones originating in
(a) Caribbean Sea (b) China Sea
(c) Arabian Sea (d) Black Sea
31. The highest salinity is found in
(a) Black Sea
(b) China Sea
(c) Dea Sea
(d) Mediterranean Sea
32. The correct descending order of the following states in terms of density of population (as per 2001 census) is
(a) Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
(b) Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh
(c) West Bengal, Bihar, Kerala, Uttar
(d) Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar
33. The largest component of India’s foreign exchange resources is
(a) Savings out of export earnings
(b) Deposits of Non-Residents Indian
(c) Grants given by IMF and World Bank
(d) Portfolio investment in stock
34. Vande Mataram became the theme song of India’s struggle for independence during
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Champaran Movement
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
35. The two new members of NATO from 2009 are
(a) Albania and Croatia
(b) Austria and Greece
(c) Bulgaria and Turkey
(d) Romania and Poland
36. In India two largest producers of coal are
(a) Bihar and West Bengal
(b) Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
(c) Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
(d) Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
37. Haryana’s boundary does not coincide with
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttrakhand
38. Panama canal connects the Gulf of Panama with
(a) Gulf of Campeche
(b) Gulf of Darien
(c) Gulf of Honduras
(d) Gulf of Tehuantepec
39. In India, cent percent villages are electrified in
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab (d) Tamil Nadu
40. Shipkila is the famous mountain pass of
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Sikkim
(d) Uttarkhand
41. Who was the hairman of the Constitution Committee appointed by the Constitutent Assembly in 1946 ?
(a) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) None of the above
42. Who was not the member of the Drafting Committee of the Constitutent Assembly entrusted with the task of preparing a draft of the new Constitutiona of India?
(a) N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(b) Alladi Krishnawamy Ayyar
(c) Syed Mohammad Saadullah
(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
43. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Subject Part of the Constitution
(a) Elections Part XV
(b) Tribunals Part IX
(c) Emergency Provisions Part XVIII
(d) Amendments of the constitution Part XX
44. The provision of dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or state is laid down in
(a) Article 311 (b) Article 312
(c) Article 315 (d) Article 314
45. The procedure for amendment of the Constitution and election of members of Rajya Sabha has been borrowed from
(a) South African Constitution
(b) French Constitution
(c) Japanese Constitution
(d) Australian Constitution
46. Administration and Control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes is laid down in (a) Fifth Schedule
(b) Fourth Schedule
(c) Ninth Schedule
(d) Third Schedule
47. The Constituent Assembly adopted the Objective Resolution moved by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru which became the basis of the Preamble to the Constitution of India on
(a) December 13, 1946
(b) January 22, 1947
(c) November 24, 1950
(d) January 26, 1950
48. The religious community of India which registered lowest population growth during 1991-2001 is
(a) Muslim Community
(b) Sikh Community
(c) Christian Community
(d) Jain Community
49. As per the 2001 census data which of the following communities had the highest literacy rate?
(a) Muslims (b) Jains
(c) Sikhs (d) Christians
50. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Five Year Plans Growth Rate
(a) First Plan 3.6%
(b) Second Plan 5.1%
(c) Third Plan 2.5%
(d) Fourth Plan 3.3%
51. Which of the following rivers does not drain into Black Sea?
(a) Yangtz river
(b) Danube river
(c) Dnieper river
(d) Dniester river
52. Which of the following groups of states tops the table in the production of maize in descending order?
(a) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan
(b) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
(c) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar
53. The total number of National Highways is
(a) 220 (b) 330
(c) 540 (d) 440
54. The first fully Indian Bank is
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Central Bank of India
55. The number of nationalised bank in present is
(a) 23 (b) 19
(c) 25 (d) 26
56. As many as fourteen bank were nationalised by Indira Gandhi government on
(a) July 15, 1985
(b) July 19, 1969
(c) July 20, 1982
(d) June 18, 1981
57. Which of the following schemes/ programmes was launched on February 2, 2006 ?
(a) National Food for work Programme
(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
(c) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(d) Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna
58. The first pollution free Bio Diesel plant in India became operational in October 2007 in
(a) Kakinada (b) Halllargi
(c) Jamnagar (d) Dibrugarh
59. the Jose Manuel Durao Barroso is the President of
(a) WTO
(b) WHO
(c) European Commission
(d) Interpol
60. The Passive Resistence Association was first formed by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1906 to organize a compaign against the introduction of
(a) Poll Tax
(b) Certificate of Registration
(c) Legislations against Indian businessmen
(d) Legislations to disenfranchise the Indians
61. What was the effect of the Government of India Act of 1935 on the national movement?
(a) It strengthended the movement
(b) It weakened the movement
(c) It weakened the movement because separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims created dissensions
(d) It weakened the movement because the act introduced federal system
62. Socialism is opposed to
(a) Social security scheme
(b) Equal distribution of wealth
(c) Euqal distribution of wealth
(d) Collective ownership and management
63. Areawise which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constitutency ?
(a) Kutch (b) Kangra
(c) Ladakh (d) Patna Sahib
64. The tourism phrase Paradise Unexplored’ is associated with -
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) North East India
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Uttarkhand
65. The audible frequency range of a human ear is
(a) 20 hertz to 200 hertz
(b) 2 hertz to 20 hertz
(c) 200 hertz to 2000 hertz
(d) 20 hertz to 20000 hertz
66. Chambal river is a part of
(a) Sabarmati basin
(b) Ganga basin
(c) Narmada basin
(d) Godavari basin
67. Freedom of the press in India is
(a) available to the people under the law of the parliament
(b) specifically provided in the Constitution
(C) Implied in the right of freedom of expression
(d) available to the people
68. Tropical Cyclone of Philippines is termed as
(a) Typhoon (b) Willy-Willy
(c) Hurricane (d) Baguio
69. The strait which separates North and South Islands of New Zealand is
(a) Foveaus Strait (b) Bass Strait
(c) Cook Strait (d) Torres Strait
70. Which of the following in human body is involved in controlling blood sugar level?
(a) Pituitary gland
(b) Islets of Langerhans
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) Spleen
71. Which one of the following was the offical language of Gupta period?
(a) Pali (b) Magadhi (c) Prakrit (d) Sanskrit
72. The agenda for the Round table Conference held in london was to
(a) Discuss the report of the Simon Commission
(b) Form a constitution for India
(c) Find a solution of the Communal problem in India.
(d) Find a solution for depressed
73. Who among the following does not draw a salary of Rs. 90,000 per month?
(a) Chief Justice of High Court
(b) Judge of Supreme Court
(c) Comptrolles and Auditor
(d) Vice-President of India
74. First Administrative Reforms Commission was constitued under the Chairmanship of Morarji Desai in
(a) 1966 (b) 1975
(c) 1981 (d) 1961
75. The Protection of Civil Rights in India was passed in
(a) 1965 (b) 1955
(c) 1981 (d) 1972
Current Affairs & General Knowledge (Set- 2)
Puducherry was incorporated in the Indian Union by the(a) Fifteenth Amendment Act, 1963
(b) Fourteenth Amendment Act, 1962
(c) Thirteenth Amendment Act,
(d) Twelfth Amendment Act, 1962
Which one of the following recommendations was not made by Rajamannar Committee appointed by Tamil Nadu Government in 1969?
(a) The Planning Commission should be made a permanent body
(b) Article 356,357 and 365 (dealing with Presidents’ Rule) Should be totally omitted
(c) All India services (IAS, IPS and IFS) should be abolished
(d) Finance Commission should be made a permanent body
Which of the following did not deal with the Centre-State relations ?
(a) Anandpur Sahib Resolution 1973
(b) West Bengal Memorandum 1977
(c) Sarkaria Commission 1983
(d) L.M. Singhvi Committee 1986
By the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 which of the following was not added to the chapter Directive Principles in part IV?
(a) To secure opportunities for healthy development of children (Article 39)
(b) To protect and improve environment and safeguard forests and wildlife (Article 48A)
(c) To promote equal justice and provide free legal aid (Article 39A)
(d) To save laws providing for acquisition of estates (Article 31A)
Corporation Tax
(a) Is levied and appropriated by the states
(b) Is levided by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States
(c) Is levied by the Union and shared by the Union and the States.
(d) Is levied by the Union and belongs to it exclusively
According to the Constituion of India, the term District Judge shall not include
(a) Chief Presidency Magistrate
(b) Sessions Judge
(c) Tribunal Judge
(d) Chief Judge of a small casuse Court
Which one of the following is not a principle of Panchsheel ?
(a) Non-alignment
(b) Peaceful co-existence
(c) Non-interference in each others’ internal affairs
(d) Mutual respect for each others territorial integrity
The largest producer of gas in India is
(a) ONGC
(b) Reliance Industries Limited
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
Which of the following organisations has declared Octorber 2 as the International Day of Nonviolence ?
(a) World Concil of Churches
(b) UNESCO
(c) UN General Assembly
(d) World Peace Forum
Who amongst the following has developed the concept of Human Development Index?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) A.S. Kadir
(c) Alva Myrdal
(D) Mehboob-ul-Haq
The tax on import and export is known as
(a) Income tax
(b) Trade tax
(c) Custom duty
(d) Excise duty
India began Non-aligned Movement in
(a) 1961 (b) 1954
(C) 1973 (d) 1978
The ‘Trusteeship Theory’ signifies
(a) Property as theft
(b) State ownership of means of production
(c) Abolition of Private property
(d) Owners consider wealth for society.
Portfolio System in India was introduced for the first time by
(a) Charter Act of 1853
(b) Government of India Act 1858
(c) Indian Council Act of 1861
(d) Indian Council Act 1892
The leaders of the Khilafat Movement were
(a) Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
(b) Gandhi and Annie Beasant
(c) Maulana Azad and Sarojini Naidu
(d) Ali Brothers
The Simon Commission was sent to India to
(a) Study the communal problem
(b) Negotiate with Gandhi representation of backward class
(c) Report on Home Rule to the British Parliament
(d) None of the above
Who among the following was not moderate?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Feroz shah Mehta
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Mohammad Ali Jinnah propounded the Two-Nation theory in the year
(a) 1920 (b) 1928
(C) 1940 (D) 1946
Which of the follwing is the main purpose of issuing ‘Know Your Customer Guidelines’ by Reserve Bank of India?
(a) To keep a check on money laundering
(b) To keep a check on money laundering
(c) To bring more and more people in the income tax net
(d) To make high value transactions faster
The rate on which banks lend to RBI is Known as
(a) Cash Reserve Ratio
(b) Bank Rate
(c) REPO Rate
(d) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
The 15th Non-aligned Movement Summit was held in
(a) Havana
(b) Sharm-el-Sheikh
(c) London
(d) Accra
During which Gupta King’s reign did the Chinese traveller Fa-hien visit India?
(a) Chandragupta I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Chandragupta II
(d) Kumargupta
Which one of the following methods of soil conservation is most effective in arid areas?
(a) Mulching
(b) Shelter belt
(c) Gully plugging
(d) Terracing
White Coal is
(a) Uranium
(b) Hydro-electricity
(c) Diamond
(d) Ice
Detergents clean surfaces on the principle of
(a) Viscosity
(b) Surface Tension
(c) Elasticity
(d) Floatation
Sea water can be purified by the process of
(a) Distillation
(b) Evaporation
(c) Filtration
(d) Fractional Distillation
Spectacles used for viewing 3D films have
(a) Bifocal lens
(b) Convex lens
(c) Concave lens
(d) Polaroids
Which one of the following sequences represent correctly the different atmospheric layers from the earth’s surface?
(a) Troposphere, Stratosphere Mesosphere and Ionosphere
(b) Stratosphere, Tropsophere, Ionosphere and Tropopause
(c) Stratosphere, Tropsophere, Tropopause and Ionosphere
(d) None of the above
Who was the first to measure earth’s circumference?
(a) Galileo (b) Copenicus
(c) Ptolemy (d) Eratosthenes
Which of the following Volcanoes is situated in Mexico ?
(a) Colema (b) Purace
(c) Sameru (d) Etna
Marble is a
(a) Metamorphic rock
(b) Plutonic rock
(c) Sedimentary rock
(d) Volcanic rock
Largest peninsula of the world is
(a) Southern India (b) Arabia
(c) Alaska (d) Labrador
Recently NASA launched LRO and LCROSS for the purpose of exploration of
(a) Jupiter
(b) Saturn
(c) Moon
(d) None of the above
Forbe’s magazine has named as the most powerful woman of the world
(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Hillary Clinton
(c) Angela Markel (d) Queen Elizabeth
The host city for 31st Olympic Games in 2016 is
(a) Chicago (b) Moscow
(c) Rio-de-Janeiro (e) Manila
Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez is from
(a) Cuba (b) Gibraltar
(c) Venezuela (d) Poland
Ebrahim Alkazi is a well known personality from the field of
(a) Folk dance
(b) Theatre
(c) Business
(d) None of the above
Who among the following is not the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2009 ?
(a) M. S. Dhoni
(b) Mc Mary Kom
(c) Sushil Kumar
(d) Vijender Singh
Who among the following was not the Vice- Presient of India ?
(a) Zakir Hussain
(b) Gopal Swaroop Pathak
(c) Neelam Sanjeev Reddy
(d) Mohd. Hidayatullah
The number of members in Interim Government proposed by Cabinet mission was
(a) 14 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 25
Fundamental Duties enshrined in the Indian Constitution do not have any
(a) Legal Sanction (b) Political Sanction
(c) Social Sanction (d) Moral Sanction
Fascism gives more importance to
(a) Party (b) Army
(c) Nation (d) Leader
Who among the following served as the President of Indian National Congress for six consecutive years ?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Who among the following has not been the Governor of Uttar Pradesh ?
(a) V. Gopala Reddy
(b) M. Chenna Reddy
(c) Brahmananda Reddy
(d) V. Satyanarayan Reddy
Who was the President of the Historical Congress Session of 1916 at Lucknow ?
(a) Purushottam Das Tandon
(b) R. N. Mudohkar
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar
How many seats have been reserved for scheduled castes in Lok Sabha?
(a) 69 (b) 73
(c) 79 (d) 84
How many zonal councils are there in India ?
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7
Famous Football Player Didier Drogba belongs to
(a) Algeria (b) Morocco
(c) Ivory Coast (d) UAE
Which term is not used in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution ?
(a) Republic (b) Integrity
(c) Federal (d) Socialist
A Bill referred to a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament is to be passed by
(a) Simple majority
(b) Two-third majority
(c) Three- fourth majority
(d) Absolute majority of the total membership.
Provincial autonomy was a feature of which Act ?
(a) The Government of India Act 1909
(b) The Government of India Act of 1919
(c) The Government of India Act of 1935
(d) The India Independence Act of 1947
Which of the following countries is not the member of BENELUX ?
(a) England (b) Belgium
(c) Netherlands (d) Luxembourg
Which of the following is not the part of world bank Group ?
(a) IMF (b) IBRD
(c) IDA (d) MIGA
The Article related to Budget (annual financial statement) is
(a) Article 113 (b) Article 114
(c) Article 111 (d) Article 112
Which of the following dances is not a classical dance ?
(a) Kathakali (b) Garba
(c) Odissi (d) Bharatnatyam
Which organisation is headed by Indian Environmentalist R. K. Pachauri – a Nobel Laureate?
(a) International Environment Panel
(b) International Panel on Climate Change
(c) International Pollution Control Panel
(d) International Panel on Global Warming
The headquarters of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is located in
(a) Kenya (b) Washington
(c) Moscow (d) Tokyo
Which is the biggest enterprise of the Government of India?
(a) Postal and Telegraph
(b) Railways
(c) Bankings
(d) Shipping
80% of the coal in India comes from
(a) Jharia and Raniganj
(b) Kantapalli and Singareni
(c) Singrauli and Korba
(d) Neyveli
Which component of blood is considered as the guard cell of our body ?
(a) R.B.C. (b) Platelets
(c) Plasma (d) W.B.C
Laureus world Team of the year 2010 is
(a) Brawn GP (Formula One United Kingdom)
(b) Indian Cricket Team
(c) Australian Hockey Team
(d) None of the above
The most important function of perspiration is to
(a) Get rid of the body wastes
(b) Regulate body temperature
(c) Regulate body wastes
(d) Lubricate the skin
Which of the following terms is associated with the biology of silkworms ?
(a) Apiculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Sylviculture
(d) Pisciculture
Current Affairs & General Knowledge (Set- 3)
Who among the following was the speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?(a) Shankar Dayal Sharma
(b) R. Venkataraman
(c) Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(d) B.D. Jatti
Under which Article of the Constitution of India, has it been provided that the Vice- President shall be an ex-official Chairman of the Council of States ?
(a) Article 62 (b) Article 64
(c) Article 65 (d) Article 67
Under the Constitution (Forty Second Amendment) Act 1976, which of the following clauses/ provisions was not added to the Constitution of India?
(a) Ideals of soicalism, secularism and the integrity of the nation were inserted
(b) A new chapter on Fundamental Duties was inserted
(c) Provision of Administrative and Other Tribunal was made
(d) The right to Property as a Fundamental Right was omitted
In order to win the Grand Slam in Tennis, a player must win which one of the following groups of tournaments ?
(a) Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Open, U.S. Open
(b) Wimbledon, French Open, U.S. Open
(c) Wimbledon, Frech Open Paegas Czech, U.S. Open
(d) Davis Cup, Wimbledon, French Open
The language spoken by the largest number of people in the world is
(a) Hindi (b) English
(c) Mandarin (d) Spanish
After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, which of the following ascended the throne by assuming the title of Bahadur Shah I ?
(a) Azam
(b) Kam Baksh
(c) Muazzam
(d) None of the above
Which Maratha Peshwa is Known be the title ‘Nana Sahib’ ?
(a) Balaji Baji Rao
(b) Baji Rao I
(c) Balaji Vishwanath
(d) Madhav Rao
Under Charter Act 1833 which of the following provisions was not provided?
(a) Governor General of Bengal was the Governor General of India
(b) The Government of Bombay and Madras were deprived of their legislative powers
(c) The activities of East India Company as a commercial body ended
(d) The portfolio system was given statutory recognition
Which of the following Government of India Acts contained the provision of bicameralism in provinces?
(a) Government of India Act 1858
(b) Government of India Act 1919
(c) Governement of India Act 1935
(d) None of the above
The Constituent Assembly formed in 1946 was assigned which of the following major functions ?
(a) Constitutent functions
(b) Legislative functions
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Daroga System in India was intorduced by Lord Cornwallis in
(a) 1780 (b) 1792
(c) 1785 (d) 1770
In 1921, which of the following important committees was created?
(a) Committee on Public Undertaking
(b) Estimates committee
(c) Public accounts committee
(d) None of the above
How many stages does the General Budget of India go through during the process of enactment ?
(a) Five stages
(b) Six stages
(c) Seven stages
(d) Four stages
Which of the following Articles contains the provision that no money bill imposing tax shall be introduced in Parliament except on the recommendation of the President?
(a) Article 114
(b) Article 115
(c) Article 117
(d) None of the above
In total, how many days are allotted for voting of demands contained in the Budget?
(a) 30 days (b) 27 days
(c) 26 days (d) 20 days
Which among the following was not the winner of Nobel Prize winners 2008 in Chemistry ?
(a) Francoise Barre Sinoussi
(b) Osamu Shimumura
(c) Martin Chalfie
(d) Roger Y. Tsien
Which of the following cricketers was named as the leading cricketer 2008 in the world by Wisden magazine?
(a) R.T. Ponting
(b) Virender Sehwag
(c) Sachin Tendulkar
(d) M.S. Dhoni
With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which of the following was the lady representative of India at the second Round Table Conference ?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Sarojinin Naidu
(c) Sucheta Kirpalari
(d) Vijay lakshmi Pandit
Who among the following appointed a National Planning Committee in 1938 ?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
In March 1925, who among the following was elected as the President of the Central Legislative Assembly ?
(a) C.R. Das
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) Vittal Bhai Patel
Which one of the following is the most urbanised state of India ?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Mizoram
(c) Goa (d) Tamil Nadu
Which one of the following is not an element of Human Development Index ?
(a) Life Expectancy at birth
(b) Infant Mortality rate
(c) Adult Literacy rate
(d) Number of People below povery line
Which one of the following recommendations was not made by Rajamannar Committee appointed by Tamil Nadu Government in 1969?
(a) The Planning Commission should be made a permanent body
(b) Article 356,357 and 365 (dealing with Presidents’ Rule) Should be totally omitted
(c) All India services (IAS, IPS and IFS) should be abolished
(d) Finance Commission should be made a permanent body
Current Affairs & General Knowledge (Set- 4)
National
1. The Shunglu Committee set up to probe corruption in organising the Commonwealth Games (C WG) on 23 March 2011 submiteted its second report to the Cabinet Secretary. Which private developer was indicted in the second report?
(a) Emaar MGF
(b) Royale Builders and Developers
(c) Green Field Real Estate
(d) DLF
Answer: a
2. The Indian government on 24 March 2011 constituted 11 member Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) examine the means of oversight on regulators and their autonomy from the government. Who will head the committee?
(a) Retired Supreme Court Justice BN Srikrishna
(b) former PFRDA Chairman D Swarup
(c) RBI Governor Dr. D. Subbarao
(d) PMEAC member M Govinda Rao
Answer: a
4. The Union Cabinet of India, on 22 March 2011, approved the amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The amemdme Indian Forest Act raised the limit to which fines for relatively minor offences can be compounded from 50 rupees to ____ rupees.
(a) Rs. 9000
(b) Rs. 10000
(c) Rs. 11000
(d) Rs. 12000
Answer: b
5. Civil aviation Ministry has Celebrated its Centenary Year During:
(a) 2010-11
(b) 2011-12
(c) 2012-13
(d) 2011
Answer: c
6. Government has introduce a Bill in Parliament for a new Goods and Service Tax (GST). It is Constitutional Amendment biIl?
(a) 116th
(b) 114th
(c) 115th
(d) 113th
Answer: c
7. Sixty Six Indian nationals, including I I women and 12 children were safely evacuated from Abidjan to Accra on Aircraft? W the name of the Aircraft?
(a) Boing 737
(b) Boing 887
(c) Boing 837
(d) Boing 767
Answer: a
8. According to the tiger Census 2010, the number of tigers in India increased from 1411 to:-
(a) 1706
(b) 1672
(c) 1511
(d) 1611
Answer: a
9. Which name the following State has been selected for The Indian-based neutrino Observatorv (INO)?
(a) Gangtok
(b) Kohima
(c) Shillong
(d) Aizawl
Answer: c
International
1. Sixty Six Indian nationals, including 11 women and 12 children were safely evacuated from Abidjan to Accra on Aircraft? What the name of the Aircraft?
(a) Boing 737
(b) Boing 887
(c) Boing 837
(d) Boing 767
Answer: a
2. Earthquake in Myanmar measured at magnitude 6.8 killed 73 people and injured 111 people on 25 March 2011. The strength of an earthquake can he measured by a device called___.
(a) Seismograph
(b) Barometer
(c) Algometer
(d) Thermometer
Answer: a
4. In 2010 Lech Kaczynski were among the 96 killed in air crash. He was the president of which country?
(a) Germany
(b) Belgium
(c) Poland
(d) Italy
Answer: d
5. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 8, 2011 gave its approval to a safeguards agreement for two new Factors in -
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Libya
(d) Iran
Answer: b
6. Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected the President of Djibouti according to the election results declared on 9 April 2011. M was the first president of Djibouti?
(a) Hassan Gouled Aptidon
(b) Mohamed Warsama Ragueh
(c) Thien Sin
(d) Hosni Mubarak
Answer: a
7. Japan’s nuclear crisis worsened on 12 April 2011 with the severity level at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant increasin a maximum seven level bringing it at par with the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe in Russia. Chernobyl catastrophe happened in ___.
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) USA
(d) Canada
Answer: b
8. The Union Cabinet has approved the Coinage Bill 2009, in which the maximum punishment for melting or destruction of coins would be increased from to years of imprisonment.
(a) Five, ten
(b) Two, five
(c) One, two
(d) Five, seven
Answer: d
India & World
1. On which of the following dates in 2010 did the safeguard agreement with regard to civilian nuclear facilities between India and e International Atomic Agency (IAEA) come into force?
(a) February 28
(b) February 21
(c) February 11
(d) February 4
Answer: d
2. On which of the following dates in 2010 did the safeguard agreement with regard to civilian nuclear facilities between India and International Atomic Agency(IAEA) come into force?
(a) February 28
(b) February 21
(c) February 11
(d) February 4
Answer: d
4. India has a Memorandum of understanding with which country on controlling trans-boundary illegal trade in wild life and conservation?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) China
Answer: a
5. The National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) was established in 1961 as a non-official body of Bio-medical Scientists. Where is the National Academy of Medical Science situated?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bhopal
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer: a
Economy
1. Asian Development Bank has modified itd earlier India’s GDP growth projection for 2011-12 from 8.7% to -
(a) 8.5% (b) 9.0%
(c) 9.3% (d) 8.2%
Answer: d
2. Government has constituted a Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) on March 24, 2011 under the Chair manship of
(a) C. Rangarajan
(b) M. Govind Rao
(c) D. Swaroop
(d) B. N. Srikrishna
Answer: d
3. Which of the following organisations/agencies has gien a US $ 407 billion loan to India to boost up its mico finance services in unbanked areas?
(a) IMF
(b) World Bank
(c) Bank of Japan
(d) ADB
Answer: a
4. With reference to National Highway Development Project (NHDP), consider the following statements:
1. Belgaum and Nellore lie on the Golden Quadrilateral.
2. Vadodara and Jhansi lie on the EastWest Corridor.
3. Ambala and Kanpur lie on the NorthSouth Corridor.
Which of these statements is/are correct 7
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) I only
Answer: c
5. Government is committed to retaining at least ownership and management control of central public sector undertakings.
(a) 41%
(b) 51%
(c) 55%
(d) 60%
Answer: b
6. RBI has divested its 71.5% share in NABARD to the government which reduces RBI’s holding in NABARD to:
(a) Only one percent
(b) Only five percent
(c) Only 7.5 percent
(d) Only 10 percent
Answer: a
7. State run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. has set up a joint venture company with for developing atomic power projects in the country.
(a) ONGC
(b) NTPL
(c) SAIL
(d) RIL
Answer: b
8. Government is committed to retaining at least ownership and management control of Central Public Sector Undertakings.
(a) 26% (b) 49%
(c) 51% (d) 74%
Answer: c
9. Government is committed to retaining at least _____ ownership and management control of central public sector undertakings.
(a) 41%
(b) 51%
(c) 55%
(d) 60%
Answer: b
10. Government is committed to retaining at least ______ ownership and management control of Central Public Sector Undertakings.
(a) 26%
(b) 49%
(c) 51%
(d) 74%
Answer: c
Science
1. At the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, the scientists calculated that the Earth sees about _ thunderstorms every hour.
(a) 760
(b) 706
(c) 607
(d) 670
Answer: a
2. A team of Scientists led by Takehiko at Yokohama City University grew sperms in a test-tube. Consider the following statem regarding the scientific breakthrough.
(i) Sperms were grown in a Test-tube for the first time.
(ii) The Scientific breakthrough could help millions of infertile men to attain parenthood. Now choose the right option:
(a) Both (i) and (ii) statements are correct
(b) Only (i) is correct
(c) Only (ii) is correct
(d) Both (i) and (ii) statements are wrong
Answer: a
3. Assertion (A): Large scale ozone destruction and hole formation is evident over Antarctica region only.
Reason (R): The temperature at South Pole is relatively high as compared to that at North Pole.
Codes
(a) Both and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Answer: b
4. Assertion (A): Aldehydes reduce Fehling’s solution.
Reason (R): Tartaric acid is the electro-pair acceptor in Fehling’s solution.
Codes
(a) Both and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Answer: c
5. At the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, the scientists calculated that the Earth sees about ______ thunderstorms every hour.
(a) 760
(b) 706
(c) 607
(d) 670
Answer: a
6. Two ballistic missiles, both having 350-km strike range, from separate locations off the Orissa coast.
(a) Agni 11, Akash-II
(b) Nag, Surya
(c) Dhanush, Prithvi-1I
(d) Trishul, Nag
Answer: c
7. Oil and Natural Gas Crop. Ltd. in March 2011 made a significant gas discovery in ______.
(a) Tripura
(b) Assam
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Orissa
Answer: a
Awards and Sports
1. "Name the social activist who was on 7 April 2011 announced the winner of the 2011 Rabindranath Tagore Peace Prize) Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)."
(a) Anna Hazare
(b) Medha Patkar
(c) Prakash Pohare
(d) Mirai Chatterjee
Answer: a
2. The Indian government on 24 March 2011 constituted 11 member Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) examine the means of oversight on regulators and their autonomy from the government. Who will head the committee?
(a) Retired Supreme Court Justice BN Srikrishna
(b) Former PFRDA Chairman D Swarup
(c) RBI Governor Dr. D. Subbarao
(d) PMEAC member M Govinda Rao
Answer: a
3. US President Barack Obama appointed Indian-American, Associate Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin Law School, as member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee.
(a) Anuj C Desai
(b) Vikram Pandit
(c) Sanjay Jha
(d) Sara Mathew
Answer: a
4. ‘WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy” is the biography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, written by journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. These two journalists are associated with which of the following newspapers?
(a) Guardian
(b) Los Angeles Times
(c) Washington Post
(d) The Times
Answer: a
5. Wisden, regarded as the Bible of cricket on 13 April 2011 named Sachin Tendulkar as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World the year 2010. Which other Indian cricketer in the past has been honoured with Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for the year?
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Virender Sehwag
(c) Kapil Dev
(d) Srikanth
Answer: b
6. Lee Chong Wei on March 13, 2011, won the All-England Open men’s singles title, beating______, the Olympic champion from China.
(a) Ming Sung
(b) Tai Lin
(c) Jet Chang
(d) Un Dan
Answer: d
7. Which of the following Trophy is related to the winner of 34th National Games?
(a) Raja Bhalendra Trophy
(b) Raja Ranjeet Singh Trophy
(c) Birsa Munda Trophy
(d) Arjun Gaurav Samman
Answer: a
8. India’s Jwala Gutta and Aswini Ponnappa are related to which among the following games?
(a) Badminton
(b) Table Tennis
(c) Law Tennis
(d) None of them
Answer: a
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