Books and Authors

1.Who wrote 'War and Peace'?

Leo Tolstoy Mahatma Gandhi Charles Dickens Kipling

2.Which of the book was written by Graham Greene?

O' Jerusalem The Power and Glory Crisis in India Of Human Bondage

3.George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

a Welsh an Irishman a Soctsman an Englishman

4.The famous book 'Anandmath' was authored by

Sarojini Naidu Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya Sri Aurobindo Rabindrnath Tagore

5.Who directed the film '1942: A love story'?

Mahesh Bhatt Vidhu Vinod Chopra Yash Chopra Ketan Mehta

Famous Places in India

1.The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is situated at

Patna Jaipur Hyderabad New Delhi

2.Where is the Railway Staff College located?

Pune Allahabad Vadodara Delhi

3.The famous Dilwara Temples are situated in

Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh

4.Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology is located at

Delhi Shimla Dehradun Kulu

5.Bijapur is known for its

severe drought condition Gol Gumbaz heavy rainfall statue of Gomateswara

Biology

1.Ordinary table salt is sodium chloride. What is baking soda?

Potassium chloride Potassium carbonate Potassium hydroxide Sodium bicarbonate

2.Ozone hole refers to

hole in ozone layer decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposphere

3.Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India. All these belong to

angiosperms gymnosperms monocotyledons dicotyledons

4.Pollination is best defined as

transfer of pollen from anther to stigma germination of pollen grains growth of pollen tube in ovule visiting flowers by insects

5.Plants receive their nutrients mainly from

chlorophyll atmosphere light soil

Inventions

1.Which insurance salesman invented the fountain pen in 1884?

Lewis Edson Waterman Sir William Grove Charles Kettering George Fountain

2.When was the first elevator built?

1743 1739 1760 1785

3.What charge card, developed in 1950, was the first to be accepted nationally in the US?

Visa Discover MasterCharge Diner's Club

4.What Enrico Fermi invented?

X ray machine Betatron Cyclotron Nuclear reactor

5.Which of the following was first patented by an Australian in 1889?

Electric Drill Electric Shaver Electric Fence Electric Heater

Indian Economy

1.The central banking functions in India are performed by the I.Central Bank of India 

II.Reserve Bank of India 

III.State Bank of India 

IV.Punjab National Bank

I, II II I II, III

2.Development expenditure of the Central government does not include

defence expenditure expenditure on economic services expenditure on social and community services grant to states

3.ICICI is the name of a

chemical industry bureau corporation financial institution

4.Gilt-edged market means

bullion market market of government securities market of guns market of pure metals

5.In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India?

Chemicals other than fertilizers Services sector Food processing Telecommunication

Physics

1.Radiocarbon is produced in the atmosphere as a result of

collision between fast neutrons and nitrogen nuclei present in the atmosphere

action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen 

action of solar radiations particularly cosmic rays on carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere 

lightning discharge in atmosphere

2.It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards because

work done in rolling is more than in lifting work done in lifting the stone is equal to rolling it work done in both is same but the rate of doing work is less in rolling work done in rolling a stone is less than in lifting it

3.The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves

viscosity of ink capillary action phenomenon diffusion of ink through the blotting siphon action

4.Siphon will fail to work if

the densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal the level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height both its limbs are of unequal length the temperature of the liquids in the two vessels are the same

5.Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to

the heating effect of current alone hysteresis loss alone both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss intense sunlight at noon

Famous Personalities

1.Who is the father of Geometry?

Aristotle Euclid Pythagoras Kepler

2.What is common between Kutty, Shankar, Laxman and Sudhir Dar?

Film Direction Drawing Cartoons Instrumental Music Classical Dance

3.Who was known as Iron man of India?

Govind Ballabh Pant Jawaharlal Nehru Subhash Chandra Bose Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

4.The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

Ramanujam Rina Panigrahi Raja Ramanna Shakunthala Devi

5.Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?

Volleyball Tennis Football Hockey

Indian History

1.The Battle of Plassey was fought in

1757 1782 1748 1764

2.The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of

Sutlej and Beas Jhelum and Chenab Ravi and Chenab Ganga and Yamuna

3.Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after

military affairs the state treasury the royal household the land revenue system

4.Tripitakas are sacred books of

Buddhists Hindus Jains None of the above

5.The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent

Nirvana Sangha Buddha Dhamma