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1. The Qutub Minar was completed by the famous ruler—
(A) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(D) Alauddin Khilji
2. Which of the following are incorrectly paired ?
(A) Krishnadeva Raya—Amukta malyada
(B) Harshavardhana— Nagananda
(C) Kalidasa —Ritusamhara
(D) Visakhadatta—Kiratarjuniyam
3. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress ?
(A) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Badruddin Tyabji
(C) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
4. During which Gupt a King’s reign did the Chinese traveler Fahien visit India?
(A) Chandra Gupta I
(B) Samudra Gupta
(C) Chandra Gupta II
(D) Kumara Gupta
5. The administrative consequence of the Revolt of 1857 was transfer of power from—
(A) East India Company to the British Crown
(B) British Crown to the East India Company
(C) East India Company to the Governor General
(D) British Crown to the Board of Directors
6. The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was—
(A) Equal employment opportunities for Indians
(B) The proposed execution of Bhagat Singh
(C) Salt monopoly exercised by the British Government
(D) Complete freedom
7. The Rajya Sabha is dissolved after—
(A) Every five years
(B) Every six years
(C) On the advice of the Prime Minister
(D) None of the above
8. Who was the last Governor-General of India ?
(A) Sir Cripps
(B) Lord Mountbatten
(C) C. Rajagopalachari
(D) Sir Attlee
9. Which party provided two Prime Ministers in two years’ time?
(A) B.J.P.
(B) Janata Party
(C) Janata Dal
(D) Samajwadi Janata Party
10. Which Directive Principle bears the direct impact of Gandhi’s moral philosophy?
(A) Equal pay for equal work
(B) Provision of free legal aid and advice
(C) Prohibition of the slaughter of cows
(D) Protection of the monuments of historical importance
11. Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes ‘ Untouchability’?
(A) 14
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 17
12. In case the President
wishes to resign, to whom is he to address his resignation letter ?
(A) Chief Justice of
India
(B) Secretary of Lok
Sabha
(C) Vice-President
(D) Prime Minister
13. The Preamble of our
Constitution reads India as—
(A) Sovereign,
Democratic, Socialist, Secular Republic
(B) Socialist,
Democratic, Secular Republic
(C) Democratic,
Sovereign, Secular, Socialist Republic
(D) Sovereign, Socialist,
Secular, Democratic Republic
14. Which of the
following are the Financial Committees of Parliament in India ?
1. Public Accounts Committee
2. Estimates Committee
3. Committee on Public
Undertaking
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
15. Match the following cities and their airports—
List-I
(a)
Chhatrapati Shivaji
(b) Heathrow
(c) Payalebar
(d) Kaitak
List-II
1. Singapore
2. Hongkong
3. London
4. Mumbai
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 4 1 3
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 1 3 2 4
(D) 4 3 1 2
16. 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
17. The river which is
not Westflowing towards the Arabian Sea is—
(A) Narmada
(B) Tapti
(C) Periyar
(D) Kaveri
18. Tsunamis are caused by—
(A) Mixing of cold and
warm currents
(B) Earthquakes
(C) Changes in sea level
(D) Volcanic
eruption
19.
Which current is responsible for increasing the temperature of Western Europe ?
(A)
Labrador current
(B) Gulf
stream
(C)
Canari current
(D)
North Equatorial current
20. Smog is a combination
of—
(A) Air and water vapours
(B) Water and smoke
(C) Fire and water
(D) Smoke and fog
21. S.D.R. stands
for—
(A) Special Dollar Rights
(B) Special Drawing Rights
(C) State Drawing Rights
(D) Specific Dollar
Rights
22. Which one of the
following is a development expenditure ?
(A) Irrigation
expenditure
(B) Civil administration
(C) Debt services
(D) Grant-in-aid
23. Which one of the
following is not correct ?
(A) First Five Year Plan,
1951-56
(B) Second Five Year
Plan, 1956-61
(C) Third Five Year Plan,
1961-66
(D) Fourth Five Year
Plan, 1966-71
24. Tetanus is caused
by—
(A) Clostridium
(B) Virus
(C) Bacteriophage
(D) Salmonella
25. Vitamin E is
particularly important for—
(A) Development of teeth
(B) Carbohydrate
metabolism
(C) Normal activity of
sex glands
(D) General health of
epithelial tissues
26. Birds usually have a
single—
(A) Kidney
(B) Lung
(C) Testis
(D) Ovary
27.
Blood pressure is controlled by—
(A)
Adrenal gland
(B)
Thyroid gland
(C)
Thymus
(D) Corpus luteum
28. The carbon dioxide
content in the air that we exhale is about—
(A) 4%
(B) 8%
(C) 12%
(D) 16%
29. Maximum harm to a
tree is caused by—
(A) Loss of half of its
leaves
(B) Loss of all leaves
(C) Loss of half of its
branches
(D) Loss of its bark
30. Mineral constituent
of chlorophyll is—
(A) Iron
(B) Magnesium
(C) Calcium
(D) Potassium
31. Which part of tongue
bears cells for sour taste ?
(A) Front
B) Back
(C) Sides
(D) Middle
32. The deficiency of
Vitamin B causes—
(A) Scurvy
(B) Dermatitis
(C) Beri-beri
(D) Phynoderma
33. In which vertebrate
does oxygenated and deoxygenated blood get mixed ?
(A) Fish
(B) Amphibian
(C) Bird
(D) Mammal
34. Spectacles used for
viewing 3D films have—
(A) Bifocal lens
(B) Convex lens
(C) Concave lens
D) Polaroids
35. The number of
satellites of the planet Mercury is—
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 16
36. A boy sitting in an
open car moving with constant speed throws a ball straight up into the air. The
ball falls—
(A) Behind him
(B) In front of him
(C) Into his hand
(D) By his side
37. Which of the
following does not belong to the solar system ?
(A) Asteroids
(B) Comets
(C) Planets
(D) Nebulae
38. The process involved
in making soap is—
(A) Saponification
(B) Hydrolysis
(C) Condensation
(D) Polymerisation
39. Sea water can be
purified by the process of—
(A) Distillation
(B) Evaporation
(C) Filtration
(D) Fractional distillation
40. Detergents clean
surfaces on the principle of—
(A) Viscosity
(B) Surface tension
(C) Elasticity
(D) Floatation
41. The
compound to which H2 does not add is—
(A) Biphenyl ethylene
(B) Tetraphenyl ethylene
(C) Tetrachloro ethane
(D) Tetracyano ethylene
42. Ammonal is a mixture
of—
(A) Aluminium powder and
ammonium nitrate
(B) Aluminium powder and
ammonium chloride
(C) Aluminium powder and
ammonium sulphate
(D) Aluminium powder and
potassium nitrate
43. Which gas does not
form the part of atmosphere ?
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Helium
(C) Chlorine
(D) None of the above
44. The number of players
in each side in Water Polo is—
(A) 07
(B) 09
(C) 05
(D) 04
45. A kilowatt-hour is
unit of—
(A) Energy
(B) Power
(C) Electric charge
(D) Electric current
46. Who was the first
woman in the world to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachendri Pal
(B) Junko Tabei
(C) Yoko Ono
(D) Aung Sung
47. Who was the author of
the Kadambari, a great romantic play ?
(A) Banabhatta
(B) Harshavardhana
(C) Bhaskaravardhan
(D) Bindusara
48. Bhilai Steel Plant
was built with the collaboration of—
(A) Germany
(B) Soviet Union
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Japan
49. Ventilators are
provided near the ceiling of the room because—
(A) The exhaled warmer
air rises up and goes out
(B) These provide cross
ventilation in the room
(C) These provide some
sunlight in the room
(D) These do not look
nice in the lower part
50. The hair of shaving brush clings together when removed from water due to—
(A) Surface tension
(B)
Viscosity
(C) Elasticity
(D)
Friction
51. In severe winter, in
cold countries water pipes burst because—
(A) Water expands on
freezing
(B) Contraction of water pipes
(C) High atmospheric pressure
(D) Combined effect of all the above three
52. The pair which is not
a twin-city is—
(A) Hyderabad-Secunderabad
(B) Durgapur-Asansol
(C) Calcutta-Howrah
(D) Delhi-New Delhi
53. Who was the second
man to land on the Moon ?
(A) Yuri Gagarin
(B) Neil Armstrong
(C) Buzz Aldrin
(D) Michael Collins
54. The fuel used in an
atomic reactor is—
(A) Coal
(B) Petrol
(C) Combustable gases
(D) Uranium
55. The Gir Forest is
noted for its—
(A) Lion sanctuary
(B) Deer-Park
(C) Tiger sanctuary
(D) Crocodile Park
56. White coal is—
(A) Uranium
(B) Hydro-electricity
(C) Diamond
(D) Ice
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