1. The General Assembly of United Nationsmeets
(a) Once a year
(b) twice a year
(c) thrice a year
(d) Once in five years
2. The “Common Wealth Games 2002? will be held in
(a) Toranto
(b) Manchester
(c) Tokyo
(d) Canberra
3. All India Radio commenced operations in
(a) 1926
(b) 1936
(c) 1945
(d) 1947
4. The “Killer Instinct” is written by
(a) Sulakshan Mohan
(b) M.K.Santanam
(c) O.P.Sabharwal
(d) Subash Jain
5. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by the
(a) Security Council
(b) Trusteeship Council
(c) General Assembly
(d) World Bank
6. Postal Voting is other wise called:
(a) external voting
(b) secret voting
(c) plural voting
(d) proxy voting
7. The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS) consists of….republica?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13
8. Which of the following harbours is considered as the world’s finest natural harbour?
(a) Sydney harbour
(b) Toronto harbour
(c) New Jersy harbour
(d) Singapore harbour
9. Who invented Radar?
(a) Henrey Backquerel
(b) Max Planck
(c) Robert Watson Watt
(d) Humphrey Davy
10. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in…
(a) Trophical Evergreen Forests
(b) Tropical most Decidous
(c) Alpine forests
(d) Trophical Thorn Forests
11. The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is
(a) Switzerland
(b) New Zealand
(c) USA
(d)Netherlands
12. The tomb of Babur is at
(a) Kabul
(b) Lahore
(c) Multan
(d) Larkhana
13. The joint session of the two houses is presided by
(a) the speaker
(b) the president
(c) chairman of Rajyasabha
(d) none of these
14. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the
(a) Greeks
(b) Shakas
(c) persians
(d) Kushans
15. The Simon Commission was appointed in
(a) 1927
(b) 1928
(c) 1929
(d) 1930
16. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union, in the year ?
(a) 1972
(b) 1973
(c) 1974
(d) 1975
17. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?
(a) Rajaraja Chola
(b) Mahendra Varman
(c) Narsimha Varman
(d) Narsimha Chola
18. The 189th member of United Nations is
(a) Palau
(b) Tuvalu
(c) Soloman Islands
(d) Nauru
19. When was Burma separated from India
(a) 1947
(b) 1942
(c) 1937
(c) 1932
20. Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?
(a) Poland
(b) Denmark
(c) Finland
(d) Norway
21. OVL implies:
(a)Oil discovery organ of ONGC
(b) A new species of virus
(c)A term used in One Day Cricket
(d) A new banking company
22. Which of the following involves chemical change?
(a) Rusting of iron
(b) Burning of wood –
(c) Reduction of wood
(d) All the three
23. Which of the following cave paintings is the oldest?
(a) Bhimbetka
(b) Ellora
(c) Ajanta
(d) Chittnnavasal
24. Leprosy has been eliminated from India, as:
(a) There was no cae of leprosy in 2005
(b) World Health Organization (WHO) has declared so
(c) The current rate of Incidence has been reduced by 1 out of 10,000
(d) All the patients have been identified for treatment
25. The major producer of cardamom in India is
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d)Assam
26. Which of the following is a submarine of the Indian Navy?
(a) INS Virat
(b) INS Sindhurakshk
(c) INS Rajali
(d) INS Vikrãnt
27. Which of the following Indian classical dances derived its name from the name of place of its origin?
(a) Manipuri
(b) Kathkali
(c) Odissi
(d) Kuchipudi
28. Who among the following has been created record in aviation history for the longest uninterrupted flight?
(a) JRDTata
(b) Ratan Tata
(c) Vijay pat Singhania
(d) Steve Fosset
29. Which of the following countries is not a member of G – 8?
(a) Russia
(b) Britain
(c) Spain
(d) Canada
30. Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Srlmao Bhandarnayake
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Benzlr Bhutto
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