Who was the first Ramon Magsaysay Award winner from India

Ans : Acharya Vinoba Bhave

The first recipient of Gandhi Peace Prize was

Ans : Dr. Julius N. Nyerera

Nehru Award is instituted for

Ans : International understanding and peace

Magnifying glass was invented by

Ans : Roger Bacon

Polio vaccine was invented by

Ans : Jonas Edward Salk

Who discovered the Blood groups

Ans : Karl Landsteiner

Television was invented by

Ans : John L. Baird

Theory of relativity was explained by

Ans : Albert Einstein

Wireless Telegraph was invented by

Ans : Marconi

Incandescent lamp was invented by

Ans : Edison

401. In which year was Hockey introduced in the Olympic Games :

A. Paris 1900            B. Paris1924             C. London 1908        D. London 1940

402. DIET is the Parliament of :

A. Norway                  B. Japan                     C. Holland      D.West Germany

404. The National Game of India :

A. Hockey      B. Foot ball    C. Tennis        D.Basket ball

405. Time allowed for chanting Jana Gana Mana the National Anthem of India,

A. 1 minute     B. 2 minute     C.52 seconds            D. 55seconds

405. Accumulation of water in tissues is caused by the deficiency of :

A. Vitamin B       B. Vitamin C         C. Vitamin D     D. Vitamin K

406. An organism which transmits disease to a healthy person is known as :

A. Pathogen        B. Plasmin            C. Vector        D.None of these

407. The element with atomic number 20 is :

A.Iron              B.Zinc             C.Calcium                  D.Titanium

408. The  most common synthetic fibre known as artificial silk :

A. Nylon          B. Rayon        C. Polythene              D.Polyster

409An animal which conserves water for a very long time :

A. Rat             B.Kangaroo rat          C. Rhinocerous         D.Cat

410. During the Russian Revolution Bollsheviks were led by :

A. Lenin          B. Karl Marx  C. Mussolini               D. Hitler

411. Atom bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on :

A. February 20,1950  B.August 40,1949     C. August 6,1945    D.April 24,1949

412. A square solid has ________  faces :

A. Four           B.Six               C. Eight          D.Ten

414. The instrument used to detect planes and other objects in the sky :

A. Periscope             B.Radar          C.Telescope              D.None of these

415. Anna Karinina was written by :

A. Tolstoy       B.Wordsworth            C.John Milton D.Charles Dickens

415. Tin  is purified by :

A. Liquation               B. Distillation             C.Electrolysis            D.Reduction

416The British Governor-General who won the title Maker of Modern India

A. William Bentick     B.Dalhousie               C. Rippon       D.Cornwall’s

417. The world’s first artificial satellite :

A.Luna            B.Sputnick           C.Aryabhatta                   D.Explorer

418. Which British Statesman had the nick name ‘The Great Commoner’ ?

A. William Pitt     B.Wintson Churchill       C. Clement Atley   D. William Bentick

419. A Country with a high, per-capita income is a

A. Developed country           B. Developing Country         C.Capitalist Country

D. Socialist Country

420. Right co-exist with _________  in a democratic country

A. Privilege             B.Duties            CNeeds          D.Liberty

421. LoveBug, Mellisa,Code Red,These are names of

A. Terms in Ice ball               B.Computer Viruses             C. Classical Works

D.Contagious Disease

422. The disorder of the eye caused by the image falling in front of the retina :

A. Short sight B.Long sight              C.Squint         D.Astigmatism

424. Water gas is a mixture of

A. Carbon and hydrogen      B. Carbonmonoxide and hydrogen C.Oxygen and Carbon                      D. Carbonmonoxide and Carbon

425. Excessive alcoholic consumption causes :

A. Hepatitis                B. Cirrhosis    C.Jaundice    D.None of these

425.Which amoung the following countries is known as the Land of Thousand Lakes ?

A.Japan          B.South Korea           C.Finland       D.Norway

426. Which among the following is known as the ‘Father of Indian Jounalism’?

A. Kuldip Nayar         B.Ramnath Geonka      C.M.Chalapathi Rao         D.V.V.Giri

427. Who is the author of India Wins Freedom ?

A. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad       B.Larry Collins and Dominique Lepierre

C. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan        D. Sarojini Naidu

428. Who is the author of the book “ Autobiography of An unknown Indian” ?

A. V.S.Naipaul   B.Nirad  C. Chaudhary       C.Salman Rushdie      D.Vikram Seth

429. Which amoung the following libraries has the richest collection of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts and Mughal paintings ?

A.The Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library          B.The national Library

C. The Rampur Raza Library           D.The Aligarth Muslim University Library

440. Ice Hockey is the National Game of_________

A. Greece      B. Iceland          C. Finland               D.Canada

441. The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management established in 1984 is located at__________

A.Mumbai         B.Goa          C.Thiruvananthapuram         D.New Delhi

442. The protein of rice grain is of good quality, being rich in _____

A.Lysine         B.Glutamine         C.Gliadin              D.Thiamine

443. Which of the following chemicals is used in the making of photographic films ?

A. Sodium chloride       B.Aluminium hydroxide         C. Silver bromide   D.None of these

444. Galvanized iron is coated with a thin coating of :

A.Copper          B. Tin           C. Zink            D. Aluminium

445. The study of fossils is known as :

A. Paleantology         B. Petrology               C.Seismology            D.Bathymetry

446. Red blood corpuscles (RBC) are formed in the :

A. Liver           B. Heart          C.Spleens      D.Bone marrow

447. Vitamin necessary to prevent prolonged bleeding

A. Vitamin A      B. Vitamin D          C. Vitamin K    D. Vitamin E

448. Jatya Sangsad is the Parliament  of

A. Bangladesh           B. Pakistan    C.Burma         D.Bhutan

449. The organ which purifry blood and supply oxygen to it

A. River          B.Kidney        C.Heart           D.Lungs

440. The main function of the white blood corpuscles in the body is :

A. to carry food          B. to carry oxygen     C.to help in the cloting

D.to protect the body against disease

441. The radiant energy  of the sun results from :

A. Cosmic radiation      B. Nuclear fusion       C. Nuclear fission      D.Comustion

442. Who wrote the book  A Passage to India ?

A. Victor Banergee   B.E.M Forster            C.Minoo Masani        D.Amrita Pritam

443. The Last Supper of famous Renaissance painting was a masterpiece of :

A. Michelangelo        B. Leonardo da Vinci           C.Titan            D.Raphael

444. Which among the following is the closest to the equator :

A. Kanyakumari         B.Thiruvananthapuram         C.Tuticorin     D.Great Nicobar Island

445. The earth revolves  round the sun. This causes :

A. formation of day and night           B. deflection of winds and currents

C. change of seasons          D. difference in climate

446. Between which places does the train Himasagar Express run ?

A. Ernakulam and Madurai              B.Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram

C. Jammu Tavi and Kanyakumari               D.None of these

447. Freud is associated with :

A. Leprosy control       B.Detective  work       C.Politics       D.Psychology

448. In which Shakespearian drama is Desdemona a character ?

A. Hamlet       B.Merchant of Venice           C.Othello        D.As you like It

449. Ecology is the branch of Science which deals with

A. Cell formation       B.the study of the universe               C. balance of nature

D. the structure of the human body

450. The nation emerged as a result of Zionistic Movement after the Second World war is :

A. Israel          B. Lativa         C. Kazakhistan          D. Namibia

Answers

401: C. London 1908

402: B. Japan

404: A. Hockey

403: C.52 seconds

405: A. Vitamin B

406: C. Vector

407: C.Calcium

408 : B. Rayon

409: B.Kangaroo rat

410 : A. Lenin

411: C. August 6,1945

412: B.Six

413: B.Radar

414: A. Tolstoy

415: A. Liquation

416: B.Dalhousie

417: B.Sputnick

418: A. William Pitt

419: A. Developed country

420: B.Duties

421: B.Computer Viruses

422: A. Short sight

423: B. Carbonmonoxide and hydrogen

424: B. Cirrhosis

425: C.Finland

426: C.M.Chalapathi Rao

427: A.Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

428: B.Nirad  C. Chaudhary

429: D.The Aligarth Muslim University Library

440: D.Canada

441: D.New Delhi

442: D.Thiamine

443: C. Silver bromide

444: C. Zink

445: A. Paleantology

446: D.Bone marrow

447: C. Vitamin K

448: A. Bangladesh

449: D.Lungs

440: D.to protect the body against disease

441: B. Nuclear fusion

442: B.E.M Forster

443: B.Leonardo da Vinci

444: D.Great Nicobar Island

445: C.change of seasons

446: C. Jammu Tavi and Kanyakumari

447: D.Psychology

448: C.Othello

449: C. balance of nature

450: A. Israel

01.’White Leg Horn’ is a disease which affects:

A. sambars                   B. elephants         C.cattle     D. birds

02. Atacama Desert is in :

A.  North America     B. South Africa     C. Russia      D. South America

03. Mahatma Gandhi University came in the ex­istence on:

A. 26th October 193           B. 26lh October 194    C.26th October 195 D. 26th October 196

04. Who is supposed to be the mythical founder of Jainism:

A. Mahavira      B.  Rishaba C. Parswanath      D.None of these

05. The Mughal Emperor who wrote their autobi­ographies

A. Akbar and Jehangir         B. Aurangazeb and Shahjahan        C. Babar and Humayun        D. Babar and Jehangir

06. Most  of the   Ajanta  Paintings   were completed during the reign of:

A. Satavahana          B. Vardhanas   C..Guptas    D. Sakas

07. Which one of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra ?

A. Yajur Veda            B.Upanishad        C Aranyaka         D. Rig Veda

0. The prose explanations of the vedas were known as the:

A. Brahmanas       B. Upanishads           C. Samhitas                   D. Aranyakas

09.In  which of the following modern Indian states Asokan’s inscriptions are

Not found ?

A. Karnataka        B.Andhra Pradesh               C.Tamil Nadu D. Orissa

10. The study of rocks is known as:
,A. seismology          B. paleontology     C. petrology            D. bathymetry

11. Gandhiji organised Dandi March in 1930 against:

A. the communal award       B.  imposition of tax on salt  C.  repression of the Congress      D. atrocities on Harijans

12. The battle of Plassey was a notable incident because:

A. the English East India Company got more trade commission            B. the British won over the French  C. Company’s rule came to an end      D. it established English control over Bengal

13. Chengiz Khan invaded India during the rule of:

A. Iltumish      B. Balban               C.  Alauddin Khilji           D. Qutubuddin Aibak

14. Who is the author of the book Ain-e-Akbari ?

A. Todarmal               B. Sheikh Saadi        C. Akbar        D. AbulFazal

15. Name the last Hindu King of Northern India:

A.  Harshavardhana             B. Samudra Gupta       C. Chandra Gupta Maurya

D. Vikramaditya

16. Which metal is mostly used for the manufac­ture of aeroplanes and is also

used by doctors to repair injured bones?

A. Pig iron  B. Tin             C. Aluminium            D. Silver

17. Which of the following is the national emblem of United Kingdom?

A. Rose          B.  Lilly        C. Eagle         D.   Shamrock

1. The Damodar Vally Corporation, the first mul­tipurpose rivervalley project of

Government of  India, was setup on:

A. 10th April 199      B. 7th July 194         C. 12 th July 19      D. 14 thJuly 199

19. Name of the author of the book ‘Tales from Shakespeare’ ?

A. Tolstoy       B. Charles Lamb       C.Thomas Hardy      D. William Shakespear

20. Bacteriophage is a kind of:
A.  RNA          B. Suga             C. Fungus   D. Virus

21. Census In India is being held rcgulary after every

A.  years       B.10 years C.6 years        D.12 years

22. J.J. Thomson discovered :

A. Positron    B. Electron        C.Proton            D.Neutron

23. Hercule.Poirot is the character in the books written by:

A. James Hardly Chase       B. P.G. Wodehouse C. George Bernard Shaw

D. Agatha Christie

24. Diagonal relationship exists between
A. Sodium and Magnesium B. Sodium and Boron           C Lithium and Magnesiunr   D. Potassium and Magnesium

25. In blood, a universal recipient belongs to the group:

A. A                       B.B             C. AB              D. O

26.       The paths of a projectile is a/an :

A.    trajectory            B. elliptical     C. hyperbola         D. parabola

27. Chese is a source of:

A.  both fats and proteins     B. proteins     C. fats D. none of these

2. Which of the following elementary particles is unstable ?

A. positron      B. neutron             C.electron             D. proton

29.The somatotrophic  hormone is secreted by :

A. thyroid gland          B. pituitary gland       C. adrenal gland        D. pancreas gland

30. The National Income  of India is compiled by:

A.  Planning Commission       B. Finance Commission      C. Indian statistical Institut   D. Central Statistical Organisation

31. The Indus valley civilization existed around :

A.   500 B.C.              B. 1700 B.C               C. 3000 B.C              D. 2500B.C

32. Which of the following diseases is caused by virus?

A. Scurvy                    B. Rickets      C. Polio       D. Beri-Beri

33. On which of the following rivers is Washing­ ton (USA) situated ?

A. Nile            B.Hudson         C. Danube               D.   Potomac

34.    Who discovered the medicine “Streptomycin”
A. Dewar        B. Waksman              C. Reed          D. Bushwell

35. Who wrote the book Mudraraff-shasam ?
A.  Vishakhadatta        B. Kalidas          C. Rabindranath Tagore           D. Bhavabhuti

36. Mahayana and Hinayana are the two divisions of:

A. Hinduism      B. Jainism               C.Christianity             D.Buddhism

37. Name the first Indian scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize:

A.C.V.Raman       B. H.J.Bhabha     C.S. Chandrasekhar

D. M.N.Sahay

3. In which year was the Battle of Bauxar fought ?

A. 176      B. 1766          C. 1764          D.1765

39. Red, green and blue are known as:

A. Complementary colours  B. Primary colours    C. Secondary colours

D. Primary pigments

40. Earthquake waves travel fastest in
A. flexible rock           B. liquid water       C. motten rock      D. solid rock

41. Universal blood donors have blood type
A. 0              B. AB             C. B               D. A

42.Psychology is mainly concerned with:
A. structure of the body         B. diseases of the body       C. growth of the body

D. activity of the body

43. As a person becomes older, his blood pressure generally:

A. varies widely         B. remains the same            C. decreases   D.  increases

44. Which nutrient is not able to provide energy for cell use ?

A. fats B. carbohydrates       C. water          D. proteins

45. A large blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart is called :

A. an artery       B. a vein      C.nerve       D. a capillary

46. An important ore of uranium is :

A. chalcocite              B. pithchblende         C. taconite     D. carnallite

47. The hottest flame is produced by the:

A. atomic hydrogen torch       B. oxyacetylene torch          C. miner’s safety lamp

D. oxyhydrogen torch

4. Odissi is the dance style of:

A. Madhya Pradesh              B. Andra Pradesh     C. Haryana        D. Orissa

49. Who invented the telephone:

A.Newton       B. J.L.Baird                C. Alexander Graham Bell      D. Thomas Edison

50. The Ganapati festival is associated with which of the following states ?  .

A.Punjab         B.Maharashtra           C. Kerala    D.Karnataka

Answers

01. C.cattle

02. D. South America

03. A. 26th October 1983

04. B.  Rishaba

05. D. Babar and Jehangir

06. C..Guptas

07. D. Rig Veda

0. A. Brahmanas

09. C.Tamil Nadu

10. C. petrology

11. B.  imposition of tax on salt

12. D. it established English control over Bengal

13. A. Iltumish

14. D. AbulFazal

15. A.  Harshavardhana

16. C. Aluminium

17. A. Rose

1. B. 7th July 1948

19. B. Charles Lamb

20. D.D.Virus

21. B.10 years

22. B. Electron

23. D. Agatha Christie

24. C Lithium and Magnesiunr

25. C. AB

26. D. parabola

27. A.  both fats and proteins

2. B. neutron

29. B. pituitary gland

30. D. Central Statistical Organisation

31. C. 3000 B.C

32. C. Polio

33. D.   Potomac

34. B. Waksman

35. A.  Vishakhadatta

36. D.Buddhism

37. A.C.V.Raman

3. C. 1764

39. B. Primary colours

40. D. solid rock

41. A. 0

42. D. activity of the body

43. D.  increases

44. C. water

45. A. an artery

46. B. pithchblende

47. A. atomic hydrogen torch

4. D. Orissa

49. C. Alexander Graham Bell

50. B.Maharashtra

1 Which is the capital of Algeria
Ans:-Alger

2. What is the importance of April 7?
Ans:- World Health Day

3. One mill is the smallest unit of U.S. currency, being used in pricing gasoline and computing taxes. How much is it worth?
Ans:-$0.001
4. What is unusual about the year of the Great Fire of London, as written in Roman numerals?
Ans:-The year was 1666, which in Roman numerals would be MDCLVI-each numeral written once and in descending order.
5. Who wrote the book ‘The winner Stands alone’?
Ans:-Paulo Coelho
6. Fat soluble vitamins
Ans:-Vitamins A, E, D and K
7. What is the importance of April 7?
Ans:- World Health Day
8. International women’s day
Ans:-March 8
9. Nagasaki day
Ans:-August 9
10. World tourism day
Ans:-September 27
11 World Diabetic Day
Ans:-November 14
12. Write the name of the parliaments of the following countries
Nepal:-National Panchayat
13. Bhutan: – Tsongdu
14. Iran:- Majlis
15. Iceland: – Althing
16 Official language of Algeria
Ans:Arab
17. Ivory Coast:- Elephant
18 National emblem of Pakistan
Ans:- Cresent
19. Official residence of the Prime minister of India
Ans:-7 Race Course Road
20. National day of Algeria
Ans:-November 1st