SSC Preparation-GK

April 28, 2013

SSC-GK Question Bank

SSC-GK Question Bank

1. Who among the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

2. Who was the first Governor General was of free India?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) Rajendra Prasad (c) Lord Mountbatten

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

3. Which of the following is known as the soul of the Constitution?

(a) Fundamental Rights (b) Directive Principle of State Policy

4. Which of the following is known as the conscience of the Constitution?

(a) Right to freedom of religion (b) Directive Principles of State Policy

5. The famous physician, Jivaka was associated with the court of__________.

(a) Bimbisara (b) Kanishka (c) Prasenajeta

(d) Bindusara

6. Where is economic planning included in the Constitution of India?

(a) State List (b) Union List (c) Concurrent List (d) Residuary List

7. ___________is extracted from Bauxite.

(a) Silver (b) Uranium (c) Mercury (d) Aluminium

8. Which of the following is a viral disease?

(a) Plague (b) Malaria (c) Cholera (d) Polio

9. The capital was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi during the tenure of_______.

(a) Lord Minto (b) Lord Hardinge (c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Canning

10. Radcliffe line demarcates India’s border with__________.

(a) Bangladesh (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Pakistan

11. March 15^th is observed as the-

(a) World Day for Water (b) World Disabled Day

12. The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on_________.

(a) August 15, 1947 (b) August 15, 1950 (c) November 26, 1949

(d) January 26, 1950

13. Who among the following appoints the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee?

(a) President of India (b) Prime Minister of India

14. _____________provides recommendation regarding the distribution of finances between centre and states.

(a) Ministry of Finance (b) Finance Commission (c) RBI

(d) NABARD

15. The concept of ‘Directive Principles of State Policy’ has been borrowed from the constitution of which among the following countries?

(a) France (b) U.S.S.R. (c) U.S.A. (d) Ireland

16. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?

(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Finance Minister (d) Governor of RBI

17. Where is Chilka lake located?

(a) West Bengal (b) Kearala (c) Orissa (d) Tamil Nadu

18. What is the minimum age required for election to Rajya Sabha?

(a) 18 years (b) 25 years (c) 30 years (d) 35 years

19. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood in response to

(a) Partition of Bengal (b) Press Act of 1910

20. ___________was the Chief Guest on the occasion of Republic Day, 2012?

(a) Yingluck Shinawatra (b) Angela Merkel

21. Ashoka had diplomatic relations with Ptolemy Philadelphus, who was the ruler of_____________.

(a) Cyrene (b) Egypt (c) Macedonia (d) Syria

22. The partition of Bengal was done during the tenure of_______.

(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Wellesley (c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Canning

23. After Gandhiji’s arrest, who replaced him as leader of the Salt Satyagraha?

(a) Abbas Tyabji (b) Rajendra Prasad (c) Lala Lajpat Rai

(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

24. Fundamental Duties were included in the Constitution of India in _______.

25. Who among the following started the Home Rule League?

(a) Moti Lal Nehru (b) Nana Deshmukh

26. Durand Cup is related to which of the following sports?

(a) Cricket (b) Football (c) Hockey (d) Golf

27. Ammeter is used to measure

(a) potential difference (b) electric currents (c) pressure of gases

(d) resistance

28. _________gave the permission to establish East India Company in India.

(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangzeb (c) Shahjahan (d) Akbar

29. Forward Block was founded by

(a) Lala Hardayal (b) Subhash Chandra Bose

30. __________gave the idea of Pakistan.

(a) M.A. Jinnah (b) Abul Kalam Azad

31. Where are the Headquarters of Indian Space Research Organisation located?

(a) Trivandrum (b) Sriharikota (c) Bangalore (d) Chennai

32. Somnath temple in Gujrat was destroyed by_____________.

(a) Mohammed Ghouri (b) Mahmud Ghaznavi (c) Changhez Khan

(d) Taimur Lang

33. In which of the following states is the Periyar Wild-Life sanctuary situated? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

34. Diamond shines because of

(a) refraction of light (b) total internal reflection of light

35. Which among the following phenomena of light is associated with the appearance of blue color of the sky?

(a) Interference (b) Dispersion (c) Total Internal Reflection

(d) Scattering

36. Which among the following is the smallest bone in the human body?

(a) Incus (b) Malleus (c) Stapes (d) Phallanx

37. Where are the official languages mentioned in the Constitution of India?

(a) 7^th Schedule (b) 8^thSchedule

38. What are the Upanishads?

(a) A source of Hindu philosophy (b) Books on Buddhist religion

39. Which of the following Governor Generals is associated with Doctrine of Lapse?

(a) Lord Ripon (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord Canning

40. Who among the following influenced Ashoka to adopt Buddhism?

(a) Vishnu Gupta (b) Upa Gupta (c) Brahma Gupta

(d) Chandragupta

41. _______deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights.

(a) 42nd Amendment (b) 62nd Amendment (c) 44th Amendment

(d) 43rd Amendment

42. How many members can the President nominate to the Lok Sabha?

(a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) None of these

43. The duration of the 1^st Five-year plan was

44. ______________is an extra-Constitutional body.

(a) Language Commission (b) Planning Commission

45. ____________are known as the ‘suicide bags’ of the cell.

(a) Vacuoles (b) Mitochondria (c) Ribosomes

(d) Lysosomes

46. Which of the following are the imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals?

(a) Hachures (b) Contours (c) Spot-heights

(d) Isomers

47. ___________is not an official language of the United Nations?

(a) Chinese (b) French (c) German (d) Arabic

48. Who among the following appoints the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

(a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Finance Minister

(d) Lok Sabha

49. What are the Temperate Grasslands of South America known as?

(a) Pampas (b) Steppes (c) Savannah (d) Prairies

50. Who among the following signs the one rupee note?

(a) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (b) RBI Governor

51. When did India adopt the decimal system of coinage?

(a) April 1995 (b) April 1957 (c) April 1958 (d) April 1959

52. There are three crop seasons in India. Kharif and Rabi are two of them. Which is the third one?

(a) Barsati (b) Grama (c) Zaid (d) Khari

53. Comets, which are also known as ‘Dirty Ice Balls’, revolve around the

(a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Sun (d) Jupiter

54. ___________is not a constituent of German-silver.
(a) Copper (b) Nickel (c) Silver (d) Zinc

55. According to the 2011 census, what is the literacy rate (% of population) in India?
(a) 74% (b) 68% (c) 82% (d) 65%

56. Who among the following put forward the theory of Economic Drain of India during British rule?
(a) W. C. Bannerji (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Pandit Nehru (d) B.G. Tilak

57. _________coined the term Hindu rate of growth for Indian economy?
(a) Amartya Sen (b) C. Rangrajan (c) Raj Krishna
(d) Vijay Kelkar

58. How many types of emergency provisions are mentioned in our constitution?
(a) Four (b) Two (c) Five (d) Three

59. In which part of the Indian Constitution are Directive Principles of State Policy included?
(a) Part II (b) Part III (c) Part IV (d) Part VI
60. Who was the first Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Sucheta Kripalani (c) Aruna Asaf Ali

(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

61. Deficiency of Vitamin B6 results in which of the following diseases?
(a) Pellagra (b) Scurvy (c) Beri-beri (d) Anaemia

62. __________is the lowermost layer of atmosphere.
(a) Troposphere (b) Exosphere (c) Ionosphere

(d) Stratosphere

63. Which of the following metals is present in vitamin B12?
(a) Iron (b) Magnesium (c) Zinc (d) Cobalt

64. Which of the following vitamins is removed as a result of washing peeled vegetables?

(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E

65. A person suffering from colour blindness sees red as
(a) Yellow (b) Blue (c) Green (d) Black

66. The duration of Day and Night are equal at

(a) Equator (b) South Pole (c) Prime Meridian

(d) North Pole

67. Which of the following is the correct shape of earth?

(a) Spherical (b) Elliptical (c) Oblate Spheroid (d) Prolate Spheroid

68. Which among the following articles of the Indian constitution empowers the President of India to impose emergency in a state?

(a) Article 256 (b) Article 356 (c) Article 370 (d) Article 373

69. Who was the head of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution?

(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

70. ___________was the first non-Indian to be awarded with Bharat Ratna? (a) Martin Luther King (b) Zubin Mehta (c) Mother Teresa

(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

71. With which among the following is Sarkaria Commission related?

(a) Legislative Reforms (b) Electoral Reforms (c) Judicial Reforms

(d) Centre-State relations

72. Who among the following founded the Lodi dynasty?

(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Bahlol Lodi

(d) Khizr Khan

73. Who wrote the book ‘India Divided’?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Liaquat Ali

74. Who among the following founded the religion ‘Din-E-Elahi’?

(a) Jahangir (b) ShahJahan (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb

75. The interval between two sessions of parliament can’t be more than

(a) 3 months (b) 6 months (c) 9 months (d) 12 months

76. The office of the President can’t remain vacant for a period of more than (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 3 months

77. ____________ is the Supreme commander of the Defence Forces.

(a) The Defence Minister (b) The Prime Minister

78. Who among the following was the first woman Governor of an Indian State?

(a) Fatima Biwi (b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

79. Who was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Sucheta Kripalani (c) Annie Besant

(d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

80. Who among the following was the first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State?

(a) Kamla Nehru (b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

81. Who is known as the father of Panchayati Raj in India?

(a) Vallabh Bhai Patel (b) Vinobha Bhave (c) Lord Ripon

(d) Balwant Rai Mehta

82. With which of the following is ‘Operation Flood’ associated?

(a) milk production (b) liberation of Goa (c) flood control

(d) water conservation

83. RBI conducts Open Market Operations (OMO); what does OMO refer to? (a) Buying and selling equity (b) Transactions in foreign exchange

84. Where is Mariana Trench located?

(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean

(d) Mediterranean sea

85. Which among the following coasts belongs to Kerala?

(a) Konkan Coast (b) Malabar Coast (c) Coromandel Coast

(d) Canara Coast

86. When can the writ of ‘Habeas Corpus’ be issued?

(a) Wrongful annexation of Property (b) Violation of freedom of religion

87. The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with the

(a) Pacific Ocean (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Caspian Sea

(d) Mediterranean Sea

88. Who among the following elects the President of India?

(a) Members of both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha

(b) Members of both Legislative Assemblies & Legislative Councils

(d) Elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and members of Legislative Assemblies

89. Which of the following bodies is responsible for estimating the National Income?

(a) Indian Statistical Institute (b) RBI

90. ______________is used in photography.

(a) Aluminum hydroxide (b) Silver bromide

91. Which of the following is the classical dance of Andhra Pradesh?

(a) Kathakali (b) Kuchipudi (c) Mohiniattam

(d) Bharatanatyam

92. Who was the First person to be awarded Bharat Ratna?

(a) C V Raman (b) C. Rajgopalachari (c) Dr. Radhakrishnan

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

93. Financial Emergency has been mentioned in which of the following articles of our Constitution?

(a) Article 352 (b) Article 356 (c) Article 360 (d) Article 370

94. Numismatics is the study of which of the following?

(a) Coins (b) Numbers (c) Stamps (d) Space

95. The maximum strength of Lok Sabha (lower house) can be

(a) 540 (b) 545 (c) 552 (d) 542

96. “Stilwell Road” connects India and ________

(a) Pakistan (b) Nepal (c) Myanmar (d) China

97. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?

(a) 14 (b)16 (c) 20 (d) 18

98. Who among the following was the Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’?

(a) Nehru (b) Ambedkar (c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Subash Chandra Bose

99. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Gujarat?

(a) Yakshagana (b) Rauf (c) Husari (d) Tippani

100. Who among the following can call a Joint Session of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha?

(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (c) The Lok Sabha Speaker (d) The Vice-President

101. The famous physician, Charak was associated with the court of_______.

(a) Harsha Vardhan (b) Bimbisara (c) Ashoka (d) Kanishka

102. Who presides over the Joint Session of the two Houses of the Parliament?

(a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (c) The Lok Sabha Speaker (d) The Vice-President

103. Who among the following introduced leather coins?

(a) Sikandar Lodhi (b) Mohammad Tuglak (c) Razia Sultan

(d) Akbar

104. The acceleration due to gravity at the poles

(a) is less than that at the equator (b) is greater than that at the equator

(d) does not depend on the centripetal acceleration of earth

105. The role of liquid sodium in a nuclear reactor is that of a

(a) coolant (b) fuel (c) moderator (d) atomic smasher

106. What is Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh famous for?

(a) Copper (b) Aluminium (c) Mica (d) Gold

108. On which of the following rivers is Nagarjunasagar dam constructed?

(a) Krishna (b) Chambal (c) Kosi (d) Sutlej

109. Who among the following cricketers has written the book “Cricket My Style”?

(a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Adam Gilchrist (c) Kapil Dev

(d) Shoaib Akhtar

110. Where are the Headquarters of International Court of Justice?

(a) Paris (b) Geneva (c) New York (d) The Hague

111. _________is not a source of the revenue to the central Government.

(a) Customs Duty (b) Corporate Tax (c) Agricultural Income Tax

(d) Excise Duty

112. Where did Buddha attain enlightenment?

(a) Sarnath (b) Bodh Gaya (c) Kapilavastu (d) Lumbini

113. To whom does the Speaker of the Lok Sabha have to address his/her letter of resignation?

(a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha

(d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha

114. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded by

(a) G.K. Gokhale (b) M.G. Ranade (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

115. What is National Income?

(a) NNP at market price (b) NNP at factor cost

116. _______ is the official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency.

(a) Appreciation (b) Depreciation (c) Revaluation

(d) Deflation

117. Where is the only floating national park of the world located?

(a) Manipur (b) Bangladesh (c) Kerala (d) Kula Lumpur

118. ______________isn’t a method of estimating National Income.

(a) Value added method (b) Income method

119. Which of the following is used in vulcanization of rubber?

(a) Sulphur (b) Silicon (c) Carbon (d) Phosphorus

120. During periods of inflation, tax rates should

(a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain constant

(d) fluctuate

121. The maximum duration for which a Presidential Ordinance can remain in force is

(a) 3 months (b) 6 months (c) 12 months (d) 9 Months

122. Which exchange rate system does India follow?

(a) Fixed exchange rate system (b) Floating exchange rate

123. Who among the following is known as the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?

(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Curzon

(d) Lord Hardinge

124. Which of the following is a Direct Tax?

(a) Income Tax (b) Sales Tax (c) Excise (d) Service Tax

125. Who among the following made the statement ‘Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.’?

(a) John F. Kennedy (b) Winston Churchill (c) Abraham Lincoln

(d) Theodore Roosevelt

126. The art or technique of making maps or charts is known as

(a) Geology (b) Cartography (c) Mapping (d) Photogrammetry

127. A drop of water is spherical because of

(a) Surface tension (b) High pressure (c) Air resistance

(d) Density of water

128. The role of a fuse wire used in the electrical circuit of a house is

(a) to regulate the current (b) that of a step up device

129. What is dry ice?

(a) Super cooled nitrogen (b) Purified ice (c) Solid carbon dioxide

(d) Super cooled ice

130. What is Nylon?

(a) A Polyester (b) A Polythene (c) A Polyamide

(d) A Polysaccharide

131. _____________is also known as the Royal Disease.

(a) Albinism (b) Leukemia (c) Haemophilia (d) Colour-blindness

132. One horned Rhinoceros is found in

(a) Periyar (b) Gir Forest (c) Kaziranga (d) Kanha

133. Vande Matram, our National song, was first sung at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in

134. In which among the following states are the Khasi and Jaintia hills located?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Manipur (d) Nagaland

135. Which of the following is depicted in Ajanta paintings?

(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Saivism (d) Vasihnavism

136. The Carnatic wars were fought between

(a) The Nawab of Carnatic and the British (b) The British and the French

137. Who among the following was worshipped by the people of Indus Valley Civilization?

(a) Pashupati (b) Indra and Varuna (c) Brahma (d) Vishnu

138. _________is the most poisonous metal pollutant of automobile exhaust (a) Copper (b) Lead (c) Cadmium (d) None of the above

139. From which among the following parts are the cotton fibres obtained?

(a) Leaves (b) Seed (c) Stem (d) Root

140. The weight of a body is

(a) The same everywhere on the earth (b) Maximum at equators

141. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister

(a)Was created under the original constitution

(b) Is an extra constitutional growth

(d) Was created by the 85^th Amendment

142. _________is the only state in India to have a Common Civil Code.

(a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) Mizoram (c) Nagaland (d) Goa

143. There is no provision in the constitution of India for the impeachment of

(a) The President of India (b) The Governor of a state

144. The Sultan of Delhi who brought Ashoka’s pillar to Delhi was

(a) Firozshah Tughlaq (b) Jalaluddin Khilji

145. ___________is the author of the book ‘India Wins Freedom’

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

146. At which among the following places did Mahatma Gandhi launch the first Satyagraha campaign?

(a) Bardoli (b) Baroda (c) Champaran (d) Dandi

147. Who among the following founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Jyotirao Phule

(d) T.N. Nair

148. ________was the medieval ruler who introduced the system of ‘patta’ and ‘qabuliyat’ to help the farmers.

(a) Alauddin Khilji (b) Giyassudin Tughlaq

149. Which among the following dynasties built the famous rock temples of Elephanta?

(a) Chalukya (b) Chola (c) Pallava (d) Rashtrakuta

150. In which year did Gandhiji launch the Non-cooperation movement?

151. When was the partition of Bengal cancelled?

152. From which among the following does India get its maximum rainfall?

(a) North-East Monsoon (b) North-West Monsoon

153. Where is ‘Dakshin Gangotri’ located?

(a) Uttarakhand (b) Karakoram (c) Himalayas (d) Antarctica

154. Which among the following dynasties established the world’s first republic in Vaishali?

(a) Mourya (b) Nanda (c) Gupta (d) Lichhavi

155. Near which of the following continents is the Great Barrier Reef situated? (a) South America (b) Europe (c) Australia (d) Africa

156. Who among the following foreigners was awarded Bharat Ratna?

(a) Nelson Mandela (b) Bill Clinton (c) Aung San Suu Kyi

(d) Lula Da Silva

157. With which of the following fields is the Pulitzer Prize associated?

(a) Journalism (b) Science (c) Sports (d) Industry

158. Which of the following instruments is used to measure blood pressure?

(a) Spherometer (b) Anemometer (c) Sphygmomanometer

(d) Ammeter

159. In case the positions of both the President and the Vice-President are vacant, then who would act as the President of India?

(a) The Prime Minister (b) The Chief Justice of India

160. __________was the tax which the kings of the Vedic period used to collect from the people

(a) Bali (b) Vidatha (c) Chungi (d) Kara

161. Which of the following is measured by the Anemometer?

(a) wind direction (b) wind velocity (c) pressure gradient

(d) humidity of air

162. Which of the following cells have the least regenerative power?

(a) Brain cells (b) Muscle cells (c) Bone cells

(d) Liver cells

163. Which of the following cells are responsible for antibody production?

(a) red blood cells (b) neutrophils (c) lymphocytes

(d) platelets

164. Which of the following is the source of the enzyme, diastase?

(a) salivary gland (b) stomach (c) liver (d) pancreas

165. Which of the following devices is used for locating objects submerged under sea?

(a) sonar (b) radar (c) laser (d) maser

166. The metal which has the highest electrical conductivity is

(a) copper (b) aluminum (c) silver (d) lead

167. Seaweeds are rich in which of the following?

(a) fluorine (b) chlorine (c) bromine (d) iodine

168. The role of heavy water in a nuclear reactor is that of a

(a) coolant (b) fuel (c) moderator (d) atomic smasher

169. Right to Information Act was passed in the year

170. In an economy the relationship between the value of money and the price level is

(a) Direct (b) Inverse (c) Proportional (d) Stable

171. What are Khetri mines in Rajasthan famous for?

(a) Copper (b) Mica (c) Bauxite (d) Limestone

172. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is in the state of

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

173. In hilly areas water boils at a lower temperature because

(a) it is cold in hilly areas

(b) there is less carbon dioxide in hilly areas

(d) there is less oxygen in hilly areas

174. At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales have the same reading?

(a) 40^o (b) -40^o (c) -34^o(d) -140^o

175. Two cubes of ice when pressed on each other behave as one because of

(a) Van Der Waals Force (b) Dipole moment

176. On churning of milk, cream gets separated because of

(a) Frictional force (b) Centrifugal force (c) Gravitational force

(d) Viscous forces

177. An electric charge in motion produces

(a) magnetic field (b) sound waves (c) light rays

(d) heat waves

178. _________ is commonly known as Aspirin.

(a) Salicylic acid (b) Salicylate (c) Methyl salicylate

(d) Acetyl salicylic acid

179. What are Pulsars?

(a) stars moving towards the earth (b) stars moving away from the earth (c) rapidly spinning stars (d) High temperature stars

180. Which of the following causes Small pox?

(a) Rubella virus (b) Variola virus (c) Varicella virus

(d) Myxovirus

181. What is the nature of the image formed by a concave lens?

(a) real and erect (b) virtual and erect (c) real and inverted

(d) virtual and inverted

182. Which isotope of Uranium is used in the production of atomic energy?

(a) U-235 (b) U-238 (c) U-234 (d) U-236

183. __________is one of the constituents of tear gas.

(a) Ethane (b) Ethanol (c) Ether (d) Chloropicrin

184. In eukaryotic cells the cell membrane is made up of

(a) Phospholipid (b) Lipoprotein

185. ________was the founder of Sayyid dynasty.

(a) Ibrahim Lodi (b) Sikandar Lodi (c) Bahlol Lodi

(d) Khizr Khan

186. Ringworm is a disease caused by a

(a) Bacteria (b) Protozoa (c) Virus (d) Fungus

187. Where is the Pitutary gland situated?

(a) the base of the heart (b) the base of the brain

188. In which Congress session was the pledge of ‘Purna Swaraj’ taken?

(a) Calcutta (b) Lahore (c) Allahabad (d) Madras

189. Fog consists of

(a) Gas dispersed in Air (b) Liquid dispersed in Air (c) Solid dispersed in Gas (d) Solid dispersed in Liquid

190. With which of the following is Lambert’s law related?

(a) Reflection (b) Refraction (c) Interference (d) Illumination

191. The Governor General associated with abolition of sati was

(a) Lord Wavell (b) Lord Dalhousie (c) Lord Wellesley

(d) Lord William Bentick

192. _____________is the highest body which approves the Five-Year Plans.

(a) Planning Commission (b) National Development Council

193. Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?

(a) Gaya (b) Sarnath (c) Pataliputra (d) Vaishali

194. A want becomes a demand

(a) when it is backed by the ability to purchase

(b) when it is backed by the necessity to buy

(d) when it is backed by the utility of the product

195. Jan Gan Man was first sung at the Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in

196. Which of the following is the most commonly used bleaching agent?

(a) alcohol (b) carbon dioxide (c) chlorine (d) Sodium chloride

197. Animals that live in tree trunks are known as

(a) Arboreal (b) Volant (c) Amphibious (d) Aquatic

198. Arrange the dynasties of Delhi Sultanate in the chronological order:

1. Tughlaq 2. Lodis 3. Saiyyad

4. Ilbari Turk(Salve) 5. Khilji

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (b) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (c) 2, 4, 5, 3, 1

(d) 4, 5, 1, 3, 2

199. Who among the following was the author of the book ‘The Indian War of Independence’?

(a) Krishna Verma (b) Madame Carna (c) B.G. Tilak

(d) V.D. Savarkar

200. When two countries exchange commodities, it is known as

(a) Balance of trade (b) Bilateral trade (c) Volume of trade

(d) Multilateral trade

201. Which of the following is used to prevent soil erosion on hill slopes?

(a) Afforestation (b) Crop Rotation (c) Water logging

(d) Contour farming

202.The term ‘Geography’ was coined by

(a) Ptolemy (b) Eratosthenese (c) Hacataus (d) Herodotus

203. _____________are known as the “ecological hot spot of India”?

(a) Western Ghats (b) Eastern Ghats (c) Western Himalayas

(d) Sunderbans

204. Which of the following can be used to determine the age of Earth?

(a) Geological Time Scale (b) Radio-Metric Dating

205. Who among the following defeated Harshvardhana?

(a) Prabhakaravardhana (b) Pulakesin II

206. The Mughal emperor___________was illiterate.

(a) Jahangir (b) ShahJahan (c) Akbar (d) Aurangazeb

207. When did India attain the ‘Dominion Status’?

(a) 15th January, 1947 (b) 15th August, 1947

208. Which of the following countries did Karl Marx belong to?

(a) Germany (b) Holland (c) France (d) Britain

209. The origin of the term ‘Caste’ is

(a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) German (d) English

210. What is a formalised system of trading agreements among groups of countries is known as?

(a) Trading blocks (b) Trade ventures (c) Trade partners

(d) Trade organizations

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January 7, 2013

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1. Palaeontology is the study of [A]Fossils [B]Rocks [C]Soil [D]Tree

2. When dust gets into the eye, the part that becomes inflamed and pink is the [A]Cornea [B]Choroid [C]Conjunctiva [D]Sclerotic

3. Ilium is a part of [A]Stomach [B]Pectoral girdle [C]Pelvic girdle [D]Small Intestine

4. The pores in leaves through which liquid water oozes out at times are called [A]Hydathodes [B]Lenticels [C]Phyllopores [D]Stomata

5. Some oil-rich seeds can be stored for long periods without any change in their oil content because of the presence of [A]Antioxidants [B]Fats [C]Proteins [D]Carbohydrates

6. Opium is a plant product obtained from [A]dried leaves [B]dried latex [C]roots [D]stem bark

7. The materials which are weakly repelled by magnets are called [A]para-magnetic materials [B]dia-magnetic materials [C]ferro-magnetic materials [D]a-magnetic materials

8. What is the distance of ‘distinct vision’ for normal eye? [A]12.5 cm [B]25 cm [C]37.5 cm [D]50 cm

9. A body which is a good absorber of heat is also a [A]good radiator [B]bad radiator [C]good reflector [D]cannot be predicted

10. Optical fibres are based upon which of the following phenomenon? [A]Interference [B]Dispersion [C]Diffraction [D]Total Internal Reflection

11. Which of the following is used as a mordant in dyeing? [A]Aluminium salt [B]Chromium salt [C]Copper salt [D]All of the above

12. Semiconductor materials are [A]Silicon and Platinum [B]Silicon and Germanium [C]Germanium and Carbon [D]Platinum and Carbon

13. Food Chain is present in [A]Pond Ecosystem [B]Marine Ecosystem [C]Forest Ecosystem [D]All of the above

14. Green house effect in the environment is due to the increase of [A]Carbon dioxide [B]Carbon monoxide [C]Oxygen [D]Sulphur dioxide

15. Which of the following phenomena is considered as associated with global warming? [A]Southern Oscillation [B]El Nino [C]La Nina [D]Nino Modoki

16. The planet nearest to the Sun is [A]Venus [B]Mars [C]Mercury [D]Jupiter

17. Which one of the following is called the amphibian in plant kingdom? [A]Bryophyta [B]Pteridophyta [C]Algae [D]Fungi

18. Find the odd one out. [A]Tapeworm [B]Ringworm [C]Hookworm [D]Guinea worm

19. Darkening property of photochromic glass is due to presence of [A]silver nitrate [B]silver chloride [C]silver bromide [D]silver oxide

20. Supersonic aircrafts discharge the following substances into the stratosphere: [A]CO2 [B]H2 [C]NOx [D]Sox

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