3. Gautham Buddha attained Nirvana
at
a) Bodh Gaya
b) Kushi Nagar
c) Lumbini
d) sarnath
ANS : A) BODH GAYA
4. What proportion of geographical land
area is under actual forest cover in
india
a) one –third
b) one – fourth
c) one - fifths
d) two –fifths
ANS :
C) ONE - FIFTHS
5. The Buddhist sculpture and art is
found at
a) Mahabalipuram
b) Kanchi
c) Vijayanagar
d) Amravathi
ANS : B) KANCHI
6. Akber’s mausoleum is situated at
a) New Delhi
b) Agra
c) Sikandra
d) Sasaram
ANS:
C) SIKANDRA
7. The well – known painting “ Bani
Thani” belongs to
a) Jaipur School
b) kangra School
c) Bundi School
d) Kishangarh School
ANS: D) KISHANGARH SCHOOL
8. Who is the first Indian to win the grand
master’s title
a) Vishwananthan Anand
b) Ravi Kumar
c) D.V. Prasad
d) S.V. Natarajan
ANS:
A) VISHWANANTHAN ANAND
9. How many major ports are there at
present in India
a) 5
b) 10
c) 12
d) 13
ANS : d) 13
10. The term “Fiscal Crisis” in India
currently refers primarily to
a) phenomenal increase in external
indebtedness
b) increase in non-developmental
government expenditure
c) increase in public dept
d) recurring deficit on current account in the
government budget
ANS: A) PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN
EXTERNAL INDEBTEDNESS
12. Snake bite first affect the
a) brain
b) blood circulation
c) nervous system
d) lungs
ANS : B) BLOOD CIRCULATION
13. What is tissue culture
a) preparation of fragments of the cells of
organism for biochemical examination
b) Japanese culture
c) Name given to a special type of surgery
d) None of the above
ANS : A) PREPARATION OF FRAGMENTS
OF THE CELLS OF ORGANISM FOR
BIOCHEMICAL EXAMINATION
14. Which of the following pairs is NOT
correct
a) Seismograph - earthquake
b) Anemometer – speed of the wind
c) Hygrometer – water vapour content of the
atmosphere
d) Lactometer – Specific gravity of liquids
ANS : D) LACTOMETER – SPECIFIC
GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS
15. Radio waves travel with a speed
of
a) 3 X 10 6 m/s
b) 3 X 10 7 m/s
c) 3 X 10 8 m/s
d) 3 X 10 9 m/s
ANS : c) 3 X 10 8
m/s
16. Black hole is
a) a hole in the moon
b) a magnetic dark cavity
c) name of the star
d) a dying star
ANS : B) A MAGNETIC DARK CAVITY
17. Which one of the following is an
element
a) Sapphire
b) Ruby
c) Emerald
d) Diamond
ANS: D) DIAMOND
18. Which one of the following plants can
fix nitrogen from air
a) Maize
b) Rice
c) Pea
d) Wheat
ANS : C) PEA
19. Cell theory was proposed by
a) Micheal
b) Schwan
c) Shelton
d) None
ANS: B) SCHWAN
20. The chemical name for urea is
a) Aneurin
b) Chloroethene
c) carbamide
d) None
ANS: C) CARBAMIDE
21. Insulin was discovered by
a) Chandi
b) Walkesman
c) F.Bonting
d) Ronald Rore
ANS :
C) F.BONTING
22. Ozone layer of atmosphere
absorbs
a) Ultraviolet rays
b) Infrared rays
c) All radiations of light
d) Cosmic rays
ANS: A) ULTRAVIOLET RAYS
23. A good source of Vitamin A is
a) Carrot
b) Potato
c) Rice
d) Tomato
ANS: A) CARROT
25. Who won the wimbledon men’s
single championship in 2012
a) Rfael Nadal
b) Roger Federer
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Pete Sanpras
ANS : b) Roger Federer
26. The common wealth games were
earlier called
a) British colonies sports festival
b) British empire sports festival
c) Royal colonial games
d) None of these
ANS; B) BRITISH EMPIRE SPORTS
FESTIVAL
27. The normal length of a football
ground must be
a) 110 m
b) 90 m
c) 100 m
d) 120 m
Ans:
b) 90 m
28. “Play the game in the spirit of game “
was said by
a) Samaranch
b) Coubertin
c) Pt. Nehru
d) None of these
ANS: c) Pt. Nehru
29. The term “stone walling” is
associated with
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Hockey
d) Cricket
ANS: d) Cricket
30. Howmany gold medals did India win
in the 16th asian games
a) 14
b) 4
c) 7
d) 16
ANS: a) 14
31. Who started the ancient Olympic
games
a) The Egyptians
b) The Greeks
c) The Indians
d) The Romans
ANS : b) The Greeks
32. “Scratch” is a term associated
with
a) Basket Ball
b) Baseball
c) Football
d) Billiards
ANS : d) Billiards
34. Who is the Highest-Paid
Celebrity in world According to
‘Forbes’ August 2013?
a) Madonna
b) Tom cruse
c) Amitabh bachchan
d) Katrina kaif
Ans . a) Madonna
35. In August 2013 who wins
International Children’s Peace
Prize?
a) APJ Abdul Kalam
b) Silvio Berlusconi
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Angela Merkel
Ans . c) Malala Yousafzai
36. Who is the first Recipient of
‘Mahathir Award’ for Global
Peace in August 2013?
a) Howard Stern
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) John Boehner
Ans.
b) Nelson Mandela
37. Name the recently launched
programming language of
Google
a) Google Plus
b) Dart
c) Buzz
d) Google Tree
Ans . b) Dart
38. Siri is personal assistant
software launched for which
phones.
a) Blackberry
b) I Phone 4S
c) Android-based
d) None of the above
Ans . b) I Phone 4S
39. India becomes ‘Authorizing
Nation’ for which product?
a) Leather products
b) Wooden products
c) Electronic /IT products
d) Fiber products
Ans . Electronic /IT products
40. When is ‘Hindi Diwas’
celebrated?
a) October 12th
b) October 19th
c) September 14th
d) September 7th
Ans.
c) September 14th
41. When the Cabinet approved the
methodology for auctioning coal
blocks?
a) 07 September
b) 24 September
c) 14 September
d) 27 September
Ans . 24 September
43. Who is known as the father of
modern rocketry
a) k.e. Tsiolkovsky
b) Hermann oberth
c) Robert goddard
d) Waang lee
a) k.e. Tsiolkovsky
44. Who made and tested the world’s
first liquid propellant rocket
A) Frederick Tsander
B) Hermann Oberth
C) Robert goddard
D) Sergei Korolev
ANS :Robert goddard
45. Who designed V 2 rocket for hitler
during WWII
A) W.Dornberger
B) Werner Von Braun
C) Karl Gottrupp
D) Hermann Oberth
Werner Von Braun
46. Which was the first Indian
exclusive defence satellite was
successfully launched on 29
August 2013?
a) GSET-4
b) GSAT-6
c) GSAT–7
d) MIG-47
Ans.
c) GSAT–7
48. He was a genius not likely to be dublicated in the
times to come.
He always emphasized right thinking and respect for
all religions.
He discarded any type of indulgence in politics.
He was the second president of the Indian Republic.
In recognition of his true devotion towards the field of
teaching, his birthday is observed as Teacher’s Day.
Who is he?
When was this genius born?
ANS: Dr. Radha Krishnan
& 5/9/1888
49. He was a biologist and physicist.
He proved that plants and metals have
feelings.
He can rightly be called the inventor of
wireless telegraphy.
He also invented the cressograph to
measure the rate of growth of plants.
Who is he?
Name the institute he established in
kolkatta?
ANS: J.C. Bose and Bose institute
50. At the age of 11, he stammered badly and
had to repeat a word many times.
He became one of the greatest and
wealthiest lawers of India.
ANS:Nani palkiwala
51. When he was 6 years old, his mother
presented him a gift box.
It contained the game of chess.
He became the youngest national
championship of chess at the age of 16.
He was also the first grandmaster from
india.
He is known as the one-man chess
revolution.
ANS : Vishwanathan Anand
52. He was a pioneer aviator and built one of
the largest industrial houses of India.
He had the honour of being India’s first
pilot, waschairman of the Tata and Sons
for 50 years, launched Air India
International as India’s first international
airline and received Bharat Ratna in 1992.
He was a passionate proponent of
liberalisation.
ANS : J.R.D. Tata
53. He is the largest steel marker in the world,
producing, more than 100 million tonnes
annually.
The CEO and founder, he has blased
through this decade making a number of
gigantioc acquisitions, the largest being
that of the Franco- Belgian amalgam,
Arcelor.
ANS: L.N. Mittal
54. A writer and scholar who
achieved success despite being
deaf
blind and virtually mute.
ANS: Hellen Keller
55. Born in 1265 in Florence, Italy, he was the
author of one of the world’s greatest
poems, the Divine Comedy.
He was one of the first great poets to write
in the ordinary 5 languages of the people
rather than in latin.
ANS :Dante Alighieri