1.Following the Maldives example, cabinet ministers of which of the following countries conducted their meeting at an unusual place recently to highlight the effects of global warming ?
Tuvalu
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Nepal
2. The United Nations (UN) has declared 2010 as the
International Year of Youth
International Year of Renewable Energy
International Year of Eco-Tourism
International Year of Biodegradable Material
3.Ben Bernanke has been named 'Person of the Year' by the prestigious Time magazine. The current profile of Ben Bernanke is
Chairman, NASDAQ
President, World Bank
Chairman, US Federal Reserve
Director-General, WTO
4. Cape Canaveral, the site from which space shuttles are launched, is located in the state
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
5. As per the State of Forest Report-2009, what fraction of India's area is covered by forests ?
17.92%
21.02%
23.84%
25.96%
6. Who is the Secretary of the International Monetary Fund ?
Indira Mathur
AT Vashishtha
Siddharth Tiwari
None of these
7. Who is the first Goodwill Ambassador of the "Smile Train", an international charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery to children in need ?
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Katrina Kaif
Angelina Jolie
None of these
8. Asia's biggest solar power plant has been recently unveiled at
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Taiwan
9. India had recently landed its Moon Impact Probe on the Moon. Among the following countries, which one has landed such a probe on the Moon earlier ?
Australia
Canada
China
Japan
10. With which company did India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services sign a two year multimillion dollar deal recently ?
Infosys
SAP IG
Singapore People's Association
Citigroup
11. Jamie Dwyer, recently crowned hockey's World Player of the Year for a third time, belongs to
Germany
England
Netherlands
Australia
12. Which among the following countries is the World Bank's single largest borrower ?
Pakistan
India
China
Russia
13. Kaiane Aldorino who won the 2009 Miss World pageant recently held in Johannesburg, is from
South Africa
Venezuela
Columbia
Gibraltar
14. The group of nations presently known as G-8 first started as G-7. Which country from among the following was not one of the them ?
Canada
Italy
Japan
Russia
15. CERN, the organization that conducted the Large Hadren Collider Experiment in Geneva recently, is the
European Space Agency
European Organization for Nuclear Research
International Atomic Energy Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
16. Reliance Communication has signed an agreement with offering Windows Mobile Solutions on its wireless network.
Rediffmail.com
Microsoft
Google
Gmail.com
17. Which of the following teams was defeated by India to mark its 100th Test match victory in cricket ?
New Zealand
Australia
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
18. Who is the first Indian to head Amnesty International in its 50-year history ?
Pramod Bhasin
Salil Shetty
G.R. Madhavan
C.K. Roy
19. Lionel Messi, the footballer who plays for Barcelona club, and won the FIFA World Player of the Year Award for 2009, belongs to which country ?
Brazil
Italy
Argentina
Germany
20. Recently, which of the following was included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list ?
Dilwara Temple
Kalka-Shimla Railway
Bhiterkanika Mangrove Area
Visakhapatnam to Araku Valley railway line
21. The Government of India has granted approval in principle to SBI to merge one more of its associate banks after State Bank of Saurashtra. This second associate bank of SBI to be merged with it is
State Bank of Travancore
State Bank of Indore
State Bank of Patiala
State Bank of Hyderabad
22. Recently which of the following versions of Windows was launched by Microsoft ?
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 9
Windows 10
23. Which is the most popular e-mail service among Indians according to Online Audience Measurement and Analytics Platform ?
G-mail
Yahoo
Google
Rediffmail
24. Name the Jammu & Kashmir 'braveheart' who killed a terrorist and was recently appointed as a Special Police Officer in the Jammu-Kashmir police force.
Salma Khan
Firdaus Ahmed
Rukhsana Kausar
Shahana Azmi
25. Which of the following statements regarding Operation Flood is/are correct ?
1. Operation Flood is the world's largest Integrated Dairy Development Programme.
2. Dr. Verghese Kurien is the pioneer of Operation Flood.
3. Operation Flood was started in 1970 by Amul Dairy.
1 Only
1 and 2
2 and 3
All of the above
26. Which pharmaceutical company has been given permission by the Government of India to conduct H1N1 vaccine trials on humans ?
Bharat Biotech
Panacea Pharmaceuticals
Serum Institute of India
Zydus Cadila
27. Which Indian State Government made voting compulsory for its Municipal Corporation elections ?
Maharashtra
Kerala
Karnataka
Gujarat
28. Due to the efforts of which Member of Parliament (MP), can Indian citizens now fly the National Flag even at night ?
Jyotraditya Scindia
Naveen Jindal
Rahul Gandhi
None of these
29. The Commonwealth Games 2010 being held in New Delhi is the edition of this international event.
XX
XIX
XXI
XXII
30. What is the expected growth (in %) in international tourist arrivals during 2010, as per the forecast by UNWTO ?
3.4
5.6
7.8
9.10
31. The 13th Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers was held in the month of
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
December 2010
32. Air India has entered into partnership with which organization to improve operational efficiencies in key airline functions and become more cost-efficient ?
Sabre Airline Solutions
Airline Solutions Group
Amadeus Airlines
Kale Consultants Limited
33. Which state of India has the highest population density ?
Bihar
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
None of these
34. Which is the highest honour amongst the Padma Awards conferred on eminent personalities by the Government of India every year ?
Padma Vibhushan
Padma Bhushan
Padma Sri
None of these
35. Which country will be hosting the Winter Olympics 2014 ?
America
Russia
Germany
England
36. The Naina Devi Temple is located in which state of India ?
Gujarat
Jammu & Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
37. Which of the following SLVs carried the Chandrayaan-I on its voyage to the moon ?
PSLV-C12
PSLV-12
PSLV-C11
PSLV-C10
38. Which of the following countries is planning to launch a Satellite to study the Sun ?
USA
India
Russia
China
39. Who won the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2009 ?
India
England
New Zealand
Australia
40. Who is the only Indian sportswoman to win a medal for the country at the Olympics ?
1. The Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspended last year by President Musharraf was—
Shaukat Aziz
Anees Fahim
Ifthikar Chaudhury
Farooq Leghari
2. Which of the following organizations has set the target of reducing Greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the year 2050 ?
United Nations
UNDP
G-8
SAARC
3. The Sunfeast Open Tournament (2007) was won by—
Vania King
Sania Mirza
Mariya Korytheseva
Maria Kirilenke
4. Who was the Men’s national senior Billiards champion in 2007 ?
Pankaj Advani
Ashok Shandilya
Abhijeet Gupta
None of the above
5. Ustad Amzad Ali Khan is an exponent of—
Santoor
Sarod
Violin
Tabla
6. Which book is written by Satyendra Nath Dutta ?
Agnibina
Kuhu-O-Keka
Sagar-Theke-Fera
Trijama
7. Which State is regarded as the land of five rivers ?
Gujarat
Assam
Chhattisgarh
Punjab
8. The largest rice producing State in India is—
West Bengal
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
Haryana
9. China’s national game is—
Football
Hockey
Polo
Table Tennis
10. The oldest oilfield in India is—
Moran
Makum
Digboi
Dibrugarh
11. Density of population is highest in which State of India ?
West Bengal
Maharashtra
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
12. Given that the absolute refractive indices of water and glass are 4/3 and 3/2 respectively. What is the refractive index of glass with reference to water ?
2/3
8/9
9/8
3/4
13. In the alkane series methane is followed by—
Propane
Butane
Benzene
Ethane
14. The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth is—
Don McKinnon
Kamalesh Sharma
Avinash Chander
Vijay Kelkar
15. The term ‘Penhold Grip’ is associated with—
Tennis
Rowing
Table Tennis
Hockey
16. A force of 5 N acts on a body for 0•2 secs. The change in momentum of the body is—
1 kg ms-1
0.1 kg ms-1
10 kg ms-1
The given data is insufficient
17. Organic compound used for welding and artificially ripening of fruits is—
CH4
C2H6
(C)C2H2
C2H4
18. In rabbit, the digestion of cellulose takes place in—
Rectum
Ileum
Colon
Caecum
19. Rolland Garros is associated with—
Badminton
Football
Tennis
Rowing
20. Which of the following elements is essential for animals but not in plants ?
Potassium
Phosphorus
Calcium
Iodine
21. Keenan stadium is located at—
Jamshedpur
Cuttack
Patna
Ranchi
22. The circulation of blood in closed circulatory system was discovered by—
Francis Darwin
William Harvey
G. Mendel
Hippocrates
23. Vitamin K is necessary for blood clotting because it plays a vital role in the synthesis of—
Thromboplastin
Fibrinogen
Prothrombin
All of the above
24. Iris is the anterior part of—
Retina
Choroid
Sclera
Cornea
25. At which part of the tongue are the taste buds for sweet taste located ?
Tip
Back
Sides
Middle
26. The following is not a member of the European Union :
Turkey
Cyprus
Slovakia
Ireland
27. Which of the following States has the largest size of population ?
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Maharashtra
28. Which city is called Gateway of India ?
Kolkata
Chennai
Mumbai
Delhi
29. Who is the famous South Indian musician and saint, who was an exponent of Carnatic music ?
Tyagaraja
B. Subramanium
R. Ramachandran
P. Venkataraman
30. ‘Geeta-Govindam’ by Kavi Jaydev was written in—
Bengali
Sanskrit
Maithili
Apabhramsa
31. When was ‘Purna Swaraj’ day first celebrated ?
August 15, 1947
August 15, 1930
January 26, 1950
January 26, 1930
32. The native land of ‘Jim Corbett’ is—
England
India
Germany
France
33. Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of—
Kathak
Bharat Natyam
Playing Violin
Vocal Music
34. We find ‘Indir-Thakrun’ in—
Aranyak
Pather-Panchali
Ichamati
Devajan
35. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides to the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution ?
360
368
390
348
36. ‘Hans Christian Andersen’ was born in—
Poland
Russia
Denmark
Germany
37. Anhydrous CaO may be used to dry—
H2S gas
NH3 gas
CO2 gas
HCl gas
38. In bacteria, which of the following photosynthesis is present ?
PS I
PS II
Both PS I and PS II
None of the above
39. The only Sultan of Delhi who exempted his subject from nearly 24 taxes was—
Mubarak Shah Khalji
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Firoz Tughlaq
Sikandar Lodi
40. To whom is the Council of Ministers collectively responsible ?
The President
The Prime Minister
The Lok Sabha
The Rajya Sabha
41. The fuel in a nuclear reactor is—
Graphite
Heavy water
Cadmium
Uranium
42. Which of the following occupies 22.4 litres at N.T.P. ?
17 gms NH3
22 gms CO2
1.7 gms NH3
4.4 gms CO2
43. The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising the—
Members of the Lok Sabha only
Members of the Rajya Sabha only
Elected Members of both Houses of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States
Members of both Houses
44. One of the famous tragedies of Shakespeare is—
The Merchant of Venice
Macbeth
The Tempest
As You Like It
45. Water equivalent of a body is measured in—
Degrees centrigrade
Calories
Grams
Dynes
46. Which of the following countries has recently signed the Kyoto Protocol ?
India
USA
China
Australia
47. The proposed site for private port in West Bengal is—
Falta
Kakdwip
Kulpi
Sagar Island
48. The most populous city of India in 2001 is—
Kolkata
Chennai
Delhi
Mumbai
49. Editor of the Magazine ‘Sambad-Pravakar’ was—
Debendra Nath Thakur
Akshoy Kumar Dutta
Pearychand Mitra
Iswar Chandra Gupta
50. When the temperature of a metalrises, its electrical resistance—
Increases
Decreases
Does not change
None of the above
51. Which of the following is electrovalent ?
Oxygen molecule
Sodium chloride
Water
Ammonia
52. Neutrons in an atom—
Are equal to the number of electrons and protons
Revolve about the nucleus in fixed orbit
Contribute to nuclear charge
Vary in number with different isotopes
53. Who edited ‘Harijan Patrika’ ?
Aurobindo Ghosh
Mahatma Gandhi
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Pal
54. Which of the following countries was recently suspended from the Commonwealth ?
Pakistan
South Africa
India
Sri Lanka
55. Name the Indian playwright, actor and director, recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1972), Kamala Devi Award ‘71, Homi Bhabha Fellowship for creative work and Bharatiya Jnanpith Award (1999).
Shekhar Kapur
Amol Palekar
Girish Karnad
Kamal Hasan
56. Production of heat due to flow of electric current through a conductor is given by—
Joule effect
Joule-Thomson effect
Seebeck effect
Peltier effect
57. Who launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 ?
Frontier Gandhi
Surendranath Banerjee
Woomesh Chandra Banerjee
None of these
58. Who is the eminent Bengali dramatist who wrote ‘Abong Indrajit’ ?
Manoj Mitra
Prapto Mitra
Badal Sarkar
Mohit Chattopadhyay
59. The Chief Minister of Kerala is—
H. D. Kumaraswamy
M. Karunanidhi
A. K. Anthony
V. S. Achuthanandan
60. What will be the final temperature when 80 calories of heat is taken out from 1 gm of water at 0°C ?
– 1°C
– 80°C
1°C
0°C
61. ‘Subsidiary Alliance’ system was introduced by—
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Curzon
Lord Hastings
Lord Wellesley
62. Who is the eminent Marathi screen play writer and journalist, who received the K. K. Birla Foundation’s Saraswati Samman Award for his play ‘Kanyadan’ ?
Girish Karnad
Vijay Tendulkar
Anna Sahib Kirloskar
Neelu Phule
63. Which of the following Indian Police Service Officer has recently announced voluntary retirement ?
K. N. Misra
Ashok Pradarshni
Kiran Bedi
Badal Das
64. The famous Ilbert Bill Controversy arose during the tenure of—
Lord Mayo
Lord Lytton
Lord Dufferin
Lord Ripon
65. Generally who are the members of the Gram Sabha ?
All the heads of families of the respective villages
All the voters in the respective villages
All adult males in the villages
Nominated members
66. Aqua regia is a mixture of—
One part HNO3 and three parts HCl
Three parts HNO3 and one part HCl
One part H2SO4 and three parts HCl
Three parts H2SO4 and one part HCl
68. The Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by—
H. V. Derozio
Rammohan Roy
Debendranath Thakur
Swami Vivekananda
69. The Chief Election Commissioner is—
Elected by the Parliament
Appointed by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Appointed by the President
Nominated by the Prime Minister
70. Which dance is in the form of dance drama in Kerala and is usually performed in the open and lasts the whole night ?
Mohiniattam
Kathakali
Ottam Thullal
Kuchipudi
71. Author of the novel ‘Madame Bovary’ is—
Emil Zola
Flaubert
Kafka
Victor Hugo
72. The Chief Justice of High Court is appointed by—
The Governor of the State
The President of India
The Chief Ministers of the States
The Chief Justice of Supreme Court
73. The birthplace of which of the following English writers in Mumbai will be converted into a museum dedicated to him ?
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Browning
Jim Corbett
William Blake
74. Kuchipudi is a dance from—
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
75. The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India is—
