51.What is the main Chemical component of Vinegar?
Acetic acid
Citric Acid
Tartaric acid
(iv)Nitric acid
52.Which gas is released from paddy fields?
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Ammonia
(iv)Hydrogen Sulphide
53.Which of these is not a micro-nutrient essential for plant growth and health?
Manganese
Iodine
Boron
Zinc
54.Who among the following four is the odd man out?
Abanindranath Tagore
J S Swaminathan
Akbar Padamsee
(iv)Javed Ahhtar
55.In the last one decade, which among the following sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows into India?
Computer hardware and software
Services sector
Automobile sector
(iv)Telecommunication
56.What is the estimated size of Indian economy for 2012-13 (GDP in US Dollars)
one trillion
two trillion
three trillion
four trillion
57.What percentage of India s GDP in 201112 was contributed ‟ by Agriculture and allied sectors
20%
14%
54%
34%
58.What was India‟s crude import bill (in US Dollars) in 2011.12 and its percentile share total imports?
$150 billion, 32%
$56 billion, 26%
$475 billions, 80%
$250 billion,51%
59.In which country is the Great Victoria Desert located?
Namibia
Argentina
Mongolia
(iv)Australia
60.Which of the following is not caused by movement of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions
Ocean current
Oceanic trench formation
61.Which of the following is not a “greenhouse gas”(GHG)?
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Water vapour
(iii)Methane
62.Which of the following is the basic structural and functional unit of a kidney?
Lymphocyte
Nephron
Lobule
Neuron
63.German Silver is an alloy of?
Copper, Zinc and Nickel
Silver, Copper and Carbon
Silver, Zinc and Aluminium
Aluminium, Zinc and Cobalt
64.Which of the following substances is most commonly used for cloud seeding (artificialrains)?
Magnesium hydroxide
Potassium Chloride
Silver iodide
Zinc Sulphate
65.A Theodolite is used for measuring
oceanic temperature variation
celestial distances
river water flow
angles in horizontal and vertical planes
66.Which of the following is not a jovian planet (gaseous planet) in the Solar system?
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Neptune
67.Which is the only internal organ of human body capable of regenerating its lost tissues?
Lungs
Kidney
Liver
Brain
68.What is meant by Sulphur Shower?
Sulphuric acid rain due to air pollution
Shower of yellow pollen from conifers in spring
An industrial process to treat porcelain with Sulphuric acid
Release of hydrogen sulphide from industries
69.Which mobile operating system today has the largest share in global smartphone market?
Android OS
BlackBerry OS
Apple iOS
Nokia S40 OS70.
70.Alteration of consciousness during deep sea diving is known as
Raptures of the deep
Martini Effect
Nitrogen Narcosis
All the three
71.The gases used in normal welding process are
Oxygen and Hydrogen
Oxygen, Hydrogen and Acetylene
Acetylene and Nitrogen
Oxygen and Acetylene
72.Who was the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
Columbus
James cook
73.Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim Caliphates at around 1000 AD.Whilenorthwestern Africa (essentially, modern Morocco) and southern Spain were ruled by theUmayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what is now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?
Hafsid
Idrisid
Fatimid
Aghlabid
74.Who founded the “Young Italy” movement, the anchor organization behind the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century?
Count Cavour
Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Red Shirts
75.Where was the battle of Badr fought in which Muslims led by Muhammad defeated Quraish of Mecca decisively on March 13, 624 AD?
80 miles south west of Medina
outskirts of Mecca
Jeruselam
Mount Arafat
76.Who was the Commander in Chief of Confederate States in the American Civil war(1861-65)
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
James Longstreet
77.On which date US dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima?
August 9, 1945
May 8, 1945
July 26,1945
August 6,1945
78.The Treaty of Srirangapatna was signed in 1792 between Tipu Sultan and
Dalhousie
Cornwallis
Warren Hastings
Lord Clive
79.Wimbledon Tournament is associated with which game?
Football
Golf
Tennis
Badminton
80.Under an agreement with which of the following countries .did Subhas Chandra Bose.organize the Indian soldiers, taken as pnsoners by the AXIS Powers, Into the Azad Hind Fauj?
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
81.In which part of ancient India was Kharoshthi script in use between 3′d century BCand 3rd century AD
Magadh region
Central region
Southern region
Gandhar region
82.Battle of Jamrud was fought between Sikhs and Afghans in April 1837 in which Afghanswere defeated but an important Sikh general was killed. Who was this Sikh general?
Jorawar Singh
Mahan Singh
Hari Singh Nalwa
(iv)Diwan Bhiwani Das
83.Who was the first Muslim president of Indian National Congress?
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Badraddin Tayabji
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Syed Ahmed Khan
84.Three Round Table Conferences were organized by British Government between 1930 and1932 to discuss the constitutional reform in India. In which Round Table Conference did the Congress attend?
First
Second
Third
All the three
85.Who was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?
Dr Rajendra Prasad
K M Munsi
N G S Ayanger
B R Ambedkar
86.What is the Quorum laid down to constitute a meeting of either of the Houses of Parliament
one tenth of the total number of members of that House
one fourth of the total number of members of that House
one fifth of the total number of members of that House
one half of the total number of members of that House
87.Who has the authority to call a joint session of the two Houses of Parliament?
Prime Minister
President
Speaker of Lok Sabha
Chairman of Rajya Sabha
88.In which session of the year, President addresses both the Houses of Parliament?
First session (Budget)
Second session (Monsoon)
Third session (winter)
none of the above
89.Which of the following States do not have bicameral legislature?
(i)Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
90.What fraction of Legislative Council Members are nominated by Governor on the advice of Cabinet from amongst those having excelled in the fields of science ,arts, literature, cooperative movement or social science?
1/3
1/6
1/12
1/4
91.In which of the following states is the construction site of proposed Tipaimukh dam located?
Mizoram
Assam
Manipur
Nagaland
92.The capitals of Manipur , Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh respectively are
Imphal, Aizawl and Itanagar
Itanagar , Aizawl and Imphal
(iii )Kohima, Shillong and Agartala
Imphal, Itanagar and Aizawl
93.Which of the following is not a tributary of Krishna river?
Tungbhadra
Bhima
Koyna
Godavari
94.Which of the followings not a hill station in South India?
Ooty
Kodaikanal
Munnar
Coimbatore
95.Which of the following states shares border with China?
(i)West Bengal
(ii)Himachal Pradesh
Nagalnd
(iv)Uttar Pradesh
96.Which of the following is not a land locked state?
Bihar
(ii)Chhattisgarh
Mizoram
Orissa
97.Which of the following is not matched correctly?
US–CIA
UK–MI6
France–Mossad
India‟ –R&AW
98.In which year was Guru Nanak Dev born?
1242 AD
1358 AD
1469 AD
1542 AD
99.Which religious leader established “four mathas‟ in India?
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Shankaracharya
(iii)Vivekananda
Ramanuja
100. Who was the first Christian missionary to India?
1. A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr, what distance would he travel on foot?
20 km
30 km
48 km
60km2
2. Due to a 25 % increase in the price of rice per kilogram a person is able to purchase 20kilograms less for Rupees 400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?
Rs 5
Rs 6
Rs 10
Rs 43
3. A toy weighing 24 grams of an alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/, but if the weights of the two metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/If the price of one metal be Rs8 per ,gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the toy
Rs 10/ gram
Rs 6/gram
Rs 4/ gram
Rs 5/gram4
4. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at 10 AM, at what time will all the three chime again that day
1 PM
2 PM
8 PM
10 PM
5. Find the last two digits of : 153763519717
35
45
55
85
6. After striking the floor, a ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen, Find the total distance that if travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 meters
540 mtrs
960 mtrs
1080 mtrs
1120 mtrs
7. There is a 7digit telephone number with all different digits . If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are Possible.
120
1,00,000
6720
30,240
8. A speaks the truth 3 out of 4 time, and B 5 out of 6 times .‟ What is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the same fact?
2/3
1/3
5/6
1/219
9. A circle is inscribed inside an equilateral triangle touching all the three sides, If the radius of the circle is 2 cm, find the area of the triangle.
15
18
12
12
10.Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C;B is on the right of E; A is on the right of C and B is on the left of D. If E has only one neighbour, then who is sitting in the centre?
A
B
C
D
11.In which city is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO) locate ?
New York
Geneva
Rome
Paris
12.In a family of five persons, Dinesh is Jairam s son and Gopal ‟ ‟s brother while Meeta is Gopal‟s mother and Jayanti‟s daughter If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the,family which of the following statements is true?
Jayanti is Dinesh‟s mother
Meeta is Dinesh‟s Mother
Jayanti is Jairam‟s grandmother
All the above
13.Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share, They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order, At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs.32. How muchmoney did Suvarna start with ?
Rs 60
Rs 34
Rs 66
Rs 28
14.Indira is three times older than Yogesh while Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh isolder than Zaheer then Which of the following statements can be inferred ?
Yogesh is older than wahida
Indira is older than Wahida.
Indira may be younger than Wahida
None of the above
15.A four person team from Asian Paints is painting Foolan‟s house. Mehmood is painting the front of the house. Ramesh is in the alley behind the house painting the back . Jeevan is painting the Window frames on the north side and Sudhir is on the south. If Mehmood switches places With John, and John then switches places with Sudhir, where is Sudhir how?
in the alley behind the house
on the north side of the house
in front of the house
on the south side of the house
16.What is the total number of Zodiac constellations (Nakshatra) in Indian astrology?
12
15
18
27
17.Who established Ramkrishna Mission?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Shivanand
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Vivekanand
18. If in a coded language MADRAS is written as LBCSZT, how would BOMBAY be written?
APNCBX
APLCZZ
CPOCBZ
CQOCBX
19. If under a certain code the Word CARROM is written as BZQQNL, which word will be Coded as HOUSE
GNTRD
INVRF
IPVTF
GPTID
20.Rahul s mother is the only daughter of Monika s father.‟ How is Monika‟s husband related to Rahul‟s?
Uncle
Father
Grandfather
Brother
21.A man is facing west. He turns 450 in the clockwise direction and then another 1800 in the same direction and then 2700 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?
South West
South
NorthWest
West
22. If it was Saturday on 17th December, 1982 what will be the day on 22nd December, 1984
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Sunday
23.One term in the following number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70 Find out the wrong term?
16
2
45
70
24. ln an exercise, Krishnan walked 25 metres towards South and then he turned to his left and moved, for 20 metres, He again turned to his left and walked 25 metres. There after,he turned to his right and walked 15 metres. What is the distance and direction of his present location withreference to the starting point
74 metres North East
60 metres North
35 metre East
40 metres South East
25.Where did NASA‟s land rover Curiosity landed on Mars on August 5/6, 2012?
Sea of Tranquility
Gale Crater
Fast Mountain
Rover Desert
26. India‟s Mars Orbiter Mission is likely to be launched in November 2013. What kind of rocketwill be used by ISRO for this mission
Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
Agni III
Extended Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
SLYIII
27.In London Olympic Games 2012, which country won the highest number of medals ?
Great Britain
China
Republic of Korea
United States of America
28.Who won the Gold Medal in 100 metres race in London Olympics 2012.
Justin Gatlin
Yohan Blake
Tyson Gay
Usain Bolt
29.Who have been selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2012?
Rajyabardhan Singh Rathore ( Shooting) and Baichung Bhutia (Football)
Gagan Narang (Shooting) and Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
Vijay Kr (shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
Mary Kom (Boxing) and Vishwanatha Anand (Chess)
30.Which country announced in August 2012 its decision to grant political asylum to the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
Great Britain
China
Ecuador
Belgium
31.India s DRDO has developed a pilotless target ‟ aircraft. What is its name?
Taijas
Nag
Agni III
Lakshya 2
32.What is the name of India‟s first indigenously developed nuclear submarine?
INS Sindhughosh
K 15
INS Arihant
INS Vikramditya
33.Why was CERN, the largest particle physic laboratory located near Geneva innews recently?
For discovery of Neutrino, a new subatomic particle
For discovering Higgs Boson, a new subatomic particle
Because of differences among the member nations over finance liabilities
Major breakdown in the laboratory
34.Which of the following countries in the Middle East is facing a civil war between the Government forces and rebel insurgents?
Syria
Egypt
Tunisia
Jordon
35. In which country, there has been a spate of „insider killing‟ in which NATO soldiers have been killed by their comrades in local police and Army?
Pakistan
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iran
36.How do you observe every year the first Monday of October?
Environment Day
World Habitat Day
World Diabetes Day
UNO Day
37.Which country s lower house of Parliament ‟ is known as Wolesi Jirga?
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Iran
38.SEBI has decided to introduce “Basic Services Demat Account”(BSDA), What is the maximum value of securities in a BSDA at any point of time?
Rs 5 lakh
Rs 4 lakh
Rs 3 lakh
Rs 2 lakh
39.Which of the following companies is posing a stiff competition to Sweden‟s Ericsson to become the world‟s largest telecom equipment manufacturer?
Samsung
Huawei
Nokia
Panasonic
40.What is the present permissible power density value for mobile towers operating at 1800MHz?
4.5 watt/metre
9 watt/metre
13.5 watt/metre
18 watt/metre
41.Mohammed Morsi, Fracois Hollande and Bashar alAssad are the current Presidents respectively of which countries?
Jordon, Germany and Syria
Egypt, Canada and Iraq
Qatar, France and Lebanon
Egypt, France and Syria
42.Where are Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Indira Gandhi Centre Atomic Research and Vikram Sarabhai Space Research Centre respectively located?
Hyderabad, Tarapur and Sriharikota
chennai, Tarapur and Thiruvanantpuram
Hyderabad , Kalpakkam and Thiruvanantpura
Chennai, Tarapur and Sriharikota
43.What is Wakhan Corridor?
North Eastern extremity of Afghanistan
Part of the border between India and China in Ladakh region
A passage between Iran and Afghanistan
Narrow strip joining Bangladesh withMyanmar
44.What does NSAB stand for in Indian context?
National Society for Animal Breeders
National Support Activity for Bhutan
National Spiritual Assembly of Buddhists
National Security Advisory Board
45.What is the significance of Ozone layer in atmosphere?
It maintains the cycle of seasons
It causes timely arrival of Monsoon
It filers the ultraviolet rays of the sun
It prevents the global warming
46.Which business house has promoted Essar group of companies?
Ruias
Ambanis
Goenkas
Kanorias
47.In which country IS the headquarters of Nestle company located?
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
48.Which family owns the Hero group of Companies in India?
Hindujas
Firodias
Munjals
Mansingh
49.Where is Titicaca , the highest lake in the world, located?
