2016

General Awareness Quiz

1. Shatabdi Express train was started in
a) 1984
b) 1988
c) 1990
d) 1985
2. What is the maximum limit of sound intensity in decibel units beyond
which a human being cannot hear?
a) 80 decibel
b) 85 decibel
c) 90 decibel
d) 95 decibel
3. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
a) Central Railway
b) Northern Railway
c) Eastern Railway
d)Western Railway
4. Who proposed the Wave Theory of light?
a) Huygens
b) Albert Einstein
c) Isaac Newton
d) Thomas Edison
5. The National Capital of Republic of Iraq is
a) Medina
b) Al Bahah
c) Baghdad
d) Jeddah
6. The headquarters of the "United Nations Environment Programme"
(UNEP) are situated in
a) New York City, USA
b) Washington DC, USA
c) Geneva, Switzerland
d) Nairobi, Kenya

7. Which of the following countries tops Worlds Global Prosperity

Index 2015?
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Finland
d) Singapore
8. Who is the author of the book We Indians?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Khushwant Singh
c) Ram Jethmalani
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
9. Which Indian island has been named after former president of India
APJ Abdul Kalam in September 2015?
a) Wheeler
b) Srihari Kota
c) Bhavani
d) Barren Island
10. The 2016 European Football Championship Euro 2016" is scheduled
to take place from June 10 to July 2016 in
a) Italy
b) Scotland
c) France
d) Denmark
11. Bertrand Russel was famous as a
a) mathematician and a philosopher
b) campaigner against nuclear weapons
c) winner of the Noble Prize for Literature
d) He was all four
12. The second man to step onto the moon in 1969 was
a) Charles Conrad
b) Edwin Aldrin
c) Jim Lovell
d) Vivian Fuchs
13. The artificial kidney operates on the principle of
a) dialysis
b) diffusion
c) osmosis
d) active transport
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14. Which among the following diseases, is not caused by viral

infection?
a) pneumonia
b) small pox
c) mumps
d) active transport
15. River Chenab was known is ancient times as
a) Parushni
b) Satudri
c) Himadri
d) Asikru
16. The first modern warship built in India in 1952 was
a) INS Goa
b) INS Nilgiri
c) INS Kailash
d) INS Vikram
17. Which one of the following breeds of sheep has been imported to
increase wool production in India?
a) Chokla
b) Magra
c) Bellary
d) Merino
18. According to Ancient Indian legendary sources, Surabhi was a/an
a) wish-fulfilling tree
b) treasure in the form of a caw, churned from the cosmic ocean
c) medicine prepared by Dhanvantri
d) intoxicating drink consumed during religious ceremonies in ancient times
19. Which of these is a perceptual disorder?
a) Hallucination
b) Delusion
c) Confabulation
d) Dream
20. Shifting agriculture is most commonly practised in
a) forests
b) deserts
c) grasslands
d) plain areas

21. Physico-chemical characteristics of water in water sources undergo

changes due to
a) aquatic macrophytes
b) aquatic fungi
c) effluents
d) evapotranspiration
22. During dehydration, the substance that is usually lost by the human
body is
a) suger
b) sodium chloride
c) potassium chloride
d) iodine
23. Who, among the following leaders, did not believe in the drain
theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?
a) Sir Harilal M. Kania
b) Sir S. Varadachari
c) M. Patanjali Sastri
d) Sir Maurice Gwyer
24. Fat present below the skin surface in our Body acts as a barrier
against
a) loss of heat from the body
b) loss of essential body fluids
c) loss of salts from the body
d) entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment
25. Raindrops assume a spherical shape because of
a) adhesion
b) surface tension
c) gravitational force
d) atmospheric pressure from all sides
26. What contributed most to Clives victory over Siraj-ud-daulah at the
Battle of Plassey?
a) Death of Mir Madan
b) Bravery of Clive
c) Treachery of Mir Jafar
d) Military skill of Kil-trick

27. Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of

a) frog
b) fish
c) man
d) earthworm
28. Lady Tata Memorial Awards are given for research in
a) Leukaemia
b) Biodiversity
c) Tuberculosis
d) Environmental Protection
29. Which of the following is the headquarters of UNEP(United Nations
Environment Programme)?
a) The Hague
b) New York
c) Nairobi
d) Vienna
30. A narrow passage of water that connects two large bodies of water
is known as
a) Bay
b) Isthmus
c) Strait
d) Archipelag
31. Which of the following is the largest gold producing country in the
World?
a) Mexico
b) USA
c) South Africa
d) Canada
32. Where is Angkorvat located?
a) India
b) Nepal
c) Combodia
d) Indonesia
33. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?
a) Myanmar
b) Bhutan
c) India
d) Maldives
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34. Of the following who was the first-ever industraialist to get the
Bharat Ratna?
a) RK Dalmia
b) JRD Tata
c) RK Birla
d) SP Godrej
35. Mahabharata was also known as
a) Brihat Katha
b) Rajtarangini
c) Jaya Samhita
d) Purana
36. Rashtrapati bhavan, New Delhi, was designed by
a) Le Corbusier
b) E.D. Stone
c) Edwin Lutyens
d) Pithavadiyan
37. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Chess - Nehru Trophy
b) Badminton - Thomus Cup
c) Football - Santosh Trophy
d) Hockey - Rangaswamy Cup
38. The International Institute for Population Sciences is located in
a) Mumbai
b) Calcutta
c) Delhi
d) Trivandrum
39.Which, among the following United Nations Agencies, is responsible
for the promotion of food production in the world?
a) ILO
b) FAO
c) WHO
d) UNICEF
40. The UNESCO has declared........... as world heritage monument.
a) The Big Temple, Thanjavur
b) The Rameswaram Temple
c) The Shore Temple of Mamallapuram
d) (a) and (c) above

41. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Engineering and Technology has
been instituted by
a) Uttar Pradesh Government
b) Madhya Pradesh Government
c) Government of India
d) Visvabharathi
42. Pulitzer Prize winners are selected by the Pulitzer Prize Board and
announced by the President of India
a) New York University
b) Columbia University
c) Wesleyan University
d) Cambridge University
43. A Biopsy is performed on a patient generally to detect one of the
following. Which one?
a) Cancer
b) Tuberculosis
c) Appendicitis
d) Renal failure
44. What is a Golden Peacock?
a) A Himalayan Bird
b) National Bird of India
c) National Film Award
d) International Film Award
45. Sheremetyevo airport is in
a) London
b) Paris
c) Rome
d) Moscow
46. The Rashtriya Indian Military College is located at
a) Agra
b) Dehra Dun
c) Khadakvasla
d) Cochin

47. Which state is called the spice garden of India?

a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Karnataka
48. Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold cup Trophy is associated with
a) Basketball
b) Tennis
c) Hockey
d) Football
49. Who invented Television?
a) Sir Isaac Newton
b) Thomas Alva Edison
c) Alexander Garham Bell
d) J.L. Baird
50. Which of the following Planets is the brightest?
a) Mercury
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Venus
51. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in Vehicles?
a) Parabolic
b) Convex
c) Concave
d) Plain
52. At which particular place on earth are days and nights of equal
length always?
a) Prime Meridian
b) Poles
c) Equator
d) Nowhere
53. Khajuraho temples are associated with
a) Hinduism
b) Jainism
c) Buddhism
d) Zorostrianism

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54. Operation Flood refers to

a) Flood Control
b) Increasing production of consumer goods
c) Milk production
d) Nuclear warfare control
55. The old name of Indonesia was
a) Dahomey
b) Dutch East Indies
c) Dutch Guiana
d) Dutchonesia
56. Who invented dynamite?
a) Alfred Nobel
b) Marie and Pierre Curie
c) James Watt
d) Thomas Alva Edison
57. Grand Slam in Tennis consists of which of
combinations?
a) Wimbledon, French Open, Italian Open, Australian Open
b) Wimbledon, Australian Open, Japan Open, US Open
c) Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
d) Wimbledon, South Africa Open, French Open

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58. Who is the first Indian Woman to scale Mount Everest?

a) Asha Agrawal
b) Bachendri Pal
c) Arti Gupta
d) PT Usha
59. The award Spirit of Freedom is associated with
a) Music
b) Literature
c) Human Rights
d) Social Services
60. The book Higher Than Hope is a book on
a) Sam Nujoma
b) Robert Mugabe
c) Nelson Mandela
d) VP Singh

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61. One fathom is equal to

a) 6 feet
b) 6 meters
c) 60 feet
d) 100 cm
62. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below the base plate of the
emblem of India are taken from
a) Rigveda
b) Satpath Brahmana
c) Mundak Upanishad
d) Ramayana
63. Which of the following is a non metal that remains liquid at room
temperature?
a) Phosphorous
b) Bromine
c) Chlorine
d) Helium
64. The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
a) 3:5
b) 2:3
c) 2:4
d) 3:4
65. Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' has been adopted as
India's National Anthem. How many stanzas of the said song were
adopted?
a) Only the first stanza
b) The whole song
c) Third and Fourth stanza
d) First and Second stanza
66. 'Dandia' is a popular dance of
a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra

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67. 'Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was
written by
a) Nara Muni
b) Bharat Muni
C. Abhinav Gupt
D. Tandu Muni
68. The Panchayati Raj is a?
a) One-tier system
b) Two-tier system
c) Three-tier system
d) Four-tier system
69. Decibel is the unit for
a) speed of light
b) radio wave frequency
c) intensity of sound
d) intensity of heat
70. Which of the following metals forms an amalgam with other
metals?
a) Tin
b) Mercury
c) Lead
d) Zinc
71. Which of the following States are benefited by the Konkan railways?
a) Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal
b) Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa
d) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra
72. Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur is associated with
a) Music
b) Literature
c) Astrology
d) Social Services

73. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Odissi - Orissa
b) Bharat Natyam - Tamil Nadu
c) Kathakali - Kerala
d) Kuchipudi Rajasthan

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74. Which of the following awards is associated with Literature?

a) Pulitzer
b) Magsaysay
c) Jnanpith
d) Bharat Ratna
75. Which of the following is a dance of Punjab?
a) Bhangra
b) Dandiya
c) Kathak
d) Odissi
76. Acoustics is a property of
a) Physics
b) Chemistry
c) Biology
d) Economics
77. Raw silk is abundantly available in
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
78. 'Operation Kutir Jyoti' refers to
a) Rural electrification
b) Adult literacy
c) Self - employment
d) Olympic torch
79. A super - thermal power station is located in Odisha at
a) Talcher
b) Angul
c) Sambalpur
d) Sunabeda
80. Which of the following countries does not have a monarchy?
a) Norway
b) Thailand
c) Japan
d) Ethiopia
81. India's oldest football tournament is
a) Rovers Cup
b) Durand Cup
c) Federation Cup
d) Santosh Trophy
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82. India's oldest hockey tournament is

a) Rangaswamy Trophy
b) Lady Ratan Tata Trophy
c) Beighton Cup
d) None of these
83. Which one of the UN agencies existed prior to the establishment of
the UNO?
a) WHO
b) ILO
c) UNHCR
d) UNESCO
84. The atomic bombs that US dropped on Japan were called
a) Ike, Ile
b) Sam, John
c) Fury, Thunder
d) Fat man, Little boy
85. 'Panchseel' is associated with
a) Yalta Conference
b) Tashkent Meeting
c) Camp Davis Agreement
d) Bandung Conference
86. The Name UNO was suggested by
a) Winston Churchill
b) Josef Stalin
c) Charles de Gaulle
d) Franklin D Roosevelt
87. Who said, The Child is father of the Man?
a) Keats
b) Shelley
c) Wordsworth
d) Chaucer
88. Of the following with whom is the Tower of Silence associated?
a) Syrian Christians
b) Namdharis
c) Jains
d) Parsis

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89. From which of the following has Satyameva Jayate been taken?
a) Rig Veda
b) Atharva Veda
c) Mundaka Upanishad
d) Mahabharata
90. What is the name given to the indigenously-developed multi-barrel
rocket system?
a) Trishul
b) Agni
c) Pinaka
d) Arjun
91. In which of the following fields Prof. Malcolm Adiseshiah earned
worldwide distinction?
a) Literature
b) Medicine
c) Economics
d) Nuclear Physics
92. 'Operation Golden Bird' was launched to
a) increase the production of prawns
b) nab militants underground near Myanmar border with Mizoram
c) increase gold production
d) bring out Black Money
93. In which of the following places was the 50th Anniversary of the UN
Charter celebrated?
a) New York
b) San Francisco
c) Washington
d) Dumbarton Oaks
94. Where is Hindustan Shipyard located?
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Visakhapatnam
95. Baichung Bhutia is associated with
a) Cricket
b) Tennis
c) Football
d) Basket Ball

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96. Who among the following composed Bande Mataram?

a) RN Tagore
b) Munshi Prem Chand
c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d) Bharatendu Harishchandra
97. Which of the following names is given to our country in our
Constitution?
a) Aryavart
b) Hindustan
c) ndia
d) Bharat
98. For which of the following, is Insulin treatment given?
a) Cancer
b) Diabetes
c) Asthma
d) Typhoid
99. Which of the following is the popular ancient folk dance of Uttar
Pradesh?
a) Garba
b) Bihu
c) Bhangra
d) Nautanki
100. Where is the Asian College of Journalism located?
a) Hyderabad
b) Bangaluru
c) Pune
d) Mumbai
101. Dinosaur is a/an
a) Fish
b) Amphibian
c) Reptile
d) Bird
102. Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are
located on the banks of the river
a) Danube
b) Rhine
c) Rhone
d) Volga

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103. Iodine in alcohol is known as

a) quick lime
b) tincture iodine
c) rectified spirit
d) none of these
104. "My Land and My People"is the work of
a) Khushwat Singh
b) Bal Thackeray
c) Dalai Lama
d) John Major
105. Who, among the following rulers, organised the Second Buddhist
Assembly?
a) Ajatashatru
b) Kalasoka
c) Ashoka
d) Ananda
106. The famous Mahamakam Festival at Kumbakonam(Tamil Nadu)
occurs once in
a) 3 years
b) 6 years
c) 4 years
d) 12 years

107. Analgin, which is used to relieve pain and bring down

temperature, is on
a) analgesic
b) antibiotic
c) antihistamine
d) antipyretic
108. IC Chips for computers are usually made of
a) chromium
b) gold
c) silicon
d) lead

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109. Insulin is produced is the human body by the

a) heart
b) kidney
c) liver
d) pancreas
110. An apiary is a place for keeping
a) Birds
b) bees
c) squirrels
d) monkeys
111. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Petro-Chemicals
Corporation located?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Vadodara
c) Bangaluru
d) Pune
112. Where is the headquarters of the Research Designs and Standards
Organisation of the Indian Railways located?
a) Chennai
b) Lucknow
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata
113. The biggest sea port of India which also has a natural harbour is
at
a) Tuticorin
b) Mumbai
c) Kochi
d) Visakhapatnam
114. Where is the renowned multi-arts centre Bharat Bhavan located?
a) Jaipur
b) Bhopal
c) Bangalore
d) New Delhi
115. Azad Hind Fauj was founded by
a) Subash Chandra Bose
b) Rash Behari Bose
c) Capt. Lakshmi
d) Madan Lal Dhingra

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116. Feroze Gandhi Award is associated with

a) Parliamentary Debates
b) Performing Arts
c) Journalism
d) Cancer Research
117. Which among the following towns is situated closest to the Tropic
of Cancer?
a) Vadodara
b) Gandhinagar
c) Indore
d) Jamshedpur
118. 'Ursa Major' is the scientific name for one of the constellations of
stars. Its common English name is
a) The Northern Crown
b) The Chained Lady
c) The Milky Way
d) The Great Bear
119. Who invented 'one-upmanship'?
a) Nancy Spain
b) Paul Jennings
c) Stephen Potter
d) Damon Runyan
120. A physicist, the author of "The Atom" and, in 1937,a Nobel Prize
winner. His name is...
a) Sir Thomas Doctorow
b) Sir George Thomson
c) Sir Raymond Smith
d) Sir Lawrence Drake
121. Abhijnanasakuntalam has been reckoned as a masterpiece of
a) Bhasa
b) kalidasa
c) Asvaghosha
d) Sudraka
122. Plaster of Paris
a) contracts while setting
b) expands while setting
c) is highly volatile
d) does not suffer any changes in volume while sitting

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123. In 1863, a Swiss businessman and writer founded the Red Cross in
Geneva. His name.
a) John Calvin
b) Carl G Jung
c) Paul KLee
d) Jean Henri Dunant
124. Which, among the following, is not a degenerative disease?
a) Diabetes
b) Stroke
c) Myocardial infaction
d) Rabies
125. The worship of Idols started in India in the..period.
a) Pre-Aryan
b) Gupta
c) Mourya
d) Kushan
126. A 16th century Indian Jurist has started that land is the property of
its owner, and Kings have only the right to tax it. His name
a) Yajnavalkya
b) Nilakantha
c) Hemadri
d) Vijnaneswara
127. The European Headquarters of the UN is
a) Paris
b) Geneva
c) Rome
d) Zurich
128. Man is warm-blooded, frog is cold-blooded. Which one of the
following is cold-blooded?
a) Snake
b) Peacock
c) Parrot
d) Camal
129. who, among the following, was the proponent of the Bhakti Cult
from West Bengal?
a) Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
b) Sri Ramanuja
c) Kabir
d) Ramananda
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130. Sri C.V Raman was the first Nobel Laureate in Physics from the
Indian sub-continent.
a) Prof. Abdul Salam
b) Dr. SS Bhatnagar
c) Dr. Hargobind Khorana
d) Dr. Abdul Kalam
131. Protoplasm as the physical basis of life was first expressed by
a) TH Huxley
b) Fleming
c) TH Morgan
d) Mendel
132. Which of the following diseases are not bacterial?
a) cholera and diphtheria
b) trichomonasis and malaria
c) tetanus and typhoid
d) tuberculosis and leprosy
133. Among the following four works, which one is encyclopaedic in
nature?
a) Amarakosa
b) Ashtangahrudaya
c) Brihat Samhita
d) Siddhanta Siromani
134. The States which have set
Commissions are
a) Rajasthan and West Bengal
b) West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra and Gujarat

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135. Who, among the following Muslim scholars, contributed most

significantly to Hindi Literature?
a) Abul Fazal
b) Faizi Namaz
c) Abdur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanah
d) Abdul Qadir Bandaoni
136. The bone of contention between India and Sri Lanka is
a) Maldives
b) Lakshadweep
c) Rameswaram
d) Kachchativu
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137. The National Calender based on the Saka era is used for official
purposes for
a) the Gazette of India
b) News Broadcasts by All India Radio
c) Telecasts by Doordarshan Kendras
d) All the above
138. The first Law University in India was established in
a) Allahabad
b) Coimbatore
c) Bangalore
d) New Delhi
139. Hans Christian Andersen is famous for his
a) crime novels
b) fairy tales
c) adventure fiction
d) poetry
140. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching the
play
a) Apple Cart
b) Our American
c) Hamlet
d) Julius Caesar
141. Indias first Rural Telephone Exchange is located in
a) Karnataka
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh
142. Which of the following awards is instituted by the UNESCO?
a) Bhishma Award
b) Dhronacharya Award
c) Arjuna Award
d) Kalinga Award
143. The Canada Cup is associated with
a) football
b) hockey
c) golf
d) polo
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144. Tansen Award has been sponsored by the Government of

a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujrat
145. Mona Lisa is
a) a form of dance drama
b) a famous French Novel
c) a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci
d) the highest peak in the Andes Range
146. The epithet Man of Peace is associated with
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Morarji Desai
d) Aurobindo
147. The highest civil honour in India is
a) Vishisht Seva Medal
b) Param Vir Chakra
c) Maha Vir Chakra
d) Bharat Ratna
148. The highest rank in the Indian Navy is the
a) Admiral of the fleet
b) Commodore
c) Vice- Admiral
d) Rear-Admiral
149. Which of the following was not the work of Kalidasa?
a) Raghuvamsa
b) Sakuntalam
c) Kumarasambhavam
d) Kadambari
150. How many stars are assigned to the most luxurious hotel (in
India)?
a) Five
b) Four
c) Three
d) Seven

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151. Sodium burns in air to givea) Sodium peroxide

b) Sodium hydroxide
c) Sodium monoxide
d) Sodium oxide and sodium nitride
152. Laughing gas?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Sulphur dioxide
c) Nitrous oxide
d) Hydrogen peroxide
153. Which Layer of Earth's atmosphere is used by International Space
Station?
a) stratosphere
b) thermosphere
c) troposphere
d) hydrosphere
154. Which State has the largest coastline in India?
a) Gujarat
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
155. Which of the following foreign countries is closest to Andaman
Islands?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Indonesia
d) Pakistan
156. Jharkhand does not share boundary with:
a) West Bengal
b) Orissa
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Madhya Pradesh
157. The highest waterfall of the world is:a) Victoria
b) Tugela
c) Angel
d) Niagara

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158. Who was told Beware the Ides of March.?

a) Julius Caesar
b) Augustus Caesar
c) Mark Antony
d) Cleopatra
159. The Peshwa Dynasty was founded by
a) Shivaji
b) Balaji Vishwanath
c) Baji Rao
d) Shah Jahan
160. Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
a) Equator
b) Arctic Circle
c) Tropic of Capricorn
d) Tropic of Cancer
161. A decibel is a unit for measuring
a) Heat
b) Light
c) Sound
d) Weight
162. In India, the population census is taken every
a) 5 years
b) 10years
c) 6 years
d) 3 years
163. In which Indian State is the Vivekananda Rock Memorial located?
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
164. The first lady to receive the Dedasaheb Phalke Award was
a) Nargis Dutt
b) Savitri Ganesh
c) Devika Rani Roerich
d) Dina Pathak

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165. What is Arabian White Oryx?

a) An oil field in Iraq formerly owned by the U.K.
b) A petroleum product
c) A rare animal
d) An Arabian food delicacy
166. Kailasa Temple, one of the largest monolithic structures, is in
a) Ajanta Caves
b) Elephanta Caves
c) Ellora Caves
d) Nalanda Caves
167. Who, among the following, has entered the Guinness Book of
Records?
a) Durga Khote
b) Manorama
c) Aruna Irani
d) Lalita Pawar
168. The term "Tirthankaras" is associated with
a) Hinduism
b) Jainism
c) Buddism
d) Zoroastrianism
169. India's first long-range missile was named
a) Nag
b) Prithvi
c) Trishul
d) Agni
170. The character of Mickey Mouse was created by
a) Graham Greene
b) Walt Disney
c) Agatha Christie
d) Gore Vidal
171. Dioptre is the unit of power of
a) convex mirrors
b) concave mirrors
c) concave lenses
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172. In the visible spectrum which colour has the shortest wavelength?
a) Red
b) Blue
c) Yellow
d) Violet
173. Which part of the eye is analogous to the shutter in a photographic
camera?
a) Lens
b) Iris
c) Retina
d) Eyelid
174. The image of an object formed on the retina of the eye is
a) virtual and upright
b) virtual and inverted
c) real and inverted
d) real and upright
175. Holography is the technique of
a) taking photos of various objects
b) recording and reproducing three dimensional images
c) tracing out planets and stars in the sky
d) transmitting light waves
176. The image of an object formed in a plane mirror
a) is real
b) is virtual
c) can be obtained on a screen
d) is slightly bigger than the object
177. Sound travels fastest in
a) air
b) water
c) iron
d) vacuum
178. The characteristics of a musical note are
a) loudness
b) pitch
c) quality or timbre
d) all the above

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179. The maximum displacement of the particle in a mechanical wave

motion is known as
a) amplitude
b) vibration
c) frequency
d) phase
180. Hydrophone is an instrument used
a) for measuring relative density of liquids
b) by ships to pass on messages
c) for determining the depth of ocean bottoms etc.
d)by deaf people to aid hearing
181. Elephant Pass is located in
a) Assam
b) Sri Lanka
c) Ethiopia
d) Scotland
182. With what game the "Muzzle" is associated?
a) Football
b) Shooting
c) Cricket
d) Tennis
183. The leader of the "Narmada Bachao Andolan" is
a) Ms Medha Patkar
b) Swami Agnivesh
c) Ms Vidhya Munshi
d) Ms. Shalini Mukherjee
184. Pinaka is a/an/the
a) name of multi-barrel rocket system
b) name of an Indian Ship
c) island in the Pecific Ocean
d) name of a super computer in Japan
185. The dispute over the Kuril Islands is between Japan and
a) China
b) The Philippines
c) Russia
d) North Korea

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186. Which of the following countries is assisting India in carrying out

the project of Yamuna Action Plan?
a) UK
b) Japan
c) Canada
d) Germany
187. Man is warm-blooded, frog is cold-blooded. Which one of the
following is cold-blooded?
a) Snake
b) Peacock
c) Parrot
d) Camel
188. Antibodies are formed in
a) lymph nodes
b) red bone marrow
c) spleen
d) liver
189. "The Other Half" has been authored by
a) Khushwant Singh
b) PV Narasimha Rao
c) LK Advani
d) Dr. Manmohan Singh
190. Mrs. Yamini Krishnamurthi has distinguished herself in
a) Journalism
b) Sports
c) Fine Arts
d) Science Fiction
191. The number of pawns on the Chess Board, when the game begins,
is
a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d) 32
192. Which, among the following, is a solid lubricant?
a) carbohydrate
b) graphite
c) protein
d) starch

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193. The instrument used to measure the strength of electric current at

a point is
a) Ammeter
b) Altimeter
c) Adrinometer
d) Anemometer
194. Sales tax was introduced in India for the first time by
a) CD Deshmukh
b) C Rajagopalachari
c) Morarji Desai
d) TT Krishnamachari
195. Consumption of potassium cyanide leads to total stoppage of
cellular activity in the human body, as it cripples the
a) heart
b) lungs
c) kidneys
d) mitochondria
196. What was the principal programme of the swaraj Party?
a) rural reconstruction plans
b) constitutional opposition
c) council entry
d) boycott of foreign goods
197. Harishchandra Awards are given by
a) Ministry of Education
b) Ujjain University
c) Government of Uttar Pradesh
d) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
198. Enriched Uranium is used as fuel in the power plant at
a) Kalpakkam
b) Narora
c) Kota
d) Tarapur
199. A plant cell is distinguishable from an animal cell by the presence
of
a) nucleus
b) cell wall
c) chloroplasts
d) cell membrane

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200. Which, among the following, is a communicable disease?

a) Beri Beri
b) Diabetes
c) Leucoderma
d) Dysentery
201. Mrs. Yamini Krishnamurthi has distinguished herself in
a) Journalism
b) Sports
c) Fine Arts
d) Science Fiction
202. The term shuttle diplomacy is associated with
a) Henry Kissenger
b) Adlai Stevenson
c) JK Galbraith
d) Marshal Tito
203. The gland having endocine as well as exocrine function is
a) Adrenal gland
b) Thyroid gland
c) Pituitary gland
d) Pancreatic gland
204. Indias first experimental telecommunication satellite APPLE was
put into orbit from a launch site in
a) USA
b) Russia
c) French Guiana
d) Mexico
205. Who possibly ruled the Indus people?
a) an assembly of elders
b) merchants
c) kings
d) priests
206. Diego Garcia is situated in the
a) Arabian Sea
b) Bay of Bengal
c) Indian Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean

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207. Which, among the following, is not a member of the CIS?

a) Armenia
b) Byelorussia
c) Georgia
d) Rissia
208. The British Cabinet Mission which visited India in March 1946 did
not have as its member
a) Compbell Johnson
b) sir Stafford Cripps
c) Lord Pethick Lawrence
d) AV Alexander
209. Human blood is oxygenated and purified in the
a) heart
b) lungs
c) liver
d) Kidneys
210. Bharatiya Jnanapith was founded by
a) KM Munshi
b) Sahu Jain
c) Vikram Sarabhai
d) Humayun Kabir
211. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in
a) 43 minutes
b) 4.3 seconds
c) 4.3 minutes
d) 4.3 years
212. An electric kettle used for boiling hard water has a white scale
deposited on its heating element. This consists of
a) Sugar
b) Sodium carbonate
c) Common salt
d) Carbonates of calcium & magnesium
213. The pigment which is responsible for blood clotting is
a) Fibrinogen
b) Haemoglobin
c) Glucose
d) Blood cells

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214. Which, among the following, is a solid non-metal?

a) Chlorine
b) Mercury
c) Water
d) Iodine
215. Ozone layer is present in
a) Statosphere
b) Troposphere
c) lonosphere
d) Exosphere
216. Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus Valley
people?
a) Tin
b) Lead
c) Iron
d) Copper
217. On chemical analysis, a bottle cork is found to contain primarily
a) Proteins
b) Carbohydrates
c) Tannins
d) Lipids
218. A Sabha in the Vedic period was a/an
a) Institution of professional men in villages
b) Royal Court
c) Mantri Parishad
d) National Assembly of all Citizens of the State.
219. The last in the succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was
a) Parsvanatha
b) Rishabha
c) Mahavira
d) Manisubruta
220. Which was the port town of the Indus Valley Civilization?
a) Mohenjadaro
b) Kalibangan
c) Ropar
d) Lothal

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221. Endangered species are

a) Dangerous for the life of humans
b) Reduced in number
c) Already extinct
d) All of these
222. Which of the following famous writers is known as Father of Snow
Golf?
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) Jonathan Swift
c) William Godwin
d) Rudyard Kipling
223. Who is the highest wicket taker in IPL 2016?
a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
b) Shane Watson
c) Mustafizur Rahman
d) Yuzvendra Chahal
224. Which day is celebrated as Civil Service Day in India?
a) 21st April
b) 23rs April
c) 29th April
d) 4th May
225. Banking Ombudsman is appointed by
a) SEBI
b) NABARD
c) RBI
d) None of the above
226. The general budget is usually presented on the last day of
_________ every year.
a) January
b) February
c) March
d) April
227. Pig flu is caused by
a) H1N1 virus
b) H5N1 virus
c) H3N1 virus
d) H5N2 virus

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228. What is the tag line of "Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana"?

a) Mera Khata Mera Naam
b) Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata
c) Mera Khata Anna Daata
d) Mera Khata Mera Pahechan
229. Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Hindi words and
adopt Indian poetric imagery and themes?
a) Hasan Nizami
b) Amir Khusaro
c) Abul Fazal
d) Abdul Qadir Badauni
230. Who was founder of Indian Space Research Organization?
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Homi J. Bhabha
c) Har Gobind Khorana
d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
231. The Theory of Laissez Faire was invented by
a) Marques
b) Adam Smith
c) Marshall
d) Laski
232. Jehangir Khan is a
a) Bridge Champion
b) Tennis Champion
c) Squash Champion
d) Badminton Champion
233. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been amended
a) twice
b) thrice
c) once
d) four times
234. The Rawlatt Act was passed in the year
a) 1942
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1931

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235. The book "The Man who Knew Infinity" by Robert Kanigel and
extensively reviewed in Indian newspapers is the biography of
a) Vikram Sarabhai
b) Sir Homi J Bhabha
c) Sir CV Raman
d) Srinivasa Ramanujan
236. The advocate at the famous INA trials was
a) C Rajagopalachari
b) Asaf Ali
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Bhulabhai Desai
237. The Indus Valley Civilisation type was found in
a) Sumer
b) Egypt
c) Chains
d) All the above
238. What is the unit of measurement of the distance of the stars from
the earth?
a) fathoms
b) kilometers
c) light years
d) nautical
239. The International Date Line is
a) 180 degrees longitude
b) the equator
c) 90 degrees east longitude
d) 0 degrees east longitude
240. Many details regarding the village administration under the Cholas
is provided by the inscriptions at
a) Kanchipuram
b) Thanjavur
c) Uttiramerur
d) Woriyur
241. In Jainism, "perfect knowledge" is referred to as
a) Jina
b) Ratna
c) Kaivalya
d) Nirvana

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242. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?

a) Pulsar
b) Brittle Star
c) Black Hole
d) Quasar
243. Soils of western Rajasthan have a high content of
a) Aluminium
b) Calcium
c) Nitrogen
d) Phosphorus
244. Which one of the following seeds, can benefit a patient of diabetes
meillitus by normalising his blood sugar level?
a) Coriander seeds
b) Fenugreek seeds
c) Cumin seeds
d) Mustard seeds
245. The 38th parallel separates
a) North Vietnam from South Vietnam
b) South Korea from North Korea
c) Hungary from Serbia
d) Afghanistan from Uzbekistan
246. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during
the regin of
a) Ajatashatru
b) Ashoka
c) Dharmapala
d) Kanishka
247. The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is
a) Laos
b) Thailand
c) Malaysia
d) Kampuchea
248. A child goes on vomiting profusely and develops symptoms of
diarrhoea. Chances are that in the child's blood serum, there is a drop
in
a) calcium
b) iron
c) sodium
d) phosphorus
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249. The famous Nathadwara Temple is a tourist attraction in

a) Rajasthan
b) Gujarat
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Kerala
250. Excess of amino-acids are broken down to form urea in the
a) Liver
b) Kidney
c) Spleen
d) Rectum
251. The longest optical fibre cable of the world is laid between
a) London and New York
b) Singapore and Marseills
c) Manila and Toronto
d) Paris and Tokyo
252. "The Indian Struggle" is the autobiography of
a) Acharya JB Kripalani
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) KM
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
253. The first one, among the following, to deal with music was
a) Rig Veda
b) Yajur Veda
c) Sama Veda
d) Atharva Veda
254. The name of the Indian Astronomer (who knew five astronomical
systems), who lived in the 6th century was
a) Varahamihira
b) Bhandarkar
c) Pujyapada
d) Prasastapada
255. Which, among the following industries, consumes the maximum
power?
a) aluminium
b) coal
c) steel
d) petroleum refining

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256. Banabhatta, a great scholar, lived during the reign of

a) Ashoka
b) Harsha
c) Kanishka
d) Chandragupta
257. Insects that make a clicking sound are
a) crickets
b) beetles
c) flies
d) silver fish
258. Which, among the following, is the best source of proteins?
a) apples
b) butter
c) beans
d) fish
259. Which, among the following gases, present in the air, discolour
brass nameplates?
a) Hydrogen Sulphide
b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon-di-oxide
d) Oxygen
260. Which Indian State has the longest coast line (1600 km)?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
261. Nobel Prizes are awarded on__________ every year to
commemorate the death anniversary of the Swedish scientist, Alfred
Nobel.
a) 25 December
b) 10 December
c) 30 January
d) 28 February
262. Sunspots generally wax and wane over a/an
a) 11-year cycle
b) 25-year cycle
c) 3-year cycle
d) 15-year cycle

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263. Monazite is an ore of

a) iron
b) titanium
c) thorium
d) zirconium
264. Which, among the following, may carry rabies?
a) Cat
b) Dog
c) Fox
d) All are three
265. Which, among the following vitamins, is considered to be a
harmone?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
266. Which one of the following is used in dry cleaning of garments?
a) asphalt
b) naphtha
c) diesel oil
d) lubricating oil
267. The countrys first brain bank, that can store up to 300 human
brains has been opened at
a) Alleppey
b) Bangalore
c) Bhubaneshwar
d) Bombay
268. The third window, is a team generally associated with an
international organization, which is
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) OAU
d) Organisation of Non-Aligned Nations
269. Fuel used in a nuclear reactor is
a) Uranium
b) Heavy Water
c) Barium
d) Codmium

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270. The radiant energy of the Sun is due to

a) nuclear fission
b) nuclear fusion
c) violent explosion
d) none of these
271. The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is
situated at
a) Dehra Dun
b) New Delhi
c) Secunderabad
d) Mussoorie
272. The main constituent of gobor gas is
a) methane
b) nitrogen
c) carbondioxide
d) ethylene
273. During the plague outbreak in 1994 in India, the first case was
reported at
a) Suratkal
b) Surat
c) Rajkot
d) Bombay
274. Which Avtar of Vishnu tricked Mahabali and claimed earth and
heaven from him?
a) Vaman
b) Narasimha
c) Matsya
d) Kurma
275. Nanded Sahib, declared a Holy City, is located in
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) Uttar Pradesh
276. The worlds largest nuclear power station is located in
a) Calais (France)
b) Boston (USA)
c) Fuqu Shima (Japan)
d) Kalpakkam (India)

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277. Talwandi is a holy place associated with

a) Sri Ramanuja
b) Chitanya Maha Probhu
c) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
d) Guru Nanak
278. When an US President dies in office, the Vice-President assumes
the Presidents office and continues in that capacity for
a) six months
b) one year
c) two months
d) the full length of the unexpired term of office
279. Degradation of forests is caused mainly by
a) atmospheric pollution
b) soil erosion
c) over-grazing
d) all of these
280. Clove is morphologically the dried
a) seed
b) fruit
c) resin
d) unopened flower bud
281. Greenhouse effect is a case of
a) air pollution
b) water pollution
c) pollution of edible greens
d) non- degradable pollutants
282. Wasteland is that land
a) which is uncultivable
b) which is degraded beyond repair
c) which is degraded but cultivable
d) which is alkaline soil
283. Which, among the following, is not an official language of the
United Nations?
a) English
b) French
c) German
d) Russian

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284. When and where was the first International Film Festival of India
held?
a) In 1952 at Bombay
b) In 1955 at Madras (now, Chennai)
c) In 1962 at Calcutta
d) In 1965 at Mysore
285. Kurukshetra, the scene of the epic battle between the Kauravas
and Pandavas, is situated in
a) Sind (Pakistan)
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana
286. There is a Hyderabad in Pakistan. In which Province?
a) Sind
b) NWFP
c) Punjab
d) Baluchistan
287. Legumes are highly nutritious because they are rich in
a) starch
b) oil
c) fat
d) protein
288. Acid rain occurs because of pollution of air by
a) Carbon monoxide
b) Chlorine
c) SO2
d) CO2
289. Epigraphy is the study of
a) epidemics
b) temple architecture
c) inscriptions
d) rocks and mountains
290. The Radar is used to detect
a) flying objects
b) artilleries
c) submarines
d) army tanks

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291. Biogas is derived from

a) only vegetable matter
b) only animal excreta
c) the living organisms
d) (a) and (b)
292. The concept of Sales Tax was the innovation of
a) K Kamaraj
b) C Rajagopalachari
c) Dr. CD Deshmukh
d) Sir RK Shanmukham Chetti
293. Dyes derived from flower or floral parts are
a) Turmeric and saffron
b) safflower and saffron
c) safflower and indigo
d) cutch and indigo
294. Suez Canal was designed by
a) Ferdinand de Lesseps
b) Le Corbusier
c) John Napier
d) Verroned
295. Biocoenosis denotes
a) Ecological Balance
b) Ecosystem
c) Ecoside
d) Ecological Pyramids
296. Palm Oil is obtained from
a) Coconut palm
b) Palmyra palm
c) oil palm
d) Toddy palm
297. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of
a) UK
b) Nepal
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Japan

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298. Who, among the following, propounded the theory of natural

rights?
a) Aristotle
b) Hobbes
c) Locke
d) Socrates
299. The official language of the Mauryan Court was
a) Magadhi
b) Prakrit
c) Mythili
d) Sanskrit
300. The twin cities of Hydrerabad and Secunderabad are linked
together by the
a) Ranjit Sagar
b) Hussain Sagar
c) Nizam Sagar
d) Nagarjuna Sagar
301. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology is located at
a) Darjeeling
b) Mussoorie
c) Dehradun
d) Leh
302. Which gas is used in an electric bulb?
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Hydrogen
d) Inert gas
303. Which, among the following, is minor port in the West Coast?
a) Kochi
b) Kozhikode
c) Kandla
d) Mumbai
304. Sulphur is readily soluble in
a) Water
b) Alcohol
c) Carbon-di-sulphide
d) Sodium chloride solution

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305. It is commonly said that if a wall were built around ________ , it

would be a museum.
a) Jammu
b) Jamaica
c) Jordan
d) Jabalpur
306. The worlds highest rate of population growth has been recorded
by
a) Kiribati (originally, Gilbert Islands)
b) Kenya
c) Kuwait
d) Libya
307. The holy shrine of Badrinath lies in
a) Leh
b) Ladakh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jammu and Kashmir
308. Decomposition of organic matter is due to
a) Virus
b) Fungi
c) Bacteria
d) None of these
309. Which of the following crops helps in nitrogen fixation?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Maize
d) Beans
310. Which among the following cows give maximum milk yields?
a) Jersey
b) Holstein
c) Red Sindhi
d) Sahiwal
311. Which, among the following, is not a cereal?
a) Oilseeds
b) Wheat
c) Rice
d) Barley

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312. Silkworm consumes

a) Mulberry Leaves
b) Flowers
c) Barks
d) Roots
313. Which of the following contains the highest protein content per
gram?
a) Groundnut
b) Soyabean
c) Apple
d) Wheat
314. The bird that never makes its nest is the
a) Nightingale
b) Parrot
c) Sparrow
d) Cuckoo
315. Which, among the following animals, has the largest intestine?
a) Cow
b) Lion
c) Monkey
d) Tiger
316. Higher plants take up nitrogen as
a) Nitrites only
b) Nitrates only
c) Nitrates and Ammonia
d) Urea
317. Stripes on the bodies of animals indicate
a) mating habit
b) food habit
c) cave dwelling
d) matching of skin colour with the surroundings
318. Which, among the following, is a balanced fertilizer for plants?
a) Urea
b) Ammonium Sulphate
c) Nitrates
d) Compost

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319. Milk fever in cows occurs due to lack of

a) Phosphates
b) Calcium
c) Iron
d) Iodine
320. Which, among the following, is a fast growing tree?
a) Teak
b) Eucalyptus
c) Banyan
d) Coconut
321. Mouth and foot diseases in cattle are caused by
a) Bacteria
b) Virus
c) Fungi
d) Pennicilium
322. The age of a tree can be determined by
a) counting the number of annual rings
b) thickness of the bark
c) the bulk of the tree
d) the number of leaves
323. Bakers Dozen denotes
a) 11
b) 13
c) 14
d) 10
324. 10th December, in modern international history, is known as the
a) Workers Day
b) UN Day
c) Human Rights Day
d) Commonwealth Day
325. Borlaugh Award is given in the field of
a) Education
b) Space Science
c) Literature
d) Agriculture

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326. Red Light is used as a danger signal because

a) it is pleasing to the eye
b) it has a traditional colour
c) it is easily distinguishable
d) it is most sensitive to the human eye
327. 14-carat gold has purity of approximately
a) 30%
b) 59%
c) 75%
d) 14%
328. The first test tube baby was born in the
a) USA
b) France
c) UK
d) India
329. Mona Lisa was painted by
a) Pablo Picasso
b) Rembrandt
c) Michaelangelo
d) Leonardo da Vinci
330. The first space rocket to hit the moon was
a) Apollo II
b) Luna 9
c) Lunik 2
d) Zond 5
331. The line dividing North Korea and South Korea is
a) 17th parallel
b) 23rd parallel
c) 38th parallel
d) Oder- Neisse Line
332. The Third Window is a term associated with
a) IMF
b) OAE
c) ECAFE
d) World Bank

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333. Deciduous trees

a) grow in abundance in dry places
b) grow straight
c) never bear fruit
d) shed their leaves at a certain season
334. The fourth age of the aeon (mahayuga) is
a) Kali
b) Dvapara
c) Treta
d) Kreta
335. The first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere set up in
January 1959 was
a) Albania
b) Ivory Coast
c) Cuba
d) Israel
336. Toda tribals are to be found in large numbers in
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Orissa
d) Madhya Pradesh
337. In India, solar battery is used in
a) electric trains
b) communication satellites
c) television stations
d) military aircraft
338. Acoustics is a branch of study dealing with
a) historical sites
b) architecture
c) sound
d) trigonometry
339. The first country to launch a Space Shuttle was the
a) USA
b) Russia
c) China
d) UK

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340. The first bank, among the following, to launch a Mutual Fund was
a) Indian Bank
b) Canara Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Allahabad Bank
341. _________ is observing 1991-2000 as a Decade of the Girl Child.
a) NAM
b) UN
c) ASEAN
d) SAARC
342. In respect of which commodity is Bangladesh a prime competitor
to India in the world market?
a) Cotton
b) Groundnut
c) Rice
d) Jute
343. Rose Island, in the
rechristened as
a) Mahatma Gandhi Island
b) Morarji Desai Island
c) Indira Gandhi Island
d) Rani Lakshmi Bai Island

Middle

Andamans,

has

recently

been

344. The first Union Council of Ministers of free India comprised

____________ Cabinet Ministers, besides Prime Minister, Jawaharlal
Nehru.
a) 12
b) 13
c) 14
d) 15
345. Which city is served by the Leonardo da Vinci airport?
a) Paris
b) Marseilles
c) Rome
d) Berlin
346. National Highway 7 passes through ___________ states.
a) 6
b) 5
c) 7
d) 8
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347. Which radio-active pollutant has drawn the attention of the public
due to its occurrence in a building material?
a) Radium
b) Thorium
c) Magnesium
d) Uranium
348. Ms. Sujatha Vasant Manohar was the __________ woman judge of
the Supreme Court of India.
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) fourth
349. Which one of the following is not bio-degradable?
a) Domestic sewage
b) Lab detergents
c) Soap
d) Plant leaves
350. The first to reach the North Pole by overland Journey was
a) Robert Peary
b) Edward White
c) Magellan
d) Amundsen
351. The Konkan Railway Project passes through three states. The
states are
a) Gujrat, Goa and Maharashtra
b) Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka
c) Goa, Karnataka and Kerala
d) Goa, Karnataka and Rajasthan
352. Gita Govinda was written in the 12th century by
a) Bana
b) Bhartruhari
c) Jayadeva
d) Ramanuja
353. Indus Vally Civilization is called the protohistoric civilization
because its people knew
a) art
b) writing
c) copper
d) pottery
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354. The Headquarters of UNESCO is in

a) New York
b) Washington
c) Paris
d) Amsterdam
355. Megasthenes Indica deals with the history of the
a) Guptas
b) Satavahanas
c) Cholas
d) Mouryas
356. Tatvabodhini Sabha was founded by
a) Swami Vivekananda
b) Raja Rammohan Roy
c) Debendranath Tagore
d) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
357. There are 18 High Courts in India of them having jurisdiction
over more than one State.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) none
358. Coagulation of blood in vessels is prevented during normal
circulation by
a) heparin
b) Prothrombin
c) Plasmogen
d) thromboplastin
359. Ozone layers absorb
a) infrared rays
b) ultraviolet rays coming from the sun
c) all radiations from the sun
d) cosmic rays
360. The largest country in the world area wise is
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) the USA

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361. Which ancient Indian University has been acclaimed as the

Oxford of Buddhist India?
a) Odantapuri
b) Vikramasila
c) Nalanda
d) Taxila
362. The highest position in the country an IAS officer can aspire for is
a) Governor RBI
b) Cabinet Secretary
c) Home Secretary
d) Foreign Secretary
363. Which among the following is a renewable source?
a) forest
b) coal
c) limestone
d) sand
364. The Bhopal tragedy of December 1984 occurred following
a) acid rain
b) an earthquake
c) extensive floods
d) leakage of methyl isocyanate
365. Aryabhatta and Varahamihira lived during the
a) Maurya Period
b) Gupta Period
c) Nanda Period
d) Sunga Period
366. Who among the following had suggested the winding up of the
Indian National Congress after India attained independence?
a) Jayaprakash Narain
b) C Rajagopalachari
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Acharya JB Kripalani
367. Yellow flags hoisted on ships indicate
a) Save Our Souls
b) Mutiny on board
c) That the vessel carries patients suffering from infectious diseases
d) Serious engine trouble

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368. Which is the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank?

a) Bangkok
b) Manila
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) Jakarta
369. Operation Golden Bird is associated with
a) Orissa
b) Maharashtra
c) Mizoram
d) Nagaland
370. In which of the following States is Kakrapar Atomic Power Station
Located?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Kerala
371. The World Literacy Day is observed on
a) October 12
b) October 13
c) September 8
d) November 1
372. The first SAARC summit was held in
a) Bangalore
b) Colombo
c) Dhaka
d) Kathmandu
373. Regatta is a term associated with
a) golf
b) rowing
c) bridge
d) horse-racing
374. Yakshagana is a popular dance form of
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka

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375. The Kalidasa Award was instituted by the Government of

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Haryana
c) Karnataka
d) Madhya Pradesh
376. Gerontology refers to the study of
a) old age
b) heredity
c) the Universe
d) origin of words
377. Which one of the following is an important crop of the Barak
Valley?
a) Jute
b) Tea
c) Sugarcane
d) Cotton
378. Saffron is the dried ___________ of the saffron plant
a) Fruit
b) aril
c) stigmas and tops of styles
d) tender leaves and sprouts
379. In banking parlance,the lender of the last resort refers to
a) RBI
b) SBI
c) UTI
d) IDBI
380. __________will stage the first winner Olympic Games of the
21stcentury in 2002.
a) Chicago
b) Detroit
c) New York City
d) Salt Lake City
381. The term Fauna means
a) plant Kingdom
b) animal Kingdom
c) neither
d) both

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382. The first Indian ruler to organize Haj Pilgrimage at State Expense
was
a) Aurangzeb
b) Akbar
c) Feroze Tuglaq
d) Alauddin Khilji
383. Bharat Bhavan the multi arts centre, is located at
a) Banaras
b) Bhopal
c) Bharatpur
d) Belgaum
384. Which, among the following places is reckoned as the birthplace of
Asian Art?
a) Ajanta
b) Gandhara
c) Mathura
d) Vijayanagar
385. Kanak Rele is an exponent of
a) Kuchipudi
b) Bharata Natyam
c) Mohini Attam and Kathakali
d) Odissi
386. Manav Seva award has been instituted in memory of the late
a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Lal Bahadur Shastri
387. The Vachaspati Puraskar award has been instituted by the
a) RK Birla Foundation
b) Madhya Pradesh Government
c) KK Birla Foundation
d) UNESCO
388. Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar is awarded for significant
contribution in the field of
a) Environment
b) Social Service
c) Hindi Literature
d) Urdu Literature

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389. Borlaugh Award is given in the field of

a) Education
b) Space Science
c) Literature
d) Agriculture
390. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is
awarded every year by the
a) Union Parliament
b) Union Government
c) Indian Council for Culture Relations
d) Indian Adult Education Association
391. How many spokes are there in our National Emblem Ashoka
Chakra?
a) 12
b) 20
c) 15
d) 24
392. Which of the following is a famous Assamese festival?
a) Baisakhi
b) Yugadi
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Onam
393. Rajasthani and Pahari Schools were famous for
a) Music
b) Dancing
c) Sculpture
d) Painting
394. The headquarters of the Sahitya Akademi is at
a) Bombay
b) Madras
c) New Delhi
d) Calcutta
395. Sangeet Natak Akademi was set up by the Government of India in
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1955
d) 1957

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396. Which of the following dances is a solo dance?

a) Yakshagana
b) Ottan Thullal
c) Odissi
d) Kuchipudi
397. Which of the following musical instruments is said to have been
invented by Amir Khusro?
a) Sarangi
b) Sarod
c) Sitar
d) Veena
398. Who composed the famous song Sare Jahan Se Achha?
a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
b) Jaidev
c) Mohammad Iqbal
d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
399. Which citys name means The Town of Boiled Beans?
a) Boston
b) Bosnia
c) Bangaluru
d) Bareilly
400. Peace on Earth is the message of which of the following festivals?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Christmas
d) Dussehra
401. Which mineral is known as 'Black Gold'?
a) Iron ore
b) Bauxite
c) Coal
d) Manganese
402. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates?
a) Microsoft Secrets
b) The Road Ahead
c) The Elephant Paradigm
d) How Nations Compete

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403. Where is the headquarters of the UNO ?

a) Geneva
b) The Hague
c) New York
d) None of these
404. Which is the southern-most point of India?
a) Kanyakumari
b) Goa
c) Indira point
d) Rameshwaram
405. Which medieval Indian ruler prior to Akbar has been referred to as
the Akbar of Kashmir?
a) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi
b) Sultan Sikandar
c) Zainul Abedin
d) Mahmud Gawan
406. Which day is celebrated as Civil Service Day in India?
a) 21st April
b) 23rs April
c) 29th April
d) 4th May
407. Which of the following schemes was launched to promote basic
education in India and attract children in the school going age to attend
the classes?
a) Operation Flood
b) Pulse Polio Abhiyan
c) Mid Day Meal Scheme
d) Operation Black Board
408. NASAs Kepler Space Telescope discovered Jupiter-like planet
named as ____________ orbiting two stars discovered.
a) Kepler-1647b
b) Kepler-1647c
c) Kepler-1657b
d) Kepler-1657c
409. Indias Naval Aviation Museum is located in
a) Kerala
b) Karntaka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Goa
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410. The Academy Award is also known as

a) Matthews Award
b) Oscar Award
c) BAFTA Award
d) Palms de Affaire
411. When was the Indian Peace Keeping Force Sent to Sri Lanka?
a) May, 1986
b) July, 1987
c) May, 1988
d) March, 1990
412. YMCA means
a) Young Members of Christian Association
b) Young Mens Cricket Association
c) Young Mens Christian Association
d) Young Members Cricket Association
413. A place which has 4 as the first digit in its PIN code number could
be situated in which of the following states?
a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Uttar Pradesh
414. The abbreviation fob stands for
a) Free on Board
b) Free of Bargain
c) Fellow of Britain
d) None of these
415. Field Marshal is the highest rank in
a) Army
b) Navy
c) Air force
d) Territorial army
416. Delhi became capital of India in
a) 1910
b) 1911
c) 1916
d) 1923

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417. Who among the following is a prominent leader of the Narmada

Bachao Andolan?
a) Medha Patkar
b) Chimanbhai Patel
c) Swami Agnivesh
d) Sundarlal Bahuguna
418. Lunar month is equal to
a) one earth day
b) 14 earth days
c) 28 earth days
d) 365 days
419. Which of the following was the first Indian state to issue photo
identity cards to its voters?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Rajasthan
c) West Bengal
d) Haryana
420. Newspapers are not published from which of the following Indian
States?
a) Assam
b) Manipur
c) Mizoram
d) Arunachal Pradesh
421. What does IFA stand for?
a) International Flood Association
b) Indian Air Force
c) Indian Fertilizer Association
d) Indian Football Association
422. The Thakkar Commission was appointed to investigate into the
a) Bofors deal
b) Centre State relations
c) Operation Blue Star
d) Indira Gandhi assassination Case
423. Mount Everest was conquered in
a) 1937
b) 1945
c) 1953
d) 1956

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424. The value of Pai was first given by

a) Bhaskara
b) Varahamihira
c) Aryabhatta
d) None of these
425. The Government in which of the following countries had to face
severe criticism and agitation on account of making Islam the state
religion?
a) Pakistan
b) Bangladesh
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
426. The 'Earth Summit' was held in June 1992 at
a) New Delhi
b) Paris
c) Rio de Janeiro
d) Washington
427. Who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan on the 50th Republic Day
in 2000?
a) Shabana Azmi
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Dev Anand
d) Lata Mangeshkar
428. Who led the one-man commission which inquired into the
assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi?
a) Ranganath Mishra
b) M.P Thakkar
c) R.S Sarkaria
d) K.K Mathew
429. Homeopathy originated in
a) U.S
b) U.S.S.R
c) India
d) Germany
430. Which newspaper has appointed an ombudsman to attend to
redressal of public grievances regarding published articles?
a) The Hindustan Times
b) The Indian Express
c) The Times of India
d) The Hindu
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431. Which of the following is one of the seven wonders of Medieval

World?
a) Hanging Gardens of Babylon
b) Taj Mahal
c) Leaning Tower of Pisa
d) Pyramids of Egypt
432. The Eendu newspapers is published from
a) Orissa
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
433. Which among the following Indian Universities has been named
after former Prime Minister Choudhary Charan Singh?
a) Agra University
b) Kanpur University
c) Meerut University
d) Lucknow University
434. In May 1993, which of the following countries underwent the first
ever multi party elections in the presence of U.N. transitional authority?
a) Pakistan
b) Afganistan
c) Cambadia
d) Panama
435. Which of the monuments figured in the news in connection with a
fall of some of its parts and its consequent archaeological
conversation?
a) Sun Temple, Konark
b) Chaunsat Yogini Temple, Bheraghat
c) Jagannath Temple, Puri
d) Khandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho
436. The conspiracy angle, of Rajiv Gandhi murder is being probed by
a) Mirdha Commission
b) Chelliah Commission
c) Jain Commission
d) Rangarajan Commission
437. White Flag is the symbol of
a) Peace
b) War
c) Surrender or Truce
d) Friendship
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438. Which of the following are specialised agencies of the United

Nations?
a) International Labour Organisation
b) International Monetary Fund
c) World Health Organisation
d) All the above
439. In which year Human Rights Resolution was adopted by the UN?
a) 1945
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1948
440. The headquarters of UN is located in
a) Geneva
b) Rome
c) New York
d) Washington DC
441. SEZ stands for
a) Southern Economic Zone
b) South Europeon Zone
c) Special Economic Zone
d) Spacial Eastern Zone
442. What is the name of Swedens Parliament?
a) Storting
b) Knesset
c) Riksdag
d) Sejm
443. Who invented the painting style of Cubism?
a) Pablo Picasso
b) George Braque
c) Leonardo De Vinci
d) James Duvan
444. William Booth is the founder of which movement?
a) The Red Cross
b) The Salvation Army
c) Alcoholics Anonymous
d) Quakers

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445. Which countrys Parliament is known as Althing?

a) Iceland
b) Norway
c) Denmark
d) Sweden
446. How many squares are there on a standard chess board?
a) 48
b) 64
c) 100
d) 96
447. Which State did the Americans buy from the Russians in 1867?
a) Washington
b) Hawaii
c) Alaska
d) California
448. Who said : I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them?
a) Ray Bradbury
b) Isaac Newton
c) Thomas Edison
d) Isaac Asimov
449. Numismatics is the study of
a) Insects
b) Numbers
c) Stamps
d) Coins
450. In which of the following States of India, the first cyber crime
police station has been set up?
a) Punjab
b) Maharashtra
c) West Bengal
d) Karnataka
451. Which of the following is the India's first island district?
a) Diu island
b) Majuli
c) Pamban island
d) Elephanta island

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452. "When you pull out the plug connected to an electric appliance,
you will often observe a spark. To which property of the appliance is
this related?. "
a) Resistance
b) Inductance
c) Capacitance
d) Wattage
453. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has been closed permanently.
It was located in:
a) Ukraine
b) Kazakhstan
c) Belarus
d) Latvia
454. Maria Sharapova belongs to which country?
a) France
b) USA
c) Russia
d) Brazil
455. UNIVAC is
a) Universal Automatic Computer
b) Universal Array Computer
c) Unique Automatic Computer
d) Unvalued Automatic Computer
456. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was developed &
launched on
a) June 15, 2001
b) June 15, 2003
c) June 15, 2006
d) June 15, 2010
457. The Lai Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence is related to
which of the following field?
a) Politics
b) Panchayati Raj
c) Public Adminstration
d) None of the above
458. Larry Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin are well-known as
a) creators of Bluetooth device
b) founders of Google
c) stem cell researchers
d) scientists of human genome
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459. Uma Sharma is an exponent of which one of the following forms of

dance?
a) Bharatanatyam
b) Kathak
c) Kuchipudi
d) Manipuri
460. Ms Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu is the first Indian woman
a) to reach Antarctica
b) pilot inducted in Indian Air Force
c) to ski to the South Pole
d) to win the Gold Medal in Asian Boxing Championship
461. When was atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima?
a) 1945
b) 1955
c) 1961
d) 1900
462. The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
a) Dandi March
b) Champaran Movement
c) Rowlatt Satyagraha
d) Non-cooperation movement
463. During the reign of which of the following was the National
Congress banned?
a) Lord Linlithgo
b) Lord Wilingdon
c) Lord Irwin
d) Lord Reading
464. The first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter?
a) Juno
b) Galileo Probe
c) MAVEN
d) New Horizons
465. When did the French Revolution take place?
a) 1789
b) 1689
c) 1879
d) 1798

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466. International Mountain Day is observed on _________.

a) 11th December
b) 13th September
c) 15th February
d) 28th August
467. The Headquarters of Universal Post Union is at
a) Rome
b) Geneva
c) Bem
d) New York
468. To be qualified for the position of the President of India, a person
must be a citizen of India, completed ________ years of age.
a) 18
b) 35
c) 25
d) 45
469. ______________ is known as father of Botany.
a) Fredic Meischer
b) Theophrastus
c) Lamarck
d) Watson
470. _________________ and __________________ are the main
gases present in the sun.
a) Hydrogen and Oxygen
b) Hydrogen and Helium
c) Oxygen and Nitrogen
d) Nitogen and Helium
471. Worlds first oil paintings have been found in which of the
following countries?
a) India
b) Afghanistan
c) Pakistan
d) Sri Lanka
472. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
a) Badruddin Taiyabji
b) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
c) Abul Kalam Azad
d) Hakim Azmal Khan
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473. In which year, first nationwide elections were held in Afghanistan?

a) 1962
b) 1964
c) 1966
d) 1965
474. Pitch of a sound depends upon its:
a) Wave length
b) Overtones
c) Frequency
d) Amplitude
475. World Sparrow Day is observed on which date?
a) 15th March
b) 20th March
c) 23rd March
d) 1st March
476. Which among the following is the largest river system among the
Deccan system of rivers?
a) Cauvery
b) Godavari
c) Krishna
d) Periyar
477. Who Painted the masterpiece Hamsa Damayanti ?
a) Raja Ravi Varma
b) Abanindranath Tagore
c) Amrita Shergill
d) Anjolie Ela Menon
478. The book Unto the Last, which influenced Gandhiji, was
authored by a) Ruskin Bond
b) Pushkin
c) John Ruskin
d) Boris Yeltsin
479. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBMA) was
introduced in
a) 2001
b) 2000
c) 2003
d) 2002

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480. What is the currency of Portugal?

a) Pound
b) Ruble
c) Euro
d) Dollar
481. Indias first Commercial Court and Commercial Disputes
Resolution Centre was inaugurated at ________ .
a) Kolkata
b) Raipur
c) Ahmedabad
d) Delhi
482. Expand Wi-Fi ?
a) Wireless flow
b) Wireless fidelity
c) Wide fidelity
d) None of these
483. Bank Deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called
a) Account payee deposits
b) Fixed deposits
c) Demand draft
d) Demand deposits
484. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day is
celebrated on which date?
a) 14th February
b) 12th March
c) 10th March
d) 14th March
485. How many delegates had attended the first session of the Indian
National Congress in 1885?
a) 72
b) 73
c) 74
d) 71
486. In which among the following organ, Bowmans Capsule is
found?
a) Stomach
b) Kidney
c) Heart
d) Liver
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487. Who developed the concept of inertia?

a) Kepler
b) Galileo
c) Newton
d) None of the above
488. The headquarters of the International Organization of Securities
Commissions (IOSCO) is located in which city?
a) Paris
b) London
c) Madrid
d) Rome
489. What is the official currency of Argentina?
a) Argentine Pula
b) Argentine Real
c) Argentine Peso
d) Argentine Dollar
490. The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is, Kanyakumari,
is
a) South of the Capricorn
b) North of the Equator
c) North of Tropic of Cancer
d) South of the Equator
491. Allahabad Bank is a nationalized bank with its headquarters in
a) Bengaluru
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
492. Joshna Chinappa and Line Hansen are associated with the sports
of
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Baseball
d) Squash
493. Onam is the state festival of the Indian state of
a) Goa
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

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494. The official currency of Republic of Singapore is

a) Singapore Peso
b) Singapore Dollar
c) Singapore Rupee
d) Singapore Shilling
495. The Okhla Bird Sanctuary is situated in the Indian state of
a) Haryana
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab
496. The 2019 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by
a) England and Wales
b) India and Bangladesh
c) South Africa and Kenya
d) India and Sri Lanka
497. Ranil Wickremesinghe has recently been sworn in as the Prime
Minister of
a) Sri Lanka
b) Indonesia
c) Malaysia
d) Maldives
498. The majority shareholder in the share capital of Bank of Baroda is
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) Government of India
c) Corporates/Individuals
d) Banks/ Insurance Companies
499. At which of the following places is Madras Atomic Power station
situated?
a) Vijaywada
b) Kalpakkam
c) Tirunelveli
d) Shivakashi
500. World Polio Day is observed every year on
a) 29th September
b) 29th October
c) 24th October
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501. Name the last Tirthankara is _________ .

a) Parsvanath
b) Siddhartha
c) Mahavira
d) Subhadra
502. Sunlight provides _________.
a) Vitamin B
b) Vitamin C
c) Vitamin D
d) Vitamin A
503. Which one among the following is called terrestrial planet?
a) Mercury
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus
504. Where is the National Defence College situated?
a) New Delhi
b) Belgaun
c) Mount Abu
d) Hyderabad
505. In how many adhikaranasis the Koutilya as 'Arthashastra' divided?
a) 11
b) 12
c) 14
d) 15
506. What is the average fat content of buffalo milk?
a) 7.2%
b) 10.0%
c) 4.5%
d) 9.0%
507. Which crop is affected by the disease called blast?
a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Sugarcane
d) Bajra

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508. Nobel prizes are distributed annually at

a) New York
b) Manila
c) Stockholm
d) Geneva
509. Largest deposits of uranium in India are found in the state of
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
c) Bihar
d) Tamil Nadu
510. Buland Darwaza is situated in
a) Delhi
b) Lucknow
c) Fatehpur Sikri
d) Meerut
511. Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
a) Upanishad
b) Vedas
c) Tripitaka
d) Agams
512. The earth rotate around its axis from
a) North to South
b) East to West
c) South to North
d) West to East
513. The study of fossils is known as
a) Petrology
b) Seismology
c) Palaentology
d) Bathymetry
514. Which is the following is known as Garden City of India?
a) Trivandrum
b) Bangalore
c) Imphal
d) Simla

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515. The most famous educational centre during the period of Mouryan
age was _______ .
a) Ujjain
b) Nalanda
c) Taxila
d) Vaishali
516. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
a) work
b) Pressure
c) Energy
d) Momentum
517. Where is the greatest variety of flowers found?
a) West Bengal
b) Sikkim
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh Himalayas
518. Who wrote Whom God Loves, Die Young?
a) Keats
b) Shelley
c) Byron
d) Wordsworth
519. Which of the following countries is largest in area?
a) China
b) India
c) Italy
d) Pakistan
520. Delhi became the established capital of Mughal Kings during the
reign
a) Sher Shah Suri
b) Jahangir
c) Humayun
d) Akbar
521. The author of the famous book Crossing the threshold of Hope?
a) Nelson Mandela
b) Mother Teresa
c) Pope John Paul
d) Alwin Toffler

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522. The mushrooms are rich sources of __________.

a) Proteins
b) Minerals
c) Carbohydrates
d) None of these
523. Vikram Sarabhai space centre is located in ___________ .
a) Sriharikota
b) Kavalur
c) Bangalore
d) Trivandrum
524. Which dynasty did rule over Magadha after Nanda dynasty?
a) Mourya
b) Gupta
c) Sunga
d) Kushana
525. Corpus luteum is a mass of cells found in
a) Eye
b) Ovary
c) Pancreas
d) Spleen
526. There are ________ species of birds in India.
a) about 400
b) less than 400
c) 600 to 700
d) more than 1200
527. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
a) Kuru
b) Mauraya
c) Sakya
d) Gnathrika
528. Cashew nuts are mainly grown in
a) Kerala
b) Kashmir
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Kolkata

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529. Which one of the following was a revolutionary who later turned
into a Yogi and Philosopher?
a) Aurobinda Ghosh
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Agarkar
530. Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of Ganga?
a) Indrawati
b) Son
c) Gomati
d) Yamuna
531. The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) is headed
by
a) Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance
b) Finance Secretary
c) Governor RBI
d) Union Finance Minister
532. Who won 2015 US Grand Prix F1 championship?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d) Fernando Alonso
533. Abraham M Keita won the 2015 International Childrens Peace
Prize recently. He is from
a) Liberia
b) Ghana
c) Nigeria
d) Cameroon
534. Which of the following is NOT a subsidiary of the RBI?
a) DICGC
b) NABARD
c) NHB
d) Other than those given as options
535. Which of the following countries won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World
Cup title?
a) Nigeria
b) Mali
c) Mexico
d) Belgium
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536. The capital city of Myanmar is

a) Phnom Penh
b) Naypyidaw
c) Ulaanbaatar
d) Maputo
537. What does the letter E denote in the term NEFT?
a) Efficient
b) External
c) Electronic
d) Economic
538. Heena Sidhu, who won gold medal at Asian championship recently,
is associated with
a) Shooting
b) Discus throw
c) Boxing
d) Archery
539. What is the currency of Brazil?
a) Real
b) Shekel
c)Krone
d) Kyat
540. The book titled Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India is the
autobiography of
a) NR Narayana Murthy
b) Sam Pitroda
c) Azim Premji
d) Nandan Nilekani
541. Who among the following is not associated with the development
of the nuclear program of India?
a) PK Iyengar
b) Vikram Sarabhai
c) Homi J Bhabha
d) Raja Ramanna
542. The tiny blood cells that circulate in the blood and clot to prevent
bleeding are called
a) Lymphocytes
b) Platelets
c) WBCs
d) Hemoglobin
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543. Which of the following is a classical dance form of Kerala

exclusively performed by women?
a) Mohiniattam
b) Kuchipudi
c) Bharatnatyam
d) Odissi
544. What is meant by mixed economy?
a) Balanced development in all sectors
b) Development of both rural and urban areas
c) Equal distribution of wealth
d) Private and public sectors exist simultaneously
545. Which of the following is the most essential feature of the
Parliamentary form of Government?
a) The Sovereignty of the Parliament
b) A bicameral Parliament
c) A written constitution
d) Independent Judiciary
546. The procedure to make amendment to the Constitution is
borrowed from the Constitution of
a) South Africa
b) US
c) Russia
d) Canada
547. In the Union Budget, the sale proceeds of the govt bonds are kept
under the head of
a) Revenue Receipts
b) Current Expenditure
c) Capital Outlay
d) Capital Receipts
548. Who among the following is not a part of the Parliament of India?
a) Lok Sabha
b) Rajya Sabha
c) President
d) None of the above
549. Jawahar Lal Nehru had declared which of the following acts as
Charter of Slavery?
a) Indian Independence Act, 1947
b) Govt of India Act, 1919
c) Indian Councils Act 1909
d) Govt of India Act, 1935
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550. Which of the following is the most important non-tariff trade

barrier?
a) Consumer protection regulations
b) Pollution control measures
c) Health regulations
d) Quotas
551. Which of the following is both the largest internal organ and the
largest gland in the human body?
a) Liver
b) Kidneys
c) Pancreas
d) Thyroid
552. The first Constitution Day was observed recently on
a) 20 November
b) 21 November
c) 25 November
d) 26 November
553. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
Alfred Nobel 2015 was awarded to
a) Esther Duflo
b) Angus Deaton
c) Dean Karlan
d) Michael Kremer
554. Which of the following is not a disease caused by bacteria?
a) Plague
b) Leprosy
c) Herpes
d) Diphtheria
555. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issues currency notes under
which of the following system?
a) Fixed Minimum Reserve System
b) Proportional Reserve System
c) Maximum Fiduciary System
d) Fixed Fiduciary System

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556. The cultivation of which of the following crops requires pruning on

regular basis?
a) Tea
b) Coffee
c) Rubber
d) Tobacco
557. Which of the following animals is not found in India?
a) Spider monkey
b) Swamp deer
c) Lion-tailed macaque
d) Monitor Lizard
558. The Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) is a test
employed to diagnose
a) Cancer
b) Dengue
c) Tuberculosis
d) AIDS antibodies
559. Which of the following is a mammal that lays eggs?
a) Manatee
b) Bat
c) Platypus
d) Whale
560. India's largest inland saline wetland, a bowl-shaped salt lake, is
located in Rajasthan?
a) Tsokar lake
b) Lunar lake
c) Sambhar lake
d) Chilika Lake
561. The first Indian state to accept the Subsidiary Alliance introduced
by Lord Wellesley was
a) Mysore
b) Hyderabad
c) Sikkim
d) Travancore
562. The Becquerel (Bq) is the SI derived unit of
a) Luminosity
b) Radioactivity
c) Energy
d) Temperature
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563. Which of the following is used in ovens?

a) Radio waves
b) X-rays
c) Microwaves
d) UV rays
564. The most abundant element by mass in the human body is
a) Iron
b) Calcium
c) Oxygen
d) Magnesium
565. Which of the following is a conventional source of energy?
a) Tidal power
b) Wind energy
c) Solar energy
d) Nuclear energy
566. The force acting between molecules, which is responsible for
surface tension in liquids, is
a) Electrical force
b) Adhesive force
c) Gravitational force
d) Cohesive force
567. Which of the following fertilizers contains high nitrogen content?
a) Ammonium Nitrate
b) Urea
c) Calcium Citrate
d) Ammonium Sulphate
568. Who among the following have authored the book A Secular
Agenda?
a) Kiran Desai
b) Arun Shourie
c) AB Vajpayee
d) Arundhati Roy
569. Who among the following is the father of C programming
language?
a) John Kemeny
b) Thomas Kurtz
c) Bill Gates
d) Dennis Ritchie

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570. The govt reduced the deadline for completion of flagship Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) from 2022 to
a) 2016
b) 2017
c) 2018
d) 2019
571. Who became the New Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
a) David Cameron
b) Theresa May
c) Tony Blair
d) Gordon Brown
572. Worlds first digital student incubator has been launched by
a) Kerala
b) Gujarata
c) Maharashtra
d) Haryana
573. Which train is also known as the Magic Train of India?
a) The Lifeline Express
b) The Satabdi Express
c) The Rajdhani Express
d) The Gatimaan Express
574. The World Youth Skills Day has been observed globally on
a) 15th June
b) 14th July
c) 15th July
d) 14th June
575. Gemcitabine InfuSMART is used in treatment of
a) AIDS
b) Cancer
c) Tuberculosis
d) Encephalitis
576. Who was the first person to use 'Swaraj'?
a) Ramananda
b) Swami Dayananda
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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577. The author of 'Buddhacharita' was

a) Kalidas
b) Bharavi
c) Bhavabhuti
d) Ashvaghosha
578. Who was the Hindu king shown playing on the Veena, on ancient
coins?
a) Shivaji
b) Ashoka
c) Samudragupta
d) Vikramaditya
579. National Stock Exchange was established on
a) 1988
b) 1990
c) 1992
d) 1995
580. National Banana Research Centre is going to be set up in
a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) West Bengal
d) UP
581. Which of the following is the capital city of Bahrain?
a) Manama
b) Nassau
c) Baku
d) Minsk
582. Who among the following was awarded with the New York Global
Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award of the US recently?
a) Arundhati Roy
b) Medha Patkar
c) Kiran Bedi
d) Bindeshwar Pathak
583. The book titled The Silk Roads: A New History of the World has
been authored by
a) Shrabani Basu
b) Peter Frankopan
c) Jonathan Franzen
d) TN Ninan

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584. What does the letter I denote in the term DICGC as used in the
banking sector?
a) India
b) Industrial
c) Insurance
d) Initiative
585. The Currency Note Press (CNP) of the Security Printing and
Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) is situated at
a) Mumbai
b) Nasik
c) Kolkata
d) Noida
586. What is the currency of Belgium?
a) Euro
b) Pound
c) Franc
d) Krona
587. Reverse mortgage is a financial product which is specially
designed for
a) Senior citizens (60+)
b) Students
c) Farmers
d) Exporters
588. The European Central Bank (ECB), which consists of 19 European
Union member states, is headquartered at
a) Frankfurt, Germany
b) London, UK
c) Rome, Italy
d) Paris, France
589. The public
headquartered at
a) Amritsar
b) Chandigarh
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi

sector

bank

Punjab

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National

Bank

(PNB)

is

590. The eighth edition of National Seed Congress (NSC) was held in
which city recently?
a) Bangaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) New Delhi
d) Jaipur
591. Which of the following sector uses the term 'Cabotage'?
a) Gems and Jewelery
b) Transportation
c) Mining
d) Energy
592. When was atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima?
a) 1945
b) 1955
c) 1961
d) 1900
593. The battle exercise 'Operation Megh Prahar' conducted by
a) Indian Air Force
b) Indian Navy
c) Indian Coastal Guard
d) Indian Army
594. Which government Imposes FAT TAX on Junk Foods?
a) U.P.
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Punjab
595. How many new ministers joined Modi Cabinet recently?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 19
d) 21
596. Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated the government of Free India
at
a) Burma
b) Japan
c) Germany
d) Singapore

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597. Lucknow Pact was concluded between

a) Congress and the British Government
b) Muslim League and the British Government
c) Congress and the Muslim League
(D) Congress, the Muslim League and the British Government
598. Swami Vivekanandas birthday is observed in India was
a) World Religious Day
b) National Youth Day
c) All Saints Day
d) Hindu Renaissance Day
599. The book Social Contract was written by
a) Voltaire
b) Diderot
c) Rousseau
d) Aristotle
600. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is located at
a) Colaba
b) Trombay
c) Malabar
d) Juhu
601. Galvanised iron sheets are protected from rusting due to the
presence of a layer of
a) lead
b) chromium
c) Zinc
d) tin
602. Who among the following is known for his work on medicine
during the Gupta Period?
a) Saumilla
b) Sudraka
c) Shaunaka
d) Susruta
603. Dr. BR Ambedkar was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India
from
a) West Bengal
b) Bombay Presidency
c) Punjab
d) Madhya Bharat

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604. A Wild Ass Sanctuary is located in

a) Bandipur
b) Bharatpur
c) Little Rann of Kutch
d) Madumalai
605. The Group of 77 refers to the group of
a) highly industrialized countries
b) developing countries
c) non-aligned countries
d) soft drink manufacturers
606. Oxalic acid is used in the manufacture of
a) tincture iodine
b) paints
c) ink
d) aerated water
607. Ayurveda has its origin in
a) Rig Veda
b) Sama Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Atharva Veda
608. Who wrote Kiratarjuniyam?
a) Bhasa
b) Bhartruhari
c) Bhavabhuthi
d) Bharavi
609. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?
a) Panini
b) Katyayana
c) Jayadeva
d) Bharatha
610. The National Anthem was first sung in the year
a) 1911
b) 1913
c) 1935
d) 1936

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611. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan wrote

a) Butterfield
b) Sanctuary
c) Indian Philosophy
d) Invisible Man
612. Which of the following is an advantage to using fibre optics data
transmission?
a) Resistance to data theft
b) Fast data transmission rate
c) Few transmission errors
d) Low noise level
613. Which of the following is the Capital of Bulgaria?
a) Sofia
b) Danube
c) Rio de Janeiro
d) Belgrade
614. Sahara desert is in
a) Africa
b) Australia
c) Asia
d) Europe
615. Xrays travel with the velocity of
a) positive rays
b) sound
c) light
d) alpha rays
616. The capital of Uganda is
a) Accra
b) Kampala
c) Ankara
d) Amman
617. Which country is the source for the parliamentary system?
a) England
b) Russia
c) England
d) U.S.A.

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618. The founder of Portuguese power in India was

a) Danes
b) Salsette
c) Albuquerque
d) Vascodagama
619. The Strait which separates Africa from Europe is
a) Hook Strait
b) Strait of Gibraltar
c) Palk Strait
d) Bering Strait
620. With which sport the term Caddie is associated?
a) Polo
b) Bridge
c) Billiards
d) Golf
621. Anti-freeze is a mixture of
a) acetic acid and water
b) formic acid and water
c) methyl alcohol and water
d) ethyl alcohol and water
622. Air-pockets that cause aircraft to lose altitude suddenly are caused
by
a) dense cloud cover
b) poor visibility
c) temperature inversions
d) intense low pressure in valleys that suck in air
623. Acid rain can cause
a) destruction of crops and trees
b) destruction of fish
c) damage to buildings
d) All the above
624. The ozone layer in the upper part of the atmosphere protects us
from
a) visible radiations
b) infra-red rays
c) ultraviolet radiations
d) cosmic rays

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625. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

a) Force
b) Momentum
c) Temperature
d) Energy
626. Which of the following contains cobalt?
a) Vitamin B12
b) Vitamin K
c) Chlorophyll
d) Haemoglobin
627. Which of the following is paired correctly?
a) Lysosomes - Hereditary characters
b) Xylem - Vascular tissue
c) Heavy water - Allotropic form of carbon
d) Graphite - Deuterium oxide
628. A person feels difficulty in breathing on entering into an
underground storage of wheat grains. This is likely due to the increased
concentration of
a) Moisture
b) N2
c) CO2
d) floating dust particles
629. Electrolytes are
a) acids and salts only
b) acids and bases only
c) bases and salts only
d) acids, bases and salts
630. Which of the following is the non-conventional source of energy?
a) Coal
b) Oil
c) Biogas
d) None of these
631. The National Seeds Corporation was set up in
a) 1953
b) 1957
c) 1960
d) 1963

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632. Between which two rulers was the first battle of Panipat fought?
a) Akbar and Bahlol Lodi
b) Babar and Ibrahim Lodi
c) Shahjahan and Daulat Khan Lodi
d) Bairam Khan and Sikandar Lodi
633. Which one of the following leaders belonged to the extremist wing
of the Congress?
a) Aurobindo Ghosh
b) G.K.Gokhale
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) S.N.Banerjee
634. Which one of the following longitudes determines the Indian
Standard Time?
a) 85.5E
b) 86.5E
c) 84.5E
d) 82.5E
635. 'Kakolat Water Fall' is situated in which of the following States?
a) Bihar
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Punjab
636. The International Criminal Justice Day is observed every year on
__________.
a) July 17
b) July 18
c) July 19
d) July 20
637. The 44th amendment in the Constitution of India removed which
one of the following rights from the category of Fundamental Rights?
a) Freedom of Speech
b) Equality before Law
c) Right of Property
d) Freedom of Religion
638. 'Jamini Roy' was a famous for ___________ .
a) Dance
b) Magician
c) Cartoonist
d) Painter
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639. Which among the following States is considered India's most

flood-prone State?
a) West Bengal
b) Jharkhand
c) Bihar
d) Nagaland
640. Japan's Parliament is known asa) Diet
b) Dail
c) Yuan
d) Tokyo House
641. The currency of the Republic of Austria is
a) Peso
b) Franc
c) Euro
d) Schilling
642. The Union Health Ministry has recently (February,
announced a plan to eliminate Malaria from the country by
a) 2030
b) 2031
c) 2032
d) 2033

2016)

643. Who among the following in the author of the book The White
Tiger?
a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Amish Tripathi
c) Anita Desai
d) Aravind Adiga
644. Rajamani, who recently (February, 2015) died in Chennai at the
age of 50 years, was a
a) well-known journalist
b) well-known music composer
c) famous architect
d) former minister & freedom fighter
645. The Womens Cricket World Cup in 2017 shall be hosted by
a) New Zealand
b) South Africa
c) England
d) India
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646. Sushil Koirala, who died recently at the age of 79, was the former
Prime Minister of
a) Sri Lanka
b) Bhutan
c) Mauritius
d) Nepal
647. The 103rd Indian Science Congress was recently held in
a) Margao,Goa
b) Mount Abu,Rajasthan
c) Mysuru, Karnataka
d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
648. Every year 25th April is observed all over the world as the
a) World Radio Day
b) World Diabetes Day
c) World Health Day
d) World Malaria Day
649. The host of the 8th annual BRICS summit is
a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Brazil
650. Copenhagen is the capital of
a) Sweden
b) Austria
c) Denmark
d) Spain
651. Who is the author of Godan?
a) Bhishma Sahani
b) Premchand
c) Monohar Shyam Joshi
d) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
652. In which year did Bastille fall on 14th of July?
a) 1879
b) 1789
c) 1787
d) None of them

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653. World's tallest building is

a) Effiel Tower
b) Burj Khalifa
c) Statue of Liberty
d) Qutub Minar
654. Which one among the following is a water soluble vitamin?
a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin E
d) Vitamin K
655. Who among the following was a contemporary of Chingiz Khan?
a) Mahmud of Ghazni
b) Iltutmish
c) Alauddin Khilji
d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
656. Vays Samman is given for excellence in the field of
a) Literature
b) Science
c) Dance
d) Economics
657. The term gene was coined by
a) Wilhelm Johannsen
b) G. Mendel
c) Louis Pasteur
d) D. Vrie
658. Who was the first amongst the following women to receive the
Jnanpith Award?
a) Mahashweta Devi
b) Mahadevi Verma
c) Amrita Pritam
d) Ashapurna Devi
659. Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of
thought contend was said by
a) Lenin
b) Karl Marx
c) Tolstoy
d) Mao Tse-Tung

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660. What is the full form of USB in case of computers?

a) Universal Security Block
b) Universal Serial Bus
c) Universal Software Barrier
d) Universal stage Base
661. The Delhi Sultan who wrote his memoirs was
a) Iltutmis
b) Balban
c) Alauddin Khilji
d) Firoz Tuglaq
662. Optical fiber works on the Principle of
a) Total internal reflection
b) Refraction
c) Scattering
d) Interference
663. National Development Council was constituted on
a) August 16, 1950
b) April 1, 1951
c) August 6, 1952
d) August 16, 1952
664. Which of the following has merged at first with SBI?
a) State Bank of Saurashtra
b) State Bank of Indore
c) State Bank of Patiala
d) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
665. After European Union, which another group of countries have
come forward for adopting common currency?
a) OPEC
b) Gulf countries
c) SAARC
d) ASEAN
666. The central office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
is located at
a) Kolkata
b) New Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Pune
e) Mumbai

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667. Who was given 18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award?
a) Shabana Azmi
b) Maulana Wahid Uddin Khan
c) Javed Akhtar
d) Professor Radha Kumar
668. The book The Masque of Africa is the book written by
a) V.S. Naipaul
b) Raghav Bahl
c) Tony Blair
d) M.S. Swaminathan
669. World Foods Day is observed on
a) October 16
b) October 5
c) October 10
d) October 20
670. Which is one of the most extreme volcanoes of the world?
a) Cotopaxi
b) Mount Etna
c) Popocatpetl
d) Krakatoa
e) None of these
671. How many recognized national parties are there in India?
a) 12
b) 7
c) 6
d) 5
672. Which Article in the Indian Constitution provides for Election
Commission?
a) Article 324
b) Article 128
c) Article 256
d) Article 378
673. Napoleon got finally overthrown in the battle of Waterloo in the
yeara) 1815
b) 1816
c) 1817
d) 1819

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674. The headquarters of International Labour Organization is located

at?
a) Vienna
b) Paris
c) Zurich
d) Geneva
675. International Ozone Day is celebrated on
a) 16th September
b) 5th September
c) 18th September
d) 19th September
676. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was introduced in
a) Sixth Five Year Plan
b) Fifth Five Year Plan
c) Eighth Five Year Plan
d) Seventh Five Year Plan
677. The National Food Security Act was passed in the year
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2015
d) 2000
678. All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament-2016 has been won
by which of the following state electricity board?
a) Delhi
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
679. Ashok Mehta Committee was related to
a) Panchayeti Raj
b) Economic Reforms
c) Centre - State Relations
d) None of the above
680. India's first e-court opened in
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Kolkata

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681. Gir National Park is situated in

a) Bihar
b) Allahabad
c) West Bengal
d) Gujarat
682. The oldest democratic system of the world is in
a) France
b) Denmark
c) U.S.A.
d) Britain
683. Which one of the following is a biotic component?
a) plants
b) light
c) water
d) temperature
684. Which article of the Constitution of India is related to the
establishment and constitution of Supreme Court?
a) 122
b) 124
c) 324
d) 315
685. Which one of the following ranges forms the water divide between
Narmada and Tapti rivers?
a) Satpura
b) Aravalli
c) Vindhyan
d) Kaimur
686. The king of Kalinga in the Maurya period was
a) Simuka
b) Kharavela
c) Kuvishka
d) Kanishka
687. The hydraulic brackes used in automobiles is a direct application
of
a) Pascals law
b) Toricellian law
c) Bernoullis theoremd
d) Archimedes principle

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688. When was the Postal order introduced?

a) 1894
b) 1843
c) 1945
d) 1947
689. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution?
a) Locke
b) Plato
c) Rousseau
d) Hegel
690. Aspirin is
a) ethyl salicylate
b) methyl salicylate
c) sodium salicylate
d) acetyl salicylic acid
691. What is the theme of the 2016 World Water Day (WWD)?
a) The Value of Water
b) Water and Life
c) Better Water, Better Jobs
d) Clean Water and Clean World
692. Identify the non-metallic mineral from the given options:
a) Manganese
b) Magnesium
c) Silica
d) Bauxite
693. Hopman cup is related to which sports?
a) Chess
b) Lawn Tennis
c) Badminton
d) Cricket
694. Who among the following is associated with the discovery of rings
of Saturn?
a) Galileo
b) Newton
c) Edmund Halley
d) Christian Huygens

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695. Recognition to a political party is accorded by

a) The Ministry of Parliament Affairs
b) The Speaker of Lok Sabha in case of a Natinal Party and the Speaker of
Legislative Assembly in case of Regional Party
c) A committee of whips
d) The Election Commission
696. The freight assistance scheme was recently launched by
a) Maharashtra
b) Haryana
c) Kerala
d) West Bengal
697. Which of the following countries has been declared by WHO as
free of measles?
a) India
b) Brazil
c) Paraguay
d) South Africa
698. The first Indian captain to score double century outside India.
a) Kapil Deb
b) Azharuddin
c) Virat Kohli
d) Rahul Dravid
699. Which of the following is a Sedimentary Rock ?
a) Granite
b) Charnockite
c) Basalt
d) Arkose
700. The Machia Biological Park is located in which state?
a) Rajasthan
b) Sikkim
c) Nagaland
d) West Bengal
701. The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by
a) H.G.Wells
b) Salman Rushdie
c) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
d) Arundhati Roy

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702. Who appointed the National Security Advisor of United States of

America?
a) Samantha Power
b) Helen Thomas
c) Hillary Clinton
d) Surane Rice
703. The 2012 Olympics was held at
a) London
b) Calgary
c) Albertville
d) Beijing
704. Filament of an electric bulb is made of
a) Copper
b) Silver
c) Iron
d) Tungsten
705. Meghalaya State was created on
a) 1960
b) 1962
c) 1966
d) 1972
706. The device used for measuring altitudes is
a) Altimeter
b) Ammeter
c) Audiometer
d) Galvanometer
707. Which democratic country is said to be federal in form but unitary
in character?
a) Ireland
b) India
c) U.S.A.
d) U.K.
708. The state which has the largest number of sugar mills in India is
a) Bihar
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh

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709. The longest river in the world is

a) Nile
b) Thames
c) Ganges
d) Mississippi
710. Corporate Tax is imposed by
a) State Government
b) Central Government
c) Local Government
d) Both (a) and (b)
711. ________ is called the Shrimp capital of India.
a) Kochi
b) Nellore
c) Udupi
d) Vishakhapatnam
712. Chemically, silk fiber is
a) Cellulose
b) Fat
c) Carbohydrate
d) Protein
713. Mangrove forests are seen in
a) Deccan
b) Eastern region
c) Western Himalayas
d) Andaman region
714. Which of the following places does NOT have a Stupa?
a) Rajgir
b) Ranchi
c) Bharhut
d) Sarnath
715. National Rural Development Institute is situated in
a) Shimla
b) Patna
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad

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716. The lack of dietary iodine is the main cause of

a) rickets
b) scurvy
c) goiter
d) anaemia
717. Who said Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty?
a) Laski
b) Plato
c) Aristotle
d) Rousseau
718. Rowlatt Act was passed in
a) 1912
b) 1919
c) 1932
d) 1938
719. The Indian Constitution vests the residuary powers with
a) Local Government
b) State Government
c) Union Government
d) None of these
720. The place where Goutama Buddha took his last breath is
a) Kushinagar
b) Sarnath
c) Bodh Gaya
d) Rajgriha
721. Dax is a blue chip stock market index of 30 companies trading on:
a) London Stock Exchange
b) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
c) Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany
d) NASDAQ Stock Market, United States
e) None of these
722. With reference to the insurance and banking sector, which of the
following is the most appropriate explanation of PIN?
a) Postal Index Number
b) Personal Index Number
c) Personal Identification Number
d) Personal Information Number
e) Permanent Identification Number

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723. What is the age limit of for Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana?
a) 18 to 60 yrs
b) 18 to 40 yrs
c) 18 to 50 yrs
d) 18 to 70 yrs
e) None of these
724. Tarun Kona is related to which sports?
a) Badminton
b) Hockey
c) Basketball
d) Cricket
e) Football
725. International Tiger Day observed every year on ________.
a) July 18
b) June 26
c) July 29
d) August 21
e) May 11
726. The first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) has been held at
which country?
a) Iran
b) Turkey
c) Israel
d) India
e) China
727. Who, among the following was associated with ancient Nalanda
University?
a) Chandraguota Vikramaditya
b) Harshavardhana
c) Kanishka
d) Samudragupta
728. Who was the editor of the Magazine 'Harijan'?
a) M.K. Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Bharathiyar
d) Motilal Nehru

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729. Kaiga Atomic Power Station located in:

a) Karnataka
b) Gujarat
c) Kerala
d) Maharashtra
e) Andhra Pradesh
730. What is the Currency of Qatar?
a) Riyal
b) Kwanza
c) Nuevo Sol
d) Peso
e) Dinar
731. Name the Act, which is proposed to replaced by The Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2012?
a) Land Acquisition Act 1900
b) Land Acquisition Act 1910
c) Land Acquisition Act 1945
d) Land Acquisition Act 1894
732. With which of the following state is The Muziris Heritage Project,
thelargest heritage conservation project in India associated with?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Kerala
d) Andhra Pradesh
733. Choose the country, which is not a member of European Union?
a) Norway
b) Netherlands
c) Poland
d) Portugal
734. First National Family Health Survey was conducted in India in
which year?
a) 1991-92
b) 1992-93
c) 1995-96
d) 1995-96

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735. In which of the following countries is The Muslim Brotherhood as a

Islamic political organization active?
a) Israel
b) Egypt
c) Syria
d) Tunisia
736. Who is Afghanistans first woman governor?
a) Habiba Anjum
b) Habiba Sarabi
c) Anujm Sarabi
d) None of the above
737. For excellence in which field is the Ramnath Goenka award given?
a) Cinema
b) Theatre
c) Journalism
d) All of the above
738. Where is The Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary located?
a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
739. The High Level Committee set up to assess the status of Scheduled
Tribes (STs) is being chaired by?
a) Usha Ramanathan
b) Virginius Xaxa
c) Joseph Bara
d) Abhay Bang
740. What is the maximum number of colleges that can be affiliated to
any university according to the proposal by The Rashtriya Uchattar
Shiksha Abhiyan?
a) 150
b) 200
c) 250
d) 300
741. How many basic tastes can humans sense?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six
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742. Who wrote The Divine Comedy?

a) Dante
b) William Shakespeare
c) Boccaccio
d) Aristotle
743. The Chhandogya Upanishad is a Sanskrit text embedded in the
a) Atharva Veda
b) Sama Veda
c) Yajur Veda
d) Rig Veda
744. The social system of the Indus civilization cities was
a) egalitarian
b) master-slave based
c) caste-based
d) skin-colour based
745. Which of the following is not a part of the endocrine system of
human body?
a) Lungs
b) Thyroid gland
c) Pituitary gland
d) Pancreas
746. What other sensory function do your ears provide other than
hearing?
a) Smell
b) Temperature
c) Balance
d) Radiation
747. If a person is witnessing lockjaw, what disease may he/she be
suffering from?
a) Cholera
b) Smallpox
c) Dengue
d) Tetanus
748. In the International System of Units (SI), candela is the unit of
a) density of liquid
b) intensity of sound
c) radioactivity
d) luminous intensity

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749. Which among the following glands produces tears?

a) Longitudinal
b) Lacrimal
c) Latissimal
d) Laryngeal
750. The Brahmaputra river is also known as which of the following?
a) Burlung-Buthur
b) Yarlung Tsangpo
c) Dihang
d) All the above
751. Tsai Ing-wen has been elected as the first female president of
a) Taiwan
b) Thailand
c) Singapore
d) Chile
752. Which of the following teams won the 8 th Junior Mens Asia Cup
hockey title?
a) Pakistan
b) India
c) Bangladesh
d) Japan
753. Who among the following clinched the mens singles title of 2016
Chennai Open?
a) Alijaz Bedene
b) Borna Coric
c) Stan Wawrinka
d) David Ferrer
754. The public sector bank, Canara Bank, is headquartered at
a) Bengaluru
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata
755. Who won 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 championship?
a) Nico Rosberg
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d) Lewis Hamilton

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756. Which of the following terms is used in the field of economics?

a) Lien
b) Nibble
c) Litter
d) Sine die
757. Who is the Time magazines Person of the Year 2015?
a) Sundar Pichai
b) Angela Merkel
c) Narendra Modi
d) Donald Trump
758. Pavan Kapoor was recently appointed as Indias ambassador to
a) Germany
b) Israel
c) France
d) China
759. Who took charge as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 1
January?
a) Liu Jieyi
b) Samantha Power
c) Filippo Grandi
d) None of them
760. Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?
a) Venezuela
b) Colombia
c) Ecuador
d) Bolivia
761. Which of the following is used as the logo of the World Wide Fund
for Nature (WWF)?
a) Lion
b) Panda
c) Camel
d) Deer
762. In which of the following languages were the original Buddhist
religious texts written?
a) Sanskrit
b) Pali
c) Magadhi
d) Brahmi

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763. Which of the following is the oldest dynasty?

a) Pallavas
b) Satavahanas
c) Chalukyas
d) Guptas
764. Aluminium is abundantly found in
a) Kerala
b) West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
765. Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
b) John Mathai
c) Gulzarilal Nanda
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
766. When was the first one day cricket match played?
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1977
d) 1978
767. FERA stands for
a) Foreign Exchange Restrictions Act
b) Foreign Exchange Reserve Act
c) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
d) None of these
768. Which one of the following states has the largest number of seats
reserved for scheduled castes in the Lok Sabha?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Bihar
769. In which of the following states, the Legislative Council has been
abolished?
a) West Bengal
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamilnadu
d) All the above

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770. Wankhede Stadium is at

a) Chennai
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata
771. Mauricio Macri is the new President of which of the following
countries?
a) Sweden
b) Norway
c) Argentina
d) Peru
772. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals 2015 for 4 th consecutive time
recently?
a) Roger Federer
b) Stan Wawrinka
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Andy Murray
773. The National Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare was held recently in
a) Gangtok
b) Kolkata
c) Patna
d) Nasik
774. Who has been reappointed as deputy governor of the Reserve
Bank of India(RBI) for three years?
a) SS Mundra
b) R Gandhi
c) HR Khan
d) Urjit Patel
775. Who is the new Chairman of the fair-trade regulator Competition
Commission of India (CCI)?
a) Ashok Chawla
b) Vinod Rai
c) Shashi Kant Sharma
d) Devender Kumar Sikri

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776. Ashwani Kumar is the present CMD of which of the following public
sector banks?
a) Canara Bank
b) Punjub National Bank
c) Bank of India
d) Dena Bank
777. A severe and prolonged recession, a situation of declining
economic activities, is called
a) stagflation
b) depression
c) deflation
d) contraction
778. Abidali Neemuchwala was recently appointed the new CEO of
a) Infosys
b) TCS
c) HCL
d) Wipro
779. Caracas is the capital city of which of the following countries?
a) Venezuela
b) Colombia
c) Ecuador
d) Bolivia
780. The ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was
held recently in
a) Nairobi, Kenya
b) Ankara, Turkey
c) Cairo, Egypt
d) Lisbon, Portugal
781. World AIDS Day is observed on
a) 5th Oct
b) 25th Nov
c) 1st Dec
d) 3rd Dec
782. Which of the following teams won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis
tournament?
a) Britain
b) Japan
c) Australia
d) Belgium
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783. Which of the following is a term deposit account that can be

maintained by NRIs and PIOs in foreign currency in India?
a) NRE
b) NRO
c) FCNR
d) all the above
784. The interest earned on savings bank account is exempted from
taxation up to what amount in a year?
a) 1,000
b) 5,000
c) 10,000
d) 50,000
785. Lisbon is the capital city of which of the following European
countries?
a) Spain
b) Turkey
c) Portugal
d) Greece
786. Which of the following will not be counted as an asset of a bank?
a) Cash with RBI
b) Bills and Securities discounted
c) Fixed deposits with it
d) Investment of bank
787. The headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
is located in
a) New York
b) Rome
c) Geneva
d) Paris
788. Who won the IBSF World Snooker Championship 2015 recently?
a) Mike Russel
b) Pankaj Advani
c) Judd Trump
d) Aditya Mehta
789. In economics, a decrease in the general price level of goods and
services is termed as
a) Deflation
b) Disinflation
c) Inflation
d) Recession
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790. The 68th session of the UN General Assembly had in 2013 declared
2016 as
a) The International Year of Pulses
b) The International Year of Tolerance
c) The International Year of Refugees
d) The International Year of Milk
791. Sushma Swaraj, the current Minister of External Affairs of India,
was elected as a Member of Parliament from the state of
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Karnataka
792. The National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated every year on
a) 20 Mar
b) 7 Apr
c) 5 Jan
d) 14 Dec
793. The 15-day-long Losar festival, which marks the beginning of the
New Year, was celebrated recently in
a) Imphal
b) Agartala
c) Kohima
d) Ladakh
794. The name of Heena Sidhu is associated with which of the following
games?
a) Archery
b) Shooting
c) Boxing
d) Squash
795. What is the currency of Peru?
a) Nuevo Sol
b) Kuna
c) Lev
d) Real
796. Mohiniattam is a classical dance form of
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Odisha
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797. The space agency of which of the following countries is named

JAXA?
a) Canada
b) Russia
c) Japan
d) Chaina
798. The 24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
2015 was held in
a) Sri Lanka
b) Malta
c) Cyprus
d) Jamaica
799. The Mumbai-headquartered LIC of India was established through
an act of the Parliament passed in the year
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1956
800. Which of the following teams won Davis Cup 2015 title?
a) Belgium
b) Serbia
c) Croatia
d) Britain
801. Name the India-born author who was awarded the prestigious
Mailer Prize recently.
a) Arundhati Roy
b) Salman Rushdie
c) Kiran Desai
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
802. Who defeated Kidambi Srikanth to win 2015 Indonesian Masters
Grand Prix Gold?
a) Tommy Sugiarto
b) Parupalli Kashyap
c) Chen Long
d) Simon Santoso

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803. Which state is the biggest economy within India at 16.87 lakh cr in
terms of GSDP?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) UP
c) Maharashtra
d) Rajasthan
804. Lt General Jacob-Farj-Rafael or JFR Jacob, who died recently, had
played an important role in the war of
a) 1969
b) 1970
c) 1971
d) 1999
805. The Kullu folk dance (Nati) recently entered the Guinness Book of
world records. It is a Popular dance form of
a) Sikkim
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Himachal Pradesh
806. The RBI imposed a penalty of 1 cr on which of the following
associate banks of the SBI?
a) State Bank of Patiala
b) State Bank of Mysore
c) State Bank of Travancore
d) State Bank of Hyderabad
807. Which of the following films won the best film award at the
61st Britannia Filmfare Awards?
a) Massan
b) Piku
c) Bajirao Mastani
d) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
808. Who won the womens singles title at 2015 Macau Open Grand
Prix Gold badminton recently?
a) Li Xuerui
b) Saina Nehwal
c) PV Sindhu
d) None of them

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809. Nippon Life has agreed to hike its stake from 26 percent to 49 per
cent in
a) Reliance Life Insurance
b) Shriram Life Insurance
c) SBI Life Insurance
d) Max Life Insurance
810. Who has authored the book titled This Unquiet Land: Stories from
Indias Fault Lines?
a) Prannoy Roy
b) Sagarika Ghose
c) Arnab Goswami
d) Barkha Dutt
811. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the primary judicial
branch of the United Nations, is located in
a) the Hague, Netherlands
b) Stockholm, Sweden
c) Oslo, Norway
d) Paris, France
812. Which country recently launched its first biosphere reserve Inle
Lake under UNESCOs Man and the Bioshpere (MAB) programme?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Myanmar
d) Sri Lanka
813. Which of the following states/UTs has the highest rural population
in India as per the data of Census 2011?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
814. Giorgi Kvirikashvili was recently elected as the new Prime Minister
of which of the following countries?
a) Georgia
b) Bulgaria
c) Romania
d) Armenia

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815. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Life
Insurance of India?
a) SK Roy
b) SB Mainak
c) VK Sharma
d) Usha Sangwan
816. The logo with two hands gently circling the
Yogakshemam Vahamyaham written below it belongs to
a) IRDA
b) LIC of India
c) GIC Re
d) SEBI

lamp

and

817. Who among the following is the present chairman of the Dubaiheadquartered International Cricket Council (ICC)?
a) David Richardson
b) Zaheer Abbas
c) Shashank Monohar
d) N Srinivasan
818. The 9,500-MW Kovvada Nuclear Power Park, which is expected to
go on stream by 2021, is situated in the state of
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra
819. What is Indias ranking on the Global Talent Competitiveness
Index (GTC) 2015-16 topped by Switzerland?
a) 78th
b) 89th
c) 62nd
d) 54th
820. Who among the following has been chosen for the prestigious
Jnanpith Award for 2015?
a) Raghuveer Chaudhari
b) Subhash Chandra
c) Jayant Vishnu Naralikar
d) Adil Jussawalla

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821. The first Indian author who won the prestigious Man Booker prize?
a) Kiran Desai
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Anita Desai
d) Aravind Adiga
822. Bannerghatta National Park is located in
a) Karnatka
b) Kerala
c) Tamilnadu
d) Gujarata
823. Keoladeo National Park is located in
a) Gujarata
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttarakhand
d) Madhyapradesh
824. India International Footwear Fair ( IIFF) -2016 started in which of
the following city?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) New Delhi
d) Lucknow
825. Who will be
Sadbhavana Award?
a) Wahiduddin Khan
b) Muzaffar Ali
c) Amjad Ali Khan
d) Shubha Mudgal

honoured

with

2016

Rajiv

Gandhi

National

826. Which one of the following rivers originates near Mahabaleshwar?

a) Godavari
b) Tapi
c) Kaveri
d) Krishna
827. The famous Ring of fire which account for 68% of an earthquakes
occurring in the earth is in the
a) Atlantic ocean
b) Pacific ocean
c) Indian ocean
d) Arctic ocean

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828. Alfa toxins are produced by

a) Fungi
b) Viruses
c) Bacteria
d) Algae
829. The longest overland tunnel is in
a) Germany
b) France
c) Spain
d) Switzerland
830. Mahim Bora, who passed away recently was a famous Assamese
_____.
a) Writer
b) Painter
c) Singer
d) Actor
831. The Worlds largest and tallest Indian National flag was recently
unfurled in
a) Faridabad
b) Gurgaon
c) Karnal
d) Panipat
832. The capital of Myanmar is
a) Thimphu
b) Putrajaya
c) Langkawi
d) Naypyidaw
833. The 880-MW Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is situated near the river
Kali in the Indian State of
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Maharashtra
834. The currency of the Republic of South Africa is
a) Rand
b) Rial
c) Ruble
d) Peso
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835. Fugdi is a traditional folk dance popular in the Indian State of

a) Goa
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Gujarat
836. The CNSA is the national space agency of
a) Soviet Union
b) Republic of Singapore
c) Russian Federation
d) Peoples Republic of China
837. The abbreviation CSR stands for
a) Collective Social Responsibility
b) Collective Shared Responsibility
c) Corporate Social Responsibility
d) Corporate Shared Responsibility
838. For highlighting womens safety, the National Institute of Gender
Justice has recently honoured film actress
a) Rani Mukherji
b) Vidya Balan
c) Jaya Bachchan
d) Hema Malini
839. The global meet on countering Violent Extremism was recently
held in
a) London, Uk
b) Washington, USA
c) Paris, France
d) New York, USA
840. The Armed Forces Flag Day is observed every year on
a) 2nd December
b) 4th December
c) 6th December
d) 7th December
841. In the year 1946, who among the following joined the viceroy's
executive council with the finance Portfolio ?
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
b) Liaqat Ali Khan
c) Nawab Salimullah
d) Shaukat Ali

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842. Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council?

a) M. A. Jinnah
b) Lord Mountabatten
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) V. P. Menon
843. Simon Commission was boycotted by Indian, because
a) None of the members was Indian
b) There was no representative of the labour party
c) It was meant for the division of India
d) It was headed by General Dyer
844. Who was the first woman President of Congress?
a) Mrs. Annie Besant
b) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
c) Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
845. During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great
Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Irwin
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Chelmford
846. Who among the following were the leaders of the Indigo Revolt ?
a) Buddhu Bhagat and Jhindari Monak
b) Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas
c) Dinbandhu Mitra and Madhusudan Dutta
d) Birsa Munda and Gaya Munda
847. Who among the following was associated with the foundation of
Gadar party ?
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) Lala Hardyal
c) C. R. Das
d) Bipin Chandra Pal
848. During the Civil Disobedience movement, who led the Red Shirts
of North-Western India ?
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
d) Shaukat Ali

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849. In which session of the congress was the resolution passed stating
that there should be equality before law irrespective of caste, creed or
sex. ?
a) Calcutta session, 1906
b) Lucknow session, 1916
c) Lahore session, 1929
d) Karachi session, 1931
850. Which one of the following periodicals was published by Mahatma
Gandhi during his stay in South Africa ?
a) Afrikanes
b) Indian opinion
c) India Gazette
d) Navjivan
851. A mixture of two liquids which has a constant boiling point and
composition throughout distillation is called
a) azeotrope
b) allotrope
c) catalyst
d) electrolyte
852. Which of the following committees of the Constituent Assembly
was not chaired by Dr. Rajendra Prasad?
a) Rules of Procedure
b) Drafting Committee
c) Steering Committee
d) Finance and Staff Committee
853. _________ carry oxygen from your lungs to your tissues and bring
carbon dioxide back to your lungs.
a) Red blood cells
b) White blood cells
c) Platelets
d) Plasma
854. The language of the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta
is
a) Hindi
b) Sanskrit
c) Pali
d) Not known

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855. The chemical reaction that occurs when a vegetable oil or animal
fat is mixed with a strong alkali is called
a) alkalisation
b) hydration
c) sublimation
d) saponification
856. The group of the modern periodic table also known as the coinage
metals is
a) Group 9
b) Group 10
c) Group 11
d) Group 12
857. The worlds first public immunization programme for dengue fever
was recently launched in
a) Philippines
b) Mexico
c) Thailand
d) Malaysia
858. Gandhara art flourished largely during the reign of
a) Kushan Dynasty
b) Gupta Dynasty
c) Maurya Dynasty
d) Nanda Dynasty
859. Which of the following is not one of the west-flowing rivers of
India?
a) Tapti
b) Mahi
c) Narmada
d) Kaveri
860. Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by
a) Howard Florey
b) Alexander Fleming
c) Edward Jenner
d) Louis Pasteur
861. The currency of the Republic of Austria is
a) Peso
b) Franc
c) Euro
d) Schilling
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862. The Union Health Ministry has recently (February,

announced a plan to eliminate Malaria from the country by
a) 2030
b) 2031
c) 2032
d) 2033

2016)

863. Who among the following in the author of the book The White
Tiger?
a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Amish Tripathi
c) Anita Desai
d) Aravind Adiga
864. Rajamani, who recently (February, 2015) died in Chennai at the
age of 50 years, was a
a) well-known journalist
b) well-known music composer
c) famous architect
d) former minister & freedom fighter
865. The Womens Cricket World Cup in 2017 shall be hosted by
a) New Zealand
b) South Africa
c) England
d) India
866. Sushil Koirala, who died recently at the age of 79, was the former
Prime Minister of
a) Sri Lanka
b) Bhutan
c) Mauritius
d) Nepal
867. The 103rd Indian Science Congress was recently held in
a) Margao,Goa
b) Mount Abu,Rajasthan
c) Mysuru, Karnataka
d) Mumbai, Maharashtra
868. Every year 25th April is observed all over the world as the
a) World Radio Day
b) World Diabetes Day
c) World Health Day
d) World Malaria Day
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869. The host of the 8th annual BRICS summit is

a) Russia
b) China
c) India
d) Brazil
870. Copenhagen is the capital of
a) Sweden
b) Austria
c) Denmark
d) Spain
871. Which of the following is not one of the west-flowing rivers in
India?
a) Kaveri
b) Mahi
c) Tapti
d) Narmada
872. The Gorumara National Park is located in the Indian State of
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Goa
873. As per the 2015 revision of the UN World Population Projections,
the World population in 2013 is projected to be
a) 7.9 billion
b) 9.5 billion
c) 9.1 billion
d) 8.5 billion
874. The German Development Bank KfW will provide loan assistance to
metro system for which of the following cities?
a) Luchnow
b) Patna
c) Nagpur
d) Chennai
875. The worlds first White Tiger Safari was inaugurated in which of
the following states recently?
a) West Bengal
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh
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876. The National Maritime Day is observed in India on

a) 5 Apr
b) 10 Apr
c) 15 Apr
d) 20 Apr
877. Baku is the capital city which of the following countries?
a) Azerbaijan
b) Armenia
c) Belarus
d) Spain
878. West Indies won the ICC Mens World Twenty20 2016.Which of
the following teams won the Womens Word T20 2016?
a) England
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) West Indies
879. PM Narendra Modi was conferred the highest civilian honour- the
King Abdulaziz Sash by which country during his recent visit?
a) Iraq
b) Iran
c) Saudi Arabia
d) UAE
880. The mens singles category title at the Brisbane International
Tennis Tournament 2016 was won by
a) Roger Federer
b) John Peers
c) Marlin Cilic
d) Milos Raonic
881. Indias first satellite, the Aryabhata, was launched by the
a) Soviet Union
b) US
c) EU
d) Japan
882. The Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown dependency, is
located between England and
a) France
b) Netherlands
c) Ireland
d) Denmark
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883. A _________ is a massive cloud of dust (mainly hydrogen) and the

place where stars are born
a) nebula
b) black hole
c) neutron star
d) white dwarf
4. Women face a greater risk of being affected by which of the
following diseases?
a) Tuberculosis
b) AIDS
c) Arthritis
d) Heart attack
885. If you use ten 100-watt light bulbs for an hour, the amount of
energy consumed is called
a) one volt
b) one ampere
c) one unit
d) one kilowatt
886. The pollination in maize plants generally takes place through
a) wind
b) rain
c) soil
d) cattle
887. What was the highest denomination note ever printed by the
Reserve Bank of India?
a) Rs. 1000
b) Rs. 5000
c) Rs. 10000
d) Rs. 20000
888. Which of the following was the home of the three scholar sages
Gargi, Maitreyi and Kapila?
a) Ujjain
b) Mithila
c) Sanchi
d) Vikramsila

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889. Attari is famous for its Beating Retreat ceremony. It is situated in

which of the following districts of Punjub?
a) Pathankot
b) Tarn Taran
c) Ferozepur
d) Amritsar
890. What type of storage device is a compact disk?
a) Magnetic
b) Optical
c) Electrical
d) Electromechanical
891. The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) is headquartered
in
a) Paris, France
b) Washington DC, USA
c) Vienna, Austria
d) New York City, USA
892. The currency of South Korea is
a) Yuan
b) Krona
c) Won
d) Yen
893. Ajay Ratra and Hrishikesh Kanitkar are associated with the sport
of
a) Hockey
b) Tennis
c) Cricket
d) Basketball
894. The headquarters of Punjub National Bank are based in
a) Mumbai
b) Chandigarh
c) Kolkata
d) New Delhi
895. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY) provides that each
customer who opens his/her account will get a
a) Visa credit card
b) Visa Debit card
c) Repay debit card
d) Smart card
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896. Retail Banking is also known as

a) Wholesale Banking
b) Co-operative Banking
c) Investment Banking
d) Personal Banking
897. The Sanjay Gandhi National Park is situated in the Indian state of
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh
898. 2015 Wimbledon womens singles title was won by
a) Serena Williams
b) Simona Halep
c) Caroline Wozniacki
d) Maria Sharapova
899. The Pravda is a daily newspaper published from
a) Bangladesh
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Germany
900. Which of the following banks is an India Government-owned
bank?
a) HDFC Bank
b) Axis Bank
c) IDBI Bank
d) ICICI Bank
901. Barabati Stadium is a sport stadium situated in
a) Kannur, Kerala
b) Kochi, Kerala
c) Cuttack, Odisha
d) Guwahati, Assam
902. The Newabganj Bird Sanctuary in Unnao District of Uttar Pradesh
has recently been renamed after
a) Ashfaqullah Khan
b) Ram Prasad Bismil
c) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
d) Chandrasekhar Azad

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903. The National Doctors Day is observed in India every year on

a) 21 July
b) 1 July
c) 5 June
d) 2 August
904. The capital city of the Republic of Kazakhstan is
a) Dushanbe
b) Taraz
c) Astana
d) Almaty
905. Project Tatkal is a recent initiative of the State Bank of India to
speed up the process of
a) Education loan applications
b) Home loan applications
c) Auto loan applications
d) Personal loan applications
906. The 2016 BRICS summit will be hosted by
a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) Brazil
907. The author of the book titled as 37 Bridges and Other Stories is
a) Aamer Hussein
b) Taha Hussein
c) Fatima Bhutto
d) Ameena Hussein
908. Which of the following schemes is related to the improvement of
rural infrastructure?
a) PMJJBY
b) PMSBY
c) PMJDY
d) PMGSY
909. In a financial year, an individual investor can invest in the relaunched Kisan Vikas Patra upto a sum of
a) There is no upper ceiling on investment
b) rupees five lakh
c) rupees ten lakh
d) rupees one lakh
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910. The Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain, which has recently been
granted World Heritage site status by UNESCO, is situated in
a) Mongolia
b) Russia
c) Tajikistan
d) China
911. Which of the following medical procedures uses optical fibre?
a) X-Ray
b) Endoscopy
c) CAT scan
d) Ultrasound
912. The secret code that restricts entry to some computer programs is
a) captcha
b) password
c) entry ticket
d) source code
913. Which of the following is commonly used to measure wind speed?
a) Altimeter
b) Anemometer
c) Hygrometer
d) Barometer
914. The RBI does not transact the business of which state as of now?
a) Sikkim
b) Mizoram
c) Kerala
d) Nagaland
915. The nuclear pacemakers get their power from
a) Plutonium
b) Thorium
c) Uranium
d) Deuterium
916. A negative income elasticity of demand is associated with
a) normal goods
b) inferior goods
c) luxurious goods
d) none of these

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917. Which of the following states does not come under the jurisdiction
of Gauhati High Court?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Nagaland
c) Tripura
d) Mizoram
918. When too much money is chasing too few goods, the situation is
a) deflation
b) inflation
c) recession
d) stagflation
919. For the purpose of enforcement of fundamental rights, a court can
issue
a) a notification
b) a writ
c) an ordinance
d) a decree
920. Which of the following is not a stringed instrument?
a) Harp
b) Santoor
c) Trumpet
d) Mandolin
921. The latest private bank in India, which started its operations on 1
Oct, is
a) Bandhan Bank
b) IDFC Bank
c) India Post
d) NSDL
922. Which of the following terms is used in banking/finance?
a) Nelson
b) Moral Suasion
c) Richter scale
d) Incarnation
923. Which of the following banks is headquarters in Chennai?
a) Allahabad Bank
b) Bank of Baroda
c) Canara Bank
d) Indian Overseas Bank

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924. Which of the following will not be considered a national debt?

a) NSC
b) Provident Fund
c) Insurance Policies
d) KVP
925. Which of the following organisation is supposed to prohibit insider
trading in India?
a) RBI
b) SEBI
c) IRDA
d) Ministry of Finance
926. What is the currency of Cuba?
a) Peso
b) Shekel
c) Krone
d) Euro
927. The military training exercise HAND-IN-HAND 2015 is a joint
military exercise between
a) China and India
b) Russia and Pakistan
c) India and Japan
d) India and US
928. Bancassurance can be sold to who among the following?
a) Bank employees only
b) Insurance agents only
c) Govt employees only
d) All present and prospective bank customers
929. Which of the following is a term related to the game of cricket?
a) Love
b) Ashes
c) Birdie
d) Grand Slam
930. Which of the following is not a measure of the risk management in
banks?
a) Deposit insurance
b) CRR
c) SLR
d) NEFT

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931. Ringgit is the currency of which of the following countries?

a) Bhutan
b) Malaysia
c) Sri Lanka
d) Thailand
932. Which of the following is not a registered credit rating agency
operating in India as of now?
a) CARE
b) SMERA
c) CRISIL
d) None of these
933. Which of the following statements is correct about IDBI Bank?
a) It is a public sector bank
b) It is a private sector bank
c) It is a foreign bank
d) It is a non- banking financial company
934. The RBI was established in 1935.
nationalized?
a) 1949
b) 1951
c) 1952
d) 1953

In which year was it

935. Which of the following is not an initiative of the Govt of India?

a) Bharatnet
b) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
c) e-Pragati
d) Make in India
936. What does the letter E denote in the term CBEC?
a) Export
b) Exchange
c) Excise
d) External
937. Which of the following taxes is not levied by the Union Govt?
a) Income tax
b) Customs
c) Land revenue
d) Corporate tax

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938. Which of the following is not a financial regulator functioning in

India as of now?
a) NABARD
b) NHB
c) FMC
d) SEBI
939. Which team won the Beighton Cup 2015 hockey title recently?
a) Punjub National Bank
b) Indian Oil Corporation
c) ONGC
d) Punjab and Sind Bank
940. Who is the author of the book titled Forging
a) DN Ghosh
b) Ashwin Desai
c) TN Ninan
d) Nasir Tyabji
941. The birth anniversary of M Visvesvaraya is observed as Engineers
Day in India which falls on
a) 15 Sep
b) 17 Sep
c) 11 Aug
d) 25 Jan
942. Which of the following banks launched the mobile banking app
LIME recently?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) State Bank of India
d) Axis Bank
943. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?
a) Yes Bank
b) Deutsche Bank
c) Standard Chartered
d) Citi Bank
944. Who among the following is the winner of the mens singles title of
2015 US Open?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Andy Murray
c) Stan Wawrinka
d) Novak Djokovic
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945. The term Market Regulator is used for which of the following
organisations in India?
a) FMC
b) RBI
c) NABARD
d) SEBI
946. Which of the following is an instrument through which corporates
raise debt from the market?
a) Treasury Bills
b) Commercial Paper
c) National Savings Certificate
d) Kisan Vikas Patra
947. When the overall price level decreases so that inflation rate
becomes negative, it is called
a) retardation
b) stagflation
c) deflation
d) recession
948. The non-profit organization World Economic Forum (WEF) is based
in
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) New York, US
c) Paris, France
d) Manila, Philippines
949. What is the total number of member countries of the United
Nations (UN)?
a) 97
b) 116
c) 173
d) 193
950. The Himalaya Diwas is observed by which of the following states
on 9 Sep?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand

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951.
The
2018
Commonwealth
Games
(officially
the
XXI
Commonwealth Games) will be held in which of the following
countries?
a) Australia
b) England
c) South Africa
d) Malaysia
952. What does letter I denote in the term RIDF?
a) Infrastructure
b) Industry
c) Irrigation
d) Investment
953. Who among the following has become the first Indian to win
Ladies British Amateur Golf Championship?
a) Aditi Ashok
b) Ankita Tiwana
c) Sharmila Nicollet
d) Smriti Mehra
954. The RBI uses which of the following models for the rating of
Indian banks?
a) SWIFT
b) BaNCS
c) CAMELS
d) eRATING
955. We observe the National Teachers Day on 5 Sep every year while
the World Teachers day is observed on
a) 5 Oct
b) 5 Nov
c) 5 Dec
d) 5 Jan
956. The gilt-edged market deals in which of the following?
a) Commercial paper
b) Govt securities
c) Commodities
d) Interbank lending
957. Which of the following terms is used in the field of banking?
a) Epicentre
b) Acupuncture
c) Assets and liability
d) OPEC
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958. Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with the game

of football?
a) Deodhar Trophy
b) Irani Trophy
c) Merdeka Cup
d) Davis Cup
959. Which of the following is the SI unit of force?
a) Newton
b) Joule
c) Ampere
d) Ohm
960. Which of the following terms is used in the game of cricket?
a) Grand Slam
b) Battery
c) Backhand
d) Bowling
961. The International Literacy Day is observed on which of the
following dates?
a) 5 Sep
b) 6 Sep
c) 7 Sep
d) 8 Sep
962. Vikas Gowda is associated with which of the following games?
a) Archery
b) Shooting
c) Discus throw
d) Boxing
963. India gifted the Indian Coast Guard Ship Varasha to which of the
following countries recently?
a) Mauritius
b) Myanmar
c) Sri Lanka
d) Bangladesh
964. MM Kalburgi, who was killed on 30 Aug at his residence, was a
rationalist and an eminent scholar of
a) Kannada
b) Tamil
c) Telugu
d) Sanskrit
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965. Banks in India can be broadly classified under two heads. One
commercial banks and the other is
a) Regional Rural Banks
b) Foreign banks
c) Co-operative banks
d) Universal Banks
966. The Payments Banks will initially be restricted to hold what
maximum balance per individual customer?
a) 10,000
b) 25,000
c) 50,000
d) 1 lakh
967. Bank usually provide higher interest rates on term deposits to
a) students
b) self-employed
c) salaried employees
d) senior citizens
968. Which of the following is the name of the currency of a country?
a) Baku
b) Algiers
c) Tirane
d) Real
969. Vikas Krishan, who bagged a silver medal in Asian Championships
on 5 Sep, is an Indian
a) boxer
b) shooter
c) weightlifter
d) Wrestler
970. The RBI reduces or increases different rates and ration in basic
points. One basic point is equal to
a) one tenth of a per cent
b) one hundredth of a per cent
c) one hundred per cent
d) one per cent

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971. The annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival was celebrated in which state
recently?
a) Jharkhand
b) Meghalaya
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
972. Chinas Confucius Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to
a) Robert Mugabe
b) Joko Widodo
c) Najib Razak
d) Dilma Rousseff
973. The book titled Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India is the
autobiography of
a) Azim Premji
b) NR Narayana Murthy
c) Sam Pitroda
d) Nandan Nilekani
974. The 450-MW Baglihar hydro-electric project (state II) was inaugurated
recently in
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jammu and Kashmir
975. What is the currency of Brazil?
a) Real
b) Shekel
c) Krone
d) Kyat

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976. The 70th anniversary of the United Nations was observed, recently on
a) 18 Oct
b) 20 Oct
c) 22 Oct
d) 24 Oct
977. The Heart of Asia conference on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held in
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Pakistan
c) Iran
d) China
978. Heena Sidhu, who won gold medal at Asian championship recently, is
associated with
a) Discus throw
b) Boxing
c) Shooting
d) Archery
979.Which of the following PSBs is not headquartered in Mumbai?
a) Bank of Baroda
b) Allahabad Bank
c) Bank of India
d) IDBI Bank
980. What does the letter E denote in the term NEFT?
a) Electronic
b) Enforced
c) Economic
d) External

981. The capital city of Myanmar is

a) Maputo
b) Naypyidaw
c) Ulaanbaatar
d) Phnom Penh

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982. What per cent Swachh Bharat cess was imposed by the govt (effective Nov
15,2015) on all taxable services recently?
a) 0.5 per cent
b) 1 per cent
c) 1.5 per cent
d) 2 per cent
983. The Paragliding World Cup 2015 was held recently in
a) Jammu & Kashmir
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
984. Abraham M Keita won the 2015 International Childrens Peace Prize recently.
He is from
a) Liberia
b) Ghana
c) Nigeria
d) Cameroon
985. Credit lending is not allowed in case of which of the following type of banks?
a) Small Banks
b) Payments Banks
c) Cooperative Banks
d) RRBs
986. The central govt s scheme for financial restructuring of debt of power
distribution companies is named
a) SAVERA
b) UDAY
c) SHAKTI
d) ROSHNI
987. Which of the following is the least populated state in the country as per 2011
census?
a) Nagaland
b) Goa
c) Sikkim
d) Tripura
988. Which of the following became the first blind-friendly railway station in India
recently?
a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
b) New Delhi, Delhi
c) Kochi, Kerala
d) Mysuru, Karnataka
989. Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian, won the recent presidential election in
a) Honduras
b) Belize
c) Guatemala
d) Nicaragua

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990. Which of the following countries topped the World Banks Ease of Doing
Business List 2016?
a) China
b) US
c) Denmark
d) Singapore
991. The Indian business tycoon Brijmohan Lall Munjal was the founder of
a) Bajaj Auto
b) TVS Auto
c) Force Motors
d) Hero Moto Corp
992. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is headquartered at
a) Geneva
b) Paris
c) Washington, DC
d) London
993. In the banking sector, the term IMPS stands for
a) Interbank Payment Service
b) Indian Payment Service
c) International Payment Service
d) Immediate Payment Service
994. Raif Badawi won the European Unions prize for human rights and freedom of
thought recently. He is a blogger from
a) Egypt
b) Turkey
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Ukraine
995. The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is observed as Rashtriya
Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day), which falls on
a) 20 Oct
b) 22 Oct
c) 24 Oct
d) 31 Oct
996. The first woman President of Nepal is
a) Bidhya Bhandari
b) Onsari Gharti Magar
c) Jaypuri Gharti
d) Durga Kumari BK
997. What is the minimum lock-in-period for the relaunched Kisan Vikas
Patra(KVP) certificate?
a) 30 months
b) 24 months
c) 12 months
d) 6 months

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998. The newly launched IDFC Bank and Bandhan Bank will be included in which
of the following categories of banks in India?
a) Small Banks
b) Payments Banks
c) Private sector Banks
d) Public Sector Banks
999. Who among the following was conferred with 2015 Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Award recently?
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) AR Rahman
c) Anil Kapoor
d) Asha Bhosle
1000. Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital and largest city of
a) Benin
b) Brunei
c) Bolivia
d) Burkina Faso
1001. The term 'Chukker' is used in
a) Polo
b) Horse racing
c) Wrestling
d) Rifle shooting
1002. The first gupta ruler to issue silver coins
a) Chandra Gupta I
b) Chandra Gupta II
c) Skanda Gupta
d) Samudra Gupta
1003. Which of the following period is called Augustan Age of Sanskrit Literature?
a) Vedic Period
b) Later Vedic Period
c) Period of Guptas
d) Period of Satvahanas
1004. Surya Siddhanta was written by
a) Barahamihir
b) Aryabhatta
c) Visakhadatta
d) Kalidasa
1005. The Union Ministry of Tourism has approved projects worth 500 crore
rupees for integrated development of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir under which
of the following scheme?
a) Bharat Darshan Scheme
b) Swadesh Darshan scheme
c) Mera Bharat Mahan Scheme
d) None of the above

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1006. Who is the President of Microsoft India?

a) Bhaskar Pramanik
b) Anant Maheshwari
c) Jean-Philippe Courtois
d) None of the above
1007. Which of the following launches Sachet portal to check illegal money
collection?
a) Industrial Investment Bank of India
b) RBI
c) SBI
d) NABARD
1008. How many Olympic Gold Medals has Usain Bolt in his collection?
a) 3
b) 6
c) 9
d) 12
1009. Worlds first self-driving taxis launched in _________.
a) Delhi
b) Singapore
c) Hangzhou
d) Tokyo
1010. South India's 1st Children's Court inaugurated in ___________.
a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) Coimbatore
d) Bengaluru
1011. A fast wind can turn the blades of a windmill because it possesses
a) potential energy
b) kinetic energy
c) chemical energy
d) heat energy
1012. Kilowatt hour is the unit of
a) time
b) power
c) energy
d) force

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1013. The fear of number 13 ____________.

a) Triskaidekaphobia
b) Cynophobia
c) Ophidiophobia
d) Leukophobia
1014. 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips' is a famous novel about the life of a schoolteacher. The
novel has been adapted into two films and two television adaptations. Who is the
writer of this novel?
a) Virginia Woolf
b) E.M. Forster
c) Henry Green
d) James Hilton
1015. First Indian woman to be honoured with MCC life membership?
a) Deepa Marathe
b) Priyanka Roy
c) Anjum Chopra
d) Varsha Raffe
1016. Recently which country declares malaria-free by WHO?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Nepal
c) India
d) Bangladesh
1017. Who conferred with 2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy?
a) Ramesh Pandey
b) Jan Shikshan Sansthan
c) Ravi Capoor
d) Navdeep Rinwa

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1018. International Day of Charity observed globally on _________.

a) 5th September
b) 7th September
c) 9th September
d) 12th September
1019. India sent _______ athletes to Rio Olympic.
a) 101
b) 117
c) 171
d) 217
1020. Countrys largest paramilitary force CRPF has decided to appoint which of
the following sports persons as its brand ambassador and honorary rank of
Commandant?
a) Dipa Karmakar
b) P.V. Sindhu
c) Sakshi Malik
d) None of the above
1021. The Term 'Butterfly stroke' is associated with
a) Kabaddi
b) Wrestling
c) Swimming
d) Rowing
1022. Best Horticulture State award won by which of the following states?
a) Odisha
b) Manipur
c) Punjab
d) Haryana

1023. National Sports Day is celebrated on

a) 25th August
b) 29 August
c) 1st September
d) 5th September

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1024. The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History is
authored by
a) Irfan Habib
b) Satish Chandra
c) Sanjeev Sanyal
d) None of the above

1025. Which famous musician was conferred the Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand
Khan Lifetime Achievement award?
a. Pandit Bismillah Khan
b. Pandit Ravi Shankar
c. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
d. Maestro Zakir Hussain

1026. When a stone is thrown upward to a certain height, it possesses

a) potential energy
b) kinetic energy
c) wind energy
d) sound energy

1027. The unit of work is

a) newton
b) joule
c) metre
d) second
1028. Who named UNESCO Artist for Peace?
a) Madonna
b) Elton John
c) A. R. Rahman
d) Kudsi Erguner

1029. India was ranked at which position in the Global Competitiveness Report
(GCR) 2016-2017?
a) 22
b) 39
c) 46
d) 59
1030. What is the theme of 2016 International Translation Day (ITD)?
a) Translate with respect for everyone
b) Enthusiasm in translation and interpreting
c) Translation and interpreting: connecting worlds
d) Working together with joy

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1031. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is headquartered in

a) Rome
b) Hague
c) Basel
d) Geneva
1032. Who won the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix F1 championship?
a) Romain Grosjean
b) Nico Rosberg
c) Kimi Raikkonen
d) Lewis Hamilton
1033. The 22nd satellite in the BeiDou series was recently launched by
a) Singapore
b) Malaysia
c) China
d) Japan
1034. The Defence Expro India 2016 was held recently in
a) Hyderabad
b) Goa
c) New Delhi
d) Puducherry
1035. Who among the following won 2016 Woeld Chess Candidates Tournament?
a) Magnus Cerlsen
b) Fabiano Caruana
c) Sergey Karjakin
d) Peter Svidler

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1036. Jiji Mammen is the present CEO of which of the following financial
institutions?
a) SIDBI
b) NABARD
c) MUDRA Bank
d) NPCI
1037. The Stand Up India Scheme will be a refinance window through SIDBI with
an initial amount of
a) Rs. 5,000
b) Rs. 10,000
c) Rs. 12,000
d) Rs. 15,000
1038. India has decided to adopt a single national number for all emergency
services which will be
a) 112
b) 108
c) 102
d) 101
1039. Who among the following won the Best Actor award at the 63 rd National Film
Awards?
a) Ranbir Kapoor (Tamasha)
b) Salman Khan (Bajrangi Bhaijaan)
c) Amitabh Bachchan (Piku)
d) Aamir Khan (PK)
1040. Ashgabat is the capital and the largest city of
a) Israel
b) Sweden
c) Norway
d) Turkmenistan

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1041. The book The Sialkot Saga has been authored by

a) Ashwin Sanghi
b) Amish Tripathi
c) Vikram Seth
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
1042. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of banking and finance?
a) NPA
b) CAMELS
c) SWIFT
d) JAXA
1043. Every year March 24 is observed as the
a) World Tuberculosis Day
b) Cancer Day
c) Malaria Day
d) World Kidney Day
1044. The film which won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National
Integration at 63rd National Film Awards is
a) Bajirao Mastani
b) Bajrangi Bhaijaan
c) Masaan
d) Nanak Shah Fakir
1045. The Pattiseema lift irrigation project, connecting Godavari with Krishna, was
launched recently in
a) Karnataka
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu

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1046. Euro is the currency of all the following countries except

a) Sweden
b) Malta
c) Austria
d) Finland
1047. The DEAF fund is associated with
a) Unicef
b) Red Cross
c) RBI
d) CRY
1048. Which of the following is a financial inclusion scheme?
a) Stand Up India
b) Swachh Bharat
c) Skill India
d) Imprint India
1049. The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR), included in the World Network
of Biosphere Reserves of the UNESCO, is located in
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Both 1) and 2)
1050. The domestic card payment solution RuPay is operated by the
a) RBI
b) SBI
c) NPCI
d) SIDBI
1051. The first Indian e-commerce firm to launch an IPO recently is
a) Flipkart
b) Snapdeal
c) Infibeam
d) Paytm

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1052. Anker Jorgensen, who died recently, was the former prime minister of
a) Vietnam
b) Denmark
c) Sweden
d) Norway
1053. The sportsperson conferred the 2016 Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award is
a) MS Dhoni
b) Viswanathan Anand
c) Ritu Rani
d) Sania Mirza
1054. The Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred recently on
a) Nitin Gadkari
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Arun Jaitley
d) Venkaiah Naidu
1055. BHEL has commissioned a seasonwise tiltable canal top solar PV plant at
Bhimavaram in
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
1056. India has assumed chairmanship from Russia and will host the eighth
annual Summit of BRICS in
a) Goa
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Hyderabad
1057. The World Animal Day (WAD) is observed on which day?
a) October 13
b) October 7
c) October 15
d) October 4
1058. The book "Far and Away:Reporting From the Brink of Change" has been
authored by whom?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Andrew Solomon
c) Steve Donoghue
d) Joshua Hammer
1059. Which short film has won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film
Festival (SBSFF)?
a) Chembuku Moodindi
b) Murga
c) Nahna Doot
d) Sarkarmi Rati Wadho

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1060. The powerful Typhoon Chaba is expected to hit which of the following
countries?
a) USA
b) New Zealand
c) Japan
d) UK
1061. Mammography is specialized medical imagining that uses a low-dose X-ray
system and is used in the diagnosis of
a) breast cancer
b) tuberculosis
c) HIV
d) tooth cavity
1062. A positive income elasticity of demand is associated with
a) normal goods
b) inferior goods
c) luxurious goods
d) none of the above
1063. The International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on Apr 12. Who
was the first man to go in space?
a) Yuri Gagarin
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Buzz Aldrin
d) Vladimir Komarov
1064. How many different documents can you keep open at a time?
a) Not more than three
b) only one
c) As many as your computer memory can hold
d) Not more than that your task bar can display
1065. One of the effects of inflation is that it redistributes the income and wealth
in favour of the
a) rich
b) poor
c) middle class
d) salaried class
1066. The Local Area Banks were set up as per a Govt of India Scheme announced
in
a) 1969
b) 1972
c) 1985
d) 1996
1067. The govt plans to develop how many Rurban Clusters under the Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission?
a) 100
b) 200
c) 300

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d) 500
1068. Rasila is the folk dance of
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Rajasthan
1069.The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is situated in
the Bishnupur district of the state
a) Mizoram
b) Manipur
c) Tripura
d) Assam
1070. Which of the following is responsible for holding atmospheric air to the
Earth?
a) Trees
b) Clouds
c) Water
d) Gravity
1071. __________ is the state document established for documenting rare and
endangered species of animals, plants and fungi.
a) Red Data Book
b) Green Data Book
c) Brown Data Book
d) Yellow Data Book
1072. The Karman line commonly represents the boundary between the
a) Planets of the solar system
b) Earth and the moon
c) Earths atmosphere and the outer space
d) Oceans of the world
1073. This noble gas was once commonly used to treat cancer as the radiation it
gives off kills the affected cells:
a) Krypton
b) Argon
c) Radon
d) Helium

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1074. Gandhiji started publishing a weekly journal in 1932 from Yerwada Jail. It
was named
a) Young India
b) Harijan
c) Indian Opinion
d) The Independence
1075. What is meant by pegging of a currency? Fixing the value of a currency at a
a) lower level
b) higher level
c) constant level
d) None of the above
1076. After which of the following Five-year Plans was the Plan Holiday declared
in India?
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
1077. The CAG acts as the friend, philosopher and guide for the
a) Union Finance Minister
b) Estimates Committee
c) Prime Ministers Office
d) Public Accounts Committee
1078. The first meeting of the Indian National Congress was presided by WC
Bonnerjee and was held in 1885 in
a) Pune
b) Calcutta
c) Bombay
d) Delhi

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1079. The damage of the human body due to radiation (X-rays, gamma-rays etc)
is measured in
a) Dioptre
b) Rem
c) Roentgen
d) Curie
1080. The legislative assembly of which of the following states has 295 (294
elected and Inominated) seats as of now?
a) Assam
b) West Bengal
c) Odisha
d) Kerala
1081. A semiconductor device can perform the function of a(n)
a) vacuum tube
b) Super conductor
c) insulator
d) All the above
1082.The major endocrine gland which is situated in the brain is
a) pituitary gland
b) thyroid gland
c) pancreas
d) testes
1083. The alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or
other natural agents is called
a) sedimentation
b) metamorphism
c) solidification
d) crystallization
1084. Which of the following is commonly known as blood cancer?
a) Leukaemia
b) Leukoderma
c) Rosacea
d) Psoriasis
1085. Iron rusts faster in which of the following?
a) Salt water
b) Distilled water
c) River water
d) Rain water

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1086. Rusting of iron requires

a) Oxygen only
b) Water only
c) Carbon dioxide only
d) Oxygen and water
1087. Which of the following plant species is adapted to shade or low-light
intensities?
a) Sciophytes
b) Xerophytes
c) Heliophytes
d) Epiphyte
1088. The recently released film The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the life
of
a) Srinivasa Ramanujan
b) Aryabhata
c) CV Raman
d) Vashishtha Narayan Singh
1089. The unit of measurement of the strength of a magnetic field is
a) Joule
b) Tesla
c) Henry
d) Newton meter
1090. As per rules, the prescribed highest limits of noise levels for residential
localities during the day and the night respectively are
a) 65 and 55 decibels
b) 75 and 70 decibels
c) 50 and 40decibels
d) 55 and 45 decibels
1091. What is the law called which states that the pressure and volume of a gas
have an inverse relationship, when temperature is held constant?
a) Charles law
b) Boyles law
c) Avogadros law
d) Daltons law
1092. Chemically, silk fibre is
a) Protein
b) Carbohydrate
c) Cellulose
d) Fat

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1093. Data is stored in computer in which of the following forms?

a) Decimal
b) Binary
c) Hexadecimal
d) Octal
1094. India organized a cultural festival in which of the following countries
recently to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore?
a) France
b) Papua New Guinea
c) Egypt
d) Mauritius
1095. __________ was honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland govt
recently.
a) Late Yash Chopra
b) Subhash Ghai
c) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
d) Late Raj Kapoor
1096. Who among the following is the new Chief of Naval Staff?
a) Sunil Lamba
b) Satish Soni
c) SPS Cheema
d) HCS Bisht
1097. The European Central Bank (ECB) is headquartered at
a) London, UK
b) Rome, Italy
c) Madrid, Spain
d) Frankfurt, Germany

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1098. As informrd by the govt to the Rajya Sabha recently, currently India has
how many operational satellites?
a) 17
b) 22
c) 28
d) 34
1099. Which of the following places does not have a Stupa?
a) Rajgir
b) Bharhut
c) Sarnath
d) Ranchi
1100. Cabbage produces and stores its food in
a) leaves
b) stem
c) root
d) fruit
1101. The Parliamentary Standing Committee which has suggested fine or jail for
celebs in misleading ads is headed by
a) JC Divakar Reddy
b) Abhishek Banerjee
c) Jairam Ramesh
d) Nandan Nilekani
1102. VT Thomas, who passed away recently, was a well known
a) singer
b) dancer
c) cartoonist
d) painter
1103. ________ will sell about 5% in state energy giant Aramco to create a $2-tn
fund, the worlds largest wealth fund.
a) Iran
b) UAE
c) Kuwait
d) Saudi Arabia
1104. The tagline The name you can BANK upon is associated with
a) Canara Bank
b) Bank of Baroda
c) PNB
d) SBI

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1105. What is the expanded form of FPI as used in banking and finance?
a) Forward Portfolio Investor
b) Foreign Preferential Investor
c) Financial Portfolio Investor
d) Foreign Portfolio Investor
1106. Quito is the capital city of
a) Poland
b) Ecuador
c) Norway
d) Finland
1107. Which country will host the 2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships?
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) Bangladesh
d) India
1108. Which of the following was the first mutual fund set up in India (in 1963)
a) Franklin Templeton
b) ICICI Prudential
c) Morgan Stanley
d) Unit Trust of India
1109. Which of the following terms is used in the field of banking and finance?
a) Dialysis
b) Baud rate
c) MIBOR
d) DSLR
1110. Roberto Azevedo is the present head of the
a) WHO
b) WTO
c) UNESCO
d) World Bank
1111. The govt will open how many Jan Aushadhi stores in 2016-17 across the
country?
a) 500
b) 1,000
c) 1,500
d) 3,000
1112. The World Intellectual Property Day is observed on
a) 26 Apr
b) 24 Apr
c) 22 Apr
d) 20 Apr

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1113. The regulation and supervision of the functions of Co-operative banks and
RRBs rests with the
a) NABARD
b) NHB
c) SIDBI
d) SBI
1114. Rand is the currency of which of the following countries?
a) Brazil
b) Malaysia
c) Philippines
d) South Africa
1115. The committee set up for doubling farmers income by 2022 is headed by
a) Abhay Kumar Singh
b) Durga Sakthi Nagpal
c) Anil Goswami
d) Ashok Dalwai
1116. The training exercise, Nomadic Elephant-2016, was held recently between
India and
a) US
b) Japan
c) South Korea
d) Mongolia
1117. ________ is set to print its own version of the US dollar in order to ease a
cash shortage in the country.
a) Cuba
b) Zimbabwe
c) Colombia
d) Chile
1118. Rrom Apr 2016, the IRDA has allowed banks to tie up with _______
insurer(s) in each category of life, non-life and standalone health.
a) One
b) two
c) three
d) five

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1119. The book titled Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of

a) Saina Nehwal
b) Mary Kom
c) Sania Mirza
d) Chanda Kochhar
1120. Name the recently added 189th member of the IMF and the World Bank
a) Nauru
b) South Sudan
c) Honshu
d) Luzon
1121. India signed a MoU for cooperation and mutual assistance in development
of ports recently with
a) Vietnam
b) South Korea
c) Sri Lanka
d) Australia
1122. Identify the one which is not a monetary tool of the RBI
a) Call money
b) Repo rate
c) Reverse repo rate
d) Cash reserve ratio
1123. A current account is always is always a ________ to bank.
a) time deposit
b) flexi deposit
c) recurring deposit
d) demand deposit
1124. Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with golf?
a) Fonseca Cup
b) Ryder Cup
c) Fed Cup
d) Deodhar Trophy

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1125. In case of a cheque, a bank is always a

a) payer
b) payee
c) drawer
d) drawee
1126. The Chabahar Agreement was finalized recently between India, Afghanistan
and
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) Iran
d) Saudi Arabia
1127. Which country has topped the 2016 World Press Freedom Index?
a) Denmark
b) Norway
c) Finland
d) New Zealand
1128. The Allahabad Bank is headquartered at
a) Lucknow
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata
1129. The Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) contains _________ characters.
a) seven
b) eight
c) nine
d) eleven
1130. The Narora Atomic Power Station is located in the state of
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Gujarat

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1131. NABARD has partnered with which country for a special peogramme on 'soil
protection and rehabilitation for food security'?
a) Japan
b) Israel
c) Spain
d) Germany
1132. "The SBI cut its MCLR by 5 bps recently". In the term MCLR, the letter 'M'
stands for
a) Minimum
b) Maximum
c) Marginal
d) Maturity
1133. Which of the following state capitals was recently declared a 'smoke-free
city'?
a) Agartala
b) Dispur
c) Itanagar
d) Kohima
1134. Which of the following is one of the eight core sector industries?
a) Automobiles
b) Texiles
c) Food processing
d) Electricity
1135. The World Press Freedom Day is observed on
a) 30 Apr
b) 1 May
c) 2 May
d) 3 May
1136. As per the latest data disclosed by the govt for assessment year 2012-2013, taxpayers account for about what per cent of India's population?
a) One per cent
b) two per cent
c) three per cent
d) four per cent
1137. When was the commercial paper (CP) introduced in India?
a) 1974
b) 1987
c) 1990
d) 1992
1138. Who won the 2016 Russian Grand Prix F1 Championship in Sochi?
a) Kimi Raikkonen
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Nico Rosberg
d) Fernando Alonso

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1139. Who among the following cannot open a basic savings bank deposit account
(BSBDA) with a bank?
a) A govt employee
b) A daily wager
c) A pensioner
d) None of them
1140. The rate of interest on Senior Citizens Savings Scheme with effect from 1st
Apr 2016 is
a) 7.9 per cent
b) 8.1 per cent
c) 8.3 per cent
d) 8.6 per cent
1141. Wave theory of light was propounded by
a) Plank
b) Newton
c) Huygen
d) Maxwell
1142. Which one of the following contains the Gayatri Mantra?
a) Rigveda
b) Upanishad
c) Samaveda
d) Yajur Veda
1143. Which gas is used for preparation of sodawater?
a) Carbon di oxide
b) Nitric oxide
c) Ammonia
d) Hydrogen
1144. The English Channel is a channel between
a) France & Belgium
b) France & Spain
c) France & England
d) Italy & France

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1445. Trpitakas are the secred books of

a) Shavism
b) Buddhism
c) Jainism
d) Hinduism
1146. What is hurricane?
a) a species of ant
b) a huge storm
c) a type of turnip
d) none of these
1147. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is located at
a) Talcher
b) Trombay
c) Kathgudam
d) Kalpakkam
1148. Alamatti Dam is on river
a) Krishna
b) Narmada
c) Mahanadi
d) Cauvery
1149. Saka era started from
a) 78 B.C.
b) 78 A.D.
c) 124 A.D
d) 300 B.C.
1150. Largest Mint in India is located at
a) Nasik
b) Hyderabad
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata

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1151. 'Gita Govinda' was written in the 12th century by

a) Bana
b) Bhartruhari
c) Jayadeva
d) Ramanuja
1152. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy refers to
a) Brain Fever
b) Mad cow Disease
c) Enteric Fever
d) Poultry Diarrhoea
1153. Which of the following philosophies was preached by Adi Sankara?
a) Raja Yoga
b) Snakhya Yoga
c) Advaita
d) Dvaita
1154. Who defeated Mrs Gandhi in the 1977 Lok Sabha elections?
a) Morarji Desai
b) Raj Narain
c) Charan Singh
d) JP Narayan
1155. Quinine is obtained form the
a) Mulberry tree
b) Eucalyptus tree
c) Cinchona plant
d) Cocoa plant
1156. Latex is a name for
a) a milk product
b) latent heat
c) crude rubber
d) refined honey

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1157. Dry Ice is

a) solid carbon dioxide
b) liquid oxygen
c) liquid hydrogen
d) liquid chlorine
1158. Hydrogen gas has
a) a very sweet smell
b) a very pungent smell
c) an irritating smell
d) no smell at all
1159. The heart of the human embryo starts beating in the ________ week of its
development.
a) second
b) third
c) fourth
d) first
1160. The nucleus of the Mauryan system of government was the
a) Bureaucracy
b) Councillors
c) King
d) Sabha

1161. Which one of the following was not common between the Indus Valley
people and the Vedic Aryans
a) meat eating
b) cattle rearing
c) use of cotton clothes
d) worship of Mother-Goddess

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1162. The greatest concentration in the paper industry in India has taken place in
the
a) Hooghly Industrial Belt
b) Asansol Industrial Region
c) Bombay Industrial Region
d) Kanpur Industrial Region

1163. Which of the following systems is also known as the Hare System?
a) Single transferable vote system
b) List System
c) Limited vote system
d) Single non transferable vote system

1164. Who, among the following is remembered to this day by the Rajputs as a
model of chivalry and courage and is the hero of many folk ballads?
a) Jaichand
b) Prithviraj
c) Vidyadhara
d) Parmal

1165. Hastinapura of Mahabharata fame was located on the banks of the river
a) Beas
b) Sutlej
c) Ganga
d) Yamuna

1166. Vitamins A and C are predominantly present in

a) brinjal
b) Lady's finger
c) potato
d) tomato

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1167. The number of pin code postal regions in India is

a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8

1168. The focal length of lens of the eye is under the control of the
a) iris
b) pupil
c) ciliary body
d) cornea

1169. Coagulation of blood in vessels is prevented during normal circulation by

a) heparin
b) prothrombin
c) plasmogen
d) thromboplastin
1170. Ozone layers absorb
a) infrared rays
b) ultraviolet rays coming from the sun
c) all radiations from the sun
d) cosmic rays
1171. With which of the following state is The Muziris Heritage Project, the largest
heritage conservation project in India associated with?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Kerala
D. Andhra Pradesh

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1172. The first Mahathir Award for Global Peace has been conferred to which of
the following personalities?
a) Pranab Mukharji
b) Barack Obama
c) Nelson Mandela
d) Kofi Annan
1173. India has signed Currency Swap agreement with which of the following
countries?
i) Japan
ii) China
iii) Bhutan
iv) Russia
Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
a) Only i & ii
b) Only ii & iii
c) Only i & iii
d) i, ii, iii & iv
1174. Name the Indias first dedicated spacecraft for defense applications?
a) GSAT-10
b) GSAT-7
c) GSAT-8
d) GSAT-8A
1175. Name the state which will have the World Class Life Science Park called Bio
360?
a) Kerala
b) Haryana
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal

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1176. Choose the correct combination of Rabi Crops?

a) Wheat, Maize, Barley, Sugarcane
b) Wheat, Mustard, Barley, Gram
c) Millet, Sorghum, Sunflower, Soyabean
d) Sorghum, Wheat, Barley, Sunflower
1177. The first country in the world to release Zinc rich Rice variety named Bri62?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) China
d) Russia
1178. Choose the correct combination of dams constructed across the Cauvery
River?
i) Mettur Dam
ii) Krishna Raja Sagara Dam
iii) Alamatti Dam
iv) Koyna Dam
Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
a) Only i & ii
b) Only ii & iii
c) Only iii & iv
d) All the above
1179. Which of the following species is conserved in Dadu Paryavaran Sanstan
in Rajasthan?
a) Black Bucks
b) Cheetah
c) Lions
d) Tigers

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1180. Name the largest wind energy producing country in world?

a) USA
b) China
c) Netherlands
d) Japan

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