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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Write the author of the book-' The Hindu View of life '

  1. Rajinder Prasad
  2. S.Radha Krishnan
  3. L.K.Advani
  4. V.V.Giri
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Roman Magsaysay award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

  1. a campaigner for urban
  2. an antichild labour activist
  3. an activist for the welfare of poor rural women
  4. an organizer of rainwater harvesting
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who produced the first portable computer?

  1. Charles Babbage
  2. Bill gates
  3. Adam Osborne
  4. C.S.Stephenson
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who created the first cloned sheep?

  1. Ian Wilmut
  2. Francis crick
  3. Denis Pepin
  4. William Martin
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003,is from-

  1. Iran
  2. Iraq
  3. Libya
  4. Nigeria
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not share a border with Panama?

  1. Colombia
  2. Pacific ocean
  3. Venezuela
  4. Costa Rica
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the longest bone in the human body?

  1. Stapes
  2. Tibia
  3. Collar bone
  4. Femur
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which country is Bandung ,where the conference of African & Asian nations was held which lead to establishing Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) situated?

  1. Indonesia
  2. Phillippines
  3. Thailand
  4. Egypt
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

______ is the only country in the world producing all the five known commercial varieties of Silk.

  1. Japan
  2. India
  3. China
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO?

  1. Sun Temple Konark
  2. Chhatarpati Shivaji Railway Station,Mumbai
  3. Chanpaner - Pavagadh archaeological Park
  4. Chattbir Zoo
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not a Biosphere Reserve?

  1. Panchmarhi
  2. Nilgiri
  3. Nallamalai
  4. Agastyamalai
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Authors won the Booker Prize Twice?

  1. J.M.Coetzee
  2. Graham Swift
  3. Ian Mc Ewan
  4. Margret Atwood
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The major constituents of fuel gas CNG are -

  1. Methane Ethane
  2. Methane Propane
  3. Butane Propane
  4. Ethene propane
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the order of magnitude of electric resistance of the human body(dry)?

  1. 10 ohm
  2. 100 ohm
  3. 1 ohm
  4. 10000000 ohm
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The research work of Paul Lauterbur&Peter Mansfield,the Nobel Prize winner for medicine in 2003 relates to-

  1. Genetic Engineering
  2. The Control of AIDS
  3. Magnetic Resonance imaging
  4. Respiratory disease
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The name of the Super Computer developed by India was-

  1. Padma Shri
  2. Arjun
  3. Param Padma
  4. None
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Article of the Constitution of India was formed against child labour?

  1. Article 45
  2. Article 24
  3. Article 330
  4. Article 368
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Alison Richard was the first ever female Vice-Chancellor of

  1. Pardue Univ
  2. Oxford Univ
  3. Havard Univ
  4. Cambridge Univ
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the last one decade,which one of the following sectors has attracted the highest FDI inflows into India -

  1. Food Processing
  2. chemicals
  3. Telecommunications
  4. Service Sector
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to the National Human Right Commission Act,1993 who amongst the following can be its Chairman?

  1. Judge of the Supreme Court
  2. Only a retired Chief Justice of a High Court
  3. Judge of the High Court
  4. Only a retired Chief Justice of India
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pitt' s India Act was formulated by-

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Dalhousie
  4. Ripon
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following VEDAS contains an account of magical charms and spells?

  1. Atharva veda
  2. Sam veda
  3. Yajur veda
  4. Rig veda
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?

  1. Laos
  2. Phillippines
  3. Cambodia
  4. China
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During the Indian Freedom Struggle,who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete Independence free from all foreign control?

  1. Abul Kalam Azad
  2. Maulana Hasart Mohani
  3. Hakim Ajmal Khan
  4. Mazharul Haque
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

ISO 14000 relates to -

  1. Quality management system & standards
  2. Telecommunication management
  3. Environmental management system and standards
  4. None