1. The earth rotate around its axis from–
(A) North to south (B) East to west (C) South to north (D) West to east
Answer: West to east
2. The approximate diameter of the earth is–
(A) 4,200 km (B) 6,400 km (C) 12,800 km (D) 15,600 km
Answer: 12,800 km
3. Dead sea is situated in which one of the following–
(A) A Rift Valley (B) An Intermontane Plateau (C) Intermontane Plains (D) Canyons
Answer: A Rift Valley
4. Safdar Hashmi is a name associated with–
(A) Drawing and painting (B) Journalism (C) Instrumental music (D) None of these
Answer: None of these
5. Gum Kelucharan Mohapatra is a maestro of which of the following dance forms?
(A) Kathak (B) Kuchipudi (C) Odissi (D) Kathakali
Answer: Kathak
6. Who did illustrate ‘Dastan-i-Amir Hamza’?
(A) Abdus Samad (B) Mansur (C) Mir Sayyed Ali (D) Abul Hasan
Answer: Abdus Samad
7. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
(A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb (C) Shahjahan (D) Jahangir
Answer: Aurangzeb
8. Ukal power & irrigation project is located in–
(A) Maharastra (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Kerala
Answer: Gujarat
9. Which is not a notified mangrove area–
(A) Bhitar Kanika (Odissa) (B) Bhoj (Madhya Pradesh) (C) Goa (Goa) (D) Vembanand (Kerala)
Answer: Bhitar Kanika (Odissa)
10. Which is not an item of hardware?
(A) An MP3 File (B) A keyboard (C) A disk drive (D) A monitor
Answer: An MP3 File
11. Meaningful filename helps in easy file–
(A) Storing (B) Accessing (C) Identification (D) Printing
Answer: Identification
12. Data (information) is stored in computers as–
(A) files (B) directories (C) floppies (D) matter
Answer: files
13. Who got the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics?
(A) Solow (B) Marshall (C) Amartya Sen (D) Paul Samuelson
Answer: Amartya Sen
14. Who is called the ‘Father of Modern Economics’?
(A) Adam Smith (B) Marshall (C) Keynes (D) Robbins
Answer: Adam Smith
15. Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) Gulzari Lal Nanda (C) Lal Bahadur Shastri (D) John Mathai
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
16. What is the main folder on a storage device called?
(A) Platform (B) Interface (C) Root Directory (D) Home page
Answer: Root Directory
17. The tenure of the Rajya Sabha is–
(A) 2 years (B) 5 years (C) 6 years (D) Permanent
Answer: Permanent
18. Pisciculture refers to the rearing of–
(A) Silk worms (B) Insects (C) Fish (D) Poultry
Answer: Fish
19. Which racial group has the largest number of members?
(A) Negroid (B) Mongoloid (C) Aurstraloid (D) Caucasoid
Answer: Mongoloid
20. The largest number of tribal groups live in–
(A) Uganda (B) Tanzania (C) South Africa (D) Nigeria
Answer: Tanzania
21. Bhilai is associated with–
(A) Cotton industry (B) Silk incfusfry (C) Iron and steel industry (D) Sugar industry
Answer: Iron and steel industry
22. Which of the following Indian ports leads in imports?
(A) Mumbai (B) Kandla (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Answer: Mumbai
23. A computer system includes–
(A) hardware (B) software (C) peripheral devices (D) all of these
Answer: all of these
24. Reddish brown soils are found in–
(A) Tropical savanna region (B) Steppe region (C) Arid region (D) Prairie region
Answer: Tropical savanna region
25. Soil water available to plants is maximum in–
(A) Clayey soil (B) Silty soil (C) Sandy soil (D) Loamy soil
Answer: Clayey soil
(A) North to south (B) East to west (C) South to north (D) West to east
Answer: West to east
2. The approximate diameter of the earth is–
(A) 4,200 km (B) 6,400 km (C) 12,800 km (D) 15,600 km
Answer: 12,800 km
3. Dead sea is situated in which one of the following–
(A) A Rift Valley (B) An Intermontane Plateau (C) Intermontane Plains (D) Canyons
Answer: A Rift Valley
4. Safdar Hashmi is a name associated with–
(A) Drawing and painting (B) Journalism (C) Instrumental music (D) None of these
Answer: None of these
5. Gum Kelucharan Mohapatra is a maestro of which of the following dance forms?
(A) Kathak (B) Kuchipudi (C) Odissi (D) Kathakali
Answer: Kathak
6. Who did illustrate ‘Dastan-i-Amir Hamza’?
(A) Abdus Samad (B) Mansur (C) Mir Sayyed Ali (D) Abul Hasan
Answer: Abdus Samad
7. Who was called Zinda Pir (living saint) in Mughal India?
(A) Akbar (B) Aurangzeb (C) Shahjahan (D) Jahangir
Answer: Aurangzeb
8. Ukal power & irrigation project is located in–
(A) Maharastra (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Kerala
Answer: Gujarat
9. Which is not a notified mangrove area–
(A) Bhitar Kanika (Odissa) (B) Bhoj (Madhya Pradesh) (C) Goa (Goa) (D) Vembanand (Kerala)
Answer: Bhitar Kanika (Odissa)
10. Which is not an item of hardware?
(A) An MP3 File (B) A keyboard (C) A disk drive (D) A monitor
Answer: An MP3 File
11. Meaningful filename helps in easy file–
(A) Storing (B) Accessing (C) Identification (D) Printing
Answer: Identification
12. Data (information) is stored in computers as–
(A) files (B) directories (C) floppies (D) matter
Answer: files
13. Who got the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics?
(A) Solow (B) Marshall (C) Amartya Sen (D) Paul Samuelson
Answer: Amartya Sen
14. Who is called the ‘Father of Modern Economics’?
(A) Adam Smith (B) Marshall (C) Keynes (D) Robbins
Answer: Adam Smith
15. Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) Gulzari Lal Nanda (C) Lal Bahadur Shastri (D) John Mathai
Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru
16. What is the main folder on a storage device called?
(A) Platform (B) Interface (C) Root Directory (D) Home page
Answer: Root Directory
17. The tenure of the Rajya Sabha is–
(A) 2 years (B) 5 years (C) 6 years (D) Permanent
Answer: Permanent
18. Pisciculture refers to the rearing of–
(A) Silk worms (B) Insects (C) Fish (D) Poultry
Answer: Fish
19. Which racial group has the largest number of members?
(A) Negroid (B) Mongoloid (C) Aurstraloid (D) Caucasoid
Answer: Mongoloid
20. The largest number of tribal groups live in–
(A) Uganda (B) Tanzania (C) South Africa (D) Nigeria
Answer: Tanzania
21. Bhilai is associated with–
(A) Cotton industry (B) Silk incfusfry (C) Iron and steel industry (D) Sugar industry
Answer: Iron and steel industry
22. Which of the following Indian ports leads in imports?
(A) Mumbai (B) Kandla (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata
Answer: Mumbai
23. A computer system includes–
(A) hardware (B) software (C) peripheral devices (D) all of these
Answer: all of these
24. Reddish brown soils are found in–
(A) Tropical savanna region (B) Steppe region (C) Arid region (D) Prairie region
Answer: Tropical savanna region
25. Soil water available to plants is maximum in–
(A) Clayey soil (B) Silty soil (C) Sandy soil (D) Loamy soil
Answer: Clayey soil
