Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in Delhi from October 3 to 14, 2010. Which of the following picked up the Game's first gold medal?

The Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in Delhi from October 3 to 14, 2010. Which of the following picked up the Game's first gold medal?
  1 Augustina Nwaokolo
  2 Ravinder Singh
  3 Azhar Hussain
  4 Carol Huynh
  Ans:1
Q. A special 3 member bench of Allahabad High Court delivered judgment on September 30, 2010 on disputed Ayodhya site. Which of the following judges was not in the bench?
  1 Justice S. U. Khan
  2 Justice Sudhir Agarwal
  3 Justice D. V. Sharma
  4 Justice P. N. Purohit
  Ans:4
Q. In which of the following sports MC Marycom is the world champion?
  1 Wrestling
  2 Boxing
  3 Swimming
  4 Athletics
  Ans:2
Q. Who was the chairman of the planning commission these days?
  1 Pranab Mukherjee
  2 Manmohan Singh
  3 P. Chidambaram
  4 Pratibha Patil
  Ans:2
Q. How many types of emergencies have been envisaged by the constitution?
  1 one
  2 two
  3 three
  4 four
  Ans:3
Q. The constitution of India came into force on
  1 26 January 1952
  2 26 January 1950
  3 16 August 1948
  4 26 November 1949
  Ans:2
Q. The first general election was held in India in
  1 1951-52
  2 1962
  3 1957
  4 1947-48
  Ans:1
Q. Which soil owes its colour to oxides of iron?
  1 Black
  2 Alluvial
  3 Laterite
  4 Forest Soil
  Ans:3
Q. The oldest inhabitants in India are
  1 Mongoloids
  2 Nordics
  3 Negritos
  4 None of these
  Ans:3
Q. The Headquarters of Northern railway is located in
  1 Jaipur
  2 New Delhi
  3 Allahabad
  4 Gorakhpur
  Ans:2

According to the revised series of Wholesale Price Index released in September 2010, which of the following items comes into "manufactured products" group?

According to the revised series of Wholesale Price Index released in September 2010, which of the following items comes into "manufactured products" group?
  1 Flowers
  2 Lemon
  3 Marbles
  4 Crude Petroleum
  Ans:3
Q. Who among the following was the ruler of Delhi at the time of the invasion of Nadir Shah?
  1 Bahadur Shah
  2 Muhammad Shah
  3 Shah Alam II
  4 Alamgir II
  Ans:2
Q. As recent reports, Boeing will manufacture a solar powered spy plane for the US military, capable of flying non-stop dor
  1 5yrs
  2 2yrs
  3 4yrs
  4 3yrs
  Ans:1
Q. Which among the following countries remains at the top, according to the Global Competitiveness Report for 2010 - 11?
  1 Switzerland
  2 Singapore
  3 Sweden
  4 Denmark
  Ans:1
Q. The Regulating Act was passed in
  1 1773
  2 1774
  3 1785
  4 1793
  Ans:1
Q. The official language of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is
  1 Kashmiri
  2 Urdu
  3 Hindi
  4 English
  Ans:2
Q. Islam was founded in
  1 7th century AD
  2 5th century BC
  3 5th century AD
  4 3rd century BC
  Ans:1
Q. The first SAARC summit was held in 1985 in
  1 Bangalore
  2 Dhaka
  3 Kathmangu
  4 Male
  Ans:2
Q. India's first nuclear powered submarine is
  1 INS Chakra
  2 INS Shalki
  3 INS Shahkul
  4 INS Savitri
  Ans:1
Q. Bandipur National Park is located in
  1 Uttar Pradesh
  2 Karnataka
  3 Mizoram
  4 Gujarat
ANS-2

Who has written "Two Lives"?

Q. Who has written "Two Lives"?
  1 Kiran Desai
  2 Khushwant Singh
  3 Vikram Seth
  4 Amitabh Gosh
  Ans:1
Q. The Headquarters of World Bank is situated at
  1 New York
  2 Manila
  3 Washington D. C.
  4 Geneva
  Ans:3
Q. Ozone present in the upper layers of atmosphere absorbs
  1 Inert gases
  2 Dust particles
  3 Ultraviolet Solar radiation
  4 Electrically charged particles
  Ans:3
Q. Green Revolution in India is also known as
  1 Seed, Fertiliser and irrigation revolution
  2 Agricultural Revolution
  3 Food Security Revolution
  4 Multi Crop Revolution
  Ans:1
Q. Who among the following was the first sovereign Sultan of Delhi?
  1 Alauddin Khalji
  2 Qutbuddin Aibak
  3 Balban
  4 Iltutmish
  Ans:2
Q. The famous Gupta Era (Samvat) was started in which of the following years?
  1 319 A. D.
  2 606 A. D
  3 78 A. D.
  4 57 B. C.
  Ans:3
Q. The announcement by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited Chairmen that India is ready to sell Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor to other countries was made at a conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which was
  1 54th Conference
  2 53rd Conference
  3 51st Conference
  4 50th Conference
  Ans:1
Q. Who among the following was the founder of Peshwas?
  1 Balajee Bajirao
  2 Balajee Viswanath
  3 Ram Chandra Panth
  4 Nana Farnabish
  Ans:2
Q. A pension scheme for workers in the unorganized sector, launched recently by the Union Finance Ministry, has been named
  1 Adhaar
  2 Avalamb
  3 Swavalamban
  4 Prayas
  Ans:3
Q. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription describes the achievements of
  1 Ashoka
  2 Samudra Gupta
  3 Harsha
  4 Kaniksha
  Ans:2

Federation Cup" in India is associated with which game?

. Q."Federation Cup" in India is associated with which game?
  1 Badminton
  2 Football
  3 Hockey
  4 Basketball
  Ans:2
Q. The time taken by light to reach the Earth from the Sun is
  1 8 sec
  2 8 Min
  3 8 min 20 sec
  4 20 sec
  Ans:3
Q. Out of the following artists, who has written the book "The Science of Bharat Natyam"?
  1 Geeta Chandran
  2 Raja Reddy
  3 Saroja Vaidyanathan
  4 Yamini Krishnamurthy
  Ans:3
Q. Citizens and foreigners both enjoy
  1 Legal Rights
  2 Civil Rights
  3 Political Rights
  4 Fundamental Rights
  Ans:2
Q. Cricket team of which of the following countries has not got the status of "Test"
  1 Kenya
  2 England
  3 Bangladesh
  4 Zimbabwe
  Ans:1
Q. The first Secretary General of the United Nation was
  1 Dag Hammarskjoeld
  2 U. Thant
  3 Dr. Kurt Waldheim
  4 Trygve Lie
  Ans:4
Q. Which one of the following processes does not pollute air?
  1 Use of Cosmetics
  2 Photosynthesis
  3 Burning of Dead woods
  4 Use of insecticides
  Ans:2
Q. Transfer of heat through horizontal movement of air is called
  1 Convection
  2 Advection
  3 RadiationEdit HTML
  4 Conduction
  Ans:2
Q. Which metal is not used as electromagnet?
  1 Copper
  2 Iron
  3 Nickel
  4 Cobalt
  Ans:1
Q. Diamond bearing rocks occur in
  1 Mysore of Karnataka
  2 Panna of Madhya Pradesh
  3 Ajmer of Rajasthan
  4 Waltair of Andhra Pradesh
  Ans:2