Quiz II
1. The southernmost point of India’s territory is
1. The Indira Point
2. Kanyakumari
3.
4.
2. The founder of the Yoga school of philosophy was
1. Adiguru Shankracharya
2. Gemini
3. Charvaka
4. Patanjli
3. It is not advisable to sleep with a chulha or angithi on in your closed room because
1. The carbon dioxide produced may cause suffocation
2. It may deplete the oxygen level and prove lethal
3. It may cause emission of carbon monoxide due to the low amount of oxygen in the room
4. None of these
1. XX
2. YY
3. X
4. XXY
5. The
1.
2.
3. Galileo
4. Archimedes
6.
1. of its longitudinal extent
2. of its nearness to the sea
3. of its height from the sea level.
4. of its peculiar atmosphere
7. Mahatma Gandhi launched the legendary “Quite India” struggle on
1. 8th August, 1942
2. 9th August, 1942
3. 8th August, 1945
4. 9th August 1945
8. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission?
1. Minister of Finance
2. Prime Minister
3. President
4. Vice President
9. The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics is located in
1. Pune
2.
3.
4. Kodaikanal
10. Which of the following is NOT a constitutional body?
A. Planning Commission
B. Finance Commission
C. Inter-State Council
2. B and C
11. Next to Hindi, which is the most widely spoken language in
1. Bengali
2. Telugu
3. English
4. Urdu
12. The results of elections to a Loksabha Constituency are declared by the
1. Election Commission of
2. District Magistrate
3. Returning Officer
4. State Election Commission
13. Kazi Nazrul Islam was a fiercely patriotic poet who wrote in
1. Urdu
2. Persian
3. Hindi
4. Bengali
14. “Zoology” is the study of
1. Living animals only
2. Both living and dead animals
3. Dead, living and yet-to-evolve animals
4. None of these
15. Identify the correct pair:-
1. I follow the Mahatma : Mahadev Desai
2. Poverty and Un-British Rule in
3. First War of Indian
4. Life Divine : G.K. Gokhale
16. As an economy develops
1. The share of agriculture in the GDP decrease, while that of manufacturing and the services increases.
2. The share of agricultural increases, while that of manufacturing and the services decreases.
3. The pattern of contribution to the GDP varies from time to time.
4. None of these
1. Must be signed by the President in all circumstances.
2. May or may not be signed by the President
3. May be returned by the President to the cabinet for re-consideration, but upon being re-presented to him, he must declare his assent to it.
4. Cannot be returned by the President for re-consideration.
18. Silver fish is an
1. Insect
2. Fish
3. Reptile
4. Mammal
19. The inhabitants of which of the following geographical regions live in trees due to the fear of insects?
1. Equatorial region
2. Mediterranean region
3. Arctic region
4. None of these
20. Who among the following is not connected with the world of painting?
1. Manjit Bawa
2. Satish Gujral
3. Anjoli Ela Menon
4. Rabindernath Tagore
21. ANURAG is
1. The name given to a new rocket-system by the DRDO
22. Which among the following paid careful attention to the promotion and improvement of agriculture?
1. Mohd. Tughlaq
2. Feroz Tughlaq
3. Allaudin Khilji
4. None of these
23. Which of the following is NOT a tiger reserve?
1. Sariska
2. Ranthambone
3. Manas
4. Periyar
1. 1/6th of the total votes polled
2. 1/6th of the total valid votes polled
3. 1/5th of the total valid votes polled
4. 1/8th of the total votes polled.
25. “Ursa Major” is a
1. Galaxy
2. Constellation
3. Asteroid
4. Star
26. The fiscal policy is concerned with
1. Imports-exports
2. Debt and public finance
3. Credit creation
4. Issuing of currency
27. The International Date Line is an imaginary line, which lies along
1. 0 degree meridian
2. 45 degree meridian
3. 90 degree meridian
4. 180 degree meridian
28. At which particular place on the Earth are days and nights always of equal duration?
1. Poles
2. Equator
3. Prime meridian
4. Nowhere
29. Petroleum was first discovered in
1. Ankleshwar
2. Digboi
3.
4. Haldia
30. Which of the following is an example of a seller’s market in
1. Railways
2. TV programming
3. Ready-mades
4. Domestic air travel
31. Who among the following is not a prominent management thinker?
1. Henry Fayol
2. Laski
3. Northop Parkinson
4. Peter Drucker
32. Brainstorming is a technique used in
1. Sports
2. Finance
3. Brain surgery
4. Creativity
33. If a person loses memory as a result of an accident, the part of the brain most likely to have been damaged is the
1. Cerebrum
2. Hippocampus
. Broca’s Area
4. Hypothalamus
34. Whale is a
1. Fish
2. Reptile
3. Mammal
4. Coelenterate
35. If you open a scent bottle in one comes of a room, it quickly spreads all around due to
1. Imbibition
2. Osmosis
3. Diffusion
4. Condensation
36. “Let a hundred flowers bloom and a thousand schools of thought flourish”. Who said this?
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
3. V.I. Lenin
4. Mao-Tse-Tung.
37. The title “City of
1.
2. Mandu
3. Jaipur
4.
38. The Union Council of Ministers is appointed by the
1. Prime Minister
2. President
3. Vice-President
4. Loksabha Speaker
39 The atmospheric layer responsible for most of the weather phenomena is referred to as the
1. Mesophere
2. Stratosphere
3. Ionosphere
4. Troposphere
40. The Arthashastra of Kautilya is a famous ancient work on
1. Economy
2. Statecraft
3. Both 1 and 2
4. None of these
41. The Gayatri Mantra is contained in the
1. Mundak Upanishad
2. Rigveda
3. Dharmashastras
4. Puranas
42. If you keep the door of your refrigerator open for a long time, the temperature of your room
1. is likely to go down
2. is likely to go up
3. cannot say anything
4. will go up or down depending on the difference between outside temperature and room temperature.
