1. Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?
Cumin
Cloves
Turmeric
Coriander
2. Bones found in the hands and feet as the percentage of total
number of bones in the body of an adult human being is nearly equal to
20%
30%
40%
50%
3. Europeans are believed to have brought potatoes to India in the
18th century. Which region of the world is believed to be the origin of potato cultivation?
Eastern
Ghana
Southern
Peru
Portugal
West
Indies
4. Oymyakon is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on
Earth. Which country Oymyakon is located in?
Mongolia
Russia
Greenland
Iceland
5. Which gland in the human body is also known as the third eye
Pineal
Pituitary
Mammary
Tear
gland
6. Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins it the bone
marrow and results in high numbers of which abnormal cells
White
blood cells
Red
blood cells
Platelets
All
of these
7.During an earthquake, two places ‘A’ and ‘B’ record its
intensity in Richter scale as 4.0 and 6.0
respectively. IN absolute terms, the ratio of intensity of the
earthquake at ‘A’ to that of ‘B’ is:
2:3
7:8
141:173
1:100
8. On a cool day in January, the temperature at a place fell below
the freezing point and was recorded as -40° Centigrade. }n Fahrenheit scale, the same temperature
would be
32°F
-8°F
-40°F
-72F
9. Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?
Ideal
gases
Halogen
Gases
Inert
Gases
All
Gases
10. In which place was the 1st Science Congress held in January,
1914
Kolkata
Allahabad
Chennai
Pune
11. The class of elementary particles, bosons, was named after
Satyendra Nath Bose, an Indian
Physicist. Which of the following Indian Scientists graduated from
Presidency College Calcutta as a classmate of Satyendra Nath Bose?
Jagdish
Chandra Bose
P.C.Mahalanobis
Praful
Chandra Ray
Meghnad
Saha
12. To which place Aryabhata, the great mathematician, went for
advanced studies?
Takshashila
Patliputra
Kashi
Kaushambi
13. The development of the world’s first practical design for an
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile, A9/10, was undertaken in Nazi Germany during the World War II. It
was intended for use in bombing
London
and other coastal cities of Britain
Northern
cities of France, including Venice
New
York and other American cities
Interiors
of USSR to cut off military supply lines to Moscow.
14. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme,
was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?
Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research
Indian
Institute of Science
Indian
Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Saha
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
15. Who headed the Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) project launched
by ISRO in 1970?
Dr.
Vikram Sarabhai
Dr.
K.Radhakrishnan
Dr.
A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Dr.
G.-Madhavan Nair
16. Where was Bhaskara, also known as Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara
II, an Indian mathematician & astronomer, was born?
Kanchipuramii
Thanjavur
Bijapur
Viadurai
17. The BrahMos, a short range supersonic cruise missile, is a
joint venture between which foreign country and Indian agency?
USA
& ISRO
UK
& ISRO
Russia
& ISRO
Russia
& DRDO
18. If the sum of 60% of a fractional number and the number’s
square root is 5 greater than one fifth of the number, then the number is
6.25
0.25
12.25
2.25
19. If ‘Head’ appears consecutively in the first three tosses of a
fair/unbiased coin, what is the
probability of ‘Head’ appearing in the fourth toss also?
1/8
7/8
1/16
1/2
20. Archers ‘A’ and ‘B’ take aim at a target. If the probability
of ‘A’ hitting the target is 90% and of ‘B’ missing the target is 90%, what is the probability that both ‘A’
and ‘B’ miss the target?
90%
09%
01%
81%
21. If 12 persons working 12 hours a day dig 12 meters of a tunnel
in 12 days, how many men are required to dig additional 04 meters of the tunnel (of the same
dimension) given that they work 04 hours a day for 04 days?
27
4
12
36
22. A man sells an article at a certain price incurring 20% loss.
If he had sold the same article for Rs.20 more, he would have earned 20% profit. What was the cost price of
the said article?
Rs.20
Rs.
40
Rs.
50
Rs.
60
23. Numerator of a fraction is increased by 60%, and at the same
time its denominator is decreased by 60%. The new fraction is
2.56
times the older fraction
Equal
to the older fraction
4
times-the older fraction
0.36
times the older fraction
24. In a triangle ABC, one of the angles is average of the
remaining two angles. Which of the following is always true about the triangle ABC?
Isosceles
triangle
Equilateral
triangle
One
of its angles measures 60°
Right
angled triangle.
25. If the area of a circle ‘C’ is equal to the area of a square
‘S’, then the ratio of the square of the perimeter of ‘C’ to the square of the perimeter of ‘S’ is nearly
equal to
22:7
11:14
88:7
1:1
26. The last digit of the number 3^2015 is
1
3
5
7
27. What is the squareroot of 49%?
0.7%
7.0%
70%
Undefined
28. Log (40^2-20^2) is equal to
log
3
log
60 + log 20
log
40 – log 20
log
20
29. Twelve persons meet in a conference and each shakes hands with
all the others. How many
handshakes take place?
66
72
144
132
30. A man travels uphill to city C from city B in a car at the
speed of 40 Km/hr, and returns to city B at a faster speed of 60 Km/hr. What is his average speed for the
round trip?
0
48
Km/hr
50
Km/hr
Data
insufficient
31. (7+14+21+28………..+700) is equal to :
35350
42714
49420
56707
32. In a group of 5 persons, P is taller than Q, but is shorter
than both R and S. Both R and T are taller than Q, but shorter than S. This implies that
R
is taller than P, but shorter than T/ R
T
is taller than Q, but shorter than R/ T
R
is taller than Q, but shorter than T/ R
S
is taller than T while P is shorter than R/ S
33. In a group of Army Officers, 02% of Officers neither take
Coffee nor Tea, while rest of them take either Tea or Coffee or both. If 60% of Officers take Tea, while
58% take Coffee, what percentage of Officers take Tea but do not take Coffee?
02%
20%
40%
60%
34. The original name of Ho Chi Minh, the President of the Vietnam
Democratic Republic, was Nguyen Van Thanh which he later changed to Ho Chi Minh before becoming
the President. The literal meaning
of Ho Chi Minh is
He
Who Leads
He
Who Fights
He
Who Enlightens
He
Who Protects
35. In which year, Mahatama Gandhi travelled to Champaran in Bihar
to inspire the peasants to
struggle against the oppressive plantation system?
1914
1915
1916
1917
36. With which objective, CR Das and Motilal Nehru formed the
Swaraj Party within the Congress?
Spearhead
the mass struggles
Forge
Hindu-Muslim unity
Participate
in elections to the provincial council
Organise
legislative protests against Rowlatt
37. The industrial working class did not participate in the Civil
Disobedience Movement in large
numbers, except in
Nagpur
region
Madras
region
Surat
region
Calcutta
region
38. Dr B R Ambedkar clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the 2nd Round
Table Conference demanding
Reservation
for Dalits in Government jobs
Reservation
for Dalits in Ministries
Separate
citizen status for Dalits
Separate
Electorate for Dalits
39. A scene of wrestling match in Bombay’s Hanging Gardens was
shot by Harishchandra
Bhatwadekar, & it became India’s first movie. It was shot in
the year
1896 1907 1913 1925
40. Which famous leader once said, “we would not have made
economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters: how you live, the noise you
make, how you spit…”
Adolf
Hitler, Germany
Ho
Chi Minh, Vietnam
Mussolini,
Italy
Lee
Kuan Yew, Singapore
41. Who
brought the printing Press for the first time to India in the mid-16th century
?
Dutch cloth merchants
British traders
Portuguese Missionaries
Arab manuscript writers
42.
Measures in India to impose censorship on printed material were initiated in
1798 by the East India Company. It was directed against
Bengali social reformers
Englishmen in India
Bengali writers
Indian Princely States
43.
Munshi Premchand was born in 1880 and died in the year 1936. His best-known
literary work, `Godan’ (The Gift of Cow) was published in
1920
1934
1936
1942
44. The
caste-system during early Vedic age prohibited
Inter caste dining
Inter caste marriages
Both
None of these
45. In
which year, Thums Up, one of India’s great brands, which was sold to Coca-Cola
a few years ago, was launched?
1947
1958
1979
1991
1991
46. Which
among the below mentioned Upper Palaeolithic places in India is wrongly matched
with thestate it is located in?
Bhimbetka, Madhya
Pradesh
Betamcherla, Andhra
Pradesh
Inamgaon, Maharashtra
Singh Bhumi, Himachal
Pradesh
47.
Kalidasa’s ‘Kumarasambhavam’ describes the story of the birth of which
mythological character?
Sanatkumar
Kartikeya
Pradyumna
Abhimanyu
48. Where
and when was the 2nd Buddhist Council held?
Patliputra in 250 BC
Sri Lanka in the 1st
century BC
Vaishali in 383 BC
Mandalay in 1871 AD
49. In
which among the following cases, the Supreme Court of India propounded the
theory of basic structure of the Constitution?
Gopalan vs. State of
Madras
Mandalay in 1871 AD
Golak Nath
Keshvanand Bharati
Minerva Mills
50. The
52nd amendment to the Constitution of India is most closely related to
Extention of Reservation
in Government jobs
Provision for Golak Nath
special status to
Tripura
Provisions for
increasing age of eligibility for voting
Provisions against
political defections
51. Which
among the following political party of India has an election symbol very
similar to the election symbol of Republican Party of USA?
Samajwadi Party
Bahujan Samaj Party
Janta Dal (United)
Telugu Desam Party
52. How
many members, the President of India can nominate to Lok Sabha & Rajya
Sabha,respectively?
12, 2
2,12
2, 10
10, 2
53. Which
among the following amendments to the Constitution of India, designated Delhi
as National Capital Territory (NCT)?
63rd Amendment Act
69th Amendment Act
74th Amendment Act
76th Amendment Act
54. On 29
August 1947, the Drafting Committee for Indian Constitution was appointed, with
Dr B. R. Ambedkar as the Chairman along with six other members. Who among
the following was not the
member of
the Drafting Committee?
N. Gopalaswami Ayengar
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Kanaiyalal Maneklal
Munshi
Alladi Krishnaswamy lyer
55. Part
IV of the Indian Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy.
This feature of Indian Constitution was influenced by a similar feature of
Canadian Constitution
Australian Constitution
American Constitution
Irish Constitution
56. Which
among the following schedules of the Indian Constitution deals with forms of
Oaths or Affirmations?
2nd Schedule
3rd Schedule
4th Schedule
5th Schedule
57. Which
of the following is not a constitutional provision relating to Governors of States?
Same person can be
appointed as Governor for two or more States
He shall be appointed by
the President
He shall hold office
during the pleasure of the President
He should have completed
the age of 25 years
58. Which
Article of the Indian Constitution deals with special provision with respect to
the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat?
Article 370
Article 371
Article 371-A
Article 371-B
59.
Indian Constitution provides for promotion of international peace and security.
Which of the following deals with this provision?
Article 51 of the
Directive Principles of the State Policy
It is implied by the
Preamble of the Indian Constitution
The 12th Schedule of the
Indian Constitution
Article 392 empowers the
President in this regard
60. Which
Article of the Indian Constitution defines the Original jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court?
Article -129
Article 130
Article 131
Article 132
61.
Government of India recently announced constitution of NITI Aayog as a policy
think-tank
replacing
Planning Commission. NITI stands for
National Institution for
Transforming India
It is not an acronym,
but only a Sanskrit word for Policy
National Initiative for
Technological India
New Initiative for
Transforming India
62. The
power to promulgate ordinances during recess of Parliament is vested with
The Council of Ministers
The Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Urgent Enactment
The President
The Prime Minister
63. In
Alternating Current (AC), the direction and magnitude of the current varies
Randomly
Periodically
Exponentially
Do not vary
64.
Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his
work on
Mass energy equivalence
given by E=mc2
Hydrogen Atom
Theory of Relativity
Photoelectric effect
65. Sir
C.V.Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground
breaking work in the field of
Brownian motion
Scattering of light
String Theory
Nuclear Physics
66. Which
of the following Indian nationals has been the recipient of Ramon Magsaysay
Award for Community Leadership
Arvind Kejriwal
Kiran Bedi
T.N.Sheshan
Dr. M.S.Swaminathan
67. Which
of the following awards Satyajit Ray received posthumously?
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Bharat Ratna
Honorary Oscar
68. In
which individual event, the 1st Olympic medal for Independent India was won at
Helsinki Olympics?
Archery
Boxing
Wrestling
Weightlifting
69. The
Gini Coefficient is a measure of
Rodent population
Migration rate of
Guineas nationals
Income inequality
Ratio of coinage to
currency note
70. The
Radcliffe Line is named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. It is a
boundary demarcation line between
Pakistan &
Afghanistan
India & Bhutan
India & Pakistan
India & Myanmar
Ans-1Turmeric 2- 50% 3-Southern Peru 4-Russia 5-Pineal 6.White blood cells 7.1:100 8.-40°F 9.Ideal gases 10Kolkata 11. Meghnad Saha 12Patliputra 13.New York and other American cities 14.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 15.Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam 16.Bijapur 17Russia & DRDO 18.6.25 19.1/2 20.09% 21. 36 22.Rs. 50 23.4 times-the older fraction 24.One of its angles measures 60° 25.11:14 26.7 27.70% 28.log 60 + log 20 29.66 30 .48 Km/hr 3135350 32S is taller than T while P is shorter than R/ S 33.40% 34.He Who Enlightens 351917 36Participate in elections to the provincial council 37.Nagpur region 38.Separate Electorate for Dalits 39.1896 40.Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore 41. Portuguese Missionaries 42. Englishmen in India 43.
1936 44.
None of these 45. 1979 46.
Singh Bhumi, Himachal Pradesh 47. Kartikeya
48. Vaishali in 383 BC 49.
Keshvanand Bharati 50. Provisions against political defections 51. Bahujan Samaj Party 52.
2,12 53. 74th Amendment Act
54.
Jawahar Lal Nehru 55. Irish Constitution 56.3rd Schedule 57. He should have completed the age of 25 years 58 Article 371 59. Article 51 of the Directive Principles of the State Policy 60. Article 131 61. National Institution for Transforming India 62. The President 63. Periodically 64. Photoelectric effect 65. Scattering of light 66- Dr. M.S.Swaminathan 67. Bharat Ratna 68. Wrestling 69. Income inequality 70. India & Pakistan
