1. Which one of the following cities of India will never get the vertical rays of Sun?
a. Chandigarh
b. Rameshwaram
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkata
EXPLANATION
a. Chandigarh
2. Which of the following can be used to check inflation temporarily?
a. Decrease in money supply
b. Increase in wages
c. Decrease in taxes
d. Reduction in taxes
EXPLANATION
a. Decrease in money supply
3. Approximately what percentage of the world’s population lives near the ocean?
a. 1/10
b. 1/4
c. 1/2
d. 2/3
EXPLANATION
c. 1/2
4. The accounting year of the Reserve Bank of India is:
a. April – March
b. July – June
c. October – September
d. January – December
EXPLANATION
a. April – March
5. An advantage of natural gas as a fuel is that it is:
a. more abundant than coal
b. easy to locate and extract
c. the cleanest of the fossil fuels
d. all of the above are advantages
EXPLANATION
6. Human height and skin colour are examples of:
a. codominance
b. polygenic traits
c. pleiotropy
d. incomplete dominance
EXPLANATION
b. polygenic traits
7. Enzymes help in:
a. respiration
b. digestion of food
c. immune system
d. reproduction
EXPLANATION
b. digestion of food
8. Which paramilitary force assists the State/Union Territory Police in maintenance of law and order?
a. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
b. Border Security Force (BSF)
c. Assam Rifles
d. Coast Guard
EXPLANATION
a. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
9. The term ‘IRDA’ Stands for:
a. Insurance Regulator and Development Authority
b. Indian Research and Development Agency
c. International Relations and Democratic Alliance
d. Itemized return and deposit Authority
EXPLANATION
a. Insurance Regulator and Development Authority
10. What is the number of National Highway which connects Delhi and Kolkata?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. seven
EXPLANATION
b. two
11. The majority of Earth’s crust is composed of _ rock.
a. igneous
b. metamorphic
c. sedimentary
d. carbonate
EXPLANATION
a. igneous
12. The World Human Rights Day, declared by UNO is celebrated on ______every year.
a. 24 October
b. 24 December
c. 10 December
d. 15 October
EXPLANATION
c. 10 December
13. Sound waves cannot travel in:
a. air.
b. water.
c. a vaccum.
d. steel
EXPLANATION
c. a vaccum.
14. Antioxidants are:
a. oxidizing agents found in foods.
b. reducing agents found in foods.
c. fat soluble.
d. water soluble.
EXPLANATION
b. reducing agents found in foods.
15. ‘Agha Khan Cup’ is associated with the game of
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Lawn Tennis
d. Hockey
EXPLANATION
d. Hockey
16. Red blood cells and white blood cells are produced in:
a. compact bone
b. yellow bone marrow
c. red bone marrow
d. spongy bone
EXPLANATION
c. red bone marrow
17. What is the purpose of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)?
a. Sustained economic growth
b. Employment
c. Higher standards of living
d. All of the above
EXPLANATION
d. All of the above
18. In which year, was the social networking site Facebook opened to the general public?
a. 2003
b. 2004
c. 2005
d. 2006
EXPLANATION
b. 2004
19. India won the one day Cricket World Cup in 2011. Who was the coach of the winning Indian Cricket Team?
a. Dunkan Fletcher
b. Mohinder Amarnath
c. Gary Kirsten
d. Greg Chappel
EXPLANATION
c. Gary Kirsten
20. The binary system is a number system to the base:
a. two
b. four
c. eight
d. ten
EXPLANATION
a. two
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