GK TEST 3

Q1. The significant rise in production of which commodity is referred as `Yellow Revolution’ ? (A) Grains (B) Pulses (C) Oilseeds (D) Fruits and Vegetables ANS-C Q2. What is the length of a Cricket pitch, measured between two sets of wickets ? (A) 18 yards (B) 20 yards (C) 22 yards (D) 24 yards ANS-C Q3. Which associate of Mahatma Gandhi founded Paunar Ashram near Wardha in Maharashtra ? (A) Baba Amte (B) C.Rajagopalachari (C) C.F.Andrews (D) Vinoba Bhave ANS-D Q4. Where is the headquarters of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ? (A) New Delhi (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata ANS-B Q5. Gayatri Mantra is addressed to which Hindu god ? (A) Surya (B) Brahma (C) Vishnu (D) Shiv ANS-A Q6. What is the name of India’s first electric Car ? (A) Rewa (B) Arjun (C) Chetak (D) Shaktiman ANS-A Q7. In which battle was Prithviraj Chauhan, the ruler of Delhi, decisively defeated by Afghan ruler Muhammad Ghori ? (A) Battle of Buxar (1764) (B) Battle of Plassey (1757) (C) Third Battle of Panipat (1761) (D) Second Battle of Tarain (1192) ANS-D Q8. Which element is necessarily present in all acids ? (A) Carbon (B) Oxygen (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen ANS-C Q9. Which IT entrepreneur authored the book `Business at the speed of thought’ ? (A) Bill Gates (B) Larry Ellison (C) Michael Dell (D) Sergey Brin ANS-A Q10. In which mountain range is the Siachen Glacier, the world’s longest glacier, located ? (A) Himalayas (B) Karakoram (C) Hindu Kush (D) Tien Shan ANS-B Q11. In human body, Bile is produced by which organ ? (A) Liver (B) Spleen (C) Pancreas (D) Stomach ANS-A Q12. What was the original name of Mughal empress Noor Jahan ? (A) Bhagmati (B) Mehrunnisa (C) Manikarnika (D) Arjumand Banu Begum ANS-B Q13. Which among the following is not a Prime number ? (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11 ANS-C Q14. Which city houses the headquarters of International Cricket Council (ICC) ? (A) Dubai (B) London (C) Monaco (D) Sharjah ANS-A Q15. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element ? (A) Arsenic (B) Carbon (C) Selenium (D) Germanium ANS-B Q16. In 1905, who founded the Servants of India Society in Pune ? (A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh ANS-C Q17. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ? (A) Kapil Dev (B) Bishen Singh Bedi (C) Narendra Hirwani (D) Anil Kumble ANS-D Q18. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world’s only floating National Park, situated ? (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Manipur (D) West Bengal ANS-C Q19. In 1995, who became first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize ? (A) Julius Nyerere (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Gerhard Fischer (D) John Hume ANS-A Q20. ’My Music, My Life’ and ‘Raga Mala’ books are the autobiographies of which music maestro ? (A) Zakir Hussain (B) Amjad Ali Khan (C) Pt.Shiv Kuamr Sharma (D) Pt.Ravishankar ANS-D Q21. What is the minimum age limit to become the President of India ? (A) 25 years (B) 30 years (C) 35 years (D) 40 years ANS-C Q22. Who created fictional character Harry Potter ? (A) Ruskin Bond (B) J.K.Rowling (C) Enid Blyton (D) R.K.Narayan ANS-B Q23. In humans, the deficiency of Vitamin C leads to which disease ? (A) Beriberi (B) Scurvy (C) Rickets (D) Nyctalopia (Night Blindness) ANS-B Q24. Which freedom fighter was popularly known as `Deshbandhu’ ? (A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Chittaranjan Das (D) C.F.Andrews ANS-C Q25. On 7th April 1875, in which city did Swami Dayanand Saraswati found the Arya Samaj ? (A) Rajkot (B) Ahmedabad (C) Mumbai (D) Lahore ANS-C Q26. What was the original name of renowned Hindi and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand ? (A) Raghupati Sahay (B) Dhanpatrai Srivastava (C) Akhtar Hussain Rizvi (D) Sampooran Singh Kalra ANS-B Q27. In the Mahabharat, who killed Bhima’s son Ghatotkacha ? (A) Karna (B) Dronacharya (C) Ashwathama (D) Shalya ANS-A Q28. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ? (A) Dadabahi Naoroji (B) Badruddin Tyabji (C) Pherozeshah Mehta (D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee ANS-D Q29. Who wrote ‘Ashtadhyayi’, the earliest existing grammar of Sanskrit ? (A) Charak (B) Sushruta (C) Patanjali (D) Panini ANS-D Q30. Which among the following is the motto of the Asian Games ? (A) Ever Onward (B) Friendship Through Sport (C) Humanity – Equality – Destiny (D) Swifter, Higher, Stronger ANS-A Q31. What is the approximate playing time of full version of ‘Jana Gana Mana’, the National Anthem of India ? (A) 42 seconds (B) 52 seconds (C) 62 seconds (D) 72 seconds ANS-B Q32. Which city is famous for Chikankari embroidery ? (A) Srinagar (B) Hyderabad (C) Lucknow (D) Jodhpur Q33. In terms of population, which is the smallest state in India ? (A) Goa (B) Sikkim (C) Mizoram (D) Arunachal Pradesh ANS-B Q34. Phobos and Deimos are two moons (natural satellite) of which planet ? (A) Mars (B) Venus (C) Mercury (D) Jupiter ANS-A Q35. Which state will host 34th National Games in June 2009 ? (A) Goa (B) Assam (C) Kerala (D) Jharkhand ANS-D Q36. Mossad is the national intelligence agency of which country ? (A) China (B) Russia (C) Israel (D) Pakistan ANS-C Q37. Situated on the banks of Vaigai river, which city was the capital of Pandya Dynasty ? (A) Madurai (B) Thanjavur (C) Warangal (D) Vijayanagar ANS-A Q38. Which constituent of human blood is responsible for blood clotting ? (A) Plasma (B) Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes) (C) White Blood Cells (Leukocytes) (D) Platelets (Thrombocytes) ANS-D Q39. Which was the first country to give women the right to vote in elections ? (A) Finland (B) Norway (C) Australia (D) New Zealand ANS-D Q40. What is the name of world’s first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ? (A) Eka (B) Tesla (C) Param (D) Deep Blue ANS-B Q41. Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian armed forces ? (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Defence Minister (D) Chief of Army Staff ANS-A Q42. Which among the following is not a parasite ? (A) Hookworm (B) Tapeworm (C) Ringworm (D) Roundworm ANS-C Q43. Who authored the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ? (A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) C.Rajagopalachari ANS-B Q44. Jatiyo Sansad is the parliament of which country ? (A) Nepal (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Japan ANS-C Q45. According to Hindu mythology, twin sisters Riddhi and Siddhi are wives of which God ? (A) Surya (B) Vishnu (C) Shiva (D) Ganesh ANS-D Q46. In 1612, where did the British establish their first factory (trading post) in India ? (A) Surat (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kolkata ANS-A Q47. Velodrome is an arena for which sporting event ? (A) Ice Hockey (B) Lawn Tennis (C) Sumo Wrestling (D) Track Cycling ANS-D Q48. Which scientist was known as ‘Wizard of Menlo Park’ ? (A) Isaac Newton (B) Albert Einstein (C) Louis Pasteur (D) Thomas Alva Edison ANS-D Q49. On the banks of river Ganga, which ruler of Magadh founded the city of Patliputra (modern Patna) ? (A) Bimbisara (B) Ajatashatru (C) Chandragupta Maurya (D) Bindusara ANS-B Q50. On 6th April 1909, who became the first person to reach the North Pole ? (A) Richard E. Byrd (B) Robert Edwin Peary (C) Roald Amundsen (D) Lincoln Ellsworth ANS-B