1. In India FERA has been replaced by
a) FEMA
b) FETA
c) FENA
d) FELA
2. The ‘Emerging Player of the Year 2008’ Award was given by ICC to which Sri Lankan cricketer?
a) Ajantha Mendis
b) Muttiah Murlitharan
c) C. Kapugedera
d) M. Mahroof
3. The term PC means
a) Private Computer
b) Personal Computer
c) Professional Computer
d) Personal Calculator
4. English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States?
a) Nagaland
b) Tripura
c) Assam
d) Manipur
5. Right to Information Act was passed in the year
a) 2001
b) 2005
c) 2004
d) 2002
6. Who has taken over as Chief Election Commissioner after the retirement of Shri N. Gopalaswami?
a) V.S. Sampath
b) S.Y. Quraishi
c) Navin Chawla
d) M.S. Gill
7. The final of the Sultan Afzal Shah Hockey Tournament 2009 was played between
a) India and Malaysia
b) India and Pakistan
c) Pakistan and Malaysia
d) Malaysia and Japan
8. The 2011 Cricked World Cup shall be co-hosted by
a) India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh
b) India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
c) Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
d) Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
9. Which one of the following Indian cricketers has been declared ‘The Leading Cricketer of 2008’ by Wisden ?
a) M.S. Dhoni
b) Virender Sehwag
c) Anil Kumble
d) Saurav Ganguly
10. Who is the present chief of ISRO?
a) G. Madhavan Nair
b) Anil Kakodkar
c) Mohan S. Shetty
d) M. Arvindam
11. The relationship between the value of money and the price level in an economy is
a) Direct
b) Inverse
c) Proportional
d) Stable
12. Depreciation is equal to
a) Gross national product – Net national product
b) Net national product – Gross national product
c) Gross national product – Personal income
d) Personal income – Personal taxes
13. In an economy, the sectors are classified into public and private on the basis of
a) Employment conditions
b) Nature of economic activates
c) Ownership of enterprises
d) Use of raw materials
14. The author of the book ‘My Experiments With Truth’ is
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) Govind Vallabh Pant
c) M.K. Gandhi
d) Tara Ali Beg
15. Which one of the following business magnates has been adjudged the ‘Business Person of the Year 2008’ by The Times of India Survey?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Rahul Bajaj
c) Aditya Birla
d) Laxmi Mittal
16. An important river of the Indian desert is
a) Luni
b) Narmada
c) Krishna
d) Beas
17. The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river
a) Krishna
b) Chambal
c) Kosi
d) Sutlej
18. The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are
a) Hachures
b) Contours
c) Sport- heights
d) Isomers
19. Stagflation is a situation of
a) Stagnation and deflation
b) Stagnation and recession
c) Stagnation and inflation
d) Stagnation and recovery
20. What is Khetri in Rajasthan famous for?
a) Copper mines
b) Mica mines
c) Bauxite mines
d) Limestone mines
21. Which one of the following rivers forms an estuary?
a) Narmada
b) Kaveri
c) Krishna
d) Mahanadi
22. ‘Charak’ was the famous court physician of
a) Harsha
b) Chandra Gupta Maurya
c) Ashoka
d) Kanishka
23. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
24. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his coronation at Kalanaur?
a) Thirteen
b) Fifteen
c) Eighteen
d) Twenty
25. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct?
a) Brahmacharya – Grihastha – Vanaprastha – Sanyasa
b) Grihastha – Brahmacharay – Vanaprastha – Sanyasa
c) Brahmacharya – Vanaprastha – Sanyasa – Grihastha
d) Grihastha – Sanyasa – Vanaprastha – Brahmacharya
26. The resources which can be used continuously, year-after-year are called
a) Biotic
b) Abiotic
c) Non- renewable
d) Renewable
27. The coast that belongs to Kerala is known as
a) Konkan Coast
b) Malabar Coast
c) Coromandel Coast
d) Canara Coast
28. Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for
a) Copper
b) Zinc
c) Mica
d) Gold
29. Bahadur Shah was the
a) Last ruler of the Lodis
b) Successor of Sher Shah Suri
c) Last Mugal ruler
d) Successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
30. Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the Revolt of 1857 at
a) Barrackpore
b) Meerut
c) Kanpur
d) Jhansi
31. Who said ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’ ?
a) M.K. Gandhi
b) B.G. Tilak
c) G.K. Gokhale
d) B.R. Ambedkar
32. Water boils at a lower temperature on the hills because
a) It is cold on the hills
b) There is less carbon dioxide on the hills
c) There is a decrease in air pressure on the hills
d) There is less oxygen
33. After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the
a) Civil Disobedience Movement
b) Khilafat Movement
c) Non-Cooperation Movement
d) Quit India Movement
34. Refrigerator keep food unspoiled because
a) At its low temperature, bacteria and moulds are inactive
b) At its low temperature, the germs are killed
c) At its low temperature, the germs are frozen
d) It sterilizes the food
35. A person having AB – Group of blood can donate blood to a person having
a) A – Group
b) B– Group
c) AB– Group
d) O – Group
36. Why do birds not have respiratory trouble at the times of flying at high altitude
a) Their lungs are very large
b) They fly inactively
c) They have extra air sacs
d) They use less oxygen
37. Source of energy in ecosystem is
a) Sun
b) Green plants
c) Sugar produce in photosynthesis
d) ATP
38. Which of the following elements is not present in stainless steal
a) Iron
b) Tungsten
c) Chromium
d) Nickel
39. Select the one which is not a mixture
a) Air
b) Gasoline
c) LPG
d) Distilled water
40. The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is
a) 40o
b) -40o
c) -34o
d) -140o
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