The Characteristics odour of garlic is due to

(a) a chloro compound
(b) a sulphur compound
(c) a flourine compound
(d) acetic acid

India is a member of which of the following?

(i) Asian Development Bank
(ii) Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation
(iii)Colombo Plan
(iv) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Select answer from the codes given below:
  1. (i) and (iii) only
  2. (ii) and (iv) only
  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
  4. (i) ,(ii),(iii) and (iv)

Oxygen transportation in Human Body takes place through

(i) Blood              (ii) Lungs                  (iii) Tissue      
The correct sequence of transportation is
(a) (i), (ii), (iii)        
(b) (iii), (i), (ii)       
(c) (ii), (i), (iii)   
(d) (i), (iii), (ii)

Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as convention?

(a) The Finance Minister is to be a Member of the Lower House
(b) Th Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House
(c) All the parts of India are to be represented in the council of Ministers
(d) In the event of both the President and the vice- President emitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure the speaker of the lower house of the Parliament will officiate as the President.

If a new state of the Indian Unions is to be created, which one of the following schedules of the constitution must be amended?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fifth

MCA - 21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?

(a) Foreign direct investment in India
(b) Attracting international tourist
(c) e-governance
(d) Modernisation of Airport

Match List I with List II and select the correct answers using the codes given below:

  List I                                                   List II
A. Europeans trans- continental Railways 1. Paris to Istanbul
B. Trans - Andean railway                         2. Leningrad to Vladivostok
C. Trans -Siberian railway                         3. Leningrad to volgograd
D. Orient Express                                       4. Buenos Aires to valparaiso
                                                                    5. Paris to Warsaw
CODES:  A     B      C    D
         (a)  5     4      2    1
          (b) 1     4      3   2
          (c) 5     1      2    3
          (d)1      2      3   4


Answer- A

The first Marine Sanctuary in India , having within its bounds coral reefs, Mollusca, dolphins, tortoise and various kinds of sea birds, has been established in

(a) Sunderbans
(b) Chilka Lake
(c) Gulf of Kutch
(d) Lakshadweep

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched:

(a) Pitt's India Act - Warren Hastings
(b) Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie
(c) Vernacular - Curzon
(d) Ilbert Bill - Ripon



Answer - C

Which one of the following is in the correct chronological order of the battle fought in India in the 18th century?

(a) Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Buxar -- Battle of Amber -- Battle of Plassey
(b) Battle of Ambur -- Battle of Plassey --- Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Buxar
(c) Battle of Wandiwash -- Battle of Plassey --- Battle of Ambur
(d) Battle of Ambur -- Battle of Buxar --- Battle of Wandiwash --Battle of Plassey





Answer- B

The "Strait of Dover" separates which of the following countries?

  1. United Kingdom and France
  2. Spain and Portugal
  3. Portugal and Italy
  4. Italy and Greece

Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Indian nuclear programme, was also the founding director of which of the following institutes?

  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  2. Indian Institute of Science
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  4. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

In which place was the 1st Science Congress held in January, 1914

  1. Kolkata
  2. Allahabad
  3. Chennai
  4. Pune

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?

  1. Jagdish Chandra Bose
  2. P.C.Mahalanobis
  3. Praful Chandra Ray
  4. Meghnad Saha

Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1921 for his work on

  1. Mass energy equivalence given by E=mc2
  2. Hydrogen Atom
  3. Theory of Relativity
  4. Photoelectric effect

Sir C.V.Raman received the Nobel Prize for Physics in the year 1930 for his ground breaking work in the field of

  1. Brownian motion
  2. Scattering of light
  3. String Theory
  4. Nuclear Physics

In Alternating Current (AC), the direction and magnitude of the current varies

  1. Randomly
  2. Periodically
  3. Exponentially
  4. Do not vary

Universal Gas Constant, R, is a property of?

  1. Ideal gases
  2. Halogen Gases
  3. Inert Gases
  4. All Gases

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

  1. 32°F
  2. -8°F
  3. -40°F
  4. -72

Leukaemia is a group of cancers that usually begins it the bone marrow and results in high numbers of which abnormal cells

  1. White blood cells
  2. Red blood cells
  3. Platelets
  4. All of these

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?

  1. Eastern Ghana
  2. Southern Peru
  3. Portugal
  4. West Indies

Which gland in the human body is also known as the third eye

  1. Pineal
  2. Pituitary
  3. Mammary
  4. Tear gland

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

  1. 20%
  2. 30%
  3. 40%
  4. 50%

Curcuma longa is the scientific name of which spice?

  1. Cumin
  2. Cloves
  3. Turmeric
  4. Coriander