1. Which of the following countries is a land locked country in south America?
(a) Ecuador
(b) Peru
(c) Uruguay
(d) Bolivia
2. Canary Islands belongs to
(a) Norway
(b) Spain
(c) New Zealand
(d) Portugal
3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Saturn
(d) Neptune
4. Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?
(a) Pluto
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus
(d) Mercury
5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly
(a) 101 km
(b) 111 km
(c) 121 km
(d) 125 km
6. The earliest known Indian script is
(a) Mori
(b) Devanagari
(c) Brahmi
(d) Kharosti
7. How many times the preamble was amended
(a) once
(b) twice
(c) thrice
(d) four times
8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the…amendment
(a) 40th
(b) 42nd
(c) 44th
(d) 49th
9. The state with the lowest population in India is
(a) Goa
(b) Tripura
(c) Mizoram
(d) Sikkim
10. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three times so far?
(a) Medame Curie
(b) Linus Pauling
(c) Alexender Flemming
(d) International Committee of the Redcross
11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every… year
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?
(a) 1st plan
(b) 2nd plan
(c) 3rd plan
(d) 4th plan
13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?
(a) Akbar
(b) Babar
(c) Sikinder Lodi
(d) Mubarak Shah Sayyad
14. The first tide generated electricity project was established at
(a) Vizhinjam, Kerala
(b) Mangalore, Karnataka
(c) Paradeep, Orissa
(d) Vishakapattanam
15. National Institute of Oceanography is located in :
(a) Calcutta
(b) Chennai
(c) Mangalore
(d) Panaji
16. The 2004 Olympics were held in :
(a) Bangkok
(b) Rome
(c) Athens
(d) Nagasaki
17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?
(a) Gen. V. P. Malik
(b) Gen. S. K. Sinha
(c) K. Subramanyam
(d) K. Panth
18. The K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of
(a) cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Chess
19. New York is situated on the river
(a) Hudson
(b) Thames
(c) Danube
(d) Tigris
20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by the British Broad casting Corpo ration (BBC) is (a) Margaret Thacher
(b) Hillary Clinton
(c) Chandrika Kumaratunga
(d) Indira Gandhi
