The biggest public sector under taking in India is

 BHEL

 HMT

 ITI

 Railways

2.

Orange juice contains

 Vitamin A

 Vitamin E

 Vitamin B

 Vitamin C

3.

All citrus fruits contain .......... Vitamin

 Vitamin A

 Vitamin C

 Vitamin B

 Vitamin D

4.

National Integration day is celebrated on

 October 31

 June 5

 March 8

 July 11

5.

The national animal of India

 Lion

 Tiger

 Elephant

 Cow

6.

Fathom is the unit used for measuring............

 Depth

 Sound

 Energy

 Flow

7.

Which state in India leads in the production of Cashew Kernels

 Karnataka

 Kerala

 Punjab

 Tamilnadu

8.

Which state in India leads in the production of Pepper

 Karnataka

 Kerala

 Punjab

 Tamilnadu

9.

Who was the first Negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

 Ralph Bunche

 Frank B Kellogg

 Bishop Desmond Tutu

 None of the above

10.

Name the person who discovered the Blood Group

 Janssen

 Edison

 Horace Short

 Landsteiner

11.

In India, Flag Day is celebrated on.............

 March 8

 August 15

 June 5

 December 7

12.

The first Lady Prime-Minister of a country was

 Sarojini Naidu

 Sirimavo Bandaranaike

 Golda Meir

 Indira Gandhi

13.

The term Ashes is associated with the game............

 Football

 Cricket

 Tennis

 Vollyball

14.

The practice of Sati is abolished by

 William Bentick

 Lord Mountbatten

 Lord Cornwallis

 Indira Gandhi

15.

The first railway line in India was opened in ......year

 1854

 1853

 1857

 1856

16.

Who is known as the Maker of modern India

 Lord Dalhousie

 Lord Mountbatten

 Lord Cornwallis

 Lord William Bentinck

17.

Nobel Prize in Economics was first awarded in ........... year

 1959

 1969

 1979

 1989

18.

The art of gardening is known as .........

 Agriculture

 Horticulture

 Sericulture

 None of these

19.

The Russian leader who was known as' Mr. Nyet'

 Andrei Gromyko

 Stalin

 Chernakov

 Bulganin

20.

The most irrigated state in India

 Bihar

 Punjab

 Tamilnadu

 Kerala

21.

Panchathantra was written by

 Vishnu Sharma

 Kamala Das

 Tulasi Das

 Kalidasa

22.

Gary Lincker is associated with

 Football

 Cricket

 Tennis

 Billiards

23.

The Headquarters of the SAARC

 New Delhi

 Dacca

 Islamabad

 Kathmandu

24.

The Resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at the ..........

 Calcutta Congress

 Karachi Congress

 Bombay Congress

 Lahore Congress

25.

Which is the Southernmost part of India

 Kerala

 Tamil Nadu

 Great Nicobar

 None of these

26.

The lowest temperature beyond which matter is not able to be cooled is

 0 degree

 -273 degree

 -300 degree

 -100 degree

27.

Sun can be seen for some time even after sunset. Which principle with which this phenomenon can be explained

 Diffraction

 Interference

 Reflection

 Refraction

28.

Which state is the southernmost state of India

 Kerala

 Tamilnadu

 Karnataka

 Bihar

29.

Which substance may cause acid rain

 Carbon monoxide

 hydrocarbons

 Sulphor dioxide

 Hydrogen sulphide

30.

Find out the value of x and y if x + y = 7, 3x - 2y =11

 4,3

 5,2

 3,4

 2,5

31.

Five years ago I was thrice as old as my son and ten years later I shall be twice as old my son.How old are we now

 30 & 40

 50 & 20

 40 & 15

 35 & 15

32.

A disease that spreads by means of germs carried in atmosphere

 infectious

 epidemic

 endemic

 contagious

33.

A person interested in reading books and nothing else

 book keeper

 scholar

 bookworm

 student

34.

Murder of one's mother is called

 genocide

 homicide

 matricide

 fratricide

35.

She prefers coffee............... tea

 than

 at

 over

 to

36.

This scooter .................... to my father

 belongs

 is belongs

 has belonged

 do not belong

37.

We saw her ................. at the airport

 of

 off

 in

 into

38.

Oxygen was discovered by

 Rutherford

 Lavosier

 Joseph Priestly

 Neil Bohr

39.

The capital of Harsha's Empire was

 Delhi

 Ujjain

 Thaneswar

 Kanauj

40.

Fresco paintings of Ajanta Caves belongs to the

 Mauryan period

 Gupta period

 Harsha period

 None of these

41.

The image formed on the retina of the human eye is

 Real and upright

 Real and inverted

 Unreal and upright

 None of these

42.

Energy is measured in the same unit as

 power

 work

 Momentum

 Inertia

43.

Ustad Bismilla Khan is associated with

 Flute

 Sarod

 veena

 Shehnai

44.

A synonym for' boisterous' is ................

 childish

 noisy

 suave

 ultimate

45.

The opposite of ' optimistic ' is

 pessimistic

 sadistic

 nihilistic

 None of these

46.

The opposite of 'progressive' is

 obstructive

 abhorrent

 retrograde

 regressive

47.

Maiden speech means

 an improvised speech

 None of these

48.

Dried food, hay etc for horses and farm animals are called

 fodder

 flora

 freak

 fauna

49.

Monica Seles is associated with

 Tennis

 Boxing

 Athletics

 Football

50.

The largest Coffee producer in the world is

 Brazil

 USA

 India

 Indonesia

51.

Tropical grasslands of Africa are known as

 Steppes

 Savannas

 Pampas

 Prairies

52.

We can't publicly judge a case that is ................

 locus standi

 sub judice

 in toto

 nota bene

53.

He speaks only ............... few words

 a

 the

 an

 some

54.

Which is the executive body of the UNO

 General Assembly

 Security Council

 Trusteeship Council

 International court of Justice

55.

The First women appointed judge of the Supreme Court of India hailed from

 Tamil Nadu

 Orissa

 Bihar

 Kerala

56.

Name the person who received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan E Pakistan

 Gandhiji

 Ayoobkhan

 Morarji Desai

 Maulana Abdulkalam Azad

57.

The Election Commission functions under

 The Ministry of law

 The Ministry of Home Affairs

 None of these

58.

What is the minimum number of scooter that could move in this formation.Two scooters in front of a scooter, two

scooters behind a scooter and a scooter between the two scooters.

 3

 4

 5

 6

59.

Word is related to' Dictionary'in the same way 'Flower' is related to

 Garden

 Plant

 Forest

 Garland

60.

One who always looks on the bright side of things or take a hopeful view of life

 pessimist

 polytheist

 optimist

 cynic

61.

He has been appointed ................. three years

 till

 to

 for

 since

62.

Opposite of 'Chronic' is

 immovable

 contemporary

 transitory

 new

63.

A person interested only in eating, drinking and seeking pleasure is called..............

 epicurean

 hedonist

 stoic

 glutton

64.

Write the synonym of the word' intrepid'

 bravery

 interference

 intelligence

 fearless

65.

Ablution means............

 worship

 washing

 arrangement

 penance

66.

Sororicide means...........

 killing of a human being

 killing of brother

 killing of sister

 None of these

67.

What is a person called when he is recovering from an illness

 ignoramus

 epidemic

 arrogant

 convalescent

68.

A person who knows many languages is called

 illiterate

 literate

 bilingual

 multilingual

69.

A friend in need is a friend..........

 indeed

 in fact

 in truth

 in action

70.

The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India

 Dr. P Venugopal

 Dr. R. Kesavan Nair

 Dr.Valiathan

 None of these

71.

The length of Konkan Railway is

 600 km

 760 km

 800 km

 950 km

72.

If the radius of a circle be doubled its area will be..............

 the same

 doubled

 three times

 four times

73.

Minto- Morley reforms were introduced in India in the year

 1947

 1914

 1909

 1905

74.

Name the product related to the name ACC

 Soap

 Battery

 Powder

 Cement

75.

What is the colour of the black box kept in an aeroplane

 orange

 black

 red

 white

76.

Who is the author of the book ' My Presidential Years'

 Neelam sanjeev Reddy

 R.Venkataraman

 Dr.Rajendra Prasad

 None of these

77.

The opposite of 'altruistic' is

 selfish

 inhuman

 wicked

 brutal

78.

A place where coins are made is called

 dock

 drapery

 mint

 granary

79.

............. is very largely responsible for our slow progress

 red-tapism

 nepotism

 atheism

 None of these

80.

Slow and steady wins the ................

 match

 race

 fight

 struggle

81.

The first effective vaccine against polio was prepared by

 Robert Edwards

 John gibbson

 Louis Pasteur

 Jonas E Salk

82.

Name the country where the mother and the daughter were the rulers

 Bangladesh

 Pakistan

 Sri Lanka

 Bhutan

83.

The oldest Dravidian language

 Telungu

 Kannada

 Tamil

 Malayalam

84.

The dress made out of which material is safe to wear while cooking

 Cotton

 Silk

 Nylon

 None of these

85.

Official language of Jammu and Kashmir

 Arabic

 Urdu

 Hindi

 Kashmiri

86.

What is the election symbol of Telungu Desam Party

 Ladder

 Lion

 Motor car

 Bicycle

87.

Name the country other than India whose independence day is August 15

 South Yeman

 Pakisthan

 South Korea

 Bhuttan

88.

Who is the founder Vice Chancellor of Sree Sankara Sanskrit University at Kalady

 Dr .A. Sukumaran Nair

 Ummerkutty

 Dr. T .K. Raveendran

 R. Ramachandran Nair

89.

Which is India's most urbanised state

 Kerala

 Maharashtra

 Punjab

 Karnataka

90.

Bodo tribals live mostly in

 Meghalaya

 Assam

 Tripura

 Manipur

91.

Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'

 Mulk Raj Anand

 Khushwant Singh

 Ruskin Bond

 None of these

92.

How many countries are members of SAARC

 5

 7

 9

 11

93.

'Salaam Bombay' a widely acclaimed film was directed by

 Kumar Sahani

 Mani Kaul

 Gautam Ghosh

 Mira Nair

94.

Wisdom Teeth normaly appear in the age group of

 1-6 years

 8-12 years

 17-30 years

 35-60 years

95.

The common technique employed in determining the age of archaeological specimens is

 Radio Carbon dating

 Ultrasonic method

 Chemical analysis

 None of these

96.

If seeds are ploughed very deep in soil they do not germinate because of

 lack of nitrogen

 excess of minerals

 lack of oxygen

 deficiency of light

97.

In which country is the world's largest tunnel located

 Japan

 China

 India

 Bhutan

98.

Which country observes the birthday of Gandhiji as their National Day

 USA

 Britain

 India

 None of these

99.

The study of the origin and history of words called

 phonology

 phonetics

 etymology

 None of these

100.

One who has a compulsive desire to steal

 pilferer

 poacher

 plagiarist

 kleptomaniac