MCQ QUIZ 79

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 79

1.The Constitution of India is republican because it-
 
1 provides for adult franchise
2 provides for an elected Parliament
3 has no hereditary elements
4 contains a bill of rights

2.The triple alliance against Tipu was formed by Cornwallis consisted of the following —
 
1 The English, Marathas and Carnatic
2 The English, Nizam and the Marathas
3 The English, Nizam and Awadh
4 The English, Nizam and Carnatic

3.Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during—
 
1 1832-33
2 1837-38
3 1835-36
4 1839-40

4.What is psephology?
 
1 Study of rainfall pattern
2 Study of gene disorder
3 Statistical study of elections voting etc.
4 None of the above is true

5.First Indian woman who reached Antarctica:
 
1 Geeta Ghosh
2 Mahel Musa
3 Pritisu Gupta
4 Ujjawala Patil 

6.Which one of the following countries is not a founder member of OPEC?
 
1 Iraq
2 Algeria
3 Kuwait
4 Iran 

7.Central Institute of fisheries Technology is situated at
 
1 Barrackpore (West Bengal)
2 Ernakulam (Kerala)
3 Cuttack (Orissa)
4 Dehradun (Uttaranchal) 

8.Which of the following nations is considered the originator of the concept of Micro finance?
 
1 Brazil
2 Bangladesh
3 India
4 South Africa 

9.Which one among the following is a correct sequence of the Indian ports from north to south?
 
1 Kandla-Haldia-Paradeep-Kochi
2 Haldia-Kandla-Paradeep-Kochi
3 Kochi-Kandla-Haldia-Paradeep
4 Kandla-Haldia-Kochi-Paradeep

10.Who built the 'Moti' mosque located inside the premises of Delhi's Red Fort?
 
1 Shershah Suri
2 Shahjahan
3 Aurangzeb
4 Bahadurshah Zafar


 

MCQ QUIZ 78

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 78

1.Where is National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) located?
 
1 Bhavnagar
2 Chandigarh
3 Panaji
4 Pune

2.Meghnad Saha is known for his contribution in which one of the following fields?
 
1 Physics
2 Medical Science
3 Environmental Science
4 History

3.Federal Reserve is the financial organisation of the
 
1 Britain
2 USA
3 Japan
4 France

4.Which state is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism?
 
1 Bihar
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Sikkim

5.A famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice, is written by -
 
1 Jane Austen
2 George Eliot
3 Leo Tolstoy
4 Charles Dickens

6.The idea of Lokpal is taken from
 
1 America
2 Britain
3 France
4 Scandinavian countries

7.The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has its headquarters at
 
1 London
2 Bonn
3 Montreal
4 Lyons

8.The headquarters of European Space Research Organisation are at
 
1 Hague
2 Paris
3 Vienna
4 Geneva

9.'Apna Khet, Apna Kaam' is a new scheme under MNREGA has been initiated in the state -
 
1 Gujarat
2 Madhya Pradesh
3 Punjab
4 Rajasthan

10.The first air-conditioned double decker train in India has been startedbetween -
 
1 Howarah and Delhi
2 Howarah and Dhanbad
3 Dhanbad And Darjeeling
4 Howarah and Patna

MCQ QUIZ 77

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 77

 
Q. Which element is not present in Sugar ?
 
(A) Carbon
(B) Oxygen
(C) Hydrogen
(D) Nitrogen

Q. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Jai Prakash Narain
(C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

Q. Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ?
 
(A) Assam
(B) Orissa
(C) West Bengal
(D) Karnataka

Q. The Gir Forest National Park (Sasan Gir), the only home of the Asiatic Lions, is situated in which state ?
 
(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh 

Q. 'Wings of Fire’ and ‘Ignited Minds’ books are authored by which Indian scientist ?
 
(A) H.G.Khurana
(B) M.S.Swaminathan
(C) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(D) S.Chandrasekhar 

Q. Which former Prime Minister of India was also called ‘Yuva Turk’?
 
(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) V.P.Singh
(C) H.D.Deve Gowda
(D) Chandrashekhar 

Q. With with musical instrument is Pt. Ravi Shankar associated ?
 
(A) Sitar
(B) Sarod
(C) Santoor
(D) Tabla 

Q. In which city is the dargah (tomb) of sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti located?
 
(A) Mumbai
(B) Srinagar
(C) New Delhi
(D) Ajmer 

Q. Which African country was formerly known as South West Africa?
 
(A) Namibia
(B) Malawi
(C) Botswana
(D) Zimbabwe 

Q. Who was the first cricketer in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test Cricket?
 
(A) Brian Lara
(B) Allan Border
(C) Steve Waugh
(D) Sunil Gavaskar 

MCQ QUIZ 76

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 76

Q- Who is the first indian cricketer to take Hat Trick inTest Cricket ?

A) Chetan Sharma
B) Kapil Dev
C) Harbhajan Singh
D) Irfan Pathan

Q- Second Battle of Panipat?

A) 1526
B) 1555
C) 1556
D) 1761

Q- Who is the chairman of the Planning Commission ?

A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Vice President
D) Finance Minister

Q- Who is the first indian woman to win Olympic medal?

A) P.T.Usha
B)Shiny Abraham
C) Karnam Malleshwari
D) Kunjarani Devi


Q- The Nobel Prize was first awarded in

A) 1976
B) 1958
C) 1901
D) 1972  

Q- Who won ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2013

A. India
B. Australia
C. Pakistan
D. England 

Q- National heritage animal of India is :

A. Tiger
B. Lion
C. Panther
D. Elephant 

Q:- In which year 1st world war
start ?

A) 1905
B ) 1914
C) 1916
D) 1918 

Q. What is the common name of Acetylsalicylic ­ ­ Acid ?
 
(A) Aspirin
(B) Vinegar
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitriol 

Q. Which Mughal emperor assumed the title of ‘Alamgir’ (Conqueror of the world)?
 
(A) Akbar
(B) Jehangir
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb 

MCQ QUIZ 75

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 75

Q. Which is the smallest ocean in the world ?
 
A.Atlantic Ocean
B.Arctic Ocean
C.Pacific Ocean
D.Indian Ocean

Q. Name the process of production of energy in the Sun
 
1. Radioactivity
2. Nuclear fission
3. Ionization
4. Nuclear fusion

Q. When chlorophyll is burnt which element is obtained ?
 
(A) Ca
(B) Na
(C) Mg
(D) Mn


Q. Who built the 'Moti' mosque located inside the premises of Delhi's Red Fort?
 
1 Shershah Suri
2 Shahjahan
3 Aurangzeb
4 Bahadurshah Zafar  

Q. Who is popularly known as 'Missile Man of India' ?
 
A. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
B. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
C. Dr. Homi Bhabha
D. Dr. C.V. Raman

Q. The world's largest platform is at....??
 
a Talchar
b New york
c Kharagpur
d New Delhi 

Q. India observes Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary as which day?
 
(a). Independence Day
(b). Martyr's Day
(c). Republic Day
(d). Father's day 

Q. What is scientific name of dog?
 
(a)homo sapiens
(b)felis domestica
(c)canis familaris
(d)rana tigrina 

Q. Which is the longest bone in human body ?

(A) Femur
(B) Fibula
(C) Radius
(D) Stapes 

Q. Which is depicted on the Param Vir Chakra medal ?

(A) Vajra
(B) Khatvanga
(C) Sudarshan Chakra
(D) Kaumodaki





 

MCQ QUIZ 74

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 74

1. What was the name of India’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft launched in October 2008?

a) Chandravahaan 1
b) Chandrayaan 1
c) Chandravimaan 1
d) Chadrakhoj 1

2.Which of the following in automobile exhaust can cause cancer?
 
a) Carbon monoxide
b)  Oxides of nitrogen
c)  Polyclinic hydrocarbons
d)  Lead

3.Which of these hindi idioms means ‘falling in love’?
 
a) Aankh Pherna
b) Aankh Tarerna
c) Aankh Lagana
d) Aankh Churan

4. In which of the following districts India's largest mica belt is found ?
 
(A) Balaghat and Chhindwara
(B) Udaipur, Ajmer and Alwar
(C) Hazaribagh, Gaya and Monghyr
(D) Salem and Dharmapuri

5.Which of the following is a food crop?
 
A. Palm
B. Jute
C. Cotton
D. Maize

6.Who won the 1993 "King of the Ring"?
 
a) Mabel
b) Owen Hart
c) Edge
d) Bret Hart

7.Selling is a function undertaken by .....
 
1 All the sales persons
2 All the employees
3 Entire organization
4 Outsourced agencies


8.'Blue tooth' technology allows -
 
1 Landline phone to mobile phone communication
2 Signal transmission on mobile phones only
3 Wireless communication between equipments
4 Satellite television communication

9. Which of these volcanoes is called the 'Light House of the Mediterranean'?
 
1 Elgon
2 Stramboli
3 Etna
4 Vesuvius

10. The main area of production of icebergs is found in -
 
1 the East Coast of Japan
2 the West Coast of Greenland
3 the North Coast of Siberia
4 the West Coast of Africa

ENGLISH MCQ QUIZ 73

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 73

1. If we provided better comforts, we ……….. more tourists.
 
a)attract
b)could attracted
c)could attract
d)attracted

2. Everyone is likely to make mistake, ……………?
 
a)can they?
b)isn’t he?
c)aren’t they?
d)none of these

3. Hardly …………. hear the sound.
 
a)I can
b)I could
c)can I
d)Can’t I

4. There ……… six pens in the box.
 
a)are
b)is
c)has
d)had

5. The correctly spelt word below is:
 
a)seperate
b)saperate
c)saperat
d)separate

6. Everybody said that ………… at the party.
 
a)he had enjoyed himself
b)each had enjoyed
c)she had enjoyed herself
d)they had enjoyed themselves

7. The table is dirty. It is time we ……….. it.

a)clean
b)must clean
c)to clean
d)cleaned

8. Our celebration ………..by Manmohan Singh last month.
 
a)was inaugurated
b)had inaugurated
c)has inaugurated
d)was being inaugurated

9. They ……………. together since 2002.
 
a)have been living
b)lived
c)are living
d)live

10. John is addicted …….. narcotics.
 
a)with
b)to
c)into
d)for

MCQ QUIZ 72

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 72

Q. Which continent is divided into almost two equal parts by the equator?

(A) Asia
(B) Australia
(C) Europe
(D) Africa

Q. The Ashokan inscription which gives an account of the Kalinga War and its effects is

(A) Minor Rock Edict IV
(B) Minor Rock Edict III
(C) Minor Rock Edict XIII
(D) Girnar Rock Edict 

Q. Which of the following features of architecture of ancient India was taken for buildings constructed during the period of Sultanate of Delhi ?

(A) Arched openings
(B) Decorative Figures
(C) Domes
(D) Mehrab

Q. The metal in the liquid state is:

(A) zinc
(B) mercury
(C) iron
(D) silver

Q. Which is the plant that uses insects as food?

(A) Pitcher plant
(B) Loranthus
(C) Lotus
(D) Orchid 

Q. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was in the year

(A) 1912
(B) 1914
(C) 1915
(D) 1919 

Q. White Flag is the symbol of:

(A) Justice
(B) Protest
(C) Progress
(D) Peace

Q. Red Fort was built by emperor ————

(A) Akbar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shajahan
(D) Aurangazeb 

Q. Who among the following ladies wrote a historical account during the Mughal period?

(A) Gulbadan begum
(B) Noorjahan Begum
(C) Jaharana begum
(D) Zebun-nissah Begum  

Q. Who was the first ruler to annex any part of the Deccan to the Mughal empire ?

(A) Aurangazeb
(B) Akbar
(C) Humayun
(D) Jahangir 

MCQ QUIZ 71

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 71

Q.In which one of the following one day cricket cups, did India lose in the finals ?
 
a) 1883
b) 1992
c) 2003
d) 2007

Q. Which hormone, released when danger threatens, is known as Emergency hormone ?
 
(A) Insulin
(B) Adrenaline
(C) Melatonin
(D) Thyroxine

Q. The office of the president can fall vacant due to
 
A. resignation
B. death
C. removal
D. All of the above

Q. If 11x + 5 = 60, what is the value of x?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. None of the above

Q. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?
 
(A) Zurich (Switzerland)
(B) London (United Kingdom)
(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(D) Lausanne (Switzerland) 

Q. Who was the Hindu king shown playing veena on the ancient-coins ?
 
A. Shivajee
B. Vikramaditya
C. Samudra Gupta
D. Ashoka 

Q. Herodotus is considered as the father of
 
A. History
B. Geography
C. Political Science
D. Philosophy  

Q. The Sarvodaya Movement was started by
 
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jayprakash Narayan
C. Vinoba Bhave
D. Datta Dharmodhikari 

Q.Which one of the following kingdoms was founded by Raja Odeyar?
 
A. Tanjore
B. Jenji
C. Mysore
D. Madura 

Q. In which year was the States Reorganization Act passed by the Parliament of India?
A. 1953
B. 1954
C. 1955
D. 1956 

MCQ QUIZ 70

                                                      MCQ QUIZ 70

Q. 'No Tobacco day' Is observed every year on-
 
A. 1st may
B. 1st june
C. 31st may
D. 30th june

Q. which is the most abundant non metal on earth's crust?
 
A.iron
b.aluminium
c.oxygen
d.silicon

Q. Where was the olympic games 2004 held ??
 
A) Athens
B) Beijing
C) London
D) Rio De Janeiro  

Q. Who among these belongs to RELIANCE ?
 
A) Indira Nooyi
B) Mukesh Ambani
C) Sunil Mittal
D) Azim premji

Q.Which city of India is Capital of Two states ?
 
A) Delhi
B) Bhopal
C) Lucknow
D) Chandigarh

Q. In 1875, which indoor game was invented by British Army officer Colonel Neville Chamberlain at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh ?
 
(A) Chess
(B) Snooker
(C) Carrom
(D) Badminton

Q. In which city is the Chhattisgarh High Court located ?
 
(A) Bhilai
(B) Raipur
(C) Bilaspur
(D) Jagdalpur

Q. 'Dharavi', one of the largest slum in Asia, is part of which Indian city ?
 
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) New Delhi
(D) Chennai

Q2. In India, the inflation rate represents the annual change (in percentage) in which index ?
 
(A) Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(B) Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
(C) Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
(D) Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

Q. Which element is not present in Sugar ?
 
(A) Carbon
(B) Oxygen
(C) Hydrogen
(D) Nitrogen