1. The first Europeans to visit India were the?
1) English
2) Spanish
3) Danish
4) Portuguese
2. Which of the following throws light on Harappan culture?
1) Writing in terracota seals
2) Rock Edicts
3) Archaeological excavations
4) All of these
3. Who was the pioneer of higher education for Muslims in India?
1) Syed Ali Imam
2) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3) Badruddin Tyabji
4) Amir Ali
4. Who among the following kings used to keep direct contact with the public?
1) Chandra Gupta Mourya
2) Ashoka
3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
4) Bindusara
5. Marathas were defeated in the third Battle of Panipat (January 14, 1761) because?
1) Number of Afghans were more than Marathas
2) Weapons of Marathas were inferior to the weapons of Afghans
3) Marathas adopted wrong strategy during the battle
4) In the north Marathas separated Kings and common man from their side.
6. The earliest Indian-edited newspaper, a Bengali Journal called Samavad Kaumudi, was founded by?
1) Dayanand Saraswati
2) Mahatma Hans Raj
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4) Satyanand Agnihotri
7. The titular Mughal king of Delhi on the outbreak of 1857 Revolt is?
1) Salar Jung
2) Bahadur Shah Jaffar
3) Mohammad Shah Ransila
4) Farruksiyar
8. The word Sardeshmukhi is associated with?
1) Music
2) Religion
3) Revenue
4) Education
9. The Mathura School of art flourished during the reign of?
1) Kanishka
2) Kad phises-1
3) Vaishka
4) Vasudeva
10. The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by?
1) P. Ananda Charlu
2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3) Dadabhai Nauroji
4) Surendranath Banerjee
11. The champaran Satyagraha was started by Mahatma Gandhi in the year?
1) 1915
2) 1917
3) 1919
4) 1930
12. Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights by the?
1) Forty-second Amendment
2) Forty-fourth Amendment
3) Twenty-ninth Amendment
4) Twenty-sixth Amendment
13. The chairman and members of State Public Serivce Commission are appointed by the?
1) President
2) Governor
3) Chairman of UPSC
4) Prime Minister
14. Which parliamentary committee in India is normally chaired by a prominent member of the opposition? 1) Committee on Government Assurances
2) Estimates Committee
3) Previleges Committee
4) Public Accounts Committee
15. Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility is a fund for helping member countries and is maintained by?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) The World Bank
3) The European Community
4) The International Monetary Fund
16. Untouchability is associated with?
1) Political Inequality
2) Social inequality
3) Economic inequality
4) Religious inequality
17. Among the Questions allowed by the speaker, which one is regarded as the most important?
1) Unstarred
2) Starred
3) Supplementary
4) Short notice
18. In India, five year plans for economic growth are finally approved by the?
1) Planning Commission
2) Financial Commission
3) Government of India
4) National Development Council
19. If a person is refused freedom of movement it means denial of ?
1) Civil Liberty
2) Economic Liberty
3) National Liberty
4) Political Liberty
20. The soils group which covers largest area in India is the?
1) Alluvial Soils
2) Black soils
3) Red Soils
4) Laterite soils
21. The important pass in Sikkim on the great Himalayan Range is?
1) Nathu La
2) Shipkila
3) Jelep La
4) Zor La
22. Which of the following ports of India is on the eastern Coast?
1) Tuticorn
2) Cochin
3) Kandla
4) Mumbai
23. Palghat joins which of the following States?
1) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
2) Maharastra and Gujarat
3) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
4) Sikkim and West Bengal.
24. Indira Gandhi canal originates from?
1) Gandhi Sagar Dam
2) Bhakra Dam
3) Harike Barrage
4) Hirakud Dam
25. The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying conditions for large jet aeorplanes is?
1) Troposhere
2) Stratosphere
3) Ionosphere
4) Exosphere
26. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar islands belongs to the?
1) Australoid race
2) Caucasoid race
3) Mongoloid race
4) Negroid race
27. The largest variety of plants and animals are found in?
1) Tropical grasslands
2) Tropical forests
3) Temperate forests
4) Monson forests
28. The total coastline of India is more than?
1) 5000 km.
2) 7000 km.
3) 7500 km.
4) 8000 km.
29. Which part of India is closest to Indonesia?
1) Mizoram
2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
3) West Bengal
4) Tripura
30. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the west to Delhi in the North is the?
1) Aravallis
2) Vindhyas
3) Satpura
4) Kaimur Range
31. The most reactive among the halogens is?
1) fluorine
2) Chlorine
3) bromine
4) iodine
32. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of?
1) crystallisation
2) distillation
3) oxidation
4) hydrogenation
ANSWERS:
1-4; 2-1; 3-2; 4-1; 5-3; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-4; 10-3;
11-2; 12-2; 13-2; 14-4; 15-4; 16-2; 17-4; 18-4; 19-1; 20-2;
21-1; 22-1; 23-3; 24-3; 25-1; 26-4; 27-1; 28-3; 29-2; 30-1;
31-1; 32-4;
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Trade Names
| No. | Trade | Products |
| 1. | Allwyn | Refrigerator,steelfurniture,watches |
| 2. | Agfa | Photo goods |
| 3. | Ambassador | Car |
| 4. | Amul | Butter,Ghee,Cheese,Chocolate |
| 5. | Aerolon | Hair Spray |
| 6. | Atlas | Bicycle |
| 7. | Avon | Bicycle |
| 8. | Bata | Shoes and rubber goods |
| 9. | Bayer | Chemicals |
| 10. | Bajaj | Scooters & Electrical Appliances |
| 11. | Binny's | Cotton Textiles |
| 12. | Black Bird | Fountain Pen |
| 13. | Black and black | Whisky |
| 14. | Brooke Bond | Tea |
| 15. | B.S.A. | Motor Cycle,Bicycle |
| 16. | Brasso | Brass Polish |
| 17. | Brylcream | Hair Cream |
| 18. | Borolyn | Antiseptic Skin Cream |
| 19. | Britannia | Bread,Cake,Biscuit |
| 20. | Bigston | Television |
| 21. | Burshane | Cooking Gas |
| 22. | Binaca | Tooth Paste,Tooth Brush,Powder |
| 23. | Cadbury | Chocolate |
| 24. | Caltex | Petroleum |
| 25. | Ceat | Tyres |
| 26. | Chelpark | Ink |
| 27. | Colt | Revolver |
| 28. | Crown | T.V. |
| 29. | Crompton | Motors,Fans,Light |
| 30. | Cuticura | Talcum powder,Soap |
| 31. | Cinthol | Soap,Powder |
| 32. | Cobra | Boot Polish |
| 33. | Daurala | Sweets and Sugar |
| 34. | Dodge | Motor Car |
| 35. | Eveready | Batteries,Torches,Cell |
| 36. | Eastern Star | Bicycle |
| 37. | Exide | Batteries |
| 38. | Esso | Petroleum |
| 39. | Flit | Insecticide |
| 40. | Flex | Shoes |
| 41. | Favre Leuba | Watches |
| 42. | Firestone | Tyres |
| 43. | Ford | Motor Car,Truck,Tractor |
| 44. | Gem | Refrigerators |
| 45. | Gillette | Razor Blades |
| 46. | Godrej | Safes,Soaps,Refrigerators,Steel Furniture |
| 47. | Grundig | Electronic goods |
| 48. | Haig | Whisky |
| 49. | Hercules | Cycles |
| 50. | Hennol | Hair Dye |
| 51. | Indane | Cooking Gas |
| 52. | Kassel | Fans |
| 53. | Kiwi | Boot Polish |
| 54. | Kodak | Photographic Goods |
| 55. | Kolynos | Tooth Paste and Brush |
| 56. | Landmaster | Motor Car |
| 57. | Lal Imli | Wollens |
| 58. | Liberty | Shirts |
| 59. | Max Factor | Cosmetics |
| 60. | Mauser | Pistol |
| 61. | Matador | suitings |
| 62. | Murphy | Radio |
| 63. | Nivea | Skin Cream |
| 64. | Onida | T.V. |
| 65. | Optrex | Eye Drop |
| 66. | Omega | Wrist Watches |
| 67. | Peps | Throat Drugs |
| 68. | Panama | Safety Razor Blades,Cigarettes |
| 69. | Parker | Fountain Pen |
| 70. | Polson | Butter |
| 71. | Pye | T.V.,Radio |
| 72. | Philips | Electrical Goods,Radio,Television |
| 73. | Quink | Ink |
| 74. | Raleigh | Bicycle |
| 75. | Remington | Typewriter,Office equipment and machines |
| 76. | Enfield | Motor Cycle |
| 77. | Rolex | Watches |
| 78. | Silvikrin | Hair Tonic |
| 79. | Shalimar | Paints,Biscuits |
| 80. | Singer | Sewing Machine |
| 81. | True Tone | Hair Dye |
| 82. | Usha | Fans,Sewing Machine |
| 83. | Voltas | Air-conditioning,Refrigerators |
| 84. | Westclock | Time-piece |
| 85. | Zeal | Thermometer |
Geographical Discoveries
| No. | Discovery | Discoveror | Country | Year |
| 01 | South Pole (Explored) | Amundsen | Norway | 1911 |
| 02 | North Pole (Explored) | Robert Edwin Peary | USA | 1909 |
| 03 | Hawaiian Island | Captain James cook | England | 1770 |
| 04 | Australia | Captain James cook | England | - |
| 05 | Sea-route to India via the Cape of Good Hope | Vasco-D-Gama | Portugal | 1498 |
| 06 | Course of the Zambesi river,the Victoria Falls | David Livingstone | Scotland | - |
| 07 | America | Cristopher Columbus | Italy | 1497 |
Government Industries
| No. | Center | Place |
| 01 | Bharat Electronics Ltd. | Jalahali,Bangalore (Karnataka) |
| 02 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. | 1. Ranipur,Hardwar(U.P.) 2. Ramchandrapuram,Hyderabad (A.P.) 3. Tiruverumbur,Tiruchirapalli (Tamilnadu) 4. Bhopal (M.P.) 5. Jhansi (Ms.P.) |
| 03 | Chittaranjan Locomotive works | Chittaranjan (W.Bengal) |
| 04 | Diesel Locomotive Works | Varanasi (U.P.) |
| 05 | Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. | New Delhi |
| 06 | Garden Reach Workshops Ltd. | Calcutta (W.Bengal) |
| 07 | Heavy Engineering Corporation ltd. | Ranchi (Bihar) |
| 08 | Heavy Machine Building Plant | Ranchi (Bihar) |
| 09 | Heavy Vehicles Factory | Avadi,Madras (Tamilnadu) |
| 10 | Hindustan Aeranautics Ltd. | Bangalore (Karnataka) |
| 11 | Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. | Pimpri,Pune (Maharashtra),Rishikesh (U.P.) |
| 12 | Hindustan Aircraft Factory | Bangalore (Karnataka) |
| 13 | Hindustan Cables Ltd. | Rupnarainpur (W.Bengal) |
| 14 | Hindustan Latex Ltd. | Peroorkada,Trivendrum (Kerala) |
| 15 | Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd. | Bangalore (Karnataka),Pinjore(Haryana),Kalamassery (Kerala),Hyderabad (A.P.) |
| 16 | Hindustan Salts Ltd. | Jaipur (Rajasthan) |
| 17 | Hindustan Shipyards Ltd. | Vishakhapatnam (A.P.),Cochin (Kerala) |
| 18 | Hindustan Teleprinters Ltd. | Madras (Tamilnadu) |
| 19 | Hindustan Zinc Ltd. | Udaipur (Rajasthan) |
| 20 | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | New Delhi |
| 21 | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. | Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
| 22 | Indian Rare Earths Ltd. | Alwaye (Kerala) |
| 23 | Indian Telephone Industries Ltd. | Bangalore (Karnataka) |
| 24 | Integral Coach Factory | Madras (Tamilnadu) |
| 25 | Mazagaon Dock Ltd. | Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
| 26 | Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. | Neyveli (Tamilnadu) |