Research Institutes of Forest in India

Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun
Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) Jodhpur
Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) Jabalpur
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)Coimbatore
Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI) Shimla
Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) Jorhat
Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP) Ranchi
Institute of Woods Science and Technology (IWST)Bangalore
Forest Research Centre (FRC) Hyderabad
Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (CFRHRD) Chhindwara
Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation (CSFER) Allahabad
Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattans (ARCBR), Aizawl

First In India

Male

The first President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize	Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress	W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress	Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India	Dr. Zakir Hussain
The first British Governor General of India	Lord William Bentinck
The first British Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
The first Governor General of free India	Lord Mountbatten
The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India	C. Rajgopalachari
The first man who introduced printing press in India	James Hicky
The first Indian to join the I.C.S	Satyendra Nath Tagore
India’s first man in Space	Rakesh Sharma
The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term	Morarji Desai
The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India	General Cariappa
The first Chief of Army Staff	Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji
The first Indian Member of the Viceroy’s executive council	S.P.Sinha
The first President of India who died while in office	Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Muslim President of Indian Republic	Dr. Zakhir Hussain
The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament	Charan Singh
The first Field Marshal of India	S.H.F. Manekshaw
The first Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics	C.V.Raman
The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Indian to cross English Channel	Mihir Sen
The first Person to receive Jnanpith award	Sri Shankar Kurup
The firs Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Ganesh Vasudeva Mavalankar
The first Vice-President of India	Dr. Radhakrishnan
The first Education Minister	Abdul Kalam Azad
The first Home minister of India	Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
The first Indian Air Chief Marshal	S. Mukherjee
The first Indian Naval Chief	Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
The first Judge of International Court of Justice	Dr. Nagendra Singh
The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen	Sherpa Anga Dorjee
The first person to get Param Vir Chakra	Major Somnath Sharma
The first Chief Election Commissioner	Sukumar Sen
The first person to receive Magsaysay Award	Acharya Vinoba Bhave
The first person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine	Hargovind Khurana
The first Chinese traveller to visit India	Fahein
The first person to receive Stalin Prize	Saifuddin Kitchlu
The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet	Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
The first person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics	Amartya Sen
The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court	Justice Hirala J. Kania
The first Indian Pilot	J.R.D. Tata (1929)

First In India

Female

The first lady to become Miss World	Rita Faria
The first woman judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi
The first woman Ambassador	Miss C.B. Muthamma
The first woman Governor of a state in free India	Mrs Sarojini Naidu
The first woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Shanno Devi
The first woman Prime Minister	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman Minister in a Government	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
The first woman to climb Mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
The first woman to climb Mount Everest twice	Santosh Yadav
The first woman President of Indian National Congress	Mrs Annie Besant
The first woman pilot in Indian Air Force	Harita Kaur Dayal
The first woman Graduates	Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
The first woman Airline Pilot	Durga Banerjee
The first woman Honours Graduate	Kamini Roy, 1886
The first woman Olympic medal Winner	Karnam Malleswari, 2000
The first woman Asian Games Gold Medal Winner	Kamlijit Sandhu
The first woman Lawyer	Cornelia Sorabjee
The first woman President of United Nations General Assembly	Mrs Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
The first woman Chief Minister of an Indian State	Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
The first woman Chairman of Union Public Service Commission	Roze Millian Bethew
The first woman Director General of Police	Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
The first woman Judge	Anna Chandy (She became judge in a district court in 1937)
The first woman Cheif Justice of High Court	Mrs Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh High Court)
The first woman Judge in Supreme Court of India	Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman Lieutenant General	Puneeta Arora
The first woman Air Vice Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
The first woman chairperson of Indian Airlines	Sushma Chawla
The first woman IPS officer	Mrs. Kiran Bedi
The first and last Muslim woman ruler of India	Razia Sultan
The first woman to receive Ashoka Chakra	Nirja Bhanot
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashapurna Devi
The first woman to cross English Channel	Aarti Saha
The first woman to receive Nobel Prize	Mother Teresa
The first woman to receive Bharat Ratna	Mrs Indira Gandhi
The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award	Ashpurna Devi

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1. When a body is taken from the earth to the moon :
(A) Its weight increases
(B) Its weight decreases
(C) Its weight remains unchanged
(D) It becomes completely weightless

 

2. Expansion during heating :
(A) Occurs only in solid
(B) Increases the weight of the material
(C) Decreases the density of the material
(D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids 3. ‘Threat of global warming’ is increasing due to increasing concentration of:
(A) Ozone

(B) Nitrous oxide
(C) Sulphur dioxide

(D) Carbon dioxide

 

4. The Finance Commission is primarily concerned with recommending to the President about :
(A) The principle governing grants-in-aid to be given to the States
(B) Distributing the net proceeds of the taxes between the Centre and the States
(C) Neither (A) nor (B)
(D) Both (A) and (B)

 

5. To be officially recognized by the Speaker of Lok Sabha as an Opposition Group, a party or Coalition
of Parties must have at least :
(A) 50 members

(B) 60 members
(C) 80 members

(D) 1/3 of total members of the Lok Sabha

 

6. Hindu Rate of growth refers to the rate of growth of :
(A) GDP

(B) Population

(C) Foodgrains

(D) Per capita income 

7. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji?

(A) Truth

(B) Non-violence
(C) Untouchability

(D) Heavy industrialisation

 

8. Consider :
Assertion (A) : Nehru had no regard for the Upanishads.
Reason  (R) : His attitude was scientific.
Now select your answer from the following code :
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

 

9. Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Muhammad Tughlaq’s scheme of token currency was a failure.
Reason  (R) : Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Codes :
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

 

10. Rock cut architecture in Harapan culture context has been found at :
(A) Kalibangan

(B) Dhaulabira
(C) Kotdiji

(D) Amri

 

11. In India, national income is estimated by :
(A) Planning Commission
(B) Central Statistical Organization
(C) Indian Statistical Institute
(D) National Sample Survey Organization 12. Right to Education to all children between the age of 6 to 14 years is :
(A) Included in the Directive Principles of State Policy
(B) A Fundamental Right
(C) A Statutory Right
(D) None of the above

 

13. Who among the following designed the Indian National Flag :
(A) Pingali Venkayya

(B) Bahadur Yar Jung
(C) Alluri Sita Rama Raju

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

 

14. “Subroto” cup is associated with which of the following games :

(A) Cricket

(B) Football

(C) Hockey

(D) Badminton

 

15.The poorest district in India – Malkangiri is in which state?
(A) Sikkim

(B) West Bengal

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Orissa

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE MCQs

1. This disease is caused by the deficiency of protein. Can you identify it from the given options?

a. Goitre 

b. Kwashiorkar 

c. Hypokalemia 

d. Dermatosis

2. We all know very well that the Pacific Ocean is the earth’s largest ocean. Which of the following represents the percentage area (approximately) of the earth covered by it?

         a. 25% 

         b. 35% 

          c. 40% 

         d. 45%

3. This place is the wettest place on earth. Can you identify it from the given options?

a. Mount Waialeale 

b. Cherapoonji 

c. Mawsynram 

d. None of these

4. The number of non-permanent members of the UN Security Council is

a. 5 

b. 10 

c. 15 

d. 20

5. According to the latest population Census, the state with the least population density is

a. Sikkim 

b. Mizoram

c. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 

d. Arunachal Pradesh

6. The number of Union Territories in India is

a. 5 

b. 6 

c. 7 

d. 8

7. The maximum duration for which the President’s office can remain vacant is

a. 1 month 

b. 2 months 

c. 3 months 

d. 6 months

8. Which of the following represents the minimum age required to become the member of the Rajya Sabha?

a. 25 years 

b. 30 years

c. 35 years 

d. There is no age limit as such

9. Which of the following represents the percentage contribution of the agriculture sector to the Growth Domestic Product of the Indian Economy (approximately)?

a 15% 

b. 17% 

c. 21% 

d. 30%

10. Sakyamuni is another name of

a. Mahavir 

b. Buddha 

c. Lord Shiva 

d. Lord Vishnu

11. The last amendment to the Preamble of the Constitution of India was carried out in the year …

a. 1958 

b. 1962 

c. 1976 

d. 1978

12. Which of the following is NOT a primary activity?

a. Fishing 

b. Mining 

c. Agriculture 

d. Banking

13. How many Bharat Ratna awardees have won the Nobel Prize till date?

a. 1 

b. 2 

c. 3 

d. 4

14. Who discovered Ultrasound ?

a. Ian Donald 

b. Roger Bacon 

c. JP Merril 

d. Joseph Lister

15. Maltimadhava is the famous creation of which of the following personalities?

a. Kalidas 

b. Bharat Muni 

c. Bhavabhuti 

d. Vishnu Sharma

16. The work for which French Nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for, is

a. He was the founder of Scouts movement

b. He was the founder of Amnesty International

c. He was the founder of Red Cross Society

d. He was responsible for the revival of modern Olympic games.

17. Which of the following is NOT a recipient of Bharat Ratna?

a. Aruna Asaf Ali

b. PV Kane

c. DK Karve

d. MGK Menon

18. Which of the following is not matched properly?

a. Dibru Saikhowa Assam

b. Dehang Debang Mizoram

c. Norkek Meghalaya

d. Pachmarhi Madhya Pradesh

19. The first cotton mill of India was set up at…

a. Surat 

b. Mumbai 

c. Kanpur 

d. Ahmedabad

20. Which Indian city is also known as the ‘school capital of India’?

a. Lucknow 

b. New Delhi 

c. Dehradun 

d. Ajmer

21. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in

a. 1949 

b. 1952 

c. 1955 

d. 1964

22. We all know very well that the largest planet of the solar system is Jupiter. Can you identify the

name of the second largest planet of the solar system?

a.  a. Earth 

b. b. Saturn 

c. c. Uranus 

d. d. Venus

23. You would find Andes mountain range in

a. North America 

b. South America 

c. Europe 

d. Australia

24. The world’s rarest element on earth is

a. Palladium 

b. Astatine 

c. Radium 

d. None of these

25. Which of the following is the densest planet of the solar system?

a. Earth 

b. Saturn 

c. Jupiter 

d. Mercury

26. Which of the following is NOT based on the banks of river Danube?

a. Vienna 

b. Belgrade 

c. Budapest 

d. Warsaw

27. Which of the following cases highlighted that ‘total reservation in the government jobs cannot exceed

50% of total?

a. T.A. Pai case 

b. Minerva Mills case

c. Keshvanand Bharti case 

d. Indira Sawhney case

28. Ngultrum is the name of the currency of

a. Chile 

b. Bhutan 

c. Botswana 

d. Bulgaria

29. International Committee of Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize for record _____times.

a. Three 

b. Four 

c. Five 

d. Six

30. Poise is the unit of

a. pressure 

b. viscosity

c. luminous intensity 

d. inductance

31. This personality is credited with the invention of Electro cardiogram (ECG). Can you identify the

personality from the given options?

a. Ian Donald 

b. A. Laveran

c. Williem Einthoven 

d. C.Sholes

32. Time Machine is the name of a famous work of

a. Carl Segan 

b. H.G. Wells 

c. Alvin Tofler 

d. Arthur C. Clarke

33. Jakob Von Vexkull was the founder of

a. Booker Prize 

b. Pulitzer Prize

c. Right Livelihood Award 

d. Templeton Prize

34. Which of the following chemical elements is used for the bleaching process?

a. Fluorine 

b. Bromine 

c. Chlorine 

d. Xenon

35. Cirrhosis is the disease which affects the

a. brain 

b. liver 

c. kidney 

d. lungs

36. Which of the following is the capital of Ireland?

a. Dublin 

b. Istanbul 

c. Amsterdam 

d. Berne

37. Where would you find the Indian Textile Institute?

a. Surat 

b. Kanpur 

c. Pune 

d. Mysore

38. Which of the following is the least populous union territory of India?

a. Pondicherry 

b. Lakshadweep

c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 

d. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

39. The first Indian state where the President’s rule was imposed in the year 1951 was ...

a. Uttar Pradesh 

b. Rajasthan

c. Punjab 

d. Orissa

40. Which of the following Indian states has the lowest sex ratio (number of females per thousand

males)?

a. West Bengal 

b. Haryana 

c. Punjab 

d. Uttar Pradesh

41. Which of the following is NOT a work of Salman Rushdie?

a. Moor’s Last Sigh  

b. Midnight’s Children

c. Shalimar The Clown  

d. The Piano Teacher

42. International Labor Day is celebrated on ___every year.

a. August 1 

b. March 1 

c. September 1 

d. May 1

43. Who wrote Ramayana?

a. Vishwamitra 

b. Maharishi Valmiki

c. Tulasidas 

d. None of these

44. Who is credited with the construction of the Grand Trunk road?

a. Tipu Sultan 

b. Mohammed –bin-Tughlaq

c. Shershah Suri 

d. Jehangir

45. Which of the following is also known as “ Silicon valley of India”?

a. Hyderabad 

b. Bangalore 

c. Chennai 

d. Noida

46. This personality is also considered as the Father of computers . Can you name him from the given

options?

a. Blaise Pascal 

b. Alan M. Turing

c. Charles Babbage 

d. None of these

47. Peace Palace is the official headquarters of

a. WHO 

b. FAO 

c. ICJ 

d. IBRD

48. Find the odd one out.

a. DOS 

b. WINDOWS 

c. LINUX 

d. LISP

49. Which of the following is the capital of ‘the land of midnight sun’?

a. Vienna 

b. Oslo 

c. Helsinki 

d. Prague

50. Christiana is the former name of which of the following cities?

a. Copenhagen 

b. Oslo 

c. Ottawa 

d. Berlin

Answers

1 b

2 b

3 c

4 b

5 d

6 c

7 d

8 b

 9 c

10 b

11 c

12 d

13 d

 14 a

15 c

16 d

17 d

18 b

19 b

20 c

21 a

22 b

23 b

24 b

25 a

26 d

27 d

28 b

29 a

30 b

31 c

32 b

33 c

34 c

35 b

36 a

37 b

38 b

39 c

40 b

41 d

42 d

43 b

44 c

45 b

46 c

47 c

48 d

49 b

50 b

Anti Poverty Programmes

S.No.	Anti Poverty Programmes	Year of Beginning	Objective/Description
1	Antodaya Yojana	1977	To make the poorest families of the village economically independent (only in Rajasthan)
2	Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)	1999	Assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up self employment.
4	Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)	2001	Providing gainful employment for the rural poor.
6	Employment Assurance Scheme	1993	To provide gainful employment during the lean agricultural season in manual work to all able bodied adults in rural areas who are in need and desirous of work, but can not find it..
7	Pradhanmantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)	2000	Focus on village level development in 5 critical areas, i.e. primary health, primary education, housing, rural roads and drinking water and nutrition with the overall objective of improving the quality of life of people in rural areas.
8	National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)	2006	To provide legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year, To combine the twin goals of providing employment and asset creation in rural areas
9	Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJRY)	1997	It seeks to provide employment to the urban unemployed lying below poverty line and educate upto IX standard through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment.
10	Antidaya Anna Yojana	2000	It aims at providing food securities to poor families.
11	National Housing Bank Voluntary Deposit Scheme	1991	To utilize black money for constructing low cost housing for the poor.
12	Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)	1980	All Round development of the rural poor through a program of asset endowment for self employment.
13	Development of Women and Chidren in Rural Areas (DWCRA)	1982	To provide suitable opportunities of self employment to the women belonging to the rural families who are living below the poverty line.
14	National Social Assistance Programme	1995	To assist people living below the poverty line.
15	Jan Shree Bima Yojana	2000	Providing insurance security to people below poverty line.
16	Jai Prakash Narayan Rojgar Guarantee Yojana	Proposed in 2002-03 budget	Employment Guarantee in most poor districts.
17	Shiksha Sahyog Yojana	2001	Education of Children below poverty line.

Child Welfare Programmes

S.No.	Child Welfare Programmes	Year of Beginning	Objectives/Description
1	Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)	1975	It is aimed at enhancing the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of infants, young children (O-6 years) and their mothers.
2	Creche Scheme for the children of working mothers	2006	Overall development of children, childhood protection, complete immunisation, awareness generation among parents on malnutrition, health and education.
3	Reproductive and Child Health Programme	1951	To provide quality Integrated and sustainable Primary Health Care services to the women in the reproductive age group and young children and special focus on family planning and Immunisation.
4	Pulse Polio Immunization Programme	1995	To eradicate poliomyelitis (polio) in India by vaccinating all children under the age of five years against polio virus.
5	Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan	2001	All children in school, Education Guarantee Centre, Alternate School, ' Back-to-School' camp by 2003; all children complete five years of primary schooling by 2007 ; all children complete eight years of elementary schooling by 2010 ; focus on elementary education of satisfactory quality with emphasis on education for life ; bridge all gender and social category gaps at primary stage by 2007 and at elementary education level by 2010 ; universal retention by 2010
6	Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya	2004	To ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
7	Mid-day meal Scheme	1995	Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I – VIII in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.Encouraging poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities. Providing nutritional support to children of primary stage in drought-affected areas during summer vacation.
8	Integrated programme for Street Children	1993	Provisions for shelter, nutrition, health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe drinking water, education and recreational facilities and protection against abuse and exploitation to destitute and neglected street children.
9	The National Rural Health Mission	2005	Reduction in child and maternal mortality, universal access to public services for food and nutrition , sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health universal immunization, etc.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which is the largest airport in the world?
(A) Singapore Airport
(B) The Kaulalumpur International Airport
(C) Heathrow at London
(D) The King Khalid airport at Saudi Arabia
2. Prithvi is a?
(A) Surface-to-air missile
(B) Surface-to-surface missile
(C) Air-to-surface missile
(D) Air-to-air missile
3. At the end of 2001, the Indian government approved the cultivation of B. T. Cotton. Which multinational company is the major beneficiary of this deci sion?
(A)Cargil
(B) BASF
(C) Monsanto
(D) All of these
4. The World Literacy Day is celebrated on?
(A) 8th September
(B) 5th June
(C) 15th August
(D) 5th September
5. Which was the first University to be established in the world?
(A) Harvard University
(B) Nalanda University
(C) Oxford University
(D) None of these
6. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through?
(A)glass
(B) vacuum
(C)air
(D) water
7. Which of the following chemicals has been recently allowed by the government of India to be mixed with petrol?
(A) Methanol
(C) Kerosene
(B) Ethanol
(B) Butanol
8. What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
(A) Barometer
(B) Hygrometer
(C) Hydrometer
(D) Sphygmomanometre
9. Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got independence?
(A) Attlee
(C) Thatcher
(B) Churchill
(D) Wilson
10. Which, among the following, would you consider a historical source?
(A) Numismatics
(B) Epigraphs
(C) Rock paintings
(D) Census reports
11. What is not correct about a soft loan?
1. It is a loan bearing no rate of interest
2. It has an interest rate which is above the true cost of the capital lent
3. The world bank gives soft loans to developing countries for long-term capital
projects
(A)Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C)2and3
(D) 1 and3
12. Which is the only historical monument which can be seen by
the naked eyes from the moon?
(A) The Leaning Tower of Pisa
(B) The Pyramids of Egypt
(C) The Statue of Liberty, NewYork
(D) The Great Wall of China
13. Formal services of Credit do not include?
(A) Self-help groups
(B) Cooperatives
(C) Employers
(D) L.I.C.
14. The most common route for investments by MNCs in countries around the world is to?
1. Set up new factories
2. Buy existing local companies
3. Form partnerships with local companies
4. Invest in companies with low turn over
(A) 1,3 and 4
(B) 2and3
(C) 2,3and4
(D) All of the above
15. How many faces are there in an octahedron?
(A)4
(B)6
(C)8
(D) 12
16. Night-blindness is caused by lackof which vitamin?
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
17. The most abundant element in Earth’s atmosphere is?
(A) Argon
(C) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(D) Krypton
18. The breadth of the railway broadgauge is approximately?
(A)2m
(B) 1.88 m
(C)1.67 m
(D) 1.33 m
19. Which is the richest soil among the following?
(A) Black soil
(B) Red soil
(C) Laterite soil
(D ) Alluvial soil
20. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the?
(A) shape of earth
(B) revolution of earth around the sun
(C) rotation of earth on its axis
(D) movements of the sun
21. A person of which of the following blood group can receive blood of any group?
(A)A
(B)AB
(C)B
(D)0
22. Evergreen type of forests are found in?
(A) Equatorial climate
(B) Monsoon climatic region
(C) Desert regions
(D) Mediterranean region
23. What is the other name for River Gangas?
(A) Sapthanadi
(B) Bhageerathi
(C) Savitri
(D) Bhadravati
24. The earth is?
(A)Spherical
(B)Elliptical
(C)Oblate spheroid
(D) Pralate spheroid
25. Which of the following set can not enter into the list of fundamental quantities in any system of units?
(A) Length, mass and velocity
(B) Length, time and velocity
(C) Mass, time and velocity
(D) Length, time and mass
26 Which of the following is / are the main agents of soil erosion?
(A) Wind and water
(B) Rocks
(C) Sand
(D) High temperature and humidity
27. Who is the Minister of Agriculture of India?
(A) Sharad Pawar
(B) Ran Vilas Paswan
(C) Shiv Raj Patil
(D) None of these
28. Monsoon is caused by?
(A) Revolution of Earth
(B) Movement of Clouds
(C) Seasonal reversal of the winds
(D) Larger change in amplitude of seasonal cycle of land temperature
29. Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
(A) Omega
(B) Sigma
(C) Zeta
(D) Chi
30. Which is the birth place of Hitler?
(A) Germany
(B) Hungary
(C) Austria
(D) France
31. Who elects President of India?
(A) Lock Sabha
(B) Rajya Sahha
(C) People of India
(D) Parliament and State Assemblies
32. Which country is called the ‘Land of Cakes’?
(A)Britain
(B) Spain
(C)France
(D) Scotland
33. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidas?
(A) Kathasaritsagar
(B) Meghdutam
(C) Raghuvansham
(D) Pushpavan Vikasam
34. In India, the Chief Minister of a State is not eligible to vote in the
Presidential elections if?
(A) he himself is a candidate
(B) he is yet to prove his majority in the State legislature
(C) he is a member of the upper house of the State legislature
(D) he is a caretaker Chief Minister
35. When can the Speaker exercise his right to vote in the house?
(A) Whenever he desires
(B) Whenever the house desires
(C) In the event of equality of votes
(D) Whenever his party directs
36. which of the following is not a cash crop?
(A)Jute
(B) Paddy
(C)Cashew-nut
(D) Rubber
37. Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the
Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried out the broadcast
of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia?
(A) Star Asia
(B) B. B. C. Asia
(C) Al Jazeera
(D) Khaleed Times
38. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of?
(A) Nepal
(B) U. K.
(C) Spain
(D) Japan
39. Who was Karl Marx’s main collaborator on his famous works?
(A) V.I. Lenin
(B) Max Weber
(C) Fredrick Engels
(D) Joseph Stalin
40. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth
Games?
(A) South Korea
(B) Japan
(C)Malaysia
(D) China

Answers :

1    D
2    B
3    C
4    A
5    B
6    A
7    B
8    D
9    A
10    C
11    B
12    D
13    C
14    B
15    C
16    A
17    B
18    C
19    D
20    C
21    B
22    A
23    B
24    C
25    A
26    A
27    A
28    D
29    A
30    C
31    D
32    D
33    A
34    C
35    C
36    B
37    C
38    D
39    C
40    C