Friday, July 16, 2010

Question Bank – 7

1 The Capital of Mysore during Tipu Sultan’s rule:

a) Bangalore b) Chitradurga

c) Manasagangothri d) Srirangapatanam

2 Which of the following is not a Fundamental right ?

a) Right of property b) Right to equality

c) Right against exploitation d) Right to freedom of speech

3 The administrative head of the State Government:

a) Chief Justice b) Chief Minister c) Law Minister d) Governor

4 Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got

independence ?

a) Clement Atlee b) Winston Churchill

c) Harold Wilson d) Antony Eden

5 The Bhoodan Moovement was launched by:

a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Indira Gandhi

c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave d) Lal Bahadur Sastri

6 India is a leading producer of

a) Iron b) Mica c) Gold D) Aluminium

7 The birthday of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan is celebrated as

a) Martyr’s Day b) Farmer’s Day c) Children’s Day d) Teacher’s

Day

8 Which one of the following rivers was known as the ‘River of

Sorrow’?

a) Damodar b) Kaveri c) Krishna d) Gomathi

9 The imaginary lines on maps joining the places having equal

temperatures are known as

a) Isobars b) Isotherms c) Isohyets d) Isobaths

10 The smallest planet of the solar system:

a) Saturn b) Jupiter c) Mercury d) Mars

11 The Indian who attended all the three Round Table Conferences

a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

d) Rajendra Prasad

12 What is the modern name of ‘Formosa’?

a) Taiwan b) Kenya c) Malaysia d) Indonesia

13 Who discovered circulation of blood in the human body?

a) Joseph Lister b) William Harvey c) Ronald Ross d) Edward

Jenner

14 The Scientist who found out the ‘rare gases’ is :

a) Louis Pasteur b) Markoni c) William Ramsey d) Edison

15 What is the chemical name for baking soda ?

a) Calcium phosphate b) Sodium Carbonate c) Sodium

bicarbonate d) Sodium Chloride

16 Where is bile produced ?

a) Liver b) Spleen c) Gall bladder d) Blood

17 The science of space travel is known as

a) Astronomy b) Astronautics c) Astrology d) Cosmology

18 An acid which does not contain oxygen

a) Sulphuric Acid b) Carbonic Acid

c) Nitric Acid d) Hydrochloric Acid

19 Which is the most chemically active element?

a) Fluorine b) Clorine c) Bromine d) Lodine

20 The most important part of plant is

a) Flower b) Leaf c) Fruit d) Root

21 Chakiar Kooth is one of the impressive dance from of

a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala d) Karnataka

22 Sabarimala is situated in the District?

a) Wyanad b) Pathanamthitta c) Idukki d) Kollam

23 The first Education Minister of Kerala:

a) C. Achutha Menon b) K. Kelappan

c) Joseph Mundassery d) P. K. Kunju

24 The birth place of Sree Narayana Guru:

a) Kollam b) Varkala c) Sivagiri d) Chempazhanthy

25 Thenmala is a destination for:

a) Eco tourism b) Pilgrimage

c) Trekking d) Ayurvedic Treatment

26 In 2005 the ‘Ezhuthachan Award’ was given to

a) M. T. Vasudevan Nair b) S. Guptan Nair

c) Thirunalloor Karunakaran d) T. Padmanabhan

27 The biggest backwater lake in Kerala

a) Chilka lake b) Ashtamudi lake

c) Sasthamkotta lake d) Vembanattu lake

28 When did the first common Wealth Games take place?

a) 1933 b) 1930 c) 1946 d) 1938

29 The author of ‘Arthashastra’

a) Kautilya b) Kalidasa c) Bhavabhoothi d) Sankaracharya

30 The creator of the fictional school boy wizard named ‘Harry

Potter’

a) Arthur Conan Doyle b) R. L. Stevenson

c) J. K. Rowling d) Joseph Conrad

31 Who wrote the book ‘The Wings of the Fire’ ?

a) P. V. Narasimha Rao b) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

c) Arundhathi Roy d) Salman Rushdie

32 Mother Theresa was a famous

a) artist b) economist c) Singer d) Social Worker

33 ‘The Last Supper’ is a painting by

a) Raphael b) Titian c) Leonardo da vinci d) Michael Angelo

34 The Indian Cricketer to score a triple century in Test Cricket

a) Virender Sehwag b) Tendulkar c) Gavaskar d) Ravi Sastri

35 In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature

film?

a) 1911 b) 1912 c) 1913 d) 1914

36 The theory of evolution was formulated by

a) Edison b) Charles Darwin c) Lamarck d) E. M. Joad

37 India’s First Atomic Reactor is installed at

a) Tarapur b) Kottah c) Trombay d) Kalpakkam

38 The plant which bears fruit only once in its life time:

a) Grapes b) Papaya c) Dates d) Banana

39 Prophet Mohammed belongs to:

a) Egypt b) Saudi Arabia c) Ethiopia d) Palestine

40 Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

a) Swami Vivekananda b) Annie Basant c) Dayanand Saraswathy d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

41 Which is the most important cause of soil erosion?

a) Heavy rainfall b) Destruction of Forests

c) Cultivation d) Flood

42 Which one of the following states produces maximum rubber?

(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Tamilnadu

43 The person who is known as the father of social reforms in India

(a) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (b) E. Vidyasagar

(c) William Bentic (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

44 What is Tsunami

(a) Huge sea waves caused by earth quake (b) A cyclone

(c) A fierce storm (d) Volcanic explosion

45 Which Indian city is called the silicon valley of India?

(a) Delhi (b) Bangalore (c) Chennai (d) Agra

46 Who among the following is a world famous agricultural scientist

(a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (b) C.V. Raman

(c) Dr .S. Chandrasekhar (d) J.C. Bose

47 Ramakrishna Mission was established by

(a) Dayananda Saraswathy (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(c) Chattambi Swamigal (d) Swami Vivekananda

48 Which of the following is not a mammal

(a) Bat (b) Rat (c) Frog (d) Dolphin

49 Diabetes is caused due to the malfunctioning of:

(a) Heart (b) Pancreas (c) Lungs (d) Kidney

50 The rarest metal is:

(a) Mercury (b) Osmium (c) Rhodium (d) Tungsten

51 The chief minister with two of his ministers………. here

(a) are (b) were (c) is (d) have been

52 The news ……… not make me sad

(a) do (b) does (c) has (d) have

53 You like vegetarian food, ………….

(a) do you? (b) isn’t it? (c) aren’t you? (d) don’t you?

54 I ……………. the boy from the deep well

(a) escaped (b) saved (c) am escaped (d) am saved

55 He said to me that he ………….. going abroad

(a) is (b) has been (c) had been (d) was

56 I have been waiting for him ……….. five hours

(a) since (b) for (c) until (d) till

57 If you had invited him he …….. come

(a) would (b) will (c) would have (d) was

58 He treated me as if I ……….. his slave

(a) was (b) am (c) have been (d) were

59 A group of boys ……………… singing since morning

(a) has been (b) have been (c) are (d) are being

60 The passive voice form of My uncle helps me’ is

(a) I am being helped by my uncle

(b) I have been helped by my uncle

(c) I am helped by my uncle

(d) My uncle has been helped by me

61 Unless …………. you will fail

(a) you do not work hard (b) you work hard

(c) you do not work hardly (d) you work hardly

62 When I reached everybody ………….

(a) was left (b) left (c) had left (d) had been left

63 The correctly spelt word is ………..

(a) secratary (b) SECRETARY (c) SECRATERY (d) SECRETERY

64 MALADY means ………….

(a) illness (b) calamity (c) music (d) misfortune

65 The word most closely associated with HOSPITALITY is

(a) hospital (b) doctor (c) nurse (d) host

66 I am going to ……………….. library

(a) a (b) the (c) an (d) school

67 We must abstain …… creating environment pollution

(a) away (b) in (c) from (d) to

68 She ……. to India six years ago

(a) came (b) had come (c) has come (d) was come

69 I ……… my elders

(a) respect (b) am respecting

(c) have respect (d) am respected

70 It ……… heavily last night

(a) raining (b) has rained (c) had rained (d) rained

71 Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ……………

(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

72 Choose the odd one out 4, 16, 6, 24,8, 64

(a) 64 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

73 If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?

(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17

74 A father is 25 years older than his son. 10 years ago father’s

age was 6 times of his son’s age. What is the present age of

son?

(a) 10 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 15

75 If 2=1, 3=3, 4=12, 5=60 then 6=……

(a) 120 (b) 180 (c) 720 (d) 360

76 The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is ………….

(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

77 A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how

much should he sell them to gain 20%?

(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210

78 What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?

(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50

79 If 12 + 8= 208, 11 – 6= 157 then 10 + 4 = ……….

(a) 116 (b) 106 (c) 196 (d) 124

80 If New Delhi=8, Aurangabad= 10, Thiruvananthapuram= ….

(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 18

81 If 2 = 0010 and 5 = 0101 then 9 = …….

(a) 1000 (b) 1001 (c) 0111 (d) 0011

82 Choose the odd one out (a) Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Mass,

Mercury

(a) Pluto (b) Mercury (c) Mass (d) Jupiter

83 If 4×4 = 8, 5×6 = 15, 7×8 = 28 then 9×10 = ….

(a) 90 (b) 45 (c) 19 (d) 56

84 Intense: Persistent :: Acute: ……

(a) tonic (b) resistant (c) acrid (d) chronic

85 Which is the missing pattern? -0000 +, 0-00+0, 00-+00, ……..

(a) 00+-00 (b) 00+0-0 (c) 0+00-0 (d) +0000-

86 Barometer : Hygrometer

(a) Mercury : water (b) Pressure : Humidity

(c) Rain : Cloud (d) Cloudy : Sunny

87 If + indicates ×, – indicates ÷ and × indicates – then

2 + 6 – 4 × 1 = …..

(a) 2 (b) 2.5 (c) 8 (d) 4

88 A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per

hour. In what time it passes a bridge of 80 meters long?

(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds

89 If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time

taken to fill the bucket completely will be …….

(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds

92 If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how

many days with 6 men and 8 boys take to do the same work?

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6

93 Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers

(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050

96 How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere

of lead of radius 8 cm?

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2

97 The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ……..

(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3

(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution

98 What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/2

99 At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%

100 The sum of a two-digit number is 8. The number obtained by interchanging two digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find

the number

(a) 26 (b) 80 (c) 17 (d) 35

Solutions:

1 D 11 C 21 C 31 B 41 B 51 C 61 B 71 C 81 B 91C
2 A 12 A 22 B 32 D 42 C 52 B 62 C 72 A 82 C 92 D
3 B 13 B 23 C 33 C 43 D 53 D 63 B 73 B 83 B 93 A
4 A 14 C 24 D 34 A 44 A 54 B 64 A 74 D 84 C 94 C
5 C 15 C 25 A 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 D 75 D 85 A 95 B
6 B 16 A 26 B 36 B 46 A 56 B 66 A 76 B 86 B 96 B
7 D 17 B 27 D 37 C 47 D 57 C 67 C 77 A 87 A 97 C
8 A 18 D 28 B 38 D 48 C 58 D 68 A 78 D 88 D 98 C
9 B 19 A 29 A 39 B 49 B 59 B 69 A 79 A 89 A 99 A
10 C 20 D 30 C 40 C 50 C 60 C 70 D 80 D 90 C 100 A

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