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GENERALAWARENESS

51. ThecommontreespeciesinNilgiri hillsis 

  (A) Sal (B) Pine
(C) Eucalyptus (D) Teah

52. Which of the following statements on RailwayBudgetfor 2011-12iscorrect?

(A) There would be 10% increase in fares forlongdistancetraintravelbothbyair-conditioned and non-air-conditioned classes.
(B) Therewould be15%increaseinfreight ratesonallgoodsother thanfoodgrains.
(C) There would be 15% increase in passenger fares for all classes for long distancetravel aswellas infreights.
(D) Therewould benoincreasein faresfor both suburban and long distance train travel.

53. Thenuclearreactors whichweredamaged heavily due to a strong Earthquake-cum-Tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 causingradiationleakage wereat

(A) Fukushima (B) Kyoto
(C) Tokyo (D) Noneofabove

54. Themaximumlimitonpollexpenditurefor AssemblyConstituencieshasbeenraisedin February, 2011to

(A) 16 lakhs (B) 18 lakhs (C) 20 lakhs (D) 25 lakhs

55. FirstIndian PrimeMinisterto visitSiachen has been
(A) Rajiv Gandhi

(B) InderKumar Gujaral (C) Man Mohan Singh (D) Noneoftheabove

56. Which of the following books has been writtenbyKishwarDesai?

(A) TheRed Devil (B) Witnessthe Night (C) TonightThis SavageRite
(D) Earthand Ashes

57. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Karnataka?

(A) Yakshagana (B) Veedhi (C) Jatra (D) Jhora

58. Who of the following received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2009in Theatre?

(A) Omkar ShrikantDadarkar (B) RaginiChander Sarkar

(C) Abanti Chakravorty & Sukracharya Rabha

(D) K. Nellai Manikandan


59. Which of the following countries did not win any of the “FIFAWorld Cup” in 2002, 2006 & 2010?

(A) Brazil (B) Argentina (C) Spain (D) SouthAfrica


60. Whoinvented vaccination for ‘SmallPox’? (A) Sir Fredric GrantBanting

(B) SirAlexander Fleming (C) EdwardJenner

(D) LouisPasteur


61. WhowasthefirstIndiantobecomemember ofBritishParliament?

(A) BankimChander Chatterjee (B) W.C.Bannerjee

(C) DadabhaiNaroji (D) Noneoftheabove


62. ThepurchaseofsharesandbonksofIndian companiesbyForeign IndustrialInvestors is called

(A) ForeignDirectInvestment (B) PortfolioInvestment

(C) NRIInvestment

(D) ForeignIndirectInvestment


63. BTseed is associated with

(A) Rice (B) Wheat (C) Cotton (D) Oilseeds


64. TheHeadquartersofInternationalAtomic EnergyAgency isin

(A) Geneva (B) Paris

(C) Vienna (D) Washington


65. In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocationofRs. 400crorehasbeen madeto bringinagreenrevolutionintheEastinthe rice-basedcroppingsystemof

(A) Assam&WestBengalonly

(B) Assam,WestBengal,Orissa&Biharonly (C) Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar &

Jharkhand only

(D) Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh & Chhattisgarh



66. In the Budget for 2011-12 presented by the FinanceMinister on 28-2-2011,theincome-tax exemption limit for senior citizens (60 years to less than 80 years) has been increasedto 

(A) Rs. 2.50 lakh (B) Rs. 2.60 lakh (C) Rs. 2.80 lakh (D) Rs. 3.00 lakh



67. IntheAnglo-Indiancommunitydoesnotget adequate representation in the Lok Sabha, two members of the community can be nominatedbythe

(A) PrimeMinister (B) President (C) Speaker

(D) President in consultation with the Parliament



68. For the election of President of India, a citizenshould havecompletedtheageof (A) 25 years (B) 30 years

(C) 35 years (D) 18 years



69. Who said, “A good citizen makes a good Stateand bad citizenmakesa bad State? 

(A) Plato (B) Rousseau

(C) Aristotle (D) Laski


70. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuouslyabsentfromSessionsfor

(A) 45 days (B) 60 days (C) 90 days (D) 365 days


71. In India, the Residuary Powers are vested with

(A) UnionGovernment (B) StateGovernment

(C) Both the Union Government and the StateGovernment

(D) LocalGovernment


72. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment

(A) Sarnath (B) BodhGaya (C) Kapilavastu (D) Rajgriha


73. CoronationofShivaji tookplacein 

(A) 1627A.D. (B) 1674A.D. (C) 1680A.D. (D) 1670A.D.


74. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in

(A) 1909 (B) 1935 (C) 1919 (D) 1945

75. The Editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was

(A) Nehru (B) Ambedkar (C) MahatmaGandhi

(D) SubashChandra Bose

76. WhoofthefollowingattendedalltheThere RoundTableConferences?

(A) B.R.Ambedkar (B) M.M.Malavia (C) Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) Gandhiji


77. Whichis thelargestliving, bird onEarth? (A) Emu (B) Ostrich

(C) Albatross (D) SiberianCrane


78. Rihand DamProject providesirrigationto (A) Gujaratand Maharashtra

(B) Orissaand WestBengal (C) UttarPradesh andBihar (D) Keralaand Karnataka


79. TheHeadquartersofMCF(MasterControl Facility) — the nerve centre of the entire spacecraft operationsin Indiais at 

(A) Hyderabad—AndhraPradesh (B) Thumba— Kerala

(C) Sriharikota—AndhraPradesh (D) Hassan — Karnataka



80. Which is the longest irrigation canal in India?

(A) Sirhind Canal (B) Yamuna Cana (C) Indira Gandhi Canal

(D) East Kosi Canal


81. Which one of the following minerals is found is Monazitesand?

(A) Potassium (B) Uranium (C) Thorium (D) Sodium


82. Incoriander,the usefulpartsare

(A) root&leaves (B) leaves&flowers (C) leaves&driedfruits

(D) flowers&driedfruits


83. Which plants is called ‘Herbal Indian Doctor’?

(A) Amla (B) Mango (C) Neem (D) Tulsi


84. ThepHof humanblood is (A) 7.2 (B) 7.8 (C) 6.6 (D) 7.4


85. Which amongst the following is largest endocrinegland in thebody?

(A) Thyroid (B) Parathyroid (C) Adrenal (D) Pituitary


86. Whichamongst thefollowingis thelargest mammal?

(A) Elephant (B) Whale

(C) Dinosaur (D) Rhinoceros


87. Whichpartbecomesmodifiedasthetuskof elephant?

(A) Canine (B) Premolar (C) Secondincisor (D) Molar


88. Opticalfibresarebasedonthephenomenon of

(A) Interference (B) Dispersion (C) Diffraction

(D) TotalInternal Reflection


89. Now-a-days yellow lamps are frequently usedasstreetlights.Whichofthefollowing gases is used in these lamps?

(A) Sodium (B) Neon (C) Hydrogen (D) Nitrogen


90. ‘Mirage’isan exampleof (A) refractionof lightonly

(B) totalinternalreflection oflightonly

(C) refractionandtotalinternalreflectionof light

(D) dispersionof lightonly



91. The phenomenon of light associated with theappearanceofbluecolor ofthe skyis (A) Interference (B) Reflection

(C) Refraction (D) Scattering



92. In which of the following areas, a spreadsheetsoftwareis moreuseful?

(A) Psychology (B) Publishing

(C) Statistics (D) Messagesending



93. AGroupWare is a

(A) Hardware (B) Network (C) Software (D) Firmware



94. Lensismade upof

(A) Pyrexglass (B) Flint glass (C) Ordinaryglass (D) Cobaltglass



95. The elementwhich is used for vulcanizing rubber

(A) Sulphur (B) Bromine

(C) Silicon (D) Phosphorus



96. Whichofthefollowingisresponsibleforthe extrastrengthofpyrexglass?

(A) PotassiumCarbonate

(B) LeadOxide (C) Borax (D) FerricOxide



97. The noble gas used for the treatment of cancer is

(A) Helium (B) Argon (C) Krypton (D) Radon



98. Vasundhara Summitwas held in (A) USA (B) UK

(C) Brazil (D) Australia 99. ‘Loktak’is a

(A) Valley (B) Lake

(C) River (D) MountainRange



100. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiationamongst thefollowing?

(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (C) Kolkata (D) Delhi








ANSWER SHEET

51. (c)      52. (d)       53. (a)         54. (a)                     

      55. (c)       56. (b) 57. (a)       58. (a)     59. (d)     60. (c)        61. (c)  62. (a)  63. (c)   64. (c) 

    65. (d)                66. (a)      67. (b)                 68. (c)          69. (a)   70. (b)         71. (a)      72. (b)  73. (b)   74. (c)

 75. (c)     76. (a)   77. (b)    78. (c) 79. (d)     80. (c)  81. (c)      82. (c)       83. (c)       84. (d)       85. (a) 

   86. (b)       87. (c) 88. (d)     89. (a)   90. (a) 91. (d)     92. (c)  93. (c)  94. (b)  95. (a) 96. (c) 97. (d)   98.(a)

99. (a)    100. (d)