1) Where was the united Nations charter signed in 1945 at a conference?
1) Geneva
2) New York
3) San Francisco
4) Paris
2) In which one of the following countries did the Industrial Revolution take place first?
1) France
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) Great Britain
3) Which among the following is referred to as the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms?
1) Indian Council Act,1909
2) Government of India Act ,1919
3) Rowlatt Act
4) Government of India Act,1935
4) On December 21 , 2006 the Union Cabinet approved the sale of Government’s remaining stake in Maruti Udyog Ltd at present is
1) 10.27 per cent
2) 22.27 per cent
3) 12.72 per cent
4) 14.67 per cent
5) When fine sand is carried by wind and deposited as windborne sedimentary rock, it is called
1) Loess
2) Dyke
3) Shale
4) Sill
6) From north to south, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills?
1) Kaimur Hills-Mahadeo Hills – Satmala Hills
2) Mahadeo Hills-Kaimur Hills-Satmala Hills
3) Kaimur Hills –Satmala Hills-Mahadeo Hills
4) Mahadeo Hills-Satmala Hills-Kaimur Hills
7) According to Census 2001,which one of the following number of females to every 1000 males in India?
1) 875
2) 900
3) 930
4) 960
8) Which one of the following statements is correct?
1) Gypsum is a sedimentary rock
2) Deccan traps of peninsular India are formed of granite
3) Lacoliths are the largest intrusive igneous rock bodies
4) In India, gneiss is found only in the Himalayan region
9) Who among the following Mughal rulers granted the English Company Diwani over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by Treaty of Aliahabad?
1) Ahmad Shah
2) Alamgir II
3) Shah Alam II
4) Akbar Shah II
10) During the Indian Freedom struggle, what accusation was made against Master Amir Chand, Awadh Bihari,Bal Mukund and Basant Kumar Biswas?
1) Assassination of the commissioner of Poona
2) Throwing a bomb on viceroy’s procession in Delhi
3) Attempt to shoot the Governor of Punjab
4) Looting an armoury in Bengal
11) What is the subject of the 73rd Amendment Act of the Constitution of India?
1) Defection by the Members of parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies from their political parties
2) Free and compulsory education for the children in the age group 6-14 years
3) Strong panchayati Raj Institutions in the country
4) Protection of wildlife
12) Ghataprabha is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?
1) Ganga
2) Indus
3) Godavari
4) Krishna
13) When the speed of a body is doubled. Its kinetic energy becomes
1) double
2) half
3) quadruple
4) one-fourth
14) Winding a watch is actually the process of storing
1) electrical energy
2) pressure energy
3) kinetic energy
4) potential energy
15) Conservation of energy means that
1) energy can be created as well as destroyed
2) energy con be created but not destroyed
3) energy cannot be created but can be destroyed
4) energy can neither be created nor destroyed
Ans:
1) 3 2) 4 3) 2 4) 1 5) 1
6) 1 7) 3 8) 1 9) 3 10) 2
11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 4 15) 4
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