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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which among the following monoculture crops provide(s) immediate cash to the farmers?_x000D_ 1. Tea in Assam_x000D_ 2. Rubber in Africa_x000D_ 3. Sugarcane in Malaysia_x000D_ 4. Coffee in Brazil_x000D_ Select the correct answer using the code given below: Codes: |
| A. | 2 and 3 |
| B. | 1 only |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1 and 4 |
| Answer» B. 1 only | |
| 2. |
The first Europeans to visit India were the |
| A. | Portuguese |
| B. | Spanish |
| C. | English |
| D. | Dansih |
| Answer» B. Spanish | |
| 3. |
Central Vigilance Commission was set up on the recommendation of - |
| A. | Gorwala Report |
| B. | Administrative Reforms Commission of India |
| C. | Santhanam Committee |
| D. | Kripalani Committee |
| Answer» D. Kripalani Committee | |
| 4. |
At which stage in its life cycle does the silk work yield the fiber of commerce ? |
| A. | Larva |
| B. | Egg |
| C. | Pupa |
| D. | Imago |
| Answer» D. Imago | |
| 5. |
Which Bollywood playback singer has been made India's tobacco control ambassador? |
| A. | Shaan |
| B. | Kumar Shanu |
| C. | Udit Narayan |
| D. | Sonu Nigam |
| Answer» B. Kumar Shanu | |
| 6. |
Durum wheat is one of the many types of wheat grown in Canada. When durum wheat is milled, or ground, it turns into semolina, a gritty type of flour that feels and looks like sand. Semolina flour is used to make: |
| A. | bread |
| B. | tacos |
| C. | cake |
| D. | spaghetti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Ibn Batuta, the moorish traveller, visited India during the reign of |
| A. | Mohammad Bin Tughlak |
| B. | Babar |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Mahmood Ghazni |
| Answer» B. Babar | |
| 8. |
According to the recently released World Bank Report, the Chinese economy grew by the close of fourth quarter of 2009 at the rate of |
| A. | 9.7 percent |
| B. | 10.7 percent |
| C. | 10.8 percent |
| D. | 11 percent |
| Answer» C. 10.8 percent | |
| 9. |
Which National Highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura and Varanasi? |
| A. | NH 4 |
| B. | NH 2 |
| C. | NH 10 |
| D. | NH 6 |
| Answer» C. NH 10 | |
| 10. |
A hollow cylindrical rod is filled with air, to make it a resonance column. To produce a wave of length 48 cm the minimum length of rod should be |
| A. | 12 cm |
| B. | 24 cm |
| C. | 48 cm |
| D. | 96 cm |
| Answer» C. 48 cm | |
| 11. |
Which organisation is meant to ensure exports from India? |
| A. | None of the above |
| B. | EXIM Bank |
| C. | Ministry of Commerce |
| D. | ECGC |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
A firm practising price discrimination will be - |
| A. | charging different price for different qualities of a production |
| B. | buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest markets |
| C. | charging different prices in different markets for a product |
| D. | buying only from firms selling in bulk at a distance |
| Answer» D. buying only from firms selling in bulk at a distance | |
| 13. |
Anemometer measures - |
| A. | Wind direction |
| B. | Relative humidity |
| C. | Net radiation |
| D. | Wind velocity |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The nucleus is absent in |
| A. | Algae |
| B. | Fungi |
| C. | Escherichia coli |
| D. | Angiosperm |
| Answer» D. Angiosperm | |
| 15. |
Which one of the following has enhanced its power most from the system of delegated legislation? |
| A. | The Legislature |
| B. | The Legislative Committees |
| C. | Bureaucracy |
| D. | The Council of Ministers |
| Answer» D. The Council of Ministers | |
| 16. |
Mastitis in animals is due to - |
| A. | Virus and Worms |
| B. | Bacteria and Virus |
| C. | Worms |
| D. | Fungi and dry hand milking |
| Answer» C. Worms | |
| 17. |
The food corporation of was established in the year - |
| A. | 1965 |
| B. | 1966 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» B. 1966 | |
| 18. |
The Human cell contains |
| A. | 44 chromosomes |
| B. | 48 chromosomes |
| C. | 46 chromosomes |
| D. | 23 chromosomes |
| Answer» D. 23 chromosomes | |
| 19. |
Which of the following diseases has posed a serious threat the world over? |
| A. | Tumour |
| B. | Paralytic Stroke |
| C. | AIDS |
| D. | Tuberculosis |
| Answer» D. Tuberculosis | |
| 20. |
When was Brian Close born? |
| A. | 5/31/1940 12:00:00 AM |
| B. | 2/24/1931 12:00:00 AM |
| C. | 12/18/1928 12:00:00 AM |
| D. | 9/15/1935 12:00:00 AM |
| Answer» C. 12/18/1928 12:00:00 AM | |
| 21. |
What do you understand by Bear raid ? |
| A. | Higher rate of price paid for the particular government share or debentures |
| B. | An attempt to bring down the price of strong short selling |
| C. | simultaneous buying of shares and debentures in view of getting more values in near future |
| D. | Any of the above |
| Answer» C. simultaneous buying of shares and debentures in view of getting more values in near future | |
| 22. |
Who is the author of the book "A minister and his Responsibilities"? |
| A. | Dr. Man Mohan Singh |
| B. | Dr. Rajendra Prashad |
| C. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| D. | Morarji Bhai Desai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
In lysogeny, |
| A. | bacteria take up double stranded DNA from the environment |
| B. | a bacteriophage transfers bacterial DNA |
| C. | a bacteriophage genome is integrated into the bacterial genome |
| D. | DNA-degrading enzymes in the extracellular medium would stop the process |
| Answer» D. DNA-degrading enzymes in the extracellular medium would stop the process | |
| 24. |
The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by |
| A. | Lamarck |
| B. | Darwin |
| C. | De Vries |
| D. | Wallace |
| Answer» B. Darwin | |
| 25. |
Who discovered Mohenjodaro? |
| A. | Dayaram Sahani |
| B. | Sir Mortimar Wheeler |
| C. | Rakhaldas Banerjee |
| D. | Sir John Marshall |
| Answer» D. Sir John Marshall | |
| 26. |
The rate of interest at which Reserve Bank of India lends short term funds to the Commercial Banks is known as - |
| A. | Repo Rate |
| B. | Reverse Repo Rate |
| C. | Prime Lending Rate (PLR) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Reverse Repo Rate | |
| 27. |
Globular proteins are multiple folding of polypeptide chain hence their shape is |
| A. | round |
| B. | ellipsoidal |
| C. | spiral |
| D. | double helical |
| Answer» C. spiral | |
| 28. |
Male mosquitoes take their food from - |
| A. | The human blood |
| B. | The standing water |
| C. | The sap of plants |
| D. | The dung and other debris |
| Answer» D. The dung and other debris | |
| 29. |
The first person out of Tata family who has been selected to head the Tata Group after Ratan Tata is |
| A. | O. E. Bhatt |
| B. | Cyrus Mistry |
| C. | Kumar Mangalam Birla |
| D. | Noel Tata |
| Answer» C. Kumar Mangalam Birla | |
| 30. |
Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of |
| A. | Petroleum |
| B. | Coal |
| C. | Iron ore |
| D. | Bauxite |
| Answer» B. Coal | |
| 31. |
19th summit of ASEAN was organised between 17-19th November, 2011 in- |
| A. | Bali, Indonesia |
| B. | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| C. | New Delhi, India |
| D. | Cebu, Philippines |
| Answer» B. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| 32. |
Haryana launched its first food bank in ___ |
| A. | Gurgaon |
| B. | Faridabad |
| C. | Panipat |
| D. | Sonipat |
| Answer» B. Faridabad | |
| 33. |
Alam Khan, one of those who invited Babar to invade India was |
| A. | An Uncle of Ibrahim Lodi and a pretender to the throne of Delhi |
| B. | A cousine of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the country |
| C. | The father of Dilawar Khan to whom cruel treatment was meted out by Ibrahim Lodi |
| D. | A high official in Punjab province who was very much discontented with Ibrahim Lodi's treatment to h |
| Answer» B. A cousine of Ibrahim Lodi who was ill-treated and expelled from the country | |
| 34. |
The enzyme used to reduce bitterness of grapes commonly contains |
| A. | β-d-glucosidase |
| B. | α-L-rhamonosidase |
| C. | both ( and ( |
| D. | β- galactosidase |
| Answer» D. β- galactosidase | |
| 35. |
Who was the court poet of Harshavardhana? |
| A. | Banbhatta |
| B. | Abul Fazal |
| C. | Firdausi |
| D. | Kalidas |
| Answer» B. Abul Fazal | |
| 36. |
CPI and WPI as acronyms, refer to - |
| A. | Political Parties |
| B. | Purchasing capacity indices |
| C. | Price indices |
| D. | Poverty indices |
| Answer» D. Poverty indices | |
| 37. |
The ribosome binding site |
| A. | is located upstream of the promoter sequence |
| B. | forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA |
| C. | is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein |
| D. | is located immediately upstream of the start codon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
The series in which the electrode potentials of metals are arranged in an order is known is |
| A. | Electrode potential series |
| B. | Electrical conductivity series |
| C. | Electrochemical series |
| D. | Chemical affinity sries |
| Answer» D. Chemical affinity sries | |
| 39. |
Which of the following states did not come into being in 1987? |
| A. | Mizoram |
| B. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| C. | Goa |
| D. | Manipur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Which was the last version of MS-DOS that was released separately? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 6.11 |
| D. | 6.22 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was in news recently is the President of _________ |
| A. | Uganda |
| B. | Iraq |
| C. | Iran |
| D. | Sudan |
| Answer» D. Sudan | |
| 42. |
A type of fraud wherein criminals use an innocent person's details to open or use an account to carry out financial transactions is known as |
| A. | Identity Theft |
| B. | Hacking |
| C. | Money Laundering |
| D. | Espionage |
| Answer» B. Hacking | |
| 43. |
Palak leaves' are rich in |
| A. | Iron |
| B. | Vitamin A |
| C. | Cystine |
| D. | Carotene |
| Answer» B. Vitamin A | |
| 44. |
Which of these is a fast-spreading disease? |
| A. | Malaria |
| B. | Plague |
| C. | Poliomyelitis |
| D. | Leprosy |
| Answer» C. Poliomyelitis | |
| 45. |
Consider the following conditions of a sick human body: 1. Swollen lymph nodes 2. Sweating at night 3. Loss of memory 4. Loss of memory |
| A. | 1, & 2 |
| B. | 2, 3, & 4 |
| C. | 1, 3, & 4 |
| D. | 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
The total assets is Rs 35,000 and total liability is Rs 5,500. what could be the net Capital Ratio? |
| A. | 6.36 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 5.83 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» B. 7 | |
| 47. |
The RBI has regional offices at various places. At which of the following places it does not have an office ? |
| A. | Kota |
| B. | Shimla |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Panaji |
| Answer» B. Shimla | |
| 48. |
The Hockey World Player for 2009 is |
| A. | Rajpal Singh |
| B. | Jamie Dwyer |
| C. | Grant Shubert |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Grant Shubert | |
| 49. |
Which of the following companies of Indian Origin has become the first Indian Company to launch financial services to retail investors in China? |
| A. | Bajaj Finance |
| B. | SBI Capital Markets |
| C. | Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 50. |
The demand which is affected by price changes in short term is |
| A. | elastic demand |
| B. | inelastic demand |
| C. | realistic demand |
| D. | irrealstic demand |
| Answer» B. inelastic demand | |