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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 sources of energy tapped in India has shown the largest growth till the Eighth plan? |
| A. | Hydro |
| B. | Thermal |
| C. | Gas |
| D. | Nuclear |
| Answer» C. Gas | |
| 2. |
When was Mandela inaugurated as first black President? |
| A. | 1994 |
| B. | 1999 |
| C. | 2000 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 1999 | |
| 3. |
Which is the highest literary award of the world? |
| A. | Nobel Prize |
| B. | Booker Prize |
| C. | Pulitzer Prize |
| D. | Magsaysay Award |
| Answer» C. Pulitzer Prize | |
| 4. |
When was slavery abolished in Britain? |
| A. | 1830 |
| B. | 1837 |
| C. | 1843 |
| D. | 1833 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which is the biggest literary award of Britain? |
| A. | David Cohen Award |
| B. | Kalinya Award |
| C. | Owen Global Prize |
| D. | Golden Bear Award |
| Answer» B. Kalinya Award | |
| 6. |
Which industries are found in Goa? |
| A. | Mining and various small-scale industries like manufacturing soaps, paper and so on |
| B. | steel and cement industries |
| C. | Oil refineries |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. steel and cement industries | |
| 7. |
Which body of UNO gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO? |
| A. | The Security Council |
| B. | International Court of Justice |
| C. | Trusteeship Council |
| D. | Secretariat |
| Answer» C. Trusteeship Council | |
| 8. |
Which body of UNO carries on the function of the UNO with regard to international, economic, social, cultural, education, wealth and related matters? |
| A. | General Assembly |
| B. | Security Council |
| C. | The Economic and Social Council |
| D. | Trusteeship Council |
| Answer» D. Trusteeship Council | |
| 9. |
Which atomic reactor is used for studies of uranium heavy water lattice? |
| A. | Apsara |
| B. | Zerlina |
| C. | Dhruva |
| D. | Purnima-I |
| Answer» C. Dhruva | |
| 10. |
When was table tennis introduced in Olympics? |
| A. | 1896 at Athens |
| B. | 1988 at Seoul |
| C. | 1924 at Paris |
| D. | 1924 at Seoul |
| Answer» C. 1924 at Paris | |
| 11. |
Which is the associated sport of Bombay Gold Cup? |
| A. | Basketball |
| B. | Weightlifting |
| C. | Hockey |
| D. | Football |
| Answer» D. Football | |
| 12. |
Which is the place of worship for Judoists? |
| A. | Synagogue |
| B. | First temple |
| C. | No church or temple |
| D. | Monastery |
| Answer» B. First temple | |
| 13. |
Which is the sacred text of Hinduism? |
| A. | The Vedas |
| B. | The Bhagavad Gita |
| C. | The epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Which amongst the following mammals has the highest metabolic rate in terms of oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour)? |
| A. | Dog |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Rabbit |
| D. | Rat |
| Answer» C. Rabbit | |
| 15. |
Which of the following agencies related to the United Nation was in existence before the Second World War? |
| A. | Food and Agricultural Organisation |
| B. | International Labour Organisation |
| C. | World Health Organisation |
| D. | International Monetary Fund |
| Answer» C. World Health Organisation | |
| 16. |
Which is the state with largest urban population? |
| A. | West Bengal |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Goa |
| Answer» C. Kerala | |
| 17. |
Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located? |
| A. | Kanpur |
| B. | Jamshedpur |
| C. | Cuttack |
| D. | Patiala |
| Answer» B. Jamshedpur | |
| 18. |
Which of the following are the important sects of Islam? |
| A. | Catholics and Protestants |
| B. | Sunnis and Shias |
| C. | Mahayana and Hinayan |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mahayana and Hinayan | |
| 19. |
Which of the following are the member countries of the commonwealth? |
| A. | Australia, Tonga, UK and Zimbabwe |
| B. | Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Jamaica and Singapore |
| C. | Mauritius, Maldives, Ghana, Bangladesh |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which Bank has the maximum number of branches? |
| A. | ICICI Bank |
| B. | HDFC Bank |
| C. | State Bank of India |
| D. | State Bank of Patiala |
| Answer» D. State Bank of Patiala | |
| 21. |
When was Prophet Mohamed, the founder of Islam, born? |
| A. | 420 AD |
| B. | 570 AD |
| C. | 868 AD |
| D. | 1138 AD |
| Answer» C. 868 AD | |
| 22. |
Which are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh? |
| A. | Rice, maize, millet, wheat, mustard |
| B. | Rice, tobacco, oilseeds, jute, cotton |
| C. | Tea, jute, rice, cotton, silk |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Rice, tobacco, oilseeds, jute, cotton | |
| 23. |
Which of the following inventions were done by Thomas Alva Edison? |
| A. | Incandescent lamp |
| B. | Phonograph C (Gramophone) and microphone |
| C. | Carbon telephone transmitters |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
When was Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci? |
| A. | 1431 AD |
| B. | 1492 AD |
| C. | 1504 AD |
| D. | 1556 AD |
| Answer» D. 1556 AD | |
| 25. |
Which are the important minerals found in manipur? |
| A. | Sillimanite, nickel, petroleum |
| B. | Oil, coal, manganese |
| C. | Iron, lime, bauxite |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Oil, coal, manganese | |
| 26. |
When was Lord Buddha born? |
| A. | 586 BC |
| B. | 1000 BC |
| C. | 560 BC |
| D. | 750 BC |
| Answer» D. 750 BC | |
| 27. |
The first lady Prime Minister of a country was |
| A. | Srimavo Bhadaranaike (Sri Lanka) |
| B. | Maria Estate Pew (Argentina) |
| C. | Junko Taibei (Japan) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Maria Estate Pew (Argentina) | |
| 28. |
The common pesticides which are in use consist of |
| A. | PCBs |
| B. | organochlorines |
| C. | olefins |
| D. | heterocyclic compounds |
| Answer» D. heterocyclic compounds | |
| 29. |
The dance in Himachal Pradesh, performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when life comes to a standstill during cold winter is |
| A. | Luddi dance |
| B. | Munzra |
| C. | Giddha parhaun |
| D. | Rouf |
| Answer» C. Giddha parhaun | |
| 30. |
The battle tanks that have been modernized to keep pace with the latest technology development is |
| A. | Vijayanta |
| B. | T-55 and T-72 |
| C. | Arjun |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. T-55 and T-72 | |
| 31. |
Microphone is used to convert |
| A. | sound waves into electrical energy |
| B. | sound waves into light rays |
| C. | electrical energy into sound waves |
| D. | sound waves into magnetic currents |
| Answer» B. sound waves into light rays | |
| 32. |
Missile 'prithivi' aims |
| A. | to test the performance of an indigenously built heat-shield |
| B. | to hit target without the help of the Air Forces |
| C. | to defend a large installations like oil-fields etc. against enemy attacks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. to defend a large installations like oil-fields etc. against enemy attacks | |
| 33. |
The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at |
| A. | New Delhi, India |
| B. | Manila, Philippines |
| C. | Tokyo, Japan |
| D. | Jakarata, Indonesia |
| Answer» B. Manila, Philippines | |
| 34. |
The chemical name of Vitamin B is |
| A. | nicotinamide |
| B. | ascorbic acid |
| C. | riboflavin |
| D. | thiamine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
The first Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha was |
| A. | Nargis Dutt |
| B. | Hema Malini |
| C. | Jaya Prada |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Hema Malini | |
| 36. |
The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) conference was held at |
| A. | Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
| B. | Caire (Egypt) |
| C. | Lusaka (Zambia) |
| D. | Algeria (Algeria) |
| Answer» B. Caire (Egypt) | |
| 37. |
The first recipient of Bharat Ratna award in 1954 was |
| A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
| B. | C. Rajagopalachari |
| C. | C.V. Raman |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» C. C.V. Raman | |
| 38. |
The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to |
| A. | Jones Salk |
| B. | Alb E. Sabin |
| C. | J.L. Baird |
| D. | J. Perkins |
| Answer» B. Alb E. Sabin | |
| 39. |
When was Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism born in Media(Iran)? |
| A. | 2000 BC |
| B. | 660 BC |
| C. | 1075 BC |
| D. | 740 BC |
| Answer» C. 1075 BC | |
| 40. |
Which missile is designed to defend large installation like oil-fields etc. against enemy air attacks? |
| A. | Akash |
| B. | Nag |
| C. | Agni |
| D. | Prithvi |
| Answer» B. Nag | |
| 41. |
Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in |
| A. | increased height |
| B. | retarded growth |
| C. | weakening of bones |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. retarded growth | |
| 42. |
Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the |
| A. | force of adhesion |
| B. | force of friction |
| C. | centrifugal force |
| D. | force of cohesion |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| A. | started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune |
| B. | founded the servants of India Society |
| C. | served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1905 |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
GNLF stands for |
| A. | Gorkha National Liberation Front |
| B. | Gross National Liberation Form |
| C. | Both option A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Gross National Liberation Form | |
| 45. |
Fa-Hien was |
| A. | the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya |
| B. | the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica |
| C. | the first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica | |
| 46. |
The member of SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) are |
| A. | Australia, France, New Zealand |
| B. | Philippines, Thailand |
| C. | UK and USA |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
The main purpose of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) is |
| A. | to accelerate economic progress and maintain economic stability |
| B. | to maintain higher standards of living among member nations |
| C. | to provide collective defence and economic cooperation |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. to maintain higher standards of living among member nations | |
| 48. |
The National Emblem was adopted by Government of India on |
| A. | January 26, 1950 |
| B. | August 15, 1947 |
| C. | August 2, 1950 |
| D. | July 12, 1947 |
| Answer» B. August 15, 1947 | |
| 49. |
The Pilotless target aircraft, fabricated at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore, is |
| A. | Lakshya |
| B. | Cheetah |
| C. | Nishant |
| D. | Arjun |
| Answer» B. Cheetah | |
| 50. |
When did Afghanistan ends monarchy and became a republic? |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1973 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 2000 |
| Answer» C. 1965 | |