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| 9901. |
The author of the bookIndia Wins Freedomis |
| A. | Indira Gandhi |
| B. | Kuldeep Nayyar |
| C. | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Answer» D. Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 9902. |
Two boats, traveling at 5 and 10 kms per hour, head directly each other. They begin at a distance of 20 kms from each other. How far apart are they (in kms) one minute before they collide. |
| A. | 1/12 |
| B. | 1/6 |
| C. | 1/4 |
| D. | 1/3 |
| Answer» D. 1/3 | |
| 9903. |
'Romancing with Life' is a book written ? |
| A. | Hema Malini |
| B. | Dilip Kumar |
| C. | Debasheesh Dutta |
| D. | Dev Anand |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9904. |
scar Awardsare given for the excellence in the field of ______. |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Social Service |
| C. | Film |
| D. | Sports |
| Answer» D. Sports | |
| 9905. |
Canals further improved the network of interregional transportation because they were less expensive and easier to build than roadways. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | difficulty to Say |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. difficulty to Say | |
| 9906. |
On a 20 km tunnel connecting two cities A and B there are three gutters. The distance between gutter 1 and 2 is half the distance between gutter 2 and 3. The distance from city A to its nearest gutter, gutter 1 is equal to the distance of city B from gutter 3. On a particular day the hospital in city A receives information that an accident has happened at the third gutter. The victim can be saved only if an operation is started within 40 minutes. An ambulance started from city A at 30 km/hr and crossed the first gutter after 5 minutes. If the driver had doubled the speed after that, what is the maximum amount of time the doctor would get to attend the patient at the hospital?Assume 1 minute is elapsed for taking the patient into and out of the ambulance. |
| A. | 4 minutes |
| B. | 2.5 minutes |
| C. | 1.5 minutes |
| D. | Patient died before reaching the hospital |
| Answer» D. Patient died before reaching the hospital | |
| 9907. |
Number S is obtained by squaring the sum of digits of a two digit number D. If difference between S and D is 27, then the two digit number D is? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 54 |
| C. | 34 |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» C. 34 | |
| 9908. |
If x, y and z are real numbers such that: x y z =5 and xy yz zx = 3, what is the largest value that x can have? |
| A. | 5/3 |
| B. | /19 |
| C. | 13/3 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 13/3 | |
| 9909. |
The owner of a local jewellery store hired 3 watchmen to guard his diamonds, but a thief still got in and stole some diamonds. On the way out, the thief met each watchman, one at a time. To each he gave ½ of the diamonds he had then, and 2 more besides. He escaped with one diamond. How many did he steal originally? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 36 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 25 | |
| 9910. |
Neeraj has agreed to mow the front lawn, which is a 20m by 40m rectangle. The mower mows a 1 m wide strip. If Neeraj starts at one corner and mows around the lawn toward the center, about how many times would he go round before he has mowed half the lawn? |
| A. | 2.5 |
| B. | 3.5 |
| C. | 3.8 |
| D. | 4.0 |
| Answer» D. 4.0 | |
| 9911. |
'Kuchipudi' is a dance style of |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Karnataka |
| Answer» B. Kerala | |
| 9912. |
'Pulizer prizes are awarded to Americans for excellence in ? |
| A. | Journalism |
| B. | Films |
| C. | Medicine |
| D. | Social Work |
| Answer» B. Films | |
| 9913. |
British-born Sierra Leonean novelist Aminatta Forna on 21 May 2011 won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her which of the following novels? |
| A. | The Devil that Danced on the Water |
| B. | Ancestor Stones |
| C. | The Memory of Love |
| D. | A Man Melting |
| Answer» D. A Man Melting | |
| 9914. |
TheKumbha Melais held once in |
| A. | 10 years |
| B. | 12 years |
| C. | 7 years |
| D. | 5 years |
| Answer» C. 7 years | |
| 9915. |
Begum Akhtar is related to ? |
| A. | Painting |
| B. | Music |
| C. | Dance |
| D. | Writing |
| Answer» C. Dance | |
| 9916. |
Name the ace magician received the International Merlin Award also known as the magicians' Oscar for the year 2011 on 23 June 2011 from Tony Hassini, President of the US based International Magicians Society. |
| A. | Gopinath Muthukad |
| B. | Houdini |
| C. | Franz Harary |
| D. | Criss Angel |
| Answer» B. Houdini | |
| 9917. |
Name the former Vice-Chancellor of Kakatiya University and proponent of a separate Telengana state who died on 21 June 2011. |
| A. | Kothapalli Jayashankar |
| B. | K Chandrasekar Rao |
| C. | Shankar Rao |
| D. | M Kodandaram Reddy |
| Answer» B. K Chandrasekar Rao | |
| 9918. |
'Neela Chand' is a novel written by |
| A. | Ram Vilas Sharma |
| B. | Subhash Mukhopadhyay |
| C. | Shiv Prasad Singh |
| D. | Ramakant Rath |
| Answer» D. Ramakant Rath | |
| 9919. |
1. An eminent economist who played a significant part in moulding the government’s economic policy making died of a cardiac arrest in Pune on 21 June 2011.2. Prof. Tendulkar was a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) from 2004 to 2008. He was the Chairman of PMEAC from 2008 to 2009.3. He headed a committee that for the first time moved to a wider definition of poverty including spending on food as well as education, health, and clothing.4. He was also a part-time member of the National Statistical Commission (2000-01), the first Disinvestment Commission (1996-99), and the Fifth Central Pay Commission (1994-97).Identify the person with the help of the following clues. |
| A. | Bibek Debroy |
| B. | Suresh Tendulkar |
| C. | Deepak Puri |
| D. | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw |
| Answer» C. Deepak Puri | |
| 9920. |
A Tunisian court on 20 June 2011 sentenced former president of the country in absentia to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution that inspired the Arab Spring. Name the person in question. |
| A. | Hosni Mubarak |
| B. | Gaddafi |
| C. | Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali |
| D. | Ali Abdullah Saleh |
| Answer» D. Ali Abdullah Saleh | |
| 9921. |
Which of the statements given below about Vivekananda are correct?1. He believed that Vedanta was fully rational.2. He criticized his countrymen for having lost touch with the outside world.3. he condemned the caste system.4. He considered the Veda to be infallible.Select the correct answer using the code given below- |
| A. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| B. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| C. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| D. | 1 and 2 only |
| Answer» B. 1, 2 and 3 | |
| 9922. |
The United Nations General Assembly on 21 June 2011 appointed Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General. Ban Ki-moon was the former foreign minister of which of the following countries? |
| A. | Japan |
| B. | China |
| C. | South Korea |
| D. | Singapore |
| Answer» D. Singapore | |
| 9923. |
Golfer Martin Kaymeras topped latest Golf ranking released on 1 March 2011. Which one of the following countries he belongs to? |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | France |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | England |
| Answer» B. France | |
| 9924. |
Which one of the following teams defeated Chhattisgarh in the final to win gold in the basketball women’s category in the 34th Jharkhand National Games? |
| A. | Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Maharashtra |
| D. | Kerala |
| Answer» B. Bihar | |
| 9925. |
Mayank, Mirza, Little and Jaspal bought a motorbike for $60.00. Mayank paid one half of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys. Mirza paid one third of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys; and Little paid one fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys. How much did Jaspal have to pay? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 17 |
| D. | 19 |
| Answer» C. 17 | |
| 9926. |
A piece of string is 40 centimeters long. It is cut into three pieces. The longest piece is 3 times as long as the middle-sized piece and the shortest piece is 23 centimeters shorter than the longest piece. Find the length of the shortest piece. |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» D. 9 | |
| 9927. |
Three travelers are sitting around a fire, and are about to eat a meal. One of them has five small loaves of bread, the second has three small loaves of bread. The third has no food, but has eight coins. He offers to pay for some bread. They agree to share the eight loaves equally among the three travelers, and the third traveler will pay eight coins for his share of the eight loaves. All loaves were the same size. The second traveler (who had three loaves) suggests that he be paid three coins and that the first traveler be paid five coins. The first traveler says that he should get more than five coins. How much the first traveler should get? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1 | |
| 9928. |
The book 'Great Soul:Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India' was in news some time back and was banned in some Indian States including Gujarat.The author of the book is ? |
| A. | Duncan Green |
| B. | Michael Ondaatje |
| C. | Joseph Lelyveld |
| D. | Jack Welch |
| Answer» D. Jack Welch | |
| 9929. |
Bernard Shaw is the author of the drama ? |
| A. | Murder in the Ca thedral |
| B. | Death of a Salesman |
| C. | Arms and the Man |
| D. | Twelfth Night |
| Answer» D. Twelfth Night | |
| 9930. |
Davji Shop sells samosas in boxes of different sizes. The samosas are priced at Rs.2 per samosa up to 200 samosas. For every additional 20 samosas, the price of the whole lot goes down by 10 paise per samosa. What should be the maximum size of the box that would maximize the revenue? |
| A. | 240 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 400 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 400 | |
| 9931. |
Sanjukta Panigrahi was famous for the dance ? |
| A. | Bharatnatyam |
| B. | Odissi |
| C. | Manipuri |
| D. | Kaththak |
| Answer» C. Manipuri | |
| 9932. |
It takes 6 technicians a total of 10 hours to build a new server from Direct Computer, with each working at the same rate. If six technicians start to build the server at 11.00 AM, and one technician per hour is added beginning at 5.00 PM, at what time will the server be complete? |
| A. | 6:40pm |
| B. | 7:00pm |
| C. | 7:20pm |
| D. | 8pm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9933. |
'Byomkesh Bakshi' Character was created by - |
| A. | Manik Bandyopadhyaya |
| B. | Banaful |
| C. | Satinath Bhaduri |
| D. | Sharadindu Bandyopadhyaya |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9934. |
If there are 10 positive real numbers n1 u003c n2 u003c n3 … u003c n10. How many triplets of these numbers (n1, n2, n3), (n2, n3, n4), … can be generated such that in each that in each triplet the first number is always less than the second number, and the second number is always less than the third number? |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 90 |
| C. | 120 |
| D. | 180 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9935. |
'Desdemona' is a character of the drama - |
| A. | Romeo and Juliet |
| B. | The Tempest |
| C. | King Lear |
| D. | Othello, The Moor of Venice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9936. |
3 small pumps and a large pump are filling a tank. Each of the three small pumps works at 2/3rd the rate of the large pump. If all 4 pumps work at the same time, they should fill the tank in what fraction of the time that it would have taken the large pump alone? |
| A. | 4/7 |
| B. | 1/3 |
| C. | 2/3 |
| D. | 3/4 |
| Answer» C. 2/3 | |
| 9937. |
Neel Darpan is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860-61. Who authored it ? |
| A. | Dinabandhu Mitra |
| B. | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya |
| C. | Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh jointly |
| D. | Madhusudan Dutta |
| Answer» B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya | |
| 9938. |
In a triangle ABC, the internal bisector of the angle A meets BC at D. If AB = 4, AC = 3 and A = 600, then length of AD is: |
| A. | 2 /3 |
| B. | 12 /(3/7) |
| C. | 15 /(3/8) |
| D. | 6 /(3/7) |
| Answer» C. 15 /(3/8) | |
| 9939. |
The length of the common chord of two circles of radii 15 cm and 20 cm, whose centres are 25 cm apart, is (cm)? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 25 | |
| 9940. |
On a straight road XY, 100 metres long, five heavy stones are placed two metres apart beginning at the end X. A worker, starting at X, has to transport all the stones to Y, by carrying only one stone at a time. The minimum distance he has to travel (in metres) is? |
| A. | 860 |
| B. | 422 |
| C. | 744 |
| D. | 844 |
| Answer» B. 422 | |
| 9941. |
1. Renowned film critic, historian and a pioneer of the film society movement in India died on 22 May 2011.2. He is credited as one of the early pioneers who carved a space for serious film criticism in India and was given the lifetime achievement award at the Osian's Cinefan Film Festival in 2004.3.Dasgupta had also ventured into directing films and made seven films, including two feature films – Bilet Pherat and Amodini.4.He is the father of very talented and versatile actress Aparna Sen.Identify the person with the following clues |
| A. | Hari Sadhan Dasgupta |
| B. | Chidananda Dasgupta |
| C. | Vinayak Chakravorty |
| D. | Derek Bose |
| Answer» C. Vinayak Chakravorty | |
| 9942. |
A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked, “How many gold coins do we have?” After pausing a moment, he replied, “Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 48 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers.” The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant’s wife by finding out how many coins the merchant has? |
| A. | 96 |
| B. | 53 |
| C. | 43 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9943. |
Shyam visited Ram on vacation. In the mornings, they both would go for yoga. In the evenings they Would play tennis. To have more fun, they indulge only in one actively per day, i.e., either they went for yoga or played tennis each day. There were days when they were lazy and stayed home all day long. There were 24 mornings when they did nothing, 14 evenings when they stayed at home, and a total of 22 days when they did yoga or played tennis. For how many days Shyam stayed with Ram? |
| A. | 32 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 9944. |
Market share means ? |
| A. | Share of business among peers |
| B. | Market price of shares |
| C. | Sensex |
| D. | Share market |
| Answer» B. Market price of shares | |
| 9945. |
Market size means -? |
| A. | Size of the Organisation |
| B. | Size of marketing staff |
| C. | Scope for marketing |
| D. | Scope for profits |
| Answer» D. Scope for profits | |
| 9946. |
Marketing in Banks is required for ? |
| A. | Accepting of deposits |
| B. | Getting new customers |
| C. | Lending |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9947. |
If x2 5y2 z2 = 2y (2x z) then which of the following statements are necessarily true?A. x=2y., B. x=2z , C.2x=z. |
| A. | Only A |
| B. | Only B and C |
| C. | Only A and B |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 9948. |
Only one of the following is true. Find the same ? |
| A. | Marketing is not required in Public enterprises |
| B. | Marketing is not required in monopolistic situation |
| C. | Marketing has no role to play in production levels |
| D. | Marketing depends on competitors' performance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9949. |
Sales forecasting involves study of ? |
| A. | Distribution outlets |
| B. | Proper selling price |
| C. | Sales planning |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9950. |
Advertisements are required for ? |
| A. | Boosting the sales |
| B. | Boosting the production levels |
| C. | Motivating the employees |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Boosting the production levels | |