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TEST I

General Awareness


  1. The Constitution provides that no Vidhan Sabha can have less than 60 members. Which of the following State Assemblies is an exception to it ?

    • Tripura

    • Meghalaya

    • Sikkim

    • Mizoram

  2. Who will discharge the functions of the President of India, if for any reason both the offices of the President and the Vice President of India fall vacant?

    • Prime Minister

    • Speaker of Lok Sabha

    • The senior-most Governor of states

    • Attorney General of India

  3. India is not a member of

    • G-20

    • G-8

    • G-15

    • United Nations

  4. The distance between the Earth and the Sun is the greatest during

    • Summer Solstice

    • Winter Solstice

    • Aphelion

    • Perihelion

  5. CDMA in telephony stands for

    • Cyclic Divided Microwave Access

    • Code Division Multiple Access

    • Centrally Distinct Multiple Access

    • Coded Dots Mobile Access

  6. Which one of the following books is not written by Munshi Premchand ?

    • Rangbhoomi

    • Prem Pachisi

    • Vishkanya

    • Kayakalp

  7. Which Taal has sixteen matras ?

    • Jhaptal

    • Roopak Taal

    • Teen Taal

    • Aadi Taal

  8. Which of the following countries won the World Youth Football Championship 2004 ?

    • Brazil

    • Spain

    • Argentina

    • Germany

  9. “World Development Report” is an annual publication of

    • United Nations Development Programme

    • International Bank of Reconstruction and Development

    • World Trade Organisation

    • International Monetary Fund


  1. India’s first Neutron Reactor ‘Kamini’ was built at the nuclear research centre located at

    • Chennai

    • Kalpakkam

    • Kolkata

    • Trombay

  2. Who among the following has written the controversial book ‘Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India’ ?

    • Arundhati Roy

    • Sumit Sarkar

    • James W. Laine

    • Arthur Clarke

  3. Which of the following countries does not border the Mediterranean Sea?

    • Malta

    • Libya

    • Italy

    • Bulgaria

  4. The deepest oceanic trench ‘Mariana’ is located in

    • Atlantic Ocean

    • Arctic Ocean

    • Pacific Ocean

    • Indian Ocean

  5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?


  6. ‘Purna Swaraj’ Resolution

    : 1929

    Martyrdom of
    Bhagat Singh

    : 1931

    Formation of
    Congress Socialist Party

    :1938

    Shimla Conference

    :1945


  7. Which of the following states has the lowest Sex Ratio as per CENSUS - 2001 of India?

    • Haryana

    • Punjab

    • Sikkim

    • Uttar Pradesh

  8. Which of the following newspapers has won five Pulitzer Prizes for 2004 ?

    • The New York Times

    • Washington Post

    • The Los Angeles Times

    • The Wall Street Journal

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