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Ques1. Name the film which has been selected as India’s Official entry to the Best Foreign Language category of the 88th Academy or Oscar Awards 2016?
PK
Haider
Court
Queen
Answer: 3
Ques2. Who is Yogi Berra?
Volleyball Player
Cricket Player
Hockey Player
Baseball Player
Answer: 4
Ques3. Who has been appointed as the Sherpa of the G-20 Summit 2015?
Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitely
Rajnath Singh
Arvind Panagariya
Answer: 4
Ques4. Which company has decided to invest $150 million for the Indian Startups?
Qualcomm
Yahoo
Microsoft
Answer: 1
Ques5. Which of the following state government has planned to implement National Food Security Act, 2013?
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Answer: 2
Ques6. What was ‘Dar-Ul-Shafa’ established by Feroz Tughlaq?
An almshouse
A library
A guest house for pilgrims
A free hospital
Answer: A free hospital
Ques7. Who said “Tilak is the father of Indian unrest”
Lord Reading
Web Miller
Louis Fischer
Chirol
Answer: V. Chirol
Ques8. In South Asia, the country with the largest percentage of aged population is
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Answer: Sri Lanka
Ques9. The promoter of National Stock Exchange of India is.
LIC and GIC
IDBI
All the above
State Bank of India
Answer: All the above
Ques10. Which among the following products is not usually exported from India?
Pulses
Sugar
Rice
Wheat
Answer: Pulses
Ques11. Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world’s
Largest railway station
Highest railway station
Longest railway station
None of the above
Answer: largest railway station
Ques12. Garampani sanctuary is located at
Junagarh, Gujarat
Diphu, Assam
Kohima, Nagaland
Gangtok, Sikkim
Answer: Diphu, Assam
Ques13. The highest sand dunes are found is
The Sahara desert
The Atacama desert
The Kalahari desert
The Gobi desert
Answer: the Sahara desert
Ques14. Rome is situated on the banks of the river -
Vistula
Avon
Rhime
Tiber
Answer: Tiber
Ques15. Who among the following maintains that persons carried into the state their natural rights from the state of nature?
Plato
Locke
Rousseau
None of the above
Answer: Locke
Ques16. Which of the following places is famous for Chikankari work, which is a traditional art of embroidery?
Lucknow
Hyderabad
Jaipur
Mysore
Answer: Lucknow
Ques17. The world’s tallest free-standing structure is -
Eiffel Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa
CN Tower
Qutab Minar
Answer: CN Tower
Ques18. Who is the view that the sovereign cannot tax his subjects without their consent?
Bodin
Grotius
Hobbes
Rousseau
Answer: Bodin
Ques19. Kathak is a classical dance of
North India
Tamilnadu
Manipur
Kerala
Answer: North India
Ques20. IRDA is the Indian regulator for the -
Banking sector
Mutual funds
Rural Development
None of these
Answer: None of these
Ques21. AIDS disease in the human being is caused by?
Fungus
HIV (virus)
Insects
None of these
Answer: HIV (virus)
Ques22. NIRT (National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis) is located at -
Mumbai
Nagpur
Ahmedabad
Chennai
Answer: Chennai
Ques23. Who is the author of the Shiva Trilogy the third book of which ‘The Oath of the Vayuputras’ was launched in February 2013?
Anand Neelkantan
Ashwin Sanghi
Amish Tripathi
Ashok Banker
Answer: Amish Tripathi
Ques24. The recently released film ‘Kai Po Che’ is based on the novel ?
The Story of My Marriage
The 3 Mistake of My Life
The Loving Doll
Lashkar
Answer: The 3 Mistake of My Life
Ques25. ‘Sita’ in Maurya age Means.
Revenue from crown land
A Goddess
Barren land
A Religious SectAnswer: Revenue from crown land
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