1. Who was the first Indian woman
to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachhendri Pal
(B) Phew Dorajee
(C) Onn Saang Su Kayi
(D) Yoko Ono
Ans : (A)
2. Epicentre is concerned with-
(A) Earthquake
(B) Volcano
(C) Cyclone
(D) Land-sliding
Ans : (A)
3. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is
associated with which of the
following subjects ?
(A) Cosmology
(B) Chemistry
(C) Fluid Mechanics
(D) Astrophysics
Ans : (D)
4. Which scale is used to measure
the intensity of earthquake ?
(A) Richter
(B) Metric
(C) Centigrade
(D) Newton
Ans : (A)
5. Who was the only Indian
woman to be elected as the
President of U.N. General
Assembly ?
(A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) V. K. Krishna Menon
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Rajeshwar Dayal
Ans : (A)
6. Sea-coast of which of the
following states is the longest ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Orissa
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (A)
7. ‘RAF’ is the abbreviated form of
which of the following ?
(A) Ready Action Force
(B) Rapid Action Force
(C) Reverse Action Force
(D) Repeat Action Force
Ans : (B)
8. Bolometer is used to measure
which of the following ?
(A) Frequency
(B) Temperature
(C) Velocity
(D) Wavelength
Ans : (B)
9. Tehri dam is built on which of
the following rivers ?
(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmputra
(C) Bhagirathi
(D) Yamuna
Ans : (C)
10. Which of the following is
incorrect ?
(A) AIDS is a retroviral disease
(B) AIDS disease spreads due to
homosexual and bisexual relations
(C) AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981
in USA
(D) Due to AIDS, ano-genetal warts
are formed
Ans : (C)
11. Who lost the AFC (Asian
Football Confederation Final, 2008
to India) ?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (D)
12. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis
Men’s Singles in August 2008 ?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Mahesh Bhupati
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)
13. After the terrorist attack of
26th November, 2008 in Mumbai,
who was appointed as the Home
Minister of India ?
(A) Sh. Shivraj Patil
(B) Sh. Pranab Mukherjee
(C) Sh. P. Chidambaram
(D) Sh. A.K. Anthony
Ans : (C)
14. Which one of the following has
been appointed as the Secretary
of State by Barack Obama,
President of U.S.A. ?
(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Joe Biden
(C) Condoleezza Rice
(D) Ben Porritt
Ans : (A)
15. Name the winner of the Sanjay
Chopra National Award for Bravery
2008-
(A) Saumika Mishra
(B) Santosh Sen
(C) Amit Kumar
(D) Pappu
Ans : (A)
16. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award
for 2006 was awarded by the
President of India to-
(A) Tapan Sinha
(B) Madhur Bhandarkar
(C) Dilip Kumar
(D) Lata Mangeshkar
Ans : (A)
17. The concept of the Directive
Principles of State Policy was
borrowed by our Constitution
from the Constitution of-
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Canada
(C) U.S.S.R.
(D) Ireland
Ans : (D)
18. ‘Jeevan Aastha’-a scheme
relating to investment and saving,
was launched during 2008-09, by-
(A) Tata AIG
(B) ICICI Prudential
(C) Bajaj Allianz
(D) LIC
Ans : (D)
19. The three medals that Indians
won in the Beijing Olympics were
in-
(A) Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling
(B) Shooting, Boxing and Archery
(C) Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis
(D) Shooting, Boxing and Hockey
Ans : (A)
20. ATM stands for-
(A) Automatic Teller Machine
(B) Automated Teller Machine
(C) Automatic Tally Machine
(D) Automated Tally Mechanism
Ans : (A)
21. There is no provision in the
Constitution for the impeachment
of the-
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Chief Justice of a High Court
(C) Governor
(D) Vice President
Ans : (C)
22. Only one of the following can
be the ex-officio Chairman of the
Planning Commission. He is the-
(A) Minister for Planning and
Development
(B) Home Minister
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Finance Minister
Ans : (C)
23. The train service-’Thar Express’
between India and Pakistan,
originates in India from-
(A) Jaisalmer
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Bikaner
(D) Barmer
Ans : (D)
24. Which one of the following
cricketers has been awarded the
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for
the year 2007 ?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Saurav Ganguly
(C) M.S. Dhoni
(D) Virender Sehwag
Ans : (C)
25. Garba is a dance form of-
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Orissa
(D) Assam
Ans : (A)
26. Which one of the following
countries has become the world
leader in the carbon credit
business in 2007 ?
(A) India
(B) Brazil
(C) Mexico
(D) China
Ans : (D)
27. Who is named as the Flying
Sikh of India ?
(A) Mohinder Singh
(B) Ajit Pal Singh
(C) Joginder Singh
(D) Milkha Singh
Ans : (D)
28. Find the odd one (with
reference of 26th January 2009
awards).
(A) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(B) Harbhajan Singh
(C) Pankaj Advani
(D) Abhinav Bindra
Ans : (B)
29. Fundamental Rights are not
given to-
(A) Bankrupt persons
(B) Aliens
(C) Persons suffering from incurable
disease
(D) Political sufferers
Ans : (B)
30. Which is the lowest layer of the
atmosphere ?
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Thermosphere
Ans : (A)
31. Which of the following,
according to Mahatma Gandhi, is
the strongest force in the world ?
(A) Non-violence of the brave
(B) Non-violence of the weak
(C) Non-violence of the coward
(D) Non-violence of the downtrodden
Ans : (A)
32. Why was the name of Kuber
Singh, a 17-year old student of
G.D. Goenka World School, in the
news on 20th January 2009 ?
(A) He was declared as the winner of
the Sanjay Chopra Award
(B) He broke the record for fastest
memorising of a 9 digit number
(C) He witnessed the Swearingin-
Ceremony of President Barack Obama
of USA, as an official invitee
(D) He solved the crossword puzzle of
the famous USA magazine
Ans : (C)
33. What is the tenure of the Prime
Minister of India ?
(A) Conterminous with the tenure of
the Lok Sabha
(B) Conterminous with the tenure of
the President
(C) As long as he enjoys the support
of a majority in the Lok Sabha
(D) Five years
Ans : (C)
34. What was the reason for
Gandhiji’s support to
decentralization of power ?
(A) Decentralisation ensures more
participation of the people into
democracy
(B) India had decentralisation of
power in the past
(C) Decentralisation was essential for
the economic development of the
country
(D) Decentralisation can prevent
communalism
Ans : (C)
35. Consent of the people means
consent of-
(A) A few people
(B) All people
(C) Majority of the people
(D) Leader of the people
Ans : (C)
36. For how many categories has
A. R. Rehman, the Golden Globe
Award Winner for original sound
track in the film ‘Slum Dog
Millionaire’ been nominated at the
Oscars ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 9
Ans : (C)
37. Which of the following is not a
Panchayati Raj Institution ?
(A) Gram Sabha
(B) Gram Panchayat
(C) Gram Cooperative Society
(D) Nyaya Panchayat
Ans : (C)
38. Who among the following were
members of the Swaraj Party ?
1. Motilal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 only
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans : (B)
39. Match the following-
Union Territory
(A) Puducherry
(b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Daman and Diu
Jurisdiction (High Court)
1. Kerala
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Calcutta
(A) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans : (A)
40. Which of the following is an
extra-constitutional and
nonstatutory body ?
(A) Finance Commission
(B) Planning Commission
(C) Union Public Service Commission
(D) Election Commission
Ans : (B)
41. Which of the following is true
regarding ‘No Confidence Motion’
in the Parliament ?
1. There is no mention of it in the
Constitution.
2. A period of six months must
lapse between the introduction of
one ‘No Confidence Motion’ and
another.
3. Atleast 100 persons must
support such a motion before it is
introduced in the House.
4. It can be introduced in the Lok
Sabha only.
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 4
Ans : (D)
42. Deep fried food materials are
carcinogenic because they are rich
in-
(A) Fats
(B) Hydrocarbons
(C) Cooking oil
(D) Nicotine
Ans : (A)
43. The toxicity of which of the
following heavy metals leads to
liver cirrhosis ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lead
(C) Mercury
(D) Zinc
Ans : (A)
44. If the radius of blood vessels
of a person decreases his/her
blood pressure will-
(A) increase
(B) decrease
(C) remain unaffected
(D) increase for males and decrease
for females
Ans : (A)
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