The first meeting
of the UN General Assembly was held in which of the following cities?
a. London
b. New York
c. San Francisco
d. Teheran
The founder member
of EFTA are_______________
a. Austria , Denmark , Norway
b. Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland
c. UK , Austria , Sweden
d. All of the above
The exhaled air
contains_______________
a. Carbon dioxide only
b. A mixture which has
more carbon dioxide than oxygen
c. A mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which
nitrogen has the highest percentage
d. A mixture of carbon
dioxide and nitrogen
The five permanent
members of the Security Council are_______________
a. China , France , Russia , UK , USA
b. China , UK , Belgium , France , USA
c. India , UK , USA , China , Germany
d. None of the above
The clear sky looks
blue because_______________
a. Reflection of light
b. Refraction of light
c. Diffraction of
light
d. Dispersion of light
The chief
administrative office of the UNO, which co-ordinates and supervises the
activities of the UNO, is_______________
a. The International
court of justice
b. The General
Assembly
c. The secretariat
d. The Trusteeship
council
Philology is the_______________
a. Study of bones
b. Study of muscles
c. Study of
architecture
d. Science of languages
The 2006 World Cup
Football Tournament held in_______________
a. France
b. China
c. Germany
d. Brazil
Republican party is_______________
a. One of the
important parties in USA
b. The political
parties which has no definite principles
c. The political party
which changes with the change in the times and circumstances in the country
d. All of the above
Taoism is followed
in_______________
a. Worldwide
b. Iran and north-west India
c. China , Taiwan , Nauru , Brunei , Singapore and Vietnam
d. Japan
The 2003 Right
Livelihood Honorary Award honors _________, when the jury recognizes "for
his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons".
a. New Zealand 's former Prime Minister David Lange
b. Martin Almada (Australia )
c. Martin Green (Australia )
d. None of the above
Tansen was_______________
a. A great exponent of
Indian classical music
b. One of the nine
gems in the court of Akbar
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
Marco Polo_______________
a. Discovered Greenland
b. Travelled through China , India and other parts of Asia
c. Travelled round
the cape of Good Hope
d. Discovered Canada
Of the blood groups
A, B, AB and O, which one is transfused into a person whose blood group is A?
a. Group A only
b. Group B only
c. Group A and O
d. Group AB only
Light Year is
related to_______________
a. Energy
b. Speed
c. Distance
d. Intensity
Liquid asset is_______________
a. A type of asset
that is in cash in the current account of the commercial bank
b. A type of asset
that is in the form of a deposit in the current account of the commercial bank
c. Either of these
d. None of the
above
Of the various
non-conventional energy sources that are being tapped, which has the largest
potential?
a. Water power
b. Wind power
c. Solar power
d. Biomass power
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
Filaria is caused by_______________
a. Bacteria
b. Mosquito
c. Protozoa
d. Virus
Durand Cup is associated with the game of_______________
a. Cricket
b. Football
c. Hockey
d. Volleyball
Economic goods are_______________
a. All commodities
that are limited in quantity as compared to their demand
b. Commodities that is available according to their demand
c. Commodities that is available more as compared to demand
d. None of the above
For purifying drinking water alum is used_______________
a. For coagulation
of mud particles
b. To kill bacteria
c. To remove salts
d. To remove gases
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was_______________
a. A German Physicist
b. Developed the mercury thermometer in 1714
c. Devised temperature scale
d. All of the
above
During the first crusade, crusaders reached Jerusalem
and captured it in _______________
a. 1000 AD
b. 1099 AD
c. 1200 AD
d. 1515 AD
Hermann Scheer (Germany )
received right Livelihood Award in 1999 for _______________
a. His
indefatigable work for the promotion of solar energy worldwide
b. His long standing efforts to end the impunity of dictators
c. Showing that organic agriculture is a key to both
environmental sustainability and food security
d. None of the above
Fathometer is used to measure_______________
a. Earthquakes
b. Rainfall
c. Ocean depth
d. Sound intensity
For the Olympics and World
Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are _______________
a. 26 m x 14 m
b.
28 m x 15 m
c. 27 m x 16 m
d. 28 m x 16 m
For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?
a. Aluminium
b. Copper
c. Lead
d. Zinc
The first man-made
satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in _______________
a. 1957
b. 1955
c. 1967
d. 1970
The 'Black flag'
signifies_______________
a. Revolution/danger
b. Peace
c. Protest
d. Truce