Q1. Who is the author of the book “What Went Wrong”?
(a) Sushma Swaraj
(b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) Shaila Nigar
(d) Kiran Bedi
(e) Arundhati Bhatacharya
Q2. Which one of the following is the second highest peak of the world?
(a) Dhaulagiri
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) K2
(d) Nanda Devi
(e) Mt. Everest
Q3. Nobel Prizes for Economic Sciences are awarded annually at
(a) Stockholm
(b) Washington
(c) Geneva
(d) Oslo
(e) London
Q4. Which Indian State has the largest coastline?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Orissa
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Gujarat
Q5. Who is the author of the autobiography, The Indian Struggle?
(a) Annie Beasant
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Chittaranjan Das
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(e) Bhagat Singh
Q6. Novelist, Mr. Salman Rushdie was awarded “Knighthood” by
(a) Queen Elizabeth II
(b) Price Charles
(c) Mr. Gordon Grown
(d) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
(e) None of these
Q7. ‘Madhubani’, a style of folk paintings is popular in which of the following states in India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
(e) Haryana
Q8. RBI does not transact the business of which of the following state governments?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Assam
(c) J & K
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Chandigarh
Q9. Where in India can ‘Mushroom’ rock be found?
(a) Eastern Ghats
(b) Western Ghats
(c) Thar Desert
(d) Satpura Range
(e) None of these
Q10. The Lalita Kala Akademi is devoted to the promotion of:
(a) Fine Arts
(b) Literature
(c) Music
(d) Dance and Drama
(e) Theater
Q11. G-15 a group of
(a) Developed countries
(b) Developing countries
(c) Companies
(d) Non-Aligned developing countries
(e) None of these
Q12. A Scheduled Bank is one which is included in the
(a) II Schedule of Banking Regulation Act
(b) II Schedule of Constitution
(c) II Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act
(d) II Schedule of SBI act
(e) None of the above
Q13. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in
(a) Geneva
(b) Paris
(c) Brussels
(d) Washington
(e) Vienna
Q14. The symbol of Reserve Bank of India is
(a) Capital of Asokan Pillar
(b) Kuber with a purse of money
(c) Tiger before a Palm tree
(d) A dog sitting in a defensive state
(e) None of these
Q15. Which country from the following is a permanent member of the U.N. Security-Council?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Peoples Republic of China
(c) Japan
(d) Ukraine
(e) India