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1. The headquarter of ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia are situated at
Bangkok
Geneva
Santiago (Chile)
Baghdad
2. The industrial organization of Atomic Minerals Division, Heavy Water Board (HWB) is located at
Mumbai
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Jadugude, Bihar
3. The main objectives of the UN are
to maintain peace and security in the world
to work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each other's rights of basic freedom.
to develop friendly relations among nations
All of the above
4. The Indian Air Force celebrated its Golden Jubilee in
1962
1972
1982
1992
5. The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are at
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Washington DC
Paris
Jakarta, Indonesia
6. The headquarter of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are situated at
Vienna
Geneva
Rome
Rome
7. The main crop of Meghalaya is
Rome
wheat
barley
barley
8. The major minerals found in Uttar Pradesh are
barley
rock phosphate and dolomite
rock phosphate and dolomite
None of the above
9. The member of SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) are
None of the above
Philippines, Thailand
UK and USA
All of the above
10. The highest national award in India given for exceptional work for advancement of art, literature and science
Bharat Ratna
Padma Awards
Padma Awards
None of the above
11. The main reserves of phosphorus in the biosphere is in the
hydrosphere
atmosphere
lithosphere
troposphere
12. The Loktak lake facing environmental problems is situated in
Orissa
Assam
Manipur
Kerala
13. The market condition when goods and services are not freely available and thus the prices are relatively high is called
. rights issue
sinking fund
seller's market
recession
14. The headquarter of 'Assam Rifles' at
Shillong
Kohima
Aizawl
Itanagar
15. The language spoken in Sikkim are
Nepali, Hindi, Lepcha, Bhutani
Marathi
Bengali, Tripuri
Manipuri
16. The Heads of Government of the countries which are members of the Commonwealth meet
once a year
biennially
at intervals of three years
as and when necessary
17. The headquarter of the International court of Justice (UNO) are located at
Hague (Netherlands)
Addis Ababa
Bangkok
New York, USA
18. The headquarter of all the following international organization are based at Vienna, excepted
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United Nations Development Programme
International Atomic Energy Agency
19. The headquarter of European Court of Justice (ECJ) are situated at
Luxembourg
Paris
Strasbourg (France)
San Jose, Costa Rica
20. The host of first Olympics in 1896 was
Athens, Greece
Paris, France
London, Great Britain
Los Angeles, USA
21. The largest cantilever bridge of India is
Los Angeles, USA
Mahatama Gandhi Setu
Howrah Bridge
None of the above
22. The headquarter of United Nations Fund for Programmes Population Activities (UNFA) are at
London
New York
Washington
Rome
23. The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is located in
Dehradun
Darjeeling
Uttarkashi
Shillong
24. Deforestation in the uplands may cause pollution in rivers through
leaching of salts
erosion and silting
inflow of forest material
increased discharge rate
25. The Indian Ocean Arc is an Imaginary circle in space about ____ over the equator
20,000 km
35,000 km
36,000 km
30,000 km
26. The main purpose of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) is
to accelerate economic progress and maintain economic stability
to maintain higher standards of living among member nations
to provide collective defence and economic cooperation
None of the above
27. The main object of which of the following UN agency is to help the underdeveloped countries in the task of raising their living standards?
IMF
UNICEF
UNDP
IDA
28. The headquarter of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are at
Algiers
Lagos
Kuwait
Vienna
29. The language spoken in Lakshadweep island is
Malayalam
Marathi
Tamil
Gujarati
30. The life history of human malaria parasite in Anopheles was first described by
Partrick Manson
Laveran
Ronald Ross
Richard Pfeiffer
31. The Indian Olympic Council was established in
1936
1988
1924
1900
32. The last Hindu king who party succeeded in establishing "Hindu Swaraj" was
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Akbar, the Great
Chandragupta Maurya
Bahadurshah Zafar Khan
33. The king of Macedonia, who conquered most of Asia Minor and defeated Porus (India) in 327 B. C. was
Adolf Hitler
Alexander the Great
Chandragupta Maurya
Christopher Columbus
34. The largest lake in India is
Luni lake
Sambhar lake
Wular lake
None of the above
35. The headquarter of the International Committee of Red Cross are at
Geneva
Paris
Rome
Stockholm
36. The important industries of Rajasthan are
textiles and woollen
sugar and cement
glass and zinc smelters
All of the above
37. The headquarter of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation is at
Kolkata
Darjeeling
New Delhi
Warsaw
38. The member states of Benelux Economic Union are
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Iraq
Indonesia, Kuwait, Libya
Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago
39. The largest city of India is
New Delhi
Mumbai
Kolkata
Chennai
40. The literacy rate of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is
81.18 per cent
80.76 per cent
79.23 per cent
78.11 per cent
41. The important industries of Assam are
tea processing, oil refineries and coal
silk and plywood
both (a) and (b)
None of the above
42. The longest rail line of the world, Trans-Siberian line, is in
Russia
China
USA
Saudi Arabia
43. The measurement of Lawn Tennis court for singles
70 ft. by 26 ft.
78 ft. by 27 ft.
70 ft. by 30 ft.
78 ft. by 38 ft.
44. The main credit of the concept of Non-aligned Movement goes to
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, India
Marshal Tito - President of Yugoslavia
Dr. Sukarno - President of Indonesia
G. A. Nassir - President of Egypt
45. The Kvinna Till Kvinna foundation (Sweden) was award Right Livelihood Award in 2002 for
its remarkable successes in healing the wounds of ethnic hatred and war, by helping women, often the prime victims, to be the major agents of reconciliation and peace-building
outstanding courage and persistent efforts to expose and bring to account the tortures
Their exemplary and indomitable courage and compassion, which have proved that, even after murderous civil war, young people from different ethnic groups can learn to live and build a future together
None of the above
46. The main purpose of International Bank for Reconstruction (IBRD) is
development of economics of members by facilitating investment of capital and foreign investment, through provision of loans
promotes co-operation on technical matters of maritime safety, navigation and encourages anti-pollution measures
attainment of the highest possible level of health by all people
None of the above
47. The headquarter of the United Nations is at
Geneva
Paris
New York
Washington, D.C.
48. The main purpose of the Group of 77 was
sustained economic growth
to promote African unity and solidarity
to defend the economic and trade interests of the developing nations of the world
None of the above
49. The largest party of Ireland, the Ulster Unionist Party, endorses the Northern Ireland peace deal between British and Irish governments in
1997
1988
1998
1990
50. The last ruler of the Mughal dynasty was
Babur
Bahadurshah Zafar
Akbar
None of the above
51. The headquarter of the Warsaw Treaty Organization were at
Berlin
Prague
Moscow
Warsaw
52. The main objective of the Department of Atomic Energy is
to generate safe, economic electrical power from nuclear energy
to built research reactors and to utilize the radioisotopes
to encourage technology transfer and interaction with industry for industrial & social development
None of the above
53. The last Asian Games took Place in 2002 at
Bangkok, Thailand
Busan, South Korea
Hiroshima, Japan
Beijing, China
54. The important minerals of Assam are
coal and limestone
petroleum
copper and mica
manganese, gold and quartzite
55. The headquarter of BSF are at
Chennai
Kolkata
New Delhi
Mumbai
56. The main function of General Assembly of UNO is:
It discusses & makes recommendations on any subject mentioned in the UN charter except those with which the Security Council may be dealing with
It is responsible for international peace and security
It is responsible for admission of new member, suspension and for expulsion of old member
All of the above
57. The headquarter of Lalit Kala Academy are at
New Delhi
Chandigarh
Pune
Kolkata
58. The headquarter of the International Court of Justice are at
Geneva
The Hague
Rome
Vienna
59. The highest rank in Army is that of
Brigadier
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
60. The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is located in which of the following cities
Jakarta
Singapore
Bangkok
Manila
61. The Melghat Tiger reserve is in
Assam
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Orissa
62. The legislature of Sikkim is
Unicameral
Bicameral
Polycameral
None of the above
63. The lower limit of perpetual snow in mountains such as the Himalayas is termed as the
tree line
timber line
snow line
boundary line
64. The instrument used to measure electric current is
ammeter
electrometer
galvanometer
spectrometer
65. The helicopter fleet of Air Force consists of
Chetak
Cheetah
MI-8s, MI-17s, MI-26
All of the above
66. The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is located in which of the following cities
Jakarta
Singapore
Bangkok
Manila
67. The Infantry school (Army) is situated at
Mhow
Deolali
Bareilly
Pune
68. The headquarter of a few agencies related to the UN are located in Vienna, which is in
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Sweden
69. The Law of Natural Selection is associated with
Dalton
Darwin
Kepler
Mendel
70. The Indian space programme began in
1961
1962
1965
1969
71. The influx of domestic sewage containing detergents cause nutrient enrichment in water bodies due to the presence of
carbonates
nitrates
phosphates
silicates
72. The member states of European Union are
Belgium, Denmark, France and Greece
The Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
All of the above
73. The height of the net in the center of the tennis court is
2 ft. 10 inches
2 ft. 11 inches
2 ft. 1 inch
3 ft. 2 inches
74. The last or 13th NAM (Non-aligned Movement) conference was held on
September 2000 at Jakarta (Indonesia)
September 2001 at Cartagene
September 2002 at Durban
September 2003 at Kuala Lumper
75. The largest airport in the world is
Palam Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Cochin International Airport
King Khalid International Airport
76. The main crops of Sikkim are
rice, maize, bajra, wheat, barley, cardamom
sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, rice,
chillies, oilseeds, groundnut, pepper
None of the above
77. The increased use of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to
salinization
lowering of the water table
water logging
All of the above
78. The headquarter of ECA (Economic Commission for Africa) are situated at
Bangkok
Geneva
Addis Ababa
Baghdad
79. The last month of the Saka year is
Phalguna
Chaitra
Asadha
Pausa
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