1. Who among the following has been appointed the National
Security Adviser by the
UPA Government ?
(a) Brajesh
Mishra
(b) J.
N. Daxit
(c) Soli
J. Sorabjee
(d) T.
K. A. Nair
Answer ( b
)
2. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of
(a) S.
M. Krishna
(b) Uma
Bharti
(c) Dharam
Singh
(d) Y.
S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Answer ( c
)
3. Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004
crown ?
(a) Jennifer
Hawkins
(b) Shandi
Finnessey
(c) Alba
Reyes
(d) None
of these
Answer ( a
)
4. A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day
landings of the Allies
troops during the Second World War,
was held in
(a) Pearl
Harbour
(b) Normandy
(c) New
York
(d) Lisbon
Answer ( b
)
5. Which of the following cricketers holds the world record
of maximum number of
sixes in Tests ?
(a) Chris
Carins (New Zealand)
(b) Viv
Richards (West Indies)
(c) Sachin
Tendulkar (India)
(d) Wasim
Akram (Pakistan)
Answer ( a
)
6. Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief
(a) Justice
Rajendra Babu
(b) Justice
V. N. Khare
(c) Justice
R. C. Lahoti
(d) None
of these
Answer ( c
)
7. Who among the following sports persons got the honour of
lighting the Olympic
flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
in New Delhi recently ?
(a) Anjali
Bhagwat
(b) Abhinav
Bindra
(c) Viswanathan
Anand
(d) K.
M. Beenamol
Answer ( a
)
8. Who among the following has been appointed new chairman
of the NationalCommission for Farmers ?
(a) Ajit
Singh
(b) K.
C. Pant
(c) Dr.
M. S. Swaminathan
(d) Sharad
Pawar
Answer ( c
)
9. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the
sun (in transit) after
122 years recently ?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Answer ( b
)
10. Which of the following countries was
readmitted to the
Commonwealth recently ?
(a) Nepal
(b) Myanmar
(c) Pakistan
(d) None
of these
Answer ( c
)
11. The world governing body of which of
the following
sports celebrated its 100
years in existence recently ?
(a) Football
(b) Hockey
(c) Badminton
(d) Cricket
Answer ( a
)
12. Who among the following won the mens
singles title of
the French Open 2004 ?
(a) Guillermo
Coria
(b) Roger
Federer
(c) Andy
Roddick
(d) Gaston
Gaudio
Answer ( d
)
13. Who is India?s first Woman Grand
Master in Chess ?
(a) Aarthie
Ramaswamy
(b) Koneru
Humpy
(c) S.
Meenakshi
(d) S.
Vijayalakshmi
Answer ( b
)
14. The age of a tree can be determined
by
(a) Measuring
its height
(b) Measuring
its diameter
(c) Analyzing
its sap
(d) Counting
the annual growth rings of its stem
Answer ( d
)
15. Which one of the following pairs is
not correctly matched ?
Mountains Continents
(a) The
Rocky : North America
(b) The
Andes : South America
(c) The
Alps : Europe
(d) The
Ural : Africa
Answer ( d
)
16. Which of the following pairs is
correctly matched ?
(a) Purna
Swaraj Resolution : 1929
(b) Martyrdom
of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931
(c) Formation
of the Congress Socialist Party: 1939
(d) Simla
Confeence : 1940
Answer ( b
)
17. The Lingaraja Temple built during the
medieval period is at
(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Khajuraho
(c) Madurai
(d) Mount
Abu
Answer ( a
)
18. Which one of the following is
essentially a solo dance ?
(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Kathak
(c) Manipuri
(d) Mohiniattam
Answer ( d
)
19. The deepest oceanic trench ?Mariana?
is located in
(a) Atlantic
Ocean
(b) Arctic
Ocean
(c) Pacific
Ocean
(d) Indian
Ocean
Answer ( c
)
20. Although fog consists of fine drops
of water, we cannot
see clearly through it
because
(a) The
light rays undergo total internal reflection in the
drops
(b) Fine
drops of water in fog polarize the light
(c) The
fine drops are opaque to the light
(d) The
drops scatter most of the light
Answer ( d
)
21. During the Mughal period, which one
of the following
were the first to come to
India as traders ?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) Danish
(d) English
Answer ( a
)
22. Who among the following Delhi Sultans
is known for
introducing market
control mechanism ?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin
Khalji
(d) Firoze
Tughlaq
Answer ( c
)
23. Which one of the following mountain
peaks of the
Himalayas is NOT in India
?
(a) Annapurna
(b) Nanda
Devi
(c) Mt.
Kamet
(d) Kanchenjunga
Answer ( a
)
24. A rift valley is formed mainly due to
(a) The
forces of tension in the earths crust
(b) The
subsidence of the floor of a river valley
(c) The
valley formed after the formation of fold mountains
(d) The
deepening of a valley by ice action
Answer ( a
)
25. Who is the author of the book, TheMan Who Divided India ?
(a) Arun
Shourie
(b) Dominique
Lapierre
(c) Rafiq
Zakaria
(d) Salman
Rushdie
Answer ( c
)
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