Q.1 Guernica,' the world famous painting was painted by
1) Picasso
2) Van Gogh
3) Leonardo-da-Vinci
4) Michelangelo
Q.2 Mridula Garg, one of the widely read Hindi Authors, has received which of the following awards?
1) Sahitya Akademi
2) Bharat Bharti
3) Jnanpith
4) Rabindra Puraskar
Q.3 In India, 20th August is celebrated every year as
1) Women's day
2) Sadbhavana Divas
3) Earth Day
4) No Tobacco Day
Q.4 The boundary line between India and China is called:
1) Durand Line
2) Radcliffe Line
3) Red Line
4) McMahon Line
Q.5 Name the two persons who have been conferred Bharat Ratna in November 2013.
1) Sachin Tendulkar and C.N.R Rao
2) Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachhan
3) Sachin Tendulkar and A.P.J Kalam
4) Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar
Q.6 Which of the following is the regulator of Capital Market in India?
1) NSE
2) BSE
3) SEBI
4) RBI
Q.7 The book 'Social Contract' was written by
1) Aristotle
2) Voltaire
3) Diderot
4) Rousseau
Q.8 The Government has raised the quota of Subsidised LPG Gas Cylinder from 9 to ____ Cylinders in a year.
1) 10
2) 13
3) 12
4) 11
Q.9 The first Indian to swim across English channel was
1) V. Merchant
2) Arati Saha
3) P. K. Banerji
4) Mihir Sen
Q.10 What is the full form of KYC?
1) Know your Community
2) Know your Customer
3) Know your Campaign
4) Know your Company
Q.11 Recently India's first of a kind rail service has become operational in Mumbai. What kind of service is this?
1) Monorail
2) Bullet Train
3) Tram
4) Metro
Q.12 What is the term to ask the computer to put information in order numerically or alphabetically?
1) Sort
2) Crop
3) Record
4) Report
Q.13 Which of the following is the world's largest desert?
1) Gobi
2) The Great Australian Desert
3) Arabian Desert
4) Sahara
Q.14 Which of the following word processors came first?
1) WordStar
2) WordPerfect
3) Lotus Notes
4) MS Word
Q.15 Name the person who won 'The Hindu Prize' for best fiction 2013 for his book titled 'Vanity Bagh'.
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Anees Salim
3) Salman Khurshid
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
Q.16 The Halayeb Triangle is an area of disputed land located on the border between
1) India and Sri Lanka
2) France and Germany
3) North Korea and South Korea
4) Egypt and Sudan
Q.17 Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics?
1) Karnam Malleshwari
2) P.T.Usha
3) Milkha Singh
4) K.D.Jadhav
Q.18 Shirley Temple, who passed away recently, was a popular
1) Scientist
2) Author
3) Painter
4) Child Artist
Q.19 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved RUSA for reforming the state run education system. What is the full form of RUSA?
1) Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
2) Restriction on Unauthorized Services Act
3) Rajkiya Uchchatar Sewa Abhiyan
4) Reform of University System & Administration
Q.20 The Nobel Prize is NOT awarded in which of the following disciplines?
1) Mathematics
2) Physiology or Medicine
3) Physics
4) Literature