1. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Pollutant – Disease caused
(A) Mercury – Minamata disease
(B) Cadmium – Itai – Itai disease
(C) Nitrate Ion – Blue baby syndrome
(D) Fluoride Ion – Indigestion
2. Where is the Railway Staff College located?
(A) Pune
(B) Allahabad
(C) Vadodara
(D) Delhi
3. Normal adult human male has –
(A) 10 g of haemoglobin/100 g of blood
(B) 14 g of haemoglobin/100 g of blood
(C) 18 g of haemoglobin/100 g of blood
(D) 24 g of haemoglobin/100 g of blood
4. Agha Khan Cup is associated with which of the following games?
(A) Golf
(B) Tennis
(C) Hockey
(D) Badminton
5. Which one of the following is not a chemical change?
(A) Burning of coal in air
(B) Fermentation of sugar cane juice
(C) Crystallisation of table salt from sea water
(D) Cracking of petroleum
6. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in
(A) increased height
(B) retarded growth
(C) weakening of bones
(D) None of the above
7. Headquarters of UNO are situated at –
(A) New York, USA
(B) Hague (Netherlands)
(C) Geneva
(D) Paris
8. Where is the famous Vishnu temple of Angkor Wat located?
(A) Southern Cambodia
(B) Eastern Cambodia
(C) Northern Cambodia
(D) Western Cambodia
9. Ashwini Ponnappa is associated with which game?
(A) Football
(B) Hockey
(C) Badminton
(D) Chess
10. When does heart rest?
(A) Never
(B) Between two beats
(C) While sleeping
(D) While doing yoga
11. Which part of the human brain regulates sleep?
(A) Medulla oblongata
(B) Cerebellum
(C) Pineal gland
(D) Pituitary gland
12. Which of the following does not have a gall bladder?
(A) Camel
(B) Giraffe
(C) Rat
(D) Fish
13. How many digits are there on a debit card?
(A) 15
(B) 16
(C) 14
(D) 17
14. Largest Manganese Producing Countries—
(A) South Africa
(B) Russia
(C) Brazil
(D) India
15. Koala bear is found in which country?
(A) Estonia
(B) Iceland
(C) Australia
(D) Argentina
16. Another name of petrol is________.
(A) Naptha
(B) Petroleum ether
(C) Benzene
(D) Gasoline
17. The book ‘Victory City’ is written by :
(A) Salman Rushdie
(B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Meghnad Desai
(D) Ruskin Bond
18. The word ‘service’ is associated with which sport?
(A) Tennis
(B) Badminton
(C) Football
(D) Hockey
19. The Hemis festival is celebrated in the state/union territory of :
(A) Manipur
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
(D) Ladakh
20. Which of the following Articles includes provision for Election commission?
(A) Article 324
(B) Article 143
(C) Article 243
(D) Article 233