1. Which among the following is termed ‘Hot Money’?
(A) FII
(B) FDI
(C) ADR
(D) GDR
2. In which year did the Cabinet Mission arrived in India?
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1945
(D) 1946
3. Which of the following conditions can cause sodium deficiency?
(A) Diarrhoea
(B) Dementia
(C) Hypotension
(D) Hypertension
4. The Rourkela Steel Plant was built on the banks of the
(A) Bhadra River
(B) Brahmani River
(C) Damodar River
(D) Bhima River
5. When did the war of Americans Independence take place?
(A) 1770
(B) 1772
(C) 1774
(D) 1776
6. Which of the following is the largest and the deepest ocean of the world?
(A) Arctic
(B) Atlantic
(C) Pacific
(D) Indian
7. Which of the following is not caused or aggravated by air pollution?
(A) Asthama
(B) Pneumonia
(C) Tuberculosis
(D) Chronic bronchitis
8. When dust gets into the eye, the part that becomes inflamed and pink is the
(A) Conjunctiva
(B) Scelortic
(C) Cornea
(D) Choroid
9. Haemoglobin is a respiratory pigment present in all chordate except in larvae of
(A) Lamprey
(B) Ascidia
(C) Eel fish
(D) Toad
10. Bulls eye term is related to which Sports?
(A) Shooting
(B) Ice Hockey
(C) Polo
(D) Volley ball
11. The least populated State in India is
(A) Manipur
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Sikkim
12. Which of the following books was not written by Kalidasa?
(A) Ritusamhara
(B) Dasakumacharita
(C) Malvaikagnimitra
(D) Raghuvamsa
13. With which dancing form is the noted classical dancer Shovana Narayan associated?
(A) Kuchipudi
(B) Kathakali
(C) Bharatnatyam
(D) Kathak
14. Food chain is present in
(A) Marine ecosystem
(B) Forest ecosystem
(C) Pond ecosystem
(D) All of the above
15. Green house effect in the environment is due to the increase of
(A) Ozone
(B) Sulphur dixoide
(C) Carbon dioxide
(D) Carbon monoxide
16. SAARC was formed in ……
(A) 1982
(B) 1984
(C) 1985
(D) 1986
17. Which one of the following countries has the highest natural gas reserves?
(A) Russia
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Iran
(D) Qatar
18. A fuse wire must have:
(A) High resistance and high melting point
(B) High resistance and low melting point
(C) Low resistance and high melting point
(D) Low resistance and low melting point
19. ASEAN is headquartered at….
(A) Male
(B) Kathmandu
(C) Jakarta
(D) Kuala Lumpur
20. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by
(A) Stafford Cripps
(B) Lawrence
(C) Lord Mountbatten
(D) Sir Cyril Radcliffe