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(a) Verbose (b) Pedantic of India’?
(c) Ornate (d) Pompous (a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 21–25) : Choose the correctly spelt word: (c) Chandragupta (d) Harshavardhana
34. Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
21. The school alumni gathering put us in a ______ mood. (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(a) Remniscent (b) Reminisent (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) A.O. Hume
(c) Reminiscent (d) Reminicent 35. Which amongst the following has the power to regulate
22. ‘God is Dead’ is a ___________ statement. the right of citizenship in India?
(a) Blasphemus (b) Blaphemous (a) Union Cabinet (b) Parliament
(c) Blasphemous (d) Blosphemos (c) Supreme Court (d) Law Commission
23. The threat of an epidemic caused great alarm and _______. 36. The Baglihar Hydroelectric power project in J & K is built
(a) Trepidation (b) Terpidation across the river.
(c) Trepidition (d) Trepidattion (a) Beas (b) Chenab
24. The din caused by the children howling is enough to ____ (c) Jhelum (d) Sutlej
the dead. 37. Which Indian sportsperson was appointed as ‘Messenger
(a) Ressurect (b) Resurrect of Peace’ in 2001 by the UN?
(c) Resurect (d) Resurecct (a) Prakash Padukone (b) Vishwanathan Anand
25. Can you ___ the car into that parking spot? (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Vijay Amritraj
(a) Manuer (b) Manever 38. Indian Women’s hockey team secured which of the follow-
(c) Manoeuvre (d) Manuver ing position in Asian Champions Trophy 2013?
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 26 – 47) : Choose most appropriate answer: (a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth
26. Who was the Governor-General of India during the ‘Sepoy 39. Which is the longest bone in the human body?
Mutiny’? (a) Fibula (b) Radius
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Lord Harding (c) Stapes (d) Femur
(c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Lytton. 40. A US team of scientists has found that the mechanism
27. Which of the following statements is incorrect? responsible for the ageing process is located
(a) Goa attained full statehood in 1987 (a) inside the face (b) inside the skin
(b) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat (c) inside the brain (d) inside the heart
(c) Daman & Diu were separated from Goa by the 56 th 41. The outer most layer of the Sun is known as
Amendment of the Constitution of India (a) Corona (b) Photosphere
(d) Dadar & Nagar Haveli were under French colonial (c) Chromosphere (d) Granule
rule till 1954. 42. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore was founded by
28. On which river is Washington DC situated? (a) CV Raman (b) Jamsetji Tata
(a) Potomac (b) Irrawaddy (c) Vikram Sarabhai (d) None of these
(c) Mississippi (d) Hudson 43. Which among the following is not a gallantry medal?
29. When body is accelerated: (a) Ashok Chakra (b) Arjuna Award
(a) Its velocity never changes (c) Param Vir Chakra (d) Shaurya Chakra
(b) Its speed will always changes 44. Which one of the following pairs of water bodies are con-
(c) Its direction always changes nected by the Suez Canal?
(d) Its speed may or may not change (a) Indian Ocean- Pacific Ocean
30. Which of the following is not an agency of UN? (b) Mediterranean sea- Black Sea
(a) World Bank (c) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea
(b) International Atomic Energy Agency (d) Atlantic Ocean- Pacific Ocean
(c) Universal Postal Union 45. Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ is a history of
(d) None of the above (a) Kashmir (b) Harsha’s reign
31. Which kind of missile is BRAHMOS? (c) Rajasthan (d) Chandragupta’s reign
(a) Medium range ballistic missile 46. The Constitution of India was promulgated on January 26,
(b) Supersonic cruise missile 1950 because
(c) Short range tactical missile (a) This day was being celebrated as the Independence
(d) Ultrasonic cruise missile Day since 1929
32. Which of the following is not a unit of energy? (b) This was desired by the farmers of India
(a) Calorie (b) Joule (c) The British did not want to leave India earlier than this
(c) Electron volt (d) Watt date
(d) It was an auspicious day