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General Knowledge General Knowledge The electron was first identified by (a) J. J. Thompson (b) J. Kepler (c) D. Rutherford (d) James Chadwick 2. The element of an electric stove is made of (a) copper (b) invar (c) magnalium (d) nicrome 3. The energy of food is measured in (a) kelvin (b) calories (c) bushel (d) none of the above 4. The Enron project is a (a) hydro-electric project (b) thermal power project (c) atomic power project (d) gas-fired power project 5. The exhaled air contains (a) carbon dioxide only (b) a mixture which has more carbon dioxide than oxygen (c) a mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen has the highest percentage (d) a mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen 6. The fighter force of Air Force is comprised of (a) MIG-21 variant (b) MIG-23s, MIG-25s, MIG-27s, MIG-29s (c) Jaguars (d) all of the above 7. The first Afro-Asian Games were held in (a) Hyderabad (b) Sydney (c) Cairo (d) Kuala Lumpur 8. The first Asian Games were held in 1951 at (a) New Delhi, India (b) Manila, Philippines (c) Tokyo, Japan (d) Jakarata, Indonesia 9. The first attempt in printing was made in England by (a) James Arkwright (b) James Watt (c) William Caxton (d) Issac Newton 10. The first batch of women pilots was commissioned on (a) August 30, 1992 (b) December 17, 1994 (c) January 11, 1987 (d) none of the above 11. The first Chairman of the Africa fund committee was (a) Late Rajiv Gandhi (b) Late Indira Gandhi (c) Late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (d) none of the above 12. The first Dada Saheb Phalke Award, given in 1969, was received by (a) Devika Rani (b) Pankaj Mullick (c) Kanan Devi (d) Sohrab Modi 13. The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on (a) May 31, 1981 (b) April 17, 1983 (c) December 21, 1999 (d) December 28, 1995 14. The first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna was (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b) Nelson Mandela (c) C.V. Raman (d) none of the above 15. The first General Elections in India took place in (a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1952 (d) 1954 16. The first historical mention of the holding of the ancient Olympic Games occurred about (a) 2000 years ago (b) 2250 years ago (c) 2500 years ago (d) 2775 years ago 17. The first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was (a) C. V. Raman (b) Mother Teresa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) S. Chandrasekhar 18. The first Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha was (a) Nargis Dutt (b) Hema Malini (c) Jaya Prada (d) none of the above 19. The first Indian to be awarded the Oscar for lifetime achievements in Cinema in 1992 was (a) Satyajit Ray (b) Bhanu Athaiya (c) Dilip Kumar (d) Amitabh Bachchan 20. The first lady Prime Minister of a country was (a) Srimavo Bhadarnaike (Sri Lanka) (b) Maria Estate Pew (Argentina) (c) Junko Taibei (Japan) (d) none of the above 21. The first launch of the missile ‘Trishul’ was made in (a) February, 1988 (b) May, 1989 (c) June, 1990 (d) September, 1995 22. The first man-made satellite, Sputnik I was launched by the former USSR in (a) 1957 (b) 1955 (c) 1967 (d) 1970 23. The first meeting of the SAARC was opened in (a) Dhaka, Bangladesh (b) Bangalore, India (c) Kathmandu, Nepal (d) Islamabad, Pakistan 24. The first meeting of the UN General Assembly was held in which of the following cities? (a) London (b) New York (c) San Francisco (d) Teheran 25. The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) conference was held at (a) Belgrade (Yugoslavia) (b) Caire (Egypt) (c) Lusaka (Zambia) (d) Algiera (Algeria) 26. The first Olympics in the city of Olympia in Greece took place in (a) 1000 BC (b) 850 BC (c) 776 BC (d) 753 BC 27. The first permanent Indian oceanographic station, ‘Dakshin Gangotry’ during Antarctic Expedition, was set up in (a) April/March 1984 (b) Dec. 1982/Jan 1983 (c) Nov. 1985/Feb 1986 (d) Dec. 1988/March 1989 28. The first recipient of Bharat Ratna award in 1954 was (a) S. Radhakrishnan (b) C. Rajagopalachari (c) C.V. Raman (d) Jawaharlal Nehru 29. The first rice straw power plant has been set up at (a) Kolkata (b) Jalkheri, Punjab (c) Trombay, Maharashtra (d) none of the above 30. The first Winter Olympic Games were held at (a) Innsbruck (Austria) (b) Lake Placid (USA) (c) Chamonix (France) (d) Calgary (Alberta) 31. The first woman to climb Mt. Everest was (a) Junko Taibei (b) Karoline Mikkelson (c) Valentina Tereshkova (d) none of the above 32. The five intertwined rings or circles on the Olympic Flag made of white silk are (a) from right to left blue, yellow, black, green and red respectively (b) from left to right blue, yellow, black, green and red respectively (c) from right to left blue, black, green, red and yellow respectively (d) from left to right yellow, red, green, black and blue respectively 33. The five permanent members of the Security Council are (a) China, France, Russia, UK, USA (b) China, UK, Belgium, France, USA (c) India, UK, USA, China, Germany (d) none of the above 34. The founder members of EFTA are (a) Austria, Denmark, Norway (b) Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland (c) UK, Austria, Sweden (d) all of the above 35. Wright Brothers are regarded inventors of the (a) Balloon (b) Bicycle (c) Aeroplane (d) none of the above 36. The frequency of the tuning fork A is slightly higher than the tuning fork B. By sounding them together, beats can be produced. If the fork B is loaded with wax, the frequency of beats will (a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain same (d) become zero 37. The frequency of which of the following is the highest? (a) Gamma rays (b) Light waves (c) Micro waves (d) Radio waves 38. The full-fledged Commonwealth Games were first organised in … at… . (a) 1930; Hamilton in Canada (b) 1934; London in England (c) 1932; Sydney in Australia (d) 1936; Cardiff in UK 39. The General Assembly meets every year in regular sessions which begin on (a) first Monday in March every year (b) fourth Monday in September every year (c) third Tuesday in September every year (d) second Tuesday in March every year 40. The General Assembly meets regularly (a) once a month (b) after every three months (c) twice a year (d) once a year 41. The Government of India adopted a national sports policy through a resolution laid on the tables of both Houses of Parliament in (a) 1980 (b) 1982 (c) 1984 (d) 1986 42. The Government of India constituted the National Welfare Fund in 1982 in the field of sports. This fund was created to given financial assistance to (a) outstanding sportspersons of yesteryears who are in indigent circumstances (b) state governments to encourage sports at the school level (c) universities for encouraging sports and physical education (d) outstanding sports persons who win positions in sports at international level 43. The great one homed Indian rhinoceros is found in (a) Corbett national park (b) Jaldapara sanctuary (c) Mudumalai sanctuary (d) Kaziranga national park 44. The great revolution in Russia began with (a) the overthrow of the Czar Nicholas II (b) establishment of the world’s first communist state by the Bolsheviks under Lenin (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above 45. The Great Wall of China was built by Shih Hwang Ti, in (a) 215 BC (b) 73 BC (c) 264 BC (d) 336 BC English Language Directions (46-48): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Horace Mann, the first secretary of the state board of education in Massachusetts, exercised an enormous influence during the critical period of reconstruction which brought into existence the American graded elementary school as a substitute for the older district school system. 46. Horace Mann’s influence on American education was a) very great b) small, but important c) misunderstood d) not accepted 47. Horace Mann advocated a) the state board school system b) the district school system c) the substitute school system d) the graded school system 48. The graded elementary school a) replaced the district school system b) was used only in Massachusetts c) was rejected by the secretary of the state board of education d) was the first school system established in America Questions 49-54 refer to the following passage: The Population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history combined. World population totaled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650-1850. Today the population is more than three billion. Estimates based on research by the United Nations indicate that it will more than double in the next twenty-five years, reaching seven billion by the year 2000. 49. By 1850, approximately what was the world population? a) 500 million b) one billion c) three billion d) seven billion 50. World population doubled in the years between a) 500-1650 b) 1650-1850 c) 1650-today d) 1850-2000 51. According to this passage, by the year 2000 the earth’s population should exceed the present figure by a) 500 million b) three billion c) four billion d) seven billion Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialization was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India’s poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the twentieth century so temptingly offers.
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