a) Neon
b) Agron
c) Radon
d) Xenon
17) Very small-time intervals are accurately measured by the
a) pulsars
b) white dwarft
c) atomic clocks
d) Quartz clocks
18) ‘Consumer Day’ is celebrated every year on
a) 1st April
b) 23rd April
c) 15th March
d) 5th December
19) Kisan Divas is celebrated on
a) December 22
b) December 23
c) December 26
d) December 29
20) Pruning is an essential part in cultivation of
a) Rubber
b) Tobacco
c) Coffee
d) Tea
21) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Berlin : Rhine
b) London : Thames
c) New York : Hudson
d) Vienna : Danube
22) The word ‘Aryan’ means
a) Of good family
b) Cultivator
c) Pastoral society
d) Brahmachari
23) Who was the chairman of the Union Power Committee of Constituent Assembly of India?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Dr. B R Ambedkar
c) Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
d) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
ans: b
24) Who among the following was not associated with the art of painting?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Abdur Rahman Chaghatai
c) Nandlal Bose
d) Satish Chandra Mukherjee
25) The number of neutrons in 13AL27 is
a) 40
b) 27
c) 14
d) 13
26) Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam?
a) Beas Dam
b) Nangal dam
c) Bhakra dam
d) Hirakud dam
27) Doldrums are characterized by
a) Uniform low pressure
b0 Uniform high pressure
c) High wind velocity
d) Low humidity
28) Public Interest Litigation (PIL) may be linked with
a) Judicial review
b) Judicial activism
c) Judicial Intervention
d) Judicial sancity
29) Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
a) Rigaveda
b) Samaveda
c) Yajurveda
d) Atharvaveda
30) Which country Currency is Ngultrum?
a) Bangladesh
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Laos