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1) What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
a) Report
b) Field
c) Record
d) File
Answer b) Field
2)In which decade with the first transatlantic radio broadcast occur?
a) 1850s
b) 1860s
c) 1870s
d) 1900s
Answer d) 1900s
On December 12, 1901, a radio transmission received by Guglielmo Marconi resulted in the first transmission of a transatlantic wireless signal (Morse Code) from Poldhu, Cornwall, to St. John's, Newfoundland.
3) '.MOV' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
a) Image file
b) Animation/movie file
c) Audio file
d) MS Office document
Answer b) Animation/movie file
4) Garampani sanctuary is located at
a) Junagarh, Gujarat
b) Diphu, Assam
c) Kohima, Nagaland
d) Gangtok, Sikkim
Answer b) Diphu, Assam
5) For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
a) Physics and Chemistry
b) Physiology or Medicine
c) Literature, Peace and Economics
d) All of the above
Answer d) All of the above
6) The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by
a) the people
b) Lok Sabha
c) elected members of the legislative assembly
d) elected members of the legislative council
Answer c) elected members of the legislative assembly
Members of Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the Assemblies of States and Union territories in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
7) The ratio of width of our National flag to its length is
a) 3:5
b) 2:3
c) 2:4
d)3:4
Answer b) 2:3
The National Flag of India is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron [kesaria] at the top, white in the middle & dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is 2 to 3. In the centre of the white band of the Indian National Flag, there is a navy blue wheel which represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter comes close to the width of the white band & it has twenty four spokes. The design of the National Flag of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India on 22 July 1947.
8. 'Natya - Shastra' the main source of India's classical dances was written by
a) Nara Muni
b) Bharat Muni
c) Abhinav Gupt
d) Tandu Muni
Answer b) Bharat Muni
9. 'Dandia' is a popular dance of
a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra
Answer b) Gujarat
10. Who is the father of Geometry?
a) Aristotle
b) Euclid
c) Pythagoras
d) Kepler
Answer b) Euclid
11. Who was known as Iron man of India?
a) Govind Ballabh Pant
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
12. The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is
a) Ramanujam
b) Rina Panigrahi
c) Raja Ramanna
d) Shakunthala Devi
Answer d) Shakunthala Devi
13. Jude Felix is a famous Indian player in which of the fields?
a)Volleyball
b) Tennis
c) Football
d) Hockey
Answer d) Hockey
14. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
a) M.L.Valsamma
b) P.T.Usha
c) Kamaljit Sandhu
d) K.Malleshwari
Answer c) Kamaljit Sandhu
15. Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?
a) Canada
b) Sri Lanka
c) Zimbabwe
d) East Africa
Answer b) Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka got the status of Test playing country in 1981, and beat India in the 1979 World Cup. Before this they were champion of ICC non-test playing countries.
16. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
a) Geet Sethi
b) SWilson Jones
c) Michael Ferreira
d) Manoj Kothari
Answer b) SWilson Jones
17. When is the World Population Day observed?
a) May 31
b) October 4
c) December 10
d) July 11
Answer d) July 11
18. Gilt-edged market means
a) bullion market
b) market of government securities
c) market of guns
d) market of pure metals
Answer b) market of government securities
19. FFC stands for
a) Foreign Finance Corporation
b) Film Finance Corporation
c)Federation of Football Council
d) None of the above
Answer b) Film Finance Corporation
20. First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky, was conducted in
a) 1967
b) 1968
c) 1958
d) 1922
Answer a) 1967
Louis Washkansky (1913 - 21 December 1967) was the recipient of the world's first human heart transplant. Washkansky died of double pneumonia eighteen days after the transplant because of a weakened immune system.
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