Q45. In 1904, which revolutionary founded Abhinav Bharat Society ?
(A) Veer Savarkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Chandrasekhar Azad
(D) Lala Hardayal
Q46. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located ?
(A) Zurich (Switzerland)
(B) London (United Kingdom)
(C) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(D) Lausanne (Switzerland)
Q47. In 1872, which Viceroy of India was assassinated at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands ?
(A) Lord Mayo
(B) Lord Curzon
(C) Lord Lytton
(D) Lord Irwin
Q48. Greenland, the largest island in world, is the part of which country ?
(A) Canada
(B) Denmark
(C) Norway
(D) Iceland
Q49. Who created the first cloned sheep Dolly ?
(A) Adam Osborne
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Burners-Lee
(D) Ian Wilmut
Q50. Which pass, connecting Sri Lankan mainland with Jaffna peninsula. is referred as the Gateway to Jaffna ?
(A) Khyber pass
(B) Nathu La pass
(C) Elephant pass
(D) Rohtang pass
Q51. After Sachin Tendulkar, who is the second cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?
(A) Saurav Ganguly
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(D) Anil Kumble
Q52. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway ?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Nagpur
(C) Allahabad
(D) Mumbai
Q53. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India ?
(A) Lord Mountbatten
(B) C.Rajagopalachari
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q54. Bhogi, Surya, Mattu and Kanum are the parts of which four day long harvest festival of Tamilnadu ?
(A) Bihu
(B) Lohri
(C) Pongal
(D) Baisakhi
Q55. Wheeler Island, the site of Indias missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamilnadu
(D) Kerala
Q56. To whom does the President of India address his resignation ?
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Lok Sabha Speaker
(D) Vice President
Q57. Apart from Russia, the territory of which country lies in both Europe and Asia continents ?
(A) Turkey
(B) Greece
(C) France
(D) Germany
Q58. In 1998, who became the first Indian ever to be awarded the Wharton School Deans Medal ?
(A) J.R.D.Tata
(B) Dhirubhai Ambani
(C) N.R.Narayana Murthy
(D) Azim Premji
Q59. Who is known as the Father of Medicine ?
(A) Herodotus
(B) Hipparchus
(C) Hippocrates
(D) Wilhelm Wundt
Q60. Razmnama is the Persian translation of which Indian epic ?
(A) Ramayana
(B) Mahabahrat
(C) Raghuvamsha
(D) Kumarsambhava
Q61. After Hindi, which is the second most spoken language in India ?
(A) Tamil
(B) Marathi
(C) Telugu
(D) Bengali
Q62. In terms of area, which is the largest country ?
(A) Russia
(B) Canada
(C) China
(D) United States of America
Q63. Who was the first woman to receive the Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian award ?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Mother Teresa
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) M.S.Subbulakshmi
Q64. Which is the only element whose atoms have no neutron ?
(A) Helium
(B) Oxygen
(C) Nitogen
(D) Hydrogen
Q65. Challenger Deep, a part of Mariana Trench and the deepest point in the oceans, named after British ship Challenger II which first surveyed it in 1951, is located in which ocean ?
(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Antarctic Ocean
Q66. In 1922, Chittarajnan Das and Motilal Nehru founded which political party ?
(A) Forward Block
(B) Swaraj Party
(C) Swatantra Party
(D) Ghadar Party
Q67. According to Hindu mythology, which warrior was the possessor of Chanrdrahas sword ?
(A) Arjun
(B) Kansa
(C) Ravana
(D) Parshuram
Q68. In which state is the Dachigam National Park, famous for Hangul (Red Deer), located ?
(A) Assam
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) West Bengal
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Q69. Which early 11th century traveller to India authored the books Tahqiq-i-Hind and Kitab-ul-Hind ?
(A) Fi-Hien
(B) Marco Polo
(C) Al Beruni
(D) Ibn Batuta
Q70. Who was the first President of Pakistan ?
(A) Ayub Khan
(B) Liaquat Ali Khan
(C) Iskandar Mirza
(D) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Q71. Which is the heaviest organ in the human body ?
(A) Heart
(B) Liver
(C) Kidney
(D) Stomach
Q72. Which hill station was the summer capital of British India ?
(A) Nainital
(B) Mussoorie
(C) Darjeeling
(D) Shimla
Q73. Hematite and Magnetite are the principal ores of which metal ?
(A) Iron
(B) Nickel
(C) Cobalt
(D) Aluminium
Q74. Biman is the national airline of which Asian country ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Bhutan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Sri Lanka
Q75. In 1581, which Mughal ruler started religious doctrine Din-i-Ilahi (Divine Faith) ?
(A) Babar
(B) Akbar
(C) Jehangir
(D) Shahjahan
Q76. From which country did India procure the aircraft carier Admiral Gorshkov, scheduled to join Indian Navy as INS Vikramaditaya in 2012 ?
(A) Russia
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) United States of America
Q77. Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director ?
(A) Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
(B) Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
(C) Nargis Dutt Award
(D) Indira Gandhi Award
Q78. Kalaripayattu is the traditional martial art of which Indian state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Manipur
(C) Kerala
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
Q79. Hazratbal Dargah, which houses the sacred hair of Prophet Mohammed, is situated in which city ?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Srinagar
(C) Fatehpur Sikri
(D) Mumbai
Q80. Struggle for Existence book is the autobiography of which Indian woman leader ?
(A) Mayawati
(B) J.Jayalalitha
(C) Sushma Swaraj
(D) Mamta Banerjee
Q81. Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Lok Sabha Speaker
(C) Rajya Sabha Speaker
(D) Chief Justice of India
Q82. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Gujarat
(C) Karnataka
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Q83. Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ?
(A) Dhaka
(B) Thimpu
(C) Kathmandu
(D) Islamabad
Q84. Zend Avesta is the holy book of which religion ?
(A) Islam
(B) Judaism
(C) Christianity
(D) Zoroastrianism
Q85. Before Hyderabad, which city was the the capital of Andhra Pradesh (erstwhile Andhra State) ?
(A) Warangal
(B) Kurnool
(C) Vijayawada
(D) Visakhapatnam
Q86. Who was the first Indian to win boys Wimbledon Singles title in 1954 ?
(A) Ramanathan Krishnan
(B) Vijay Amritraj
(C) Ramesh Krishnan
(D) Leander Paes
Q87. At which place in Kerala was the first tide (ocean wave) generated electricity project of India established ?
(A) Alapuzha
(B) Ezhimala
(C) Vizhinjam
(D) Kozhikode
Q88. In 1954, with which Chinese premier did Indian PM Jawaharlal Nehru sign Panchsheel (five principles of peaceful co-existence) Pact ?
(A) Mao Zedong
(B) Zhou Enlai
(C) Deng Xiaoping
(D) Hua Guofeng
Q89. Who authored the Rajatarangini, a historical chronicle of Kashmir ?
(A) Kalidas
(B) Kalhana
(C) Chankaya
(D) Banabhatt
Q90. Who designed the Param Vir Chakra medal, Indias highest military award ?
(A) Nek Chand
(B) Umesh Rao
(C) Bobby Kooka
(D) Savitri Khanolkar
Q91. Who directed Raja Harishchandra (1913), the first totally indigenous Indian feature film ?
(A) Ardeshir Irani
(B) Dadasaheb Phalke
(C) V.Shantaram
(D) Sohrab Modi
Q92. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India ?
(A) President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Finance Minister
(D) RBI Governor
Q93. What is the name of Indias longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna ?
(A) Rabindra Setu
(B) Vidyasagar Setu
(C) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(D) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
Q94. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, initially known as Brahmo Sabha, in 1828 ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Keshub Chandra Sen
Q95. Tamasha is the popular folk theatre of which state ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) West Bengal
Q96. In which city is the Central Rice Research Institute located ?
(A) Karnal (Haryana)
(B) Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)
(C) Rajamundry (Andhra Pradesh)
(D) Cuttack (Orissa)
Q97. At which place Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and the last Guru of Sikhs, created Khalsa in 1699 ?
(A) Anandpur (Punjab)
(B) Amritsar (Punjab)
(C) Patna (Bihar)
(D) Nanded (Maharashtra)
Q98. Who is the first woman Air Marshal of India Air Force (IAF) ?
(A) Punita Arora
(B) Harita Kaur Deol
(C) Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Q99. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as ?
(A) Curzon Line
(B) Durand Line
(C) McMahon Line
(D) RadCliffe Line
Q100. In 1958, which billiards player became the first Indian to win an individual world title in any sport ?
(A) Wilson Jones
(B) Michael Ferreira
(C) Geet Sethi
(D) Manoj Kothari
1311-04-24 Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1329-08-09 Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop
1459-05-12 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
1497-07-08 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
1498-05-20 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India
1500-03-09 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
1502-02-12 Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
1509-02-02 The Battle of Diu takes place near Diu, India, between Portugal and Turkey.
1509-02-03 The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1542-05-06 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1556-03-28 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1565-01-25 Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagars army
1575-03-03 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
1597-08-20 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East
1600-12-31 British East India Company chartered
1601-02-13 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
1602-03-20 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms
1608-08-24 1st English convoy lands at Surat India
1609-03-25 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co
1612-08-29 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1614-04-05 American Indian princess Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan marries English colonist John Rolfe
1621-06-03 Dutch West India Company receives charter for New Netherlands (NY)
1622-03-22 1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain
1633-10-22 Ming dynasty fight with Dutch East India Company that Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Ming dynasty won great victory.
1639-08-22 Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1641-01-14 United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed
1641-08-26 West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
1643-12-25 Christmas Island founded and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Ship Company vessel, the Royal Mary.
1658-12-09 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
1668-03-26 England takes control of Bombay India
1668-03-27 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company
1690-02-08 French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
1690-08-24 Job Charnock founds Calcutta India
1692-02-29 Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
1699-04-14 Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1733-05-29 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1737-10-07 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft & kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
1737-10-11 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1739-02-24 Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1739-03-20 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1751-08-31 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
1752-06-09 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
1755-04-02 Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
1755-07-09 Brit Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1756-05-17 Britain declares war on France (7 Years or French & Indian War)
1756-06-20 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
1756-06-20 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
1756-09-08 French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1756-12-06 British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
1757-01-02 British troops occupy Calcutta India
1757-11-05 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
1758-05-21 Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
1759-04-08 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1760-01-22 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French
1761-01-07 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten
1761-01-16 The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1764-11-09 Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
1767-09-28 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope
1772-02-12 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
1773-10-14 American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdoms East India Company tea ships cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1783-04-09 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
1786-02-24 Charles Cornwallis appointed governor-general of India
1795-03-11 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols
1796-04-13 1st elephant arrives in US from India
1798-09-01 England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India
1800-07-10 The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi and other vernaculars of sub continent.
1803-02-27 Great fire in Bombay, India
1803-09-23 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army
1806-07-10 The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
1818-06-03 Maratha Wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends
1829-12-04 Britain abolished suttee in India (widow burning herself to death on her husbands funeral pyre
1835-02-24 Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag
1838-11-03 The Times of India, the worlds largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
1839-01-10 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
1839-01-19 Aden conquered by British East India Company
1839-11-25 A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
1842-01-06 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1846-01-28 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
1846-02-10 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
1846-02-16 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India
1849-03-29 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
1851-12-22 The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
1853-04-16 The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.
1857-05-10 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerut
1858-07-28 William Herschel of the Indian Civil Service in India
1859-02-10 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1865-11-11 Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
1866-06-11 The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India.
1868-04-13 Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
1870-09-08 Neth & Engl sign Koelietraktaat Br-Indian contract work in Suriname
1876-10-31 A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 human deaths.
1877-01-01 Englands Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India
1879-05-14 The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1882-06-06 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
1884-09-26 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1888-04-20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India
1888-12-18 Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde.
1889-03-23 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
1891-09-18 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
1892-07-06 Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1897-06-12 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
1905-04-04 Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
1905-10-16 The Partition of Bengal (India) occurred.
1906-12-30 The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later laid down the foundations of Pakistan.
1907-05-01 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
1911-02-18 The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
1911-03-25 L D Swamikannu publishes Manual of Indian Chronology in Bombay
1911-12-12 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
1913-11-06 Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in S Afr
1914-06-30 Mahatma Gandhis 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa
1916-05-13 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1916-05-24 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
1917-03-11 World War I: Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1918-05-18 Neth Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
1919-04-13 Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India
1919-04-13 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1919-08-13 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350
1919-09-10 Indians Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
1920-03-23 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
1920-10-10 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
1920-10-10 Indians Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam
1922-03-18 Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience
1925-12-26 The Communist Party of India is founded.
1926-08-28 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1926-12-28 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service
1928-08-30 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
1929-01-06 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst Indias poorest and diseased people.
1929-01-26 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for Indias independence
1929-04-08 Indian Independence Movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
1929-04-24 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off
1929-04-26 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
1930-03-08 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
1931-02-10 New Delhi becomes capital of India
1931-03-23 Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.
1932-10-08 The Indian Air Force is established.
1932-10-15 Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
1933-01-28 The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhary Rehmat Ali Khan and is accepted by the Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1933-05-08 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
1934-01-15 8.4 earthquake in India/Nepal, 10,700 die
1934-04-07 In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience
1934-08-02 William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour
1936-02-08 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
1936-04-01 Orissa constituted a province of British India
1938-10-02 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
1938-11-16 K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India
1939-03-03 In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
1939-03-10 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
1939-04-13 In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.
1939-05-03 The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1940-03-23 All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland
1940-03-23 The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.
1940-07-02 Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
1941-05-25 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
1941-11-24 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
1942-08-09 Mahatma Gandhi & 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a quit India campaign by the All-India Congress
1942-10-16 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India
1943-12-30 Subhash Chandra Bose raises the flag of Indian independence at Port Blair.
1944-04-01 Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
1944-04-14 Freighter Fort Stikene explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1944-08-19 Last Japanese troops driven out of India
1945-11-13 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1946-03-15 British premier Attlee agrees with Indias right to independence
1946-08-08 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 sq miles
1946-09-02 Nehru forms govt in India
1946-12-01 Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1947-02-20 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
1947-06-03 British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan
1947-07-18 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
1947-08-14 India granted independence within British Commonwealth
1947-08-15 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
1947-08-17 The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
1947-10-26 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
1948-01-01 Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test v India
1948-01-01 Orissa province accedes to India
1948-01-01 After partition, India declines to pay the agreed share of Rs.550 million in cash balances to Pakistan.
1948-01-03 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 & 127*) v India MCG
1948-01-23 Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six
1948-01-23 Test debut of Neil Harvey, v India at Adelaide
1948-01-24 Australia all out 674 v India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1948-04-15 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
1948-06-21 Lord Mountbatten resigns as gov-gen of India
1948-09-12 Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnahs death.
1949-01-14 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1949-02-19 Mass arrests of communists in India
1949-03-05 The Jharkhand Party is founded in India
1949-09-23 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
1949-10-15 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt
1949-10-15 Tripura accedes to Indian union
1949-11-26 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1949-12-30 India recognizes Peoples Republic of China
1950-01-01 The state of Ajaigarh is ceded to the Government of India.
1950-01-26 India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion
1950-07-02 Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
1950-08-15 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
1950-08-15 Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1950-10-26 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
1950-11-06 King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1950-12-05 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1952-01-21 Nehrus Congress party wins general election in India
1952-05-13 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1952-05-13 The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
1952-07-19 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford
1952-07-19 India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day
1952-10-16 Pakistans 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi
1952-10-18 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
1952-10-25 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistans 1st Test century 124* v India
1953-04-01 Walcott Worrell & Weekes all make centuries in innings v India
1953-10-01 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
1954-11-01 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
1955-04-11 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1955-04-30 Imperial Bank of India nationalized
1955-05-02 India poses discrimination onaanraakbaren punishable
1955-06-07 India premier Nehru visit USSR
1956-09-01 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
1956-09-02 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1956-11-01 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union
1956-11-01 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms
1956-11-01 Indian states of Punjab, Patiala & PEPSU merge as Punjab protection
1956-11-01 Formation of Kerala state in India.
1957-01-26 India annexes Kashmir
1957-03-22 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian
1959-01-01 Rohan Kanhai completes 256 v India at Calcutta
1959-03-17 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
1959-03-31 Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1959-07-27 Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut
1959-08-24 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
1959-09-21 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
1959-10-23 Chinese troops move into India, 17 die
1959-12-20 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India v Australia at Kanpur
1960-02-12 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
1960-05-01 Indias Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
1961-11-05 Indias premier Nehru arrives in NY
1961-12-17 India seizes Goa & 2 other Portuguese colonies
1961-12-18 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao & Diu
1962-02-25 India Congress Party wins elections
1962-05-30 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
1962-09-08 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
1962-10-10 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
1962-10-20 Chinese army lands in India
1962-11-21 The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army declares a unilateral cease-fire in the Sino-Indian War.
1963-05-28 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
1963-12-01 Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1964-01-13 Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta now Kolkata resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
1964-02-09 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India v England on debut at Delhi
1964-06-02 Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India
1964-10-29 Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY
1964-12-23 India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1965-01-08 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
1965-04-09 India & Pakistan engage in border fight
1965-05-11 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965-05-25 India & Pakistan border fights
1965-05-28 Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
1965-06-02 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
1965-08-06 Indian troops invade Pakistan
1965-09-01 India & Pakistan border fights
1965-09-06 India invades West Pakistan
1965-09-07 China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
1965-09-22 India & Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
1966-01-10 India & Pakistan sign peace accord
1966-01-19 Indira Gandhi elected Indias 3rd prime minister
1966-04-06 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
1966-06-24 Bombay-NY Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die
1966-11-01 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created
1966-12-13 Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 & 78
1967-05-06 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India
1967-06-09 Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967-09-04 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1967-09-11 Indian/Chinese border fights
1967-12-11 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
1968-01-31 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 v India in his last Test for ten years
1968-02-16 Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1968-12-25 42 Dalits are burned alive in Kilavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, India, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit labourers.
1969-12-25 India all out for 163 at Madras v Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91
1970-04-02 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within Indias Assam state
1971-01-25 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
1971-03-09 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain
1971-08-24 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
1971-11-21 Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
1971-12-03 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: India invades West Pakistan and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
1971-12-04 The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1971-12-04 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971-12-16 Indias army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1971-12-17 Cease fire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir
1972-01-21 Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
1972-01-21 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
1972-01-21 Tripura becomes a full-fledged state in India.
1972-03-19 India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
1972-07-02 India & Pakistan sign peace accord
1972-07-10 Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India
1972-12-17 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan
1972-12-23 Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi
1973-02-09 Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
1973-02-27 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
1973-02-27 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee
1973-07-07 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India)
1973-08-28 India & Pakistan sign POW accord
1973-11-01 The Indian state of Mysore was renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu .
1974-05-18 India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
1974-11-07 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
1975-01-29 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2
1975-04-19 India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1975-05-16 India annexes Principality of Sikkim
1975-05-19 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
1975-06-26 Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency
1975-06-26 Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
1975-07-20 India expels three reporters from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and Newsweek because they refused to sign a pledge to abide by government censorship.
1975-12-27 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)
1976-02-17 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 v India, his 1st match-winning spell
1976-04-12 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1976-04-25 India all out for 97 v West Indies
1977-01-19 Worlds largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival
1977-03-20 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India
1977-03-22 Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
1977-03-28 Morarji Desai forms govt in India
1977-12-17 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia v India at the WACA, aged 41
1978-01-01 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213
1978-01-03 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 & 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win
1978-02-03 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978-02-03 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1978-10-16 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad
1978-12-19 Indira Gandhi ambushed in India
1978-12-26 Indias former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1979-01-02 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)
1979-02-07 Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur
1979-06-01 Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
1979-06-07 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched
1979-07-15 Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India
1979-07-17 David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
1979-08-20 India premier Charan Singh resigns
1979-09-04 India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429
1979-09-20 The Punjab wing of the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) formally splits and constitutes a parallel UCCRI(ML).
1979-10-17 Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1980-01-06 Indira Gandhis Congress Party wins elections in India
1980-07-18 Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1981-01-03 Greg Chappell scores 204 v India at the SCG
1981-01-08 India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia
1981-01-24 Kim Hughes scores 213 v India at Adelaide
1981-02-11 Australia all out 83 v India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981-06-06 A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
1981-06-19 Indias APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
1981-07-16 India performs nuclear Test
1981-10-14 Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. government with holding Richard Marshall of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.
1982-07-09 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval
1982-07-27 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years
1982-12-27 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory v India at Karachi
1983-01-15 Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand v India
1983-02-22 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1983-04-17 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1983-11-16 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 v WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
1983-11-27 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India
1984-02-01 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1984-04-03 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
1984-04-15 Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India
1984-06-06 1,200 die in Sikh Golden Temple uprising India
1984-08-03 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed
1984-09-28 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India v Aust, New Delhi)
1984-11-03 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984-11-03 Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1984-12-03 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1984-12-28 Rajiv Gandhis Congress party wins election in India
1984-12-29 Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
1984-12-31 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as Indias 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
1985-01-15 Mike Gatting & Graeme Fowler both scores 200s v India
1985-04-08 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1985-05-11 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985-06-23 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die
1985-08-17 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India
1985-09-25 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
1985-12-13 David Boons 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
1985-12-13 Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh & Bruce Reid (v India)
1986-01-04 David Boons second Test century, 131 v India at Adelaide
1986-02-02 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
1986-02-11 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986-03-28 Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
1986-07-25 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India
1986-09-19 Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
1986-10-02 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi
1986-10-02 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
1986-10-19 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in Tests (v India, Bombay)
1987-07-06 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
1987-11-25 India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987-12-11 Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI v India at Bombay
1987-12-20 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
1988-01-11 Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras
1988-07-21 ESAs Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
1988-08-20 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
1988-11-30 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
1989-10-20 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India & WI on round-robin
1989-11-29 India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns
1989-12-02 Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
1990-02-23 Ian Smith 173* NZ v India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat
1990-03-24 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka
1990-03-27 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die
1990-04-17 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1990-07-27 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lords
1990-07-30 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333
1990-12-10 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die
1991-10-16 Jharkhand Chhatra Yuva Morcha is founded at a conference in Ranchi, India.
1991-10-20 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die
1991-10-25 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah
1991-12-26 Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India
1992-01-02 Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney
1992-01-20 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1992-01-28 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide
1992-05-20 India launches its 1st satellite independently
1992-05-22 India launches its Agni rocket
1992-06-23 Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh
1992-06-26 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh
1992-10-18 Start of Zimbabwes 1st Test match, v India at Harare
1992-10-20 David Houghton gets Zimbabwes 1st Test ton (121 v India, debut)
1992-12-06 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
1993-01-23 Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
1993-01-29 Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
1993-02-23 India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England
1993-09-30 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
1994-01-25 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
1994-03-15 Experts from AL certify Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit
1994-04-13 United Arab Emirates 1st official ODI, losing to India
1994-05-20 Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe
1994-05-21 Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe
1994-07-24 Bodo kills 37 Moslems in Bashbari NE India
1994-07-29 India army kills 27 Moslem militants
1994-10-29 National Museum of American Indian opens (NYC)
1994-11-19 Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World
1995-02-25 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
1995-03-12 Congress party loses India national election
1996-03-09 Javed Miandads last international in Paks WC QF loss to India
1996-03-13 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996-08-20 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lords
1996-09-16 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
1997-03-13 Indias Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
1997-07-25 K.R. Narayanan is sworn-in as Indias 10th president and the first Dalit formerly called untouchable to hold this office.
1998-03-24 A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
1998-04-06 Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
1998-05-11 India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including a thermonuclear device.
1998-05-13 India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
1998-05-28 Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.
1999-01-22 Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
1999-03-11 Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
1999-04-08 Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
1999-08-11 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)
2000-02-15 Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2000-11-15 A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people. New Jharkhand state came into existence in India.
2001-01-26 An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
2001-06-18 Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India.
2001-09-21 University of Roorkee, becomes Indias 7th Indian Institute of Technology, rechristened as IIT Roorkee
2001-12-13 the Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by terrorists. 15 people are killed, including all the terrorists.
2002-05-03 A military MiG-21 aircraft crashes into the Bank of Rajasthan in India, killing eight.
2003-06-05 A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50C (122F) in the region.
2003-10-17 Eunuchs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh float the political party Jiti Jitayi Politics.
2003-11-18 The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyals CPI(ML).
2004-03-23 Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India.
2004-06-06 Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
2004-09-17 Tamil is declared the first classical language in India.
2004-09-21 The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Peoples War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
2005-01-25 A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.
2005-07-26 Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over 2 days.
2006-07-06 The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2006-07-11 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
2007-07-25 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as Indias first woman president
2008-10-22 India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
2008-11-26 Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India: Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai, India.
2010-02-13 A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more.
puys today i laid my hands on the RBI grade B exams general awareness paper held on December 2009.have a look at these questions from that paper.
1.which of the following statements is wrong about the BRIC countries
a.the 4 BRIC countries encompass over 25% of worlds land and 40% of worlds popln .they also hold a combined GDP(PPP) OF about $15 trillion
b.these 4 bric countries are the biggest and fastest emerging global markets.
c.as per an indication in 2009 the gdp the gdp of bric countries will come down by 36% as compared to last year.
d.the bric countries can together build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity
e.the first summit of BRIC was held in Russia on june 2009
2.the cheap imports from which of the following countries is giving competition to SME in India specially when the global economic slowdown and weak domestic demand have already affected companies across sectors
a.china b.s.korea c.japan d.russia e. none of these
3which of the following about the growth of the indian economy in 2009-10 or the part of it is correct
a.economy grew by 5.8% during jan-march 2009
b.indias growth estimate prepared by RBI say that the growth should be in band of 8.5 to10.0 % during 2009-10
c. the most promising growth of 6-7.5%would be in agriculture sector which contribute around 60-70% to indias total gdp
d. service sector which is a stronghold of the economy is likely to grow at 13% during this year
e.all are correct
4.which of the following is the reasons owing to which 105 million new ppl are added to list of hungry people and the total nos of the same has reached has reached 1bn.
a.unprecedented increase in food prices particularly in poor nations
b.cut in supply of foodgrains to poor nations by many european countries
c.sudden increase in popln of countries like uganda,namibia,sudan as many pl have taken shelter here.
5.which of the following is correct about the reforms introduced in pension sector
a.govt has allowed 26%fdi in pension sector
b.a new regulatory and develoment authority to monitor the pension sector has been set up
c.only three banks HDFC,AXIS and VYSYA bank are appointed as fund managers of the pension funds
6.As per the projections made by rbi the credit flow expansion during the current financial year will be in the tune of
a.10% b.15% c. 30% d.25% e. 20%
7.As we all know Govt of India is giving much emphasis these days on the development of SME. which of the following reflects the importance of SME sector in the Indian economy.
a.the govt is following a policy of keeping some items reserved for SME .hence a good number of items for local consumption come from these alone
b.the main advantage of SME are reduction of regional imbalances ,low investment and greater flexibility and low opn cost.this helps in good control over prices of such items in the local market.
c.a very large number of people are employed in this sector and this sector is the second largest sector in india after agriculture.
8.after the latest global slowdown and financial crisis debate is going on about Dollar hegemony What is the meaning of dollar hegemony in simple terms
a.it is the trade practise prevalent all over the world in which USA provides dollarsand the rest of the world manufactures the commodities which dollars can purchase
b. it is the situation in which all the nations are forcefully reqd to evaluate their local currencies against the value of the dollarshence countries are forced to keep as many dollars as they can to operate safely in the global markets
c.now economies all over the world are trying to find out a solution to come out of the dollar trap as nations from spending domestically the dollars they have earned from the USA
9.as reported in some financial newspapers the pvt equity investment into india for the quarter ending march 2009 have dropped by 87% .what is pvt equity and why is it so important
a.pvt equity is the purchase of majority or total ownership in an operating cos.
b.the purchase is done normally through institutional investors like bank or insurance cos.they are avoiding such investments these days
c.pvt equity stake gives a chance to stakeholders to have better control over its management and crucial functions
10.which of the following are non tax revenue component of union budget of india
a.customs duties b. interest receipts c. dividend and profits
11.the investments done by "those financial entities which were launched or incorporated in a foreign country but investing in indian venture" are known as
a.fii b. patent money c.pvt equity d. current account money e.none of these
12.which of the following projections made by rbi in its monetary and credit policy for 2009-10
a.it has projected the wholesale price index based inflation would be around 4% by march 2010
b.the rbi has decided that it would continue to use the combination of monetary and debt management tools to ensure successful completion of Govt borrowing plans
c. as per rbi projections deposits of scheduled commercial banks would grow to 18%
13.as we all know a committee on financial sector assessment(cfsa)was set up in 2006 under chairmanship of Dr. Rakesh Mohan.what were the major obsvns.
a.the banks in India are in a good shape and position to absorb shocks due to credit ,liquidity and market risks
b.it is found that the financial sector is strong and sound and fairly liquid but the co operative sector needs some strengthening
c.Committee says that the foreign investment in infrastructure and banking sector should not be more than 22% as free flow of the same is adversely affecting the growth of domestic deposit and savings.domestic investors dont get attractive investment option.
14.which of the following is a major recommendatioin by the joseph steilgitz committee set up recently in the international forum
a.the committee reccommends that global economic council should be set up urgently to address global financia issues
b.all developed countries should take strong co ordinated and effective actions to stimulate their economies .inddustrial nations should dedicate 10% of their stimulus package for this cause.
c.developed countries should suspend all their investments they are making in developing and poort countries at least for 5 yr period..the only aid which should continue is UN sponsored food assistance and emergency programmes.this will help the developed nations to consolidate their domestic positions
15.as we all know managing inflation sha sbeen avery imortant aspect of the economy in india which of the following is true about the inflation and it effect on the economy
a.lack of inflation(deflation) is not necessarily a thing which is always good
b.inflation is an increase in general prices of goods and services
c.when the inflation goes up the purchasing power of the money also goes up
16.which of the following is the correct definition of national income
a.national income means that total amount of money Govt earns only through direct tax collection every year.
b.it is the total value of all sorts of stocks held by a country at a particular point of time
c.this is the measure of the volume of commodities and services turned out during a given period counted without duplication
17.as we all know irrigation is acrucial problem of indian agriculture.at present how much of the total cropped area is irrigated
a.30% b.35%
c.40% d.45% e.more than 45%
18.as we all know that the cooperative banks in india are passing through a difficult phase and their performance is not as good as the commercial banks.what could be the reason
a.the coop banks disbursed credit on the loans on demand mostly without proper gurantees and documents.hence repayments are always at the mercy of borrowers and upto some extent on good crops
b.the cooperative banks are mostly under supervisory control of the panchayats which are not professionally qualified to control such institutions
c. cop. banks dont get any kind of relief packages from govt.hence they have to manage their affairs on their own resources only
19. as we have noticed many banks now enter insurance business.why are banks entering into the sector particularly when insurance companoies are there in india in large numbers
a.by providing insurance products banks are earning additional revenue in terms of fees /commission
b.banks with their huge customer base are leveraging on their existing ralationships to convert customersa into policy holders
c.with increasing health related problems everyone want insurance cover no matter how big or small it is.the offer that banks make are also affordable
20.as we know sometimes the EXIM bank extends Line Of Credit(loc) at the behest and support of govt of india to support developing countries as part of bilateral economic co operation programme called IDEAS.What is the full form of IDEAS
a. indian development and economic assistance scheme
b.industrial design and exemplary assistance scheme
c.intnl division of exports account and services
d.integrate development of european and asian societies
21. one of the key factors that provide impetus to strong growth in interest rates.how do interest rate contribute to the growth of economy particularly when these are lowered down
a.it gives cooperations the opportunity to prepay high cost debts and replace them with resh funds issued at lower interesr rates
b.banks use this opportunity to maximize profits on their treasury opn and these excess profit are used to clean their balance sheet by making higher provision for NPA or sticky loans
c.the govt also gets benefitted as it can borrow funds from open market at low interest rate and bridge its fiscal deficit
22.the concept of "Meeting the needs of present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs is generally known as
a.climate migration
b.sustainable development c.structural development d. inclusive growth e.none of these
23.which of the following is NOT the component of Indian Securities Market
a.commodity futures
b.small saving in national saving certificate
c.govt bonds
d.corporate equity
e.derivative son currency
24.which of the following was the objective of competition act 2002
a.to keep check on unfair trade and practises
b.to promote govt. supported products in cometition to those launched by pvt parties
c.to control the activities of the stock markets in India which are considered highly volatile
25.which of the following is not included in agenda of banking reforms in india
a.dismantling of administered interest rates
b.measures to strenghthen risk management
c.promulgation of SARFAESI act
d.promotion of concept of easy credit to all with guranteed subsidy from the Govt
e.Granting of operational autonomy to public sector banks and allowing them to raise capital from the open market
26.which of the following is full form of BRA in the banking field
a.brazilian and russian association
b.banking restructuring act
c.banking resources for agriculture
d.borrowing risk assessment
e.banking regulation act
27.as we all know the govt of india plays a special emphasis on management of fiscal deficit.what is fiscal deficit
a.the gap between projected and estimated gdp and actual gdp
b.the gap b/w total number and value of currency notes issued by the rbi uptill now over the nos and value of those whichare in actual circulation
c.the gap between the actual, borrowings of govt of india and expected expenditure for which provision is made in the budget
d.excess of govts disbursements comprising current and capital expenditure over its current receipts(tax and non tax)
28.an argument amongst the economists is going on the issue of imposing special taxes on goods and services whose prices do not reflect the true social cost of their consumption for example tax on polluting environment environment .which of the following are other example of such taxes
a.duties on cigarettes b.duties on alchohol c.tax on gambling and lotteries d. airport tax
29.the presidential election of Iran held in june 2009 was contested b/w mahmoud ahmadijenad and
a.hashmi rafsanjani
b.ali larijani
c.mohd. ali jafari
d.mir housen moussavi
30.the presidential and provincial council elections took place in which of the following countries inb august 2009
a.nepal b.afghanistan c.myanmar
d.pakistan e.srilanka
31.alice munro who won the man booker prize 2009 is from which country
a.canada b.britain c.usa d.italy e.france
32.which of the following is correct statement as per world banks report on global economy
a.india growth rate will be 8% in 2010 nd 8.5%in 2011
b.global growth will be even worse than what we saw earlier.there will be a 2.9% contraction
c.brazil and china will be the two fastets developing economies in 2011 and 2012 .india might lag behind as its infrastructure development is slow and inappropriate
33.which country is not a member of Shanghai co operative orgnzn(SCO)
a.russia b.china c.india d.britain e.iran
34.the govt of india has authorised which orgnzn to raise 10,000 crores to refinance those banks lending money for infrastructural projects
a.IIFCIL b.SIDBI c.IDBI Bank d.LIC
a.the govt has taken over the debt of the farmers and has made reimbursment to the banks
b.the govt has identified 237 low productivity districts where farmers would be eligible for a minimum loan relief of rs 20,000 even if their land holding is above 2 hectares
c.andhra pradesh has highest nos. of beneficiaries of this scheme
36.as we all know india imports oil and petroleum and out of the total consumption of this oil and ppetroleum how much is consumed by the transport sector
a.20% b.40% c.30% d.50% e.60%
37.SEZ full form-special economic zone
38.stock market indexes serve as benchmark to measure the performance of which of the following type of portfolio of the investors/promoters
a.equity portfolio b. tax saving instruments c.mutual funds d.investment in govt securities e.all of these
39.which of these organization was created to provide self emloyment and self reliance to the women folk of india
a.oecd b.ROSCA c.SVP. d.USO e.SEWA
40. an agreement which is a contract b/w rbi and banks for the sale & repurchase of govt securities and short term tyreasury bills at future date and for which rbi indicates is known as
a.repo rate b. bank rate c.reverse repo rate d. prime lending rate e.none
41.Focus Africa programme is launched by indian govt to promote in 2002
a.coopn in field of technical education
b.bilateral trade b/w the two couintries
c.safewty cover for workers of indian origin in africa who are victims of racial discrimination
d.healthcare service in africa
42.usain bolt who won the laureas sport award in olympics is an -athlete
43.which team won the Roger Danet junior hockey tournament in 2009
a.italy. b.germany c.netherlands d.india .e.pakistan
44.habib tanvir who recently passed away is a famous -playwright
45.Mr rameshwar thakur has taken over as the new governor of -Madhya Pradesh
46.which state recently launched the Aam Aadmi insurance scheme that will provide 75000 insurance to the beneficiaries-UP
47.UNSC recently imposed sanction on which country for for underground testing o nuclear device-north korea
48.who is the author of the book Grass is Singing-daris lessing
49.in which country did india start its poverty alleviation project by sponsoring farmers training and information centre-china
answers in bold and underline.
1 question missing as the page got teared.
not very sure of 13 and 17.so didn't mark them
History of Modern India
Muazzam occupied the Mughal throne as Bahadur Shah after his success in the war of succession.
Muazzam, the son of Aurangzeb was called as the Shah Bekhabar.
The Mughal King Farrukh Siyar gratned concession to the English men to trade in Bengal, Gujarat and Hyderabad.
In 1759 Ali Mohar, the son of Alamgir sat upon the Mughal throne as Shah Alam II.
After the death of Maratha ruler Shahu, the real power of the State came in the hands of Peshwas.
Nawab Murshid Quli Khan of Bengal transferred his capital to Murshidabad from Dacca.
Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal transferred his capital to Moongher from Murshidabad.
In the middle of the 18th century, the nominal ruler of Mysore was Chika Krishnaraj. The real power of the State lied with the two brothersNand Raj and Dev Raj.
In 1761 Hyder Ali captured Nandraj and became the master of Mysore.
In the first Anglo-Mysore war, Hyder Ali badly defeated the English army.
In 1781 Hyder Ali conqurered Arcot but in 1781 at Porn Novo Sir Eyerkoot defeated him.
Ali Muhammad Khan established the State of Rohilkhand.
The early capital of Rohilkhand was Awala which later shifted to Rampur.
Guru Har Gobind Singh constructed the Akaal Takht at Amritsar.
Guru Gobind Singh converted the Sikhs into a warring and military group.
In 1721, the two sects of Sikhism Bandai and Tatkhalsa merged in one sect Khalsa. This sect became a headache for the Mughals.
The Sikhs were organized in 12 unions or misls which grew in political significance. Later Ranjeet Singh conquered these misls and organized them into Punjab State.
The ruler of the Afghanistan conferred the title of Raja upon Ranjeet Singh and appointed him the Subedar of Lahore.
The treaty of Amritsar was signed between the English and Ranjeet Singh in 1809. As a result the English checked the expansion of Ranjeet Singh towards the region of Sutluj.
According to the treaty of Amritsar, the English accepted Ranjeet Singh as an independent ruler.
During first Anglo-Sikh war, the Governor-General of India was Lord Hardinge.
Punjab was ruled by Maharaja Dalip Singh when the Lahore Treaty was signed in 1846 between the Sikhs and the English after the defeat of Sikhs in the first Anglo Sikh war.
During Sirajudaullas time, the English settlement at Calcutta became a resort for the enemies of Nawab and the traitors.
On 4th June, 1756 Sirajudaulla invaded and captured the Qasim Bazar factory of English near Murshidabad.
The Black hole tragedy as it is known in history, came to light through the letter of Holvell. Some of the historians consider it imaginery.
In the contemporary historical works like Sher-a-Mutkherin and Royas-us-Salatin, there is no reference to the Black hole tragedy.
On 9th February, 1757, the Ali Nagar Treaty was signed between the English and the Nawab.
After the war of Plassey, when Sirajudaulla was running away from Murshidabad towards Patna he was captured and killed.
On 28 June, 1757, the English declared Mir Jafar as the Nawab of Bengal.
After victory in Plassey war, the English Company obtained concessions to trade in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
On 25 November, 1759, the Bedara war was fought between the English and the Dutch and the Dutch were defeated. The victory helped the English in consolidating their hold on Bengal.
Mir Qasim planned friendship with Vansittart to become the Nawab of Bengal.
Mir Qasim gave to East India Company, the districts of Vardhman, Midnapur and Chittgaon for the expenditure of the English army.
In 1764 the joint army of Mir Qasim, Shujauddaulla and Shah Alam fought with the Englishthe war of Buxar, the English were victorious in this war.
After the Buxar War, the Allahabad treaty was signed between English and the Mughal King Shah Alam in 1765 AD.
According to Allahabad Treaty, the districts of Kara and Allahabad were taken away from the Nawab of Oudh and given to Mughal King. The East India Company agreed to pay to the king a pension of Rs. 26 lacs. In lieu the English got Diwani rights in Bengal.
After the death of Mir Jafar, his son Nizamuddaula was enthroned as Nawab of Bengal.
K. M. Panikkar holds that from 1765 to 1772, the rule of East India Company in Bengal was the rule of dacoits.
During Warren Hastings period, the Treasury was transferred by the East India Company to Calcutta from Murshidabad and Calcutta was made the capital.
During the Governorship of Warren Hastings, in every district of subjugated India one Civil and one Criminal Court was opened.
The cases upto to Rs. 500 were referred to the Civil Court and alone it, the appeal could be made to the Sadar Diwani Adalat.
The District Criminal Court was put in charge of an Indian Officer.
The Regulating Act of 1773 established a Supreme Court at Calcutta.
The Permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis brought changes in the land system. Most of the land came in the hands of commercial and rich classes of Calcutta.
The Permanent settlement ensured the income of the Government. Besides the cooperation of the new Zamindars was obtained.
In the Mahalwari system, land revenues was fixed either through the local Zamindars or their hereditary tax collectors or the Zamindars of the Mahal. Mahal was the collection of villages. The Mahalwari system was known in Punjab as the village system.
The Raiyyatwari system was introduced during early 19th century in some regions of Madras and Bombay. The Govt. directly obtained a fixed amount from the peasants.
In the Raiyyatwari system, the revenue rate was fixed 45% to 50% of the total produce separately.
The Raiyyatwari system had many defects which the Govt. official accepted at the time of a parliamentary inspection for the renewal of the Companys Charter.
In the Fifth and Sixth decades of 19 century, the English invested in large amount to control Indian economy.
The English invested their capital on roads and communications, Railway, Post and Telegraph, Banks and tea gardens.
In 1830 the Ahoms again rebelled against the English. This time, the English Company adopted a peaceful policy and granted north Assam and some other region to King Purandar Singh.
Raja Teerath Singh of Nanakkalo rebelled against the English with the help of Garo, Khampati and Sinhopo tribes. Soon it took the shape of a mass-movement. In 1833, the English could crust it with superior military force.
In 1825, the Assam Rifles rebelled against the English.
In 1838, the Indian troops stationed at Sholapur rebelled due to non-payment of the full allowances.
In 1850 the Gobind Garh regiment rebelled.
On 1 January, 1857, the use of British made Enfield Rifles was started in India. In the cartridges of this Rifle, the fat of cows and pigs were used.
In March 1857, the soldiers of Bairakpur Cantt refused to use the fat cartridges.
On 2 May, 1857, the Oudh Regiment of Lucknow too refused to use these cartridges. As a result, the Oudh regiment was disbanded.
To the soldiers of Meerut who had refused to use the fat cartridges, an English military officerCarr Michael Smith issued the jail punishment of 5 years.
On 10 May, 1857, a section of the infantry and cavalry of Merrut rebelled at about 5 P.M.
The rebels marched to Delhi, captured the city and declared Bahadurshah the emperor of India. Bahadurshah assumed the leadership of revolt in Delhi.
During this rebellion, Nana Saheb established his suzeranity over Kanpur and declared himself the Peshwa.
In Bundelkhand Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi assumed the leadership of the revolt.
In Bihar, the zamindar of Jagdishpur, named Kunwar Singh led the revolt.
On 28 May, 1857, the soldiers of Nasirabad Cantt in Rajasthan, rebelled.
Kota and Adva were the main centres of revolt in Rajasthan.
The Central India, Tantya Tope led the revolt.
In U.P. the importnat centres of revolution were Jhansi, Kanpur, Bareilly, Meerut, Lucknow, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra.
The Bareilly rebellion was led by Batakhs Khan.
The Commissioner of Oudh, Henry Laurrence died of a blast on 4th July, 1857.
While suppressing the revolt, the English officer Neil buried the dead Brahmans and burnt the dead Muslims.
In March 1858, under the leadership of Kunwar Singh, the rebels captured Azamgarh.
While marching towards Benaras from Azamgarh, there was an encounter between Kunwar Singh and the English officer Lord Mark in which Lord Mark had to run away to save his life.
Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur was the only leader to have died under the banner of freedom.
On 14 December, 1857, the English army blasted Kashmiri Gate of Delhi.
In November 1857 the rebels defeated the English General Windaham near Kanpur.
Vinayak Damodar Saverker was the first to name the rebellion of 1857 as the first war of Indian independence.
According to Sir Seeley, the rebellion of 1857 was fully a national revolt conducted by selfish soldiers.
Sir John Lawrence, P. E. Roberts and V. A. Smith have called it a Sepoy Mutiny.
According to V. A. Smith, the rebellion of 1857 was purely a sepoy mutiny which fully reflected the indiscipline of Indian soldiers and the foolishness of English military officers.
According to Sir James Outtram, the revolt of 1857 was the result of a conspiracy of the Muslims who desired to fulfill their self-interest on the strength of the Hindus.
Ashok Mehta in his book, The Great Revolt, has attempted to prove that it was a national revolt.
Pattabhi Sita Ramaiyya takes it to be the first war of Indian independence.
After crushing the revolt of 1857, they constituted an India Council and abolished the Board of Directors. There were 15 members in the India Council and a Secretary of State for India.
After the revolt, Lord Canning announced the Declaration of the Queen at a Durbar held at Allahabad. He called it, the Magna Carta of Indian people.
In the Declaration of the Queen, the policy of expansion of the political limits came to an end.
The rebels responsible for the murder of Englishmen were punished. All others were pardoned.
The objective of Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj, Ramkirshna Mission and the Theosophical society etc. was to herald a renaissance in India.
Brahmo Samaj was founded in Calcutta by Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 20 August, 1828.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy always advocated the appointment of Indians on high govt. posts. He played a major role in the abolition of Sati system.
After the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy on 20 August, 1833, Devendara Nath Tagore assumed the leadership of the Brahmo Samaj.
Aadi Brahmo Samaj was established by Devendra Nath Thakur.
Bhartiya Brahmo Samaj was founded by Keshav Chandra Sen.
The principles of Brahmo Samaj helped immensely in the birth and Spread Indian nationalism.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Vedant College, English School and Hindu College at Calcutta.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the advocate of English Education and he thought English to be the vehicle of progress.
It was due to the effort of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, that the restriction upon the newspapers were lifted.
In 1819, at Maharashtra, Prarthna Sabha was founded. It came to an end due to its limited scope.
In 1867 Atma Ram Pandurang established Prarthna Samaj. M. G. Ranade, R. G. Bhandarkar and Narayan Chandrawarkar were the prominent members of this Samaj.
Dayanand Saraswati left his house at the age of 21. As a Brahmachari Sadhu, he travelled to different places in India.
Dayanand Saraswati started the propagation of his religion from Agra.
In 1874, he wrote his famous book Satyarth Prakash.
On 10 April, 1875 he founded Arya Samaj at Bombay.
Totapuri, a Vedantic sadhu taught Vedant Sadhna to Dayananda.
Ramkrishna Paramhans was born in 1836 in a poor Brahman family of Hoogly district of Bengal.
Swami Vivekanand was the most devoted disciple of Swami Ramkrishna Paramhans.
Ramkrishna Pramhans did not establish any Ashram or sect
In 1893 in the All Religion Conference at Chicago Vivekanand impressed everyone, and started a Vedant Samaj there.
In 1896 Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
In the last years of the third decade of the 19th century, the young Bengal movement was led by an Englishman named Henry William Derozio.
On 7 September, 1875 in New York, U.S.A. Madame H.P. Blatavesky (Russian) and Col. H. S. Alcott (American) founded the Theosophical Society.
Mrs. Annie Besant, an Irish lady was a very active member of Theosophical Society in India.
Due to the efforts of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, in 1856, the Widow Remarriage Act was legislated.
The slogan of Inkalab Zindabad was given by Mohammad Iqbal.
Sir Saiyyad Ahmad Khan founded the Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh in 1877 which later became known as Aligarh Muslim University.
Haji Shariatullah was the initiator of Faryaz movement.
In Maharashtra the Bharat Sewak Samaj was started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
In 1922 Amrit Lal Viththal Das established the Bheel Sewa Mandal.
Jyoti Ba Phule was the champion of widowremarriage in Maharashtra.
In 1911 Narayan Maltar Joshi organised the Social Service League, a society to solve the social problems. He was assisted by some educated Indians.
Avanindra Nath Thakur founded the society known asThe Indian Society of Oriental Art.
In the 19th century, the famous Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chatterjee composed the song Vande Matram.
In 1875, Sisir Kumar Ghose founded the India League.
The Indian Association founded by Surendra Nath Banerjee was replaced by the Indian League in 1876.
The credit for founding the Indian National Congress in 1885 goes to an English officer, Allen Octavian Hume.
The first Conference of the Indian National Congress was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay under the chairmanship of W. C. Banerjee.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Ganesh Mahotsav in 1893 and Shivaji Samaroh in 1895.
Pandit Jugal Kishore published the first newspaper of IndiaUdant Martand. It was a paper which gave top priority to Indian interests.
During Lord Curzons time in 1905, Bengal was divided.
In 1911, in Lord Hardinges time, the partition of Bengal was cancelled.
Lala Lajpat Rai and Ajeet Singh were exiled to Burma in 1907.
In 1911 the capital of India was shifted to Delhi from Calcutta.
On Nov. 1913, the Ghadar Party was founded at Sanfransisco city of America by the great revolutionary of Punjab named Lala Hardayal.
Kashi Ram and Hardayal were the active members of the Ghadar Party.
In 1906, Agha Khan founded the All India Muslim League.
In 1916, a pact was signed between Muslim League and Congress which is known in history as the Lucknow Pact.
In 1916 Bal Gangadhar Tilak established the Home Rule League of India.
After Lucknow Pact, Congress and League presented the plan of political reforms based on separate electoral regions. This pact led to an increase in communalism.
In 1914 Annie Besant brought out a newspaper in English named New India.
Gandhiji established the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
On 30 March, 1919, Satyagraha Day was observed in whole of India. The Satyagraha was peaceful at all places except Punjab and Delhi.
Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin, the leaders of the Punjab Satyagraha were imprisoned. In protest, a meeting was organized at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar . The people who assembled here were gunned down. This is known as Jalhianwalla bagh Massacre of April 1919.
After the world war I, the Indian Muslims were excited due to the treatment meted out to Caliph by the British in Turkey. In 1919 they started the Khilafat movement under the leadership of Maulana Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali.
The Congress joined the Muslims in Khilafat movement. On 31 August, 1919, the Khilafat Day was observed.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-cooperation Mass Movement in 1920-21. But violence broke out at Chauri Chaura then in Gorakhpur district which saddened Gandhiji. In February 1922 he announced the closure of the movement.
In March 1922 Motilal Nehru and Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das established the Swaraj Party.
In the elections of 1923 the Swaraj Party scored 40 seats out of 148.
In 1927 the Bardoli Satyagraha was conducted by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
In 1928 under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon a Commission came to India to inspect the administrative work. The Indians boycotted it as no Indian was a member of the Commission. In March 1928 the Commission went back.
In the 1929 Lahore Congress session held under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the meaning of Swaraj was declared as total independence.
In 1930 Gandhiji broke the Salt laws by his Dandi March and he started the Civil Disobedience movement.
In 1930, the Congress boycotted the first Round Table Conference.
In 1931, after Gandhi-Irwin pact Gandhiji went to attend the second Round Table Conference along with the members of Muslim League.
In the third Round table conference in 1932, Congress did not send any representative. Only 46 members went to participate under different categories.
The meeting of the Executive of Congress held on 1 January, 1932 decided to again start the Civil Disobedience Movement due to the completely negative attitude of the Government.
The British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald declared the communal award on 16 August, 1932.
On 25 September, 1932, the Poona Pact was signed. Common agreement was made on two conditions for preparing the electoral regions. The representative of the Depressed classes was B.R. Ambedkar.
In 1932 Gandhiji founded the Harijan Sewak Sangh for the uplift of the Harijans.
On 8 May, 1933 Gandhiji declared the programme of 21 days fast for his self-purification.
Gandhiji began Individual Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience on 1 August, 1933.
The Government of India Act of 1935 had 312 articles and 19 enclosures.
In 1935, the British provinces were 11 e.g., Madras, Bombay, Bengal, Bihar, Punjab, Orissa, Central Provinces, Assam, North West Frontier Provinces, United Provinces and Sindh.
The Government of India Act of 1935, the subjects were divided into three departmentsFederal, Provincial and Concurrent.
This Act divided the British provinces of India in two categories. 11 were the provinces under the Governor and 5 provinces were under Lieutenant Commissioners.
The Govt. of India Act, 1935, proposed Federal system and Provincial autonomy. The plan of Federal system could not be implemented. The elections for the Provincial legislative Councils were held in the January-February of 1937.
The Congress won majority in 5 provincesMadras, United Provinces, Central Provinces, Bihar and Orissa in the general election of 1937.
In Punjab, the Unionist Party and Muslim League jointly formed the Government. This Government worked without any obstruction till 1947.
In Bengal the Krishak Praja Party and the Muslim League jointly formed the Government. Its Cabinet worked till 14 August, 1947. Sikandar Hayaat Khan was the head of this Government.
The Congress Cabinets worked from 1937 to 1939.
In 1934, the members of Congress Executive, Acharya Narendra Dev, Jai Prakash and Achyut Patvardhan organized the Congress Socialist Party.
In the Haripura session of the Congress (193
, S. C. Bose was unanimously elected the President.
Subhash Chandra Bose organized a National Planning Committee.
In 1939 Bose was relected Congress President defeating Gandhis candidate P. Sitaramayya.
In April 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the post of the President and started a militant party known as Forward Block.
In 1939, Jawaharlal Nehru became the President of the Tribal Conference of Indian States.
In 1933, a Muslim student named Choudhary Rahmat Ali studying in England proposed the formation of a separate Muslim State and called it Pakistan.
On 24th March, 1940, in the Lahore Conference of the Muslim League, the Pakistan proposal was passed.
Lord Linlithgo presented the August proposal before the Congress on 8 August, 1940 for getting cooperation during the war.
The Individual Satyagraha was started from 17 October, 1940. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Satyagrahi. Gandhiji postponed it on 17 December, 1940.
It was restarted on 5 January, 1941. During this period more than 20 thousand people were arrested.
Cripps Mission visited India in 1942. It was onemember Commission and only Sir Strafford Cripps was the member.
The Congress and the League, both rejected the Cripps Proposals.
The Quit India movement resolution was passed on 14 July, 1942 in the Executive of the Congress Session held at Wardha. It was reaffirmed on 8 August, 1942.
The interim government of free India was organized on 21 October, 1943 by Subhash Chandra Bose in Singapore.
21 Indian political leaders were invited to attend a Conference at Simla in June 1945. It ended in failure.
In December 1945, the General Elections were held in India. The Congress received the majority in 6 provinces.
On 18 February, 1946, the non Commissioned officers and Naval soldiers of the Royal Indian Navy who were called Rattings, began a militant revolt at Bombay.
In order to remove the Constitutional crisis the British Government sent the Cabinet Mission to India.
It came on 29 March, 1946 to New Delhi and it declared its proposals.
Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946.
The Interim Government of India was organized under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. The Cabinet took oath on 2nd September, 1946.
The Constituent Assembly first met under the chairmanship of Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 6th December, 1946.
Atlee declared on 20 February, 1947 that the English would leave India after transferring the power to responsible people before June 1948.
The Mountbatten Plan of 3 June, 1947 was mainly the Plan of partition. It was agreed upon by the Executive of the Indian National Congress on 14-15 June in a meeting at Delhi.
In July 1947, the Indian Independence Act was passed by the British Parliament.
India became independent on 15 August, 1947.
On 26 January, 1950, the state of Hyderabad merged in the Indian Federation.
On 20 April 1954, the Panchsheel Pact was signed between India and China.
On 20 October, 1962 China invaded upon India. Soon it occupied Assam Valley and Laddakh. On 21 November, 1962, China declared one sided ceasefire.
History of Medieval India
Made in the times of Bhoj, an idol of Vakdevi is at present preserved in the British Museum.
The Jain temples of Dilwara were constructed during the period of Parmars.
In Udaipur Prashasti, Munj is entitled Kavi Vrish due to his literary attainments.
Qutubuddin was purchased as a slave in his childhood by Qazi Fakruddin Abdul Aziz Koofi.
Qutubuddin did not issue coins or got Khutba read in his name after accession to Delhi throne.
Qutubuddin Aibak was buried at Lahore after his death.
Iltutmish established the Shamsi dynasty.
Iltutmish organized the group of his 40 slaves which is famous in history as Turkan-i-Chahalgami.
Yalduz and Nasiruddin Qubacha were prominent rivals of Iltutmish.
Iltutmish organized the Iqta army.
Iltutmish issued the coinsTaka of silver and Jeetal of copper.
Iltutmish was the first Sultan who issued pure Arabic coins.
On 18th February, 1229, the representatives of the Caliph of Baghdad came to Delhi and they gave the Investiture of the Caliph to Iltutmish. The Caliph thus accepted him as the Sultan of Delhi. Now Delhi became a free state legitimately.
According to Barni, Balban organized his Court on the Iranian pattern.
Balban started the system of Sijda and Paibos during his reign.
Balbans theory of kingship was based uponPower, Prestige and Justice. His main objective was to maintain his control upon the administrative officials.
The Mongol leader Changez Khan was known as the Curse of God.
The coronation of Jalaluddin Feroz Shah was done in 1290 at the Kilokhari Apurna Palace built by Kaikubad.
At the time of his accession on the Delhi Sultanate, Alauddin Khalji assumed the title of Abul Mujaffar Sultan Alauddinia and Deen Mohammad Shah Khalji.
Jalaluddin Feroz Shah Khalji granted to Alauddin Khalji, the post of Amir-i-Tujuk.
During Alauddins time approximately 75 to 80 per cent of the peasants produce was charged as tax.
The main tasks of Diwan-i-Ariz were to recruit the soldiers, to disburse the salary, to well equip the army, to make arrangements for inspection and to proceed with the Commander-in-Chief in times of war.
The main tasks of the Diwan-i-Insha was to draft royal orders and letters and to maintain the govt. records. He also conducted correspondence with the local officers.
Alauddin Khalji introduced market reforms and fixed the prices of various items and goods.
Munhiyan or detectives were appointed to keep a watch over the market and report the Sultan of the same.
Barid-i-Mandi was an employee who informed the Sultan of the quality of the material sold in the market.
Khams was the war booty. The 4/5 of the loot was submitted to the royal treasury. Only 1/5 was distributed among the soldiers.
Alauddin Khalji established a new department Diwan-i-Mustakharaj in order to check the corruption of Revenue department and to maintain control on the concerned officers.
Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah rejected the rigid rules of Alauddin Khalji and pursued the policy of forgive and forget.
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq Ghazi was a Qaruna turk.
Mohammad Tughlaq has been called, an unfortunate idealist
Due to shortage of money in the treasury and to meet the expenses of Imperialist policy, Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq issued token currency.
Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq planned invasion of Khurasan and Iraq but did not carry it out.
Diwan-i-Kohi was the name of agriculture department organized by Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq.
Elphinston was the first historian who believed that there was some signs of madness in Mohammad Tughlaq.
Feroz Shah abolished 24 taxes disliked by people.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq following dictum of Quran. levied only 4 taxes named Kharaj, Khums, Zazia and Zakat.
Feroz Shah brought the two Asokan pillars from Khijrabad and Meerut to Delhi.
During the period of Feroz Shah Tughlaq, the two books Fatwa-i-Jahandari and Tarikh-i-Feroz Shahi were written by Barni.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq wrote his autobiography entitled Futuhat-i-Firoz Shahi.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq established a new department of charity at Delhi known as Diwan-i-Khairat.
Feroz Shahs book Dalayat-i-Feroz Shahi was a work translated into Persian.
Taimur invaded India in 1398.
Sikandar Lodhi was the greatest of the Lodhi kings.
In the Sultanate period, the Wazir was the Prime Minister of the Sultan.
The department of the Wazir was known as the Diwan-i-Wizarat.
In the Sultanate period, the Mushrif-i-Mumaliq maintained the account of the income and expenditure of the provinces.
In the Sultanate period, the Chief Auditor of Accounts was called Mustafa-i-Mamaliq. His main work was to inspect the accounts prepared by Mushraf-i-Mamaliq.
The Chief of military department was called, Ariz-i-Mamaliq who was not the Commander-in-Chief of the army.
Dabir-i-Khas was the chairman of the correspondence department.
Department of Diwan-i-Insha worked under Dabir-i-Khas who issued the royal Firmans (orders).
The Treasurer was called Khajij and the Chief Justice was called Qazi-i-Mamaliq.
The Chief of the Construction department was called Mir-i-Imarat.
The Public Hall of the Sultan was called Durbar-i-Azam.
The Sultan divided the empire into Iqtas orprovinces.
Iqta was divided into samll shiks or districts.
Jakat was the tax which covered the taxes of Sadpa and Tith.
Qutubuddin Aibak had built the mosque known as Quwwattul-Islam near the Delhi Fort of Rai Pithora.
The famous mosque at Ajmer known as Dhai Din Ka Jhopra was constructed by Qutubuddin Aibak.
Dhai Din Ka Jhopra was earlier a Sanskrit school which was built by Vigrahraj Bisaldeo.
Alai Darwaza which is considered to be the most precious jewel of Islamic architecture was built by Alauddin Khalji.
The new city of Siri and the Hazaar Situn palace in this city were built by Alauddin Khalji.
In the period of Sikander Lodhi, his Wazir built the Moth mosque.
The mosque of Attala is one of the best buildings of Sharqi style.
The Jhajhanri mosque at Jaunpur was built by Ibrahim Sharqi in about 1430.
The most important mosque at Jaunpur known as Jami mosque was built by Hussain Shah Sharqi.
The mosque of Lal Darwaza at Jaunpur, was built in the middle of the 15th century.
The Vijay Nagar kingdom was divided into 6 provinces. The chief of the province was known as Prantpati or Nayak.
The province was divided into Nadu or districts.
The provincial rulers were allowed to issue their coins.
In the Vijay Nagar empire Brahmans were the most respected. The criminal Brahman was exempled from capital punishment.
Women enjoyed honourable status. Many of them learnt the art of warfare. They were appointed as bodyguards.
Krishnadeo Ray is designated as the Andhra Pitamah.
Gold coins were used and they were called Barah.
Mixed metal coins were called Partab.
Kabir who adopted the Gyanashrayi branch of the Nirgun sect, was the disciple of Ramanand.
Namdeo was born in a small village of Satara district in 1220.
Sabad refer to the composition related to Yog Sadhana.
Guru Nanak was born in a small village Talwandi near Lahor.
To reform a society ridden with ritualism and superstitious, he preached the Nirguna sect.
The fifth Sikh Guru Arjundeo systematized the composition of Guru Nanak in Guru Granth Sahib.
Malik Mohammad Jayasi earned great name and fame for his work Padmavat.
The first invasion of Babar on India was conducted in 1519. During this invasion, he conquered Bajaur and Bhera. He went back from here. When he left these two places were lost to the Moghuls.
Babar again invaded India in 1526, for the fifth time and he did not go back this time. He founded the Moghul empire in India.
He defeated Ibrahim Lodhi by adopting his trusted war tactics of Tulughma.
Babar used Artillery for the first time in the battle of Panipat.
Babar defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar in the battle of Khanva in 1527. He scored a victory over Afghans in battle of Ghaghara in 1529.
Babar declared the Chanderi war as Jehad and he constructed a minarate of the heads of the dead Rajputs.
Babar wrote his autobiography Tujuk-i-Babri in Turkish language.
Mirza Haider Speaks about numerous qualities of Babar in his bookTarikh-i-Rashidi.
Babars daughter Gulbadan Begum enumerated the qualities of Babar in her book, Humayun Nama.
Babar in his reign abolished the tax Tamagha.
Babar wrote Risala-i-Validiya in Turkish poetry which was orginally the work of Khwaja Obei-dullah.
Babar learnt the use of artillery from Ustad Ali and Mustafahis two Turkish officers.
The name of Humayuns mother was Maham Sultana.
In 1544 Humayun took shelter with Shah Tahmasp, the ruler of Iran.
In July 1555, Humayun again occupied the throne of Delhi.
Humayun died on 27 January, 1556 as a result of a sudden fall from the stairs of the Din-Panah Library.
Shershah was a great conqueror. He fought and won a grim battle against Maldeo of Marwar.
Shershah introduced currency reform, extanded transport system by building, roads, most famous being present day G. T. Road and reformed revenue system by classifying agricultural land and introducing measurement of land.
During the administration of Shershah, the Diwan-i-Vizarat looked after the tax system and economy and maintained the accounts of the income and expenditure of the State.
The duty of Diwan-i-Ariz was to recruit the army, supply the food and look after education.
The duty of Diwan-i-Rasalat was to conduct correspondence with other States and to maintain contact with them.
The duty of the Diwan-i-Insha was to write emperors orders and records of accounts.
The credit to solve the early difficulties of Akbar and to safeguard the Mughal empire goes to Bairam Khan.
From 1556 to 1560 the reins of Mughal administration remained in the hands to Bairam Khan.
At Tilwara, a war was fought between Bairam Khan and the army of Akbar. Bairam Khan was defeated.
In early days of his rule Akbar was under the influence of Harem particularly his foster another Maham Anga. This is why some historian call the early years of Akbar as Purda-rule or Petticoat government.
When Maham Anga died, the so-called short Petticoat government of Akbars time ended.
In 1562 Akbar abolished the slavery system.
Akbar was the first muslim ruler who got maximum success in Rajasthan.
Akbars second attack on Gujarat is considered to be not only the fastest invasion of Akbars time but the fastest in the history of the world of that age.
In 1595 during Akbars time. Muzaffar Hussain was the Persian Governor of Qandahar.
Akbars mother Hamida Bano Begum was a religious lady of a Sufi Shia family.
Raja Birbal died fighting on the royal side in the Afghan-Baluchi rebellion during Akbars time.
In 1571 was built an Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri where every Thrusday, religious deliberation were held.
Akbar was also impressed by Jainism. He invited the eminent Jain scholar Heer Vijay Suri from Tam Gachh in Gujarat to know about this religion.
Impressed by Zorastrianism, the holy fire was kept burning in Akbars palace.
Following the tradition of Hindu kings, Akbar started appearing for Darshan of his people from the Jharokha of his palace.
In Akbars time, the Prime Minister was known Wazir or Vakil-i-Mutlaq.
In Akbars time, the Finance Minister was called Wazir or Deewan.
Mujaffar Khan was the first to be appointed as Wazir during Akbars time.
The assistants of Deewan, known as Sahib-i-Taujeeh looked after the accounts of the Army.
Another assistant of Deewan, Deewan-i-Bayutoot, looked after the Industries of different kinds.
The officer who managed the royal treasury was known as Mushrif-i-Khazana.
Meer Saman in Akbars time, managed the affairs of the royal palace, Haram and kitchen.
In Akbars time, Amal Guzar was the officer who collected the revenue from the districts.
Bitikchi prepared the data about the quality of land and its produce. On the same basis, the Amal Guzar fixed the revenue. Bitikchi was the second important officer in the Revenue department.
Amil collected the revenue from the Pargana.
In Akbars time, the clerk was called Karkun. His main task was to record the cultivable land in the Pargana and keep an account of the realized and unrealized revenue.
Akabar introduced Mansabdari system with its ranks of Jat and Sawar based on decimal system.
According to Blochman, Zat was the definite number of soldiers, the Mansabdars had to keep with them.
According to Blochman the Sawar meant the definite number of cavalry.
In Akbars time, there were four kinds of landPolaj, Chacher, Parauti and Banjar.
In Akbars time, Ibrahim Sarhindi translated the Sanskrit text of Atharva Ved in Persian.
Mulla Shah Mohammad translated in Persian Raj Tarangini of Kalhan.
Maulana Sherry translated Hari Vansh Puran in Persian.
Abul Fazal translated Panch Tantra in Persian.
Faizi translated the story of Nal Damayanti in Persian.
The history of Islam was compiled in Tarikh-i-Alfi. It is a famous book.
Akbar established a separate department of Painting, the chairman of this department was the famous painter Khwaja Abdus Samad.
Abdussamad was an inhabitant of Persia who came to India from Shiraz. He was adorned with the title of Shirin Qalam for his attainments.
Mohammad Hussain, the famous author of Akbars Court was adorned with the title of Zari Qalam.
Akbar built the Fort of Allahabad.
The first building of Akbars time was Humayuns tomb at Delhi built under the guidance of his step mother Haji Begum.
The main mason who built Humayuns tomb belonged to Iran and his name was Mirza Meerak Ghyas.
Akbar was born on Sunday. Hence Jahangir declared Sunday as a pious day.
Nur Jahan was an educated lady. She was specially interested in music, painting and poetry. She composed poetry in Persian.
The first Englishman to come to the Mughal Court was captain Hawkins.
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana was the guardian and tutor of Jahangir.
The English ambassador Sir Thomas Roe came to India during Jahangirs time.
The Jahangirs autobiography is Tujuk-i-Jahangiri.
Shahjahan was born on 5 January, 1592 at Lahore. The name of his mother was Jagat Gosain.
Two big rebellions broke out during Shahjahans time. One was the revolt of the ruler of Bundelkhand named Jujhar Singh and the other was the revolt in south under the leadership of Khan-i-Jahan Lodhi.
The title of Malika-i-Zamani was conferred upon Arjumand Bano Begum.
The first coronation of Aurangzeb was performed on 31 July, 1658 and the second coronation took place on 15 June, 1659.
Aurangzeb passed an order and prohibited the repairs of the temples by the Hindus.
Aurangzeb appointed Subedars and Muhatsibs to check the spread of education and Hinduism.
Aurangzeb again levied Zazia upon Hindus.
Under Aurangzeb, the Hindu traders paid 5% tax on goods while the Muslim traders were free from this tax.
Aurangzeb issued orders to prohibit the celebration of Holi, Diwali and Basant etc. in the Mughal Court.
Gokul and Raja Ram were the leaders of Jat revolt against Aurangzeb. After the death of Rajaram, his brothers son named Churaman continued the revolt. The Jat rebellion went on till the death of Aurangzeb
and the Jats succeeded in establishing a free Jat state of Bharatpur near Mathura.
In 1681, Akbar, the son of Aurangzeb revolted against him.
The 9th Guru of the Sikh order, Guru Tegh Bahadur openly protested against the religious policy of Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb called him to Delhi and asked him to accept Islam. When he refused, he was beheaded.
Shivaji was the founder of Maratha State. He fought against the state of Deccan, as well as the mughal empire. He was a great administrator.
Shivaji was succeeded by Sambhaji who was captured and put to death by Aurangzeb.
Rajaram ruled only as the representative of Shahuthe son of Shambhaji who was imprisoned by Aurangzeb. Rajaram never occupied the Maratha throne.
After the death of Raja Ram Maratha war of independence was carried on by his wife Tarabai.
VascodeGama came to India as the representative of the ruler of Portugal. He met Zamorin of Calicut and obtained trade facilities.
In 1492 Pope Alexander VI granted the Portuguese the monopoly to trade with the east.
From 1505 to 1509, Almeda remained in India as the first Portuguese Governor.
Albukirk was the successor of Almeda in India. His objective was to establish a Portuguese colony in India by intermarrying with Indians.
After coming to India, the Dutch established their trade centres at Surat, Bharaunch, Cambay, Ahmedabad, Chinsura, Kasim Bazar, Patna, Balasore, Nagapattanam, Kochin, Masulipattanam and Agra.
The main aim of the Dutch was to trade with the Islands of south-east Asia. India was just a passage for them. This is why the Dutch faced no rivalry with other European companies.
In 1608, under the leadership of Captain Hawkins, the English fleet reached India.
In 1717 the Mughal King Farrukh Siyar granted a Firman to the British giving them the trade rights.
In 1692, the Nawab of Bengal issued an order to the French Company and they established a commercial Factory at Chandranagar.
1. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest ?
(A) Bachhendri Pal
(B) Phew Dorajee
(C) Onn Saang Su Kayi
(D) Yoko Ono
Ans : (A)
2. Epicentre is concerned with
(A) Earthquake
(B) Volcano
(C) Cyclone
(D) Land-sliding
Ans : (A)
3. Name of S. Chandrashekhar is associated with which of the following subjects ?
(A) Cosmology
(B) Chemistry
(C) Fluid Mechanics
(D) Astrophysics
Ans :(D)
4. Which scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake ?
(A) Richter
(B) Metric
(C) Centigrade
(D) Newton
Ans : (A)
5. Who was the only Indian woman to be elected as the President of U.N. General Assembly ?
(A) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) V. K. Krishna Menon
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Rajeshwar Dayal
Ans : (A)
6. Sea-coast of which of the following states is the longest ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Orissa
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (A)
7. RAF is the abbreviated form of which of the following ?
(A) Ready Action Force
(B) Rapid Action Force
(C) Reverse Action Force
(D) Repeat Action Force
Ans : (B)
8. Bolometer is used to measure which of the following ?
(A) Frequency
(B) Temperature
(C) Velocity
(D) Wavelength
Ans : (B)
9. Tehri dam is built on which of the following rivers ?
(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmputra
(C) Bhagirathi
(D) Yamuna
Ans : (C)
10. Which of the following is incorrect ?
(A) AIDS is a retroviral disease
(B) AIDS disease spreads due to homosexual and bisexual relations
(C) AIDS was first diagnosed in 1981 in USA
(D) Due to AIDS, ano-genetal warts are formed
Ans : (C)
11. Who lost the AFC (Asian Football Confederation Final, 2008 to India) ?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Pakistan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (D)
12. Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Mens Singles in August 2008 ?
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Mahesh Bhupati
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)
13. After the terrorist attack of 26th November, 2008 in Mumbai, who was appointed as the Home Minister of India ?
(A) Sh. Shivraj Patil
(B) Sh. Pranab Mukherjee
(C) Sh. P. Chidambaram
(D) Sh. A.K. Anthony
Ans : (C)
14. Which one of the following has been appointed as the Secretary of State by Barack Obama, President of U.S.A. ?
(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Joe Biden
(C) Condoleezza Rice
(D) Ben Porritt
Ans : (A)
15. Name the winner of the Sanjay Chopra National Award for Bravery 2008
(A) Saumika Mishra
(B) Santosh Sen
(C) Amit Kumar
(D) Pappu
Ans : (A)
16. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2006 was awarded by the President of India to
(A) Tapan Sinha
(B) Madhur Bhandarkar
(C) Dilip Kumar
(D) Lata Mangeshkar
Ans : (A)
17. The concept of the Directive Principles of State Policy was borrowed by our Constitution from the Constitution of
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Canada
(C) U.S.S.R.
(D) Ireland
Ans : (D)
18. Jeevan Aasthaa scheme relating to investment and saving, was launched during 2008-09, by
(A) Tata AIG
(B) ICICI Prudential
(C) Bajaj Allianz
(D) LIC
Ans : (D)
19. The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics were in
(A) Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling
(B) Shooting, Boxing and Archery
(C) Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis
(D) Shooting, Boxing and Hockey
Ans : (A)
20. ATM stands for
(A) Automatic Teller Machine
(B) Automated Teller Machine
(C) Automatic Tally Machine
(D) Automated Tally Mechanism
Ans : (B)
21. There is no provision in the Constitution for the impeachment of the
(A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Chief Justice of a High Court
(C) Governor
(D) Vice President
Ans : (C)
22. Only one of the following can be the ex-officio Chairman of the Planning Commission. He is the
(A) Minister for Planning and Development
(B) Home Minister
(C) Prime Minister
(D) Finance Minister
Ans : (C)
23. The train serviceThar Express between India and Pakistan, originates in India from
(A) Jaisalmer
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Bikaner
(D) Barmer
Ans : (D)
24. Which one of the following cricketers has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007 ?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Saurav Ganguly
(C) M.S. Dhoni
(D) Virender Sehwag
Ans : (C)
25. Garba is a dance form of
(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Orissa
(D) Assam
Ans : (A)
26. Which one of the following countries has become the world leader in the carbon credit business in 2007 ?
(A) India
(B) Brazil
(C) Mexico
(D) China
Ans : (D)
27. Who is named as the Flying Sikh of India ?
(A) Mohinder Singh
(B) Ajit Pal Singh
(C) Joginder Singh
(D) Milkha Singh
Ans : (D)
28. Find the odd one (with reference of 26th January 2009 awards).
(A) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(B) Harbhajan Singh
(C) Pankaj Advani
(D) Abhinav Bindra
Ans : (B)
29. Fundamental Rights are not given to
(A) Bankrupt persons
(B) Aliens
(C) Persons suffering from incurable disease
(D) Political sufferers
Ans : (B)
30. Which is the lowest layer of the atmosphere ?
(A) Troposphere
(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Thermosphere
Ans : (A)
31. Which of the following, according to Mahatma Gandhi, is the strongest force in the world ?
(A) Non-violence of the brave
(B) Non-violence of the weak
(C) Non-violence of the coward
(D) Non-violence of the downtrodden
Ans : (A)
32. Why was the name of Kuber Singh, a 17-year old student of G.D. Goenka World School, in the news on 20th January 2009 ?
(A) He was declared as the winner of the Sanjay Chopra Award
(B) He broke the record for fastest memorising of a 9 digit number
(C) He witnessed the Swearingin-Ceremony of President Barack Obama of USA, as an official invitee
(D) He solved the crossword puzzle of the famous USA magazine
Ans : (C)
33. What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India ?
(A) Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha
(B) Conterminous with the tenure of the President
(C) As long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha
(D) Five years
Ans : (C)
34. What was the reason for Gandhijis support to decentralization of power ?
(A) Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy
(B) India had decentralisation of power in the past
(C) Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country
(D) Decentralisation can prevent communalism
Ans : (C)
35. Consent of the people means consent of
(A) A few people
(B) All people
(C) Majority of the people
(D) Leader of the people
Ans : (C)
36. For how many categories has A. R. Rehman, the Golden Globe Award Winner for original sound track in the film Slum Dog Millionaire been nominated at the Oscars ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 9
Ans : (C)
37. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj Institution ?
(A) Gram Sabha
(B) Gram Panchayat
(C) Gram Cooperative Society
(D) Nyaya Panchayat
Ans : (C)
38. Who among the following were members of the Swaraj Party ?
1. Motilal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 only
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans : (B)
39. Match the following
Union Territory
(a) Puducherry
(b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Daman and Diu
Jurisdiction (High Court)
1. Kerala
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Calcutta
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 2
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 1 4 3 2
Ans : (A)
40. Which of the following is an extra-constitutional and nonstatutory body ?
(A) Finance Commission
(B) Planning Commission
(C) Union Public Service Commission
(D) Election Commission
Ans : (B)
41. Which of the following is true regarding No Confidence Motion in the Parliament ?
1. There is no mention of it in the Constitution.
2. A period of six months must lapse between the introduction of one No Confidence Motion and another.
3. Atleast 100 persons must support such a motion before it is introduced in the House.
4. It can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.
(A) 2 and 4
(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1 and 4
Ans : (D)
42. Deep fried food materials are carcinogenic because they are rich in
(A) Fats
(B) Hydrocarbons
(C) Cooking oil
(D) Nicotine
Ans : (A)
43. The toxicity of which of the following heavy metals leads to liver cirrhosis ?
(A) Copper
(B) Lead
(C) Mercury
(D) Zinc
Ans : (A)
44. If the radius of blood vessels of a person decreases his/her blood pressure will
(A) increase
(B) decrease
(C) remain unaffected
(D) increase for males and decrease for females
Ans : (A)
45. Cell or tissue death within a living body is called as
(A) Neutrophilia
(B) Nephrosis
(C) Necrosis
(D) Neoplasia
Ans : (A)
46. Insufficient blood supply in human body is referred as
(A) Ischemia
(B) Hyperemia
(C) Hemostasis
(D) Hemorrhage
Ans : (A)
47. Typhoid is caused by
(A) Pseudomonas sp.
(B) Staphylococcus
(C) Bacillus
(D) Salmonella typhi
Ans : (D)
48. BCG immunization is for
(A) Measles
(B) Tuberculosis
(C) Diphtheria
(D) Leprosy
Ans : (B)
49. Besides carbohydrates, a major source of energy in our food is constituted by
(A) Proteins
(B) Fats
(C) Minerals
(D) Vitamins
Ans : (B)
50. The limb bones of children become bent if there is deficiency of vitamin
(A) A
(B) B1
(C) D
(D) E
Ans : (C)
(A) Sedimentation
(B) Filtration
(C) Flocculation
(D) Water softening
Ans : (D)
52. Major gaseous pollutant of the thermal power station is
(A) H2S
(B) NH3
(C) NO2
(D) SO2
Ans : (D)
53. Leprosy bacillus was discovered by
(A) Koch
(B) Hansen
(C) Fleming
(D) Harvey
Ans : (B)
54. Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in India ?
(A) Goa
(B) Calicut
(C) Cannanore
(D) Cochin
Ans : (B)
55. Who, of the following, was awarded Ashok Chakra on 26th January, 2009 ?
1. Hemant Karkare
2. M. C. Sharma
3. Gajendra Singh
4. Vijay Salaskar
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) All the above
Ans : (D)
56. Who laid the wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti (India Gate) on 26th January 2009 ?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Defence Minister
(C) Home Minister
(D) Minister for External Affairs
Ans : (B)
57. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
(A) Promote heavy industries in India
(B) Facilitate British commerce and administrative control
(C) Move foodstuff in case of famine
(D) Enable Indians to move freely within the country
Ans : (B)
58. According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj meant
(A) Complete independence
(B) Self government
(C) Economic independence
(D) Political independence
Ans : (C)
59. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as Lokhitwadi ?
(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(B) R. G. Bhandarkar
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) B. G. Tilak
Ans : (A)
60. Which event brought about a profound change in Ashokas administrative policy ?
(A) The third Buddhist Council
(B) The Kalinga War
(C) His embracing of Buddhism
(D) His sending of missionary to Ceylon
Ans : (B)
61. In which of the following states was Presidents Rule imposed during the month of January, 2009 ?
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Mizoram
(D) Jharkhand
Ans : (D)
62. Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal ?
(A) Robert Clive
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Cornwallis
Ans : (B)
63. In which state was the Nalanda University located in India ?
(A) Bengal
(B) Bihar
(C) Orissa
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Ans : (B)
64. Match the following
List-I
(a) Tughlaqabad Fort
(b) Red Fort (at Delhi)
(c) Hauz Khas
(d) The City of Siri
List-II
1. Alauddin Khilji
2. Shah Jahan
3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
4. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 1 4 2
Ans : (B)
65. Which of the following are correctly matched ?
PersonsEvents
1. Sultan MahmudSack of Somnath
2. Muhammad GhoriConquest of Sindh
3. Alauddin KhiljiRevolt in Bengal
4. Muhammad Bin TughlaqChangiz Khans invasion
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 only
(C) 1 only
(D) 2 and 4
Ans : (A)
66. Which of the undermentioned facts about Taj Mahal is not correct ?
(A) It is a magnificent mausoleum
(B) It was built by Shah Jahan
(C) It is situated outside Agra Fort
(D) The names of artisans who built it are engraved on it
Ans : (D)
67. Where did Babar die ?
(A) Agra
(B) Kabul
(C) Lahore
(D) Delhi
Ans : (A)
68. The present Indian monetary system is based on
(A) Gold Reserve System
(B) Proportional Reserve System
(C) Convertible Currency System
(D) Minimum Reserve System
Ans : (D)
69. A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as
(A) Absolute Poverty
(B) Relative Poverty
(C) Urban Poverty
(D) Rural Poverty
Ans : (A)
70. Full convertibility of a rupee means
(A) Purchase of foreign exchange for rupees freely
(B) Payment for imports in terms of rupees
(C) Repayment of loans in terms of rupees
(D) Determination of rate of exchange between rupee and foreign currencies freely by the market forces of demand and supply
Ans : (D)
71. India is called a mixed economy because of the existence of
1. Public Sector
2. Private Sector
3. Joint Sector
4. Cooperative Sector
(A) 1, 4
(B) 1, 2
(C) 3, 4
(D) 2, 4
Ans : (B)
72. The term stagflation refers to a situation where
(A) Growth has no relation with the change in prices
(B) Rate of growth and prices both are decreasing
(C) Rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase
(D) Rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase
Ans : (D)
73. Which is the largest state of India, populationwise, according to 2001 census ?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Ans : (C)
74. The term Green Revolution has been used to indicate higher production through
(A) Creation of grasslands
(B) Planting more trees
(C) Enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare
(D) Creation of gardens in urban areas
Ans : (C)
75. Revealed Preference Theory was propounded by
(A) Adam Smith
(B) Marshall
(C) P. A. Samuelson
(D) J. S. Mill
Ans : (C)
76. Gross Domestic Product is defined as the value of all
(A) Goods produced in an economy in a year
(B) Goods and services produced in an economy in a year
(C) Final goods produced in an economy in a year
(D) Final goods and services produced in an economy in a year
Ans : (D)
77. An exceptional demand curve is one that moves
(A) Upward to the right
(B) Downward to the right
(C) Horizontally
(D) Vertically
Ans : (A)
78. Production function explains the relationship between
(A) Initial inputs and ultimate output
(B) Inputs and ultimate consumption
(C) Output and consumption
(D) Output and exports
Ans : (A)
79. Who has been appointed the Governor of RBI after the retirement of Shri Y. V. Reddy ?
(A) Dr. Indra Rangarajan
(B) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
(C) Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar
(D) Shri D. Subbarao
Ans : (D)
80. The Draft of the Five Year Plans in India is approved by the
(A) National Development Council
(B) Planning Commission
(C) National Productivity Council
(D) Ministry of Finance
Ans : (A)
81. In Economics the terms Utility and Usefulness have
(A) Same meaning
(B) Different meaning
(C) Opposite meaning
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)
82. Nature of unemployment in agriculture in India is
(A) Only seasonal
(B) Only disguised
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
83. Among the following the celestial body farthest from the Earth is
(A) Saturn
(B) Uranus
(C) Neptune
(D) Pluto
Ans : (D)
84. A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to
(A) Diffraction
(B) Polarisation
(C) Interference
(D) Reflection
Ans : (C)
85. The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is
(A) Terrestrial telescope
(B) Astronomical telescope
(C) Compound microscope
(D) Simple microscope
Ans : (A)
86. A person is hurt on kicking a stone due to
(A) Inertia
(B) Velocity
(C) Reaction
(D) Momentum
Ans : (C)
87. The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in
(A) Inductance
(B) Current
(C) Resistance
(D) Capacitance
Ans : (B)
88. Which of the following is an example for cantilever beam ?
(A) Diving board
(B) Bridge
(C) See-saw
(D) Common balance
Ans : (A)
89. It is difficult to cook rice
(A) At the top of a mountain
(B) At the sea level
(C) Under a mine
(D) Same anywhere
Ans : (A)
90. A dynamo is a device which
(A) creates mechanical energy
(B) creates electrical energy
(C) Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
(D) Converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
Ans : (C)
91. X-rays were discovered by
(A) Becquerel
(B) Roentgen
(C) Marie Curie
(D) Van Lue
Ans : (B)
92. Which of the following substance is highly plastic ?
(A) Quartz
(B) Mica
(C) Granite
(D) Clay
Ans : (D)
93. The National Chemical Laboratory (India) is located in
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Pune
Ans : (D)
94. A medicine which promotes the secretion of urine is called
(A) Adrenaline
(B) Monouretic
(C) Diuretic
(D) Triuretic
Ans : (C)
95. The chemicals released by one species of animals in order to attract the other members of the same species are
(A) Hormones
(B) Nucleic acids
(C) Pheromones
(D) Steroids
Ans : (C)
96. The tip of the match-stick contains
(A) Phosphorus pentoxide
(B) White phosphorus
(C) Red phosphorus
(D) Phosphorus trichloride
Ans : (C)
97. Match the source in Column B with the product of Column A.
Column A (Product)
(a) Formic acid
(b) Citric acid
(c) Tartaric acid
Column B (Source)
1. Lemon
2. Tamarind
3. Ants
(a) (b) (c)
(A) 3 2 1
(B) 3 1 2
(C) 2 3 1
(D) 2 1 3
Ans : (B)
98. Commercially, sodium bicarbonate is known as
(A) Washing soda
(B) Baking soda
(C) Bleaching powder
(D) Soda ash
Ans : (B)
99. An emulsifier is an agent which
(A) Stabilises an emulsion
(B) Aids the flocculation of an emulsion
(C) Accelerates the dispersion
(D) Homogenises an emulsion
Ans : (A)
100. Mortar is a mixture of water, sand and
(A) Slaked lime
(B) Quick lime
(C) Limestone
(D) Gypsum
Ans : (A)
What could be the possible cut-off for Socio economic paper. After recollecting I am getting around 28-30 right. Do I stand a chance....
- Thx
What could be the possible cut-off for Socio economic paper. After recollecting I am getting around 28-30 right. Do I stand a chance....
- Thx
in which exam? if in any bank po exam, I think the cut off of ga is very low like 10, 12 as per rti posted by some guys.if ur score is more than 65% of the paper then just relax. if ur score is 60% or more u again has a very good chance.but lower than that may not be sure but u can get a call bcoz in many exam cut off is 55% or 60% approx in canara.
PRE XAM
GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Which of the following is not considered
as National
Debt ?
(A) National Savings Certificates
(B) Long-term Government Bonds
(C) Insurance policies
(D) Provident Fund
Ans : (C)
2. The main determinant of real wage is-
(A) Extra earning
(B) Nature of work
(C) Promotion prospect
(D) Purchasing power of money
Ans : (D)
3. The birthrate measures the number of births during a year per-
(A) 100 population
(B) 1000 population
(C) 10000 population
(D) 100000 population
Ans : (B)
4. Which of the following is not included
in the National
Income ?
(A) Imputed rent of owneroccupied houses
(B) Government expenditure on making new bridges
(C) Winning a lottery
(D) Commission paid to an agent for sale of house
Ans : (C)
5. Personal disposable income is-
(A) Always equal to personal income
(B) Always more than personal income
(C) Equal to personal income minus
(D) Equal to personal income minus direct taxes
Ans : (D)
6. Who prepared the first estimate of National Income for the country ?
(A) Central Statistical Organisation
(B) National Income Committee
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) National Sample Survey Organisation
Ans : (C)
7. A Bill referred to a 'Joint Sitting' of the two Houses of the
Parliament is required to be passed by-
(A) A simple majority of the members present
(B) Absolute majority of the total membership
(C) 2/3rd majority of the members present
(D) 3/4th majority of the members present
Ans : (A)
8. Who is the constitutional head of the Government of India ?
(A) President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Chief Justice of India
(D) Attorney General
Ans : (A)
9. Who certifies a Bill to be a Money Bill in India ?
(A) Finance Minister
(B) President
(C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister
Ans : (C)
10. By which Amendment were 'Fundamental Duties' added to the
Constitution ?
(A) 40th Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 44th Amendment
(D) 45th Amendment
Ans : (B)
11. The Vice-President of India is elected by-
(A) The members of the Parliament
(B) The members of the Rajya Sabha
(C) The elected members of the Parliament
(D) The members of the Parliament and State Legislatures
Ans : (A)
12. When was the comprehensive reorganisation of Indian States completed in
accordance with the recommendations of States Reorganisation Commission ?
(A) 1953
(B) 1956
(C) 1960
(D) 1966
Ans : (B)
13. When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, "None will believe
that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this earth" ?
(A) Bertrand Russell
(B) Leo Tolstoy
(C) Albert Einstein
(D) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Ans : (C)
14. Who built the 'Tower of Victory' (Vijay Stambha) in the Chittor Fort ?
(A) Rana Sanga
(B) Rana Ratan Singh
(C) Rana Hamir Deva
(D) Rana Kumbha
Ans : (D)
15. In violation of the Salt Laws, Gandhiji started a movement called-
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Swadeshi Movement
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
16. In which of the following wars, were the French completely defeated by
the English ?
(A) Battle of Wandiwash
(B) Battle of Buxar
(C) Battle of Plassey
(D) Battle of Adyar
Ans : (A)
17. The Cabinet Mission came to India in-
(A) 1943
(B) 1944
(C) 1945
(D) 1946
Ans : (D)
18. The first to come and the last to leave India were-
(A) The Portuguese
(B) The French
(C) The English
(D) The Dutch
Ans : (A)
19. IR 20 and Ratna are two important varieties of-
(A) Wheat
(B) Bajra
(C) Jowar
(D) Paddy
Ans : (D)
20. The Trans-Siberian Railway (9438 km) connects........... in the
West to ........ in the East.
(A) Moscow, Tashkent
(B) St. Petersburg, Omsk
(C) Moscow, Irkutsk
(D) St. Petersburg, Vladivostok
Ans : (D)
21. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy is located at-
(A) Secunderabad
(B) Rae Bareilly
(C) Jodhpur
(D) Delhi
Ans : (B)
22. Which one of the following rivers of Peninsular India does not join
Arabian Sea ?
(A) Periyar
(B) Cauvery
(C) Narmada
(D) Tapti
Ans : (B)
23. Which one of the following correctly describes AGNI ?
(A) A fighter plane
(B) A versatile tank
(C) A long-range missile
(D) A long-range gun
Ans : (C)
24. Instrument used for measuring area on maps is called-
(A) Planimeter
(B) Eidograph
(C) Pantograph
(D) Opisometer
Ans : (A)
25. If the blood group of one parent is AB and that of the other O, the
possible blood group of their child would be-
(A) A or B
(B) A or B or O
(C) A or AB or O
(D) A or B or AB or O
Ans : (A)
26. How many bones are there in the human body ?
(A) 187
(B) 287
(C) 206
(D) 306
Ans : (C)
(A) Mammals that became extinct
(B) Large herbivorous creatures which gave rise to hippopotamus species
(C) Egg-laying mammals
(D) Reptiles that became extinct
Ans : (D)
28. Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with
(A) Removal of excess salts
(B) Excretion of nitrogenous wastes
(C) Thermoregulation
(D) Sex-attraction
Ans : (C)
29. The vitamin that helps to prevent infections in the human body is
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin C
(D) Vitamin D
Ans : (A)
30. The normal RBC count in adult male is
(A) 55 million
(B) 50 million
(C) 45 million
(D) 40 million
Ans : (B)
31. A storm is predicted if atmospheric pressure
(A) Rises suddenly
(B) Rises gradually
(C) Falls suddenly
(D) Falls gradually
Ans : (C)
32. The gas which turns into liquid at the lowest temperature among the
following is
(A) Hydrogen
(B) Oxygen
(C) Helium
(D) Nitrogen
Ans : (A)
33. An egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt
because
(A) Egg absorbs salt from the solution and expands
(B) Albumin dissolves in salt solution and egg becomes lighter
(C) The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs
(D) Water has high surface tension
Ans : (C)
34. What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his
(angular) speed ?
(A) Bring his hands together
(B) Raise his hands up
(C) Spread his hands outwards
(D) Sit down with raised hands
Ans : (C)
35. Gunpowder consists of a mixture of
(A) Sand and TNT
(B) TNT and charcoal
(C) Nitre, sulphur and charcoal
(D) Sulphur, sand and charcoal
Ans : (C)
36. Which of the following is the sweetest sugar ?
(A) Sucrose
(B) Glucose
(C) Fructose
(D) Maltose
Ans : (C)
37. In nuclear reactors, graphite is used as a/an
(A) Fuel
(B) Lubricant
(C) Moderator
(D) Insulator
Ans : (C)
38. Which of the following celestial bodies contains abundant quantities of
helium-3, a potential source of energy ?
(A) Earth
(B) Moon
(C) Venus
(D) Saturn
Ans : (D)
39. Which of the following International Tennis Tournaments is held on grass
court ?
(A) US Open
(B) French Open
(C) Wimbledon
(D) Australian Open
Ans : (C)
40. What is the name of the writer of Indian origin whose novel, The
Inheritance of Loss has bagged Man Booker Prize ?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Kiran Desai
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) V. S. Naipaul
Ans : (B)
41. Which country from the following is a permanent member of the UN
Security Council ?
(A) Switzerland
(B) People's Republic of China
(C) Japan
(D) Ukraine
Ans : (B)
42. The Loktak Lake on which a hydroelectric project was constructed is
situated in the State of
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Manipur
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Himachal Pradesh
Ans : (B)
43. What is the motto incorporated under our National Emblem ?
(A) Satyam Shivam
(B) Satyam Shivam Sundaram
(C) Satyameva Jayate
(D) Jai Hind
Ans : (C)
44. The H5N1 virus which causes bird flu was first discovered in
(A) 1991
(B) 1995
(C) 1997
(D) 2001
Ans : (C)
45. The Southern tip of India is
(A) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
(B) Point Calimere
(C) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands
(D) Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram
Ans : (A)
46. According to a resolution adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly, 'International Day of Peace' is observed every year on
(A) September 1
(B) September 14
(C) September 21
(D) September 30
Ans : (C)
47. Where was the last Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held
?
(A) Sydney
(B) Auckland
(C) New York
(D) Beijing
Ans : (A)
48. According to the UN Convention on the rights of children, which of the
following is not a
right ?
(A) Safe drinking water
(B) Adequate standard of living
(C) Education
(D) Marriage
Ans : (D)
49. Who is the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind ?
(A) V. S. Naipaul
(B) Deepak Chopra
(C) Dom Moraes
(D) Tony Kusher
Ans : (B)
50. Which cricketer holds the record for scoring highest number of runs in a
test match innings ?
(A) Gary Sobers
(B) Vivian Richards
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Brian Lara
Ans : (D)
could any1 ...provide me d ..current affair(from jan 2 sep month ) pdf file..beocz from previous post ..i cann"t retrieve it
vinays037 Saysin which exam? if in any bank po exam, I think the cut off of ga is very low like 10, 12 as per rti posted by some guys.if ur score is more than 65% of the paper then just relax. if ur score is 60% or more u again has a very good chance.but lower than that may not be sure but u can get a call bcoz in many exam cut off is 55% or 60% approx in canara.
Hey Vinay I am talking about NABARD mains held on Oct 3 where there was a socio economic paper for 200 marks...
NABARD Mains 2010 Socio-Economic Exam paper
(Assistant Manager-RDBS)
1. Carry Trade Mechanism/definition
2. Which government program has lead to massive reduction of poverty. NREGA
3. Mid day meal scheme for children.......Which scheme was introduced with a view to ensure food availability for kids?
4. Which state first introduced e-courts?
5. Set up of Indian planning commission on objectives......
6. Right to education act Age group 6-14 years
7. In hindu family head of the family is karta
8. Definition of food security in question
9. Agricultural sector contribution in total gdp...
10. Not in National vector borne diseases list.... Malaria, Dengue, Chikanguniya Leprosy.
11. Which is true about national literacy mission? 4 options
12. Percentage of tribal population in India 8%
13. Why are some states in India more developed that others, options better human resources, industrial development, natural resources
14. What does a farmer need post harvest, related to agricultural marketing?
15. Who is a source of non institutional finance? Moneylender, banks, rural banks. cooperatives?
16. Who is the governing body of regional rural banks? NABARD
17. Which institute has constituted the Rural infrastructure development fund? NABARD
18. Main reasons why markets were deregulated in 1991? Balance of trade, low inflation, .........,.........
19. Who is the governing body for trade between countries? WTO
20. What is the main condition of Agreement on agriculture in WTO?
Export subsidy.
21. Full form of PURA: Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas.
22. During which period population growth was highest in India? 1951-1981 in option.
23. Why some people migrate to other state? better wage, better education facilities for kids, etc....
24. TRIPS was set up on the recommendation of which global body? WTO, UNESCO, NATO, none
25. In which month RBI transfers its profit to government of India?
26. Full form of IFRS, International Financial Reporting Standards.
27. What does DRT stands in relation to banking? Debt Recovery Tribunal.
28. India Govt. recently undertook developing projects for a port named Switee? It is in which Country? Myanmar, Srilanka, Singapore,
29. Which of the following is not in IBSA grouping? Russia
30. which loan is not included in base rate system? Housing, Corporate, SME, Farm
p.s. most of the questions based on memory were contributed by myself in this forum post NABARD Mains Exam discussion, now these questions are taken from here and discussed in Orkut and elsewhere.
Hi Could you tell me what you think of the likely cut off for the socio economic paper. I attempted 35 questions and after going through your list again I may have got around 28 right. Do I stand a chance....
Thx.