1. 1836 CE was crucial in case of Assamese language and literature because
a) Assamese was reinstated as official language of Assam
b) Bengali was introduced as official language of Assam
c) First Assamese Novel was published
d) First Assamese Magazine was published from Calcutta
Ans: b) Bengali was introduced as official language of Assam
2. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the Sun (in transit) after 122 years?
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Saturn
d) Jupiter
Ans: a) Venus
3. When was the first five year Plan started in India?
a) 1949 – 50
b) 1950 – 51
c) 1951 – 52
d) 1952 – 53
Ans: c) 1951 – 52
4. Which of the following is the basis for determining National Income?
a) Total revenue of the state
b) Production of good and services
c) Net profit earned and expenditure incurred by the state
d) None of the above
Ans: b) Production of good and services
5. Which state is the largest producer of Coal?
a) Assam
b) Meghalaya
c) West Bengal
d) Chhattisgarh
Ans: d) Chhattisgarh
6. Name of the city which pays highest income tax
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Delhi
d) Chennai
Ans: a) Mumbai
7. Give the full form of TQM
a) Total Quality Marketing
b) Total Quality Management
c) Total Quality Materials
d) Total Quality Manpower
Ans: b) Total Quality Management
8. The Currency of Switzerland
a) Euro
b) Pound
c) Franc
d) Dollar
Ans: c) Franc
9. Where is the headquarters of INTERPOL?
a) Paris
b) London
c) Lyon
d) Geneva
Ans: c) Lyon
10. Which of the following countries are referred to as the ‘Third World’?
a) Underdeveloped countries
b) Developed countries
c) Developing Countries
d) Non-aligned countries
Ans: a) Underdeveloped countries
11. ‘Gagana’, the famous musical instrument of Assam is made from
a) cane
b) bamboo
c) buffalo horn
d) teakwood
Ans: b) bamboo
12. With which dance is Birju Maharaj is associated?
a) Kathak
b) Ojapali
c) Bharatnatyam
d) Odissi
Ans: a) Kathak
13. One hundred years before the Indian War of Independence (1857), which of the following battles was fought where destiny of India changed drastically?
a) Battle of Plassey
b) Battle of Jhansi
c) First Battle of Haldighati
d) Second Battle of Panipat
Ans: a) Battle of Plassey
14. Who among the following has been first appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA government?
a) Brajesh Mishra
b) T. K. A. Nair
c) J. N. Dixit
d) Soli J. Jhansi
Ans: c) J. N. Dixit
15. Who among the following is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh?
a) S.M. Krishna
b) Uma Bharatai
c) Y. S Rajasekhara Reddy
d) Dharam Singh
Ans: c) Y. S Rajasekhara Reddy
16. Which one of the following cricketers holds the World Record of maximum number of sixes in tests?
a) Chris Cairns (New Zealand)
b) Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
c) Viv Richards (West Indies)
d) Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Ans: a) Chris Cairns (New Zealand)
17. The Satradhikar who took active role in social reform and freedom movement of India was
a) Auniatiya Satradhikar (Pitambar Dev Goswami)
b) Bengenatiya Satradhikar (Banamali Dev Goswami)
c) Kamalabari Satradhikar (Dr. Narayan Dev Goswami)
d) Dakhinpatiya Satradhikar (Ramakanta Dev Goswami)
Ans: a) Auniatiya Satradhikar (Pitambar Dev Goswami)
18. Which of the following countries was re-admitted to the Commonwealth in recent times?
a) Nepal
b) Myanmar
c) Pakistan
d) None of the above
Ans: b) Myanmar
19. The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence?
a) Football
b) Cricket
c) Hockey
d) Badminton
Ans: c) Hockey
20. Who among the following won the men’s singles title of the French Open 2007?
a) Guillermo Coria
b) Roger Federer
c) Andy Roddick
d) Rafael Nadal
Ans: a) Guillermo Coria
21. Who is India’s First Women Grandmaster in Chess?
a) Aarathie Ramaswamy
b) Koneru Humpy
c) S. Meenakshi
d) S. Vijayalakshmi
Ans: d) S. Vijayalakshmi
22. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Mountains – Continents
a) The Rocky – North America
b) The Andes – South America
c) The Alps – Europe
d) The Ural – Africa
Ans: d) The Ural – Africa
23. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at
a) Bhubaneshwar
b) Khajuraho
c) Madurai
d) Mount Abu
Ans: a) Bhubaneshwar
24. The age of a tree can be determined by
a) Measuring its height
b) measuring its diameter
c) analyzing its sap
d) counting the annual growth rings of its stem
Ans: d) counting the annual growth rings of its stem
25. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance?
a) Manipuri
b) Kathak
c) Kuchipudi
d) Mohiniattam
Ans: d) Mohiniattam
26. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because
a) the light rays undergo total internal reflection
b) the fine drops of water in fog polarize the light
c) the fine drops are opaque to the light
d) the drops scatter most of the light
Ans: d) the drops scatter most of the light
27. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders?
a) Portuguese
b) English
c) Dutch
d) Danish
Ans: a) Portuguese
28. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism?
a) Iltutmish
b) Balban
c) Firoze Tughlaq
d) Alauddin Khilji
Ans: d) Alauddin Khilji
29. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is not in India?
a) Annapurna
b) Nanda Devi
c) Mt. Kamet
d) Kanchenjunga
Ans: a) Annapurna
30. Who is the author of the book “The Man Who Divided India”?
a) Arun Shourie
b) Dominique Lapierre
c) Rafiq Zakaria
d) Salman Rushdie
Ans: c) Rafiq Zakaria
31. The deficiency of which one of the following vitamins causes delayed clotting of blood and hemorrhaging?
a) Vitamin C
b) Vitamin A
c) Vitamin E
d) Vitamin K
Ans: d) Vitamin K
32. What is the gun involved in Bofors case?
a) FN 77B-160 mm
b) FH 77B-155 mm
c) FH 80B-155 mm
d) None of the above
Ans: b) FH 77B-155 mm
33. Cultural and Education Rights have been dealt with under Articles
a) 31 and 32
b) 30 and 31
c) 29 and 30
d) 33 and 34 of constitution of India
Ans: c) 29 and 30
34. The capital of King Kanishka was
a) Multa
b) Taxila,
c) Gandhara
d) Purushapura
Ans: d) Purushapura
35. The region which receives high rainfall due to the North-East monsoon is
a) Tamil Nadu coast
b) Assam
c) Gangetic Plain
d) Kashmir
Ans: a) Tamil Nadu coast
36. The main responsibility for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights lies with
a) Supreme Court
b) High Courts as well as Supreme Court
c) the President of India along with Supreme Court
d) All of the above
Ans: a) Supreme Court
37. The great poet Firdausi adorned the court of
a) King Solomon
b) Sultan Mahmud
c) Alauddin
d) Qutub-ud-din
Ans: b) Sultan Mahmud
38. The only developing country to win the right to impose sanctions on a G-7 trading partner through the WTO dispute settlement mechanism in the famous Banana dispute is
a) Brazil
b) India
c) Ecuador
d) Colombia
Ans: b) India
39. Which of the following award is given for Agriculture Research?
a) Dr. Homi Bhabha Award
b) Ramon Magsaysay Award
c) Borlaug Award
d) Shanti Award
Ans: c) Borlaug Award
40. The largest single-site grassroots refinery in the world is owned by
a) Reliance Petroleum Limited
b) Shell in Brazil
c) British Petroleum
d) Indian Oil Corporation
Ans: a) Reliance Petroleum Limited
41. Which of the following is the odd one that does not belong to the group of other three?
a) America Online
b) AltaVista
c) Excite
d) Vivisimo
Ans: a) America Online
42. Which component of the DPT vaccine for children was changed in the last few years?
a) Diptheria
b) Perthussis
c) Tetanus
d) There has been no change in any of the components.
Ans: b) Perthussis
43. One of the most important macro-elements that must be added in large quantities to fields in order to maximize crop yields is
a) iron
b) nitrogen
c) phosphorus
d) sulfur
Ans: a) iron
44. In 1887, a German scientist created the world’s first synthetic drug and the modern pharmaceutical industry was born. The first drug still in use is
a) acetylsalicylic acid
b) fatty acid
c) carbonic acid
d) clavulanic acid
Ans: a) acetylsalicylic acid
45. The term Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIM) is related to
a) NAFTA
b) GATT
c) SAPTA
d) EFTA
Ans: b) GATT
46. Which of the following is not a merchant banking company?
a) SBI Caps
b) UTI
c) Morgan Stanley
d) Merrill Lynch
Ans: b) UTI
47. The IC’s chip in computers is made up of
a) Chromium
b) silicon
c) nickel
d) iron oxide
Ans: b) silicon
48. Which of the following is not a cause of inflation?
a) Rapid growth of costly imports
b) Slow growth in population
c) Slow growth of agricultural output
d) Slow growth output of individual
Ans: b) Slow growth in population
49. The ex-officio Chairman of the planning commission of India is
a) the Governor of Reserve Bank
b) the Finance Minister
c) The Prime Minister
d) the President
Ans: c) The Prime Minister
50. ICCR stands for
a) Indian council for cultural relations
b) International Centre for Criminal Rehabilitation
c) Indian Chamber for Commerce and Revenue
d) International Council for Cultural Relations
Ans: a) Indian council for cultural relations
51. The world’s largest gold buyer is
a) India
b) Israel
c) Ghana
d) South Africa
Ans: a) India
52. Per capita income is calculated as
a) the income per head of all the states of India divided by the income per head of all the Union Territories
b) individual income per head divided by the population
c) total income divided by the income per person
d) gross national income divided by the total population
Ans: d) gross national income divided by the total population
53. Which one of the following is not a direct tax?
a) Gift tax
b) Wealth tax
c) Customs
d) Estate duty
Ans: c) Customs
54. The largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India is in the state of
a) Bihar
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Orissa
Ans: c) Madhya Pradesh
55. What is the full form of RAM in a computer?
a) Random Access Memory
b) Ready to Access Memory
c) Read At-a-time Memory
d) Readily Available Memory
Ans: a) Random Access Memory
56. One nautical mile is equal to
a) 1.5 lan
b) 1.85 lan
c) 2.0 lan
d) 2.5 lan
Ans: a) 1.5 lan
57. Who wrote the famous book called Long Walk to Freedom?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c) Nelson Mandela
d) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Ans: c) Nelson Mandela
58. The oldest oil field in India is located in
a) Paradeep
b) Bombay High
c) Haldia
d) Digboi
Ans: d) Digboi
59. China acknowledged Sikkim as the integral part of India during the Prime Ministerial tenure of
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Chandra Shekhar
Ans: b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
60. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Bonn – Rhine
b) New York – Hudson
c) Cairo – Nile
d) Vienna – Volga
Ans: d) Vienna – Volga
61. After the last Assembly Election, 2006 DMK President Muthuvel Karunanidhi became the Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu for
a) third time
b) fourth time
c) fifth time
d) sixth time
Ans: c) fifth time
62. Which of the following is the first state to have been formed on linguistic basis?
a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: d) Andhra Pradesh
63. Eco Mark is given to the Indian products that are
a) Pure and unadulterated
b) rich in proteins
c) environment friendly
d) economically viable
Ans: c) environment friendly
64. Which two cities of India are connected by the National Highway No. 1?
a) Delhi and Amritsar (via Ambala and Jalandhar)
b) Delhi and Mumbai (via Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Vadodara)
c) Agra and Bikaner (via Jaipur)
d) Chandigarh and Manali (via Bijapur, Mandi and Kullu)
Ans: a) Delhi and Amritsar (via Ambala and Jalandhar)
65. In which date the prestigious Nobel Prize is awarded?
a) November 30
b) January 21
c) December 10
d) January 17
Ans: c) December 10
66. The country which had the first official family planning programme was
a) India
b) China
c) South Africa
d) USA
Ans: a) India
67. Simon Commission of 1827 was boycotted because
a) there was no Indian member in the commission
b) it supported Muslim League
c) congress felt that the people of India were entitled to Swaraj
d) there were differences among the members
Ans: a) there was no Indian member in the commission
68. Who presides over the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament?
a) President of India
b) Chief Justice of India
c) Vice president of India
d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
69. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
a) President of India
b) Leader of the Ruling Party
c) Vice President of India
d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: c) Vice President of India
70. In the absence of Chief Justice of High Court, the oath of the office of the Governor is administered by
a) President of India
b) Senior most judge of the High Court
c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
d) Senior judge of the Supreme Court
Ans: b) Senior most judge of the High Court
71. Indicate the first woman President of the Indian National Congress from the following
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
d) Aruna Asraf Ali
Ans: a) Annie Besant
72. Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) B. R. Ambedkar
c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: b) B. R. Ambedkar
73. Mahatma Gandhi was called Father of the Nation first by
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) B R. Ambedkar
c) V Patel
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: d) Subhash Chandra Bose
74. Vande Mataram was composed by
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Bhupen Hazarika
c) B. G. Tilak
d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ans: d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
75. Who among the following was an extremist turned spiritual leader?
a) Vinoba Bhave
b) M.N. Roy
c) Aurobindo Ghose
d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: c) Aurobindo Ghose
76. Purna Swaraj resolution was adopted by the Congress in
a) 1921
b) 1928
c) 1903
d) 1918
Ans: b) 1928
77. The Earth’s shape most closely resembles
a) a basketball
b) a pear
c) a ping-pong ball
d) an apple
Ans: b) a pear
78. The envelope of air in contact with the Earth’s surface is called
a) the atmosphere
b) the stratosphere
c) the homosphere
d) the troposphere
Ans: d) the troposphere
79. What are the two most abundant element by mass found in Earth’s crust?
a) Aluminium and iron
b) Sodium and chlorine
c) Calcium and carbon
d) Oxygen and silicon
Ans: d) Oxygen and silicon
80. How are latitude and longitude lines drawn on a globe of Earth?
a) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the equator
b) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the equator
c) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles
d) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles.
Ans: c) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles
81. Which radioactive isotope is the most useful for nuclear power generation?
a) Uranium 238
b) Uranium 235
c) Carbon 14
d) Rubidium 87
Ans: a) Uranium 238
82. Match the following:
A. Fiat 1. Gurgaon
B. Ambassador 2. Mumbai
C. Maruti 3. Noida
D. Hyundai 4. Kolkata
A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 1 2 3 4
Ans: b) 2 4 1 3
83. Energy is transferred from the sun to earth mainly by
a) molecular collisions in the atmosphere
b) ultraviolet radiation
c) infrared radiation
d) visible light
Ans: d) visible light
84. Which planet takes more time to complete one rotation on its axis than to complete one revolution around the sun?
a) Jupiter
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Mercury
Ans: b) Venus
85. The third most abundant gas in the atmosphere is
a) helium
b) argon
c) carbon dioxide
d) hydrogen
Ans: b) argon
86. As an object falls freely through air, the kinetic energy of the object
a) increases
b) decreases
c) becomes zero
d) does not change
Ans: a) increases
87. The obnoxious smell near a pulp and paper mill is
a) hydrogen sulfide
b) aromatic hydrocarbons
c) carbon dioxide
d) organic sulfur compounds
Ans: b) aromatic hydrocarbons
88. Most cell membranes are composed principally of
a) DNA and ATP
b) nucleotides and amino acids
c) chitin and starch
d) protein and lipids
Ans: d) protein and lipids
89. Which are the four most abundant elements in living cells?
a) carbon, sulfur, magnesium, hydrogen
b) carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
c) carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen
d) carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur
Ans: b) carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
90. Because the gene for hemophilia is located on the X-chromosome, it is normally impossible for
a) a carrier mother to pass the gene to her son
b) a hemophilic father to pass the gene to his daughter
c) a carrier mother to pass the gene to her daughter
d) a hemophilic father to pass the gene to his son
Ans: d) a hemophilic father to pass the gene to his son
91. Presence of fluoride in drinking water is associated with
a) mottling of teeth
b) dental fluorosis
c) skeletal fluorosis
d) all of the above
Ans: d) all of the above
92. Identify the National Highway connecting Guwahati and Shillong
a) NH-37
b) NH-40
c) NH-31
d) NH-39
Ans: b) NH-40
93. The occurrence of oil seepage in Assam’s Burhi-Dihing at Sapkhong in 1825 was recorded by
a) Varrier Elwin
b) Sir Good enough
c) Robert Bruce
d) Lieut R. Wilcox
Ans: d) Lieut R. Wilcox
94. Kitab-al-Hind (Geography of India) was written by
a) Al-Beruni
b) Ibn-Sina
c) Al-Battani
d) Claudis Ptolemy
Ans: a) Al-Beruni
95. Hiuen Tsang visited Assam (Kamrupa) in 640 AD. He was received by the king
a) Bhagadatta
b) Kumar Bhaskar Barman
c) Swargadeo Rudra Singha
d) Kumar Rudra Barman
Ans: b) Kumar Bhaskar Barman
96. Who was hanged with Maniram Dewan
a) Dutiram Barua
b) Pioli Barua
c) Pioli Phukan
d) Farmud Ali
Ans: b) Pioli Barua
97. The Barak or Surma river of Cachar originates from
a) Karbi Anglong
b) Khasia – Jaintia (Meghalaya)
c) Manipur
d) Tripura
Ans: c) Manipur
98. Sawai Jai Singh erected five astronomical observatories, of which one is at Delhi, one is as Jaipur, and another one is at
a) Prayag
b) Ajmere
c) Udaipur
d) Ujjain
Ans: d) Ujjain
99. Varahmihira is the author of
a) Ganita Sara Sangraha
b) Trisatika
c) Sulba Sutra
d) Pancha Siddhantika
Ans: d) Pancha Siddhantika
100. Year 1894 is related to
a) Phulaguri Dhawa
b) Rangia Revolt
c) Patharughat Revolt
d) None of the above
Ans: c) Patharughat Revolt
