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NISHANT PRAKASH LAW CLASSES

MISCELLANEOUS - 3 TIME: 45 MINUTES

1. Name the state which has the longest coastline in India?

a) Andhra Pradesh b) Gujarat

c) Tamil Nadu d) Maharashtra

2. Who among the following is also known as ‘Grand Old man of India’?

a) Madan Mohan Malaviya b) Vallabhbhai Patel

c) Lal Bahadur Shastri’ d) Dadabhai Naoroji

3. Which one of the following is the longest river of South India?

a) Krishna River b) Godavari River

c) Narmada River d) Brahmaputra River

4. Who is the first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award?

a) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Govind Ballabh Pant d) Rajendra Prasad

5. Which of the following is the Largest Cave Temple in India?

a) Kalhagiri Temple b) Amarnath Temple

c) Kailash Temple d) Badami Cave Temple

6. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?

a) Wular Lake b) Vembanad Lake

c) Chilike Lake d) Pangong Lake

7. Who is the first Indian to receive Jnanpith award?

a) Firaq Gorakhpuri b) Shankar Kurup

c) Gopinath Mohanty d) Bishnu Dey

8. Which state of India hosts the largest cattle fair?

a) Bihar b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh

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9. Which is the following city was the first one to have an e-court?

a) Gujarat b) Madras

c) Ahmedabad d) Bombay

10. Which of the following is considered to be the longest national highway in India?

a) NH 7 b) NH 30

c) NH 27 d) NH 16

11. Who among the following is also known as ‘Lokmanya’?

a) Vallabhbhai Patel b) Jayaprakash Narayan

c) CR Das d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

12. In which year was telephone line introduced in India?

a) 1851 b) 1841

c) 1871 d) 1891

13. Who among the following is also known as ‘Mahamana’?

a) Lala Lajpat Rai b) CR Das

c) Madan Mohan Malaviya d) T Prakasam

14. What is the name of the Parliament of Canada?

a) Staten General b) Storting

c) Parliament d) National Assembly

15. Who among the following is also known as ‘Iron Man of India’?

a) MK Gandhi b) Subhash Chandra Bose

c) Lala Lajpat Rai d) Vallabhbhai Patel

16. Which city is known as Land of Cakes?

a) Scotland b) Canada

c) Finland d) San Francisco

17. Which is the largest country in the world area wise?

a) Russia b) United State

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c) Canada d) Brazil

18. Who among the following is also known as ‘Nightingale of India?

a) Rani of Jhansi b) Indira Gandhi

c) Sarojini Naidu d) Lata Mangeshkar

19. Who among the following is considered to be the founder of Shanti Niketan?

a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar d) Swami Vivekananda

20. Who is the founder of ‘Bhudan Movement’?

a) Aurobindo Ghosh b) Ram Manohar Lohia

c) M K Gandhi d) Vinoba Bhave

21. By which amendment was the language ‘Manipuri’ added in the list of official
languages?

a) 71st Amendment b) 21st Amendment

c) 51st Amendment d) 91st Amendment

22. Who among the following is the founder of the ‘Khalsa Panth’?

a) Guru Gobind Singh b) Guru Arjan Dev

c) Guru Nanak d) Guru Ramdas

23. ‘Kanyakumari’ is also known as?

a) Avantika b) Cawnpore

c) Cape Comorin d) Yanaon

24. Which of the following is the national sentence of India?

a) Satyameva Jayate b) Jai Hind

c) Vande Mataram d) Inqualab Zindabad

25. Who among the following is considered to have built ‘Golden Temple’?

a) Guru Arjan Dev b) Guru Tegh Bahadur

c) Guru Ramdas d) Guru Nanak

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26. ‘Sindhi’ was added by virtue of which constitutional amendment?

a) 81st Amendment b) 51st Amendment

c) 71st Amendment d) 21st Amendment

27. By which amendment was ‘DOGRI’ added in the list of official languages?

a) 52nd Amendment b) 72nd Amendment

c) 92nd Amendment d) 22nd Amendment

28. Which of the following statements are correct?

I. The National Calendar based on the Saka Era with Chaitra as its first month.
II. A normal year of 365 days was adopted from 22nd March, 1957

a) Only I b) Only II

c) Both I and II d) None of above

29. What is the new name for ‘Calicut’?

a) Kozhikode b) Cape Comorin

c) Palakkad d) Calcutta

30. Which of the following is also called ‘National information Letter of India’?
a) White Letter b) Yellow Letter

c) Red Letter d) National letter

31. Who has authored the book ‘The God of Small Things’ ?

a) Jhumpa Lahiri b) Arundhati Roy

c) Kiran Desai d) Salman Rushdie

32. When was Central Reserve Police Force established?

a) 1939 b) 1936

c) 1949 d) 1964

33. Where is the headquarters for Eastern Naval Command located?

a) Vijayawada b) Kochi

c) Guntur d) Visakhapatnam
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34. Where is Indian military academy situated?

a) Dehradun b) Bengaluru

c) Shillong d) Pune

35. Where is the headquarters for Eastern Air Command located?

a) Sikkim b) Assam

c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Shillong

36. In which year was Central Bureau of Investigation established?

a) 1965 b) 1963

c) 1969 d) 1966

37. Which of the following is a surface-to-surface missile?

a) Akash b) Trishul

c) Nag d) Prithvi

38. Where is ‘ISRO’ headquartered?

a) New Delhi b) Thiruvananthapuram

c) Karnataka d) Bengaluru

39. In which year was ‘Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’ established?

a) 1955 b) 1974

c) 1954 d) 1975

40. Which of the following is a short-range surface-to-air missile?

a) Trishul b) Nag

c) Akash d) Prithvi

41. Which of the following is the first Indian Communication Satellite?

a) Apple b) Bhaskara

c) Bhaskara – II d) Aryabhata

42. ‘National Youth Day’ is celebrated on?

a) 15th January b) 21st January

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c) 22nd January d) 12th January

43. Where is ‘Tarapur Nuclear Power plant’ located?

a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat

c) Bengaluru d) Hyderabad

44. ‘Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant’ is located in which of the following states?

a) Uttar Pradesh b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Rajasthan d) Gujarat

45. Narora Atomic Power Station is located in which of the following state?

a) Uttar Pradesh b) Karnataka

c) Kerala d) Rajasthan

46. Where is ‘Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’ located?

a) Ahmedabad b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Pune d) Mumbai

47. Where is ‘Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre’ located?

a) Mumbai b) Thiruvananthapuram

c) Tamil Nadu d) Bengaluru

48. Who among the following received Nobel Prize for the book ‘Gitanjali’?

a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Kailash Satyarthi

c) Amartya Sen d) CV Raman

49. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the ‘Miss World’ Title?

a) Aishwarya Rai b) Zeenat Aman

c) Diana Hayden d) Reita Faria Powell

50. Who was the first Indian woman to receive ‘Miss Universe’ Title?

a) Sushmita Sen b) Lara Dutta

c) Yukta Mookhey d) Aishwarya Rai

51. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Kore Kagaz?
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a) Asha Purna Devi b) Jaswant Singh

c) Amish Tripathi d) Amrita Pritam

52. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was established in?

a) 1958 b) 1948

c) 1978 d) 1969

53. Dronacharya Award has been instituted to commemorate whom?

a) Sportsmen b) Umpires

c) Sports Editors d) Coaches

54. In which year was the award ‘Dada Saheb Phalke’ instituted?

a) 1949 b) 1959

c) 1979 d) 1969

55. Which is the highest ‘Literary and Cultural’ award in India?

a) Jnanpith Award b) Sahitya Akademi

c) Vyas Samman d) Bhasha Samman

56. In which year was ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ Peace prize instituted?

a) 1995 b) 2005

c) 1985 d) 1975

57. In which year was ‘Ramon Magsaysay’ award instituted?

a) 1968 b) 1978

c) 1985 d) 1958

58. Which of the following is considered to be the highest ‘Military Award’?

a) Paramvir Chakra b) Maha Vir Chakra

c) Vir Chakra d) Shaurya Chakra

59. ‘National Youth Day’ is celebrated on occasion of the birth anniversary of whom?

a) Bhagat Singh b) Chandra Shekhar Azad

c) Subhash Chandra Bose d) Swami Vivekananda

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60. ‘Indian Civil Service Day’ is celebrated on?

a) 21st April b) 21st June

c) 21st May d) 21st August

61. Which of the following is considered to be India's first satellite?

a) Bhaskara b) Aryabhata

c) Rohini d) GSAT-7

62. ‘National Legal Services Day’ is celebrated on?

a) 14th November b) 20th November

c) 9th November d) 7th November

63. ‘World AIDS Day’ is celebrated on?

a) 1st December b) 10th December

c) 21st December d) 24th December

64. Who is the author of the ‘Wealth of Nations’?

a) AG Noorani b) Adam Smith

c) Andy Marino d) Adam Gilchrist

65. ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ has been written by?

a) Arthur Conan Doyle b) Alexander Bard

c) Adam Gilchrist d) Homer

66. Who is the author of ‘Das Kapital’?

a) Joy Adamson b) Karl Marx

c) Maxim Gorky d) Lewis Carroll

67. International Civil Aviation Organisation is headquartered in?

a) Montreal b) Ottawa

c) Vancouver d) Toronto

68. Where is the headquarters of World Health Organization located?

a) Vienna b) Paris
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c) Geneva d) Basel

69. Who is the author of ‘Life Divine’?

a) Aurobindo Ghosh b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Adi Shankara

70. Where is the headquarters of Red Cross situated?

a) Geneva b) Basel

c) Bern d) Zurich

71. In which year was National Security Guards established?

a) 1984 b) 1974

c) 1994 d) 1964

72. Headquarters of North Atlantic Treaty Organization is located in?

a) Brussels b) Ghent

c) Bruges d) Antwerp

73. Who is the author of ‘Anandamath’?

a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Aurobindo Ghosh

c) Adi Shankara d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

74. Who wrote the book‘’India Divided’’ ?

a) Swami Vivekananda b) Subhash Chandra Bose

c) Vallabhbhai Patel d) Rajendra Prasad

75. Who has authored the book ‘Bunch of Old Letters’?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Indira Gandhi

c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Kamala Nehru

76. Who is the author of ‘Yama’?

a) Premchand b) Jaishankar Prasad

c) Sumitranandan Pant d) Mahadevi Verma

77. Where is the headquarters for Northern Command of Indian Army located?
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a) Jaipur b) Udaipur

c) Pune d) Udhampur

78. Which years did ‘ILO’ into existence?

a) 1919 b) 1944

c) 1945 d) 1946

79. Which years did ‘UNESCO’ into existence?

a) 1975 b) 1965

c) 1945 d) 1972

80. Where is the headquarters of United Nations Environmental Programmed situated?

b) Nairobi b) Washington DC

c) New York d) Norway

81. Which is the following is known as Parliament of Colombia?

a) Congress b) People’s Assembly

c) Parliament d) People’s Council

82. What is the symbol of ‘Medical aid and Hospital?

a) Red Cross b) Red Dot

c) Red Flag d) Red Arrow

83. Who is known as the father of ‘Biology?

a) Edward Jenner b) Aristotle

c) Dr Robert Oppenheimer d) Andreas Vesatius

84. Who is considered as the father of ‘Modern Science?

a) Galileo Galilei b) Edward Jenner

c) Richard Errett d) Euclid

85. What is the name of ‘South Africa’s intelligence agency’?

a) General Security Directorate b) SAVAK

c) National Intelligence Agency d) Joint Intelligence Organisation

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86. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India?

a) William Bentinck b) Lord Minto

c) Warren Hastings d) Lord Cornwallis

87. Who among the following was the first Indian Air Chief Marshal?

a) KM Karippa b) SHF J Manekshaw

c) Subroto Mukherjee d) Birender Singh Dhanoa

88. Which country is known as the land of White Elephants?

a) Thailand b) Sri Lanka

c) South Korea d) Indonesia

89. Who is known to be the founder of Planets?

a) Copernicus b) Robert Peary

c) Edmund Hillary d) Kepler

90. Where is ‘The Great Sphinx’ located?

a) Russia b) Italy

c) Venezuela d) Egypt

91. The first woman Governor of a state in free India was

(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (b) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani

(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (d) Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

92. What is the Full Form of ASSOCHAM?

(a) Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry

(b) Association of Commerce

(c) Associated of Commerce

(d) Associated of Commerce in India

93. The first Earth sumit was held at:

(a) Buenos Aires (b) Rio de Janeiro

(c) Dar-es-Salam (d) None of these

94. How many members are there in the G20 group?

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(a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16

95. The International Court of Justice is located at:

(a) Geneva (b) Hague

(c) Amesterdam (d) Vienna

96. The International Court of Justice was established in the year:

(a) 1947 (b) 1946 (c) 1950 (d) 1948

97. The BRICS Bank would have its headquarter in?

(a) India (b) Russia (c) China (d) South Africa

98. Official language of African Development Bank---

(a) English (b) French (c) (a) &(b) (d) None

99. The headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) are located in:

(a) France (b) Switzerland (c) USA (d) England

100. Where is the headquarters of SIDBI located?

(a) Lucknow (b) New Delhi (c) Mumbai (d) Hyderabad

101. World Health Organization (WHO) come into force?

(a) 6th April 1948 (b) 7th April 1948

(c) 10th April 1948 (d) 26th April 1948

102. India is not a member of:

(a) G-20 (b) G-8 (c) SAARC (d) U.N.

103. Where is the Headquarters of WTO?

(a) Vienna (b) Paris (c) Berne (d) Geneva

104. How many organs are there in UNO?

(a) 03 (b) 06 (c) 05 (d) 04

105. Which of the following is a World Bank group of five institutions:

(a) IMF (b) IDA (c) ILO (d) ITU

106. Which of the following Pair is not correct:

(a) IAEA- New Delhi (b) WTO-Geneva

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(c) UPU-Berne (d) IMF-Washington

107. Where of the headquarters of the UNESCO:

(a) New Delhi (b) London

(c) Paris (d) New York

108. Security Council of the UN comprises of 10 non-permanent members and their tenure is______

(a) 5 Years (b) 4 Years (c) 3 Years (d) 2 Years

109. How many member countries are there in the Executive Board of UNESCO:

(a) 68 (b) 58 (c) 28 (d) 88

110. United Nations General Assembly declared the year 2013 as____

(a) International Year of Water Cooperation

(b) International Year of Space Cooperation

(c) International Year of Air Cooperation

(d) International Year of Science and Technology Cooperation

111. In the group of countries known as BRICS, S stands for:

(a) Singapore (b) Spain (c) South Africa (d) South Korea

112. The International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) is located in:

(a) Geneva (b) London (c) Rome (d) Vienna

113. In which year United Nations Organization was formed?

(a) 1945 (b) 1947 (c) 1954 (d) 1919

114. The World Trade Organization (W.T.O) came into effect in

(a) 1990 (b) 1993 (c) 1995 (d) 1997

115. The latest official language of the U.N. is:

(a) Chinese (b) Spanish (c) Russian (d) Arabic

116. The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in :

(a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1952 (d) 1960

117. WTO came into existence in the year---

(a) 1977 (b) 1985 (c) 1995 (d) 1950

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118. Where is the headquarter of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)?

(a) The Hague (b) Nairobi

(c) New York (d) Washington D.C.

119. The five permanent members of the UN security council are

(a) USA, China, France, Russia and Canada

(b) China, France, Russia, UK and USA

(c) Japan, Germany, Russia, UK and USA

(d) Germany, China, USA, Russia and UK

120. The 'One Straw Revolution' was written by :

(a) Masanobu Fukuoka (b) Richael Carlson

(c) M.S. Swaminathan (d) Norman Borlaug

121. Which one of the following literary works was not written - by R.K. Narayan ?

(a) Malgudi Days (b) Swami and his friends

(c) Guide (d) Gardner

122. Which one of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens?

(a) Pride and Prejudice (b) Oliver Twist

(c) Pickwick Papers (d) Hard Times

123. Who wrote the book 'Why Socialism'?

(a) Jayaprakash Narayan (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Acharya Narendra Dev (d) M.N. Roy

124. Karl Marx wrote---

(a) Asian Drama (b) Emma

(c) Das Kapital (d) Good Earth

125. 'Life Divine' is a book written by

(a) M.K. Gandhi (b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) S. Radhakrishnan (d) Shri Aurobindo

126. Who among the following has written the famous book 'Malgudi Days' ?
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(a) V. S. Naipaul (b) Deepak Chopra

(c) Rabitidranath Tagore (d) R.K. Narayan

127. Who is the author of the book 'Wings of Fire'?

a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) Abdul Kalam

(c) Arundhati Roy (d) Chetan Bhagat

128. The 'Discovery of India' was written in Ahmadnagar Fort during imprisonment. Who wrote 'The
Discovery of India' ?

(a) Swami Vivekanand (b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

129. Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan' ?

(a) Mulk Raj Anand (b) Shobha Singh

(c) Ruskin Bond (d) Khuswant Singh

130. Who is the author of ‘A Suitable Boy’?

a) Vikram Seth (b) Arundhati Roy

(c) Khushwant Singh (d) None of these

131. ‘Freedom From Fear’ is a book written by

a) Benazir Bhutto (b) Corazon Aquino

(c) Aung San Suu Kyi (d) Nayantara Sehgal

132. Who is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’?

a) J.M. Barrie (b) Walter Scott

(c) George Orwell (d) Thomas Hardy

133. Which of the books mentioned below was not written by Munshi Premchand?

a) Godan (b) Gaban (c) Gora (d) Rangbhoomi

134. The author of book 'The Guide' is

(a) R.K. Laxman (b) R.K. Singh (c) R.K. Narayan (d) Raj Kapoor

135. What is the name of Kalhana's book?

(a) Arthashastra (b) Indica (c) Purana (d) Rajtarangini

136. Who has written 'Panchatantra’?

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(a) Bhartendu Harishchandra (b) Vishnu Sharma

(c) Kalidas (d) Chanakya

137. Who is the author of the book 'The Rights of Man'?

(a) Thomas Hardy (b) Thomas Mann

(c) Thomas Moore (d) Thomas Paine

138. Who wrote the famous novel 'The Guide'?

(a) Satyajit Ray (b) Chetan Bhagat

(c) R.K. Narayan (d) Arundhati Roy

139. The famous character Pickwick’ was created by

(a) Leo Tolstoy (b) Charles Dickens

(c) George Washington (d) Steven Spielberg

140. Who of the following wrote "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" ?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Mahatma Gandhi

141. Who among the following has authored the book 'The Idea of India'?

(a) Khushwant Singh (b) Shashi Tharoor

(c) Sunil Khilnani (d) William Dalrymple

142. Who is the author of the book "The State of the Nation"?

(a) Kuldip Nayar (b) Fali S. Nariman

(c) Mark Tully (d) Vinod Mehta

143. The author of the book "Zest for Life" is—

(a) Mark Twain (b) Emile Zola

(c) Virginia Wolf (d) H.G. Walls

144. A.P.J Abdul kalam, the former President of India, is the of the book---

(a) Four Fires and Death of Fire

(b) The wings of Fire and Ignited Minds

(c) None of these

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(d) The Algebra of infinite Justice

145. Write of "A Brief History of Time"?

(a) Stephen Hawking (b) Edward Jenner

(c) J. L. Baird (d) Pasteur

146. Author of the book 'The Three Mistakes in My Life’—

(a) Amrita Pritam (b) Jhumpa Lahiri (c) Ruskin Bond (d) Chetan Bhagat

147. Bhatnagar Prize is given in the field of

(a) Peace (b) Music and dance

(c) Science & technology (d) Fine arts

148. A Passage to India was written by—

(a) Nirad C. Choudhary (b) E.M. Foster

(c) Thomas Hardy (d) Ravindra Nath Tagore

149. Which of the following books was written by Phaniswar nath 'Renu' ?

(a) Rag Darbari (b) Gunahon Ka Devta

(c) Maila Anchal (d) Andha Yug

150. Which of the following was not written by Kalidas?

(a) Kumar Sambhavam (b) Laghujatakam

(c) Meghdootam (d) Raghuvansham

151. Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book:

(a) 'India Divided' (b) ‘Hind Swaraj’

(c) ‘Unhappy India’ (d) ‘Mother India’

152. The book ‘Gullivers Travels’ was written by:

(a) Charles Lamb (b) Charles Dickens

(c) Alexander Dumas (d) Jonathan swift

153. Who is the author of the ‘Freedom Behind Bars’?

(a) Kiran Bedi (b) Nelson Mandela

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Sheikh Abdullah

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154. Crime and Punishment' was written by

(a) Alexander Solzhenitysn (b) Lewis Carroll

(c) Fyodor Dostoevsky (d) Vladimir Nabakov

155. Who wrote the book "Rama Charita Manas"

(a)Tulsi Das (b) Bhakta Kabir (c) Bhakta Ramdev (d) Valmiki

156. The first feature film (talkie) produced in India was

(a) Hatimtai (b) Alamm Ara (c) Pundalik (d) Raja Harishchandra

157. The famous work 'Anandmath' was written by

(a) Sri Aurobindo (b) Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(c) Sri Rabindra Nath Tagore (d) Sri Aarti Chaudhary

158. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

(a) Geetanjali (b) Rajtarangini (c) Chokher Bali (d) None of these

159. Who of the following wrote "The story of My Experiments with Truth"?

(a) Babasaheb B. R. Ambedkar (b) Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Mahatma Gandhi

160. The Nobel Prize in Economics was started in

(a) 1901 (b) 1936 (c) 1957 (d) 1967

161. The book' Around the World in Eighty Days' Was written by :

(a) Chalres Dickens (b) H.H. Munro

(c) Jules Verne (d) Sir Richard Burton

162. The novel 'Post office' was written by:

(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) K.M.Munshil

(c) R.D.Dinkar (d) Neeraj

163. Panchatantra has been written by:

(a) Kalidas (b) Surdas (c) Vishakhadatta (d) Vishnu Sharma

164. Who is the author of the book named "Pinjar'

(a) Laxmi sehgal (b) Vijay Dania (c) Amrita Pritam (d) Tarun Khanna
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165. What is the name of the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar?

(a) Numbers Do Lie (b) Playing it my way

(c) Once upon a Time (d) What is Remembered

166. Who has written the book 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness?

(a) Chaitanya Padukone (b) Amitav Ghosh

(c) Pramod Kapoor (d) Arundhati Roy

167. Who wrote' A Passage to India'?

(a) E.M. Forster (b) Kipling (c) Orwell (d) None of them

168. Who wrote the famous book -'We the people'?

(a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Khushwant Singh

(c) T.N Kaul (d) Nani Palkhivala

169. Who is the author of ‘ A Passage to England’?

(a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari

(c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill

170. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of----

(a) The Post Office (b) Gore

(c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie

171. Nobel Prizes are distributed annually at

(a) Manila (b) Stockholm

(c) Geneva (d) New York

172. Dronacharya Award is given in

(a) Literature (b) Peace

(c) Sports Coaching (d) Bravery

173. Kisan Diwas (Farmer's Day) is observed on the:

(a) 1st July (b) 4th December (c) 18th December (d) 23rd December

174. International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated on

(a) 10th December (b) 24 October

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(c) 19th November (d) 3rd December

175. International Literacy Day is observed on which one of the following days every year?

(a) 8th September (b) 18th March (c) 28th March (d) 18th September

176. When was the last telegram sent in India?

(a) June 14, 2013 (b) July 14, 2013

(c) August 1, 2013 (d) July 30, 2013

177. International Yoga Day is observed on—

(a) 21 March (b) 21 May (c) 21 June (d) 25 December

178. The United Nations declared 2006 as the International Near of—

(a) Rice (b) World Population

(c) Communication (d) Elderly persons

179. When is the Commonwealth Day observed by its member Countries?

(a) January 25 (b) May 24 (c) October 24 (d) November 14

180. Which of the following decade is celebrated as United Nations Decade for Women?

(a) 1997-2006 (b) 2001-2010

(c) 1976-1985 (d) 2003-2012

181. The United Nations declared 2003 as the International Year of—

(a) International Year of Freshwater (b) European Disability Year

(c) Both a and b (d) International Space Year

182. When is the World Environment Day' celebrated?

(a) June 5 (b) April 7 (c) October 24 (d) None of the above

183. The United Nations declared 2001-2010 as the International Decade for—

(a) United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development

(b) First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People

(c) Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

(d) Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

184. Which of the following decade is celebrated as Water for Life Decade?
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(a) 1997-2006 (b) 2001-2010 (c) 2005- 2015 (d) 2003-2012

185. Which of the following decade is celebrated as International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction?

(a) 1997-2006 (b) 2001-2010 (c) 2005-2015 (d) 1990-2000

186. Which of the following decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty?

(a) 1997-2006 (b) 2001-2010 (c) 2005-2015 (d) 2009-2010

187. When is World Day Against Child Labour observed?

(a) December 11 (b) December 20

(c) June 12 (d) June 5

188. June 1st is observed as---

(a) World Vegetarian Day (b) United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

(c) World First Aid Day (d) International Children’s Day

189. When is International Women’s day recognized by the UN observed?

(a) January 28 (b) December 30

(c) March 8 (d) October 10

190. When is World Population Day, recognized by the UN is observed?

(a) December 11 (b) July 11

(c) March 8 (d) November 14

191. World Tourism Day, is observed as—

(a) September 27 (b) November 14

(c) January 25 (d) December 10

192. What is the number of players on each side in Baseball?

(a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 7

193. Modern Olympic Games started in

(a) 1886 (b) 1896 (c) 1906 (d) 1916

194. Rangaswami Cap is associated with—

(a) Wrestling (b) Football (c) Hockey (d) Golf

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