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Question
1: The 1st person to set foot on Moon was?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Nil Armstrong
2. Rakesh Sharma
3. Rayan Prince
4. Smith
5.
Question 2: What Mogul emporer of India from 1556-1605, took the throne
at age 13 and was the grandson of Babar?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Delhi Sultanate
2. Humayun
3. Abbas the Great
4. Akbar the Great
5.
Question 3: The well-known theorist of New Social Movement is
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Habermas
2. Karl Marx
3. Foucault
4. Althusser
5.
Question 4: The South Sea was renamed the Pacific Ocean in the early 16th
century by what well-known navigator?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Hernan Cortes
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Hernando de Soto
4. James Cook
5.
Question 5: In which year did Bartolomeu Diaz become the first European
to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. 1388
2. 1488
3. 1588
4. 1688
5.
Question 6: English Language have more than ?? words
Correct Answer: 1.
1. 4,50,000
2. 4,000
3. 25,000
4. 450
5.
Question 7: Northern Africa was divided between two Muslim Caliphates at
around 1000 AD. While northwestern Africa (essentially, modern Morocco) and
southern Spain were ruled by the Umayyads, which Caliphate ruled over what is
now modern Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Hafsid
2. Fatimid
3. Idrisid
4. Aghlabid
5.
Question 8: Who was first to reach the South Pole?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Capt. Amundsen
2. Rear Admiral
3. Capt. R. E. Scett
4. Sir Edmund Hillary
5.
Question 9: Who is the First Test Tube Twins Babies in the World?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Louise Brown & Vesli Multinder
2. Stephan & Amanda
3. Harsha & Indhira
4. Elizabeth Carr & Carl Wood
5.
Question 10: Which company bought Bentley Motors in 1998?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Ford
2. Volkswagen
3. Audi
4. Honda
5.
Question 11: Who founded the "Young Italy" movement, the anchor
organization behind the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Count Cavour
2. Joseph Mazzini
3. Garibaldi
4. Red Shirts
5.
Question 12: Which English/British monarch had the youngest spouse?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. John
2. Henry VIII
3. Richard II
4. Henry V
5.
Question 13: Match List-I (Concepts) with List-II (Authors) and select
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II A.
Treating equals equally and unequals unequally 1. Robert Zozick B. From each as
they choose to each as they are chosen 2. Aristotle C. From each according to
his ability, to each according to his need 3. Jeremy Bentham D. Greatest
happiness of the greatest number 4. Karl Marx
Correct Answer: 2.
1. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
2. A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
3. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
4. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3
5.
Question 14: Assertion (A) : Kautilya’s realist approach to interstate
relations maintains that the king whose subjects are oppressed should be
attacked in preference to one whose subjects are impoverished and greedy. Reason
(R) : Kautilya believes that the oppressive king would be deprived of the
support of his subjects and so, it would be easy to defeat him.
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation
of A
2. Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct
explanation of A
3. A is true, but R is false
4. A is false, but R is true
5.
Question 15: Which was the Napoleon last battle in which he was captured
and exiled to St Helena?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Battle of Waterloo
2. Battle of France
3. Battle of Paris
4. Battle of London
5.
Question 16: Which country was joined with England by the Act of Union in
1536?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Wales
2. Scotland
3. Ireland
4. Iceland
5.
Question 17: Who is considered the "Father of the
Constitution"?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. James Madison
2. Benjemin Franklin
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. John Adams
5.
Question 18: Match List-I (Theories) with List-II (Concepts) and select
the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II A.
Marxian theory 1. Pay off B. Realist theory 2. Environment C. Decision-making
theory 3. Power D. Game theory 4. Class struggle
Correct Answer: 4.
1. A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1
2. A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
3. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
4. A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
5.
Question 19: Around 1000 AD, which of these empires was the predominant
power of mainland southeast Asia?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Ayuttha
2. Khmer
3. Pagan
4. Champa
5.
Question 20: Which among the following battles was not fought by
Napoleon?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Battle of Paris
2. Battle of the Jutland
3. Battle of Yugoslavia
4. Battle of Italy
5.
Question 21: The first battle of which war was the Battle of Alma?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Creek war
2. Crimean war
3. Korean war
4. Chinese war
5.
Question 22: Buckingham Palace became the official royal residence during
the reign of which British monarch?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Queen Victoria
2. King George III
3. King Henry VIII
4. King George V
5.
Question 23: In which year Bangladesh was formed as Separate Country?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. 1947
2. 1951
3. 1956
4. 1971
5. 1977
Question 24: Rio de Janeiro was founded by the Portugese after overtaking
a group of what colonists?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Spanish
2. French
3. Italian
4. English
5.
Question 25: The First Triumvirate was established in 60 B.C. by Julius
Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and this Roman general and consul. He was one
of Caesar's many enemies and his son-in-law,he became a ruler of Rome. Who was
he?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Marcus Brutus
2. Augustus Caesar
3. Pompey
4. Marc Antony
5.
Question 26: Who were the predecessors of the British in ruling over the
island state of Ceylon ( Sri Lanka) ?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Sinhalese
2. Portugese
3. French
4. Dutch
5.
Question 27: The longest river in the world is the.
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Nile
2. Ganga
3. Brhamputra
4. Yamuna
5.
Question 28: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awarded the Noble
Prize in:
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Economics
2. Chemistry
3. Physics
4. (b) and (c)
5.
Question 29: Greatly simplifying navigation, what 16th century
Cartographer and Mathematician developed a projection map representing the world
in two dimensions using latitude and longitude?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Ptolemy
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Gerardus Mercator
4. Galileo Galilei
5.
Question 30: What country's population had reached an estimated 60
million by the 1570's?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. China
2. Japan
3. India
4. England
5.
Question 31: When Alaska and Hawaii joined the US in 1959, it was the
first expansion in nearly half a century. Which state had become the 48th and
the last of the contiguous states to join the Union in 1912?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Arizona
2. Utah
3. New Mexico
4. Oklahoma
5.
Question 32: Judicial concept over administration emnates from the
concept of
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Rule of Law
2. Due process of Law
3. Doctrine of separation of power
4. None of these
5.
Question 33: The French Revolution
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Gave France a permanent republican government
2. Was successful in meeting all its goals
3. Awakened republican goals among French commoners
4. Gave women the right to vote
5.
Question 34: When was the 1st person to set foot on Moon?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. 1970
2. 1966
3. 1984
4. 1977
5.
Question 35: What was the other name given to the French and Indian War
(1756-1763)?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Franco-Indi War
2. The Nine Years War
3. Monroes War
4. The Seven Years' War
5.
Question 36: Which dynasty was in power throughout the 1500's in China?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Han
2. Ming
3. Manchu
4. Yuan
5.
Question 37: Who was first to sail sound the strait, reached the
Philippines and named the Pacific Ocean?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Ferdinand Magelion
2. Jacques Carter
3. William Janszoom
4. Vasco da Gama
5.
Question 38: When was the War of American independence fought?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. 1770
2. 1772
3. 1775
4. 1776
5.
Question 39: What leader is responsible for creating the Persian Empire
of the 6th century B.C.?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Artaxerxes II
2. Cyrus the Great
3. Darius I
4. Cyrus the Younger
5.
Question 40: Euclid was:
Correct Answer: 3.
1. The discover of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
2. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit Chin
3. Greek mathematician
4. A person poet
5.
Question 41: Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two
Nobel Prizes individually for:
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962
2. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
3. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962
4. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
5.
Question 42: For a long time Finland?s largest city, what was the
country's informal capital before Helsinki took that role officially in 1812?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Vantaa
2. Espoo
3. Turku
4. Oulu
5.
Question 43: The Principle, “Self is prior to its ends” is
characteristic of the thought of
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Jeremy Bentham and J.S. Mill
2. F.W.G. Hegel and Karl Marx
3. Charles, Taylor and Michael Sandel
4. Immanuel Kant and John Rawls
5.
Question 44: During which war in 1870 was the Battle of Sedan fought?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Franco German war
2. Franco Prussian war
3. Anglo Frech war
4. Frech Anglo war
5.
Question 45: The author of the book Time machine is:
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Lewis Carroll
2. H.G. Wells
3. Charles Lamb
4. Lewis Carroll
5.
Question 46: What destroyed 'The Hanging Gardens of Babylon', 'The
Colussus of Rhodes' and 'The Lighthouse at Alexandria'?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Tourists
2. Fire
3. Earthquake
4. Flood
5.
Question 47: Who was the British monarch during William Pitt the
Younger?s two spells as Prime Minister?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. George IV
2. George III
3. Victoria
4. William IV
5.
Question 48: Galileo was an Italian astronomer who:
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Developed the telescope
2. Discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter
3. Discovered that the movement of the pendulum produces a
regular time measurement.
4. All are correct
5.
Question 49: Spanish conquistador, Jiminez de Quesada, discovered what
rooted vegetable while exploring the Andes mountains during the 1530's?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Beet
2. Potato
3. Onion
4. Carrot
5.
Question 50: The second phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from
1702 to 1713. What is the name of the second phase?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. King George's War
2. The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years War)
3. King William's War
4. Queen Anne's War
5.
Question 51: The enlightment was
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Believed in basic goodness of human nature
2. Was incompatible with feminism
3. Was a global movement
4. Unrelated to Scientific Revolution
5.
Question 52: The 1513 Battle of Flodden Field was the largest battle (in
terms of numbers) ever fought between which two countries?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. France and Spain
2. England and France
3. England and Scotland
4. England and Spain
5.
Question 53: The chicken model and the prisoners dilemma model are used
in the
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Marxist theory of international relations
2. Realist theory of international politics
3. Systems theory of international politics
4. Game theory of international politics
5.
Question 54: In which state was President George H.W. Bush born?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Connecticut
2. Texas
3. Maine
4. Massachusetts
5.
Question 55: On which space craft men reached moon first time?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Apolo XI
2. Voyejor
3. Skylab
4. Aryabhatta
5.
Question 56: Zimbabwe attained independence in
Correct Answer: 1.
1. 1980
2. 1981
3. 1979
4. 1978
5.
Question 57: Which country has always remained free from foreign rule?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Phillipines
2. Nepal
3. USA
4. Laos
5.
Question 58: Crusades were conducted by European Christians to liberate
Jerusalem from the domination of
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Seljuk Turks
2. Palestinians
3. Libyans
4. Egyptians
5.
Question 59: The national sport of Canada is:
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Tennis and cricket
2. Lacrosse
3. Judo
4. Rugby and Football
5.
Question 60: The Tiahuanaco and Huari empires both collapsed around the
same time, approximately 1000 AD, leaving room for the rise of the Chimú
Empire. All of this happened in which area of the world?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Western Africa
2. Arctic North America
3. Oceania
4. Western South America
5.
Question 61: According to political scientist Almond, all systems of
governments perform two basic functions, namely
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Import and export functions
2. Input and output functions
3. Information and logistic functions
4. Active and proactive functions
5.
Question 62: Who discovered Australia?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Sir James Clark
2. William Janszoom
3. Leif Ericsson
4. Eric the Red
5.
Question 63: Ponce de Leon, 'discoverer' of Florida (1513), was also
Governor of what Carribean island?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Cuba
2. Bahamas
3. Virgin Islands
4. Puerto Rico
5.
Question 64: The highest mountain in the world is the.
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Everest
2. Mt abu
3. Verkoyansk in Siberia
4.
5.
Question 65: Karl Marx belonged to?
.
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Italy
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. Yugoslavia
5.
Question 66: In 1594, Shakespeare became an actor and playwright in what
company?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. The King's Men
2. Lord Chamberlain's Men
3. The Stratford Company
4. Globe Theater
5.
Question 67: This Russian ruler was the first to be crowned Czar(Tsar)
when he defeated the boyars (influential families) in 1547. Who was he?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Alexander I
2. Nicholas II
3. Ivan IV (the Terrible)
4. Peter the Great
5.
Question 68: The third phase of the French and Indian Wars lasted from
1744 to 1748. What is the name of the third phase?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. King George's War
2. The French and Indian War (aka The Seven Years War)
3. King William's War
4. Queen Anne's War
5.
Question 69: Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of
globalization ?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Rapid flow of information, capital and goods
2. Removal of national barriers for the flow of labour
3. Networking of cultural, economic and political
relations
4. Global infrastructure of formal and informal
institutional arrangements
5.
Question 70: What was Gandhi?s first name?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Mahatma
2. Nehru
3. Karamchand
4. Mohandas
5.
Question 71: All of the following were true concerning absolute monarchs
EXCEPT
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Ultimate state authority resided in them
2. They claimed to rule by divine right
3. They lacked a bureaucracy to assist them
4. They could make laws
5.
Question 72: What major battle was a turning point in the Civil War, and
prevented any foreign interferance?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Antietam
2. Manassas
3. Gettysburg
4. Vicksburg
5.
Question 73: The Last Supper is an immortal paintings of
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Michael Angelo
2. Leonardo Da Vinci
3. Raphael
4. Andrea del sarto
5.
Question 74: The Uruguay Round of Talks led to the establishment of the
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
2. N.A.F.T.A
3. Group of 77
4. World Trade Organisation
5.
Question 75: Approximately, how many people speak Chinese language?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. 1 lakh
2. 2 million
3. 45 thousand
4. 1 billion
5.
Question 76: At the end of the 18th century, 80% of slaves traded by
Britain came through which port?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Liverpool
2. Southampton
3. Bristol
4. London
5.
Question 77: Kerensky was associated with the
Correct Answer: 3.
1. French Revolution
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Russian Revolution
4. None of these
5.
Question 78: After 53 years of relative political chaos China was
restored to imperial order in 960 AD...but by which new dynasty that was firmly
in control of China proper by the year 1000?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Song
2. Ming
3. Tang
4. Qing
5.
Question 79: The dominant civilization in the central valley of Mexico
was which of the following by 1000 AD?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Toltec
2. Aztec
3. Zapotec
4. Olmec
5.
Question 80: When was the War of American independence fought?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. 1775
2. 1778
3. 1768
4. 1765
5.
Question 81: The traditional approaches to the study of comparative
politics neglected the
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Study of governments
2. Description of institutions
3. Comparison of constitutions
4. Empirical investigations
5.
Question 82: Since 1700, the Spanish monarchy has come from which royal
house?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Braganza
2. Bourbon/Borban
3. Valois
4. Nassau
5.
Question 83: Kerensky was associated with the
Correct Answer: 3.
1. French Revolution
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Russian Revolution
4. None of these
5.
Question 84: Which is the biggest toy retail chain in the world?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Toys R US
2. Toys R UK
3. Toys R VK
4. Toys R RS
5.
Question 85: Why did Pakistan leave the Commonwealth in 1971?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Due to Russian interference in Afghanistan
2. Due to recognition of Bangladesh
3. Due to Indo-Pak war
4. None of these
5.
Question 86: What did the case of Marbury vs. Madison establish
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Supremecy of federal government
2. Judicial Review
3. Outlawed monopolies
4. Outlawed segregation
5.
Question 87: Hanging Gardens of Babylon was Built in the Year ?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. 306 B.C
2. 603 B.C
3. 906 A.D
4. 609 A.D
5. None Of The Above
Question 88: The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which Egyptian
ruler?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Ramses II
2. King Tut
3. Cheops
4. Hepshetsut
5.
Question 89: The first king of modern Greece, Otto I, was the son of King
Ludwig I of which state?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Prussia
2. Bavaria
3. Austria-Hungary
4. Italy
5.
Question 90: In 1517 Martin Luther nailed "The 95 Theses" on
the door of the main church in a German university city. Which?
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Munich
2. Erfurt
3. Mecklenberg
4. Wittenberg
5.
Question 91: Which of the following countries was not a member of the
League of nations?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Britain
2. USA
3. Germany
4. Japan
5.
Question 92: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the recipient of Padma Vibhushan
award, 2006 is associated with which one of the following fields?
Correct Answer: 2.
1. Civil Services
2. Art
3. Literature and Education
4. Social Work
5.
Question 93: What was the result of the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Gain of Florida
2. Oregon Territory
3. Northern border at 49th Parallel
4. Gain of Alaska
5.
Question 94: World War I commenced in
Correct Answer: 4.
1. 1904
2. 1908
3. 1910
4. 1914
5.
Question 95: Name the person who built Fort Necessity.
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Edward Braddock
2. James Wolfe
3. Jeffrey Amherst
4. George Washington
5.
Question 96: Bhumibol Adulyadej is the longest-reigning monarch in which
country's history?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Nepal
2. Jordan
3. Thailand
4. Tonga
5.
Question 97: Who among the following formulated the notion of
power/knowledge ?
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Michel Foucault
2. Roger Bacon
3. Socrates
4. Niccolo Machiavelli
5.
Question 98: In which country was Pol Pot dictator?
Correct Answer: 3.
1. Nepal
2. Vietnam
3. Cambodia
4. Malawi
5.
Question 99: Scientific Socialism is connected with .
Correct Answer: 4.
1. Bismarck
2. Roosevelt
3. Rousseau
4. Karl Marx
5.
Question 100: The African National Congress
Correct Answer: 1.
1. Was accused of Communist leanings by the South African
government
2. Decreased its activism after Sharpeville Massacre
3. Was formed after the age of new imperialism
4. Had less support from other nations
5.