Question 1: Who has identified rule-making, rule application and rule adjudication as three authoritative governmental functions polity

1. Robert Dahl 2. Almond and Coleman 3. Harold J. Laswell

4. David Easton

5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 2: On which river Maihan Dam was constructed? 1. Bokaro 2. Barakar
3. Damodar

4. Konar 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 3: The CAG can audit the books of only those companies in which the government owns more than a _______stake, As per companies act. 1. 49 2. 51 3. 50 4. 74 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 4: Mumbai - Kolkata rail-route passes through which pass?

1. Palghat 2. Thalghat 3. Bhorghat 4. None of the above 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 5: The author of the book "Discovery of India" is1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Khushvant Singh 3. Mulk Raj Anand 4. Javaharlal Neharu 5. Correct Answer: 4. Question 6: Who were the two revolutionaries who were hanged along with Bhagat Singh ? Bhagat Singh was hanged on 23rd March 1931. 1. Sukh Dev and Azad 2. Raja Ram and Dev 3. Sukh Dev and Raj Guru 4. Azad and Raj Guru 5. Correct Answer: 3. Question 7: Kashmir Valley lies between which of the following Himalayan ranges geography 1. Zanskar and Pir Panjal 2. Siwalik and Pir Panjal 3. Pirpanjal and Dhauladhar 4. Dhauladhar and Zanskar 5.

Correct Answer: 1. Question 8: Which one of the following became the first Baltic nation to Sign a double taxation avoidance agreement with India ? 1. Lithuania 2. Poland 3. Estonia 4. Russia 5. Correct Answer: 1. Question 9: India in February 2011 signed Free Trade Agreement with 1. Australia 2. Indonesia 3. Japan 4. South Korea 5. Correct Answer: 3. Question 10: Globalization of a company means the company is? 1. Geocentric 2. Regiocentric 3. Ethnocentric 4. Polycentric 5. Correct Answer: 1. Question 11: Name the NGO associated with the Anna Hazare current affairs 1. India without corruption 2. India against corruption 3. India with no corruption

4. Clean India 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 12: The books 'The Prince and the Pauper' and 'The Great Expectation' were written by which of the following writers 1. Gaston Leroux 2. Stephen King 3. Charlotte Bronte 4. Mark Twain 5. Correct Answer: 4. Question 13: Demographic Dividend implies: 1. Rising share of population below the age of 15 in total population 2. Rising share of women workforce 3. Rising share of working age people 4. Rising share of people with scientific and professional background 5. Correct Answer: 3. Question 14: ___________ was responsible for the assassination of Indira Gandhi. 1. Entry of army into the Golden Temple of the Sikhs 2. Nationalization of Banks 3. India's recognition of Bangladesh 4. Banning of RSS & Anand Marg 5. Correct Answer: 1. Question 15: Who founded the "Arya Samaj" 1. Dayanand

2. Vivekanand 3. Rajaram 4. Ishwarchand 5. Correct Answer: 1. Question 16: Who is the writer of the book "The Phantom of the Opera"? 1. Gaston Leroux 2. Toni Morrison 3. O. Pulla Reddi 4. George Bernard Shaw 5. Correct Answer: 1. Question 17: Which is NOT a major highlights of the new proposed draft National Telecoms Policy 2011 released in media ? 1. Increase rural tele-density from 35% to 60% by 2017 2. Target to provide 'broadband on demand' by 2013 3. All future spectrum allocations will be priced at market rates 4. Reducing carbon footprint of telecom sector 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 18: What is Cataract ? 1. Marshy Vreek 2. Waterfall 3. Mountain Pass 4. Rock 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 19: Who was the co-founder of Hotmail? 1. Shawn Fanning

2. Ada Byron Lovelace 3. Sabeer Bhatia 4. Ray Tomlinson 5. Correct Answer: 3. Question 20: The voting age was reduced from 21 years to 18 years in _____ amendment of the constitution. 1. 60th amendment 2. 61th amendment 3. 62th amendment 4. 63th amendment 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 21: Poona Pact of 1932 provided on? 1. Separate electorate for Muslims only 2. Separate electorate for Scheduled Castes 3. Separate electorate for women only 4. Reserved seats for Scheduled Castes in General electorate 5. Correct Answer: 4. Question 22: What does Double Jeopardy implies vide Clause2 of Article 20 of the Constitution of India? polity 1. shall not be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once 2. punished departmentally cannot be prosecuted in a court of law for the same offence 3. convicted by a court of law cannot be punished under department proceeding for the same offence 4. cannot be subjected to proceedings in civil courts for disobedience of an injunction along with criminal proceedings. 5.

Correct Answer: 1. Question 23: Which of the following metals is used to make the bullets of gun? 1. Copper 2. Iron 3. Aluminium 4. Glass 5. Correct Answer: 4. Question 24: The book Sherlock Holmes was written by 1. Arthur Koestler 2. Arthur Conan Doyle 3. Karl Marx 4. Seymour Hersh 5. Correct Answer: 2. Question 25: The name of highest mountain in Africa is 1. Mt. Cameron 2. Mt.Kilimanjaro 3. Mt.Elgon 4. Mt.Kenya 5. Correct Answer: 2.