The new name of Dutch Guinea is:
(a) Suriname
(b) Vietnam
(c) Papua New Guinea
(d) Guyana
Answer: a
Indonesia’s old name is:
(a) Suriname
(b) Netherlands Indies
(c) Indo-China
(d) Aceh
Answer: b
Istanbul’s old name is:
(a) Ankara
(b) Constantinople
(c) Asia Minor
(d) Istangole
Answer: b
1. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is located in:
(a) Malaysia
(b) Thailand
(c) Philippines
(d) Indonesia
Answer. c
2. The official residence of the Pope is in:
(a) England
(b) America
(c) Vatican City
(d) Rome
Answer. c
3. With which activity is the Wall Street in New York, US associated?
(a) Films
(b) Banking and Finance
(c) Defence
(d) Literacy arts
Answer. b
4. Where is “Elysee Palace”?
(a) Italy
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Germany
Answer. b
1. The immediate cause of invasion of Ahmad Shah Abdali on India was:
(a) The Indian rulers were weak
(b) He had a strong army
(c) He was invited by Shah Nawaz Khan
(d) He was attracted by its wealth
Answer: a
2. The first Battle of Panipat was fought in the year:
(a) 1526
(b) 1528
(c) 1530
(d) 1531
Answer: a
Britain’s highest military award is:
(a) Victoria Cross
(b) Iron Cross
(c) Military Cross
(d) Medal of Honour
Answer: a
France’s highest military award is:
(a) Medal of Honor
(b) Legion of Honour
(c) Iron Cross
(d) Military Cross
Answer: b
Germany’s highest military award is:
(a) Iron Cross
(b) Military Cross
(c) Order of the Rising Sun
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The real cause of war-like tension between North Korea and US is:
(a) North Korea’s refusal to allow full inspection of its nuclear installations.
(b) US’s urge to rule over North Korea.
(c) Japan-US threat of Patriot defence missiles in South Korea.
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The Gulf War of 1991 was precipitated by Iraqi annexation of:
(a) Bahrain
(b) Kuwait
(c) South Yemen
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: b
President Reagan’s strategic defence initiative programme was popularly known as:
(a) Nuclear Umbrella
(b) NATO seize
(c) Star Wars
(d) Killar Shark Programme
Answer: c
North-South Summit is a dialogue between:
(a) Rich and poor countries
(b) Non-aligned countries
(c) Communist countries and non-communist countries
(d) None of these
Answer: a
The book, ‘A farewell to Arms’ was written by:
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Ernest Hemingway
(c) Huxley
(d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: b
A famous novel “Pride and Prejudice” is written by:
(a) R. L. Stevenson
(b) Jane Austen
(c) George Eliot
(d) Shakespeare
Answer: b
Who has written the book “India Wins Freedom”?
(a) Mulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Ghandi
(c) Nirad Ch.
(d) K.M. Munshi
Answer: a
Who is the author of “Nineteen Eighty-Four”?
(a) George Orwell
(b) Shakespeare
(c) R. K. Laxman
(d) None of these
Answer: a
Who wrote the book “Gandhi and Stalin”?
(a) Louis Fisher
(b) Rajmohan Gandhi
(c) Walter Scot
(d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: a
The colour of the sky looks blue because:
(a) Sky is made up of blue colour particles
(b) Blue color of light is of shorter wavelength, so these waves are easily scattered by dust particles and water vapour
(c) Blue colour is more prominent in sunlight
(d) Blue colour is of longer wavelength
Answer:b
Clear nights are colder than cloudy, nights because of:
(a) Conduction
(b) Radiation
(c) Condensation
(d) Insolation
Answer: b
Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because:
(a) Oil is very light
(b) Of the diffusion of oil through the wick
(c) Oil is volatile
(d) Of the capillary action phenomenon
Answer: d
The dress made out of which of the following materials is safe to wear while cooking?
(a) Silk
(b) Cotton
(c) Nylon
(d) Terelene
Answer: b
Question: What is a computer?
Answer: A computer is an electronic device. It obeys our instructions. We can store data into it and can get stored data from it when we need.
Question: What is ABACUS?
Answer: ABACUS is the name of first calculating device, which was introduced by Chinese about 3000 B.C. This device is made of wooden box with rods inside.
Question: Who is the Father of the Computer?
Answer: Charles Babbage is the father of the computer.
Question: Which was the first digital computer?
Answer: The first digital computer was MARK-I.
Question: Write the second name of the Main frame Computer?
Answer: Macro computer is the second name of the mainframe computer.
151. Sulaiman bin Ashat is the name of Imam Abu Dawood. Who was Ahmad bin Shoaib?
(a) Imam Bukhari
(b) Imam Nisai
(c) Ibne-Maja
(d) None of these
Answer: B
152. The famous book of Fiqh “Kitab-ul-Kharaj” was written by:
(a) Imam Abu Hanifa
(b) Imam Shafe’i
(c) Imam Abu Yousaf
(d) Imam Malik
Answer: C
153. He was called as the kidnapper of the scholars:
(a) Haroon-ur-Rasheed
(b) Mahmood Ghaznavi
(c) Abu Jafar Mansoor
(d) Alamgir
Answer: B
154. Which of the following was mystic?
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Dara Shakoh
(c) Alamgir
(d) None of these
Answer: B
101. Who wrote ‘Hisab at Jabr wal Muqablah’?
(a) Ibne Sina
(b) Muhammad bin Musa Al-Khwarzimi
(c) Al-Razi
(d) Al-Beruni
Answer: B
102. The first great Arab alchemist was:
(a) Ibne Sina
(b) Jabir bin Hayyan
(c) Al-Razi
(d) Khālid ibn Yazīd
Answer: D (According to the bibliographer Ibn al-Nadīm, the first Muslim alchemist was Khālid ibn Yazīd, who is said to have studied alchemy under the Christian Marianos of Alexandria. The historicity of this story is not clear; according to M. Ullmann, it is a legend.)
103. Who is called as the “Herodotus of Arabs”?
(a) Tabari
(b) Abul Hassan Ali Al-Masudi
(c) Ibne-Athir
(d) None of these
Answer: B
104. The first biography on the life of Holy Prophet (PBUH) is by:
(a) Ibne Ishaq
(b) Ibn-e-Hisham
(c) Al-Zarqali
(d) Al Waqidi
Answer: B (Ibn Hisham wrote As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, an edited version of Ibn Ishaq’s original work. It is now considered one of the classic works on the biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.)