MCQ 339

1. Select the correct order:
(a) Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad
(b) Vasanta, Varsha, Grishma, Sharad
(c) Vasanta, Varsha, Sharad, Grishma
(d) Vasanta, Grishma, Sharad, Varsha

2. Defence Research and Development
Organisation was formed in:
(a) 1960 (b) 1958 (c) 1962 (d) 1964

3. The stimulating agent in Cocoa:
(a) Reserpine (b) Serpantine
(c) Morphine (d) Theobromine

4. ‘Betel palm’ is the other name of:
(a) Areca palm (b) Coconut palm
(c) Oil palm (d) Palmyra

5. ‘Carborandum’ is a compound of carbon
and:
(a) Silicon (b) Calcium (c) Iron(d) Silver

6. In which century Alexander Pope was
born?
(a) 16th (b) 17th (c) 18th (d) 19th

7. The film ‘Ben Hur’ won 11 Oscars in
the year:
(a) 1963 (b) 1956 (c) 1959 (d) 1961

8. The character ‘Ebenezer Scrooge’ was
created by:
(a) Mark Twain (b) Charles Dickens
(c) Shakespeare (d) Lewis Carol

9. The noise scale of normal conversation:
(a) 10 db (b) 60 db (c) 50 db (d) 30 db

10. ‘Guten Tag’ is the term used for greeting
people in…… language.
(a) English (b) French
(c)Italian (d) German

11. ‘Tirich Mir’ is a mountain peak in:
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Nepal (d) Bhutan

12. ‘Dome of the Rock’ is the holy place of:
(a) Muslims (b) Christians
(c) Parsis (d) Bahai Religion

13. In which country ‘Mount Communism’
is situated?
(a) China (b) Russia
(c) Tajikistan (d) Poland

14. ‘Where one can watch ‘the Dolphin’s
nose’?
(a) Munnar (b) Thekkady
(c) Yercaud (d) Kodaikanal

15. April 17 is observed as:
(a) World TB Day (b) Anti-Leprosy Day
(c) W orld Haemophilia Day (d) None of
these

16. ‘Wolf Prize’ is presented by the W olf
foundation of:
(a) Sweden (b)Israel
(c) Switzerland (d) United Kingdom

17. Poona Pact was signed in:
(a) 1931 (b) 1932 (c) 1933 (d) 1934

18. Vellore Mutiny was in:
(a) 1805 (b) 1806 (c) 1807 (d) 1809

19. The importance of September 2,1945 in
the world history:
(a) End of Second W orld War
(b) Bombing of Nagasacki
(c) Pearl Harbour Attack
(d) Foundation of U.N.O.

20. To which mineral ‘Raniganj’ is
associated?
(a) Coal (b) Copper
(c) Diamond (d) Gold

21. The day which is known as ‘D-Day’ in
world history:
(a) June 6, 1944 (b) October 24,1945
(c) September 2,1945 (d) August 6,1945

22. The full form of ‘http’:
(a) Hyper text transfer protocol
(b) Hyper text transfer procedure
(c) Hyper text transport protocol
(d) Hyper text transfer programme

23. Triplumbic tetroxide is also known as:
(a) Yellow cake (b) Red lead
(c) Blue vitriol (d) White lead

24.The film ‘The Great Dictactor’by Charlie
Chaplin was based on the life of :
(a) Benito Mussolini (b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Adolf Hitler (d) General Franco

25. The Oscar statue was designed by:
(a) Cedric Gibbons
(b) Catherine Hepburn
(c) John Ford (d) Emil Jennings

*Answers*
*1 (a) 2(b) 3 (d) 4 (a) 5(a) 6(b) 7(c) 8(b) 9(d) 10(d) 11(b) 12(a) 13(c) 14(d)15(c) 16(b) 17(b) 18(b) 19(a) 20(a) 21(a) 22(a) 23(b) 24(c) 25(a)*

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