Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) manufactured by HAL made its first public flight in:
1998
1999
2000
2001
The green revolution in crops, yellow revolution in oil seeds and Golden revolution in…….. has been an ample testimony to the contributions of agricultural research and development efforts undertaken in the country.
Horticulture
Wheat
Petrol
None of these
Human Genome Project endeavours to:
Decode DNA
Invent AIDS treatment
Study evolution of human
Study finger prints
Which of the following parts of the sunlight makes the solar cooker hot?
Ultraviolet
Red light rays
Infrared
Cosmic rays
Which one of the following does a TV remote control unit use to operate a TV set?
Light waves
Sound waves
Microwaves
Radio waves
Which of the following does not come as a product of vehicular pollution?
Sulphur dioxide
Nitrogen oxide
Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen peroxide
Net growth rate population is determined by:
Gross reproduction rate
The birth rate and the death rate
The pressure of population
The birth rate in a country
The genome sequencing of which virus has been recently done by Indian scientists?
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
HIV
Flu Virus
Anthrax s one of the most potent biological weapons in the world. It is spread by single bacterium called:
Bacillus thuricide
Bacillus anthratum
Thiobacillus
Bacillus anthracis
Which of the following compounds is commonly used as an antiseptic in mouth washer and tooth pastes?
Borax
Salt Petre
Hydrogen Peroxide
Sodium chloride
In radio transmission, what does FM stand for?
Frequent Modulation
Frequency Moderation
Frequency Monitoring
Frequency Modulation
An instrument for determining the amount of water vapours present in the atmosphere is known as:
Hygrometer
Hydrometer
Chronometer
None of these
RDX is a:
Type of lime
Explosive chemical
Medicine
Fertilizer
The God of small Things is a novel written by:
Satish Gujral
Arundhati Roy
Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
The book ‘Against all odds’ is about which company?
Nissan
Ford
HM
None of these
Who wrote ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Harper Lee
Douglas Steward
Robert Ludlum
R.K. Narayan
What is the name of Vikram Seth’s new book?
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Golden Gate
An Equal Music
The Last Leg
The movie ‘Earth’ is based on which writer’s book?
Khushwant Singh
Abdul Khan
Bipsa Sadhwi
Deep Mehta
Who wrote ‘The Great Indian Middle Class’?
Pawan Verma
Arundhati Roy
Vikram Chandra
Jayprakash Sharma
Which one of the following articles is written by Arundhati Roy about the nuclear issue?
The Greater God
The End of Imagination
Boom !
For A Few Neutrons More?
The origin of Spectes was written by:
Charles Dickers
Charles Darwin
Charles Shobhraj
Charles Wald
Who was the author of Das Capital?
J.M. Keynes
Karl Marx
James Tobin
Adam Smith
Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
Vidyapati
Surdas
Jayadeva
Mirabai
Who wrote the book The Moon and Sixpence?
Somerset Maugham
Ernest Hemmingway
Robert Frost
Oscar Wilde
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
James Joyce
G.B. Shaw
F. Scott Fitzerglad
Ruskin Bond
Whose autobiography is titled An Actor’s Journey?
Roshan Seth
Saeed Jaffery
Michael Caine
Chartlon Heston
‘Business At The Speed of Thought’ is the title of a recent book by:
Rajeev Gandhi
Rahul Bajaj
Bill Gates
Bill Clinton
Who wrote ‘Vaishnav Jan te……’?
Narsimha Mehta
Rabindranath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Sarojini Naidu
Who was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in the year 2000?
Shyam Bengal
Mrinal Sen
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Subhash Ghai
Which artist’s autobiography is titled ‘Autobiography of a Genius’?
Winston Churchill
Z.A. Bhutto
Otto Von Bismark
None of these
The Romantics is the first fiction work of which writer?
Raj Kamal Jha
Salman Rushdie
Tarun Tejpal
Pankaj Mishra
‘India 2020-A Vision for the New Millennium’ is a new book which has attracted the readers’ attention. Who wrote this book?
Khushwant Sngh
R.K.Laxman
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Y. S. Singh
Nirad C. Chaudhary
‘The Road Ahead’ is a book written by:
Joyti Basu
L.K Advani
Bill Clinton
Bill Gates
Zafarnama was letter written to a Mughal emperor by which of the following Sikh Gurus?
Hari Rai
Arjan Dev
Tegh Bahadur
Gobind Singh
The book ‘Living with Honour’ is written by:
Arundhati Roy
Shiv Khera
Pramod Batra
Vikram Seth
The book ‘Cricket My Style’ is written by:
Sunil Gavaskar
Sachin Tendulkar
Kapil Dev
Mohinder Amarnath
………. is a book written by Late Dr. Mulkraj Anand, the eminent English author:
Coolie
The Barbers Trade Union
Two Leaves and a Bud
All of these
Recently released famous book The Alchemy of Desire has been written by:
Tarun J. Tejpal
Ruskin Bond
Khushwant Singh
Jack Higgins
Famous book ‘Two Lives’ has been written by:
Anurag Mathur
Arundhati Roy
Vikram Seth
Shiv Khera
World Environment Day is celebrated on:
June 5
September 7
October 8
February 10
International Women’s Day is observed on:
28 February
03 March
05 March
08 March
September 8 is observed every year as:
World Health Day
World Peace Day
World Literacy Day
Friendship Day
Which day is celebrated as the International Labour Day?
1st January
21st July
31st December
1st May
The global community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day on:
June 5
June 4
July 6
October 2
World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on:
December 2
July 5
November 14
November 3
World Red Cross Day is celebrated every year on:
May 16
May 11
May 8
May 1
March 31, 2002 marks the day of the first direct flight being started to India from:
Japan
Israel
Afghanistan
China
World Population Day is observed on:
July 15
July 11
October 8
September 5
Who was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in the year 2000?
Anthony Burgess
Thomas E Maloy
Graham Swift
Gao Xinjiang
Miss World 2000 title has been won by:
Aishwarya Rai
Sushmita Sen
Priyanka Chopra
Diya Mirza