1. The book /play chitra and shakuntala were written respectively by _

a. Rabindranath Tagore and Tulsidas
b. Rabindranath Tagore and Kalidas
c. Sarat Chandra Chattapadhay and Swami Vibekanand
d. Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat chandra chattapadhay

2. The Headquarters of the IOC is located at _

a. Olympia
b. Lausanne
c. Paris
d. Athens

3. All of the following organizations have their headquarters at Geneva , except __

a. Food and Agricultural Organization
b. International Lab our Organization
c. World Health Organization
d. World Trade Organization

4. which of the following phenomena is responsible for the formation of the highest mountains ?

a. Denudation
b. Fault formation
c. Volcanic activity
d. Folding

5. The layer of atmosphere close the Earth's surface is called _

a. Exosphere
b. Ionosphere
c. Stratosphere
d. Troposphere

6. Fourth Estate means __

a. The Press
b. The police
c. The Judiciary
d. The Ministry

7. At present how many disciplines are included for awarding Nobel Prize?

a. 6
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8

8. Which is not the difference between Bacteria and Virus ?

a. Virus cannot be killed by antibiotic
b. Bacteria is larger than virus
c. Virus is larger than Bacteria
d. Bacteria is single celled But virus is a cellular

9. which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a. H20
b. CO2
c. Fe3O4
d. N2O

10. which EU country has not adopted 'Euro' as its domestic currency ?

a. France
b. Italy
c. Germay
d. England

11. Which of the following countries can be the same color as W?

a. R
b. S
c. X
d. Y

12. which of the following is a pair of countries that can be the same color as each other?

a. R and S
b. S and W
c. W and X
d. W and Y

13. Suva is the capital of

a. Zambia
b. Fiji
c. Kenya
d. Sao Paulo

14. Age of a tree can be determined by

a. Counting the number of rings in the stem
b. Counting the number of leaves
c. Counting the number of branches
d. Measuring the size of the tree

15. A plant with green leaves placed in red light will appear __

a. black
b. green
c. red
d. violet

16. where was Albert Einstein born?

a. UK
b. USA
c. Germany
d. Albania

17. what is the main function of white blood cells?

a. To carry nutrients
b. To combat infections
c. To carry oxygen
d. To give strength

18. which of the following numbers can be placed at the sing of interrogation ?

a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10

19. In a certain code RIPSLE is written as 613082 and WIFE is written as 41 92 , how is PEWSL written in that code?

a. 32408
b. 69824
c. 41632
d. None of thes

20. P is bigger than J. S is bigger than M.R is not as big as S but is bigger than J. M is not as big as J. which is the smallest?

a. J
b. P
c. R
d. M

21. If A is to the south of B and C is to the east of B , in what direction is A with respect to C?

a. North -East
b. North -West
c. South -East
d. South -West

22. Of the following , which is a hole that could be the empty hole ?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6

23. If P and Q are in holes 2 and 4 , respectively , which of the following could be true?

a. R is in hole 3
b. R is in hole 5
c. U is in hole 1
d. None of these

24. If P and R are in holes 1 and 3, respectively , the empty hole must be either __

a. 2 or 4
b. 2 or 6
c. 4 or 6
d. 5 or 7

25. If U, P and R are in holes 5, 6 and 7 respectively , which of the following must be true?

a. S is in hole 1
b. S is in hole 2
c. Q is in hole 2
d. Q is in hole 3